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XXXII. NATHAN MOULTON, "Jr.," son of Jacob (15), married Sarah - -. Children :
Nathaniel Smith, b. Aug. 23, 1756. Jacob, b. Dec. 25, 1758.
Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1761. Lydia, b. Sept. 12, 1764.
Jonathan Smith, b. June 12, 1767. Johnson, b. Dec. 29, 1769.
XXXIII. JONATHAN MOULTON, General, Esquire, son of Jacob (15), married, first, Feb. 22, 1749, Abigail, daughter of Benjamin Smith (9) ; second, Sept. 11, 1776, Sarah, daughter of Dr. Anthony Emery (1), she being then about thirty-six years old. He built the house near Rand's hill, still called the General Moulton house, now owned by the heirs of Jabez Towle (45). The militia rolls, with rec ord of his military promotion, cannot be found. He was Colonel Moulton all through the Revolutionary war. On the church records we find : John Washington, son of "Col." Jonathan Moulton, baptized 1783, and Nathaniel Thayer, son of "Gen'!" Jonathan Moulton, bap- tized 1787. By the latter title he is always known at the present day. (See page 278.) Children :
Josiah (49), b. Dec. 11, 1749; m. - - Shackford; d. Sept. 1, 1794. Sarah, b. Apr. 21, 1752; d. Jan. 9, 1754. Jonathan, b. May 6, 1754.
Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1758; d. Nov. 13, 1759.
Mary, d. Oct. 20, 1760, "stifled in a press-bed."
Benning, b. May 20, 1761 ; m. Nov. 7, 1782, Sarah Leavitt, dau. of Jonathan (14).
Anna (Nancy), b. Apr. 18, 1763 ; m. John Marston, son of Elisha (25). William Pitt, b. Sept. 21, 1766. Elizabeth, bp. Mar. 27, 1768.
Jacob Smith, b. May 3, 1770. Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1772.
Sally, b. June 13, 1779 ; m. March 30, 1797, Rev. Huntington Porter, of Rye. Emery, b. May 21, 1782. John Washington, b. Sept. 30, 1783.
Nathaniel Thayer, b. Aug. 4, 1787; m. Lydia D. Holbroke, of Portsmouth.
XXXIV. JOHN MOULTON, son of Jacob (15), married, first, -; second, - Brown, of Newburyport ; lived many years in Hamp- ton, then removed to Moultonborough. Children :
Edward Brown, bp. Oct. 6, 1754 ; m., Ist, -, who d. June 17, 1784, aged 31 yrs. ; 2d, Nov. 23, 1786, Anna Smith. Had ch. : Moses, bp. May 16, 1779. Jonathan, bp. Apr. 1, 1781.
-, b. and d. May 7, 1756. Moses, bp. Jan. 1, 1758.
John, bp. July 27, 1760; d. Sept. 11, 1761.
Timothy Pike, bp. Apr. 5, 1767. John Salter, bp. Aug. 9, 1772. John Shackford, bp. Feb. 14, 1773. Elizabeth, bp. July 9, 1775.
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XXXV. JOSEPH MOULTON, son of Samuel (16), married Dec. 24, 1733, Bethia, daughter of Nehemiah Hobbs (3) ; lived near Reuben L. Moulton's, at Little River. Children :
Nehemiah, b. Oct. 3, 1734; m. Sarah -, who d. Apr. 18, 1803, aged 66 yrs. He d. Aug. 17, 1815.
Joseph, b. Feb. 1, 1737; m. Jan. 26, 1773, Sarah Godfrey, dau. of Jonathan (9); lived on the homestead; d. June 29, 1809. Ch. : Joseph. (Perhaps) Martha. Betty. Sally.
Bethia, b. Sept. 12, 1740; m. Dec. 3, 1772, Jonathan Smith, of Rye.
Deborah, b. Mar. 4, 1744.
Samuel, Deacon, b. Sept. 1, 1747 ; called Samuel, Jr., in record of birth and baptism of ch .; m. May 17, 1770, Elizabeth Mason, dau. of John (4) ; lived at No. H .; eldest ch. b. in HI .; removed to Tamworth; d. Mar. 4, 1813. Ch. : Elizabeth. Simeon. David. Daniel.
XXXVI. BENJAMIN MOULTON, son of Ezekiel (18), married Mary, daughter of John Brown (7). Children :
Abigail, b. Ang. 21, 1751; d. Sept. 11. same year.
Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1752; d. Sept. 5, 1754.
John, b. Sept. 8, 1754; d. Apr. 14, 1760.
Sarah, b. Oct. 22, 1756.
XXXVII. SMALL MOULTON, son of Ezekiel (18), married, first, Martha, daughter of Benjamin Mason (5) ; second, Nov. 23, 1796, Elizabeth Shaw; lived, till late in life, near the site of the meeting- house first occupied by the Baptists and afterward by the Methodists ; and about 1814, removed to Wakefield. Children :
Elizabeth, bp. Feb. 8, 1767. Robert, bp. July 24, 1768.
Joseph Mason (50), bp. Dec. 2, 1770; m. Olive Bragg ; d. Nov. 9, 1815. Olly, bp. Dec. 6, 1772.
Charles (51), bp. July 2, 1775; m. Rebecca Coffin; d. Sept. 9, 1825. Mercy, bp. July 26, 1778.
Jonathan, bp. Jan. 14, 1781; m. - Hoyt, of N. P; settled there first, but removed to Wakefield, where he d.
XXXVIII. NATHAN MOULTON, son of William (19), was probably the Nathan who married Oct. 11, 1769, Mary Dow, who was probably the daughter of Simon (16) ; Nathan being then fifty-one years old, and his wife, thirty-eight. They may have lived with his family, on the Obed S. Hobbs place, or with hers, on the Lewis S. Lamprey place. It does not appear that they had children.
XXXIX. EPHRAIM MOULTON, son of William (19), married Dec. 27, 1749, Mehetabel, daughter of Jonathan Godfrey (6) ; settled first
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on a part of his father's home lot, but afterward removed to Newfield, Me. Children :
Mehetabel, b. Jan. 14, 1751: d. Nov. 26, 1753.
David, b. Aug. 13, 1754. Stephen, b. Nov. 26, 1756.
Levi, b. Feb. 15, 1759.
Simeon, b. Apr. 26, 1761 ; lived near Daniel Moulton's, at Little River; then at Newfield.
Mehetabel, b. June 18, 1763.
XL. ROBERT MOULTON, son of Robert (20), married Susanna Children :
Anna, b. Oct. 7, 1749 ; d. July 6, 1772.
Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1753; m. July 4, 1771, Dr. Ebenezer Tilton, of H. F .; d. Apr. 15, 1779. [See Tilton (8).]
Elizabeth, bp. Dec. 4, 1757; d. Nov. 13, 1758.
XLI. JONATHAN MOULTON, Sergeant, son of Jonathan (22), mar- ried May 13, 1755, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Samuel Dow (15) ; lived in Hampton, on what is still called the "Moulton lot," where Thomas S. Blake now lives ; and in May, 1775, removed to Scarborough, Me. Mr. Moulton is said to have been "remarkable for moral firmness and integrity-very sincere in all his savings. He was a man of power- ful frame and great physical strength." Children, all born in Hampton : Mehetabel, b. Oct. 16, 1755; m. Simeon Marston; d. 1825.
Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1757; m. Daniel Emery; d. 1846.
Joseph, b. Apr. 13, 1759; m. Catharine Jameson; d. 1844.
Mary, b. Aug. 25, 1761; m. Benjamin Emery ; d. 1815.
Lucy, b. Jan. 3, 1764; m. Francis Libbey ; d. 1819.
Jonathan, bp. May 21, 1766 ; m., 1st, Rebecca Burnham ; 2d, Anna Fenderson ; d. 1845.
Elizabeth, bp. Mar. 27, 1768; m., Samuel Sanborn; d. 1841.
Comfort, bp. Apr. 22, 1770; m., 1st, - Wingate; 2d, Samuel Meserve; d. 1848.
Daniel, bp. Aug. 28, 1774; m. Mary Libbey; d. 1862.
XLII. ROBERT MOULTON, son of Jonathan (22), married, first, July 30, 1754, Elizabeth Philbrick, who died Nov. 7, of the same year ; second, Sarah - ; lived at Little Boar's Head. Births of first five children recorded in Hampton. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17, 1756. Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 1758. Joses, b. June 11, 1760. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1762.
Daniel, b. Nov. 17, 1763. Sarah, bp. at No. H., May 10, 1767.
Jonathan, bp. at No. H., Mar. 19, 1769. - , bp. at No. H., July 12, 1772
XLIII. WILLIAM MOULTON, son of William (25), married Children :
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Elisha, bp. Apr. 17, 1743; m. Oct. 31, 1780, Miriam, dau. of Samuel Locke
(7). Had a son, Jonathan, bp. Mar. 24, 1782.
Rachel, bp. Sept 2, 1744; [m. John Page?].
(infant), d. July 20, 1746.
Mary, bp. Feb. 14, 1748; d. Sept. 19, 1756.
Dolly, bp. Apr. 8, 1750; m. Moses Elkins (8).
Elizabeth, bp. Oct. 29, 1752; d., unm., Apr. 1, 1832.
Sarah, bp. Nov. 9, 1755.
William, b. Mar. 26, 1758; m. Molly, dau. of Francis Page (13) ; lived in No. H .; was a soldier in the Revolution; d. Mar. 18, 1851. Had a son, Daniel, usually nicknamed "Daniel Penny."
XLIV. JOSIAH MOULTON, Captain, son of William (25), and heir of Josiah (24), married, first, Jan. 12, 1744, Huldah, daughter of Jer- emiah Marston (16) ; second, July 30, 1746, Abigail, daughter of Lieut. Jonathan Marston (12) ; lived on the Newell Towle place (now Charles W. Clements'). He represented the town in the Pro- vincial Assembly at Exeter during the Revolution ; was a member of the Committee of Safety; Justice of the Peace, in the early part of the war; elected Jan. 17, 1776, one of the justices of the Inferior Court. He had six children, all of whom died in childhood, five of them by the throat distemper. Being left childless, he made his nephew, John Mobbs Moulton, his heir. Children :
Josiah, bp. Jan. 13, 1745; d. Oct. 3, 1754. Abigail, bp. Dec. 28, 1746; d. Sept. 21, 1754.
Huldalı, bp. Dec. 11, 1748 ; d. Sept. 28, 1754. Mary, bp. March 3, 1751; d. May 2, 1753.
Mary, bp. Apr. 13, 1755; d. Oct. 16, 1759.
Josiah, bp. Apr. 17, 1757; d. Nov. 22, 1759.
XLV. THOMAS MOULTON, son of William (25), married Aug. 1, 1750, Hannah Downs (born at the Isles of Shoals) ; lived nearly op- posite his father's, at North Hampton ; removed to Deerfield. Chil- dren :
Nathaniel, m. and lived "above the White Mts."
John Mobbs (52), b. Nov. 9, 1755; m. Anna Brown; d. Jan. 2, 1831. David, lived "in the Penobscot country."
XLVI. JOHN MOULTON, son of John (31), married May 17, 1778, Huldah, daughter of Samuel Palmer (12) ; settled where Jacob T. Godfrey now lives [see Sanborn (13)]; but afterwards removed to that part of Hollis, Me., now called Dayton. He was remarkable for his great knowledge of many of the early families of his native town. derived, not from records or other written documents, but from oral tradition and the aid of a wonderfully retentive memory. Children :
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John, b. Dec. 18, 1779 ; d. Sept. 18, 1798.
Huldah, b. Apr. 13, 1781; m. Daniel Haley ; d. Jan. 5, 1864.
Mary, b. June 5, 1783; m. Isaac Goodwin; d. Nov. 1, 1845.
XLVII. DAVID MOULTON, son of John (31), married Feb. 16, 1794, Dorothy, daughter of Joseph Moulton, of Portsmouth ; settled in Porter, Me. Children :
John, b. 1794; m. Jane Coffin. Ch .: Sarah J. James C. Moses S. John. Joseph, b. 1797; m. Abigail G. Beal. Ch .: Sarah A. David. John H. Hannah. George E.
Sarah, b. 1799 ; unm.
David. b. 1802; m. Phebe Wentworth. Ch .: Isaac H. Thomas. Mary M. Mary, b. 1805 ; m. Moses Swett. Ch .: Mary M.
Thomas, b. 1810; grad. New York University, 1837 ; was long a teacher ; member of each branch of the Maine Legislature; residence, Porter.
XLVIII. JAMES MOULTON, son of John (31), remained on the homestead through life. He married, first, Apr. 13, 1787, Abigail, daughter of Amos Knowles (8) ; second, Feb. 21, 1792, Phebe, daugh- ter of Jacob Palmer, son of Christopher (7). Children :
John (53), b. Aug. 13, 1793 ; m. Nancy Shannon ; drowned Dec. 27, 1825. Jeremiah (54), b. Sept. 12, 1795 ; m. Eunice Young ; d. Apr. 23, 1834.
Jacob, b. Oct. 31, 1797; m. July 3, 1825, his cousin, Phebe, dau. of Daniel Palmer, of Machiasport, Me .; d. without ch., Mar. 20, 1831. She d. July 27, 1827.
Simon (55), b. Dec. 24, 1799; m. Olive Garland; d. in Warner, Mar. 3, 1875.
David, b. Jan. 31, 1802; d. Feb. 13, following.
Abigail Knowles, b. May 25, 1803; m., 1st, Joseph Young (1) ; 2d, Simon Brown (34) ; d. Oct. 10, 1882.
David (56), b. July 15, 1805 ; m. Miriam L. Lamprey ; d Mar. 10, 1852.
Daniel (57), b. May 6, 1808 ; m. Abigail Garland; d. Oct. 22, 1890.
Jonathan Tuck, b. Nov. 1, 1810; d., unm., Oct. 11, 1832.
XLIX. JOSIAHI MOULTON, son of General Jonathan (33), married Shackford, of Exeter, who died Mar. 25, 1788; lived where Aiken S. Coffin lives. Children :
Abigail, bp. Dec. 12, 1773. Jonathan, bp. Ang. 25, 1776.
Josiah, bp. Oct. 25, 1778. Dorothy, bp. Nov. 5, 1780.
Samuel Page, b. May 31, 1784; d. June 4, following.
L. JOSEPH M. MOULTON, son of Small (37), married Olive Bragg, of Seabrook ; lived in Hampton, where Lewis S. Lamprey lives. She died Oct. 22, 1848, aged about eighty years. Their children :
William. Caleb. John. Dorothy. Sally. Caleb was b. about 1806; m., 1st, Nancy Dow, of Salisbury, Ms., who d. in 1881; 2d, Mrs. Wright, of
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Northwood. He settled in Gilmanton; began business as a tanner and currier; then became a farmer and cattle trader, and acquired a large property ; d. 1892. Ch. by Ist marriage : Charles F., d. in young man- hood. Susan A., m. Nathan Batchelder, of Gilmanton. John S., lives on the homestead. He had also an adopted dau., who m. F. O. George, of Pittsfield.
LI. CHARLES MOULTON, son of Small (37), married Rebecca Cof- fin, of Salisbury, Mass. ; lived at the corner, a little north of his fa- ther's, in Hampton, but about 1814, removed to Wakefield. Chil- dren :
Nancy Coffin, b. Oct. 6, 1799; m., 1st, Josiah Moulton ; 2d, Joseph Brewster.
Mary, b. July 6, 1801 ; m. William Moulton.
Charles, b. Feb. 13, 1803 ; m. Olive Ayer.
Martha, b. Dec. 10, 1804; m. Ephraim Pickering.
Stephen, b. Aug. 31, 1806; m. and settled in Maine.
Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1808 ; m. - Nute ; settled in Maine.
Sophia, b. Jan. 23, 1811 ; m., 1st, Charles Ayer ; 2d, Dudley Edgerly.
Olive, b. Sept. 12, 1813 ; m. Alvah Skinner.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 9, 1815 ; m. Olive Rand, of Rye.
Susan, b. June 20, 1818 ; d. Aug., 1826.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 13, 1820 ; m. Frederic Skelton (an Englishman) ; lived in Maine.
LII. JOHN MOBBS MOULTON, son of Thomas (45), brought up in the family of his uncle, Capt. Josiah Moulton (44), inherited his es- tate. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He married July 7, 1780, Anna, daughter of Zechariah Brown (15). Children :
Abigail, b. Oct. 10, 1780; d., unm., Dec. 2, 1848.
Hannah, b. June 1, 1782 ; m. - Marden, of Rye; d. Jan. 26, 1822.
Mary, b. May 25, 1784; m. Nathan Garland (17) ; d. Aug. 31, 1870.
Anna, b. Nov. 7, 1786; d. Mar. 9, 1798.
Huldah, b. Dec. 27, 1791; d. July 9, 1797.
Josiah, - twins, b. Oct. 8, 1793 ; d. July 7, 1797.
d. Mar. 1794.
Elizabeth,
John (58), b. July 9, 1797 ; m. Charlotte Towle ; d. July 9, 1834.
LIII. JOHN MOULTON, son of James (48), married July, 1816, Nancy Shannon, of Chester ; lived where Dr. M. F. Smith now lives, near the town-house. He was drowned, with Abraham Marston (51), off Hampton beach, while fishing. His wife was born 1793; died June 6, 1820. Child :
James Warren (59), b. July 30, 1817 ; m. Sarah K. Godfrey.
LIV. JEREMIAH MOULTON, son of James (48), married Eunice, daughter of Daniel Young, of Hollis, Me., and sister of Joseph (1) ;
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lived on the homestead ; removed to East Kingston, but returned after a few years. She married, second, Col. Josiah Dow (28). Their children :
Daniel Young (60), b. Jan. 22, 1821 ; m. Martha Ann Brown.
John Sanborn, b. Dec. 9, 1823; d. Aug. 5, 1847.
LV. SIMON MOULTON, son of James (48), married June 23, 1825, Olive, daughter of Lieut. Amos Garland, of Rye ; lived at Hampton, East Boston, Mass., and Warner, where he died. Children :
Oliver N., b. June 28, 1828. Eliza, b. June 20, 1833 ; m. 1873, E. O. Perkins. George, b. Apr. 6, 1837 ; bought a ranche in Arizona Ter .; was murdered there, Mar. 17, 1870.
LVI. DAVID MOULTON, son of James (48), married Miriam L., daughter of Dudley Lamprey (13); lived where A. G. Harris now lives. Children :
Phebe, b. July 12, 1830; m. George A. Batchelder. Ch. : Albion Burton, b. Sept. 16, 1860. Elmer E., b. June 17, 1862. Orris Allen, b. May 17, 1867. Charles A., b. Apr. 2, 1869.
Miriam, b. June 5, 1832; m. Josiah C. Palmer (22).
Apphia H., b. Sept. 23, 1834; m. Morrill M. Lamprey (28) ; d. Feb. 24, 1880.
Jacob Harrison (61), b. Mar. 13, 1836; m., Ist, Sarah J. Mclellan; 2d, Sarah Parker; 3d, Bertha S. Hall.
Jonathan Tuck (62), b. June 28, 1838 ; m. Martha F. Drake ; d. Dec. 20, 1869. David Allen, b. July 26, 1840; m. June 6, 1866, Mary A. Sargent, of West Amesbury, Ms. Ch. : Willie Moses, b. July 26, 1875.
Elizabeth Eveline, b. Oct. 26, 1846; m. Horace Brown, son of David (38) ; d. Aug. 18, 1877.
LVII. DANIEL MOULTON, son of James (48), married Jan. 3, 1837, Abigail, daughter of David Garland (14) ; lived on the ancient home- stead, first settled by John Moulton (1), in the autumn of 1638. The greater portion of it, however, he sold in 1866, and the whole estate is now alienated. Mr. Moulton, having become blind and feeble, spent his last years with his nephew, Enoch P. Young, with whom his widow still resides. They liad no children :
LVIII. JOHN MOULTON, Captain, son of John Mobbs (52), mar- ried Charlotte, daughter of Lemuel Towle (35) ; lived on the home- stead. Child :
Imri Ann, b. July 5, 1827 ; m. Robert Foss, of Rye.
LIX. JAMES W. MOULTON, son of Jolin (53), married Nov. 8, 1843, Sarah Knight, daughter of Capt. James Godfrey (12) ; lived
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on a part of his grandfather's homestead, where his children, who are of the eighth generation, were born ; removed to Exeter, where the family still reside. Children :
Augusta A., b. Ang. 4, 1845; m. William H. Blake (38) ; d. Sept. 20, 1881. Clara J., b. Oet. 23, 1846; m. George Frank Rollins (2).
John William, b. Apr. 16, 1855.
LX. DANIEL Y. MOULTON, carpenter, son of Jeremiah (54), mar- ried Martha A., daughter of William Brown (29) ; lives on the main road to the sea. Children :
Alfred Appleton, b. July 16, 1841 ; d. Apr. 6, 1842.
John Appleton, b. Apr. 1, 1843 ; d. May 22, 1845.
Daniel Young, b. Aug. 22, 1847; m., 1st, Mrs. Kate Kelley ; 2d, by Rev. J. A. Ross, Aug. 25, 1888, Mary A. Stevens, b. Aug. 25, 1863, in London,
Eng .; live in Haverhill, Ms. Their ch. : Eunice Almira, b. Jan. S, 1890. Eunice Almira, b. Aug. 15, 1850 ; d. Sept. 3, 1866.
John Arthur, b. Aug. 8, 1860; m. June 28, 1888, Helen M., daughter of John A. Dow, of H. F. Their ch. : Jessie A., b. May 3, 1889.
LXI. JACOB H. MOULTON, Captain, son of David (56), married, first, May, 1855, Sarah J. Mclellan, of New York city, who died Feb., 1870 ; second, Jan., 1872, Sarah Parker, of Saco, Me., who died Sept., 1876 ; third, Nov., 1882, Bertha S. Hall, of Bowdoinham, Me. [For Captain Moulton's services in the Civil War, see Chap. XVII. ] After the war, he served in the Indian wars in Nevada and Idaho, 1866-7 ; also, in the Indian wars in Arizona, 1868 to 1871. In April, 1877, he was appointed Special Agent at the Seal Islands, Alaska, and served until April, 1885. He now lives, with his family, in Bow- doinham, Me. Children :
Florette, b. June, 1856; d. July, 1882.
Edward H., b. Sept. 7, 1866.
William B., b. Feb., 1868 ; d. Aug., 1882.
LXII. JONATHAN T. MOULTON, son of David (56), married Mar- tha F., daughter of Deacon Samuel Drake (21) ; lost an arm in the war; lived in Hampton. Child :
Freddie Guy, b. Dec. 17, 1866; d. Mar. 22, 1869.
LXIII. SAMUEL MOULTON, whose proper place in this genealogy is not apparent, married Abigail --; probably removed to North Hampton, where the last two children were baptized. "Widow Abi- gail Moulton died at North Hampton, Feb. 4, 1803, æ 73 y." Children :
Samuel, bp. Apr. 15, 1764. Joseph, bp. July 22, 1764.
Mary, bp. Apr. 12, 1767. Jonathan, bp. Feb. 11, 1770.
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David, bp. Feb. 28, 1773. Abner, bp. Nov. 10, 1774.
John, bp. Sept. 30, 1781.
LXIV. WILLIAM MOULTON, fishmonger, married Lydia Ann (Kel- ley) Walker, of Stratham, widow of David Walker (born in Lee) ; lived in Stratham and at the North Beach in Hampton. She married, third, Josiah H. Davis, son of Elijah (6). By her first marriage, she had one daughter, Annie May Walker, born in Stratham, May 23, 1856 ; married, first, Daniel W. Elkins, son of David B. (14) ; second, Ang. 28, 1885, Ephraim Cole Cook, of Kittery, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Moulton had children :
Charles William, b. in Stratham; drowned.
Nellie Frances, b. in Stratham.
Benjamin Franklin, b. in H. George Edward, b. in H.
NASON.
I. JONATHAN NASON married Oct. 17, 1705, Huldah, daughter of Joseph Sanborn (7). Their children :
Shuah, b. Nov. 21, 1707 ; m. James Perkins, son of James (7).
Huldah, b. July 13, 1709 ; m. Ebenezer Dearborn, son of Ebenezer (9).
Richard (2), b. Nov. 13, 1710; m. Elizabeth Tilton.
II. RICHARD NASON, son of Jonathan (1), married Feb. 10, 1732, Elizabeth, daughter of David Tilton (6) ; lived in Hampton Falls. Children :
Huldah, b. 1737. Jonathan, b. 1739.
David, b. 1741. Richard, b. 1744.
Elizabeth, b. 1746.
Deborah, b. 1748.
Ann, b. 1751. Shuah, b. 1753.
Hannalı, b. 1755.
III. JOHN FLETCHER NASON, of Portsmouth, married Dec. 20, 1753, Sarah, daughter of Reuben Sanborn (30). She was dismissed from Hampton church to church in Epsom. Their children :
William, bp. in H., July 13, 1755.
Mary, bp. in H., May 8, 1757.
NAY.
I. JOHN NAY, born about 1660, came to Hampton at an unknown date, and settled on the present homestead of John C. Marston. He married Abigail, youngest daughter of Thomas Webster (1). He died Dec. 8, 1750. Their children :
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John (2), b. ab. Aug., 1703; m., 1st, Deliverance Leavitt; 2d, Elizabeth Ladd; d. Feb. 22, 1779.
Sarah, b. June, 1705 ; m. Dea. Joseph Philbrick (13) ; d. Dec. 9, 1779.
Samuel, b. Aug. 24, 1707 ; d. June 29, 1715.
Hannah, bp. Dec. 3, 1710; m. Moses Perkins (10) ; d. Jan. 15, 1797.
Ebenezer, bp. July 19, 1713 ; prob. d. young.
Abigail, bp. Jan. 13, 1717 ; d. young.
Joseph, bp. July 22, 1722; prob. d. young.
Abigail, bp. Sept. 6, 1724; m. Joseph Philbrick (17); d. Nov. 16, 1797.
II. JOHN NAY, son of John (1), married, first, June 7, 1727, Mrs. Deliverance Leavitt, probably granddaughter of Henry Robie (1) ; second, Dec. 21, 1731, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Daniel and Me- hetabel (Philbrick) Ladd, of Kingston, where she was born Feb. 11, 1716. She died Mar. 2, 1781. He settled first on a part of the home- stead of the late Samuel Mace, but returned to the paternal homestead. Children :
John, bp. June 19, 1729.
Elizabeth, bp. Sept. 10, 1732 ; d., unm., Feb. 4, 1758.
Sarah, bp. Feb. 16, 1735; d. Nov. 4, 1736.
Sarah, b. May, 1737 ; m. Samuel Mace (3) ; d. May 11, 1820.
Samuel (3), b. 1739; m., 1st, Mary Elkins ; 2d, Mercy Wason ; d. Oct. 1, 1817.
Mary, bp. Mar. 27, 1743; d. Apr. 22, 1758.
John, bp. Feb. 15, 1747; d. Jan. 21, 1754.
Joseph (4), bp. Nov. 25, 1753; m. - Towle.
III. SAMUEL NAY, Captain, son of John (2), was captain of a company in the Revolutionary war, his residence being then Hamp- ton. He removed to Epping, and thence to Raymond about 1784. He married, first, Mary, danghter of Jonathan Elkins (6) ; second, widow Mercy Wason, who died Dec. 1, 1842. Children :
Samuel, b. Jan. 13, 1762; m. Mary Brown, of Raymond; d. Apr. 13, 1834.
Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1763; m. James Sinclair, of Brentwood.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1766; m. David Brown, of Raymond.
John, b. Apr. 2, 1768 ; m. Sarah Swain; settled in Georgia, Vt. Jonathan, b. Oct. 13, 1770; m. Elizabeth McClure; d. Jan. 14, 1843.
Sarah, bp. May 23, 1773; m. Alexander McClure.
Abigail Webster, bp. Feb. 4, 1776; m. Moses Haynes, of Greensborough, Vt. Ebenezer, bp. Jan. 31, 1779 ; d. in infancy.
Ebenezer, bp. Sept. 16, 1781; m. wid. Leighton (b. Mitchell), of Exeter; settled in Palmyra, Me. [Thomas Leighton m. Elizabeth Mitchell, Mar. 17. 1804 .- Exeter Records. ]
Joseph, bp. Feb. 15, 1784 ; m. - Lombard; settled at Skowhegan Falls, Me.
Joanna (dau. of 2d wife), m. John Page, of Raymond.
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HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
IV. JOSEPH NAY, son of John (2), married a daughter of Anthony Towle [son of Caleb (5) ]. Before the baptism of his youngest child, he had settled in New Gardens (Ossipee). Children, all baptized in Hampton :
Abigail Webster, b. ab. May, 1775; d. Sept. 15, 1776.
John, bp. May 26, 1776. Sarah, bp. Jan. 29, 1777; d. Nov. 25, 1778.
Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 30, 1778. Sarah, bp. Sept. 17, 1780.
John, bp. Aug. 11. 1782; d. Aug. 25, 1786.
Mary, bp. July 18, 1784. Hannah, bp. May 14, 1786.
Anthony, bp. Apr. 27, 1788. Joseph, bp. Feb. 5, 1792.
HENRY W. NAY [see Philbrick (15)], born Feb. 7, 1852; died in Hampton, Sept. 23, 1874.
NEAL.
I. WALTER NEAL, perhaps a descendant of Capt. Walter Neal, who shared with Darby Field the honor of discovering the White Mountains, settled in the north part of the town, now North Hamp- ton. Children :
Anna, m. Phineas Dearborn (23).
Walter. It was prob. this Walter, whose wife, Rachel, was bp. in No. H., Oct. 15, 1780; and ch., Sophia, a month earlier.
[Perhaps also the two following :]
John, "a young man living with Colonel Moulton," bp. at No. H., Mar. 25, 1764.
Ebenezer, lived in No. H. Had ch. bp. there.
II. JOSEPHI NEAL, Captain, son of John, lawyer, of Portsmouth, born 1782 ; married Mar. 5, 1809, Polly, daughter of Maj. John Dearborn (29) ; lived on the Dearborn homestead ; died Sept. 1, 1840. He was a brother of Rev. James Armstrong Neal, settled in the min- istry in Greenland ; Moses L. Neal, lawyer, clerk of the N. H. House of Representatives thirteen years ; and John Prentice Neal, principal of a seminary in South Carolina. Capt. Joseph Neal was an educated gentleman, genial and kindly in his intercourse with the people. His death was caused by his horse becoming frightened at the railroad, when the first locomotive passed through Hampton in 1840. Children : John D. (3). Sophia M. Joseph S. Mary M. Minerva.
III. JOHN D. NEAL, son of Capt. Joseph (4), married Harriet, daughter of Col. Merrick Piper, of Stratham, and granddaughter of Ezra Johnson (14) ; built his house on a part of the homestead. Children :
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GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
Ora W. Mary A. (d. young).
Clara M., m. Benjamin F. Brown, of Boston. Their ch. : Abbie F. Ethel C.
Ellen H. (d. young). Joseph C. (d. young.)
Florence L., m. Charles R. Sargent, son of Samuel (5).
NEAL-HARRIS.
Capt. Joseph Neal's youngest daughter, Minerva, married, first, George W. Jeffts ; second, George W. Hale; died in Hampton, July 21, 1890. Children, by her first marriage :
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