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Children by second wife:
Theodore, b. Oct. 30, 1757; m. Sarah Giles. Hannah, b. April 23, 1759; m. 1779, John Taylor. Amos, bapt. Dec. 20, 1761; m. Sarah Philbrick. Betsey, b. March 22, 1764; d. unm. April 20, 1853; three children. Olly, bapt. Dec. 22, 1765; d. Sept. 8, 1766. Daniel, bapt. Aug. 9, 1767; m. Martha Haskell. Olive, bapt. May 7, 1769; m. Joshua Towle. Susannah, bapt. March 31, 1771; m. first, Thomas Nudd; second, Jacob Marston. Anna Sanborn, bapt. July 11, 1773; d. Aug. 29, 1777. Dolly, bapt. Sept. 1, 1776; m. Richard Whittier.
11. SAMUEL BROWN, son of Joseph (7), born Nov. 20, 1720; married, July 18, 1745, Susannah Knowles. Died in 1804. Lived at Rye and Chester. Children : Mary, h. Apr. 21, 1746. Jonathan, b. Sept. 15, 1747.
18. John, b. Nov. 20, 1760; m. Comfort Jenness; d. Sept. 5, 1822. She d. Oct. 30, 1846.
12. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Joseph (7), born Dec. 2, 1722; married Nov. 27, 1746, Abigail Goss. Children : 19. Richard B., b. Aug. 16, 1748. Elizabeth, b. May, 1750; m. first, Feb. 16, 1769, Jonathan Goss; second, Eleck Lear; lived at Epsom. Abigail, b. April 19, 1752; d. young. Joseph, b. April 5, 1754; m. Abby Doleby; lived at Epsom. Job, b. 1756; m. Dec. 31, 1778, Huldah Page; lived at Gilmanton. Abigail, b. 1758; m. Jan. 20, 1782, Samuel Davis; lived at Epsom. Jonathan, b. 1760, m. Mary Smith. James, b. 1763; m. Hannah Smith. Samuel, b. 1766; m. Mary Morrell.
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13. COL. JONATHAN BROWN, son of Joseph (7), born Dec. 20, 1724; married, Jan. 3, 1753, Mary, daughter of John Garland. He died Jan., 1798. Children :
Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1755; m. March 21, 1776, Elijah Locke; lived at Rye, Epsom, and Chichester.
20. Joseph, b. April 27, 1757.
21. John, b. Nov. 13, 1759; m. Feb. 4, 1779, Sarah Allen; d. Jan. 21, 1807; lived at Rye, Epsom, and Chichester. Jonathan, b. April 13, 1762; d. April 15, 1782, of smallpox. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1766; m. March 16, 1794, Joseph Locke. Abigail, b. July 29, 1769; m. April 5, 1792, Theodore Coffin; d. March 29, 1832; lived at Hampton and Newburyport.
14. JACOB BROWN, son of Zachariah (9), born Dec. S, 1740; married Hannah Lamprey. Lived at Little River. Children :
Elizabeth, m. Reuben Philbrick. Nabby, m. Benjamin Philbrick. Jacob, m. first, Abigail Lamprey; m. second, Abigail Philbrick. David, m. Ruth Lamprey.
15. MOSES BROWN, son of Zachariah (9), born Oct. 5, 1742; married, Feb. 1, 1773, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Mace of Hampton. Children :
Anna Leavitt, b. Nov. 17, 1773; m. Eli Brown. Lydia, b. May 6, 1777; m. Jeremiah Brown. Abigail, b. Nov. 28, 1778; m. James Towle.
16. CAPT. SIMON BROWN, son of Zachariah (9), born Aug. 13, 1744; married Mary, daughter of John Leavitt. Lived at North Hampton. He died July 20, 1831, and she died Sept. 23, 1837. Children :
22. Simon, b. Aug. 14, 1766. Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1768; m. Simon Dear- born; he d. Aug. 19, 1843. Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1773; m. Capt. True- worthy Dearborn; lived at Concord.
23. John, b. Sept. 7, 1775.
17. ZACCHEU'S BROWN, son of Zachariah (9), born March 16, 1759; married, Oct. 28, 1781, Martha Davidson. Chil- dren :
William, b. and d. June 16, 1782. Martha (Patty), b. June, 1783; m. Daniel Lane. Sarah (Sally), b. April 29, 1785; d. May 15, 1785. William, b. Aug. 23, 1786; m. Nancy H. Downing. Sally Leavitt, b. March 30, 1788; m. David Lane. Nancy, b. Sept. 15, 1790; m. Thomas Lane. Abigail, b. Jan. 30, 1793; m. first, Enoch Moore; m. second. Feb. 28, 1839, Capt. Reuben Osgood of Salis- bury, Mass. Belinda S., b. June 1, 1802; d. unm., Sept., 1878.
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18. JOHN BROWN, son of Samuel (11), born Nov. 20, 1760; married, Oct. 25, 1785, Comfort Jenness. He died Sept. 5, 1822; and she died Oct. 30, 1846. Ile came from Chester. Children :
John Sam Jenness, b. May 10, 1798; d. Sept. 3, 1815. Job, bapt. Aug. 28, 1791; d. young.
19. RICHARD BROWN, son of Joseph (12), born Aug. 16, 1748; married, Jan. 12, 1873, Sarah Jenness. Removed to Epsom. He lived where Samuel Smart resides. Chil- dren :
Anna, bapt. June 26, 1774. Abigail, bapt. Oct. 20, 1776. Mercy, bapt. Jan. 23, 1785.
20. JOSEPH BROWN, son of Jonathan (13), born April 27, 1757 ; married, Dec. 4, 1777, Martha Coffin. He died March 7, 1841. Lived at Boar's Head, North Hampton. Children :
Sarah Hook, b. Nov. 10 or 30, 1778; m. 1799, Nathan Knowles; d. . Dec. 22, 1859.
24. Jonathan, b. 1780. Joseph, b. 1782; m. April 26, 1804, Elizabeth Seavey. He was drowned Sept. 10, 1806, and she m. second, Dec. 18, 1809, Richard Jenness. Martha, b. April, 1786; m. Oct., 1809, Daniel P. Dalton; d. July 8, 1854.
21. JOHN BROWN, son of Jonathan (13), born Nov. 13, 1759; married, Feb. 4, 1779, Salome Allen. He died Jan. 21, 1807. Lived at Epsom and Chichester. Children : 25. John, b. Aug. 14.
26. Jonathan, b. June 1, 1782. Joseph, m. March 15, 1810, Rachel Locke; lived at Epsom and Deerfield. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Yeaton; lived at Epsom. Mary, m. Charles Mills; lived at Concord. Jere- miah, m. Mary Ball; lived at Hampton Falls. Sarah, m. Burn- ham: lived at Epsom.
27. James, b. Nov., 1789.
28. Benjamin. Abigail, b. March 12, 1802; m. Jonathan Philbrick. Josiah, m. Mary Garland; lived at Concord. William, b. Aug. 14, 1796; m. Lucetta Gray; she d. May 11, 1875, aged 90.
22. LIEUT. SIMON BROWN, son of Simon (16), born Aug. 14, 1766; married, first, Aug., 1793, Esther Dalton. She died May 25, 1805, and he married, second, March 16, 1806,
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Polly Seavey. She died March 1, 1832, and he died March 4, 1846. Was a member of Capt. James Coleman's com- pany of cavalry in the War of 1812. Children by first wife :
29. Ira, b. May 30, 1795. Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1803; d. Oct. 29, 1805. Eliza, b. Jan. 14, 1805; m. April 21, 1824, Thomas J. Parsons; she d. Dec. 20, 18SS, and he d. March 4, 1890.
Children by second wife:
Mary Esther, b. Jan. 5, 1807; m. July 12 or 14, 1831, Jonathan T. Walker. Sarah Ann, b. May 17, 1809; m. Nov. 24, 1831, Thomas Rand; d. June 5, 1891.
30. Simon, b. Sept. 6, 1811.
31. Langdon, b. June 2, 1814.
32. John Henry, b. Feb. 11, 1817. Martha Adeline, b. Jan. 9, 1822; m. Feb. 1, 1854, Francis Albert Berry; he d. July 30, 1861. Lucetta S., b. Dec. 10, 1824; d. Oct. 20, 1850.
23. JOHN BROWN, son of Simon (16), born Sept. 7, 1775; married Polly, died July 20, 1868, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Locke) Jenness. He died Aug. 23, 1825. Lived at North Hampton. Children:
Eliza, b. 1799; m. first, Joseph Ward; second, Nathaniel Batchelder. Mary, b. 1802; d. unm. 1840. Simon, b. Aug., 1804; m. Emily, dau. of Nathaniel Drake. Leonard, b. 1806; m. Lucy Ann Hal- lett: d. Oct., 1879; lived at New York. Jenness, b. Feb., 1808; m. Lydia Ward of Hampton; she d. Feb., 1876; lived at Newbury- port, Mass. John Trueworthy, b. March, 1818; m. widow Eliza G. Wedgewood; d. June, 1869; lived at New York. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 18, 1810; m. Elizabeth Sanborn; d. Feb. 12, 1875; lived at North Hampton. Adeline, b. 1816; m. Abraham Drake; lived at North Hampton.
24. JONATHAN BROWN, son of Joseph (20), born 1780; married, Oct. 7, 1802, Hannah Drake. IIe died Jan. 31, 1843. Known as "White House JJonathan," his house being the first one painted white in town. He was a mem- ber of Capt. James Coleman's company of cavalry in the War of 1812. Children:
33. Joseph Ward, b. May 12, 1804. Sarah Ann, m. Josiah W. Phil- brick.
34. Jonathan, b. Feb. 27, 1807. Hannah, m. Joseph B. Dalton; d. Oct. 9, 1850. Martha, m. July 4, 1842, Daniel Dalton; d. Feb. 4, 1866. Data, m. Dec. 22, 1842, Samuel Whidden, 2d , of Portsmouth.
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25. JOHN BROWN, son of John (21), born Aug. 14, -; married, first, July 29, 1802, Sarah Foss ; married, second, April 28, 1807, Nancy Jenness. He died Dec. 10, 1854. Children by second wife:
35. Ivory, b. Dec. 1, 1808. Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1820; m. John C. Cogs- well of Boston. Sally, d. 1833, aged 17.
36. Alfred, b. June 27, 1817; m. Mary A. Clark.
26. JONATHAN BROWN, son of John (21), born June 1, 1782; married, Nov. 5, 1805, Mary, daughter of Joshua Locke. He died Sept. 18, 1831. Children :
Mary Smith, b. March 6, 1806; m. Nov. 27, 1825, Ebenezer L. Odi- orne. Sally, b. May 29, 1808; m. Dec. 25, 1831, John Philbrick. Al- fred, b. July 27, 1810. Clarissa, b. Nov. 12, 1812; m. Aug. 4, 1836, Nathan Brown. Almira, b. March 16, 1815; m. Nov., 1838, Jona- than Locke. Rhoda, b. Sept. 10, 1817. Artemissa, b. April 13, 1820; m. May 29, 1842, Daniel Marden. Abigail, b. July 16, 1824; m. Oliver Berry of Greenland. Angelina, b. Jan. 3, 1826; m. James H. Dow. Jonathan Alva, b. April 3, 1830.
27. JAMES BROWN, son of John (21), born Nov., 1789; married, Dec. 9, 1819, Martha Webster. Children :
37. Elihua, b. April 6, 1822. Rosilla, b. Dec. 7, 1819; d. unm. Dec. 20, 1887.
38. James, b. Jan. 15, 1824.
39. William, b. Nov. 21, 1825. Emeline, b. June 4, 1827; d. Sept. 23, 1838. John A., b. Nov. 20, 1828; d. Jan. 22, 1887.
40. Levi Webster, b. Sept. 7, 1830. Abigail, b. Sept. 12, 1832; m. first, 1854, David Marden; m. second, E. Wolcott. Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1835; d. July 2, 1848. Sophia, b. June 21, 1841; d. Oct. 27, 1842; scalded with hot water.
28. BENJAMIN BROWN, son of John (21), married, March 31, 1817, Jane Locke. After his death she married John Randall of Gosport. Child :
Sarah Ann Brown, alias Goss, b. 1817; m. Moses Blake of Hampton.
29. GEN. IRA BROWN, son of Simon (22), born May 30, 1795; married, Sept. 6, 1820, Jane M. Perkins; died July 10, 1845. She died March 3, 1841. A general in the N. II. state militia. Children :
Emily, b. Dec. 8, 1820; d. May 23, 1841. Sophia, b. Nov. 19, 1822; m. Feb. 20, 1848, Charles C. Rand; d. May 30, 1850. Calvin, b. June 27, 1825; d. March 27, 1831. Eliza Ann, b. Aug. 17, 1827; d.
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Oct. 25, 1843. Mary Esther, b. March 10, 1830; d. Dec. 29, 1849. Semira J., b. Feb. 22, 1833; m. Oct., 1859, George G. Longee; d. Oct. 27, 1863; had a dau., Bertha, m. W. H. Hayward. Abby P., b. March 19, 1835; unm. Ira Arvin, b. May 27, 1838; d. Sept., 1856, at Boston, Mass.
30. SIMON BROWN, son of Simon (22), born Sept. 6, 1811; married, Jan. 4, 1837, Mary Seavey. He died March 2, 1882. Lived at Lynn, Mass. She died Aug. 10, 1885. Children :
Annie Mary, b. May 19, 1837; m. Dec. 10, 1868, James J. Grover of Lynn; he d. March 31, 1883; Clara E. A. Augusta, b. Dec. 20, 1840; m. Dec. 14, 1870, William W. Cilley of Lynn.
41. Amos Simon, b. Nov. 10, 1843. Sarah Anzolette, b. May 27, 1846; d. Sept. 27, 1857.
31. LANGDON BROWN, son of Simon (22), born June 2, 1814; married, first, May 30, 1837, Elizabeth Dow; died Oct. 9, 1848; married, second, Augusta Marston of Hamp- ton ; died Feb. 8, 1872. He died Jan. 23, 1867. Children by first wife :
Ann Eliza, b. Nov., 1845; m. May 24, 1870, Charles Austin Jenness; d. June 11, 1877. Otis Simon, b. March 21, 1848; d. Dec. 25, 1848.
Children by second wife:
42. George Henry, b. March 8, 1855. John Shirley, b. Aug. 20, 1858; d. Dec. 22, 1859.
32. JOHN HENRY BROWN, son of Simon (22), born Feb. 11, 1817 ; married, July 27, 1873, widow Mary Abby Davis. He died March 19, 1902. Child :
John Howard, b. Nov. 2, 1877.
33. JOSEPH WARD BROWN, son of Jonathan (24), born May 12, 1804; married, March 24, 1829, Emily Parsons. She died Feb. 15, 1879, and he died March 29, 1883. Far- iner and miller. Children :
43. Charles Jonathan, b. Sept. 13, 1829. Abby Ann, b. April 8, 1844; d. Aug. 28, 1858.
34. CAPT. JONATHAN BROWN, son of Jonathan (24), born Feb. 27, 1807 ; married, Jan. 3, 1832, Almira Parsons. She died April 5, 1871, and he died Oct. 30, 1872, Chil- dren :
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Martha Hannah, b. April 26, 1832; m. May 25, 1851, Uri H. Jenness; was divorced.
44. Amos Parsons, b. Sept. 24, 1836. Emerett, b. Oct. 16, 1844; m. Jan. 17, 1866, J. Rienza Jenness.
35. IVORY BROWN, son of John (25), born Dec. 1, 1808; married, May 8, 1845, Mary C. Johnson. Children :
Maria, m. Harvey Locke. Sarah Frances, m. April 25, 1867, John Towle Marden. Emma Adeline, b. Dec. 22, 1847; m. Sept. 17, 1871, Frederick Kimball. Harriet Annetta, b. Feb. 20, 1850; m. 1870, Godfrey.
36. ALFRED BROWN, son of John (25), born June 27, 1817; married Mary A. Clark. Children :
George A. Frances A. Norris E. Laura. Herbert W.
37. ELIHUA BROWN, son of James (27), born April 6, 1822; married, 1856, Mehitable Locke. He died Feb. 12, 1859. Child :
Etta, b. Jan. 25, 1857.
38. JAMES BROWN, son of James (27), born Jan. 15, 1824; married, Nov. 2, 1855, Margaret Vercilda, daughter of Charles Green. He died July 11, 1880, and she died JJune 14, 1897. Children :
Minnie, b. April 19, 1857; m. Alba H. Foss; d. July 22, 1887. 45. George W., b. March 5, 1861; m. 1883, Mary Emma Rand.
39. WILLIAM BROWN, son of James (27), born Nov. 21, 1825; married, Oct. 23, 1851, Henrietta Downs. He died July 11, 1887, and she died Oct. 30, 1896. Children :
Sophia, b. April 28, 1852. Jessie M., b. Oct. 30, 1856; m. April 29, 1877, Charles Julyn. William M., b. July 12, 1859; d. May 5, 1875. Henry J., b. 1862; m. Sept. 26, 1887, widow Fanny Dow, dau. of Wesley Jenness.
46. Frank G., b. July, 1864.
40. LEVI WEBSTER BROWN, son of James (27), born Sept. 7, 1830 ; married, Oct. 2, 1852, Sarah O. Verrell. Child : Charles W., b. Jan. 15, 1854; m. Dec., 1883, Maria Groom.
41. AMOS SIMON BROWN, son of Simon (30), born Nov. 10, 1843 ; married, Sept. 29, 1869, Martha E. Mudge. Lived at Lynn, Mass. Children :
Florence Mudge. b. May 11. 1871; d. June 10, 1885. Ernest Lamper, b. July 29, 1874. Clara Belle, b. Feb. 15, 1876; d. March 10, 1879.
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42. GEORGE HENRY BROWN, son of Langdon (31), born March 8, 1855; married, Dec. 21, 1876, Cora J. Moulton. Children :
Shirley, b. May 14, 1880. Alice Eliza, b. Sept. 1, 1887.
43. CHARLES JONATHAN BROWN, son of Joseph Ward (33), born Sept. 13, 1829; married, Nov. 30, 1855, Mary L. Drake. He died Oct. 5, 1893. He was a justice of the peace and a successful school teacher, and did much work in surveying and making wills. Children:
47. Joseph Arthur, b. March 30, 1856. Emily Blanche, b. March 1, 1860; m. Dec. 24, 1884, Charles M. Remick. Abby Parsons, b. Aug. 17, 1864; m. Dec. 4, 1889, Fred D. Parsons. Agnes, b. March 22, 1876.
44. AMOS PARSONS BROWN, son of Jonathan (34), born ยท Sept. 24, 1836; married, first, Oct., 1857, Margaret A. Jen- ness. She died Nov. 28, 1862, and he married, second, Jan. 27, 1867, Calvinna E. Seavey. Child by first wife :
Luella M., b. Aug. 30, 1858; m. Dec., 1883, Gilman Moulton. Child by second wife:
Carrie G., b. Dec. 2, 1874; m. April 14, 1895, Walter Woodbury, divorced.
45. GEORGE W. BROWN, son of James (38), born March 5, 1861; married, 1883, Mary Emma Rand. Carpenter. Children :
Ruth Beatrice, b. Sept. 17, 1884. Margaret Medesta, b. Oct. 26, 1886. Norman Howard, b. Dec. 16, 18SS. James Webster, b. Nov. 21, 1890. Charles Rand, b. Oct. 16, 1892. Susan Minnie, b. Dec. 22, 1894. Son, b. May 17, 1896; d. Dec. 15, 1897. Helen Vercilda, b. Aug. 16, 1899. Aleck Forbes, b. Oct. 22, 1901.
46. FRANK G. BROWN, son of William (39), born July, 1864; married, July 2, 1893, Hattie W. Dow. Children :
Doris Julyn, b. Dec. 16, 1897. Perley William, b. March 23, 1900. Alan Francis, b. Nov. 10, 1901.
47. JOSEPH ARTHUR BROWN, son of Charles Jonathan (43), born March 30, 1856; married, Nov. 20, 1878, Olive A. Goss. Hle was a justice of the peace. Children :
Carroll W., b. Sept. 24, 1879. Bessie Marion, b. July 31, 1SS4. Edna Olive, b. Oct. 24, 1886. Charles O., b. Oct. 29, 1889; d. Feb. 17, 1892. Arthur L., b. Dec. 25, 1891. William Goss, b. Oct. 12, 1895.
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1. JOHN BROWN married, first, 1796, Mary (Polly) Gould; married, second, Nov. 9, 1839, Polly Rand. Chil- dren :
Polly, b. April, 1799; d. unm. March 27, 1873.
2. Joseph, b. July 3, 1802.
3. Daniel, b. May 29, 1808.
4. Ira, b. Jan. 31, 1811.
5. Oliver, b. Jan. 31, 1811. John, b. March 13, 1813; m. Mary Ann Jen- ness. Hannah, b. Nov., 1818; m. Isaac Jenness.
2. JOSEPH BROWN, son of John (1), born July 3, 1802; married, first, Mary Fogg; married, second, Sept. 13, 1843, Mary D. Foss. Children :
Clara N .. b. Sept. 6, 1831; m. William G. Harding. Almira A., b. Dec., 1840; m. Henry Jenness.
6. Joseph Ira, b. Sept. 17, 1834; m. Feb. 26, 1857, Augusta Anderson.
3. DANIEL BROWN, son of John (1), born May 29, 1808; married Sarah Ann Garland. He died Nov. 12, 1898. Children :
7. Moses, b. March 23, 1835. Charles Woodbury, b. Sept. 1, 1839; m. widow Lizzie Frost, dau. of Calvin Garland.
4. IRA BROWN, son of John (1), born Jan. 31, 1811; married, Oct. 27, 1834, Hannah Garland. IIe died, and she married, first, E. S. Wedgewood; second, Alfred G. Jenness. Child :
Emeline, m. Albert Dana Jenness.
5. OLIVER BROWN, son of John (1), born Jan. 31, 1811; married Elizabeth Marston. Children :
Mary E., m. John Lamper. -, m. Charles Lamper.
6. JOSEPH IRA BROWN, son of Joseph (2), born Sept. 17, 1834 ; married, Feb. 26, 1857, Augusta Anderson. He died July 10, 1898. Children :
Franklin, b. May 1, 1858.
8. James Franklin. b. April 2, 1859. Robert William, b. Aug. 28, 1864; d. Oct. 26, 1864. Anna Maria, b. July 4, 1866; m. Alvado Jenness. Clara Emma, b. Oct., 1874.
7. MOSES BROWN, son of Daniel (3), born March 23, 1835 ; married, Dec. 9, 1869, Henrietta Garland. Children :
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Alice S., b. March 30, 1871; m. Nov. 29, 1888, Frank L. Graves; d. Dec. 10, 1893. Mattie, b. July 7, 1872; m. July 18, 1889, Frank F. Boyce. Daniel W., b. July 15, 1874; m. Oct. 21, 1899, Jennie E. Fraser. John W., b. July, 1877. Etta, b. March 10, 1880.
8. JAMES FRANKLIN BROWN, son of Joseph Ira (6), born April 2, 1859 ; married, Dec. 23, 1890, Geneva Berry. Chil- dren :
Daughter, b. March 6, 1899.
JOSEPH BROWN married Abartha Coffin. He lived at Little Boar's Head. Children :
Sarah Hook, b. Nov. 30, 1778; m. 1799, Nathan Knowles; d. Dec. 22, 1859. Jonathan, b. Dec. 24, 1780; m. Oct. 2, 1802, Hannah Drake; d. Jan. 31, 1843. Joseph, b. 1783; m. April 26, 1804, Elizabeth Seavey. He was drowned while coming home from Newcastle, and she afterwards m. Richard Jenness, Jr., Dec. 18, 1809. Mar- tha, b. April, 1786; m. Oct. 2, 1809, Daniel P. Dalton; d. July 8, 1854.
OLIVER BROWN married Lydia Dalton. She married, second, Ezenezer Fogg of North Hampton. Children :
Lydia D., b. March 16, 1836; d. Jan. 28, 1837. Oliver B. Fogg, b. Nov. 27, 1848; m. 1875, Emma, dau. of Elvin Locke.
ALEXANDER BROWN and Polly, daughter of Michael Dal- ton, married Sept. 2, 1813.
BUNKER.
1. LEMUEL BUNKER married Sally Towle. Children : 2. James, b. April 8, 1802. Belinda, m. Lemuel Locke.
2. JAMES BUNKER, son of Lemuel (1), born April 8, 1802; married, Sept. 27, 1820, Nancy Hobbs. Children : Mary Ann, b. Dec. 24, 1820; d. unm. Oct. 9, 1878.
3. Lemuel James, b. June, 1823. Belinda, b. Oct. 2, 1827; school teacher; d. unm. Oct. 4, 1884.
4. Oliver Dearborn, b. Oct. 18, 1830. Gardner Towle, b. Nov. 26, 1834; unm.
3. LEMUEL JAMES BUNKER, son of James (2), born June, 1823 ; married, first, March 7, 1848, Izette S. Garland ; mar- ried, second, Anna R. Towle. He died Nov. 24, 1893, and she died June 7, 1899. Carpenter. Children by first wife :
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Julia, b. Feb. 24, 1850; m. 1864, Edward H. Balch. Addie P., m. Oct. 27, 1868, George D. Cotton of North Hampton. Children by second wife:
Christy Ann, b. March, 1855; d. Aug. 15, 1876. Izette, b. March 21, 1859; d. Oct. 15, 1878. Willie, b. Nov., 1861; an adopted child; m. Cora E. Palmer.
4. OLIVER DEARBORN BUNKER, son of James (2), born Oct. 18, 1830; married Christy Laws of Illinois. Chil- dren :
Rosabella, b. Jan. 1, 1859. Sophronie Lillian. Frank, b. May 1 or June 3, 1865.
BREED.
FREDERICK BREED married Ida F. Philbrick June 19, 1884. Children :
Bernice, b. March 15, 1885. Edith, b. Dec. 17, 1887. Ethel, b. Sept. 17, 1889.
CARROLL.
JOHN CARROLL married Oct. 31, 1793, Sally, daughter of Simon Goss. Children :
Richard, bapt. Nov. 25, 1795. Arnold. Polly, bapt. 1802.
CASWELL.
JOHN CASWELL. Lived at Gosport. Children :
John, m. Nov. 2, 1816, Elizabeth G. Locke, and had Rebekah, who m. Nathaniel Berry. William, m. 1817, Catherine E. Marston. Joseph M., m. Oct. 22, 1820, Sally Berry. Asa, m. Mary Marston. Mary, m. March 31, 1817, Isaac Newton. Lemuel.
1. SAMUEL CASWELL married Elizabeth Randall. She died Jan. 4, 1825. Lived at Gosport. Children :
Tamah, b. Nov. 15, 1788; m. Manasseh Dutton, who was a soldier at Fort Constitution.
2. Samuel b. May 8, 1790.
3. Michael, b. Ang. 17, 1792. Nabby, b. June 14, 1795; m. Simon Lam- prey.
4. Edward, b. Sept. 14, 1797.
5. William, b. July 17, 1800.
2. SAMUEL CASWELL, son of Samuel (1), born May 8, 1790; married, April 28, 1808, Polly Green. He was lost in the privateer Portsmouth in 1814. His widow married, second, Aug. 15, 1819, William Caswell. Children : 22
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6. Richard Green, b. Dec. 5, 1808; m. Anna B. Marden. John, b. July 15, 1811; m. Raynes; one child, John; last seen at Portsmouth. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 3, 1813; d. Jan. 5, 1814.
7. Samuel, b. Jan. 4, 1815.
3. MICHAEL CASWELL, son of Samuel (1), born Aug. 17, 1792; married, Oct. 24, 1816, Dorcas Green. She died April 18, 1887, aged 93 years. Children :
Thomas Green, b. April 9, 1811. Joseph, b. March 2, 1817; m. Oct. 26, 1843, Charlotte Berry. Charles G., b. Oct. 5, 1819. Asa, b. Nov. 21, 1821; m. Fannie Hildreth; d. Feb. 8, 1885. Emily, b. June 25, 1825; m. Rufus Eastman. Almira, b. Dec. 23, 1827; m. Charles Bird. William, b. Dec. 16, 1833; d. June 7, 1867. Albert M., b. June 25, 1837; m. Mary Page.
4. EDWARD CASWELL, son of Samuel (1), born Sept. 14, 1797; married, first, June 13, 1819, Sarah Frost Locke; married, second, Sally Varrell. Children, both of whom were adopted by Daniel Burleigh of Lee, and took his name :
Sylvester, m. Abby Locke. Daniel, m. Margaret Locke.
5. WILLIAM CASWELL, son of Samuel (1), born July 17, 1800 ; married, Ang. 15, 1819, Mary ( Polly), widow of his brother Samuel. He died Nov. 20, 1884. Children : William, b. Nov. 14, 1819.
S. Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1822. Elizabeth J., b. July 21, 1824; m. Gilman C. Berry: d. March 18, 1887. Lulu Ann, b. Nov. 12, 1828; had a son, Gustavus, b. April, 1846.
9. Warren, b. May 10, 1832. Maria Salter, b. Ang. 9, 1835; m. Swett.
6. RICHARD GREEN CASWELL, son of Samuel (2), born Dec. 5, 1808; married, June 22, 1828, Anna B. Marden. She died Sept. 27, 1893. Fisherman. Children:
Mary H., b. Dec. 20, 1828; m. Feb. 19, 1850, John Cook Randall.
10. Charles Reuben, b. Feb. 21, 1831. Alfred S., b. April 19, 1833; d. Feb. 6, 1847. Elizabeth A., b. Nov. 12, 1835; m. John Mace. Sarah A., b. Oct. 9, 1838; m. Dec. 4 1856, Gilman N. Varrell. George Brewster, b. 1844; m. Aug., 1882, Mary McGuire of Con- cord. Was out in the Civil War. Angeline, m. John Pool.
11. Henry N., b. 1845. Clarence Kimball, b. Aug. 10, 1850; m. Nov. 9, 1878, Ada Brown of Raymond.
12. Frank O., b. March 31, 1852. Edwin, m. Lucy Hart.
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7. SAMUEL CASWELL, son of Samuel (2), born Jan. 4, 1815; married Sarah E. Varrell, alias Palmer. IIe died March 3, 1882. Fisherman. Children :
A girl, b. Sept. 20, 1854. Cynthia, b. March, 1857. Sarah, b. April 6, 1862; m. May 22, 1880, Wallace Goss. Samuel, b. Dec. 23, 1859. Letitia, m. Frank Rand of Portsmouth. Rosa, b. April 6, 1862. Gracie. James W., b. June 22, 1867. Amy J., m. Richard F. Varrell.
S. MARY CASWELL, daughter of William (3), born Feb. 5, 1822, and had before marriage the following children :
13. John William, b. Oct., 1841. J. Winfield S. Varrell. Greenville, d. in the Civil War. She afterwards married, first, June 9, 1850, Benjamin Varrell; second, Clay of Hooksett; and third, Charles Bunton.
9. WARREN CASWELL, son of William (5), born May 10, 1832 ; married, first, June 26, 1861, Sarah E. Knowles, and second, Mary E. Berry. Children by first wife :
Charles Law, b. Sept. 17, 1865. George, b. Nov. 2, 1868; m. Oct. 28, 1891, Maud I. Gilbert.
Child by second wife:
Ella, b. March 30, 1871; m. Sanborn.
10. CHARLES REUBEN CASWELL, son of Richard Green (6), born Feb. 21, 1831; married, first, Nov. 9, 1853, Mary O. Varrell; second, Sept. 16, 1863, Sarah Robinson. Drowned in his boat, Nov., 1865. Served in the war, 1861-'65. Children :
Horace Washington, b. May 2, 1854. Mary Augusta, b. April 9, 1857.
11. HENRY M. CASWELL, son of Richard Green (6), born 1845; married, March 15, 1871, Lydia C. Randall. Chil- dren :
Maud Arabella, b. Sept., 1871. Emma Albertina, b. July, 1874.
12. FRANK O. CASWELL, son of Richard Green (6), born March 31, 1852 ; married Martha Jane Randall. Children : Alfred. Arthur, b. 1887. Marion, b. Jan. 3, 1890. Lynden, b. June 30, 1892. Lizzie, b. Nov. S, 1895. Charles, b. Sept. 12, 1897. Sherman.
13. JOHN WILLIAM CASWELL, son of Mary Caswell (8), born Oct., 1841; married, July 10, 1864, Hattie M. Mat-
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thews, Portsmouth. Served in the navy during the Civil War. Children :
Ida, b. Aug. 13, 1867; adopted; m. Aug. 13, 1890, John Sweetser of Portsmouth. Hattie, b. Dec. 2, 1868. Ova, b. Jan. 31, 1874; m. Aug. 7, 1895, Flora Frye. Harry, b. June 5, 1879.
1. AUGUSTUS CASWELL married, March 19, 1868, Leila A. Jenness. Enlisted and mustered into service in 1862-in the war 1861-'65. Children :
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