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55. BENJAMIN JENNESS, son of Joseph (37), born June 19, 1791 ; married, first, May 2, 1816, Sarah Dearborn Jen- ness; second, Dorothy Brown. He died Aug. 4, 1875. Children :
Joseph, b. Oct. 3, 1816. Edwin, b. Sept. 8, 1818. Yeaton, b. Aug. 14, 1820; m. Sarah A. Jenness. Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1823; m. Nathan Brown. Levi, b. Feb. 20, 1825; d. Jan. 24, 1826. Benja- min Leavitt, b. April 24, 1828. Levi M., b. May 13, 1830. Nathan Brown, b. March 4, 1832.
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73. Albert Dana, b. April 7, 1834. Joseph B., b. May 11, 1836. Sarah M., b. Dec., 1841. Warren, b. March 1, 1846; d. July 30, 1846.
56. REUBEN PHILBRICK JENNESS, son of Joseph (37), born Dec. 2, 1807; married, Oct. 5, 1834, Mary Knowles. Ile died June 17, 1862, and she died April 9, 1895. Chil- dren :
Sarah P., b. Nov. 25, 1835; m. Nov. 15, 1859, Richard L. Locke. Margaret Ann, b. April 11, 1838; m. Oct., 1857, Amos P. Brown; d. Nov. 18, 1862. Mary Abby, b. March 18, 1841; d. unm., Dec. 13, 1897.
57. SHERIDAN JENNESS, son of Joseph (37), born May 12, 1824; married Almira Batchelder. He died Dec. 10, 1888, and she died July 19, 1900. Children :
Susan M., b. Jan. 6, 1851; m. Nov. 5, 1868, Horace Sawyer. Alice, b. Sept. 16, 1857; unm.
58. JOB JENNESS, son of John (38), born July 14, 1811; married Keziah Wilson. He was proprietor of the Ocean House, the first hotel built at "Jenness Beach." She died Jan. 19, 1879, and he died Feb. 29, 1888 .. Children : 74. Job Rienza. Charles W., b. 1852; m. Feb. 8, 1875, widow Mary Butler Crouse; d. Jan. 29, 1897.
59. JOHN JENNESS, son of John (38), married Salome Wilson. Lived at Methuen, Mass. Child :
Lyndon Y., m .; lives in Florida.
60. JONATHAN ROLLINS JENNESS, son of John (38), mar- ried Sarah E. Marston. He died April 17, 1852, and she married, July 1, 1853, Adna Brown. Child : Henry.
61. WESLEY JENNESS, son of John (38), born April 10. 1831; married, Oct., 1853, Harriett Mow. Children :
Fanny Wesley, b. Aug. 10, 1855; m. first, Dec. 24, 1873, George E. Dow; second, Sept. 26, 1887, Henry Brown. Archie Linden, h. April 30, 1862; m. Feb. 8, 1882, Lizzie B. Shaw; had Linden, b. April 16, 1886; Harry B .; David W .; Frank A., b. March 16, 1890; Jennie, b. Feb. 17, 1892.
62. GILMAN HARRISON JENNESS, adopted son of Jona- than (42), born Sept., 1839; married, first Eliza True
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Leavitt ; second, Elmira Newell of New Jersey. Children by first wife:
Charles Leavitt, m. Edwin Jewell, b. April 26, 1865. Frank Ben- ning, b. May 30, 1869; m. Dec. 19, 1899, Mrs. Cora D. Willson, dan. of Geo. H. Babbitt of Bellows Falls, Vt.
Child by second wife:
Harrison N., b. May 7, 1889.
63. DAVID A. JENNESS, son of Simon (52), born Aug. 26, 1814; married, April 15, 1841, Sarah W. Drake. He died March 28, 1869, and she died May 12, 1881. Children :
Emery Curtis, b. June 3, 1842; m. Dec. 3, 1871, Ellen A. Rand. Harriett O., b. March 5, 1844; m. March 20, 1864, James W. Mar- den; d. Aug. 18. 1900. Anna Drake, b. Jan. 31, 1846; m. July 13, 1871, Alexander H. Hodgdon.
64. LEVI WOODBURY JENNESS, son of Simon (47), born April 24, 1824; married Emeline S. Locke. He died Jan. 9, 1852, and she died Feb. 1, 1890. Child :
Woodbury L., b. June 8, 1851; m. Mary Davis Poole; had one child, Gertrude; m. Nov. 28, 1901, Frank Cousins.
65. WILLIAM BENJAMIN JENNESS, son of Amos Seavey, (48), born May 29, 1819; married, Dec. 25, 1844, Mary Abby Jenness. Children :
Clara Ann, b. June 17, 1845; m. Aug., 1866, Clarence B. Mason; di- vorced; m. second, John Simmons. Louis Wentworth, b. June 7, 1848; d. April 12, 1880, at Epping; fell from a team and was run over. Flora May, b. Nov. 5, 1858; m. July 25, 1875, Samuel Pike.
66. JOSEPH G. JENNESS, son of Amos Seavey (48), born March 21, 1825; married, first, April 18, 1857, Elvira Gar- land ; second, widow Marden. Child by first wife :
George M., b. Jan. 28, 1864; d. July 16, 1884. Child by second wife:
Josephine G., b. Aug. 15, 1889.
67. OLIVER PETER JENNESS, son of Samuel (49), born Jan., 1820; married, June 21, 1842, Elizabeth Dow Drake. She died May 11, 1888, and he died March 10, 1897. Chil- dren :
75. Charles Austin, b. Dec. 30, 1843. Cotton Ward Drake, b. Aug., 1849; m. Feb. 10, 1881, Alice Foss; d. Jan. 21, 1897.
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68. NATHANIEL GILBERT JENNESS, son of Samuel (49), born Nov., 1823; married, April 11, 1848, Emeline Lang. He died March 12, 1897. Children :
76. Otis Simpson, b. 1849. Clara Emma, b. Dec. 17, 1856; unm.
69. ISAAC JENNESS, son of Henry (52), born March, 1814; married, March, 1833, Hannah Brown. He died March 19, 1899. Children :
Martha Jane, b. Oct. 13, 1834; m. March 24, 1854, Martin V. Sleeper. Hezekiah A .. b. March 28, 1838; m. Oct. 5, 1861, Sarah J. Foster. Sarah E., b. Jan. 24, 1842; m. Feb. 2, 1855, Calvin Barnard. Net- tie, b. Oct. 18, 1845; m. John Blaisdell. Corasanda, b. June 21, 1848. Ellen F., b. Dec. 15, 1850; m. John Hobbs. Melissa, b. April 6, 1853; m. Frank Philbrick. Emily A., b. Sept. 18, 1855; m. William Smart. Ida V., b. April 15, 1859; m. Baker. Mal- vina, b. April 19, 1863; m. June 4, 1887, John Grover.
70. SIMON LAMPREY JENNESS, son of Henry (52), born Feb., 1816; married Mary E., widow of Simon F. Tarlton. Removed to Hampton in 1832. Children :
Frank Towle, b. Sept. 21, 1845; m. Ida Dunbrack of Rye. Abbott Brown, b. Dec. 30, 1847; m. May 25, 1876, Zipporah J., dau. of Edward Shaw. Emma E., b. 1850; d. Feb. 12, 1851. Annie May (adopted), b. Nov., 1854; m. Fred B. Dunbar.
71. TIENRY JENNESS, son of Henry (52), born Dec. 24, 1825 ; married, first, Mary Page; second, Rebecca J. Rowe. Children :
Herman, m. Lydia Philbrick.
77. Alvato, m. Annie M. Brown. John, m. Nov. 29, 1882, Grace Balch. Willis. Carrie.
72. JOSEPH JEROME JENNESS, son of Henry (52), born May 1, 1828; married, first, Martha A. Folsom; second, Page. Children by first wife :
Emma C., b. Aug. 24, 1851; m. Currier; d. Jan. 24, 1887. Mary Anna, b. Feb. 9, 1853; m. George Page. Sarah, b. Aug., 1855; m Frank Rand.
73. ALBERT DANA JJENNESS, son of Benjamin (55), born April 7, 1834; married, first, Oct. 23, 1855, Emeline Brown; second, April 14, 1863, Clara J. Garland. Chil- dren :
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Elmer M., b. June 22, 1866; d. Nov. 15, 1878. Willard M., b. Sept. 17, 1871; m. Oct. 30, 1901, Emily Wharton, b. July 12, 1877, and had Olivian Mildred, b. April 22, 1903. Arthur A., b. June 18, 1882.
74. JOB RIENZA JENNESS, son of Job (58), married, first, May 10, 1860, Sarah Emeline Perkins; second June 9, 1865, Emerett A. Brown. He died Feb. 3, 1872. Chil- dren :
Emma Perkins. b. Aug. 31, 1861; m. Jan. 5, 1879, George E. Dalton. ida M., b. March, 1867; m. Oct. 6, 1897, Hervey C. Moulton. Etta, b. Oct., 1868; m. 1890, Clarence F. Bickford.
75. CHARLES AUSTIN JENNESS, son of Oliver Peter (67), born Dee. 30, 1843 ; married, first, May 24, 1870, Ann Eliza Brown ; second, Jan. 21, 1880, Hattie B. Weeks. Child by first wife :
Howard L., b. June 4, 1874; d. Feb. 29, 1876. Children by second wife:
Fannie Weeks, b. March 28, 1885. Herbert Leon, b. June 25, 1837. Thornton W., b. May 20, 1889.
76. OTIS SIMPSON JENNESS, son of Nathaniel Gilbert (68), born 1849; married, March 30, 1875, Anna P. Mars- ton. Children :
Edith Maud, b. Sept. 22, 1875; m. Charles J. Lasbary. Edgar, b. Feb. 18, 1877. Ethel, b. April 11, 1882.
77. ALVATO JENNESS, Son of Henry (71), married Emira M. Brown. Child :
A son, b. March 25, 1897.
1. FRANCIS JENNESS, perhaps son of John (3), and Mary ( Mason) Jenness, married Sarah Locke. Children : Joseph, m. French; lived at Epping.
2. John Bean. Sarah, m. Norris of Epping. , m. John Pike of Epping. Lydia, m. Jeremiah Elkins. Abigail.
2. JOIN BEAN JENNESS, son of Francis (1), married, June 24, 1786, Olive Berry. He came from Epping and lived with his uncle, "tanner" Richard Jenness, who gave him his farm. Children :
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3. Richard, b. Jan. 19, 1787.
4. John, b. March 8, 1790. Olive, b. 1794; m. Oct., 1812, Benning Leavitt.
3. RICHARD JENNESS, son of John Bean (2), born Jan. 19, 1787; married, first, Dec. 18, 1809, widow Betsey Brown; second, widow Betsey B. Folsom. Children :
5. Lowell, b. March 11, 1813. Langdon Seavey, b. Nov. 25, 1815; d. unm., Aug. 2, 1873.
6. Oliver, b. March 30, 1818. Elizabeth Howe, b. July 6, 1820; had Lula A., who m. Augustus Caswell. Rufus Kittridge, b. Oct. 27, 1822.
7. Richard, b. July 13, 1825.
4. JOHN JENNESS, son of John Bean (2), born March 8, 1790; married, Dec. 25, 1816, Hannah Wedgewood. Chil- dren :
S. David Wedgewood, b. 1817. George Washington, b. May 13, 1827; m. July 28, 1873, Elvira Moulton of North Hampton; d. Feb. 15, 1887.
5. LOWELL JENNESS, son of Richard (3), born March 11, 1813; married, Oct. 19, 1845, Ann L. Folsom. Lived at Portsmouth. He died in 1895. Children :
Albert Jewell. b. Nov. 4, 1846; d. Feb .. 1851. Albion Jewell, b. Nov. 4, 1846. Clarence Albert; m .; died.
6. OLIVER JENNESS, son of Richard (3), born March 30, 1818; married Dec. 24, 1842, Sidney Seavey. He died Feb. 9, 1896. Blacksmith by trade. Children :
Minerva S., b. May 9, 1844; m. Aug. 31. Charles E. Wentworth. Rufus O., b. Oct. 25, 1846: d. Nov. 30, 1900. John W .. b. April 17, 1850. Florence A., b. Sept. 1. 1863; unm.
7. RICHARD JENNESS, son of Richard (3), born JJuly 13, 1825 ; married, Dec. 29, 1866, Sarah B. Page, born Jan. 29, 1846. He died Dec. 5, 1885. Children :
Charles Moore. b. March 29, 1867. Ivan Douglass, b. Oct. 29, 1868.
8. DAVID WEDGEWOOD JENNESS, son of John (4), born 1817; married, April 28, 1839, Abigail Knowles. She died Feb. 9, 1888. Child :
9. John Leroy, b. Dec. 4, 1842.
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9. JOHN LEROY JENNESS, son of David Wedgewood (S), born Dec. 4, 1842; married, Dec. 24, 1868, Ilattie E. Cun- mingham. Lives at Lynn, Mass. Child :
Nellie M., b. Ang. 28, 1869; m.
Benjamin Jenness married Hannah Joined the church in 1764, and resided at the Center. Children : John, b. 1763. Benjamin, b. 1765. Joanna.
JOHN W. JENNESS, grandson of Isaac (69), born Feb. 25, 1868; married March 4, 1891, Florence W. Farrell. She was born in 1869. Children :
Morris, b. June 4, 1892. Ervin, b. June 2, 1895.
JOIINSON.
1. PETER JOHNSON, son of Peter and great-grandson of Edmund, who settled at Hampton in 1639, was born July 11, 1714; married, April 19, 1737, Sarah, daughter of Si- mon Dow. Children, all baptized at Hampton :
Esther, bapt. May 13, 1739. Ruth, bapt. Oct. 7, 1739.
2. Peter, bapt. Feb. 28, 1742. Sarah, bapt. April 29, 1744; m. Nathan Goss. Simon, bapt. Dec. 22, 1745; m. Deliverance Knowles of Chester; d. 1813. May, bapt. July 24, 1748; unm .; deranged.
2. PETER JOHNSON, son of Peter (1), bapt. Feb. 28, 1742; married, Sept. 18, 1767, Mary Yeaton. Served as drum- mer in Capt. Parsons' company in the Revolutionary War. Children :
Sally, d. unm., aged 21 years.
3. Peter, b. Ang. 6, 1770.
4. Edmond.
3. PETER JOHNSON, son of Peter (2), born Ang. 6, 1770; married, Nov. 26, 1801, Abigail D., daughter of John Batchelder. She died Feb. 4, 1816, and he died May 4, 1834. Children :
Abigail D., b. 1802; d. Feb. 5, 1816. Sally, b. Oct. 12, 1803; m. Jonathan Perkins: d. March 19, 1872.
5. John Batchelder, b. Ang. 7, 1806. Mary C., b. May 21, 1812; m. May 8, 1845, Ivory Brown; had before m. Maria L.
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4. EDMUND JOHNSON, son of Peter (2), married, first, Aug. 9, 1789, Abigail Berry. She died Feb. 28, 1808, and he married, second, E. Black ; third, Eliza Stearns. Chil- dren by first wife :
Mary, bapt. Jan. 30, 1791. Sally, bapt. Oct. 9, 1791; m. first, William Randall; second, George Randall of Newcastle. Edmund, bapt. Oct. 9, -; d. young. Simon, bapt. July 14, 1793; m. Adeline Drake of Newcastle; went out West. Edmund, bapt. Sept. 18, 1796; m. first, Augusta Berry, d. Oct. 10, 18-, in the U. S. navy. 6. John Greenleaf.
Child by second wife:
Mary, m. John Brown of Lexington, Mass .; three children.
5. JOHN BATCHELDER JOHNSON, son of Peter (3), born Aug. 7, 1806 ; married Mary Folsom, born 1810; died Dec. 16, 1883. He died Nov. 11, 1890. Children :
John B., b. May, 1834; enlisted in U. S. army. Richard Mentor, h. Nov. 28, 1836. Sarah. Gilman W., b. 1843; m. 1874, Mary Mow; she d. Dec., 1885. Charles DeWitt Clinton, m. Lizzie Charlotte, m. first, -; second, Charles Lang of Portsmouth. Martha J., m. Nov., 1872, Albert Frank Libby. 7. Albert M., b. Nov. 19, 1853.
6. JOHN GREENLEAF JOHNSON, son of Edmund (4), married, July 13, 1822, Sally B. Mace. She afterwards married, Feb. 8, 1827, Ithamar Mace. Children :
John Edward, b. 1823; was drowned with his son John; his other son. Greenleaf, d. Aug. 17, 1880, aged 31 years, at Bay Port, Fla. Abby S., b. Jan. 20, 1825; m. first, Nathaniel Mace; second, David Remick.
7. ALBERT M. JOHNSON, son of John Batchelder (5), born Nov. 19, 1853 ; married Mary F. Mace. Children :
Minnie Addie, b. April 20, 1881. John Batchelder, b. Nov. 7, 1883. Ada May, b. April 16, 1886. Charles Clinton, b. March 1, 1890. Burleigh Albert, b. Oct. 22, 1892.
Edward Johnson and Sarah Allard were married Feb. 25, 1743.
Charles Johnson of Sweden married, 1874, first, Annie -; second, 1885, Annie Swinson. Children by first wife:
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Henry, b. 1887; m. American War. Child by second wife: Fred, b. 1886.
Edward S., b. 1880; soldier in the Spanish-
JONES.
JOHN JONES, an Irishman, married, Ang. 27, 1733, Anna Webster. Children :
William, b. June 7. 1735. Sarah, b. April 23. 1737. Mary, b. Nov. 1740; d. Nov., 1740. Anna, b. Nov. 19, 1741; unm .; insane and supported by the town; d. Nov. 8, 1806. Catherine, b. April 15, 1743. Susannah, b. Oct. 17, 1745. Olly, b. 1747. John, b. March 17, 1748. Olly, bapt. 1752. Abiah, b. May 4, 1753. Mary, b. 1756.
1. JOHN WILLIAM JONES, married Margaret Brewster, an Irish woman. She afterwards married Reuben Mont- ton. Children :
Margaret. b. 1706; m. Simon Lamper.
2. William. Joseph.
2. WILLIAM JONES, son of John William (1), married, June 16, 1796, Sarah Moulton. Children :
3. John. Joseph, drowned with William Walker, May 3, 183'.
3. JOHN JONES, son of William (2), married, Nov. 12, 1827, Esther Y. Foss. Children :
Cyrus W., m. Mary Towle.
4 Charles W.
4. CHARLES W. JONES, son of John (3), married Abbie Towle. Children :
Fannie E., b. 1872; m. first, April, 1895, Harold A. Michie: second, April 29, 1899, Robert J. Rawding.
IHRAM JONES married Martha S. Leavitt. He commit- ted suicide, and Sept. 15, 1861, his widow married Frank Jones of Portsmouth. Child :
Emma 1., b. Nov. 27, 1855; m. Charles A. Sinclair of Littleton.
SAMUEL JACKSON JONES married Elizabeth G. Locke. Children :
Montrose, b. May, 1856. Son, h. May 12, 18€S.
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JONATHAN JONES married Caroline Warren. Children : -, b. Dec. 15, 1865. --- , b. Aug. 26, 1867. , b. June 26, 1869.
KATE.
Frances, daughter of Daniel Kate, was baptized Oct. 14, 1792.
Joseph Kate of Nottingham and Prudence Marden of Portsmouth were married May 7, 1789.
Richard Kate of Barrington and Polly Rand were mar- ried Nov. 16, 1790.
KEEN.
WILLIAM KEEN, born Feb. 12, 1792; married, March 3, 1840, Harriett Rand, born Sept. 14, 1810. Children :
Georgianna, b. July 16, 1836; m. June 29, 1843, Charles H. Downes. Harriett Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1840; m. Dec. 25, 1856, Warren W .. Keer.
WARREN W. KEEN married Dec. 25, 1856, Harriett Eliz- abeth Keen. Children :
Hattie G., b. Sept. 26, 1859. Carrie M., b. Dec., 1861. Nellie W., b. May, 1863. Addie P., b. Dec., 1865. Henry H., b. Feb., 1867. Emogene, b. 1868.
KIMBALL.
HEZEKIAH KIMBALL, married Hannah Philbrick. Chil- dren :
Susan, m. Franklin Heald. Fabins, went out West. Charles, lived at Washington, D. C. Scott, d. Feb., 1876, at Malden, Mass. Lafayette, m. Feb. 25, 1849, Mary Grover; lived at Gilforl, Me.
KINGMAN.
WILLIAM KINGMAN, married, first, Mary ---; So0- ond, Aug. 19, 1747, Elizabeth Webster. Removed to Bar- rington and was driven back by Indians. After living here for a time he returned to Barrington and found every- thing just as it had been left. He had a sister Mary, who
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married Henry Seavey Sept. 18, 1740. Children by first wife :
Elijah, b. Aug. 5, 1743. Ruth, b. Oct. 11, 1745.
Children by second wife:
John, bapt. May 22, 1748; m. Dolly Waterhouse; had Jeremiah and a dau. Olive, bapt. July 8, 1753. A daughter.
KNOWLES.
1. EZEKIEL KNOWLES, son of John and Susanna, of Hampton, was born June 29, 1687 ; married, Jan. 31, 1712, Mary, daughter of David Wedgwood. Children :
Hannah, b. March 1, 1713. Nathan, bapt. May 27, 1716; m. Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1718; m. John Lane; d. 1787.
2. Amos, b. Nov. 4, 1722. David, b. Sept. 1, 1725; m. Deborah Palmer, lived at North Hampton.
2. AMOS KNOWLES, son of Ezekiel (1), born Nov. 4, 1722; married, Oct. 11, 1744, Libby. Children :
3. Nathan, b. 1745. Lydia, b. 1747. Ezekiel, b. 1749. Isaac, b. 1751.
4. Amos, b. 1755. Elizabeth, b. 1755; d. young. John, b. 1759. Eliza- beth, b. 1761; m. Benjamin Palmer. David, b. 1764. Seth, b. 1766.
3. NATHAN KNOWLES, son of Amos (2), born 1745; mar- ried Hannah Clifford. He died Jan. 19, 1820. Children : John Clifford, b. 1768; d. unm. Nov. 7, 1837.
5. Nathan (twin), b. 1775. Ezekiel, b. 1777. Hannah, b. 1782; m. Theodore Coffin.
4. AMOS KNOWLES, son of Amos (2), born 1755; mar- ried Betsey Palmer. Children :
John. David. Ezekiel, m. Betsey Clifford. Isaac, m. Locke of Epsom. Lydia, m. Joseph Morse. Seth, m. Emerson. Betsey, m. Judkins. Amos, m. Dolly Quimby. Nathan, m. Hannah ('lif- ford.
5. NATHAN KNOWLES, son of Nathan (3), born 1775; married, Nov. 10, 1799, Sarah Hook Brown. Served in Captain Coleman's company of cavalry in the War of 1812. He died Oct. 17, 1863. Children :
Patty B., b. July 28, 1800; m. Dec., 1818, Joseph Philbrick, Jr. John Langdon, b. Aug. 14, 1804; d. Jan. 22, 1806. Sarah L., b. April 29, 1807; m. June, 1829, Simon Garland. Hannah, b. Nov. 12, 1808; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Joseph Locke.
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6. John, b. Feb. 9, 1811. Mary, b. Jan. 9, 1814; m. Nov., 1834, Reuben P. Jenness. Abigail, b. Feb. 4, 1817; m. April 28, 1839, David W. Jenness. Clarissa, b. April 15, 1818; m. Oct. 11, 1839, Joseph J. Drake.
6. JOHN KNOWLES, son of Nathan (5), born Feb. 9, 1811; married, May 25, 1834, Nancy Lane, daughter of John Lane and Sarah Dow. She was born Dec. 13, 1811, and is still living (1903 ), the oldest person in town. Chil- dren :
Sarah Elizabeth, b. July, 1834; m. June 26, 1861, Warren Caswell; d. Aug. 2, 1866.
7. Charles Nathan, b. June 30, 1839.
7. CHARLES NATHAN KNOWLES, son of John (6), born June 30, 1839; married, Nov. 24, 1868, Anna A. Garland. She died Oct. 24, 1894. Children :
Lizzie Abby, b. Oct. 6, 1871; m. Oct. 5, 1890, Fred A. Brown. Annie, b. Jan. 30, 1874; m. April 18, 1897, Frank M. Pierce. Clinta Cleveland, b. Dec. 11, 1882.
1. SIMON KNOWLES, son of married Deliver- ance Child :
2. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1727.
2. JOSEPH KNOWLES, son of Simon (1), born Dec. 13, 1727; married, March 3, 1748, Love Brackett. He died Nov. 7, 1823. Children :
Simon, b. May 16, 1748; m. Feb. S, 1779, widow Esther Yeaton.
3. Samuel, b. Oct. 27, 1749. Deliverance, b. Oct. 26, 1751; m. first, Simon Johnson; second, Benjamin Marden. Love, b. Aug. 26, 1754. Rachel, b. Jan. 8. 1756. Joseph. b. June 15, 1758. John, b. April 8, 1760.
3. SAMUEL KNOWLES, son of Joseph (2), born Oct. 27, 1749 ; married, March 17, 1772, Sarah Marden. Lived near the "Four Corners" by Alfred Seavey's. Was sergeant in Captain Parsons' company in the Revolutionary War. Children :
Anna Brackett, b. 1773. Samuel, b. 1774. Deliverance, b. 1775. Sarah, b. 1777.
Josiah Knowles and Susannah Godfrey were married April 6, 1820.
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JAMES KNOWLES married, first, Oct. 11, 1744, Mary Libby ; second, June 30, 1748, Comfort Wallis. Children : Daniel, bapt. 1746; m. Mary and Comfort, bapt. 1749.
John Knowles married first, Jan. 1, 1741, Sarah Moul- ton ; and second, perhaps, Tryphene Locke. Children :
Sarah, b. 1741. John, b. 1743. Tryphene, b. 1745.
LAMPREY.
1. BENJAMIN LAMPREY, son of Benjamin, and grandson of Henry and Gillyen, who came to Hampton about 1660, was born Oct. 9, 1688; married, Feb. 7, 1711, Sarah, daughter of Simon Dow. Children :
Sarah, b. March 8, 1713; m. Nov. 11, 1736, Israel Dolbear. Hannah, b. April 7, 1717. Jane, b. April 9, 1719. Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1722. Benjamin, b. Jan. 11, 1726; m. first, Abigail Dearborn: second, Comfort Shepard. Deborah, b. Nov. 19, 1727.
2. Simon. Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 26, 1733; m. Jonathan Godfrey; d. March 30, 1811.
2. SIMON LAMPREY, son of Benjamin (1), married, first, Patience, daughter of James Hobbs; second, widow Martha Dow. Children :
Sarah, b. 1760; m. Francis Marden.
3. Simon, b. 1765. Molly, m. Daniel Moulton. Lucy, m. Asa Tilton. Hannah, m. Samuel Knowles.
4. James. b. Aug. 10, 1770. Betsey, b. Dec., 1774; m. William Norton; d. Oct. 30, 1868. Asa, b. Jan. 12, 1780; m. Nancy Shannon.
3. SIMON LAMPREY, son of Simon (2), born 1765; mar- ried Margaret Jones. Children :
Betsey, b. 1790; m. first, Josiah Folsom; second, Richard Jenness. Charlotte, b. Aug. 3, 1793; m. Henry Jenness; d. Sept. 3, 1867. Joseph, m. Edgerly. Mary, b. March 9, 1803; m. Charles Green.
4. JAMES LAMPREY, son of Simon (2), born Aug. 10, 1770; married, first, Sarah Brown; second, Elizabeth Edgerly. Children :
Benning. James. Sarah. Hannah. Lucy. David. Dorothy. Joseph Brown.
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GENEALOGY.
LANE.
JOHN LANE, son of John, and grandson of William and Sarah, who came to Hampton about 1686, was born Oct. 12, 1709, and married, first, Sept. 28, 1732, Hannah Lamprey; second, March 10, 1738, Mary, daughter of Ezekiel Knowles. Removed to Chester about 1749. Children by first wife:
John, b. Oct. 11, 1733. Daniel, b. July 8, 1735. Children by second wife:
Ezekiel, b. July 4, 1739. David, b. Feb. 21, 1740-'41. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1742-'43. Hannah, b. Dec. 25, 1744. Nathan, b. June 12, 1747. Isaac, b. 1749; d. 1757. Sarah, b. 1758. Isaac, b. 1760. Jonathan, b. 1763.
JOHN LANE, married, Aug. 7, 1854, Hannah O. Locke. He died Ang. 12, 1854, and she married John William Ran- dall. Child :
Belle, b. Oct. 9, 1854; m. Daniel Woodbury Dalton, and was divorced.
LANG.
JOHN LANG, of English origin, was at Portsmouth before 1692. In a later generation a family of Langs lived at Hampton Falls, from which the Sanbornton lines are descended.
The following, probably brothers, lived at Rye :
1. William.
2. John.
3. Benjamin.
1. WILLIAM LANG, probably married, second, Dec. 9, 1751, Elizabeth Rand. Children :
4. Mark, bapt. 1741. Molly, bapt. 1744.
2. JOHN LANG, married Sarah Bickford, who lived at Portsmouth near the mill dam. She died in 1801, aged
96 years. Children :
5. George, b. 1745.
6. Bickford. John, m. Judith Babb; lived at Greenland.
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HISTORY OF RYE.
7. Thomas. William, carpenter by trade; m. and had a dau., Dolly. Dorothy, m. Ebenezer Wallis; no child. Sarah, m. Nov. 1, 1750, Job Foss. Hannah. m. John Weeks; lived at Gilmanton. Grace, m. Philip Babb; lived at Epsom.
3. BENJAMIN LANG is said to have married, first, El- eanor Burley. He married, second, Deborah Varrell. A Benjamin Lang married, June 4, 1756, Mary Thompson of Portsmouth. Removed to Ohio. Children :
Eleanor. b. April 11, 1759; m. Jonathan Pulsifer; lived at Deerfield. Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1761; m. William Burleigh; lived at Candia. 8. Benjamin, b. July 28, 1765. Betsey, b. Aug. 25, 1771; m. Jonathan Lang; removed to Sanbornton, where she d. Jan. 8, 1806.
4. MARK LANG, son of William (1), baptized in 1741; married Salome Goss. He died July 25, 1808; lived on the new road in Portsmouth. Children :
Elizabeth, bapt. 1761; m. Job Locke. Anna, bapt. 1763; m. April 22, 1784, John Varrell. Hannah, bapt. 1765: m. Nov. 10, 1785, Job. Locke.
9. Mark, b. 1768.
10. Richard.
11. Jonathan, b. 1773.
12. William, b. 1774.
5. GEORGE LANG, son of John (2), born 1745; married, Oct. 23, 1770, Sarah Johnson. Removed to Greenland. He died Oct. 16, 1790, and she married James Whidden. Chil- dren :
George, b. 1773; d. Nov. 15, 1833. Sarah, m. May 4, 1800, Thomas Berry; d. 1869.
6. BICKFORD LANG, son of John (2), married, March 8, 1764, Martha Locke. Removed to Epsom. Blacksmith by trade. Children :
13. John, b. April, 1767. Hannah, b. Sept. 16, 1769; m. Dowrst Rand. Martha, b. Feb. 7, 1772; m. first, Jeremiah Fogg; second, John Batchelder; lived at North Hampton.
14. Bickford, b. Nov., 1774. Sarah, b. Oct., 1776; m. first, Jonathan Crockett; second, Josiah Tuck; lived at Effingham. William, b. 1782; d. aged two months.
7. THOMAS LANG, probably son of John (2), married, Sept. 16, 1757, Mary Goss. Children :
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GENEALOGY.
Susannah, bapt. 175S. William, b. 1761; went to Ohio. Levi, b. 1763; m .; lived at Deerfield. Anna, b. 1767; d. unm.
15. Richard, b. Aug. 12, 1770. Sarah or Salome, b. 1774; m. Ebenezer Collins; lived at New Gloucester, Me. Betsey, m. Nathaniel Berry. Samuel, went to Ohio.
8. BENJAMIN LANG, son of Benjamin (3), born July 28, 1765, married Deborah Bean. Removed to Candia. Chil- dren :
David, m. Sally Sanborn. John, m. Relief Brown. Mary, m. Wash- ington Varrell. Samuel, m. Martha Sanborn. Nathan, m. Rob- inson.
9. MARK LANG, son of Mark (4), born 1768; married, Oct. 9, 1792, Hannah Marden. He died in 1845. Lived on the new road in Portsmouth. Children :
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