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Major Palmer's beloved wife, Elizabeth, died in 1804. They had lived a married life fifty-seven years ; their home was one of the happiest and most prosper- ous in Rochester. He was then nearly 80 years old, and it was thought best that he give up his old home and pass the remainder of his years in Milton, on Plumer's Ridge, where his son William had a fine farm, and afforded his father a comfortable home .- otium cum dignitatie .- He died 27 November, 1816, aged 91 years, 6 months.
Children: (1) Mary, b. 2 July, 1748; m. Josiah Main, son of Rev. Amos Main, the first minister of Rochester. The Main statue stands on Rochester Square .- (2) Margaret, b. 29 Aug., 1749; m. Col. David Copp; he was a friend of Gen. Washington in Revolutionary War times .- (3) Jonathan, b. 2 July, 1751; m. Polly Roberts of Somersworth; he d. 1843 .- (4) Samuel, b. 18 Oct., 1755; m. Anna Garland .- (5) William, b. 19 Oct., 1757; m. Susannah Twombly .- (6) Elizabeth, b. 23 Dec., 1759; m. John Merrick of Bangor .- (7) Barnabas, b. 29 Dec., 1761; died young. -(8) John, b. 6 Jan., 1763; m. Dorothy Ricker. No children .- (9) Barnabas, b. 18 Feb., 1765; m. Mary Place; d. at Athens, Me., 1822 .- (10) Benjamin, b. 5 Aug., 1766; m. Martha Hartford; d. in Augusta, Me., 1806 .- (11) Joseph, b. 16 June, 1769; m. Mercy Hanson of Dover .- (12) Mercy, b. 20 Aug., 1770; d. young .- (13) Dudley, b. 16 April, 1775; m. Abigail Pickering of Milton; they had 8 ch .; she d. and he m. (2) Hannah Folsom; they had one child; she died and he m. (3) Mary Jewell; they had 8 children; by the three wives he had 17 children. He lived to be 80 years old, and was proud of his family. He died in 1855.
Descendants: Mrs. Bertha Palmer Greene; Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Place.
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PAUL, DANIEL, was born in Ipswich, England, and came to America before 1640, as on 20 August in that year, in Boston, he is mentioned as "mariner", which usually meant the master of a vessel. He de- clared himself from Ipswich, England, and gave a letter of attorney for the sale of lands in Ipswich and delivery of money to his wife, Elizabeth. He bought land on Long Reach, Kittery, in 1648, but from a depo- sition made by Thomas Hanson (the first Hanson in Dover) 7 March 1636-7, we learn that Hanson and Paul were brothers-in-law, and had been in Kittery be- fore 1640. Captain Paul had come there on some trading voyage, probably, and finally settled there in 1648. Mr. Hanson's deposition is in Vol. 47 of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. It appears that Hanson's wife was Mary Paul, and Paul's wife was Elizabeth Hanson. Daniel Paul signed the Submission of Maine to Massachusetts in 1652, and had grants in 1653 and 1665. The last was in the Great Cove below "ye Boiling Rock"; he sold this to John Sloper, 14 Feb., 1679. In 1659 Daniel Paul and Eliza- beth, his wife, mortgaged to Richard Cutt, "66 acres above ye Boiling Rock, between Gabriel Tetherly on the south and Joseph Alcock on the north. He is men- tioned in 1660 as shipbuilder. In 1672 he gave his homestead to his son Stephen," in consideration of a marriage forthwith to be solemnized.
Children: (1) Abigail; m. Joseph Alcock .- (2) Stephen ; m. Catherine, daughter of Antipas Maverick. He was a shipwright and did much shipbuilding at his yard on the "Long Reach" of the Pascataqua River. He died about 1695; widow was living in 1706.
Their Children: (1) Elizabeth, m. John Thompson. -(2) Susannah, m. Samuel Fernald, 12 Oct., 1699 .- (3) Daniel, m. Sarah Bragdon .- (4) John, m. Mar- garet Toby .- (5) Moses, m. 1701, Abigail -; (2) Elizabeth Remick .- (6) Abigail, m. John Scriggins.
Descendants: Mrs. Ida E. Fernald; Mrs. Jessie Lillian Fernald.
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PERKINS, ABRAHAM, 1596-1683. He was born in England about 1596; his wife's name was Mary; soon after they were married they came over to New England. Being Puritans, they desired to have more freedom in the exercise of their religious belief; soon after the settlement of Hampton they came to that town, and he was admitted as a freeman, May 13, 1640. In January preceding, the town had granted him eighty acres of land; and in 1646 he was granted two shares in the commons. He was often employed in business for the town and for others. His handwriting was remarkably neat and legible, and more modern in ap- pearance than most of the old style of penmanship. He was Marshal in 1654, and was one of the leading citizens. He died suddenly, August 31, 1683, aged 87 years. His wife, Mary, died May 29, 1706, aged 88 years.
Children: (1) Mary, b. 15 Dec., 1639; m. Giles Fifield .- (2) Abraham, b. 2 Sept., 1639; m. Elizabeth Sleeper. It has been claimed that he was the first male child born in Hampton, but at least one other, Peter Johnson, was baptized earlier, and perhaps born in that town. He was killed by the Indians, June 13, 1677 .- (3) Luke, b. 1641; m. 1663 widow Hannah Cookery, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Long; they lived in Charlestown, Mass .- (4) Humphrey, b. 23 Jan., 1642; d. young .- (5) James, b. 5 October, 1647; m. Leah Cox .- (6) Jonathan, b. 8 May, 1630; m. Sarah d. 24 Jan., 1689 .- (7) David, b. 28 Feb., 1654; m. (1) Elizabeth -; (2) 1699, Martha, daughter of John Howard; d. 1736. He was a blacksmith; removed to Bridgewater, Mass .; was Representative to General Court 1690 .- (8) Abigail, b. 12 April, 1655; m. 10 Nov., 1675, John Folsom of Exeter .- (9) Humphrey, b. 17 May, 1661; m. Martha Moulton; d. 12 Jan., 1712. Descendant: Miss Isabelle Foster, Portsmouth.
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POMFRETT, LIEUT. WILLIAM. He was the second Town Clerk of Dover; the record of his election is as follows: "Primo die Nov. Mensis 47. At a publique Towne meeting it is this day ordered yt Wil- liam Pomfrett shall keep the Records of the Towne and record the Lands and Acts of the Towne, as hath bin given heretofore to p'ticular psons, or that shall bee hereafter." Mr. Pomfrett served continually into 1665, and perhaps to 1670. In his writing is our oldest extant volume of records, and it is marked No. 7 on its parchment cover; the other six numbers are lost; how that happened no one has ever explained. In 1657 Mr. Pomfrett was "chosen to be Clerk of the writs and likewise nominated to be Recorder of the Cortt." He held these offices several years .- "22-6mo-1648-(In town meeting) It is ordered that Mr. George Smith, William Pomfrett and John Hall being chosen shall have full power and authority to put an end to all con- troversies that shall at any time arise for the space of one whole year." This was the regular practice for many years, and the officers were called "Commission- ers." Mr. Pomfrett was elected many times to this office. He also held other official positions. He was Lieutenant of a militia company several years. His residence, for a number of years, was on Low street, next to Capt. Thomas Wiggin, who lived on "Captain's Hill". He signed the Combination agreement in 1640. He came over from England with Captain Thomas Wiggin's party in the fall of 1633. Date of his birth and death are not known.
His daughter, Elizabeth, married Deacon John Dam; it is not known whether or not he had other children.
Descendants: Seth Elmer Dame, Albert H. Lam- son, Mrs. Ella Weeks Lamson, Alvah Herbert Place, John Scales.
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PEPPERRELL, COL. WILLIAM, 1646-1733. He was born in Tavistock Parish, Plymouth, England; he came to the Isles of Shoals about 1660. He was en- gaged in the fishing business there a number of years. After he came from the Shoals to Kittery to reside he married Margery, daughter of John and Joan Bray, of that place. The Bray house is now standing; Col. Pepperrell built his house near by it, which later was enlarged by his son, Sir William Pepperrell; both of these houses are of historic interest. Col. Pepperrell, from a fisherman, became a shipbuilder, merchant and leading citizen of the town. He accumulated large wealth, much of which passed to his son, Sir William, who increased it many fold. He died 15 Feb., 1733, aged nearly 87.
Children: (1) Andrew, b. 1 July, 1681; m. 1707 Jane, dau. of Robert and Margery (Batson) Eliot; d. 1713 ; his widow m. 25 Nov., 1714, Lieut. Charles Frost. -(2) Mary, b. 5 Sept., 1685 ; m. (1) 4 Sept., 1702, Hon. John Frost of Newcastle, N. H .; (2) 12 Aug., 1745, Rev. Benjamin Colman; (3) 6 Oct., 1748, Rev. Ben- jamin Prescott .- (3) Margery, b. 15 Sept., 1689; m. (1) 4 Nov., 1706, Pelatiah Whittemore, who was lost in shipwreck near the Shoals; (2) Sept., 1730, Elihu Gunnison .- (4) Joanna, b. 22 June, 1692 ; m. 20 March, 1710-11, Dr. George Jackson; d. 1726 .- (5) Miriam, b. 3 Sept., 1694; m. 25 April, 1715, Andrew Tyler of Boston .- (6) William, b. 27 June, 1696; m. 16 March, 1723, Mary, dau. of Grove Hirst. He became the fa- mous Sir William; d. 6 July, 1759; wife d. 25 Nov., 1789.
Descendants: Mrs. Abbie G. Griffith, Miss Susan Woodman, Mrs. Annie (Blake) Mckinney, Walter Blake Mckinney.
PITMAN, REV. MARK. His great grandfather, William Pitman, was born in England about 1632, and was a blacksmith; this is shown by a depo-
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sition. Wm. married (1) in Boston 29th of the 9th month, 1653, Barbara Evans. He came to Oyster River in Dover before 1657, as on 12 May, 1657, he was living on a portion of William Roberts' land, and next to Robert Burnham's land ; he took a deed of that land in 1664. It is a fair inference that his first wife had died and he married (2) Ann, daughter of William Roberts, about 1660; she is repeatedly mentioned between 1661 and 1682 as wife of William Pitman. He was rated at Oyster River 1657-1677. His will shows that he died in 1682.
Children: (1) Mary, b. 15 Nov., 1657; m. 16 April, 1674, Stephen Otis, son of Richard Otis; both father and son were killed by the Indians 28 June, 1689, and she was carried to Canada, prisoner, and there baptized 8 Dec., 1693, as daughter of William and Barbara Pitman .- (2) Ezekiel, b. 1658; m. Elizabeth --. (3) John, b. 1663; executor of his father's will .- (4) Francis, b. 1665; m. widow Elizabeth Tibbetts .- (5) Nathaniel, m. widow Deliverance Derry .- (6) Joseph, b. 1669; m. Elizabeth -. (7) Abigail, m. Stephen Willey before 1676 .- (8) Sarah, m. Jeremiah Drisco .- (9) Ann, b. 1672; m. John Sias .- (10) Judith, m. 8 Jan., 1715, John Ham.
Rev. Mark Pitman was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War, and lived in Portsmouth. His daughter, Mary, b. in 1785, married William Stocker, 26 Jan. 1806.
Descendants: Alfred A. Stocker, M. D., Miss Edith M. Raitt.
RAITT, ALEXANDER, a Scotchman, born about 1722, came to Kittery about 1745, and married 2 Oct., 1747, Miriam, widow of Eliot Frost, and daughter of Hon. John Frost of Newcastle, N. H. He was a mari- ner and died in the West Indies. His widow, born 8 Oct., 1722, died 3 June, 1807.
Children: (1) Alexander, b. 15 Feb., 1749; d. 9
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Sept., 1751 .- (2) James, b. 28 Aug., 1751; d. s. p. 28 Feb., 1776 .- (3) William, b. 22 April, 1753; m. Sarah Leighton .- (4) John, b. 20 Feb., 1755; m. Sally Good- win .- (5) Andrew, b. 31 Jan., 1757; d. s. p. 27 May, 1791 .- (6) Mary, b. 16 Jan., 1761; m. 18 Feb., 1779, Reuben Ferguson .- (7) Miriam, b. 27 June, 1762; m. (1) 27 Nov., 1781, William Ferguson; (2) 23 Dec., 1728, Benjamin Gerrish.
Descendant: Ralph S. Bartlett.
ROE, ANTHONY, received land grants in Scar- boro, where he served as selectman. After 1690 he lived at Portsmouth, and died there soon after 1700. Anthony Roe, Sr., and Anthony Roe, Jr., were his son and grandson.
Children: (1) Elizabeth, b. 1661; m. Thomas Larrabee .- (2) Anthony, m. Martha -; both were living at Portsmouth as late as 1700. Their son, An- thony, m. 30 Jan., 1712, Joanna, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca Rouse.
Descendant: Charles Thornton Libby.
REMICK, CHRISTIAN, came from England or from Holland, to New England about 1631, and was living in Kittery before 1650. He signed the submis- sion to Massachusetts in 1652. He settled on Eliot Neck, where he had a grant of 52 acres from the town 8 April, 1651. Six grants to him are recorded. His house stood near the river, not far from the present schoolhouse. He was a farmer and land surveyor, and often selectman of the town; also town treasurer sev- eral years. His wife Hannah was living in 1703; he was living in 24 Jan., 1715, in Kittery.
Children: (1) Hannah, b. 25 April, 1656; m. Richard Gowell .- (2) Mary, b. 7 Aug., 1658; m. Peter Dixon .- (3) Jacob, b. 23 June, 1660; m. (1) Lydia --; (2) Mary Shapleigh .- (4) Sarah, b. 16 July, 1663; m. (1) John Thompson; (2) John Sloper; (3)
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Moses Worster .- (5) Isaac, b. 20 July, 1665 ; m. Eliza- beth -, and had children. Moved to South Carolina in 1698, having sold his farm to John Dennett .- (6) Abraham, b. 9 June, 1667; m. Elizabeth Freeman of Eastham, Mass .- (7) Martha, b. 20 Feb., 1669; m. Thomas Cole .- (8) Joshua, b. 24 April, 1672; m. Ann Lancaster .- (9) Lydia, b. 8 Feb., 1676.
Descendants: Oliver Remick Grant, Lieut. Oliver Philbrick Remick, Mrs. Harriet J. (Remick) Lydston.
ROBY, SAMUEL, was born in England, 12 Feb., 1628-9, and in the family Bible which Dr. Ebenezer Roby found when visiting his English relatives in 1726, the names of Henry and Samuel had entered against them-"went to New England."-Samuel first appeared in the records here in 1663, when Henry Roby "acted for his brother Sam" in a court proceed- ing. He soon married Mary, daughter of George Wal- ton, and spent the remainder of his life in the business section of Great Island, as there is mention of Mr. Roby's shop, and one of his servants, or employees, gave testimony in the witchcraft case.
Children: (1) Mary, m. 13 Aug., 1683, William Tetherly of Kittery, who died 1693; m. (2) 1694, John Lydston .- (2) Thomas, date of birth and death are not known .- (3) Walton, date of birth and death are not known. They were both witnesses in the "stone throwing Devil case," 1682, and were mentioned in their Grandfather Walton's will, 1686. The name of Thomas appears in the tax lists of 1688-1689.
Descendant: Charles Thornton Libby.
RHODES, THOMAS, was of Kittery in 1679; he married 1679 Mary Thompson, born about 1655; she was the daughter of Miles Thompson who is men- tioned in Boston court records, 27 May, 1643. His home was on the lot north of Thompson's brook, in South Berwick. He had a grant of land there in 1656.
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After the death of his first wife he married (2) Ann -- He was living in 1702, and she was living in 1717.
Children: (1) Ann, b. 10 April, 1680 .- (2) Mary, b. Sept. 1682; m. 28 April, 1702, Samuel Shorey. -(3) Jacob, b. 22 Feb., 1683; m. 7 Sept., 1704, Eleanor Brawn .- (4) Charity, b. 28 Nov., 1687; m. George Cross .- (5) Miles, b. 28 Jan., 1689; m. 16 Feb., 1702, Patience Donnell of York. For more information examine the History of Kennebunkport .- (6) Eleanor, b. 8 May, 1693; m. March, 1712-3, Samuel Pike .- (7) John, b. 28 Nov., 1707.
Descendants: Albert E. Rhodes, Marion A. Rhodes.
SEAVEY, WILLIAM, 1600-1680. Born in Eng- land in 1600; he came over in 1631 with Capt. John Mason's company. He was one of the active leaders in that company at Strawberry Bank, being selectman and showing himself to be otherwise a man of conse- quence; he is called Elder Seavey in 1660. He died about 1680. He was at the Shoals with fishing ships before 1630. His grants of land were in that part of old Portsmouth that later took the name of Rye. Three generations following lived there, of whom Samuel was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; in 1819 he was granted a pension.
Children: (1) Thomas, b. 1627 ; m. Tamsen (2) William, b. 1640; m. Hannah -. (3) John, b. 1650; m. 29 July, 1680, Hannah Walker, widow of Joseph Walker, and daughter of John Philbrook .- (4) Elizabeth ; m. - Odiorne .- (5) Stephen, b. -; m.
Descendants: Miss Annie Katharine Seavey, George W. Seavey.
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RUNELS or RUNALS, JOB, is first mentioned in the Rockingham Deeds, "Nov. 13, 1713," when he is said to be of Dover, and had conveyed to him from Joseph Davis, for £28, 3 score acres of land lying on the west side of Wednesday's Brook (in Lee). On that lot he settled soon after, and that was his home for the rest of his life. Later he became an extensive land owner. He was married about 1713, and his wife's name was Hannah, maiden name not known. He held various town offices in Durham, and he and his wife were members of the Church in Durham, before that town was separated from Dover. He was probably born in Nova Scotia about 1685; died in Lee (which had become a town), 1762.
Children: Job, b. 1714; m. Sarah -. Lived on the home farm in Lee .- (2) Abigail (Nabby), b. 1717; m. Miles Randall of Lee .- (3) Susan, b. 1719; m. (1) Samuel Thompson, (2) Jonathan Thompson .- (4) Enoch, b. 1721; lived in Canterbury ; d. in Canada. (5) Mary, b. 15 May, 1724; m. Nathaniel Randall of Lee .- (6) Jonathan, b. 1726; m. 1754, Keziah Carter. -(7) Hannah, b. 4 June, 1728; m. Samuel Langley, a farmer in Lee .- (8) Samuel, b. 1730; m. -; d. in Woodstock, 1774.
Descendants: Miss Ella Gertrude Durgin, John Scales.
SCALES, CAPTAIN MATTHEW, 1685-1725, was born 29 March, 1685, in Rowley, Mass., and was son of James and Susannah (Curtis) Scales. He was born in 1654, in Rowley, and died in 1686. He was son of William and Ann Scales, who came from England in the spring of 1639, with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and his company, and with them commenced the settlement of Rowley, Mass., in 1640. The company consisted of 60 families, and they settled in the beautiful village, which they named Rowley, in honor of that town in England.
Matthew Scales was but one year old when his
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father died and but six years old when his mother died ; he was then placed under the guardianship of John Harris of Ipswich. Mr. Harris appears to have been a good guardian and gave the boy a good education and had him learn the carpenter's trade. In 1712 he com- menced work at his trade in Portsmouth, N. H. About 1713 he married Sarah Curtis, and they joined the North Parish Church soon after. There their children were baptized, as the records show; their youngest child was Abraham, b. 1 Sept., and baptized 16 Nov., 1718, by Rev. John Emerson, minister of the Church. Matthew Scales resided in Portsmouth till 1719, and prospered in business, being one of the esteemed citizens.
In 1719 he moved to Falmouth, Maine, where his brother William had commenced a settlement on land his father had purchased in the preceding century. Smith's Journal of Falmouth says :
"SCALES, WILLIAM AND MATTHEW. The family from which these two persons descended settled origi- nally in Rowley, Mass. William was chosen Represen- tative from Falmouth in 1719. Their father owned land in North Yarmouth, and they both went there to live in 1720. William built a house there upon a point in the Bay, where his eldest son, Thomas, was born in 1721, who was the first male child born in North Yarmouth. They were both killed by the Indians at their own houses in April, 1725."
On 5 October, 1725, Susannah, wife of William, and Sarah, wife of Matthew, were appointed admin- istrators of the estates of their respective husbands, as the probate record shows. It is not known where the widow Sarah and her family lived after the death of Captain Matthew Scales, but probably in Rowley or Ipswich, as the youngest son, Abraham, learned his trade as "joiner" in Boston, and after he was "out of his time" commenced business for himself at Durham, N. H. His elder brother, Matthew, also a "joiner",
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was there with him and they were engaged in business together. The William Scales family remained at Yarmouth after the Indians got quiet. From that family many of the name in Maine are descendants. But also there are quite a number of families in that State who are descendants from Matthew, through his grandson, Rev. Ebenezer Scales, the distinguished Free Will Baptist minister of Wilton, Me. The chil- dren of Matthew and Sarah Scales are:
The North Parish Church, Portsmouth, record; Rev. John Emerson, minister. . A. D. 1714.
April 25, Matthew Scales owned ye Covenant and his son Matthew bapt.
April 18, 1715, James Scales, son of Matthew, bapt.
June 2, 1717, Mary Scales, dau. of Matthew, bapt.
Nov. 16, 1718, Abraham Scales, son of Matthew, bapt.
Descendants : John Scales, Miss Ella Gertrude Durgin.
1. * SEWARD, JOHN,1 of Portsmouth, ship- wright, was born probably in Co. Devon, Eng., where the name is not uncommon, and probably not later than 1646, for he was doubtless of age when 27 Sept., 1667, he was appointed one of the appraisers of the estate of Mark Hunking (N. H. State Pap., vol. 31, p. 103; Essex Ant., vol. 6, p. 134). He died in March, 1705, for his will dated 21 Mar., 1705, was proved 3 Apr., 1705 (N. H. State Pap., vol. 31, p. 546). The will mentions his wife, Agnes, sons Henry and Samuel, and daughters Jean, Agnes, Charity and Love. His son Henry married in 1694, so it must be assumed that John Seward married as early as 1674, and thus perhaps before his arrival in this country. Nothing further is known of his wife.
John1 Seward bought 26 Nov., 1669, of Richard Cutt a small tract of half an acre (N. H. Deeds, vol. 3,
* Compiled by Henry W. Hardon, A. M., L.L. B., member of the New York Bar.
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p. 21) fronting 96 feet on the Piscataqua river at a place afterwards called Seward's Beach and Seward's Hill, on the north side of what is now State Street where it joins the river. There John' Seward and his son, Henry2, and Henry's sons lived and built ships un- til shortly before the Revolution when the land was sold to Governor Langdon. There John1 Seward and his wife were buried in the field above the shipyard (N. H. Deeds, vol. 12, p. 54). There doubtless his son, Henry2 and his wife were buried.
He was town officer at Portsmouth 1688 et seq. (Town rec.).
Children, born at Portsmouth (all mentioned in his will) :
Henry2, of Portsmouth, ship-wright, b. abt. 1674; d. prior to 13 Apr., 1737, leaving a will, proved that day, dated 29 May, 1734 (N. H. Prob. Rec., vol. 11, p. 205) ; m. 23 June, 1694; (Quint's Dover, p. 129) .- Maryª Huntress, dau. of George1 and Mary -, b. at Dover (Newington), -; d. about 1760.
He did garrison duty for a short period during Queen Anne's War (Adj. Gen'l's Rep., 1866, vol. 2, p. 26). He was a proprietor of land in Barrington where he had lot 258.
Samuel, of Kittery, Me., 1717, and of Portsmouth, 1727, was probably the younger son, for his father gave his estate to Henry2 charged with legacies for his other children. He was taxed at Portsmouth in 1727; (Brewster's Rambles, vol. 1, p. 160). I find no fur- ther mention of him.
Other Children: (3) Jean .- (4) Agnes .- (5) Charity .- (6) Love.
Descendants: James Spalding, M. D .; Henry Winthrop Hardon.
SEAVEY, THOMAS, 1627-1708, fisherman of Rye Beach; b. about 1627; died 15 March, 1708-9. He lived at Sandy Beach. The following is from the
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Portsmouth records :- "13 January, 1652 ; it is granted that each inhabitant is to have Lotts according unto the order written-William Seavey 5 acres; Thomas Sea- vey one acre. In March that year Thomas Seavey was one of the Lott layers for the town. In December, 1653, Thomas Seavey, with others, had land laid out to him on "The Plains." In that same year 8 acres of meadow land and 8 acres of upland were laid out to Thomas Seavey at Sandy Beach.
Thomas Seavey took the oath of allegiance at Exe- ter, 14 July, 1657. He is mentioned as being at the Isles of Shoals in 1663, engaged in the fishing business, during the season for catching and curing the fish.
From the old records it appears that Thomas Sea- vey lived at one time on the west branch of Seavey's Creek; his relative, William Seavey, lived on the north side of that Creek and had land extending up to Sher- burne's Creek which empties into the southwest corner of Little Harbor Bay. William Seavey deposed in 1676 that he was then 75 years old, so was born in 1601. It seems quite probable that Thomas, who was born in 1627, was son of William.
Thomas Seavey's wife's name was Tamsen; he may have married earlier but there is no record which shows any name but Tamsen.
Children: (1) Henry, b. -; m :-; d. Perhaps he married Sarah Pierce, dau. of John and Sarah Pierce of Kittery .- (2) Benjamin, b. -; m. (1) Abigail, mother of most of his children; (2) Mary Wallis. His eldest son, William, m. Mary Hincks .- (3) Samuel, b. -; m. -; d. -. (4) Damaris, who married Daniel Oshaw .- (5) Rebecca, b. -; m. John Shute.
Descendants: Mrs. A. C. Hall, Miss Annie Katha- rine Seavey, George W. Seavey.
SMITH, NICHOLAS, first appears as witness to a deed from Richard Smith of Shropham, Norfolk Co., England, to his son Richard of Ipswich in New Eng-
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land, dated 9 April, 1658. The next year he bought James Wall's farm in Exeter ; this deed was witnessed by Elizabeth Gilman. Richard Smith's daughter, Elizabeth, married Edward Gilman, Jr., of Exeter. He died June 22, 1673, leaving a widow, Mary, who mar- ried a third husband, 10 Jan., 1676, Charles Rundlett, of Exeter. She was daughter of Theophilus Shatswell ; her first husband was William Dale.
Children by first wife: (1) Nathaniel, b. 9 June, 1660; was found dead, at Hampton, aged 20 .- (2) Nicholas, b. 3 June, 1661 ; m. Mary, dau. of Alexander and Mary (Lissen) Gordon; died in 1716. Thirteen children .- (3) Anne, b. 8 Feb., 1663; m. at Hampton, 15 Mar., 1679-80, Israel Clifford.
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