History of the town of Rye, New Hampshire, from its discovery and settlement to December 31, 1903, Part 39

Author: Parsons, Langdon Brown, 1844-
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Concord, N.H. : Rumford Print. Co.
Number of Pages: 704


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4. MARK RANDALL, son of Edward (1), born Oct. 25, 1726; married, Nov. 24, 1748, Abigail Philbrick, who was born Nov. 11, 1730, and died 1816. Children :


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Abigail, bapt. Dec. 5, 1749; m. Gideon Marshall; lived at Hampton Falls. Joses, b. April 11, 1751; m. Elizabeth Galloway; he d. a prisoner in a Jersey prison ship; she m. second, Noah Jenness; third, Thomas Goss. Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1752; m. John Jenness. Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1755; m. Richard Webster.


5. Mark, b. June 18, 1757.


6. Reuben, b. Feb. 9, 1760. John, b. June 18, 1762; d. Oct. 19, 1781, in Revolutionary prison. Deborah, b. June 11, 1764; m. Abner Downs; she d. June 1, 1803. Samuel, b. July 3, 1767; m. Tibbets; lived in Maine. Daniel, b. Oct. 26, 1769; m. Elizabeth Quimby, or Becky ( ?); lived at Sandwich. Olly, b. Oct. 21, 1772; d. unm. at Moultonborough. Hannah, b. Aug. 30, 1778; d. Sept. 6, 1778.


5. MARK RANDALL, son of Mark (4), born June 18, 1757; married -. Child :


Mark, m. Augusta Berry.


6. REUBEN RANDALL, son of Mark (4), born Feb. 9, 1760; married Sarah Young. Children :


Sarah, m. Eben Berry. Joses, m. Dorothy Randall. 7. Levi D.


7. LEVI D. RANDALL, son of Reuben (6), married, April, 1809, Abigail Webster. Lived at Kittery. Children :


Elizabeth W., b. Ang. 15, 1809; m. Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1810; m. Elder Abner Hall. Reuben, b. Dec. 7, 1812.


1. GEORGE RANDALL, son of , married, July 18, 1751, Sarah, daughter of Jotham Berry. He was drowned at Sandy beach. Came from the Isles of Shoals. Chil- dren :


Sarah, bapt. 1752. Sarah, b. 1754; m. Jan. 3, 1788, John Nelson; lived where the poorhouse was. Edward, b. 1758; went to sea in Revolutionary War and d. Amelia B., b. 1760; m. first, Nov. 29, 1792, Samuel Sanders; second, John Bragg.


2. George, b. 1762. Rachel, b. 1765; m. June 27, 1793, John Mace. Abigail, b. 1769; m. John Nelson.


3. William Bates, b. 1771.


2. GEORGE RANDALL, son of George (1), born 1762; mar- ried, first, Mary Foss; second, Nov. 14, 1782, Elizabeth Berry. He died Dec. 24, 1820. Children :


Mary, b. 1782; m. Joseph Hall; had a son who d. of consumption. Edward, b. 1785; d. at sea. Abigail, d. aged seven or eight years, of throat distemper. Betsey, b. 1787; m. first, Robert Mather; second, John Downs.


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4. Samuel B., b. Jan. 11, 1789. William B., b. Nov., 1791; m. April 8, 1821, Sally Johnson Goss, who afterwards m. his brother. Lovey Brackett, b. 1793; m. first Samuel Haley; second, Samuel Rob- inson.


5. George, b. 1800.


3. WILLIAM BATES RANDALL, son of George (1), born 1771 ; married, Feb. 26, 1793, Deborah Yeaton. She died Dec. 21, 1807. He died at sea, June 10, 1811. Children : John Yeaton, b. April 28, 1792; m. widow Hannah (Rand) Foye. Nancy, bapt. Nov. 8, 1795; m. Richard Sleeper of Kensington, N. H. William, b. 1800. Susanna Lang, bapt. Sept. 17, 1797; unm. George.


4. SAMUEL BERRY RANDALL, son of George (2), born Jan. 11, 1789; married Betsey Smith. Children :


Joseph Smith, b. Jan. 22, 1817; d. June 30, 1824; killed by light- ning. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 25, 1819; m. Sylvester Gilbert; lived at Portsmouth. Prudence N., b. July 13, 1821; m. George Badger; lived at Portsmouth.


5. GEORGE RANDALL, son of George (2), born 1800; mar- ried Sally (Johnson Goss) Randall, the widow of his brother. Children :


William, m. Clara Adams. Sarah Olive, d. 1852.


1. DANIEL RANDALL, married Children : 2. Benjamin. Richard. Betsy. Daniel. Mary.


2. BENJAMIN RANDALL, son of Daniel (1), married Bet- sey Shapley. Children :


3. Benjamin, b. Oct. 2, 1769. Reuben, m. Dolly Wendell. Mercy, m. James Shapley. Mary, m. Renben Shapley. Hannah, m. Elijah Locke.


3. BENJAMIN RANDALL, son of Benjamin (2), born Oct. 2, 1769 ; married, first, Polly Rugg; second, Aug. 27, 1793, Sarah Saunders, who was born Ang. 21, 1773. Child by first wife:


Benjamin, m. Pierce; lost in ship Capt. Beck on Salisbury beach. Children by second wife:


Reuben S., b. March 16, 1794; m. Elizabeth Berry. Samuel Saun- ders, bapt. Dec. 4, 1796. George Saunders, b. Nov. 6, 1799; m. Nov. 15, 1832, Betsey Downs; he d. April 23, 1872. Hannah, b. March 6, 1801; m. Job Locke, Jr. Dorothy, b. Oct. 15, 1803; m. Oct. 19, 1820, James Shapley.


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4. William S., b. Nov. 15, 1805. May S., b. Feb. 21, 1812; m. John L. Locke. Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1815; m. Richard H. Waldron. Ben- jamin, b. July 21, 1817; d. 1845; lost at sea. Samuel.


4. WILLIAM S. RANDALL, son of Benjamin (3), born Nov. 15, 1805; married, first, Dec. 11, 1827, widow Eliza G. Caswell; second, widow Catherine Caswell; third, widow Hannah Randall. Children by - wife:


5. John William. Ira Gilbert, m. Mary, dau. of William Varrell. Jane G., m. John Caswell; had a child, Eva, who was drowned. Frank Waldron, b. Sept. 16, 1835; m. Sarah J. Baston; he d. Jan. 3, 1876, and she m. second, Oct. 21, 1884, James W. Smith.


5. JOHN WILLIAM RANDALL, son of William S. (4), mar- ried, first, April 17, 1853, Ann M. Verrill; second, widow Hannah O. Lane; third, 1858, Harriet Lear. Child by third wife :


6. William O., b. July 26, 1861.


6. WILLIAM O. RANDALL, son of John William (5), born July 26, 1861; married, Oct. 16, 1899, Jessie M. Lear. Child :


Gladys May, b. Oct. 29, 1900.


1. WILLIAM BUNKER RANDALL, married, first, Hannah Locke; second, Mary Downs. Lived at Isles of Shoals. Children by first wife :


William, m. Hannah Pitman; she afterwards m. William S. Ran- dall. Job Locke, d. at Great Falls ( ?).


Children by second wife:


James Abner, m. Abby Anna Caswell, dau. of Joseph; he was drowned at the Isles of Shoals. Judson (John), m. Haley. Jo- siah, m. Eliza Esther Caswell. Mary, m. Woodbury Mace of Rye. Sarah Hannah, m. John Wilkes Locke. William Monroe, m. McDonald.


PAUL RANDALL, son of Edward (1), married, first, Feb., 1752, Hannah Adams ; second, Margaret Tuckerman ; third, 1763, Abigail -. Innkeeper, about 1760. Children by first wife :


John. Paul, bapt. 1755; unm.


Children by second wife:


Mercy Sewell, m. Sept. 13, 1802, John Redding. Hannah, b. 1737; m. Dec. 18, 1778, James Towle Berry. Abigail, b. 1762; m. Sellers. Permelia, m. Sellers. Deborah, m. Trefethern. Betsey, m. Tre- fethern. Margaret, m. Paddleford.


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JAMES RANDALL, son of Edward (1), married, Nov. 24, 1748 -; died in the Revolutionary army, July 22, 1778. Child :


Hannah, unm., had dau., Polly, who m. Benj. Philbrick.


GEORGE RANDALL (called Jack ), married, March 1, 1824, widow Abigail Whidden. Lived at Isles of Shoals. ( The widow had two children, Hannah and Abigail Whidden, the latter of whom married George Randall). Children : Mary Ann, m. William Robinson. Sarah Jane, m. a Frenchman. John Porter, ran away to sea. Ruth Maria.


JOHN COOK RANDALL married, first, Feb. 19, 1850, Mary HI. Caswell. She died, and he married, second, Baker. Children by first wife:


Horace, d. at the Shoals. Flora Ann, b. Aug. 22, 1849; m. Jan. 13, 1867, John S. Mow; lived at Rye and Portsmouth. May Louilla, b. Aug. 18, 1855.


GILBERT IRA RANDALL married Mary E. Varrell. Child : Arthur, d. June 10, 1879.


RAWDING.


ROBERT J. RAWDING married, April 29, 1899, widow Fan- nie (Jones) Mitchie of Rye. Child :


Joseph William, b. Nov. 6, 1899.


REMICK.


1. ISAAC REMICK ( whose father was an Englishman, and mother a Scotch woman), married Meribah Smith. Children :


Sarah, bapt. 1756. Meribah, b. 1760; m. Cotton Palmer. Mary, b. 1765; d. unm. Feb. 23, 1829. Thomas, b. 1767; went to sea and never returned. David, b. 1769; went to sea and never returned. 2. Joseph, b. 1769.


3. Isaac, b. 1769. Betsey, b. 1771; m. Jonathan Hobbs of North Hampton; lived at Effingham. Hannah, b. 1774; m. Andrew Clark. Huldah, b. 1776; m. Solomon Marden. Jane, b. 1778; m. Solomon Foss. Moses, b. 1781; m. Mary Lang of Lee; had one child; both soon d.


2. JOSEPHI REMICK, son of Isaac (1), born 1769; mar- ried, March 5, 1801, Sally Paul. Children :


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Moses. Nancy, b. June 6, 1803; d. Jan. 27, 1869; non compos men- tis. Eliza A., b. Oct. 3, 1812; d. May 29, 1871; insane.


4. David, b. Jan. 18, 1814. Amos, d. Nov. 15, 1821, aged six years.


3. ISAAC REMICK, son of Isaac (1), born 1769; married, first, Jane Foss; second, Esther Yeaton, who died Jan. 18, 1808; third, Nov. 24, 1808, Lydia Varrell; fourth, Hannah Varrell, who died July 31, 1831. He died Feb. 3, 1834. Children by second wife :


5. John Y., b. March 3, 1795. Isaac, b. 1796.


Children by third wife:


Moses, b. 1809; m. Mary Floyd. Esther Y., b. Feb., 1811; m. Lem- uel Locke.


6. William, b. Oct. 27, 1813. Thomas, b. 1816. Sally, b. 1819. David, b. 1821.


Children by fourth wife:


Joseph, b. 1829; d. March 12, 1832. Amos, b. 1831.


4. DAVID REMICK, son of Joseph (2), born Jan. 18, 1814; married, first, widow Abby S. Mace; second, May 18, 1873, . Merinda P. Porter. He died March 7, 1892. Children by first wife:


George O., b. June 20, 1850; m. Oct. 29, 1877, Clara E. Verrill. Amos, b. 1850; d. April 5, 1851. A dau., b. March 28, 1852; d. Oct. 24, 1853.


7. Albert D., b. Dec. 25, 1854.


5. JOHN Y. REMICK, son of Isaac (3), born March 3, 1795; married, Feb. 17, 1825, Betsey Philbrick. Lived at Rye. She died Aug. 27, 1878. He died April 13, 1860. Children :


8. John S., b. Sept. 26, 1826. Charles M., b. April, 1830; d. Nov. 14, 1851.


6. WILLIAM REMICK, son of Isaac (3), born Oct. 27, 1813 ; married, Sept. 27, 1832, Caroline Fox. Lived at Rye on Sandy Beach road. He died May 15, 1875. Children : George William, b. Aug. 1, 1834; d. Sept. 23, 1854, at Calcutta. Jo- seph, b. Oct. 4, 1836; d. Oct. 19, 1852. Mary Pauline, b. March 11, 1839; m. Henry W. Morin of Portsmouth. James F., b. Nov. 10, 1840; d. Nov. 12, 1841. Lydia Esther, b. July 16, 1842. Sarah Eliza, b. Oct. 7, 1844. Moses M., b. Oct. 15, 1846. --- , b. Sept. 8, 1850; d. Daniel L., b. Nov. 17, 1852; d.


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HISTORY OF RYE.


7. ALBERT D. REMICK, son of David (4), born Dec. 25, 1854; married, Nov. 3, 1875, Anna C. Mace. Lived at Rye. For many years captain of the life-saving station. Chil- dren :


Mabel, b. March 4, 1877. Walter, b. Feb. 29, 1880. Albert M., b. Jan. 11, 1885.


S. DEACON JOHN S. REMICK, son of John Y. (5), born Sept. 26, 1826; married, June 22, 1851, Mary T. Seavey. Lived at Rye. He died Sept. 5, 1885. Children :


Lizzie S., b. Sept. 12, 1852; m. June 13, 1879, Charles W. Spear; she d. Nov. 10, 1886; lived at Rye. Esther Y., b. Oct. 2, 1854; unm.


9. Charles M., b. Sept. 10, 1857. John A., b. Jan. 11, 1860; m .; he d.


9. CHARLES M. REMICK, son of John S. (8), born Sept. 10, 1857 ; married, Dec. 24, 1884, Emily B. Brown. Lived at Rye. Children :


May Blanche, b. March 27, 1886. Harold John, b. Aug. 2, 1888. Bernice, b. Feb. 6, 1891. Francis, b. Oct. 12, 1898.


RIEB.


PATRICK RIEB married Anna Smith. Electrician. Chil- dren :


Ernest. Florence. Fred, b. Sept. 11, 1885. Ethel C., b. May 19, 1888; d. Aug. 18, 1898. George, b. Jan. 14, 1891.


ROBINSON.


1. JOHN ROBINSON, married Children :


2. Robert.


3. James.


4. John. Nabby, m. Benjamin Downs.


2. ROBERT ROBINSON, son of John (1), married Sally Downs. Children :


Lovina, b. March, 1806; m. Reuben Shapley. Margaret, m. first, Sam- uel Grant; second, Serg. Lewis; third, Leonard Dale. Mehitable, unm.


3. JAMES ROBINSON, son of John (1), married, Feb. 27, 1821, Sally Downs, widow of Abner. Lived at Rye. Chil- dren :


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Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1827; m. Sept. 16, 1863, Charles Reuben Cas- well. James Monroe.


4. JOHN ROBINSON, son of John (1), married Mary Shapley. Lived at Gosport. Children :


5. Samuel, b. 1803. Sally, b. 1806; m. June 6, 1824, Cleveland B. Holt. William, b. March 20, 1812; m. Mary Ann Randall.


. 5. SAMUEL ROBINSON, son of John (4), born 1803; mar- ried Olive or Lovey Haley. He died May 26, 1869. Lived at Gosport. Children :


Abigail, m. first, Brown; second, William Shields. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Newton.


ROLLINS.


HENRY ROLLINS married Anna -. Child : Martha, bapt. July 9, 1775.


RUGG.


RUGG married


Lived at the Isles of Shoals. Child :


Judah Mace, bapt. Nov. 6, 1793.


RYDER.


HENRY RYDER married Hannah Mathes. Child :


A son, b. Dec. 9, 1866.


SALTER.


1. JOHN SALTER married AAmy Children :


2. Alexander, b. April 2, 1718. Molly, b. March 27, 1721. John, b. June 12, 1722.


2. ALEXANDER SALTER, son of John (1), born April 2, 1718 ; married Elizabeth, daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth Sanborn, born March 16, 1715. Came to Rye Jan. 28, 1742; died Nov. 1, 1801. Children :


Mary, b. March 27, 1741. John, b. June 12, 1742-'43. Alexander, b. Oct. 3. 1744. Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1746.


3. John, b. Sept. 19, 1748.


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3. JOHN SALTER, son of Alexander (2), born Sept. 19, 1748; married Abiah Webster, who died May 10, 1811. He died May 22, 1804. Lived at Rye. Children :


Lucy, b. July 16, 1769; m. Levi Garland; lived at Rye. Sarah, b). Aug. 25, 1771; m. Samuel Lear. John, b. Dec. 10, 1776; d. 1804, aged 28 years; bled to death at Carroll's store.


4. Alexander, b. June 4, 1778. Webster, b. Jan. 5, 1782; m. Dec. 14, 1806, Sarah Libby; no child. Mary, had a dau. by Mackey; m. David Rand.


4. ALEXANDER SALTER, son of John (3), born June 4, 1778; married, first, March 18, 1803, Mary Berry, who died May 13, 1810 ; second, Anna Webster, who died 1850. Chil- dren :


Louise, b. April, 1804; m. John Langley. John, b. Aug. 8, 1806; m. Sarah Brown. Sally, b. Aug. 8, 1808; m. first, Reuel L. Buzzell; second, Jere Page. Joseph, b. Nov. 19, 1811; m. Hannah Dana. Mary Ann, b. June 15, 1818; m. Ephraim Davis.


5. Jeremiah Webster, b. Nov. 9, 1822.


5. JEREMIAH WEBSTER SALTER, son of Alexander (4), born Nov. 9, 1822; married Fanny Davis. Child :


Webster, m. Dec. 30, 1880, Florence L. Berry; lived at Rye.


ALBERT E. SALTER married Fannie Philbrick June 21, 1872; divorced ; and she married, second, W. E. Carter of Vermont. Child :


Huldah Salter, b. Aug., 1879.


SANBORN.


BENNING SANBORN married Polly Jenness. Lived at Deerfield. Children :


Benning W., lived at Concord. Peter, lived at Concord. Mary Jane, m. Harris. Jenness. Josiah.


SAMUEL SANBORN married Mary Barnes. Children : Nathan, b. 1768. Sarah, b. 1770.


LEVI THOMAS SANBORN came from Hampton Falls ; mar- ried, Sept. 29, 1864, Sarah Jane Perkins. Lived at Rye. Children :


Charles Richmond, b. Aug. 2, 1865. Mary Carrie, b. Oct. 14, 1866.


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SAUNDERS.


1. SAUNDERS. Children (all of whom were prob-


ably brothers) :


2. John.


3. Samuel.


4. George, b. April 18, 1732.


5. Robert. .


2. JOIN SAUNDERS, born 1720, perhaps son of -- (1), came from Torbay, Eng., and settled at the Isles of Shoals; married, first, April 7, 1740, Mary Berry; second, 1760, Tryphena Philbrick, who afterwards married Jonathan Berry. He was lost in the big October gale, 1770. Chil- dren by first wife :


Esther, bapt. Sept. 17, 1741; m. first, John Yeaton, who was lost in the big gale, 1770; m. second, 1783, Simon Knowles; lived at Rye. 6. Robert, bapt. July 3, 1743. Mary, bapt. Oct. 20, 1744; m. first, 1763, William Thomas; second, William Mathes of Gosport; lived at Rye.


7. John, bapt. Nov. 9, 1746. George Berry, bapt. Sept. 11, 1748; m. Anna Page. He was killed by falling from his horse; lived at Epsom.


Children by second wife:


Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1760; m. William Locke (second wife). William, bapt. June 19, 1763. Sarah, bapt. July 28, 1763; m. first, March 6, 1783, William Saunders; second, Joseph Verrill. Olly, b. 1766; m. William Tucker.


3. SAMUEL SAUNDERS, perhaps son of -


(1), came from Torbay, Eng., and settled at the Isles of Shoals; mar- ried, 1746, Hannah Foss. He was lost in the gale. Chil- dren :


Mary, bapt. Jan. 8, 1744; d. Samuel, b. July 14, 1745. Sarah, b. Oct. 4, 1747; m. Foss. Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1749; m. Blake. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1753. Robert, b. Dec. 7, 1755. George, b. Aug. 3, 1760. Levi Dearborn, b. March 9, 1766.


4. GEORGE SAUNDERS, perhaps son of (1), born April 18, 1732; came fom Torbay, Eng., and settled at the Isles of Shoals; married, 1756 or '57, Sarah Kive, who was born Jan. 13, 1736. A member of Captain Parsons' com- pany in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1786. Chil- dren :


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HISTORY OF RYE.


Elizabeth, b. June 29, 1755. Sarah, bapt. Sept. 18, 1757; d.


8. William, b. Oct. 19, 1759. Martha, b. May 29, 1766; m. Elijah Wad- leigh. Mercy Haines, b. Aug. 24, 1767; m. James Shapley. 9. George, b. June 3, 1769.


10. Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1771. Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1773; m. Benjamin Randall. Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1776; m. Reuben Shapley. Hannah, b. June 4, 1779; m. Elijah Locke.


5. ROBERT SAUNDERS, perhaps son of -


(1), came from Torbay, Eng., and settled at the Isles of Shoals; mar- ried Elizabeth Berry. He died March 7, 1807, aged 92 years. Child :


Robert, bapt. March 30, 1742; d.


6. ROBERT SAUNDERS, son of John (2), baptized July 3, 1743; married, July 7, 1765, Mary Locke, who lived 96 years. Lived at Epsom, and was buried at Effingham. Children :


11. Robert, bapt. Oct. 12, 1766. Mary, bapt. Aug. 16, 1767; m. Joseph Chapman.


12. Elijah Robert, Jr., b. Aug. 20, 1769. John, b. April 10, 1774; m Chatham. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 29, 1778; m. Goss. William, m. Hall.


7. JOHN SAUNDERS, JR., son of John (2), baptized Nov. 9, 1746; married Dorcas Pitman. ' He was lost at sea. Children :


Mary, bapt. May 14, 1769; m. first, George Saunders; second, Levi Goss. John, m. Eliza Ann; he d. Feb., 1846, at Boston.


8. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, son of George (4), born Oct. 19, 1759 ; married Sarah Saunders. She afterwards married, Aug. 25, 1794, Joseph Verrill. Children :


William, b. Nov. 7, 1783; d. aged 26 years in Demerara, W. I. Betsey, b. Sept. 15, 1785; m. Feb. 6, 1810, Daniel Page of Epsom. John, b. March 2, 1789; unm .; sailor; d. Feb. 26, 1868, in Rye almshouse.


9. GEORGE SAUNDERS, son of George (4), born June 3, 1769; married Mary Saunders, who afterwards married Levi Goss. Children :


Henry Shapley, bapt. March 26, 1791; lost at sea (?) George, bapt. Dec. 23, 1792. Mary Mead, bapt. July 16, 1794.


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10. SAMUEL SAUNDERS, son of George (4), born Nov. 21, 1771; married, Nov. 29, 1792, Amelia Randall. He died before Oct. 5, 1794. Children :


Sarah, bapt. Oct. 5, 1794. Molly, bapt. Oct. 5, 1794.


11. ROBERT SAUNDERS, son of Robert (6), baptized Oct. 12, 1766 ; married Molly Foss. Children :


John, m. Buzzell. Betsey. Robert, m. Huldah Philbrick.


13. Job, b. Nov. 24, 1792. Elijah, m. Olly Philbrick. Frederick, m. Manson. William, m. Wallace.


12. ELIJAH ROBERT ( ?) SAUNDERS, JR., son of Robert (6), born Aug. 20, 1769; married, Nov. 29, 1792, Mercy Rand. Child :


Patience Locke, bapt. June 29, 1794.


13. JOB SAUNDERS, son of Robert (11), born Nov. 24, 1792 ; married Lived at Derry. Children :


O. H., lived at Boston. W. H., lived at Chicago.


SAWYER.


HORACE SAWYER, from Haverhill, Mass., married, Nov. 5, 1868, Susan M. Jenness. Lived at Rye. Children :


Anna Knox, b. Oct. 1, 1869; m. April 24, 1902, Joseph Watt. Ed- ward, b. Jan. 11, 1872. Horace Russell, b. April 12, 1876; m. Oct. 10, 1900, Mary W. Whidden. Mildred, b. Jan. 19, 1889.


SCADGEL.


BENJAMIN SCADGEL married -. Children :


Mary, b. 1748. Sarah, b. 1750. Hannah, b. 1752. Abigail, b. 1754. Benjamin, b. 1757. Abigail, b. 1761.


The Scadgel place was where Mr. Joseph Langdon Sea- vey lives. They kept a tavern and the sign hung on the large elm tree which stands southerly from the house.


SCHEDEL-SCHEGEL.


CHRISTOPHER SCHEDEL married Deborah Chil-


dren :


Mary, b. May 1, 1720. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1727; m. Dorcas; lived in Rye in 1763. Jacob, b. Oct. 25, 1736.


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HISTORY OF RYE.


SCOTT.


DANIEL P. SCOTT married -. Lived on Lafayette road. Children :


Walter P. Haven. Daniel O.


SEAVEY.


1. WILLIAM SEAVEY, sent from England in 1631 to the Piscataquqa settlement by Captain John Mason. He was a selectman and otherwise of some consequence in the settle- ment. In 1660, he was William the elder. He died about 16SS. Children :


2. William, b. 1640.


3. John, b. 1650. Stephen. Elizabeth, m. Odiorne.


2. WILLIAM SEAVEY, son of William (1), born 1640; married Hannah -, who was born about 1663, and died Jan. 31, 1748. He was on the grand jury in 1682, and was a surveyor in 1683. In 1728, he desired at a "propri- etors' meeting" to be excused by reason of "age and infirm- ity" from any further service in laying out lands. His will was dated March 25, 1728-29, and proved, June, 1733. Her will was made Sept. 10, 1741, proved, Feb. 28, 1748. She gave to her son Stephen, ten shillings; James, ten shill- ings ; Ebenezer, a bed ; to the children of son Thomas, £10; to her negro woman Anna, one cow. Children:


4. William, 3d.


5. James. Hannah, m. Samuel Wells, who d. before Sept., 1741. Hep- zibah, m. Thomas Wright, mariner, who died before 1741. Mary, b. 1704; m. Capt. Samuel Banfield, who d. 1743; she d. 1753. Thomas (twin), went down East, d. before Sept. 1741. Ebenezer (Capt.), (twin), went down East; d. at Newcastle, 1744. Ste- phen, m. widow Mary True.


3. JOHN SEAVEY, son of William (1), born 1650; mar- ried, July 29, 1680, Hannah Walker, daughter of John Phil- brook of Hampton and widow of Joseph Walker. Chil- dren :


6. Thomas. Nathaniel. They united in 1690 in petitioning for the jurisdiction of Massachusetts.


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4. WILLIAM SEAVEY, 3D, son of William (2), married, first, Mary Hincks, who died 1744; second, Sept. 25, 1748, Hannah Seavey, who died 1781 or 1786. Proprietors' clerk for some years, and probably ensign in Captain Jotham Odiorne's company, 1716. Children :


7. Amos. William, b. 1714; d. Sept. 24, 1744; a clothier; perhaps had a child, Mark, bapt. July 4, 1742. Ephraim, b. 1723; d. 1735-'36. Elizabeth, m. Nov. 30, 1732, John Jenness; d. Feb. 14, 1744-'45. John, b. Oct. 5, 1716; d. July 24, 1741. James, m. Eliz- abeth Langdon, sister of Amos' wife.


5. JAMES SEAVEY, son of William (2), married, June, 1718, Hannah Pickering; in 1755 had wife, Abigail. Chil- dren :


Hannah, b. May 4, 1719; m. July 24, 1740, Jacob Sheafe.


8. James.


9. Paul.


6. THOMAS SEAVEY, son of John (3), married Thomas- ine. He died Feb. 1707-08. Lived at Newcastle. Chil- dren :


Benjamin. Samuel. Damaris. Oslow. Rebecca, m. John Shute.


7. AMOS SEAVEY, carpenter, son of William, 3d (4), born 1718; married, 1744, Mary Langdon, who died Feb. 23, 1807, aged 82 years. He died Feb. 19, 1807, and they were buried in one grave. Lived in the old Seavey house at East Rye. Children :


10. William, 5th, b. 1745. Mary, b. Dec., 1746; m. Jan. 31, 1768, Dr. Joseph Parsons; lived at Rye. Hannah, b. 1749; m. Feb. 22, 1774, Richard Jenness of Deerfield.


11. Joseph Langdon, b. Jan. 7, 1751. Elizabeth. b. June 19, 1753; m. Aug. 21, 1777, Isaac Dow, son of Henry. Anna, b. 1755; m. Nov. 20, 1791, John Seavey; she d. Jan. 26, 1827. Martha, b. 1758; m. March 11, 1787, Benjamin Jenness; she d. May 27, 1830. Dolly, b. 1761; d. unm. Jan. 27, 1827. Abigail, b. 1764; m. Jan. 28, 1790, John Garland, Jr., son of Simon; she d. March 14, 1851.


S. JAMES SEAVEY, son of James (5), married Elizabeth Langdon, who died July 14, 1804. He died Oct. 19, 1801. Children :


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James, b. 1757; d. unm. July 15, 1811. John, b. 1761; m. Nov. 20, 1791, Anna Seavey.


12. Joseph, b. Dec. 20, 1767.


9. PAUL SEAVEY, son of James (5), married, May 10, 1764, Sarah Wallis. Lived on the Samuel M. Rand place in East Rye. Children :


13. Ebenezer, b. 1765. Deborah, b. 1767; d. probably before 1790. Han- nah, b. 1769; m. Jonathan Wedgewood. Sarah, b. 1772; m. March 6, 1791, Joseph Goss. Mehitable, b. Feb. 19, 1775; m. first, Peter Garland; second, James Perkins; she d. May, 1850.


14. Samuel Wallis, b. 1779.


15. Joshua, b. 1777. William, b. 1782; d. in Demerara, W. I. Fanny, b. Oct., 1787; m. May 15, 1803, Benjamin Garland, aged 32 years. Gideon; old Uncle Eben Wallis undertook to keep him but he ran away.


10. LIEUT. WILLIAM SEAVEY, son of Amos (7), born 1745; married Anna Trefethern. He died March 15, 1829. First lieutenant under Captain Joseph Parsons at Newcas- tle in the Revolutionary War. Children :


Elizabeth, m. Lieut. John Foye; lived at Rye. Mary, b. Dec., 1769; m. Ebenezer Odiorne; lived at Rye. Anna, b. April, 1772; m. Levi Dearborn of North Hampton; lived in Illinois.


16. William, b. May 19, 1774. Hannah, b. 1776; m. William Foye; she d. Nov. 14, 1803. Martha, b. 1780; m. Samuel Willey; she d. July, 1855. Dorothy, b. June 7, 1782; m. Feb. 17, 1801, Daniel Rand.


17. Amos, b. 1787. Abigail, b. July 3, 1791; m. Joseph Whidden. 18. John Langdon, b. Sept. 8, or May 24, 1793.


11. JOSEPH LANGDON SEAVEY, son of Amos (7), born Jan. 7, 1751; married, first, Nov. 19, 1786, Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Benjamin Garland; second, Martha Pat- ten. He died March 4, 1803. Children by first wife : Sarah, b. Oct. 26, 1777; d. about 1797. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 1780; m. March 16, 1806, Lieut. Simon Brown; lived at Rye. Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1783; m. first, April 26, 1804, Joseph Brown; second, Dec. 18, 1809, Richard Jenness, Jr.


19. Theodore J., bapt. July 3, 1785.


Children by second wife:


20. Ephraim, bapt. Feb. 19, 1792. Matty, or Martha, b. July 21, 1793; m. Nov. 28, 1816, Amos S. Garland, son of John. Sidney S., b. July 19, 1795; m. Dec. 22, 1813, John L. Seavey, son of William. 21. Joseph Langdon, b. Oct. 30, 1798.


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12. JOSEPH SEAVEY, son of James (S), born Dec. 20, 1767; married Mary Whidden, who was born June 18, 1776-'77, and died Aug. 7, 1853. He died Nov. 7, 1849. Children :




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