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Edmund Johnson's home lot was given by him to his two sons, Peter and James, the latter having the eastern part, which came down to the late John Johnson by heirship and is now George A. Jolinson's (of another family), by purchase. James Johnson's house stood a few rods south of the one now on the lot. Elmund Johnson died Mar. 10, 1651, and his widow married, second, Thomas Coleman (1). Children :
Peter (2), bp. at Winnacunnet early in 1639. If he was b. here, he was prob. the first white child b. in the town, though that distinction is claimed for Abraham Perkins (6). He m. Ruth Moulton; was drowned,. with James Philbrick, Nov. 16, 1674.
John, bp. May 16, 1641 ; prob. d. young.
James (3), b. ab. 1643; m. Sarah Daniels ; d. June 16, 1715. Dorcas.
II. PETER JOHNSON, son of Edmund (1), married Apr. 3, 1660, Ruth, daughter of John Moulton (2). Children :
Mary, b. Apr. 7, 1663 ; m. Samuel Ayer.
Ruth, b. July 13, 1666; m. Timothy Ayer.
Edmund (4), b. July 3, 1671 ; m. Abigail Green.
Peter (posthumous) (5), b. Nov. 25, 1674; m. Esther Hobbs.
III. JAMES JOHNSON, mill-wright, son of Edmund (1), married Mar. 26, 1675, Sarah Daniels ; lived in Hampton, on the easterly end of his father's homestead, as stated above ; but he spent several years in Maine. C. T. Libbey, Esq., of Portland, says : He probably learned his trade of Henry Sayward, in Hampton, and removed with him to York, as one of his workmen. In 1669, he is described as of York, in
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a grant of land to "Henry Sayward, James Johnson and Thomas Patty." A document signed by him Dec. 23, 1670, gives his resi- dence again as Hampton. May 28, 1683, James Johnson, of Hamp- ton, bought ten acres of land at Spruce Creek; and Apr. 5, 1685, James Johnson, of Hampton, mill-wright, bought of John Shapleigh, of Kittery, one-fourth of a mill on Spruce Creek. Oct. 26, 1699, Enoch Hutchins, of Kittery, deeded property to "Mr. James Johnson, of the same place, millwright." June 25, 1700, other parties deeded to the same. His death is entered on the town records of Hampton and he probably died here. He left no will, but his heirs made a division deed of the property, according to his known wishes. His son Samuel re- ceived all his Kittery lands ; his homestead, lands in Hampton and personal property went to the other children. His widow died Jan., 1718. Children :
James (6), b. Feb. 4, 1677 ; m. Elizabeth Mason; d. Nov. 6, 1752.
Samuel, b. Aug. 18, 1678; m. Elizabeth Haskins; settled in Kittery, Me.
John, b. 1679 ; d. Jan. 6, 1680. Dorcas, b. June 16, 1681.
Hannah, m. Joseph Shaw (7). John, b. July 16, 1687; d. young.
Mary, b. Nov. 4. 1688; m. Edward Shaw (8).
Benjamin, b. Nov. 22, 1691; settled on the David Knowles place, in No. H. John (7), b. Oct. 27, 1694; m. Martha Redman; d. Apr., 1750.
IV. EDMUND JOHNSON, son of Peter (2), married, first, Sept. 25, 1693, Abigail, probably daughter of Abraham Green (2) ; second, Judith ; [moved to "Hogpen farm ?" p. 179]. Children :
Abigail, b. Sept. 25, 1693; m. John Brown, son of Benjamin (2).
Ruth, b. Feb. 24, 1695; m. John Gove, son of John (2).
Esther, b. Apr. 22, 1697. Dorcas, b. July 5, 1699.
Peter, b. Mar. 9, 1701. Obadiah, b. May 10, 1705.
Mary, b. Nov. 3, 1707; m. Israel Hodgdon, of Dover, Sept. 21, 1737. Had ch. : Edmund. Peter. Israel. John. Abigail. Moses.
Patience, b. Nov. 23, 1709; m. Ebenezer Godfrey (7).
Edmund, b. 1730. Abigail, b. 1732.
V. PETER JOHNSON, son of Peter (2), married Apr. 1, 1708, Esther, daughter of Morris Hobbs (4) ; lived where his grandfather had lived. Children :
Ruth, b. Feb. 3, 1712; m. Samuel Leavitt (13).
l'eter, b. July 11, 1714; m. Apr. 19, 1737, Sarah, dau. of Simon Dow (16) ; settled in Rye. (See Rye Mills-Chap. XXXI.) Owned the covenant and was bp. at the same time with his eldest ch. Ch. all bp. in H. : Esther, bp. May 13, 1739; [m. Samuel Towle, son of Jonathan (10) ?]. Ruth. bp. Oct. 7, 1739. Peter, bp. Feb. 28, 1742; m. Sept. 18, 1767, Mary Yeaton ; lived in Rye; had a son, Peter, who m. Abigail D., dau. of John Batch- elder (27), whose dau., Sally, b. Oct. 12, 1803, m. Jonathan Perkins 50
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(17), and d. Mar. 19, 1872. Sarah, bp. Apr. 29, 1744. Simon, bp. Dec. 22, 1745. Mary, bp. July 24, 1748.
VI. JAMES JOHNSON, son of James (3), married Nov. 10, 1698, Elizabeth, daughter of John Mason (1); settled on a part of his father's home lot. Children :
Dorcas, b. Dec. 19, 1699; m. Nathan Philbrick (14) ; d. Feb. 22, 1764.
Benjamin (8), m. Bethia Marston.
Jonathan, b. May 6, 1706; d., unm., Dec. 25, 1752.
Joseph (9), b. Mar. 9, 1709 ; m. Elizabeth Shepard ; d. Feb. 25, 1795.
James (10), b. May 4, 1713 ; m. Leah Taylor; d. Jan. 13, 1793.
Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1717 ; m. John Lamprey (5) ; d. Jan. 16, 1751.
Elisha (11), b. Mar. 27, 1720; m. Elizabeth Kenniston; d. Oct. 15, 1752.
VII. JOHN JOHNSON, son of James (3), married June 13, 1718, Martha, daughter of Jolin Redman (3) ; settled a little south of the Knowles pond, in North Ilampton. Children :
Benjamin, b. May 5, 1719; m. Feb. 14, 1753, Rachel, dau. of Jonathan Garland (7) ; after about five years removed to Northwood.
Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1721.
Ilannah, b. Oct. 20, 1723; m. John Lamprey (5) ; d. Nov. 27, 1796.
John, b. Jan. 28, 1726 ; d. young.
Sarah, b. Apr. 13, 1727 ; m. John Robie (8) ; d. Apr. 12, 1782.
James, bp. Dec. 6, 1730. Samuel, bp. Oct. 29, 1732; d. Aug. 27, 1745.
Peter, bp. June 27, 1736. Martha, bp. Mar. 22, 1741.
John, bp. Dec. 27, 1741 ; m. - Towle; lived on a cross road a little north of his father's. The house was burned Sept. 19, 1760, "and a little child with it."
VIII. BENJAMIN JOHNSON, son of James (6), married June 22, 1727, Bethia, daughter of John Marston (13) ; settled in Epping. Children, all baptized in Hampton :
Sarah, bp. Nov. 24, 1728. Bethia, bp. Jan. 4, 1730.
Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 23, 1732. Abia, bp. Aug. 12, 1733.
Benjamin, bp. Sept. 14, 1735.
Mary, twins, bp. Oct. 22, 1738.
James,
John, bp. June 14, 1741. Huldah, bp. Oct. 2, 1743. Simon, bp. May 18, 1746.
IX. JOSEPH JOHNSON, son of James (6), married, 1733, Elizabeth Shepard, of Haverhill, Mass., who died Sept. 11, 1786, aged seventy- seven years ; lived a little back from the "Academy road," near the old cemetery. Children :
Joseph, b. Apr. 10, 1734; m. Feb. 28, 1760, Anna, dau. of Dea. Joshua Lane (3) ; settled in Brentwood, then in Readfield, Me. Five ch.
Hannah, b. June 10, 1736; d. Mar. 9, 1752.
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Ruth, b. Aug., d. Sept. 21, 1738.
Samuel, b. Sept. 12, 1739 ; m. Nov., 1765, Lydia Roberts, of Rye; settled in Northwood; d. Mar. 30, 1822. Had ch. : Samuel. Hannah. Lydia. Alexander. John. Ruth. Abigail.
John, b. Dec. 23, 1741.
Timothy, b. Mar. 30, 1744; went into the army and never returned.
Moses, b. Apr. 13, 1746; m. Mary -; settled in Northwood. Had ch. : Elisha. Moses. Samuel.
Elisha, b. Feb. 22, 1748 ; unm. ; lost at sea.
Nathaniel (12), b. Nov. 13, 1749 ; m., 1st, Ruth Sanborn ; 2d, Sarah Marston ; d. May 17, 1826.
X. JAMES JOHNSON, son of James (6), married Jan. 17, 1740, Leah, daughter of Jonathan Taylor (5). Their children :
James (13), bp. Oct. 12, 1740; m. Sarah
Mary, bp. May 8, 1743. Elizabeth, bp. Oct. 27, 1745.
Jonathan, bp. June 26, 1747 ; d. Mar. 15, 1756.
Lydia, bp. Feb. 16, 1752. David, bp. Mar. 31, 1754; d. Mar. 29, 1756. Hannah, bp. Mar. 12, 1758; d. June 26, 1759.
XI. ELISHA JOHNSON, son of James (6), married Jan. 31, 1751, Elizabeth Kenniston, of Greenland, who married, second, Samuel Brown (16) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Ezra (14), b. Nov. 4, 1751; m. Ruth Marston; d. in Boston, May 18, 1800. Elisha (posthumous), b. Apr. 27, 1753 ; d., unm., in a hospital, in Philadel- phia.
XII. NATHANIEL JOHNSON, son of Joseph (9), married, first, Ruth, daughter of Zadoc Sanborn, of Brentwood, who died Mar. 13, 1799, aged forty-two years ; second, April 6, 1800, Sarah, widow of Daniel Marston (45). His house was by the road, nearly in front of his father's. Children :
Sally, b. Sept. 3, 1778; m. Simon Nudd (7) ; d. Nov. 1, 1803. , b. and d. Feb., 1781.
Asahel (15), b. Mar. 24, 1783; m. Iluldah Marston; d. Nov. 19, 1866. Sally, b. June 16, 1804 ; m. Daniel Hobbs (25) ; d. July 21, 1863.
XIII. JAMES JOHNSON, son of James (10), married Sarah -; lived on the homestead of the late Charles F. Dunbar. Mr. John- son was one of the crew of a schooner, owned by Col. Christopher Toppan, which went on a fishing voyage to the Grand Bank in the summer of 1768, and never returned, vessel and all the crew being lost. Ilis widow married, second, Abner Sanborn (42). Children : Anna, bp. Dec. 28, 1766 ; m. Jabez Towle, son of Ens. Philip (29). David (16), bp. Oct. 4, 1767 ; m. Lydia D. Batchelder.
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XIV. EZRA JOHNSON, son of Elisha (11), married Dec. 5, 1780, Ruth, daughter of Ephraim Marston (33) ; lived on the homestead, near his father's, on the site of George A. Johnson's house. Mr. Johnson, better known as "Captain Ezra," led a seafaring life, as master of his vessel. He was a noted mariner and considered an authority on the art of navigation. During the Revolution, he was a prize-master, and while out with one of his vessels was chased by a British sixty- four-gun frigate. He used his superior knowledge of the coast to good advantage ; for, seeing that the frigate was gaining on him, he led her on to Cash's Ledge, south of Mt. Desert, where she stuck fast till lifted by the tide, while his vessel, being of lighter draft, escaped. Children :
Polly (or Molly), b. Oct. 29, 1781; d., unm., Mar. 18, 1836.
Anna, b. Jan. 4, 1783 ; m. Samuel Lamprey (17) ; d. Nov. 10, 1862.
Elisha,1 merchant, b. July 3, 1786; d., unm., Aug., 1856.
Ruthı, b. July 15, 1788 ; m. Nathan Blake (21) ; d. June 27, 1874.
Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1791; m. Charles Chase (7) ; d. Sept., 1858. Abigail, b. Oct. 21, 1794 ; d. June 15, 1797.
Abigail, b. Sept. 5, 1797 ; m. June 21, 1817, Col. Merrick Piper, of Stratham. John,2 sea-captain, merchant, b. Mar. 2, 1800; d., unm., Jan. 17, 1878.
XV. ASAHEL JOHNSON, son of Nathaniel (12), married Jan. 30, 1811, Huldah, daughter of Samuel Marston, of Brentwood, who died Dec. 6, 1863, aged seventy-one years. Residence, on the opposite side of the road from his father's, where his son Joseph still lives. Children :
Mary, b. 1811; m. Jesse Lamprey (26) ; d. Mar. 13, 1869.
Ruth, b. Apr. 11, 1813; m. James Perkins (19).
Hannah, b. June 29, 1815; m. Sewall Brown (35).
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1818; m. June 14, 1842, Thomas Towle, of N. P .; d. June 29, 1876. Had ch. : Harriet Esther, d. Elizabeth Adelaide. Har- riet Esther, d. Eleanor Johnson.
Huldah, b. July 9, 1821; m. Moses Perkins (18).
Joseplı (17), b. Sept. 5, 1823; m. Lydia G. Towle.
Nathaniel (18), b. Apr. 21, 1826; m. Isabella A. Towle.
David Brainerd (19), b. Aug. 9, 1833; m. Luanah A. Dunbar ; d. Sept. 15, 1868.
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XVI. DAVID JOHNSON, shoe-maker, son of James (13), married about 1790, Lydia D., daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder (17) ; lived in Hampton till after the birth of their third child ; removed to East Parsonsfield, Me., about 1795. Children :
1 See Chap. XXXII-Elisha Johnson's store.
2 See Chap. XXIX-Capt. John Johnson's vessels.
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Sally, b. Dec. 6, 1791; m. Simon Frost, of Parsonsfield.
Ruth, b. Nov. 13, 1792 ; m. Thomas Dearborn, son of John (25).
James, b. Sept. 19, 1794 ; m. Mar. 31, 1818, Betsey, dau. of Joseph F. Dear- born (27) ; d. Dec., 1859.
Jonathan, b. May 16, 1796; m. Aug. 18, 1818, Mehetabel, dau. of Francis Dearborn.
David. Nathaniel. John. Edmund.
Lydia, m. John Goddard, son of Henry, of Portland, Me.
XVII. JOSEPH JOHNSON, farmer, son of Asahiel (15), married Dec. 7, 1848, Lydia G., daughter of Samuel Towle (44). Children : · Emma Frances, b. Nov. 21, 1849; m. Otis S. Brown, son of Simon, and gr. son of David (28).
Lydia Maria, b. Feb. 12, 1854; m. Isaac W. Emery, son of Isaac (6). Austin J., b. Aug. 22, 1862.
XVIII. NATHANIEL JOHNSON, farmer, son of Asahiel (15), mar- ried Sept. 30, 1857, Isabella A., daughter of Samuel Towle (44). Mr. Johnson was formerly a seaman ; has circumnavigated the globe ; spent some time in California. Children :
Fannie Belle, b. Apr. 7, 1861; d. Jan. 13, 1880.
Albert Towle, b. Apr. 26, 1869.
XIX. DAVID B. JOHNSON, teacher, son of Asahel (15), married Dec. 30, 1863, Luanah A., daughter of Loring Dunbar (1). Children :
Edward E., telegraph operator, b. Jan. 20, 1865; d. July 11, 1884.
Clarence B., b. July 5, 1866 ; unm. ; lives in H.
XX. RUFUS S. JOHNSON, of Newburyport, house painter, married, first, Rachel Smith Dearborn, daughter of Simon, of North Hampton, who died in Hampton July 30, 1859 ; second, Jan. 4, 1860, Nancy Knowles.Dearborn, sister of his first wife ; lived first in North Hamp- ton, but removed to Hampton before the birth of his youngest child. Children :
Mary. Two sons, who d. young.
George A , painter, m. June 11, 1879, Elsie Lucasta, dau. of Zaccheus Brown (40) ; bought the Ezra Jolinson homestead and built a new house. No ch. Mr. Johnson is largely engaged in poultry-raising, by means of in- cubators and other modern improvements.
Martina L., b. in H., Oct. 11, 1856; m., 1st, William Fairbanks, of West Boylston, Ms , telegraph operator in H .; 2d, Amos K. Blake (44).
JONES.
I. THOMAS JONES was of Newbury, 1637 ; Hampton, 1639, when he received a grant of one hundred acres, including the house-lot after-
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wards owned by Robert Marston, then Simon Marston, then William Moulton (the DeLancey place). He obtained also, at some time, tlie house-lot first assigned to Samuel Greenfield. This last, Jones sold to William English (Hotel Whittier lot).
Susanna, daughter of Thomas and "Aby" Jones, was baptized in Hampton, Oct. 29, 1639.
A Thomas Jones was of Kittery, Me., in 1652.
A Thomas Jones died in Gloucester, Mass., in 1671.
JOPLIN.
I. ABBOTT LAWRENCE JOPLIN, landlord, carpenter, born in Law- rence, Mass., Feb. 18, 1848, was one of the proprietors of the Ocean House, at the beach ; and since it was. burned, in 1885, has worked at his trade. He married at Lawrence, Dee. 5, 1868, Ellen Augusta Soper, born in Freeman, Me., Nov. 25, 1847. Their children, except the last two, were born in Lawrence, viz. :
William Abbott, b. Dec. 25, 1869.
Lewis Brown, b. Oct. 18, 1871; d. Aug. 30, 1872.
Martha Lawrence, b. Feb. 11, 1874.
Flora Yeaton, b. Nov. 13, 1876.
Josephine May, b. in H., May 5, 1880.
Carl Edmund, b. in H., Oct. . 22, 1883.
KELLEY.
I. ROGER KELLEY married at Exeter, Sept. 29, 1681, Mary Hol- dridge ; and appears to have lived at different times in Hampton, Newcastle and Exeter. Their children :
Abraham, d. at Newcastle, 1709.
Ruth, m. John Brown (7).
Holdridge, b. July 10, 1687.
Mary, b. June 29, 1689.
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Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1692.
Abigail, b. in Exeter, Aug. 3, 1694; d. in H., Oct. 6, same year.
Esther, b. Feb. 12, 1698.
Roger, b. Apr. 28, 1699. ("Of Exeter.")
II. DANIEL KELLEY married Catharine Their children : Daniel, b. Ang. 27, 1727.
Mary, b. June 29, 1729.
KENNISON-KENNISTON.
I. ALEXANDER KENNISTON and his wife, Elizabeth, lived on the "Falls side ;" had a daughter, Elinor, born June 3, 1713.
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II. That there was a family of the name connected with the old church for some years, is shown by the following fragmentary record : Simon Kennison, "gr-son of Old George," died of "throat-ail," June 22, 1755, aged 5 yrs.
Lydia Kennison, adults, owned the covenant
Hannah Kennison, and were bp. Sept. 11, 1793.
A Lydia Kennison m. Samuel Perkins, son of Moses (10).
JOSEPH KENNISON'S daughter, Joanna, was baptized Sept. 20, 1767 ; . died Feb. 13, 1769.
III. EBENEZER KENNISTON, carpenter, of Sanbornton, married, 1822, Harriet Crane, of Boston ; lived a short time in Hampton, but returned to Sanbornton and died there Dec. 8, 1863. They had a son, Robert S. (4).
Harriet J. Kenniston [dau. of Ebenezer (3)?], m. in H., Sept. 23, 1858, Hiram Chapman, of Gilmanton.
IV. ROBERT S. KENNISTON, son of Ebenezer (3), born 1836 ; mar- ried Apr. 27, 1856, Sarah J. Richardson, of Gilmanton. He was then living in Hampton. Their daughter (name not recorded), born in Hampton, Jan. 23, 1858. He married, second, Rose Willoughby, and lived in Pittsfield, N. H., where he died, Oct. 7, 1876.
KIMBALL.
I. THOMAS KIMBALL, about whom nothing is known from the town records and who probably lived here but a few years, had a wife, Mary, and children :
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, d. Dec. 27, 1658.
Richard, b. Nov. 20, 1659.
KING.
I. THOMAS KING, carpenter, was one of the young men who re- ceived lots of land. He was of Exeter, Sept. 20, 1644, when he sold his lot in Hampton to Anthony Taylor (1).
KNIGHT.
I. RICHARD KNIGHT, miller, carpenter, lived at the Landing, where he built his grist-mill. In 1640 he framed the second meeting-house. There is no record of his family. He removed to York, Me., perhaps about the time he sold his home in Hampton, 1 though it is not unlikely
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that he lived first for a time on his Marston purchase. (See begin- ning of Marston geneal.) The sale to Christopher Lawson is thus recorded (Suffolk Deeds, I : 68) :
"Richard Knight of Hampton granted vnto Christopher Lawson of Boston a dwelling house scituate at the landing place in Hampton, one Mill wth the appurtenances, one parcell of meddow ground lyeing betweene the trench & the mill, one peece of meddow grownd from the mill trench & ditch Seaven Acrs & halfe adjoyneing to the house, twelve Acres & halfe of vpland in the east field next adjoyning to John Brownes house lott. ffifty Acres of vpland at Gouges wigwam & ten Acres of meddow grownd adjoyneing to the same. And fourty Acres of vpland in the west field adjoyning to William Haywards land on the east & William Fifield on the west. And this was by an absolute deed of sale dated the 5 (3) 1645. Richard Knight.
Witnes William Walderne
An Jenks.
Acknowledged before Thomas Wiggan & Georg Smithi 5 (3) 1645 [May 5, 1645]."
II. JOSEPH KNIGHT'S wife, Elizabeth, died Nov. 26, 1791, aged twenty-seven years, three months. The stone at her grave is still plainly legible.
KNOWLES.
I. JOHN KNOWLES, mariner, married July 10, 1660, Jemima, daugh- ter of Francis and Isabella (Bland) Asten (1), of Hampton. A few years later, Mar. 25, 1666, he bought of Giles Fifield, who had been a resident of Hampton but was then of Charlestown, Mass., "one dwelling-house and house-lot," containing ten acres, together with six acres of marsh; the house and lot -being in Hampton "between ye ground of Jnº Garland on ye West : a common way on ye East ; another common way on ye South ; and common on ye North ; also two shares of commonage." This homestead has ever since been, wholly or in part, in possession of his descendants, and is now owned by Eldredge A. Knowles, of the seventh generation.
John Knowles was blind during the last ten years of his life. He died Dec. 5, 1705. Children :
John (2), b. Feb. 6, 1661; m. Susanna
Ezekiel, b. Aug. 19, 1663; d. Dec. 11, 1666.
James, b. Nov. 20, 1665 ; d. Feb. 1, 1682.
Simon (3), b. Nov. 22, 1667; m., 1st, Rachel -; 2d, Rachel Joy. Joseph, b. June 11, 1672 ; prob. d. young, as he is not named in his father's will, 1693.
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Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 1676; m. Robert Drake (5) ; d. June 8, 1742. Hannah, b. Apr: 18, 1678; m. William Locke (5) ; d. Sept. 12, 1769.
II. JOHN KNOWLES, son of John (1), married Susanna - - , who died Oct. 17, 1745, aged eighty-two years. They lived on the home- stead. Children :
John (4), b. May 14, 1686; m. Tryphena Locke.
Ezekiel (5), b. June 29, 1687; m. Mary Wedgwood.
Amos (6), b. ab. 1689 or '90; m. Abigail Dowst; d. Feb. 24, 1746.
Reuben (prob.), b. ab. 1691.
Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1695 ; m. Ephraim Marston (17) ; d. Jan. 22, 1727.
III. SIMON KNOWLES, son of John (1), married, first, Rachel -, who died Nov. 11, 1696 ; second, Aug. 23, 1700, Rachel Joy. Chil- dren .:
Simon, b. Mar. 18, 1696; d. at No. H., Apr. 22, 1753.
Rachel, h. June 10, 1701; m. Samuel Hobbs (6); d. May 15, 1767. No ch.
Joseph, b. Jan. 22, 1705; m., Ist, Catharine, dau. of Richard Taylor (4) ; prob. 2d, Jan. 12, 1778, Lydia Randel.
Ruth, b. Sept. 30, 1707.
Jonathan (7), born Aug. 22, 1710; m. Sarah
Abigail, b. Aug. 25, 1718; d., unm., Aug. 5, 1745.
IV. JOHN KNOWLES, son of John (2), married Dec. 31, 1713, Tryphena, daughter of Nathaniel Locke (3) ; lived at Rye; was a member of the church in Greenland, 1719. Children :
John, b. Oct. 12, 1715; m. Jan. 1, 1741, Sarah Moulton ; settled in Chester ; d. Mar. 26, 1798. Ch. : John. Nathan. Mary.
Abigail, b. Sept. 17, 1717.
James, b. Feb. 26, 1720; m. in Rye, Ist, Oct. 4, 1744, Mary Lebbee (Libbey) ; . 2d, June 30, 1748, Comfort Wallace; removed to Rochester, N. H., in 1749.
V. EZEKIEL KNOWLES, son of John (2), married Jan. 31, 1712, Mary, daughter of David Wedgwood (3). Children :
Hannah, bp. Nov. 29, 1713.
Nathan, bp. May 27, 1716; m. Hannah Clifford.
Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1718; m. John Lane (6) ; d. 1787.
David, bp. Nov. 21, 1725; m. Deborah Palmer, prob. dau. of William (6) ; lived near Knowles' pond, in No. H .; d. Mar., 1806. Ch. : David. Sim- eon. Ezekiel. Hannah. Samuel. Deborah. Nathan.
VI. AMOS KNOWLES, son of John (2), married Dec. 16, 1724, Mrs. Abigail Dowst, daughter of Jacob Brown (3) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Amos (8), b. Sept. 22, 1725; m. Lucy Moulton ; d. Nov. 4, 1793.
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Abigail, b. Apr. 19, 1728 ; m. Lieut. James Perkins (13) ; d. Mar. 20, 1762. Gamaliel, b. Dec. 30, 1729; m. Dec. 29, 1757, Ruth, dau. of Nathan Blake (10) ; settled in Poplin (now Fremont), and afterward, in Seabrook. Ch. : Judith, b. 1759. Moses. John Blake. Nathan.
John (9), b. Jan. 25, 1732; m. Lydia Philbrick.
Jeremiah, Esquire, b. July 22, 1734; lived, unm , on part of homestead ; d. Mar. 30, 1801.
Moses, b. June 6, 1736; d. July 29, 1755.
Benjamin, b. 1739; d. Aug. 15, 1741.
VII. JONATHAN KNOWLES, son of Simon (3), married Sarali - lived at Little River, where Samuel Knowles lived in later times. Children :
Jonathan, b. Mar. 15, 1738; d. May, 1823.
Rachel, b. July 30, 1743. Abigail, bp. Oct. 27, 1745.
Josiah, bp. Sept. 29, 1754. Samuel, b. prob. ab. 1763.
And two others, who d. in infancy.
VIII. AMOS KNOWLES, son of Amos (6), married June 29, 1751, Lucy, daughter of William Moulton (19) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Amos (10), b. Feb. 9, 1752; m. Olive Batchelder ; d. Aug. 26, 1810.
Hannah, bp. Nov. 18, 1753.
Abigail, b. Apr. 3, 1756; d. Mar. 21, 1760.
Lucy, b. Sept. 1, 1759 ; m. Jan. 1, 1788, Samuel Prescott, of Pittsfield; d. Jan. 25, 1838.
Abigail, b. Nov. 17, 1764; m. James Moulton (48) ; d. Sept. 6, 1787.
IX. JOHN KNOWLES, son of Amos (6), married Mar. 20, 1754, Lydia, daughter of Dea. Joseph Philbrick (13) ; lived in succession · in Epping, Brentwood and Poplin. Their children, baptized in Hamp- ton :
Simon, bp. Oct. 6, 1754 ; d. young. John, bp. Jan. 11, 1756.
Jonathan, bp Nov. 6, 1757. Simon, bp. Sept. 21, 1760.
Joseph, bp. Oct. 18, 1761 ; m. Sally, dau. of Zechariah Brown (15), May 20, 1784, being then of Epping.
Abigail, bp. Sept. 9, 1764.
X. AMOS KNOWLES, Lieutenant, son of Amos (8), married Sept. 14, 1788, Olive, daughter of Peter Batchelder (21) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Amos (11), b. June 30, 1789; m., 1st, Dorothy Drake; 2d, Sarah Perkins; d. June 4, 1827.
Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1791 ; d., unm., Nov. 16, 1817.
Abigail, b. Apr. 3, 1793 ; m. Jeremiah Marston (58) ; d. July 8, 1877.
Moses, b. Oct., 1795 ; d. Jan. 7, 1796.
Jesse (12), b. Feb. 20, 1797; m. Miriam Leavitt; d. Aug. 29, 1885.
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Lucy, b. Sept. 14, 1799; m. Jonathan Garland, son of David (14) ; d. Sept. 4, 1856.
Levi, b. Jan. 30, 1802; d. Sept. 29, 1803.
David (13), b. Sept. 24, 1805; m. Eunice Conant; d. Jan. 18, 1872.
XI. AMOS KNOWLES, son of Lieut. Amos (10), married, first, Dor- othy, daughter of Robert Drake (14) ; second, Sarah, daughter of John Perkins (16). Children :
Lavina, b. 1810; m. - Hodgman; d. ab. 1887, leaving one ch.
Rufus, m .; d. ab. 1874. Had two ch .; both d.
Amos, b. 1814; d. Mar. 13, 1816.
Jonathan, b. June 9, d. June 14, 1819.
Andrew J., b. 1820; m. Sept. 16, 1841, Mary Hutchinson, of Nashua; live in Charlton, Ms. Have had four ch., of whom a dau., Bertha, survives. Olive, m. Wilson S. Abbott, of Raymond. Two dans.
XII. JESSE KNOWLES, Captain, Deacon, son of Lient. Amos (10), married Feb. 20, 1832, Miriam, daughter of James Leavitt (16) ; lived on the homestead. In his old age, Deacon Knowles was blind for eight years, and suddenly recovered his sight. Children :
Elizabeth Olive, b. Feb. 22, 1834; m. John A. Nudd (15) ; d. Aug. 11, 1882. Ellen Knight, b. Jan. 27, 1836; d. Apr. 2, 1841.
Eldredge Appleton, b. Dec. 13, 1838; m. May 29, 1886, Mary H. Chase, of H. F. No ch.
Victoria Adelaide, b. Sept. 28, 1840; m. Joseph W. Dow (31).
XIII. DAVID KNOWLES, Esquire, son of Lieut. Amos (10), married at Wenham, Mass., June 8, 1852, Eunice, daughter of Samuel Co- nant, of that town. She was born in Lynn, Aug. 3, 1821. They lived several years on the Knowles homestead, but eventually removed to Newburyport, where Mr. Knowles died. His widow makes her home with her son, Charles W. Children :
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