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Bathsheba, b. Nov., 1760; m. Jan. 1, 1783, Isaiah Berry, of Greenland; d. May 17, 1845.
XI. GIDEON SHAW, son of Joseph (7), married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Brown (11). Their first two children were baptized in Hampton Falls, where Mrs. Shaw joined the church, Aug. 5, 1735. They settled in Hampton, where Alonzo W. Shaw now lives. Chil- dren :
Rachel, b. Jan. 7, 1734; m. Jan. 3, 1754, David James, of K., gr.son of Benjamin (1).
Elizabeth, b Jan. 7, 1736; m. Dearborn Blake, of Epping.
Mary, b. July 26, 1739; m., 1st, Lemuel Towle (10) ; 2d, Jeremiah Pres- cott, of Epping.
Benjamin Brown (14), b. Dec. 16, 1745; m. Abigail Taylor; d. Jan. 14, 1804.
Moses, bp. Feb. 14, 1748 ; d. Apr. 8, 1749.
Joshua (15), b. Sept. 1, 1750; m. Deborah Palmer; d. Oct. 12, 1834.
XII. EDWARD SHAW, son of Edward (8), married May 7, 1746, Ruth Fellows, of Salisbury, Mass. ; lived on the homestead. She died May, 1798, aged seventy-five years. Children :
Jeremiah (16), bp July 26, 1747; m. Hannah Moulton ; . d. 1834.
Samuel, bp. Dec. 25, 1748; m. Feb. 26, 1778, Susan Page, dau. of Stephen (11).
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Mary (Molly). bp. May 27, 1750; unm. ; d. Ang. 14, 1840.
Ichabod, bp. Mar. 4, 1753; went to sea with Paul Jones; provision in his father's will, if he ever return. He was taken prisoner ; escaped by swim- ming, but d. soon after from the exposure.
Abigail, bp. Aug. 17, 1755; d. Feb. 1, 1775.
Simeon, bp. June 12, 1757; m. 1800, Betty Green; lived on the homestead; had an adopted dau., Almira, who m. Anson Field, of Jericho, Vt. Mr. Shaw d. without children of his own, Sept. 6, 1842, having made his nephew, Simeon B. Shaw, his heir. His widow d. Aug. 25, 1858, aged 93 yrs. 5 mos.
Levi, bp. Feb. 18, 1759; m., 1st, -; 2d, -; both wives buried in Salisbury, Ms .; no ch .; m., 3d, Millet; settled in Minot, Me. Hlad sons, Levi, David, Simeon and John; and four daus., of whom Mary m. Dr. Lemuel Gott, of Gloucester, Ms., later of Berlin, Ms., and had children : Lemuel and Lizzie. Lemuel Gott, Jr., was a soldier of Co. I, Fifth Mass. Regt .; d. in hospital at Baltimore, Ang. 29, 1864, aged 24 yrs. 6 mos.
Jolın (17), bp. June 14, 1761 ; m. Zipporah Towle; d. Ang. 9, 1844.
XIII. BENJAMIN SHAW, Colonel, son of Jonathan (10), married Mary, daughter of Abraham Sanborn ; lived on the homestead ; was constable, collector of taxes, selectman, representative. Children : Lucretia, bp. July 2, 1780; m. Apr. 27, 1801, Thomas Peabody Clark, of Wakefield (but then of H.).
Jonathan, bp. Sept. 23, 1781; d. Feb. 18, 1787.
Sarah, bp. June 15, 1783; m. Nov. 26, 1801, Dr. Jonathan French. (See French.)
Tristram, Hon., b. May 23, 1786; m. Mary, dan. of Sanborn Batchelder (24) ; lived several years on the homestead, and then removed to Exeter; was a member of National House of Representatives, 1839-43; d. Mar. 14, 1843.
Theodate, bp. July 24, 1791; m. Nathan Pike.
Mary, m. Josiah Robinson, of Exeter; d. 1858.
XIV. BENJAMIN B. SHAW, son of Gideon (11), married Nov. 21, 1769, Abigail, daughter of John Taylor (7?) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1772; d. July 7, 1773.
Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1773; m. Oct. 28, 1794. Josiah Davidson, of Rye.
Moses (18), b. Dec. 23, 1774; m. Abigail Dalton ; d. July 24, 1836.
John (19), b. May 11, 1777; m., 1st, Hannah Page; 2d, Nancy Marston ; dl. May 12, 1805.
Rachel, b. Feb. 15, 1780; m. Jeremiah Hobbs (18) ; d. Apr. 28, 1853.
XV. JOSHUA SHAW, son of Gideon (11), married Nov. 17, 1771, Deborah, daughter of Samuel Palmer (12) ; lived on Shaw's Hill. Children :
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Elizabeth, b. May 28, 1775; d. June 14, 1783.
Molly, bp. June 11, 1780; d. June 13, 1783.
Samuel (20), b. Sept, 12, 1784; m. Deborah Clark; d. Nov. 8, 1867.
Willard, b. May 14, 1786; d., unm., Sept. 8, 1869.
XVI. JEREMIAH SHAW, clergyman, son of Edward (12), married Hannah, daughter of Capt. John Moulton, who died Mar. 26, 1827. He was graduated from Harvard College 1767; ordained pastor of Congregational church in Moultonborough, Nov. 17, 1779. Chil- dren :
Abigail, b. in H. July 10, 1774. John Moulton, bp. in H. Feb. 4, 1776. Jeremiah, bp. in H. July 26, 1778. Edward, bp. in H. Feb. 13, 1780. Eunice. Ichabod, b. 1781; physician ; d. 1834. Ruth F.
XVII. JOHN SHAW, son of Edward (12), married Nov., 1801, Zipporah, daughter of Samuel Towle (31) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Ruth Fellows, b. Sept. 27, 1802; d., unm., Nov. 9, 1835.
Simeon Brackett (21), b. 1804; m. Jane Perkins; d. Nov. 16, 1871.
Edward (22), b. Feb. 4, 1814; m. Sarah J. Towle.
Elizabeth, b. Aug., 1815; m. Dec. 8, 1844, Benjamin S. True, of Salisbury, Ms.
XVIII. MOSES SHAW, son of Benjamin B. (14), married Feb. 12, 1799, Abigail, daughter of Michael Dalton, son of Benjamin (8) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Benjamin (23), b. Feb. 19, 1801; m., 1st, Abigail Leavitt; 2d, Sarah Nudd ; (l. Aug. 23, 1882.
Clarissa, b. Nov. 21, 1804; m. Thomas Philbrick, of Rye; d. July 21, 1850. Dearborn Taylor (24), b. Apr. 29, 1806; m. Clarissa Blake.
Daniel Dalton, b. Apr., 1808; d. Aug. 20, 1809.
XIX. JOHN SHAW, son of Benjamin B. (14), married, first, Nov. 27, 1799, Hannah, daughter of Dr. Samuel Page (22) ; second, Feb. 2, 1804, Nancy, daughter of Samuel Marston, son of John (34) ; lived on the easterly side of the home lot, in the house afterward of Benja- min Shaw (23), and now unoccupied. Children :
Molly, b. Oct., 1801; d. Sept. 25, 1821. -, b. Dec., 1804; d. Jan. 17, 1805.
XX. SAMUEL SHAW, son of Joshua (15), married Feb. 11, 1808, Deborah, daughter of John Clark, who died Aug. 18, 1865, aged eighty-two years ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1808 ; d., unm., Sept. 9, 1882.
David, b. Aug. 25, 1810; m. Aug., 1856, his cousin, Sarah Clark, of Ports- mouth; lived many years in H .; removed to Portsmouth; both dead; no ch.
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XXI. SIMEON B. SHAW, son of John (17), married, 1829, Jane, daughter of 'John Perkins (16) ; lived on the homestead. Chil- dren :
Simeon (25), h. Mar. 7, 1831; m. Sarah E. Lamprey.
John Brackett (26), b. May 5, 1836; m. M. Augusta Merrill; d. Jan. 18, 1874.
XXII. EDWARD SHAW, son of John (17), married Feb. 26, 1844, Sarah Jane, danghter of Amos Towle (47) ; settled in the Drake Side district. Children :
Roger, b. May 17, 1845; d. Mar. 2, 1866.
Horace, b. Oct. 29, 1846; d. Jan. 28, 1854.
Almira Ruth, b. June 15, 1849; m. July 2, 1883, John Langdon Bartlett Thompson, son of Prof. B. B. Thompson, who taught grammar school in Exeter fourteen years, and was also a singing master. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. B. Thompson settled in Deerfield, where their children were born; moved to H. Oct. 20, 1890. Ch. : Myron Bartlett, b. and d. June 23, 1884. John Edwin, b. Aug. 1, 1885.
Thomas Brackett, b. Dec. 4, 1850; m. May 22, 1878, Mary Arabella, dau. of Jonathan S. Rollins, of No. H., where they reside. No ch.
Zipporah Jane, b. Jan. 26, 1853; m. Abbott B. Jenness, son of Simon L. (10). (p. 557.)
Amos Philip, b. Apr. 19, 1855 ; m. July 1, 1884, Alice Nugent (b. in Halifax. N. S., Feb. 9, 1854) ; live in Nottingham, where their children were born, Ch. : Mary Alice, b. May 11, 1885. Edward Philip, b. May 5, 1887. Arthur Amos, b. Mar. 16, 1889.
Mary Anna, b. Nov. 30, 1857 ; m. May 30, 1883, John S. Robinson, of Deer- field ; lived in H .; d. Feb. 4, 1890. Their ch. : Bessie Blanche, b. March, 1884.
Sarah Lydia, b. Apr. 26, 1859.
Infant, unnamed, b. Nov. 17, d. Nov. 26, 1863.
XXIII. BENJAMIN SHAW, son of Moses (18), married, first, 1819, Abigail, daughter of Moses Leavitt (22) ; second, Sept: 3, 1846, Sa- rah, daughter of Samuel Nudd (9). Children :
Emily H., b. Oct. 22, 1819; m. James Pike, of N. P .; d. June 11, 1858. Ch. : John Sewall. Georgietta. Abby. George.
Mary, b. June 4, 1821; m. George W. Philbrick (32) ; d. Aug. 9, 1883.
Sarah Abigail, b. Dec. 18, 1822; m., 1st, Ephraim Safford, of Boston, who d. 1854, leaving one son, George; 2d, James Cutler, of East Boston.
Moses, b). Aug. 11, 1824 ; m. Miriam, dau. of Daniel Dow, of No. H .; lived in that town; no children; d. Jan. 15, 1875.
Matilda L., b. Jan. 22, 1826; m. Ang. 17, 1847, George Irving.
Oliver L., b. Nov. 9, 1827; lives in Boston; m. Eliza J. Wright, of that city. Ch .: Grace Eliza. Frank.
John, b. June 27, 1830; m. Matilda Harrington; live in Wellesley, Ms. Ch. : Benjamin Harrington. Annie.
Maria, b. Aug. 25, 1833 ; m. Sept. 4, 1855, Alfred A. Ingalls, who d. Mar. 21, 1891.
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Charles L., b. June 22, 1838; m. May 9, 1860, Mary Olive, dau. of Francis P. Blake (27) ; d. without children, Apr. 29, 1872.
XXIV. DEARBORN T. SHAW, son of Moses (18), married Clarissa, daughter of Nathan Blake (21) ; lived on the homestead. Chil- dren :
Two infants, who d. in 1827 and 1829.
Clarissa, b. Aug. 30, 1830; m. Amos J. Towle (59).
Caroline L., h. Nov. 27, 1832; m. Buckley Howe; lives in Evans, Col .; has one son, Edward.
Alonzo Whipple, b. Sept. 3, 1834; lives, unm., on the homestead.
Elvira, b. Aug. 17, 1836; d. Oct. 19, 1851.
Loring Dunbar, b. July 3, 1838; inventor of mechanical appliances; m.
Lottie Boutelle, of Boston ; lives in Melrose Highlands. Ch. : Gertrude. Lottie. George.
William Henry Harrison, b. Jan. 23, 1840; d. July 9, 1857.
Eveline, b. 1842 ; d. Oct. 31, 1843.
Abby Eveline, b. Dec. 20, 1844; m., 1st, Jacob H. Eaton, of South Reading, Ms. ; 2d, Charles Harris, of Boston. Ch. : Harry Eaton, m. and went to Canada. Willie Eaton, b. 1863; d. Sept. 9, 1864.
XXV. SIMEON SHAW, son of Simeon B. (21), married Oct. 26, 1855, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Lamprey (26) ; lives on the homestead. Children :
Simeon Albert (27), b. Aug. 23, 1856; m. A. Isabel Cole.
Mary Esther, b. Aug. 31, 1858; m. John C. Blake (46).
George Edward, b. Apr. 7, 1862; d. Dec. 4, 1866.
Martha Adelaide, b. Jan. 13, 1865; m. Jotham P. Blake (47).
Flora Webster, b. Jan. 18, 1868; m. May 15, 1890, Albert C. Wilbar, of Bridgewater, Ms .; live in Boston.
Charles Edward, b. Nov. 27, 1871. Fred Merrill, b. Aug. 20, 1874.
XXVI. JOHN B. SHAW, son of Simeon B. (21), married Aug. 3, 1856, Mary Augusta Merrill, granddaughter of Aaron (1), who died Apr. 14, 1872 ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Martha Jane, b. June 22, 1857; d. Feb. 26, 1877.
Emelena Angusta, b. July 13, 1860; m. Eugene Smith, of Manchester.
Lizzie Bell, b. Aug., 1862; m. Feb. 8, 1882, Archie Jenness, of Rye.
John Franklin, b. Aug. 24, 1864.
Annie Cynthia, b. Dec. 2, 1866; d. Jan. 10, 1867.
George Brackett, Į twins, b. May 14, 1871; adopted by James Hobbs (24). Georgietta,
XXVII. SIMEON A. SHAW, farmer, town librarian, son of Simeon (25), married, 1881, Abbie Isabel, daughter of William G. Cole (5) ; > their children are of the ninth generation on the same homestead. Children :
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Elroy Garfield, b. Oct. 18, 1881. 'Everett Simeon, b. May 12, 1885. Ethel Brooks, b. Jan. 11, 1887.
XXVIII. CALEB SHAW, probably son of Joseph (7), married Ab- igail - -; settled in Kensington ; died Dec. 25, 1791. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His name, with others, is affixed to a re- ceipt, dated Medford, Oct. 4, 1775, for "Four Dollars [each Man] in full Satisfaction for the regimental Coats which were promised us by the Colony of New Hampshire." He was probably in Capt. Rich- ard Weare's company, as an order on him (then lieutenant), dated Winter Hill, Jan. 30, 1776, signed "Caleb Shaw," may still be seen. His son, "Caleb Shaw, Jun., of Kensington, aged 20," is named as a soldier, June 3, 1775. A clock, inscribed "Caleb Shaw, 1749," re- mains in the old home at Kensington. His will, made February, 1787, mentions the following children :
Caleb [b. 1755]. Elijah [ (29), b. 1760; d. May, 1830].
John. Nathaniel. Hannah (Shaw) Ladd. Sarah (Shaw) Libbey.
The church records of Hampton Falls contain the following :
Caleb Shaw married Oct. 16, 1747, Elizabeth Kimball, of Exe- ter. Children : Hannah, baptized Oct. 16, 1748. Josiah, baptized June 23, 1751. Simeon, baptized Oct. 5, 1753. Hilyard, baptized Oct. 20, 1754.
[Quere : Is this the same Caleb Shaw (28), with a former wife, and the same dau. Hannah, as above, the other children having d. before date of will?]
XXIX. ELIJAH SHAW, son of Caleb (28), married, first, Debo- rah Nudd, sister of Weare Nudd, of Kensington; second, Sarah Batchelder, of North Hampton; lived first on the estate now called "Tuck farm ;" removed to his homestead on "Orchard Hill." Had six children by first marriage, two, by second, viz. :
Mary, m. Jacob French.
Joseph, m. Betty, dau. of Doctor Rowe, of E. Ki.
Elijah, m. Lydia True, of Salisbury, N. H. John Weare (30), b. June 3, 1788; d. Apr. 23, 1852. Sally, m. Benjamin Carr, of Salisbury, Ms.
Nancy, m. - - Hall, of Alfred, Me.
Nathaniel. Abigail Cotton.
XXX. JOHN W. SHAW, son of Elijah (29), married, first, Sarah, daughter of Weare Nudd, of Kensington ; had one child; second, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Currier, of Newton, N. H .; had ten chil-
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dren ; third, Sarah (Stilson) Goodwin; fourth, Elizabeth Stilson, sister of his third wife ; had four children. Children :
John Sherburne, settled in Olean, N. Y., where he d. Sally Nudd. Susan Currier. Judith Ann.
Elijah Morrill (31) and Thomas Currier (twins, b. July 16, 1826).
Mary Abigail. Weare Nudd. George Washington.
Nathaniel Jackson. Winborn Adams.
Zachariah and Elizabeth (twins, d. young).
- (a child d. young). Edna Elizabeth.
XXXI. ELIJAH M. SHAW, Captain, son of John W. (30), settled in Nashua. He is Executive Commissioner of the New Hampshire Board of World's Fair Managers (1892-3). He married, first, A. C. Sanborn, of Brentwood, who died Mar. 20, 1865 ; second, Sept. 4, 1867, Mary Helen Davison, of Prince Edward Island. Had three children by each marriage, viz. :
Irving Chase, b. July 23, 1854 : m. Mellie Gilpatrick, of Webster, Me. ; have ch .: Harry E. Susie E. Hattie.
Annie Elizabeth. Susie Shailer (d. in infancy).
Elijah Ray. Susie McNeil (d. young). Helen Maud (d. young).
SHELTON .- See BARKER (2).
SHERBURNE.
I. SAMUEL SHERBURNE, Captain, son of Henry and Rebecca (Gib- bons) Sherbourne, of Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth), born 1638; married Dec., 1668, Love, daughter of John and Frances Hutchings, of Haverhill, Mass .; came to Hampton and kept the ordinary that had been kept many years by Robert Tuck and his successors. He was killed by Indians, at Casco, Me., Aug. 4, 1691 [p. 227]. His widow died at Kingston, Feb., 1739. Their children :
Frances, b. at Haverhill, Mar. 14, 1670; d. young.
Elizabeth, b. at Little Harbor, Feb. 5, 1672; m. Jonathan Sanborn (10).
Henry, b. Feb. 16, 1674; m. Dorothy, sister of the first Gov. John Went- worth; lived at Little Harbor; was a Provincial Councillor : d. 1757. Frances, b. Sept. 29, 1676; m., 1st, Dr. Benjamin Dole (1) ; 2d, Lieut. Wil- liam Stanford (1); d. Ang. 15, 1744.
John, b. Feb. 2, 1678; d. young.
Margaret, b. Feb. 15, 1679; m. Joseph Tilton (5) ; d. July 1, 1717.
Mary, b. May 23, 1680; d. June 25, following.
Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1682; m. Joseph Fifield (6).
Samuel, b. July 21, 1684.
Love, b. Feb. 5, 1686; m. Oct. 18, 1713, Richard Cutts.
John (2), b. Feb. 2, 1688; m. Jane Drake.
Achaicus [dau., posthumous], b. Feb. 23, 1692.
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II. JOHN SHERBURNE, son' of Samuel (1), married Nov. 12, 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham Drake (4) ; removed to Epping. Children (all but the last recorded in Hampton) :
Sarah, b. July 8, 1715; m. Joseph Freese (3) ; d. Dec. 26, 1737.
Margaret, b. June 29, 1718; m. Henry Dearborn, son of Samuel (6). Samuel (3), h. Oct. 7, 1720; m. Lydia Marston ; d. July 8, 1750.
John (4), b. Feb. 2, 1723; m. Sarah -
Love, b. Apr. 30, 1726. Jane, b. Nov. 22, 1728; d. Nov. 27, 1735.
Mary, b. Apr. 13, 1731; d. Dec. 7, 1735.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1734; d. Dec. 21, 1735.
Jane, b. Feb. 25, d. Feb. 27, 1737.
III. SAMUEL SHERBURNE, son of John (2), married July 27, 1743, Lydia, daughter of Thomas Marston (15). Their children :
Betty, b. and d. Mar. 18, 1745.
Samuel, bp. Dec. 22, 1745; lived at Wakefield.
John [William, on Town Rec. ], b. and d. Mar. 3, 1747.
Sarah, bp. June 19, 1748; m. Dr. Samuel Page (22); d. Sept. 4, 1811.
IV. JOHN SHERBURNE, son of John (2), married Sarah lived at North Hampton. Children, baptized at Hampton :
Jane, bp. Oct. 14, 1744. Mary, bp. Oct. 22, 1746.
Elizabeth, bp. July 30, 1749.
Sarah, bp. Dec. 29, 1751; m. Thomas Hobbs, son of Morris (12) ; d. Oct. 28, 1826.
Samuel, bp. June 9, 1754.
SINKLER-SINCLAIR.
I. JOIN SINKLER (written also Sinclare and Sinclair on the Town Records) and his wife, Ann, had children :
Anne, b. Apr. 15, 1711. Rachel, b. Aug. 6, 1713. Mercy, b. Apr. 5, 1717. Hannah, b. Apr. 25, 1719.
SLEEPER.
I. THOMAS SLEEPER, born about 1616, was of Hampton soon af- ter the settlement of the town. Land was granted to him as early as 1646. He lived several years near the Jesse Lamprey place ; but la- ter in life, on what is now known as Shaw's Hill, on the road leading from the school-house in the easterly part of the town, to Little River. His was then a frontier house, no other family living so remote in that direction from the main settlement. From him and his descend- ants that part of the town was called Sleeper-town (since corrupted into Sleepy-town). He died July 30, 1696, and his family after- wards removed to the newly incorporated town of Kingston, where
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his wife, Joanna, died Feb. 5, 1703. She was brought to Hampton for burial. Children :
Elizabeth, m., 1st, Abraham Perkins (6) ; 2d, Alexander Denham (1) ; 3d, Richard Smith.
Mary, m. Dea. Gershom Elkins (2). Ruth, b. June 1, 1650; m. Aretas Leavitt (2).
John, b. Sept. 10, 1652. Naomi, b. Apr. 15, 1655; m. Timothy Blake (2). Moses, b. at Haverhill, Mar. 13, 1658. Aaron (2), b. Feb. 20, 1661.
Luther, b. Nov. 14, 1668; d. May 19, 1670.
II. AARON SLEEPER, son of Thomas (1), married May 23. 1682, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Shaw (2); lived with his parents on Shaw's Hill ; removed to Kingston ; had a numerous family, of whom eleven were born in Hampton as follows :
Moses, b. Jan. 2, 1684. Thomas, b. Nov. 3, 1686.
Aaron, b. July 23, 1688 ; prob. d. young.
f prob. d. young.
Joseph, twins, b. June 14, 1690; (m. July 18, 1717, Mary, dau. of Benja-
John,
min Towle (+) ; lived at Ki. ; d. prob. as early as 1720; had a dau. Mary, b. July 18, 1720.
Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1692. Elisha, b. May 9, 1694.
Hezekiah, b. May 11, 1696. Ebenezer, b. May 18, 1697; d. 1698.
Jonathan, b. Mar. 17, 1699 ; prob. d. young.
Abigail, b. Apr. 17, 1700; m. Nov. 9, 1721, Isaac Fellows (2).
SMITH INDEX.
ROBERT'S LINE.
I ROBERT.
VII ISRAEL.
John the tailor,3 Joseph.4 VIII JABEZ.
III JOHN, the tailor.
John. 11
Israel,7 Jabez.8
XI JOHN.
IV JOSEPH.
LIEUT. JOHN'S LINE.
II LIEUT. JOHN, the cooper.
Capt. John,5 Samuel.6
X STEPHEN.
William,13 Samuel.14
XII CHRISTOPHER.
V CAPT. JOHN. Benjamin.9
XIII WILLIAM.
VI SAMUEL. Stephen.10
XIV SAMUEL.
IX BENJAMIN.
XV ROBERT.
Christopher. 12
XVI MARVIN F.
SMITH.
Two families of Smith, descended respectively from Robert and John, whose relationship to each other, if any, is unknown, are found
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early in Hampton. Robert is. thought to have been living in Boston in 1638, when our town was settled ; while John, if born, must have been a boy, in the island home of his parents.
Two individuals of the name, not apparently connected with either family, were also living here at an early period. From the mention of both among the people concerned in the witchcraft trials. it seems probable that they may have been brother and sister. These were Nathaniel and Ann Smith.
The Salisbury Court Records contain the following, dated Apr. 10, 1677: "Nathaniel Smith being given to Dea. Wm Godfrey & his wife Margerie as their own & they having kept him from a child, Dea. God- frey being now dead & his widow having married John Marian, the court order that Smith shall continue & abide wth the sd Marion & wife until he comes to ye age of one & twenty yeare & shall do them faithful service."
Nathaniel Smith, "aged about twenty years," was one of the wit- nesess in the trial of Goody Fuller, for murdering John Godfrey's child by witchcraft (p. 85). His deposition was taken July 14, 1680. On the thirty-first of the same month, an inquest was held on his dead body, and the verdict rendered was: "We found him in a canoe at the landing place, with his face bloody ; and we, washing and search- ing him, do judge that water was the cause of his death, by drown- ing."
Ann Smith was alleged to be a victim of Goody Cole's wiles (p. 80). The year that Goody Cole died, Ann Smith, probably the same Ann, married Israel Clifford (4).
Henry Smith is also mentioned (p. 363).
I. ROBERT SMITH, born about 1611, was of Exeter, and a signer of the Combination, in 1639. He settled in Hampton as early as 1657, his homestead being where Joseph Johnson now lives. He was by trade, a tailor. Susanna, his wife, was killed by lightning, June 12, 1680. He died Aug. 30, 1706. We find no record of his chil- dren's births, and the following list may not be complete, nor ar- ranged in order of age. Children :
John (3), m., 1st, Rebecca Adams; 2d, Rebecca Marston.
Meribah, m. Francis Page (2). Asahel.
Jonathan, brick-maker, m. Jan. 25, 1670, Mehetabel Holdred; settled in Ex- eter. Ch .: Israel. Jacob. Ithiel. Abigail, b. June 22, 1678 ; m. Mo- ses Blake (5). Joseph. Leah. Mehetabel.
Joseph (4), b. ab. 1653; m., 1st, Dorothy Cotton; 2d, Mary Moore; 3d, Elizabeth Marshall; d. Nov. 15, 1717.
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JOHN SMITH, "the cooper," and his sister, Deborah, children of John Smith, of Martha's Vineyard, were in Hampton early in the lat- ter half of the Seventeenth century. Deborah married Nathaniel Batchelder (3).
In 1674 John conveyed to Stephen Hussey his property on Nan- tucket, bequeathed him by his father, "John Smith, of the Vineyard, deceased."
II. JOHN SMITH, Lieutenant, usually called the cooper, son of John Smith, of Martha's Vineyard, married Feb. 26, 1667, Huldah, daugh- ter of Christopher Hussey (2). He died Dec. 2, 1708. Children :
Theodate, b. Dec. 16, 1667; d. Oct. 2, 1675.
John (5), b. Aug. 21, 1669 ; m. Abigail Shaw; d. July 24, 1752.
Deborah, b. Apr. 7, d. Aug. 11, 1671.
Samuel (6), b. Oct. 31, 1672; m., 1st, Ruth Haskell; 2d, Elizabeth Pease; d. Nov. 23, 1738.
Stephen, b. Apr. 23, 1674; d. July 22, 1692.
Huldah, b. July 6, 1676; m. Thomas Dearborn (13).
Christopher, b. Dec. 12, 1677; d. Aug. 18, 1701.
Deborah, b. Apr. 12, 1679; d. Feb. 21, 1682. Philip, b. ab. 1683; d. Jan. 14, 1745.
Elisha, Lieutenant, farmer, b. ab. 1685; m. Abigail, dau. of John Marston (6); d. Feb., 1759.
Abigail, b. Feb. 24, 1687; m. Jonathan Marston (12).
Mary, b. ab. 1690; m. Jeremiah Marston (16); d. Jan. 15, 1760.
III. JOHN SMITH, called the tailor, son of Robert (1), married, first, May 14, 1675, Rebecca Adams, who died Sept. 15, 1675; sec- ond, Aug. 23, 1676, Rebecca, daughter of William Marston (3). Their children :
David, b. Mar. 8, 1678.
Israel (7), b. Apr. 12, 1680; m. Sarah Libbey; d. Mar. 20, 1706.
Susanna, b. Oct. 14, 1682 ; m. Benjamin James (1); d. Apr. 4, 1743.
Jabez (8), b. ab. 1685; m. Rachel Moulton ; d. May 28, 1761.
Rebecca, b. June 25, 1687; m. John Moulton (12) ; d. Feb. 25, 1741.
Meribah, b. 1689; m. Seth Fogg (6).
Dorothy, b. at Amesbury, Ms .. Aug. 20, 1692.
Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1695 ; m. Jacob Moulton (15) ; [or did he m. Sarah, wid. of Israel Smith (7) ?; his wife d. Apr. 6, 1739].
IV. JOSEPH SMITH, Colonel, Judge, son of Robert (1), was a jus- tice of the Superior Court, 1694 to 1699 ; Chief Justice, 1698; was Judge of Probate 1703 to 1708; was provincial treasurer; select- man, six years ; representative, several years. He married, first, Dorothy, daughter of Rev. Seaborn Cotton (1) ; second, Apr. 17, 1707, Mary Moore, who died Oct. 15, 1708; third, Feb. 16, 1709,
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widow Elizabeth Marshall, who survived him. He lived on his fath- er's homestead ; had no children. (A Mrs. Elizabeth Smith married July 5, 1720, Ephraim Jackson.)
V. JOHN SMITH, Captain, son of Lieut. John (2), married Apr. 11, 1695, Abigail, daughter of Benjamin Shaw (3) ; lived on the "Bramble Hill" road, in North Hampton, where Horace Leavitt now lives. Children :
Stephen, b. May 26, 1696.
Benjamin (9), b. May 31, 1697; m. Mary Hobbs.
Jedidah (a dau.), b. May 25, 1699.
Sylvanus, b. Mar. 29, 1701; m. Mrs. Mary Weare, dau. of Joseph Taylor (3) ; settled in Chester. Had a dau. Huldah, b. ab. 1762.
Ruth, b. Apr. 3, 1703; m. David Page (15) ; d. at No. H., July 3, 1769.
Paul, b. Jan. 8, 1704; m. wid. Love Gross, dau. of Reuben Marston (20) ; settled in Chester. Had a dau. Abigail, b. 1755. He d. ab. 1765. Abigail, b. July 6, 1707.
Jerusha, b. Feb. 2, 1709; in. Caleb Marston (22) ; d. Nov. 13, 1738.
John, b. Apr., 1712; m., Ist, Sept. 11, 1740, Sarah, dau. of James Leavitt (4); 2d, Jan. 26, 1744, Rachel, dau. of Roger Shaw (6); lived on the homestead; d. at No. H., Dec. 23, 1769. Ch. : Sarah. Sylvanus. ' Philip. Abigail. Alice. John and Sarah, twins.
VI. SAMUEL SMITH, son of Lieut. John (2), married, first, Dec. 8, 1696, Ruth Haskell, who died Jan. 20, 1700; second, Jan. 22, 1707, Elizabeth Pease. Children :
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