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2. Samuel, bapt. June 10, 1787. Mary, bapt. April 10, 1791; m. Eben Gore.
3. John, bapt. March 9, 1794. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 11, 1799; m. first, Judkins; second, Grove. Abigail, b. Jan., 1799; m. Jonathan Batchelder.
4. Joseph, bapt. April 19, 1801. Nancy, d. young.
5. Richard, bapt. 1805.
2. SAMUEL VARRELL, son of Edward (1), baptized June 10, 1787; married, Nov. 26, 1812, Elizabeth Waldron. Children :
Elizabeth Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1813; m. Joseph T. Jenness.
6. Jonathan W., b. Oct. 30, 1814.
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7. Robert Waldron. Martha Lang, b. April 12, 1822; m. Thomas M. Lang of Portsmouth; she d. Feb. 12, 1875. Harvey, d. in Boston.
3. JOHN VARRELL, son of Edward (1), baptized March 9, 1794; married Betsey Brown of Seabrook. He was in the War of 1812 under Marshall. Child :
Eliza Jane, b. Feb., 1811; m. William Rowe; she d. Nov., 1862; had John, William and Caroline.
4. JOSEPH VARRELL, son of Edward (1), baptized April 19, 1801, married Eunice Brown. Lived at Meredith. Children :
Edna. Hiram. John Wesley. Joseph. Jefferson B. Mary Jane. Elbridge Gerry. Eunice. Samuel.
5. RICHARD VARRELL, son of Edward (1), baptized 1805; married, March 4, 1824, Molly, widow of John Mace, and daughter of Nat Berry. Children :
Gilman, d. March 29, 1831. Clementina, b. 1830; m. first, William Heath; second, William Young.
8. Gilman N., b. Jan. 16, 1837. Cordelia, b. 1824; d. Aug. 18, 1837.
6. JONATHAN W. VARRELL, son of Samuel (2), born Oct. 30, 1814; married, Jan., 1839, Mary Elizabeth Mathes. She died Nov. 7, 1889. He died Jan. 24, 1873. Children : Mary, b. Feb. 1841; m. Woodbury N. Mace. Martha, b. 1843; m. Dec. 15, 1863, Joseph W. Odiorne. Richard Harvey, b. March 1, 1844; d. 1855. William S., b. June 6, 1846; d. Sept. 16, 1862. Thomas Ira, b. May 1, 1848; m. June 5, 1899, widow Martha Hans- com. John Albert, b. 1852; d. May 5, 1855. Lulu M., b. Aug. 6, 1857; m. George Boss; lived at Portsmouth.
7. ROBERT WALDRON VARRELL, son of Samuel (2), mar- ried Eliza Foss. Children :
Laura E., b. 1848; m. Orin Webster.
9. Richard F., b. May 6, 1850. Ellen A., b. 1854; m. Richard Long. George A., b. Nov. 18, 1856; m. Sadie Campbell. Fanny E., b. 1858. Lizzie A., b. Feb. 6, 1862; m. Feb. 28, 1890, Herbert Locke. Robert Walter, b. June, 1866.
8. GILMAN NATHANIEL VARRELL, son of Richard (5), born Jan. 16, 1837; married, first, Dec. 4, 1856, Sarah A. Caswell; second, the widow of Benjamin W. Marden. Children :
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John C. F., b. Sept. 1856; d. Jan., 1857. William, b. Dec. 19, 1857. Carrie Etta, b. Jan. 28, 1858. Clara Emma, b. Jan. 27, 1860; m. Oct. 29, 1877, George O. Remick.
10. Charles F., b. March 25, 1862. Gilman Henry, b. Dec. 25, 1863. Her- man, b. Feb,, 1867; d. Oct. 12, 1868. Carrie Etta, d. April 3, 1859, aged four months. Alma G., b. May 2, 1869. Eddie H., b. Nov. 15, 1872; d. Dec. 23, 1890.
11. Orville F., b. Feb. 26, 1874. Edith M., b. 1875; m. Jan., 1893, Al- fred W. Torrey; he d., and she m. second, George Clough. Ann Anzolette, b. May 24, 1877; d. Sept. 18, 1877.
9. RICHARD F. VARRELL, son of Robert Waldron (7), married Amy J. Caswell. Lived in Rye. Carpenter. Children :
Forrest C., b. April 27, 1873; m. June 17, 1903, Mary E. Waldron. Ernest, b. Feb. 10, 1886.
10. CHARLES F. VARRELL, son of Gilman Nathaniel (S), born March 25, 1862; married Lilla L. Pethick. Children : Son. Daughter, b. June 10, 1889.
11. ORVILLE F. VARRELL, son of Gilman Nathaniel (S), born Feb. 26, 1874; married, Dec. 20, 1892, Kate M. Rand. Child :
Daughter, b. March 21, 1893.
JOSEPH VARRELL married, Aug. 25, 1794, Sarah Saun- ders, widow of William S. Saunders. Removed to Alexan- dria. Children :
Joseph, b. Dec. 8, 1794. Joses, b. Dec. S, 1794. Joseph, b. June 21, 1796. Sally, b. April 18, 1799. Phebe Philbrick, b. March 23, 1801. Abigail Locke, b. Aug. 25, 1803. Betsey.
WALDRON.
1. JONATHAN B. WALDRON, came from Portsmouth Plains, married, Sept. 24, 1789, Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Foss, who died Jan. 5, 1835, aged 72 years. IIe died Oct. 25, 1813, aged 52 years. Children :
Elizabeth Saunders W., b. Dec. 16, 1790; m. Samuel Varrell. Polly Westbrook, b. Aug. 19, 1792; m. Samuel J. Locke; lived at Rye.
2. Robert Saunders, b. June 9, 1794.
3. Joshua Foss, b. Dec. 11, 1796.
4. Richard Harvey, b. Sept. 30, 1798. George, b. 1801; m. Huldah Ladd of Brentwood.
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2. ROBERT SAUNDERS WALDRON, son of Jonathan B. (1), born June 9, 1794; married, first, Martha Lang, who died Nov. 25, 1831, aged 42 years ; second, Hannah Drown. He died July 25, 1835, aged 42 years. Children by second wife:
Robert, m. Anna -. Martha, m. Samuel K. Choate.
3. JOSHUA FOSS WALDRON, son of Jonathan B. (1), born Dec. 11, 1796; married Sophia Towle. Children :
Mary E. Shaw. Richard. John, drowned.
4. RICHARD HARVEY WALDRON, son of Jonathan B. (1), born Sept. 30, 1798; married, first, Sarah Randall; second, Lydia Todd. Lived at Rye where Lewis Foss resides. Children :
Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1842; m. William Stickney; had one child; he died, and she m. second, May 30, 1871, William Hunton. Mary C., b. 1846; d. July 20, 1846.
5. Benjamin Franklin (adopted), son of Ben Randall of Gosport.
5. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WALDRON, adopted son of Rich- ard II. (4), married Sarah Jane Baston, who died Nov. 5, 1884. Lived at Rye. Children :
Eva Jane, b. 1867. Mina L., b. Sept. 15, 1869. Lois, b. Nov. 25, 1872. Grace. Daisy.
ISAAC WALDRON of Barrington married, May 8, 1796, Mary Jane Wallis. Children :
Samuel Wallis, m. Martha Melcher. Elizabeth Parsons, m. Hall J. Howe. Isaac, m. Eliza -. Henry, m. Mary F. - -. Al- fred A., m. Elizabeth P.
JACOB WALDRON of Portsmouth married, June 3, 1811, Margaret Tarlton of Newcastle.
WALKER.
1. SAMUEL WALKER, born Jan. 5, 1776, came from Portsmouth ; married, July 26, 1799, Hannah Marden. He died April 2, 1862. Served in Captain Samuel Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. Children :
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2. Jesse Merrill, b. 1799.
3. Jonathan Towle, b. Sept. 27, 1804.
4. Levi Towle, b. June, 1809. William, b. 1806; d. May 3. 1831, aged 24 years; drowned. Eliza Ann, b. 1812; d. unm., Feb. 18, 1893. Nathaniel Marden, b. 1817 (?); d. Feb. 24, 1854, at Georgetown, D. C., aged 36 years.
2. JESSE MERRILL WALKER, son of Samuel (1), born 1799; married, March 2, 1825, Jane B. Sleeper, who was born April 1, 1808, and died March 24, 1894. He died Oct. 8, 1867. Children :
Benjamin Franklin, b. July 4, 1825; m. April 5, 1849, Harriet Ste- vens of Newport R. I.
5. Albert M., b. Aug. 3. 1827.
6. William J., b. Dec. 30, 1830. Samuel, m. first, Charlotte King; sec- ond, Katie Hamilton: he d. May 16, 1901, at Portsmouth.
7. Charles A., b. June, 1838. Annie, m. April 22, 1863, Daniel H. Tre- fethern; lived at Kittery. George Storer, b. 1844; d. March 11, 1848.
8. George S., b. June, 1848.
3. JONATHAN TOWLE WALKER, son of Samuel (1), born Sept. 27, 1804; married, July 12, 1831, Mary E. Brown, who died April 11, 1858. He died Dec. 29, 1884. Lived at Rye. Was a carpenter by trade and held the office of postmaster for more than thirty years. Children :
William Chauncy, b. Feb. 15, 1833; m. June 3, 1867, Ellen A. Mc- Lawlin; lived at Rye. Levi Henry, b. Feb. 9, 1840; d. Oct. 30, 1845.
9. Lewis Everett, b. Aug. 8, 1842.
4. LEVI TOWLE WALKER, son of Samuel (1), born June, 1809; married, Sept. 5, 1855, Harriet A. Dow, who died Sept. 1, 1858. Lived at Rye. He died Aug. 12, 1874. Lived in the Trefethern House, now occupied by George Perry. Child :
Helen S., b. March 30, 1857; d. Nov. 28, 1858.
5. ALBERT M. WALKER, son of Jesse Merrill (2), born Aug. 3, 1827; married, 1850, Martha Elizabeth Seavey. Lived at Rye. By trade a blacksmith. Children :
Alice J., b. Jan. 25, 1852; m. Dec. 29, 1871, William H. Berry. 10. Edwin, b. Jan. 31, 1854. Cora. Jenness, b. 1863; d. Aug. 24, 1865.
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6. WILLIAM J. WALKER, son of Jesse Merrill (2), born Dec. 30, 1830 ; married, Oct. 22, 1861, Mary Ann Robinson, born Sept. 5, 1842; died Oct. 9, 1899. Lived at Rye. Blacksmith by trade. Children :
Ralph, b. April 29, 1863; m. Jan. 5, 1895, Nellie Hobbs. Isabella, b. Nov. 19, 1864; m. Oct. 25, 1898, Roscoe Berry. Gilman, b. Jan. 12, 1870; m. Sept. 12, 1892, Susie E. Garland. Lila, b. April 26, 1872.
7. CHARLES A. WALKER, son of Jesse Merrill (2), born June, 1838; married, first, Margaret Neil, who died Jan., 1874; second, Jan. 15, 1879, Clara Marden. Lived at Rye. Child by first wife :
Hermon E., b. Dec. 14, 1864; m. May 3, 1889, Sarah Wright of Wil- ton, N. H.
S. GEORGE S. WALKER, son of Jesse Merrill (2), born June, 1848; married, first, Sept. 9, 1871, Augusta M. Page, who died March 7, 1886; second, Feb. 14, 1889, Christie Foss. Children by first wife :
Archie, b. Dec. 8, 1872; d. Dec. 12, 1872. Arthur, b. Nov. 17, 1873; m. Nov. 5, 1897, Adelaide Banks. Maud, b. March 7, 1876; m. Nov. 18, 1895, Fred Hankin. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1882; m. Nov. 17, 1901, Charles Grant.
Children by second wife:
Chalcedona, b. Dec. 23, 1891. Raymond, b. Oct. 6, 1893.
9. LEWIS EVERETT WALKER, son of Jonathan Towle (3), born Aug. 8, 1842; married, May 13, 1873, Annie Julia Foss. Lived at Rye. Child :
11 Ezra Howard, b. Oct. 21, 1875; m. Dec. 4, 1901, E. Annie Manson.
10. EDWIN WALKER, son of Albert M. (5), born Jan. 31, 1854; married, Dec. 23, 1886, Cora Belle Jenness. Di-
vorced. Children :
Fannie Grace, b. May 31, 18SS. Jesse M., b. Dec. 30, 1889.
11. EZRA HOWARD WALKER, son of Lewis E. (9), born Oct. 21, 1875; married, Dec. 4, 1901, E. Annie Manson. Child :
Harlan Manson, b. March 4, 1903.
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NATHANIEL WALKER married Catharine Beck. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
John K., b. Dec. 4, 1810; m. Ann Thomas; lived at Portsmouth. Almira, b. Dec. 25, 1813; m. Robert Shillaber. Mary W., b. Dec. 19; m. John Moran ( ?). Gideon, b. April, 1826 (?); m. first, Mary Anderson; second, Margaret Anderson; lived at Manches- ter. Hannah Beck, m. Israel Marden.
WILLIAM WALKER married, first, April 21, 1804, Anna Cater; second, Betsey Peverly.
WALLIS.
1. RALPH WALLIS, son of George Wallis, who came to Portsmouth from London, in 1635, in the Abigail, bringing his son Ralph with him. George was then about 40 years old. Ralph married, Nov. 18, 1686, Ann Shortridge. Lived at Sandy Beach. Children :
2. Samuel. William. Jane, m. Stephen Lang. Mary. Sarah, m. Joshua Foss. Ebenezar.
3. George. Mary, m. Peter Ball.
2. SAMUEL WALLIS. son of Ralph (1), married, first, Sarah Moses, daughter of James Moses of Sagamore; sec- ond, Deborah, widow of James Reeder. He died about 1793. Was lieutenant in Captain Richard Jenness' com- pany, 1729. They owned two slaves, Phillis and Caesar, who were given their freedom and went to Salem, Mass., but afterwards came back to the old homestead in Rye and were buried on the Wallis farm. Children :
Sarah, m. May 10, 1764, Paul Seavey. Hannah, b. Aug. 2, 1745; m. April 29, 1773, William Marden. Abigail, m. June 13, 1776, Na- dab Moses; lived at Portsmouth; she d. about 1833. Mary, m. Dec. 25, 1781, Joseph Tucker.
4. Samuel (Lieut.). b. 1717. Martha L., b. 1752; m. March 1, 1796, John Langmaid; lived at Chichester, N. H.
3. GEORGE WALLIS, son of Samuel (2), married Marga- ret MeCleary and removed to Epsom. Children :
Hannah, bapt. 1740. Martha, bapt. 1742. Margaret, bapt. 1744.
4. LIEUT. SAMUEL WALLIS, son of Samuel (2), born 1747; married, Nov. 16, 1773, Elizabeth Parsons, who died
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June 9, 1827, aged 73 years. He died Feb. 25, 1832, aged 85 years. Was ensign in Captain Parsons' company in the Revolutionary War. Inherited the Wallis farm. It is from the early Wallis settlement at Rye that "Wallis Sands" derived its name. Children :
Sarah, bapt. March 20, 1777; d. Mary Jones, b. June 1, 1778; m. May 8, 1796, Isaac Waldron of Portsmouth; she d. Dec. 1, 1839.
WILLIAM WALLIS married Molly Brown and removed to Northwood. Children :
William, m. first, -; second, Comstock. Moses, m. Susan Lucas. John, m. Phebe Rand. Mary, m. William Knowlton. Comfort, m. Atwood. Sally, m. Sanborn. Nancy, m. Silas Burn- ham. Betsey, m. Edward Sanborn. A dau., m. Morrill.
WATSON.
THOMAS WATSON married -. He lived on Captain Elvin Rand's place at East Rye. Children :
Samuel, b. 1739. John, b. 1741; m. Oct. 25, 1767, Alice Clark.
WEBSTER.
1. JOHN WEBSTER, son of Thomas Webster and Sarah of Hampton, born Feb. 16, 1674; married, Sept. 21, 1703, Abiah Shaw. Lived at Rye. Children :
Jeremiah, b. Dec. 21, 1703; m. Ladd. Charity, b. April 2, 1706. 2. Josiah, b. April 2, 1706. John, b. Feb. 10, 1712. Thomas, b. July 1, 1715. Caleb, b. March 19, 1719; d. July 17, 1735. Abiah, b. Jan. 20, 1722; d. July 2, 1736. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1724; m. William Kingman. Charity, bapt. Aug. 6, 1727; m. Zachariah Berry.
2. JOSIAH WEBSTER, son of John (1), born April 2, 1706 ; married, Sept. 21, 1738, Patty Goss, who was born in 1714, and died Nov. 18, 1798. Children :
John, b. 1739; d. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1740; m. Aug. 28, 1760, Stephen Marden, Jr., probably. Abiah, b. Sept. S, 1742; m. Alex- ander Salter. Sarah, b. April 19, 1745; m. George Marden; lived at Chester. Josiah, b. July 9, 1748; d.
3. John, b. Jan. 18, 1751.
4. Richard, b. Jan. 1, 1754. Martha, b. Feb. 11, 1755; m. Ozem Dowrst. 5. Josiah, b. May 14, 1757.
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3. JOHN WEBSTER, son of Josiah (2), born Jan. 18, 1751; married Dorothy Chapman of North Hampton, who died Aug. 9, 1837. He died Sept. 22, 1823. Children :
Abiah, m. John Salter. Abigail, b. 1777; m. Samuel B. Berry. Mary, b. 1779; m. Alex Salter (?) ; lived where Sam Hunt and Rand did; house burned. Martha, b. 1781; m. Jethro Locke; lived at Rye. Dolly, b. 1784; m. July 20, 1806, Stephen Green. Anne, b. 1787.
6. Jeremy, b. April 12, 1792.
7. John Hobbs, b. May, 1795. Mary, b. April, 1798; m. 1815, Noah Wiggin; lived at Stratham.
4. RICHARD WEBSTER, son of Josiah (2), born Jan. 1, 1754; married, Oct. 29, 1778, Elizabeth Randall. He died Jan. 16, 1836. She died March 14, 1826, aged 71 years. He was a patriot in the Revolutionary War, serving under Captain Parker at Fort Sullivan and Captain Parsons in Rhode Island. He also went several cruises privateering. Children :
Betsey, b. March 3, 1779; m. Joshua Seavey. Abigail, b. Aug. 24, 1780; m. April, 1809, Levi Randall. Martha, b. Nov. 25, 1781; m. first, Feb. 3, 1822, Ebenezer Odiorne; second, John Foye. Sarah, b. July 12, 1783; m. James Marden. Hannah, b. Dec. 16, 1784; m. John Jenness. Olive, b. Nov. 19, 1786; d. Aug. 15, 1802. 8. Richard, b. Oct. 6, 1788.
9. Mark Randall, b. April 20, 1791.
5. JOSIAH WEBSTER, son of Josiah (2), born May 14, 1757; married Sarah Locke, who was born in the house where Joseph J. Drake lived. He lived where Oren Drake did. Children :
Mary, b. April 17, 1781; m. 1806, Henry Elkins. Josiah, b. Jan. 6, 1783; m. Hannah Grant; d. 1841.
10. David, b. Sept. 23, 1784. Sally, b. March 16, 1786; m. Ephraim Philbrick. Fanny, b. March 26, 1790; d. 1808, at Boston. Nathan- iel, b. March 4, 1793; d. at New Orleans. Martha, b. April 10, 1795; m. Dec. 9, 1819, James Brown. Levi Locke, b. March 24, 1797; m. E. Macy.
6. JEREMY WEBSTER, son of John (3), born April 12, 1792; married, March 24, 1837, Eliza Rand. Lived at Rve. Served in Captain Coleman's company of cavalry in the War of 1812. Children :
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Mary Chatman, b. March, 1840; d. June S, 1842. Rozette, b. Aug. 18, 1841; m. Oct. 16, 1860, George Leroy Trefethern.
7. JOIIN HOBBS WEBSTER, son of John (3), born May, 1793 ; married, Sept. 20, 1827, Elizabeth H. Clark. Lived at Rye. A member of Captain Samuel Berry's company of light infantry in the War of 1812. He died Aug. 2, 1866. Children :
John, b. Oct. 4, 1827-'28; unm .; lived at Rye. Emily C., b. Oct. 12, 1829-'30; d. unm. Daniel C., b. July 2, 1832-'33; m. April 7, 1861, Sabrina Trefethern; lived at Rye; both died.
8. RICHARD WEBSTER, son of Richard (4), born Oct. 6, 1788; married Polly Philbrick. Lived at Epsom and Rye. Children :
Daniel, b. July 1, 1814; d. Nov. 21, 1865. Roswell, m. Susan John- son. Mary, m. Benjamin Norton. Benjamin Franklin, m. Sarah Senter. David, m. Arvill Johnson. Richard. John, m. Sarah Dunn. Emily, m. Parker. Ursula, d. in Epsom, aged about one year.
9. MARK RANDALL WEBSTER, son of Richard (4), born April 20, 1791; married, Nov. 26, 1829, Mary Ann Lang. Lived on Sandy Beach road, Rye. He died July 17, 1865. Children :
Martha J., b. June 11, 1830; m. May 21, 1855, Harrison Seavey. Richard, b. June 1, 1833; m. Nov., 1854-'55, Fanny Conner. Mary E., b. Jan. 22, 1836; m. April 24, 1862, Charles P. Abbott. Dan- iel, b. Nov. 13, 1838; m. Brackett; lived at Portsmouth. Abby, b. July 28, 1841; d. Sept. 19, 1862. Sarah L., b. Jan. 5, 1845; m. Jan. 7, 1864, John H. Locke. William Wallis, b. Dec. 26, 1847. Warren P., b. Feb. 14 or 15, 1852; m. July 5, 1882, Francis M. White.
10. DAVID WEBSTER, son of Josiah (5), born Sept. 23, 1784; married Nowell. Children:
John Gerrish; lived at Boston.
11. David Locke. Andrew Jackson; lived at Providence. Charles Edward; lived at Boston.
11. DAVID LOCKE WEBSTER, son of David (10), married Johanna Rich. Lived at Boston. Children :
Andrew Gerrish; m. Lizzie F. Briggs; lived at Boston. Augustus Floyd, m. Lizzie Josselyn. Elizabeth, m Arthur Reid; d. in Paris, 1870.
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ORIN WEBSTER married Laura E. Verrill. Lived at Bos- ton. Children :
Hattie, b. 1874. Archie, b. 1877.
WEDGEWOOD.
1. DAVID WEDGEWOOD, son of Jonathan and Mary of North Hampton, born April 11, 1740; married, Nov. 21, 1762, Mary, daughter of Jonathan Marston. Children :
2. Jonathan.
3. David. Mary, m. Nathaniel Jenness.
2. JONATHAN WEDGEWOOD, son of David (1), married, March 23, 1790, Hannah Seavey. Lived at Rye. He died Aug. 10, 1841. Children :
4. David, b. May 17, 1792. Betsey, bapt. July 12, 1795; m. Joseph J. Berry; she d. April 1, 1817; lived at Rye. Sally Wallis, bapt. Sept. 24, 1797; m. Nov. 29, 1816, Joseph L. Locke; she d. Nov. 30, 1879; lived at Rye. Hannah, bapt. April, 1800; m. Eliphalet S. Wedgewood; lived at Rye.
3. DAVID WEDGEWOOD, son of David (1), married, March 2, 1794, Mary Sleeper. Lived at Rye. Children : Hannah, b. 1794; m. John Jenness.
5. Eliphalet Sleeper, b. 1798.
4. CAPTAIN DAVID WEDGEWOOD, son of Jonathan (2), born May 17, 1792; married, 1816, Polly Jenness. Lived at Rye. Served in the light infantry under Captain Sam- uel Berry in the War of 1812. He died Aug. 31, 1878. Children :
Charles, b. 1819; d. Dec. 27, 1862. Abby, b. Oct. 7, 1821; d. unm. Nov. 29, 1882; deranged. David William, b. 1831; d. June 23, 1837, aged 6 years. Sarah, d. Jan. 22, 1838, aged seven years.
5. ELIPHALET SLEEPER WEDGEWOOD, son of David (3), born 1798; married, first, Hannah Wedgewood; second, April 15, 1861, Hannah Brown. Lived at Rye. He died Aug. 28, 1865. Children :
Gilman, d. Nov. 19, 1855, at Chicago, III. Emily, m. Miller.
WEED.
GEORGE WEED, it is said, lived in Rye and removed to Amesbury, Mass., prior to 1700.
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HISTORY OF RYE.
WEEKS.
JOSHUA WEEKS married, Sept. 4, 1760, Sarah Marston. Lived in Rye, 1761. He died about 1776. Children :
Sarah, bapt. June 21, 1761. John, bapt. June 10, 1764. Molly, bapt. June 14, 1767. Betty, bapt. March 19, 1769. Abigail, bapt. March 24, 1771. Abigail, bapt. Nov. 3, 1776.
CHARLES WENDELL married, first, Mamie Dow; second, Children :
Auburn. Olive.
WELLS.
1. SAMUEL WELLS married Priscilla Brock ( ?). He lived on the hill where George Lang lives, east side of A. D. Parsons' house. Children :
2. Samuel, b. Dec. 2, 1735. Simon, b. May 11, 1738. Deborah, b. Oct. 5, 1740. Isaiah, b. April 29, 1743. John, b. Oct. 4, 1745; prob- ably m. Nov. 9, 1769, Elizabeth Rollins. Anna, b. Oct. 19, 1747. Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1750. Jeremiah, b. 1757.
2. SAMUEL WELLS, son of Samuel (1), born Dec. 2, 1735; married, April 28, 1763, Elizabeth Thompson. Lived at Rye. Children:
Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1765. Simeon, b. 1768; m. first, Sally Batchel- der; second, Shaw. Olly, b. 1770; m. Josiah Batchelder. Eliza- beth, b. 1773. Samuel, b. 1776; m. Hannah Brown. Molly, b. 1778; m. Nov. 16, 1796, Jethro Goss. Deborah, b. 1780.
WENTWORTH.
CHARLES E. WENTWORTH married Minerva S. Jenness of Rye. Child :
Charles Sumner, b. April 7, 1873.
WEYMOUTHI.
SHADRACH WEYMOUTH married - Children :
George, b. Sept., 1749. Eunice, bapt. 1756. Thomas Cotton, b. 1758. James, b. 1759; d. 1852, at Belmont, Me., aged 93 years; was in Revolution. Samuel, b. 1761.
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GENEALOGY.
WHIDDEN.
1. SAMUEL WHIDDEN, born Feb. 2, 1769; married Good- man Brown. Children :
Hannah, b. June 11, 1770. Thomas, b. Aug. 19, 1772. Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1774. Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1776. Elizabeth Anna, b. Oct. 18, 1778.
2. Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1780. Richard, b. Feb. 5, 1783. Mark, b. Oct. 15, 1785. Fanny, b. March 31, 1788. Daniel, b. March 23, 1791. Peggy Sherburn, b. March 28, 1793.
3. William, b. Feb. 29, 1772 ( ?).
2. JOSEPH WHIDDEN, probably son of Samuel (1), born Oct. 26, 1780; married Abigail Lived on Lafay- ette road, Portsmouth. Children :
Mary Ann, m. Daniel Colman. Sarah L., m. Reuel G. Bean. Fran- ces A., m. Richard L. Palmer. Joseph W., m. Elizabeth Berry. John H. Andrew J., m. Gerrish of Portsmouth. Hannah L. Harnett A. Ellen A.
3. LIEUT. WILLIAM WHIDDEN, probably son of Samuel (1), born Feb. 29, 1772; married, first, Hannah Whidden; second, Dec. 1, 1811, Hannah Marden. Child by first wife : 4. Samuel, b. Jan. 18, 1801.
4. CAPT. SAMUEL WHIDDEN, son of William, married, March 1, 1827, Elizabeth Langdon. Lived on Lafayette road, Portsmouth. Children :
William, d. Langdon, m. widow Anna P. Seavey. William, d. Elizabeth, b. 1843; unm. Samuel Storer, unm.
SAMUEL H. WHIDDEN, son of -, married, Dec. 22, 1842, Data Brown, who died 1878. He died Jan. 26, 1886. Lived at Portsmouth. Children :
Nettie, b. Oct. 6, 1848, m. Dec. 27, 1869, Horace Garland. Charles, b. April 27, 1852; m. Oct. 2, 1876, Alice Jenness, dau. of Samuel Jenness of Rye. Horace, b. April 27, 1852, m. Mary Heheir. Anna, b. Jan. 1, 1856; m. Dec. 19, 1877, Irvin Garland of Rye.
HORACE WHIDDEN married Mary Heheir. Both died. Children :
Samuel S., b. April 9, 1889. Charles H., b. June 10, 1892.
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IIISTORY OF RYE.
WHITE.
GEORGE W. WHITE married, Sept. 29, 1869, Polly W. Marden. Lived in Rye. Children :
Nellie, b. March 16, 1870. Willie, b. Nov. 25, 1871. Rolla G., b. Aug. 2, 1874. Isabella, b. Aug. 29, 1876; m. Oct. 15, 1894, Thomas Whenal (?). Abbott, b. Oct. 10, 1878. Irving, d. June 29, 1886. Ada Emerett, b. Sept. 22, 18SS.
WILLEY.
1. SAMUEL WILLEY married, April 5, 1798, Martha Sea- vey. Children :
Clarissa, m. Nov. 28, 1822, Thomas Foye. Mary, b. 1809; m. Ed- ward Seavey.
2. William S., b. 1814 (?). Martha A., b. 1816 (?) ; m. Elvin Rand.
2. WILLIAM S. WILLEY, son of Samuel (1), born 1814; married Lucy Lang. Children :
Ellen, b. 1837; d. Feb. 9, 1840. Charles.
WILSON.
ISAAC WILSON married, May 14, 1879, Hannah Cragg of Sweden. Children :
Helena, b. Dec. 5, 1890. Bertha H. and Albert H. (twins), b. June 5, 1895. Herbert C., b. Nov. 2, 1896.
WOODMAN.
1. JONATHAN WOODMAN, came to Rye when 14 years old and lived with John Foye; married, April 12, 1812, Sally Rand (who had before marriage Emily Rand, married Nathan Waldron of Portsmouth). Children :
Nancy Ann, b. Aug., 1812; m. Moses Norris. John, b. April, 1815; m. Sarah French. William, b. May 5, 1820; m. Harriet Briard.
2. Emery, b. Jan. 20, 1825. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 7, 1829; m. An- drew Davis.
2. EMERY WOODMAN, son of Jonathan (1), born .Jan. 20, 1825; married, 1860, Mary Ann Bickford. Lived at Rye. She died Jan. 20, 1886. Child :
Chauncy, b. May 11, 1863; m. Sept. 10, 1893, Carrie S. Russell; lived at Rye.
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GENEALOGY.
JONATHAN WOODMAN married, Dec. 12, 1769, widow Hannah ( Jenness) Rand. Children :
Mary, b. 1771. Betsey, b. Sept. 28, 1773; m. Jonathan Garland. Nancy, m. Joses Philbrick; no children.
YEATON.
Three persons by the name of Yeaton came over and es- tablished themselves, it is said, in fishing at Newcastle. But they did not agree, and one went to Fryeburg, Me., one to Somersworth, and one remained at Goat Island, since called Newcastle.
1. JOSEPH YEATON, married, first, -; second, July 17, 1751, Susannah Lang. Children by first wife :
Mary, m. Peter Johnson. Sarah, b. 1746.
Children by second wife:
2. Joseph, b. 1752. Anna, b. 1753.
3. William, b. 1756. Elizabeth, b. 1758; m. Samuel Shapley; lived at Kittery or Eliot. John, b. 1761. Hannah, b. 1763; m. Stephen Tucker of Eliot. Susannah, b. 1765. Philip, b. 1768; m. 1797, Huldah Saunders. Susan, m. Jacob Remick of Eliot. Deborah, m. William Bates Randall.
2. JOSEPHI YEATON, JR., son of Joseph (1), born 1752; married, Feb. 5, 1776, Elizabeth Rand. Child :
Samuel, b. 1776.
3. WILLIAM YEATON, son of Joseph (1), born 1756; mar- ried, Sept. 17, 1780, Hannah Towle. Lived on Sandy Beach road. Children :
Sally, m. Jonathan Goss. John, b. 1781; m. first, his brother's widow; second, Rebecca Bickford; third, Betsey Towle. Han- nah, m. Simon Towle: Billy, or William, b. 1783; m. Elizabeth Ham. Jonathan, m. Hannah Towle, his cousin. Joseph, m. Bet- sey Brown. Towle, m. Sarah Coochman. Hopley, m. Salome Lear. Levi, m. Mary Mathews.
JOHN YEATON, perhaps brother of Joseph (1), married, Aug. 24, 1759, Esther Saunders. He was lost in a gale, and she married, second, Simon Knowles. Children :
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