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14. William, b. April 12, 1753.
Jeremiah, b. April 2, 1755; m. Fanny Hayes. Joses, b. 1757; scalded to death by hot fat.
15. Levi, b. Feb. 29, 1760. Patience, b. Feb. 13, 1762; m. James Seavey. 16. Solomon, bapt. Nov. 17, 1765.
Children by second wife:
Hannah, bapt. Aug. 21, 1773; m. April 17, 1801, James Locke. Lydia, bapt. Nov. 27, 1776; m. Jan. 20, 1801, William Trefethern, Jr.
12. MERRIFIELD BERRY, son of Ebenezer (8), born Aug. 15, 1733 ; married, Ang. 17, 1756, Huldah Towle of Hamp- ton. He lived on the Reuel Garland farm, now owned by A. II. Drake. Died May 20, 1817. She died Nov. 9, 1809. Children :
34. James Towle, b. March 15, 1758; m. Hannah Randall. Huldah, b. Oct. 26, 1760; d. about 1776. Olly, b. Sept. 19, 1763; m. June 24, 1786, John Jenness.
17. Ebenezer, b. March 15, 1766. Abigail, b. Dec. 26, 1768; m. Aug. 9, 1787, Edmond Johnson.
13. JOTHAM BERRY, son of Samuel (9) ; married, first, Nov. 11, 1731, Mary Bates; and second, April 16, 1780, widow Tryphene Sanders. Children :
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18. Timothy.
19. Samuel, bapt. April 20, 1741. Rachel, bapt. July 3, 1743; m. Itha- mar Mace, or Maj. Hall. Judith, m. Jacob Tibbets. Sarah, m. George Randall. Mary, d. unm.
14. WILLIAM BERRY, son of Jeremiah (11), born April 12, 1753 ; married, first, Nov. 10, 1774, Love Brackett. She died Jan. 17, 1795, and he married, second, March 6, 1796, Elizabeth Wendell. Children by first wife :
Lydia, b. 1775; m. William Trefethern.
20. Samuel Brackett, b. April 14, 1777; m. Hannah, b. March 25, 1781; nı. Dec. 24, 1801, Josiah Marden.
21. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 16, 1783; m. Eleanor, b. April 25, 1786; m. Feb. 18, 1808, James Locke. Love, b. May 17, 1788; m. June 26, 1806, Ebenezer Marden. William, b. Nov. 10, 1790; d. Patty, b. July 21, 1792; m. March 22, 1809, Job Foss.
Children by second wife:
Sarah Wentworth, bapt. Jan. 12, 1797. Dolly, b. May, 1798; d. July 12, 1822. Sarah Sargent, b. Sept. 3, 1799; m. Feb. 17, 1823, Gil- man Dearborn; d. May 13, 1877. Eliza, b. Dec., 1806; m. A. K. Warren.
15. LEVI BERRY, son of Jeremiah (11), born Feb. 29, 1760; married, Nov. 13, 1785, Sarah Jenness. Cordwainer. Children :
Mary, b. April 17, 1785; m. March 18, 1803, Alexander Salter. Sally, b. Feb. 8, 1787; m. April 27, 1806, Simon Goss.
22. Joseph Jenness, b. May 17, 1789. Hannah L., b. June 19, 1791; m. Jan. 29, 1810, Joseph Trefethern. Olive, b. June 24, 1793; m. Joseph Locke. Betsey, b. March 24, 1797; m. Oct. 3, 1821, Joseph Berry. Nancy J., b. March 4, 1801; m. May 22, 1825, William Var- rell; d. Feb. 19, 1881. Levi, b. Sept. 19, 1804; a cripple; d. Sept. 27, 1873.
16. SOLOMON BERRY, son of Jeremiah (11), bapt. Nov. 17, 1765 ; married, Oct. 15, 1794, Patty Kate. Children :
Benjamin, m. Brasbridge. Levi, d. unm. Sarah, m. Robert Spen- cer. Betsey. Lydia. Belinda. Thomas. Mehitable. Keziah, b. Dec. 3, 1815; m. Patrick Ownes, an Irishman.
17. EBENEZER BERRY, son of Merrifield (12), born March 15, 1766; married, Nov. 10, 1786, Polly Garland. "Aunt Polly," as she was called, lived in the old Berry house with her son, Thomas G., who was a prominent merchant in Portsmouth, having early been in the store of his Uncle
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William there. He inherited the Colonel Benjamin Gar- land farm from the heirs of William Garland and lived there until he died. Polly died April 26, 1857. Children :
Thomas Garland, b. Nov. 10, 1786; d. Oct. 21, 1870, at Rye. Eben- ezer, bapt. Oct. 11, 17SS; d. at New Orleans. Betsey, bapt. Aug. 15, 1790. Charles, b. 1792; followed the sea.
18. TIMOTHY BERRY, son of Jotham (13), married, May 19, 1760, Mary Tucker. Removed to Chichester. Was sergeant in Capt. Joseph Parsons' company in the Revolu- tionary War, stationed at Newcastle. Children :
Sarah, bapt. 1761; m. first, Joseph Dow, of Seabrook; m. second, Lake, of Pittsfield. Susannah, bapt. April 10, 1763; m. April 11, 1811, Richard Fitzgerald, of Portsmouth. Mary, bapt. May 12, 1765; m. Nov. 19, 1784, Edward Varrell. Jotham, bapt. July 24, 1767. Samuel, bapt. Sept., 1769; lost at sea. Mehitable, bapt. Sept. 6, 1772. Mehitable, bapt. Sept. 9, 1775; m. James Lake of Loudon. Joseph. bapt. Sept. 21, 1777; unm .; lost at sea with "Great Sam Foss." A daughter, killed at school, a rock thrown into a tree, coming down upon her head.
19. SAMUEL BERRY, son of Jotham (13), bapt. April 20, 1741 ; married, first, Ang. 26, 1762, Mary ( Molly ) Foss, and second, Elizabeth Marden. Served under Capt. Parsons in the Revolutionary War. Children :
Elizabeth, bapt. March 2, 1764; m. Nov. 14, 1782, George Randall. Molly, bapt. Nov. 24, 1765. Molly, bapt. Sept. 13, 1767; m. Sept. 16, 1790, Henry Shapley. Jotham, bapt. Oct. 5, 1769. Timothy, bapt. March 13, 1770.
23. Nathaniel, bapt. Aug. 13, 1775.
20. CAPT. SAMUEL BRACKETT BERRY, son of William (14), born April 14, 1777; married, Feb., 1798, Abigail Webster; died Feb. 3, 1823. She died Sept. 4, 1860. Was captain of a company of light infantry in the War of 1812. Was promoted to major of the 35th Regt. Sept. 19, 1816. Children :
Brackett, b. May 14, 1798; m. - - Carter. A child, d. Nov. 12, 1813. William, b. Aug. 19, 1803; d. March 20, 1877. Charlotte, b. Jan. 20, 1806; m. Oct. 26, 1843, Joseph Caswell; d. April 12, 1884; no children.
24. Samuel C., b. Feb. 23, 1807. Abigail, b. Dec. 18, 1810; m. first, Crum- mitt White; second, James Brown.
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25. Oliver, b. Oct. 29, 1813; m. March 5, 1839, Elizabeth Dalton.
26. Gilman C., b. Dec. 26, 1816. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 26, 1819; m. Robinson F. Berry, and d. at Portsmouth. John, b. April, 1822; m. Sarah A. Shapley. After his death she m. John Grogan.
21. JEREMIAH BERRY, JR., son of William (14), born Dec. 16, 1783; married, June 22, 1808, Sally Foss. Chil- dren :
Alfred, b. Oct. 29, 1808; d. May 15, 1828, at Savannah, Ga. Ira, b. June 19, 1810; d. "non compos mentis." Robinson F., b. Sept. 5, 1813; m. his cousin, Mary Ann Berry, and d. June 29, 1864; a dau., Anna B., d. May, 1872. Brackett M., b. Sept. 3, 1816; hump- backed; d. of the rickets, July 20, 1826. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 30, 1818; m. - Anderson.
22. LIEUT. JOSEPH JENNESS BERRY, son of Levi (15), born May 17, 1789 ; married, first, 1812, Betsey Wedgewood. She died in 1817, and he married, second, in 1818, Hannah W. Locke, who died June 30, 1893, aged 98 years. Farmer, and for a number of years carried the mail between Rye and Portsmouth. He died June 2, 1868. Children by first wife :
Louisa, b. May 24, 1813; m. April 5, 1835, Elvin Locke. Sarah W., b. April 20, 1815; m. July 17, 1834, Leonard Fry of Portsmouth ; d. Dec. 3, 189S.
Children by second wife:
Joseph Whidden, b. July 3, 1819: m. first, Nov. 24, 1854, Pamelia Ann Locke; d. Feb. 21, 1886; second, June 1, 1893, Harriet Hodg- don. Abigail, b. May 16, 1823; m. Langley B. Lewis of Portsmouth; d. Sept. 20, 1878. Charles, b. Aug. 15, 1831; d. Sept. 10, 1879, in Washington Ter. Oliver, b. Oct. 3, 1837; d. 1842. 27. Woodbury, b. Aug. 19, 1834.
23. NATHANIEL BERRY, son of Samuel (19), bapt. Aug. 13, 1775 ; married, first, Feb. 9, 1797, Betsey Lang, and sec- ond, Jan. 24, 1806, Esther Hall. She died in 1876, and he died April 19, 1834. Children by first wife :
Molly, b. Feb. 16, 1798; m. first, Oct. 18, 1821, John Mace; second, March 4, 1824, Richard Varrell. Elizabeth Marden, b. Jan. 9, 1800; m. Nov. 26, 1818, Reuben S. Randall. Sally, b. March 30, 1802; m. Oct. 22, 1820, Joseph M. Caswell. Samuel, b. Aug. 10, 1804; d. Oct. 30, 1805.
Children by second wife:
28. Samuel Foss, b. March 10, 1806.
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29. Nathaniel Foss, b. June 8, 1808. Betsey M., b. Oct. 4, 1809; m. Oct. 23, 1829, Abraham Matthews. Joseph Hall, b. April 13, 1811. Abigail, b. Nov. 18, 1814. Martha M., b. May 7, 1816; m. John Coney. Clarissa L., b. Sept. 14, 1819. Jo- tham S., b. Dec. 22, 1821. John W. P., b. Nov. 22, 1823.
24. SAMUEL C. BERRY, son of Samuel Brackett (20), born Feb. 23, 1807 ; married, first, Sarah M. Norton. She died July 6, 1876, and he married, second, Mary H. Odi- orne. A baker by trade, and lived at Portsmouth. Child : William H., m. Dec. 29, 1871, Alice J. Walker. Lives at Dorchester, Mass. Child: Flora M., m. Allen G. Bryant of Pittsfield.
25. OLIVER BERRY, son of Samuel Brackett (20), born Oct. 29, 1813; married, March 5, 1839, Elizabeth Dalton. Lived at Kittery. Children, two of whom died of croup and one of scarlet fever :
Moses Granville. George William, b. Sept., 1849. Martha Ann, b. May 4, 1852. Carrie, b. Aug. 1, 1855.
26. GILMAN C. BERRY, son of Samnel Brackett (20), born Dec. 26, 1816; married, Nov. 28, 1841, Elizabeth J. Caswell, and died April 10, 1894. Children :
Mary Abby, b. 1842; d. unm. Aug. 25, 1866, aged 24 years, 4 months. 30. Gilman Woodbury, b. Jan. 9, 1845. Alice J., b. April, 1847; m. Smith. John O., b. July 13, 1850; m. Nov. 29, 1871, Adelaide French. Florence L., b. July 3, 1855; m. Nov. 25, 1875, Martin H. Rand; one child, a boy; was then divorced, and m. Dec. 30, 1880, W. Salter. Horace A., b. Dec. 29, 1859; d. June 6, 1861.
27. WOODBURY BERRY, son of Joseph Jenness (22), born Aug. 19, 1834; married, Sept. 24, 1863, Maria Adelaide Locke. Children :
Charles F., b. April 9, 1865. John, b. Oct. 10, 1867. A son, b. Dec. 7, 1871; d. May 22, 1872.
28. SAMUEL FOSS BERRY, son of Nathaniel (23), born March 10, 1806; married, first, March 6, 1836, Mary Cas- well of Gosport ; and second, Lovina Weeks, who was born Sept., 1821. He died July 1, 1894. Children :
Linda, b. May 4, 1836; m. Joshua Smith. George W., b. Nov. 2, 1842; m. Alice Willet.
31. Joseph William, b. Oct. 27. 1844. Mary Esther, b. April 23, 1846; m. Warren Caswell. Merrilla, b. 1847; d. Oct. 4, 1849. Dennis J., b. Aug. 28, 1850. Merril, b. Oct. 2, 1854; d. Sept. 29, 1857.
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29. NATHANIEL FOSS BERRY, son of Nathaniel (23), born June 8, 1808; married, in 1827, Rebecca Caswell. Children :
Ann, m. John Chadborn. William C., m. Sally A. Caswell. Na- thaniel, m. Jesse Hanson. John W., m. Laura Wilson. Drucilla, m. Daniel Clark. Judith. Harrison, b. June 27, 1840; m. Anna Baker. Lorenzo D. Edwin, m. Anna M. Gove. Winfield S. Millard F. Cordelia F.
30. GILMAN WOODBURY BERRY, son of Gilman C. (26), born Jan., 1845; married, Jan. 4, 1872, Julia A. Butler of Bay View. He was killed at Bay View. Child :
32. Horace B., m. June 30, 1897, Cora B. Caswell.
31. JOSEPH WILLIAM BERRY, son of Samuel Foss (28), born Oct. 27, 1844 ; married, Dec. 21, 1872, Mary A. Green. He was a carpenter. Served in the War of 1861-65, Co. K. 13th N. H. Children :
Linden O., b. Nov. S, 1873: d. Feb. 10, 1875.
33. Rosco, b. July 3, 1876. Blanche, b. May 1, 1879; m. Oct. 19, 1898, Arthur M. Foss. Ruth, b. Feb. S, 18S2. Beatrice, b. Apr. 4, 1884. Alonzo, b. March 29, 1890.
32. HORACE B. BERRY, son of Gilman Woodbury (30), married, June 30, 1897, Cora B. Caswell. Children :
Ralph, b. Jan. 3, 1898. Alice Pearl, b. March 1, 1903.
33. Rosco BERRY, son of Joseph William (31), born July 3, 1876; married, Oct. 25, 1898, Isabella Walker. Chil- dren :
Hilda, Hazel, twins, b. March 13, 1899. Girl.
34. JAMES TOWLE BERRY, son of Merrifield (12) , mar- ried Hannah Randall, born April 11, 1759. She died May 4, 1826. He died Oct. 29, 1818. Lived at Rye and Moul- tonborough. Children :
James, b. Feb. 28, 1779; m. Hannah Vittam; then she m. Joseph Locke, 1st. Ebenezer, b. June 23, 1781; m. Sarah Randall, d. of Reuben. Huldah, b. Feb. 4. 1785; m. Dec. 23, 1806, John W. Bean. Joseph, b. Sept. 14, 1787; m. Oct. 3, 1821, Betsey Berry, b. 1797; d. Feb. 24, 1859. Benjamin, b. May 25, 1791: m. Aug. 31, 1815, Nabby F. Locke. John, b. June 2, 1795; m. Mary Adams. Hannah, b. March 8, 1802; m. Sept. 24, 1822, John Foye, Jr.
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35. EBENEZER BERRY, son of James Towle (34), born June 23, 1781 ; married Sarah Randall. Children :
Augusta, m. Edmund Johnson; second, Mary Randall. Sally, m. Seavey Goss. Joseph, m. Deborah Hanscom; second, Mary A. Gorham. Ebenezer, m. Polly Randall. James Towle, m. Malvina Hanscom. Lovina, m. William F. Yeaton.
1. NATHANIEL BERRY, perhaps son of William (3), mar- ried Esther -. Children :
2. Zachariah (?). Esther (?); m. Jan. 13, 1735, Ebenezer Marden.
3. William (?).
4. John, b. March 22, 1725.
5. Nathaniel, b. July 10, 1727; m. Abigail Rand.
6. Thomas (?), b. Feb. 17, 1731.
2. ZACHARIAH BERRY, perhaps son of Nathaniel (1), married Oct. 23, 1734, Charity Webster. Children :
Caleb, bapt. Jan. 9, 1736-'37. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 30, 1741. Frederica A., bapt. June 10, 1744. John, bapt. May 3, 1747.
3. WILLIAM BERRY, perhaps son of Nathaniel (1), mar- ried Elizabeth Hobbs, and lived in Greenland. She hung herself with a skein of yarn. Children :
7. Thomas. Mehitable, m. Fabins. Elizabeth, m. Richard Jenness.
4. JOHN BERRY, son of Nathaniel (1), born March 22, 1725; married, May, 1746, Sarah Symes. Children :
Abigail, bapt. Sept. 13, 1747. Samuel Symes, bapt. Jan. 29, 1749. George, bapt. April 28, 1751. Sarah, bapt. Dec. 24, 1752. John, bapt. Aug. 4, 1754. Thomas, bapt. Mar., 1756. Nathaniel, bapt. Feb. 19, 1758. Alexander, bapt. May 4, 1760.
5. NATHANIEL BERRY, son of Nathaniel (1), born July 10, 1727 ; married, April 21, 1747, Abigail Rand. Chil- dren :
Esther, bapt. Nov. 29, 1747. Stephen, bapt. Nov. 6, 1749. Abigail, bapt. Jan. 12, 1752; m. ( ?) 1763, William - -. Mary, bapt. 1754; m. (?) 1765, George - Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 8, 1756. Nathaniel, bapt. April 23, 1758. Samuel, bapt. May 4, 1760.
6. THOMAS BERRY, perhaps son of Nathaniel (1), born Feb. 17, 1731; married Abigail Lane, who was born Nov. 23, 1734, and died Nov. 20, 1826, at Greenland. Children :
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Joshua. William, m. Ward. Thomas.
8. Isaiah, b. Apr., 1761. John, m. Drake. Mehitable, m. Thomas Berry. Betsey, m. Brown. Nabby, m. Ang. 29, 1792, Jacob Brown.
7. LIEUT. THOMAS BERRY, son of William (3), married his cousin, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas Berry, and lived in Greenland. Children :
9. Thomas, b. 1779. Nabby, b. Nov., 1801; m. William Brackett. Willianı.
S. ISAIAH BERRY, son of Thomas (6), born April, 1761; married Bathsheba Shaw, who was born Nov. 11, 1760, and died May 17, 1845. He died June 9, 1845. Children :
Joshua, b. March 19, 1786; d. Nov. 16, 1863. Susannah, b. April 11, 1788; d. March, 1789. Isaiah, b. Feb. 10, 1790; d. April 2, 1855. 10. Levi, b. March 26, 1792. Mary, b. July 7, 1794; d. Aug. 30, 1818.
11. William, b. Jan. 8, 1796; m. Olive S. Locke of Rye. Thomas, b. Feb. 9, 1800; d. unm. Jan. 3, 1870. Abigail, b. Jan. 11, 1802; m. Robert Henderson of Portsmouth. Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1804; m. Lane.
9. THOMAS BERRY, son of Thomas (7), born in 1779; married Sarah Lang and lived at Greenland. Children :
Thomas, m. first, April 16, 1828, Lettis Seavey; m. second, Sarah Seavey; d. Jan. 23, 1880. William. Daniel. Elizabeth Lang, m. Shepard.
10. LEVI BERRY, son of Isaiah (S), born March 26, 1792; married, March, 1815, Patience Marden, and lived at Greenland. He died Dec. 1, 1867. She died Feb. 1, 1864. Children :
Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1815; m. James B. Rand. Nathan, b. Oct. 23, 1818; m. March 4, 1841, Sally J. Chapman. Had a son, George. Oliver, b. April 28, 1821; m. first, Nov. 21, 1848, Abigail Brown; second, Elizabeth Hatch; third, 1869, Jennie Cole.
12. Francis Albert, b. April 3, 1824; m. Feb. 1, 1854, Martha Adeline Brown; d. July 31, 1861.
11. WILLIAM BERRY, son of Isaiah (8), born Jan. 8, 1796 ; married, March, 1817, Olive Shapley Locke, and lived at Greenland and later at Newington. He died Sept. 14, 1867. She died May 18, 1874. Children :
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Mary, b. Aug. 25, 1818; m. June 5, 1835, John Lowe Pickering. Elzi- abeth, b. June 3, 1821; m. Aug. 28, 1844, Joseph W. Whidden. John Gilman, b. May S, 1824; d. Feb. 18, 1878. William, b. Feb. 25, 1829. Martha Olivia, b. Nov. 4, 1830; m. Nov. 13, 1858, Rob- ert Manson.
12. FRANCIS ALBERT BERRY, son of Levi (10), born April 3, 1824; married, Feb. 1, 1854, Martha Adeline Brown of Rye, and lived at Greenland. He died July 31, 1861. Children :
Mary Louise, b. July 19, 1855; m. May, 1873, Millage Berry; lived at Greenland. Charles, Edward, b. June 9, 1857; d. June S, 1859. John Francis, b. Jan. 23, 1859; d. Nov. 30, 1866. Abby Ann, b. March 21, 1861; m. Sept. 3, 1884, Walter S. Littlefield.
JAMES BERRY, son of James Towle, married Hannah Vit- tam, and after his death she married Joseph Locke. Chil- dren :
Betsey, b. May 23, 1804; m. Sept. 14, 1823, William Goss. James, b. Feb. 18, 1808; m. Polly Keen of Kittery. He was drowned at sea in 1848. Huldah, b. April, 1810; m. Oct. 12, 1828, Stacy Page.
EBENEZER BERRY, married Sarah Randall. Children :
Augusta, m. first, Edmund Johnson; second, Mark Randall. Sally, m.
Seavey Goss. Joseph, m. first, Deborah Hanscom; second, Mary A. Gorham. Ebenezer, m. Polly Randall. James Towle, m. Malvina Hanscom. Lavinia, m. William F. Yeaton.
Nehemiah Berry and Alice Locke, married, March 14, 1705.
Samuel Berry and Joanna JJenness, married, Dec. 27, 1750.
Samuel Berry and Mary Foss, married, Aug. 26, 1762.
Simon Berry and Phebe Moulton, married, Nov. 29, 1757.
Jotham Berry and Tryphena Saunders, married, April 16, 1780.
Samuel Berry and Eliza Marden, married, Nov., 1780.
BICKFORD.
JOSEPH BICKFORD, married, July, 1760, Ruth Rand, and had Joshua, bapt. Nov. 21, 1762.
HENRY B. BICKFORD, born Dec. 5, 1809, of Epsom; mar- ried, May 24, 1868, Julia Ann P. Rand. He died June 10,
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1889, and had Ethel, born May, 1874, married, Sept. 9, 1903, Frank A. Phillips.
BLACK.
ELISHA BLACK, married, Dec. 11, 1766, Mary Sanders. Children :
Hannah, b. Nov. 3, 1770. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1773.
BLAISDELL.
ABNER BLAISDELL married Judith Powers. Children : Adelaide, m. George Dexter. Lovina, m. Joseph Currier. John C.
BLAKE.
JOHN BLAKE married, May, 1740, Jemima Locke, and lived at Greenland. Children :
Elisha, bapt. July 3, 1743. John, bapt. Nov. 3, 1745. Mary, bapt. Dec. 13, 1747.
SAMUEL BLAKE married, Nov. 24, 1743, Sarah Libby. Children :
Hepzibah, bapt. Jan. 19, 1746. Mary, bapt. July 20, 1746. Sarah, bapt. Oct. 16, 1748. Samuel, bapt. Sept. 15, 1751. James, bapt. Aug., 1757.
BLUE.
EDWARD BLUE married, Jan. 4, 1753, Mehitable Seavey. Children :
Jonathan, bapt. Jan., 1755. Edward, bapt. May, 1757.
BLUNT.
CAPT. JOHN BLUNT married Hannah Frost ( ?), and had George F.
BOICE.
JEREMIAH BOICE married, June 30, 1851, A. Mandana Foye, daughter of John. Children :
Alice F., b. Sept. 23, 1854; m. William P. Chandler of Concord. Frank F., b. Feb. 7, 1866; m. July 18, 1899, Martha A. Brown.
FRANK F. BOICE married, July 18, 1889, Martha A. Brown. Children :
Gladys, b. Jan. 16, 1892. Hester, b. Jan. 16, 1895.
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BOND.
JOHN BOND married, Aug. 17, 1752, Esther Rand, and had Mary, born July 26, 1753.
BRACKETT.
1. ANTHONY BRACKETT. The name of Brackett was originally Brocket. They came from Wales. Anthony Brackett lived near Salt Water brook in Brackett's lane, and was killed by the Indians; buried on the eastern side of the highway. His will, 1691, proved July, 1692, shows children : Jane Haines and Eleanor Johnson, son John ap- pointed executor, and grandchildren, Keziah Brackett, Rosa Johnson, and Samuel Brackett.
13 Aug., 1649. Granted that Anthony Brackett shall have a lot between Robert Puddington and Wm. Berry at the head of the Sandy Beach Fresh River at the Western branch thereof.
Children :
John, d. 1726.
2. Samuel, b. Dec. 3, 1733. John, unm., would write on birch bark; never worked on the farm or went to school. Mary. Phebe, unm., d. about 1796; very old. Anna. Love, m. March 3, 1748, Joseph Knowles.
SAMUEL BRACKETT, son of Anthony, married Eleanor Dow. He died Oct. 25, 1766. She married, second, J. Berry. Children :
Love, b. Aug. 9, 1758; m. Nov. 10, 1774, William Berry.
BRAGG.
JOHN BRAGG married, June 7, 1796, Amelia Sanders. Children :
Polly, bapt. April 12, 1798; called "Molly," and supported by the town. George, m. Patty L., widow of Simon Dow, and dau. of Dowrst Rand. Henry. Edward.
BROWN.
1. JOHN BROWN. It is said the father of John Brown went from Scotland to England when John was born in 1588 or '89, emigrated in 1635, and is said to have settled
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in Hampton as early as 1639. In 1651 and 1656 he was one of the selectmen. His wife's name was Sarah. He died Feb. 28, 1687. Children :
Sarah, b. about 1643; m. John Poor; d. Dec. 28, 1678, at Charles- town, Mass. John, d. Aug. 29, 1683.
2. Benjamin, b. about 1647. Elizabeth, m. Isaac Marston; d. Oct. 5, 1689.
3. Jacob, b. 1653. Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1655; m. April 15, 1675, Nathan Parker.
4. Thomas, b. July 14, 1657.
Stephen, b. about 1659; killed by Indians at Black Point, June 29, 1677.
2. BENJAMIN BROWN, son of John (1), born about 1647; married Sarah (or Elizabeth?) Brown of Salisbury, Mass. Children :
William, b. June 5, 1680; m. Ann Heath. Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1681; d. Oct., 1684. Benjamin, b. Dec. 20, 1683; m. Sarah Gove. Eliza- beth, b. July 16, 1686; m. Benjamin Green. John, b. March 18, 16SS; m. Abigail Johnson. Jacob, b. March, 1691; m. Mary Green. Stephen, b. July 17, 1693; m. Mary Heath. Mary, b. 1696; m. Thomas Cram. Thomas, b. May 21, 1699; m. Mehitabel Towle. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 20, 1701; m. Mary Weare.
3. JACOB BROWN, son of John (1), born in 1653; mar- ried Sarah Brooklin of Portsmouth, and lived at Hampton. He died Feb. 13, 1740. Children :
John, b. about 1684; m. Ruth Kelly.
5. Samuel, b. Sept., 1686. Abraham, b. 1688; m. Feb. 6, 1718, Argen- tine Cram. Joshua, b. April 1, 1691; m. first, Rachel Sanborn; second, Sarah Leavitt. Sarah, b. 1693; m. Philip Griffin. Jacob, b. Dec. 22, 1695; in. Nov. 16, 1721, Joanna Jones. Abigail, b. March 3, 1698; m. first, John Dowst; second, Amos Knowles. Jonathan, b. Feb. 24, 1699-1700: m. first, Feb. 27, 1725, Joanna Abba; sec- ond, widow Joanna Brown.
6. Jeremiah, bapt. June 28, 1702.
4. THOMAS BROWN, son of John (1), born July 14, 1657; married Abial, daughter of Joseph Shaw. She died Dec. 25, 1739, and he died June 29, 1744. Children :
Thomas, b. Dec. 14, 1686; m. Dec. 13, 1710, Dorcas Fanning; d. June 7, 1776; lived at Hampton.
7. Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1689. Sarah, b. April 5, 1691; m. Feb. 6, 1713, Joshua Towle; d. April 29, 1762; lived at Hampton. Elizabeth, b. April 21, 1694; m. Jan. 31, 1723, Solomon Dowst, and lived in Rye. Ebenezer, b. 1696; m. first, Feb. 27, 1724, Moulton; second, Oct. 5,
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1753, Mary Flanders; d. Oct. 20, 1780; lived at Kensington. Jo- siah, b. Feb. 5, 1701; m. first, Jan. 1, 1724, Elizabeth Fellows; sec- ond, Dec. 5, 1744, Mary Bradbury; d. Dec. 4, 1790; lived at Ken- sington.
5. SAMUEL BROWN, son of Jacob (3), born Sept., 1686; married Elizabeth Maloon. Lived on the Brown home- stead at Hampton, and died Jan. 14, 1772. Children : Mehitable, b. 1710; d. unm. May 3, 1790.
8. Stephen, b. 1712; m. Deborah Lucy of N. C. Hannah, b. 1714; m. Jan. 27, 1732, Joshua Amazeen of Newcastle.
9. Zachariah, b. 1716. Sarah, b. 1718; d. unm. Feb. 17, 1769.
10. Samuel, b. Jan. 20, 1720. Elizabeth, b. 1722; m. John Garland of Moultonborough.
6. JEREMIAH BROWN, son of Jacob (3), bapt. June 28, 1702; married Elizabeth Moody. Lived at North Hamp- ton and Saco, where he died about 1780. Children :
Abigail, bapt. Nov. 26, 1727. Clement, bapt. June 22, 1729. Jere- miah, b. 1737. Moody, b. Dec. 20, 1739. Jacob, Amos, and Mary.
7. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Thomas (4), born Jan. 30, 1689; married, about 1715, Elizabeth Moulton. Lived, first, at Hampton, removing to Rye about 1740, where he died Jan. 21, 1760. Children :
Joseph, b. Jan. 2, 1716; d. about 1716. Thomas, b. Aug. 6, 1717.
11. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1720.
12. Joseph, b. Dec. 2, 1722.
13. Jonathan, b. Dec. 20, 1724. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 6, 1727; m. Jan. 3, 1754, Simon Garland. Mary, b. July 1, 1732; d. Nov. 12, 1736, at Hampton. Sarah, m. June 20, 1756, Moses Tappan.
S. STEPIIEN BROWN, son of Samuel (5), born about 1712; married Deborah Lucy, and died Sept., 1792. He lived at Little River. Children :
Mehitable, bapt. Dec. 22, 1734. Benjamin, bapt. Aug. 22, 1736; m. first, 1761, Elizabeth Batchelder; second, 1768, Mary Page. Nathan, b. Aug. 30, 1738; m. Jane Lamprey of Hampton. Stephen, bapt. Jan. 27, 1740; d. unm. in the French War. Mary, bapt. Oct. 6, 1745. John Lucy, bapt. April 17, 1748; m. Feb. 26, 1769, Mary Godfrey. Jonathan, m. Ann Lapish.
9. ZACHARIAH BROWN, son of Samuel (5), born about 1716; married Ann Leavitt, and died Jan. 31, 1783. Lived at Hampton. Children :
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GENEALOGY.
14. Jacob, b. Dec. S, 1740.
15. Moses, b. Oct. 5, 1742.
16. Simon, b. Aug. 13, 1744. Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1747; d. Aug. 28, 1748. Molly, b. May 12, 1749; m. Jonathan Blake. Sarah, b. June 18, 1752; d. Sept. 10, 1754. Zachariah, b. Nov. 22, 1754; d. Nov. 16, 1755. Anna, b. Dec. 19, 1756; m. John Mobbs Moulton; d. May 23, 1846.
17. Zaccheus, b. March 16, 1759. Sarah, b. June 17, 1761; m. Joseph Knowles.
10. SAMUEL BROWN, son of Samuel (5), born Jan. 20, 1720; married, first, Dec. 2, 1742, Mary Philbrick, and sec- ond, March 2, 1757, widow Elizabeth Johnson of Kensing- ton. She died June 30, 1816. Children by first wife :
Samuel, b. Oct. 19, 1743; m. Oct., 1766, Rachel Marston. James, b. July 11, 1745; m. Ann Brown, and removed to Machias, Me. Na- than, b. Jan. 5, 1747; m. Ann Cilley. Jonathan, b. Oct. 29, 1748; d. March 25, 1749. Jonathan, b. Feb. 13, 1750, m. Mary Brown. David, b. Dec. 9, 1751; m. Elizabeth Tilton. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1754; m. 1776, James Marston. Molly, b. Feb. 29, 1756; m. Josiah Batchelder.
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