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Elisha, b. July 14, 1779; m. Feb. 10, 1818, Mehitable S. Phinney ; lived at Machiasport, Me. ; d. Apr. 30, 1834.
Nancy, b. Apr. 3, 1782; m. Oct. 15, 1811, Samuel Aikin, Esq., of Chester. Ilad two dans., who m. respectively Hon. John W. Noyes, of Chester, and Prof. Samuel J. Noyes, of Dart. Col.
Morrill, b. Apr. 22, 1785; a Major in U. S. army ; d., unm., Mar. 9, 1831. John, b. Feb. 23, 1788; m. Mar. 15, 1814, Jernsha Cushman; settled in Brunswick, Me .; d. Oct. 16, 1828.
Abraham (53), b. July 31, 1791 ; m. Abigail B. Fogg; d. Aug., 1870. David (54), b. Dec. 28, 1797 ; m. Sarah A, Dearborn; d. July 11, 1860.
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XLII. JONATHAN MARSTON, Captain, son of Elisha (25), married Apr. 26, 1780, Lydia Robinson, of Exeter; settled in Hampton, op- posite his father's. She died Apr. 30, 1834, aged seventy-eight. Children :
John, b. Jan. 3, 1781; d. Jan. 3, 1783.
Sarah, b. Oct. 5, 1782; m. Lieut. Moses Nndd (8) ; d. Feb. 28, 1864.
Polly, b. Feb. 19, 1785; m. Lieut. Reuben Lamprey (15) ; d. June 8, 1854.
Lydia, b. Mar. 7, 1787 ; m. Thomas Elkins (11), of Franklin; d. Mar. 21, 1872.
Betsy, b. May 19, 1789 ; m. Apr. 14, 1814, Col. John Taylor, of No. II. ; d. Oct. 4, 1848; blind twenty years.
Clarissa, b. Jan. 9, 1792; m. May 21, 1815, Moody Stockman (1); d. in Charlestown, Ms., Oct. 24, 1873.
Jonathan (55), b. Jan. 29, 1794; in. Eliza H. Berry ; d. Sept. 1, 1855. Abigail, b. Mar. 4, 1797 ; m. Jonathan Philbrick (26) ; d. Jan. 23, 1842.
Nancy, b. June 24, 1799 ; d., unm., Feb. 25, 1827.
XLIII. JEREMIAH MARSTON, Captain, son of Captain Jeremiah (31), married, first, Mar. 24, 1776, Hannah Towle, daughter of Amos (11) ; second, Mrs. Lydia (Webster) Cummings; third, widow Abi- gail Chase, daughter of Elisha Marston (25) ; lived in Orford ; had children, of whom was Jeremiah, father of the late General Gilman Marston, of Exeter.
XLIV. JOSIAH MARSTON, son of Capt. Jeremiah (31), inherited and lived on the estate of Jeremiah Towle, now the Dunbar place ; married Dec. 31, 1782, Hannah, daughter of Capt Henry Elkins (7). Children :
Jeremiah Towle, b. Nov. 27, 1784; unm. ; drowned in Brown's river, near Dudley's Point, Jan. 2, 1817.
Thomas Dearborn (56), b. Nov. 27, 1787 ; m. Polly Emery ; lost at sea. Josiah (57), b. Aug. 22, 1793; m., 1st, Hannah B. Drew; 2d, Mary A. Dear- born; d. in Portsmouth, Jan. 29, 1874.
XLV. DANIEL MARSTON, son of Captain Jeremiah (31), married Oct. 17, 1790, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Batchelder (19) ; lived on the homestead. His death was occasioned by the falling of the horse he was riding, in the path in "Twelve Shares," Mar. 29, 1799. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 24, 1791; m. John Redman (9) ; d. Dec. 24, 1886. Jeremiah (58), b. Sept. 8, 1794 ; m. Abigail Knowles ; d. June 4 or 5, 1830. Thomas (59), b. Mar. 6, 1797; m. Nancy Towle ; d. Apr. 27, 1838.
XLVI. ASAHEL MARSTON, son of John (34), married Judith Blake,
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daughter of Samuel (15) ; settled in Hampton, at "the Popples." Children :
Jacob, b. 1797; d., unm.,. Feb. 4, 1861.
Abigail, m. Thomas Sanborn, son of Daniel (35).
Samuel, b. 1802; d., unm., at Bride Hill, Oct. 31, 1853.
John, b. 1805 ; d., nnm., Feb. 29, 1836.
Mary Blake, b. Apr., 1807 ; m. Jeremialı M. Lamprey (30) ; d. Apr. 14, 1878. Jesse, mn. ; lived in Exeter; two sons. Lydia, m. Joseph Moulton, of No. 1I.
XLVII. ISAAC MARSTON, son of Isaac (36), married Sept. 25, 1791, Mary, daughter of Samuel Mace (3) ; settled where his grandsou, Otis H. Marston, now lives. Children :
Polly, b. Mar. 3, 1792; d. 1793.
Samuel, b. July 9, 1704 ; m. Aug. 2, 1838, wid. Polly Cotton, dan. of Willard Emery (2) ; d. Feb. 3, 1856.
Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1796; m. Jonathan Sargent, of Candia ; d. Sept. 18, 1854. Molly, b. Aug. 29, 1800; m. Benjamin Tilton ; d. Apr. 16, 1869.
Deborah, b. July 31, 1804; m. John Dearborn (37) ; d. May 5, 1847. Isaac, b. Dec. 31, 1810; m. Mary Jane, adopted dan. of John Brown (25) ; lived in Portsmouth, where he died Oct., 1848. Had ch. Isaac Cotton, h. 1839 ; d. 1848. Edward S., b. 1842; d. 1847. Sarah Jane, b. 1844 ; d. 1846. All buried in HI.
David Cotton (60), b. Feb. 22, 1814; in. Mary P. Marston ; d. Apr. 8, 1890.
XLVIII. COTTON WARD MARSTON. son of Isaac (36), married Apr. 18, 1811, Comfort (Towle) Marston, widow of his brother David (49) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Abigail, b. Jan. 10, 1812 ; d., unm., Sept. 4, 1887.
Mary C., b. Dec. 9, 1814; m. Elbridge A. Leavitt.
David Simon (61), b. May 28, 1817 ; m. Eliza B. Towle.
XLIX. DAVID MARSTON, son of Isaac (36), of North Hampton, married, 1801, Comfort, daughter of Amos Towle (26). Child :
Daniel (62), b. 1805; m. Sally Dearborn ; d. 1849.
L. THOMAS L. MARSTON, carpenter, trader, son of Jonathan (37), . lived in North Hampton till he was about sixty years old ; removed to Hampton, Oct., 1854. He married, first, Mary B. Bailey, of Green- land [see Towle (8)], who died Feb. 4, 1869 ; second, Jan. 17, 1871, widow Martha A. Coleord, daughter of Josiah Hobbs. Children : Thomas Franklin, b. 1825 ; lives at No. H.
Mary Abby, b. 1827; m. John P. Elkins (17).
Joseph L., b. 1829 ; m. Lydia A., dan. of Joseph Palmer (15) ; lives in No. II. ; Ch. Charles H., b. Mar, 10, 1852. Ella M., b. Nov. 19, 1855. Edward E., b. Oct. 8, 1857,
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Charles A., b. 1831 ; d. 1834. George F., b. 1833; lives in No. H.
Charles Champe (63), b. Dec. 19, 1836; m., Ist, Elizabeth S. Godfrey; 2d, Mary Ann Carr; d. June 7, 1889.
James II., b. Mar. 21, 1842; hotel clerk in H., and elsewhere; d. Mar. 17, 1891.
LI. ABRAHAM MARSTON, son of Jonathan (38), married Mar. 29, 1818, Lydia, daughter of James Lane (20). In company with Amos Towle (47), he built a hotel at Boar's Head in 1819, which was sold to Thomas Leavitt, Esq. (31), in 1827, soon after Mr. Marston was drowned. Children :
George, b. 1818 ; d., unm., Mar. 28, 1858.
James, b. ab. 1821 ; went to the Pacific Ocean, and is supposed to have been lost at sea.
LII. OLIVER MARSTON, Captain, son of Elisha S. (41), married Aug. 15, 1802, Huldah, daughter of Joshua James (5) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Sabrina, b. Feb. 12, 1803; m. Aaron Coffin (5).
Elisha, b. July, 1804; d. Apr. 16, 1806.
-, b. and d. Feb., 1807.
Elizabeth M., b. Feb. 29, 1808; m. George F. Garland, son of David (14) ; d. Oct. 3, 1882.
Smith, b. May, d. Nov., 1810.
Naney (Ann), b. Mar. 7, 1813; d., unm., Feb. 6, 1835.
David (64), b. July 20, 1815; m. Josephine Dearborn ; d. Oct. 11, 1880.
LIII. ABRAHAM MARSTON, son of Elisha S. (41), married Mar., 1831, Abigail Blake, daughter of John Fogg (12), of Bride Hill ; lived at "Vittum's Corner," on the Exeter road. Children :
George W., b. Feb., 1832; d. Dec. 21, 1865.
Mary E., b. Nov. 26, 1834; d. July 28, 1836.
LIV. DAVID MARSTON, son of Elisha S. (41), married April 23, 1832, Sarah A., daughter of Simon N. Dearborn (35) ; lived on the Exeter road, a few rods west of his brother Oliver's. Children :
Augusta M., b. June 25, 1833; m. Dec. 22, 1854, Langdon Brown, of Rye; ' d. Feb. 9, 1872, leaving one son, George Henry. .
Charles Gilbert (65), b. Oet. 17, 1835; m. Vianna C. Palmer.
Lavinia D., b. July 28, 1842 ; m., 1st, Mar. 23, 1863, John B. Cummings, of Boston, who d. Aug. 12, 1866, aged 28 yrs. ; buried in H. ; m., 2d, Am- brose Swasey, of Exeter, now of Cleveland, O., of the firm, Warner & Swasey, designers and builders of equatorial telescopes, observatory domes, telescopes in general and fine machinery. They built the famous Lick telescope and Observatory, of Mt. Hamilton, Cal.
Melbern, b. Mar. 23, 1845 ; killed in battle, Sept. 19, 1864,
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LV. JONATHAN MARSTON, Colonel, son of Jonathan (42), married, 1846, Mrs. Eliza Hook Berry, daughter of Philip Towle (43) ; lived on the homestead, and died without children. The estate is now - owned by Jolin G. Brown, Sen.
LVI. THOMAS D. MARSTON, son of Josiah (44), married Nov. 15, 1810, Polly, daughter of Willard Emery (2). Child :
Hannah, b. ab. 1812; m. Samuel Garland, of Rye; lived inNo. H. ; d. at Bos- ton, Jan. 3, 1848.
LVII. JOSIAH MARSTON, son of Josiah (44), married, first, Han- nah Brackett, daughter of Ezra Drew (1); moved to Portsmouth, 1837, where Mrs. Marston died ; married, second, May 6, 1852, Mary A., daughter of Joseph F. Dearborn (27). Children :
Jeremiah T., b. ab. 1818 ; d. young.
Mary Ann, b. 1821; m. John Marden, of Portsmouth.
Eliza, b. 1824; m. Samuel Garland, of Rye.
Thomas, b. 1827 ; m. Clara Garland, of Rye; lived in that town. Had a dan., Inez.
LVIII. JEREMIAH MARSTON, son of Daniel (45), married, 1814, Abigail, daughter of Amos Knowles (10) ; lived on the homestead. In 1848, the house was burned, and a new one built, on the same site. Children :
Mary D., b. Apr. 17, 1817 ; m. Charles Sleeper, of Rye.
Jeremiah, b. Feb. 6, 1819; lives, unm., on the homestead.
Amos K., b. Nov. 28, 1820; m. May 15, 1845, Elizabeth M. Smith; lived first in So. Boston, then in Manchester, Me .; d. May 23, 1882. Ch. : Ellen A. Frederic M. Darius H. William B. Angie L.
David H., b. Nov. 21, 1828; m. Oct., 1869, Cynthia B., wid. of Alvin Eme- ry (7) ; d. Feb. 8, 1870.
LIX. THOMAS MARSTON, son of Daniel (45), married May 10, 1821, Naney, daughter of Adj. David Towle (40). Child :
John Carroll (66), b. Sept. 3, 1821; m. M. Adeline Perkins.
LX. DAVID C. MARSTON, Colonel, son of Isaac (47), married Oct. 25, 1840, Mary Pickering Marston, of Portsmouth, who died Mar. 10, 1880, aged fifty-seven years ; lived on the homestead. Children : David Pickering (67), b. Mar. 5, 1842; m. Nancy J. Felch; d. Nov. 30, 1875.
Isaac Henry, b. Mar. 13, 1843; d. May 1, 1860.
Otis Horace (68), b. Jan. 19, 1845; m. Lney A. Godfrey.
Selden Miller, b. Apr. 22, 1847; d. Mar. 8, 1851.
George W., b. Sept. 23, 1849; d. Nov. 21, 1850.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1852; d., unm., Oct. 10, 1886.
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LXI. DAVID S. MARSTON, son of Cotton Ward (48), married Nov. 22, 1843, Eliza B., daughter of James Towle (38) ; settled on the homestead of six generations, just over the boundary line, in North Hampton. Children :
Julia A., b. May 30, 1844 ; m. John A. James (12) ; d. Mar. 16, 1867.
Helen E., b. Jan. 12, 1846; m. John A. James (above).
Orrin C., b. Mar. 27, 1848.
David Asbury (63), b. Jan. 29, 1851; m. Lucinda A. Blake.
LXII. DANIEL MARSTON, son of David (49), of North Hampton, married (1828?), Sally, daughter of Josiah Dearborn (32). Chil- dren :
Abraham. Lucinda.
John N. (70), b. July 18, 1832; m. Nancy R. Hubbard.
Sarah. Elizabethı.
Mary Abby, m. in H., Nov. 7, 1855, Benjamin F. Kenney, of Portsmouth.
Daniel. Martha. Josephine. Minerva M. Etta.
LXIII. CHARLES C. MARSTON, son of Thomas L. (50), married, first, Dec. 29, 1865, Elizabeth S., daughter of Albert Godfrey (25) ; second, Mary Ann Carr, of Frederickton, N. B. ; lived first in North Hampton, but soon removed to Hampton. Children :
Valentine Hugh, b. Feb. 14, 1879; d. Oct. 12, 1890.
Chester Garfield, b. Dec. 3, 1881.
LXIV. DAVID MARSTON, Major, son of Oliver (52), married June 8, 1845, Josephine, daughter of Josiah Dearborn (32) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Emma L.,.
Laura, twins, b. March 25, 1847 ; m. John F. Marston (71).
d. Jan. 6, 1861.
Norman, b. Sept. 1, 1848; m. Sept. 11, 1879, Mrs. Mildred (Stevens) Web- ster, of Providence, R. I. ; is a piano tuner and musician ; lived for a time in Boston; removed to H. and in 1891, built a house for their residence, on the homestead. No ch.
Nellie, b. Mar., 1851; d. Dec. 9, 1866, aged 15 yrs. 9 mos.
Annie, b. Aug., 1859; d. Mar. 9, 1863, aged 3 yrs. 7 mos.
LXV. CHARLES G. MARSTON, son of David (54), married Dec. 27, 1862, Vianna C., daughter of Benjamin Palmer (20) ; lives on the homestead. Children :
Annie May, b. July 5, 1866; m. Oct. 20, 1886, Alvin S. True, of Amesbury, Ms. Ch .: Jessie Hamilton, b. Dec. 24, 1887.
Nellie Colby, b. Apr. 27, 1868; d. Aug. 29, 1868.
LXVI. JOHN C. MARSTON, carpenter, farmer, son of Thomas (59),
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married Nov. 21, 1844, Mary Adeline, daughter of Jonathan Perkins (17). Children :
John Franklin (71), b. July 13, 1845; m., 1st, Abbie J. Mason ; 2d, Emma L. Marston.
Charles M., b. July I, 1850; d. Aug. 26, 1867.
Addie C., b. May 10, 1852 ; d. July 23, 1872.
LXVII. DAVID P. MARSTON, son of David C. (60), married Apr. 4, 1861, Nancy Jane Felch, of Seabrook ; lived in Hampton and Ports- mouth. Children :
George P., b. in H., Sept. 7, 1861; d. Dec. 20, 1866.
Otis W., b. in II., May 15, 1866; m., Ist, Oct. 8, 1888, Annie George; 2d, Apr. 30, 1892, Mrs. Emma Adams, of Seabrook.
Hattie B., b. in H., Dec. 30, 1868; d. young.
Florence, b. in Portsmouth, Jan. 26, 1375; d. young.
LXVIII. OTIS H. MARSTON, son of David C. (60), married Sept. 4, 1866, Lucy A., daughter of Capt. Jonathan Godfrey (15) ; lives on the homestead. Children :
Herbert Berry, musician, b. Mar. 28, 1867; m. June 17, 1890, Katharine Bailey Folger, of Sandwich, Ms., gr. gr. dau. of John Bailey, the aboli- tionist, of Lynn, Ms. They live in St. Paul, Minn. Ch. : Charles Otis, b. in H., Mar. 22, 1891.
Addie Copeland, b. Apr. 29, 1884.
LXIX. DAVID A. MARSTON, son of David S. (61), married Dec. 24, 1871, Lucinda A., daugliter of George T. Blake (34) ; lives in Hampton, opposite his father's, in North Hampton. Children :
Irving W., b. Nov. 6, 1872. Grace Wilma, b. Oct. 4, 1877. Alice M., b. July 18, 1886.
LXX. JOHN N. MARSTON, son of Daniel (62), of North Hampton, married Sept. 6, 1855, Nancy R., daughter of Jonathan and Keziah Hubbard, of Acton, Me. ; settled in the north part of Hampton. She died Feb. 24, 1887. Children :
Alice, b. Jan. 22, 1857; d. May 7, 1858.
Anna Martha, b. Sept. 22, 1862; d. Apr. 25, 1867.
LXXI. JOHN F. MARSTON, carpenter, son of John C. (66), mar- ried, first, Feb. 29, 1868, Abbie J., daughter of Joseph W. Mason (9) ; second, June 30, 1880, Emma L., daughter of David Marston (64) ; lives on the homestead. Children :
Charles M., b. July 22, d. Dec. 10, 1873. Jennie F., b. Apr. 7, 1876.
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MASON.
JOHN MASON, the earliest known settler of the name in Hampton, was a deputy marshal in 1684 (p. 111). He probably left but one son, who seems not to have had a family here. IIis descendants in Hampton are through his eldest daughter. About thirty years later came Robert, from whom the Hampton Masons are descended. A dozen more years and Nathaniel appears, whose descendants here are in the female line. The relationship among these three men-and their origin are unknown. There was a Joseph Mason, a witness, at Hampton, in 1645 ; but whether or not he was a resident is not known and nothing further has been found concerning him.
I. JOHN MASON married July 11, 1672, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ward (1). He died Feb. 29, 1696. Children :
Elizabeth, b. May 5, 1674; m. James Johnson (6).
Margaret, b. Apr. 28, 1676; d. Oct. 29, 1694.
John, b. Jan. 30, 1678.
Catharine, b. Sept. 19, 1687; m. June 10, 1713, John Edmunds.
JI. NATHANIEL MASON married Jan. 12, 1716, Eleanor Long. Children :
Eleanor, b. July 26, 1717.
Martha, b. Sept. 26, 1719; d., unm., Nov. 25, 1755.
Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1722; m. Jonathan Moulton (30) ; d. Sept. 25, 1803. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 30, 1725; d. Dec. 2, 1735.
Anna, b. July 19, 1728; d., unm., Mar. 26, 1312.
Joseph, b. Mar. 14, 1730.
III. ROBERT MASON married Maria ; lived in the north part of the town, opposite Mr. John N. Marston's-the original Mason homestead, granted by the town. Children :
Benjamin, b. July 17, 1704 : d. young.
Joseph, bp. (with the next three), Mar. 14, 1714.
John (4), b. Feb. 25, 1707; m. Mary Sanborn; d. Sept. 12, 1771. Benjamin (5), b. Dec. 13, 1708; m. Martha Rand; d. Feb. 22, 1799. Sarah, m. Timothy Dalton (5).
IV. JOHN MASON, son of Robert (3), married Oct. 28, 1736, Mary, daughter of Stephen Sanborn (14) ; lived in Hampton. Children :
Deliverance, bp. Ang. 14, 1737.
Stephen, Colonel, b. ab. 1740; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Dalton (6). Hle was Colonel (afterwards General) Moulton's surveyor. In 1767 he conducted thirteen families to colonize the Colonel's township of Moulton- borough. Arriving at Alton bay, they went into camp and built a boat, in which they crossed the lake, reaching their destination near the last
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of September. He became a leading man in that part of the state; d. 1800. His wid. d. 1820. Ch. : Tufton, Deacon, bp. in H., July 12, 1767; m., 1793, Sally, dau. of Lient. Col. Jeremiah Gilman, of the First N. H. Regt. in the Revolution ; had ch., of whom is Hon. Larkin D. Mason, of So. Tamworth, now eighty-three years of age. Tristram. John. Sam- uel. Mary. Abigail, m., 1st, Larkin Dodge; 2d, Dea. Mark Newman, of Andover, Ms.
Hannah, bp. May 29, 1743.
James, bp. June 22, 1746; m .; settled in Tamworth, 1767; d. 1800, leaving one son, Moses, who settled in Tamworth and one dau., Lucy, who m. Day Ballard, son of Jeremiah (1).
Elizabeth, bp. July 2, 1749 ; m. Samuel Moulton, son of Joseph (35).
Nathaniel, bp. Oct. 1, 1752; settled in Tamworth, 1767; m. a widow Heath; had one dau. He was unfortunate; lost both legs by freezing; returned to H. in 1823, to be supported by the town; d. June 16, 1837.
Mary, bp. May 9, 1756.
V. BENJAMIN MASON, son of Robert (3), married Jan. 17, 1734, Martha, daughter of Edmund Rand (1); lived on the homestead. Children :
Edmund, b. Sept. 7, 1734; d., unm., May 27, 1816.
Benjamin, b. Aug. 29, 1736; m. Dec. 2, 1772, Sarah Mason. Ch .: Benja- min, bp. Jan. 9, 1774. Nancy, bp. June 23, 1782.
Robert, b. Apr. 20, 1738; drowned July 12, 1756.
Martha, b. May 6, 1740; m. Small Moulton (37) ; d. Nov. 3, 1795. Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1742.
Joseph, b. Apr. 25, 1744; unm ; was lost on the Grand Bank, 1768. Mary, b. Apr., 1746; d., unm., Dec. 20, 1793.
Josiah (6), b. Apr. 11, 1748 ; m. Lydia Marston ; d. Sept. 25, 1830.
Abigail, b. Aug. 11, 1750; d., unm., Feb. 1, 1829.
Elizabetlı, b. Oct. 2, 1752; d. Oct. 3, 1754.
VI. JOSIAH MASON, son of Benjamin (5), married Aug. 22, 1779, Lydia, daughter of Cornet Caleb Marston (22) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Caleb (7), b. Aug. 21, 1780; m. Sally Godfrey ; d. June 27, 1863.
Joseph, bp. Jan. 26, 1783; m. - Foss; lived at Rye; d. in the West Indies.
Josialı, bp. Mar. 13, 1785; went to sea; impressed on board an English armed vessel.
Martha, bp. July 8, 1787; d. Feb. 24, 1864.
Benjamin, bp. Feb. 14, 1790; drowned, June 22, 1811.
Tabitha, bp. May 26, 1793; d., unm., Jan. 5, 1861.
Shubael, bp. Mar. 27, 1796; d. Oct. 17, 1797.
VII. CALEB MASON, son of Josiah (6), married July 1, 1804, Sally, daughter of Tristram Godfrey (14) ; built the house now owned by Abraham B. Towle, and occupied it for awhile, but moved back to his father's, where he remained through life. Chil- dren :
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Theodate Hobbs, b. Dec. 16, 1804; m William D. Goss (2); d. Dec. 30, 1883.
Lydia, b. Apr. 2, 1806; m., 1st, Wade Ilsley, of N. P .; 2d, Enoch Plum- er, of N. P. Ch., all by 1st marriage : Wade. Isaiah Parker. John. Charlotte Ann. Sarah Burnham.
Edmund (8), b. Feb. 5, 1808; m., Ist, Olive Philbrick; 2d, Addie Eastman ; d. Sept. 1, 1891.
Abigail, b. Dec. 24, 1810; m. Charles Cook, of Boston. Ch. : George Ma-
son. Charles Henry. William Francis. Joseph. Eddie Payson. (a son), d. young. Clara Bailey. George M. and Clara B., living in Chicago, are the only survivors of the family.
Sarah, b. June 17, 1813; d., unm., in Boston, Oct. 31, 1834.
Mary, b. June 9, 1815; d., unm., Apr. 5, 1835.
Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 4, 1818; d. Aug. 20, 1822.
Elizabeth Appleton, b. Oct. 21, 1820; d. Aug. 10, 1822.
Joseph Webster (9), b. July 1, 1823; m. Sarah J. Perkins.
Elizabeth Ann, b. Sept. 27, 1829; m. Jonathan M. Smith, of New Hampton ; now lives in Ashland, N. H. Ch. : Mary Jane (d.). Luella Comfort (d.). Two more daus., d. young. Jonathan.
VIII. EDMUND MASON, stone-mason, son of Caleb (7), married, first, Olive, daughter of Joseph Philbrick [see Joses Philbrick (15) ], of Rye, who died May 18, 1874, aged sixty-one years ; second, Mrs. Addie Eastman, of Nashua. Mr. Mason lived many years on a part of the homestead, opposite his father's house ; then built a boarding- house, near the North beach. In 1891 built a third house on Ma- son avenue, where he died. Children :
Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1835; m. Prof. Richard B. Marsh, of Gambia, O .; d. Dec. 5, 1865. Ch. : Edmund M. Albert W. Effie M. Edith M.
Sarah Olive, b. Mar. 15, 1839; m. Samuel W. Dearborn (42) ; d. Dec. 19, 1884.
Lydia Aun, b. June 5, 1842; d. Mar. 14, 1856.
IX. JOSEPH W. MASON, stone-mason, son of Caleb (7), married 1845, Sarah Jane, daughter of James Perkins (20) ; settled on a part of the homestead. Children :
Abby J., b. Feb. 1, 1846; m. John F. Marston (71); d. May 26, 1877.
John W., b. June 11, 1848; m. Dec. 5, 1883, Josephine E., dau. of John S. Hobbs, of No. H. [see Ward (G) ]; is a merchant, in H. No ch.
Maria F., b. May 3, 1851; m. Feb. 25, 1885, Warren J. Prescott, of II. F. No eli.
Joseph C., b. July 7, 1853; d., unm., Nov. 22, 1877.
Sarah E., b. Ang. 22, 1855; m. Nov. 25, 1879, Henry E. Tilton, of H. F .; d. Nov. 25, 1885, leaving one son, Eugene Mason.
Henry Warren, b. Ang. 26, 1858; m. Apr. 8, 1886, Stella, dau. of Monroe Holmes (1); live on the homestead. Ch. : Forrest Holmes, b. May 4, 1888.
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Frank S., b. Mar. 31, 1861; m. Oct. 9, 1889, Eva E. Kennett, of Jefferson, N. H .; live in H. Ch. : Muriel Estella, b. Oct. 15, 1890.
Charles Edmund, b. July 13, 1864; carpenter, in II.
X. JOHN MASON, merchant, son of Peter Mason, of New Durham, came to Hampton first as clerk of his brother-in-law, John M. Sea- ward (1) ; and later, went into trade on his own account. His house and store were where John G. Brown now lives. He married, first, June, 1831, Ann B. L., daughter of Capt. Simon Towle (42) ; sec- ond, Lydia A. -, of New Durham, who died Feb. 18, 1861, aged forty-three years, four months ; removed to Natick, Mass., and died there, Jan. 7, 1877, aged seventy-four years, three months ; buried in Hampton. Children :
John James, b. Jan. 9, 1832; learned the printer's trade in Portsmouth ; m. Mary H. Mooney, of that city ; became night foreman in Daily Adver- tiser office, Somerville, Ms .; removed to Strafford, N. H., where he died Aug. 9, 1880. Had ten ch., three of whom d. and were buried in H., viz. : Harriet H., aged 6 mos. John J., aged 2 yrs., 3 mos. Clarence W., aged 1 yr. 8 mos.
Freeman, b. June 21, 1833; m. Eliza Maria Bartlett, of So. Natick, Ms .; lives in Natick. Has five sons, one dau.
Maria J., b. Apr. 30, 1856; d. Feb. 11, 1857.
MAYNARD.
I. JOHN MAYNARD, born at Bolbec, France, Apr. 16, 1816, came to this country when nine years old, as cabin boy with Capt. Henry Brown, who bought the "Dr. Smith place" (earlier, Shaw-opposite Mr. John H. Fogg's) ; made his home there when on land; followed the sea fourteen years; married, first, Sarah, daughter of Samuel James (7) ; lived awhile in Newburyport, but returned to Hampton, where his children were born ; married, second, June 18, 1877, Ab- igail, daughter of Reuben Lamprey (15) ; now live in Hampton. Children :
Clementine, b. 1837; d. Aug. 31, 1839.
John A., b. July 4, 1839 ; lives in N. P ;. has a family.
MELCHER.
I. SAMUEL MELCHER married May 16, 1700, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Cram (1) ; lived at the Falls. Children :
John, b. Aug. 22, 1703.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1705 [m. Ezekiel Sanborn, son of William (27) ?]. Samuel?
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HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
II. SAMUEL MELCHER [son of Samuel (1) ?], married May 8, 1735, Esther, daughter of Benjamin Green (6). Children :
Samuel. Jonathan. Jolin. Edward. Hannah. Elizabeth.
Benjamin. Esther.
MERRILL.
I. AARON MERRILL, of Hampton Falls, a soldier of the Revolution, married Oct. 3, 1775, Mercy, daughter of Amos Leavitt (10). Chil- dren :
Aaron, m. Cynthia, dau. of Theophilus Sanborn (45) ; lived in H. F. Had ch. : of whom, William T. (2) settled in H. Lowell F., m. Clara F., dau. of David M. Leavitt (29). Mary Augusta, m. John B. Shaw (26).
Betsey, unm. ; d. at the residence of her nephew, William T. (2), Mar. 2, 1866.
II. WILLIAM T. MERRILL, physician, son of Aaron and Cynthia (Sanborn) Merrill, and grandson of Aaron (1), was born in Hamp- ton Falls, Aug. 13, 1824 ; settled in Hampton in the practice of his profession in 1854 ; is still in active life, as a physician, trustee of the Academy, member of the Board of Education, director of the Pub- lic Library, organizer and head of St. John's Council, K. of T. He married June 25, 1857, Ann M., daughter or David Towle (51). She had married, first, Dec. 4, 1851, John Lyon, of Newburyport, who died Sept. 15, 1854 ; had children :
Sarah Ella, b. Nov., 1852; d. Jan. 25, 1854. Mary Helen, b. Dec. 5, 1854. Dr. and Mrs. Merrill had one son :
William P., b. Aug. 21, 1859; m. 1886, Clara Stuart, of Chelsea, Ms .; live in Boston. Ch. : Ethel. William. Luther. Mr. Merrill is a brass- worker, connected with the Thomson-Houston Electric Works.
MERRY.
I. JOSEPH MERRY. carpenter, at Hampton 1654 (a man of the same name lived at Haverhill, Mass., 1644) ; married, first, Mary - -, who died Apr. 4, 1657 ; second, Elizabeth, widow of Emanuel Hilliard (1). Children :
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