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10. JOSEPH RAND, son of Joshua (5), married, May 24, 1764, Susannah Goss. Children :
20. Joseph, b. 1769; d. Aug. 18, 1855.
21. Samuel Hunt, b. 1777.
22. Joshua, b. Aug. 23, 1779. Zebedee, d. Polly, d. young. Levi, went to sea with Aaron Libby and both lost. Sally, bapt. Oct. 2, 1785; d. Aug. 9, 1825, non compos mentis.
11. JOSHUA RAND, JR., son of Joshua (5), born 1758; married Ruth, daughter of William Seavey, who died July 2, 1829. He died March 13, 1791. Children :
Joshua, b. 1780; m. Betsey Houston of Concord; lived at Ports- mouth. William S., b. 1781; m. Aug. 12, 1804, Dolly Rollins; he d. June 22, 1854. Samuel, b. 1783; m. first, Martha Locke; sec- ond, Hannah Locke; lived at Portsmouth. Theodore, bapt. April 15, 1787; unm .; d. at sea. Hitty, bapt. 1788; m. James Elkins. Moses, bapt. Aug. 30, 1789; d. June 1, 1811, at Portsmouth, of smallpox. James, d. Nov. 23, 1807; knocked overboard at sea. Mary, m. Nicholas Mason.
23. Daniel, bapt. Dec. 25, 1777.
12. SAMUEL RAND, son of Joshua (5), born 1762; mar- ried, Jan. 5, 1784, Hannah Dolbear, who afterward mar- ried Joseph Foye. Children :
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Stephen Dolbear, bapt. June 25, 1785. Ellie Morrison, bapt. Sept.
6, 1789. Aaron, bapt. Sept. 9, 1794.
24. Reed Vennard, b. Nov. 10, 1797. John, b. 1800 (?). Mary.
13. THOMAS RAND, son of Samuel (6), born June 6, 1760 (?) ; married, April 4, 1790, Mary Tuck, who was born March 24, 1763. Lived at Rye. He died Feb. 27, 1839. Children :
25. John Tuck, b. July 7, 1791. Mary Jones Wallis, b .March 11, 1793; d. unm.
26. Samuel, b. Feb. 16, 1796. Thomas, bapt. June 23, 1799; d. Flo- rinda, b. April 4, 1801; d. unm. Aug. 25, 1866.
27. Thomas, b. July 22, 1802.
28. Edward, b. Dec. 22, 1806.
29. Jedediah, b. Dec. 2, 1808.
14. DOWRST RAND, son of Samuel (6), born June 24, 1764; married Hannah Lang. He died Jan. 12, 1847; she died May 16, 1860, aged 90 years. He was a member of Captain Wedgewood's company in the War of 1812. Lived near the West schoolhouse. Children :
30. Billey, bapt. Jan. 11, 1789. Patty Lang, b. Oct., 1791; m. first, Nov. 11, 1813, Simon Dow; second, George Bragg. Samuel, b. 1793; m. Sarah Foss. Bickford Lang, b. 1795; m. first, Carter; second, Martha Batchelder. Sarah, b. 1797; m. James Perkins of Hamp- ton.
31. Trundy, bapt. June, 1800. Oliver, b. 1802; d. 1802. Hannah, b. 1805; m. Samuel Odiorne, Jr. Oliver Porter, b. Nov. 9, 1807; m. June, 1828, Polly Bean.
15. BILLEY RAND, son of Samuel (6), born Oct. 30, 1766; married, May 29, 1800, Patty Moses. Lived at East Rye. Children :
Sarah, b. April 12, 1801; m. July 10, 1824, William Hall.
32. Samuel M., b. July 20, 1803. Levi Moses, b. Oct. 24, 1810; d. unm. March 11, 1874.
16. GEORGE RAND, son of Joshua (7), born April 4, 1744; married, May 19, 1768, Naomie Sherburne. Children :
Martha, b. Jan. 20, 1769. John, b. March 5, 1772. Betsey, b. Feb. 14, 1774. George, b. April 9, 1777. Richard, b. Oct. 29, 1778. Enoch, b. Sept. 20, 1780. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 15, 1784.
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17. DAVID RAND, Son of Ephraim (S), born Oct. 17, 1772; married, July 22, 1798, Polly Salter of the Isles of Shoals. Lived at Rye. Was a member of the Alarm List in the War of 1812, under Captain Jonathan Wedgewood. Children :
33. Reuben, b. Oct., 1798. David, b. Aug. 15, 1800; d. Jan. 16, 1820, in schooner Cadmus, at sea. Sarah, b. Jan., 1813; m. first, James Rand; second, Robert Lyons. Mary Ann, b. Aug., 1804; m. Ham- ilton C. Locke.
34. William Watson, b. April 7, 1809.
18. SIMON RAND, son of Ephraim (S), born 1775; mar- ried Hannah Johnson of Northwood. Children :
Mary, m. Reuben Rand. Olive, m. first, James McCannon; second, Thomas Marden. Gilman J., b. 1809; m. Sarah Marden.
19. JOHN RAND, son of John (9), born May 23, 1778; married, first, Sidney Lang, who died July 31, 1850; sec- ond, Nancy Haley, who died Aug. 13, 1852; third, Deborah Burleigh. He died Aug. 5, 1861. Children by first wife :
Harriett J., b. Sept. 4, 1809; m. William Keene. Eliza, b. May 25, 1$12; m. Dec. 14, 1834, Simon Marston, Jr .; lived at Portsmouth.
35. Thomas Jefferson, b. June 11, 1813.
36. David L., b. Feb. 27, 1815.
37. John Oris, b. March 13, 1820.
20. JOSEPH RAND, son of Joseph (10), born 1769; mar- ried, Oct. 18, 1795, Olive Marden. She died Dec. 15, 1859. Children :
38. Joseph, b. Jan. 21, 1796.
39. Samuel Hunt, b. April 28, 1803. Eliza, b. Nov. 14, 1804; m. Jeremy Webster.
40. Nathaniel Marden, b. Sept. 16, 1806. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1808; m. William Holmes. Susan, b. July 28, 1809; d. Feb. 1, 1859; de- ranged, hung herself.
41. Levi, b. April 23, 1811.
42. Ira, b. Sept. 28, 1814. Polly Zebudu, d. young, 1803, of throat dis- temper. Olive, d. young, 1803, of throat distemper.
21. SAMUEL HUNT RAND, son of Joseph (10), born 1777; married, May 12, 1808, Polly Philbrick. Lived at Rye. He died June 25, 1846. Children :
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HISTORY OF RYE.
Mary, b. 1808: d. May 22, 1858.
43. Samuel, b. June, 1810; d. Jan. 24, 1880. Olive, b. Dec. 28, 1818; m. Jonathan Moulton; lived at Reading, Mass.
44. Charles Clinton, b. 1820. Emily, b. 1822; unm. Joshua, b. 1824; d. Dec. 24, 1836, aged 12 years.
22. JOSHUA RAND, son of Joseph (10), born Aug. 23, 1779 ; married, first, Nov. 4, 1802, Esther Marden ; second, March 29, 1810, Elizabeth Rand. HIe died Sept. 20, 1852. Children by first wife:
45. Harry, b. June 10, 1803.
46. Obed, b. Aug. 18, 1804. Children by second wife: Ezra, b. Oct. 2, 1810; d. Aug. 29, 1827.
47. Nahum, b. Nov. 29, 1813.
48. Aaron, b. March 19, 1816.
23. CAPTAIN DANIEL RAND, son of Joshua, Jr. (11), bap- tized Dec. 25, 1777 ; married, Feb. 24, 1801, Dorothy Sea- vey. He died Oct. 10, 1851. She died Oct. 8, 1865. Served in the War of 1812 under Capt. E. Philbrick. Children : Martha, b. May 28, 1801; m. Dec. 14, 1820, John Locke; she d. July 13, 1847. Moses, b. April 7, 1804; m. first, Adeline Vennard; second, Hannah Seavey. Louisa, b. March 2, 1806; m. Henry Amazeen; she d. Sept. 12, 1863. James, b. June 10, 1808; m. Harriet Mussey. Daniel, b. May 17, 1810; m. Esther Locke. Anna Trefethern, b. July 2, 1812; m. Aug. 1838, Allen Porter of North Carolina.
49. Elvin, b. Aug. 12, 1814. Adeline, b. Jan. 27, 1817; m. Thomas J. Rand. William, b. April 17, 1819; m. first, Adeline Philbrick; second Caty M. Trickey. Amos Seavey, b. May 8, 1821; d. Nov. 26, 1821.
24. REED VENNARD RAND, son of Samuel (12), born Nov. 10, 1797 ; married, May 7, 1824, Hannah Parsons Garland. He died Dec. 28, 1879. Lived at Portsmouth. Children : Mary Abbie, b. Aug. 16, 1826; unm .; d. Marianne, b. Feb. 2, 1830; d. Sept. 14, 1831. Edwin Reed, b. April 6, 1833; m. Jan. 6, 1864, Lydia Storey. Louis Henry, b. April 2, 1836.
25. JOHN TUCK RAND, son of Thomas (13), born July 7, 1791; married Betsey Dow. Lived at Rye. He died May 29, 1867. She died March 18, 1834. Children :
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Elizabeth Martha, b. Jan. 26, 1821; d. unm. April 26, 1896; lived at Rye. Isaac Dow, b. Dec. 14, 1828; unm .; lived at Rye. Mary Tuck, b. Jan. 31, 1831; unm .; lived at Rye.
26. SAMUEL RAND, son of Thomas (13), born Feb. 16, 1796; married widow Sarah Currier, who died Feb. 23, 1878, aged 79 years. Lived at Newcastle. Children :
Veranus. Thomas. Mary. Edward A.
27. MAJOR THOMAS RAND, son of Thomas (13), born July 22, 1802; married, Nov. 24, 1831, Sarah Ann Brown. Lived at Rye, Portsmouth, and Boston. He died Jan. 22, 1866. She died in New York, June 5, 1891. Children :
Charles Edward, b. March 24, 1833, at Rye; d. May 2, 1863; shot in Civil War; was captain Co. I, First Mass. Vol. Inf. S. Anzo- lette, b. Oct. 21, 1835, at Rye; d. Jan. 6, 1838.
50. Thomas Brown, b. May 1, 1839, at Portsmouth.
51. John Howard, b. June 24, 1841, at Portsmouth. George Wallis, b. Dec. 21, 1846, at Portsmouth; unm .; captain Seventh Regt., N. G. N. Y .; enlisted, 1869; discharged, 1898; and senior major 201st Regt. N. Y. Vol. Inf. in the Spanish-American War. He died in New York City Jan. 19, 1904.
28. EDWARD RAND, son of Thomas (13), born Dec. 22, 1806; married Caroline Paul. Lived at Portsmouth. He died Nov. 18, 1868. Children :
Edward. William, lived at Seabrook. Caroline, d. 1877. Manning.
29. JEDEDIAH RAND, son of Thomas (13), born Dec. 2, 1808; married Eliza J. Yeaton. He was a storekeeper and farmer at Rye, and died Jan. 23, 1892. She died June 2, 1865. Children :
52. Thomas William, b. 1831. Eliza Jane, b. Aug. 23, 1835; m. Oct. 19, 1862, Orlando Garland. Augustus Yeaton, b. Nov., 1839; m. June 26, 1870, Amanda Downs; lived at Rye. Leroy Odell, b. Jan. 24, 1852; m. Oct. 12, 1876, Emma Shaw of Braintree, Mass.
30. BILLEY RAND, son of Dowrst (14), baptized Jan. 11, 1789; married, Feb. 28, 1811, Charlotte Batchelder, who was born Feb., 1793, and died Sept. 15, 1873. He died Dec. 26, 1846. Served in Captain Samuel Berry's com- pany in the War of 1812. Children :
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James B., b. Sept. 5, 1811; d. March 28, 1880; m. Nov., 1838, Abi- gail Berry; lived at Greenland Depot.
53. William J., b. March 2, 1815. Mary Abby, b. June 23, 1818.
54. John Ira, b. May 20, 1823.
31. TRUNDY RAND, son of Dowrst (14), baptized June, 1800 ; married Elizabeth Stevens of Brentwood, N. H. Chil- dren :
Hannah, m. first, Broughton; second, Joel Leighton. Edward. Abby. Almeria.
32. SAMUEL M. RAND, son of Billey (15), born July 20, 1803; married Dorothy Moses. Lived at East Rye. He died Oct. 17, 1864. Children :
Albert, b. 1831; m. Hattie Patten.
55. James Moses. William E., m. Emily Bell. Amos, m. Clara Fris- bee. Mary Abby, m. Dec. 14, 1864, Albert Brackett Trefethern;
lived at Portsmouth. Charles Wallis, m. Ella M. Parker. Mar- tha S., m. Brackett B. Green.
56. Henry S.
33. REUBEN RAND, son of David (17), born Oct., 1798; married Mary Rand. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Reuben, b. June 30, 1823. J. Sullivan, b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. May 3, 1859, Elvira Odiorne. Alonzo, b. Jan. 11, 1831. Mary C., b. Jan., 1833. Franklin, b. Nov. 30, 1835. Warren L., b. Dec., 1837. Irving W., b. Jan., 1839.
34. WILLIAM WATSON RAND, son of David (17), born April 7, 1809 ; married Sarah W. Marden. Lived at Ports- mouth. Children :
Josephine W., m. Mosher. Charles F. Cyrus H. Frank P., m. Letitia Caswell of Rye. Anna L.
35. THOMAS JEFFERSON RAND, son of John (19), born June 11, 1813; married, Oct. 27, 1839, Adeline Rand. Lived at Rye. She died May 8, 1902. He died April 30, 1875. Children :
Abby A., b. Dec. 28, 1840; m. Dec. 22, 1872, Reuel G. Shapley; lived at Rye. Christina, b. April 30, 1843; m. Evans. Allen Porter, b. Sept. 8, 1845. Daniel W., b. March 8, 1847; m. Nov. 19, 1879, Vienna J. Leavitt. David L., b. Nov. 2, 1849; m. Dec. 31, 1880, Florence Remlele. Martha Ann, b. Jan. 19, 1853; m. July 2, 1892, Joseph H. Garland; lived at Dover; he d. May 19, 1899. Charles M., b. June 27, 1855; m. Nov. 19, 1879, Augusta E. Drake; lived at Rye. James B., b. Sept. 20, 1857; m. Minnie Doane.
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36. DAVID LANG RAND, son of John (19), born Feb. 27, 1815; married, Oct., 1839, Mary S. Yeaton. He died Aug. 20, 1854, after lying in bed eleven years without speaking. Children :
Francis W., d. Jan. 20, 1864, at Chatauqua, of dysentery. John Alonzo. Edwin B.
37. JOHN ORIS RAND, son of John (19), born March 13, 1820; married Sally J. Thomas. She died Sept. 22, 1873. They did not live together. Child :
Manning C.
38. JOSEPH RAND, JR., son of Joseph (20), born Jan. 21, 1796; married, May 21, 1826, Eleanor D. Locke. Lived at Rye. Children :
Olive W., b. Oct. 14, 1826. Hannah B., b. April 13, 1829; m. Sept. 5, 1852, George Merriam; lived at Rye. Sylvia, b. April 11, 1831; d. Sept. 23, 1831. Julia Ann P., b. Feb. 10, 1833; m. May 24, 1868, Henry B. Bickford of Deerfield. Sarah G., b. Feb. 6, 1835; m. Samuel Rand. Mary Emerett, b. Jan. 4, 1838; m. Francis Bur- gess; she d. March 18, 18 -; lived at Waltham, N. Y. Susan E., b. Ang. 22, 1841; m. May 16, 1882, Francis Burgess. Cyrus James, b. May 19, 1845. Serena M., b. June 25, 1847; d. Sept. 15, 1877. Florence, b. Oct. 27, 1850; m. Nov., 1868, W. H. Lowd.
39. SAMUEL HUNT RAND, JR., son of Joseph (20), born April 28, 1803; married, Nov. 29, 1835, Emily Jenness. Lived at Rye. He died Jan. 5, 1876. She died Aug. 5, 1866. Child :
57. Jonathan Jenness, b. Dec. 14, 1838; m. June 11, 1865, Martha A. Marden; lived at Rye.
40. NATHANIEL MARDEN RAND, son of Joseph (20), born Sept. 16, 1806; married, first, Nancy W. Shorey, who died Jan. 20, 1862; second, widow Norton. Lived at Robins- town, Mass., and Portsmouth. Children :
Adeline, b. 1835; m. first, Charles Foye; second, William Shapley. 66. Charles Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1836. John, b. Feb., 1837; d. Aldana, d. Isabel, m. Joseph Fernald. Cyrus, m. Sarah Mead. Thomas, m. Pottle. Nathan. Caddie. Mary, d.
41. LEVI RAND, son of Joseph (20), born April 23, 1811; married Hannah T. Warren. Lived at Rye. He died Sept. 7, 1885. Children :
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Abby M., b. April, 1835; d. Amanda, b. June, 1837; d. William Bramwell, b. Aug., 1840; m. first, Jane Dently, divorced; second, April, 22, 1877, Sarah Trefethern. Clara, b. Aug., 1843. Abby. A., b. 1849.
42. IRA RAND, son of Joseph (20), born Sept. 28, 1814; married, April 28, 1839, Sarah Ann Goss, who died Aug. 18, 1892. Lived at Rye. He died Jan. 17, 1SS0. Chil- dren :
Sylvanus, b. May 31, 1843; d. Aug. 1, 1862. Gilman, b. April 27, 1847. Horace, d. May 14, 1870. Albert.
43. SAMUEL RAND, son of Samuel (21), born June, 1810; married Sarah Jane Rand. Children :
Ada Philbrick. Emma, d. Oct. 3, 1862. Bertha, b. June 30, 1856. Mina, b. Dec. 16, 1858. Mary, b. 1865. Alice. Edith P., b. July, 1872.
44. CHARLES CLINTON RAND, son of Samuel Hunt (21), . born 1820; married, first, Sarah Smith of Holderness; sec- ond, Feb. 20, 1848, Sophia Brown. Lived at Rye. Sophia died May 30, 1850. Child by first wife :
Sarah Olive, b. Oct. 19, 1845; m. Albert Warner.
45. HARRY RAND, son of Joshua (22), born June 10, 1803; married Persis Merriam. Ile died Feb. 5, 186S. Children :
Albert. Ellen.
46. OBED RAND, son of Joshua (22), born Aug. 18, 1804; married Anna Jenness. Children :
Esther, m. Jerome Fessenden; lived at Arlington, Mass. Charles Obed, m. Sarah Ann Stewart.
58. Joseph Jenness.
47. NAHUM RAND, son of Joshua (22), born Nov. 29, 1813 ; married, Feb. 15, 1841, Dorothy Bristol of Rumford, Me. Children :
W. Alonzo, b. July 28, 1843; m. July, 1866, Minerva L. Cutting. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1844; m. Sept. 10, 1865, Edward Rhodes. Ezra D., b. Sept. 10, 1848; m. first, Mary C. Horman; second, Oct., 1896, Mrs. Augusta Buker. Asenath, b. May 20, 1851. Kate M., b. April 19, 1855; m. Nov. 29, 1877, Marchant Hodgsdon. Samuel, b. June 21, 1857. Anna, b. July 19, 1861; m. Oct. 15, 1891, F. Roberts.
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48. AARON RAND, son of Joshua (22), born March 19, 1816; married, Nov. 11, 1840, Elizabeth Yeaton. Lived at Rye. He died Nov. 3, 1890. She died Dec. 1, 1896. Chil- dren :
Wesley Adams, b. March 24, 1841; m. first, June 8, 1865, Carrie J. Fuller; second, 1892, Henritta Tower. Atwell Yeaton, b. Dec. 17, 1842; d. April 7, 1865. Francina M., b. Sept. 20, 1848; m. April 25, 1871, Aaron R. Locke.
59. Martin H., b. March 2, 1852. Addie S., b. May 3. 1856; m. Jan. 10, 1878, Jeremiah Shaw, who was b. Nov. 20, 1854; she d. Sept. 17, 1900.
49. CAPT. ELVIN RAND, son of Captain Daniel (23), born Aug. 12, 1814 ; married, Nov., 1839, Martha A. Willey. He died March 23, 1888. Lived at Rye. She died March 1, 1901. Children :
60. Howard S., b. Sept. 25, 1840. Charles E., b. Aug. 23, 1852; d. April 3, 1875. Clara.
50. CAPT. THOMAS BROWN RAND, son of Major Thomas (27), born May 1, 1839, at Portsmouth ; married widow Josie B. Bartlett. He died in New York March 31, 1901. Ile was captain of Co. C, 33d regiment, Mass. Vol. Inf., in the War 1861-'65, and lieutenant-colonel, Ninth regiment, N. Y. N. G., in the Spanish-American War, 1898-'99. Child :
Edward Stern, b. May 24, 1877.
51. JOHN HOWARD RAND, son of Major Thomas (27), born June 24, 1841; married, April 19, 1866, Julia Dodd Spinney of Lynn, born May 19, 1839, who died March 23, 1888. Lived at New York. Was graduated from Harvard college. Children :
Mabel H., b. Jan. 7, 1867. Lotta S., b. Aug. 26, 1868. Charles Ed- ward, b. Sept. 13, 1875.
52. THOMAS WILLIAM RAND, son of Jedediah (29), born 1831; married, May, 1858, Louise Hodgdon, who died Oct. 6, 1900. Lived at Rye. Farmer, and kept a general store. Children :
Blake H., b. Dec. 21, 1863; m. June 19, 1889, Leonie Drake. 61. Jedediah, b. July 16, 1870.
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53. WILLIAM J. RAND, son of Billey (30), born March 2, 1815 ; married, March 4, 1844, Elizabeth Jenness. Lived at West Rye. She died March 15, 1902. He died Nov. 11, 1903. Blacksmith and farmer. Children :
Ellen, b. Feb. 10, 1845; m. Dec. 3, 1871, Emery Curtis Jenness; lived at Rye. Maryette, b. March 19, 1852; d. April 8, 1852. 62. Joseph William, b. Oct. 6, 1855.
54. JOHN IRA RAND, son of Billey (30), born May 20, 1823; married Mary Jane Garland. Lived at Rye on Sandy Beach road. Farmer. Children :
Eben Watson, b. May 11, 1851; m. June 14, 1882, Annie Hodgdon. Emma J., b. April 26, 1860; d. May 1, 1861.
55. JAMES MOSES RAND, son of Samuel M. (32), mar- ried, first, Rosilla Green ; second, Sept., 1902, widow Gro- gan. Lived at East Rye. Blacksmith. Children :
Lizzie, b. Aug. 18, 1868; m. Dec. 6, 1888, Harry O. Rand; she d. March 13, 1896. Joseph P., b. May 8, 1871. Samuel M., b. Aug. 28, 1873; d. Sept. 11, 1874.
56. TIENRY S. RAND, son of Samuel M. (32), married, Dec. 6, 1863, Mary O. Trefethern. Lived at Rye. Chil- dren :
Arthur, b. June 23, 1864; m. Oct. 30, 1890, Elzader A. Odiorne. Lizzie, b. April 2, 1868; m. Jan. 18, 1895, Herman O. Rand.
63. Harry Osmond. Joseph P., b. 1871; d. 1874. Kate, b. 1874; m. Dec. 20, 1892, Orville F. Varrell.
57. JONATHAN JENNESS RAND, son of Samuel Hunt, Jr. (39), born Dec. 14, 1838; married Martha A. Marden, daughter of Samuel Marden. Lived at Rye. Farmer. Children :
Herman Otis, b. March 28, 1870: m. Jan. 17, 1895, Lizzie A. Rand. Edgar Jenness, b. July 22, 1879.
58. JOSEPH JENNESS RAND, son of Obed (46), married, May 28, 1874, Helen A. Fife of Pembroke, where he re- sides. Child :
Mary, b. 1875.
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59. MARTIN HICKMAN RAND, son of Aaron (48), born March 2, 1852; married, Nov. 25, 1875, Florence L. Berry. Divorced. Child :
64. Irvin, b. 1876.
60. HOWARD S. RAND, son of Captain Elvin (49), born Sept. 25, 1840; married, first, Nov. 7, 1862, Clara E. Odi- orne; died Oct. 7, 1875; second, June 1, 1879, Louisa Mar- den. Lived at Rye. Children by first wife :
Mary Emma, b. March, 1865; m. 1883, George Brown. 65. Frank H., b. Dec., 1867.
61. JEDEDIAH RAND, son of Thomas William (52), born July 16, 1870; married, April 9, 1896, Edith Foss. Mason by trade. Children :
Wallace, b. June 24, 1897. Louise, b. Oct. 24, 1900.
62. JOSEPH WILLIAM RAND, son of William J. (53), born Oct. 6, 1855; married, April 19, 1884, Emily J., daughter of Robert Foss. Lived at Rye. Children :
Annie Emery, b. Jan. 20, 1885. Mary Lizzie, b. Nov. 15, 1886. William, b. July 18, 1888.
63. HARRY OSMOND RAND, son of Henry S. (56), mar- ried, first, Dec. 13, 1888, Lizzie W. Rand, who died March 13, 1896; second, Nov. 28, 1898, widow Carrie A. Foster. Children by first wife :
Ada, b. Dec. 6, 1888. James O., b. Feb. 7, 1891. Horace V., b. Jan. 27, 1894. Esther May, b. March 3, 1896.
Children by first husband:
Walter W. Foster, b. Jan. 25, 1890. Arthur W. Foster, b. Jan. 17, 1892.
64. IRVIN RAND, son of Martin Hickman (59), born 1876 ; married, June 12, 1894, Edith Trefethern. Children : Bessie, b. Nov. 27, 1894. Son, b. Sept. 14, 1898.
65. FRANK H. RAND, son of Howard S. (60), born Dec., 1867 ; married, Ang. 4, 1889, Nora Varrell. Lived at Rye. Child :
Mildred, b. Dec. 3, 1889.
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66. CHARLES HENRY RAND, son of Nathaniel Marden Rand (40), born Jan. 2, 1836; married, Jan., 1862, Rosa- mond Jenness, who died June 13, 1883. Children :
Walter H., b. March 2, 1862. Etta J., b. Feb. S, 1864. Fanny, b. May 5, 1869; d. Aug. 20, 1899. Nellie T., b. Nov. 27, 1876; m. Oct. 8, 1899, William C. Philbrick.
1. RICHARD RAND, married Abiel He died April, 1769. Children :
Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1726.
2. Nathaniel, b. March 12, 1737. Olive, b. July 9, 1739.
2. NATHANIEL RAND, son of Richard (1), born March 12, 1737 ; married, Dec. 8, 1757, Mary Leavitt. Lived at Rye and Northwood. Children :
Richard, b. March 18, 1758; lost privateering in Revolutionary War. Samuel, b. Jan. 28, 1760; lost privateering in Revolutionary War. Olly, b. April 5, 1762; m. Jonathan Locke. Mary, b. March 21, 1764; m. Richard Cate. Nathaniel, b. Sept. S, 1766; m. Abi- gail Trefethern; she afterwards m. George Bell of North Caro- lina. Susannah, b. Aug. 31, 1768; m. Jeremiah, son of John Locke. Mehitable, b. Dec. 10, 1770; m. Jeremiah Locke. Sally, b. Dec. 25, 1772; d. young. Sarah, b. July 31, 1774; m. March 2, 1797, Benjamin Mason of Stratham. Ruth, b. Aug. 1, 1776; m. Samuel Cate. Tabitha, bapt. 1777. Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1780; m. Mary Hanson. Molly, b. 1782. Aphia, b. Feb. 5, 1784; d. while a young woman.
AMOS RAND, married Esther Philbrick. Cordwainer. Lived opposite Charles D. Garland's store. Children :
Anna, b. Aug. 13, 1727. Philbrick, b. Dec. 11, 1729. Esther, b. May 13, 1732. Joseph, b. March 1, 1734. Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1736. Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1738. Nathaniel, b. May 21, 1740. One of the daughters married and lived up country; she was killed by lightning.
REUBEN RAND married Children : Thomas, b. Dec. 31, 1750. Reuben, b. Aug. 22, 1753.
BENJAMIN RAND married Children :
Abigail, b. 1755. Lucy, b. 1757. Benjamin, b. 1765.
1. STEPHEN RAND, married, July 3, 1759, Mercy Palmer of Hampton. He died in 1759 on his way home from the French War. Child :
2. Stephen, b. Sept. 12, 1759.
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GENEALOGY.
2. STEPHEN RAND, son of Stephen (1), born Sept. 12, 1759; married, first, Sarah Fogg, who was born Sept. 10, 1764, and died June 18, 1803 ; second, Sept. 17, 1807, Ruth Tarlton. He died March 31, 1826. Children :
Stephen, b. May 12, 1782; d. Jan. 4, 1871; m. June 8, 1806, Betsy Tarlton, who d. Sept. 3, 1869; no child.
3. Polly, b. Aug. 15, 1785. Mercy, b. March 26, 1788-'89; m. April 7, 1807, Daniel Mason. Daniel Fogg, b. Jan. 7, 1792; m Mary Richardson; he d. Oct. 1, 1859. Caroline, b. Nov. 6, 1796; m. Richard Jenness. Sarah, b. July 25, 1799; d. Sept. 9, 1802; aged three years.
3. POLLY RAND, daughter of Stephen (2), born Aug. 15, 1785, married, Nov., 1839, John Brown. Children :
4. Eldred Rand, b. Aug. 2, 1808; b. before marriage. Sarah, m. Shackford, b. Aug., 1805.
4. ELDRED RAND, son of Polly (3), born Aug. 2, 1808; married Susan Otis. Lived at Boston. Children :
Harriet. Charles. Fannie.
JOHN RAND married Children :
Rachel, b. 1745; m. Jacob Berry (?). Lucy, b. 1747. John, b. 1749; m. Hannah Seavey. Samuel, b. 1751. Nathaniel, b. 1753. Will- iam, b. 1755. Samuel, b. 1758. Anna. Jeremiah, b. 1761.
NATHANIEL RAND, 3D, married, Jan. 22, 1761, Bethia Rand. Children :
Molly, b. 1764. Amos, b. Jan. 29, 1767. Joshua, b. April 22, 1769.
SAMUEL RAND, JR., married Abigail Marden. Child : Sarah, b. 1774.
NATHANIEL RAND married Mary Odiorne. Child :
Sally, bapt. 1779; m. Joshua Rand.
OLIVER PORTER RAND married, June, 1828, Mary Bean. Children :
Sarah Abigail, b. 1829; m. William B. Fessenden; he d. Feb. 12, 1864; she d. Dec. 2, 1861. John Trueman, b. 1830; d. Dec. 25, 1830. Frances Adelaide, b. Nov. 20, 1839.
JOHN GILMAN RAND married - Children : John G. Clinton. Ernest. Daughter, m. Marston. Daughter, m. Butler. -, m. Kingsbury. -, m. Marshall. Ida.
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HISTORY OF RYE.
BICKFORD RAND married, first, Eunice Carter; second, Martha Batchelder. He died Dec. 20, 1860. Was in Cap- tain Berry's company in the War of 1812. Children :
Sarah, m. Stone. David, m. Rachel Farnum. Bickford, m. Eliza- beth Cilley. Edward. Charles. Adelaide, d. unm. Ezekiel, m. Elizabeth Chesley.
WILLIAM RAND (Deaf Billey ), married Betsey Children :
William, m. Sanders. Richard. Mercy, m. first, Nat. Colman; sec- ond, Josiah Weeks. Nabby, m. Stephens. Nathaniel. Stephen. Patty, m. Howard.
CHARLES WALLIS RAND, son of Samuel M. (32), married Ella M. Parker. He died May 21, 1902. Children :
Helen, d. Nov. 17, 1893. Susan P., b. Jan. 24, 1879; m. April 27, 1898, William E. Chesley; he d. Jan. 7, 1903. Byron W., b. 1880; m. July 28, 1901, Mable M. Greggs.
RANDALL.
1. EDWARD RANDALL, married Hannah Lived at Little Harbor and at Portsmouth, 1670. Children : George, b. Sept. 13, 1733. George, b. March 7, 1746.
2. John.
3. William. ? Brothers ( ?).
4. Mark, b. Oct. 25, 1726. 1
2. JOHN RANDALL, son of Edward (1), married Hannah Children :
John, bapt. April 14, 1746. Abigail, b. 1749.
3. WILLIAM RANDALL, son of Edward (1), married, April 24, 1745, Hannah Marston, a schoolmistress. Chil- dren :
James Marston, b. March 7, 1746. William, b. May, 1748; m. ; had Thomas, b. Sept. 4, 1770. Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1750; m. Joseph Morse. Stephen, b. July 23, 1753. Joseph, b. April 17, 1756; m. Phebe Drew; lived at Nottingham. Jonathan, b. March 27, 1759; m. Eleanor Osgood. Samuel, b. May 2, 1762; m. Carr. Lucy, b. Dec. 29, 1767; lived to be 100 years old; lived at Epsom.
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