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SAMUEL slain by Indians at O. R. I June 1704.
MARY m. Samuel Perkins, between 1700 and 1704.
2. JOHN m. Judith Davis, 3 April 1718.
2. Capt. John Tasker (William) served in the Crown Point expedition. His will, 12 June 1755-25 Nov. 1761, names wife, Judith, sons, Ebenezer, John and William, daughters, Elizabeth Davis, and Rebecca Tasker, Rebecca, widow of late son, John, Sem and grandchildren, Samuel, Betty and Mary, who were children of John and Rebecca Tasker, all baptized 6 May 1753. His widow, Judith, was living in 1772. She was daughter of Joseph and Mary (Stevens) Davis.
3. WILLIAM b. 18 May bapt. 6 Aug. 1721; m. Elizabeth
ELIZABETH bapt. 6 Aug. 1721; d. young.
ELIZABETH bapt. in Dover 21 March 1736; m. Davis. SAMUEL bapt. 21 March 1736; m. Rebecca Perkins. Ch., Samuel, Betty and Mary.
4. JOHN b. abt. 1718; bapt. 21 March 1736; m. Mary Young.
5. EBENEZER bapt. 21 March 1736; m. Mary Demeritt.
REBECCA bapt. 21 March 1736; m. Samuel Huggins of Cornish.
THIRD GENERATION
3. William Tasker (John2, William1), born 18 May 1721, mar- ried Elizabeth -, who was born 19 April 1729. He lived in Northwood. Family as given in an old Bible:
ABIGAIL b. 27 Oct. 1750; d. 13 Oct. 1823.
6. SAMUEL b. 26 April 1752; m. Sarah Tuttle.
WILLIAM b. 14 Nov. 1753; d. II Sept. 1828.
DANIEL b. 14 Aug. 1755.
JAMES b. 6 Feb. 1757; d. 2 Feb. 1837.
HANNAH b. 22 July 1758; d. 15 Aug. 1812. ELIZABETH b. 19 March 1760; d. 14 March 1824.
JOHN b. 9 March 1762. Louis b. 24 Sept. 1764.
REBECCA b. 29 May 1766.
ANDREW b. 29 May 1768.
ISRAEL b. 10 Dec. 1769.
MILES b. 19 Oct. 1771; d. II Jan. 1823.
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4. John Tasker (John?, William1) was a blacksmith. He was the first settler of Barnstead. Died between 1797 and 1800. He married Mary Young, probably daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Hanscom), born 30 Dec. 1725. She died 29 April 1806. He was justice of the peace and thrice selectman. He surveyed the first road through Barnstead.
ABIGAIL bapt. 20 Sept. 1754; m. 13 Jan. 1777, Samuel Nel- son, (2) 1802, Samuel Bragg, who d. Feb. 1813. She d. abt. 1830 in Wheelock, Vt. Ch., by first marriage, Jon- athan, who was a Free Baptist minister at Wheelock, Vt .; Mary, who m. Moses Chesley of Barnstead; Abigail who m. Reuben Willard and rem. to Boston, Vt .; Samuel who m. Abigail, dau. of Joseph Tasker; Richard of Salem, Mass., who d. bef. 1832; John of Barnstead who m. Olive Kaime and d. bef. 1826.
JOSEPH b. 24 Nov. 1755; m. Sarah Pickering, who was b. 24 Oct. 1755 and d. in 1834. He d. 5 July 1833. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Ch., Polly, Betsey, Lois, William, Abigail, John, Joseph, Mehitable, Paul, and Ira. MARY b. 1759; m. 19 Dec. 1778, Benjamin Nutter of New- ington, d. 1830.
NATHANIEL b. 8 Sept. 1763; m. 16 Feb. 1797, Sally or Polly Hill, who d. 15 April 1837, aged 56-5-16. He l. in Barn- stead, and d. 22 March 1817. Ch., Mary, Lois, Gilbert, Nathaniel, Seth, Paul and Vinnia.
LOIS m. 1776, John Drew, (2) 28 July 1791, Jonathan McDuf- fee of Alton.
5. Ebenezer Tasker (John2, William1), born 1729, died 6 Nov. 1795, aged 66. He married about 1751, Mary, daughter of John and Margaret (Buzzell) Demeritt. He lived on the Tasker homestead at Madbury.
JONATHAN b. 1752; d. abt. 1805; m. Comfort Seavey; d. in Bartlett.
7. EBENEZER b. --; m. Elizabeth Chesley; d. 16 March 1817.
FOURTH GENERATION
6. Samuel Tasker (William3, John2, William1), born 26 April 1752, married, 8 Feb. 1779, Sarah Tuttle, born 15 April 1754, daughter of James Tuttle of Back River, Dover. He lived in Strafford and died 19 Sept. 1811. She died 15 April 1819. He was a surgeon in the Revolutionary army. Two children:
8. WILLIAM b. II Aug. 1781; m. Lydia Batchelder. SALLY b. 16 June 1783; m. 5 April 1798, Elijah Tuttle; d. 3 Feb. 1819.
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7. Ebenezer Tasker (Ebenezer3, John2, William1) married Elizabeth Chesley. He lived on the homestead in Madbury and died 16 March 1817.
MARY D. b. 10 March 1807; m. 3 June 1847, Eli Brewster of Dover; d. 22 Sept. 1867.
THOMAS U. b. 7 Feb. 1811; m. 3 Jan. 1840, Comfort Bickford; d. 4 Dec. 1886.
SARAH b. 8 Feb. 1813; m. Chas. Hayes of Alton; d. 5 Sept. 1878.
CURTIS b. 6 June 1815. Went to California in 1849 and never heard from.
HENRY b. 6 June 1816; m. 10 June 1847, Elizabeth M. Clarke; d. 7 Jan. 1899.
FIFTH GENERATION
8. William Tasker (Samuel4, William3, John2, William1) born II Aug. 1781, married Lydia Batchelder, who was born 20 June 1786 and died 8 Feb. 1863. He died 14 June 1848.
DAVID B. b. 5 May 1809; d. 4 Sept. 184 -.
SAMUEL b. 5 Dec. 1811; d. 30 Jan. 1836.
PAUL b. 22 Oct. 1812; d. 12 Oct. 1887.
GEORGE b. 27 Aug. 1814; d. 1I April 1823.
9. JEREMIAH b. 15 June 1816; m. Lucy B. Chesley; d. 16 Nov. 1890.
NANCY b. 18 April 1818; d. 22 May 1891.
WILLIAM OREN b. 13 Feb. 1820; d. 4 Feb. 1835.
MARY JANE b. 4 Feb. 1822.
CHARLES b. 23 Nov. 1823; d. 13 Sept. 1898.
GEORGE W. b. 31 Aug. 1825.
LYDIA ANN b. 31 April 1827; d. 30 Aug. 1887.
LOUISA b. 21 June 1831.
SIXTH GENERATION
9. Jeremiah Tasker (William5, Samuel4, William3, John2, William1), born 15 June 1816, married Lucy B., daughter of John and Betsey (Batchelder) Chesley of Northwood, born 27 March 1816. He died 16 Nov. 1890.
SARAH b. 8 May 1837; d. 8 Nov. 1841.
WILLIAM OREN b. 18 March 1843; m. 30 June 1873, Augusta H. Edgerly of Northwood and 1. in Haverhill, Mass. LUCY JANE b. 20 April 1850; m. George H. Hanscom.
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THOMAS
James Thomas signed the petition of 1669. He and Samuel York bought of Indians land in Topsham, Me., 2 July 1670. [See York Deeds, X, 82.] He married Martha, daughter of John Goddard. He was living in 1715, and his widow married (2), before 7 Dec. 1718, Elias Critchet and was living in 1730. She divided her estate by deed, 4 Aug. 1729, giving property to children of daughters, Welthen Huckins alias Gray deceased, Elizabeth Crommett, Anne Bunker, Mary Rawlins and Abigail Nock alias Leathers, to Grandson Joseph Thomas, and to his sisters, Patience Tash, Sobriety Cromwell, Elizabeth Davis, and Mary Perkins.
2. JAMES named in will of John Goddard; m. Mary Smith. ELIZABETH m. John Crommett, 13 Jan. 1691/2.
ABIGAIL m. James Nock about 1700. Ch., Elizabeth, Pa- tience, Mary, Sobriety and Abigail, all bapt. 20 Oct. 1717. Widow Abigail m. (2) Wm. Leathers.
WELTHEN m. Robert Huckins about 1692, (2) John Grey of Oyster River.
ANNE m. James Bunker.
BENJAMIN b. 1677; m. 12 Sept. 1700 Mary Leavitt. [See History of Hampton.]
MARY m. John Rollins in Newbury, Mass., 9 Oct. 1702.
2. . James Thomas (James) married Mary, daughter of Joseph " and Elizabeth (Bickford) Smith. She was a widow in 1718 and married, 8 March 1725/6, Samuel Page of Hampton.
3. JOSEPH bapt. 5 March 1718/9; m. Abigail Jones. ELIZABETH m. David Davis, 28 June 1717. SOBRIETY m. John Crommett.
PATIENCE bapt. 5 March 1718/9; m. Jacob Tash, 21 June 1727.
MARY m. Samuel Perkins. She was wife of Samuel Veasey in 1763.
ABIGAIL bapt. 16 June 1719; m. Ebenezer Spencer, 20 Nov. I729.
3. Capt. Joseph Thomas (James2, James1) was a captive in Canada in 1710. He married Abigail, daughter of Ensign Ste- phen and Abigail (Nutter) Jones. He was ten times selectman, between 1736 and 1764, and died about the year 1795.
JAMES (?) m. Abigail Chesley. Soldier in 1775, aged 34. His wife was buried 20 April 1784.
4. CAPT. JOSEPH m. Temperance Drew. 1
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BETTY JONES bapt. 13 Aug. 1749.
STEPHEN JONES bapt. II Sept. 1752. Soldier in 1775, aged 24. L. in Newington; m. Alice Bickford, 3 July 1782. JOHN bapt. 19 Oct. 1760.
4. Capt. Joseph Thomas, Jr., was taxed from 1786 onward. He died 8 May 1825, aged 83. He was selectman several times; married Temperance Drew, having the following children:
ABIGAIL b. 4 July 1779; m. 5 July 1798, George Edgerly. BETTY b. 18 Nov. 1781; m. 10 Nov. 1799, Thomas Thomp- son, Jr.
OLIVE twin to Betty; m. 17 May 1801, Samuel Odiorne.
JOHN m. 24 Aug. 1809, Betsey Smith.
BRADBURY m. 4 Nov. 1810, Sally Smith.
RHUHAMA m. 1809, Jonathan Edgerly.
LOVEY pub. to Bennett West of Portsmouth, I Dec. 1810. JOSEPH JR. (?) m. 1807, Elsie Thompson.
m. 26 Jan. 1800, James Fogg and Elizabeth Thomas. m. 1809, Levi Tuttle and Sally Thomas of Lee.
pub. 22 Aug. 1827, John March of Newburyport and Abigail Thomas.
Lieut. Joseph Thomas had wife, Ann, and daughter, Judith. He was killed at the battle of Bemis Heights, 18 Sept. 1777. Widow Ann was allowed one-half his pay, 16 March 1781.
THOMPSON
Some have tried to connect the Thompson family of Durham with David Thompson, who was living at Odiorne's Point, in what is now Rye, as early as 1623. He had his fish-weir at Thompson's Point, just below the mouth of Cochecho River. He married, at Plymouth, England, 13 July 1613, Amias Cole. He removed to Thompson's Island in Boston harbor, and after his death his widow married Samuel Maverick. John Thomp- son, son of David, was said to be "of London" in 1650, when he mortgaged his island above named, yet some think he set- tled in Weymouth, Mass., whence he removed to Mendon, Mass., and died there between 1684 and 1686. There is no evidence that the Thompsons of New Hampshire and Maine are descended from him.
William Thompson had a grant of land in Dover in 1656, the same year that a dozen Scotchmen who had worked in the saw mills of Kittery had their grants. His descendants are called
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Scotchmen in the History of Kennebunkport. The tradition that he was a Scotchman is found in both the Maine and the New Hampshire branches of the Thompson family. The indications are that he was one of those prisoners taken by Oliver Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar and sent to Boston. [See the chapter on Exiles from Scotland.]
The grant of fifty acres made to William Thompson in 1656 lay "beyond Cochecho log swamp," and it was conveyed by John Thompson of Dover, 8 Nov. 1715, to John Tuttle. In the conveyance it is declared to be land "granted to my father William Thompson by the town of Dover." This fixes the relationship of the first John Thompson of Oyster River. There is no evidence that William Thompson ever lived on this grant. In the same year, 15 Oct. 1656, a grant made to John White by the town of Kittery, Maine, in 1651, was assigned to William Thompson. This land was a little below Sturgeon Creek in what is now Eliot, Me. It is probable that he had married a daughter of John White, and it may be easily conjectured that he had previously worked in the saw mill at Sturgeon Creek. All the towns were then trying to draw settlers by grants of land. In 1659 William Thompson was presented at York Court "for rebellion against his father and mother-in-law" and gave bond for good behavior. He died in 1676.
In the settlement of his estate, 1677, the court record of York county says, "There is fifty acres of Land in Dover Townshipe about Chutchechah wch hee gave to his two sonns that live at Doer, vidgt. William Tomson and Robert Tomson & John White. The children left are John Tomson the elldest 18 years ould not placed out, William Tomson Living with Richard Otis, appren- tice, 16 years old, James Tomson a lame boy II years not placed out, Robert Tomson 13 years ould living with Toby Hanson apprentice, Allexander Tomson 6 years ould, not disposed of, Judeth Tomson 2 years ould not disposed of." This is an exact copy. The Maine Recorder has a typographical error, changing 18 to 15 for the age of John.
The other members of this family are sufficiently traced in Old Kittery and Her Families, pp. 767-770, and in Sinnett's Our Thompson Family. We are now concerned only with the oldest, who settled at Oyster River.
John Thompson married, between 1678 and 1680, Sarah,
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daughter of Capt. John and Mary (Field) Woodman. He gave a bond, in 1684, for the proper administration of his father's estate and to provide for "James his lame impotent brother." James proved to be abundantly able as a tailor to take care of himself and to raise a large family, having many prominent de- scendants in Maine. March 30, 1708, John Thompson and James Thompson, "sons of William Tomson late of Kittery," conveyed the homestead at "Cold Harbor," in what is now Eliot, Me., to Francis Allen. The deed was witnessed by Jon- athan Woodman, Robert Huckins, and David Kincaid. John Thompson's will, dated 12 April 1733, was probated 24 July 1734. Wife Sarah survived him. Children were:
2. JOHN m. Mary Davis.
3. JONATHAN m. Sarah Burnham.
4. ROBERT m. Abigail Emerson. SARAH m. Samuel Hill, 12 June 1718. HANNAH m. Moses Stevens of Somersworth.
ELIZABETH m. Eleazer Clark of Wells, Me., 6 July 1727. MARY m. Hubbard Stevens.
2. John Thompson (John2, William1), born 1687, as a deposi- tion shows, married Mary who was admitted to church at Oyster River, 25 Sept. 1718, by letter of dismission from Dover, then the wife of John Thompson, Jr. He was baptized 5 July 1724 and was living 3 Feb. 1753. Childreu baptized at Oyster River:
5. JAMES bapt. 21 March 1717/8; m. Mary Clark. ROBERT bapt. 21 March 1717/8, farmer in Durham in 1742. No record of marriage, death, or family.
PATIENCE bapt. 24 May 1719. Nothing more known. BENJAMIN a tanner; rem. to Pembroke after 1757.
SETH in the Crown Point Expedition, 1761, 1. in Durham in 1757.
6. NATHANIEL bapt. 29 May 1726; m. Elizabeth Stevens. EBENEZER bapt. 17 Nov. 1728; 1. in Durham in 1757.
SARAH b. 5 Jan. 1724; bapt. 8 March 1724; m. 8 July 1747, Abraham Scales, who was b. in Portsmouth, I Sept. 1718, son of Matthew and Mary (Curtis) Scales, who were born in Rowley, Mass.
3. Capt. Jonathan Thompson (John2, William1), born 1693, as per deposition, married, 23 Jan. 1717/8, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah and Temperance (Bickford) Burnham. Both were admitted to church 4 Feb. 1728. He was on the muster roll of Capt. James Davis in 1712. Selectman in Dover 1728-9, and
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in Durham, 1733-5, 1738-41, and 1746, representative eight years, deacon in the church at Oyster River. Called lieutenant and captain. His will, 10 Sept. 1756-23 Feb. 1757, names wife, Sarah, and the following children:
7. JOHN b. Sept. 1721; m. Abigail Emerson.
ELIZABETH bapt. 6 May 1725; m. Jonathan Clough of Salis- bury, Mass.
SARAH bapt. II June 1727.
HANNAH b. 1729; m. Ebenezer Demeritt.
SUSANNA b. 17 April 1731; m. Robert Thompson.
8. JOSEPH bapt. II March 1739; m. Abigail Randall. ABIGAIL bapt. II March 1739; m. Solomon Burnham, (2) Moses Dame of Nottingham.
9. JONATHAN b. 1718; m. Susanna Thompson, widow of Samuel. 4. Robert Thompson (John2, William1) married Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Judith (Davis) Emerson, who was born 27 Sept. 1704, and died in 1757. He dropped dead near the present residence of Lucien Thompson, in 1752.
SAMUEL bapt. 22 March 1723/4; m. Susanna Reynolds. Had one child, Hannah, b. 29 July 1749, who m. her cousin, Smith Emerson, and d. 25 Dec. 1841. Widow Susanna m. Jonathan Thompson.
IO. ROBERT b. 8 July 1726; m. Susanna Thompson, his cousin. BENJAMIN b. 1731; d. 17 Jan. 1736/7.
II. EBENEZER b. 5 March 1737; m. Mary Torr. ABIGAIL b. 23 June 1747; m. Timothy Emerson.
FOURTH GENERATION
5. James Thompson (John3, John2, William1) was a mariner and captain of the sloop Nancy. His intentions of marriage with Mary Clark of Wells, Me., were published there 21 July 1739, and they were married 14 Sept. 1739. His estate was adminis- tered by his widow, Mary, in 1762. Little is known of his two sons:
JAMES bapt. 2 July 1749; m. 27 Sept. 1772, Alice Watson. Served 3 years in the Revolutionary army.
SAMUEL bapt. 17 Aug. 1755. Was in Capt. Winborn Adams' Co. in 1775 and served in the army till 1780.
6. Nathaniel Thompson (John3, John?, William1) is called "ensign." He was a surveyor in 1768 and was of Durham in 1770. He had land in Pembroke but settled in New Holderness, where he was a selectman in 1773. He married Elizabeth, daughter
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of Dea. Hubbard and Mary (Thomson) Stevens. He was killed at Durham while assisting in launching a ship. He was ancestor of Frances E. Willard and of Maj. A. B. Thompson, secretary of State of New Hampshire many years and officer in the Civil War.
DOLLY b. 20 Oct. 1761.
JOHN b. 15 March 1763.
NATHANIEL b. 21 April 1765; m. 1I April 1786, Olive Dow of Gilmanton.
ELIZABETH b. 17 Aug. 1767.
JAMES b. 27 Aug. 1769.
POLLY b. 6 Feb. 1772; m. 4 Feb. 1796, John Hill.
JANE b. 9 May 1774.
EBENEZER b. 15 July 1776.
REV. SAMUEL b. 28 Feb. 1779; d. 12 Aug. 1853. [See N. H. Native Ministry, p. 363.]
HUBBARD b. 1783.
7. Sergt. John Thompson (Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 'Sept. 1721, married, Oct. 1750, Abigail, daughter of Micah and Sarah (Huckins) Emerson, who died II Nov. 1822, aged 90. He died 3 Dec. 1794. He lived on the Mast Road and is men- tioned repeatedly as commanding a scouting party.
SAMUEL killed when small by cart running over him.
12. EDMUND b. 25 May 1759; m. Abigail Emerson.
13. JOHN b. 29 March 1762; m. Sarah Runnels.
HANNAH b. 26 Oct. 1765; m. 2 Dec. 1802, Capt. Daniel Taylor; d. at Vassalboro, Me.
LOVE b. 26 May 1767; m. 8 Nov. 1792, Jacob Joy.
8. Joseph Thompson (Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 29 Nov. 1738, married, 19 Nov. 1763, Abigail, daughter of Miles and Abigail (Runnels) Randall, who was born 27 May 1740 and died 20 Dec. 1770, (2) 12 Nov. 1772, Hannah, daughter of George and Sarah (Sampson) Chesley, who was born 12 May 1742 and died 15 Aug. 1830. He removed to Conway, N. H., in 1774 and .died there 6 Feb. 1805. Children by first marriage were:
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JOSEPH b. I Jan. 1765; d. 18 Feb. 1818.
MILES b. 28 Oct. 1766; d. 12 March 1769.
ISAAC b. 18 Oct. 1768; d. 27 Jan. 1818. ABIGAIL b. 9 June 1770; d. 15 Aug. 1813.
Children by second marriage:
JOHN b. 23 Jan. 1774; d. 8 Aug. 1844. HANNAH b. 13 Nov. 1776; m. - Hall.
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JONATHAN b. 26 June 1779; m. Polly Willey, 20 Jan. 1806; d. 26 March 1856.
JEREMIAH b. 10 Sept. 1780; m. 8 Oct. 1812, Polly Chesley in Barnstead, (2) Widow Harriman; d. 4 June 1869.
SARAH b. 25 April 1785; m. Daniel Cheney; 1. in Lunenburg, Vt.
EBENEZER b. I Oct. 1787; d. I Aug. 1830. Unm.
9. Ensign Jonathan Thompson (Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 1718, married, 24 Dec. 1755, Susanna, widow of Samuel Thompson and daughter of Job Runnels. He lived in Lee. His will, 14 Nov. 1791-15 March 1792, names wife, Susanna, and children as follows and declares him about 73 years of age.
MARY d. 1832, aged over 70; blind many years.
14. SAMUEL b. abt. 1756; m. Love Hill.
17-7. JONATHAN b. abt. 1760; m. 15 Nov. 1789, Jane Kelsey in Nottingham. Ch., James, Susan, Noah, Hugh, and Mary. SARAH b. abt. 1763; m. John McCrillis of Nottingham.
SUSANNA b. 1765; m. Daniel Fox of Acton, Me.
ELIZABETH b. abt. 1767; m. Pelatiah Thompson.
15. JOB b. 2 Sept. 1772; m. Abigail Burnham.
IO. Robert Thompson (Robert3, John2, William1), born 8 July 1726, married Susanna, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Burnham) Thompson, who was born 17 April 1731 and died 23 Oct. 1822. He died 12 June 1805. Lived in Lee, where he was chairman of the board of selectmen in 1766.
BENJAMIN b. 18 June 1753; d. 27 July 1760. MARY b. 24 Oct. 1754; d. 3 Sept. 1786. ELIZABETH b. 2 July 1756; d. 9 July 1760.
16. JONATHAN b. 23 Jan. 1758; m. Abigail Runnels. ROBERT b. 27 June 1760; d. 27 Aug. 1786. SUSANNA b. 4 Aug. 1762; d. 28 Aug. 1786.
17. PELATIAH b. 15 July 1765; m. Elizabeth Thompson. ABIGAIL b. 16 April 1768; d. 25 Aug. 1786. DEBORAH b. 8 Nov. 1769; m. John Watson of Lee. ISAAC b. 15 Nov. 1771.
SAMUEL b. 15 April 1774.
SARAH b. 25 April 1776; d. 26 Aug. 1786.
HANNAH b. 22 Feb. 1779; m. 28 Dec. 1805, Edmund Ryan; d. 23 June 1849. He d. April 1834.
II. Hon. Ebenezer Thompson (Robert3, John2, William1), born 5 March 1737, married, 22 May 1758, Mary, daughter of Vincent and Lois (Pinkham) Torr. She was born I Sept. 1740 and died 14 Nov. 1807. He died 14 Aug. 1802. [See page 295 of Vol. I.]
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SARAH b. 16 Feb. 1759; m. James Leighton; d. 16 Jan. 1807. ANNE b. 30 Jan. 1761; m. 22 Feb. 1781, Rev. Curtis Coe; d. II Oct. 1829.
18. EBENEZER b. 12 July 1762; m. Martha Burleigh, (2) Mary Weeks, (3) Elizabeth Hale.
19. BENJAMIN b. 31 March 1765; m. Mary Pickering. MARY b. II April 1767; m. 7 Nov. 1787, Richard Pickering of Newington; d. Io Oct. 1837.
FIFTH GENERATION
12. Edmund Thompson (John4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 25 May 1759, married, 24 June 1784, Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Chamberlain) Emerson, who was born 3 Oct. 1760 and died 8 Feb. 1798. He married (2) 24 April 1800, Susanna, daughter of Maj. Stephen and Susanna (Millett) Jones, who was born 3 May 1769 and died 24 Feb. 1845. These dates were taken from tombstones in the old cemetery in Lee. He died 24 Nov. 1836. He was a carpenter and contractor.
SAMUEL b. 29 June 1785; d. 2 Sept. 1787.
20. JOHN b. 19 Jan. 1788; m. Sarah Woodman. NANCY b. 3 April 1790; m. Charles Yeaton, q. v.
JAMES b. 30 Jan. 1793; m. 25 April 1822, Nancy C. Paul, b. 13 Oct. 1798. He was a farmer in Newington. Ch., Jane Anna b. 9 May 1824, m. James Russell Ambrose 16 March 1843; James Henry b. II April 1826, m. I Sept. 1862 Susan Jane Clapham; and Sarah Elizabeth, living, unm., in 1885.
NICHOLAS b. II May 1795; d. 22 Oct. 1822. Unm.
MOSES b. 31 Jan. 1798; m. 16 Jan. 1823, Drusilla Ewer; d. s. p. 24 Sept. 1869. She was b. 2 Dec. 1803 and d. 3 June 1881.
Children by second marriage:
ABIGAIL b. 12 Dec. 1800; m. George J. Wiggin, q. v. STEPHEN JONES b. 6 March 1803; m. 22 Feb. 1830, Nancy Griffin, dau. of John, granddau. of Capt. John of Durham. He d. 9 June 1851. She d. 18 July 1840, aged 32 yrs. 5 mos. Ch., John Edmund, who d. in the Civil War; Charles who 1. in New Jersey; Stephen Millett,* who m.
* The late Stephen Millett Thompson persistently claimed descent from David Thompson, first settler in New Hampshire, in spite of all evidences to the contrary. Among the proofs he offered was a desk, said to have been made by John Thompson, son of David, which was pre- sented to the Essex Institute with accompanying photographs and explanations. I went to Salem, Mass., to see it. It has no marks of antiquity. It is of white maple, such as were com- mon one hundred and fifty years ago. Under one of the small drawers were written these words and dates "1658. Jno. Thompson, Ipswich" and "A. D. 1658, 4th 15th.," which was inter- preted to mean the date when the desk was made by John, son of David Thompson, who never
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Julia F. White and 1. in Providence, R. I .; Nancy S., who m. George Bunker; and Abby Jane, who m. William Henry Bunker.
EDMUND E. b. 9 Feb. 1805; d. 6 Sept. 1845. Unm.
THOMAS MILLETT b. 12 April 1807; d. 27 April 1886. Unm. Selectman and representative of Lee.
CHARLES E. b. 23 Feb. 1809; m. 12 Dec. 1841, Sarah A. Cater of Barrington; d. 3 Oct. 1878. She was b. 15 April 1819 and d. 12 Jan. 1892. Ch., Edmund E., who d. 18 April 1862, aged 13-4-26, and Susan Jane, who was b. 9 March 1844 and m. Isaac Watson of Dover.
WILLIAM F. b. 23 Feb. 1809; m. 3 June 1838 Hannah J. Griffin of Barnstead; d. 7 Oct. 1884. She was b. 7 March 1816 and d. 26 Jan. 1899. Had two daus., Nancy J., who d. 6 Sept. 1874, aged 34 yrs. 9 mos., and Mary Ellen, who was b. 16 April 1847, and m. Walter Thurston, his second wife.
13. John Thompson (John4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 29 March 1762, married, 17 Feb. 1789, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Keziah (Carter) Runnels of Lee and removed to Conway, where he died 10 Aug. 1798. She was born 3 Aug. 1762 and died 20 Sept. 1824.
BETSEY b. 17 June 1790; d. 3 Oct. 1812.
SAMUEL b. I Sept. 1792; m. Betsey Osgood of Conway; d. 20 Sept. 1829. Ch., Charles Osgood, Samuel and John. The last m. Ann Thomas and d. in Conway, Dec. 1870. JOHN b. II June 1795; d. 1I May 1814.
KEZIAH b. 5 Dec. 1796; d. 16 Nov. 1834.
JONATHAN REYNOLDS b. 21 Jan. 1799; Dartmouth, 1827; physician at Conway. He m. (1) 21 Jan. 1836, Abigail Eastman, who d. 3 Oct. 1846, (2) 13 Sept. 1849 Mary Russell Hill. He d. 12 Dec. 1869. He dropped the surname Thompson and was known as Dr. Jonathan Reynolds: 6 ch.
lived in Ipswich, Mass. Now, John Thompson, son of William, was, as we have seen, past 18 years of age soon after his father died in 1676. He was born, therefore, in 1658, and that date on the bottom of the desk drawer may be the precise date of his birth, 15th of 4th month, 1658. It is known that Alexander Thompson, one of the Scots taken at the battle of Worcester and sent to Boston in the John and Sara, settled in Ipswich, being the servant of Mr. Starkweather. The similarity of names in the families of Alexander Thompson of Ipswich and William Thomp- son of Kittery suggest strongly a relationship. Some tradition concerning this may have led to the writing of the record in the desk many years later by an unknown hand. It is conceiv- able that William Thompson of Kittery went to Ipswich, Mass., to see his brother or near rela- tive, Alexander Thompson, and so his first son, John Thompson, may have been born there.
The branch of the Thompson family at Conway has a compass and sun dial, "said by tradi- tion" to have been the property of David Thompson. Tradition often errs, as in the case of the "three brothers." That compass and sun dial may be safely classed with the enormous quantity of chairs and tables, "brought over in the Mayflower."
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