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WALL.
I. JAMES WALL married, first, -; second, widow Mary Tuck, daughter of Thomas Philbrick (1). His honse-lot was next north of the Tuck lot, being between the present Drake Side road and Oliver Towle's, then Thomas Webster's. He died Oct. 3, 1659, leav- ing by will his house and house-lot to his wife, Mary, and their daugh- ters, Mary and Hannah. The will confirms to his two eldest children (by his first marriage) his farm, before given them by deed, "which lyeth westward of Robert Page's land and bounded with the salt river called Taylor's River toward the South"-etc. Children :
Elizabeth, m. Thomas Harvey.
Sarah, m. Thomas Dow. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1656; m. John Marston (6) ; d. Dec. 13, 1708.
Hannah, b. Mar. 17, 1658; m. Benjamin Moulton (7).
WARD.
I THOMAS WARD was a selectman of Hampton eight years, from 1644. Ile had a house-lot on the northerly side of the Exeter road (near the railroad crossing). He probably lived on this lot a few years and then removed to a lot on the road from the "Meeting-house Green" to the Falls, bought of William Howard, which has been in the Ward family ever since. His house stood a little southwesterly of the present Ward barn. His wife, Margaret, is said to have been a daughter of Roger Shaw (1). The time of Mr. Ward's death. is un- certain (perhaps 1680). Children :
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Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1651; m. John Mason (1) ; d. May 21, 1697.
Mary, b. 1653; m. John Dearborn (4) ; d. Dec. 14, 1725.
Hannah, b. Dec. 29, 1655.
Thomas (2), b. Jan. 3, 1666; m. Sarah - -; d. Mar. 15, 1743.
II. THOMAS WARD, Captain, son of Thomas (1), married Sarah (born about 1688 ; died Dec. 23, 1763) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Thomas (3), b. Jan. 9, 1692; m. Rachel Sanborn.
Abel, b. Jan. 1, 1694; m. Oct. 23, 1724, Mary Melcher, of HI. F. ; settled in that town. Their ch. : HIannah, b. Feb. 21, 1725. Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1726. Samuel, b. Mar. 20, 1731. Jonathan, b. Dec. 11, 1732. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1734; m. Reuben Sanborn (43). Nathaniel, b. Nov. 15, 1735. Samuel, b. June 9, 1737. John and Melcher (twins), b. May 29, 1739. Noah (4), b May 16, 1696; m. Sarah - -; d. June 5, 1774.
Shadrach, b. Oct. 22, 1699; m. Margaret -
; lived at II. F.
Ilad ch. :
Mary, b Oct. 28, 1725. Thomas, b. Jan. 29, 1727.
Sarah, b. May 20, 1702; m. - - Sleeper.
Margaret, b. July 2, 1705; m. Samuel Locke, son of Edward (4).
Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1707 ; d., unm., Mar. 4, 1736.
III. THOMAS WARD, son of Thomas (2), married [Dec. 4, 1718 ?] Rachel, daughter of Nathaniel Sanborn (8) ; lived at Hampton Falls. Their children :
Jeremiah, b. Sept. 27, 1719. Daniel, b. Nov. 10, 1721. "
Rachel, m. William Lane (7).
IV. NOAH WARD, son of Thomas (2) married Sarah [Shaw, daughter of Benjamin's (3) daughter Ruth?]; remained on the home- stead. She died Nov. 3, 1788. Children :
Noah, b. Aug. 30, 1728; d Dec. 30. 1735.
Cotton (5), b Sept. 29, 1734; m. Hannah Nudd; d. May 4, 1802.
V. COTTON WARD, Lieutenant, son of Noah (4), married Jan. 31, 1759, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Nudd (4) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Simon, Captain, b. May 1, 1760; m., 1st, Mar. 2, 1784, Abigail Fullonton ; 2d, July 5, 1803, Polly Edmunds, of Candia, where he was then living. He had lived in No. 11. where Dea. Samuel F. French now lives. He d. Ang. 25, 1829. Their ch. : Simon. Cotton. John. Sarah. Anna. Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1762; m. Jonathan Drake, son of Abraham (9) ; d. Dec. 21, 1822.
Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1763; m. Dec. 17, 1781, Maj. James Drake, of Chiches. ter (now Pittsfield), son of Simon and gr.son of Abraham (6).
Rachel, b. Nov. 24, 1765; m. June 20, 1786, William Berry, of Greenland ; d. 1835. Had twelve ch.
Deborah, b. Jan 11, 1768; m. Levi Batchelder (23) ; d. Nov. 30, 1839. Thomas (6), b. Jan. 2, 1770; m. Lydia Garland; d. Feb. 19, 1818.
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VI. THOMAS WARD, Captain, son of Lient. Cotton (5), married Sept. 7, 1793, Lydia, daughter of Dea. Jonathan Garland (12) ; inherited the homestead. A few years later, he bought the house built (on a lot adjoining his homestead) for the use of Rev. William Pidgin, while he was in the ministry here, and removed to it soon af- terward. It is the same which Mrs. Dorothy Ward now occupies. Children :
Joseph, b. June 19, 1794; m. Jan. 24, 1819, Eliza, dan. of John Brown, of No. H. He was drowned in H. river, Aug. 20, 1819. His wid m., 2d, Nathaniel Batchelder, son of Nathaniel (25). Mr. Ward's ch. : Josephine (posthumons), b. Dec. 22, 1819 ; m. June 23, 1842, John S. Hobbs, of No. HI. [See Morris (12)].
Sarah, b. June 23, 1797; m., 1st, Col. John Dearborn (34); 2d, Sept. 23, 1841, Dr. David Augustus Grosvenor, of Reading, Ms. She d. Oct. 10, 1884; buried in H.
Noah, b. July 8, 1799 ; d. July 1, 1801.
Abigail, b. Apr. 12, 1801; m. Benson Leavitt, son of Thomas (18) ; d. Oct. 3, 1851.
Deborah, b. Mar. 10, 1804; m. Thayer S. Sanborn, of H. F., son of The- ophilus (45) ; d. Mar. 23, 1858.
Marcia Greenleaf, b. Feb. 28, 1808 ; m. Nov. 10, 1835, John Perkins, of H. F. ; d. March 3, 1839. One ch.
Thomas (7), b. Sept. 23, 1810; m. Dorothy Garland; d. July 2, 1861.
Lydia, b. July 21, 1817; m. Aug. 12, 1840, Jenness Brown, gr. son of Si- mon, son of Zechariah (15) ; d. in N. P., Feb., 1876. Four ch.
VII. THOMAS WARD, son of Capt. Thomas (6), married June 15, 1837, his cousin Dorothy, daughter of Dea. Samuel Garland (13) ; lived on the homestead. He died without children, leaving the es- tate by will to his widow, who is the last of the family and name in Hampton.
WARDWEI L.
I. ELIAKIM WARDWELL, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, baptized in Boston, Nov. 23, 1634; married Oct. 17, 1659, Lydia, daughter of Isaac Perkins (2) ; occupied the farm owned first by Rev. Mr. Bachi- ler and afterwards by Rev. Mr. Wheelwright, till sold by the latter to Philip Towle. Children :
Joseph, b. Dec. 29, 1660.
Margaret, b. May 23, 1664.
WEARE ARMS, SEALS AND SIGNATURES.
The accompanying plate of the Weare arms, seals and signatures, was prepared by the late William M. Sargent, Esq., of Portland, Me., and is thus explained :
The signature marked (1) is that of Chief Justice Nathaniel Weare (No. I in the Genealogy), at the age of sixty-seven, and together with
Peter 20 bar ®
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the Day of Torember 1698 and acknowlighed the abour written lafor of atory to boo his act Jsou before Nath novarojofy tounfall 1
4 April 1733.
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From & Dead 23 May 1735 Poter Weare
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The fragmentary arms, as shown on the above seals, should in their Extinity, bes tricked this. Compare mut "Burkes Armory". which gives this description of the arms of Weare of Wear. Gifford Concity of Devow .; Argent, ou a bend vent, between six crosses crosslet fitchie gules, three crozier on"
W.M.Sangenty
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that marked (3) of his son, Col. Peter Weare (II), is taken from an original power of attorney from said Peter to Capt. John Picker- ing, of the date shown, to prosecute against Richard King, of Kittery, such claims as accrued to him in right of his (second) wife, the daugh- ter of Gabriel Tetherly, of Kittery, and widow of John West.
The signature marked (2) is that of Hon. Nathaniel Weare (III), at the age of sixty-four, taken from his official acknowledgment of a deposition, now in the Willis MSS. collection.
That marked (3) is the signature of Col. Peter Weare (II), sealed with the fragmentary family coat-of-arms, as shown, at the age of thirty-eight, obtained as explained above : that marked (4) is his signature at the age of sixty-two, obtained from an original deed, also accompanied with a fragmentary impression of the family coat-of- arms, as shown.
That marked (5) is the signature of Capt. Peter Weare, son of Nathaniel (III), at the age of forty, obtained from an original deed.
That marked (6) is the signature of Joseph Weare, "the Indian Killer," son of Capt. Peter Weare and grandson of Nathaniel (III), at the age of fifteen : that marked (7) is his signature at the age of twenty-three ; both obtained from original documents.
WEARE.
I. NATHANIEL WEARE, Honorable, son of Nathaniel, an early pro- prietor of Newbury, Mass., was born in England, 1631 ; married Dec. 3, 1656, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Swayne (1) ; lived a few years in Newbury, and in 1662 removed to Hampton, which was thenceforth his home, having received a conveyance of land from his father-in-law, who had then gone to Nantucket. Mr. Weare settled at what is now Fogg's Corner, in Seabrook, where David Chase lives. A remarkably handsome elm, which he probably set out, adorns the place. He was one of the most influential men in the town and throughout the province. We have seen how, in the troublous times of Cranfield and Mason, he went as agent twice, to England, to lay the people's grievances be- fore the king [Chap. v]. Returning with success and honor, he re- sumed his offices and trusts. He served as councillor more than twenty years, and resigned at last, in 1715, on account of old age. In 1694-5, he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and he con- tinned a Justice of the Peace and Quorum till he retired from public life. In town offices, on much intricate business, and in private conn- sel, he was held in high esteem. He died May 13, 1718 [p. 168]. Children :
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Elizabeth, b. in Newbury, Jan. 5, 1658; m. Thomas Cram (3).
Peter (2), b. in Newbury, Nov. 15, 1660; m., 1st, Elizabeth Wilson; 2d, Elizabeth West; d. after Sept., 1744.
Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1663; d. Sept. 6, 1682. Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1666. Nathaniel (3), b. Aug. 29, 1669; m., 1st, Huldalı Hussey ; 2d, Mary Wait; d. Mar. 26, 1755.
Ilannah, b. Jan. 7, 1673. Abigail, b. Sept. 13, 1676.
Mehetabel, m. Benjamin Hilliard (3) ; d. Oct. 29, 1703.
II. PETER WEARE, Colonel, son of Nathaniel (1), married, first, Jan. 6, 1692, Elizabeth Wilson, of Exeter, who died June 29, of the same year ; second, Elizabeth, widow of John West, and daughter of Gabriel Tetherly. He was a real estate dealer and a "taverner." He succeeded his father, as councillor ; and was a justice of the Superior Court four years. Though he never attained to his father's greatness, he was yet a man of influence in public affairs ; was Speaker of the House of Representatives from July, 1722, to Nov., 1727 ; was a com- missioner on the boundary lines. Children :
Peter, b. Dec. 22, 1698. Nathaniel, b. 1700 or 1701 ; d. May 15, 1715. Susanna, h. Aug. 1, 1702 ; m. Nathaniel Healey (3).
Ebenezer, b. Mar. 4, 1708; m. Apr. 3, 1735, Prudence, dau. of Edward Locke (4). Had a son, Nathaniel, b. July 8, 1736.
Stephen, b. 1710; d. Dec. 18, 1710.
There are now no descendants of Col. Peter Weare, who bear his name.
III. NATHANIEL WEARE, Esquire, Deacon, son of Nathaniel (1), married, first, Nov. 17, 1692, Huldah, daughter of John Hussey (4) ; second, Ang. 24, 1703, Mary Wait. He was eight years a Justice of the Peace, and four years a Justice of the Superior Court; chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dee., 1727 ; reelected, Apr., 1728, but yielded to Governor Wentworth's hostility, and withdrew. He dealt in real estate in Maine; and in one of his deeds, he is styled "millwright." He built a mill in North Yarmouth, and deeded it to his son Peter. His home was where the late David F. · Boyd lived, in Seabrook. There, too, is a fine old elm. Children : Daniel (4), b. Sept. 12, 1693; m., 1st, Abigail Green; 2d, Mary Taylor ; d. July, 1733.
Peter, Capt., b. Jan. 16, 1695; m. Sarah Felt ; lived at No. Yarmouth, Me., where he was drowned, Apr. 13, 1743.
John (5), b. Nov. 12, 1696; m. Deborah Taylor. Hannah, b. Jan. 12, 1699. Huldah, b. Jan. 16, 1701; [m. Isaac Green, son of Isaac (3) ?].
Nathan, b. Sept. 22, 1705 ; d., unm., June 17, 1725.
Mary, b. Nov. 19, 1706; m. Jeremiah Brown, son of Benjamin (2).
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Mercy, b. Mar. 22, 1708.
Sarah, b. July 5, 1709 ; m. Jonathan Dow, son of Simon (6).
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1711; m. Joseph Tilton, son of Joseph (5).
Meshech (6), b. Jan. 16, 1713; m., Ist, Elizabeth Shaw; 2d, Mehetabel Wainwright; d. Jan. 14, 1786.
Abigail, b. May 17, 1716; m. Col. Abraham Drake (9) ; d. Sept. 20, 1740. Mehetabel, b. Dec. 18, 1720; m. Caleb Sanborn, son of Abuer (19) ; d. May 22, 1804.
IV. DANIEL WEARE, son of Nathaniel (3), married, first, Jan. 29, 1719, Abigail, daughter of Jacob Green (4) ; second, Mary, daughter of Capt. Joseph Taylor (3). Children :
Nathaniel, b. Sept. 2, 1725 ; d. 1734.
Daniel, b. July 3, 1728 ; went to Chester. Joseph Taylor (7), b. June 3, 1731 ; m. Sarah Marston. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 5, 1734.
V. JOHN WEARE, son of Nathaniel (3), married Dec. 6, 1720, Deborah, daughter of Capt. Joseph Taylor (3). Children :
Joseph, b. Nov. 21, 1721.
Susanna, b. July 28, 1723 ; [m. Nathaniel Healey, son of Nathaniel (3?)]. Jonathan, Deacon, b. June 28, 1724; m., Ist, Jan. 1, 1747, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Joshua Lane (3) ; 2d, Mary French; d. 1790.
Mary, bp. Nov. 13, 1726. John. Huldah, b. Feb., 1730.
Jemima, b. Mar. 19, 1732. Deborah, b. Aug. 19, 1735.
Dea. Jonathan Weare (above) had children by first marriage : Han- nah. Abigail. Peter. Jonathan. John. The youngest, John,. married, 1780, Thankful Hubbard ; died 1800. Children : Joseph Hub- bard. Sarah Lane. John. Of these, Joseph Hubbard, born 1781 ; married in Hampton, Oct. 21, 1804, Betsy Mitchell, of South Hampton ; died 1822. Their children :
Joseph Hubbard, b. Nov. 26, 1805; m. May 31, 1829, Polly Brown; d. Dec. 8, 1880. Ch. : Lurana, b. July, 1830; d., unm., Sept. 14, 1852. George Austin, b. Jan. 6, 1833; m. May, 1860, Mary L. Chase; have a son, Ever- ett A., b. June 7, 1866 ; m. 1886, Lizzie Elkins, and has one dau.
Mary Ann. Elizabeth Brown. Sarah Lane. John Mitchell. Benjamin Swett, b. Mar. 12, 1818; d. Oct. 22, 1837.
JOHN M. WEARE, Colonel, Honorable, son of Joseph H. and Betsy (above), was born in Seabrook, 1814; married, 1836, Mary Morrill, daughter of David Gove, of Seabrook ; settled as a farmer in that town in 1844. No children. He was Colonel of the old Third regiment (p. 300) ; President of Rockingham Agricultural Society, 1867-8; member of state board of agriculture, 1875-'77; member of New
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Hampshire Senate two years, from 1853; representative to General Court from Seabrook, 1875 and '76 ; notary public, 1891. He is a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the state and has done a large amount of probate business.
Colonel Weare assumed the responsibility and to a great extent ,paid the cost of inserting the engraving of the Weare arms, seals and ·signatures in this work.
An original bond has come down to him, dated December 15, 1755, from Jeremiah Eastman, of Kensington, to Jonathan Weare, of Hamp- ton Falls (great-grandfather of Colonel Weare), in the sum of £1000, lawful money, for the care and support during their natural lives and proper burial at their deaths, of "a Negro man Slave Named Jack and an Indian Woman Slave Named Bess, who were Lately the Servants of Nathaniel Weare Esq., late of Hampton Falls, deceased," for which said Jonathan Weare "hath paid to said Jeremiah Eastman £500 old tenor." The bond was witnessed by Meshech Weare and Mehetabel Weare.
VI. MESHECH WEARE, Honorable, son of Nathaniel (3), was gradu- ated from Harvard College, 1735 ; studied for the ministry and preached acceptably, but was so eminently qualified for civic offices and so often elected, he gave up theology and devoted himself to public life. Though his whole public career was after Hampton Falls hecame a town, yet he was born several years before that event, and Hampton justly claims the honor of his nativity. It is written of him : "No name has descended to posterity with more unsullied reputation than that of Meshech Weare." And again : "His department of duty was not of the kind which builds for its faithful performer a pyramid of glory, but one of which the results are felt rather than observed by posterity. His position is rather a niche in the temple of liberty than a monnment in that of fame."
That his townsmen appreciated his worth is proved by their elect- ing him representative to the General Court year after year, from 1745 to 1755, and again from '62 to '71, and once more, in '74 and '75, till the royal government closed. During three of those years he was Speaker, and eight years, Clerk of the House. In 1754, being then a colonel in the militia, under the crown, he was appointed a delegate from the colony of New Hampshire to the Albany conven- tion for providing means of safety against the French and securing the alliance of the Indians. Appointed a justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, in 1747, he held the office for twenty-eight years; and in 1776 was raised to the dignity of Chief Justice, retiring in 1782.
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During the crucial times just before the Revolution, when men were fired with indignation for the wrong's inflicted by the mother country, and later, when the storm burst, Mr. Weare, who, in his various offi- cial capacities had been accustomed to weigh calmly and act deliber- ately, disapproved of many of the popular measures. He was a friend of Governor Wentworth, and for a time was believed to be inclined to the tory side. But when, in 1775, a congress was called at Exeter, for organizing a state government, Mr. Weare, in the second week of the session. took his seat as a member, and was hailed with joy, as thus committing himself to the cause of liberty and as one on whom they might safely lean. He was made a member of the committee which framed a form of government, entered upon in January, 1776, to continue during the war. By its provisions, the congress resolved itself into a House of Representatives or Assembly, and chose twelve persons, of whom Mr. Weare was one, to form a separate branch of the Legislature, called the Council, with power to elect its own presi- dent. Mr. Weare was at once chosen to the office and held it through the war. As if this were not honor enough, he was made chairman of the Committee of Safety, retaining that office, too, for the same pe- riod. Then, when the state constitution was adopted, in 1784, Hon. Meshech Weare was elected first President without a dissenting vote. Declining a reelection, he retired to private life the next year, having wielded more power in the several branches of government than were ever recorded to another, and having led gloriously through the dan- gers of the war and the crisis of a return to peace.
The state of New Hampshire erected a massive monument to his memory, on Hampton Falls hill, in 1853.
Hon. Meshech Weare married, first, July 20, 1738, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Dea. Samuel Shaw (4) ; second, Dec. 11, 1746, Mehetabel Wainwright, who died 1781 ; lived at "the Hill," on Deacon Shaw's homestead, now owned by the heirs of Zebulun Dow. Children :
Samuel, b 1741. Mary, b. 1743. Nathan, b. 1747.
Elizabeth, b. 1749. Abigail, b. 1750.
Richard, b. 1752; Captain of 2d Company Third N. H. Regt. (Col. Scam- mell's), mustered, Apr., 1777. Hle was killed at Fort Ann, N. Y., on the retreat of the Americans from Ticonderoga.
Hannah, b. 1754. Nathaniel, b. 1757.
Thomas Wibird, b. 1758. Redford, b. 1761.
VII. JOSEPH TAYLOR WEARE, son of Daniel (4), married Feb. 7, 1751, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Ephraim Marston (17) ; lived in Hamp- ton ; removed to Orford. Children :
Mary Taylor, bp. Sept. 24, 1752; d. Nov. 21, 1754. Joseph, b. Oct. 7, 1754.
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Daniel (8), b. Apr. 22, 1757 ; m. Betty Hobbs; d. Mar. 20, 1835.
Nathaniel, b. May 27, 1759. Sarah, b. Ang. 23, 1761.
VIII. DANIEL WEARE, son of Joseph Taylor (7), married Nov. 23, 1785, Betty, daughter of Capt. Morris Hobbs (17). Children : Taylor (9), b. Oct. 1, 1786 ; m. Mary Redman; d. Mar. 4, 1849.
IX. TAYLOR WEARE, son of Daniel (8), married May 21, 1820, Mary, daughter of Joseph Redman (7). Children :
Daniel (10), b. June 22, 1821 ; m. Sarah A. Lamprey.
Joseph Taylor, b. May 6, 1823; d. Ang. 12, 1826.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1825; d. Aug. 11, 1826.
Joseph Taylor (11), b. Dec. 3, 1828 ; m. Sarah F. Dow.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 7, 1831; m. Jeremiah Locke (13).
Sarah, b. Aug. 24, 1834 ; in. Thomas S. Blake, son of George T. (34).
X. DANIEL WEARE, son of Taylor (9), married Apr. 23, 1850, Sarah Abby, daughter of John Lamprey (19). Their son :
Henry Taylor (12), b. Feb. 21, 1851 ; m. Julia E. Lane.
XI. JOSEPH T. WEARE, son of Taylor (9), married Apr. 23, 1854, Sarah Felch Dow, of Seabrook. Children :
Ella Maria, b. Jan. 17, 1855; m. Sept. 5, 1877, James Henry Jenness, of No. H. ; lived in H ; removed to Colorado. She d. Mar. 2, 1882. Their son, Wesley, b. Dec. 2, 1878; d. July, 1882.
Charles Austin, b. Mar. 13, 1857; m. Dec. 21, 1881, Kate Julia Pritchett ; lives in II.
Rosie Bell, b. Aug. 20, 1859; m. Dec. 28, 1881, John Wesley Richardson, of Andover, Ms.
Annie Lanra, b. Dec. 17, 1864; m. Oct. 10, 1889, Edgar W. Deal, station master and telegraph operator in H.
Alice Sarah, b. Ang. 24, 1867. (p 497.)
Josephine, b. June, 1872; d. July 20, 1879.
XII. HENRY T. WEARE, son of Daniel (10), married, 1876, Julia E., daughter of Oliver Lane (30) ; lives on his father's homestead. Children :
Gracie May, b. Mar. 1, 1877. Mabel Taylor, h. Nov. 30, 1878.
Blanche Florence, b. Oct. 20, 1881. Carrie Lonisa, b. Ang. 27, 1883.
Hannah, wife of Bailey Tenney and daughter of Nathaniel Weare, died in Hampton July 7, 1835. She was a granddaughter of IIon. Meshech Weare.
WEBSTER.
I. THOMAS WEBSTER, of Ormsby, Norfolk Co., Eng., married Margaret - ; had a son, Thomas (2), and died in England Apr., 1634. His widow married, second, William Godfrey (1). Her son came to Hampton with her.
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II. THOMAS WEBSTER, son of Thomas (1), of Ormsby, married Nov. 2, 1657, at Hampton, Sarah Bruer (Brewer) ; lived where William Howard had lived, near where Oliver Towle now lives; died Jan. 5, 1715, aged eighty-three years. Children :
Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1658; m. William Swaine (3).
Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1661; m. William Lane (1).
Hannah, b. Dec. 27, 1663; d. Feb. 1, 1664.
Thomas (3), b. Jan. 20, 1665; m. Sarah
Ebenezer, b. Aug. 1, 1667; was one of the grantees of Kingston in 1694. His gr. son, Ebenezer Webster, b. in Ki., 1739, was one of the first pro- prietors of Stevenstown, incorporated as Salisbury, 1767. He settled in that part of the town now Franklin; m., 1st, Mehetabel Smith ; 2d, Ab- igail Eastman. The illustrious Daniel Webster was a son by the second marriage.
Isaac (4), b. Apr. 12, 1670; m. Mary Hutchins.
John (5), h. Feb. 16, 1674; m. Abiah Shaw. Joshua, b. Nov. 8, 1676.
Abigail, b. Jan. 1, 1679 ; m. John Nay (1); d. Aug. 31, 1758.
III. THOMAS WEBSTER, son of Thomas (2), married Saralı Children :
Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1690. Mary, b. May 19, 1696. Alice, b. Aug. 5, 1698. Benjamin, bp. Oct. 19, 1701.
Deborah, b. ab. Nov., 1702; m. Oct. 12, 1724, Zebulun Giddings, of Exeter ; d. Feb 2, 1767.
Joshua, bp. Oct. 17, 1703. Abigail, bp. Oct. 20, 1706.
IV. ISAAC WEBSTER, son of Thomas (2), married Apr. 1, 1697, Mary Hutchins ; was living in Newbury, Apr. 12, 1706. Children, baptized in Hampton :
John, bp. June 27, 1697. Jonathan, bp. May 21, 1699.
Hannahı, bp. Feb. 22, 1702 (b. Feb. 10). Elizabeth, bp. Apr. 16, 1704.
V. JOHN WEBSTER, son of Thomas (2), married Sept. 21, 1703, Abialı Shaw (written also Abial). Children :
Jeremiah, b. Dec. 21, 1703.
Charity. Į twins, b. Apr. 2, 1706.
Josialı,
John, b. Feb. 10, 1712; (settled in Chester?).
Thomas, b. July 1, 1715. Caleb, b. Mar. 19, 1719; d. July 17, 1735. Abiah, b. Jan. 20, 1722; d. July 2, 1736. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1724. Charity, bp. Aug. 6, 1727.
VI. JOSIAH WEBSTER, clergyman, born 1772; married Elizabeth, daughter of Maj. Eliphalet and Martha Knight ;. pastor of Congrega- tional church in Hampton, 1808 to his death in 1837 (see pastorate and biographical notice, Chapter xxv). Widow Martha Knight, Mrs.
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HISTORY OF IIAMPTON.
Webster's mother, died in Hampton Apr. 14, 1833, aged eighty- five years. Mrs. Webster died in Boscawen, Apr. 9, 1849. Children :
Eliphalet Knight (7), b. in that part of Ipswich now Essex, Ms., May 3, 1802; m. Emily Webster; d. Nov. 9, 1881.
Josiah (8), b. in Essex, Oct. 25, 1803; m. Mary L. Brickett; d. Sept. 3, 1852.
Elizabeth Clifford, b. in Essex, June 10, 1805; d. in infancy.
John Calvin (9), b. in H., Jan. 19, 1810; m., 1st, Rebecca G. Russell; 2d, Elizabeth R. Bouton ; d. Aug. 13, 1884.
Joseph Dana (10), b. in H., Aug. 25, 1811; m. Ann E. Wright; d. Mar. 13, 1876.
Elizabeth Knight, h. and d. in H., Dec., 1813.
Claudius Buchanan (11), b. in H., Dec. 10, 1815; m. Mary E. Webster.
VII. ELIPHALET K. WEBSTER, physician, son of Rev. Josiah (6), studied medicine at Dartmonth Medical College ; was graduated M.D., 1837 ; settled as a physician in New Chester(now Hill), N. H. He mar- ried Emily, danghter of Col. Ebenezer Webster and wife, she be- ing a sister of the great statesman, Daniel Webster. Dr. Webster removed to Boscawen ; was a member and sometime president, of the N. H. Medical Society. His health failing, he lived with his children, first in Lowell, Mass., and afterward in Pittsfield, N. H., where, after a long illness, he died. Children :
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