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Eliza Mary Langdon, b. March 1, 1804; m. Joseph Foss. Alfred, b. March 7, 1806; d. Oct. 29, 1821.
22. Joseph Whidden, b. Dec. 9, 1807.
23. Edward, b. July 20, 1810.
- 24. James, b. Sept. 21, 1812. Hannah W., b. July 19, 1814; m. Oct. 13, 1851, Moses Rand. Sarah Lang, b. Nov. 10, 1816; d.
25. Eben Leavitt, b. Jan. 28, 1819.
13. EBENEZER SEAVEY, son of Paul (9), born 1765; mar- ried, first, Prudence P. Marden ; second -, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah Berry. Lived at Rochester. Chil- dren :
Hannah, bapt. May 13, 1792; m. William Jenness. Sarah, bapt. May 13, 1792; m. Leighton. Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1794; m. Solomon Jenness. Ebenezer Wallis, b. June 30, 1796. Anna Towle, b. July 1, 1798; m. Jenness. William, b. Dec. 15, 1800; m. Jenness. Mary, unm. Gideon, d. young.
14. SAMUEL WALLIS SEAVEY, son of Paul (9), born 1779; married widow Dorothy or Dolly (Parsons) Follett of Kittery, Me. Children :
William, m. Ackerman. Henry. Samuel. Calvin. Paul. Sarah.
15. JOSHUA SEAVEY, son of Paul (9), born 1777; mar- ried, April 16, 1797, Betsey Webster. Lived in Illinois. Children :
Betsey, b. July 31, 1797; m. Thompson; lived at Sandwich. Sally, b. Nov. 2, 1798; m. Marden; lived at Sandwich. Olive, b. May 15, 1800; m. Benjamin Odiorne. Winthrop, b. Jan. 26, 1802. Mary Moses, b. Sept. 24, 1803. Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1805; m. Will- iam Moses. Jesse, b. Aug. 11, 1810. Hannah, b. May 16, 1812; m. Taylor. Asa.
16. WILLIAM SEAVEY, son of Lieut. William (10), born May 19, 1774; married Elizabeth Ayers of Greenland, who was born June 13, 1781. He died Sept. 20, 1854. Com- missioned lieutenant under Captain E. Philbrick, May 17, 1811. Children :
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William L., b. July 8, 1801; d. Sept. 26, 1802.
26. Lyman, b. Aug. 31, 1802. Emeline, b. Sept. 26, 1804; m. Dec. 29, 1824, John N. Frost; she d. July 2, 1853. Eliza Ann, b. July 12, 1806; d. unm. March 28, 1877.
27. William Warren, b. Nov. 8, 1807. Susan H., b. April 27, 1811; m. Jan. 22, 1832, John A. Brown of Gloucester. Hannah J., b. May 31, 1813; m. James N. Tarlton of Newcastle. Caroline L., b. Jan. 17, 1816; d. Oct. 10, 1840, aged 23 years. Mary A., b. May 13, 1819; m. Enoch Love; she d. Feb. 19, 1902.
28. Harrison, b. March 17, 1822.
17. LIEUT. AMOS SEAVEY, son of Lieut. William (10), born 1787; married, June 16, 1807, Sarah Drake. She died April 3, 1874. Lived at Rye and Greenland. A mem- ber of Captain James Coleman's company of cavalry in the War of 1812. He died in Greenland, Sept. 5, 1852. Chil- dren :
Lettis, b. Sept. 12, 1809; m. April 16, 1828, Thomas J. Berry; she d. April 12, 1844; he d. Jan. 23, 1880. Mary, m. Jan. 4, 1837, Simon Brown; she d. Aug. 10, 1885; lived at Rye and Lynn, Mass. Amos, b. 1818; m. Eliza J .; he d. Aug. 20, 1879. Charles W., b. 1820; m. Sarah A. Hatch; he d. Dec., 1863. Sarah D., m. Thomas J. Berry. Anna T., m. Nathaniel Drake of North Hamp- ton. Clara B., m. J. Harry Philbrick of Candia. Andrew P., m. Gerrish; she afterwards m. Langdon Whidden; lived at Ports- mouth.
18. JOHN LANGDON SEAVEY, son of Lieut. William (10), born Sept. 8, 1793; married, Dec. 22, 1813, Sidney, daugh- ter of Joseph L. Seavey. She died March 8, 1858. Chil- dren :
29. Woodbury, b. June 10, 1815. William, b. June 5, 1817; d. March 13, 1824. Sidney Langdon, b. June 17-20, 1823; m. Dec. 22, 1842, Oliver Jenness, son of Richard; lived at Rye. Ann Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1825-'26; m. Nov. 21, 1847, Albert Dow. John William, b. Oct. 16, 1828; m. Emily Seavey, who d. Dec. 28, 1855; he d. Dec. 23, 1855. Caroline Theresa, b. Oct. 18, 1840; m. first, Jan. 17, 1860, Gilman Marden; second, Nov. 3, 1866, Bezaleel Mathes.
19. THEODORE J. SEAVEY, son of Joseph Langdon (11), baptized July 3, 1785; married, Dec. 21, 1820, Betsey Ste- vens, who died June 12, 1835. Children :
William, b. April 24, 1821; m. Abby Pottle; lived at Dorchester. Sophronia, b. Jan. 6, 1823; d. Charles, d. Oliver, went to sea. Samuel, d. Jan. 10, 1855, at Newport, R. I. Eliza Jane, d.
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20. EPHRAIM SEAVEY, son of Joseph Langdon (11), bap- tized Feb. 19, 1792 ; married, Nov. 28, 1816, Betsey, daugh- ter of John Garland, Jr. Lived at Rye. Children
Frederick, b. April 13, 1826; d. May 28, 1897. Mary Abigail, b. Feb. 1, 1828; d. non compos mentis. Martha Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1829; m. Albert M. Walker; lived at Rye. Hannah P., b. June 24, 1831; m. May 20, 1852, Jeremiah H. Robie; lived at North Hampton. Joseph William, b. Nov. 26, 1835; m. 1861, Mary Abby Philbrick, dau. of Jonathan Philbrick.
21. JOSEPH LANGDON SEAVEY, son of Joseph Langdon (11), born Oct. 30, 1798; married, Nov. 15, 1832, Temper- ance Langdon. Lived at Rye. He died March 2, 1860. Children :
Martha Adeline, b. 1834; unm. Mary Jane, b. 1837; m. March, 1871, J. Wesley Foye. Joseph Langdon, b. 1840; unm.
22. JOSEPH WHIDDEN SEAVEY, son of Joseph (12), born Dec. 9, 1807; married, May 29, 1829, Sarah Lang. Chil- dren :
Mary F., b. Jan. 18, 1830; m. June 24, 1851, John S. Remick; she d. March 1, 1861. Emily C., m. Joseph William Seavey: both d. Aug. 28, 1858. Charles E., b. June 10, 1834; m. first, Jan. 31, 1861, Fidelia Garland; second, - - Garland.
30. Alfred V., b. July 31, 1836. Sarah H., b. Feb. 14, 1839; d. Aug. 6, 1860. Frank H., b. Dec. 16, 1843; m. Leavitt. Charlotte, b. Sept. 14, 1844; m. Joseph R. Holmes; lived at Portsmouth. Alina A., b. June 17, 1847; m. Dec. 25, 1867, John W. Hobbs of North Hamp- ton.
31. Irving J., b. 1852.
23. EDWARD SEAVEY, son of Joseph (12), born July 20, 1810; married Mary Willey. Children :
32. James E. Martha Ann.
34. George Henry, m. Dec. 24, 1871, Sarah Adeline Moulton.
24. JAMES SEAVEY, son of Joseph (12), born Sept. 21, 1812 ; married, first, Mary Trefethern ; second, Eliza Whid- den. Lived at Portsmouth. He died Jan. 19, 1891. Chil- dren :
Clara E., m. Ebenezer Odiorne. M. Eva, non compos mentis. Han- son W., m. March 7, 1886, Lizzie, dau. of John Hunt Foss.
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25. EBEN LEAVITT SEAVEY, son of Joseph (12), born Jan. 28, 1819; married, Dec. 25, 1849, Julia A. Holmes, who was born Jan., 1827. Lived at Rye. He died March 20, 1886. Children :
Everett Charles, b. Nov. 1, 1850; d. Jan. 2, 1862. Mary Charlotte, b. Jan. 4, 1854; m. Oct. 14, 1875, Emmons B. Philbrick; lived at Rye. Albert Storer, b. Jan. 11, 1863; d. July 11, 1864.
26. LYMAN SEAVEY, son of William (16), born Ang. 31, 1802; married, April 4, 1822, Eliza S. Parsons. He died Nov. 8, 1862. Lived at Spinney, Me. Children :
Isaac, b. July, 1822; m. Elizabeth Weeks of Portsmouth; he d. Dec. 3, 1862; lived at Newburyport. Martha, m. first, R. W. Trask; second, James Copeland. Susan, m. Wilson; she killed her child, aged seven years, during a fit of insanity, at Boston. Adeline, d. Otis, lived in California. Amos, d.
27. WILLIAM WARREN SEAVEY, son of William (16), born Nov. 8, 1807; married, March 17, 1835, Hannah M. Jewell of Stratham, who was born March 22, 1809. He died Jan. 3, 1861. Children :
Calivena E., b. Ang. 4, 1836; m. Jan. 27, 1867, Amos P. Brown. Eliza- beth S., b. Dec. 13, 1837. William Harrison, b. May 22, 1842; m. Jan., 1875, Annie E. Smith of New Hampton; she d. Feb. 10, 1904. Lived at Rye.
28. ITARRISON SEAVEY, son of William (16), born March 17, 1822; married, May 21, 1854, Martha J. Webster. He died Oct. 8, 1858. Children :
William J., b. Jan. 31, 1856. Lizzie A., b. Oct. 25, 1858.
29. WOODBURY SEAVEY, son of John Langdon (18), born June 10, 1815; married, Feb. 1, 1839, Martha, daughter of Joseph Philbrick, Jr. Lived at Rye and Portsmouth. Children :
Angenette, b. June 23, 1840; m. Joseph Barnard. John Langdon, b. Sept. 21, 1841; m. 1875, Frances Goodall; lived at Greenland. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 10, 1844; m. Sept. 12, 1871, James N. Tarlton, Jr.
30. ALFRED V. SEAVEY, son of Joseph Whidden (22), born July 31, 1836; married, first, Jan. 31, 1861, Charlotte
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A. Garland ; second, Feb. 17, 1870, Mary A. Drake; third, May, 1877, Clara Drake. She died Jan. 26, 1903. Chil- dren :
Albert W., b. July 10, 1862; m. Jan. 6, 1886, Flora Philbrick; he d. Aug. 9, 1891. Charlotte Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1869; unm.
31. IRVING J. SEAVEY, son of Joseph Whidden (22), born 1852; married, Nov. 24, 1872, Sarah O. Drake. He died Jan. 4, 1896. Children :
33. Everett H., b. Sept. 6, 1875; m. April 21, 1897, Lizzie H. Bebee. Joseph Oren, b. June 6, 1871.
32. JAMES E. SEAVEY, son of Edward (23), married, June 13, 1869, Charlotte Foss. He died Aug. 12, 1873. Child :
Ella May, b. May, 1873; m. 1902, Fred L. Pancoast, and had Winni- fred, b. May, 1903.
33. EVERETT H. SEAVEY, son of Irving J. (31), born Sept. 6, 1875; married, April 21, 1897, Lizzie Bebee. Child : Irvin G., b. Jan. 5, 1898.
34. GEORGE H. SEAVEY, son of Edward (23), married, Dec. 24, 1871, Sarah A. Moulton. He died. Child :
Edward E., b. Feb. 24, 1874; m. April 30, 1898, Maud E. Wiggin, and had a dau. born July 11, 1903.
1. SAMUEL SEAVEY, son of Children :
-; married Abigail
2. Ithamar, b. Jan. 27, 1712.
3. Samuel, b. May 18, 1714. Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1716.
4. Henry, b. April 23, 1719. Mary, b. April 25, 1721. Abigail, b. Feb. 25, 1723. Mehitable, b. Oct. 21, 1729; m. Jan. 6, 1745, Joshua Atwood of Bradford, or Jan. 4, 1753, Edward Blue.
5. Jonathan, b. Feb. 2, 1732. Moses, b. Jan. 30, 1735; d. Sept. 4, 1830.
2. ITHAMAR SEAVEY, son of Samuel (1), born Jan. 27, 1712; married Mary Children :
Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1734. Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1737.
3. SAMUEL SEAVEY, JR., son of Samuel (1), born May 18, 1714; married -. Children :
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Deborah, bapt. Jan. 1, 1738. Hannah, b. 1747. Isaac, b. 1749. Margaret, b. 1750. 9 Isaac, b. 1752. William, b. Jan. 9, 1754. Sarah, b. 1756. Ruth, b. 1766. Henry Dow, b. 1773. Benjamin, b. 1778.
4. HENRY SEAVEY, son of Samuel (1), born April 23, 1719; married, Sept. 15, 1740, Mary Kingman. Children : John, bapt. 1741. Elijah, b. 1742. Ruth, b. 1742. Hannah, b. 1750.
5. JONATHAN SEAVEY, perhaps son of Sammel (1), born Feb. 2, 1732; married Stevens. Lived in Greenland; moved to Bartlett. Children :
Comfort, b. 1756; m. Ellen Tasker.
6. Jonathan, b. 1758. Levi, b. 1760. Joseph. Simon, m. Polly Ran- dall of Conway.
6. JONATHAN SEAVEY, son of Jonathan (5), born 1758; married Priscilla Philbrick of Greenland. Children :
Ellen, m. David Blake of Hampton. Deborah, d.
7. Jonathan, m. Sally Seavey (his cousin). George. Simon, m. Bet- sey Handly; lived at Conway.
7. JONATHAN SEAVEY, son of Jonathan (6), married Sally Seavey (his cousin). Children :
Jonathan. Mary. Caroline. Elizabeth. Carlton. Edwin. Charles. Ithamar.
1. HENRY J. SEAVEY, son of -, married Smith. He lived between David Remick's and Wallis' Four Corners, East Rye. Was under Captain Joseph Parsons at New- castle; afterwards went privateeering. Went to Epsom; removed to Rye; died in 1803. Children :
2. Joseph, bapt. Oct. 7. 1744. Ruth, b. 1744. Hannah, bapt. May 20, 1750; m. John Rand, son of Joshua. James, b. 1754; m. Patience Berry; he d. April 1, 1829.
2. JOSEPH SEAVEY, son of Henry J. (1), baptized Oct. 7, 1744; married Frances Locke of Epsom. Children : Abraham. Frances. Ebenezar. Jeremiah. Hannah.
1. WILLIAM SEAVEY, son of -, married, July 23, 1752, Ruth Moses. Lived at Rye, near the Captain Elvin Rand farm. Children :
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Hannah, b. May 20, 1753; m. June 4, 1772, John Rand. Martha, b. Dec. 15, 1754; m. Sept. 29, 1774, James Locke. Ruth, b. May 30, 1756; m. Joshua Rand. Mehitable, b. Feb. 12, 1758; m. Samuel Libby. Aaron, b. Aug., 1759. William, b. June 14, 1761.
2. Daniel, b. May 1, 1763. Moses, b. March 31, 1765; lived at Chiches- ester. Mark, b. Dec. 7, 1766; lived at Chichester. Shadrach, b. Dec. 24, 1769; lived at Chichester. Simon, b. May 17, 1772; lived at Chichester.
2. DANIEL SEAVEY, son of William (1), born May 1, 1763 ; married, Dec. 5, 1783, Rachel Rand. Children :
Aaron, bapt. May 22, 1785. Sally, b. July 8, 1787. William, b. Oct. 10, 1790. Lucy Wainwright, b. Jan. 4, 1797. Mehitable, b. Feb. 14, 1802.
1. SAMUEL SEAVEY, son of -- , married -. Lived on Samuel P. Garland's farm, now owned by Clarence Goss. Children :
2. Isaac. Sarah.
2. ISAAC SEAVEY, son of Samuel (1), married, April 6, 1785, Abigail Gardiner of Portsmouth. Child :
Joseph Mason, b. Aug. 14, 1785.
JOSEPH SEAVEY, son of -, married Hannah -. Children :
Joanna, b. Aug. 21, 1712. Hannah, b. June 5, 1713. Joseph. Henry. Sarah.
HENRY SEAVEY, son of married, first, Mary -; second, Abigail Children :
Elijah, b. Aug. 15, 1716. Ruth, b. Oct. 11, 1735. Caroline, b. Oct. 21, 1741. James, b. March 1, 1743; m. Abigail
SAMUEL SEAVEY, SON of -; married Mary Child :
Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1734.
HENRY SEAVEY, JR., son of - -; married Elizabeth Fuller. Children :
Joseph, bapt. 1744; d. Joseph, b. 1746. Catherine. Olive, b. 1748.
JAMES SEAVEY, son of --- , married Abigail Picker- ing. Child:
James, b. March 1, 1743.
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JOSEPHI SEAVEY, son of , married, Nov. 22, 1744, Sarah Scott. Child :
Sarah, b. 1745.
SOLOMON SEAVEY, son of , married, March 30, 1758, Fallen. Children :
Joseplı, bapt. 1759. Daughter, b. 1762.
JOSEPH SEAVEY, son of -, married, first, Dec. 24, 1769, Sarah Locke; second, Oct. 2, 1771, Susannah Ken- nison. Children :
Joseph, bapt. 1770. Mary, b. 1776. Samuel, b. 1779. Abigail, b. 1782. Sally, b. Aug. 13, 1786. Joseph, b. July 6, 17SS. William, b. Oct. 19, 1791.
NOAH SEAVEY. son of -, married, May 6, 1763, Tem- perance Rand. Lived on Gomorrah road, Portsmouth. Children :
Jolın, b. 1764. Ruth, b. 1766; m. first, Mace; second, John Nelson. Temperance, b. 1768; unm., had child, Nancy, who lived at Green- land. Sarah, b. 1771. Thomas, b. 177S. Noah. Molly, mn. Levi Mace of the Isles of Shoals.
ELIJAH SEAVEY, son of -, married, Sept. 4, 1764, Sarah Berry. Lived at Barrington. Children :
Phudesy (Fredrick), b. June 1, 1765. Olly (Olive), b. Aug. 28, 1768.
WILLIAM SEAVEY, son of Henry, born Aug. 3, 1761 ; mar- ried, May 17, 1780, Dolly Foss, daughter of Ichabod Foss. Lived at Barrington. Children :
Isaac, b. Dec. 10, 1780. John, b. Oct. 26, 1782. Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1784. Elijah, b. March 1, 1787. William, b. Jan. 25, 1790. Lucy, b. Jan. 1, 1792; d. April 22, 1807. Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1794. Icha- bod, b. Nov. 29, 1796. Sally, b. Nov. 28, 1799.
JOSEPH SEAVEY, son of , married Chil- dren :
Sally, bapt. Aug. 13, 1786. Joseph, b. July 6, 178S. William, b. Oct. 9, 1791.
BENJAMIN SEAVEY, son of -, married -. Chil- dren :
Sarah, m. Samuel Marden. Moses, m. Huldah Locke. Hepzibah, m. Charles Fay or Foye. Hannah, m. Dixon; lived at Kittery. Mary.
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WINTHROP SEAVEY married Lived in Illinois. Child :
Gideon W., attorney, Fort Wayne, Ind.
MOSES SEAVEY, son of Benjamin, married Huldah Locke. Removed to Deerfield. Lived at the foot of the hill on Washington avenue, where John Philbrick resided. He conveyed to Amos Seavey, in 1762, all his share of his late father's right in the common land. Children :
Samuel, b. 1762. Huldah, b. 1763. Levi, b. 1766; m. Tilton. Moses, b. 1767; m. Ruth Tarlton of Newcastle. Abigail, b. 1770. Elijah, b. 1774.
SHANNON.
THOMAS SHANNON married, May 31, 1753, Ann Rand. Lived at Chester. Children :
Bettie, b. Sept. 18, 1753. William, b. Aug. 25, 1755. John, b. Aug. 16, 1757. Thomas, b. 1759. Samuel, b. 1762.
SHAPLEY.
1. HENRY SHAPLEY, married Elizabeth Saunders. Lived at Gosport. Children :
2. Henry Carter, b. 1743 (?). Reuben, m. first, Blaisdell; second, Ann Clark; lived at Portsmouth. John, mı. Leighton.
3. James. Robert, lost at sea. Sarah, m. first, Sept. 22, 1776, John Mace; second, Daniel Goss. Betsy, m. first, Benjamin Randall; second, William Pierce. Mary, m. John Robinson; lived at the the Isles of Shoals. Benjamin, m. Nancy Blaisdell.
4. Edward.
2. HENRY CARTER SHAPLEY, son of Henry (1), born 1743 (?) ; married, first, Judith Randall; second, Dorcas Saunders ; third, Sally Caswell. He died March 17, 1830. Served as corporal under Captain J. Parsons in the Revo- lutionary War. Children by first wife :
Betsey, b. (before m.) 1766; m. July 4, 1788, Robert Poor of Ports- mouth; lived at Rye.
5. Henry J., b. 1767.
Children by second wife:
Reuben, b. 1774; m. Feb. 19, 1796, Mary Saunders. Judith. Sally.
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Children by third wife:
George W. (b. before m.); m. Ann Gray.
6. Robert, b. Feb., 1812.
3. JAMES SHAPLEY, son of Henry (1), married Mercy Saunders. Lived at Gosport and Rye. Children :
Sally, b. Oct. 12, 1791; d. unm. Dec. 4, 1875; lived down Beach road. Henry, lost in privateer Portsmouth.
7. Judith, b. 1796. Betsey, b. 1803; d. Sept. 20, 1882, at county house. 8. James, b. 1807. Betsey, bapt. Jan. 19, 1790. Benjamin, bapt. Jan. 19, 1790.
4. EDWARD SHAPLEY, son of Henry (1), married Hepzi- bah Rand. Children :
Sally, d. unm. at the Isles of Shoals, aged 18 years. James, cast away in a whaling vessel. Robert, enlisted in the navy as a marine; ordered to the Lakes and never heard from.
5. HENRY J. SHAPLEY, son of Henry Carter (2), born 1767 ; married Mary Berry. Lived at Rye. Children :
9. Samuel, b. Jan. 16, 1791. Dorcas Pitman, b. Nov. 17, 1792; m. Benjamin Foss. Jotham Berry, b. 1794; m. Chalcedonia -. 10. Henry, b. 1797. Eliza, b. June 1, 1799; m. Richard Foss. 11. Reuben, b. Aug., 1806.
6. ROBERT SHAPLEY, son of Henry Carter (2), born Feb., 1812; married, Nov. 1, 1854, Ann Knowland. Children :
Frances Ann, b. May 14, 1853 (b. before m.). William Henry, b. Feb. 3, 1856. James Albert, b. June 1, 1858. John Palmer, b. June 12, 1860. Olive Jane, b. Nov. 11, 1862. A girl, b. 1864. Sarah Caro- line, b. 1865. George Washington, b. Jan. 18, 1867.
7. JUDITH SHAPLEY, daughter of James (3), born 1796. Children :
Sarah Ann, b. Nov., 1822. James Henry Locke, b. May 29, 1830; m. Anna Trefethern of Kittery.
S. JAMES SHAPLEY, son of James (3), born 1807; mar- ried, Oct. 19, 1820, Dorothy Randall. Children :
Reuben, b. Nov. 12, 1824; d. May 11, 1846. George, b. Sept. 6, 1822; drowned Oct. 4, 1851, in a gale while fishing in the bay.
9. SAMUEL SHAPLEY, son of Henry J. (5), born Jan. 16, 1791 ; married, April 17, 1817, Rachel Foss. He died Feb.
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17, 1862. Served in the War of 1812 under Captain E. Philbrick. Children :
Joshua, b. Aug. 2, 1817; d. Aug. 6, 1817. Samuel B., b. Oct. 24, 1821; m. Harriet T. Gilman; lived at Plaistow. Sarah A., b. Nov. 23, 1824; m. first, John Berry; second, John Grogan, who d. Sept., 1893, at Stoneham, Mass.
12. William H., b. June 3, 1831.
10. HENRY SHAPLEY, son of Henry J. (5), born 1797; married Abigail Parker. Children :
Henry, m. Emeline Jones. David, m. Sarah F. Coleman. Harriet E., m. John Keyes. Jotham. Mary Jane, m. John Clark.
11. DEACON REUBEN SHAPLEY, son of Henry J. (5), born Aug., 1806; married, April 21, 1825, Lovina Robinson. Lived at Rye. He died June 10, 1868. She died June 27, 1880. Children :
13. Reuel G., b. Oct. 23, 1825. Jotham, b. Dec., 1830; d. Sept. 1, 1850, at Rye. Emily, b. Oct. 10, 1833; m. Daniel Dalton; lived at Rye. Robert P., b. May 10, 1836; d. June 2, 1865, in War 1861-'65, at Darnstown, Md. John, b. June, 1838; d. Sept., 1864; shot at Wainsborough, Va., in Civil War. Semira, b. Dec., 1842; d. June 9, 1869; thrown from a wagon and killed.
12. WILLIAM H. SHAPLEY, son of Samuel (9), born June 3, 1831; married, first, Sarah J. Hill; second, Margaret Thompson. Children by first wife :
James Hill. Abby Jane, b. May 27, 1854.
Children by second wife:
Mary R., b. April 4, 1858. Harriet E., b. June S, 1861.
13. REUEL G. SHAPLEY, son of Reuben (11), born Oct. 23, 1825; married, first, Dec. 22, 1872, Abby A. Rand, who died Oct. 2, 1881; second, Maria Haines of Greenland. Children by first wife :
Nora S., b. March 26, 1874. Abby Ruth, b. Oct. 1, 1881.
SHEAFE.
SAMUEL SHEAFE of Canebrook, England.
THOMAS SHEAFE married Marion , who died, 1383, in England.
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EDMUND SHEAFE, born 1605; married Elizabeth Cotton. Children :
Rebecca. Elizabeth. Sampson, b. 1650.
JACOB SHEAFE married, 1625, Margaret Webb, who died in 1698. Children :
Jacob, d. Dec. 26, 1760. Two children, burned in their house at Boston.
JACOB SHEAFE married Children : Elizabeth, b. 1644; m. Robert Gibbs. Mehitable, b. 1656; m. 1077, Sampson Sheafe, son of Edmund ( ?).
1. SAMPSON SHEAFE, came from Boston to Newcastle in 1675 and died in Boston, aged 76 years. Children :
2. Jacob, b. 1677; m. Mary Sampson, b. 1681.
2. JACOB SHEAFE, son of Sampson (1), born 1677; mar- ried Mary -. Children :
Abigail. Mary, b. 1718; m. Sampson Sheafe in Boston. Elizabeth. Margaret.
1. SAMPSON SHEAFE, born 1611; married Sarah Walton of Newcastle. Children :
Sampson, b. 1712.
2. Jacob, b. Oct. 21, 1715. Henry. Samuel.
Sarah. Mehitable. Elizabeth.
2. JACOB SHEAFE, son of Sampson (1), born Oct. 21, 1715; married, July 21, 1740, Hannah Seavey, who died in 1773, aged 54 years. Children :
Matthew, b. Aug. 13, 1741; a shipmaster. Abigail, b. April 26, 1744; m. Judge John Pickering; she d. Dec. 10, 1805. Jacob, b. Sept. 6, 1745. Sarah, b. Aug. 1, 1748; m. John Marsh; he d. 1777; she d. June S, 1839. Hannah, b. April 24, 1750; m. first, Hugh Emerson; second, Hart; she d. Sept. 1, 1845. Thomas, b. April 16, 1752; d. Sept. 4, 1831. Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1753; m. 1774, Jo- seph Williard; she d. March 6, 1826. James, b. Nov. 16, 1755; d. Dec. 25, 1829. William, b. Sept. 11, 1758; d. March, 1839. Me- hitable, b. April 12, 1700; m. Eben Smith of Durham; she d. Sept. 4, 1843. John. b. July 13, 1762; d. Jan. 24, 1812.
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GENEALOGY.
SHERBURNE.
HENRY SHERBURNE married Rebecah Gibbon ; died 1681. Child :
Elizabeth, m. Capt. Samuel Banfield.
ANDREW SHERBURNE, born May 22, 1738; married Su- sannah Knight, who was born March 6, 1741. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Thomas, b. June 15, 1761. Martha, b. July 7, 1762; d. March 14, 1763. Martha, b. March 7, 1764. Andrew, b. Sept. 30, 1765. Samuel, b. May 16, 1767. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1768.
1. HENRY SHERBURNE married Sarah Warner. Chil- dren :
Samuel, m. Warner.
2. Jonathan. Henry, unm. Nathaniel, m. Polly Cotton. Edward. John.
2. JONATHAN SHERBURNE, son of Henry (1), married, March 4, 1787, Nancy Perkins, who was born 1767, and died April 4, 1811. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Anna. Jonathan, b. March, 1790. Adeline, b. Feb. 23, 1792; d. Oct. 26, 1872, at the insane asylum, Concord, aged 75 years. Edward, b. 1796; drowned on Lisbon bar, aged 18 years. James Henry, b. 1803; d. March 7, 1810.
SHORTRIDGE.
RICHARD SHORTRIDGE married, 1662, Esther, daughter of Godfrey Dearborn of Hampton. Children :
Richard. Robert. Ann, m. Nov. 18, 1686, George Wallis of Sandy Beach.
SHUTE.
JAMES SHUTE married - He owned a field oppo- site Gilman Berry's. Child :
Sarah, bapt. 1737.
SLEEPER.
1. AARON SLEEPER, married Lived at Kingston. Children :
2. Benjamin. Thomas. John. Aaron. Moses. Joseph.
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IIISTORY OF RYE.
2. BENJAMIN SLEEPER, son of Aaron (1), married Abi- gail Coffin. He died (?), and she married, second, Rich- ard Jenness. Children :
Tristram Coffin, b. 1744; m. Dec. 18, 1766, Ruth Tarlton. Thomas, b. Sept., 1767; m. Sally Brown.
3. Eliphalet, b. Nov. 19, 1769. Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1771; m. David Wedgewood.
4. William, b. April 28, 1775. Benjamin, b. April 28, 1778; m. Marion Clough.
3. ELIPHALET SLEEPER, son of Benjamin (2), born Nov. 19, 1769; married, March 31, 1800, Molly Jenness. Lived at Rye. Cordwainer. He died March 17, 1843. Chil- dren :
Nancy, b. 1790; m. Simon Jenness, an adopted child.
5. Richard Jenness, b. July 17, 1801. Sally J., b. July 21, 1808; m. Dec. 24, 1826, Zachariah Chickering.
4. WILLIAM SLEEPER, son of Eliphalet (3), born April 28, 1775; married Sally Smith of Exeter, who was born June, 1775, at Exeter. Lived at Rye. Children :
Sarah Ann, b. Oct., 1804; m. Abraham Nudd. Theophilus William, b. 1807; m. Sarah Boardman. Oliver, b. 1810. 6. Charles Benjamin.
5. RICHARD JENNESS SLEEPER, son of Eliphalet (3), born July 17, 1801 ; married, June 6, 1829, Emily Garland, who was born Sept. 4, 1808. Lived at Rye. Children : Edward D., b. Oct. 7, 1829; d. Feb. 16, 1832.
7. Martin V., b. June 22, 1835.
6. CHIARLES BENJAMIN SLEEPER, son of William (4), married Mary Marston, who died Oct. 19, 1898. He died Sept. 23, 1893. Lived at Rye. Children :
Charles Everett, b. May 23, 1845. Amanda, b. April 1, 1848; d. Jan. 30, 1893. Hattie F., b. March 12, 1855.
7. MARTIN V. SLEEPER, son of Richard Jenness (5), born June 22, 1835; married Martha J. Jenness. Children :
Jane. Frank, m. Alice Moulton; had Walter, b. Dec. 29, 1882. Elizabeth. Annie L., b. Sept. 23, 1871.
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GENEALOGY.
THOMAS SLEEPER married, first, 1798, Sally Berry; sec- ond, 1815, Mehitable Crockett. Lived at Rye in the lane near Alfred Seavey's, and at Newington. Mariner. Chil- dren :
Ruth Tarlton, bapt. Nov. 2, 1800; unm. Nabby, b. 1803; d. April, 1871, at North Hampton. Mary, b. 1807; m. Jonathan Cotton of North Hampton; she d. April, 1880. Daniel, b. March, 1816; m. Bean.
SMART.
1. SAMUEL G. SMART, married, April 9, 1866, Mary Watson Garland, daughter of Edward L. Children :
2. Fred L., b. Nov. 27, 1866. Sophia J., b. May 20, 1871; m. Elmer Caswell. Emma L., m. Alva Locke; she d. July 5, 1893.
2. FRED L. SMART, son of Samuel G. (1), born Nov. 27, 1866; married, Dec. 28, 1885, Martha A. Mace. Children: Wilmot Manning, b. June 23, 1888. Maurice H., b. Oct. 12, 1891. Emma L., b. Sept. 20, 1894.
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