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Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1793; m. June 7, 1813, David S. Marden. An- naniah, b. Oct. 22, 1794; d. April 30, 1803. Polly, b. June 25, 1796; d. Jan. 14, 1797. Daniel, b. Sept. 15, 1797; d. unm. May, 1861. Mark, b. March 5, 1799; d. Feb. 23, 1862. Hannah, b. Sept. 14, 1800; m. Sept. 23, 1821, Benjamin W. Marden; d. Oct. 9, 1827. Aaron, b. March 7, 1802; d. April 11, 1803. Polly, b. Jan. 21, 1804; m. July 7, 1822, Elias Perkins. Sarah A., b. Jan., 1806; d. unm. Jan. 9, 1879. John Langdon, b. June 12, 1809; d. Aug. 27, 1833. Esther, b. Feb. 24, 1811; m. David Moulton of Portsmouth, who d. in California; she d. April 13, 1875. Lucy, b. Nov. 24, 1815; m. William Willey; d. Nov., 1876. Aaron, b. May 5, 1813; d. unm.
10. RICHARD LANG, son of Mark (4), born 1778; mar- ried, Dec. 31, 1798, Nancy Walker. Served in the War of 1812 under Capt. Ephraim Philbrick. He died May 6, 1854. Children :
Fanny Goldthwait, b. 1798; m. Thomas Adams. Edward, b. 1799; m. Deborah Marston; lived at North Hampton, and d. April 1, 1866. Polly, b. 1800; m. first, Trefethern; second, Nathaniel B. Abbott. William, b. Nov., 1802; m. first, Eliza A. Brady; second, Elizabeth Hazzard; he d. April 3. 1869.
16. Nancy. Eliza, m. Jacob Holmes; had before m. Mary Ann. Sam- uel, removed to Georgia. Richard, m. first. Almira Hobbs; sec- ond, Winn; third, Matilda Spinney; on the Boston police force; shot himself accidentally Nov. 14, 1862. Sarah, m. Nathan Fel- lows.
11. JONATHAN LANG, son of Mark (4), born 1773; mar- ried Was called "Doctor." Removed to San- bornton, where he died Jan. 8, 1806. Children :
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Hannah, bapt. 1799. Elly, bapt. 1799. David. Jonathan.
12. WILLIAM LANG, son of Mark (4), born 1774; mar- ried, Nov. 13, 1794, Betsey Walker. He died May 3, 1831. Children :
Mary Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1795; m. Thomas Marden. Harriett, b. April, 1797; d. young. Elizabeth Beverly, b. April 17, 1799; m. John Sampson. Fanny G., b. Dec., 1801.
17. Leonard, b. Jan., 1804. Hannah, b. Jan., 1806; d. unm. Feb., 1882. Eleanor, b. Sept., 1808. Harriett, b. July 22, 1811; m. Sher- burne Somerby. Maria, b. Sept. 25, 1813; had Joseph Button Marden.
18. Thomas Marden, b. Jan. 6, 1817.
13. JOHN LANG, son of Bickford (6), born April, 1767; married Merey Drake. Lived at Effingham and at Limer- ick, Me. Children :
Frances, bapt. 1783. Huldah, bapt. 1793. Polly, bapt. 1795. Data, bapt. 1796.
14. BICKFORD LANG, son of Bickford (6), born Nov., 1774; married, Jan. 2, 1797, Abigail Locke. Removed to Epsom, and afterwards to Ohio. Children :
Billy, bapt. 1797. Reuel, bapt. 1799.
15. RICHARD LANG, son of Thomas (7), born Aug. 12, 1770; married, Sept. 28, 1797, Comfort Foss, born May 7, 1772, and died April 4, 1854. He died Jan. 24, 1823. Chil- dren :
Fanny, b. April 12, 1799; d. unm. Dec. 27, 1870.
19. Ebenezer Wallis, b. July 30, 1802. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 20, 1808; m. Nov. 25, 1829, Mark R. Webster. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1809; m. May 29, 1829, Joseph Whidden Seavey. Almira, b. April 22, 1813; m. Andrew Gardiner.
16. NANCY LANG, daughter of Richard (10), married, May 22, 1832, JJacob Holmes. Before marriage she had : 20. George H. Lang, b. June 6, 1827.
17. LEONARD LANG, son of William (12), born Jan., 1804; married Data Garland. Removed to Stratham. Children :
Emeline, b. Sept. 28, 1829; m. Nathaniel Gilbert Jenness. Eliza- beth Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1832. William B., b. Feb. 18, 1835. Augus- tus. Data.
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18. THOMAS MARDEN LANG, son of William (12), born Jan. 6, 1817; married, Oct. 25, 1840, Martha E. Varrell. Lived on the new road in Portsmouth. Children :
Harvey V., b. March 8, 1841. Thomas W., b. June 24, 1844; m. Nov. 29, 1866, Jennie C. Fuller. Charles T., b. Aug. 8, 1846; m. Mrs. Charlotte Johnson. Frances E., b. Oct. 5, 1850. Eliza E., b. Feb. 17, 1853. Martha, b. Oct., 1855; d. Nov. 10, 1855, aged five weeks.
19. EBENEZER WALLIS LANG, son of Richard (15), born July 30, 1802 ; married Florenza Trefethern. He died Oct. 13, 1891, and she died Oct. 30, 1896. Children :
Richard W., b. 1830.
21. Eben M., b. April, 1833.
22. Alfred M. Clarinda, b. July 6, 1839; d. June 30, 1895. Charles W., b. 1848; m. Oct. 7, 1895, Clara I. Trefethern.
20. GEORGE H. LANG, son of Nancy (16), born June 6, 1827; married Lydia Golden. Was out in the Civil War in the 17th regiment of Massachusetts, Co. D, for three years. Enlisted second time for one year in the first N. H. heavy artillery. He died July 12, 1901. Children :
George William, b. May 17. 1855; m. 1882, widow Lydia Lowell, and had Arkell C., b. Sept. 20, 1883, and Florina A., b. May 20, 1887. Sophronia, b. Jan., 1857; m. Thomas Taylor, and went to Eng- land.
23. Hezekiah Perry, b. June 21, 1859.
21. EBEN M. LANG, son of Ebenezer Wallis (19), born April, 1833; married, 1859, Hannah C. Trefethern. He died Sept. 30, 1878. Children :
Willis O., b. July 31, 1860. A son, b. Oct. 14, 1865; d. Oct. 18, 1865.
22. ALFRED M. LANG, son of Ebenezer Wallis (19), mar- ried, first, Maria Parker. Was in the 32d Maine regiment in the War of 1861-65. Child :
--- , b. Feb. 27, 1869.
23. HEZEKIAH PERRY LANG, son of George H. (20), born June 21, 1859 ; married Alice Gray. Children :
Oren, b. Jan. 21, 1880. Lizzie, b. June 5, 1881.
Josiah Lang and Pearn Johnson, both of Greenland, were married Dec. 17, 1771.
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LANGDON.
1. TOBIAS LANGDON came from England. He married in 1656, Elizabeth Sherburne. He died July 27, 1664, and his widow married Tobias Lear. Children :
2. Tobias, b. 1660. Elizabeth, m. William Fernald. Oner, m. 1686, John Laighton. Margaret, m. Nichols Moule.
2. CAPT. TOBIAS LANGDON, son of Tobias (1), born 1660; married, Nov. 17, 1686, Mary Hubbard. He died Feb. 20, 1725. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Mary, b. Nov. 17, 1687; m. George Pierce. Tobias, b. Oct. 11, 1689; m. 1714, Sarah Winkley. Martha, b. March 7, 1693; m. 1715, Nichols Shapley. Richard. b. April 14, 1694; m. Thankfull; d. at Newtown, L. I.
3. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1696.
4. Mark, bapt. Sept. 15, 1698. Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1700; m. 1725, Han- nah Jenness.
5. William, b. Oct. 20, 1702.
6. John, b. May 28, 1707.
3. CAPT. JOSEPH LANGDON, son of Tobias (2), born Feb. 28, 1696; married Dec. 1, 1720, Mary Banfield, who died Aug. 10, 1753. He died Aug. 10, 1767. Children :
7. Samuel, b. 1721. Mary, b. 1725; m. Amos Seavey; d. Feb. 23, 1807. Hannah, m. Jan. 8, 1745, Samuel Whidden of Greenland; d. April 21, 1801. Elizabeth, m. James Seavey; d. July 14, 1804.
4. DEACON MARK LANGDON, son of Tobias (2), born Sept. 15, 1698; married, first, Mehitable ---; she died Oct., 1764, and he married, second, Mary He died in 1776. Child :
Joseph, b. 1724; d. Oct. 30, 1749.
5. WILLIAM LANGDON, probably son of Tobias (2), born Oct. 20, 1702; married Sarah He died in 1770. Children :
William, b. 1748; m. Mary Pickering; she d. Feb. S, 1802, aged 52 years; he d. Sept. 30, 1820. John, m. Mary Evans; he d. May 21, 1789; she d. March 10, 1825, aged 61 years. Mary, m. Nichols Pickering.
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6. JOHN LANGDON, son of Tobias (2), born May 28, 1707; married, Feb. 26, 1780, Mary Hall, who died April 11, 1789, aged 72 years. Children :
Mary, m. first, Storer; second, Hill; third, McCobb. Woodbury, m. Sarah Sherburne. John, m. Elizabeth Sherburne. Elizabeth, m. Barrell. Abigail, m. Goldthwaite. Martha, m. first, Barrell; second, Simpson: third, Gen. James Sullivan.
7. CAPT. SAMUEL LANGDON, son of Joseph (3), born 1721; married, Sept. 29, 1748, Hannah Storer. He died Sept. 8, 1796. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1749; d. Dec. 3, 1749. Mary, b. April 16, 1751; m. first, Tallent; second, Joseph White; lived at Newcastle; d. 1836.
S. Samuel, b. June 9, 1753. Anna, b. Nov. 3, 1755; m. James Whid- den; d. May 24, 1790.
9. Joseph, b. May 12, 1758. Elizabeth, b. March 18, 1761; m. Andrew Sherburne; d. 1831. Hannah, b. June, 1766; m. Edward Gove.
8. MAJOR SAMUEL LANGDON, son of Samuel (7), born June 9, 1753; married Lydia Brewster, who died May 21, 1840. He died July 5, 1834. Children :
Comfort M., b. March, 1807; m. Samuel Drown. Thankfull, b. May, 1809; m. Joseph Marston.
10. Samuel, b. May 13, 1811.
11. William, b. Feb. 10, 1818.
9. REV. JOSEPH LANGDON, son of Samuel (7), born March 12, 1758; married, Dec. 9, 1790, Patience Pickering. He died June 27, 1824. Children :
Mary L., b. Sept. 18, 1791; m. Col. Amos S. Parsons. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1795; m. March 1, 1827, Samuel Whidden, 3d. Temper- ance, b. April 29, 1797; m. Joseph Langdon Seavey. Hannah, b. March 16, 1805; m. Samuel Langdon; d. Dec. 15, 1839.
10. CAPT. SAMUEL LANGDON, son of Samuel (8), born May 13, 1811; married, first, June 12, 1832, Hannah Lang- don ; second, Sarah A. Coleman. Lived in Portsmouth. Children :
John, b. Nov. 28, 1832; d. young. Joseph, b. March 16, 1834; d. March 10, 1838. Harriett, b. June 5, 1836; m. Mark L. Jenkins; d. Feb. 19, 1877. Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1838; m. Martha Ellen Willey.
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11. WILLIAM LANGDON, son of Sammel (8), born Feb. 10, 1818; married Mary Locke. Children :
Mary Ann, m. Alfred Marden. Woodbury. Emeline, m. Burrows. Andrew J., m. Lane. John. Samuel, m. Beal.
LANGMAID.
WILLIAM LANGMAID, married, Dec. 10, 1738, Deborah Berry. Children :
John, b. April 3, 1745. Samuel, bapt. 1740. William, b. 1742. Samuel, b. 1748. Abigail, b. 1750.
LEAR.
1. Alexander Lear. Children :
2. Benjamin ( ?).
3. Samuel (?). Molly, bapt. April 6, 1777. Mehitable O., b. 1778.
2. BENJAMIN LEAR, son of Alexander (1), married, Nov. 25, 1790, Mary Morrison. Children :
Alexander, enlisted under Lieut. Henderson and died at Sackett's Harbor during the War of 1812. Nathaniel, ran away from Solo- mon Marden, was a prisoner at Dartmoor during the War of 1812. Benjamin, served under Marshall, and afterwards under Walback, in the War of 1812. Went to New Orleans and it is said died in Mobile bay or up the river. Samuel, drowned at Epsom while rafting logs.
4. John, b. Dec. 9, 1804. Daniel, b. 1807; d. March 22, 1813, aged six years.
3. SAMUEL LEAR, son of Alexander (1), married, Feb. 5, 1792, Sally Salter. Child :
Alexander Salter, bapt. 1793.
4. JOHN LEAR, son of Benjamin (2), born Dec. 9, 1804; married, 1827, Nancy Downes of Gosport. He lived on the Sandy Beach road. Fisherman. Children :
Mary Abby, m. Edward Downes; d. Dec. 27, 1866. Elizabeth Ann, m. Feb. 22, 1864 or '67, Joseph Jackson Seavey. Harriet N., m. John W. Randall. Charles H., b. July 24, 1844; m. Dec. 16, 1880, Mrs. Elizabeth R. (Clough) Rumsey. Christinia, b. 1846 ( ?); m. July 4, 1870, Frank A. Otis. John W., b. Dec. 7, 1850; m. Jan. 7, 1871, Addie Remick of Eliot; d. Aug. 13, 1899. Sarah P., m. March 4, 1863, John O. Downes. Martha Jane, m. William Neal.
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LEAVITT.
1. ELDER EBENEZER LEAVITT, son of -- , married Jewell. Children :
Benning, m. 1812, Olive Jenness. Eben. Sarah Ann, m. Jan. 20, 1824, Richard R. Locke. John, m. first, Nov. 23, 1826, Eliza J. Perkins; second, Moore.
2. Carr. Joseph, m. May, 1840, Esther R. Marden.
3. William B. Sula, m. Morris Dalton.
2. CARR LEAVITT, son of Ebenezer (1), married, Sept. 5, 1837. Eliza Jane Lane. He died Sept. 8, 1863. Children : Eben True, b. April 15, 1839. Eliza True, m. Gilman Harrison Jenness. John Edwin, b. March, 1854 or '55; m. Philbrick. Vienna J., b. April 16, 1857; m. David Rand ( ?).
3. WILLIAM B. LEAVITT, son of Ebenezer (1), married, June 20, 1837, Lonisa Dalton. He died in California. Children :
Eliza F., m. first, Hiram Jones; second, Frank Jones; child, m. Sinclair of Littleton. Daniel Eben, m. Nellie Hadley of Ports- . mouth.
LEWIS.
LANGLEY B. LEWIS, son of -, married Abigail, daughter of Joseph J. Berry. He died in California. Child :
Abby Frances, b. Sept. 29, 1857; d. July 26, 1871.
LIBBIE -LIBBY.
1. JOHN LIBBIE came from England about 1630 and was in the employ of Trelawny four years, settling at Searbor- ough. The location on which he settled was laid out to him by Henry Jocelyn, who was probably the first settler at Jocelyn's Neck in Rye, afterwards known as Locke's Neck. John Libbie lost everything save his plantation during King Philip's War. Children :
John, b. 1636; m. Agnes. James, killed in King Phillip's War. Samuel, killed in King Philip's War. Joanna, m. Thomas Bick- ford. Henry, b. 1647; m. Honor Hinkson.
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2. Anthony, b. 1649. Rebecca, m. Joshua Brown. Sarah, b. 1653; m. Robert Tidy. Hannah, m. Daniel Fogg.
3. David, b. 1657. Matthew, b. 1663; m. Elizabeth Brown. Daniel, m. Mary Ashton.
2. ANTHONY LIBBY, son of John (1), born 1649; mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Abraham and Jane Drake of Hampton. He lived at Scarborough until some years after King Philip's- War. Children :
Sarah, m. June, 18, 1701, Israel Smith of Hampton. Mary, m. March 7, 1709, John Lane of Hampton.
4. Abraham.
5. Isaac, b. 1690. Hannah.
6. Jacob, b. May 25, 1695. Jane, b. Aug. 5, 1700; m. Deacon Abraham Moulton of Hampton.
3. DAVID LIBBY, son of John (1), born 1657; married Eleanor -. Children :
David, m. Esther Hanscom. Samuel, m. Mary Libby. Solomon, m. Martha Hanscom.
7. John. Elizabeth, m. Edward Cloudman. Ephraim, m. Mary Am- bler. Eleanor, m. Zebulon Trickey. Abigail, m. Richard Nason.
4. ABRAHAM LIBBY, son of Anthony (2), married Sabina Philbrick of Hampton. Children :
Betty, b. Oct. 6, 1713; m. E. Holmes.
8. Joseph, b. Ang. 15, 1715. Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1717; m. P. Chapman. Phebe, b. April 15, 1720; probably d. young. Abraham, b. May 2, 1722; probably d. young. Anthony, b. Dec. 13, 1724; probably d. young. Ephraim, bapt. 1734.
5. ISAAC LIBBY, son of Anthony (2), born 1690; married Mary Farmer. Children :
9. John, b. Aug. 1, 1720. Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1722; m. Oct. 11, 1744, James Knowles. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1725; m. Oct. 11, 1744, Amos Knowles.
10. Isaac, Jr., b. Feb. 28, 1725.
11. Arthur, b. April 5, 1728. Ruth, b. Sept. 5, 1730; m. Joseph Ed- munds (?). Jane, b. Sept. 11, 1733.
12. Reuben, b. Aug. 11, 1734. Joanna, b. Oct. 16, 1737; m. Amos Blazo.
6. JACOB LIBBY, son of Anthony (2), born May 25, 1695; married, Oct. 29, 1719, Sarah Marston. Children :
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13. Samuel, b. Feb. 9, 1720. Anthony, b. Jan. 7, 1722; d. young. Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1724-'25; m. Nov. 2, 1743, Samuel Blake. Ruth, b. Jan. 21, 1727; m. Jacob, b. July 25, 1729; d. young. Hannah, b. June, 1731; m. Benjamin Jenness. Job, b. Jan. 15, 1734-'35; d. young.
14. Joseph, b. Feb. 25, 1737.
15. Benjamin, b. Feb. 25, 1737.
16. Abraham, b. Dec. 29, 1739. Hepsibah, bapt. Aug., 1742; d. young.
7. JOHN LIBBY, son of David (3), married, Nov. 14, 1724, Sarah Libby, born in Portsmouth. Children :
Elisha, b. 1725; m. Esther Fogg. Matthew, b. Feb. 25, 1729; m. Sarah Hanscom. Mark, b. June 8, 1731; m. Lydia Skillings.
17. Allison, b. Sept. 12, 1733. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 5, 1735; m. Mary Meserve. Luke, b. Aug. 15, 1738; m. Dorothy McKenney. John, b. Sept. 15, 1744.
8. JOSEPH LIBBY, son of Abraham (4), born Aug. 15, 1715, in that part of Hampton which is now called Rye; married Margaret Abbott. He died in 1764. Children :
18. Reuben, bapt. March 13, 1743. Mary, bapt. Sept. 2, 1744; m. Jo- seph Glidden. Jane, bapt. Jan. 11, 1747; m. Rowe. Abraham, bapt. 1748; d. young. Abraham, bapt. Aug. 26, 1750; m. Hannah Copp. He fought at Bunker Hill. Joseph, bapt. Nov. 5, 1752; unm .; killed at assault on Quebec. Moses, bapt. Nov. 29, 1754; d. young. Ephraim, bapt. Nov. 30, 1755; m. Judith Page. Olley, bapt. April 30, 1758; unm. Anthony, m. Lydia Ayers. Benja- min, b. June 12, 1761; m. Sarah Mason. Margaret, d. unm.
9. JOHN LIBBY, son of Isaac (5), born Aug. 1, 1720 ; mar- ried, June 26, 1743, Eleanor Berry. He removed to Ep- som and probably died there. Children :
Keziah, bapt. May 20, 1744. Meshech, bapt. May 5, 1745. John, bapt. March 29, 1747. Mary, bapt. Sept. 25, 1748. Jonathan, bapt. April 14, 1751. Enoch, bapt. April 13, 1755.
10. ISAAC LIBBY, JR., son of Isaac (5), born Feb. 28, 1725, at Rye; married, first, Feb. 5, 1748, Ann Symmes; second, Margaret Kalderwood. He removed to that part of Epsom which is known as New Rye. Children by first wife :
Mary, bapt. Sept., 1748; m. Abner Evans. Isaac, bapt. April 18, 1750; m. Sept. 20, 1766, Margaret Kalderwood. Elizabeth, bapt.
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Jan. 5, 1752; m. Aaron Burbank. Arthur Remick, bapt. Jan. 27, 1754; m. Eleanor Haynes. Susannah, bapt. Sept. 19, 1756; m. T. Cass. Job, b. Feb. 14, 1759; m. Rebecca Pearson. Abigail, m. Jethro Libby.
Children by second wife:
Nathan. b. July 20, 1767; m. Abigail Fowler. Lucy, b. April 17, 1769; m. Capt. John Ham. Abraham, b. Aug. 15, 1773; m. Abigail Pearson.
11. ARTHUR LIBBY, son of Isaac (5), born April 5, 1728, at Rye ; married, April 23, 1752, Deborah Smith. IIe lived at Rye and removed to Candia. Children :
Deborah Smith, b. May 27, 1754; d. unm. 1828. James, b. May 14, 1757; captain in the Revolutionary War; drowned. Jonathan, b. Jan. 29, 1759; unm. Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1762; Revolutionary soldier. Meribah Smith, b. Nov. 9, 1765; unm. Abraham, b. April 5, 1767; m. Ruth Palmer. Isaac, b. Jan. 9, 1771; m. Ann Seavey. Jacob, b. March 20, 1774; m. Polly King.
12. REUBEN LIBBY, son of Isaac (5), born Ang. 11, 1734, at Rye; married, first, Sarah Goss of Rye; second, Sarah Tucker of Rye. Children :
Olive, bapt. Feb. 2, 1755: m. J. Harris.
19. Samuel, b. July, 1757. Jethro, bapt. Dec. 9, 1759; m. Abigail Libby. Richard, b. 1762; m. Sarah Ross; went to Gorham, Me. Reuben, b. 1763; m. Abigail Irish; went to Gorham, Me. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 30, 1767; m. Bayley. Isaac, bapt. March 3, 1769; d. young.
Children by second wife:
Abigail, m. Isaac Allece. Isaac, b. June 21, 1776; m. Rebecca Crockett. Mary, b. July 30, 1779; m. Wallis Foss.
13. SAMUEL LIBBY, son of Jacob (6), born Feb. 9, 1720; married, first, Dec. 4, 1744, Abigail Symons; second, Pene- lope Barber. Children :
Sarah, bapt. 1745. Jacob, bapt. 1747. Hannah, bapt. May 19, 1751.
14. JOSEPH LIBBY, son of JJacob (6), born Feb. 25, 1737, at Rye; married Mary -. In 1763 he bought the Paul Randall inn near Rye Center, and died a year later. In 1765-66 his widow married Reuben Dearborn of North Ilampton. Child :
Molly, bapt. March, 1763; m. Nathaniel Batchelder of Deerfield.
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15. BENJAMIN LIBBY, son of Jacob (6), born Feb. 25, 1737, at Rye ; married, first, Jane -; second, Oct. 3, 1765, Abigail, daughter of Matthias and Abigail Haines of Greenland. Removed to Chester, N. H. Child by first wife :
Sarah, bapt. Aug. 17, 1760; m. Lane of Candia. Children by second wife:
Jane, b. 1766; m. Samuel Worthen. Abigail. Mary, bapt. Sept. 30, 1770; m. Henry Hill. Josiah, bapt. Sept. 15, 1776; d. young.
16. ABRAHAM LIBBY, son of Jacob (6), born Dec. 29, 1739, at Rye; married, first, Feb. 24, 1763, Abigail Page. She died June 2, 1764. Married, second, 1767, Mary Tarl- ton of Portsmouth. Ile was a farmer at Rye until the death of his brother Joseph in 1764. He administered on Joseph's estate and run the tavern ( Paul Randall's Inn) until it burned. He removed to Chester. He lived near the West schoolhouse. Was a sergeant in Captain Par- sons' company in the Revolutionary War and was on town . committee to hire men for the Continental army. Child by first wife :
Abigail, b. Nov. 13, 1763; m. John Morrison. Children by second wife:
20. Joseph, b. Nov. 10, 1765. Job, b. June 18, 1767. Mary, b. Aug. 28, 1768; m. Benjamin Gross. Jacob, b. Dec. 19, 1770. Elias, b. Nov. 28, 1773. Abraham, b. Feb. 13, 1777. Sarah, b. June 10, 1779. Benjamin, b. June 20, 1782.
17. ALLISON LIBBY. son of John (7), born Sept. 12, 1733; married, first, Sarah Skillings ; second, Sept. 12, 1775, Mary Libby. Children by first wife :
21. Simeon, b. Sept. 3, 1755. Allison, b. April 6, 1757; m. Sarah Dow. Edward, b. Feb. 10, 1759; m. Elizabeth Libby. Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1761; m. Josiah Libby. Joseph, d. young. Solomon, d. young. Mark, b. Feb. 15, 1765; m. Anna Libby. Betsey, b. Feb. S. 1767; m. Paul Lombard. Hannah, b. Nov. 2, 1769; m. William Jones. Josiah, b. Oct. 21, 1773; m. Sarah Libby. Alexander, d. young. Children by second wife:
Simon, d. young. Morris, b. Sept. 7, 1780; m. Mary Ann Swain. Charlotte, b. Jan. 18, 1783; m. Joseph Bryant. Solomon, b. March 22, 1785; m. Fanny Sylvester. Demas, b. May 4, 1787; m. Mary Berry. Naomi, b. Sept. 11, 1789.
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18. CAPT. REUBEN LIBBY, son of Joseph (8), baptized March 13, 1743, at Rye; married, first, Sarah Fullerton ; second, Abigail Smith. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the English army and, it is said, was at Crown Point when George III was crowned king of England. Removed to Wolfeborough. Children by first wife:
Sarah, b. March 22, 1768; m. Joseph Cotton. Joseph, d. young. Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1773; m. S. Allard. Nancy, m. Samuel Small. Esther, m. Timothy Young. Reuben. Margaret. Olive. Han- nah. Jeremiah.
Children by second wife:
Smith. Abigail.
19. SAMUEL LIBBY, son of Reuben ( 12), born July, 1757, at Rye; married, Sept. 21, 1780, Mehitable, daughter of William and Ruth (Moses) Seavey of Rye. He lived where Charles Lear now resides near the Center school- house. Children :
Aaron, b. Aug. 10, 1781; d. Surinam of yellow fever, aged about 23 years. Samuel, b. March 14, 1783; d. unm. about 1850, at Epsom. Sarah, b. May 15, 1785; m. Dec. 14, 1806, Webster Salter. Will- iam Seavey, b. Feb. 26, 1787; m. first, about 1812, Sarah Farring- ton of Salem: second, Elizabeth Winfield; lived at Salem, Mass. Nancy Griffith, b. July 13, 1789; m. Amos Davis of Epsom. Hetty, bapt. Sept. 3, 1792; d. young. Mehitable, b. Feb. 1, 1795; m. Caleb Patterson of Chichester. Ruth Moses, bapt. Jan. 4, 1797; d. 1804. Daniel Rand, b. Feb. 28, 1800; d. 1804. Richard, b. April, 1802; m. Sarah T. Sanborn. Maria, bapt. April 10, 1804; m. first, Amasa Seavey; second, Jonathan Brown.
20. JOSEPH LIBBY, son of Abraham (16), born Nov. 10, 1765, at Rye ; married, Feb. 12, 1789, Deborah, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Seavey) Rand of Chester. Chil- dren :
Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1789, at Rye; m. first, Abraham Folsom; second, Gilman. Joseph, b. Oct. 19, 1791; m. Mehitable C. Rand. Ben- jamin, b. July 27, 1796; m. R. Robinson. Elias, b. March 17, 1802; m. Jemima Rand. Sally. Abraham.
21. SIMEON LIBBY, son of Allison (17), born Sept. 3, 1755 ; married, first, Abigail Smith ; second, Mrs. Ann Phin- ney. He served in the Revolutionary War. Children by first wife :
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Simeon, b. Jan. 11, 1784; m. Sally Lombard. Joseph, b. Dec. 4, 1785; m. first, Betsey Phinney; second, Love Phinney. Rebecca, b. Oct. 4, 1787; m. Benjamin Cassely. Olive, b. March 19, 1790; m. Caleb Richardson.
22. Daniel, b. March 18, 1792. Abigail, b. June 28, 1794; m. Enoch Libby. Samuel, b. April 21, 1797. Ai, b. Nov. 21, 1790; m. Mar- tha Skillings.
Child by second wife:
Stephen, b. Aug. S. 1808; went whaling about 1845 and was never heard from again.
22. DANIEL LIBBY, son of Simeon (21), born March 18, 1792 ; married, first, Jan. 22, 1818, Martha Morton ; second, Alice Morton (sister of Martha). Children :
Albert H., b. Dec. 20, 1819; m. Eliza A. Woodward.
23. Daniel F., b. Aug. 24, 1823. Samuel S., b. Jan. 22, 1825; m. Pa- tience Farr. Martha, m. Alden Reed.
23. DANIEL F. LIBBY, son of Daniel (22), born Ang. 24, 1823; married Roxanna L. Jones of Gorham, Me. Chil- dren :
Sarah Francis, b. Oct. 27, 1844; m. Adoniram Soule. Ellen Maria, b. Dec. 29, 1845; d. May 18, 1861. Julia E., b. Nov. 13, 1847; m. Albert Wallace.
24. Albert Francis, b. Dec. 1, 1849. Samuel W., b. June 22, 1852; m. Mary Leland. Edward L., b. July 16, 1854; m. Hattie Crockett. Clara L., b. Aug. 15, 1858; m. Henry L. Merrill. Rosa Belle, b. July 22, 1866. Lillian May, b. May 24, 1867; d. June 1, 1871.
24. ALBERT FRANCIS LIBBY, son of Daniel F. (23), born Dec. 1. 1849; married Martha Jane, daughter of John B. and Mary B. Johnson of Rye. Children :
Lillian Bertha, b. July 15, 1873. Daniel, b. April 29, 1881. Leonie, b. Sept. 6, 1890. Justin, b. Jan. 1, 1893.
LITTLEFIELD.
1. DUDLEY CHASE LITTLEFIELD, son of -- , born March 5, 1844; married Sarah Abigail Drake, Feb. 25, 1862. Lived at Stratham. Children :
Abner, b. March 20, 1863. William Dudly, b. March 29, 1869.
LOCKE.
1. JOHN LOCKE, came from Yorkshire, Eng., about 1644, and settled first at Dover, N. H., where he had a right of
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land. He removed to what is known as Fort Point, in Newcastle, and about 1652 married Elizabeth, daughter of John Berry, who was probably the first settler at a place called Sandy Beach, now Rye. A few years later, Mr. Locke moved to Sagamore creek, and from there to a neck of land in Rye called Joscelyn's Neck, Locke's Neck, until 1876, and now known as Straw's Point. John Locke was killed by the Indians, August 26, 1696, while he was reap- ing grain in his field, but two sons who were with him hid and escaped. It is said Captain Locke, after being shot, struck one of the Indians with his sickle and partly cut off his nose. Ile was by trade a house carpenter. Children :
2. John, b. 1654. Elizabeth, d. unm. before 1708. Alice (or Elsey ?), m. March 14, 1714, Nehemiah Berry.
3. Nathaniel, b. 1661.
4. Edward. Tryphena, m. Dec. 31, 1713, John Knowles. Rebecca, was living in 1708. Mary, was living in 1708.
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