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3. SAMUEL MASON, son of Daniel (2), married, Nov. 12, 1801, Mercy Locke. Children :
Martha, m. Sept. 3, 1826, Jethro Locke. Mary, b. Feb. S, 1807; m. Daniel Adams. Samuel. Laurinda, b. 1810; m. George Ball. Robert, m. Edwards. Elizabeth, m. Joseph M. Edwards.
4. DANIEL MASON, son of Daniel (2), married, April 7, 1807, Mercy Rand. Children :
Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1809; m. Joseph Martin. Mary, d. 1837, aged 27 years. Caroline, m. Frank Donnells. Emery, m. Frank Wy- man. Maria, m. Samuel Cruch. Sarah Ann, d. unm. Daniel, m. Augusta Manson. Nicholas, m. Sarah Ranson. Woodbury. Clarissa, m. Eben Atwood.
5. NICHOLAS MASON, son of Daniel (2), married, Aug. 25 (?), 1807, Mary M. Rand. Children :
Elizabeth. Ruhamah, m. Nov. 1, 1840, John I. Trefethern. Charles, m. Mary J. Fletcher. Gilman, m. Sarah Philbrick. Aaron, m. Hanscom. Lucy M., b. 1807; d. Oct. 28, 1873; m. Sam- uel Odiorne. Martha L., m. Lil- Boyce.
Joseph Mason married, Jan. 25, 1809, Patty W. Foss. After his death she married Robinson Foss. By the first marriage was born Martha, Nov. 30, 1809 or 1810, who married, first, William Marden; second, George Marden, brother of William.
Joseph Mason had a daughter, Betsey, baptized June 27, 1790.
MATTHEWS.
1. ABRAHAM MATTHEWS married, June 26, 1774, Mary (Saunders), widow of William Thomas. She died April 19, 1816, aged 72 years. Children :
Mary, bapt. May 21, 1775; m. Robinson. Sally, bapt. Nov. 23, 1777; d. unm. Abraham, bapt. July 9, 1780; ran away from home.
2. Robert, b. 1783. Elizabeth, bapt. March 20, 1785; m. Robinson. 3. William Thomas, bapt. Nov. 15, 1790.
2. ROBERT MATTHEWS, son of Abraham (1), born 1783; married, Feb. 12, 1807, Betsey M. Randall. After his death she married John Downs. Children :
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Edward, d. Aug. 28, 1814.
4. Abraham, b. Jan. 7, 1810. Robert. William, b. 1814; m. Hannah Foye.
3. WILLIAM THOMAS MATTHEWS (sometimes spelled Mathes), son of Abraham (1), born Nov. 15, 1790; mar- ried, Feb. 17, 1812, Elizabeth Foss. Children :
Harriett, b. June 7, 1812; m. Oct. 6, 1833, Samuel P. Mow. Mary E., b. Nov. 6, 1815; m. Jan., 1839, Jonathan W. Verrill. John F., b. Feb. 12, 1817; m. Mary E. Rodgers of Kittery. William T., b. Aug. 23, 1819; killed June, 1864, in the Civil War.
5. Asa Robinson, b. April 15, 1822. Sally Ann, b. Aug. 5, 1824; d. Ang. 27, 1874. Ira, b. Ang. 27, 1827; drowned May 12, 1848. Os- car, b. Feb. 28, 1830; d. Sept. 9, 1862. Frances O., b. July 24, 1832; d. 1876; m. Feb. 2, 1864, Charles I. Mace. Hannah, b. Nov. 21, 1838; m. Henry Rider.
4. ABRAIIAM MATTHEWS, son of Robert (2), born Jan. 7, 1810; married, Oct. 23, 1829, Betsey M. Berry. Chil- dren :
Ann E., b. Jan. 28, 1830; m. July 4, 1853, James M. Hall. Mary Esther, b. 1832. Joseph William, b. 1835. Clara A., b. March; 1840; m. Henry D. Foss.
C. Bezaleel Smith, b. July, 1841. Mary, b. May, 1844; m. July 10, 1864, John Caswell, and lived at Portsmouth.
5. ASA ROBINSON MATHEWS, son of William Thomas (3), born April 15, 1822; married Eliza Carter and lived at Kittery. He died Jan. 25, 1855. Child :
7. Clarence, b. 1852.
6. BEZALEEL SMITH MATTHEWS, son of Abraham (4), born July, 1841; married Caroline T. (Seavey), widow of Gilman M. Marden. Child :
William, b. Dec. 8, 1867.
7. CLARENCE MATTHEWS, son of Asa Robinson (5), born 1852 ; married, Nov. 25, 1889, Annie B. Marden. Child : Emma, b. April 20, 1894.
MOORE.
WILLIAM MOORE and wife, Anna, had Anna, born May 22, 1750.
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MORRILL.
REV. NATHANIEL MORRILL, born July 20, 1701; married Sarah Odiorne, daughter of Jotham, about 1724. He was the first minister in Rye, ordained Sept. 14, 1726; dis- missed, 1733. Children :
Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1724-'25. Nathaniel, b. April 26, 1727. Levi, b. Feb. 28, 1728-'29. Amelia, b. May 6, 1736.
JOSEPH MORRILL married Tabitha Children : Benjamin, b. Feb. 17, 1728; d. Feb. 20, 1728. Theophilus, b. Dec. 20, 1730.
MORRISON.
ALEXANDER MORRISON married, first, Sarah Coats; sec- ond, July 6, 1773, Rebecca Rand. Children by first wife : Mary, b. May 22, 1770.
Children by second wife:
Anna, b. 1774. Beckey, b. 1778; m. Lieut. Dennett (?). Alexander, b. 1780. Rachael, bapt. 1789. Samuel Rand, b. 1790. John (?).
SAMUEL MORRISON married, Dec. 2, 1775, Mary Billings of Kittery. Lived at the Jedediah Rand place and after- wards removed to Gilmanton. Children :
Rachael, bapt. 1779; m. Simon Garland. Robert, bapt. 1779; lived at the Beach. Benjamin. Samuel, bapt. 1788. Betsey, b. 1780; m. Isaac Twombly.
WILLIAM MORRISON married, Nov. 14, 1779, Abigail Tref- ferin. Child :
William Rogers, b. 1781.
MOSES.
1. AARON MOSES, son of John and Ann, of Sagamore Creek, Portsmouth, married Mary, who after his death married Sherburn. Children :
2. James. Josiah. Joseph.
Mark. Martha. Hannah. Abigail Sarah, m. Sylvanus Scott.
2. JAMES MOSES, probably son of Aaron (1), married Martha Jackson. Children :
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Mary. John.
3. Aaron. Sarah, bapt. Sept. 10, 1721; m. Samuel Wallis. Martha, m. Bartholomew Stavers. Ruth, m. Jan. 23, 1752, William Seavey.
3. AARON MOSES, probably son of James (2), married Mary -. Child :
4. Nadab.
4. NADAB MOSES, son of Aaron (4), married, June 13, 1776, Abigail Wallis. Children :
5. James. Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1785; d. May 6, 1876; m. Michael W. Tucker. Aaron, m. R. Mason. Levi, m. Elizabeth Ross. Mar- tha, m. Billy Rand. Abigail, d. aged 12 years.
5. JAMES MOSES, son of Nadab (4), married Mary Odi- orne. Children :
Dorothy, m. Samuel M. Rand. Eliza, m. Simon Odiorne.
6. William. Samuel Wallis. James. Mary B., m. Henry F. Wen- dell. Martha J.
6. WILLIAM MOSES, son of James (5), married Abigail A. Seavey. Children :
Julia A., m. Alfred D. Moses. Augusta O., m. William Seavey. Joshua S.
MOSHER.
ELDER SAMUEL MOSHER married -, and had Han- nah, born April 13, 1826, who married, Nov. 7, 1850, Rufus. W. Philbrick.
MOULTON.
1. DANIEL MOULTON, son of Daniel and Mary of Hamp- ton, married, Dec. 27, 1721, Phebe, daughter of Joseph Philbrick of Hampton. Children :
2. Daniel, b. Oct. 3, 1722, at Hampton. Esther, b. Oct. 25, 1723, at Hampton; d. young. Joseph, b. Jan. 24, 1726, at Hampton. Try- phena, b. Jan. 24, 1726, at Hampton.
3. Noah, b. Nov. 14, 1726, at Hampton. Mary, b. May 13, 1729. Es- ther, bapt. Aug. 25, 1734. Phebe, b. Aug. 3, 1735. Nathan, b. March 2, 1738. Lydia, b. Aug. 18, 1740.
4. Nehemian ( ?).
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2. DANIEL MOULTON, son of Daniel (1), born Oct. 3, 1722 ; married, Nov. 21, 1744, Ruth Watson. Children :
John, bapt. Sept. 17, 1745. Hannah, bapt. Aug. 18, 1751. John, bapt. April 15, 1753. Daniel, bapt. April, 1755. Michael, bapt. May 29, 1757. Samuel, b. 1759. Noah, b. 1761. Sarah, b. 1767.
3. NOAH MOULTON, son of Daniel (1), born Nov. 14, 1726 ; married, Nov. 16, 1749, Patience Locke. Children : Sarah, bapt. April 14, 1751. Job. b. 1752. Mary, b. 1754. Noah, b. 1759. Daniel, b. 1761.
4. NEHEMIAH MOULTON, probably son of Daniel (1), married Sarah Lived in West Rye. Children :
Anna, b. June 14, 1762; d. unm. Molly, b. 1765; d. Dec. 31, 1858. Sally, b. 1769; m. June 16, 1796, William Jones. Bethia, b. 1776.
1. JONATHAN MOULTON, son of Robert and Lucy, born June 5, 1702, at Hampton ; married, Dec. 21, 1727, Eliza- beth, daughter of Benjamin Lamprey. Children :
2. Reuben, b. Jan. 4, 1729. Jonathan, b. April 1, 1730; m. Sarah Dow. Daniel, b. May 29, 1731; d. Aug. 26, 1809; m. Grace Runnells. Robert, b. May 20, 1733; m. first, Elizabeth Philbrick; second, Sarah - -. Lucy, b. March 12, 1735.
2. REUBEN MOULTON, son of Jonathan (1), born Jan. 4, 1729; married, first, Nov. 24, 1748, Hannah, daughter of Joses Philbrick ; second, Margaret Jones. Children :
Jonathan, b. Oct. 27, 1749; d. March 24, 1767. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 1751; m. Nathaniel Marden. Lucy, b. Aug. 4, 1757; m. Page Philbrick.
Joseph Moulton married Bethia Swaine and had Bethia, born Nov. 26, 1683.
Thomas Moulton and Hannah Drown of North Hampton were married Aug. 1, 1750.
Simon Moulton and Olive Garland were married June 23, 1825. He died March 3, 1875. Children: Oliver; George; Eliza.
JACOB MOULTON married Emma Philbrick. He died Jan. 10, 1901. Children :
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Edith, b. Dec. 3, 1870; m. Sept. 29, 1896, Byron J. Jenness. Albert, b. June 22, 1872; d. June 19, 1873. Harry, b. July 25, 1873; m. Oct., 1899, Mabel F. Abbott. Percy, b. July 23, 1886.
MILLETTE.
JOHN MILLETTE of Canada, born 1863; married Augus- teen Erickson. Children :
Theodore, b. Jan. 6, 1891. Delia, b. Aug. 16, 1893. Bertha, b. May 7, 1896. Stella, b. March 1, 1899. Elida, b. March 11, 1902.
MOW.
1. EPHRAIM Mow married, Sept. 8, 1754, Dorcas Marden. After his death she married, Oct. 4, 1776, Jude Allen. Children :
Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1755; m. Jonathan Dockum of Greenland. Mary, b. Dec. 16, 1757; m. Richard Green, an Englishman, and a Revo- lutionary soldier. Hannah, b. - 10, 1760; m. Remick of Eliot. 2. Samuel, b. 1772.
2. SAMUEL MOW, son of Ephraim (1), born 1772; mar- ried, Oct. 2, 1803, Hannah Locke. Children :
3. Ephraim L. Sally, m. first, April S, 1824, Samuel Allen; second, Aug. 19, 1827, James H. Locke.
4. Samuel Plummer.
3. EPHRAIM L. Mow, son of Samuel (2), married Olive Coombs. After his death she married, Dec. 12, 1840, Ben- jamin Mason. Children :
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Mary Ann, b. April 24, 1824; d. April 8, 1884; m. Calvin Garland. Elizabeth, b. 1826; d. April 30, 1850, at the town farm. Ephraim, b. 1828. Jacob, soldier in the Civil War. Frances.
4. SAMUEL PLUMMER MOW, son of Samuel (2), married, Oct. 6, 1833, Harriett Mathes. Children:
Harriett, b. Feb. 8, 1834; m. Oct., 1853, Wesley Jenness. Mary, b. 1837; m. Gilman Johnson.
5. John, b. Dec. 19, 1843.
5. JOHN MOW, son of Samuel Plummer (4), born Dec. 19, 1843; married, Jan., 1867, Flora A. Caswell. Chil- dren :
Harry P., b. Jan. 4, 1867. A son, b. July 18, 1868.
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MURRAY.
SAMUEL MURRAY married, first, Elizabeth -; sec- ond, May 4, 1769, Hannah Dalton. Children :
Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1757. Susannah, b. April 6, 1759. Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1770. William, b. 1772. Joseph, b. 1775. John, b. 1776.
NORTON.
1. BONUS NORTON settled near Hampton causeway (turn- pike). It is said that he brought from England, packed in boxes, his apple trees, which were of choice quality. He married Mary -, and died April 30, 1718, aged 61 years. Children :
2. Joseph, b. Nov. 17, 1695. William. Samuel, b. Sept. 12, 1699. Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1703; m. first, Thomas Jenness; second, Benjamin Swett. Lucy, b. Sept. 10, 1706; m. John Jenness. Anna, b. March 20, 1708; m. Jonathan Towle.
2. JOSEPH NORTON, son of Bonus (1), born Nov. 17, 1695; married, Jan. 6, 1721, Abigail, daughter of John Gove. Children :
3. John. Jonathan, m. Mary Piper. Sarah, m. William Cate of Greenland. Samuel, d. unm. Nathan, m. Elizabeth Hill of Ches- ter. Daniel, d. at sea. Joseph, m. Hannah Hill. Abigail, m. Nathan Goss of Hampton.
4. William (?); and five other children.
3. JOHN NORTON, son of Joseph (2), married Hannah Burleigh of Stratham, and lived at Portsmouth. Chil- dren :
5. William.Betsey, m. Simon Garland or John Cate. Eleanor, m. May S, 1808, John Verrill. Abigail, m. Simon Garland ( ?).
4. WILLIAM NORTON, probably son of Joseph (2), mar- ried Ruhamah Neils. Children :
Lucy, d. unm. Elizabeth, m. Daniel Mason of Greenland. Ru- hamah, m. Levi Ayers of Portsmouth. Maria, m. William Varrell. 6. Dudley.
5. WILLIAM NORTON, son of John (3), married Betsey Lamprey, born Dec., 1774, and died Oct. 30, 1866. Chil- dren :
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Eliza, b. June 13, 1798 or 1800; m. Dec. 17, 1818, Joseph Odiorne. William B., m. Maria Pickermail. Hannah, m. Simon Marden. Jefferson, b. Dec. 4, 1807; d. unm. Sarah, m. Samuel C. Berry. Mary, m. Charles Maine of Portsmouth. Patience B., m. Odi- orne. Emily, m. Joseph P. Marden.
6. DUDLEY NORTON, son of William (4), married, first, March 6, 1785, Hannah Varrell; second, widow Merribah Ayers. Children :
Hannah Bartlett, bapt. April 30, 1786. William, bapt. Nov. 9, 1788. Polly, bapt. Dec. 19, 1790. Sally, bapt. Dec. 19, 1790. Lucy, bapt. July 21, 1793. Abigail, bapt. July 16, 1797.
BENJAMIN NORTON married Merribah Johnson. Chil- dren :
Simon, m. Sarah Haines of Greenland. Benjamin, m. Abigail Weeks of Greenland. James. Thomas, m. Hannah Cotton of Portsmouth. Levi. Sally. Polly, m. Bennett.
Benjamin Norton and Mary S. Webster married May 10, 1840.
NUDD.
SAMUEL NUDD married Nancy, daughter of John Per- kins, and removed to Wolfeborough. Children :
Ira. James. Ruth, m. Nathaniel Huggins. Mary.
ODIORNE.
1. JOHN ODIORNE appears as an inhabitant as early as 1657. A grant of 42 acres on Great Island, lying at the entrance to the harbor, was made to him Jan. 13, 1660. In 1686 he was a member of the grand jury. The family name was originally written "Hodierne, Odiurne, Odierene." John Odiorne was born about 1627 and died in 1705 at Newcastle. He married Mary Johnson when about at mid- dle age, as none of his children were born until he was past 45 years of age. He had a brother Philip, who lived at the Isles of Shoals. Children :
Jotham, b. about 1675; d. Aug. 16, 1748; m. Sarah Bassum. 2. John.
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2. DEACON JOHN ODIORNE, son of John (1), married Catherine Lived at Odiorne's Point on the prop- erty received from his father. Children:
Ebenezer, b. about 1704; d. 1745-'46; m. Catherine Sherburne. Samuel. Nathaniel, b. 1712; m. Mary Yeaton (?). 3. John.
3. JOIIN ODIORNE, son of Deacon John (2), married He died in 1780. Children :
Lydia, b. about 1737; d. unm. Catharine, m. Tarlton. John, b 1740; d. 1779, in a British prison ship.
4. Benjamin, b. 1747. Abigail. Joseph, d. 1777.
5. Samuel, b. about 1748; Deborah, b. about 1752. Elizabeth.
4. BENJAMIN ODIORNE, son of John (3), born 1747 ; mar- ried Mary Beck, born 1745, and died Dec., 1822. He died July, 1804. Children :
6. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 27, 1772. Elizabeth, b. 1774; m. John Beck. Mary, b. 1776; d. 1856; m. James Moses of Portsmouth. Benja- min, b. 1777; d. Nov., 1823; m. Dorothy Yeaton of Newcastle. George Beck, b. 1782; d. in a snow storm in 1833; in. 1805, widow Ruth Kinneas. John, b. 1783; d. of sunstroke July, 1825; m. Olive W. Cook.
7. Joseph, b. 1788.
5. SAMUEL ODIORNE, son of John (3), born about 1748; married He was a mariner and fought in the Revolution, dying in a British prison ship in 1779. Child : 8. Samuel, b. 1776.
6. EBENEZER ODIORNE, son of Benjamin (4), born Sept. 27, 1772 ; married, first, Mary Seavey ; second, Feb. 3, 1822, Martha Webster. He died Jan. 19, 1826. Children :
9. William Seavey, b. Sept. 26, 1797. Mary, b. Sept. 26, 1797; d. young.
10. Ebenezer Lewis, b. April 16, 1800. Abigail, b. Sept. 2, 1801; d. May 8, 1805.
11. Benjamin, b. Sept. 10, 1804. John Seavey, b. Jan. 10, 1808; d. Nov. 2, 1847, of cancer; m. Charlotte Savage. James, b. Nov. 20, 1809; m. Dorothy Gardiner.
7. JOSEPHI ODIORNE, son of Benjamin (4), born 1788; married, Dec. 19, 1818, Eliza Norton. He died Feb. 20, 1863. Children :
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Mary Elizabeth, b. about 1831; unm.
12. John Emery, b. 1833. Hannah Walton, b. Feb. 8, 1834; m. Dec., 1855, John Foss, Jr.
13. Joseph William, b. Oct. 6, 1836.
S. SAMUEL ODIORNE, son of Samuel (5), born 1776; mar- ried, June, 1801, Olive Thomas. He died June 2, 1840. Children :
14. Samuel, b. about 1802. Joseph, d. aged about 20 years.
15. Charles Blunt, b. 1804 (?). Sarah Holbrook, b. 1805; m. first, May, 1834, Ezra H. Williard; second, 1847, William L. Neal. Hannah Smith, b. 1809; d. 1830. Ellen Thomas, b. 1811; m. Woodbury Gerrish.
9. WILLIAM SEAVEY ODIORNE, son of Ebenezer (6), born Sept. 26, 1797; married Mary T. Amazeen, born Jan. 16, 1801; died April 7, 1867. He died Nov. 4, 1869. A mem- ber of Captain Ephraim Philbrick's company in the War of 1812. Children :
16. Truman Seavey. Mary Hannah, b. April 6, 1827; m. Nov. 4, 1868, Lewis Stark.
17. Ebenezer Lewis.
18. Benjamin Tarlton. William Sylvester, b. May 15, 1833. Sarah Abby, b. July 7, 1835; m. Feb. 3, 1858, Thomas A. Sterling. Georgianna, b. Oct. 18, 1838; d. Jan. 27, 1869.
19. John James, b. Jan. 22, 1841; m. April 19, 1871, M. Louisa Miller.
10. EBENEZER LEWIS ODIORNE, son of Ebenezer (6), born April 16, 1800; married, Nov. 27, 1825, Mary Brown, born March 6, 1806; died Dec. 17, 1859. He died Nov. 11, 1865. Children :
Jonathan, b. March 26, 1826; d. May 24, 1859, aged 33 years. Moses H., b. May 22, 1830. Ebenezer J., b. Feb. 11, 1834; d. Oct. 28, 1864, aged 30 years. Abigail, d. young. Charles A., b. March 31, 1836; m. March 26, 1864, Anzolette A. Bell, and had a son, Ralph, b. July 9, 1875; m. Winifred S. Barter. Clara E., b. Aug. 24, 1841; m. Nov. 7, 1862, Howard Rand. Cynthia Ann, b. May 17, 1847; m. Jan. 9, 1872, Daniel Webster Philbrick. Mary Abby, d. Oct. 5, 1857; unm.
11. BENJAMIN ODIORNE, son of Ebenezer (6), born Sept. 10, 1804; married, April 7, 1825, Olive Seavey. Children : Mary A., m. April 30, 1848, Oren Drake. Eben L., m. Clara E. Sea- vey. Elvira W., m. J. Sullivan Rand. Charlotte E., m. William Benson.
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12. JOHN EMERY ODIORNE, son of Joseph (7), born 1833; married, June 23, 1859, Lucy Foss. Children :
Edgar Bailey, b. Aug. 3, 1866. Elzada Arabella, b. May 1, 1868.
13. JOSEPH WILLIAM ODIORNE, son of Joseph (7), born Oct. 6, 1836; married, Dec. 15, 1863, Martha A. Varrell. Children :
Mary Ellen, b. June 28, 1864; m. Frank Foss. Anne Louisa, b. Aug. 11, 1867; m. Herman Trefethern.
14. SAMUEL ODIORNE, son of Samuel (S), born about 1802 ; married, June 23, 1830, Hannah Rand. Children :
Olive Ann, b. 1833; d. March 26, 1835. Joseph T. West, b. 1836; drowned, Sept. 5, 1854, at Pembroke.
15. CHARLES BLUNT ODIORNE, son of Samuel (8), born about 1804; married, Sept. 27, 1840, Mary Sheaf Yeaton, born July 26, 1823. He died Feb. 13, 1894. She died in Portsmouth, Feb. 13, 1904. Lived at Little Harbor. Chil- dren :
Olive Ann, b. 1842; m. Andrew Jackson Preble of East Boston. Sarah Williard, b. 1844; m. Nov. 22, 1864, George Foss. Charles Woodbury, b. 1847. Almon, d. aged nine months. Frank Pierce, b. 1850; m. Nov. 23, 1879, Lavinia T. Murray. Marietta, b. 1854. Maria Adelade, b. 1856; drowned at Little Harbor. Samuel, b. July, 1858; m. Annie O. Trefethen.
16. TRUMAN SEAVEY ODIORNE, son of William Seavey (9), married, April 23, 1864, Mary Olive Moulton. died Dec. 3, 1881. Children :
He
William Wallace, b. Sept. 11, 1864.
20. Jonathan Everett, b. July 18, 1866. Lydia Ann, b. Aug. 13, 1869. Charlotte Seavey, b. Aug. 3, 1872; m. Feb., 1894, Herbert Foss. Mary Amazeen, b. Dec. 12, 1873.
17. EBENEZER LEWIS ODIORNE, son of William Seavey (9), married, June 5, 1858, Augusta A. Stoddard. Chil- dren :
Emma Grace, b. July 4, 1861; d. April 16, 1889; m. July, 1881, Thomas Gothrope. Cora Isabella, b. April 16, 1864; m. Maria Louisa, b. Dec. 14, 1865. Alfred Alonzo, b. March 3, 1809.
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18. BENJAMIN TARLTON ODIORNE, son of William Seavey (9), married, first, Dec. 22, 1858, Ambrinetta J. Mace; sec- ond, Mary McCanon. Children :
William Peavey, b. July 3, 1859. George, b. July 10, 1864. Georgi- anna, b. July 25, 1870. Almond.
19. JOHN JAMES ODIORNE, son of William Seavey (9), married, April 19, 1871, M. Louisa Miller of Milford, Mass. Child :
Georgia Ella.
20. JONATHAN EVERETT ODIORNE, son of Truman Seavey (16), born July 18, 1866; married, April 7, 1888, Ella Holmes. She died 1903. Children :
Edith, b. Oct. 27, 1888. Harry, b. 1891 (?).
John Odiorne and Eunice Seavey were married July 25, 1753.
OTIS.
REV. ISRAEL TAINTOR OTIS, born July 3, 1805; married, Sept. 12, 1838, Olive Morgan Osgood at Lebanon, Conn. He died May 30, 1889. He was pastor of the church at Leb- anon, Conn., ten years and from 1847 to 1866 was pastor of the Congregational church in Rye. He then removed to Exeter. As a man he was much beloved, his general in- fluence was salutary, and his example such as might be safely imitated. Children :
Martha, m. Pennell. Charles. d. 1888. John T., d. May 3, 1848. Caroline T. Edward O., a physician. Nellie, d. Dec., 1879. Henry S., d.
PAGE.
STEPHEN PAGE, son of Samuel and Anne, born (bapt.) Jan. 22, 1716; married, first, Nov. 11, 1740, Ann, daughter of James Perkins; second, Mary Burnham, who died Jan. 30, 1828, aged 97 years. He died March 21, 1804. Chil- dren by first wife:
Anna, bapt. Sept. 6, 1741; m. George Saunders. Samuel, bapt. Oct. 2, 1743; m. Theodate Drake. Susan, bapt. Oct. 4, 1747; m. Sam- uel Shaw. Huldah, bapt. Aug. 6, 1749; m. Dec. 31, 1778, Job Brown of Rye.
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Children by second wife:
Mary, d. Feb. 24, 1836; m. Richard Jenness. Sarah, bapt. 1761; d. April 15, 1852; m. Thomas J. Rand. Stephen, b. about 1764; drowned Aug. 9, 1798. Hannah, went to Canaan.
DANIEL PAGE married, Dec. 24, 1812, Jane Foss. Chil- dren :
Martha M., b. 1813; m. Manley W. McClure. Mary G., b. 1813; m. Gilman Merrill. Rhoda F., m. Samuel Wilson. Nathaniel F., m. Olive R. Pease. Daniel C., m. Margaret B -. Abby G., m. Calvin Ewings. John W. C. Jane E.
PAIN.
JOHN PAIN married Sarah Children :
Mary, b. July 1, 1736. Christianna, b. May 3, 1740; m. William Locke. John, b. 1742.
WILLIAM PAIN married Susannah He was a weaver by trade. Children :
Moses, b. April 16, 1736. Joseph, b. May S, 1740. William, b. Sept. 18, 1744.
AMOS PAIN married Lydia Children :
John, b. 1754. Sarah, b. 1755. Richard, b. 1757. Lydia, bapt. April 8, 1759. Joanna, b. 1760. Dorothy, b. 1762. Deborah, b. 1763.
PALMER.
1. CHRISTOPHER PALMER, son of Samuel and Ann of Hampton, born Feb. 12, 1687 ; married, July 24, 1705, Eliz- abeth Locke. Children :
Jonathan, b. May 16, 1707; d. young.
2. Jonathan, b. April 28, 1710.
3. William, b. May 3, 1712.
2. JONATHAN PALMER, son of Christopher (1), born April 28, 1710; married, May 20, 1746, Abigail Rowe of Hampton.
3. WILLIAM PALMER, son of Christopher (1), born May 3, 1712; married, June 27, 1736, Jane Foss. William and wife and son Joseph deeded land July 12, 1764, to Richard Jenness, lying partly in Rye and partly in North Hamp- ton. Children :
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Joseph, b. May 8, 1740. Sarah, b. 1742. Jeremy, b. 1745. William, b. 1748.
Joseph Palmer and Sarah Willey were married March 9, 1767.
Benjamin Palmer of North Hampton and Lydia Knowles were married Oct. 10, 1768.
PARSONS.
It does not appear that there has ever been any attempt to collect even the materials for a history of the English family of Parsons, notwithstanding there have been many individuals among them of great distinction, as knights, baronets and noblemen. Prior to 1672, Andrew Parsons, gentleman, was of Somersetshire, and Philip Par. sons, gentleman, of Worcestershire, but the earliest record we have noticed is in 1290. Walter was then a resident of Mulso in Ireland. How long before this he or his ances- tors went there we know not. Over 100 years ago Bishop Gibson remarked : "The honorable family of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of viscounts, and more lately, Earls of Ross." In 1481 Sir John was mayor of Hereford. In 1546 Robert, afterwards the noted Jesuit, was born, and died April 18, 1610, aged 64 years. He published several works, and established an English college at Rome. In 1556 Francis was vicar of Rothwell in Nottinghamshire. In 1618 Bartholomew appears as the author of three ser- mons. In 1634 Thomas Parsons was knighted by Charles I. His coat of arms is still retained in the family in the United States and by his descendants in London, among whom were Sir John and Sir Humphrey; the former lord mayor of that city in 1704; the latter, in 1731 and 1740. Sir Thomas Parsons of Great Milton in Oxfordshire (be- fore mentioned), married, in 1614, Catharine, a daughter of Edward Radcliff of London, son of AAlderman Radcliff, by whom he had Robert, Thomas, Richard, Anthony and six daughters. His second wife was Sarah, daughter of Edmund Waller, by whom he had three sons, John, Ed-
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mund, Francis, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Ann. The grandfather of Sir Thomas was Thomas of Great Mil- ton, who married Catharine, daughter of IIester Syden- ham, by whom he had Thomas, Hugh and Richard. Rich- ard married Miss Pierpont, and had a son, John, of London, who married, first, a daughter of Joshua Whistler, by whom he had a daughter Catharine; second, Mary Gual- ter of London. Some of this family were among the early emigrants to America. The first name we find in New England is :
1. JOSEPH PARSONS (known as Cornet Joseph), came from England, and in 1635 settled in Springfield, Mass. He was a witness to the Indian deed, July 15, 1636, where- by the land in and around Springfield is held. In 1645 he founded Northampton, Mass., and returned to Springfield in 1679 and died there Oct. 9, 1683. He was an extensive landowner and trader in furs. He married at Hartford, Conn., Nov. 26, 1646, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mar- garet Bliss. His wife died Jan. 29, 1711-'12, aged 92. "Joseph Parsons did, at a court in Northampton, holden March, 1662, testifie that he was a witness to a deed of the lands at Springfield, and a bargain between the Indians and Mr. Pynchon, dated July 15, 1636, for 18 fathoms of Wampon, 18 coates, 18 hatchets, 18 hoes, 18 knives." Chil- dren :
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