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Lillian, b. Aug. 15, 1864; m. Joseph L. Jessome. Fannie, b. Sept. 2, 1865; m. Oct. 2, 1884, John B. Lewis; d. 1890. Carrie, b. April 10, 1868. Gertrude, b. Jan. 24, 1869; m. Nov. 6, 1891, James D. Davidson.
9. WOODBURY N. MACE, son of Ithamar (3), born Feb. 14, 1836; married, first, Mary E. Varrell; second, widow Mary Randall.
10. JOHN A. MACE, son of John (4), born Jan. 28, 1822; married Elizabeth Ann Caswell. He died Feb. 24, 1861. Children :
Mary F., b. Feb. 29, 1856; had a dau. Oct. 26, 1874; m. first, Jan. 23, 1876, Clarence Goss; second, Albert Johnson. Anna C., b. July 30, 1857; m. Nov. 3, 1876, Albert L. Remick. Addie M., b. Aug. 29, 1859; d. Nov. 18, 1SS1; m. Horace Mace. John A., b. Oct. 24, 1861.
11. CHARLES WILLIAM MACE, son of Nathaniel (6), born April 24, 1844 (?) ; married, July 4, 1868, Eliza S. Tucker. Children :
Leander George, b. May 5, 1869. A daughter, b. Nov. 15, 1871.
12. HORACE S. MACE, son of William Randall (7), born Dec. 1, 1857 ; married, first, Addie M. Mace, who died Nov. 18, 1881, and he married, second, Melissa Garland. Chil- dren:
Hattie. Addie. Maria.
Ithamar Mace of Gosport and Ruth Seavey married April 16, 1785.
MARDEN.
1. JAMES MARDEN settled at Rye or Newcastle. Chil- dren :
2. William.
3. James (?). Nathan (?). Sarah ( ?).
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2. WILLIAM MARDEN, son of James (1). Children :
4. William.
5. Jonathan ( ?). David (?). Samuel ( ?). Mary. Dorcas, m. March 10, 1738 (?), William Harvey of Bradford, Mass. Sarah. 6. John ( ?).
3. JAMES MARDEN, probably son of James (1), married, Oct. 23, 1695, Abigail Webster. Lived at Newcastle, where he died prior to 1726. Children :
Stephen, m. Lang ( ?).
7. Thomas.
S. Ebenezer. Rachel, m. Job Chapman. Hannah, m. Stephen Emer- son. Abigail, m. first, George Foss; second, Nathaniel Drake.
9. James, b. Sept. 25, 1697.
4. WILLIAM MARDEN, son of William (2), married Dor- cas. Child :
10. Benjamin, b. June 28, 1727.
5. JONATHAN MARDEN, probably son of William (2), married Hepzibah. Children :
Nathan, b. March 11, 1730; d. Dec. 7, 1735. Jonathan, b. Oct. 9, 1732; perhaps m. and had Hepzibah, b. 1756; Elizabeth, b. 1758; William, b. 1760; and perhaps Hannah, bapt. 1764; Jane, bapt. 1765; Hepzibah, bapt. 1767. Hepzibah, b. Nov. 1, 1742. Timo- thy, b. Aug. 28, 1735.
11. Joseph, b. March 22, 1738. Nathaniel, b. July 25, 1745. Samuel, b. Sept. 11, 1750.
6. JOHN MAARDEN, probably son of William (2), mar- ried, March 20, 1746, Sarah Locke. Children :
12. John, b. Nov. 30, 1747. Sarah, m. March 17, 1772, Samuel Knowles.
7. THOMAS MARDEN, son of James (3), married, first, March 4, 1729, Mary Smith ; second, June 9, 1761, widow Hannah Fogg. Children :
James.
13. Israel. Mary, m. Oct. 31, 1765, David Smith, Jr.
S. EBENEZER MARDEN, son of James (3), married, Jan. 13, 1735, Esther Berry. Children :
Abigail, b. Sept. 18, 1737; d. young. Abigail, b. Aug. 12, 1740; d. unm. March 28, 1820.
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14. George, b. June 29, 1741. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18, 1743; m. Dec. 29, 1763, Timothy Dalton.
15. Nathaniel, b. March 22, 1746. James, b. April 5, 1748; d. Feb. 14, 1749-'50. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1750; m. Jonathan Philbrick.
9. JAMES MARDEN, son of James (3), born Sept. 25, 1697 ; married Judith Bates, born June 13, 1703; died July 31, 1796. He died July, 1777. Children :
16. Nathan, b. Nov. 15, 1721. John, b. Feb. 29, 1724; m. Sarah Saun- ders, and d. July 31, 1756, at Epping. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1727.
17. James, b. Sept. 6, 1729. Abigail, b. March 21, 1731; d. July 7, 1736. William, b. Oct. 13, 1733; d. July 18, 1736. Hannah, b. May 14, 1736; m. Clark. Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1738. Judith, b. June 11, 1741; m. 1780, George Foss.
18. William, b. May 30, 1744. Olive, b. Jan. 6, 1747; d. Dec. 3, 1835; m. first, 1773, Samuel Elkins; second, David Locke.
10. BENJAMIN MARDEN, son of William (4), born June 28, 1727; married, May 12, 1746, Rebeckah Whidden. Children :
Samuel, b. April 30, 1748.
19. Benjamin, b. Feb. 4, 1751. William Gould, b. 1752; d. young. Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1754; m. Joseph Hardy or Simon Towle. Molly, b. 1758. William, b. Sept. 19, 1759. John, b. May 6, 1762. Jesse, b. 1766. Mary. Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1773.
11. JOSEPH MARDEN, probably son of Jonathan (5), born March 22, 1738; married first, -; second, June 30, 1773 (?), Mary Hunt. Children by first wife:
Abigail, b. 1758. Sarah, b. 1759. Mary, b. 1761. Joseph, b. 1769; d. young.
Children by second wife:
Joseph, b. April 3, 1774. Samuel Hunt, b. Jan. 14, 1777. Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1780. Daniel, b. Aug. 14, 1782. Timothy, bapt. March 25, 1787.
12. JOHN MARDEN, son of John (6), born Nov. 30, 1747; married, March 23, 1769, Sarah Saunders. Lived at Ep- ping. Children :
John.
20. Samuel, b. 1775. James, m. Langmaid. Benjamin. Sarah. Olive, m. French. Hannah, m. Catlin.
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13. ISRAEL MARDEN, son of Thomas (7), married, first, Dec. 27, 1753, Prudence Locke; second Children by first wife:
Thomas, b. 1756. Sarah, b. 1758; d. young. Sarah, b. 1761; m. Morrill.
21. Francis, b. 1763.
Children by second wife:
Israel, b. 1765; m. Dowrst. Prudence, b. 1768; m. Cate. Thomas, b. 1770; m. Wiggin.
22. Jolın.
14. GEORGE MARDEN, son of Ebenezer (S), born June 29, 1741; married, Jan. 19, 1769, Sarah Webster. Lived at Chester. Children :
James, b. Oct. 23, 1769 (?); m. July 14, 1791, Sarah Burbank. George. Sarah, b. 1771. Mary, b. 1772; m. George Carr. Eliza- beth, b. 1775, m. Jonathan Basford. Abigail, b. May 18, 1777; m. Asa Prescott.
23. Josiah, b. Oct. 23, 1778; m. Dec. 24, 1801, Hannah Berry. Eben- ezer, b. Jan. 29, 1781 (?); m. Nancy Colby. Nancy, b. 1790; m. June 11, 1807, Joshua Prescott.
15. DEACON NATHANIEL MARDEN, son. of Ebenezer (S), born March 22, 1746 ; married Elizabeth Moulton, who was born Feb. 8, 1752, and died Nov. 1, 1831. He died March 30, 1823. Children :
Jonathan, b. April 24, 1770; d. unm. April 8, 1853. Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1772; m. Oct. 9, 1792, Mark Lang. Olive, b. Aug. 27, 1774; m. Joseph Rand. Lucy, b. Sept. 28, 1776; m. May 13, 1795, Jo- seph Locke, 3d.
24. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1779.
25. James, b. May 6, 1781.
26. Reuben, b. April 21, 1783. Esther, b. July 20, 1785; m. Joshua Rand. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17, 1787; d. July 12, 1788. Elizabeth M., b. Nov. 6, 1793; m. Samuel J. Locke.
16. NATHAN MARDEN, son of James (9), born Nov. 15, 1721; married, Oct. 7, 1743, Susannah Berry. Lived at Epsom. Children :
Saralı, b. 1744. James, b. 1746. Judith, b. 1752. Nathan, b. 1754.
17. JAMES MARDEN, son of James (9), born Sept. 6, 1729; married, Jan. 2, 1751, Priscilla Foss. Lived at Bar- rington. Children :
29
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Rachel, b. Oct. 16, 1751; m. Oct. 1, 1772, John Blake. Hincks, b. May 25, 1753. James, b. Aug. 17, 1761. Abigail, b. April 8, 1768.
18. WILLIAM MARDEN, son of James (9), born May 30, 1744; married, April 29, 1773, Hannah Wallis. He died Nov. 14, 1816. She died Sept. 21, 1830. Children :
Abigail, b. March 31, 1776; m. Joseph Locke. Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1778; m. Dec. 17, 1801, Thomas Goss. Hannah, b. April 4, 1781; m. William Whidden.
27. James, b. April 21, 1784.
19. BENJAMIN MARDEN, son of Benjamin (10), born Feb. 4, 1751; married, first, Jan. 26, 1772, Hannah Rand, who died Sept. 1, 1812; second, Jan. 23, 1817, Mrs. Deliverance Johnson. Lived in pasture by Gammon's brook and moved house up by Baptist church. Served in Capt. Parsons' company in the Revolutionary War, and died Feb. 26, 1826. Children by first wife :
Rebekah, b. Jan. 10, 1773; d. unm. Nov. 22, 1845. Benjamin, b. 1775. Nancy Tredwell, b. March 20, 1777; m. March 2, 1800, Samuel Marden. Mary, b. March 24, 1779; m. Lowell Sanborn.
20. SAMUEL MARDEN, son of John (12), born 1775; mar- ried, March 2, 1800, Nancy Tredwell Marden. She died July 22, 1832. Children :
28. Benjamin W., b. July 27, 1800. Clarissa A. Davis, b. Feb. 9, 1816; d. Dec. 14, 1878; m. Bartholomew Barry of Portsmouth.
29. Lowell Sanborn, b. Jan. 13, 1819.
21. FRANCIS MARDEN, son of Israel (13), born 1763; married Sarah Lamprey. Lived at Portsmouth. Chil- dren :
30. James, b. 1786. Simon, bapt. Nov. 18, 1787.
31. Israel, bapt. Oct. 11, 1789.
32. Thomas. Frances, bapt. Ang. 3, 1794. Joseph, m. Marston. Pa- tience, bapt. Aug. 21, 1796; m. Levi Berry. Prudence, m. Capt. Thomas.
22. JOHN MARDEN, son of Israel (13), married Mary Elizabeth Sherburn. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Israel, m. Sally Tilton of Hampton Falls; he was killed by an ex- plosion on Lafayette road, caused by drilling out a charge of powder. Francis, m. Eliza Langmaid of Gilmanton. Jonathan.
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33. Thomas, b. July 28, 1805. Henry, d. aged about 20 years. James, b. 1809; m. Varina Currier.
34. John. Hunking, m. Winnifred Lockhart. Robert, m. first, Ann Bartlett; second, Maria Lydia, m. Abner Blaisdell. Mary, m. James Young. Hannah, d. aged about 7 years.
23. JOSIAH MARDEN, son of George (14), born 1778; married, Dec. 24, 1801, Hannah Berry. Children : 35. William, b. Aug. S, 1802.
36. George, b. Feb. 8, 1804. Jesse, b. March 19, 1806; m. Roxanna Bown. Samuel B., b. May 28, 1808; d. Dec. 28, 1846. Da- vid L., b. Jan. 29, 1811; d. unm. March 8, 1864. Sarah W., b. April 11, 1813; m. Abner Kidder. Olivia B., b. Dec. 27, 1815; m. April 6, 1837, Joseph P. Trefethern. Dorothy B., b. Dec. 29, 1817; m. Jan. 7, 1836, Charles F. Trefethern. Hannah J., b. June 9, 1820; m. Oct. 22, 1842, John Gustin. Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 27, 1824; m. 1846, Samuel Trefethern.
24. EBENEZER MARDEN, son of Nathaniel (15), born Jan. 22, 1779; married, June 26, 1806, Love Berry. He died Dec. 5, 1862, and she died July 21, 1876. Children :
Love B., b. Oct. 31, 1807; d. Jan. 31, 1896. Elizabeth M., b. April 26, 1810; d. 18SS. Mary B., b. Ang. 10, 1813; d. March 29, 1882. Esther R., b. March 3, 1816; m. first, May, 1840, Joseph Leavitt; second, Joseph Locke, 3d. Eben W., b. June 22, 1824; m. first, Julia (?) Garland; second, Sarah B. Brown. Frances Jane, b. March 22, 1824; d. April 2, 1824.
37. John Salter, b. April S, 1825.
25. JAMES MARDEN, son of Nathaniel (16), born May 6, 1781 ; married, Jan. 4, 1803, Sarah Webster. Children :
Rhoda, b. April 2, 1803; had Charles F., m. Alfred S. Trafton. Lo- vina, b. Jan. 8, 1810.
26. REUBEN MARDEN, son of Nathaniel (16), born April 21, 1783; married, first, April 14, 1810, Hannah Moulton, who died Jan. 26, 1822, aged 40 years ; second, widow Char- lotte Towle Moulton, born Jan., 1803. She died May 17, 1901, aged 97 years and 11 months. He died Oct. 22, 1851. Children by first wife :
Anna B., b. June 5, 1810; m. June 22, 1828, Richard G. Caswell. 38. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 20, 1817.
Children by second wife:
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39. John Towle, b. Feb. 26, 1836. Daniel W., b. Dec. 23, 1837. Mary E., b. Jan. 16, 1840; m. Dec., 1866, Alfred S. Goss. Eliza A., b. May 13, 1842; m. Joseph J. Goss. Charles H., b. May 13, 1842.
27. JAMES MARDEN, son of William (18), born April 21, 1784; married, May 11, 1809, Polly Jenness. She died Oct., 1853. Children :
40. William, b. Dec. 24, 1810. A child, b. Dec. 24, 1810.
28. CAPT. BENJAMIN W. MARDEN, son of Samuel (20), born July 27, 1800; married, first, Sept. 23, 1821, Hannah Lang; second, Dec. 28, 1834, widow Eliza J. Drake, who died Aug. 28, 1861; third, Aug. 29, 1864, Hannah E. Locke. He died Oct. 27, 1882. Shoemaker by trade. Children by first wife :
Gilman D., b. Oct. 7, 1821. Nathaniel D., b. April 15, 1823; d. aged four years. Albert S., b. June 30, 1825; m. Bristow.
Children by second wife:
Benjamin Franklin, b. July, 1836; m. Julia - -; he died Jan. 3, 1901. Sarah Priscilla, b. 1838; m. Charles A. Haskell. Fran- ces Ann, b. 1840; m. Thomas Lefrancis. Henry Hubbard, b. Feb. 1842; m. Kate Butler.
Child by third wife:
Ella Grace, b. June 7, 1865; d. March 24, 1866.
29. LOWELL SANBORN MARDEN, son of Samuel (20), born Jan. 13, 1819; married Mary Jane Page. After his death she married, second, William E. Willacy. Children :
Elbridge. Gilman, b. Dec. 15, 1849; m. June 8, 1871, Abby J. I. Going. Laura Ann, b. 1845; d. Jan. 14, 1849. Ida May, b. Feb. 9, 1861. Mary E. Stewart, b. June 13, 1864.
30. JAMES MARDEN, son of Francis (21), born 1786 ; mar- ried, first, ; second, Mercy Page. Lived at Ports- mouth. Children by first wife :
Francis. James. Elizabeth.
Children by second wife:
Sarah. Alfred. John. Oliver. Adeline. Emily. Mercy. Susan.
31. ISRAEL MARDEN, son of Francis (21), baptized Oct. 11, 1789; married Nudd. He died June 11, 1865. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
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Asa, lived on Winchester farm; m. Abigail Marston. Benjamin. Sarah W., d. March 7, 1882; m. Nov. 28, 1845, William Rand. George, m. Elizabeth Holmes. Israel, m. Hannah Walker.
32. THOMAS MARDEN, son of Francis (21), married Mary Lang. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Joseph P., m. Emily Norton. Simon, m. Hannah Norton.
33. THOMAS MARDEN, son of Jolin (22), born July 28, 1805, married Mercy Holbrook of Brunswick, Me. Chil- dren :
Sarah M. Mary Jane M. Albert B. M. Georgianna M., m. Charles Stevens.
34. JOHN MARDEN, son of John (22), married Elizabeth Ann Haley. Lived at Portsmouth. Children:
Alfred Henry. John Calvin, m. Arabella Norton. Susan S., m. I. Purrington. Trueman H., m. Coffin. Florence B.
35. WILLIAM MARDEN, son of Josiah (23), born Aug. S, 1802; married Martha W. Mason. After his death she married, second, March 29, 1851, George Marden, brother of William. Children :
Jesse, b. Nov. 21, 1828; m. Mary C. Cochrane. Joseph Mason, b. 1830; sailed whaling from New Bedford and never heard from. Daniel Towle, b. March 3, 1833; m. 1858, Clara J. Philbrick.
41. Francis Marion, b. Nov., 1836. William Jackson, b. Ang. 12, 1838; m. 1865, Lizzie F. Ewing. Mary Jane, b. July 23, 1848; m. July 9, 1868, Henry L. Varrell.
36. GEORGE MARDEN, son of Josiah (23), born Feb. S, 1804; married, March 29, 1851, Martha W. (Mason) Mar- den, widow of his brother William. Children :
Sarah Ann, b. July 23, 1851; m. Jan., 1871, Gates Wentworth. Sam- uel Foss, b. Feb. 13, 1855; unm.
37. JOHN SALTER MARDEN, son of Ebenezer (24), born April 8, 1825; married, Aug. 5, 1855, Sophia C. Holmes. He died Sept. 16, 1900. Children :
Annie B., b. 1861; m. Nov. 23, 1869, Clarance Matthews.
38. NATHANIEL MARDEN, son of Reuben (26), born Feb. 20, 1817 ; married, May 21, 1848, Elizabeth Emerett Locke. IIe died March 9, 1891. Children :
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Polly A. W., b. July 7, 1848; m. 1869, George White. Clara A., b. Jan. 27, 1850; m. Jan. 15, 1879, Charles Walker. Ervin W., b. Nov. 21, 1851. Samuel A., b. March 3, 1854. Hollis N., b. May 23, 1856; m. Dec. 28, 1883, Carrie K. Foss. Elvira G., b. Nov. 8, 1857; m. May 28, 1879, Walter Locke. Fred H., b. Nov. 20 (?), 1859; d. May 11, 1893. Willie P., b. Dec. 14, 1861; d. 1868. Emer- ett E., b. Oct. 6, 1863; m. Sept. 26, 18SS, Edward Ramsdell. Abby, b. June 10, 1866; unm.
39. JOHN TOWLE MARDEN, son of Reuben (26), born Feb. 26, 1836; married, April 25, 1867, Fannie S. Brown. He died Jan. 2, 1902. Children :
Fred, b. May 15, 1868. Florence, b. July 21, 1869. Newell, b. Jan. 30, 1880.
40. WILLIAM MARDEN, son of James (27), born Dec. 24, 1810; married, 1832, Lucy Ann Garland. She died Aug. 24, 1870. He died Jan. 15, 1883. Children : James L., b. Dec. 1, 1832; d. July 6, 1837.
42. Jenness, b. July 9, 1837. James, b. Oct. 2, 1839; m. Harriett Jen- ness, and had Nellie and Fanny.
43. Levi Watson, b. March 27, 1843. Emery B., b. Oct. 14, 1849; d. young.
41. FRANCIS MARION MARDEN, son of William (35), born Nov., 1836 ; married Anna S. Joice. He was a blacksmithi, and died Nov. 25, 1890. Children :
Willie, b. Nov., 1867. John Francis, b. April 10, 1869; d. 1897, at Portsmouth.
42. JENNESS MARDEN, son of William (40), born July 9, 1837; married, 1860, Mary Ann Garland. He died Sept. 11, 1880. Children :
Charles Frost, b. Aug. 4, 1864; m. Aug. 2, 1888, Julia L. Brown. Sarah A., b. Sept. 7, 1870; m. Dec. 14, 1898, Frank Broad. Nettie Jane, b. Sept. 2, 1873; m. Jan. 17, 1900, Geo. G. Reddin. Theresa, b. March 3, 1880.
43. LEVI WATSON MARDEN, son of William (40), born March 27, 1843; married Emma Downes. Children :
Anna Belle, b. July 28, 1866; m. Edward Phillips. Mary E., b. Oct. 29, 1870; m. Dec. 17, 1889, Charles Spear.
44. Wilbur L., b. Aug. 5, 1875.
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44. WILBUR L. MARDEN, son of Levi Watson (42), born Aug. 5, 1875; married, July 25, 1895, Lizzie Rhodes. Chil- dren :
Lucy R., b. Feb. 14, 1896. Florence M., b. July 23, 1898.
1. STEPHEN MARDEN may have been a son of James (3), married Charity Cordwainer. Lived near Chas. B. Odiorne's at Little Harbor, and had a ferry to Great Island (now Newcastle). Children :
Hannah, b. March 13, 1723.
2. Benjamin, b. Aug. 9, 1729. Ruth, b. Dec. S, 1731; m. Oct. 11, 1753, Levi Towle. Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1734; Stephen, b. Sept. 27, 1736; m. Aug. 28, 1760, Elizabeth Webster. Abigail, b. July 22, 1739; m. first, Daniel Philbrick; second, William Davidson.
2. BENJAMIN MARDEN, son of Stephen (1), born Ang. 9, 1729, married, Jan. 31, 1754, Rachael Dowrst. She died Dec. 11, 1812, aged 59 years. Lived on the Solomon Dowrst farm, at present (1903) occupied by Samuel Mar- den and his son-in-law, Adams E. Drake. Children :
Solomon Dowrst, b. Sept. 25, 1757. Charity, b. March 9, 1760; m. first, Joshua Locke; second, Oct. 19, 1797, Peter Ackerman. Eliz- abetlı, b. Feb. 9, 1762; 'm. Simon Towle. Rachael, b. Jan. 9, 1766; d. Jan. 28, 1766. Abiel, b. Feb. 27, 1767; m. William Foss. Benjamin, b. June 14, 1769; d. June 24, 1769. Sarah, b. 1771; m. Jonathan Philbrick.
3. Stephen, b. Nov. 3, 1773.
4. Solomon, b. March, 1774.
5. Samuel, b. Sept. 8, 1776. Merribah or Mary, b. 1779.
3. STEPHEN MARDEN, son of Benjamin (2), born Nov. 3, 1773 ; married, Nov. 12, 1789, Molly Smith. He died Sept. 21, 1844. Children :
6. David Smith, b. July 27, 1790. Stephen, bapt. July 5, 1795.
7. Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1801.
4. SOLOMON MARDEN, son of Benjamin (2), born March, 1774; married, July 15, 1802, Huldah Remick. She died Jan. 30, 1841. He died Dec. 10, 1843. Lived near the Cen- ter schoolhouse, where Charles Lear resides. Children :
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Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1802; unm .; had Langdon Marden; d. Oct. 29, 1828. Thomas, d. April 26, 1804. Benjamin, b. Aug. 28, 1807; m. widow Margaret Nason; d. Feb. 11, 1876. Moses, b. March, 1809; d. Nov. 20, 1810. Abigail, b. April, 1810; d. Aug. 7, 1810. Moses R., b. Aug. 14, 1811; d. unm., Jan. 25, 1884; fisherman. Abigail, b. April 6, 1813; m. Nathan Clough of Seabrook. Mary Jane, b. May 26, 1815; m. Henry Day. Almira, b. Feb. 11, 1817; d. unm., March 5, 1881, at Portsmouth.
5. SAMUEL MARDEN, son of Benjamin (2), born Sept. 8, 1776; married, April 3, 1806, Sarah Philbrick, born Aug. 30, 1788, and died March 23, 1860. Served in the War of 1812 under Capt. Samuel Berry. He died May 11, 1853. Children :
Hannah, b. July 27, 1806; d. Sept. 14, 1835. Sally, b. Jan. 5, 1811; d. June 10, 1839.
8. Daniel, b. June 14, 1812.
9. Samuel, b. Feb. 19, 1821. Charles, b. May 3, 1827; d. March 23, 1828.
6. DAVID SMITH MARDEN, son of Stephen (3), born July 27, 1790; married, June 7, 1813, Elizabeth Lang. Served under Capt. Ephraim Philbrick in the War of 1812. Chil- dren :
May, b. Sept. 27, 1814; m. William C. Garland. Hannah, m. Thomas Lewis. Stephen, b. Feb. 5. 1822; m. Oct. 15, 1843, Mary Holmes of Portsmouth; d. Oct. 9, 1888. Elizabeth. Sarah Ann. Lucy.
10. David.
7. THOMAS MARDEN, son of Stephen (3), born Ang. 17, 1801; married Eliza Garland. After his death she mar- ried, June 1, 1853, David Brown. Children :
Clarissa, b. 1823; d. July 15, 1831. Mary Ann, b. 1824. Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. Jane Miller; he removed about 1847 to the South.
11. Charles C., b. Oct. 15, 1830.
12. Thomas Ira, b. Feb. 15, 1833; m. 1864, Eliza J. McDowell. Gilman, b. Sept. 25, 1837; m. Caroline T. Seavey. William, b. April 19, 1841; d. Aug. 7, 1865. Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 13, 1843; m. Robert Griggs.
S. DANIEL MARDEN, son of Samuel (5), born June 14, 1812; married, May 29, 1842, Artimessa R. Brown. He died March 4, 1860. Children :
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Sarah Auzolette, b. Nov. 6, 1844; d. March 29, 1864. Louisa M., b. Nov. 22, 1846; m. June 1, 1879, Howard S. Rand. Daniel Otis, b. May 2, 1849; d. Dec. 31, 1874. Samuel Woodbury, b. April 9, 1851. Artimessa, b. Aug. 2, 1854. Charles Everett, b. April 21, 1855; d. May 16, 1867.
9. SAMUEL MARDEN, son of Samuel (5), born Feb. 19, 1821; married, June 7, 1842, Ann Cecilia Foye. She died April 9, 1897. He died Jan 18, 1904. Children :
Sarah Amanda, b. Nov. 8, 1844; m. May 24, 1866, John Oren Foss. Martha Abby, b. May 20, 1846; m. June 11, 1865, J. Jenness Rand. Laura Emma, b. Oct. 19, 1850; m. June 24, 1871, Adams E. Drake.
10. DAVID MARDEN, son of David Smith (6), married Eunice Abby, daughter of James Brown. After his death she married Edward Walcott. Child :
Eva Augusta, b. Aug., 1854; d. March 6, 1872.
11. CHARLES C. MARDEN, son of Thomas (7), born Oct. 15, 1830; married, first, May, 1851, widow Mary A. Gar- land; second, Dec. 13, 1875, widow Mary O. Burton. Children by first wife:
Elsie Jane, b. April 16, 1854; m. Sam F. Godfrey of Hampton. Ida Florence, b. Feb. 3, 1857; m. Herbert Philbrick. Emma Jennette, b. March 26, 1860; m. Abbott Young of Hampton.
12. THOMAS IRA MARDEN, son of Thomas (7), born Feb. 15, 1833 ; married, 1864, Eliza J. McDowell. Child :
Horton, b. 1871; m. Oct. 24, 1895, Ardelle G. Page.
NATHANIEL MARDEN, probably son of William, who also had Timothy and Jonathan; married, first, July 22, 1768, Hannah Berry. She died April 11, 1773, aged 25 years, and he married, second, May 29, 1777, Anna Towle. He died Nov. 21, 1804. Lived between Dr. Parsons and George Perry in what was then known as "Marden town." Children by first wife :
Prudence Perry, b. Jan. 1. 1769; m. Eben Seavey. Keziah, b. Feb. 22, 1770; unm .; had John H. Marden, who m. Sarah Seavey. Children by second wife:
Betty, b. Jan. 6, 1777; d. Dec. 17, 1781. Hannah, b. Jan. 12, 1780; m. Samuel Walker. Nathaniel, b. April 26, 1792; m. Mary Ann Loutz; he removed to Washington, D. C., in 1816, and died Feb. 21, 1876. Jonathan Towle, b. Jan. 29, 1795; killed by falling from a tree, 1803.
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SAMUEL MARDEN, possibly son of William (2), married Saralı - Children :
Sarah, b. June 27, 1727. Hepsibeth, b. April 2, 1729; d. in seventh year. Phebe, b. May 3, 1731; d. in fifth year. Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1733; d. in second year. Dorcas, b. April 14, 1735; m. first, Sept. S, 1754, Ephraim Mow; second, Oct. 4, 1776, Jude Allen. Hepsi- bah, b. Sept. 28, 1738.
WILLIAM MARDEN, JR., married Rachael -, and had Mary, bapt. 1737; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1746.
Daniel Marden and Elizabeth Curtis of Portsmouth married Aug. 28, 1828.
Samuel Marden and Betsey Marden, both of Portsmouth, married Aug. 6, 1799.
Stephen Marden of Candia and Ann Stead of Ports- mouth married Dec., 1877.
Deacon Thomas Marden and widow Hannah Fogg mar- ried June 9, 1761.
SAMUEL MARDEN married Oct. 22, 1769, Margaret Sea- vey. Children :
Mehitable, b. March 5, 1770. Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1771. Jonathan, b. Oct. 25, 1772; cooper by trade. Hepzibah, b. June 7, 1774.
MARSTON.
JOHN MARSTON, son of John, born 1771; married, Feb. 1, 1796, Hannah J. Locke. She died Sept. 6, 1825, aged 56 years, and he died July 15, 1815. Children :
Catherine Elkins, b. 1798; m. first, Oct., 1817, William Caswell; sec- ond, William S. Randall; she d. May 13, 1850. Willard S., b. July 1, 1802; m. Martha D. Brown, b. Aug. 15, 1801. John, b. May 24, 1804. Mary, b. Dec. 29, 1806; m. Asa Caswell. Huldah, b. Oct. 22, 1811; m. John Hazelton.
1. JACOB MARSTON, son of Nathaniel and Eliza (Miller) of Portsmouth, married, Feb. 25, 1851, Sarah Parsons Drake, who died Jan. 11, 1892. Children :
2. John Drake, b. Sept. S, 1851. Anna Parsons, b. May 27, 1856; m. March 30, 1875, Otis S. Jenness, and afterwards was divorced.
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GENEALOGY.
2. JOHN DRAKE MARSTON, son of Jacob (1), born Sept. 8, 1851; married Sarah J. Gove. He was a justice of the peace. Children :
Ella P., b. Nov. 5, 1878; d. -. Walter, b. July 16, 1880. Ardelle, b. March 21, 1887.
THOMAS W. MARSTON married Clara D. Garland. He left home and was never heard from. Children :
Ida B., b. Feb. 24, 1861; d. March 21, 1862. Ina Belle, b. Aug. 14, 1862; m. Oct. 6, 1880, Robert Hearn.
Reuben Marston had Reuben, baptized May, 1746, and James, baptized March 26, 1749.
Joseph Marston married Hannah -, Hannah, born Sept. 25, 1726.
and had
Jonathan Marston of Hampton and Sarah Weeks mar- ried June 30, 1743.
Paul Smith Marston and Catherine Elkins married Feb. 15, 1762.
David Marston and Clarissa Marston, both of Hampton, married May 19, 1825.
Simon Marston of Portsmouth and Eliza Rand married Dec. 14, 1834.
David Marston, Jr., of North Hampton and Olive D. Stephens of Stratham married July 28, 1839.
MASON.
1. SAMUEL MASON married Hannah Neal, and lived at Stratham. Children :
2. Daniel. Nicholas; d. in France.
2. DANIEL MASON, son of Samuel (1), married, April 30, 1775, Elizabeth, daughter of William Norton. Children :
3. Samuel.
4. Daniel.
5. Nicholas. Ruhamah, b. 1785; m. Feb. 10, 1805, Aaron Moses. Rob- ert, d. aged six years.
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