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ETHEL CAMPBELL b. 10 April 1880 at Malden, Mass .; m. 4 Dec. 1901, Arthur W. Simpson.
DAVID ALBERT b. 10 Aug. 1881 at Malden, Mass .; m. 14 Nov. 1906, Clara May Mitchell, who d. 5 March 1811. Ch., Alice Louise b. 21 July 1907, and George Wilder b. 17 June 1909.
GERTRUDE ELIZABETH b. 20 April 1883 in Durham.
LUCIA SOULE b. 26 Dec. 1884; m. 20 Sept. 1911, Dean Fred Smalley.
LEON PAYSON b. 29 Nov. 1886; m. 30 April 1910, Flora May Austin.
MYLES STANDISH b. 27 Dec. 1888.
EARLE ELWIN b. 24 June 1891.
PHILIP WILDER b. 13 May 1894.
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WELLS
Children of Edward and Margery (Hardy) Wells, born in Durham. [See pages 282 and 331 of Vol. I.]:
SUSAN b. 4 Oct. 1798; d. 28 Feb. 1877 at Malden, Mass. Buried in Durham.
CHARLES b. 18 Dec. 1799; m. Mary Wiggin and 1. in New York; d. 24 April 1847.
SAMUEL b. 15 Aug. 1801; d. 15 July 1868. Was Governor of Maine. He m. May 1826, Louisa Ann, dau. of Moses Appleton of Waterville, Me.
JOHN SULLIVAN b. 18 Oct. 1803; m. 1832, Rebecca E. Bel- lows; d. I Aug. 1860. He was United States senator from New Hampshire. See page 282 of Vol. I.
CLARISSA SULLIVAN b. 29 Aug. 1805; d. 28 Oct. 1826. Buried in Durham.
MARGERY STEELE b. -; m. --- Anderson.
JOSEPH BARTLETT b. 27 April 1810; d. 26 Dec. 1855, unm. State attorney and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.
FREDERICK BURT b. I Sept. 1816; d. 27 Aug. 1877, unm. United States consul at Bermuda.
WHEELER
John Wheeler, son of William and Hannah (Buss) Wheeler, born in Concord, Mass., 10 May 1668, married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Perkins. [See page 41 of Vol. I.] John Wheeler and wife were killed by Indians, at Little Bay, 27 April 1706, according to Pike's Journal. William Wheeler, "uncle," of Concord, Mass., in 1711, was made guardian of Richard, William and Joseph Wheeler of Oyster River. Richard and William went to Concord, Mass.
Joseph Wheeler (John) was a tailor and farmer. He mar- ried II Feb. 1724/5, Mary, daughter of John Drew. He was admitted to church at Oyster River, 19 Aug. 1722 and was chosen deacon therein. His wife was admitted 7 July 1728. He lived on the homestead near Little Bay. His estate was administered in 1769. He married (2) Frances Edgerly.
ELIZABETH bapt. I May 1726.
ABIGAIL m. William Buss.
3. BENJAMIN m. Elizabeth Burnham.
HANNAH m. before 1765 Daniel Edgerly.
SARAH m. 13 Oct. 1752, Rev. John Adams.
3. Benjamin Wheeler (Joseph?, John1) married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Burnham, 23 April 1760. In a deed he is
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called "deacon." He lived in 1753 in the vicinity of the Pound, between roads leading to the Point and to Newmarket. Oct. 30, 1765, Benjamin and Elizabeth Wheeler of Gardner's Town, Lincoln County, Mass. (now Gardiner, Me.), Daniel Edgerly and Hannah, his wife, of Madbury and Abigail Wheeler, spinster, of Durham, sold to Daniel Warner all right to one half of a cer- tain farm, twenty acres, on Little Bay, "between the land of John Edgerly and that of Joseph and John Drew." Benjamin Wheeler afterward removed to Hampden, Me., the first settler of that town, and was drowned before 5 July 1784, when his widow, Elizabeth, was made administratrix. Her son, Daniel, was appointed administrator of her estate 20 July 1811.
SARAH b. 30 Jan. 1761; m. bapt. 15 Feb. 1761 in Durham; Gen. John Crosby.
BENJAMIN b. I Jan. 1763; bapt. 9 Jan. 1763 in Durham; m. Joanna (Edgerly ? ).
POLLY b. 1768; m. Amos Hardy.
ROBERT BURNHAM b. in Hampden 8 March 1770; m. Rebecca Sears.
DANIEL m. 1801, Fannie Haskins.
JOHN b. 6 March 1778; m. 1800 Welthea Ann Gorton.
JOSEPH m. Margaret Rem. to Ohio.
Perhaps WILLIAM and GEORGE.
WIGGIN
Capt. William Wiggin married, 5 Feb. 1801, Lydia, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Polly (Pendergast) Chesley, who died 9 July 1820, aged 34. He married (2) 25 Dec. 1823, Sophia Pender- gast. He died 16 Jan. 1831, aged 55. He was a deacon in the church in Durham. His widow married, 22 Feb. 1840, David Murray at Newmarket.
WILLIAM d. 14 June 1820, aged II.
ISSACHAR b. 1809; m. 19 Dec. 1828, Hannah, dau. of Ebene- zer Doe, and had one son, William.
MOSES H. m. 16 June 1846, Mrs. Hannah (Doe) Wiggin, widow of his brother, and had son, Charles.
LYDIA b. 6 Nov. 1811; m. 26 April 1832, Solomon Pendergast. MARY P. b. I June 1819.
Cutler Wiggin, brother of Capt. William, married, 17 Jan. . 1802, Susanna Chesley, daughter of Capt. Joseph. She died childless. He married (2) 10 Dec. 1804, Hannah Smith of Lee. Their children were Issachar, Susan, Sally who m. ------ Boody
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of Strafford, Eliza who was published to Samuel Davis of Water- boro, Me., 2 Aug. 1829, Jerry who m. Sally Nealey, and Hannah S. who died 15 Jan. 1857, aged 40 years 2 months.
Lieut. David Wiggin, Jr., married (1) 17 Nov. 1796, Eliza- beth, daughter of George Dame. She died 13 Aug. 1804, aged 30 years, 2 months. He married (2) 1805, Olive Wiggin, (3) 25 Dec. 1815, Drusilla Young of Newmarket, aunt of the wife of his son, Thomas. He died 8 Nov. 1866, aged 95 years, 8 months. Children were:
GEORGE J. b. 14 Oct. 1801; m. (1) 17 April 1827, Abigail Thompson, who was b. 12 Dec. 1800 and d. 2 Feb. 1872, (2) Mrs. Alice (Jones) Smart. Children by first marriage were George T. b. 9 April 1835, and Nancy S. b. 7 July 1840.
DEBORAH m. 13 Feb. 1834, Jeremiah Chesley.
THOMAS B. m. 18 Feb. 1829, Mary Young.
FRANCES m. 19 March 1835, Nathan Durgin of Newmarket.
Children by third marriage:
MARY and OLIVE, who both d. unm.
James Wiggin, born 22 Aug. 1784, married either Mehitable Langley or Hannah Davis, and had the following children recorded in Durham:
JAMES L. b. 29 June 1807.
LYDIA b. 16 Jan. 18II; m. Robert B. Stacy; pub. 4 Nov. 1827.
WILLIAM b. II March 1813.
GEORGE b. 25 March 1815.
JOHN M. b. 21 Sept. 1817.
CHARLES H. b. 3 June 1820.
WOODBURY b. 7 Jan. 1823.
MARY B. b. 27 Oct. 1827.
WIGGIN MARRIAGES IN DURHAM
May 5, 1782, John Wiggin of Epping and Elizabeth Durgin. Nov. 2, 1794, Rufus Wiggin of Stratham and Sally Edgerly. 1804, Andrew Wiggin of Newmarket and Phebe Durgin.
1807, Andrew Wiggin of Stratham and Susanna Dame.
1808, Walter Cate and Polly Wiggin.
Nov. 24, 1817, Henry Y. Wiggin and Mary Ham.
Nov. 16, 1831, James S. Wiggin and Abigail B. Wilson.
Dec. 11, 1836, Oliver L. Wiggin and Sophia J. Drew.
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Feb. 28, 1822, George Libbey and Abigail N. Wiggin. Feb. 6, 1849, Moses V. Beede of Lowell and Mary D. Wiggin .. Nov. 12, 1797, Asa Stokes of Nottingham and Miss Abigail Wiggin. She m. (2) Levi Tuttle and died 19 Oct. 1854, aged 73.
PUBLISHMENTS
June 8, 1805, James Wiggin, Jr., and Hannah Davis.
Feb. 21, 1807, James Wiggin and Mehitable Langley.
Sept. 17, 1808, Joseph Warren Wiggin and Anne Davis of Barnstead.
Sept. 20, 1816, Israel Wiggin and Nancy Langley.
WILLEY
Thomas Willey was in possession of "a breadth of land," received probably from Darby Field, at Oyster River Point, in 1645. He married Margaret, widow of Stephen Crawford, who had land at Oyster River, and left a daughter, Sarah, who was- Sarah Runnels of Portsmouth in 1692, when she sold to her brother, John Willie, all right to land at Oyster River owned by her father. Crawford is sometimes written Graffit.
Sept. 3, 1680, Thomas Willey, aged 63, and Margaret Willey, his wife, aged 65, deposed that they had lived in Oyster River forty years or thereabouts. Widow Margaret and son, John,. were appointed administrators of Thomas Willey's estate, 7 Sept. 1681. She afterward married Barnard Squier.
SAMUEL d. intestate in 1679.
2. WILLIAM m. Rebecca Nock.
3. STEPHEN b. 1649; m. Abigail Pitman.
4. JOHN b. 1659; m. Dorcas ABIGAIL m. 1701, William Leathers; d. at age of 102.
v2. William Willey (Thomas) in 1666 was a servant of Thomas: King of Exeter, who willed him land. He married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Nock. He administered the estate of Rebecca Benmore in 1680, who was Rebecca Tibbetts and had married (1) Thomas Nock and (2) Philip Benmore, dying 30 March 1680. William Willey's estate was administered by his son, Samuel Willey, who, I Aug. 1706, sold to John Hanson land which was part of 100 acres granted to Thomas Nock, grand- father of said Samuel. Widow Rebecca Willey married (2); Samuel Tibbetts. William Willey lived on Dover Neck.
5. SAMUEL m. Mary Canney, (2) Elizabeth Randall. WILLIAM (?) d. 15 Oct. 1706, aged 22.
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3. Stephen Willey (Thomas) lived on the homestead at Oyster River Point. He was born in 1649, as a deposition shows, and married before 1671 Abigail, daughter of William Pitman. Court proceedings indicate that he was insanely jealous of his wife. Being about to go to sea in 1696 he made a deed of gift, equivalent to a will, giving the farm at the Point to his son, Thomas, and naming also daughter, Abigail. This deed was recorded 27 Jan. 1700. It is probable that Stephen was then deceased.
6. THOMAS b. 1671; m. Frances ABIGAIL.
MARIA MADELAINE bapt. at Montreal as dau. of Stephen and Gabrielle [Abigail] (Picman) Willis [Willey], aged 16. She entered religious service in Canada. Abigail, Eliza- beth, and Judy Willey were captured by Indians in 1694 and carried to Canada. Abigail may have been the one named in deed above mentioned, and Judy or Elizabeth may have been baptized as Maria Madelaine.
14. John Willey (Thomas), born 1659, as per deposition, married Alice Dorcas - -, who was admitted to church, 6 March 1719/20. Feb. 10, 1717, John and Alice Willey and John Willey, Jr., sold land to Francis Mathews. In 1717 John Willey, Sr., and wife, Alice, sold to son, Samuel, land southeast of the Long Marsh. In 1735 John Wille, Sr., and "Els Darkes Wille his wife" sold land to Timothy Emerson. The same year John Wille, Sr., sold to son, William, land granted in 1733. Dorcas, wife of John Willey, was baptized I April 1717. In 1718 John and Samuel Willey quitclaimed all right to their father's estate. Children, so far as known, were as follows:
7. JOHN m. Christian
8. SAMUEL b. 1693; m. Sarah Stevenson.
9. WILLIAM m. Margaret Basford.
IO. STEPHEN bapt. 7 April 1717, aged 12; m. Lucy Allen.
THIRD GENERATION
5. Samuel Willey (William2, Thomas1) married (1) 3 June 1702, Mary Canney, who died 2 June 1703, (2) 19 Feb. 1704/5, Elizabeth Randall. Samuel Willey and Elizabeth, his wife, quit- claimed to Joseph Canny all right in estate of John Canny of Dover Neck, 27 Oct. 1715, "being a legacy." His will, 21 Dec. 1753-30 Jan. 1754, names son, Samuel, daughter, Mary, and granddaughter, Elizabeth, who was daughter of Samuel.
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II. SAMUEL b. 25 Feb 1702/3; m. Elizabeth MARY b. 6 Sept. 1721; m. Benjamin Heard (?).
L-6. Thomas Willey (Stephen? Thomas1) had wife, Frances, in 1702, when they sold to John Wille of Dover ten acres granted to "my deceased grandfather Thomas Wille," in 1654, "lying by Charles Adams lott." He made a deposition, I May 1738, aged 67. He was a weaver by trade. He and wife were baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 25 March 1721.
JOANNA m. John Rand, 17 Dec. 1718. BENJAMIN mn. Anna Both 1. in 1766, at Barrington.
12. EZEKIEL b. 1724; m. Mary
I3. STEPHEN bapt. 25 March 1721; m. Hannah
14. THOMAS bapt. 25 March 1721; m. Hannah Runnels.
I 5. ROBERT m. Mary Leathers.
7. John Willey (John2, Thomas') had wife named Christian. Both were admitted to church at Oyster River 5 April 1724. He was baptized 6 April 1718 and she 19 Feb. 1720/21. John Wille and wife, "Caterine," in 1746 conveyed to Theodore Wille land near Horn's woods in Durham.
JOHN bapt. 6 April 1718; m. prob. Abigail Denmore, or Denbo, 27 Feb. 1728/9.
THEODORE bapt. 13 Aug. 1721; m. bef. 1741, Keziah, dau. of Cornelius Drisco, perhaps (2) Molly Scriggins of Kittery, now Eliot, Me.
16. THOMAS bapt. 13 Aug. 1721; m. Elizabeth - (?). CHRISTIAN bapt. 13 Aug. 1721 ; m. William Watson, I Marchi I757.
JOANNA bapt. 13 Aug. 1721.
SAMUEL "3rd" bapt. I March 1723/4; m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Low, 29 June 1753.
WALTER bapt. 26 June 1726.
PAUL bapt. 3 March 1727/8; m. Mary Bickford, 21 May 1758, widow of Joshua Bickford, q. v. L. near north end of the bridge at Durham village. They were prob. parents of John Willey, who m. Mehitable Leathers, and of Mary Willey, b. 26 Oct. 1758, who m. Edward Winslow Emerson. John and Mehitable Willey had sons, John who m. Betsey Shaw of Frankfort, Me., and William Ballard, who m. Mahala Dearborn of Ossipee, N. H.
8. Samuel Willey (John2, Thomas1) married Sarah, daughter of Bartholomew and Mary (Clark) Stevenson. Both were baptized 6 March 1719/20. She married (2) - Roberts (?). Con- veyance of property in 1753 shows family. He was 1. in 1748
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and deceased bef. 1754. He made a deposition, 23 Jan. 1753, aged 60.
17. SAMUEL Jr. bapt. 6 March 1719/20; m. 16 March 1749, Sarah Glazier (?).
SARAH bapt. 6 March 1719/20; d. young.
MARY bapt. 28 Sept. 1721; m. 22 Jan. 1756, Samuel Lang- maid (?).
SARAH bapt. 29 Aug. 1725; m. William Smart.
HANNAH bapt. 28 July 1728; m. Josiah Doe, 14 Dec. 1753.
JOSEPH deeds land with brother, Samuel, in 1756; 1. in 1772; m. Dorothy
9. William Willey (John2, Thomas1) married, 7 Dec. 1718, Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Basford of Hampton, born 20 June 1695. He was baptized 6 March 1719/20 and both were admitted to church 4 Feb. 1728/9. He is mentioned as a shipwright in 1739, working on a schooner being built at Oyster River by Daniel Warner. Did he marry (2) I Jan. 1761, Widow Bethiah Buss?
JOHN bapt. 10 April 1720; m. Susanna, dau. of Samuel Chesley (?).
ELIZABETH bapt. I Oct. 1722.
MARGARET bapt. 4 Oct. 1724.
DORCAS bapt. 23 March 1728/9.
10. Stephen Willey (John2, Thomas1), born 1705, married, 12 Dec. 1728, Lucy Allen. He bought land of his father, John Willey, in 1736.
JAMES ALLEN bapt. 22 Jan. 1729/30. LUCY bapt. 5 Oct. 1729.
II. Samuel Willey (Samuel3, William?, Thomas1), born 25 Feb. 1702/3, had wife Elizabeth, who was baptized in Dover 8 Aug. 1736. He was baptized in Dover 9 May 1725. They had children :
ELIZABETH bapt. 25 July 1736.
WILLIAM bapt. 25 July 1736; m. Elizabeth Whitehouse. Ch., John, William, Josiah, Nathaniel, and Stephen. [Tate's Journal.]
MARY bapt. 8 Aug. 1736.
I2. Ezekiel Willey (Thomas3, Stephen2, Thomas1), born 1724, was a soldier in 1758, aged 34, and in the company of Capt. Winborn Adams in 1775, aged 51. Carpenter by trade. He married Mary -. He was of Barrington in 1750-62.
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MARY bapt. in Dover 3 Oct. 1752. ISAIAH bapt. in Dover 3 Oct. 1752.
113. Stephen Willey (Thomas3, Stephen2, Thomas1) was of Dover in 1743, when he had wife, Hannah, and the following children were baptized in Dover:
MARY bapt. 10 Oct. 1741.
FRANCES bapt. 10 Oct. 1741.
HANNAH bapt. 10 Oct. 1741.
ELIZABETH bapt. 25 Aug. 1743.
STEPHEN, Jr., received "homestead at Bickford's Ferry" from Stephen, senior, 23 Aug. 1764.
14. Thomas Willey (Thomas3, Stephen2, Thomas1) married Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Clark) Runnels, and had children. His will, 1778, names wife, Hannah, dau., Abigail Glover, and "Willie Hill, son of Edward Hill all my homestead land."
ABIGAIL bapt. I March 1729/30; m. Glover. HANNAH named in will of John Runnels, 1756. ELIZABETH named in will of John Runnels. MARY m. Edward Hill.
15. Robert Willey (Thomas3, Stephen?, Thomas1) married, as early as 1730, Mary, daughter of William and Abigail (Willey) Leathers. Child baptized in Dover, by Rev. J. Cushing. Robert died before 13 Feb. 1770. His wife lived to age of 102.
ANNA bapt. 30 Dec. 1741.
THOMAS m. Patience Of Madbury in 1770. '
ABIGAIL b. 27 March 1731, m. Brown. L. to age of 102-4-19. BRIDGET m. Woodman.
16. Thomas Willey (perhaps John3, John2, Thomas1) and Elizabeth, his wife, sold land to Stephen Cogan, 19 Sept. 1785. In the deed he is called "clockmaker." He had a son, Robert Willey, who was a soldier in Capt. Winborn Adams' company, in 1775, aged 22. Robert married 23 Feb. 1786, Molly, daughter of Ichabod Denbow, or Dinsmore. He died 21 June 1818, aged 58. She died 21 May 1843, aged 77. They had the following children :
MARK b. 10 April 1791; m. Dorothy Cilley. He was a car- penter. He d. in Durham, 1878. She d. in 1875.
RUFUS b. 16 July 1794; m. 28 Nov. 1821, Susan, dau. of Joseph Dame, who was b. 24 April 1801 and d. 23 Sept.
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1870. He d. 27 Jan. 1884. He was a blacksmith and soldier in the War of 1812. 2 ch., Mary Elizabeth b. 17 Feb. 1825, who m. 8 Oct. 1843, Stephen Paul and d. 5 Jan. 1882, and Rufus, Jr., b. 21 Nov. 1828, who m. Lydia, dau. of Gen. Alfred Hoitt.
JACOB b. 30 July 1804; m. 18 June 1833, Eliza Moore, who was b. 12 Nov. 1814. 5 ch., Adelaide b. 10 Dec. 1835, Albert b. 29 May 1838, Eliza b. 6 Dec. 1841, Jacob Orlando b. I Nov. 1843, and Lydia Ann b. 18 Feb. 1846. CHARLES D., a tailor, m. (I) - Durgin of New Durham, (2) Jane, widow of James Ellis. BETSEY m. Hugh Cox.
MARY b. 2 May 1808; m. John Langley.
SARAH b. 12 Nov. 1809; m. 27 Sept. 1840, John Runlett.
ROBERT m. 6 Nov. 1820, Hannah Appleby ; d. 20 July 1834.
Children of Mark and Dorothy (Cilley) Willey:
HENRY b. 20 Dec. 1812; m. 26 Feb. 1836, Susan F. Runlett, who was b. in Lee, 3 March 1816 and d. 30 Oct. 1864 in Durham. He m. (2) 23 Jan. 1866, Abby R. Emerson, who was b. 17 Nov. 1832 in Deerfield, N. H. He d. 22 Jan. 1892.
MEHITABLE b. 12 Feb. 1817; m. Jacob Mathes.
IRA m. 19 Oct. 1843, Mary Ann Stevens.
HARRIET m. Cyrus G. Hull. No ch.
MARY ANN m. Federal B. Stevens. 6 ch.
Children of Henry and Susan F. (Runlett) Willey:
CHARLES HENRY b. 23 Aug. 1837; d. 1890, in Haverhill, Mass.
MARK E. b. 16 Sept. 1838; d. 1868 in Durham.
Child of Henry and Abby R. (Emerson) Willey:
Mark E. b. 20 Oct. 1871 ; m. 16 Sept. 1900, Annie M. Arnold in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, who was b. there 16 July 1876. Ch., Marion L. b. 12 Sept. 1901, Abby L. b. 21 Jan. 1903, Henry A. b. 11 Aug. 1904, and Andrew E. b. 10 March 1907.
17. Samuel Willey (Samuel3, John2, Thomas1) is thought to have been the one who married Sarah Glazier, 16 March 1749, and these are supposed to have been the parents of Samuel, born 31 Jan. 1753, who married, 23 Oct. 1782, Elizabeth Glazier, who was born I Jan. 1761 and died 7 April 1844. He removed to Conway and died there 14 June 1844. Children were:
POLLY b. 24 July 1784; m. Jan. 1806, Jonathan Thompson; d. 18 June 1865.
JAMES b. 23 Feb. 1786; m. 21 Dec. 1809, Honor Hart; d. 19 Oct. 1838.
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SAMUEL b. 31 March 1788; m. 17 Sept. 1812, Polly Lovejoy, who was b. April 1791. This family perished in the moun- tain slide of 1826.
BETSEY b. 21 Sept. 1790; m. 29 Dec. 1814, Jacob Bray ; d. 7 or 9 Dec. 1831.
HANNAH b. 4 June 1795; m. 25 Dec. 1823, John Barnes.
BENJAMIN G. b. II Feb. 1796; m. 3 June 1825, Rachel Mitchell.
STEPHEN b. 15 Oct. 1798; m. I Jan. 1826, Tabitha Lewis. SARAH b. 19 Feb. 1801; d. 19 Nov. 1822.
Benjamin M. Willey, son of Zebulon, married 29 April 1830 Mary H. Davis, and had children, Hannah, who married Eli Varney; Jonas M., who married Frances J., daughter of Alfred and Harriet (Burnham) Pinkham and had children, Charles A. born 19 May 1854, who married Mary A. Jones, Stephen L. born 10 Dec. 1856, Harriet F. born 7 Feb. 1858, who married John Stevens, Mary J. born II Oct. 1860, and James M. born 19 Oct. 1862. Other children of Benjamin Willey were Laura and Elizabeth, who both died young; Julia, who married Edwin Banks of Rockland, Me., who died at sea, after which she returned to Durham and married (2) Marshall B. Foss, and had children, Fred and Mary; Ida, who married William Roberts.
Charles A. and Mary A. (Jones) Willey, above named, had children, Frank E., who married, in Lowell, Mass., Ella Tompson of Prince Edward Island; Sarah A., who married Albert Littlehale of Paris, Me .; Bessie E., who married John C. Lyons; Eliza F., and Charles S.
William Willey, born 29 Oct. 1811, died 7 Dec. 1846. He married, 3 July 1836, Eliza Leathers, who was born 25 June 1821. They had children, John Curtis b. I April 1837, Charles William b. 22 Aug. 1839, Henry Edward b. 27 Oct. 1841, James Warren b. 23 Dec. 1843, and Olive Jane b. 2 March 1847.
UNCLASSIFIED
m. abt. 1730, Benjamin Hall and Frances Willey of Lee. m. abt. 1732, Ralph Hall and Elizabeth Willey of Lee. m. 27 Sept. 1750, Jabez Davis and Abigail Willey.
m. 26 July 1750, Edward Scales and Susanna Willey. m. 22 Jan. 1756, Samuel Langmaid and Mary Willey. m. 23 Feb. 1757, Abraham Knight and Hannah Willey.
m. 3 Jan. 1759, John Scrigens and Keziah Willey.
m. 17 July 1755, at Newington, John Willey of Durham and Mrs. Sarah Fox of Newmarket.
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m. 26 Feb. 1777, in Rochester, James Wille and Keziah Leighton, both of Durham.
m. 18 Sept. 1785, Jeremiah Willey, Jr., and Sally Johnson.
m. 18 Dec. 1785, Robert Drew and Margaret Willey.
m. 31 Dec. 1789, Valentine Willey and Hannah Hearne. m. 24 Nov. 1791, Samuel Willey and Jennie Follet.
m. 4 Oct. 1792, Benjamin Willey, Jr., and Nabby Brock.
m. 18 Jan. 1792, Nicholas Robinson of Epping and Mary Willey.
m. 9 April 1796, Elijah Willey and Charity Leathers.
m. 1801, Zebulon Willey and Molly Willey.
m. 1809, Stephen Willey and Comfort McCoy.
m. 1809, Nathan Kenniston of Stratham and Lydia Willey. m. 25 April 1825, Moses Willey and Lydia Arnold.
m. 25 Jan. 1828, Samuel Willey, Jr., and Susanna B. Lowe.
m. 13 Jan. 1828, Daniel G. Leathers and Alvira Willey.
m. 7 Dec. 1820, Parker Stevens and Mary Willey.
m. Dec. 1781, in Madbury, Robert Willey and Patience - Thompson.
PUBLISHMENTS
12 Dec. 1807, William Vincent and Lucretia Willey.
I April 1807, Joseph Lougee and Nancy Willey.
6 April 1811, James Huntress and Sally Willey.
24 July 1808, Jacob H. Watson and Deborah Willey.
26 July 1806, Zebulon York and Betsey Willey.
27 Aug. 1803, Thomas Willey and Mary Meader.
3 Aug. 1817, Daniel Willey and Jane Leathers.
21 May 1836, Laommi Tuttle of Lee and Susan Willey.
WILLIAMS
A William Williams married, in Taunton, Eng., 27 Aug. 1615, Thamzyn Hill, and a man of the same name married at the same place, 4 Feb. 1628, Agnes Newton. This may be the William Williams who came with Thomas Wiggin to Dover Neck in 1633. He married, second or third, the widow of Darby Field, and her name seems to have been Agnes, for William Williams and wife, Agnes, signed a deed 18 June 1674. [See notes under Field and also page 53 of Vol. I.] He married again, for, 23 March 1686, William Williams and wife, Mary, and Samuel Hill and wife, Elizabeth, sold to Stephen Jenkins of Kittery land "on which the aforesaid Williams now liveth, containing fforty acres as it is bounded between the Lands called Roberts his Land on the North west side and the High way or the Ministers Lot on the South east, and butting upon Oyster River." Mary Williams, "for-
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merly widow of Thomas Beard," is named in the settlement of Joseph Beard's estate, 28 Feb. 1703/4. "Old sister Williams deceased after much illness and craziness for the space of three years together," 13 June 1703, as says Pike's Journal. Children of William Williams, so far as learned, were as follows:
MATTHEW taxed 1657-68. In 1668 the estate of Matthew Giles was equally divided between Matthew Williams and Richard Knight. Elizabeth, widow of Matthew Williams, late of Newcastle, was l. in 1722.
2. WILLIAM m. Margaret Stevenson. MARY a witness in court in 1665. ELIZABETH a witness in court in 1665.
2. William Williams (William) had a grant of land, 10:8: 1653, twenty acres on the north side of Oyster River, beginning at the mouth of a creek below Oyster Point. He married Mar- garet, daughter of Thomas Stevenson. He was constable in 1664. Administration of his estate was granted to Henry Tib- betts, in 1721. Did he marry (2) 22 March 1719/20, Hannah Heard ?.
WILLIAM b. 22 Dec. 1662; prob. d. s. p. before 1707.
3. JOHN b. 30 March 1664; m. Ruth ELIZABETH b. 25 Oct. 1665; m. John Hill, 28 Oct. 1680. THOMAS d. s. p. [See N. H. Prov. Deeds, IX, 723 and XXI, 22.]
4. SAMUEL m. Elizabeth Stevenson.
3. John Williams (William2, William1) married Ruth He was a deacon in the church at Oyster River. His will, 3 May 1735-27 March 1745, names wife, Ruth, daughter, Hannah, wife of James Huckins, granddaughter, Elizabeth Badger, and son, John. He had a grant, 19 March 1693/4, of sixty acres near Wednesday Swamp.
HANNAH bapt. 7 June 1719; m. James Huckins. ELIZABETH bapt. 7 June 1719; m. Badger. Dau.,
Elizabeth, prob. m. William Brown
5. JOHN bapt. 7 June 1719; m. Bridget Tibbetts, 7 Feb. 1727/8.
4. Samuel Williams (William2, William1) married Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew and Mary (Clark) Stevenson. He was baptized 6 Nov. 1722 and she, 12 Jan. 1726. He owned land in Lee in 1758.
MARY named in the will of Bartholomew Stevenson, 1718.
SARAH bapt. 6 March 1719/20.
LYDIA bapt. I Dec. 1723.
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
ABIGAIL bapt. 16 May 1725.
JOSEPH bapt. 4 June 1726. Est. adm. by Samuel Williams, 1764.
SAMUEL bapt. 4 June 1726; m. Anne
WILLIAM bapt. 4 June 1726; m. (1) 28 Sept. 1749, Jane Bamford, (2) 15 Aug. 1754, Catherine Caverno, (3) Eliza- beth Hill. Rem. to Canterbury. Ch., Sarah, Catherine, John.and William.
THOMAS bapt. II Dec. 1726. His will, 1750, names mother and brother, Joseph.
HEPZIBAH bapt. 20 April 1729; m. Jonathan Swain, 29 Nov. I750.
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