USA > New Hampshire > Rockingham County > Hampton > History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892 > Part 8
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49
Anna, b. Dec. 18, 1699; m. Joseph Dearborn (15); d. Oct. 9, 1789. Edward, b. Mar. 26, 1702.
Reuben (18), bp. Aug. 10, 1707; m., 1st, Anna Page; 2d, Esther Hobbs; d. Jan. 1790.
IX. EBENEZER DEARBORN, Lieut., Deacon, son of Thomas (3), married Oct. 7, 1703, Abigail, daughter of Joseph Sanborn (7) ; lived in North Hampton, and in 1729 or 1730, removed to Chester.
Children :
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 27, 1705 ; m., Ist, Jan. 13, 1731, Huldah, dau. of Jonathan Nason (1); 2d, Elizabeth (Swayne) Hills; settled in Chester. Had ch. : Hannah. Sarah. Stephen. Ebenezer. Jonathan (grandfather of Dr. Jonathan Dearborn, of Seabrook). Richard. Huldah. . Phebe. Hannah, bp. Mar. 9, 1707; prob. d. young.
Mehetabel, b. Nov. 14, 1708; m. May, 1744, Dea. Nathaniel Fitts, of Salis- bury, Ms. ; d. June 11, 1765.
662
HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
Peter, b. Nov. 14, 1710; m. Dec. 2, 1736, Margaret, dau. of Joseph Fifield (6); lived in Chester; d. Oct. 28, 1781. Had ch. : Anna. Peter. Joseph. Mary. Josiah. Asa. Sherburne. Sarah.
Benjamin, b. Ang. 1, 1713; m. - - Colcord, of Ki. ; settled in Plymouth. Thomas, b. Dec. 3, 1715; m. Sept. 10, 1741. Dolly Sanborn, of Ki., gr. dau. of Jonathan (10); settled in Chester; d. Jan. 1754. Had ch .: Mary [m. Samuel Towle, son of Anthony (see Caleb (5)]. John Sanborn. Thomas. Dolly. Samuel. Elizabeth.
Michael, b. Apr. 1719; m. Apr. 11, 1731, Dorothy Colby ; d. 1753 or '54.
Abigail, b. Jan. 27, 1721; m., 1st, Oct. 26, 1742, James Varnum ; 2d, John Roby.
Mary, b. June 11, 1723.
X. THOMAS DEARBORN, son of Thomas (3), married Dec. 4, 1707, Mary, daughter of Jacob Garland (3) ; lived at Hampton Falls, and at Biddeford (Old Orchard), Me. Their children :
Hannah. b. ab. 1715; m. Jeremiah Towle (17); d. Aug. 28, 1789.
Ann, b. Aug. 14, 1720.
Tabitha, b. June 29, 1723 ; m. Jeremiah Marston (31) ; d. Mar. 17, 1807. Sarah, b June 4, 1726.
XI. JONATHAN DEARBORN. Cornet, son of Thomas (3) ; married, first, Mary -, who died Apr. 1. 1744, aged fifty-eight years ; sec- ond, Apr. 24, 1746, Sarah Waite, of Amesbury, Mass., who died Oct. 22, 1762, aged seventy-three years ; lived on the homestead. Children : Jonathan (19), b. May 22, 1709; m. Sarah Leavitt : d. Mar. 15, 1772. Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 30, 1713; m. Jonathan Shaw (10) : d. Dec. 17, 1754. Nathaniel, bp. Sept. 5. 1714 ; unm. ; styled "a hermit ;" d. Oct. 28, 1787. Daniel, bp. Jan. 30, 1717.
:Shubael (20), bp. May 17, 1719 ; m. Sarah -.
Abraham, bp. Dec. 31, 1721 ; prob. unin. : d. May 17, 1756.
Mary, bp. Nov. 5, 1727; m., 1st, Morris Hobbs (12) ; 2d, John Taylor (6).
XII. JOHN DEARBORN, Deacon, son of John (4), married Jan. 10, 1695, Hannah, danghter of Daniel Dow (4). Children : Ann, b. Oct. 22. 1695 : m. Joseph Philbrick (13) ; d. July 30, 1718.
Joseph, b. Apr. 9, 1699 : d. Dec. 9, 1700.
John (21), b. Mar. 28, 1703; m. Anna Sanborn; d. Mar. 24, 1754.
XIII. THOMAS DEARBORN, son of John (4), married Jan. 2, 1701, Huldah, daughter of John Smith (2) ; lived where David J. Page now lives, in North Hampton. Their children :
Mary, b. June 15, 1702.
Theodate, b. Dec. 18, 1710.
Huldah, b. Nov. 3, 1714; m. Morris Hobbs (12); d. Sept. 1, 1742.
a
663
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
XIV. JONATHAN DEARBORN, son of Dea. John (5), married Dec. 29, 1715, Hannah, daughter of Dea. John Tuck (3) ; removed to Stratham. Children :
John, h. Apr. 2, 1718; m., Ist, Mary, dau. of Job Chapman (5) ; 2d, Mary Cawley ; lived at Stratham; d. Mar. 22, 1807.
Bethia, b. Nov. 24, 1719 ; d., unm., Apr. 12, 1767.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 24, 1721; d. Sept. 10, 1725.
Hannah, b. Mar. 14, 1735 ; d. July 12, 1815.
XV. JOSEPH DEARBORN, son of Deacon Jolin (5), married Oct. 27, 1719, Anna, daughter of Samuel Dearborn (S) ; lived at North Hampton. Children :
Simeon, b. July 10, 1720; d. Jan. 2, 1723.
Reuben Gove, b. May 24, 1722 ; m. Phebe, dan. of Dea. Daniel Sanborn (35) ; lived first on the Winnicut road; then left town ; d. at his son Joseph's, in No. H. June 14, 1797. Had ch. : Joseph. Daniel. Reuben Gove. Jo- seph. (Perhaps) Sarah.
Joseph, b Dec. 1, 1723; d. Feb. 13, 1736.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1725; grad. Harv. Col., 1746; m. Ruth Rogers, of Portsmouth ; settled there as a physician ; d. Apr. 9. 1755.
Simeon, b. Dec. 11, 1727; m., 1st, Anne Gookin; 2d, Martha Haven, of Portsmouth ; lived at Norton's Hill, Greenland.
Levi, b. Mar. 7, 1730; grad. Ilarv. Col., 1756; m. Mar. 28, 1751. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Swett (6) ; settled as a physician, in No. H., and at- tained eminence in his profession.
Sarah, b. July 11, 1732; d. Feb. 9, 1736.
XVI. SIMON DEARBORN, son of Dea. John (5), married Dec. 5, 1728, Sarah, daughter of Simon Marston (14) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Hannah, b. Oct. 29. 1729; m. Benjamin Wadleigh.
Abigail, b. Mar. 28, 1731 ; m. Benjamin Lamprey (7); d. Jan. 27, 1771.
John, b. Oct. 7, 1732 ; d. Apr. 26, 1736.
Simon, b. Mar. 21, 1734; m., 1st, Anna Sanborn, dau. of Ebenezer (37) ; 2d, Dolly Currier ; lived in Monmouth, Me.
Sarah, bp. Apr. 18, 1736; m. Robert Page, son of David (15) ; d. Jan. 12, 1831.
John (22), b. Oct. 3, 1738 ; m. Bethia Fogg ; d. Jan. 18, 1830.
Eliphalet, b. Sept. 6, 1740; m. Mary, dau. of Josiah Chase, of Epping.
Ruth, b. Aug. 1741 ; m. Phineas Blake, of Epping.
Deborah, b. Feb. 5, 1743; m. Jonathan Cilley, of Nottingham.
Benjamin, b. Feb. 13, 1745; m. Anna, dau. of Jacob Freese, of Epping ; settled in Monmouth, Me.
Levi, b. Feb. 23, 1747 ; in. Susanna, dan. of David Page ; lived in Monmouth. Henry, Major-General, b. Feb. 23, 1751; m., Ist. 1771. Mary , Bartlett; 2d,
1780, Dorcas (Osgood) Marble; 3d. 1813, Sarah Bowdoin ; settled as a physician, in Nottingham ; was an officer of the Revolution; Secretary of War; Maj-Gen., in command of the U. S. army, in the war of 1812; Min- ister to Portugal; d. at Roxbury, Ms., June 6, 1829.
·
664
HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
XVII. JEREMIAH DEARBORN, son of Samuel (6), married Dec. 23, 1725, Sarah, daughter of Richard Taylor (4) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Jeremiah, b. Dec. 20, 1726; m Mary, dau. of James Nudd (3) ; remained on the homestead; d. Jan. 27, 1784. Ch. : Olive. Abigail. Elizabeth. Samuel. Mary. Sarah. Jeremiah. The elder son, Samuel, m. Hannah Philbrick and lived on the homestead ; had 7 ch .: the eldest of whom, Nathaniel, m., 1st, Nov. 27, 1800, Dolly, dan. of Dea Jonathan Garland (12). Had ch. : Jonathan French, b. 1802. Sarah Ann, b. 1803. Samuel, b. 1805. Jesse, b. 1807. Hannah, b. 1808. After Mrs. Dearborn's death, he m. again and had five more cli., of whom Dolly G. and Lawrence still live on the homestead in No. H. Samuel, the third son of Samuel and Hannah Dear- born, m. Nov. 14, 1804, Ruth, dau. of James Leavitt (16) ; lived in No. H. (Pagetown). Had ch : Edmund B., genealogist. Richard G., d. young. Jonathan, once mayor of Portsmouth. Richard Greenleaf. Ruth L. Sarah, b. 1728 or '29; d. May 1, 1736.
Mary, b. May 1, 1732; d. Mar. 25, 1736.
Saralı, b. July 11, 1737 ; m. Simon Page, son of Jonathan (14) ; d. Nov. 25, 1826. Mary, b. Mar. 23, 1740; m. Stephen Page, son of Jonathan (14) ; d Feb. 7,1826.
Abigail, b. Apr. 4, 1743 ; d. unm.
Anna, b. July 30, 1745 ; m. William Godfrey, son of James (8).
XVIII. REUBEN DEARBORN, son of Samuel (8), married, first, Jan. 20, 1732, Anna, daughter of Francis Page (5) ; second, Sept. 24, 1743, Esther, daughter of James Hobbs (11) ; lived in North Hampton. Their children :
Josiah, b. Sept. 18, 1733 ; m. Hannah Shepard, of Effingham, and settled in that town ; d. Nov. 29, 1817.
Sarah, bp. Nov. 16, 1735 ; d. Sept. 3, 1741.
Reuben. b. July 29, 1738.
Curtis, bp. Nov. 21, 1741 ; d. Dec. 3, same year.
Ann, b. June 28, 1744. Sarah, b. Ang. 23, 1746.
Phineas (23), b. Apr. 24, 1749 ; m. Anna Neal.
Benjamin, b. Sept 15, 1751; m. Sarah, dan. of Morris Lamprey (6) ; settled in Effingham.
Samuel, [b. ab. 1758?] ; d. in the army (prob. in July) 1778.
XIX. JONATHAN DEARBORN, son of Jonathan (11), married Jan. 15, 1747, Sarah, widow of Moses Leavitt, son of Moses (7), who died Sept. 4, 1758. Child :
Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1748; m. Zechariah Towle, son of Zechariah (15).
XX. SHUBAEL DEARBORN, son of Cornet Jonathan (11), married Mar. 25, 1750, Sarah, daughter of James Fogg, son of James (4) ; lived on the Stephen Coffin place (J. F. Williams'), till about 1770 ; then went to Northfield. Children, except the youngest, born in Hampton, and all baptized here :
665
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
Nathaniel, bp. Mar. 24, 1751. Shubael, b. July.12, 1753.
John, b. Oct. 31. 1755. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1758.
Abraham, bp. May 24, 1761. Jonathan, b. Oct. 26, 1763.
Mercy, b. Apr. 26, 1766. Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1768. Mary, b. May 22, bp. June 26, 1774.
XXI. JOHN DEARBORN, son of Deacon John (12), married Sept. 30, 1724, Anna, daughter of John Sanborn (26). Their children :
. Anne, b. Dec. 17, 1725 ; m Joseph Wadleigh, Jan. 11, 1749. John, bp. Dec. 22, 1728 ; d. young.
Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1730; m. Thomas Blake (14).
Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1732 ; m. - Wadleigh.
Ruth, b. June 5, 1734; m. Dearborn Blake, son of John (8).
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 5, 1736; in. Joseph Sanborn (56).
Josiah (24), b. Jan. 11, 1738; m. Sarah Freese ; d. Sept. 15, 1814.
John (25), b. July 21, 1740 ; m. Zipporah Towle; d. Oct. 19, 1794. Miriam, b. May 8, 1742; m. Jeremiah Sanborn, son of Jeremiah (40). Paul, b. Sept. 29, 1744; d. Sept. 22, 1746.
XXII. JOHN DEARBORN, Captain, son of Simon (16), married, first, Abigail -; second, Bethia, daughter of Abner Fogg (8) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
John, b. 1760. Abner, b. 1763; d. in the army, 1779.
Simon (26), b. Apr. 28, 1766; m. Mary Brown; d. Nov. 5, 1843.
Joseph, b. 1768. Abigail, b. 1771.
Sarah, b. 1772; m. Dr. John Fogg, son of Jeremiah (9).
Fanny, b. 1776. Horatio G., b. 1778.
Rhodolphus and Leocada, twins, b. 1784.
XXIII. PHINEAS DEARBORN, son of Reuben (18), married Sept. 19, 1771, Anna, daughter of Walter Neal (1) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Ebenezer, m. Anna (or Nancy), dau. of Capt. John Dearborn (25), Aug. 20, 1801; lived several years on the homestead, then removed to Concord and vicinity. Their son, David M., b. Feb. 11, 1810; in., 1st, Helen M. Randall, who d 1839; 2d. July 4, 1863, Elizabeth P., dau. of Reuben L. Seavey (1) ; he d. Nov. 6, 1865. The only ch. of David M and Eliza- beth P. Dearborn, George Merrill, b. in Concord, May 17, 1864, lives, unm., on the Seavey estate, in H.
Phineas. Samuel. Richard Clark.
XXIV. JOSIAH DEARBORN, Major, son of John (21), lived on the farm of his ancestor, Godfrey Dearborn. He married Nov. 17, 1757, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Freese (3). Their children :
John, b. Aug. 13, 1758; d. 1779.
Joseph Freese (27), b. June 11, 1761; m. Molly Nudd; d. Nov. 13, 1827.
666
HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
Josiah, b. Sept. 3, 1764; m Mary (Smith) Marston, wid. of Daniel, son of Isaac (36) ; d. May 15, 1832.
Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1767 ; m James Sanborn (44) ; d. May 6, 1791.
Samuel, b. Apr. 6, 1769 ; d. Dec. 14, 1770.
Anna, b. May 8, 1771 ; d. Dec. 15. 1779.
Samuel, b. July 18, 1773 ; d. Mar. 2, 1797.
Molly, b. Feb. 12, 1776 ; d. Nov. 7, 1777.
Freese (28), b. Mar. 23, 1778, m. Abigail Drake ; d. Apr. 5, 1862.
Nancy (Anna, on ch. rec.), b. Nov. 1, 1780 ; m. Enoch Tilton, of Chichester.
XXV. JOHN DEARBORN, Captain, son of John (21), married Zip- porah, daughter of Francis Towle, son of Caleb (5) ; lived where Mrs. Polly D. Neal lived and died. Children :
John (29), b. Aug. 3, 1763; m., 1st, Mary Marston; 2d, Deborah Cate; d. Dec., 1845.
Dolly, b. July 12, 1765 ; m. Jonathan Marston (38) ; d. May 21, 1785.
Jeremiah, b. Jan. 8, 1768; m., 1st, Ruth, 2d, Nancy, daughters of Nathan-
iel Batchelder (17); moved to Parsonsfield, Me., 1794; d. Jan. 25, 1851. Eleven ch.
Levi (30), b. Dec. 25, 1769 ; m. Patience Godfrey ; d. Sept. 27, 1848.
Francis, b. Apr. 3, 1772; m. and settled in Parsonsfield ; d. 1839.
Jacob (31), b. May 8, 1774; m. Mary Brown; settled in Parsonsfield; d. 1854.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1776; m. Joseph Sanborn, of Sanbornton, Mar. 1, 1796.
Zipporah, b. June 15. 1778 ; m. David Towle (40) ; d. Oct. 23, 1846.
Anna (Nancy), b. Jan. 12, 1781 ; m. Ebenezer Dearborn, son of Phineas (23). Josiah (32), b. Nov. 12, 1783 ; m. Anna S. Leavitt; d. 1866.
Thomas, b. Aug. 25, 1786; m. Ruth, dau. of David Johnson (16) ; lived in Parsonsfield and elsewhere in Maine. Four ch.
Jonathan (33), b. Aug. 22, 1788 ; m. Sarah Towle; d. Feb. 24, 1862.
XXVI. SIMON DEARBORN, son of John (22), married May, 1787, Mary, daughter of Captain Simon Brown, son of Zechariah (15) ; lived at North Hampton. Children :
John (34), b. Nov. 23, 1787; m. Sarah Ward; d. at Lynn, Sept. 15, 1832.
Lucinda, bp. June 11, 1790; m. John Hobbs, proprietor of the Lafayette tavern, in No. H., son of Thomas and gr. son of Morris (12).
Mary Brown, m. Samuel Locke, son of Nathaniel (9).
Henry Washington, bp. July 19, 1795 ; d. Jan., 1803.
XXVII. JOSEPH F. DEARBORN, son of Major Josiah (24), married Mar. 16, 1786, Molly, daughter of Cornet Simon Nudd (5), and lived on the ancestral estate, a few rods east of his father's house. Chil- dren :
Simon Nudd (35), b. Aug. 6, 1786; m. Hannah Towle; d. Feb. 4, 1876. Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1790; m. Samuel Batchelder (30) ; d. June 24, 1846.
667
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
Betsey, b. Sept. 27, 1796; m. James Johnson, son of David (16) ; d. Feb. 18, 1874.
Mary Ann, b. Dec. 15, 1800; m. Josiah Marston (57) ; d. Dec. 8, 1883.
XXVIII. FREESE DEARBORN, son of Josiah (24), married Nov. 6, 1799, Abigail, daughter of Abraham Drake, son of Col. Abraham (9) ; lived awhile in Hampton where the first two children were born ; removed to Exeter ; kept a store; was many years deputy sheriff, jail keeper and coroner. Children :
Sally, b. June 8 (bp. Ang. 3), 1800.
Abraham Drake, b. Feb. 15 (bp. Oct. 24), 1802.
Josiah, b. June 29, 1806.
Samuel Francis, b. Mar. 24, 1810.
Freeman, b. July 9, 1813.
George W., 2 John A., twins, b. Oct. 22, 1815.
Mary Frances, b. Aug. 12, 1820; d. young.
XXIX. JOHN DEARBORN, Major, son of John (25), married, first, Mary, daughter of Jonathan Marston (24) ; second, Mrs. Deborah Cate, of Sanbornton, granddaughter of Daniel Sanborn (35), who died Jan. 6, 1848, aged seventy-one years; lived on the homestead. Child :
Polly, b. Nov. 19, 1791; m. Joseph Neal (2) ; d. May 8, 1883.
XXX. LEVI DEARBORN, son of John (25), married Patience, daugh- ter of Jonathan Godfrey (9) ; lived in Hampton on the middle road to North Hampton. Children :
Betsey, b. Feb. 3, 1794; d., umm., 1882.
- (a son), b. Dec., 1795 ; d. Mar. 4, 1799.
John, b. June 29, 1797 ; d., unm., Jan. 26, 1822.
Ruth, b. Mar. 3, 1799 ; d., unm., June, 1823.
Jeremiah, b. June 26, 1800.
Joseph, b. ab. 1802; d., unm., Ang. 31, 1828.
Samuel, b. Aug. 18, 1804; d., unm., May 17, 1880.
XXXI. JACOB DEARBORN, son of John (25) ; Captain of a com- pany of Light Infantry, stationed near Portsmouth, in the war of 1812; lived first at Hampton, where his brother Jonathan afterwards lived ; then removed to Parsonsfield, Me. ; lived in Hampton again 1809- 1816 ; returned to Parsonsfield. He married Mary, daughter of Sam- nel Brown (22). Children :
Rachel, b. July 6, 1798. Zipporah, b. Feb. 9, 1800.
Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1802. Betty, b. Sept. 17, 1805.
668
HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
Jacob, b. July 19. 1807 ; m. Mahala Towle, dau. of David (40) ; d. in Par- sonsfield, Mar. 13, 1869. Three ch.
Joseph S., Capt., b. Dec. 26, 1811 ; settled as a blacksmith in Parsonsfield; m. Lydia, dau. of William Frost. Seven sons, six daus.
John, b. Aug. 24, 1819 ; m. 1840, Mary Day ; lived in Parsonsfield; d. 1882. Three ch.
XXXII. JOSIAH DEARBORN, blacksmithi, son of John (25), married Anna S. (Nancy), daughter of Thomas Leavitt (21) ; was many years a tavern keeper in Hampton ; built the Union House, on the site of the old Leavitt tavern. Children :
Samuel (36), b. Aug. 28, 1804; m Elizabeth Murphy ; d. May 1, 1866.
Sally, b. June 2, 1806; m. Daniel Marston (62).
John (37), b. Sept., 1807; m., 1st, Mary Ann Towle; 2d, Deboralı Marston ; d. Mar. 5, 1852.
Dolly, b. Aug. 25, 1810; m. Jacob H. Brown, son of Jacob (27) ; d. Aug. 20, 1848.
Josephine, b. Sept. 25, 1821; m. Maj. David Marston (64).
XXXIII. JONATHAN DEARBORN, son of John (25), married Dec. 7, 1815, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Towle (36) ; lived on the Exeter road. Children :
Joseph Frederic, b. May 14, 1817; m. Jan. 1, 1871, Adelie C. M. Kiersten, of Dresden, Saxony, Germany ; d. in Melrose, Ms., Mar. 15, 1889. Mrs. Dearborn m., 2d, July 21, 1890, J. Merrill Currier, of Melrose.
John Edwin, b. Dec. 23, 1819; m. Jan. 28, 1867, Elvira A. Johnson, of Par- sonsfield, Me., who d. Mar. 25, 1868, æ. 31 yrs. He d. Jan. 7, 1869. No ch.
George, b. July 9, 1836; d. at Andersonville prison, July 8, 1864. [Chap. XVII. ]
JOSEPH FREDERIC DEARBORN.
The eldest son of Jonathan and Sarah Dearborn, growing up in the quiet of his Hampton home, early gave promise of those talents which developed under the instruction of Principals Harris and Shep- ard at the Academy, especially in the lines of classical and mathemat- ical study. At the age of eighteen, he entered Dartmouth College, and at once took high rank. Applying himself intensely to the studies he loved, and faithfully to the whole college curriculum, steadfast and upright, genial and kind-hearted, he could not fail to pass the col- lege course with honor. He was graduated in 1839, third in his class of sixty-one members.
From college, Mr. Dearborn went to Harvard Law School, and thence to the office of Colby and Clifford, in New Bedford, Mass. Having completed his course with these eminent lawyers, he was admitted to
Joseph F. Dearborn,
669
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
the bar, and opened an office for himself in New Bedford, thus enter- ing upon a career of twenty-five years' practice in that city, in which he became widely celebrated for his clear insight, careful preparation and successful prosecution of cases, civil and criminal. At the same time, he amassed a considerable fortune by investments in whaling and real estate.
His ceaseless activities at length breaking down his health, Mr. Dearborn retired from business and spent some months in travel. An incident of his European travel illustrates his delight in giving pleas- ure to others. From every city and point of interest visited, he gath- ered pebbles as souvenirs, and wrote on each label a sentence or two descriptive of the place. On his return, he gave a large package of these mementoes to a friend, and then handed her a duplicate pack- age, saying : "Give these to some one who will like them."
In Germany, Mr. Dearborn first met the lady who became his wife, and with whom he made a home "singularly sweet and pleasant," in Medford, Mass., removing to Melrose Highlands after ten years. After his return from Europe he engaged less in active business and more in his own conservatory and gardens. His death from pneumo- nia, in 1889, was sudden and unexpected, after only a few days' ill- ness. He lived honorably and died peacefully.
About the year 1860, Mr. Dearborn bought four contiguous lots in the new cemetery in Hampton, comprising 1296 square feet, in the most elevated part of the enclosure. After his death, the use to which it was to be put was revealed by a provision in his will, that ten thousand dollars be expended for an enduring monument upon the spot, in memory of Godfrey Dearborn, his first American ancestor. The long cherished plan was energetically carried forward by Mrs. Dearborn, who has since become Mrs. J. Merrill Currier, and still re- sides in Melrose Highlands. Mr. Currier superintended the erection of the monument, which was gratefully appreciated by his wife.
The obelisk, which is of Barre, Vt., granite, was manufactured in that town, and shipped to Hampton in October, 1890. In the spring of 1891 it was placed in position upon the rock foundation prepared for it. The first base is ten feet square and one foot deep; second base, eiglit feet square and one foot deep ; third base, six feet square and fifteen inches deep, with finely moulded edge. On this rests the die, which is four feet square and six feet high, its faces and the round pillars at the corners being highly polished. Surmounting this is the cap, projecting over the die about six inches. This and the plintli above it are at once graceful in design and finish, and sufficiently massive to receive the main shaft, which is three feet two inches square
670
HISTORY OF HAMPTON.
at the bottom, and twenty inches square near the top, from which it tapers to a point, and towers thirty-one feet above the plinth. The whole structure stands forty-six feet high.
The inscriptions are as follows : On the west face of the second base is "DEARBORN," in heavy raised letters ; on the north face of the die, "Ancestor of the Dearborn family in America, who emigrated from Exeter, England, to Exeter, N. H., in 1639, settled in Hampton in 1650, and died in 1686 ;" on the west face of the die, "Erected 1890, by Joseph Frederic Dearborn, son of Jonathan and Sarah Towle Dearborn, in memory of Godfrey Dearborn ;" on the south face, "Jo. seph Frederic Dearborn, born May 14th, 1817 ; died March 15th, 1889." On the four sides of the lower margin of the cap are the mottoes : "First the useful, then the ornamental ;" "Trust few, deceive uone ;" "Be resolute and persevere ;" "Do right and fear not." On the four sides of the plinth are the words "Temperance," "Economy,""Truth," "Industry."
This solid memorial of the sturdy forefather of a numerous poster- ity, scattered throughout the United States, was unveiled with appro- priate ceremonies, on the 20th of June, 1891. After dinner at the hotel, given to a large number of invited guests, by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Currier, the ceremonies at the monument were placed in the hands of Mr. G. H. Dearborn, of Melrose. Very appropriately, the act of unveiling was performed by Mrs. Currier, in that supreme moment when she saw the purpose of years accomplished, in the stately mon- ument towering high above the assembled throng and overlooking the village and cultivated fields, beautiful in their June freshness, that could have had no being but for the brave daring and self denying toil of those early years commemorated.
The president, Mr. G. H. Dearborn, sketched the lives of Godfrey Dearborn, the ancestor, and Joseph F. Dearborn, the donor of the monument. Addresses were made also by Dr. J. W. Dearborn, of Parsonsfield, Me., Hon. Sylvester Dana, of Concord, Hon. N. C. Berry of Boston and Charles M. Lamprey, Esq., of Hampton. And the elements of prayer and song carried all hearts heaven-ward, whither the tall shaft silently points.
XXXIV. JOHN DEARBORN, Colonel, son of Simon (26), married Dec. 16, 1816, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Thomas Ward (6) ; lived at Captain Ward's, where Mrs. Dorothy Ward now lives ; was a carpen- ter, surveyor, teacher ; was killed by a fall from a building, in Lynn. Children :
TEMPETANCE
TOET NO THỊT THEN THE DAMANDICAL
DEARBORN
THE DEARBORN MONUMENT, HAMPTON, N. H.
671
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
Thomas Ward, Captain, b. Nov. 22, 1817; m , 1st. Mary Brown, of West- brook, Me. ; 2d, -; lived in Tappantown, N. Y. ; d. Jan., 1892. Two ch. Sarah F., b. July 21, 1824; d. Oct. 15, 1846.
XXXV. SIMON N. DEARBORN, son of Joseph F. (27), married Hannah, daughter of Amos Towle (26) ; inherited the Godfrey Dear- boru estate. Children :
Sarah Ann, b. Ang., 1807; m. David Marston (54) ; d. June 19, 1886.
John (38), b. Sept. 2, 1810; m. Lydia Batchelder; d. Nov. 14, 1880.
Simon, b. Jan., 1813; d., unm., Apr. 8, 1853.
Lavinia, b. Mar. 31, 1815; m Joseph Leavitt ; d. May 3, 1838.
Dorothy Ann, b. Sept., 1817; m. Dec. 18, 1838, Dea. Emery Batchelder, son of Reuben and gr. son of Josiah (11).
Abigall, b. Mar. 27, 1823; m. Adna B. Lane (35) ; d. Aug. 11, 1887.
XXXVI. SAMUEL DEARBORN, son of Josiah (32), married Sept. 29, 1837, Elizabeth Murphy (born Oct. 28, 1818 ; died Dec. 30, 1868). He was a blacksmith. Lived some years on the homestead, where he kept the public house ; lived afterward and had his shop, where John G. Brown now lives. They had one son :
Wyman, lives in Boston.
XXXVII. JOHN DEARBORN, son of Josiah (32), married, first, July 12, 1828, Mary Ann, daughter of James Towle (38) ; second, Sept. 28, 1846, Deborah, daughter of Isaac Marston (47) ; lived in Hampton. Children :
Abby Ann, b. Nov. 6, 1828 ; m. Feb. 27, 1851, John Newell Brown, of Sea- brook, who d. Oct. 26, 1881, buried in H. Their dau. b July 26, 1857 ; d. May 30, 1860, buried in H. Mrs. Brown now lives in H. Her only remain- ing dau., Sarah Newell, resides with her.
Josiah James (39), b. Oct. 17, 1830 ; m. Nancy Knowles.
Joseph Alvin (40), b. Mar. 18, 1832; m. Eveline Leavitt.
John Worthen (41), b. Aug. 22, 1833; m , Ist, Sarah M. Brown; 2d, Ann Martha Brown.
Samuel Wesley (42), b. July 19, 1835; m., 1st, Sarah O. Mason; 2d, Ara- bella S. Taylor.
Hale Bradford, b. Feb. 10, 1840; drowned in the canal at Richmond, Va., Oct. 11, 1865.
Thomas Horace, b. Mar. 18, 1842; m. Mary Dow, of Seabrook; lives in Red Oak, Ia.
XXXVIII. JOHN DEARBORN, Lieutenant, son of Simon N. (34), married Sept. 27, 1838, Lydia, daughter of Sanborn Batchelder (24) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.