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2. Joseph, b. Nov. 1, 1647. Benjamin, b. Jan. 22, 1649; d. June 22, 1649. John, b. Aug., 1650; m. Sarah Clark; d. April 19, 1728. Samuel, b. Nov. 23, 1652; m. first, about 1677, Elizabeth Cook; second, Rhoda Taylor; third, Mary Wheeler. Ebenezer, b. May 1, 1655; d. Sept. 8, 1675. Jonathan, b. June 7, 1657; m. Mary Clark; d. Dec. 19, 1694; lived at Northampton, N. Y. David, b. April 30, 1659; d. young. Mary, b. June 27, 1661; m. first, Oct. 1685, Joseph Ashley; second, Joseph Williston; d. Aug. 23, 1711. Hannah, b. Aug. 1, 1663; m. Jan. 7, 1685-'86, Peletiah Glover, Jr .; d. April 1, 1739. Abigail, b. Sept. 3, 1666; m. Feb. 19, 1684, John Colton; d. 1689. Esther, b. Dec. 29, 1672; m. Sept. 15, 1698, Rev. Joseph Smith; d. May 30, 1760.
2. JOSEPH PARSONS. son of Joseph (1), born Nov. 1, 1647; married, first, March 17, 1669, Elizabeth Strong;
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second, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Susanna Thompson of Roxbury, Mass. She was born Jan. 14, 1685, and died June 16, 1774, at Kensington, N. II. Child by first wife :
3. Joseph, b. Jan. 28, 1671-'72.
Children by second wife:
John (Lieut.), b. Jan. 11, 1674; m. first, Dec. 23, 1696, Sarah Ather- ton; second, June 12, 1729, Hannah Clapp, widow of Abraham Miller; he d. Sept. 4, 1746. Ebenezer (Capt.), b. Dec. 31, 1675; m. Dec. 15, 1703, Mercy Stebbins, b. Feb. 12, 1683-'84, d. Nov. 1, 175 -. Resided at Northampton, Mass. He died July 1, 1744. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1678; m. Sept. 18, 1706, Ebenezer Strong (who m. second Mary Halton). She died April 17, 1763. David (Rev.), b. Feb. 1, 1679-'80; m. Oct. 22, 1707, Sarah Stebbins. He was minister at Leicester, Mass., and d. Oct. 12, 1743. He had six children, one of whom was Rev. David of Amherst, Mass. Josiah, b. Jan. 2, 1682; m. first, June 22, 1710, Sarah, dau. of Isaac, Jr., and Sarah Warner Sheldon, b. July 16, 1688; second,
Elizabeth Bartlett. , twin infants; d. 1683. Lewis, b. Aug. 18, 1685; m. June 2, 1709, Abigail Cooley; he d. Jan. 27, 1774; innkeeper, Springfield. Moses, b. Jan. 15, 1687; m. Jan. . 20, 1709-'10, Abigail Ball; she d. 1760; he settled in Durham, Conn., 1709, and d. Dec. 26, 1754. Abigail, b. Jan. 1, 1690; m. Dec. 10, 1712, Ebenezer Clark; he d. Aug. 17, 1763. Noah, b. Aug. 15, 1692; m. Jan. 17, 1712-'13, Mindwell Edwards; he d. Oct. 27, 1779.
3. REV. JOSEPH PARSONS, son of Joseph (2), born June 28, 1671-'72, at Northampton, Mass. He was graduated from Harvard in 1697, and ordained at Lebanon, Conn., Nov. 27, 1700, and was dismissed in 1708. He married, 1701, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Thompson of Roxbury. He died in Salisbury, March 13, 1739, in the 69th year of his age and the 21st year of his ministry. Children :
Joseph (Rev.), b. Oct. 29, 1702, at Lebanon, Conn .; m. first, Fran- ces, dau. of Lieut. Gov. John and Elizabeth Allen Usher of New Hampshire; she d. Sept. 18, 1747, aged 42 years; second, Elizabeth Scott. He was graduated from Harvard, 1720, was ordained at Bradford, Mass., June 8, 1726, and died there May 4, 1765, aged 63 years, after a ministry of 39 years.
4. Samuel, b. Sept. 13, 1707. William (Rev.), b. April 21, 1716; m. Sarah Burham of Durham. He was graduated from Harvard,
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1735, settled in South Hampton, 1743, dismissed in 1762, went to Gilmanton, N. H., Aug., 1763, preached there 10 years and d. in 1796. Elizabeth, b. 1718, at Salisbury; m. July 17, 1739, Rev. Jeremiah Fogg, who was b. May 6, 1712, at Hampton, Mass., d. Dec. 1, 1789; she d. March 5, 1779, at Kensington, N. H. John, b. Oct. 15, 1725; d. Oct. 28, 1740, while a sophomore at Harvard.
4. REV. SAMUEL PARSONS, son of Joseph (3), born Sept. 13, 1707, at Salisbury, Mass. ; married, Oct. 9, 1739, in Bos- ton, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Adams) Jones. IIer grandfather, John Adams, was an uncle of Samuel Adams, the Revolutionary patriot. She died Oct. 15, 1796. He was graduated from Harvard, 1730, settled in Rye, N. II., Nov. 3, 1739, and died there Jan. 4, 1789, aged 82 years, in the 53d year of his ministry. He was the second or- dained minister in Rye; one of the original grantees of the township of Croydon, and received, in 1771, from Timothy Brown, clerk of Harpswell, Province of Massachusetts, three thousand and three hundred acres of land in Hopkin- ton and vicinity for £43. Children :
Mary, b. July 15, 1740; m. March 4, 1762, Rev. John Tuck of Ep- som, N. H. He was graduated from Harvard in 1758, settled in Epsom, 1761, dismissed 1774, and d. (probably with smallpox) while on his way to join the Revolutionary army as chaplain. Samuel, b. Aug. 1, 1742.
5. Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1746. John, bapt. Sept. 25, 1748: d. probably in the great sickness of 1752 or '53. William, bapt. June 10, 1750; d. probably in the great sickness of 1752 or '53. Hannah, bapt. Oct. 22, 1752; d. probably in the great sickness of 1752 or '53. Eliza- beth, bapt. July 14, 1754; m. Nov. 16, 1773, Lieut. Samuel Wallis; d. June 9, 1827. Abigail, bapt. Aug. 22, 1756. Hannah, bapt. Dec. 10, 1758; d. unm. June 25, 1840.
5. DR. JOSEPH PARSONS, son of Samuel (4), born Dec. 14, 1746; married, Jan. 31, 1768, Mary, daughter of Amos and Mary Langdon Seavey, who died Sept. 28, 1836. Re- sided at Rye, N. H. He died Feb. S, 1832. He served five or six terms as captain in the Revolution at Newcastle, Peekskill, N. Y., Onion River and Rhode Island (and No. 4, Charlestown). He also went one cruise privateering. He was a representative to the General Court for twenty years (being the first representative under the new consti-
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tution), was a justice of the peace and quorum. He stud- ied medicine with Dr. Dearborn of North Hampton, 1770. He was appointed with two others to stand by the Sons of Liberty to enlist minute men. While dangerously sick with his company in Rhode Island, Richard Webster being his waiter, the company having orders to march, the first lieutenant went to Webster and told him to wait while he (Parsons) died and see him buried, and then hasten to join his company, but his slight speech caused Webster to be more assiduous in his attentions and very desirous that Capt. Parsons might recover and join his company, which he soon did. There was persistence and patience and long- sustained endurance in the make-up of this man of action. Children :
6. Amos Seavey, b. Oct. 9, 1768. Mary, b. 1770; m. Jan. 19, 1790, James Dow; she d. Dec. 7, 1842. Samuel, b. 1772; d. aged about S years; well sweep broke and injured him.
7. Joseph, b. 1774. Betsey or Elizabeth, b. 1776; m. Aug. 15, 1799, John Garland.
8. John Wilkes, b. Dec. 12, 1778.
6. COL. AMOS SEAVEY PARSONS, son of Joseph (5), born Oct. 9. 1768; married, first, Ang. 3, 1796, Patty Dow ; died July 7, 1819; second, March 3, 1828, Mary Langdon. Re- sided at Rye, N. H. He died Nov. 7, 1850. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel Sept. 28, 1813, and took an active part in the War of 1812. Children by first wife:
Polly Dow, b. Jan. 29, 1797; m. Jan. 9, 1825, Joseph Dalton.
9. Isaac Dow, b. May 7, 1799. Eliza, b. Dec. 27, 1800; m. April 4, 1822, Lyman Seavey; she d. Dec. 23, 1853. Martha, b. Nov. 24, 1802; m. July 14, 1822, Cotton W. Drake; lived at Rye.
10. Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1804. Anna Seavey. b. Dec. 24, 1806; m. Nov. 22, 1822, John Drake; lived at Rye. Almira, b. Jan. 20, 1809; m. Jan. 3, 1832, Jonathan Brown; she d. April 15, 1841; lived at Rye. Joseph, b. Feb. 11, 1811; d. unm. Dec. 20, 1891. Lovina, b. June 11, 1813; m. May 11, 1839, Lewis L. Perkins. James Monroe, b. Aug. 7, 1816; m. Nov. 15, 1844, widow Minerva Cox; went to California.
7. JOSEPH PARSONS, son of Joseph (5), born 1774; mar- ried, first, 1798, Hannah Perkins; second, 1822, Elizabeth Monroe of Washington. Children by second wife :
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Mary Ann Wallis, b. Aug. 1, 1804; m. 1818, Abraham Connor of Maryland. Eliza, d. aged about 18 months. William, d. an in- fant. Samuel, b. Jan. 26, 1807; d. 1828; midshipman in U. S. navy. Eliza, b. Jan. 13, 1812; m. Jacob Cragin of Va. William, b. April 23, 1813; d. Dec. 25, 1833; printer and book-binder.
S. DR. JOHN WILKES PARSONS, son of Joseph (5), born Dec. 12, 1778; married, Aug. 11, 1803, Abigail Garland, who died Sept. 22, 1857. He was a physician in Rye about
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50 years; a justice of the peace and quorum. He went privateering one cruise in the War of 1812, and was a mem- ber of the senate and state legislature for several years. He died Sept. 18, 1849. Resided at Rye. Children :
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11. Thomas Jefferson, b. Jan. 4, 1804. Emily, b. May 2, 1806; m. March 24, 1829, Joseph, son of Jonathan and Hannah Brown; lived at Rye. Charles G., b. Feb. 29, 1808; d. unm. Sept. 9, 1844; grad. of Dartmouth. Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1811; d. March 21, 1816.
12. William Harrison, b. July 21, 1813.
13. John, b. Jan. 4, 1816.
14. Warren, b. May 2S, 1818. Abby Semira, b. March 3, 1820; unm. Semira, b. Feb. 27, 1822; d. Sept. 15, 1829.
9. CAPT. ISAAC DOW PARSONS, son of Amos Seavey (6), born May 7, 1799 ; married, Sept. 30, 1824, Elizabeth Rice, who died Dec. 12, 1860. Resided at Portsmouth. He died Aug. 9, 1850. Children :
William Rice, b. Oct. 28, 1828; m. -; she d. Louis Phillipe, b. Sept. 31, 1831; m. Mary R. Pierce; she d. Sept. 10, 1858. Walter, b. 1841; d. May 7, 1862.
10. SAMUEL PARSONS, son of Amos Seavey (6), born Feb. 27, 1804; married, first, Sept. 8, 1824, Abigail Phil- brick; died Jan. 27, 1848; second, Oct. 26, 1853, widow Mary J. Marston. Resided at Portsmouth. Children : Mary, b. March 2, 1825; d. Feb. 8, 1826.
15. John Henry, b. April 2, 1826. Martha Ann, b. Nov. 28, 1827; m. Albert Fernald; lived at Portsmouth. David Smith, b. April 5, 1830; d. April 28, 1844, at Mobile. Albert Wilson, b. Nov. 20, 1831; in. Mary Trefethern; she d. Nov. 11, 1882. Sarah Abby, b. Ang. 12, 1833; d. March 2, 1836. Leonidas Appleton, b. April 2, 1836; d. Aug. 13, 1837.
16. William Dexter, b. March 23, 1838. Joseph Monroe, b. April 2, 1840. Elizabeth Abby, b. March 20, 1845; d. Dec. 14, 1848. Abi- gail Philbrick, b. Jan. 27, 1848; d. Oct. 1, 1848.
11. COL. THOMAS JEFFERSON PARSONS, son of John Wilkes (8), born Jan. 4, 1804; attended school at Hamp- ton and Exeter, 1818-'20; taught school in Rye in 1821; clerk in a store at Portsmouth with Isaac D. Parsons in 1823-'24; sailed for Jeremie, Hayti, in 1827; was jus- tice of the peace and quorum; in 1829, adjutant of the 35th regiment of militia in New Hampshire, with the rank of captain; in 1830 was appointed by Gov. Har- vey major of the 35th regiment; in 1833-34 he was a member of the N. H. legislature and was appointed by Gov. Dinsmore major of the 1st regiment of militia in N.
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HI. ; in 1835-'36, a member of the N. II. senate; in 1836 was appointed by Governor Hill lieutenant-colonel of the 1st regiment, and the same year he was appointed aide-de- camp to his excellency with the rank of colonel. He mar- ried, April 21, 1824, Eliza, daughter of Lieut. Simon and Esther Brown. He died March 4, 1890. She died Dec. 20, 1888. Children :
Thomas Henry, b. Jan. 4, 1804; d. April 1, 1857, at Bay Port, Fla. 17. Albion Dalton, b. Feb. 17, 1829. Charles William, b. Jan. 4, 1831; d. Feb. 1, 1834, of dropsy on the brain. Daniel Dearborn, b. May 5, 1833; lost at sea. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 23, 1835; d. Sept. 13, 1867. Was in Fla. several years. Eliza Esther, b. June 10, 1838; d. Sept. 29, 1839, of dysentery. John William (M. D.), b. Aug. 1, 1841; m. Feb. 12, 1873, M. Augusta Adams; lives at Ports- mouth; assistant surgeon in the 24th Mass. Vol. Regt. infantry in the war 1861-'65, and at present the oldest resident practising physician in Portsmouth.
18. Langdon Brown, b. Dec. 24, 1844; m. April 11, 1894, Annie Locke.
12. CAPT. WILLIAM HARRISON PARSONS, son of John Wilkes (S), born July 21, 1813; married, April 11, 1854, Anna Pine Decatur, who was born Sept. 2, 1812, at New- ark, N. J., and died May 3, 1896. He died Sept. 3, 1867, at Homburg, Germany. He was interested in commercial and shipping interests with Governor Goodwin of Ports- mouth, and was captain of some of the famous "Clipper ships" built in that city. Children :
William Decatur, b. May 29, 1855; m. March 14, 1899, widow Chris- tine Ulrich of Detroit; resided at N. Y. John Pine, b. June 19, 1857; d. Feb. 11, 1858.
13. MAJOR JOIIN PARSONS, son of John Wilkes (8), born Jan. 4, 1816; married, Aug. 8, 1855, Susan Decatur. Ro- sided at Bay Port, Fla. She died March 20, 1873, at New York City, aged 52 years. He died May 28, 1888, at Bay Port, Fla., aged 72 years. At the age of 20 years he served under General Harney in the Seminole War in Florida, and was on the staff of General Reed when he received his title. He was associated with Senator Yulee of Florida in the inception and construction of the first railroad in that state. He was a man of fine presence and great personal
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dignity, with a refined and cultivated taste. At one time he was a large landowner in Florida, possessing a greater number of acres than there are in this town. Children :
John Decatur, b. June 5, 1862; d. Sept. 29, 1884, at New York City. Susan, b. Sept. 3, 1864; d. at Plainfield, N. J.
14. DR. WARREN PARSONS, son of John Wilkes (8), born May 28, 1818; married, first, Jan. 1, 1845, Sarah A. Dow, who died Nov. 2, 1850 ; second, Feb. 23, 1854, Julia A. Gove,
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who was born April 13, 1829. Resided at Rye. He died May 20, 1902. Graduated from Columbian University of Washington, where he received his degree of M. D. Ap- pointed May 9, 1843, surgeon First Regiment, N. H. militia.
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He practised for nearly sixty years. Children by first wife :
William Irving, b. June 27, 1848; d. March 30, 1851. Joseph War- ren, b. June 1, 1850; m. Annie Emerson; he d. June 4, 1895; lived at Brooksville, Fla.
Children by second wife:
19. Frederick Dupeytien, b. April 13, 1858. Ella Maria, b. June 20, 1860; m. Sept. 29, 1880, John Fraser. Anna Decatur, b. June 22, 1864.
15. JOHN HENRY PARSONS, son of Samuel (10), born April 2, 1826; married Caroline Francis Stanley. Chil- dren :
Elizabeth Stanley. Carrie.
16. WILLIAM DEXTER PARSONS, son of Samuel (10), born March 23, 1838; married, Dec., 1857, Elizabeth Newhall. Children :
Emma Alice. Willie.
17. ALBION DALTON PARSONS, son of Thomas Jefferson (11), born Feb. 17, 1829; married, Feb. 23, 1851, Martha S. Jenness. He died Sept. 15, 1890. Children :
Frank Edward, b. June 17, 1851; m. Nov. 18, 1880, Sara Hubbard of Holden, Mass., and divorced. Eva, b. Nov. 4, 1856; d. Nov. 5, 1856.
20. Daniel Jenness, b. Oct. 26, 1857.
21. Thomas Wentworth, b. Nov. 6, 1861. Eliza Anna, b. Feb. 11, 1864; m. Oct. 23, 1890, Ralph Marden. Clara Ellen, b. Sept. 24, 1868.
18. LANGDON BROWN PARSONS, son of Thomas Jefferson (11), born Dec. 24, 1844; married, April 11, 1894, Annie Locke. For several years a commission merchant in New York city and for the past thirty years in the mercantile business in Florida. Children :
John Langdon, b. June 3, 1895. Corinne Brown, b. May 13, 1896.
19. FREDERICK DUPEYTIEN PARSONS, son of Warren (14), born April 13, 1858; married, Dec. 4, 1889, Abby Par- sons Brown. Resided at Rye. Children :
Charles Warren, b. June 5, 1897. George Fred, b. June 16, 1900. Arthur Carleton, b. Sept. 25, 1902.
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20. DANIEL JENNESS PARSONS, son of Albion Dalton (17), born Oct. 26, 1857 ; married, Oct. 30, 1889, Annie M. Leavitt of Stratham. Child :
Norman, b. July 19, 1892.
21. THOMAS WENTWORTH PARSONS, son of Albion Dal- ton (17), born Nov. 6, 1861; married, Nov. 9, 1892, Martha Kate Locke. Lives in Portsmouth. Child :
Dorothy, b. June 19, 1896.
PERKINS.
1. ABRAHAM PERKINS, born about 1613, came from Eng- land with his wife, Mary, on account of their religion, and settled in Hampton about 1638. The Perkins Bible, now in the possession of James H. Perkins of Rye, was printed in London, 1599. Children :
2. Abraham, b. Sept. 2, 1639. Luke. Humphrey, b. Jan. 23, 1641-'42; d. young. James, b. April 11, 1644; d. young. Timothy, b. July, 1646; d. young.
3. James, b. Oct. 5, 1647.
4. Jonathan, b. May 30, 1650. David, b. Feb. 28, 1654. Abigail, b. April 12, 1655. Timothy, b. June 24, 1657. Sarah, b. July 26, 1659.
5. Humphrey, b. May 17, 1661.
2. ABRAHAM PERKINS, son of Abraham (1), born Sept. 2, 1639; married, June 27, 1668, Elizabeth Sleeper. He is said to have been the first male white child born in Hampton. He was killed on his own doorstep, June 13, 1677, by the Indians. Children :
Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1673; m. Ang. 6, 1692, John Moulton. Mercy, b. May 3, 1671; m. May 12, 1694, Samuel Chandler. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1676; m. Feb. 5, 1697, Jeremiah Dow.
3 JAMES PERKINS, son of Abraham (1), born Oct. 5, 1647; married, first, Mary -; second, Dec. 13, 1681, Leah Cox, who was born July 25, 1661. Children by first wife :
James, b. July 1, 1671. Jonathan, b. March 6, 1675.
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Children by second wife:
Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1682; d. young. Mary, b. Dec. 2, 1686; m. Jona- than Taylor. Lydia, b. 1689; m. Clifford. Hannah, b. Aug. 18, 1691; m. March 2, 1722, Simon Moulton. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Philbrick. James, b. March 17, 1696; m. Feb. 22, 1728, Shua Mason.
6. Moses, b. July 30, 1698. David, b. Nov. 30, 1701.
4. JONATHAN PERKINS, son of Abraham (1), born May 30, 1650 ; married Sarah Children :
Abraham. Abigail, b. April 30, 1087.
5. HUMPHREY PERKINS, son of Abraham (1), born May 17, 1661; married Martha Moulton. Children :
7. James, b. Nov. 9, 1695. John. Jonathan, d. young. Joseph. Abraham. Abigail, m. Leonard of Bridgewater. Martha, m. Til- ton. Sarah, m. Flanders of Exeter.
6. MOSES PERKINS, son of James (3), born July 30, 1698; married Children :
S. James, b. Feb. 23, 1731. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1733. Leah. Betsey, m. Josiah Lane; lived at Hampton. Mary. David, b. Jan. 15, 1739. Moses, b. Nov. 1, 1742. Jonathan, b. June 15, 1745. Reu- ben, b. Dec. 5, 1747. Mary, b. 1750. John, b. Feb. 24, 1753.
7. JAMES PERKINS, son of Humphrey (5), born Nov. 9, 1695 ; married Huldah Roby. He moved from Hampton to Rye in 1730, at which time there was only a footpath from his house in Rye to the meeting-house. He exchanged farms with Thomas Jenness. During the Revolution he dug iron ore on his farm in Rye and hauled it to Amesbury Mills. Before the war he loaded shallops with it and with the money thus obtained bought a clock which is still in the family. He died April 18, 1774. She died May 7, 1774, aged 81 years. Children :
Huldah, b. July 23, 1718; m. deacon Elijah Locke. Anna, m. Ste- phen Page of Hampton. 9. John.
10. Abraham. Martha, b. April 23, 1732; m. first, Henry Dow; second, Simon Lamprey.
11. James, bapt. Jan. 5, 1735.
S. JAMES PERKINS, son of Moses (6), born Feb. 23, 1731; married, first Knowles ; second, Jane Moulton. Re-
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sided at Hampton. He was a lieutenant in the Revolu- tion. Children by first wife :
Moses, m. Mary Palmer. Abigail Knowles.
Children by second wife:
John, m. Joanna Elkins. Mary, m. Lieut. James Perkins of Rye. Hannah.
9. JOHN PERKINS, son of James (7), married, first, 1748, Ann Locke; second, - Hoit of Exeter. Resided at Epping. Children by first wife :
Jonathan, bapt. 1749; m. Folsom. Anna, m. Philbrick. John, b. 1750; m. Prescott. Joseph. Benjamin.
Children by second wife:
James. Mary.
10. ABRAHAM PERKINS, son of James (7), married Hitty Towle. Children :
Huldah, m. Stephen Huse of Greenland. Hitty, m. Robert Pike of Newmarket. Polly, m. Dr. Nat. Batchelder of Epping. Nancy, m. Martin. Abraham, m. Trask.
11. JAMES PERKINS, son of James (7), bapt. Jan. 5, 1735 ; married, Feb. 23, 1758, Abigail Locke. He died Nov. 2, 1805, aged 72 or 73 years. Resided at Rye. Children : Mary, b. June 28, 1759; m. April 1, 1777, Nathaniel Emery of Hampton. Abigail, b. Oct. 10, 1760; m. Oct. 18, 1778, John Gar- land. Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1762; m. William Emery of Hampton. 12. John, b. Nov. 7, 1764. Nancy or Anna, b. May 12, 1767; m. March 4, 1787, Jonathan Sherburne of Portsmouth.
13. James, b. April 20, 1769.
14. Jonathan, b. Jan. 30, 1772.
15. Josiah, b. July 13, 1774. Huldah, b. April 7, 1777; m. Sept. 8, 1799, Nathaniel Thurston of Bradford, Mass. Hannah, b. May 9, 1780; m. 1798, Joseph Parsons.
12. JOHN PERKINS, son of James (11), born Nov. 7, 1764; married, Feb. 26, 1789, Ruth Nudd. Children : James, b. 1790; m. Huldah Seavey of Wolfeborough.
16. Jonathan, b. 1792. Nancy, b. 1795; m. Samuel Nudd. 17. Elias, b. March 13, 1797.
13. LIEUT. JAMES PERKINS, son of James (11), born April 20, 1769 ; married, first, Mary Perkins, who died Jan. 7, 1810 ; second, June 14, 1812, widow Mehitable Garland.
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Resided at Rve. He died May 2, 1852. Children by first wife :
Abigail, b. Sept. 3, 1791; m. March 1, 1810, Samuel W. Jenness: lived at Rye. Polly, b. Sept. 26, 1793; m. Nov. 21, 1811, Levi Garland, Jr. Hannah, b. May 26, 1796; m. April 6, 1820, Daniel Goss. Jane Moulton, b. Aug. 29, 1798; m. Ira Brown. James, b. March 23, 1801; d. Sept. 26, 1806. Huldah, b. Feb. 12, 1804; m. Jan. 7, 1822, Josiah Jenness. Eliza J., b. March 2, 1807; m. Nov. 23, 1826, John Leavitt. John, b. May 1, 1809; d. Feb. 3, 1816. Children by second wife:
James, b. 1814; d. Nov. 3, 1816.
18. Abraham, b. Jan. 13, 1818.
14. JONATHAN PERKINS, son of James (11), born Jan. 30, 1772; married Mary Locke (his cousin). He died Aug. 13, 1809. Children :
Edward, m. Knox; he left four sons, and one dau. who m. Gilman. James. Jeremiah.
15. JOSIAHI PERKINS, son of James (11), born July 13, 1774; married, 1807, Betsey Batchelder, who was born 1786. Children :
Nancy, b. Nov. 1, 1807; m. Aug. 2, 1828, David P. Brown of North Hampton. James, b. Dec. 6, 1809; d. June 20, 1838.
19. Lewis L., b. Dec. 28, 1814.
16. JONATHAN PERKINS, son of John (12), born 1792; married Phebe Robinson. Children :
John, m. Eliza J. Smith. James. George, m. Mary Knowles. Phebe, m. July 2, 1853, Joshua J. Norton.
17. ELIAS PERKINS, son of John (12), born March 13, 1797 ; married, July 7, 1822, Polly Langdon, who was born Jan. 21, 1804. Resided at Wolfeborough and Portsmouth. Children :
Martha Jane, b. Ang. 6, 1823; m. John S. Wendell; she d. Jan. 12, 1864. John Emery, b. April 20, 1825; d. Feb. 21, 1863. Mary Ann, b. May 19, 1827; d. Jan. 1, 1859. Elizabeth Whidden, b. Feb. 26, 1829; m. Tucker; she d. April 13, 1877. Charles Elias, b. Nov. 21, 1831; d. Sept. 14, 1865. Mark Langdon, b. April 23, 1834; m. Lucy Parker; lived at Portsmouth. Esther, b. Nov. 15, 1836; d. July 12, 1838. James, b. Aug. 3, 1838; d. March 15, 1848. Caroline E., b. Ang. 1, 1840; d. April 15, 1865. George Aaron, b. Aug. 3, 1842; m. Eliza Rothwell; lived at Portsmouth.
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GENEALOGY.
18. ABRAHAM PERKINS, son of James (13), born Jan. 13, 1818; married, Dec., 1838, Christianna Philbrick. She died July 23, 1886. Resided at Rye. He died Dec. 23, 1899. Children :
Sarah Emeline, b. July 2, 1839; m. May 10, 1860, Job Rienza Jen- ness; he afterward m. Emerett Brown. Abbie G. and Mary (twins), b. May. 5, 1842; Abbie m. May 15, 1862, David H. Mont- gomery; he d. Nov. 14, 1885; Mary d. 1845.
20. James Henry, b. June 22, 1851.
19. LEWIS LAMPREY PERKINS, son of Josiah (15), mar- ried, June 11, 1839, Lovina Parsons, who was born Jan. 11, 1815. He died June 1, 1880, aged 66 years. She died May 7, 1880. Children :
Sarah Jane, b. June 17, 1840; m. Levi Thomas Sanborn of Hamp- ton Falls, who was born March 21, 1836. Harriet Adeline, b. April 27, 1846; m. Mary Izette, b. Dec. 30, 1847; d. Nov. 19, 1885. Morris Emery, b. March 30, 1852; m. Dec. 26, 1887, Marga- ret Norman.
20. JAMES HENRY PERKINS, son of Abraham (18), born June 22, 1851; married Mary Goodwin. Resided at Rye. Children :
Ada, b. April 20, 1875; d. March 20, 1888. Jas. Goodwin, b. Sept., 1876. Christianna, b. Jan. 1, 1879. Lizzie and Josephine (twins), b. Aug. 6, 1881; Josephine m. June 5, 1901, Parker Straw of Man- chester.
PEEK.
WALTER PEEK, born in London, England, May 9, 1859; married, October 5, 1882, Mary B. Schiele of St. Louis, who was born June 9, 1863. Children :
Gertrude Clara, b. Sept. 19, 1883. Walter Jesse, b. Jan. 14, 1885. Alice May, b. Jan. 3, 1888. Edwin Henry, b. Oct. 21, 1890. Ben- jamin Franklin, b. May 21, 1895.
PHILBRICK-FILBRICK-PHILBROOK- PHILBRUCKE.
1. THOMAS PHILBRICK, it is said, came from Lincoln- shire, Eng. He and his family sailed from Yarmouth, April 8, 1630, and arrived at Salem, June 14. He settled in Charlestown, but soon removed to Watertown, and in
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HISTORY OF RYE.
1645-'46 moved to Hampton. He married Elizabeth He died in 1667. Children :
2. James.
3. John.
4. Thomas, b. about 1630. Elizabeth, m. first, 1642, Thomas Chase; second, John Garland; third, Henry Roby. Hannah, m. Stephen Sanborn. Mary, m. first, Edward Tuck; second, James Wall. Martha, b. 1633; m. first, John Cass; second, William Lyon.
2. JAMES PHILBRICK, son of Thomas (1), married Ann Roberts. He was a mariner and was drowned Nov. 16, 1674, in Hampton river. Children :
5. James, b. July 13, 1651. Apphia, b. March 19, 1655; m. Timothy Hilliard. Esther, b. March 1, 1657; m. Sylvanus Nock of Dover. Thomas, b. March 14, 1659; m. April 14, 1681, Mehitable Dalton; cordwainer. Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1661.
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