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8. ROBERT DOWNS, son of John (4), married Huldah Randall. Children :
Frederick. Appia. John Matthews, b. 1852; d. March 24, 1870.
9. EDWARD M. DOWNS, son of John (4), born June 22, 1818; married Mary Abby Lear. She died Dec. 22, 1866, and he died June 10, 1870. Children :
Emma R., b. Dec. 17, 1846; m. Levi W. Marden. Amanda A., b. March 1, 1848; m. June 26, 1870, Augustus Y. Rand; he d. Feb. 27, 1902. Willis A., b. May 10, 1850.
10. Edward N., b. Oct. 30, 1857.
10. EDWARD N. DOWNs, son of Edward M. (9), born Oct. 30, 1857 ; married, Nov. 24, 1891, Julia M. True. Children : True J., b. Sept. 1, 1892; d. Sept. 10, 1893. Girl, b. Jan. 7, 1894; d. 1894. John L., b. Aug. 28, 1895. Ralph W., b. Nov. 6, 1896. Dor- othy Emma, b. Oct. 23, 1897. George E., b. July 18, 1899.
BENJAMIN DOWNs, married widow Abigail Randall. Lived at Gosport. Children :
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Benjamin. William. Abigail. Sally. m. Jarius Towle. Ann, m. Francis Oliver. John Randall, m. Jane Locke. Betsey, m. George S. Randall.
DOWRST.
Solomon, Ozem, and Samuel Dowrst probably were brothers.
SOLOMON DOWRST, married Elizabeth -, and was living in 1770. Children :
Thomas, b. Aug. 28, 1724; d. Ang. 27, 1735. Samuel, b. March 26, 1726; d. Aug. 19, 1735. Abial, b. Sept. 24, 1728; d. Aug. 24, 1735. Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1729; m. May 10, 1748, Samuel Rand. Solo- mon, b. May 23. 1730; d. Nov. 13, 1735. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1732: d. Nov. 19, 1735. Rachel, b. Aug. 1, 1735: m. July 31, 1754, Benjamin Marden. Rachel's father gave her half of his real estate and buildings in Rye and Portsmouth, and a 30-acre lot in Ep- som, of which he was the original proprietor.
SAMUEL DOWRST, married Rachel. Children :
Mary, b. May 8, 1723; m. Jan. 25, 1739, Wallis Foss. Simon, b. Sept. 20, 1730; d. Oct. 26, 1734.
1. OZEM DOWRST, married Elizabeth, daughter of Benja- min Seavey. Children :
Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1725. John, d. Sept. 13, 1730. Elizabeth, d. Sept. 6, 1730. Comfort, b. Aug. 21, 1731. Mary, b. 1734.
2. Ozem J., b. March, 1737. Abigail, b. 1739. Elizabeth, b. 1744. Did she m. Joel Amy in 1776? Samuel, b. 1749.
2. OZEM J. DOWRST, son of Ozem (1), born March, 1737; married, first, Oct. 29, 1761, Elizabeth Jenness; married, second, Nov. 3, 1796, Martha Webster. Children :
3. John, b. Feb. 22, 1762. Jonathan, b. Dec. 5, 1764; m., and had Sam- uel Morrill, bapt. Sept. 5, 1790. Sarah, bapt. Nov. 29, 1767; m. Israel Marden. Molly, bapt. June 3, 1770; m. Hobbs. Elizabeth, bapt. June 13, 1773. Betsey. Anna, bapt. June 15, 1777. Lydia, bapt. June 29, 1781.
3. JOHN DOWRST, son of Ozem J. (2), born Feb. 22, 1762; married, Oct. 25, 1781, Mary Dow, and removed to Deer- field. Children :
Martha, b. March 5, 1782; d. Nov. 22. Isaac. Henry.
Samuel Dowist and Elizabeth Shannon were married Jan. 8, 1754.
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DRAKE.
1. JONATHAN DRAKE, son of Col. Abraham and Abigail ( Dearborn) Drake, born Jan. 15, 1758; married, Nov. 21, 1782, Sarah, daughter of Lieut. Cotton Ward. She died Dec. 21, 1822. Children :
Hannah, b. Sept. 16, 1783; m. Oct. 7, 1802, Jonathan Brown.
2. Abraham, b. March 10, 1786. Sarah, b. July 29, 1789; m. June 16, 1807, Amos Seavey; d. April 31, 1874. Data, b. April 15, 1792; m. Feb. 6, 1812, James Dow. Anna, b. Jan. 25, 1796.
3. Jonathan, b. May 18, 1798.
4. Cotton Ward, b. May 28, 1801.
5. John, b. Nov. 20, 1803.
2. ABRAHAM DRAKE, son of Jonathan (1), born March 10, 1786; married, March 21, 1811, Mary Jenness. After his death she married, Ang. 23, 1827, David W. Jenness. He belonged to Capt. Coleman's company of cavalry during the War of 1812. Children :
A child, d. Jan. 28, 1816. Anna, b. 1813; d. July 19, 1826.
6. Joseph Jenness; b. Dec., 1816. Sarah Ward, b. Feb., 1819; m. April 15, 1841, David A. Jenness; d. May 12, 1SS1. Abraham, b. 1820; d. Sept. 3, 1826.
7. Oren, b. Jan. 30, 1824.
3. JONATHAN DRAKE, son of Jonathan ( 1), born May 18, 1798; married, May 14, 1818, Eliza J. Garland. He kept a general store, which was subsequently occupied by Thomas J. Parsons, under the firm name of Seavey & Drake, and was killed by falling from his horse, Jan. 21, 1833. After his death she married, Dec. 28, 1834, Capt. B. W. Marden. Children :
Amos G. Oliver, b. 1820; d. June 12, 1843. William. Eliza Ann, m. Feb. 5, 1856, Benjamin Jarvis. Gilman J., b. July, 1827. Emeline, m. Richard R. Higgins; d. June 22, 1874, in Boston.
4. DEACON COTTON WARD DRAKE, son of Jonathan (1), born May 28, 1801 ; married, July 14, 1822, Martha Par- sons. She died April 2, 1895. He died Nov. 10, 1880. Children :
Elizabeth Dow, b. Dec. 21, 1823; m. June 21, 1842, Oliver P. Jen- ness. Anna, b. May 27, 1827; m. Nov. 27, 1855, Hiram Fuller. Martha Maria, b. Jan. 14, 1830; unm .; deformed; d. Oct. 26, 1870.
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S. Charles Abraham, b. Oct. 30, 1832. Mary Letitia, b. Sept. 2. 1835; m. Nov. 30, 1855, Charles J. Brown. Sarah Abigail, b. May 14, 1838; m. Feb. 25, 1862, Dudley Chase Littlefield; lived at Strat- ham. James McEwen, b. Feb. 19, 1846; m. July 2, 1874, E. Maria Upham of Framingham, Mass.
5. CAPT. JOHN DRAKE, son of Jonathan (1), born Nov. 20, 1803; married, Nov. 22, 1822, Anna S. Parsons. She died Jan. 29, 1891. IIe died Oct. 29, 1882. Lived at Breakfast 1Till. Child :
Sarah Parsons, b. Feb. 2, 1823; m. Feb. 25, 1851, Jacob Marston.
6. JOSEPH JENNESS DRAKE, son of Abraham (2), born Dec., 1816; married, Oct. 12, 1838, Clarissa Knowles. He died June 4, 1897. Children :
Nathan D., b. 1839; d. Feb. 11, 1840, aged one year. Annie D., b. Sept. 26, 1840; m. Oct. 22, 1860, Joseph W. Garland. Mary J., m. Feb. 17, 1870, Alfred V. Seavey; d. 1875. John Harvey, b. 1847; d. Feb. 11, 1848.
9. Abraham J., b. Nov. 4, 1849.
10. Adams Elisha, b. Nov. 4, 1849.
11. John Oren, b. Nov. 14, 1851. Clara Josephine, b. Jan. 3, 1854; m. May, 1877. Alfred V. Seavey. James Buchanan, b. May 16, 1856; d. Oct. 5, 1874. Leonie S., b. Nov. 3, 1862; m. 1889, Blake Rand.
7. OREN DRAKE, son of Abraham (2), born Jan. 30, 1824; married, first, April 2, 1848, Mary A. Odiorne. She died Jan. 2, 1877 ; and he married, second, Feb. 1, 1880, Izette Trefethern. He died Sept. 25, 1898. Children :
12. Morris A., b. June 23, 1850. Sarah Olive, b. Jan. 2, 1854; m. Nov. 24, 1872, Irvin J. Seavey. Augusta Emma, b. Aug. 7, 1856; m. Nov. 19, 1879, Charles M. Rand.
13. Albert Herman, b. Feb. 21, 1861.
8. CHARLES ABRAHAM DRAKE, son of Cotton Ward (4), born Oct. 30, 1832 ; married, May 9, 1859, Helen A. Weeks. He was a justice of the peace. Children :
14. Edwin Howard, b. Sept. 5, 1861. Elizabeth Martha, b. Feb. 11, 1864; m. Charles Smith of North Hampton. Kate Augusta, b. Dec. 3, 1866; m. Nov. 28, 1900, Charles F. Patterson, M. D. Percy, b. Dec. 25, 1876; m. Dec. 24, 1901, Minnie E. Wood.
9. ABRAHAM J. DRAKE, son of Joseph Jenness (6), born Nov. 4, 1849 ; married, Oct. 20, 1870, Emeline A. Philbrick. Child :
Abbott B., b. Nov. 22, 1889.
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10. ADAMS ELISHIA DRAKE, son of Joseph Jenness (6), born Nov. 4, 1849 ; married, June 24, 1871, Emma Marden. Children :
Chester, b. July 25, 1872. Gracie, b. Feb. 11, 1875; m. May 8, 1900, Fred Brown; he d. June 11, 1901. Linden A., b. Feb. 22, 1881; d. April 21, 1881. Marcia, b. April 12, 1882. Annie L., b. March 24, 1887. Merton, b. Aug. 16, 1893.
11. JOIN OREN DRAKE, son of Joseph Jenness (6), born Nov. 14, 1851; married, Aug. 4, 1876, Carrie Dearborn of Hampton, born Aug. 18, 1852. He died Feb. 2, 1901. He was a justice of the peace and notary public. Children:
Mary, b. March 21, 1879. Jennie, b. July 11, 1883. Evelyn, b. May 29, 1888.
12. MORRIS A. DRAKE, son of Oren (7), born June 23, 1850; married, July 21, 1872, Laura F. Trefethern. Chil- dren :
George Weston, b. Dec. 17, 1872; d. Dec. 20,1877. Carrie, b. Feb., 1874; m. first, George Foster; second, Aug., 1890, Harry Rand. David T., b. Aug. 28, 1875; m. Alice G. Wilson. Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1877; m. Jan. 1, 1897, George N. Perry. Oren, b. June 8, 1880; m. Feb. 4, 1903, Clara M. Ackerman. Cora, b. Dec. 26, 1884; m. June 17, 1903, Ernest Foss.
13. ALBERT HERMAN DRAKE, son of Oren (7), born Feb. 21, 1861 ; married, 1883, Emma Holmes. Children :
Ruth, b. Oct., 1885. Joseph Holmes, b. March 21, 1887. Willard, b. Nov. 9, 1891.
14. EDWIN HOWARD DRAKE, son of Charles Abraham (8), born Sept. 5, 1861 ; married Marcia B. Clark. Child : Helen, b. March 7, 1887.
DRISCO.
THOMAS DRISCO, married, Dec. 6, 1753, Mary Damrell. After his death she married Thomas Remick. Child :
Robert, bapt. Sept. 29, 1754.
John, son of John Drisco, was baptized Sept., 1756.
EDMUNDS.
1. JOSEPH EDMUNDS, married, Sept. 27, 1753, Ruth Libby. Children :
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2. Jonathan. John, m. Rebecca Copp. Polly, m. David Piper. Han- nah, m. Benjamin Horn. Jane, d. unm.
2. JONATHAN EDMUNDS, son of Joseph (1), married Catherine Clifford. Children :
Jane, m. James Tuttle; lived at Tuftonborough. Benjamin, m. Hannah Merrill; lived at Portsmouth. Fanny. John, b. Nov. 20, 1790; m. Charlotte Carter. Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1790; m. Hannah Fullington.
JONATHAN EDMONDS, married Children :
Erie, b. 1800; m. Hall. William. Samuel. Polly J., m. July 19, 1835, Samuel W. Jenness.
EDWARD EDMONDS. married, Dec. 25, 1744, Susanna Tucker. Children :
Hannah, bapt. June 21, 1747. Thomas, bapt. March 5, 1749. Mehit- able, bapt. June 30, 1751. Sarah Rand, bapt. Aug. 25, 1754. Jona- than, bapt. Oct., 1756. Mary, bapt. May 4, 1760. William, bapt. July 3, 1762. Edward, bapt. June 17, 1764. Nathaniel, bapt. Oct. 9, 1768. Elsie, bapt. May 27, 1770. Susannah, bapt. Oct. 4, . 1772.
WILLIAM F. ELDRIDGE, married Children : Roy K. Willie S. Nellie P.
ELKINS.
1. HENRY ELKINS. son of Jonathan and Joanna ( Roby) Elkins of Hampton, born March 26, 1708; married, March 25, 1729, Catharine, daughter of Samuel Marston. He died March 27, 1756. Children :
Mary, b. 1731. Mercy, b. 1733. Elizabeth, b. 1734. Hannah, b. Jan., 1737. Henry, b. 1739. Catherine, b. June 20, 1741; m. Paul Smith Marston. Joanna, b. May 14, 1743; m. William Emery; d. March 7, 1822, at Andover, N. H.
2. Samuel, b. Jan. 30, 1745.
2. SAMUEL ELKINS, son of Henry (1), born Jan. 30, 1745; married, June 24, 1773, Olive Marden. She died Dec. 3, 1835, aged 62 years. In 1773 Sammel Elkins bought 20 acres of land of Trustin Coffin Sleeper, consideration ien Spanish milled dollars. Children :
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3. Henry, b. April 23, 1775.
4. James, b. May 3, 1777. Samuel, b. May 14, 1779; d. Aug. 11, 1836; unm. at Portsmouth; merchant. Mary, b. June 25, 1781; m. Dec. 10, 1801, Josiah Philbrick of North Hampton. Olly, b. Oct. 3, 1783; m. April 29, 1807, Simon Chesley. Nabby, b. April 18, 1786; m. first, May, 1823, Hartwell Hall; m. second, Simon Brown. William, b. Dec. 21, 1788; d. Oct. 3, 1789.
3. HENRY ELKINS, son of Samuel (2), born April 23, 1775 ; married, 1806, Mary Webster. Children :
5. Samnel, b. April 8, 1809. Catherine, b. 1813; m. Edward Walcott; d. Aug. 26, 1869.
4. JAMES ELKINS, son of Samuel (2), born May 3, 1777; married, March 7, 1809, Mehitable Rand. Children :
James Seavey, b. Dec. 24, 1809. David, b. Nov. 4, 1812. Moses, b. Feb. 2, 1818.
5. SAMUEL ELKINS, son of Henry (3), born April 8, 1809; married Mary Lord. Children :
George, d. aged 21 years. Levi, b. Jan. 28, 1837; m. Maria Allen.
FINLAYSON.
ARCHIBALD FINLAYSON, married, Aug. 22, 1894, Elizabeth Lord. Electrician. Children :
Mary, b. Dec. S, 1895. Donnel, b. Sept. 20, 1897.
FITZGERALD.
DANIEL FITZGERALD, married Children : Molly, bapt. Sept. 21, 1794. Nancy, bapt. Sept. 21, 1794.
FOGG.
OLIVER BROWN FOGG, son of Lydia Dalton Fogg, married Emma A. Locke. Resides in North Hampton. Children :
Alvin, b. June 30, 1875. Bertha Emma.
FOSS.
John Foss was the ancestor of this family. He is said to have arrived at Boston in a British war vessel, from which he jumped overboard and swimming ashore, ran away. IIe thought of settling at a place called Reid's Temple, but not
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being pleased with the location, came to Rye, where he was admitted into the family of John Berry, and married his daughter. It is said that twelve children were born to them, one son settling in Maine, near Scarborough, where he was drowned. A John Foss was at Dover in 1665, served on the grand jury in 1688, and died in 1699.
1. JOSHUA Foss, probably son of John of Rye and Dover, married Sarah Wallis. She was living in 1723. He re- moved to Barrington, where he died, aged 99 years and six months. Children :
Thomas.
2. Nathaniel. John, d. Feb. 15, 1731, aged 24 years; buried in the old burying ground near Dr. Patterson's, recently removed.
3. . Job.
4. Wallis (?). Jane, m. June 27, 1736, William Palmer. Hannah, m. Aug. 21, 1741, Samuel Saunders.
5. Mark.
6. George ( ?).
2. NATHANIEL Foss, son of Joshua (1), married, Oct. 16, 1740, Mary Tucker. Children :
7. Joshua. Mary, bapt. Feb. 2, 1745; m. Samuel Berry. Sarah, bapt. Feb. 20, 1747. William, bapt. April 17, 1748; d. unm .; followed the sea. Olive, bapt. Sept. 5, 1751; had by Richard Rand a dau., Olive, who m. Joseph Locke. Jane, bapt. Dec. 9, 1753; m. Isaac Remick.
S. Nathaniel, bapt. June 17, 1756. Job, bapt. May 13, 1759; lost at sea. 9. Samuel, bapt. July 3, 1762.
3. JOB Foss, son of Joshua (1), married, Nov. 1, 1750, Sarah Lang. Tame Indian stayed at his house one night and the board to which he was tied caught fire and came near burning a child and the house. Children :
Sarah. b. Aug. 1, 1751; m. June 6, 1776, Mark Foss; lived at Bar- rington. Hannah, bapt. Aug. 17, 1775; m. Simon Chapman; lived at Epsom.
10. John, bapt. June, 1757. Dorothy, b. Aug. 14, 1758. Job. bapt. May 13, 1759. Joshua, bapt. Aug. 30. 1761: m. Betsey Hunt. Mary, bapt. Feb. 11, 1764; m. Robert Saunders.
11. Ebenezer, bapt. Sept. 20, 1767; m. Mary Foss. Comfort, bapt. May 17, 1772; m. Richard Lang.
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4. WALLIS Foss, probably son of Joshua (1), married, Jan. 25, 1739, Mary, daughter of Samuel Dowrst ; lived near Rye Center. Children :
Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1739. John, b. July 7, 1746; d. unm., of lockjaw, aged about 30; lived at Rochester. Elizabeth, bapt. June 26, 1748; unm .; d. at Joseph Goss'. Rachel, b. 1750; m. Nov. 28, 1779, Peter Ackerman; lived at Epsom. Abigail, b. 1752; d. young.
12. Samuel Dowrst, b. 1754. Abigail, b. 1757; m. Reuben Libby; lived at Gorham, Me. Phineas, b. 1759; probably d. young. Mary, b. 1761; probably d. young.
13. Solomon.
5. MARK Foss, son of Joshua (1), married, Nov. 28, 1745, Amy Thompson. Children :
Nathaniel, b. 1747. Mark, b. 1749; m. 1776, Sarah, dau. of Job Foss; lived at Barrington. Abigail, b. 1752. John, b. 1755.
6. GEORGE Foss, probably son of Joshua (1), married, April 3, 1746, Mary Marden. Children :
Abigail, b. 1750. James. George.
7. JOSHUA Foss, son of Nathaniel (2), married, Nov. 29, 1762, Rachel Marden. Children :
Elizabeth, b. 1763; m. Sept. 24, 1789, Jonathan B. Waldron; d. Jan. 5, 1835. Mary, b. 1766; m. Ebenezer Foss; lived at Epsom.
14. William, b. July 12, 1769.
8. NATHANIEL Foss, son of Nathaniel (2), baptized June 17, 1756; married Mehitable, daughter of Eben Jackson of Portsmouth. She died April 11, 1837, aged 77 years. Children :
Polly, bapt. March 27, 1791; m. April 4, 1811, Richard Goss. Jane, bapt. Nov. 18, 1792: m. Dec. 24, 1812, Daniel Page of North Hampton; d. April, 1864. Nathaniel, bapt. Dec. 11, 1795; d. March 31, 1817. Samuel, b. May, 1798; d. unm. April 8, 1867; drummer. Patty W., m. first, Jan. 25, 1809, Joseph Mason; m. second, Robinson Foss.
9. SAMUEL Foss, son of Nathaniel (2), baptized July 3, 1762 ; married Salome Trefethern. She died April 10, 1851. Children :
Supply C., m. -; both were killed by the falling of a house at Dubuque, Iowa. Samuel P., bapt. Dec. 22, 1799.
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10. JOHN Foss, son of Job (3), baptized June, 1757; married, March 6, 1783, Sarah Tucker. He died Jan. 1, 1819. Served under Capt. Joseph Parsons in the Revolu- tionary War. Children :
15. Job, b. 1785.
16. Robinson, b. April 30, 1787. Betsey, b. April 20, 1788; m. William Mathews; d. July 22, 1873. Olive, b. April 20, 1788; m. 1815, Joseph Sheppard. Sarah, m. June 22, 1808, Jeremiah Page, Jr.
17. Richard, b. May 4, 1795. Anna Partridge, m. Jan. . 3, 1830, Thomas J. Whidden of Portsmouth.
11. EBENEZER Foss, son of Job (3), baptized Sept. 20, 1767 ; married, Nov. 26, 1789, Mary ( Molly) Foss. Chil- dren :
William, bapt. Oct. 17, 1790. Hannah, bapt. June 3, 1792. Joshua ( ?).
12. SAMUEL DOWRST FOSS, son of Wallis (4), born in 1754; married, Jan. 13, 1774, Mary Berry. Removed to Rochester. Children :
Wallis, b. Aug. 5, 1775; m. Mary Libby. Samuel, b. July 4, 1777; m. Abigail Reid. Hannah, b. 1779; d. young. Jeremiah Berry, b. 1780; d. 1794. Polly, b. 1783; d. young. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1785; m. John H. Ham.
18. James Seavey, b. June 22, 1787. Patience, b. 1789; m. first, James Newton; second, Joseph Butler; third, John Smith; lived at Barrington. Sarah, bapt. July 3, 1791; m. Samuel Rand.
13. SOLOMON Foss, son of Wallis (4), married Jane Remick, who died May 27, 1847. Children :
19. Joseph Remick, b. May 15, 1800. Margaret, b. March, 1803; m. first, Nov. 12, 1822, David Nason; second, Benjamin Marden. Cath- arine, m. Augustus Warren. Esther J., b. March 5, 1808; m. Nov. 12, 1827. John Jones; d. Jan. 2, 1887. Elizabeth P., b. 1810; m. first, 1828, Henry Downs of Gosport; in. second, Abner Downs. Mary D., b. 1811; m. Joseph Brown. Martha W., m. Paul Peter- son. Sarah, m. Joseph W. Pickering. Hannah Jane, m. John H. Downs. Samuel W., b. 1818; m. Aug. 10, 1845, Ursula Ann Locke; and she afterwards m. John S. Goss. Caroline, m. Calvin Gar- land of North Hampton.
14. WILLIAM Foss, son of Joshua (7), born July 12, 1769; married, March 11, 1790, Abiel Marden. Children : Joshua, b. Jan. 21, 1790. Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1791; d. unm. May 13, 1810.
20. Benjamin Marden, b. April 28, 1794. Rachel, b. Aug. 3, 1795; m. Samuel Shapley.
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15. JOB Foss, son of John (10), born 1785; married, March 22, 1809, Patty Berry. Children :
Olly, b. 1809; m. first, April 17, 1830, Eli Cole; m. second, Nov. 27, 1834, John Bragg Downs of Gosport; she had before marriage a son, Edward Sargent. Elizabeth, b. May, 1811; m. Thomas Green. Alexander, b. Ang., 1813; d. July 30, 1860. Sally, m. Jacob Waldron. Oliver. Jeremiah, d. young.
16. ROBINSON FOSS, son of John (10), born Ang. 30, 1787; married, first, Nov. 12, 1818, widow Patty Mason. She died April 1, 1828, and he married, second, widow Charlotta Holmes. Was a member of the Alarm List in the War of 1812, under Capt. Jonathan Wedgewood, and died Jan. 1, 1878. Children by first wife :
Mehitable, b. Feb. 5, 1819; m. Jan. 14, 1841, Joshua M. Foss. 21. Hardison, b. Jan. 23, 1821.
Children by second wife:
22. Jolm Hunt, b. Dec. 9, 1831.
23. Henry D., b. Sept. 18, 1832.
24. Daniel Morrison, b. March 10, 1834. Charlotte Drown, b. Oct. 22, 1835; d. Nov. 14, 1837. Robinson T., b. Sept. 22, 1837; d. Dec. S, 1865.
17. RICHARD Foss, son of John (10), born May 4, 1795; married, Oct. 17, 1819, Eliza Shapley. He died May 4, 1842. A member of C'apt. Samuel Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. Children :
John Henry, b. March 27, 1820; d. Sept. 7, 1825. Oran, b. Dec. 4, 1822; d. Sept. 13, 1825.
25. Robert S., b. April 7. 1825.
26. John Oren, b. Aug. 19, 1830. Eliza Esther, b. July 7, 1832; m. Rob- ert W. Varrell. Chalcedony, b. 1837; m. Nov. 28, 1858, Daniel M. Foss.
18. JAMES SEAVEY Foss, son of Samuel Dowist (12), born June 22, 1787 ; married Sally Hodgdon, and removed to Rochester. Children :
Abigail M., m. William Buchanan. Richard H., m. Lydia Durgin. Jeremiah B., m. Esther Berry. James N., m. Hannah Jones. Alonzo H., m. Elizabeth W. Davis. Susan H., m. Samuel McClure.
Charles B. Mary J. Judith B. Martha A. Caroline M. Har- riett N .. m. John Varney.
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19. JOSEPH REMICK Foss, son of Solomon (13), born May 15, 1800; married, Dec. 6, 1826, Joanna Seward of Kittery. She died Jan. 21, 1861, aged 51 years. He lived where Charles Lear now resides. Children :
Isaac W., b. Dec. 3, 1827: d. May 12, 1840.
27. Joseph S., b. Oct. S, 1829. Mary Jane, b. March 20, 1834; m. Sept. 29, 1855, Oliver Adams; lived at Portsmouth. Eliza Ann, b. April 25, 1844; m. Enoch Hutchings of Kittery. Isaac Dallas, b. Feb. 19, 1847; m.
20. BENJAMIN MARDEN FOSS, son of William (14), born April 28, 1794; married, Feb. 17, 1814, Dorcas, daughter of Henry Shapley. Children :
William, b. July 20, 1814; m. Nov. 7, 1834, Caroline Amazeen; lived at Newcastle.
28. Joshua Marden, b. Sept. 7, 1816. Sarah G., b. May 13, 1818; m. Oct. 21, 1841, Augustus White. Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1819; m. Joseph Ama- zeen.
29. Joel U., b. Dec. 7, 1821; m. Adeline Locke. Almira P., b. 1825; d. Dec. 25, 1866.
21. HARDISON Foss, son of Robinson (16), born Jan. 23, 1821; married, July 16, 1843, Elvira Holmes, daughter of his stepmother. He died Dec. 15, 1882. Children : Charlotte M., b. Nov. 11, 1843; m. June 13, 1869, James Seavey.
30. Sylvanus W., b. March 13, 1846. Ezra Drown, b. 1847; d. Feb. 28, 1848. Annie Julia, b. Jan. 24, 1849; m. May 13, 1873, Lewis E. Walker. Ezra H., b. Jan. 2, 1850; d. Jan. 28, 1868. Alice, b. Nov. 27, 1853; m. Feb. 10, 1881, Cotton W. D. Jenness. Susan Minette, b Nov., 1866.
31. Alba Harrison, b. Feb. 29, 1856.
22. JOHN HUNT FOSS, son of Robinson (16), born Dec. 9, 1831; married, first, Eliza Felker. She died, and he married, second, Angusta Felker. Children :
Charles, b. Nov. 23, 1855. George E., b. Sept. 9, 1859; m. Margaret E. Carter, Sept. 6, 1892, and had Harriet F., b. July 21, 189S. Theodora R., b. Feb. 17, 1903.
Child by second wife:
Lizzie, b. Dec. 5, 1862; m. Hanson Seavey; lived at Portsmouth.
23. HENRY D. Foss, son of Robinson ( 16), born Sept. 18, 1832 ; married, Oct. 5, 1858, Clara A. Matthews. Children : Henry Herman, b. Aug. 25, 1859; d. July 31, 1862. Lizzie, b. May 28, 1864; d. Nov. 8, 1892, at Boston. Robert. b. Oct. 18, 1869.
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HISTORY OF RYE.
24. DANIEL MORRISON Foss. son of Robinson (16), born March 10, 1834; married, Nov. 28, 1858, Chalcedony Foss. She died May 30, 1889. He served in the navy during the war, 1861-'65. Children :
Christie, b. Jan. 30, 1859; m. Feb. 14, 1889, George S. Walker. 32. Arthur M., b. Oct. 15, 1868; m. Oct. 19, 1898, Blanche Berry.
25. ROBERT S. Foss, son of Richard (17), born April 7, 1825; married Ann E. Moulton. He died Oct. 29, 1891. Enlisted and mustered into the service in 1862 in the Civil War. Children :
Emily Jones, b. Aug. 16, 1852; m. 1884, Joseph W. Rand.
33. Lewis Henry, b. Sept. 19, 1853. Charles Edward, b. July 8, 1856; d. July 17, 1888. Anna Louise, b. Jan. 4, 1858. Ella Mary, b. May 11, 1860.
26. JOHN OREN FOSS, son of Richard (17), born Aug. 19, 1830; married, first, Nov. 10, 1853, Mary J. Green. She died May 11, 1864, and he married, second, May 24, 1866, Amanda Marden. He died Feb. 4, 1903. Children by first wife:
Charles Henry, b. Nov. 23, 1855; d. June 21, 1861. Willey John, b. Dec. 3, 1857; m. Merrill; d. April 7, 1899. Carrie M., b. Feb. 28, 1860; m. Dec. 28, 1883, Hollis N. Marden. Mabel Jane, b. May 4, 1862: d. Jan. 23, 1876.
Children by second wife:
Lizzie Haven, b. Oct. 5, 1866; d. Charles Osmond, b. Sept. 8, 1867; drowned in Parsons' creek, July 4, 1881.
34. Herbert E., b. April 8, 1870; m. 1894, Lottie Odiorne. Edith C., b. May 27, 1873; m. April 9, 1896, Jedediah Rand. Ernest, mn. June 17, 1903, Cora W. Drake. Myron.
27. JOSEPH S. Foss, son of Joseph Remick (19), born Oct. 8, 1829; married, March, 1856, Lucy Ann Clark. She died Sept. 18, 1898. She had before marriage, John Clark, born Sept. 27, 1851. Child :
Reinza, b. June 11, 1856; d. June 5, 1861.
28: JOSHUA MARDEN FOSS, son of Benjamin Marden (20), born Sept. 7, 1816 ; married, Jan. 14, 1841, Mehitable Foss. Removed to Haverhill ; died July 4, 1901. Children : Mary, b. 1846; d. Frank M., b. June 14, 1853.
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GENEALOGY.
29. JOEL N. Foss, son of Benjamin Marden (20), born Dec. 7, 1821 ; married Adeline Locke. Child :
Almira Pitman, b. May 26, 1850.
30. SYLVANUS W. Foss, son of Hardison (21), born March 13, 1846; married, April 3, 1879, Ellen Philbrick. Child :
Bertha, b. Feb. 27, 1880.
31. ALBA HARRISON Foss, son of Hardison (21), born Feb., 1856; married, first, Dec. 2, 1883, Minnie Brown. She died July 22, 1887, and he married, second, Nov. 4, 1891, Emma Hoyt. Child by first wife :
Lena Forbes, b. July 4, 1887.
Child by second wife:
Analesa, b. March 26, 1900.
32. ARTHUR M. Foss, son of Daniel Morrison (24), born Oct. 15, 1868; married, Oct. 19, 1898, Blanche M. Berry. Painter by trade. Children :
Reginald, b. Dec. 17, 1900. Daughter, b. Sept. 10, 1903.
33. LEWIS HIENRY Foss, son of Robert S. (25), born Sept. 19, 1853; married, March 15, 1881, Lydia Viola Adams. Mason. Children :
Emma L., b. Oct. 30, 1882. Alice Adams, b. Sept. 2, 1884. Mabel Josephine, b. Oct. 5, 1887.
34. HERBERT E. Foss, son of John Oren (26), born April 8, 1870; married Feb. 5, 1894, Charlotte Odiorne. Child : -, b. Sept. 2, 1894.
1. JOHN Foss, married Abigail . Children :
2. Thomas ( ?). Abigail, b. Sept., 1731. Zachariah, m. Joanna had Henry.
3. Joshua, b. June 12, 1738; m. John.
2. THOMAS Foss, son of John (1), married, Sept. 18, 1760, Merribah, daughter of Thomas Rand. Removed to Barrington. Children :
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