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14. Samuel Thompson (Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, Wil- liam1), born about 1756, married, I Jan. 1790, Love, daughter of Reuben Hill of Lee Hook.
SAMUEL m. - - Fox; s. in Acton, Me. 3 ch.
21. JONATHAN b. 4 July 1800; m. Elizabeth Randall. ABIGAIL m. Daniel Goodwin, Acton, Me. Lois m. Capt. Stephen Twombly of Dover. LOVE m. Thomas Langley (?), Acton, Me. ELIZA m. Daniel Goodwin, second wife. REUBEN m. and d. in New York.
15. Job Thompson (Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 2 Sept. 1772, married, 13 May 1799, Abigail, daughter of Joseph Burnham, who was born 15 Jan. 1774 and died 21 Oct. 1859. He lived in Lee and died 26 May 1826.
SUSAN b. 20 June 1800; m. 10 Sept. 1825, James Buzzell. JOSEPH BURNHAM b. I Aug. 1802 ; d. 8 Sept. 1803.
ELIZABETH b. 10 Sept. 1804; d. 24 Sept. 1807.
MARY b. 4 July 1806; m. 8 April 1832, John H. Marston; d. 8 June 1845. Ch., Daniel and Elbridge G. Marston. JOB b. 2 May 1808; m. (1) 22 May 1845, Adeline Griffin of Durham, b. 8 Dec. 1804, who d. 25 Feb. 1853, (2) 13 Dec. 1856, Emma Demeritt of Lee, dau. of Gen. Samuel and Sarah (Torr) Demeritt. Job Thompson d. 26 April 1891. Had a son, George Joseph, who m. Elizabeth Knight and had one dau.
JOHN b. 19 June 1810; m. 12 June 1853, Lydia Waterhouse of Barrington, b. 2 May 1823. Ch., John Haven b. 15 Sept. 1857, d. 6 Dec. 1880, unm., and Amanda Flora, b. 15 Feb. 1859, who m. B. Frank Davis.
PARTHENIA b. 19 Oct. 1812; m. Gordon Bean of Candia. SAMUEL b. 30 March 1815; m. 7 July 1844, Lydia M. Cilley of Nottingham. Ch., Anna L., Victoria, Le Roy, Louisa, Mary, Jay, Fremont, Elmer, Elsworth, Edith.
22. DANIEL Fox b. 19 March 1817; m. Mary F. Emerson.
16. Jonathan Thompson (Robert4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 23 Jan. 1758, married, 1779, Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and Keziah (Carter) Runnels, who was born in 1760 and died in 1802. He died 9 Dec. 1803. He lived on land now owned by Leonard B. Bunker, opposite the place of Jeremiah Wiggin.
BENJAMIN b. 1780; d. 1816. Unm.
23. LEVI b. 2 Dec. 1781 ; m. Comfort Ellison.
POLLY b. 1785; m. 18 Dec. 1806, William Speed of Dover. Had dau., Abigail, who m. Charles Young.
ABIGAIL b. 1787; d. 25 May 1808 in Lee.
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ROBERT b. 22 April 1790; m. 9 Nov. 1810, Susanna French in Lee. He served in the War of 1812. Rem. to N. Sears- mont, Me., and d. 9 Aug. 1860. His wife was b. 16 April 1790 and d. 27 Aug. 1871. 8 ch.
JONATHAN b. 12 March 1792; m. 6 March 1817, Elizabeth Savage of Newmarket.
SUSANNAH b. 4 July 1794; m. Pelatiah Thompson.
KEZIAH b. 5 May 1798; m. Robert Thompson of Lee; d. 19 May 1871.
ASA b. 1801; d. 1804.
17. Pelatiah Thompson (Robert4, Robert3, John2, William1), born in Lee 15 July 1765, married Elizabeth, daughter of Jona- than and Susannah (Thompson) Thompson. He died 8 Nov. 1843. She died II Feb. 1803, aged 36. Lived in Lee.
24. PELATIAH b. I Nov. 1795; m. Susannah Thompson.
ROBERT b. 22 March 1798; m. Keziah Thompson, sister to his brother's wife. 7 ch., Benjamin, Jonathan Burnham, Caroline, Nelson, Almon, Hill, Jane.
18. Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Thompson (Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 12 July 1762, married (1) I Jan. 1786, Martha Burleigh of Newmarket, who was born 29 Aug. 1769 and died II April 1796, (2) 4 May 1797, Mary, daughter of William and Eleanor (March) Weeks of Greenland, who was born 8. March 1770 and died 15 Nov. 1813. He married (3) Elizabeth Hale. He died 4 Feb. 1828. Moderator, 1799, 1800; represen- tative 1798, 1799. Children by first marriage:
JOHN B. b. 21 Nov. 1786; d. 7 Oct. 1810. Unm.
ANNE HILTON b. 19 Sept. 1789; d. 1812. Unm.
POLLY b. 24 Feb. 1792; m. Hon. Wm. Claggett; d. 28 March 1865.
MARTHA b. 12 Dec. 1795; d. 8 May 1806.
Children by second marriage:
25. EBENEZER b. 5 Feb. 1798; m. Ann Mary Thompson.
MARTHA WEEKS b. 25 Nov. 1799; m. Sept. 1827, Benjamin
Odiorne; d. I Feb. 1855. He was b. 16 Jan. 1801; d. 29 Aug. 1872.
26. JACOB WEEKS b. 2 Jan. 1802; m. Artimisia Rindge.
27. BENJAMIN b. 31 March 1804; m. Lucinda J. Drew.
REV. George WEEKS b. 29 March 1807; m. 18 April 1833, Mary, dau. of Dea. John Wingate of Stratham, b. 2 Nov. 1810.
HANNAH ELEANOR WEEKS b. 29 March 1807; m. 13 Aug. 1827, Dr. Josiah Bartlett of Stratham, who was b. 3 May 1803 and d. 13 May 1853.
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19. Benjamin Thompson (Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, Wil- liam1), born 31 March 1765, married, 1I May 1794, Mary Pick- ering of Newington, daughter of John Gee Pickering. She was born 15 June 1774 and died I Oct. 1849. Benjamin Thompson was justice of the peace and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Strafford County for twenty years. He lived in Durham village and died 21 Jan. 1838.
EBENEZER b. 22 Nov. 1795; d. 12 Oct. 1796.
28. EBENEZER b. 25 July 1797; m. Jane Demeritt.
JOHN b. 5 Feb. 1799; d. 24 Aug. 1800.
JOHN b. 2 Dec. 1801; d. 22 Jan. 1854. Harvard 1822. Unm. Lawyer at Center Harbor, N. H.
BENJAMIN b. 22 April 1806; d. unm. [See page 298 of Vol. I.]
ANN MARY b. 8 Aug. 1809; m. Ebenezer Thompson.
SIXTH GENERATION
20. Dea. John Thompson (Edmund5, John4, Jonathan3, John2, William1) born 19 Jan. 1788, married, 22 Dec. 1814, Sarah daughter of Lemuel and Betsey (Patrick) Woodman, who was born 15 Sept. 1789 and died 17 May 1879. He died 15 April 1875. Lived on the south branch of the Mill Road and was a very prosperous farmer and deacon in the church at Durham. See page 303 of Vol. I.
29. JOHN E. b. 25 Sept. 1815; m. Mary J. Pickering. ABIGAIL JOY b. 15 Dec. 1816. Unm.
ELIZABETH SUSAN b. 14 Aug. 1819; m. Rev. Preston Pond, (2) Rev. Leonard Z. Ferris.
SAMUEL WOODMAN b. 13 Oct. 1822; d. 2 Dec. 1892. Unm. CHARLES JAMES b. 9 July 1827; m. 27 Oct. 1852, Fidelia Clafflin; d. 5 Feb. 1882. She was b. 31 Jan. 1829 and d. 9 Jan. 1882. They lived in New York but both d. in Durham. Ch., Ida Frances b. 28 Feb. 1854 and John Clafflin b. 7 Aug. 1862.
21. Jonathan Thompson (Samuel5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 4 July 1800, married, 16 Jan. 1822, Eliz- abeth, daughter of Dea. Job and Sarah (Langley) Randall, born 6 Aug. 1803.
30. SAMUEL b. 17 April 1823; m. Rhoda Davis.
STEPHEN b. 20 Sept. 1833; m. Jan. 1859, Sarah (Gray) Lamos, widow of Moses Lamos. Ch., Frank Leslie b. March 1860; Freddie b. 1862, d. 1864; Ella b. 1864; Minnie Florence b. Dec. 1865.
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ELIZABETH b. 13 Oct. 1843; m. 25 Dec. 1870, True Wright Emerson of Barrington, b. 18 April 1846, a soldier in the Civil War.
22. Daniel Fox Thompson (Job5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 19 March 1817, married, 16 April 1839, Mary Frances, daughter of John T. and Mary (Hanson) Emerson, born 28 July 1816. He died at Braintree, Vt., 7 Dec. 1852.
31. JOHN W. E. b. 16 April 1840; m. Susan A. Clough. ELLEN AUGUSTA b. 17 Sept. 1841 ; m. - Brown. Rem. to Vt.
DANIEL GORDON b. 24 Jan. 1843; m. 12 Jan. 1868, Mary E. Gardner.
JEANETTE A. b. 21 Jan. 1845; m. 26 Aug. 1867, Frederick M. Knight.
CAROLINE ELIZABETH b. 16 May 1847; m. Rev. Clarence Pike.
GEORGE EDWIN b. 31 July 1851 ; d. 4 Jan. 1852.
23. Levi Thompson (Jonathan5, Robert4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 2 Dec. 1781, married, 29 Nov. 1804, Comfort Ellison, who died 7 Aug. 1871, aged 84 years 9 months. He died 4 June 1871.
JOHN, WILLIAM, and JOSEPH d. unm.
ABRAHAM b. 24 Dec. 1813; m. 24 May 1840, Deborah Chesley of Nottingham.
LEVI m. Climena B. Runlett; d. in Epping I Oct. 1888, aged 72.
ROBERT m. Betsey Blake, (2) Sarah Runlett; 1. in Epping. Ch., Mary, Sarah and Alvin.
JONATHAN m. Mary A. Doe; 1. in 1873 in Nottingham. 7 ch. CHARLES E. m. Clara Reynolds.
ABIGAIL m. Robert Thompson.
MARY JANE m. Seward.
KEZIAH m. - Harvey.
ELIZABETH m. Robert Lucy.
SYLVESTER who was wounded in the Union Army.
24. Pelatiah Thompson (Pelatiah5, Robert4, Robert3, John2, William1), born I Nov. 1795, married, I Nov. 1816, Susanna, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Runnels) Thompson, who was born 4 July 1794. He died 10 April 1853.
JOSEPH b. II May 1818; d. in Lee 14 Jan. 1852.
ELIZABETH b. 13 Feb. 1820; d. 27 April 1853.
JONATHAN b. 27 Aug. 1822; m. 24 June 1852, Lucy Moore of Andover, Mass., b. 27 April 1828. Ch., Lizzie Lucy b. 4 Aug. 1853; Edwin Jonathan b. 3 Sept. 1863; Abby 24
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Susan b. 25 May 1864, d. 22 July 1867; William b. 21 Sept. 1866; Irving Augustus b. 20 Jan. 1869; Ida Belle b. 16 Aug. 1870; and Arthur J.
PELATIAH b. 5 Nov. 1824. Insane for many years.
SUSANNAH F. b. 17 July 1826; m. Matthew J. Harvey of
Epping, I June 1856. Ch., Ann Elizabeth b. 14 Aug. 1857; James Buchanan b. 3 Dec. 1858; Joseph Thompson b. II March 1861 ; Martha Fannie b. 26 Oct. 1863; Nathan- iel D. b. 8 Aug. 1865; John Milton b. 28 Sept. 1869, and Matthew b. 24 March 1870.
ABIGAIL E. b. 20 Dec. 1827; m. Oct. 1856, George L. Decker of Sanford, Me. Rem. to Grenada, Kansas. Ch., Lizzie Pierson b. 12 Nov. 1857; Dana b. 23 Jan. 1859; Mara b. 23 Jan. 1861, and Susanna b. 29 July 1863, d. 27 March 1864.
25. Capt. Ebenezer Thompson (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John?, William1), born 5 Feb. 1798, married Ann Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Pickering) Thompson, 15 Dec. 1831. She was born 8 Aug. 1809 and died 27 Jan. 1853. He was master of a merchant vessel many years. He bought and lived in the Sullivan house and died there at midnight, Jan. 26-7, 1853. His wife died one hour after. He was representative 1845 and 1846. Children all born in the Sullivan house:
32. CHARLES A. C. b. 20 July 1835; m. Louisa J. Davis.
33. WILLIAM HALE b. 9 May 1838; m. Medora Gale.
BENJAMIN b. 7 June 1840; d. 27 July 1845.
26. Jacob Weeks Thompson (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 2 Jan. 1802, married, 3 Nov. 1829, Artimisia Rindge of Portsmouth, born 13 July 1801. She died 31 July 1866. He died in Portsmouth, where he had resided, 7 July 1864. He was master of a merchant vessel a long time.
ANNIE WEEKS b. I March 1832; m. Dr. Frank Fuller of New York City, 14 Dec. 1870.
JACOB HALE b. 9 April 1837; Bowdoin, 1860; one of the editors of the New York Times.
MARY ELIZABETH b. 26 Dec. 1838; m. 7 Feb. 1861, Capt. George B. Wendell of Portsmouth, who was b. 31 Jan. 1831 and d. at Quincy, Mass., 25 Sept. 1881. 6 ch.
ISAAC RINDGE b. 23 March 1842; resided in Quincy, Mass.
27. Benjamin Thompson (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 31 March 1804, married, 23 Dec. 1833, Lucinda J. Drew of Barrington, who was born 29 Nov. 1812 .
and d. 22 Feb. 1862. He died in Barrington 23 April 1875.
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GEORGE WEEKS b. 31 March 1837; soldier in the Civil War, mortally wounded in battle; d. 28 July 1863 at Morris Island, S. C.
JOSIAH BARTLETT b. 8 Nov. 1839; m. 6 Aug. 1873, Ida F. Fuller; d. s. p. in Madison, Dak., 16 March 1882. Served in the navy, under Farragut.
JONATHAN DREW b. 27 Nov. 1841; soldier in the Civil War; d. at the hospital, Washington, D. C., 30 Nov. 1862.
MARY ELIZABETH b. 6 Sept. 1843; m. 22 Jan. 1873, Albion
B. Nichols of Searsport, Me. Res., Hamlet, Ill.
ANNIE WEEKS b. 7 Sept. 1847; m. 8 Dec. 1868, William P. Ray. Res., Faneuil, Mass.
MARTHA AURELIA b. 16 Nov. 1854; m. 13 June 1877, Jacob S. Nichols, brother of Albion P. Res., Marseilles, Il1.
28. Ebenezer Thompson (Benjamin5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John?, William1), born 25 July 1797, married, 16 Aug. 1820, Jane, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (McCrillis) Demeritt, who was born 12 Nov. 1794 and died 26 May 1869. He was justice of the peace and chairman of the board of selectman four years. He died at the Thompson homestead 22 April 1826, aged 28.
34. EBENEZER b. 15 Aug. 1821; m. Nancy G. Carr.
WILLIAM b. 27 Oct. 1823; m. I Jan. 1845, Mary Jane Chap- man of Newmarket, who was b. 24 Oct. 1824 and d. 20 May 1852. He d. s. p. 7 May 1859.
MARY PICKERING b. 19 Nov. 1825. [See page 301 of Vol. I.]
SEVENTH GENERATION
29. Dea. John Emerson Thompson (John6, Edmund5, John4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 25 Sept. 1815, married, 15 Nov. 1848, Mary J., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Lyford) Pick- ering, who was born 10 Aug. 1825. He died 20 Jan. 1892. He was deacon in the church at Durham. [See page 303-4 of Vol. I.]
MARY LYFORD b. 6 Sept. 1849; teacher; prominent in Y. W. C. A. in Boston.
CHARLOTTE ANN b. 15 March 1851; assistant librarian of the College and Town Library, Durham.
CHARLES HAMILTON b. 25 Feb. 1857; d. 12 Oct. 1863.
SARAH ADLA b. 20 Nov. 1860; m. I Jan. 1887, Forrest S. Smith.
ELIZABETH PICKERING b. I Oct. 1864; m. Albert DeMeritt. 30. Samuel Thompson (Jonathan6, Samuel5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John?, William1) born 17 April 1823, married, 1850, Rhoda Davis.
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ELIZA JANE m. John Giles, (2) Moses Langley ; d. 13 April 1900. RHODA ELLA b. 22 Dec. 1851; m. 9 March 1872, Charles H. Prescott; d. Oct. 1888.
BURTROUS m. Mary J. Jenkins. Rem. from Lee to Mountain Home, Idaho.
IDA m. Frank E. Giles.
HIRAM b. 1858; d. 1864.
ERNEST WALTER m. Mary Willey.
LIZZIE ETTA m. Walter Young.
WILLIE.
ANNA LULA b. Jan. 1870; m. Linville F. Langmaid; d. Oct. 1888.
31. John Winslow Emerson Thompson (Daniel Fox6, Job5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, William1), born 16 April 1840, mar- ried (1) 14 Dec. 1865, Susan Almira, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza (Magoon) Clough, (2) 2 Dec. 1885, Estella M. George. He was one of the prime movers in establishing the Durham Public Library; was representative in 1880. He died 17 Sept. 1889.
FREDERICK WINSLOW b. 16 May 1867; d. 30 Aug. 1867. CARRIE GEORGE b. 25 Nov. 1868; d. 21 June 1900.
ALICE GERTRUDE b. 29 Sept. 1870; d. 25 Nov. 1867. ARTHUR GORDON b. 9 Oct. 1872.
Children by second marriage :
HETTA F. b. 9 June 1888. OLIVE A. b. 26 Dec. 1889.
32. Charles Augustus Coffin Thompson (Ebenezer6, Ebene- zer5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 20 July 1835, married, 25 Dec. 1855, Louisa J. Davis, born 21 July 1834. He died in Durham 4 Dec. 1868. She died 31 May 1900.
GEORGE EBENEZER b. 15 Dec. 1859; graduate of Dartmouth, and of Harvard Medical, a physician in Boston; m. 12 Sept. 1887 Dora F. Atwood, b. 2 Sept. 1858. Hed. II April 1908. Ch., Charles Frances b. 2 April 1889 and Margery Thompson b. 18 Nov. 1891.
ADA MARY b. II Nov. 1862; Wellesley College, 1886; m. 17 July 1900, Francesco Baldasseroni, now of Rome, Italy.
HELEN FRANCES b. 21 Sept. 1867; m. 27 Oct. 1897, Col. Walter W. Scott of Dover, b. 26 Aug. 1867. Ch., Harold Thompson Scott b. 27 Jan. 1907.
33. William Hale Thompson (Ebenezer6, Ebenezer5, Ebene- zer4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 9 May 1838, married, 26 Jan. 1864, Medora, daughter of Stephen F. and Medora A. (Smith) Gale of Chicago, born 16 March 1843. He was paymaster in the navy during the Civil War and was colonel in the National Guards of Illinois. Member of the Illinois legislature.
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HELEN GALE b. in Portsmouth 12 Jan. 1866,
WILLIAM HALE b. in Boston, Mass., 14 May 1867. GALE b. in Chicago, Ill., 12 Jan. 1871.
PERCIVAL b. in Chicago 26 Sept. 1876.
34. Ebenezer Thompson (Ebenezer6, Benjamin5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, William1) born 15 Aug. 1821, married, 26 Sept. 1843, Nancy G. Carr of New London, .N. H. Lived on the Thompson homestead in Durham, where all his children were born. He died 15 May 1869. His wife was daughter of Capt. Samuel and Nancy (Greeley) Carr, of Scotch-Irish descent. She died in Denver, Col., 27 May 1911. [See pages 310-II of Vol. I.]
CLARENCE GREELEY b. 13 April 1845; d. 30 Aug. 1877 in Manchester.
ARTHUR b. 20 Sept. 1846; d. 10 Nov. 1846.
ELLA PICKERING b. II Dec. 1847; m. 15 May 1881, Hon. Joshua B. Smith of Durham. She d. 15 June 1882. She was educated as an artist and produced some paintings and bas-reliefs of great merit.
FRANCIS b. 23 Feb. 1849; d. 16 Sept. 1849.
ANNIE LOUISE b. 8 June 1857; m. 31 March 1891, Frederick F. Hall, b. in Manchester II Aug. 1856. He d. in Denver, Col., 13 June 1901. Ch., Wilfred McGregor Hall b. in Denver, 12 June 1894, and Kathryn Thompson Hall b. in Denver 31 Dec. 1896.
35. LUCIEN b. 3 June 1859; m. Mary Lizzie Gage.
EIGHTH GENERATION
35. Hon. Lucien Thompson (Ebenezer7, Ebenezer6, Benjamin5, Ebenezer4, Robert3, John2, William1), born 3 June 1859, married, 6 April 1887, Mary Lizzie, daughter of Henry A. and Lizzie E. (Newell) Gage of Manchester, who was born at Manchester 15 Jan. 1865. [See pages 319-20 and frontispiece of Vol. I.] Chil- dren all born on the old homestead in Durham:
ROBERT GAGE b. 17 Sept. 1888.
RUTH ELIZABETH b. 16 March 1891. Denver University, 1912. Now studying for degree of doctor of library science at New York Library Science School, Albany, N. Y.
HELEN PICKERING b. 13 Jan. 1896. LOUISE MAY b. I Nov. 1898.
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TORR
"Benedictus Torr Late of old England and Leah Knight of douer widow were Joyned to geather in marriage by John Wood- man Esq' Justis of Peace the 17 day of July An:dom 1704." So the record reads. She was widow of John Knight, who settled in Dover, on the road to Oyster River, earlier than 1689, when his garrison house was burned by Indians. A few years later it was rebuilt by Mr. Torr, and the place has been in the possession of the Torr family ever since. The lumber of the old garrison, that stood over 125 years, forms a part of houses now standing near its site. Benedictus Torr had no children and sent for his kinsman, Vincent Torr, to come over and inherit his property. He is called "cousin," which at that time usually meant nephew.
Vincent Torr was of the parish of Black Otton, Devonshire, and emigrated at the age of eighteen, about the year 1726. Both names appear on a petition in 1732. Vincent Torr married, about 1739, Lois Pinkham (James3, John2, Richard1), born 2 March 1721/2. He died in Feb. 1774. She was living in 1768.
MARY b. I Sept. 1740; bapt. 7 June 1741 ; m. Judge Ebenezer Thompson.
BENEDICTUS bapt. 5 Sept. 1742; not named in father's will, 1768.
2. ANDREW bapt. 25 Nov. 1744; m. Mary Jones. EUNICE bapt. 3 May 1747; m. Ebenezer Meserve.
3. SIMON b. 5 Nov. 1749; m. Sarah Ham. Lois b. after 1750; m. Clement Meserve.
4. VINCENT b. 1758; m. Mehitable Morse.
2. Lieut. Andrew Torr (Vincent) married Mary, daughter of Joseph Jones of Lee. He was selectman of Dover sixteen years, representative in 1789 and 1795, twice moderator, and justice of the peace. He died 8 March 1817. His wife died 10 Sept. 1808. He married (2) 20 Dec. 1809, Deborah, widow of Joseph Hicks.
5. JOSEPH JONES b. 1773; m. Lois Hill.
VINCENT b. 1777; m. his cousin, Sarah Torr; d. 3 Sept. 1815. Ch., Andrew d. 6 Sept. 1826, aged 18 yrs., and Mary who m. Alonzo Roberts.
SARAH m. 1807, Gen. Samuel Demeritt.
ABIGAIL b. 20 Dec. 1779; m. 19 Jan. 1797, Philemon Chandler of Dover. [See Wentworth Genealogy, II, 469.]
MARY m. (1) 15 Sept. 1803, John Wingate, (2) William Drew. NANCY m. Paul Meserve.
ANDREW b. 1782 ; d. 15 Aug. 1794.
6. BENJAMIN b. 1787; m. Sarah Torr.
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3. Simon Torr (Vincent), born 5 Nov. 1749, married, 6 Nov. 1776, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Ham) Ham, and settled in Rochester. He was a sergeant major in the Revo- lution, four times selectman of Rochester, and one of the wealthiest farmers in that town. He once made a visit to his relatives in England and is said to have been then impressed into the British navy. He died 14 March 1821. His wife was born I May 1757 and died 6 June 1833.
BETSEY b. 9 April 1777; m. (1) 12 Feb. 1795, John Roberts, (2) George Brewster; d. 14 May 1841.
MARY b. 31 Oct. 1778; m. 18 Dec. 1801, John Downs; d. 8 Nov. 1869.
ABIGAIL b. 12 July 1781; m. 13 Nov. 1802, John McDuffee; d. 13 May 1869.
SARAH b. 14 Dec. 1784; m. (1) 16 Dec. 1804, Vincent Torr,
(2) Benjamin Torr; d. 23 July 1873.
JOHN b. 5 Oct. 1787; m. Phebe Wentworth; d. 13 Jan. 1863. SIMON b. 5 Oct. 1789; m. 22 May 1821, Betsey F. Davis, dau. of Thomas, b. II Sept. 1794, d. 6 Nov. 1854. He d. 17 Feb. 1858.
JONATHAN H. b. 27 June 1793; m. 7 May 1820, Sarah McDuf- fee; d. 24 Jan. 1881.
4. Vincent Torr (Vincent), born 1758, married, 30 March 1783, Mehitable daughter of the Rev. John Morse of Berwick, Me. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Tailor by trade. Lived in Port Tobacco, Maryland, and Newmarket, N. H. He died II May 1829. His wife died 9 Feb. 1821.
JOHN MORSE b. 25 Sept. 1783; d. 4 Sept. 1806.
SARAH b. 17 March 1785; m. 29 Nov. 1804, Ebenezer Doe of Newmarket; d. 26 Jan. 1846.
Lois b. 13 Sept. 1786; d. 13 Oct. 1795.
SUSANNA b. 29 Feb. 1788; m. - , late in life and 1. in northern New Hampshire.
VINCENT b. 19 March 1790; m. (1) 3 May 1825, Susan, dau. of Isaac Spinney of Durham, (2) Anne Robinson; d. 2 Feb. 1864. Ch., Mattie and Vincent. Res., Bradford, Mass.
SOPHIA b. 6 Oct. 1791; m. John Putney of Lowell, Mass; d. 8 Dec. 1866. Ch., Sophia m. Dr. Thomas of Cincin- nati, Mary m. Dr. Thomas, and Margaret, who m. Edward Hartshorn of Lowell, Mass.
MEHITABLE b. 25 Nov. 1793; m. Aug. 1822, William L. Forbes, who d. at sea I Aug. 1824, leaving one dau., Nancy L. Forbes, who m. Rev. John L. Asby and had ch., George
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Carleton Asby, b. 13 Jan. 1843, d. 20 July 1863, Mary Hannah Asby b. 21 June 1847, m. Mr. Burgess of Washing- ton, D. C., and Wilhelmina Asby who m. Charles H. Bur- gess of Washington, D. C. Widow Mehitable (Torr) Forbes m. (2) John S. Meserve; d. 9 Dec. 1866.
CHARLOTTE b. 3 Dec. 1795; m. Amos Chamberlain, of Leb- anon, Me .; d. 7 March 1873.
NANCY b. 25 Jan. 1798; m. 27 May 1819, Joshua Doe; d. 19 Sept. 1880.
GEORGE JERRY b. 12 Dec. 1799; m. (1) Nancy Whittemore of Somersworth. Ch., George Edward, George William, Julia Morse, who m. Harrison Williams of Haverhill, Mass., and Delia Bucklin who m. Oscar N. Kyle of Lowell, Mass. He m. (2) Anna Young of Wakefield. Ch., Georgia Ham who m. W. H. Bent of Lowell, Mass., and Eugene H., of Lowell.
ELIZA b. 30 Jan. 1801; m. Henry ·Allen, (2) Rev. Byron Morse of Haverhill, Mass., (3) Mr. Merrill; d. 10 Feb. 1881.
5. Joseph Jones Torr (Andrew2, Vincent1), born 1773, married, 30 April 1795, Lois, daughter of Capt. Reuben and Abigail (Piper) Hill of Lee. She was born 29 Aug. 1778 and died 7 March 1816. He died in June 1819. Lived in Dover.
POLLY b. 12 Jan. 1796; d. 22 Sept. 1800.
ANDREW b. 20 July 1798; m. 22 June 1826, Clarissa, dau. of Dea. Durrell and Anne (Hill) Stevens of New Durham; d. 5 May 1885. Lived in Peabody, Mass. 7 ch.
REUBEN HILL b. 2 April 1800; d. by accident 15 Jan. 1866. Unm.
JOSEPH b. 24 June 1802; m. Mrs. Sally Brimblecourt, 28 Oct. 1828, and 1. in Salem, Mass. One son, who d. 1840. MARY b. 28 Feb. 1804; m. Sept. 1842, Asa Brown of Danvers, Mass .; d. s. p. 6 Nov. 1899.
JOHN b. 8 April 1808; m. 10 Feb. 1834, Elizabeth White Benjamin; d. 2 March 1901. L. in Peabody, Mass. One dau., Mary Elizabeth, b. 18 Dec. 1845, m. 25 Nov. 1876, William Trask of Peabody.
NANCY b. 15 Oct. 1809; m. Nov. 1846, Almon B. Allard, and 1. in Salem, Mass .; d. 28 March 1860.
GEORGE Washington b. I March 1816; d. s. p. May 1901.
6. Benjamin Torr (Andrew2, Vincent1), born 1787, died 19 April 1852. He married Sarah Torr, widow of his brother, Vin- cent, and daughter of Simon and Sarah (Ham) Torr. Lived on the homestead in Dover and built the present set of farm buildings on the east side of the road.
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JOHN d. 16 Sept. 1853.
HARRIET A. m. II Dec. 1826, Edwin J. Whitehouse.
CAROLINE m. (1) Hon. John H. Nealley of Dover, (2) Ezekiel Hurd of Dover.
SIMON JONES b. 1821; m. 21 Dec. 1845, Mary Jane French, who d. 10 Jan. 1885; d. 2 July 1899.
SARAH A. m. 7 Sept. 1836, Wm. F. Estes of Dover.
TWOMBLY
James Twombly, born in Madbury 15 May 1800, married at Saco, Me., 28 Aug. 1827, Sarah R. Hart, who was born in Durham, 16 June 1810. Children recorded in Durham:
JOHN R. b. in Saco 5 Feb. 1828.
ANN b. in Saco 7 Feb. 1830.
MARY E. b. in Durham 5 June 1836.
SARAH F. b. in Durham 13 May 1838.
IRENE G. b. in Durham 20 May 1843.
Alexander H. Twombly, son of Ralph and Ann, was born in Durham and died in Boston in 1870, aged 65-8-7.
Ann Twombly, born in Durham 19 May 1811, married James Baxter of Quincy, Mass.
WAKEHAM
Thomas Wakeham subscribed for the maintenance of the minister at Portsmouth in 1671.
Edward Wakeham aged 43 on the 7th of 7th month, 1703, married Sarah, daughter of John and Abigail (Tuttle) Meader. He bought, 2 May 1695, "Giles old field," on the south side of Oyster River. Weaver by trade. He and wife were admitted to church 18 Oct. 1719.
ABIGAIL bapt. 14 Dec. 1718; m. John Laskey.
SARAH bapt. 14 Dec. 1718; m. John Buss, Jr.
ELIZABETH bapt. II Oct. 1719; m. John Edgerly.
MEHITABLE bapt. 21 May 1721.
CALEB bapt. 21 May 1721 ; m. Mary
PRUDENCE m. Ichabod Follett.
MARY m. John Kent.
Caleb Wakeham sold the homestead of thirty-two acres to Samuel Smith, 8 July 1757. According to Tate's Journal he perished in a storm, 20 Oct. 1770. He had son, Ebenezer, bap- tized 12 Oct. 1753, and probably son, Caleb, who married at Rochester, 16 Oct. 1777, Sarah Clements.
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WATSON
David Wilder Watson, son of David Watson, who married Elizabeth Ann Odiorne, daughter of Theophilus and Sarah (Gor- don) Odiorne, came into possession of the Odiorne farm at Pas- cataqua Bridge. He married, 7 July 1879, Hattie Soule, born 27 Jan. 1857 in Boston. She was daughter of John P. and Harriet (Campbell) Soule. She died in Durham 31 Oct. 1911. She richly deserves the title of "A Great Mother." She was the leader of her class in one of the Boston High Schools and worked untiringly to send five of her children through New Hampshire College. Notwithstanding the many cares and labors that belong to the life of a busy farmer's wife she found time to be one of the foremost in the activities of church and society. She served at different times as church chorister, member of the school board, chorister, lecturer and master of Scammell Grange, lecturer of Eastern New Hampshire Grange, superintendent of the Sunday School, head of the Ladies' Missionary Society, president of the Woman's Club, chairman of many committees, etc. At the same time she gave her children the best of training in the home, Sunday School, church and college. It is not per- fectly easy to take a large family of children regularly several miles to church, but it can be happily done, as the writer hereof remembers. Too many farmers and their wives are now getting too indolent and unappreciative of the benefits of going to church regularly, and so Sunday is turned into a holiday or work-day. Honor to the noble women of the past, whose example should be imitated.
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