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LOUISE VICTORIA b. 17 Oct. 1838 in Shipton, Canada; m. 17 June 1860, John J. Bunker; d. 31 Oct. 1899, aged 61. SUSAN ALMIRA b. 7 March 1840, in Shipton; m. 14 Dec.
1865. John Winslow Emerson Thompson at Exeter. She d. 22 Nov. 1875.
COE
Rev. Curtis Coe (Dea. Joseph5, Capt. Joseph4, Capt. John3, Robert2, Robert1) was born in Middleton, now Middlefield, Conn., 21 July 1750. He is said to have served as chaplain in the Revolutionary Army. He married, 22 Feb. 1781, Anne, daughter of Judge Ebenezer and Mary (Torr) Thompson, who was born 10 Jan. 1761, and died at South Newmarket 10 Oct. 1829. He died at the same place 7 June 1829. [See page 200- 204 of Vol. I and also History of Newfields, N. H.] Births of children as recorded in Durham:
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2. JOSEPH b. I June 1782; m. Temperance Pickering. ABIGAIL b. 29 Feb. 1784; m. Daniel Mathes.
EBENEZER b. 6 Dec. 1785; d. at Bangor, Me., 26 Oct. 1862; m. (1) Mehitable Smith of Durham, who was b. 20 June 1794 and d. 18 May 1833, (2) Mrs. Mary Upham Barker, who was b. in Rochester 16 Sept. 1802 and d. in Bangor, Me., 4 Dec. 1843. For some years he was a selectman and representative of Northwood.
CURTIS b. 16 Sept. 1787; d. unm. 3 Sept. 1817 at Charleston, S. C.
POLLY b. 22 Nov. 1789; d. 23 Nov. 1836. Unm.
ANNE b. 28 June 1792; d. I April 1864; m. 20 May 1830,
Dea. Edward Berry b. 16 July 1787, and settled in Pitts- field.
JOHN b. 13 Feb. 1797; d. at Center Harbor, 2 Dec. 1861; m. 28 Sept. 1823, Lavinia Towle Senter, b. at Meredith 7 Nov. 1800 and d. 12 Oct. 1883. He was a ship-builder in Durham and postmaster at Center Harbor.
BENJAMIN b. 20 July 1801; d. 8 Apr. 1873; m. at Lynn, Mass , 5 May 1842, Louisa Frances Meade, who was b. at Northwood, 3 June 1806 and d. at South Newmarket, 24 Feb. 1868. He was deacon in the church and active in town affairs in South Newmarket.
2. Joseph Coe, son of Rev. Curtis Coe, born I June 1782, died 22 April 1852. He married Temperance, daughter of Richard and Mary (Thompson) Pickering, who was born 22 Aug. 1788 and died 29 Jan. 1864. He was a merchant and ship-builder in Durham and compiled and published a volume entitled "The True American."
TEMPERANCE ANN b. 2 July 1813; d. in Durham II Jan. 1885. Unm.
EBENEZER P. b. 31 March 1816; d. 17 June 1838. Unm. RICHARD C. b. 23 Sept. 1818; d. in N. Y. I March 1884. Unm.
JOHN E. b. 9 June 1822; d. at Cambridge, Mass., 23 Nov. 1879. Educated at Phillips Academy, merchant in Phila- delphia, later in advertising business in New York and Boston. He m. at Methuen, Mass., 27 July 1857, Mar- garet Janet Churchill, b. in Clements, Nova Scotia, 8 April 1833, d. 4 March 1859.
3. JOSEPH WILLIAM b. I Feb. 1825; m. Harriet S. Churchill. FEDERAL BURT b. I Apr. 1828; d. II Feb. 1850. Unm.
3. Joseph William Coe, named above, was born in Durham, I Feb. 1825 and died 12 Aug. 1907. He married at Lawrence, Mass., 2 Dec. 1861, Harriet Sophia Churchill, who was born in
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Lubec, Me., daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Willett) Churchill of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, later of Salem, Mass. She still resides on the Coe homestead in Durham. He was a merchant and postmaster at Durham for many years. He was a member and liberal supporter of the Congregational Church. His resi- dence, built by Judge Steele, is one of the best in town. [See page 333 of Vol. I.]
MARY E. b. 9 July 1864; d. 27 July 1911; m. 27 Feb. 1899, Daniel B. Ninde, b. at Fort Wayne, Ind., a graduate of U. S. Naval Academy and of the University of Michigan. He is an attorney-at-law at Fort Wayne.
RICHARD b. 17 July 1866; m. 31 March 1907, Mrs. Sarah Crapo (Tappan) Carter, b. in Boston 27 June 1873. He is a mining engineer at Ramsey, Nev. Ch., Richard Pickering, b. and d. at Hyde Park, Mass., 21 June 1909, and Serena Tappan b. at Hyde Park, 9 Jan. 1911.
JANET LAWRENCE b. 7 June 1868; m. 8 Oct. 1896, Edward Burnham Stearns, b. 14 June 1869. He is a manager for the American Bridge Co. Res., Montclair, N. J. 4 ch. b. at Brookline, Mass., Lawrence b. 22 April 1899, Richard Pickering b. 12 Oct. 1901, d. same day, Margaret b. 8 Feb. 1903, Janet Burnham b. 18 April 1906.
GERTRUDE ALICE b. 17 Aug. 1870; d. 8 Oct. 1871.
MARGARET ALICE b. 13 April 1872; graduated at Smith College in 1896; m. 18 Jan. 1913, Daniel B. Ninde, above named.
ANNE HARRIET b. 4 June 1879; graduated at Smith Col- lege in 1902; m. 5 Sept. 1910 Burton Edward Curry b. in Bloomington, Ind., 24 Aug. 1879. He graduated at In- diana University in 1904 and took post-graduate studies at Cornell University. He is chemist of N. H. College Experiment Station. Ch., Burton Edwin,. Jr., b. 7 Jan. 1912, and twins, Curtis Coe and Harriet Anne, b. 3 June, 1913.
HELEN EDITH b. 24 July 1881; d. 9 March 1885.
CRITCHET
Elias Critchet deposed, 1671, concerning the laying out of a boundary in 1667. He was rated in Portsmouth in 1680. He signed a petition in 1695. He married (2) widow of James Thomas and daughter of John Goddard. [See Thomas.] She was admitted to church 7 Dec. 1718 as aged wife of Elias Critchet, Sr., whom she had married after 1715. She was a widow again
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in 1729. Elias Critchet of "Quamscook" bought land of Andrew Wiggin, 22 April 1674.
Elias Critchet, Jr., married, 12 Oct. 1714, Elizabeth Lane of Hampton, daughter of William and Sarah (Webster) Lane, born 12 July 1691. Both were living in 1731. Children :
THOMAS bapt. 3 Nov. 1717; m. in Kingston, 9 May 1739, Mary dau. of John Roberts of Brentwood and had ch., among them being an Elias. He appears later to have had a second wife, Anna.
JOHN bapt. 7 Sept. 1718. Had ch., Sarah bapt. 14 Apr. 1750/1, and James bapt. 19 Nov. 1749.
JAMES bapt. 17 June 1723.
ELIZABETH bapt. 5 May 1728; m. Ebenezer Bickford, 6 Dec. 1750.
CROMMETT
Philip Crommett (called also Cromet, Crummett, Cromele, Cromel, Cromwell, etc.) was taxed in company with Davey Daniel, 1662-67. He bought land of Hugh Dunn, at Sandy Bank, above Hook Island Falls, in Lee. He was licensed to keep a ferry at Lampril River in 1671. In 1673 he had a grant of six acres adjoining his land at Lampril River. Philip Crommet and wife, Margaret, deeded to son, John, 7 June 1710, one half of his farm on the north side of Lampril River, which formerly belonged to Hugh Dunn, and the other half he deeded to Cornelius Drisco, 12 March 1714/5. John and Mary Cromett deeded their half to Cornelius Drisco. John and Sarah Footman conveyed to John Crommett, I April 1721, land "granted to our brother Jeremiah Cromett" in Dover. It thus appears that Philip and Margaret Crommett had the following children. This family is entirely distinct from that of Philip Cromwell of Dover Neck, though the surname Cromwell is sometimes incorrectly given to this Philip. At the same time there was another Philip Cromwell at Marblehead, Mass.
2. JOHN m. (1) Elizabeth Thomas, (2) Mary JEREMIAH killed and scalped by Indians, 1712. SARAH m. Thomas Footman, 18 Dec. 1691. MARY prob. who m. Cornelius Drisco.
2. John Crommett (Philip) married (1) 13 Jan. 1691/2, Elizabeth, daughter of James and Martha (Goddard) Thomas, (2) Mary -. He signed a petition with his brother, Jere- 6
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miah, in 1694. His will, 22 May 1724-I Sept. 1724, names wife, Mary, who was living in 1730, and the following children :
3. JOSHUA m. Elizabeth Keniston.
4. JOHN m. Sobriety Thomas.
MARY bapt. 19 Sept. 1719, "a maiden."
Children by second marriage:
PHILIP b. 1716, bapt. 6 March 1719. Soldier in 1758, aged 42. Taxes abated 1782. Pauper, 1787. He m. Abigail Crommett.
ELIZABETH bapt. 6 March 1719, twin to Philip; m. John Durgin, 6 March 1728/9.
MARGARET b. 6 April 1715; bapt. 6 March 1719; m. William Durgin.
MARTHA.
SARAH.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Joshua Crommett (John2, Philip1) married, 19 Sept. 1728, Elizabeth Kenniston. He was selectman in Durham, 1765-72. His will, 9 Feb. 1777, names the following children. June 9, 1777, Elizabeth, widow of Joshua Crommett, was allowed as dower a room in the north part of the house where Durgin lived, called the Duda farm. The witnesses were Joseph Durgin, Zebulon Durgin and .John Adams. Betsey Crommett died 9 July 1796.
ELIZABETH bapt. I Jan. 1729/30; m. David Davis.
JOHN, "oldest son." He was of Boothbay, Me., in 1777.
5. JACOB b. 1739; m. Abigail Dam.
MARTHA m. Thomas Tash.
6. THOMAS m. Mary Chesley.
4. John Crommett (John2, Philip1) married Sobriety, daugh- ter of James and Mary (Smith) Thomas. He "died by the act of God," as a coroner's jury said, 24 Jan. 1758, that is, he was struck by lightning. The will of Sobriety, relict of John Crom- mett, 1779, names only "dutiful daughter Abigail, wife of Philip Crummit of Durham." Sobriety died in 1780.
7. EBENEZER m. Elizabeth Davis.
JAMES, soldier in 1758, aged 18; bapt. 13 June 1728 (?). ABIGAIL m. Philip Crommett.
FOURTH GENERATION
5. Jacob Crommett (Joshua3, John2, Philip1), born about 1739, married, in Newington, 16 Dec. 1762, Abigail Dam. He
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was constable in 1767. He died in June 1800. She died II Nov. 1814. His will, dated 18 April 1797, names wife, Abigail, and the following children :
8. JOHN, who received the homestead, "received from honored father, Joshua Crommet." He m. Eunice Meserve.
BETSEY m. Samuel Edgerly, Jr., 20 Dec. 1795.
MARY m. Valentine Mathes of Lee, 21 Aug. 1788.
ABIGAIL b. 12 June 1775; m. Jethro Edgerly, 3 July 1797; d. 16 Dec. 1845.
SARAH b. 21 March 1781; m. Valentine Mathes, Jr. HANNAH m. Vincent Meserve, 20 Oct. 1797.
6. Thomas Crommett (Joshua3, John2, Philip1), called "youngest son" of Joshua, was executor of his father's will and received "all home estate and farm." This was on the north side of Crommett's Creek. He married Mary, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Mary (Hill) Chesley. He left at least two daughters. He was an ensign in the Revolution.
MOLLY m. Joseph Bickford, I May 1803 (?). ABIGAIL d. 17 March 1823, aged 45 (?).
7. Ebenezer Crommett (John3, John2, Philip1) married 24 Jan. 1758, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Davis. She married (2) 1769, Joseph Drew. Ebenezer had at least two sons.
JAMES.soldier in 1777, aged 19. He was of Durham in 1783. EBENEZER soldier in 1777, aged 17; m. 6 Oct. 1783, Hannah Hearn. She was dau. of Joseph Smith and m. (I)
Jose, (2) Morris Hearn. Ebenezer Crommett is called "Adjutant." He died 15 April 1818. His wife died 4 Jan. 1841, aged 85, having been a Revolutionary pen- sioner. s. p.
FIFTH GENERATION
8. John Crommett (Jacob4, Joshua3, John2, Philip1) married, 20 April 1795, Eunice, daughter of Col. Ebenezer and Eunice (Torr) Meserve. He was drowned at Portsmouth, 12 April 1808. His widow married Nathaniel Edgerly, 26 May 1822.
MARTHA m. Eben Kent, 6 March 1817.
POLLY m. Richard Kent, 9 June 1814.
ELIZA m. Jacob Johnson, 24 March 1820.
A Widow Crummet died 29 Dec. 1819, aged 97.
CROMWELL
Philip Cromwell, born 1612, aged 74 in 1686 as per deposition, was taxed at Cochecho 1657-58. He was juryman in 1662, select-
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man in 1670. He owned land on Dover Neck that formerly belonged to William Storer, where he was living in 1674 when he was complained of for taking in the highway and trespassing the common. He bought land at Sandy Point, in Great Bay, of Richard Waldron, 26 Nov. 1660. He married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Tuttle, (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Leighton before 1671. Philip Cromwell and Elizabeth "my present wife," 6 Oct. 1699, sold land to Richard Pinkham. He was commissioned captain in 1683. June 23, 1714, Samuel Cromwell, and Rachel his wife, sold to Thomas Kenney land on Dover Neck, only reserving "three rods square for a burying place at ye place where my father was buried." [N. H. Prov. Deeds, XVI. 556.] His will, dated 19 May 1708, names wife Elizabeth and the following children. He died 26 M 1708.
2. JOSHUA m. Lydia
3. SAMUEL m. Rachel
JOANNA m. Morris Hobbs about 1698.
ALICE.
ELIZABETH.
SARAH m. Timothy Wentworth before 1698.
MERCY m. Hatevil Hall, 14 March 1706/7.
ANN born 19 Aug. 1674.
2. Joshua Cromwell (Philip) had a grant of land in 1693. His wife, Lydia, is named in deeds from 1709 to 1743. He lived on Dover Neck and died before 1752. Deeds in that year show the following children:
JOSHUA. He was of Falmouth, Me., in 1752. He signed a petition from Kennebunk in 1760. He m. (I) in Falmouth, Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Deborah (Ingersoll) Larrabee, who d. 13 April 1725, leaving dau., Elizabeth, b. 13 April 1725. He m. (2) Grace and had dau. Lydia, b. in Falmouth 19 May 1728. JOHN m. 25 Dec. 1720, Mary Ridley (?).
JOSEPH m. Abigail
SAMUEL prob. m. Betty Pinkham, 4 Dec. 1727. L. in 1752. CALEB of Falmouth in 1752, where he had a child bapt. 1740. ELIZABETH m. Thomas Waitt of Dover. LYDIA m. Noah Cross of Dover.
3. Samuel Cromwell (Philip) married Rachel They and the following children were baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams, 31 July 1726. He died between 1735 and 1743.
DOROTHY b. 13 May 1713; m. Samuel Pray of Berwick. 4. ELIPHALET b. 12 Nov. 1716; m. Esther Nock.
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THIRD GENERATION
4. Eliphalet Cromwell (Samuel2, Philip1) married Esther, daughter of Sylvanus Nock. He is called "son and heir to Samuel Cromwell," in 1743. He married (2) , (3) 4 Feb. 1760, Keziah Watson, His will, dated 22 Oct. 1793, was probated 6 Jan. 1794.
LUCY m. Daniel Ricker, about 1762.
DOROTHY m. Samuel Henderson, 22 Nov. 1769.
SYLVANUS soldier of the Revolution, not named in will. ESTHER not named in will.
ELIPHALET b. 12 July 1752, not named in will, Revolu- tionary soldier.
RACHEL m. Phineas Ricker, Jr., 27 Feb. 1777.
Children by third marriage.
HANNAH b. 19 Nov. 1760; m. Watson.
SAMUEL b. 6 Aug. 1761, named in will.
ELIZABETH b. 19 Dec. 1762; m. Josiah Paul.
Samuel Cromwell, called often Crommett or Crumet, and Samuel Cromwell, Jr., were taxed in the Point district, Durham, in 1801. Samuel, Jr., was hog-reeve in 1773, and his taxes were released in 1783. Samuel Crummett died I Sept. 1826, aged 84. Joanna, his wife, died 14 April 1821, aged 80. A Samuel Cromet of Durham m. Nov. 1779, Rebecca Merry of Madbury. Samuel Cromwell, Jr., of Durham was defendant in court in a suit for debt brought by John Newmarch, in 1762. He sued Thomas Scriggins for payment for a wig in 1760.
Oliver Cromwell bought of Thomas Pierce and Hannah, his wife, 2 Oct. 1751, four acres on said Pierce's farm in Somersworth, wherever said Oliver might choose. In 1761 Oliver Cromwell and family were ordered out of Portsmouth. He is called a mari- ner of Portsmouth, in 1762, and was of Somersworth in 1763. This may be the same Oliver Cromwell, of Durham, the admin- istration of whose estate was granted to Philip Cromwell, 21 Feb. 1793.
Oliver Cromwell, born in 1782, was taxed in the Point district in 1806, said to have been born in Brentwood. He married (1) Eleanor Holmes of Portsmouth. Published in Durham 17 May 1806. She died in 1821. He married (2) 17 March 1822 Mary Cram in Raymond. He was hog-reeve in Durham in 1808. After living in several places he returned to Durham
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and died there 6 Feb. 1853, aged 71. Mary "Crummett," probably his wife, died in Durham 29 May 1855, aged 70. The children of Oliver Cromwell were Thomas Jefferson, born 15 March 1816; Ellen who married Loring Foster; Eliza who married Benjamin Snow; Eben, Oliver, Caroline, Frances born 1826, in Brentwood; Mary who married 9 March 1833 Caleb Preble, and Robert born in Dedham, Mass.
m. 27 April 1736, Mercy Cromwell and Thomas Main.
m. 27 April 1756, Love Cromwell and Winthrop Bickford.
m. 27 April 1757, Mercy Cromwell of Dover and Samuel Laury of Newcastle.
m. 14 May 1778, Sarah Cromwell of Dover and Jacob Chadwick of Somersworth.
John Cromwell died 11 May 1776. His wife, Lydia, died 13 May 1776, and both were buried in one grave, in Dover.
CROXFORD
Daniel Croxford was in the employ of Gen. John Sullivan in the fulling mill at Sullivan's Falls. He was born Aug. 1752 and died 5 March 1837. He married, (1) Mary, daughter of Benja- min and Mary (Gilman) Bennett, who died 21 June 1820, aged 72. He married (2) 23 Dec. 1821, Mrs. Peggy Stockbridge of Barring- ton.
SALLY b. 20 Feb. 1780; m. 7 Feb. 1802, Dea. Benjamin Dame; d. 26 Sept. 1864.
MARY m. John Little of Lee, 4 July 1802.
NANCY.
SUSAN m. Thomas Chesley, 3d, 26 March 1815.
HANNAH m. Paul Little of Lee, 22 June 1800.
DAM OR DAME
Dea. John Dam, born in England, 1610, came to Dover Neck in 1633. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Pomfret, and died between 1687 and 1693.
Serg. John 2 Dam, his son, born 8 Jan. 1636/7, married (1) Sarah, daughter of Serg. John Hall, and died 3 Jan. 1706. He lived at Bloody Point, Newington.
John3 Dam, born 23 Feb. 1667/8, married Jane, daughter of Richard Rowe of Dover. He was deacon in the church at Newington and died in 1730.
John4 Dam, born 1695, married, 29 Feb. 1718, Elizabeth,
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daughter of Benjamin Bickford of Newington and had among others a son,
Joseph 5 Dam, born 16 May 1719, who married Mehitable Hall of Dover in 1739. He died in April 1807.
George 6 Dame, son of the last, was born 26 June, 1748 and died 6 March 1823. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Benja- min and Mary (Gilman) Bennett. She died 25 July 1842, aged 97. Children were.
CAPT. GEORGE b. 24 Aug. 1791; m. 9 Nov. 1817, Sarah Bennett.
DEA. BENJAMIN b. 25 Sept. 1779; m. Sally Croxford, 1802.
MEHITABLE m. (1) John Ela, (2) Isaac Brown.
BETSEY m. David Wiggin, 17 Nov. 1796.
NANCY m. John Tuttle. Pub. 12 Nov. 1803.
SUSAN m. Andrew Wiggin, 1807.
MARY b. 1777; d. 4 Nov. 1847, aged 70.
SALLY m. Walter Wiggin. Pub. 22 Feb. 1806.
Dea. Benjamin Dame, born 25 Sept. 1779, married, 7 Feb. 1802, Sally, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Bennett) Croxford, who was born 20 Feb. 1780 and died 26 Sept. 1864. He died 17 Nov. 1847.
DANIEL b. 9 Dec. 1804; d. 28 Jan. 1822.
SOPHRONIA b. 19 April 1806; m. 26 May 1842, Isaac B. Brown; d. 5 June 1843.
MARY b. 13 Oct. 1808; d. 28 March 1870. Unm.
JOSEPH b. 17 Oct. 1812 ; d. 2 Feb. 1822.
JOHN O. b. 19 April 1815; m. 30 Nov. 1843, Harriet R. Maddox of Waterborough, Me. [See below.]
BENJAMIN b. I Oct. 1817; d. 18 Feb. 1822.
Children of John O. and Harriet (Maddox) Dame:
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BENJAMIN F. b. 22 Sept. 1846; m. 24 Nov. 1868, Abbie Hasleton Pinder. 4 ch., Edith Maud b. 14 Dec. 1869, m. James B. Ewart and had son, Raymond, b. 12 July 1895; Clinton b. 6 Sept. 1871 and d. I May 1872; Georgia May b. 27 July 1874, m. Ernest Worth; Arthur Carroll b. 26 Aug. 1876, m. Nov. 1900, Edith A. Diamond and had dau., Priscilla, b. 17 Nov. 1901.
GEORGIANNA b. 27 Jan. 1851; d. 1I March 1872.
Capt. George Dame, born 24 Aug. 1791, married, 14 Nov. 1816, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Eleazer and Anna (Clough) Bennett, who was born II Nov. 1795, and died 29 May 1891. He died 24 June 1838.
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ALMIRA b. 10 Sept. 1817; d. 5 Oct. 1833.
SARAH ANN b. 8 Aug. 1819; d. 4 Oct. 1854.
MARTHA E. b. 7 May 1822; m. 2 June 1850, James B. Blanchard; d. 13 March 1899. 3 daus.
GEORGE W. b. 29 Sept. 1824; d. 22 Jan. 1827.
MARY HELEN b. 25 May 1827; m. 23 April 1862, James
Munroe; d. 4 Dec. 1868. He d. 25 Jan. 1886. Two daus. d. unm.
CAROLINE b. 19 Oct. 1829; d. 22 Dec. 1885. Unm.
SUSAN b. 25 Nov. 1831 ; d. 17 Dec. 1905. Unm.
GEORGE E. b. II Nov. 1835. Unm.
DAME
Joseph Dame (Moses5, John4, John3, John2, John1,) was born in Nottingham 14 Sept. 1747. His father, Moses Dame, was born 2 May 1721 in Newington and married, 1743, Anne, daughter of Capt. Mark Hunking of Portsmouth. Joseph Dame married, 30 March 1783, Abigail Leathers and lived in Durham. He was a sergeant in the Revolution. He died 15 March 1842. His wife died 15 Oct. 1840, having been born 28 Oct. 1760. A town record says she died II Oct. 1839, aged 78.
TIMOTHY b. 16 Aug. 1784; drowned 1812.
2. AsA b. 9 Feb. 1789; m. Lucia G. Bickford.
3. JASON b. 9 March 1793; m. Mary Sias, 15 Dec. 1816, b. in Epping, 8 Apr. 1794.
MOSES m. and 1. in Epping.
SARAH d. unm. 28 Aug. 1870 (?).
ANN m. 6 March 1817, Eliot G. Burnham.
ABIGAIL b. 22 Feb. 1796; m. 15 Feb. 1817, John Fowler.
SUSAN b. 24 April 1801; m. Rufus Willey.
WILLIAM b. 19 May 1803; d. 17 Nov. 1846. Unm.
SAMUEL twin to William; m. Olive Tuttle of Nottingham. THEOPHILUS.
2. Asa Dame (Joseph) married, II Feb. 1841, Lucia G., daughter of Robert and Hannah (Dame) Bickford, who was born 14 Sept. 1812 and d. 7 June 1902. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, captured and confined in Dartmoor prison. He died 25 Nov. 1861. Two children:
AsA G. b. 14 March 1844.
JOHN B. G. b. 21 May 1848; m. 4 Dec. 1884, Clara' E., dau. of Eben Kent, b. 17 Aug. 1867. Their dau., Bertha A., b. 21 Aug. 1885, m. 22 Aug. 1906, Harry E. Rand.
. . Children of Jason and Mary (Sias) Dame, the first born 3.
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in Lee, the next six in Portsmouth, and the last two in Durham, all recorded in Durham:
JEREMIAH b. 18 Feb. 1818.
JASON b. 15 Sept. 1819.
MARY A. b. 18 June 1822.
JANE b. 2 Dec. 1824.
GEORGE W. b. 27 Nov. 1826.
FRANCIS A. b. 6 Dec. 1828.
WILLIAM b. 27 April 1831.
HUNKING H. b. 26 Nov. 1835.
SYLVESTER b. 6 July 1838.
DAME
John Dame, son of Richard 4 and Elizabeth (Leighton) Dame of Newington (John3, John2, John1), born 1738, married 10 Nov. 1767, Elizabeth Furber and lived in Durham, having the fol- lowing children. A John Dame died in Durham 13 May 1814.
BETSEY b. 17 Feb. 1770; m. 13 April 1797, Jonathan Wood- man.
RICHARD b. 21 Sept. 1772; m. 2 Dec. 1798, Hannah Bick- ford.
MOSES b. 7 March 1775; m. Fidelia Furber.
HANNAH b. 12 April 1776; m. 10 Nov. 1799, Robert Bickford. TIMOTHY b. 7 June 1778.
ANNA b. 15 May 1783.
JOHN b. 25 Aug. 1785.
CATHERINE b. 18 Nov. 1790; m. George Johnson, 21 April 1816.
SALLY twin to Catherine; m. 1811 Lycurgus Eastman who was drowned in 1812 (?).
DANIEL
The surname has been written Daniels by some descendants. Davey Daniel was taxed in 1661 and from 1662 to 1667 he and Philip Crommett were rated together. He is mentioned in 1663 in the settlement of a Scotchman's estate and was fined for quarreling in 1664. He signed the petition of 1668 and was rated at Oyster River in 1675. Widow Naomi Daniel is mentioned repeatedly in 1685. There was no other than Davey whose widow she could have been. In 1685 she was accused of using abusive language about William Durgin, John Pinder and Ben- jamin Matthews. [See Coll. of N. H. Hist. Society, VIII, 245.]
The following is of interest as bearing upon the witchcraft
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craze of that time, which little affected the people of New Hamp- shire:
"To the constable at Oyster River. In his Majte Name you are required to apprehend the bodie of Naomi Daniel of Oyster River and to bring her before ye Counsel now sitting in Ports- mouth to answer for her reproachful & slanderous speeches against Benjamin Mathews & others. Hereof fail not and make yo" return. Dated July 4th 1682. By order R. Chamberlain."
July 5, 1682. "The Deposition of Joseph Grafton aged 18 (28) years of age testifieth & saith that he being at the house of Naomi Daniel 29 of May 1682 or there abouts I to her did say that I heard that she had lost a cow. Yea, shee said, the Wishes and Divells have bewished my cow into the myer twice. I asked her hoe (who) the sd wishes were & divels. My sister Matt- And my brother beniamin Mathes Is as bad. i asked her why shee spake Soe against her sister & brother. Hang them wishes & wizards Let them Bring me out If they Dare & further saith not."
July 5, 1682. "The deposition of Remembrance Rand aged 32 years or there about Testifieth and saith that sum time in May last 1682 I being in company with naomy Daniell heard her say that hir sister Mathews was a wizard that hir husband was noe better and further saith that the said naomy said that they towld you that it was I did bewich your child, but it was they that did bewich your child, but they did hit to hid their own Rogry and further saith not." [N. H. Prov. Court Files, VI, 481.]
Thus it appears that Naomi Daniel was sister to the wife of Benjamin Mathes, whose name was Dorothy. They were daughters, probably, of the Rev. Joseph Hull. [See Hull.] The ·circumstantial evidence is convincing that Davey Daniel left at least two sons:
2. JOSEPH m. (I) Widow Ann Chesley, (2) Jane
3. JOHN m. Sarah
SAMUEL (?) mentioned in 1697.
2. Joseph Daniel (David) had a grant of land in 1701. He married Ann, widow of Thomas Chesley, as probate records show, (2) Jane -, who was baptized with two children II Aug. 1717. His will, II Dec. 1737-30 Oct. 1745, names wife, .Jane, and the following children :
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
JOHN b. 25 May 1709; m. Hannah -. L. in Barrington. ANNE bapt. II Aug. 1717, then 12 years old; m. Samuel Chesley.
JONATHAN bapt. II Aug. 1717; m. Elizabeth Of Barrington, 1757. Will, 14 July 1779-9 Jan. 1780, names wife and ch., Ephraim, Dodavah, Jonathan, Isaac, Elijah, Ann, Elizabeth.
4. JOSEPH bapt. 28 March 1725; m. Mehitable - DAVID bapt. 3 Oct. 1725, then 12 years old; m. Abigail Burnham. Ch. bapt. in Dover, John 22 May 1746, Solomon 16 Feb. 1744, Joanna 20 Sept. 1739.
ABIGAIL bapt. 3 Oct. 1725, then 3 years old; unm. in 1737. JACOB. bapt. 27 July 1718; m. Charity Drew. Lived in Barrington. Ch. Clement m. Esther Danilson and had ten children; Jacob m. -Tibbetts; Sarah m. 2 May 1764, Isaac Canney; Abigail m. Ephraim Foss; and Lydia m - - Buzzell.
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