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SMITH.
1. DAVID SMITH, perhaps son of Israel and Sarah of Hampton, married Sarah Lived near David Mar- den's at Rye. His sister Mary married Thomas Marden of "Long Lane." Children :
Israel, b. Oct. 1, 1728. Deborah, b. June 18, 1730. Hannah, b. 1736. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1738; m. Sept. 22, 1757, Ephraim Rand; he d. of smallpox in the Revolution and she m., second, Joseph Hall.
2. David, b. Jan. 18, 1741. Sarah, b. 1742. Jonathan, b. 1745. Jo- anna. Israel.
3. Samuel ( ?).
2. DAVID SMITH, son of David (1), born Jan. 18, 1741; married Mary Marden. Children :
Molly, b. 1769; m. Stephen Marden. Sally, b. 1771; m. Joses Phil- brick.
3. SAMUEL SMITHI, perhaps son of David (1), married, March, 1786, Elizabeth Hall, who died Sept. 11, 1847, aged S7 years. He died Jan. 4, 1824, aged 72 years. Children :
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William, b. Oct. 4, 178S; m. Margaret Felear. Esther, b. Dec., 1789; m. Jeremiah Sanborn. John, b. March 2, 1791; m. Nancy San- born; lived at Hampton Falls and Seabrook. Betsey, b. May 23, 1795; m. Jan. 22, 1817, Samuel B. Randall. Joseph, b. July 28, 1797; d. Jan. 20, 1816, aged 17 years.
SPEAR.
1. SAMUEL B. SPEAR, born Nov. 7, 1823 ; married Adeline Cook, who died Jan. 12, 1892. He died April 27, 1900. Painter by trade. Children :
2. Charles W., b. June 17, 1856. Addie E., b. May 25, 1857; m. Dec. 21, 1876, James W. Barton.
2. CHARLES W. SPEAR, son of Samuel B. (1), born June 17, 1856 ; married, first, June 13, 1879, Lizzie Remick, who died Nov. 10, 1886 ; second, Dec. 17, 1889, Mary L. Marden. Children :
Elva, b. June 12, 1880. Mary Frances, b. Jan., 1884; d. March 20, 1886.
SQUIRE.
JOIN SQUIRE married Eliza Burnell. Electrician. Chil- dren :
Alice, b. May 13, 1887. Frances, b. April 10, 1889.
SWENSON.
ANDERS SWENSON married Louise Swenson of Sweden. Children :
Carl A., b. Sept. 31, 1872; m. Aug. 19, 1900, Carrie W. Lewis. Emilie, b. May 31, 1877. Agnes, b. April 10, 1883. Inez, b. April 23, 1890.
TARLTON.
Two brothers Tarlton came from Liverpool, Eng. One landed in the Carolinas, the other, Elias, settled at or near Little Harbor, or Newcastle. IIe had a son Elias.
1. ELIAS TARLETON served his time at Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth ), and at that time knew every person in the place. He married Rendall. Children :
Richard.
2. Elias.
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2. ELIAS TARLTON, son of Elias (1), married Hannah Ackerman. Children :
Elias. Benjamin. John, m. Yeaton.
3. Joseph. Stedman. William. James.
3. JOSEPH TARLTON, son of Elias Tarlton, married, Dec. 30, 1784, Comfort Cotton. Children :
Nathaniel. Elias, b. 1803; d. unm. 1852. Stephen, m. Sarah A. Hartshorn. Betsey, m. Stephen Rand. Samuel, b. 1795; m. Abi- gail Brown; d. 1877. Comfort, m. first, Dorr; second, Chamber- lain. Hannah, m. Asa Reynolds.
JOSEPH TARLTON married, Jan. 10, 1762, Mary Goss. She married, second, Nat Jenness. He was lost privateering. Child :
A girl, m. Stephen Rand.
THOMAS.
WILLIAM THOMAS ( probably son of James and Alice of Nottingham, baptized May 24, 1741), married, Nov. 24, 1768, Mary Saunders. She married, second, Abraham Mathes. Children :
James, b. 1764. William, b. 1766; lost privateering in Revolu- tionary War; captured by British. John Saunders, b. 1768. Thomas, d. young.
JAMES THOMAS married, 1809, Lois Clarke. Children : Ann L., b. June 28, 1811; m. Sept. 13, 1860, John K. Walker; lived at Portsmouth; had a child, Elbridge Thomas. Sally J., b. Aug., 1813; m. John O. Rand; had a child, Manning C .; she d. Sept. 22, 1873. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1825; m. Sept. 24, 1845, George E. Marden of Portsmouth.
ELBRIDGE A. THOMAS married, Dec. 25, 1865, Ellen M. Picot. Children :
Ann Louise, b. Jan. 15, 1866. George Augustus, b. May, 1869.
TIBBETTS.
JACOB TIBBETTS married Judith Berry. Lived at Ragged Neck. Children :
Mary, b. 1767. Samuel, b. 1771. Mary, b. 1773. Thomas, b. 1776. Edward Rendall, b. 1778.
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TOWLE.
It is said the Towles came from Ireland.
1. JONATHAN TOWLE, son of Joseph and Mehetable (Hobbs) Towle of Hampton, married Anna Norton. Chil- dren :
2. Jonathan, b. July 4, 1729.
3. Levi, b. Sept. 22, 1731. Joseph, b. March 21, 1733.
4. Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1735.
5. James, b. Oct. 28, 1737. Anna, b. March 28, 1741; m. Dec. 2, 1760, Joseph Philbrick.
6. Nathan, b. May 19, 1745.
2. JONATHAN TOWLE, son of Jonathan (1), born July 4, 1729; married Elizabeth Jenness. Lived where Lemuel Bunker resided. Children :
7. Simon, b. 1753. Mary, b. 1755; m. Jan. 6, 1774, James Hobbs.
S. Levi, b. 1757. Anna, b. 1759; m. May 29, 1777, Nathaniel Marden. Hannah, b. 1762; m. Sept. 17, 1780, William Yeaton. Elizabeth, b. 1764; d. unm. 1835.
9. Joseph, b. 1766.
10. Benjamin, b. 1769. Sally, b. 1776; m. Lemuel Bunker.
3. LEVI TOWLE, son of Jonathan (1), born Sept. 22, 1731; married, Oct. 11, 1853, Ruth Marden. Children : Jonathan, b. 1754 (?). Sarah, b. 1756. Jeremiah, b. 1758. Joseph, b. 1761. Betty, b. 1763. Anna, b. 1766.
4. SAMUEL TOWLE, son of Jonathan (1), born Nov. 5, 1735; married, first, Ang. 4, 1760, Rachel Elkins; second, Nov. 18, 1762, Esther Johnson. Children by second wife : Olly, b. 1763; m. Ham. Sarah, b. 1765. Molly, b. 1767. Job, b. 1770. Esther, b. 1772. Dolly, b. 1774. Nabby, b. 1778.
5. JAMES TOWLE, son of Jonathan (1), born Oct. 28, 1737 ; married Children : James. John.
6. NATHAN TOWLE, son of Jonathan (1), born May 19, 1745 ; married Children :
Lucy, b. 1767. Nathan, b. 1771. Jonathan, b. 1774.
7. SIMON TOWLE, son of Jonathan (2), born 1753; mar- ried Elizabeth Marden. Children :
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Benjamin Marden, b. 1782; m. Betsey Sanborn. Simon, m. Han- nah Yeaton. Perna, unm.
S. LEVI TOWLE, son of Jonathan (2), born 1757; mar- ried, first, Feb. 7, 1782, Mary Locke; second, Lucy Hobbs; third, Perna Judkins. Children by first wife:
Dearborn, b. 1783; m. Rhoda Harvey.
Children by second wife:
L. Gordon, b. 1786; m. Mary French. Perna, b. 1788; m. John Wil- son. Joseph, b. 1790; m. Nancy Rundlett. Gardiner G., b. March 1791; m. first, Elizabeth Fogg; second, Hannah Ely.
Child by third wife:
Sally, b. 1798; m. first, James Rundlett; second, Abraham Blake.
9. JOSEPH TOWLE. son of Jonathan (2), born 1766; mar- ried, Dec. 25, 1781, Sally Wallis. Children :
Hannah, m. Jonathan Yeaton. Susan, m. Samuel Goss. Sally, m. Hersey.
10. BENJAMIN TOWLE, son of Jonathan (2), born 1769; married Betsey Woods. Lived at Epsom. Children :
James, m. Sally Lake. Jonathan, m. Emery. Lemuel, m. Ann Prescott. Maria, m. Langley. Elizabeth. Sally, unm. Rhoda, unm. Nancy, m. James Sanborn.
MATTHIAS TOWLE married Children :
Matthias. Samuel.
TREFETHERN, OR TREFERRIN.
The Trefetherns came from Scotland to Newcastle.
1. HENRY TREFETHERN married Mary -. Child : 2. Robinson, b. 1721.
2. ROBINSON TREFETHERN, son of Henry (1), born 1721; married, Jan. 25, 1748, Abigail Locke "of the Neck." He came from Newcastle, and lived on the Col. Benjamin Gar- land place at Rye Center, and sold it to him and others in 1756. Children :
Mary, b. April 12, 1748; m. Miller.
3. William, b. June 5, 1751. Robinson, b. March 3, 1753; d. at sea. Abigail, b. April 6, 1755; m. William Morrison. Joseph, b. Aug. 14, 1757; d. Joseph, b. March 5, 1759. Lucretia, b. May 24, 1763. Salome, b. May 1, 1765; m. Samuel, son of Nath. Foss. Margaret, b. May 28, 1767. Henry, b. Aug. 16, 1769; m. Patridge.
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3. WILLIAM TREFETHERN, son of Robinson (2), born June 5, 1751; married, Jan. 27, 1774, Elizabeth Tucker. She died Feb. 12, 1837, aged 87 years. He died June 17, 1820. Was a member of Captain Parsons' company in the Revolutionary War. Children :
4. William, b. April 24, 1775. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 27, 1777; d. June 11, 1784. Nabby, b. Dec. 28, 1779; d. June 20, 1784. Betsey, b. Dec. 2, 1782; d. unm., at Barnstead.
5. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 22, 1785.
6. Joseph, b. Aug. 20, 1787. Nancy, b. 1790; m. Samuel Ayers; lived at Barnstead. Polly, b. Aug. 27, 1792; m. George Ramstead. Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1794; m. Mary Brown; he d. Sept. 8, 1828.
7. John Adams, b. July 27, 1799.
8. Sebastian, b. Jan. 27, 1801.
4. CAPT. WILLIAM TREFETHERN, son of William (3), born April 24, 1775; married, first, Jan. 20, 1801, Lydia Berry, who died June 9, 1820, aged 43 years; second, Susannah Piper. He died Oct. 8, 1853. Lived where George Perry resides. Children by first wife :
9. Levi Berry, b. Oct. 21, 1801.
10. Benjamin Bailey, b. Sept. 22, 1805.
11. William, b. March 7, 1810. Sabrina, b. March 6, 1813; m. Daniel Trefethern; she d. Jan. 6, 1842.
Child by second wife:
Hanson Hoit, b. June, 1822; d. Oct. 12, 1853; he lived on the old Trefethern place, where George Perry lived in 1900.
5. NATHANIEL TREFETHERN, son of William (3), born Feb. 22, 1785 ; married, July 6, 1807, Charlotte Jewell, who was born Sept., 1784. Lived at Rye. He died March 18, 1856. Children :
12. Charles F., b. 1807.
Florence, b. March 17, 1809; m. Ebenezer W. Lang; lived at Rye. Daniel J., b. 1812; m. April 7, 1861, Sabrina Trefethern; he d. June 8, 1841; lived at Rye. Louvia, m. Simon G. Trefethern; lived at Rye.
6. JOSEPHI TREFETHERN, son of William (3), born Aug. 20, 1787 ; married, Jan. 29, 1810, Hannah Berry. Lived at Rve. IIe died Feb. 10, 1859. Children :
13. Simon Goss, b. March 10, 1810. Mary, b. 1812; m. James Seavey. 14. Joseph Parsons, b. June 12, 1814.
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15. John Ichabod, b. June 11, 1816. Levi, b. 1818; m. Martha Moulton, who d. July 15, 1848.
16. Samuel A., b. April 3, 1822.
17. Oliver, b. March 4, 1826. William Henry Jackman, b. 1831; d. May 7, 1838. Emily, m. first, Charles W. Hall; second, Alfred S. Trafton.
18. Supply Foss, b. July 12, 1833. Albert B., b. April 13, 1835, m. Mary ยท Abby Rand; lived at Portsmouth. Sarah E., b. March 24, 1838; m. William I. Holmes.
T. JOHN ADAMS TREFETHERN, son of William (3), born July 27, 1799; married, Nov. 30, 1834, Mary Locke, who died Sept. 30, 1888. Lived at Rye. He died Oct. 4, 1870. Children :
Izette Morris, b. May 31, 1835; m. Feb. 1, 1880, Oren Drake.
19. Dennis Hill, b. Oct. 21, 1837. Martha Semira, b. July 6, 1841; m. first, Woodbury Green; second, Story Gates. John Edwin, b. Dec. 16, 1843; unm.
8. SEBASTIAN J. TREFETHERN, son of William (3), born Jan. 27, 1801; married, Nov., 1835, Eliza Locke, who died Dec. 29, 1854. He died Aug. 18, 1875. Lived at Rye and Kansas. Children :
AIfred M., b. May 7, 1837. Ellen, b. Nov. 20, 1840; m. April 20, 1862, George Perkins. Octavia, b. Nov. 17, 1846; m. May 11, 1864, Dalrymple. Hanson, b. Jan. 17, 1843; d. 1884. David.
9. LEVI BERRY TREFETHERN, son of Capt. William (4), born Oct. 21, 1801; married, first, Locada Locke; second, Harriet Keen. He died Oct. 5, 1858. Children :
Mary J. James Oren. Emily A. Frances L. Lewis W. Charles.
10. BENJAMIN BAILEY TREFETHERN, son of Capt. Will- iam (4), born Sept. 22, 1805; married Patience Riggs. Lived at Lynn. He died March 8, 1872. Children : Anna. Frederick A. Elvina Porter.
11. WILLIAM TREFETHERN, son of Capt. William (4), born March 7, 1810; married, Ang. 24, 1837, Hannah L. Garland. She died Feb. 25, 1899. He died Aug. 11, 1890. Carpenter by trade. Children :
Lydia M., b. Jan. 10, 1839; m. Aug. 24, 1858, John W. Adams. Han- nah Josephine, b. Nov. 29, 1844; m. Feb. 19, 1867, John Oliver Locke. She d. June 6, 1875.
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12. CHARLES F. TREFETHERN, son of Nathaniel (5), born 1807; married, Jan. 7, 1836, Dorothy Marden. He died Feb. 14, 1896, aged 89 years. Lived at Rye. Children :
Hannah, b. April 7, 1838; m. Eben M. Lang. Jane, b. Aug. 9, 1840; m. April 26, 1862, Levi Hall. Anna, b. Feb. 1, 1843; m. Horace Pickering. Julia, b. Dec. 20, 1846; m. Gilman D. Trefethern.
20. Charles Elvin, b. Oct. 18, 1849. Flora Ida, b. March 2, 1852; m. first, Dec. 25, 1870, Shadrach Dunbrach; second, Jenness. Nellie G., b. Nov. 28, 1855; m. July 19, 1879, George F. Haynes of Exeter. Clara, b. Dec. 23, 1858.
13. SIMON GOSS TREFETHERN, son of Joseph (6), boru March 10, 1810; married, April 1, 1833, Louisa Trefethern. She died March 5, 1865. He died Sept. 8, 1861. Lived at Rye. Children :
21. Horace L., b. Sept. 4, 1834. Walter A., b. May 5, 1836; d. March 2, 1850, of fits. Henry H., b. Jan. 6, 1838; d. June 11, 1853. Dan- iel J., b. Jan. 3, 1840, non compos mentis. Sabrina E., b. April 7, 1843, m. April 7, 1861, Daniel C. Webster. Adeline, b. April 9, 1845; m. 1867, Ellsworth E. Clemens. Thaddeus R., b. June 26, 1846; d. March 20, 1895, non compos mentis ; had fits. Charlotte H., b. April 8, 1849; m. Oliver Clark. Laura F., b. March 13, 1855; m. Morris Drake.
14. JOSEPH PARSONS TREFETHERN, son of Joseph (6), born June 12, 1814; married, April 6, 1837, Olivia B. Mar- den. She died April 14, 1889. He died Dec. 24, 1889. Children :
22. George Leroy, b. Oct. 13, 1841. Mary Salter, b. March 3, 1843; m. Dec. 6, 1863, Henry S. Rand.
23. Gilman D., b. Sept. 10, 1845.
15. JOHN ICHABOD TREFETHERN, son of Joseph (6), born June 11, 1816; married, first, Nov. 1, 1840, Elizabeth Ma- son ; second, 1864, Adna Nutter. Children :
Frank, b. Nov. 1, 1842; d. in the army. Mary O., b. Feb., 1845; m. Dec. 6, 1863, Henry S. Rand. Josephine and Abby Grace (twins), Josephine m. Benjamin Hart; Abby Grace m. C. H. Lefavor. Hope G., b. 1853. Maud.
16. SAMUEL A. TREFETHERN, son of Joseph (6), born April 3, 1822; married, July, 1846, Eliza Ann Marden. She died May 19, 1903, aged 78 years. Children :
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Oliver Winslow, b. Jan. 6, 1847; m. Oct. 27, 1874, Alvedea H. Clough. Frank Pierce, b. June 12, 1850; d. Aug., 1853. Samuel H., b. June 29, 1853; d. Dec. 22, 1873; killed by falling from a building in Boston. Joseph, b. June 11, 1849; d. Aug. 4, 1855. Martin Percy, b. Dec. 25, 1857. Jennie, b. June 26, 1868.
17. OLIVER TREFETHERN, son of Joseph (6), born March 4, 1826 ; married Sarah Moulton. She died Sept. 13, 1875. Children :
24. Albert B. Grace. Gertrude.
18. SUPPLY FOSS TREFETHERN, son of Joseph (6), mar- ried, June 18, 1862, Mary Emily Clark. Lived at Rye. She died June 16, 1902. Children :
Lizzie Wallis, b. Jan. 13, 1863. Edith Mabel, b. July 8, 1872; m. June 12, 1894, Irvin Rand.
19. DENNIS HILL TREFETHERN, son of John Adams (7), born Oct. 21, 1837; married, Dec. 17, 1868, widow Ella M. Maxwell. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Austin, b. Jan. 28, 1872; m. April 7, 1894, Mary L. Gilbert. Nellie, b. Oct. 6, 1877; m. Nov. 28, 1900, George R. Newick.
20. CHARLES ELVIN TREFETHIERN, son of Charles F. (12), born Oct. 18, 1849; married, Sept. 24, 1877, Martha Ellen Balch. Children:
Susie E., b. July 1, 1878; d. Jan. 6, 1880. Austin Wallace, b. Sept. 5, 1880. George Chester, b. Feb. 15, 1882. Arthur Elwyn, b. April 24, 1883. Elmer Balch, b. July 10, 1885. Willie Marshal, b. Dec. 23, 1886. Julia Alice, b. Feb. 5, 1888. Raymond Hall, b. Aug. 9, 1889. Marcie Elizabeth, b. April 19, 1891. Ruth Mable, b. May 11, 1893.
21. HORACE L. TREFETHERN, son of Simon Goss (13), born Sept. 4, 1834; married, Oct. 1, 1856, Ann M. Clark. Lived at Rye. Children :
25. Hermon O., b. Jan. 6, 1862. Annie, b. Jan. 24, 1864; m. Samuel Odiorne. Frank J., b. 1873; m. July 5, 1899, Maggie A. Burchell.
22. GEORGE LEROY TREFETHERN, son of Joseph Parsons (14), born Oct. 13, 1841; married, Oct. 16, 1860, Rozette Webster. Children :
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Freddy Irving, b. March 18, 1862. Mary Elvira, b. Nov. 29, 1863; d. Aug. 20, 1865. Mary Gilman, b. April 16, 1866; m. Jan. 29, 1883, William Tucker. Emma B., b. Jan. 12, 1868; m. May 9, 1889, Joseph Freeman. Hattie O., b. July 9, 1871. Sarah P., b. June 9, 1875.
23. GILMAN D. TREFETIIERN, son of Joseph Parsons (14), born Sept. 10, 1845; married Julia Trefethern. Lived at Rye. Children :
Grace E., b. Sept. 10, 1868. Willard A., b. June 30, 1876; m. June 3, 1900, Bertha W. Abbott. Oliver B., b. Feb. 9, 1878. Louisa R., b. Oct. 12, 1880.
24. ALBERT BRACKETT TREFETHERN, son of Oliver (17), married, first, Emily Seavey ; second, Dec. 14, 1864, Mary Abby Rand. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Everett, m. Jan. 2, 1897, Carrie L. Furlough. Frank. Wallis. Ralph.
25. HERMAN O. TREFETHERN, son of Horace L. (21), born Jan. 6, 1862; married, Dec. 10, 1891, Annie L. Odi- orne. She died May 9, 1900. Children :
A boy, b. April 8, 1897. A girl, b. Oct. 18, 1898.
TUCK, OR TUCKE.
1. REV. JOHN TUCK, son of Deacon John and Bethia (Hobbs) of Hampton, married Mary Dole. He declined a call to settle in Chester and devoted himself to labor among the Isles of Shoals. Ile was pastor of the church in Gosport forty-one years, and died in office there. Chil- dren :
Love, m. Muchmore; lived in Maine.
2. John.
2. REV. JOIIN TUCK, son of Rev. John (1), married, March 4, 1762, Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Parsons. Children :
Mary, b. March 24, 1763; m. Thomas Rand. John, b. Dec. 27, 1765. Samuel, b. May 4, 1768; m. Judith Gardiner. Love Muchmore, b. Sept. 23; m. Simon Drake; "Simon Drake wanted a mate, And for a duck took Lovey Tuck;" this was a common saying when
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they were married, and has been handed down to the present time. Joseph, b. July 27, 1770; went to sea and never heard from. Richard, b. March 22, 1772; went to sea and never heard from. Abigail, b. April 5, 1774; m. Bishop. Thomas.
TUCKER.
1. WILLIAM TUCKER married, April 5, 1721, Mary Archer. Children :
Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1725. William, b. June 19, 1727. Susannah, b. Aug. 25, 1730.
2. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 18, 1732-'33. Elizabeth Esther, b. Dec. 28, 1734. Sarah, b. May 18, 1737. Mary, b. Oct. 25, 1740.
2. NATHANIEL TUCKER, son of William (1), born Sept. 18, 1732-33 ; married, Feb. 8, 1753, Elizabeth Hall. He was in the French and Indian war. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1753; m. William Trefethern. Sarah, b. May 31, 1756; m. March 6, 1783, John Foss. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 23, 1758; d. 1807, at sea.
3. William, b. Jan. 31, 1761. Richard, b. Nov. 27, 1764; lost or died at sea.
4. Joseph, b. Sept. 19, 1773.
3. WILLIAM TUCKER, son of Nathaniel (2), born Jan. 31, 1761; married, March 13, 1787, Olive Saunders. He died Nov. 4, 1816. Children:
Sally, m. Levi Jenness. Trefenna. William, m. Betsey Saunders. Richard, bapt. March 21, 1790; d. Betsey, m. Feb. 20, 1817, Rich- ard Locke, 3d. Nathaniel. John, bapt. Nov. 23, 1788. Olive, b. Nov. 2, 1794; m. Daniel Weeks.
4. JOSEPH TUCKER, son of Nathaniel (2), born Sept. 19, 1773 ; married, first, July 23, 1795, Elizabeth Lear ; second, Jan. 29, 1806, Betsey Rand. Children by first wife :
Nathaniel, bapt. Sept. 4, 1796. Joseph Parsons, b. Sept. 30, 1797; d. Sept. S, 1834. John, b. Jan. 11, 1799; d. Elizabeth H., b. Nov. 13, 1802.
Children by second wife:
John W., alias Joy Wilmot Upham, b. June 11, 1808; m. Mary Fogg of Eliot; he d. May 14, 1880.
5. James, b. Aug. 17, 1810.
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5. JAMES TUCKER, son of Joseph (4), born Aug. 17, 1810; married, Feb. 7, 1850, Betsey H. Hayes. Lived at Eaton, N. H., and Parsonfield, Me. Children :
Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 17, 1850. Nancy, b. March 1, 1852.
1. WILLIAM TUCKER, married Children :
2. Joseph. William, b. at Bay of Honduras, and d. there. Elijah. Richard. A girl. A girl.
2. JOSEPH TUCKER, son of William (1), married, first, Jan. 21, 1756, Sarah Slooper; second, Dec. 25, 1781, Mary Wallis. Children :
Samuel. Woodbury, m. Elizabeth Fernald. Joseph. Abigail. Sarah, m. James Marden.
3. Michael Wallis. Daniel, d. aged four years. William, m. Mary Mason.
3. MICHAEL WALLIS TUCKER, son of Joseph (2), mar- ried, Feb. 18, 1808, Elizabeth Moses. Lived at Ports- mouth on Elwyn road. Children :
Elizabeth M., m. Nathaniel Balch. Charles W., unm. Edward W., d. March, 1885. Adeline J., b. June 28, 1810; m. John Clark; she d. March 10, 1899. Joseph. James. Susan A., b. April 28, 1829; m. Moses Clark. Mary, unm.
WILLIAM W. TUCKER married, Jan. 29, 1883, Mary G. Trefethern. Painter by trade. Children :
Ernest Albert, b. July 27, 1883. Florence Emma, b. July 28, 1885. Madge Levia, b. March 9, 1889. Edna Maud, b. May 24, 1890. Joseph Wallis, b. Dec. 23, 1892. Phillip Willard, b. Sept. 10, 1894. Mildred Francis, b. Jan. 30, 1899. Norman Delbert, b. Jan. 30, 1899; d. George Lester, b. March 31, 1902.
RICHARD TUCKER married Child :
William, b. Dec. 4, 1791.
TURNER.
JOHN TURNER came from France about the time of the Revolution, married, first, Seward of Barnstead; second, Hannah Perkins of Kittery, Me. She died in 1854. He died in 1833. Children by first wife:
John. William. Sarah. Lucy.
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Children by second wife:
Joseph, m. Rebecca Shillaber. Mary, d. Charles, d. Harry, b. Oct. 11, 1811; came to Rye when 16 years of age and lived with John Foye five years.
VARRELL.
1. SOLOMON VARRELL, probably came from Kittery, Me., married Deborah Bartlett. Children :
Elizabeth, m. Lear. Rebecca, m. first, Lang; second, John Clay of Candia. Hannah, m. Dudley Norton; lived at Portsmouth.
2. John, bapt. 1759. William, b. 1763; m. Maria Norton; he d. March 20, 1813; lived at Rye. Mary, b. 1765; m. Jacob Morrison. Sarah, b. 1768; m. Andrew Beck.
2. JOHN VARRELL, son of Solomon (1), baptized 1759; married, first, April 22, 1784, Anna Lang; second, May 8, 1808, Eleanor Norton. He died Sept. 10, 1811, aged 52 years. Children :
3. Nathaniel, bapt. April 30, 1786. Sally, b. June 21, 1789; burned to death. Betsey, b. 1792; d. Jan. 26, 1811. John, b. Aug. 1, 1795; a soldier at the fort in War of 1812; he ran away.
4. Washington, bapt. Dec. 21, 1800.
3. NATHANIEL VARRELL, son of John (2), baptized AApril 30, 1786; married, 1811, Hannah Lewis. Child :
Lydia, b. 1811; d. June 28, 1845.
4. WASHINGTON VARRELL, son of John (2), baptized Dec. 21, 1800; married Mary Lang. Children :
5. John.
6. Benjamin. Sarah, m. first, Nov. 3, 1851, Nathaniel Palmer; second, Samuel Caswell. Mary O., m. Charles R. Caswell; he m. second, Sarah E. Robinson.
7. James T., b. Feb. 4, 1840.
5. JOHN VARRELL, son of Washington (4), married, first, Ang. 11, 1844, Mary H. Lord ; second, 1868, Margaret Muchmore. Children :
John J., b. Aug. 28, 1867. Mary. Henry J., b. May 7, 1870; m. May 26, 1897, Collista Dotie.
8. Charles William. Fannie E., m. Nov. 7, 1898, Charles E. Burrell.
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6. BENJAMIN VARRELL, son of Washington (4), mar- ried, Jan., 1850, Mary Caswell. Children :
John C., b. 1841. Granville, b. 1845. John Milkfield, b. 1848. Na- than, b. 1852. A girl, b. April 18, 1854. Luther, b. Oct. 14, 1857.
7. JAMES T. VARRELL, son of Washington (4), born Feb. 4, 1840; married, July 21, 1861, Henrietta F. Chickering, who was born Sept. 18, 1838. Lived at Candia. Chil- dren :
Clara Susan, b. April 26, 1862. Mary Eliza, b. Dec. 24, 1863; d. Jan. 30, 1864. Charles Edward, b. Jan. S, 1867; d. Jan. 14, 1867. A girl, b. May 26, 1868.
8. CHARLES WILLIAM VARRELL, son of John (5), mar- ried, July 16, 1893, Annie M. Burrell. Children :
Inez W .. b. Oct. 28, 1893; d. Jan. 19, 1897. Ida M., b. Sept. 10, 1899. Elsie Victoria, b. May 24, 1901. Kenneth Eugene, b. Dec. 12, 1902.
1. JOHN VARRELL, married Lived at Green- land. Children :
2. William. Deborah, m. Clay; lived at Candia. A girl, m.
2. WILLIAM VARRELL, son of John (1), married Maria Norton, who died July 13, 1836, aged 77 years. He came from Greenland to Rye and died in 1803. Children :
Nancy, bapt. Nov., 1796. Lydia, m. Nov. 24, 1808, Isaac Remick. Anna, d. young. Hannah, m. Jan. 28, 1827, Isaac Remick. Mary, m. Oct. 31, 1824, Frederick Rowe.
3. Nathaniel, b. 1789. Solomon, d. 1813.
4. William, b. May, 1801. Deborah, m. Ithamar Mace. Sally, m. Ed- ward Caswell. Tryphena Philbrick.
3. NATHANIEL VARRELL, son of William (2), born 1789; married, 1816, Mary Hanson. Children :
John. Frank. William. Jacob. Lorina. Clarissa. Martha.
4. CAPT. WILLIAM VARRELL, son of William (2), born May, 1801; married, May 22, 1825, Nancy J. Berry, who died Feb. 19, 1880. He died Dec. 2, 1884. Lived at Rye. Mariner. Children :
Sarah Olive, m. Levi Brown; lived at Rye. Anna Maria, mn. April 17, 1853, John W. Randall.
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5. William Dudley. Mary Elizabeth, m. Ira Gilbert Randall; lived at Rye. Hannah Jane, b. March 8, 1834; m. Daniel Moulton; she d. Feb., 1889; lived at North Hampton.
6. Henry L. Eliza E., m. Albert Carr Locke: lived at Rye. Lydia Christina, drowned Sept. 10, 1864, at the Isles of Shoals.
5. WILLIAM DUDLEY VARRELL, son of Capt. William (4), married Sarah O. Locke. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Anna, b. July 22, 1855. Ida, b. June 20, 1859.
6. HENRY L. VARRELL, son of Capt. William (4), mar- ried, July 9, 1868, Mary Jane Marden. Lived at Little Neck, Rye. He died July 28, 1901. Children :
Lydia Nora, b. Sept. 7, 1868; m. Aug. 4, 1889, Frank Rand. Emma Eliza, b. Jan. 7, 1878; m. 1903, John T. Ward; had dau., b. Sept. 14, 1903. Bessie, b. Feb. 16, 1883.
1. EDWARD VARRELL (said to be a cousin of Solomon), came to Rye from York ; married, first, Nov. 4, 1773, Eliza- beth Saunders; second, Nov. 19, 1784, Mary Berry. He died Oct. 13, 1819, aged about 75 years. Children by first wife :
Rachel, bapt. Nov. 13, 1774; m. Perkins. Betty, bapt. June 9, 1776; unm .; had child, Samuel Clark, by Andrew Clark; she d. Feb. 15, 1869, at Portsmouth, aged 93 years. William, bapt. July 12, 1778; m. widow Lydia Kien of Portsmouth. Richard Tucker, bapt. April 3, 1785; m. Oct. 31, 1803, Polly Randall; he was lost at sea; she m. second, Benjamin Philbrick. Betsey. Edward, bapt. April 3, 1785; m. Aug. 3, 1809, Mary Dearborn of Greenland. Children by second wife:
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