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Elvira, b. Oct. 23, 1827; m. April 18, 1857, Joseph G. Jenness; d. Oct. 13, 1864. Abigail P., b. Feb. 12, 1832; d. Dec. 22, 1865.
47. Joseph William, b. Sept. 4, 1836. Thomas Reuel, b. Feb. 7, 1839; d. Oct. 9, 1854; accidentally shot himself.
34. THOMAS BERRY GARLAND, son of William (21), born Aug. 20, 1817 ; married, Dec. 10, 1842, Harriett Kimball of Littleton, Mass. Lived in Dover. Children :
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William A., b. Jan. 13, 1844; d. Dec. 1, 1865, at Augusta, Ga. Eliza- beth, b. March 30, 1845; m. Feb. 25, 1868, D. Hall Rice of Lowell, Mass .; had Lepine Hall, b. Feb. 22, 1870; William Alfred, b. July 28, 1871; d. Oct. 2, 1871. Alfred Kimball, b. Oct. 24, 1849. Caroline Harwood, b. Jan. 25, 1854. Charles, b. April 16, 1856; d. Aug. 18, 1856.
35. SAMUEL PATTEN GARLAND, son of Amos Seavey (23), born Feb. 5, 1821; married, April 5, 1850, Eliza D. Mars- ton. Children :
Martha H., b. Nov. 18, 1851; d. March 21, 1882. Amos, b. April 7, 1853; m. Ida Mayo. Mary Patten, b. Dec. 22, 1855. Eliza Ella, b. Jan. 12, 1858; m. July S, 1882, Clarence A. Goss. Sarah L., b. May 9, 1860. Samuel Austin, b. Aug. 11, 1867. Gertrude, b. Feb. 5, 1870.
36. OLIVER PERRY GARLAND, son of Simon G. (24), born May 26, 1832; married Frances Frazier of Gloucester, Mass., who was born in Nova Scotia. She died in 1876. Children :
Melissa, b. July 16, 1859; m. June 29, 1884, Horace Mace. Charles Frost, b. Aug. 8, 1864; d. Lizzie Junkins, b. Nov. 12, 1873; d. Dec. 15, 1876. Fanny E., b. April 16, 1870; m. Sept. 10, 1894, Allen F. Eisiner.
37. CHARLES DAVID GARLAND, son of William Cutter (26), born Oct. 1, 1849; married, Nov. 3, 1869, Eliza J. Garland. Merchant, and justice of the peace, West Rye. Children :
Susie Emma, b. Sept. 12, 1873; m. Sept. 12, 1892, Gilman Walker. 48. William E.
38. EDWARD L. GARLAND, son of Levi (27), born 1821; married, July 2, 1845, Elvira Dalton. She died March 18, 1898. He died July 7, 1872. Children :
Mary W., m. April 9, 1866, Samuel G. Smart. Annette. Eliza Jane, b. May 7, 1854; m. Nov. 3, 1869, Charles D. Garland.
39. CHARLES GARLAND, son of Moses Leavitt (28), born Sept. 11, 1822 ; married Sophia Jenness. Children :
Emma L., b. April 22, 1855. Walter, b. April 27, 1858; died.
40. GILMAN GARLAND, son of Moses Leavitt (28), born Nov. 27, 1825 ; married Martha J. Jenness. Child : James Filmore, d.
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41. MORRIS JENNESS GARLAND, son of Rufus I. (30), born April 30, 1858 ; married Emma Manson. Child :
Harold B., b. June 9, 1888.
42. JOSEPH PARSONS GARLAND, son of John (31), born Dec. 20, 1804; married, first, Eunice Kenney; second, widow Leavitt. Lived at Saco, Me. Children :
James. Parsons. Jerome. Elizabeth.
43. OLIVER GARLAND, son of John (31), born Nov. 25, 1806 ; married Mary Tarleton of Newcastle. Ile died April 20, 1887. Child :
Leander, b. 1830; m. Yeaton.
44. SAMUEL PARSONS GARLAND, son of John (31), born April 30, 1811; married, first, Hannah Marston ; married, second Lived at North Hampton. Children by first wife :
Mary Abby. Sarah Elizabeth. Hannah Jane.
Child by second wife:
George W.
45. JOHN CALVIN GARLAND, son of John (31), born Nov. 26, 1813 ; married, first, Jan. 4, 1835, Elizabeth Spead ; sec- ond, Caroline Foss; third, Jan. 19, 1884, Elizabeth Riley. Ile died April 28, 1889. Farmer. Children :
John Wesley, b. Sept. 2, 1837; d. April 9, 1850. Calvin Thompson, b. June 15, 1839; m. May 21, 1877, Elizabeth M. Evans. Marshall W., b. May 17, 1841; killed in Florida during the Civil War. Charles William, b. April 6, 1843; m. July 12, 1871, Mrs. Helen McKee; residence, Oklahoma. Elizabeth Ann, b. June 17, 1845; m. first, J. C. Frost; second, Woodbury Brown. Henrietta, b. July 15, 1846; m. Dec. 9, 1869, Moses Brown. Abby Annah, b. Aug. 21, 1849; m. Nov. 24, 1868, Nathan Knowles; d. 1895. Frank- lin, b. 1854; d. 1855.
46. DAVID GARLAND, Son of John (31), born March, 1816; married, Oct. 22, 1839, Mary Trickey. He died Oct. 29, 1846, and she married, second, Charles C. Marden, and was divorced. Children :
Augenette, b. Dec. 3, 1841; d. July 29. 1858. Albert Sumner, b. April 9. 1843: m. Anna Streeter; lives at Boston, Mass. Estelle, b. Jan. 2, 1845; m. Jan. 28, 1869, John W. Warner of North Hampton.
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47. JOSEPH WILLIAM GARLAND, son of Reuel (33), born Sept. 4, 1836; married, Oct. 22, 1860, Anna D. Drake. Children :
Joseph Oris, b. March 26, 1861; m. Jan. 16, 1889, Emma French. Elvira Jenness, b. Nov. 19, 1868; d. Aug. 18, 1872. James Wes- ton, b. May 17, 1871; m. 1893.
48. WILLIAM E. GARLAND, son of Charles David (37), married, Feb. 23, 1899, Ethel M. Locke. Child :
Edna May, b. Sept 20, 1899.
SIMON GARLAND, perhaps son of Simon (12), and Abi- gail of Nottingham, married Rachel Morrison of Ports- mouth. Children :
John, b. 1805; m. Nancy Doe. Samuel, b. 1807; m. Clara Broad. Elizabeth H., b. Sept. 21, 1811; m. Joseph Garland; d. Dec. 17, 1898. Daniel, m. Elizabeth Burnham. David, m. Mary Jane Doe. Mary Caroline.
GATES.
STOVER GATES, of Vermont, married Mrs. Martha (Tre- fethern), widow of Woodbury Green. Child :
Charles, b. July 21, 1868.
GODFREY.
JOHN GODFREY, married, Nov. 25, 1801, Abigail Seavey. She died Dec. 9, 1819. Children :
Susan, m. first, April 6, 1820, Josiah Knowles; second, Moulton; lived at Tamworth. Anna Brown, bapt. 1806. Abigail, bapt. July 16, 1809. Nancy, m. Abner Moulton. Elizabeth, m. Atwood. John, b. 1816; d. Dec. 29, 1817.
GOSS.
The name appears in various spellings :- Gors, Gaus, Gosse, and Goss. Robert Gosse was of Portsmouth in 1693, and probably was the same Robert who settled at Greenland, near Great Bay.
1. RICHARD Goss. a twin brother of Robert of Greenland, married Martha -, she living in 1739. He had 20 acres common land granted to him in 1701. The land is
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now (1903) owned by L. B. Parsons and Daniel J. Parsons.
Children :
2. Richard. Mary.
3. Jonathan.
4. Thomas. John W.
5. Jethro. Patty, b. 1714; m. Sept. 21, 1738, Josiah Webster; d. Nov. 18, 1798. Margaret. Rachel.
2. RICHARD Goss, son of Richard (1), married Rachel He died before Aug. 4, 1735; and she married, second, Jan. 6, 1737, Job Chapman. Children :
Abigail, b. Oct. 2, 1724; m. Nov. 27, 1746, Joseph Brown. Margaret, b. Feb. 18, 1731.
3. JONATHAN Goss, son of Richard (1), married, May 22, 1735, Salome Locke. Children :
Richard, b. Nov. 3, 1738; d. aged about 30 years. Salome, b. Feb. 22, 1741; m. Mark Lang.
6. Jonathan, b. 1743. Joseph, b. 1746; m. Betsey Seavey. Elizabeth, b. 1749.
4. THOMAS Goss, son of Richard (1), married, Dec. 5, 1736, Mary Hall of Portsmouth. She was born Aug. 24, 1709, and died, Ang. 17, 1802. He lived on what is now the Daniel J. Parsons place, and was drowned by falling off the Newcastle bridge. Children :
Hannah, b. 1740.
7. Nathan, b. Sept., 1741. Mary, b. July, 1743; m. first, Joseph Tarl- ton; second, Nathaniel Jenness. James, b. Aug. 30, 1745; d. unm. April 11, 1825. Thomas, b. Dec., 1747; m. first, Hannah Black; second, June 28, 1803, Mrs. Elizabeth (Randall) Jenness. Richard, b. Aug. 24, 1750; killed, Oct. 17, 1777, in the Revolution. S. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 8, 1752.
5. JETIIRO Goss, son of Richard (1), married Esther Rand. Children :
Samuel, b. Aug. 21, 1728; d. Aug. 22, 1735. Esther, b. Feb. 5, 1734; d. Aug. 18, 1735. Levi, b. Feb. 3, 1735; d. Aug. 18, 1735. Sarah, b. June 13, 1736. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1738; m. Dec. 16, 1757, Thomas Lang.
9. Esther, b. 1741; had a son, Joseph, who m. Hannah Berry. Susan- nah, b. 1744; m. Joseph Rand.
10. Levi, b. 1747.
Richard, b. 1751.
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6. JONATHAN Goss, son of Jonathan (3), born 1743; married, Feb. 16, 1769, Elizabeth Brown. Was in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Parsons, and he sailed in the privateer Portsmouth with Samuel Seavey, and was captured, and died of smallpox in Dartmoor prison. Chil- dren :
11. Joseph.
12. Jonathan.
7. NATHAN Goss, son of Thomas (4), born Sept., 1741; married Sarah Johnson. Lived on the Richard P. Goss farm. Was second lieutenant in Capt. Parsons' company in the Revolutionary War; stationed at Newcastle. Chil- dren :
13. Gen. Thomas, b. Sept. 16, 1768. Simon, b. 1771; m. April 27, 1806, Sarah Berry; no children. Sally (twin), b. 1775; m. Oct. 31, 1793, John Carroll. Molly (twin), b. 1775; d. young.
14. Richard, b. 1778.
8. ELIZABETH Goss, daughter of Thomas (4), born Dec. 8, 1752; died Oct. 15, 1828; had two children : Michael D. Goss, born March 20, 1777, and Betsey, born April 7, 1794; died Dec. 5, 1870. Michael and Betty lived in a small one-story house that stood in the field now owned by L. B. Parsons and near his residence.
Michael D. Goss, married, Oct. 21, 1799, Sally Trudy, who was born in Rye, Feb., 1778. He died March 18, 1851. She died Nov. 10, 1851. Children :
Tobias T., b. Feb. 26, 1801; d. Aug. 17, 1824. James, b. March 8. 1805; d. Aug. 17, 1807.
15. James Madison, b. Sept. 5, 1809.
9. ESTHER Goss, daughter of Jethro (5), born 1741; was unmarried. Had a son, Joseph, born 1768 (baptized 1779), who died April 27, 1795. He married Hannah Berry and had :
16. Joseph, b. June 24, 1795.
10. LEVI Goss, son of Jethro (5), born 1747; married, Aug. 18, 1767, Sarah Rand. Children :
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17. Levi.
18. John. Jethro, m. Nov. 16, 1796, Patty Wells. Joshua.
19. Daniel.
11. JOSEPH Goss, son of Jonathan (6), married, March 6, 1791, Sally Seavey. Was a member of Capt. E. Phil- brick's company in the War of 1812. Removed to Moulton- borough. Children :
Jonathan, bapt. Aug. 5, 1792; m. Dec. 20, 1812, Olive Adams. Eliza- beth, bapt. Sept. 14, 1794. Seavey, m. Sarah Berry. Helen (adopted ) .
12. JONATHAN Goss, son of Jonathan (6), married, Jan. 10, 1796, Patty Davidson. She died May 21, 1843. He died Aug. 29, 1851. Was in Captain Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. Children :
Sarah Blake, b. Sept. 19, 1797; m. Nov. 24, 1825, Daniel Lord, b. Sept. 25, 1797; d. Dec. 13, 1882. William Davidson, b. July 30, 1801; m. Data Mason of Hampton.
13. GEN. THOMAS Goss, son of Nathan (7), born Sept. 16, 1768; married, first, Dec. 17, 1801, Sarah Marden. She died May 26, 1815 (?), and he married, second, June 2, 1816, Abigail Locke; died Feb. 26, 1881. He was appointed Captain by Gov. Gilman at Exeter July 5, 1794. Ap- pointed Major of the Second Battalion in the first Regi- ment of Militia of N. HI. Dec. 11, 1804. Appointed by Gov. John Langdon, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the 35 Regt. in N. H., Feb. 25, 1806. Colonel 35 Regt. 1st Brigade and first Division of Militia in 1810. Brigadier General of the first Brigade of Militia in N. H. 1813. He died Oct. 7, 1857. Children by first wife :
20. William, b. Jan. 21, 1803. Sheridan, b. May 11, 1809; d. Dec. 23, 1813. Sarah Ann, b. April 10, 1815; m. April 26, 1839, Ira Rand.
Child by second wife:
21. John Sheridan, b. Oct. 26, 1817.
14. RICHARD GOSS, son of Nathan (7), born 1778; mar- ried, April 4, 1811, Polly Foss. She died April 4, 1811, and he died Feb. 6, 1814. Children :
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Nathan, b. Dec. 13, 1811; d. Feb. 27, 1845. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 28, 1814; m. Dec. 20, 1832, Joseph Pickering; d. Nov., 1877; lived at Newington.
15. JAMES MADISON GOSS, grandson of Elizabeth (S), born Sept. 5, 1809; married, April 20, 1834, Lucinda Snow. He died Feb. 21, 1870, and the following year she married Josiah Searcy and died July 3, 1874. Children :
J. Greenville, b. Dec. 28, 1836; drowned, July 16, 1854, at Exeter. Abby Francette, b. Jan. 10, 1842; m. Nov. 3, 1869, John Wallace; lives at Fort Wayne, Ind. Josiah Snow, b. March 14, 1846; d. Jan. 29, 1870.
16. JOSEPH Goss, grandson of Esther (9), born June 24, 1795; married Eliza Seavey. Children :
Hannah Berry, d. unm. Dec. 21, 1889.
22. Alfred Seavey.
23. Joseph Jackson. Mary Esther, m. Charles Foss of Greenland.
17. LEVI Goss, son of Levi (10), married, Nov. 15, 1796, Mary Saunders. Children :
Betsey, bapt. July 1, 1798. Nancy, bapt. Jan. 5, 1800.
18. JOHN Goss, son of Levi (10), married, June 14, 1790, Abigail Randall. Children :
Joshua, bapt. Oct. 18, 1795. Joseph, bapt. Oct. 18, 1795. Daniel, bapt. Aug. 11, 1798.
19. DANIEL Goss, son of Levi (10), married, first, June 25, 1801, Sarah Mace of Gosport; second, April 6, 1820, Hannah Perkins. Lived where Oren Drake resided. Chil- dren by first wife:
Eliza. Daniel James, m. Hannah Leavitt.
Children by second wife:
Sarah Jane, b. March 15, 1821; m. Nathaniel Hanscom. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 24, 1823; m. George Townsend.
20. CAPT. WILLIAM Goss, son of Thomas (13), born Jan. 21, 1803 ; married, Sept. 14, 1823, Betsey Berry. She died Jan. 1, 1880. Ile commanded several schooners plying between Rye and Boston. He died Dec. 14, 1891. Chil- dren :
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A child, b. 1823; d. Aug. 24, 1825. James W., b. Dec. 23, 1825; m. Harriet Crane; served in the war, 1861-'65; d. Jan. 24, 1888.
24. Otis, b. 1827. Amanda M., b. 1830; unm. Mary C., b. Feb. 29, 1832; unm. Charles Carroll, d. Jan. 25, 1859. Arthur L., m. 1880, Susie Knowlton. Sarah Abbie. Nathan R.
21. JOHN SHERIDAN Goss, son of Thomas (13), born Oct. 26, 1817 ; married, Oct. 7, 1855, Sula A., widow of Samuel W. Foss, and daughter of Richard R. Locke. She died July 7, 1894. He died March 12, 1903. Child : 25. Wallace S., b. Dec. 20, 1856.
22. ALFRED SEAVEY Goss, son of Joseph (16), married, Dec., 1866, Mary Eliza Marden. Child :
Carrie S.
23. JOSEPH JACKSON Goss, son of Joseph (16), married, Dec. 25, 1868, Eliza A. Marden. He died Nov. 17, 1893. Child :
Nellie A., b. June 19, 1870.
24. OTIS Goss, son of William (20), born 1827; married, Nov. 12, 1852, Ann M. Locke. Children :
Elzada, b. Oct. 10, 1853. Isabella, b. July 3, 1855. Olive Ann, b. May 10 or 14, 1858; m. Nov. 20, 1878, Arthur Brown.
25. WALLACE S. Goss, son of John Sheridan (21), born Dec. 20, 1856 ; married, May 22, 1880, Sarah Caswell, born April 6, 1862. She died Feb. 26, 1896. Children :
John Sterling, b. Dec. 17, 1880; drowned while bathing July 11, 1903. Melville Jewell, b. Oct. 14, 1882. Leon Wallace, b. Nov. 5, 1886. Philip Nathan, b. Jan. 23, 1894; d. Sept. 13, 1894. Eliza- beth Amy, b. Feb. 22, 1896.
1. RICHARD PICKERING GOSS, son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Goss) Pickering, assumed the name of Goss. Ile was born 1833, and married, Oct. 17, 1858, Harriett J. Locke. Children :
2. Clarence A., b. Feb. 11, 1860. Estelle, b. Aug. 16, 1861; m. Feb. 28, 1885, Edward Philbrick. Annie Marie, b. May 19, 1868; d. Oct. 9, 1877. Gilman P., b. June 6, 1870. Erastus, b. Aug. 3, 1872. Walter W., b. Dec. 11, 1875; m. Feb. 14, 1900, Fannie B. Knowles.
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2. CLARENCE A. Goss, son of Richard Pickering (1), born 1859; married, first, Mary Mace, divorced; he married, second, July 8, 1882, Eliza Ella Garland. Chil- dren by second wife:
Harriett, b. June 1, 1888. Annie, b. Jan. 26, 1890.
GOTHORPE.
THOMAS GOTHORPE, married, 1889, Lizzie Gomersawl. Electrician. Children :
Sarah Gertrude, b. Oct. 27, 1890. Esther Agatha, b. July 16, 1892. Hilda Gwendoline, b. Oct. 28, 1894.
GOULD.
CHRISTOPHER GOULD, married Waters. Schoolmaster. Children :
Ephraim, m. Oct. 20, 1791, Molly Towle of Epsom; lived at West Rye. Polly, m. John Brown. Ruth. Hannah, m. Rundlet.
GRANT.
CHRISTOPHER G. GRANT, married, Aug. 7, 1870, Elsie C. Locke. Children :
Ella Jane, b. Aug. 12, 1872. Charles Emery, b. Aug., 1877.
GREEN.
1. RICHARD GREEN, married, March 5, 1778, Mary Mow. She died May 14, 1854, aged 96 years. Children :
Richard, b. March 13, 1779; d. March 29, 1806, in the West Indies. 2. John, b. April 2, 1784. Ephraim, b. June 2, 1786; d. at North Hampton. Thomas, b. May 15, 1788; lost in a privateer during the War of 1812. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1791; m. first, April 28, 1808, Samuel Caswell; second, Aug. 15, 1819, William Caswell. Dorcas Marden, b. Nov. 19, 1793; had a son Thomas, b. before marriage; m. Michael Caswell.
3. Charles, b. March 3, 1795. Samuel Marden, b. May 31, 1799; went to sea. Joseplı, b. Aug. 5, 1798; d. aged about 2 years.
2. JOHN GREEN, son of Richard (1), born April 2, 1784, married Abigail Nutter. Lived at Portsmouth. Children : John. Abigail. Frank. Ephraim, m. Mary White.
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3. CHARLES GREEN, son of Richard (1), born March 3, 1795; married, March 23, 1826, Mary Smith Lamprey. She died March 21, 1858. A member of Capt. Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. He died April 22, 1884. Children :
Vercilda, b. March 9, 1827; m. Dec. 31, 1855, James Brown, Jr. 4. Charles Alpheus, b. Nov. 15, 1829. Mary Jane, b. Feb. 20, '832; m. Nov. 10, 1853, John Oren Foss; d. May 11, 1864. Cyrus Fayette, b. June 23, 1834; d. May 5, 1836. Woodbury C., b. Oct. 19, 1836; m. Jan. 1, 1864, Martha S. Trefethern; d. Sept. 20, 1864. Martha Olive, b. Oct. 4, 1839; m. June, 1864, Nathaniel Coffin.
5. Oren Smith, b. Oct. 23, 1845.
4. CHARLES ALPHEUS GREEN, son of Charles (3), born Nov. 15, 1829; married, Jan. 10, 1856, Lizzie Falls. For many years an engineer on the B. & M. R. R. between Portsmouth and Boston. Lived at Portsmouth. Child :
Fred Charles, b. 1857; d. 1894.
5. OREN SMITH GREEN, son of Charles (3), born Oct. 23, 1845; married, Oct. 27, 1888, Clara A. Harvey. Children : Harry, b. Feb. 16, 1892. Charles Oren, b. May 29, 1893. Marion E., b. Oct. 10, 1895. Kate H., b. April 11, 1899.
Deacon Stephen Green of Hampton Falls and Dolly, daughter of Webster, were married July 20, 1806. Proba- bly lived where J. Jenness Rand resides, and removed to Hampton Falls. Served in Capt. Berry's company in the. War of 1812. Children :
Anna Treadwell. Silas. Izette, m. Batchelder. Elizabeth.
THOMAS L. GREEN, married, first, Elizabeth Foss. She died June 1, 1868; and he married, second, Lizzie A. Ayers. He died Sept. 14, 1893, aged 83 years. Children :
Thomas Otis, b. Feb. 23, 1834; m. Waldron; d. Feb. 15, 1873. Maria Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1835; m. Richard Hilton; d. July, 1863; Ro- silla, b. Nov. 23, 1837; m. James M. Rand. Brackett, b. March 13, 1841; m. Martha S. Rand. Mary Adelaide, b. March 10, 1843 ( ?); m. Joseph W. Berry. Alonzo, b. Sept., 1850 (?). Sarah W., b. Feb. 5, 1852; d. Jan. 2, 1874.
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GROGAN.
JOHN GROGAN, married Sarah A. Shapley. Children :
Harriett. Walter. John. Frank. Samuel. Elizabeth. Addie.
GROVER.
1. JOHN GROVER, married Children : 2. John Henry, b. Sept. 22, 1854. Anna. Emma, b. 1863. Ella, b. 1868. Charles C., b. June 14, 1870.
2. JOHN HENRY GROVER, son of John (1), born Sept. 22, 1854; married, June 4, 1887, Malvina B. Jenness. Child : - -, b. Aug. 18, 1888.
HAINES.
Deacon Samuel Haines came in the ship Angel Ga- briel, which was wrecked at Pemaquid, now Bristol, Me. He was selectman at Portsmouth, 1653-1663, and one of the nine founders of the town, and deacon of the church in 1671.
His son Samuel, born in 1646, married, Jan. 9, 1673, Mary Fifield, and had six children, one of them, William, born Jan. 7, 1679, married Mary Lewis, and had a daugh- ter, Sarah, who married Jonathan Locke, in 1727.
HALE.
BENJAMIN HALE, son of Benjamin, was baptized March, 1741.
HALEY.
1. SAMUEL HALEY, married Love Randall. After his death she married Samuel Robinson. Children :
2. Richard G. Daniel.
2. RICHARD G. HALEY, son of Samuel (1), married Lucy J., daughter of John Randall of Gosport. Children :
Otis F., m. Julia Chauncy.
3. James M. Joseph B., m. Leonora Caswell. Elizabeth M., m. Will- iam Phinney.
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3. JAMES M. HALEY, son of Richard G. (2), married, July 3, 1866, Harriette A. Clark. Children :
Hattie L. James I.
HALL.
1. JOSEPH HALL, married, first, Aug. 27, 1751, Esther Tucker. She died, and he married, second, widow Mary Rand; third, widow Rachel Mace. He died 1801. Chil- dren :
Mary T., b. 1752. Joseph, b. 1754; d. young. Joseph, b. 1755; d. in the Revolutionary army. William Tucker, b. 1757; shot at the beach near "Bass tree" by British gunboats in the Revolu- tionary War. Sarah, b. 1759. Elizabeth, b. 1761; m. Samuel Smith.
2. Edward, b. 1764. Hannah, b. May 19, 1780; d. unm. May 17, 1839; "non compos mentis." Esther, b. Sept. 18, 1781; m. Nathaniel Berry.
2. EDWARD HIALL, son of Joseph (1), born 1764; mar- ried, April 22, 1784, Sarah Rand, born 1764. Children :
3. Joseph, b. June, 1787. Edward, b. May, 1789; d. unm. at sea, April 10, 1806.
4. Ephraim R., b. Jan. 19, 1793.
5. William, b. Dec. 26, 1795.
3. JOSEPH HALL, son of Edward (2), born June, 1787; married, Nov. 28, 1805, Mary, daughter of George Randall. She died March 19, 180S. He died at sea April 1, 1806. Child :
Joseph, b. April, 1806; d. March 26, 1828.
4. EPHRAIM R. HALL, son of Edward (2), born Jan. 19, 1793; married, March 20, 1817, Nancy Rand. Served in Capt. Samuel Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. Children :
6. William, b. Feb. 28, 1818. Sarah Ann, b. March 15, 1822; m. John Holmes of Portsmouth. Joseph, b. June 14, 1826; d. unm. June 15, 1855, at the almshouse. Mary O., b. May 20, 1834.
5. WILLIAM HALL, son of Edward (2), born Dec. 26, 1795; married, July 10, 1824, Sarah, daughter of Billy Rand. She died Dec. 14, 1885. He died Jan. 29, 1864. Children :
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7. Moses, b. 1826.
8. James Moses, b. March, 1828. Charles William, b. Dec. 11, 1830.
9. Levi Wallace, b. June 18, 1839; m. Emily Trefethern. George H., b. 1846; d. Aug. 13, 1854.
6. WILLIAM HALL, son of Ephraim R. (4), born Feb. 28, 1818; married Deborah Pickering of Newington. Chil- dren :
Martha Ann. Edward William.
7. MOSES HALL, son of William (5), born 1826; married Grace Harrington of Portsmouth. Children :
Ida. Frank.
8. JAMES MOSES HALL, son of William (5), born March, 1828; married, July 4, 1853, Ann E. Mathes. Children : Emma. George.
9. LEVI WALLACE HALL, son of William (5), born June 18, 1839; married, April 26, 1863, Lucenna Jane Trefethi- ern. Children :
Alice M., b. Feb., 1866. Herbert C., b. Aug., 1867. A girl, b. March 15, 1871; d. Sept. 26, 1871.
JOHN HALL, of Gosport, married Mary Merrifield of Bill- ingsgate, England. He was drowned, and she married, second, Lepinle and had thirteen children. Children :
Joseph, m. first, Esther Tucker; second, widow Mary (Smith) Rand; third, widow Rachel (Berry) Mace. Betsey, m. Nat Tucker. Sarah, m. first, Sinclair; second, Allen; both Ports- mouth sea captains. Edward, d. young.
HAM.
John H. Ham, formerly of Portsmouth, married Molly or Mary Foss; lived on Locke's Neck and owned consid- erable land there. He died Dec. 25, 1855. She died Aug- ust 29, 1874, aged 89 years.
HANKIN.
FRED W. HANKIN, born 1874; married, Nov. 18, 1895, Maud G. Walker. Children :
Clyde, b. Jan. 17, 1896. Grace, b. April 15, 1897; d. May 29, 1897. Russell, b. Sept. 14, 1898. Marshall, b. July 12, 1900. Frances, b. March 4, 1903.
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HISTORY OF RYE.
HILLS.
CHARLES P. HILLS, married, April 4, 1827, Elizabeth H. Garland. He died Aug. 23, 1829, and she died June 13, 1853. Child :
Elizabeth G., b. April 24, 1828; m. June 9, 1845, Paul A. Stackpole.
HOBBS.
1. MORRIS HOBBS, son of Morris and Sarah (Easton) Hobbs of Hampton, born Jan. 15, 1652; married, June 13, 1678, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Swett. Children:
Esther, b. April 12, 1679; m. Peter Johnson; d. Aug. 24, 1741. Mor- ris, b. Sept. 13, 1680; m. Theodate Batchelder; d. May 7, 1739. Benjamin, m. Mary (Marston?). Sarah, m. Joseph Towle. Mary, b. March 5, 1687. John, b. Dec. 12, 1688; m. Abigail Dow; d. March 17, 1783.
2. James, b. May 16, 1691. Joseph, b. May 15, 1693; d. probably unm. Dec. 21, 1717. Jonathan, b. Feb. 11, 1695; d. Oct. 20, 1715.
2. JAMES HOBBS, son of Morris (1), born May 16, 1691; married, Jan. 1, 1720, Lucy, daughter of Capt. Jabez Dow. Lived at Little River. He died Jan. 16, 1756. Children : Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1720; m. Reuben Dearborn.
3. Jonathan, b. April 17, 1722. Sarah, b. April 11, 1724; d. unm., Aug. 17, 1749. James, b. June 6, 1726; Harv. Col. 1748; clergyman; m. Elizabeth Batchelder; d. June 20, 1765. Benjamin, b. April 18, 1728; m. first, Deborah Batchelder; second, Elizabeth Fogg; d. April 22, 1804. Morris, b. June 27, 1730; m. Theodate Page; d. June 20, 1810. Lucy, b. Dec. 14, 1732; m. Daniel Sanborn; d. July 15, 1813. Patience, b. March 10, 1734; m. Simon Lamprey. Comfort, b. March 28, 1736; m. first, John Shepard; second, Ben- jamin Lamprey; d. April 8, 1830.
3. JONATHAN HOBBS, son of James (2), born April 17, 1722 ; married, March 28, 1745, Mary ( Molly) Berry. He died Jan. 3, 1756. Children :
Huldah, b. Jan. 12, 1746; m. Richard Locke.
4. James, b. Sept. 18, 1748. Lucy, b. Sept. 24, 1752; m. Feb. 7, 1782, Levi Towle, and d. soon after her marriage. Jonathan, b. Oct. 11, 1754; d. unm. Oct. 5, 1815.
4. JAMES HOBBS, son of Jonathan (3), born Sept. 18, 1748; married, Jan. 6, 1774, Mary Towle. Children :
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GENEALOGY.
Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 1774; d. March 19, 1776. Molly, b. Nov. 10, 1776; d. Jan. 21, 17SS. Jonathan, b. Nov. S, 1778; d. Dec. 20, 1810. Eliza- beth Jenness, b. Sept. 4, 1780; m. Asa Locke. Lucy, b. Sept. 2, 1782; d. Dec. 11, 1785. Nathaniel, b. June 12, 1786; d. Jan. 21, 1788. Nancy, b. July 26, 1789; m. James Bunker. Sally, b. 1793. Perua Junkins, bapt. 1799; d. young.
JOHN W. HOBBS, married Elmira A. Seavey. Children : Nellie, b. July 21, 1868; m. Ralph Walker. Hervey.
HODGDON.
ALEXANDER HI. HODGDON, married, July 13, 1871, Anna D., daughter of David 1. Jenness. Child :
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