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Sally, b. Apr. 28, 1798; m. Edward Stevens.
XLVII. JOHN SANBORN, son of Jeremiah (40), married, first, Jan. 19, 1764, Lydia Rollins, of Stratham (born Aug. 11, 1745) ; second, Apr. 14, 1779, Mary Green, who died Mar. 29, 1782; third, Aug., 1782, Anna (Nancy) Sanborn, daughter of William (41) ; lived where the heirs of Thomas L. Sanborn now live, in the borders of Exeter. Children :
Hannah, b. Sept. 6, 1765; d. yonng. Theodate, b. Jan. 16, 1767.
Hannah, b. Apr. 22, 1768. Josiah, b. Jan. 19, 1770; d. Mar. 14, 1772.
Jesse (50), b. Aug. 27, 1771; m., 1st, Sally Stevens ; 2d, Elizabeth Lovering ; .d. Sept. 8, 1813.
Lydia, b. Feb. 27, 1773. Ruth, b. Feb. 14, 1775.
Molly, b. Feb. 11, d. Feb. 18, 1782.
Nancy, b. June 1, 1783 ; m. Sanborn Chase; d. Sept. 26, 1857. Molly, b. Nov. 17, 1784; m. Simon Towle, of Gilmanton; d. Oct., 1860. Jolın, b. Feb. 16, 1787 ; went to Sanbornton ; d. Feb., 1879. Jeremiah (51), b. July 6, 1790; m. Lydia Redman; d. in H., Sept. 22, 1830. Williamn, b. Nov. 13, 1793 ; d. in Wisconsin, Feb. 27, 1862.
Betsey, b. Dec. 25, 1795 ; d. at Exeter, Nov. 11, 1802.
XLVIII. SIMON SANBORN, son of William (37), married Dec. 10, 1760, Mary Cram, of Hampton Falls ; lived where his granddaughters, Ann and Martha Sanborn, now live (house burned and replaced by the present dwelling). She died May 15, 1813, aged seventy-three years. Children :
Sarah, b. Nov. 29, 1761 ; d. Feb. 1, 1765.
Jonathan Cram, b. Dec. 28, 1763; m. Judith Cram; settled in Sanbornton; d. Dec. 7, 1835. Seven ch.
Mary, D. June 26, 1766 ; m. Noah Hobbs, of K.
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William, b. Nov. 27, 1768; m., 1st, - Lovering ; 2d, in H., May 8, 1806, Sarah Kenniston, of No. H .; lived where Capt. Nehemiah Heath (2) had lived.
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 27, 1772; d. May 2, 1773.
Simon Dearborn, b. Jan. 17, 1774; m. Sarah Davis, of Deerfield; settled in Canterbury.
Woodbridge, b. Feb. 10, 1776; d. Mar. 31, 1815.
Nehemiah (52), b. Apr. 10, 1778; m., Ist, Lydia Lovering; 2d, Elizabeth Lovering; d. May 25, 1848.
XLIX. JOSIAH SANBORN, son of Abner (42), married Jan. 6, 1797, Abigail Wallace (who died Oct. 7, 1853, aged eighty-two years) ; lived in Hampton ; removed to Parsonsfield, Me. ; returned, and lived awhile on the Col. Jonathan Dearborn place (now Hoyt), then on the Crane place (Mrs. Charles C. Marston's), where he died. Children : Sally, b. July 13, 1800 ; d., unm., Jan. 12, 1883.
Samuel (53), b. ab. 1801 ; m. Nancy Shaw ; killed on R. R. Feb. 21, 1849.
Hannah, b. at Parsonsfield, 1804; m. Eli Lamprey (32) ; d. Oct. 12, 1884. Mary, m., 1st, - Prescott; 2d, Francis P. Blake (27).
Josiah, b. 1809; m. Mary Garland; d., leaving a son, Frederic, who was a soldier in the Civil war, and d. in Maine.
L. JESSE SANBORN, son of John (47), married, first, Sally Stevens, of Stratham; lived on the homestead, where she died Dec., 1800; married, second, Apr. 20, 1801, Elizabeth (Betsey) Lovering, daugh- ter of Col. Thomas (5). Children :
Lydia, d. young. Elmira, d. young. Sally.
Thomas L. (54), b. 1802 ; m. Abigail Marston; d. Oct. 4, 1890.
John, b. Jan., 1804; m. Ara Weber. Had ch .: Charles H., b. 1827. John E., b. 1829. Mary, b. 1831. John E. m. Mary A. Marshall, gr.dau. of Moses Perkins (15). Their dau., Mabel M., m. Arthur W. Chase, of Sea- brook, gr.son of Daniel M. Redman (11).
Simeon, b. Dec. 8, 1805. Nancy, b. May 3, 1808.
Lydia, b. Apr. 16, 1810. Mary E , b. June 7, 1812.
LI. JEREMIAH SANBORN, blacksmith, Lieutenant, son of John (47), married Dec. 2, 1814, Lydia, daughter of Joseph Redman (7) ; lived where his son, Joseph R. Sanborn, now lives, at the extreme western limit of Hampton on the Exeter road ; built the house in 1816. Chil- dren :
Joseph R. (55), b. May 5, 1817 ; m. Sarah E. Leavitt.
Sarah Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1819. Lydia Frances, b. Sept. 7, 1823.
LII. NEHEMIAH SANBORN, son of Simon (48), married, first, Mar. 2, 1797, Lydia, daughter of Lieut. John Lovering (4) ; second, July 23, 1837, her sister, Elizabeth Lovering, of Greenland ; lived on the homestead. Children :
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Sally, bp. at No. H. 1797; unm. ; d. June 9, 1886.
Theodate, d. at two yrs. of age.
Lydia Lovering, m. Joshua S. Lyford, of Brentwood; d. May 1, 1882. Ch. : Maria L. John A. Woodbridge S. Augustus D. Bainbridge Van B. Lauren D. Joshua. Joshua E. G.
Polly Jenness, m. Horatio G. Brown, of H. F. ; d. Mar., 1891. Ch. : Hora- tio G. Sarah E. Anna M. Mary A.
Alfred, b. July, d. Oct. 3, 1809.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1812; m. Matthew Pike, of H. F .; d. Nov., 1887. Ch. : Hannah Elizabeth. Elizabeth. Hannah Elizabeth. Daniel. Matthew Sanborn. Clara Martha.
Woodbridge, b. ah. 1815; d. Ang. 24, 1829.
Clarissa Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1818. Martha Webster, b. Jan. 18, 1820.
LIII. SAMUEL SANBORN, son of Josiah (49), married Mrs. Nancy Shaw, daughter of Ward Lane (13). Children :
Oliver, went to Ipswich, Ms. ; had three sons and one dau .; d. in Ipswich. Harriet N., d. May 27, 1845, aged 24 yrs.
Mary, d. Aug. 31, 1846, aged 19 yrs.
LIV. THOMAS L. SANBORN, son of Jesse (50), married Aug. 17, 1825, Abigail, daughter of Asahel Marston (46). Children, born in Exeter :
Sophy, b. 1826. Jesse, b. 1828.
Willard W., b. 1832; d. young. Ann Maria, b. 1834 ; d. 1852.
Almira, b. and d. 1836. Mary E., b. 1839 ; m.
LV. JOSEPH R. SANBORN, blacksmith, son of Lieut. Jeremiah (51), married May 10, 1854, Sarah E. Leavitt, of Athens, Me. Children :
Emma E., b. Oct. 1, 1855; m. Dec. 12, 1883, George II. Davis, of Falmouth, Me.
Alma L., b. Aug. 1, 1857 ; d. Aug. 8, 1878.
Bertha, b. Jan. 4, 1865.
The connection with other Sanborn families, of the two following, is not ascertained.
LVI. JOSEPH SANBORN married Mar. 7, 1758, Elizabeth, daughter of John Dearborn (21). Children, born in Hampton :
Joseph, b. Dec. 15, 1758. Paul, b. July 23, 1760. Miriam, b. Jan. 26, 1764.
LVII. AMOS SANBORN, possibly son of Stephen (31). Had chil- dren baptized in Hampton :
Sarah, twins, bp. July 6, 1760.
Abigail, Robert, bp. Feb. 14, 1762. John, bp. May 6, 1764. Patience, bp. May 21, 1765.
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JOHN L. SANBORN [See Towle (36) ].
FRED. E. SANBORN [See Hoyt (2) ].
SAMUEL L. SANBORN, son of the second wife of Carter Batchelder (16), before her marriage, baptized Dec. 22, 1770 ; died Mar. 13, 1825.
SANDERS OR SAUNDERS.
I. JOHN SANDERS, of Ipswich, 1634, freeman, May 25, 1636, or May 13, 1640 (one of-the name at each of these dates), was of Hamp- ton, 1643, when he sold his house-lot to Henry Dow and probably went to Newbury, as he was there in 1645. In 1649 he was again in Hamp- ton.
II. WILLIAM SAUNDERS is named among the early settlers.
SANDERSON OR SAUNDERSON.
I. ROBERT SAUNDERSON received a grant of eighty acres of land in Hampton, Dec , 1639. This included a house-lot, which he sold to Francis Swaine. A Robert Sanderson, perhaps the same, was of . Watertown, 1642.
Mary, dau. of Robert and Lydia Sanderson was bp. in H., Oct. 29, 1639.
SARGENT.
I. WILLIAM SARGENT was one of twelve men, who began a settlement at Ipswich, Mass., in 1633. He soon after went to Newbury, and in 1638 was one of the grantees of Hampton. He appears to have lived here only a short time, at the commencement, and then to have gone to that part of Salisbury now Merrimack, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died about 1675.
[The late William M. Sargent, Esq., of Portland, Me., assisted in compil- ing the following record of the early Sargents.]
JOHN SARGENT, fisherman, was of the Isles of Shoals in 1658 ; at Winter Harbor in 1660; at Great Island in 1677. With Bryan Pen- dleton and others, he had a new plantation granted, May 12, 1675, above Saco. In 1684 he was representative to the Mass. Gen. As- sembly. He had children :
Edward, b. 1661 or 1662. Benjamin, b. 1673. Patience, b. 1675.
Mary, m. Joseph Jackson, of Newcastle ; had a dau., Ruth, who m. Nathan- iel Sargent, son of Nathaniel (2).
Edward Sargent, son of John (above), married, first, Elizabeth
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- -; lived in Saco, Me., where their first three children were born ; then removed to Portsmouth. In 1726 he was of Newbury, Mass. He married, second, June 9, 1719, Sarah (Pierce), widow of Dr. Humphrey Bradstreet, of Newbury. He had children :
Edward. Elizabeth, b. 1684; d. young.
Nathaniel (2), b. Jan. 16, 1687; m., Ist, Dorothy Bradstreet; 2d, Sarah Winslow; d. 1762. Elizabeth, b. 1689. John (3), m. Hannah Dalton. Elisha, b. 1695. Rachel, b. 1698. Ichabod, b. 1701. Abigail, b. 1704.
II. NATHANIEL SARGENT, Esquire, physician, son of Edward and Elizabeth, was graduated from Harvard College, 1707 ; settled in prac- tice in Hampton, where he remained many years, removing to Ports- mouth, probably not far from 1748. He was prominent in public affairs and was highly esteemed. He married, first, Oct. 16. 1711, Dorothy, daughter of Dr. Humphrey Bradstreet, of Newbury, Mass. (born Dec. 10, 1692 ; died in Hampton Dec. 11, 1743) ; second, 1749, Sarah, widow of John Winslow, of Boston, and daughter of Joshua Pierce (born Apr. 30, 1697 ; died Aug. 25, 1771). Children, all born in Hampton :
Nathaniel, b. Jan. 1, 1712; m. his father's cousin, Ruth, dan. of Joseph Jackson, of Newcastle; settled as a physician in that town ; was an as- sistant surgeon at Louisburg, 1745; d. before 1762, leaving three chil- dren : Edward. Joseph. Ruth.
Sarah, b. July 22, 1713; m. Feb. 6, 1740. Benjamin Jackson, of Newcastle.
Edward, b. Feb. 13, 1715 ; d. Oct. 9, 1717.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 27, 1716; m. July 11, 1738, Rev. Nathaniel Merrill, of Not- tingham.
Dorothy, b. July 4, 1719; m. June 5, 1745, Thomas Parker, of Litchfield.
Ruth, b. Mar. 23, 1722. Edward, b. Feb. 13, 1724.
Mary, b. June 14, 1726. Olive, b. Aug. 5, 1729.
III. JOHN SARGENT, son of Edward and Elizabeth, married Mar. 6, 1718, Hannah, daughter of Philemon Dalton (4) ; settled first in Hampton. She was dismissed to the church in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 7, 1731, and they removed thither, probably not far from that time. Children :
Rachel, b. June 14, 1719.
Edward, b. July 11, 1721; m. Nov. 24, 1743, Sarah Sanborn, of H. F .; set- tled in that town. Had ch. : Rachel. Sarah. Hannah. Mary. Abigail. Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1724.
John, m. July 5, 1748, Lydia Thurston, of Rowley, Ms .; removed to Bradford, Ms.
IV. CHARLES SARGENT, of Orford, married Nov., 1850, Mary C. Johnson ; settled in Hampton, June, 1859 ; was clerk of Boar's Head
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hotel, three seasons ; Granite House, two seasons ; in Hampton Beach hotel, as steward and in other capacities, four seasons ; was landlord of the Atlantic House, and Leavitts' Cottage, successively, for three years more. Mrs. Sargent died Aug. 15, 1865, aged thirty-six years, eleven months. Children :
Eva, b. Oct., 1853; d. Mar. 22, 1859.
Charles, b. July, 1855 ; d. Mar. 26, 1859.
Fred G., b. Oct. 14, 1857 ; m. June 7, 1886, Mary Elizabeth Wein, of Boston; lived first in H .; removed to Boston.
Ella May, b Aug., 1859; d. Apr. 5, 1864.
V. SAMUEL SARGENT, of Newburyport married Susan S., daugh- ter of John Redman (8) ; resided in Hampton, where his son now lives ; died Dec. 7, 1866. Their son :
Charles R., m. Florence L., dan. of John D. Neal (3) ; keeps the homestead for a summer residence ; spends winters in Boston.
VI. SAMUEL P. SARGENT, of Salem, N. H., married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Cutts (1) ; settled in Hampton, where Sylvanus B. Coffin formerly lived. No children. Mr. Sargent was a soldier in the Civil war. (See Perkins Post-Chap. XVII. )
Jacob Sargent, of Cheshire, and Alice Edmunds, of Hampton Falls, were married Oct. 28, 1756.
SAYWARD.
I. HENRY SAYWARD received a grant of a windmill lot in 1642 (Chap. XxXI) ; twelve acres in the north field, previous to 1644 ; one share of the Commons, 1646 ; was of Strawberry Bank, 1650 ; planter, of Sagamore Creek. 1652. He went to York, and then receiving a grant of land from the town of Wells, on condition of his building a mill on what he afterwards called Mousam River, removed thither. His wife's name was Mary. Their son : Joseph, b. Nov. 16, 1655.
II. ROBERT SAYWARD received one share of the Commons, 1646.
SEAWARD.
I. JOHN M. SEAWARD, of Portsmouth, came to Hampton between Mar., 1822, and Apr., 1824. He kept a store, was librarian of the "old library," and active in town affairs. His wife was Patty, daugh- ter of Peter Mason, of New Durham, and sister of John Mason (10). They removed to Natick, Mass., in May, 1845. Their children : Martha, b. in Portsmouth, Dec., 1816; lives with her brother, John M. Susan, b. in Portsmouth, July, 1819.
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John M., b. in No. H., Mar., 1822.
Elizabeth Mason, b. in H., Apr., 1824; unm .; d., in Boston, ab. July, 1886. Sarah Harriet, b. Sept., 1827; unm,; d., in Natick, 1852.
Joseph William, b. Dec., 1831 ; m. ; lived and died in Natick.
SEAVEY.
I. REUBEN L. SEAVEY, son of George, grandson of Josiah Lane (11), nephew and heir of Josiah Lane (18), was born in Chichester, Aug. 27, 1801; came to Hampton, 1808 ; married Nov. 27, 1828, Dorothy, daughter of James Towle (39) ; died Oct. 26, 1888. Chil- dren :
Elizabeth Perkins, b. Aug. 29, 1829 ; m., 1st, David M. Dearborn [See Phin- eas (23)] : 2d, Nov. 14, 1871, John H. Johnson, of Greenland, now of H. George James, b. Mar. 31, 1832 ; d., unm., in Dayton, O., May 18, 1857; bur- ied at H.
Isabella, b. Dec. 22, 1835 ; teacher ; lives on the homestead.
Edward Payson, b. Sept. 2, 1843 ; d. Jan. 5, 1851.
Henry Lewellyn, b. Oct. 11, 1847; d. Jan. 11, 1851.
II. JONATHAN SEAVEY, of Greenland, married Sarah, daughter of Elisha Towle (28) ; settled on the homestead of her father. Their daughter :
Eleanor, b. June 16, 1779; m. David Blake (25) ; d. Mar. 4, 1826.
SHAW INDEX.
I ROGER.
Joseph,2 Benjamin.3
XV JOSHUA.
II JOSEPH.
Samuel. 20 .
Samnel,4 Caleb.5
XVI JEREMIAH.
III BENJAMIN. Roger,6 Joseph,7 Edward.8
XVII JOHN.
IV SAMUEL.
XVIII MOSES.
Benjamin, 23 Dearborn T.24
VI ROGER.
Jonatlıan. 10
VII JOSEPH.
Gideon. 11
XXII EDWARD.
XXIII BENJAMIN.
Edward. 12
XXIV DEARBORN T.
IX EBENEZER. X JONATHAN. Benjamin. 13
XXV SIMEON. Simeon A.27
XXVI JOHN B.
XXVII SIMEON A.
XXVIII CALEB. XXIX ELIJAH.
XXX JOHN WEARE.
XIII BENJAMIN.
XXXI ELIJAH M.
XIV BENJAMIN B.
Moses,18 John. 19
Simeon B.,21 Edward.22
V CALEB. Ebenezer.9
XIX JOHN. XX SAMUEL.
XXI SIMEON B.
Simeon,25 John B. 26
VIII EDWARD.
XI GIDEON.
Benjamin B., 14 Joshua. 13
XII EDWARD. Jeremiah,16 John. 17
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SHAW.
ROGER SHAW, the progenitor of the Shaw families of Hampton, was of Cambridge, Mass., in 1636; was made freeman, 1638; came to Hampton, about 1647, where he bought the right of Jolin Cross to cer- tain tracts of land, and also received some grants from the town. He settled where Simeon Shaw now lives, the present house being a few rods easterly of the site occupied by the earlier families.
Mr. Shaw was a large landholder, and an influential man. He was a selectman in 1649 and 1654; a constable also in the latter year ; a commissioner for small canses in 1651; and he represented the town in the General Court in 1651, 1652 and 1653.
I. ROGER SHAW, born in England ; married, first, Anne - second, Susanna, widow of William Tilton (1). She died Jan. 28, 1655. He died May 29, 1661. He is known to have had seven chil- dren, which, for convenience, are arranged as follows :
-, a dan. [Margaret, b. ab. 1624; m. Thomas Ward (1) ; d. Apr. 15, 1704]?
Joseph (2), b. ab. 1635; m. Elizabeth Partridge; d. Nov. 8, 1720.
Esther, b. in Cambridge, June, 1638.
Mary, d. in Cambridge, Jan. 26, 1640.
Benjamin (3), b. ab. 1641; m. Esther Richardson ; d. Dec. 31, 1717 (Town Rec.) ; [d. 1718 (grave-stone) ].
Ann, m. Samuel Fogg (1); d. Dec. 9, 1663. Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1645. One of Roger Shaw's daus. m. Thomas Parker.
II. JOSEPH SHAW, son of Roger (1), married June 26, 1661, Eliz- abeth Partridge (born at Salisbury, Mass., Feb. 14, 1643) ; settled at Hampton Falls, where President Weare afterwards lived, the place now owned by heirs of Zebulun Dow. Children :
Abial, b. Oct., 1662; m. Thomas Brown (4).
Elizabeth, b. Aug 23, 1664; m. Aaron Sleeper (2).
Samuel (4), b. Aug. 23, 1666; m., 1st, Esther (Batchelder?) ; 2d, Mary Tuck.
(a son), b. Dec. 11, 1669 ; prob. d. young.
Caleb (5), b. Jan. 31, 1671; m. Elizabeth Hilliard; d. Mar. 19, 1715.
Josiah, b. Jan. 13, 1673; m. ab. May 31, 1700, Meribah, dau. of Francis Page (2) ; d. June 10, 1700. He "was running a race ; the horse flung him against a log fence [so] that he forthwith died."-(Town Rec.) Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1676. John.
Ann, b. Oct. 20, 1681; m. Moses Elkins, son of Gershom (2).
III. BENJAMIN SHAW, trader, son of Roger (1), married May 25, 1663, Esther Richardson ; lived on the homestead. She died May 16, 1736, aged ninety-one years. Children :
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Mary, b. Dec. 2, 1664.
Esther, b. Nov. 17, 1666; m. Jabez Dow (7); d. Mar. 25, 1739.
Sarah, b June 22, 1669; m. Seth Fogg (3); d. "suddenly, in her sleep," Apr. 10, 1756.
Abigail, b. Aug. 22, 1671; m. John Smith (5); was living Dec., 1717.
Ruth, b. Dec. 24, 1673; d., unm., Apr. 13, 1715. Had a dau., Sarah, who m. [Noah (4) ?] Ward.
Benjamin, b. June 28, 1676; m. Oct. 2, 1711, Deborah Fellows, probably widow of Samuel (1) ; lived in H. F. or K. Ch. bp. in H. F. : Hannah, bp. 1712. Esther, bp. 1714. Ruth and Benjamin, bp. 1717. Esther, bp. 1718. Sarah, bp. 1721. Benjamin, bp. 172 (9?). Mary, bp. 1730. Han- nah, bp. 1733.
Roger (6), b. Sept. 23, 1678 ;. m. Alice Rawlings; d. Oct. 29, 1752.
Joseph (7), b. Nov. 1, 1681; m. Hannah Johnson.
Edward, b. July 23, d. Aug. 8, 1685; gravestone still decipherable.
Edward (8), m., 1st, Mary Jolmson; 2d, Abigail Marshall; d. Dec. 24, 1764.
Hannah, b. July 23, 1690; m. John Wedgwood (4) ; d. Aug. 9, 1755. John, living Dec., 1717.
A Benjamin Shaw had children, baptized in Hampton as follows : Sarah, Jan. 25, 1741. Benjamin, June 6, 1742. Esther, July 8, 1744.
IV. SAMUEL SHAW, Deacon, son of Joseph (2), married, first, Esther [Batchelder, daughter of Nathaniel (3) ?], who died Jan. 24, 1715, aged about fifty years ; second, June 1, 1716, Mary, daughter of John Tuck (3) ; lived on the homestead, at Hampton Falls. In 1706 he was chosen a deacon of the first church, and at the forma- tion of the Falls church, held the same office there. His will, proved Dec. 4, 1723, mentions but two children, Elizabeth, then unmar- ried, and his only son, Samuel, who was to be "brought up to good learning till he is fit to be put to college." Children :
Mary, b. Jan. 22, d. Mar. 27, 1718. Samnel, b. Aug. 16, 1719. Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 6, 1721; m. Hon. Meshech Weare (6).
V. CALEB SHAW, son of Joseph (2), married Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy Hilliard (2) ; lived in Hampton Falls, where the births of all his children are recorded. If he ever lived on Sargent's Island (p. 514), it was but temporarily. He was a mariner; in 1714, was master of the sloop, Mayflower ; drowned at sea. Children :
Rachel, b. Jan. 27, 1695 ; m. Abner Sanborn (19).
John, b. Sept. 2, 1696; d. 10th of same month.
Apphia, b. Dec. 22, 1699; m., 1st, Peter Sanborn (17) ; 2d, Robert Rowe (1).
.Josiah, b. Jan. 15, 1702; d. Nov. 12, 1721.
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Samnel, b. Apr. 5, 1703; m. Apr. 5, 1725, Rachel, dan. of Samnel Fellows (1) ; lived at HI. F. Ch .: Caleb, b. 1725; saddler and harness-maker; settled in Portland, Me. Samuel, b. 1727; d. 1737. Josiah, b. 1729; d. 1736 Hilliard, b. 1732. Deborah, b. 1734; d. 1736. Michael, b. 1736; d. same year. Rachel. b. 1737; m., 1757, Richard Brown, of K. Sam- nel. b. 1740; d. young. Elizabeth, b. 1741. Sarah, b. 1743. Ann, b. 1745. Samnel, b. 1748.
Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1705; d. May 5, 1724.
Anne, b. Apr. 30, 1707 ; d. May 20, 1724.
Margaret, b. Apr. 10, 1709; m. Jonathan Tilton, son of Joseph (5); d. July 12, 1790.
Joseph, b. June 2, 1711 ; m. Jan. 22, 1735, Elizabeth Batchelder; lived at Brentwood. Had sons, John and Samnel.
Ebenezer (9), b. Oct. 7, 1713; m. Anna Philbrick; d. Mar. 13, 1782.
Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1715 (posthumous) ; m. Joseph Worth, Mar. 27, 1733.
VI. ROGER SHAW, son of Benjamin (3), married Mar. 2, 1705, Alice Rawlings (Rollins) ; lived at Bride Hill. Children :
Mary, b. Nov. 28, 1705; d., nnm., Apr. 22, 1787.
Alice, b. Ang. 8, 1707 ; m. before Sept. 3, 1732, - - Robinson ; dismissed to church at Exeter, 1732.
Jonathan (10), b. May 9, 1709; m., 1st, Elizabeth -; 2d, Mary James ; d. May 31, 1780.
Rachel, b. Aug. 30, 1711; d. young.
Josiah, b. May 24, 1713; d. Feb. 6, 1770.
Esther, b. Sept. 21, 1715; m. James Sanborn (32) ; d. Apr. 29, 1796.
Jedediah, b. Feb. 23, 1719.
Rachel, b. Sept. 5, 1721; m. John Smith, son of John (5).
Benjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1723; d. Jan. 8, 1738.
VII. JOSEPH SHAW, son of Benjamin (3), married Dec. 12, 1705, Hannah, daughter of James Johnson (3) ; lived in Hampton Falls. Children :
Gideon (11), h. Nov. 30 1706; m. Rachel Brown; d. Apr. 9, 1789.
Jernsha, b. Mar. 2, 1709; m. Samuel Locke (7); d. Nov. 4, 1780. Esther, b. Feb. 13, 1711.
Elihn, bp. Apr. 6, 1712; m. Feb., 1740, Mary Watson.
Moses, b. Feb. 22, 1715.
Caleb (28?), bp. July 14, 1717. Miriam, bp. Apr. 10, 1720.
Mary, bp. Mar. 24, 1723. Sarah, bp. Sept. 18, 1726.
Sarah, bp. July 27, 1729.
VIII. EDWARD SHAW, son of Benjamin (3), married, first, June 27, 1716, Mary, daughter of James Johnson (3) ; second, July 2, 1727, Abigail Marshall, of Ipswich, who died June 4, 1757, aged seventy-one years; lived on the homestea.l. The house was struck by lightning (p. 187). Children :
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Mary, b. Apr. 3, 1720.
Ichabod, b. Feb. 27, 1722; m. Dec. 15, 1742, Sarah Moulton [prob. dau. of Robert (20)].
Edward (12), b. Mar. 2, 1724; m. Ruth Fellows; d. July 16, 1787.
Benjamin, b. Mar. 15, 1727; m. Rebecca Follansbee, Aug. 4, 1747; went to Sandown.
IX. EBENEZER SHAW, son of Caleb (5), married Nov., 1738, Anna Philbrick ; lived on Sargent's Island, where he had his home about twenty years ;' engaged in coasting and fishing. In 1762, re- moved with his family to the vicinity of Sebago Lake, in Maine, and settled within the limits of the present town of Standish, where he died. His widow died Dec. 12, 1804, aged nearly eighty-four years. At that time her descendants numbered two hundred one, viz. : nine children; eighty two grandchildren; one hundred nine great grandchildren, and one of the fifth generation. Mr. Shaw's children were all born in Hampton; all except Margaret settled in Standish. Children :
Josiah, b. Jan. 3, 1740; m. Mary Lamprey ; d. Aug. 7, 1810. She d. Jan. 9, 1826, aged 80 yrs. Ch .: Mary, b. in H. Oct. 16, 1761; bp. Apr. 18, 1762. Hannah, b. in Standish, 1763. ["Hannah Shaw, dau. of Josiah, of Pearson Town, at ye Eastward," bp. in II. Sept. 16, 1764.] Anna, b. 1766. Jonathan, b. 1769. Josiah, b. 1773. Eli, b. 1781.
Abiah, b. Jan. 16, 1741 ; d., unm., Apr. 10, 1762.
Joanna, b. Apr. 4, 1743; m. Peter Moulton, son of Worthington (29) ; d. Jan. 16, 1834. Had ten ch.
Sargent, b. Oct. 23, 1745; m., 1st, - Westcott; 2d, wid. Salome (Lom- bard) Dosett; 3d, Anna Colby. [Another record has the first wife, Sa- rah Knight; the third, Ann Thompson.] He d. Dec. 3, 1823. Fourteen ch.
Elizabeth, bp. Oct. 18, 1747.
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 3, 1749; m., 1st, Sarah Wood, who d. July 8, 1792; 2d,
- -, who d. Aug., 1847, aged 75 yrs. He d. Aug. 11, 1836. Twenty- six ch.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 21, 1751; m. James Moody ; d. May 27, 1816. Ile d. Jan. 4, 1818, aged 67. Twelve children.
Thomas, b. Oct. 10, 1753. Before his marriage he served 1 yr. 5 mos. in the Revolution. He m., Ist, Nov. 20, 1777, Anna Wood. They were the parents of Daniel Shaw, of Standish, who made a copious record of his branch of the Shaw family and connections (from which we have quo- ted), and who d. June 17, 1874, aged 87 yrs., leaving his records to his son, Thomas Shaw, of the same town. Anna, wife of Thomas Shaw, d. May 18, 1808, aged 57 yrs. , IIe m., 2d, Nov. 20, 1809, Susanna Thomas. He d. Oct. 20, 1838. Ten ch.
Molly, b. Nov. 7, 1755; m., 1st, Stephen Sanborn, who d. 1779; 2d, ab. 1809, John Mayall; d. Oct. 29, 1840.
Margaret, b. Jan 7, 1758; m. Daniel Bean ; settled in Bethel, Me .; d. Aug. 20, 1847. He d. Mar. 16, 1833. Twelve ch.
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Joseph, b. May 10, 1760; m. Eunice Bean; d. Aug. 26, 1830. She d. Aug. 18, 1832, aged 69 yrs. Fourteen ch.
X. JONATHAN SHAW, son of Roger (6), lived at Bride Hill; mar- ried, first, Oct. 14, 1739, Elizabeth Dearborn, daughter of Cornet Jonathan (11) ; second, May 13, 1755, Mrs. Mary James, daughter of Dea. Joshua Lane (3). Children :
Elizabeth, bp. Dec. 7, 1740; d. Apr. 26, 1745.
Jonathan, b. Nov. 5, 1741 ; lived at Brentwood.
Rachel, bp. Mar. 18, 1744; d. May 7, 1745. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 10, 1746. Mary, b. July 14, 1748.
Benjamin (13), b. Mar. 26, 1756; m. Mary Sanborn ; d. Apr. 1, 1825. Susanna, b. June 26, 1757; d., unm., Oct. 12, 1784.
Josiah, b. Oct. 23, 1759 ; m. Lydia Fifield, of H. F .; lived at Bride Hill, on a part of the homestead; removed to Sanbornton, where he is under- stood to have m. again and had other ch. Ch. b. in H. : John, m. Ly- dia Smith, who d. July 31, 1860, aged 48 yrs. Asa. Jonathan. Samuel. Bathsheba. Sally. Josiah. Lydia. Josiah Shaw, Jr. m. Rhoda Dow, of Seabrook. Their ch. : (1) Jeremiah F., m. Sept. 17, 1842, Mary Ann Lord, of Lowell, Ms .; d. Sept. 25, 1856; had one dau., Abby, who m. Creighton. 2. Asa, m. and lived awhile near Capt. John S. James', but removed to Freedom; had three ch. 3. Elizabeth, m. and went West. 4. Hiram, d. young.
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