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5. Ensign John Williams (John3, William2, William1) married, 7 Feb. 1727/8, Bridget Tibbetts. Rev. Hugh Adams records, 31 March 1727/8, the baptism of "Bridget Williams the new wife of John Williams Jun"." She was daughter of Nathaniel Tibbetts. Her dower was set off in July 1774, and mention is made of a son, John, in Lee.
JOHN b. 1747; m. Sarah Meader, 2 July 1767.
ROBERT (?) b. 1749; m. 13 June 1777, in Barrington, Sarah, dau. of Abijah Pinkham; rem. to Enfield and d. there 14 June 1823, aged 74. A dau., Mary, is named in the will of Abijah Pinkham.
BRIDGET (?) m. Capt. Samuel Demeritt.
John Williams (John4, John3, William2, William1), born 1747, married, in Portsmouth, 2 July 1767, Sarah Meader, both of Durham. The following children sold to David Libby, 4 Jan. 1799, the old Williams farm, occupied by their grandfather, John Williams. John Williams of Lee was a Revolutionary soldier, 2 June 1775, aged 28.
JOHN of Lee; m. Jan. 1793, Sally Edgerly of Barrington. RUTH m. 21 July 1803, Moses Bamford of Barrington. HANNAH of Alton.
WILLIAM of New Durham.
TAMSEN of New Durham; m. 16 Nov. 1800, Elisha Perkins of Wells, Me. SARAH of New Durham.
OLIVE of New Durham; m. Joseph French.
Samuel Williams of Barnstead married 7 April 1777, Sobriety, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Runnels) Bunker, who was born in 1755. He was a soldier of the Revolution.
Baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams, 24 Nov. 1728, Elizabeth Wil-
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liams, infant of Joseph, Jr. I mistrust that this should read John instead of Joseph.
The above named Robert Williams, who married Sarah Pink- ham, may have been son of Samuel and Anne.
Baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams, 21 Aug. 1727, Elizabeth Wil- liams.
Sarah Williams, daughter of John Buzzell, was baptized 15 April 1722. She married (1) Williams, (2) - Roberts. Was she wife of Joseph, Jr .?
WOODMAN
Edward Woodman, baptized in Corsham, Wiltshire, Eng., 27 Dec. 1606, son of Edward and Olive (Mallott) Woodman, came over in the ship James, embarking 6 April and arriving 3 June 1635. He settled in Newbury, Mass., and was one of the promi- nent men in the history of that town, representing it several times in the General Court. His wife's name was Joanna.
Capt. John Woodman, son of the above named Edward Wood- man, born 1630, married, 15 July 1656, Mary, daughter of Darby Field of Oyster River Point. We may assume that he had been living at Oyster River before that date. He had a grant of land soon after, which is recorded in Dover Town Book as follows, "Given & granted by ye Selectmen & with ye approbation of ye mají part of ye inhabitants of Oyster River as appears under the selectmens hands ye 30th 7th mo (60 unto John Woodman his heirs & assigns Twenty Acres of Land att ye west side of Wm Beards Creek & on ye north side of Stoney brook the brook being ye first bounds unto ye aforesd Creek & on ye west side of Mr Hills Line runs ninety five rod to a marked tree by ye high way & from yt corner to a marked tree by a gutter & from thence bounded unto ye aforesd head excepting a Lott of marsh & his Lott was laid out & bounded by Ensign John Davis & Robt Burnum ye 7th 9th (72."
He here built his garrison on an elevated spot with command- ing view, where it could be easily defended. The unsuccessful attack of 1694 was the proof of his wisdom. His first wife died 6 July 1698 and he married (2) 17 Oct. 1700, Widow Sarah (Burnham) Huckins. He died 17 Sept. 1706. [See page 291 of Vol. I.]
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JOHN d. 10 June 1705, as Pike's Journal says.
MARY m. Edward Small.
SARAH m. John Thompson.
2. JONATHAN m. Elizabeth Downing.
2. Lieut. Jonathan Woodman married Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua and Patience (Hatch) Downing of Kittery, about 1698, who died 17 April 1729, "wanting 5 days of three score years old." He died in 1750, aged 85. He was selectman in I705.
MARY b. I Sept. 1699; d. 15 July 1777. Unm.
3. JOHN b. 6 March 1701; m. 11 Sept. 1732, Mary Fabyan.
4. JONATHAN b. 23 April 1702; m. Elizabeth Smith.
5. JOSHUA b. 25 Oct. 1703; m. Elizabeth Doe.
6. EDWARD b. 22 May 1705; m. Martha Doe. DOWNING b. 5 Dec. 1706; m. 2 Oct. 1736, Elizabeth Hill. [See Old Kittery and Her Families, p. 805.]
ARCHELAUS b. 22 June 1708; d. 20 Sept. 1786. Unm.
ALICE b. 12 Feb. 1710; not named in will, 1749.
FOURTH GENERATION
3. John Woodman (Jonathan3, John?, Edward1), born 6 March 1701, lived in the garrison. He married, II Sept. 1732, Mary Fabyan of Newington. He was repeatedly moderator and selectman, called also lot-layer and surveyor of timber. In a deed he is called trader. He died 15 July 1777. His will, 14 Aug. 1775, names the following children:
MARY b. 14 Feb. 1734; m. John Coleman; d. 9 Sept. 1819. Ch., Woodman and Alice.
7. JONATHAN b. 5 Jan. 1743; m. Martha Davis.
ELIZABETH b. 30 Jan. 1745; m. Abednego Leathers, Jr .; d. II Nov. 1809.
4. Jonathan Woodman (Jonathan3, Johnª, Edward1), born 23 April 1702, married Elizabeth, "oldest daughter" of John and Elizabeth (Buss) Smith. He died 28 March 1776. His will, 8 March 1776, names children:
8. JONATHAN m. Patience Chesley.
BENJAMIN m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Meader; d. 1782. L. in Canterbury.
HANNAH d. 27 March 1822, aged 70. Unm.
5. Joshua Woodman (Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 25 Oct. 1703, married (I) Elizabeth Doe, daughter of John and Elizabeth, (2) Rachel His will, 29 March 1770-II Nov. 1778, names wife, Rachel, and the following children:
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9. JOSHUA b. II June 1736; m. Louis Woodman.
IO. ARCHELAUS b. 18 Aug. 1737 (?); m. before 1762, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Joy. He is called lieutenant and in 1786 captain.
ELIZABETH m. - Burleigh; d. bef. 29 March 1770. Ch., Mary, Susanna, and Hannah.
6. Edward Woodman (Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 22 May 1705, married (1) 18 Dec. 1740, Martha Doe, daughter of John and Elizabeth, who was born 13 June 1716 and died 7 Dec. 1767, (2) Mrs. Mary (Titcomb) Tibbetts (?). Lived in Lee. His will, 10 May 1776-12 June 1776, names wife, Mary, and children as follows:
JOHN b. 18 Sept. 1742; 1. in Rochester in 1776. EDWARD b. 3 May 1746; m. Mary --; d. in Lee.
II. SAMUEL b. 19 Sept. 1749; m. Lydia Durgin. ELIZABETH b. 18 Nov. 1753.
DAVID b. 3 Sept. 1757.
EBENEZER b. 29 March 1760.
FIFTH GENERATION
7. Capt. Jonathan Woodman (John4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 5 Jan. 1743, married, 5 Jan. 1765, Martha, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Davis) Davis. She was baptized by the Rev. John Adams 21 Dec. 1754 and died 28 Dec. 1784. He married (2) 31 Dec. 1786, Mrs. Mary (Jewett) Smith, who died 17 Dec. 1838, aged 79. He inherited the homestead in Durham by his father's will, reserving a burial ground on the northwest side of "Wolfe pit hill so called," where the Woodman monument may be seen. He died 31 Aug. 1811. Children by first marriage were:
MARY b. 25 Sept. 1768; m. 25 Oct. 1789, Andrew Woodman; d. 20 July 1847.
MARTHA b. 12 Feb. 1773; m. 12 March 1789, Timothy Meserve.
JONATHAN b. 21 July 1774; m. 19 March 1797, Elizabeth Pickering. Only one ch. is known, Nicholas, who became insane.
JOSHUA FABYAN b. 2 Aug. 1775; d. at sea 5 Oct. 1801.
Lois b. 15 Jan. 1783; m. 4 Feb. 1801, Isaac Ladd of Gilman- ton.
ALICE buried 11 July 1784.
Children by second marriage :
JOHN SMITH b. 14 Oct. 1787; d. 8 Feb. 1811 at Demerara, W. I.
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12. NATHAN b. 9 Dec. 1789; m. Abigail H. Chesley. MOSES b. 12 March 1792; d. at sea 21 Aug. 1811.
13. WILLIAM b. 10 July 1794; m. Abigail Joy.
8. Jonathan Woodman (Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1) married Patience, daughter of Lemuel and Patience (Smith) Chesley. He died 15 April 1799. She died 17 May 1811.
14. LEMUEL b. 1760; m. Betsey Patrick.
ALICE d. unm. at age of 93.
SALLY m. 10 March 1790, Jonathan Crockett.
ISAAC b. 13 Aug. 1770; m. 1798, Mary Locke of Barrington. He d. at Woodstock 27 Oct. 1832. She was b. 2 Aug. 1773 and d. 19 Aug. 1860.
ARCHELAUS b. 9 Dec. 1771, or 1784; d. at Woodstock 13 Dec. 1861, aged 77.
BETSEY m. Jan. 1792, Ezekiel Hayes.
15. MOSES b. 1779; m. Elizabeth Snell.
16. JOSEPH b. 1785; m. Sally Williams.
X 9. Joshua Woodman (Joshua4, Jonathan3, John?, Edward1), born II June 1736, married Lois Woodman, who was born in Maine 22 Jan. 1736. He lived in Lee, where all his children were born. Removed to Meredith and thence to Sanbornton. He served in the Revolutionary Army. Died 13 Aug. 1827. [See History of Sanbornton, II, 860.]
ELIZABETH b. 26 Aug. 1756; m. Thomas Crosby;d. 16 June 1852 at Gilford.
MARY b. I Sept. 1758; m. Phineas Sanborn; d. 20 Dec. 1834. ANDREW b. 29 March 1760; m. 25 Oct. 1789, Mary Wood- man; d. 8 Sept. 1849.
ELSIE b. 19 April 1762 ; m. Benjamin Smith ; I. at Belmont, Me. JOSHUA b. 8 March 1764.
DEBORAH b. 13 Feb. 1767; m. Stephen Mead of Meredith; d. 4 Nov. 1846.
JOHN b. I Feb. 1769; m. 2 May 1797, Sarah Calef; d. 30 Oct. 1865.
EZRA b. 8 April 1771; m. 9 March 1803, Betsey Doloff of Belfast, Me. He d. 17 Oct. 1846 at Belmont, Me.
ASA b. 16 July 1773; d. I May 1781.
Lois b. 13 Sept. 1775; m. I Jan. 1800, William Sanborn, Jr .; d. 31 Oct. 1825.
STEPHEN b. 8 May 1778; d. 8 Dec. 1780.
10. Archelaus Woodman (Joshua4, Jonathan3, John2, Ed- ward1), born probably 18 Aug. 1737, married before 1762 Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Burley) Joy. He is called repeatedly lieutenant and in 1786 captain. Perhaps he married
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(2), after the Revolutionary War, Sarah Downer at Northwood. Children, so far as has been learned, were:
JACOB b. 27 July 1766; m. 6 Aug. 1789, Mary Chesley.
MOSES b. 1769; moved with family to Minnesota bef. 1820. ELIJAH b. II May 1771; m. (1) Deborah Sawyer, (2) Cath- erine Clifton, (3) Mary Roach, (4) widow of Dr. J. Chorn. L. at Carrolton, Ill. Three daughters. ×
II. Samuel Woodman (Edward4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 19 Sept. 1749, married, II Dec. 1774, Lydia, daughter of John and Susanna (Pitman) Durgin, born 1755. He died 13 Aug. 1819. Children born in Lee:
MARTHA b. 17 Oct. 1775.
SUSANNA b. 15 April 1777; d. 19 Nov. 1780.
SAMUEL b. 14 May 1779; m. 1803, Anna Kenniston.
EDWARD b. 10 Dec. 1781 ; m. 21 May 1806, Sarah Bartlett.
SUSANNA b. 8 Jan. 1784.
LYDIA b. 2 Jan. 1787.
MEHITABLE b. 8 Jan. 1790.
SARAH b. 10 Jan. 1792.
LEWIS b. 24 April 1794; d. young.
LEWIS b. II Oct. 1796.
SIXTH GENERATION
12. Nathan Woodman (Jonathan5, John4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 9 Dec. 1789, inherited the old Woodman home, stead and added thereto, becoming one of the wealthiest men of Durham. He bequeathed $1,000 to the Congregational Church in Durham. He married Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Perkins) Chesley, who was born 21 Aug. 1799 and died 6 Jan. 1864. He died 2 March 1869.
PROF. JOHN SMITH WOODMAN b. 6 Sept. 1819; m. Ann Mary, dau. of Stephen P. and Martha (Pendexter) Chesley, who d. at age of 51. [See Page 298 of Vol. I.]
CHARLES F. b. 10 July 1827; m. I Jan. 1850, Sarah Ann Perkins, dau. of Moses D. and Asenath (Chesley) Perkins. Selectman and town treasurer. Killed accidentally in a mill, 6 March 1861. Widow rem. to Medford, Mass. Ch., John Frederick d. 7 Jan. 1861, aged 22 mos. 12 days, and Mary Abbie b. 14 Sept. 1860, who m. 14 Jan. 1884 Albert F. Knapp b. in Norwich, Vt., I June 1856. They had son, Harold Rudolph Knapp, b. 29 June 1892.
13. William Woodman (Jonathan5, John4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 10 July 1794, married, 28 June 1821, Abigail,
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daughter of Jacob and Love (Thompson) Joy, who was born in 1796 and died 18 April 1831, (2) Eliza Butler, (3) Betsey Remick.
GEORGE SMITH b. 14 Oct. 1822; m. 14 Jan. 1847, Marcia Chase. L. in Dover. Ch., Abbie Joy, William Chase and Jennie.
WILLIAM born in Madbury; m. 1842, Abigail Buz- zell; d. 28 April 1880 in Durham. Ch .: John W. b. 9 May 1843; Daniel T. b. 21 Jan. 1845, m. (1) March 1882, Cynthia Tasker of Northwood and had son, William E., who m. Alice Haines and has 6 ch .; (Daniel T. m. (2) Aug. 1883, Mrs. Sarah J. Colcord and 1. at Packer's Falls) ; Maria b .- , m. Wm. Smith, d. II Dec. 1877; Esther m. John Durgin; Willie B. and Walter, the last b. 22 July 1854.
14. Lemuel Woodman (Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 1760, married, 5 June 1787, Betsey Patrick. He died 24 June 1843, aged 83.
SARAH b. 15 Sept. 1789; m. Dea. John Thompson.
CHARLOTTE twin to Sarah; d. Feb. 1873, aged 83.
NANCY d. 20 July 1872, aged 82 yrs. 2 mos.
SAMUEL m. Lydia Rollins. L. in Dover. Ch., Charles d. 27. Sept. 1872, unm .; James Rollins d. Oct. 1871, unm .; Theodore W. and Lizzie C.
15. Moses Woodman (Jonathan3, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 1779, married Elizabeth Snell, 13 Oct. 1817, daughter of John Snell of Lee. He died 14 Feb. 1852, aged 73. She died 21 March 1838.
SUSAN d. 28 Oct. 1826, aged 6 mos. MARGERY STEELE m. 3 Jan. 1844, Daniel Chesley,
MOSES GILMAN b. 3 Nov. 1830; m. Hannah, dau. of.Stephen P. and Hannah (Pendexter) Chesley, who d. 2 May 1894, aged 62-10-25. Had dau., Anna M., b. 12 June 1859, who m. 20 April 1890 Edward T. Reynolds of Shawmut, Me. EMILY m. Nov. 1851 James Butler.
JACOB 1. in Cambridge.
16. Joseph Woodman (Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, Edward1), born 1785, married, 22 Nov. 1810, Sally, daughter of John Williams of Lee, and lived in Barrington, where he died 3 June 1856, aged 71. She died 18 Dec. 1874, aged 81. Children all born in Barrington, "on the Turnpike Road":
17. SETH W. b. 23 July 1813; m. I Jan. 1843, Louisa M. Gear b. 31 July 1820. He d. 14 April 1880. She d. 17 Nov. 1882. SARAH b. 24 Nov. 1814; m. Alfred Mathes of Durham.
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TRUE WILLIAM b. 25 July 1817; m. Harriet Thompson of Somersworth; d. 18 Oct. 1880. She d. 17 Nov. 1882.
JOSEPH C. b. 27 Feb. 1819; m. Sarah A. Demeritt; d. s. p. 22 Sept. 1869 in Somersworth.
JAMES M. b. 9 Nov. 1821; m. Maria Brewster of Somers- worth, where he lived. He d. in Chicago 28 Aug. 1868. 2 ch. in Chicago.
JOHN E. b. 10 Nov. 1823; d. 9 June 1881 in Chicago, 4 or 5 ch. ELIZABETH A. b. 7 July 1827; d. at age of 14 yrs. 6 mos.
CHARLES L. b. 7 July 1829; m. Lizzie Givins. No ch.
HANNAH R. b. II Aug. 1831; m. Charles G. Sherburne of Barrington.
BENJAMIN F. b. 19 Dec. 1834; 1. in Chicago.
DEXTER E. b. 6 April 1838; 1. in Chicago. No ch.
17. Children of Seth W. and Louisa M. (Gear) Woodman:
GEORGE A. b. 13 April 1845; m. 29 May 1873, Sarah Gould of Amesbury, Mass., where he res. Ch., Fred, Frank and Charles.
LEANDER E. b. 14 Dec. 1846; d. 15 April 1870. Unm. OTIS E. b. 14 May 1848; 1. in Barrington. Unm.
ELIZABETH A. b. 3 Feb. 1851; m. Alphonso Jones. 3 ch. LEROY W. b. 15 Aug. 1853; m. I Jan. 1887, Hattie Batchel- der; 1. in Northwood. Has daughter, Lenna.
CHARLES A. b. 25 Aug. 1864; 1. in Lee. Unm.
WORMWOOD
William Wormwood was in Kittery, Me., as early as 1640. He and wife were ordered by the court to be removed from the Isles of Shoals, in 1647. He took oath of allegiance, 22 March 1681; was living in York in 1683, where he was constable in 1685. He died in 1690. Had wife, Catherine. He had a son, Jacob, who died before 1713, as the History of Kennebunkport says. Jacob may have married Alice Small. [See Small Gen- ealogy.] William Wormwood had also daughter, Margaret, who married Simon Bussy in 1658, as court record of York County, Me., says. On the 17th of Sept. 1667, a jury reported on the "untimely death of Simon Buzie of Oyster River." Another son of William Wormwood was probably Thomas Wormwood, who married Jane, daughter of William and Alice (Kitson) Reynolds of Cape Porpoise, and lived in Kittery and Kennebunkport, Me. Another daughter was Martha, who married, about 1705, Abra- ham Bowden of York, Me.
William Wormwood of Oyster River, perhaps son of Jacob
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above named, in a deed dated 1725 conveys right to inheritance of uncle, John Reynolds, of Cape Porpoise. He and wife Mar- tha (Runnels?) were baptized at Oyster River, 29 Oct. 1721. He lived on the Back Road, where now lives John B. G. Dame. His estate was administered by his son, Joseph, in 1743.
JACOB bapt. 13 Aug. 1721; d. bef. 1737.
2. JOSEPH bapt. 3 July 1726; m. Deliverance Pomrey. SUSANNA bapt. 24 July 1726; m. John Doe. MARTHA bapt. 5 April 1727/8; m. Joseph Doe. WILLIAM bapt. 5 April 1727/8; m. Susanna Deering (?). ABIGAIL bapt. 5 April 1727/8.
MARY bapt. 5 April 1727/8; m. 15 March 1752, Benjamin York, both of Newmarket.
JOANNA (?) m. Jonathan Davis, 19 July 1752.
ALICE (?) m. Robert Davis, 15 Jan. 1756.
2. Joseph Wormwood (William) married, 12 Sept. 1728, Deliverance Pomrey. He was a soldier in 1758, aged 50. A Joseph Wormwood died 15 Nov. 1807. Perhaps another Joseph Wormwood had the following children.
HANNAH b. 8 June 1763.
VALENTINE b. I Oct. 1765; m. 29 Nov. 1794, Polly Drew of Wolfeboro.
JOSEPH b. 8 Jan. 1768; m. 23 Jan. 1793, Polly, dau. of Lieut. James Durgin, who d. I April 1805, aged 30, (2) 1807, Elizabeth, widow of John Burnham, Jr. He d. 23 July 1849. She d. in Durham 29 March 1852, aged 80 or 82. Ch., Joseph, Susanna who m. Wadleigh, Hannah who m. George Ham of Portsmouth, Mary who m. Oliver Ham, Samuel, and Anna who d. 8 March 1839, aged 34. ANNE b. 18 May 1770; m. 25 Dec. 1796, Reuben Davis of Nottingham.
YEATON
Samuel Yeaton, cooper, was a soldier in Winborn Adams' company in 1775, and continued in the service in 1776. He was a pensioner in his old age. He died 13 Sept. 1820, aged 73. He married Margaret Snow, who died 21 Feb. 1833, aged 85. The will of his son, Samuel, 27 March 1819-15 July 1819, names father, Samuel Yeaton, and mother, Margaret, sister, Sally Sea- ward, brother, John Yeaton, brother, Joseph Yeaton, children of brother, John, namely Elizabeth, Lydia, and Margaret Ann, children of deceased sister, Mary, wife of Capt. John Sullivan, namely, Elizabeth, Mary, Almira, Sarah and James Sullivan. The will of John Yeaton of Durham, 10 Feb. 1839-20 May 1836,
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names wife, Betsey, eldest daughter, Elizabeth, children, Ann Mary and John Albert. Children of Samuel Yeaton were:
MARY b. 1779; m. 1803, Capt. John Sullivan. 5 ch.
SAMUEL, JR., d. 9 June 1819, aged 36. Unm.
JOHN b. June 1788; m. Lydia French, (2) Betsey French. JOSEPH d. 3 Oct. 1819, aged 38. No ch.
SALLY m. 17 Nov. 1791, Abraham Seaward of Portsmouth.
Children of John Yeaton, who in. (1) 1811, Lydia French, (2) 2 June 1832, Betsey, or Elizabeth, French of Durham. His first wife died 2 Oct. 1831, aged 40.
ELIZABETH b. 30 Aug. 1812; d. 15 Dec. 1841. Teacher. LYDIA A. m. 5 April 1838, William H. Barnes of Boston.
Their son, Rev. William Sullivan Barnes, 1. in Montreal and his son was or is a professor in McGill University. WILLIAM .d. 20 Sept. 1841, aged 22.
MARGARET ANN d. 16 May 1822, aged 5 years4
Charles Yeaton of Portsmouth was born 6 Sept. 1793 and died 20 June 1848. He married 16 July 1822, Nancy Thompson, daughter of Edmund and Abigail (Emerson) Thompson, who was born 3 April 1790 and died of smallpox 3 April 1836. He was a seaman and farmer.
ROBERT b. 1823; d. 1826. Wiggin (?) CHARLES EDMUND THOMPSON b. 1824; m.
of Greenland and had 3 ch.
MARY ANN b. 1827; m. 22 Sept. 1846, James Covil Ewer of Concord; d. 1853. Ch., Nathaniel b. 1850, d. 28 May 1877; Mary Abby b. 12 April 1854, d. 18 July 1883. Both were adopted by their great aunt, Mrs. Moses Thompson of Durham.
SAMUEL CHESLEY b. 1831.
ABBIE SUSAN b. 7 July 1834; d. 22 March 1854.
YORK
Richard York deposed in 1652 that he was in Dover in 1635. He had a house lot on Dover Neck 'in 1642. He was taxed in 1648 and 1672. He had a grant of 100 acres in 1656, next to John Martin's and joining to Lamprey River. This he willed to his son, Benjamin, 23 April 1672. The inventory of his estate was returned 27 March 1674. His widow, Elizabeth, married William Graves, who was living in Exeter in 1701. Nicholas Doe, aged about 50, deposed, 7 June 1782, that "sixteen years since I was desired by Elizabeth alias Graves for to divide a par-
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cell of Planting ground which was left by her husband Richard York to her son John York & her selfe into thirds, which land I with Benjamin Mathews did divide." [N. H. Prov. Deeds, VI, 167. See also Maine Gen. Recorder, III, 17-25.]
JOHN m. Ruth, dau. of William Graves. Rem. to N. Yar- mouth, Me., in 1676. Killed by Indians at the fall of Fort Casco, 17 May 1690. Ch., Richard and John prob. killed at same time as their father, Ruth m. Henry Haskell of Gloucester, Mass., and Joseph, who m. 10 Jan. 1700, Abigail Robinson and had seven children at Gloucester. SAMUEL b. 1645; m. Hannah L. in Topsham, Cape Porpoise and Falmouth, Me. Driven by the Indians to Gloucester, Mass., where he d. 17 March 1717/8. His wife d. 28 Nov. 1724. 10 ch.
ELIZABETH m. 23 Sept. 1668, Philip Cartey of Exeter.
RACHEL m. Benjamin, son of the Rev. Joseph Hull.
2. BENJAMIN m. Abigail Footman.
GRACE m. 31 May 1675, John Gilman of Exeter.
2. Benjamin York (Richard), born in 1654, married in 1676 Abigail, dau. of John and Catherine (Mathews) Footman. She married (2) - McKengs, after 1715, and was again a widow, in Exeter, in 1727. Benjamin York had a bequest in the will of Thomas Morris, in 1701.
RICHARD 1. in Exeter; m. prob. Susanna, dau. of James Good- win, who in his will, 1756, names grandson, John York (who m. Ruth -), and granddau., Susanna York. Est. adm. by son, John, in 1766.
JOHN m. Phaltiel, dau. of Ephraim and Phaltiel (Hall) Folsom of Exeter. Both were admitted to church at Oyster River, 13 Dec. 1719, and had ch. bapt., Mary 10 March 1716/7, Anne 12 Oct. 1718, and John 15 April 1722. ELIZABETH bapt. 5 March 1726/7, "maiden"; m. Job Jud- kins of Exeter.
RACHEL m. William Jones of Amesbury.
BENJAMIN m. Sarah Pinder.
ABIGAIL prob .; m. 12 May 1729, Hezekiah Marsh.
Eliphalet York (prob. Thomas4, John3, Benjamin2, Richard1) lived at Lee Hook. He was born in 1753 and married Elizabeth Tuttle, born 1760. Children were:
JOHN m. 7 May 1803, Rebecca Durgin.
3. THOMAS m. (1) 1811, Mary Chapman of Newmarket, who d. 19 June 1815, (2) II Feb. 1817, Mrs. Deborah (Elkins) Hanscom of Pittsfield, who d. 21 July 1827, (3) Harriet Bartlett of Brentwood, who d. 17 Dec. 1840. He d. II Nov. 1857.
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ELIJAH m. 1813, Comfort Chapman of Lee.
DANIEL m. 1817, Betsey Langley of Lee.
ELIPHALET m. 7 Feb. 1820, Mary Frost Durgin of Lee.
DAVID m. Hannah Durrell.
BETSEY m. Nathaniel Sides of Portsmouth.
SARAH m. 27 Aug. 1824, Stevens Durgin of Lee.
3. Children of Thomas by first marriage:
ANGELINE d. 3 June 1830. Unm.
ELBRIDGE G. m. Mrs. Mary (Currier) York. He d. 22 Feb. 1869.
Children by second marriage:
MARY m. David E. Davis of Lee. She d. 27 March 1890. DORINDA MARIA d. 18 Sept. 1849. Unm.
ROXANNA B. m. John W. Durgin. She d. 2 Nov. 1859.
4. JOHN B. b. I May 1826; m. 24 Nov. 1850, Lydia S. Keniston, who was b. 28 Oct. 1821, dau. of Nathan Keniston, who was b. 9 Jan. 1781 and m. 20 Jan. 1810 Lydia Willey b. 28 Feb. 1781, d. Aug. 1872. John B. York is living, blind. Children by third marriage:
WILLIAM B. m. Mary Currier of Vermont. He d. 19 Sept. 1862.
JULIA A. m. William H. Miller. She d. 18 Dec. 1867. HARRIET D. m. Henry Fuller. She d. 5 June 1865.
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Children of John B. and Lydia S. (Keniston) York:
JOSEPH E. b. 26 May 1852; m. 20 Jan. 1873, Mary Isabelle Shepard b. 29 April 1856, dau. of Jacob Shepard who m. Hannah, dau. of Frank and Hannah (Chesley) Butler. Ch., Fred F. b. 31 March 1874, who m. Ola Armstrong of Nashua and has ch., Bernice b. 28 Nov. 1893, and Norman b. Oct. 1909; Weston G. W. b. 15 Feb. 1880, d. 1881; Stella M. b. 23 March 1884, who m. Ernest Pound of Dover and has son, John Weston Pound, b. 26 March 1903.
LORINDA M. b. 14 Sept. 1853; m. Nathaniel W. Swett of Haverhill, Mass., who d. s. p. 28 April 1907.
MARY A. b. 7 Aug. 1856; d. 10 April 1857.
LYMAN G. b. 24 April 1858; m. (1) Edna Pillsbury and had ch., Edwin, (2) 25 Oct. 1899, Bertha A. Miller of Newton, Mass.
Children of Benjamin York, Jr., recorded in Newmarket, David b. 5 Dec. 1752, and Mary b. 10 June 1759.
Thomas York of Newmarket, prob. son of John and Phaltiel, bought of John Gilman, in 1740, land in Durham. He had a son, Robert, who sold to his father, Thomas York, I Sept. 1762, land at the Hook, in Lee.
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
Administration of the estate of Benjamin York of Durham was granted to Thomas York, 3 Jan. 1760, who gave bonds. Josiah York is named in the settlement. Widow of Benjamin, unnamed, survived him.
Richard York of Epping in 1748 had sons, John and Richard. Perhaps this is the same as the Richard of Exeter.
In 1761 Benjamin and Mary York of Newmarket sold land to John Chapman.
Thomas York and Robert York signed petition in Lee in 1765 and both signed the Association Test of Lee in 1776.
Samuel York was a Revolutionary soldier from Durham.
m. II Oct. 1657, James Brading and Hannah York, in Newbury, Mass.
m. 27 Dec. Nathan Keniston and Sarah York, both of Exeter. m. in Kingston, 7 Nov. 1748, John York and Sarah Foulsham. pub. 2 April 1738, Nathan Burbank of Contoocook and Sarah York of Exeter.
INDEX OF PLACES
Acton, Me., 363. 366. Alexandria, 60, 218. Allenstown, 21I.
Alton, 101, 113, 125, 144, 147, 150, 153, 173 278, 314, 317, 355.
Americus, Ga., 153.
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