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2. Elmer W., b. Oct. 5, 1868; m. Feb. 14, 1891, Sophia G. Smart. Cora, b. Oct. 1, 1876; m. June 30, 1897, Horace B. Berry.
2. ELMER W. CASWELL, son of Gustavus (1), born Oct. 5, 1868; married, Feb. 14, 1891, Sophia J. Smart. Chil- dren :
Ethelyn, b. Feb. 15, 1892. Alvah L., b. July 27, 1893. E. Gay, b. June 28, 1895. Myrtle V., b. Nov. S, 1899.
CHAMBERLAIN.
WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN married Nov. 27, 1729, Mary Randall. Children :
Lydia, b. April 3, 1737. Samuel, b. Aug. 18, 1740. William, b. May 17, 1743. Mary, b. July 20, 1746. John, b. July 14, 1749.
CHAPMAN.
JONATHAN CHAPMAN married Mary - Child : Phebe, bapt. April 12, 1752.
JOB CHAPMAN married Rachael Marden of Rye. Lived at North Hampton.
CANNEY.
HERBERT S. CANNEY married Annie Odiorne. Children : J. Newman, b. Oct. 3, 1895. Son, b. April 20, 1900.
CHESLEY.
1. LIEUT. SIMON CHESLEY, born Oct. 21, 1783; married, April 29, 1807, Olive Elkins; died, July 3, 1851. She died Oct., 1872. Lieutenant in Captain Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. Children :
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Samuel, b. June 23, 1807; d. unm. June 14, 1880; fisherman. John, b. Aug. 15, 1809. Eliza B., b. June 28, 1811; m. Dec. 1, 1841. Samuel Coleman of Newburyport. Hannah P., b. Oct. 23, 1813: m. Jan. 11, 1841, James Locke; lived at Seabrook. William E., b. June 11, 1816; d. unm. Nov. 13, 1887.
2. Simon Locke, b. April 1, 1822.
2. SIMON LOCKE CHESLEY, son of Simon (1), born April 1, 1822; married, March 22, 1858, Susan M. Green. Mer- chant with his brother William, "at the Four Corners." Children :
Frank E., b. Feb. 7, 1860; in. Nov. 27, 1884, Ella Moulton; lives at North Hampton.
3. William Elkins, b. Jan. 24, 1874.
3. WILLIAM E. CHESLEY, son of Simon Locke (2), born Nov., 1874; married, 1898, Susie P. Rand. He died Jan. 7, 1903. Child :
Jackson, b. Sept. 21, 1900.
CHICK.
EVERETT E. CHICK born Jan., 1874; married, Sept. 19, 1899, Annie G. Blake, born July 13, 1878. Children :
Ethel, b. Dec. 6, 1899. Susie, b. June 16, 1901. Ralph E., b. March 9, 1903. Ernest, b. March 24, 1904.
CLARK.
1. JOHN CLARK married, June 19, 1766, Mary Mace. Children :
Joseph. John, bapt. July, 1768. Molly, bapt. July 1, 1770; m. Reu- ben Dow.
2. Andrew, bapt. April 4, 1773. Deborah. Polly. Edward. Josiah, William.
2. ANDREW CLARK, son of John (1), baptized April 4, 1773; married, Nov 23, 1797, Hannah Remick. She died April 18, 1844. Children:
3. Thomas Remick, b. March, 1799. Betsey, b. Nov. 3, 1801; m. Sept. 20, 1827, John H. Webster.
4. John, b. 1804. Daniel, b. 1806; d. May 2, 1831. Mary A., b. 1808; d. July 1, 1831. Hannah, b. 1809; d. Oct. 3, 1831. Emily, b. 1812; d. June 8, 1831.
3. THOMAS REMICK CLARK, son of Andrew (2), born March, 1799; married, March, 1824, Maria Greenough, born May 19, 1804. Children :
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Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 12, 1824; m. March 18, 1856, Joseph S. Foss; she had John, b. Sept. 27, 1851. Hannah, m. David Page. Mary Frances, m. Seth M. Sprague. Daniel, m. Rosella Berry. Charles, m. Josephine. Anna M., b. 1838; m. Oct. 1, 1856, Horace L. Tre- fethern. Eliza Jane, b. 1840; m. Nathaniel Lear. Amos, m. Anna Kerns. Lyman, m. Louisa Gordon. Levi, m. Mary Hutch- ins. Oliver, m. Charlotte Trefethern. Albert, m. Anna Merrill. Harriett Augusta, m. July 3, 1866, James M. Haley.
4. JOHN CLARK, son of Andrew (2), born 1804; married, first, Mary Locke; married, second, Adeline Tucker. He died Aug. 8, 1847, and she died March 10, 1899. Child by first wife:
5. Moses, b. 1829.
Children by second wife:
Mary Emily, b. 1835; m. June 18, 1862, Supply F. Trefethern. Abby S., b. Feb. 28, 1843. Clara A., b. Feb. 25, 1846; m. July 30, 1873, Michael Henry Magraw of Portsmouth; d. Feb., 1SS1.
5. MOSES CLARK, son of John (4), born, 1829; married, Oct. 26, 1858, Susan A. Tucker. Children :
Emmons, b. March 6, 1860. Marcia B., b. Oct. 23, 1863; m. Aug. 6, 1884, Edwin H. Drake. Marietta, h. Sept. 27, 1866; d. Jan. 27, 1887. Charles H., b. Jan. 13, 1870; d. Jan. 13, 1888.
THOMAS CLARK. Children :
Jane, m. Elliot Frost. Susannah, bapt. July 22, 1764. Betsey. William, b. May 11, 1766. Polly. Thomas. Hannah.
CLERK.
SAMUEL CLERK married, March 30, 1758, Hannah Mar- den. Children :
John, bapt. March 23, 1760. Judith, bapt. July 9, 1769. Olly, bapt. July 9, 1769.
JENNY CLARK, daughter of William, was baptized Oct. 22, 1752.
CLIFFORD.
PETER CLIFFORD married July 25, 1738, Hannah Dolbee, and had Peter, born Sept. 12, 1753.
ABRAHAM CLIFFORD married May, 1746, Abigail Seavey, and had Peter, baptized Sept. 23, 1753.
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CLOUGH.
NATHAN CLOUGH married Oct. 29, 1837, Abigail Marden. She died Nov. 19, 1892. He died Jan. 14, 1872. Children : Jane Ann, b. Oct. 24, 1838; m. first, Charles Delancy; m. second, Dec. 1, 1895, Charles H. Rand. Elizabeth Rosamond, b. Feb. 12, 1841; m. first, Albert Rumery; m. second, Dec. 16, 1880, Charles Lear. Selina, b. Dec. 18, 1842; d. Feb. 21, 1878; partly blind for years. Alvida, b. Oct., 1844; m. Oct. 27, 1874, Oliver Winslow Trefethern. Electa Jane, b. June, 1846; m. Joseph Chapman. Martha Mosher, b. Jan., 1849; d. Aug. 29, 1893. Arabella, b. Feb., 1852; m. Oliver E. Locke; lives at Portsmouth.
GEORGE A. CLOUGH married widow Edith (Varrell) Tor- rey. Child by first husband :
Willis S., b. May 23, 1895.
Child by second husband :
Mahlon L., b. Feb. 25, 1897.
COFFIN.
NATHANIEL COFFIN married June, 1864, Martha Olive. Green. Child :
Ovid G., b. 1865; d. Aug. 21, 1867.
COLEMAN.
NATHANIEL COLEMAN married Aug. 7, 1796, widow Mer- cy Sanders. Children :
Robert Hodgkins, bapt. Sept. 17, 1797. Nathaniel, bapt. May 5, 1799; m. Philbrick. John. Lydia. (?)
CONNOR.
JOSEPH CONNOR married Jan. 25, 1738, Mary Seavey. Children :
Samuel, bapt. May 24, 1741. Sarah, bapt. June 10, 1744. Benja- min, bapt. Sept. 13, 1747.
COTTON.
THOMAS COTTON. Children :
Adam, bapt. April 30, 1738. Nathaniel, bapt. Aug. 3, 1740; m. Han- nah; living in Portsmouth, 1781. Abigail. b. Aug. 28, 1748.
THOMAS COTTON married April 1, 1790, Judith Clark, and had Hannah, baptized July 24, 1791.
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DALTON.
REV. TIMOTHY DALTON was born in England, 1577. He came to New England about the year 1637. On his ar- rival he went to Dedham, Mass., and probably removed to Hampton two years later. He died Oct. 28, 1661, and his widow, Ruth, in 1666. Rev. Timothy was associated with Rev. Mr. Bachiler of Hampton in the work of the ministry, the latter holding the office of pastor, and the former that of teacher, the great age of the pastor being the reason for employing another minister.
1. PHILEMON DALTON, settled in Hampton, brother of Rev. Timothy Dalton, was born about 1590. His wife, Dorothy, was born about 1600. He was fatally injured by the fall of a tree, and died June 4, 1662. His widow after- wards married Godfrey Dearborn. Child :
2. Samuel, b. about 1629; m. Mehitable Palmer.
2. SAMUEL DALTON, son of Philemon (1), born about 1629; married Mehitable, daughter of Henry Palmer, of Haverhill, Mass. He was a very influential man in town, and held many offices of trust. He died Aug. 22, 1681. HIis widow married, second, Nov. 26, 1683, Rev. Zechariah Symmes of Bradford, Mass. Children :
Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1655; d. unm. Sept. 12, 1674. Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1656; m. Nov. 23, 1683, Dorothy Swan of Haverhill, Mass. Mehitable, b. Nov. 3, 1658; m. Thomas Philbrick. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1661. Timothy, b. Jan. 25, 1663; d. Oct. 24, 1681, at Bos- ton.
3. Philemon, b. Dec. 15, 1664. John, b. Dec. 23, 1666. Caleb, b. April 29, 1668; d. Aug. 29, 1675. Abiah, b. June 3, 1670; d. immediately.
- -, b. June 3, 1670; d. immediately. Joseph, b. May 2.
1672, d. April 2, 1673. Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1673; m. April 24, 1699, Richard Hall. Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1675; m. Joseph Clement. Dorothy, b. Dec. 6, 1677; m. July 23, 1701, Ebenezer Stiles.
3. DEA. PHILEMON DALTON, son of Samuel (2), born Dec. 15, 1664; married, Sept. 25, 1690, Abigail, daughter of Edward Gove. Children :
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Hannah, bapt. June 27, 1697; m. John Sargent.
4. Timothy, bapt. June 27, 1697.
5. Samuel, b. July 22, 1694. Philemon, b. Ang. 16, 1697; m. July 15, 1720, Bethia Bridges of Andover, Mass. Abigail, b. Sept. 2, 1699; m. Feb. 23, 1721, Benjamin Carlton. John, b. Feb. 10, 1702; d. Dec. 10, 1717. Sarah, b. April 19, 1704; m. Joseph Towle; d. July, 1779. Jeremiah, b. May 25, 1707; d. Dec. 17, 1707. Michael, b. Feb. 22, 1709; sea captain at Newburyport; father of Hon. Tristram Dalton. Mehitable, b. Sept. 25, 1713; m. Oct. 16, 1728, Benjamin Prescott.
4. TIMOTHY DALTON, son of Philemon (3), bapt. June 27, 1697 ; married, Feb. 2, 1721, Sarah, daughter of Robert Mason, who came from Boston. Children :
Philemon, b. Jan. 4, 1722; d. May 4, 1722. John, b. March 2, 1723; m. Betsey Norton ; she afterwards m. Thomas Jenness. Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1724; m. Samuel Prescott. Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1726. Maria, bapt. June 8, 1729. Mehitable. b. Aug. 30, 1730: m. James Batchelder; d. Dec. 22, 1819. Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1734; m. William Murray. 6 Timothy, b. May 26, 1737. Josiah, b. May 15, 1740; unm .; non com- pos mentis. Michael, b. Nov. 12, 1743; d. aged 21 years.
5. SAMUEL DALTON, son of Philemon (3), born July 22, 1694; married, April 28, 1720, Mary Leavitt. Children :
Mary. b. Feb. 22, 1721; d. May 7, 1721.
7. Benjamin, b. May 9, 1722. Anna, b. Nov. 2, 1723; d. young. Sam- uel, b. April 5, 1726; m. Sarah Scott. Mary, b. July 2, 1728; d. unm. June 30, 1769. Philemon, b. Jan. 23, 1731. Anna. b. Nov. 2, 1733. Moses, b. June 5, 1736. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 21, 1738. Elizabeth, b. April 1, 1745.
6. TIMOTHY DALTON, son of Timothy (4), born May 26, 1737 ; married, Dec. 29, 1763, Elizabeth Marden. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was killed at Ticonderoga. His widow died Ang. 21, 1813, aged 78. Children :
8. Michael, b. Aug. 4, 1764. Mary, b. July 1, 1766: m. Nov. 29, 1791, John Johnson of Wakefield. Ebenezer Marden, b. Oct. 3, 1768; m. May 22, 1796, Love Hobbs; lived at North Hampton. John, b. May 23, 1770; m. Whidden. Esther, b. July 29, 1772; m. 1793, Lieut. Simon Brown.
9. Tristram, b. Feb. 10, 1774. Timothy, b. Nov. 18, 1776; m. Dec. 2, 1804, Nancy Nudd.
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7. BENJAMIN DALTON, son of Samuel (5), born May 9, 1722; married Mary, daughter of Capt. Mimowell May of Little Harbor. Children :
10. Michael, b. Nov. 13, 1753. Mary, bapt. June 6, 1756; m. Jeremiah Brown. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 19, 1764; m. Foss.
S. MICHAEL DALTON, son of Timothy (6), born Aug. 4, 1764; married, May 29, 1786, Mary, daughter of Joseph Palmer. Removed to Deerfield. Children :
Mary, d. unm. James, m. Betsey Rand.
11. Joseph, doctor. Michael, m. Martha Wiggin. Elizabeth, m. John Bartlett. Hannah, m. Reuben Sanborn. Lucetta, m. Ward C. Sturtevant of Center Harbor.
9. TRISTRAM DALTON, son of Timothy (6), born Feb. 10, 1774; married, first, Nov. 14, 1798, Dorothy Brown of North Hampton, who died Feb. 14, 1802; married, second, Oct. 7, 1804, Mrs. Huldah ( Webber) Cotton, widow of Morris Cotton of North Hampton. Lived at Little River. IIe died April 3, 1886. Child by first wife :
Benjamin B., b. Jan. 14, 1800; drowned Ang. 23, 1824, at Newbury- port.
Children by second wife:
12. Morris Cotton. Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1813; m. first, July 19, 1835, Oliver Brown; m. second, Dec. 22, 1846, Ebenezer C. Fogg.
10. MICHAEL DALTON, son of Benjamin (7), born Nov. 13, 1753; married Merey Philbrick. Served as fifer in Capt. Parsons' company at Newcastle. He died Oct. 6, 1846. She died Nov. 19, 1846. Children :
13. Benjamin B., b. 1780. Abigail, b. April 15, 1782; m. Feb. 12, 1799, Moses Shaw; d. March 1, 1869; lived at Hampton.
14. Daniel Philbrick, b. 1785. Mary (Polly ), b. 1792; m. Sept. 2, 1813, Alexander Brown.
11. DR. JOSEPH DALTON, son of Michael (8), married Mary Dow Parsons. Lived at Brentwood. Died Dec. 15, 1856. Children :
Mary, m. James Thing; lived at Roxbury, Mass. Charles, m. Maria Prestwick; lived at Bloomington, Ill. Martha D., m. Albert G. Webster; lived at Chicago, Ill. Joseph M., b. June 1, 1835; m. Lydia Glimper; d. April 3, 1886.
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12. MORRIS COTTON DALTON, son of Tristram (9), mar- ried, Jan. 13, 1827, Ursula, daughter of Eben Leavitt. Re- moved to Acton, Me. Children :
15. Ebenezer Leavitt. Morris Benjamin, m. Lydia Ann Brackett. Tristram S., m. Jennie -; lived at Boston. Sally W., m. John Hubbard.
13. BENJAMIN B. DALTON, son of Michael (10), born 1780; married, Dec. 3, 1805, Sarah Garland. She died in 1844, aged 63 or 64 years. He died Sept. 10, 1861. Chil- dren :
Mary, b. 1806; d. Feb. 20, 1829. Mercy, b. 1808; d. Feb. 28, 1829. Elizabeth, b. June, 1813; m. March 5, 1839, Oliver Berry. Moses, b. Oct. 20, 1815; d. unm. Dec. 14, 1889. Anna Leavitt, b. Sept. 7, 1818; m. first, William S. Garland; second, Jan. 2, 1876, Gardner T. Locke; divorced; d. 1903.
14. DANIEL PHILBRICK DALTON, Son of Michael (10), born in 1785; married, Oct. 2, 1809, Patty Brown. IIe died Sept. 13, 1842. She died JJuly 8, 1854. Children : 16. Joseph Brown, b. 1809.
17. Michael, b. 1812.
18. Daniel, b. July 2, 1814. Louisa, m. June 20, 1837, William B. Leavitt. Elvira, m. July 2, 1845, Edward L. Garland.
15. EBENEZER LEAVITT DALTON, son of Morris Cotton (12), married Elvina Cotton. Child :
George E., m. Jan. 5, 1879, Emma Perkins Jenness.
16. JOSEPH BROWN DALTON, son of Daniel Philbrick (14), born 1809; married, first, March 14, 1833, Hannah Brown ; died, Oct. 9, 1850 ; married, second, Abigail Brown. Children by first wife :
Emily B., b. May, 1835; m. March 7, 1854, David Jenness. Daniel Curtis, b. 1840; d. April 26, 1848.
Child by second wife:
Curtis E., b. Oct. 9, 1850; married 1871.
17. MICHAEL DALTON, son of Daniel Philbrick (14), born 1812; married, April 28, 1839, Elizabeth W. Scam- mon. Children :
Viana M., b. July (?), 1840; m. Emmons B. Philbrick; d. Nov. 4, 1869. Abby. Mary W., m. Nov. 12, 1867, William Harvey Gar- land. Clara, m. Jan., 1867, Alonzo Stephens.
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18. DANIEL DALTON, son of Daniel Philbrick (14), born July 2, 1814; married, first, July 4, 1842, Martha Brown; died, Feb., 1866; married, second, widow Eliza (Bean) Parsons; married, third, Emily Shapley, who died March 24, 1898. He died July 14, 1888. Children by first wife : Eliza A., b. Jan., 1844; d. Oct. 8, 1865. Daniel Woodbury, b. May 21, 1849; m. March 19, 1877, Belle O. Lane; divorced.
DAVIDSON.
1. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, married, first, Roberts of Ep- ping ; married, second, Abigail, widow of Daniel Philbrick. Children :
2. Josiah. William, m. Sally Blake, and had Patty, who m. Jonathan Locke. John, non compos mentis; fell into a well and was drowned.
2. JOSIAH DAVIDSON, son of William (1), married, Oct. 28, 1794, Abigail Shaw. Children :
Newhall, bapt. April 5, 1796. Abigail Taylor, bapt. June 11, 1797. Josiah Marsters, bapt. Feb. 20, 1799. Elias, b. June 4, 1809. William. Nancy.
DAVIS.
1. JOHN DAVIS married Eunice Seavey. She also mar- ried Thomas Lake. Children :
2. Ephraim. (?) William, bapt. May 22, 1757. David, bapt. Oct. 21, 1759.
3. Samuel, bapt. Oct., 1761.
2. EPHRAIM DAVIS, son of John (1) (?), married Children :
Samuel, bapt. Dec. 15, 1776. Ephraim, bapt. Aug. S, 1779.
3. SAMUEL DAVIS, son of John (1), bapt. Oct., 1761; married, Jan. 20, 1782, Abigail Brown. Children :
Betsey, bapt. 1784. Billy, bapt. Oct. 2, 1785.
ROBERT DAVIS, who married Almira Dearborn, and lived at Concord, had Charles A., a physician, who died April, 1863.
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DEARBORN.
REUBEN DEARBORN. Children :
Anna, bapt. Nov. 15, 1772. Josiah, bapt. May 23, 1774. Anna, bapt. May 23, 1774. Abigail, bapt. Sept. 15, 1776.
SIMON DEARBORN, son of John and AAbigail Dearborn, of Hampton, was born April 28, 1766; married, May, 1787, Mary, daughter of Capt. Simon Brown. Children :
John, b. Nov. 23, 1787; m. Sarah Ward; colonel; fell from a build- ing at Lynn, Mass., and was killed, Sept. 15, 1832. Lucinda, b. May 8, 1790; m. John Hobbs. Henry Washington, bapt. July 19, 1795; d. Jan., 1803. Mary Brown, b. Dec. 27, 1805; m. Samuel Locke; d. Aug., 1872.
CAPT. TRUEWORTHY DEARBORN married Sarah, daughter of Simon and Mary ( Leavitt) Brown. Lived at Greenland and at Concord, where he was keeper at the State Prison for many years. Children :
Daniel, physician. Almira, m. first, Robert Davis of Concord; m. second, Asper Evans. Sarah Ann. Caroline. Elizabeth, m. . Coffran; d. about 1839; lived at Concord.
MARY ANN ADELINE DEARBORN, daughter of Levi Dear- born, was baptized Oct. 28, 1796.
DELANEY.
CHARLES DELANEY married Jane Ann, daughter of Na- than Clough. Children :
Estelle. Fred. Anna, b. 1867; d. Feb. 15, 1886.
DOLBEE.
1. NICHOLAS DOLBEE married Sarah Smith. He died before 1743. Lived in Rye prior to 1700. Children :
2. John, b. Jan. 23, 1714.
Israel, b. March 23, 1715; went to Chester and Candia about 1778. Hannah, m. July 25, 1738, Peter Clifford.
4. Jonathan, b. April 17, 1720. Daniel, b. March 17, 1724. Mary, b. April 16, 1726.
2. JOUIN DOLBEE, son of Nicholas (1), born Jan. 23, 1714 ; married, Feb. 24, 1742, Elizabeth Clifford of Hamp- ton Falls. Joiner. Children :
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Judith, bapt. May 8, 1743. Eli, bapt. Sept. 9, 1744. Jesse, bapt. Oct. 11, 1747. Isabella, bapt. March 4, 1750.
3. ISRAEL DOLBEE, son of Nicholas (1), born March 23, 1715; married, Nov. 11, 1736, Sarah Lamprey. Children :
Israel, b. Jan. 6, 1737-'38. Hannah, b. March 12, 1741-'42. Daniel, b. Feb. 10, 1745. Sarah, bapt. Nov. 6, 1748.
4. JONATHAN DOLBEE, son of Nicholas (1), born April 17, 1720; married Sarah White. He died March 18, 1761. Children :
Ruth, b. Dec. 2, 1745.
5. Nichols, b. May 8, 1748; m. Mary Randall. Jonathan, b. Aug. 7, 1750. Abigail (?), b. Jan. 5, 1751-'52; d. young. Stephen, b. July 12, 1753. Abigail, b. Dec. 24, 1756; m. March 28, 1780, Jo- seph Brown. Hannah, b. July 22, 1761; m. Jan. 5, 1784, Samuel Rand.
5. NICHOLS DOLBEE, son of Jonathan (4), born May 8, 1748; married, May 27, 1773. A soldier in the Revolution. Children :
Jonathan, bapt. March 13, 1774. Aston. b. 1776. John, bapt. Aug. 23, 1778; m. Sally Sherburne of Portsmouth; she d. 1819. Patty, b. 1781. Stephen. b. 1783. Molly, bapt. Aug. 13, 1786. Billy, bapt. Dec. 13, 1789. Nicholas, b. 1792; buried at New Rye.
DANIEL DOLBEE, of Chester, married Margaret Haines, May 25, 1767.
DOW.
1. ISAAC DOW, son of Simon and Mehitable (Green) Dow, of Hampton, born Oct., 1701; married Charity Phil- brick who was born April 29, 1702, and died June 22, 1771-72. Ile died in 1735. "Isaac Dow of Parish of Rye, deeded to Richard Jenness of Rye, land beginning at the lower part of Breakfast hill by the road that goes from Greenland to Lanebeach (Sandy Beach) at a certain rock and pine burch which is the bounds between John Black and said Dow, and to extend from said rock and burch S. W. 90 rods and then near a S. E. point so many rods as will make 20 acres. I bot said tract of Richard Jose or Joice of Portsmouth. Witness Nat Sargent & Joseph Red- wood. 1727." Children :
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2. Henry, b. Dec. 29, 1729. Mary. b. Sept. 6, 1730; m. Dec. 25, 1750, Capt. Joseph Jenness. Eleanor, b. Dec. 8, 1733; m. first, Samuel Brackett; m. second, Sept. S, 1771, Jere Berry.
2. HENRY DOW, son of Isaac (1), born Dec. 29, 1729; married Martha Perkins. Children :
Hannah, b. Oct. 15, 1752; in. Aug. 20, 1778, Isaac Jenness.
3. Isaac, b. Dec. 13, 1754. Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1758; m. June 25, 1778, Joseph Locke; d. Jan. 31, 1792. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1761 or '62; m. first, Oct. 25, 1781, John Dowrst; m. second, Benj. Wiggin.
4. James, b. Jan. S, 1765.
3. ISAAC DOW, son of Henry (2), born Dec. 13, 1754; married, Aug. 21, 1777, Elizabeth Seavey. She died Doc. 17, 1823, aged 67 years. Children :
Patty, b. Oct. 28, 1779; m. Aug. 3, 1796, Amos S. Parsons.
5. Amos, b. 1781.
6. Isaac.
7. Henry, b. 1783.
S. James, b. June 3, 1785. Betsey, b. 1791; m. John T. Rand; d. March 18, 1834.
4. JAMES DOW, son of Henry (2), born Jan. 8, 1765; married Mary Parsons. She died Dec. 7, 1842. Chikl:
Martha Leavitt, b. May 12, 1799; m. Aug. 10, 1820, Nathaniel G. Foye; d. Sept. 18, 1885.
5. AAMios Dow, son of Isaac (3), born in 1781; married Lydia Fabens. Children :
Langdon. Eliza Ann. Emiline. Lydia P. Priscilla.
6. ISAAC DOW, son of Isaac ,(3), married Lydia Picker- ing. Hle died Feb. 25, 1862. Children :
Valentine. Isaac. Frances, m. Isaac Brackett. Martha. Lydia, m. John Furber. Eliza Ann, d. unm.
7. HENRY DOW, son of Isaac (3), born in 1783 ; married Elizabeth Fabens. He died Oct. 18, 1865. Children :
Isaac. Elizabeth. Washington. Jefferson. Martha. Hannalı. Wallis.
S. JAMES DOW, son of Isaac (3), born June 3, 1785 ; mar- ried, Feb. 6, 1812, Data Drake. He died May 19, 1853. She died April 24, 1848. Children :
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Jonathan D., d. in Illinois. Elizabeth, b. 1817; m. May 30, 1837, Langdon Brown; d. Oct. 9, 1848.
9. Albert, b. 1819. Sarah Ann, b. 1821; m. Jan. 1 1845. Dr. Warren Parsons; d. Nov. 2, 1850. Martha Ann, b. Aug., 1823; d. April 11, 1845.
10. James Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1825. Eli Sawtell, b. 1828; d. Aug. 30, 1858. Cazendana, b. 1830; d. April 5, 1847, aged 17 years. Harriett A., b. 1832; m. Sept. 5, 1855, Levi T. Walker; d. Sept. 1, 1858.
9. ALBERT DOW, son of James (8), born in 1819; mar- ried, Nov. 21, 1847, Ann Elizabeth Seavey; died 1854. He died April 10, 1886. Married, second, Child by first wife:
John H., b. 1848; accidentally shot himself dead, July 29, 1865. Child by second wife:
Mamie, m. Charles Wendell.
10. JAMES HENRY DOW, son of James (8), born Oct. 23, 1825; married, June 5, 1849, Angelina Brown. He died Jan. 20, 1864. Children :
Clara Maria, b. April 5, 1850; m. Nov. 4, 1869, James Alba Rand. A child, b. July 22, 1852. Charles H., b. July 31, 1854; d. March 18, 1869. Flora, b. Jan. 15, 1860; m. Ella F., b. Sept. 12, 1863; d. Feb. 28, 1864.
NOAH DOW, son of Simon and Mary ( Lancaster) Dow of Hampton, born May 1, 1736; married Phebe Palmer. Children :
Simon, bapt. Sept., 1762. Daniel, bapt. May 20, 1764. Nathan, bapt. June 26, 1768. Jonathan, bapt. Feb. 21, 1773.
DOWNING.
1. EBENEZER DOWNING, married Abigail Allen. 3 Lived at Newington. Children :
2. Samuel, m. Mary Davis. Abraham, m. Hannah. Sarah, m. Tim- othy Pettigrew.
2. SAMUEL DOWNING, son of Ebenezer (1), married Mary Davis. Children :
John, m. Lydia Ellsworth; lived at Methuen, Mass.
3. William C., m. Hannah C. Knowles. Sarah, m. James Morris. Emeline, m. George Brown; lived at Newington. Eliza, m. William Fernald.
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3. WILLIAM C., son of Samuel (2), married Hannah C. Knowles of Candia. He was a fisherman, and died May 28, 1887. He adopted Harriette Annette, daughter of Ivory and Mary ( Johnson) Brown, who was born She married Nov. 20, 1869, Jacob T. Godfrey of Hampton.
Thomas Downing and Martha Norris were married Aug. 14, 1796.
DOWNS.
1. EDWARD DOWNS, married Margaret Chil- dren :
2. Henry.
3. Abner.
4. Jonn.
5. Samuel. Margaret, m. Moses Dow. Sally, m. Robert Robinson.
2. HENRY DOWNS, son of Edward (1), married Abigail Bragg. She was born Oct. 17, 1793. Lived at Gosport. Children :
Harriet, b. 1804 (?). Henry, b. 1808 ( ?) ; m. Elizabeth P. Foss; d. 1839. John Bragg, b. 1809 (?); m. Nov. 27, 1834, Olive Foss; d. 1SSS; lived at Gosport. Mark, b. 1816 ( ?); m. Abigail. Ephraim P., b. Aug. 12, 1819; accidentally shot while gunning. Billy, b. April 24, 1822. Mary, m. Asa Robinson. Eliza, b. March 8, 1826; d. Sept. 26, 1883. Nancy, m. John Lear.
3. ABNER DOWNS, son of Edward (1), married, Oct. 13, 1805, Sally Downs. After his death in 1818, she married, second, Feb. 27, 1821, James Robinson. Children :
6. Abner. Edward, b. 1809. Mary, b. May 11. 1811; m. William Ran- dall; she had before m. John H., b. Jan. 30, 1831, who m. Hannah Jane Foss, and d. 1865. Love, b. 1813; unm .; had Joseph W. Mar- den, b. Oct. 9, 1830, who d. Jan. 21, 1861.
7. William, b. Dec. 27, 1815; m. Mary Grant; d. Sept., 1882.
4. JOHN DOWNS, son of Edward (1), married, 1815, widow Betsey Matthews. Children :
8. Robert.
9. Edward M., b. June 22, 1818.
5. SAMUEL DOWNS, son of Edward (1), married, Aug. 16. 1814, Betsey, widow of Joseph Tucker .. Children :
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HISTORY OF RYE.
Betsey, b. Oct. 13, 1818; m. John Whidden. Ann Thomas, b. June 25, 1822; m. Thomas Gammon. Samuel Washington, b. Nov. 30, 1823; d. Dec. 3, 1831. Harry, b. Jan. 19, 1826; m. Adeline Hodg- don. Henrietta, b. April 10, 1828; m. William Brown. Mary Olive, b. June 30, 1831; m. William R. Mace.
6. ABNER DOWNS, son of Abner (3), married, first, -; married, second, Elizabeth P. (Foss), widow of Henry Downs. While a widow she had Moses Foss, born May 17, 1828, who married Mary Townsend of Rhode Island. Abner Downs was drowned Dec. 30, 1844. Chil- dren :
Charles H., b. Jan. 22, 1830; m. Georgie Ann Kean. John L., b. Dec. 7, 1831; m. Susan M. Marston. Solomon F., b. May 8, 1833 or '35; m. Eliza Parson of Gloucester, Mass. Eliza A., b. Oct. 13, 1839; d. Sept., 1883, at Lowell, Mass. Sarah J., b. Sept. 6, 1843; m. Dec. 11, 1866, John Q. A. Ferguson.
7. WILLIAM DOWNS, son of Abner (3), born Dec. 27, 1815; married Mary Grant, and lived at Portsmouth. He died Sept., 1882. Children :
Caroline. James K., m. Holmes. Wallace. Lillian.
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