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MATILDA b. 30 Oct. 1802; d. 23 June 1892. Unm.
WILLIAM BALLARD SMITH
STEPHEN b. 4 July 1805; d. 18 Jan. 1893 (?). Unm. LEONARD b. 8 June 1807; m. 7 Nov. 1841, Sarah Ann Doe, and 1. in Newmarket. He d. in 1886.
WARREN b. 12 March 1815; m. Mary Jane, dau. of Joshua and Nancy (Tuttle) Drew. He d. 12 May 1899. She d. 19 April 1899, aged 76 years, 20 days.
16. Judge Valentine Smith (John4, Benjamin3, John2, Joseph1), born 26 May 1774, married (1) 4 Jan. 1804, Mary, daughter of
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Dea. Samuel and Hannah (Meader) Joy, who died 10 Oct. 1810, (2) 16 Sept. 1819, Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua and Lydia (Burnham-Emerson) Ballard. He died 2 March 1869. [See page 296 of Vol. I.]
20. HAMILTON b. 19 Sept. 1804; m. Martha Hall.
EBENEZER b. 28 Oct. 1806; d. 16 Dec. 1806.
THOMAS M. b. 2 June 1810; m. Frances D. Kent. Res., Washington, D. C.
Children by second marriage:
WILLIAM BALLARD b. 31 Jan. 1821 ; m. 26 June 1866, Mary C., dau. of Curtis Gilbert of Terre Haute, Ind. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1840. Lawyer, representative and speaker of the House, Ind. He was circuit judge and past grand master of Odd Fellows. He collected materials for the Genealogical Record of the Smiths of Oyster River. He died 4 Oct. 1866.
Hon. JOSHUA B. b. 28 July 1823; m. 15 May 1881 Ella P. Thompson. She d. 15 June 1882. Ch., Ella Thompson, b. 15 June 1882, d. 23 Oct. 1882. [See page 315 of Vol. I.] MARY E. b. 7 March 1825. Unm.
JOHN E. b. 7 March 1827; d. 4 June 1874.
LYDIA b. 15 Dec. 1828; d. 20 March 1833.
17. Ebenezer Smith (John4, Benjamin3, John2, Joseph1), born 2 Sept. 1777, married, 27 Jan. 1802, Sally, daughter of John M. and Sarah (Hill) Smith, who was born 16 June 1780 and died 9 Jan. 1845. He died 14 March 1861 at Sandwich.
LOUISA b. 28 Aug. 1803; m. Zeblin Bowley of Exeter.
MARY G. b. 29 June 1806; m. John H. Williams, (2) Benjamin Cummings of Moultonboro.
LYDIA M. b. 10 Oct. 1809.
CHARLES M. b. II Feb. 1812; m. Betsey Jones; 1. in Sandwich. 18. Ebenezer Smith (Ebenezer4, Ebenezer3, John2, Joseph1), born 22 Oct. 1787, married, 12 Oct. 1814, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Joseph Richardson, born in Durham, 28 Aug. 1789. Chil- dren recorded in Durham:
JAMES SHEAFE b. 13 Feb. 1816; m. (1) Eunice Dodge, (2) Louisa Terry.
SUSAN RICHARDSON b. 3 Nov. 1817; m. Geo. W. Wilson.
HENRY BURT b. 15 Aug. 1820; m. Mary Ann Coburn. JOSEPH EDWIN b. 14 Jan. 1823; m. Mary Dunster.
ALMIRA b. 23 July 1825; m. Theodore S. Jennings. LOUISE SHEAFE b. 2 May 1828.
SARAH b. 16 Dec. 1830; m. John S. Hanson.
19. Maj. Winthrop Smith (Daniel4, Joseph3, Samuel2, Joseph1), born 13 Jan. 1789, married, II June 1820, Eleanor Locke of Ep-
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som, who was born 17 Oct. 1788 and died 14 Feb. 1866. He died 28 Aug. 1844.
MARY JOANNA b. 26 March 1821; m. 29 May 1839, Dr. Alphonso Bickford.
MAJOR DANIEL b. 27 Jan. 1823; m. 30 Nov. 1843, Martha A. Page. 5 ch., Martha, Ellen, Winthrop, Mary and Isa- bell. [See chapter on Military History.]
JOSEPH SMITH
JOSEPH b. 17 April 1826; m. 25 Dec. 1850, Mary E. Nute, dau. of Greenleaf and Susan Ayers (Brock) Nute, b. 1831. He d. 25 Nov. 1871. He inherited the paternal estate and was a successful farmer and a man of sterling integrity. He died in middle life and his family are the best measure of his worth. [See accompanying portrait and also pic- ture of residence in first volume.] Ch., Ida Hortense b. 18 July 1852, d. 18 Oct. 1853; Ada Belle b. 31 March 1855,
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m. 15 April 1886, David Foss, M. D., who was b. 30 Aug. 1837 and d. 2 Dec. 1911. They res. in Newburyport, Mass .; Forrest Starr b. 30 June 1857, m. I Sept. 1887, Sarah Adla Thompson b. 20 Nov. 1860 [See page 319 of Vol. I.]; Winifred b. I June 1861, m. 12 Oct. 1886, Freder- ick W. Emery of Somersworth; they reside in Dorchester, Mass .; ch., Forrest Rushton Emery b. 24 Sept. 1887, d. 27 Feb. 1890; Marlon Smith Emery b. 24 Nov. 1891; Forrest Smith Emery b. 2. June 1894.
HAMILTON SMITH Son of Judge Valentine Smith
20. Hamilton Smith .(Judge Valentine5, John4, Benjamin3, John2, Joseph1), born 19 Sept. 1804, died 7 Feb. 1875. He grad- uated at Dartmouth in 1829, married (1) Martha, daughter of William Hall of Bellows Falls, Vt., and lived in Louisville, Ky.,
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and Cannelton, Ind., in the practice of law. He married (2) Louise, daughter of Dr. Christopher Rudd of Kentucky. She died in Durham 22 Jan. 1899. Children by first marriage were: MARTHA b. 23 June 1836; m. Alfred Hennen of New Orleans. Io ch.
HAMILTON b. 5 July 1840; d. 4 July 1900. [See page 309 of Vol. I.]
EUSTACE BALLARD SMITH
Children by second marriage:
HUNTINGTON b. 15 March 1847; m. 15 Nov. 1871, Laura J. Griswold of Terre Haute, Ind. Ch., William Dickinson Griswold b. 18 June 1873. B. A. Yale, 1896, LL.B. Wash- ington University, St. Louis, 1898. Enlisted in the Span- ish-American War. Lawyer. Lives at Castleton, Vt. Hamilton Benedict b. 6 Aug. 1875; Ralph Lancaster b. 13 April 1880; Huntington b. 3 July 1885.
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EUSTACE BALLARD b. 20 Sept. 1849; m. June 1890, Catherine Butterfield of New York; d. 31 July 1900 at Washington, D. C. One ch., Dorothea Ballard b. Jan 1893. He l. in boyhood in Durham and graduated at Dartmouth in 1870. He became a very distinguished journalist, as managing editor of the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., . on the editorial staff of the New York Sun, editor-in- chief of the New York World, etc. In 1893 he resigned his position on the New York World to become its London cor- respondent, where he remained till his last illness. He was highly esteemed both for his literary and editorial abilities and for sympathetic endeavors to help the unfortunate and oppressed.
PALMER b. 14 Sept. 1851; d. in the West Indies.
MARY BELKNAP b. 17 Feb. 1859; m. (I) Henry Janin, (2) George H. Mendell of San Francisco. Res., Durham. Ch. by first marriage, Henry, Louise b. 29 Aug. 1893, Henry Covington.
CHRISTOPHER RUDD b. 9 June 1863; d. unm.
9a. Andrew Glidden Smith (Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1), born 23 Feb. 1785, married, 3 Jan. 1813, Deborah daughter of Joseph and Comfort (Davis) Durrell of Lee. He died 28 Sept. 1834. She was born 15 April 1792 and died 27 April 1847. He was a farmer and inn-keeper in Durham, selectman and repre- sentative.
ANDREW JACKSON b. 23 Feb. 1815; d. 15 Dec. 1839. HENRY HARRISON b. 9 June 1817; d. 16 Sept. 1889. JOSEPH WARREN PAGE b. 15 Aug. 1820; d. 3 May 1869. CYRUS Goss b. 9 Nov. 1822; d. 1I July 1876. GEORGE LAFAYETTE b. 27 Jan. 1825; d. II Feb. 1879. ABIGAIL CLARK b. 18 June 1828; d. 3 March 1880. JOHN DURRELL b. 24 Feb. 1830; d. 17 Feb. 1901.
MARY MOODY b. 8 Dec. 1831; m. Levi Dame; d. May, 1911.
12a. John Moody Smith (Winthrop4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1), born 28 Jan. 1758, married, 19 Jan. 1780, Sarah, daughter of Gen. James Hill. He died 24 June 1815.
SALLY b. 16 June 1781; m. 27 Jan. 1802, Capt. Ebenezer, son of Lieut. John Smith. She d. 9 Jan. 1845.
POLLY b. 16 June 1781; m. Capt. Warren Gilman.
MOODY b. 22 July 1783; m. (1) II April 1816, Charlotte Durgin, who d. II July 1817, (2) 16 Dec. 1818, Sally ยท Perkins, dau. of Joseph Hall Smith, who was b. 19 July 1795 and d. 25 Aug. 1888. He d. 20 Oct. 1819.
NANCY b. 25 June 1785; m. Daniel Chapman, b. 1783, d. 15 April 1815.
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LYDIA unm.
BETSEY b. 22 May 1790; m. (I) Joseph, son of Capt. Andrew and Mary (Follet) Doe, (2) John Pinkham.
WARREN b. 3 April 1791 ; m. 21 July 1816, Susannah, dau. of David Chapman; d. 3 Nov. 1846. Ch., Albert G. b. 18 Oct. 1843, d. 8 March 1844 and Warren A. b. 7 Aug. 1846, who m. 24 March 1879, Bertha B. Willey and lives on the old Smith homestead at Lubberland.
EZRA b. 16 April 1793; m. 1820, Betsey Davis; d. 20 Oct. 1825. She m. (2) James Vinal. She was b. 30 Aug. 1798 and d. 22 Nov. 1857.
SNELL
Thomas Snell of Durham was, doubtless, son of Samuel and Mary Snell of Portsmouth, where a large Snell family, including Thomas, were baptized, 29 Jan. 1723/4. He first lived in Bar- rington, but bought land in Durham, now Lee, 27 June 1737, of Amos and Elizabeth Pinkham, whose daughter, Joanna, he had married. Widow Joanna was made administratrix of his estate, 26 Sept. 1750. Later she married Richard Pinkham. Thomas Snell probably had a brother, Samuel Snell, who lived in Durham a short time before 1742. The children of Thomas Snell were Samuel, Thomas (who m. Abigail Frost and signed the Associa- tion Test in Barnstead), John (see below), Mary who married Joseph, son of Thomas and Esther Bickford, Lillias who married Samuel Clark, and Abigail who died unmarried before 24 Aug. 1761.
John Snell (Thomas) had the homestead in Lee. He married (1) - Young, (2) Elizabeth Jones, (3) 30 Jan. 1782, Eliza- beth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Caldwell of Lee. Chil- dren by first marriage were:
TEMPERANCE m. James Hutchings of Wakefield.
ANNA m. Samuel Thompson and went to Machias, Me.
Children by second marriage:
JOHN b. abt. 1774; m. (I) -- Davis, (2) 18 Oct. 1801,
Lydia Leathers, (3) 23 Aug. 1803, Katharine Kehoe (?). LILLIAS m. Paul Giles.
Children by third marriage:
3. WILLIAM m. Mehitable Batchelder.
DELIVERANCE m. 1811, Miles Buzzell. ELIZABETH m. 13 Oct. 1817, Moses Woodman of Durham.
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NATHANIEL m. 6 Feb. 1832, Avis Williams; d. at Lee 16 Aug. 1863. She d. 26 Feb. 1862.
4. PAUL m. Lydia Tibbetts; d. in Lee, 1876. ABIGAIL b. 22 Nov. 1794; m. Hopley Demeritt.
THOMAS b. after 1800; m. Mary Hussey.
3. William Snell (John3, Thomas2, Samuel1) married, 20 Nov. 1818, Mehitable daughter of Abraham and Abigail (Buzzell) Batchelder, born 13 Nov. 1788 in Lee. She died in Lee in 1877. He died in 1863.
SUSAN m. Matthew Hodgdon.
ABRAHAM m. 26 July 1831, Olive Gear. Ch., Mary, Charles, Albert, Frank.
WILLIAM settled in Massachusetts.
ALFRED m. Emily Page. Ch., Rose, Daniel, Jay, Fred, Fannie, Viola.
ABIGAIL m. Smith Emerson.
NATHANIEL (?).
4. Children of Paul and Lydia (Tibbetts) Snell:
NEHEMIAH C. m. Martha Hanson; d. at Lee 17 May 1893. Ch., Louis H., Carrie E., and Grace D. The first, Louis H., was b. 25 Sept. 1859 and m. 29 April 1891, Elizabeth I. Sherburne. Ch., Norman I. and Nehemiah R.
HOSEA m. Lydia Dame. Ch., Ella A., Edna B., and Eliz- abeth E. G.
LIZZIE m. George Chesley.
ADDIE In. Emery Brightman.
ALBERT M. (?) b. abt. 1836; 1. in Lee.
SPENCER
Ebenezer Spencer married Abigail Leathers, 20 Nov. 1729. Both were then of Durham. They may have been the parents of the following:
ABEDNEGO m. 14 Oct. 1752, Welthen Huckins. Had son, Robert, bapt. 27 Jan. 1754.
ABIGAIL m. 6 May 1756, James Huckins.
JUDITH m. 27 Nov. 1760, Thomas Whitehorn.
EBEN m. 10 Sept. 1761, Mary Robertson.
LATER MARRIAGES
15 July 1781, Simeon Haines and Welthen Spencer.
II Dec. 1783, Abijah Pinkham and Sarah Spencer. 26 Nov. 1788, Levi Spencer and Molly Johnson.
Abednego, John, Levi, and Moses Spencer were taxed in Dur- ham, as late as 1791 or later.
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STEELE
Jonathan Steele, born at Peterborough 5 Sept. 1760, married, 23 Jan. 1788, Lydia, daughter of Gen. John Sullivan, who was born 17 March 1763 and died 9 April 1842. He was Judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. He died 3 Sept. 1824. [See page 280 of Vol. I.]
MARGERY SULLIVAN b. 5 Aug. 1789; d. 15 Jan. 1807.
JANET b. 14 June 1791 ; d. 1869. Unm.
LYDIA b. 3 Sept. 1794; d. 30 June 179 -.
DR. RICHARD b. 6 Jan. 1797; m. (1) Harriet King Pierce, (2) Mary Amanda Smith. He married a third and a fourth time. He died in Dover 13 June 1869. See page 288 of Vol. I.
JOHN b. 9 April 1799; d. 8 Sept. 1800.
MARGARET b. 29 Dec. 1801 ; d. 4 March 1803.
CAROLINE b. I Sept. 1804; d. 9 April 1806.
JONATHAN b. 25 June 1808; d. 28 Aug. 1819.
SULLIVAN
John Sullivan, born in Limerick, Ireland, 17 June 1690, came to York, Me., in 1723, and settled at Berwick, Me., as a farmer and schoolmaster. He married, about 1735, Margery Browne, born in Cork, Ireland, in 1714. He died 20 June 1795 and she died in 1801. Both are interred in the Sullivan burial ground, Durham.
BENJAMIN b. abt. 1736; lost at sea.
DANIEL b. abt. 1738; s. in Sullivan, Me.
2. JOHN b. in Berwick 17 Feb. 1740; m. Lydia Worcester. JAMES b. 1744; m. Mehitable Odiorne, (2) Martha Langdon; d. 10 Dec. 1808. He became governor of Massachusetts. MARY b. 1752; m. 4 May 1768, Theophilus Hardy and 1. near Gen. Sullivan. She d. at Strafford in 1827. Dau., Margery, m. Edward Wells.
EBENEZER b. 1753; d. at Charleston, S. C., in 1790. He was a captain in the Revolutionary army and lawyer at Berwick. Married Abigail Cotton of Portsmouth. Had a son, John, who studied law with his uncle, John Sullivan, having been adopted by him. He m. 1803, Mary Yeaton of Durham and had 5 ch.
2. Gen. John Sullivan married Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Remick) Worcester, who was born 14 Oct. 1738 and died 22 March 1820. He died 23 Jan. 1795. [See page 135 of Vol. I.]
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MARGERY b. 2 Feb. 1761 ; d. 10 Feb. 1764.
LYDIA b. 17 March 1763; m. Jan. 1788, Jonathan Steele. JOHN b. 29 Oct. 1767; d. 1819, at Baton Rouge, La.
JAMES b. I Sept. 1769; d. July 1796 at Georgetown, S. C. Unm.
GEORGE b. 29 Aug. 1771 ; m. (1) Clarissa Benson, (2) Philippa Call, 14 Jan. 1838. [See page 281 of Vol. I.] MARGERY b. 1775; d. 1777.
STEVENS
Sergt. John Stevens, born about 1611, had wife Katherine and lived in Salisbury, Mass. He died Feb. 1688/9. Had a son,
Lieut. John Stevens, born 1639, who m. 17 Feb. 1669/70, Joanna Thorne. He died 26 Nov. 1690, leaving a son,
John Stevens, born 1670, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Richard and Martha (Allen) Hubbard, born 19 April 1673. He died 5 July 1716, leaving a son,
Hubbard Stevens, born 20 Oct. 1698. This is, doubtless, the Dea. Hubbard Stevens of Oyster River, who married Mary, daughter of John and Sarah (Woodman) Thompson before 24 May 1724, on which day she was baptized as Mary Stevens. He had a brother, Moses Stevens, born in Salisbury, Mass., 17 Aug. 1708, who married Hannah Thompson, sister of his brother's wife, and 1. in Dover. The will of Dea. Hubbard Stevens, 12 July 1770-1I April 1771, shows the following family:
JOSEPH bapt. 23 July 1727; executor; m. Ann, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Field) Jones. Dau., Betty, bapt. 4 Feb. 1760. Joseph "Stephens" was buried 1 April 1783.
HUBBARD bapt. 22 May 1726; m. 15 Feb. 1753, Deborah
Pickering. Ch., Joanna and Hubbard, bapt. 8 May 1760. MOSES d. bef. 1770, leaving dau., Hannah.
ELIZABETH m. Nathaniel Thompson.
The will names also granddau., Abigail Clough.
LYDIA STEVENS bapt. 27 July 1760, after owning the covenant.
The tax lists of 1783 contain the names of Joseph Stevens, Esq., Jonathan Stevens, Benjamin Stevens and Benjamin Stevens, Jr. Moses Stevens was taxed in 1787-8, and John Stevens in 1790-1.
STEVENS
Jonathan Stevens, Jr., was born in Lee in 1773 and died in Dur- ham 12 April 1854. He married, 15 Feb. 1798, Patty Davis. Patty,
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or Martha, Stevens, died 9 May 1853, aged 77, and she was probably daughter of David and Elizabeth (Crommett) Davis.
2. PARKER b. 16 June 1799; m. Mary D. Willey.
3. SAMUEL m. Sophia Gleason, (2) Martha Bunker. DEBORAH m. Benjamin Bailey.
MARY m. Albert Libby, (2) Benjamin Bailey. MARTHA b. 16 April 1807; m. 19 Nov. 1829, John Ellison. CAROLINE d. March 1835.
FEDERAL BURT m. 30 Sept. 1843, Mary A. Willey.
4. DAVID b. 16 Jan. 1826; m. Hannah Lee.
BETTY, DRUSILLA, and JONATHAN, who m. in New York.
2. Parker Stevens, born 16 June 1799, married, 1820, Mary D. Willey, who was born 6 March 1799. Children recorded in Durham:
WILLIAM J. b. 9 June 1821 ; m. 8 Dec. 1838, Mary J. S. Smith,
who d. 24 July 1851, aged 30, dau. of Rev. Daniel Smith. CAROLINE b. 9 Feb. 1823; m. --- Gooch of Andover, Mass. MARY ANN b. 4 April 1824; m. 19 Oct. 1843, Ira Willey. HANNAH L. b. I Jan. 1826; m. Edward Furness.
PARKER b. 14 Dec. 1827.
SARAH b. 24 April 1830; m. Charles Foster of Wells, Me. SAMUEL W. b. 21 May 1832; m. Harriet Collins of Kingston.
MARTHA J. b. 23 April 1834; m. George Trickey of Lawrence, Mass.
HARRIET FRANCES b. 4 Jan. 1836; m. Gilman Brier. Res., Fall River, Mass ..
3. Samuel Stevens married (1) 24 Aug. 1823, Sophia Gleason of Barrington, who died 30 Nov. 1831, aged 33, (2) 4 Dec. 1834, Martha Bunker, who was born Nov. 1801 and died 7 Sept. 1883, aged 81-7-10. He died 28 Dec. 1853, aged 53.
JOHN d. young.
NATHANIEL m. Charlotte Thissell; d. s. p. 15 July 1869, aged 45.
DARIUS m. Harriet Amanda Mathes. Ch., Fannie and Darius, who both d. young, Susie who m. John Hodgdon of Madbury, Nettie, Flora, Lewis A., Clark D., Edith and Albert.
JAMES m. (I) Sophia Cloutman; divorced; no ch. He m. (2) Mrs. Martha F. (Doe) Marston. Ch., Nettie b. 15 Aug. 1873, m. 27 Feb. 1899, Cecil C. Shaw of Rochester; Martha. JOHN m. Annie Jordan. Res., Boston, Mass. Son, Edward, m. Catherine Dyer.
Children by second marriage:
SAMUEL d. I Feb. 1866, aged 30-3-21. Accidentally killed on railroad.
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MARY m. Benjamin F. Clark and had dau., Emma A., (2) Dr. Reuben M. Gray.
MARTHA A.
4. David Stevens, born 16 Jan. 1826, married, 8 July 1845, Hannah Lee, who was born 22 April 1828. Children recorded in Durham:
JOHN WILLIAM b. I Feb. 1847; m. Hattie F. dau. of James Willey, who was b. in 1856 and d. 9 Feb. 1904. Ch., Bertha M. b. II July 1874, d. 1881; David A., b. 1876; Hannah F. b. 1880, m. Albert Stevens; d. 16 Nov. 1901, leaving ch., Wilfred E., b. 12 Oct. 1901; Ethel O., b. 14 Jan. 1883, m. 21 Oct 1899, William Burrows; Irving C., b. 20 March 1889; Harry E., b. 6 Jan. 1887, d. 6 Feb. 1887; John E. b. 14 July 1890; Lester G., b. 22 March 1894; Sarah V. b. 6 Sept. 1901.
FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS b. 7 Dec. 1848; d. 28 Dec. 1899. Unm. CHARLES EDWARD b. 24 July 1852; m. Jennie Hayes.
GEORGIE ANNA b. 27 Aug. 1855; m. (1) Joseph Morrison, (2) George Merrill.
DAVID ALBERT b. 27 March 1858; d. 9 Dec. 1862.
GEORGE DOUGLAS b. 16 Nov. 1860; m. Gertrude Davis, 2 ch. See page 335 of Vol. I.
JAMES MADISON b. 27 Aug. 1863; m. 3 July 1888, Elizabeth Tatner of Dover. Ch., Carl H. b. 29 Aug. 1890, and Helen b. 10 Sept. 1891.
CLARENCE EDGAR b. 21 Feb. 1866; m. 15 May 1895, Helen Gallant, who was b. 20 Jan. 1874 in Prince Edward Island. Ch., Mary Elsie b. 28 May 1896, Barnard James b. 5 March 1898, Janet Louise b. 17 Nov. 1901, Agnes Gallant b. 21 Dec. 1903, Anna Elizabeth b. 19 May 1906, Samuel b. 28 June, 1910, and Clarence Edgar b. 23 June 1912. CLARA ETTA twin, b. 21 Feb. 1866.
DaVID ALBERT b. 19 Dec. 1869; d. 17 Nov. 1874.
UNCLASSIFIED.
m. II Nov. 1787, Amos Heard of Ipswich, Mass., and Mary Stevens.
m. 7 March 1781, Jonathan Clough of Loudon and Hannah Stevens.
m. 1810, Joseph Stevens of Lee and Catherine Giles.
d. 4 Oct. 1826, Betsey Stevens, aged 61.
STEVENSON
This surname is written also Stephenson and Stimpson in old records. Thomas Stevenson was rated at Oyster River in 1648 and had a grant of three acres at Oyster Point in 1649. He died 7 Dec. 1663 and his wife, Margaret, died 26 Nov. 1663. The
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court ordered in 1667 "that his son Joseph Stevenson should allow to three daughters of sd Thomas Stevenson six pounds apiece and to the sd Josephs two Brothers six pounds apiece, wh two Brothers Portion the court allows unto sd Joseph for bring- ing them up, the said Joseph to enjoy all the rest of the estate to himself, he allowing William Follett six pounds for his disburse- ments for Physick for Josephs sister Chapman." [Court Records and Files, Vol. XII, 57.] Thomas Stevenson owned land on the south side of Oyster River as early as 5 July 1643.
MARY b. 1651; m. Enoch Hutchins of Kittery, 5 April 1667. JOSEPH executor, prob. slain in 1694.
THOMAS b. 1654; prob. slain in 1694.
MARGARET m. William Williams.
Daughter m. - Chapman.
2. BARTHOLOMEW m. Mary Clark.
2. Bartholomew Stevenson (Thomas) married, 10 Oct. 1680, Mary Clark. Mary Stevenson, an aged widow, was admitted to church 5 April 1724. His will, dated 22 April 1718, was probated 4 June 1718. The following children are recorded in Dover: MARY b. 21 Sept. 1681 ; m. James Davis, 19 May 1719. BARTHOLOMEW b. 30 June 1683; m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Ricker b. 8 Aug. 1690. He was killed 30 June 1709. Had a dau. who later was Deborah Wentworth. His widow m. Joseph Abbott.
3. JOSEPH b. 13 Sept. 1686; m. Margaret Footman. ELIZABETH b. 8 Dec. 1688; m. Samuel Williams.
4. THOMAS b. 28 Dec. 1691 ; m. Sarah SARAH b. 21 May 1695; m. Samuel Willey. ABRAHAM b. 8 Nov. 1700; m. Mary He deposed 2 Sept. 1768, aged 68. Daus. Mary, bapt. 5 April 1724, and Joanna, bapt. 8 June 1729.
DEBORAH b. II April 1709; d. 8 May 1709.
3. Joseph Stevenson (Bartholomew2, Thomas1) married, 26 Sept. 1717, Margaret, daughter of John Footman. He was baptized 10 May 1719, and she was baptized 20 March 1719/20. A tombstone says that he died at the age of 80 years.
DEBORAH bapt. 14 June 1719.
5. JOSEPH bapt. 20 March 1719/20; m. Ann Buzzell. MARGARET bapt. 19 Nov. 1721.
JOHN bapt. 26 May 1723; m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Garland. He d. soon after 1760 and she appears to have m. Johnson.
HANNAH bapt. 29 Aug. 1725; m. Jonathan Davis, 14 April 1757.
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THOMAS bapt. 2 Oct. 1726. Ch., recorded in Durham, John b. 29 May 1765, and James b. 28 Aug. 1766. BARTIIOLOMEW bapt. 21 April 1729.
4. Thomas Stevenson (Bartholomew2, Thomas1), born 28 Dec. 1691, lived in the vicinity of Packer's Falls. His will, 1753-5, names wife, Sarah, brothers, Joseph and Abraham, sister, Sarah, wife of Samuel Willey, John, son of brother, Joseph, chil- dren of late sister, Elizabeth Williams, Deborah Wentworth, daughter of late brother, Bartholomew. On his old farm are found some tombstones with inscriptions as follows, indicating that some disease, like "Throat distemper" swept his family away within one month. That lonely graveyard is a pathetic narrative.
MARY b. 7 Oct. 1716; d. 28 Sept. 1735.
E. S. b. 10 Feb. 1721; d. 3 Nov. 1735. S. S. b. 1724; d. 5. Oct. 1735. T. S. b. 1733; d. II Oct. 1735.
5. Joseph Stevenson (Joseph3, Bartholomew2, Thomas1) mar- ried (1) 17 Jan. 1753, Ann Buzzell, (2), Anna, widow of Lemuel Drew and daughter of Joseph and Ann (Giles) Bunker. Children by first marriage:
ISET bapt. 22 Oct. 1758.
BARTHOLOMEW bapt. 22 Oct. 1758.
JOSEPH bapt. 22 Oct. 1758.
PHILIP bapt. 19 Oct. 1760.
Children by second marriage:
ABIGAIL m. Gillette.
LEMUEL m. Tibbetts.
MARGARET m. Benjamin Wiggin.
THOMAS m. Sarah Johnson.
Richard, son of Bartholomew Stevenson, b. Dec. 1805. Bartholomew Stevenson, d. 5 Jan. 1822, aged 52.
Hannah Stevenson d. 18 April 181I.
John Stevenson d. March 1808.
John Stevenson d. 9 July 1847. Joseph Stevenson d. 16 April 1849, aged about 30. Abigail Stimson d. 12 April 1848.
STILSON
William Stilson, captain in the Revolutionary War, married, 1770, Sarah Roberts of Somersworth. They had daughter, Molly, born II Oct. 1773, who married John Langley.
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William Stilson, Jr., born 23 June 1780, married, 1805, Nancy, daughter of David and Abigail (Clark) Chapman of Newmarket, who was born I Jan. 1785 and died 5 Feb. 1854. He died 25 March 1842. His house was the last one on the Durham side of the Lamprey River. He was one of a troop of twenty-four men on horseback, who went out to welcome LaFayette to Dur- ham village. His daughter, Elizabeth, attended the reception and shook hands with LaFayette's son. Children were:
SALLY b. 22 Sept. 1806; m. (1) 9 Nov. 1825, Robert Goodwin, (2), as his second wife, John Weare Shaw; d. 7 Feb. 1843. ELIZABETH b. 2 Feb. 1810; m. 15 May 1845, as his third wife, John Weare Shaw, who d. 18 April 1852. She m. (2) 10 Feb. 1855, as his second wife, her cousin, Henry Langley, from Barnstead. Had a dau., Ednah Shaw, who m. Sullivan C. Kimball. She d. 4 Nov. 1891.
WILLIAM b. 22 Feb. 1812; d. 25 Dec. 1831.
LETTICE b. 31 March 1814; d. 21 Sept. 1835.
JAMES b. 9 Dec. 1815; d. 21 Sept. 1835.
ANN b. 16 July 1819; d. 23 Aug. 1877.
SUSAN b. 14 May 1821; m. 18 May 1845, John Page, Jr., of Kensington; d. 5 May 1898. .
EDNAH b. 18 June 1822; m. W. P. Swain of Northwood; d. 28 Feb. 1897.
JOHN b. I June 1825; d. 9 Feb. 1848.
GEORGE b. 14 June 1827; d. 18 Nov. 1849.
DANIEL b. 25 March 1830; m. Eleanor R., dau. of Clement
Davis of Durham; d. 20 Aug. 1899.
TASKER
William Tasker made a deposition, 7 June 1696, aged about 40. He was rated in Dover in 1675. He signed the petition to have Oyster River made a township in 1695. He lived at the foot of Moharimet's hill, within the present bounds of Madbury on the farm now owned by Maj. John DeMeritt. He married Mary, daughter of the first Charles Adams, who gave to her this land in Madbury, which he had as a grant from Dover. Widow Mary Tasker's estate was administered by Henry Nock, appointed 2 Feb. 1699/1700, "who married with Sarah Adams sister to Mary Tasker." The following curious paper appears among probate records:
"To Sertifie Avoir Ressev de Mr henery Not trante chelein pour le Tretememt de Mse Talquet fait a pisquatoq le 16 Octbre 1700," which may be translated thus, "To certify to having received 23
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of Mr. Henry Nock thirty shillings for the treatment of Miss Tasker. Done at Pascataqua the 16th of October 1700." Signed Leblanc. In old records the name is often written Tascet and Tasket. William Tasker died about 1697 and his wife in 1699.
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