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2. JOHN bapt. 28 Jan. 1721/2; m. Sarah Wibird.
3. WILLIAM m. Sarah Pitman.
JAMES bapt. 19 June 1726, m. Rachel -. He was of Rochester, 1741 (?).
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ISAAC m. Izett, called dau. of Widow Dorcas Bradford of Portsmouth.
MARTHA m. - Brown.
ELIZABETH m. Benjamin Bell of Newcastle, 9 May 1718. .
SARAH m. Williams, (2) Roberts.
MARGARET bapt. as adult 28 Jan. 1721/2; m. I. Jan. 1724/5, John Demeritt.
MARY bapt. 19 June 1726; m. Job Demeritt.
HANNAH, "young sister of Sarah Williams," bapt. 23 June 1723; m. James Leighton.
ANN bapt. "young dau. of John Senior," 3 April 1727; m. 17 Jan. 1753, Joseph Stevenson.
2. John Buzzell (John3, Samuel2, Isaac1) married, 4 Jan. 1724/5, Sarah Wibird. He and son, Jacob, were at the siege of Louisburg. His will, 3 April 1770-13 July 1774, names the following children :
JACOB bapt. at O. R., 24 April 1726; m. Hannah -. He was of Barrington, 1757.
JOSEPH bapt. at O. R. 24 Aug. 1729; m. 17 March 1755, Sarah Evans of Dover.
BENJAMIN bapt. at Dover 21 March 1736; m. Abigail, dau. of John Evans. He was of Barrington in 1774.
HANNAH bapt. in Dover 21 March 1736; m. Thomas Evans, 24 June 1738.
ABRAHAM bapt. in Dover 20 Sept. 1739. Not named in will. SARAH bapt. in Dover 10 Sept. 1741; m. 2 Nov. 1758, Job. Demeritt, Jr.
ABIGAIL bapt. in Dover 27 Oct. 1754. Not named in will. SILAS bapt. in Durham 9 Sept. . 1750.
JOHN named in will; m. Phebe, dau. of Robert Evans. RACHEL named in will.
3. William Buzzell (John3, Samuel2, Isaac1) married, 28 Nov. 1729, Sarah, daughter of Francis Pitman. He had children as follows, all but the last baptized 2 Jan. 1742:
EBENEZER m. Rachel -. He was of Barrington in 1759. SAMUEL m. Lydia Evans (?). He was of Barrington in 1774. WILLIAM m. 10 Apr. 1755, Mary Mathes.
ICHABOD m. Sarah, prob. dau. of John Roberts. Two years in the French and Indian War.
TABITHA.
MARY.
ELIZABETH bapt. 29 July 1750.
John Buzzell, who married Phebe Evans, is said to have had a large family of sons and daughters in Barrington. One of these was Solomon, born 5 Jan. 1751, who married (1) Elizabeth,
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daughter of Dea. Jeremiah Burnham and widow of John Burn- ham. Solomon Buzzell was a soldier of the Revolution. [See History of Northwood.] He had three children by Elizabeth Burnham: Nancy born 8 Jan. 1787, John Burnham born 7 Sept. 1791, and Betsey born 20 July 1797. [See Burnham.]
John E. Buzzell of Durham, son of Lemuel and Avis (Emerson) Buzzell, grandson of Samuel and Lydia (Evans) Buzzell, named above, was born in Barrington 21 Feb. 1816, and died in Dur- ham 13 Jan. 1896. He lived in Lee forty years and moved to Durham in 1870. He married Esther Young and had two daugh- ters, Carrie E. and Lydia. The last married James W. Burnham.
Lydia (Evans) Buzzell died 15 Feb. 1816, and Avis (Emerson) Buzzell died 17 Nov. 1845.
CHESLEY
Philip Chesley* witnessed a deed from the Rev. Thomas Larkham to William Waldron, 13 Sept. 1642. He had a house lot of three acres and a half on "High Street," Dover Neck, which he sold to Thomas Leighton. He and wife, Elizabeth, signed a deed, 7 Aug. 1661. He alone sold to son, Thomas, one half of his lands, etc., 12 Aug. 1663, reserving only the room at the west end of the house. The following year he deeded the rest of his land to his youngest son, Philip, and 7 July 1673, he and his wife, Joan, deeded to son, Philip, sixty acres more. He had a grant, in 1652, of 100 acres "at a place called the Indian graves on the west side of beech hill." Joan Chesley testified to an event that happened at "our house" in 1667, the loan of a canoe belonging to Thomas Chesley. She had probably before that date become the second wife of Philip Chesley, senior.
July 3, 1699, Mary Chesley and Hester Chesley deeded to Elizabeth Chesley, wife of Thomas, land formerly "our fathers" and since "our brothers." Philip and Joan Chesley made depo- sitions, 30 April 1685.
The following is found in the records of Dover, Vol. II : "Where- as Philip Chesley Sen' Late of Dover deceased had Twenty acres of land and the meadow joining thereunto given by the
* A Philip Chesley died in York County, Virginia, in 1674, a native of Welford, Gloucester- shire, where the name is sometimes written Churchly. [See William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, p. 86.]
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Towne of Dover in the year (56) Lying and being between Louberland and Oyster River and the sd land is given by deed of gift unto hanah Ash from her two brethren Thomas & Philip Chesley to her and her heires forever and we the subscribers being desired by benjamin Peirce the owner and surviver of sd Land have laid it out as follows," etc. There is no date, and the signatures are not preserved, but it must have been after 1714. See under Ash.
2. THOMAS b. 1644; m. Elizabeth Thomas.
3. PHILIP b. 1646; m. Sarah HANNAH m. Thomas Ash.
Children probably by second marriage:
MARY m. Ralph Hall, 28 May 1701, (2) John Foy. ESTHER m. John Hall, 9 Aug. 1705.
2. Thomas Chesley (Philip), born in 1644, as per deposition, married, 22 Aug. 1663, Elizabeth Thomas. He was selectman in 1688 and 1695, and was killed by Indians near Johnson's Creek, 15 Nov. 1697. His widow, Elizabeth, had a grant of ten acres, 23 June 1701.
4. THOMAS b. 4 June 1664; m. Ann
5. GEORGE b. 1671; m. Deliverance
6. JOSEPH m. (1) Hannah Buss, (2) Sarah Cutt. ELIZABETH m. Capt. James Davis. SUSANNA m. Capt. John Smith. SARAH m. Abraham Bennett before 1721.
MARY m. William Jones before 1721.
3. Philip Chesley (Philip), born 1646, married Sarah His will, 13 Dec. 1695, names wife, Sarah, sons, Samuel, James, Philip and Ebenezer, "and the rest of my Estate I leave with my wife for the benefit of the children which I leave behind me to disspose of as she See good." Deeds show that he had also sons, Ichabod and Jonathan, and he had perhaps Lydia. "Sarah Chesley, an aged widow," was baptized 20 March 1719, by the Rev. Hugh Adams. Philip Chesley was constable in 1695.
7. SAMUEL, "eldest son"; m. Elizabeth Smith.
8. JAMES m. Tamson Wentworth, 29 Dec. 1704.
9. PHILIP m. Hannah Sawyer, 8 July 1706.
EBENEZER, prob. killed by Indians, 17 Sept. 1707.
IO. ICHABOD m. Temperance
II. JONATHAN m. Mary Weeks, 17 Nov. 1720. LYDIA (?) m. John Burnham, widower, 9 Jan. 1717-8.
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THIRD GENERATION
4. Thomas Chesley (Thomas2, Philip1) born 4 June 1664, married Ann -. He died before 1700. His wife married Joseph Daniel and died before 1704. The following children are known:
12. GEORGE, the "bachelor," bapt. 24 Dec. 1721; est. admr. by brother, Samuel.
THOMAS b. 1688. He was aged about 16, 2 Jan. 1704-5, when his uncle, Joseph Chesley, was made his guardian. He prob. d. at an early age, unm.
13. JOHN b. abt. 1690. He is called "oldest son of Thomas Chesley," 3 Aug. 1708, indicating perhaps that his brother Thomas was then deceased. He m. Hannah Huckins.
I4. SAMUEL b. abt. 1691; m. Ann Daniel.
MARTHA b. 1689; m. Samuel Davis; d. at age of 102. SUSANNA m. Thomas Leighton.
5. George Chesley (Thomas2, Philip1) made a deposition 7 June 1696, aged 25. His wife's name was Deliverance. He was killed by Indians, 8 June 1710, while on his way to mill. His widow had a grant of land in 1711. Lived near the pres- ent village schoolhouse. Thirty acres were laid out to George Chesley, 2 June 1694, "on the north side of Joseph Jones land." Henry Rice, 17II, willed all his property to "Elizabath Chaslee the onlie Lawfull daughter of George Chaslee deceased lat of oyster river," and Deliverance Chesley was named as executrix, but she renounced her right in favor of James Jackson, the deceased's son-in-law. This suggests that Deliverance was daughter of Henry Rice. He had a grant of 33 acres, 23 June 1701, on the south side of Oyster River, "near where Capt. Chesley old Mill Formerly stood," and also near "Basford old Chemble Back." This was laid out "at the request of his son George Chesley," 7 Aug. 1735. [See Vol. I of Town Records, p. 35.] I think that widow Deliverance Chesley married (2) Moses Davis, Jr.
15. GEORGE bapt. as adult 21 May 1721; m. - ELIZABETH bapt. 21 May 1721.
6. Joseph Chesley (Thomas2, Philip1) married (1) Hannah, daughter of the Rev. John and Mary (Hill) Buss, (2) 18 Dec. 1717, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah (Martyn) Cutt of Portsmouth. May I 1743, Joseph Chesley and James Chesley of Durham sold to their brother, Thomas Chesley, their right
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in the estate of Valentine Hill late of Dover, "our great grand- father." [See N. H. Prov. Deeds, XXX. 327, and Buss family.] Joseph Chesley bought of Sampson and Temperance Doe, 26 March 1707, land lying at the water side in Lubberland. This was at the head of Great Bay, and he gave his name to Ches- ley's Islands. His will, 13 April 1730-7 Jan. 1731, names wife, Sarah, and the following children:
ENSIGN JOSEPH b. abt. 1711; m. 15 April 1771, Comfort Smith, aged 16. Had one dau., Margaret, who m. 21 Nov. 1796, Capt. Joseph Chase of Portsmouth.
CAPT. SAMUEL CHESLEY'S GARRISON Mentioned in 1707. Torn down 1879
16. THOMAS m. Mary Hill.
JAMES m. Sarah He died in 1753 and Sarah admin- istered his estate. They had dau., Susanna, bapt. 30 July 1749, and Joseph Chesley.was made her guardian. Other children, William, John, and Elizabeth, were bapt. 23 March 1760.
BENJAMIN bapt. 9 June 1717. Not named in the will.
7. Capt. Samuel Chesley (Philip2, Philip1) married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Smith. He was selectman in 1703 and captain in an expedition to Port Royal in 1707. He was slain
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by Indians while at work in the woods, 17 Sept. 1707. He had a grant of land, 30 May 1697. His widow married Amos Pink- ham. "The late Capt. Chesley's garrison" is mentioned 29 Sept. 1707, which stood a few rods southeasterly of Dea. Winthrop S. Meserve's house at the present date. He had son, Joseph, and probably other children, as follows:
JOSEPH. He had wife, Hannah, 20 Feb. 1730-1, est. adm. 1740.
REUBEN. Had wife, Ann, and later wife, Margaret. L. in Madbury, 1758.
KEZIAH, bapt. 10 Dec. 1727 as "singlewoman"; m. prob- Timothy Hanson. Reuben Chesley and Timothy Hanson and Keziah, his wife, were administrators of the estate of Joseph Chesley, late of Dover, in 1740.
SAMUEL. The History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, p. 488, says that Capt. Samuel Chesley had a son, Samuel, born 1691, who had a son, Samuel, born 1713, who also had a son, Samuel, born 1734. The last Samuel was at the siege of Louisburg in 1758 and surveyed lots for New England emigrants at Grenville. He m. Eleanor, dau. of Samuel Moore. Samuel Chesley induced his brothers, Joseph and Benjamin, to go to Nova Scotia. Joseph soon returned to New Hampshire, but Benjamin settled in Wilmot, N. S., near the present site of Middle- ton. I mistrust that there is one too many Samuel Chesleys in this line of ancestry. The Joseph, brother of Samuel, here mentioned, may be the Joseph Chesley who settled in Windham, Me., and there m. 25 Dec. 1766 Abigail Graffam and had a large family, or it may be the Joseph Chesley, born in Durham 1744, who m. Sarah Drew and settled in Industry, Me., where he died in 1827, aged 84. [See Hist. of Industry.]
8. James Chesley (Philip2, Philip1) was killed by Indians at same time as his brother, Capt. Samuel, 17 Sept. 1707. Pike's Journal says, "Octo. 14, 1705, Sab: Sarah Chesley (formerly Huggins) the wife of James Chesley of Oyster River, died after 4 days sickness with malig: feaver." Dover records say that he married Thamsin Wentworth, 29 Dec. 1704. Some error as to dates. She was dau. of Dea. Gershom Wentworth and m. (2) Dea. John Hayes and had eleven children. James Chesley had one son:
17. JAMES b. 18 May 1706; m. Mehitable Waldron, (2) Lydia Horne.
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9. Lieut. Philip_Chesley (Philip2, Philip1) born about 1676, as a deposition shows, "aged about seventy seven years" in 1753, married in Wells, Me., 8 July 1706, Hannah, daughter of William and Sarah (Littlefield-Wells) Sawyer of Wells. She was born 9 April 1785 and was baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, as wife of Lieut. Philip Chesley, I Nov. 1719, and re- ceived into the church 24 May 1724. She is named as Hannah Chesley in the will of her father, 1718, with "two oldest sons, Joshua and Paul," evidently an error. Philip Chesley is called captain in 1707. He sold land, in 1731, to "two eldest sons," Lemuel and Joshua. In 1737 he sold to Lemuel Chesley land "granted to my grandfather, Philip Chesley." In 1756 he sold land to "Winborn Adams, Chirurgeon." In 1742 Philip and Hannah Chesley, Ichabod and Temperance Chesley, Jonathan and Mary Chesley sold land in Rochester to Peter Hayes. Another deed shows that they were brothers. Philip Chesley lived on the old Chesley farm.
18. LEMUEL m. Sarah Smith.
19. JOSHUA bapt. 23 Feb. 1724; m. Mary PHEBE bapt. 23 Feb. 1724; m. Dr. Samuel Adams.
20. , PAUL bapt. II Sept. 1726; m. Sarah Davis.
21. SAMUEL bapt. II Sept. 1726; m. Mary Hicks. DANIEL bapt. II Sept. 1726; m. Elizabeth Thomas. DEBORAH bapt. II Sept. 1726.
IO. Lieut. Ichabod Chesley (Philip2, Philip1) was baptized as adult 12 Jan. 1717-8. His widow, Temperance, and Stephen Evans were made administrators of his estate, 15 Dec. 1774. He lived on the north side of the Mast Road, where Frank Bunker recently lived. He left 150 acres in the homestead, half of a saw mill, 200 acres in Nottingham, 240 acres in New Durham, and three fourths of the fourth division in Rochester, etc. Widow Temperance Chesley was taxed in 1777, 1783 and 1786.
Children were:
SARAH bapt. 18 July 1725; m. John Edgerly.
HANNAH bapt. 2 Oct. 1726.
BENJAMIN bapt. 10 Aug. 1729.
LYDIA m. Col. Stephen Evans. RACHEL m. abt. 1763 Surplus Marr of Kittery.
II. Capt. Jonathan Chesley (Philip2, Philip1) married 17 Nov. 1720, Mary daughter of Joshua Weeks of Greenland,
Now the Residence of Samuel Jones GARRRISON HOUSE OF CAPT. JONATHAN CHESLEY, BUILT IN 1716
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N. H. She united with the church at Oyster River, 19 Nov. 1721, the day before her first child was born. He was represent- ative in 1745. He had a company of 73 men guarding the frontier in 1746. His will, 4 Feb. 1755-24 Sept. 1755, indicates the following children :
22. JONATHAN b. 20 Nov. 1721; m. Mary Smith. EBENEZER bapt. 9 Aug. 1724. Not named in will. MARY bapt. 5 June 1726; m. 10 Oct. 1751, Col. Benjamin Chadbourne of Berwick, Me.
RICHARD bapt. 23 Feb. 1728. COMFORT.
12. George Chesley, (Thomas3, Thomas2, Philip1), I think to be the "bachelor" baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 24 Dec. 1721, and the one who was killed by Indians 24 May, 1724, at the time when Elizabeth Burnham was mortally wounded. Samuel Chesley was administrator of his estate, appointed 2 Sept. 1724, and declared in the probate records to be brother of George Chesley. The inventory shows thirty acres of land, part of a sawmill at Lamprey River, part of a mill at the Hook, yoke of oxen, boards, etc., the total valued at £154 15s. This may be the George Chesley, to whom fifty acres on the north- west side of Lampril River were granted, 23 Jan. 1701. He has been confused with the other George Chesley who was baptized 21 May 1721. One George Chesley had fifty acres of land laid out to him at the Indian Graves, 20 Sept. 1721, a part of the grant to the first Philip Chesley in 1652. James Chesley had another part of the same grant laid out to him 2 Dec. 1721. The Rev. Hugh Adams wrote in his manuscript, "A Particular Faith," etc., that a young man named George Chesley was killed and scalped by the Indians 24 May 1724.
13. John Chesley (Thomas3, Thomas2, Philip1), born about 1690, married about 1717, Hannah, daughter of James and Welthen (Thomas) Huckins. He died in 1719, and his widow married Job Runnels. A coroner's jury said that John Chesley "was drowned about half an hour after sunset ye 21st of May 1719." "He went into the water to save two little girls that had been over set in a canoe." Two children:
JOHN, of age in 1739. He and his wife, Sarah, sold land to William Odiorne in 1752. They had son, John, b. in Durham 15 Aug. 1752, who m. Sally -, b. 5 Sept. 1756, and 1. in Nottingham, where they had son, John, b.
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5 Sept. 1774, who m. 18 March 1798 Betsey Batchelder. Jonathan Chesley of Nottingham m. 26 Aug. 1798, Thank- ful, dau. of Lieut. Daniel and Mary (Bartlett) Hoitt and rem. to Rome, Me., where they had a large family.
23. THOMAS m. Deborah
14. Samuel Chesley (Thomas3, Thomas2, Philip1) born about 1691, married Ann, daughter of Joseph Daniel. He chose his uncle, George Chesley, as guardian, 7 June 1708. Probably he was baptized 30 April 1721. Samuel Chesley of Lee made his will, 16 Jan. 1777, naming wife Ann and daughters Susanna and Martha. John Willey and William Glidden, sons-in-law, were executors of his will.
ANN b. 29 Oct. 1723. Not named in will.
SUSANNAH b. 21 Oct. 1725; m. John Willey.
MARTHA b. 7 Oct. 1728; unm. in 1777.
ELIZABETH m. William Glidden, 16 Sept. 1750.
15. George Chesley (George3, Thomas2, Philip1) was bap- tized as an adult 21 May 1721 with Elizabeth Chesley, who may have been his sister and may have been his wife. He was certainly married before 1718. His uncles and aunts sold to George Chesley, "our loving cousin," 4 Aug. 1721, 100 acres near Beech hill, granted to Philip Chesley, the aged. No further trace of him has been found, and nothing is known about his wife. It is certain that his place was inherited by a son, George. 24. GEORGE b. abt. 1718; m. Sarah Sampson.
& 16. Capt. Thomas Chesley (Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1) mar- ried Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Thompson) Hill. He died in 1778. She died about 1810.
25. JOSEPH b. 4 May 1740; m. Susan Hodgdon. ABIGAIL b. - ; . m. James Thomas.
26. BENJAMIN b. 23 Jan. 1743; m. Deborah Randall.
27. JAMES b. 25 Jan. 1750; m. Elizabeth Downing Furber.
NATHANIEL. He had in his father's will, "all my land in Nottingham." He m. (1) 10 May 1781 Hannah Mur- ray of Newmarket, (2) 31 Aug. 1794, Susanna Gray of Nottingham.
SARAH m. Israel Randall.
MARY bapt. 17 Sept. 1749; m. Thomas Crommett.
ELIZABETH m. Daniel Davis, II May 1786. THOMAS bapt. 5 Aug. 1754; d. young. HANNAH bapt. 3 Aug. 1756.
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17. James Chesley (James3, Philip2, Philip1) born 18 May 1706, married (1) Mehitable Waldron, who died 21 Aug. 1776, aged 68, (2) 8 April 1777, Lydia Horne of Dover. He died in Dover, 10 Oct. 1778.
TAMSEN m. (1) John Twombly, (2) Col. Otis Baker. MARY m. Rev. Avery Hall of Rochester, N. H., 2 ch.
EBENEZER, JAMES and OTIS d. s. p. before their father.
18. Lemuel Chesley (Philip3, Philip2, Philip1) married Sarah, daughter of Col. Samuel and Hannah (Burnham) Smith, born 7 Oct. 1720. His widow, Sarah, was living 5 Aug. 1801, when there was a division of estate in Durham among his heirs, show- ing the following children :
28. LEMUEL m. Hannah Randall.
29. SAMUEL then of Barnstead.
BENJAMIN m. Phebe
L. in Farmington. Ch.,
Benjamin, John, Lemuel, Zaccheus, Mary, Mehitable and Phebe. Zaccheus was b. 28 Apr. 1792 and d. 21 March 1869. He was pub. to Lydia Scott of Barrington 12 Feb. 1815 and 1. in Alexandria. His wife Lydia was b. 19 May 1795 and d. 13 Dec. 1882. Ch., Sarah b. 6 June 1823, m. John Atwood, and Susan b. 10 Jan. 1816, m. Daniel Bailey.
ISAAC m. 27 March 1781 Sarah Thompson of Lee. Ch., Elizabeth who m. Eben Tasker, Jr., 26 Feb. 1807, Lemuel who d. 17 April 1821, aged 35, unm., Isaac who d. unm. after 1871, Polly who m. John Jones, Jr .; and Sally who m. Samuel Pinkham.
SARAH m. John Meserve, Jr.
PATIENCE m. Jonathan Woodman.
19. Joshua Chesley (Philip3, Philip2, Philip1) had wife Mary (Potts?) who is named in his will, 19 Aug .- 14 Dec. 1774, with the following children :
ANDREW, soldier of the Revolution. Went to Jackson, N. H. Ch., Nathaniel, Esther and Susan.
PHILIP. Prob. 1. in Madbury.
SAWYER, soldier of the Revolution. Had a family in North- wood in 1790.
JAMES b. 23 May, 1751; m. Elizabeth Hill. Went to Barrington; d. 26 Feb. 1836. Had son, Joseph, b. in Durham 28 Aug. 1779. Wife b. 1759, d. 6 Feb. 1838. MARY.
EBENEZER, soldier of the Revolution. L. in Barrington.
WINTHROP m. Nov. 1784, Elizabeth Downs of Madbury ..
He had a family in Barrington in 1790.
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20. Paul Chesley (Philip3, Philip2, Philip1) married Sarah, daughter of Moses Davis of Durham. He died about 1774. Land was set off to his widow, 14 Dec. 1774, "at the west end of Beech Hill." Her taxes were abated in 1791. No children are known.
21. Col. Samuel Chesley (Philip3, Philip2, Philip1) married 28 Sept. 1749, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Davis) Hicks, born 22 May, 1721. He died I June 1799, aged 82. His will, 28 Dec. 1797-Aug. 1799, indicates the following .children :
30. PHILIP m. Abigail Hayes, 15 Jan. 1778.
ABIGAIL m. Benjamin Gerrish.
LUCY m. Elijah Drew; d. Sept. 1786.
MARY m. Bartholomew Richards. She d. 3 Sept. 1817, aged 58.
22. Jonathan Chesley (Jonathan3, Philip2, Philip1) born 20 Nov. 1721, married Mary, daughter of Richard Smith. He was a blacksmith. He died July 1765. Widow Mary Chesley deeded to Nathaniel Folsom of Exeter, 23 Dec. 1767, five acres in Brentwood, "given me by will of my father, Richard Smith, late of Exeter." Jonathan's will, 1765, names the following children, except the last two.
31. JONATHAN m. Elizabeth Emerson.
SAMUEL bapt. 8 Oct. 1756.
EBENEZER bapt. 16 Oct. 1757. Alpheus Chesley was his guardian in 1773.
COMFORT bapt. 22 Nov. 1761 ; d. in Barnstead, 1847, aged 86. LYDIA m. John Kimball, 8 Dec. 1778.
MARY, 3 yrs. old, and RICHARD, 16 mos. old, bapt. I May 1753; prob. d. young.
23. Thomas Chesley (John4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Philip1) mar- ried Deborah -. His will, 25 Nov. 1767, names children as follows:
HANNAH m. 19 Sept. 1754, Rev. John Adams, his second wife. DEBORAH m. 18 Oct. 1762, John Smith 3d.
ALPHEUS m. 14 Oct, 1762, Deborah, dau. of John and Sarah (Clark) Meserve. He was one of the party at the capture of Fort William and Mary, also a Captain in the Revo- lution. He appears as lieutenant-colonel in Col. John Waldron's regiment 6 March 1776. He died in Barn- stead in 1792. Had sons, Alpheus and Trueworthy. The latter m. 2 Oct. 1796, Sally Powers of Gilmanton, dau. of the Rev. Priest Powers.
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24. George Chesley (George4, George3, Thomas2, Philip1), born about 1718, as a deposition shows, married Sarah Sampson about 1737. His will, I Sept. 1785-18 Nov. 1790, names wife, Sarah, and children as follows:
BENJAMIN bapt. 1741; m. 13 Oct. 1791, Sarah Garland. He d. 21 July 1805, "of measles taken in town meeting," in his 69th year. His wife d. 24 Sept. 1823, burned in her house. Ch., Abigail b. 2 Jan. 1796, m. 1812, Daniel Young and d. 4 March 1831; Hannah b. I Jan. 1799; m. 14 July 1816 Francis Butler, (2) July 1832 Daniel Young, (3) Hudson Peavey. She d. 26 Feb. 1881.
SUSANNA bapt. 21 March 1741; m. George Knight.
HANNAH born 12 May 1742; m. 12 Nov. 1772, Joseph Thompson.
ELIZABETH b. 13 Aug. 1744; m. Hezekiah Randall.
RUTH m. Paul Gerrish; d. 1817, aged 63.
ABIGAIL, unm. in 1785.
AARON b. 28 May 1764; m. 29 Nov. 1781 Ruth Bennett; d. in Barnstead, 1823. Ch., George, Benjamin, Ruth and Aaron.
25. Major Joseph Chesley (Thomas4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1), born 4 May 1740, married Susan Hodgdon. He died in Durham 29 Dec. 1822, aged 62. His wife died 27 Jan. 1823.
HANNAH b. 28 Dec. 1766; m. 27 April 1788, Ebenezer Doe. 32. THOMAS m. Susanna Chesley.
33. JOSEPH m. Polly Pendergast.
LYDIA m. 5 Feb. 1801 Capt. Wm. Wiggin; d. 9 July 1820, aged 34.
SUSANNA m. 17 Jan. 1802, Cutler Wiggin.
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SHADRACH (?) b. in Durham 15 Oct. 1759; m. Jemima Ham; d. Oct. 1831; 1. in Rochester.
26. Lieut. Benjamin Chesley (Thomas4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1), born 24 Jan. 1743, married Deborah Randall, daughter of William and Lydia, who was born 24 Aug. 1747 and died 28 May 1830. He died 5 Feb. 1831. He owned land west of the mill road and south of the Mast Road. He was buried in the northwest corner of the present field, near the pasture wall. The College President's house stands on the site of the house occupied by Lieut. Benjamin Chesley.
ABIGAIL b. 5 April 1765; m. I Nov. 1781, Valentine Clark, MARY b. 17 Oct. 1767; m. 6 Aug. 1789, Job Woodman. (2) Hill. 7 Rem. to Digby, N. S.
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HOUSE BUILT BY LIEUT. BENJAMIN CHESLEY Once the residence of the college president. Destroyed by fire
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34. MILES b. 24 Jan. 1770; m. 28 May 1801, Polly Furber. DEBORAH b. 2 Feb. 1772; m. 7 Oct. 1792, David Stone. Went to Nova Scotia.
ISAAC b. 7 June 1774; m. 17 Nov. 1796, Nancy, dau. of Capt. John and Hannah (Gerrish) Griffin. L. in Roches- ter, N. H. He d. Sept. 1852. She d. 26 Nov. 1848, aged 79.
SUSANNA b. 9 June 1776; m. 11 Jan. 1797, Thomas Chesley. 35. LIEUT. JAMES b. 12 Aug. 1778; m. 27 Feb. 1803, Sally Reynolds.
BENJAMIN b. 13 Oct. 1781; m. 3 March 1811, Abbie Page; 1. in Middleton.
VALENTINE b. 5 April 1784; went to Maine and was lost at sea, 1812, s. p.
NANCY b. 12 April 1786; m. 4 Feb. 1810, John Hart of Portsmouth; d. I Dec. 1867.
36. ISRAEL b. 24 Nov. 1788; m. 25 Oct. 1812, Betsey Folsom.
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