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Descendant: Joseph H. Dixon.
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DENNET, JOHN, 1646-1709. Two brothers, John and Alexander Dennet came to Portsmouth in 1668; their descendants are many at the present time. The Dennet family in England is one that can be traced back to 1298, A. D., when the surnames were forming. The name is of Norman origin; the first one who came over to England was an officer in William the Con- queror's army. He was known as Hugh d'Anet, or d'Arnet. In the course of 200 years it became angli- cised into "Dennet." On the Isle of Wight, the family has been traced back to 1298. Of that stock was John Dennet of Portsmouth, in 1668.
In 1672, when John Dennet had been in the town four years, he was made freeman, that is admitted to citizenship and given the right to vote, and to hold office. In 1676 he was drawn to serve at jury trials. In 1678 he was appointed tythingman, whose duty it was "to inspect his neighbors, as the law directs, for preventing drunkenness and disorder." He was given the over- sight of ten families. By trade (everybody had a trade) John Dennet was a carpenter. It is a matter of record that he repaired the meeting house, at one time, and was paid by receiving a grant of land in 1693, on what is known as Christian Shore ; the record says- "a vacant piece of land on the way (road) that leads from Major Vaughn's tanyard to Bloody Point." That "way" is now the State Road; Bloody Point is the lo- cality where the railway station is, at the east end of the bridge over the Pascataqua River. Having received that grant of land, he soon built a house on it ; it was the second house built in that section of Portsmouth; it stands there now in good condition, though more than 225 years old. It is on Prospect street, facing toward Dennet street, which street was named for him. Later he became the owner of much land in that locality.
In 1689 John Dennet bought of Christian Remick and his son, Isaac, a farm in Kittery, being the original grant to Remick. At some time between 1700 and
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1710, he built a house on that farm, and the house now stands there which shows he was a good carpenter, and his descendants, who still own it, have been thrifty care-takers of property. This house was constructed in plan and fashion similar to the one already men- tioned on Christian Shore. The lower story is made of large, hewn, hemlock logs; at the corners the logs are halved and lapped together, and treenailed with long wooden pins. This was the garrison-house style of building with logs. The second story was framed and boarded like the ordinary frame houses of that period. In 1720 John Dennet's house was designated as a gar- risoned house (that is, surrounded with a palisade to keep out the Indians) to which the inhabitants of the neighborhood could retreat if the Indians made raids that far down the river. There is no record that his garrison was ever attacked by Indians.
John Dennet was collector of taxes in 1689 ; deputy in the Assembly in 1702, and selectman during the seven years following. He was a man of sterling in- tegrity, untiring industry, faithfully fulfilling every obligation. He died 5 May, 1709 and was buried at the Point of Graves, Portsmouth. The grave is marked with a flat slab of sandstone, near the northeast corner of the lot. He was a wealthy man, and at the time of his death he was one of the largest taxpayers. His wife's name was Amy
Children: (1) John b. 15 Dec. 1675; m. Mrs. Mary (Adams) Shapleigh .- (2) Amy, b. 9 April 1679; m. John Adams .- (3) Joseph, b. 19 July 1691; m. 24 June 1704, Elizabeth Meade .- (4) Ephraim, b. 2 Aug. 1689 ; m. Katherine
Descendants: Sylvester Burnham, Miss Theodora Chase, Ralph Dennett, Alexander Dennett.
ELIOT, ROBERT, was born in 1643, and is first mentioned 13 Jan. 1660. In 1662 he was appointed constable for Strawberry Bank. He lived in Ports-
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mouth, now Newcastle, N. H., Scarborough, Me., and on Gerrish Island in his last days. He was selectman in Portsmouth in 1679 and 1680, and in Scarborough in 1682, and was that town's Deputy in the General Court in 1685. In 1692 he was appointed one of the Council- lors of New Hampshire, and held that office with the exception of one year till 1715. Timothy Gerrish re- corded in his Bible: "My father-in-law, Robert Eliot, dyed in 82 year of his age in March 24th 1724."
Hon. Robert Eliot appears to have been thrice mar- ried ; dates not known. See pages 363-64 of History of Old Kittery. The first wife was sister of Col. William Pepperrell; (2) Margery Batson; (3) Sarah Fryer, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Fryer of Newcastle. There were no children by the last marriage; the chil- dren by the other wives were:
(1) Humphrey, m. ab. 1685, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Cutt and moved to South Carolina. No positive proof has been found that Humphrey was the son of Robert Eliot, but circumstantial evidence points to that conclusion .- (2) Robert, b. -; he received a deed of land from his father in 1705; he probably d. before 1709, unm .- (3) Nathaniel witnessed a deed in 1698. -(4) Elizabeth, b. 1682; m. Col. George Vaughan be- fore 1702; d. 7 Dec. 1750 .- (5) Sarah, b. 1 Oct. 1687; m. 14 Nov. 1706, Col. Timothy Gerrish .- (6) Jane, b. 1684; m. (1) 1707, Andrew Pepperrell; (2) 25 Nov. 1714, Lieut. Charles Frost .- (7) Abigail, m. Capt. Daniel Greenough of Newcastle, N. H., 16 Dec., 1708.
These four daughters are the only children men- tioned in his Will, 1718. There may have been an earlier daughter, Sarah, who witnessed a deed in 1685. She probably died soon after. See Coll. of N. H. Hist. So- ciety, Vol. 8, p. 356. and Coll. of Maine Hist. Society, Vol. 3, p. 210.
Descendants: Mrs. Annie (Blake) McKinney, Walter Blake Mckinney.
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EDGERLY, JUDGE THOMAS, 1635-1715. He was received as an inhabitant in Dover, at Oyster River, 19 January, 1665; took the oath of fidelity 21 June, 1669 ; made freeman 15 May, 1672. In 1665, he began to serve on the grand jury and served in that capacity many times; it was then a very important office. When New Hampshire became a separate Pro- vince, Mr. Edgerly was appointed one of the Justices of the Provincial Court, consisting of Captain Walter Barefoot, Nathaniel Fryer, Henry Green, Peter Coffin, Thomas Edgerly and Henry Robie. In 1684, Rev. . Joshua Moody, minister at Portsmouth, was arraigned before this court for nonconformity, in that he refused to administer the Communion service for Governor Cranfield in accordance with the Ritual of the Church of England. After hearing the evidence the Judges debated the question. A vote was taken; two voted for conviction-Barefoot and Coffin; the others dis- sented. The next morning the court convened and the case was reconsidered; outside influence had induced Green and Robie to change their opinion and they joined with Barefoot and Coffin, condemning Mr. Moody, and he was sent to jail, where he was confined for three months. Judge Edgerly was cashiered by Governor Cranfield, for his courage in standing by Mr. Moody; he was restored to office after the Cranfield government went to pieces. He was deputy to the con- vention of 1689, held for reorganization of the govern- ment. In July, 1694, his garrison was burned by the Indians, when the awful massacre took place at Oyster River. He was taken prisoner, with his son Joseph and daughter, but they managed to escape, and soon returned home. His garrison was on the shore of Little Bay, near Durham Point. He was married by Capt. Richard Walderne 28 Sept., 1665, to Rebecca, daughter of John and Remembrance Ault; she was the widow of Henry Halloway, at her second marriage.
Children: (1) Thomas, b. 1666; m. Jane Whedon
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(Whidden) .- (2) Samuel, b. 1668 ; m. Elizabeth Tuttle. -(3) John, b. 1670 ; m. Elizabeth Rawlins .- (4) Rebec- ca, b. 1672; m. Aaron Hutcote .- (5) Joseph, b. 1677 ; m. Mary Green.
Descendant: Edgar Amos Leighton.
EMERSON, CAPTAIN SAMUEL, 1663-1743. Captain Emerson was born in Haverhill, son of a noted family there ; his commission as Captain can be found in volume I, page 109, of the History of Durham, of which town he was long a resident, and one of its most valu- able citizens; the commission bears date of May 12, 1718, and is signed by Gov. Samuel Shute. His services in command of a company of Oyster River militia were invaluable during the Indian wars of that period. He was a brave warrior and a Christian man. His sister Hannah married Thomas Dustin, and is known in his- tory as the woman who killed the Indians who had captured her and carried her to the island above Con- cord, from which she escaped with their scalps, and her own. Her monument stands in the Central Square of Haverhill, also another monument marks the spot on the island in the Merrimack River where she per- formed the brave deed and escaped. Captain Emerson bought land on Back River, Dover, as early as 1700. He was selectman in 1705, and later. About 1717, he moved to Oyster River Parish, and helped organize the Church in 1718 of which he was made deacon in 1718, and elder in 1721. He married 14 Dec. 1687, Judith Davis, daughter of Ens. John and Jane (Peasley) Davis of Haverhill and Dover. He was influential in town affairs and held important offices of trust.
Children: (1) Samuel, b. 21 Aug. 1688; d. at sea. -(2) Hannah, b. 22 Dec. 1691; d. young .- (3) Han- nah, b. 6 Jan. 1699; m. Job. Clement .- (4) Micah, b. 4 Jan. 1701; m. Sarah Huckins .- (5) Abigail, b. 27
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Sept. 1704; m. Robert Thompson .- (6) Timothy, b. ab. 1706; m. Mary Smith .- (7) Solomon, b. 1709; m. Elizabeth Smith.
Descendant: Mrs. Elizabeth Emerson Dorr.
EMERY, ANTHONY, 1600-1684. He was born in Romsey, Hants, England, and was second son of John and Agnes Emery. He married in England Frances They came to America in the ship "James," landing in Boston 3 June, 1635. He lived in Newbury, Mass., till 1640, when he removed to Dover and be- came a resident of Dover Neck, where he kept an "ordinary" on High street, near where the Riverview Hall is (1918). In 1649, he sold his house on The Neck and bought Beck's Ferry, where boats, for public travel, were run from Dover to Eliot (then Kittery). He had his residence in Old Kittery, near the ferry landing, till about 1665. He kept an "ordinary" as well as managing the ferry. He was a very able business man, and also very independent in his religious views. When the Quaker women came to Dover Neck and aroused great indignation among the strict Church people, and finally got a whipping for it, Mr. Emery took sides with the Quakers and entertained them at his Inn, at the ferry landing. He was arraigned in court for the offence and fined ; he paid the fine and kept on entertaining the Quakers, when they came that way. He was fined several times, and finally was disfran- chised ; that was about 1665, and soon after he decided it was best for him to leave town, and turn his business over to his son James. He removed to Providence, R. I., where religious freedom prevailed, and he had no further trouble in entertaining all the Quakers he pleased.
Children: (1) James, b. about 1630; he was in business with his father till the latter removed to Prov- idence, when he succeeded to the entire ferry and hotel
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business. He was a man of much ability and popular with the church people, and the townmen in general. For eight years he was one of the Selectmen of Old Kittery, and twice was Deputy for the town in the Gen- eral Court at Boston. This shows he was popular and a leader in public affairs. He m. (1) Elizabeth (2) 28 Dec., 1695, Elizabeth (Newcomb) Pidge, widow of John of Dedham. He died before 1714. He had a sister, Rebecca, of whom nothing is known; and a brother whose name is unknown.
Children: (1) James, b. about 1658 ; m. Margaret Hitchcock .- (2) Zachariah, b. about 1660; m. Eliza- beth Goodwin .- (3) Noah, b. about 1663 ; m. Elizabeth and had three children, of whom there is no record. He died before 1729 .- (4) Daniel, b. 13 Sep- tember 1667; m. Margaret Gowen .- (5) Job, b. 1670; m. Charity Nason .- (6) Elizabeth, b. 1672; m. Syl- vanus Nock; d. 6 June 1704 .- (7) Sarah, b. 1674; m. (1) John Thompson; (2) Gilbert Warren; d. after 1738.
Descendant: Charles Thornton Libby.
FERNALD, RENALD, M. D. He came to Ports- mouth with the first settlers of that town, in 1631; he was surgeon of Capt. John Mason's company. It is said that he was surgeon in the English navy before engaging to serve Captain Mason's company. Prob- ably Capt. Mason wanted to have his men well cared for, so induced the navy surgeon to resign and come to America. He became the physician for all the settle- ments along the Pascataqua river. He also made him- self useful in official capacities. He was clerk of the Court, for Dover and Portsmouth; recorder of deeds ; town clerk of Strawberry Bank ; surveyor of land; and commissioner for the settlement of small cases. So Dr. Fernald was a very useful, active and influential man in the settlements outside of Portsmouth, as well
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as in it. His wife's name was Joanna. He died in 1660, and it is said his grave is in the Point of Graves Cemetery.
Children: (1) Thomas, b. ab. 1633; m. Temper- ance -; d. before 25 August 1697 .- (2) Elizabeth, b. ab. 1635; d. unm .- (3) Mary, b. ab. 1637; m. John Partridge 1660; d. 16 Aug. 1722 .- (4) Sarah, b. ab. 1640; m. (1) 3 Dec. 1661, Allen Lyde; (2) Richard Waterhouse .- (5) John, b. ab. 1642; m. Mary Spinney. -(6) Samuel, b. 1644; m. Hannah Spinney .- (7) Wil- liam, b. 16 March 1646 ; m. 6 Nov. 1671 Elizabeth Lang- don.
Descendants: Mrs. Florence Adelaide Crane, Mrs. Annie Blake Mckinney, Walter Blake Mckinney, John Scales, Alexander Dennett, Ralph Dennett.
FOGG, DANIEL, 1660-1755, is not the first Fogg who came over to New England from Old England, but the first one who came to the Pascataqua and began business here. He is son of Samuel Fogg, who came over with Gov. Winthrop's company in 1630. It is said he was a native of Wales. Soon after the settle- ment was commenced at Hampton, Samuel became a resident there; he received grants of land from the town, some of which have remained in possession of his descendants to the present time (1918). Here his son Daniel was born 16 June, 1660; his mother, Samuel's first wife, was Ann, daughter of Roger Shaw, who was for many years one of the leading men in Hampton, where he settled in 1647. She died in 1663; he died in 1672.
Daniel Fogg learned the trade of blacksmith and worked at it in Hampton till he went to Black Point, Scarborough, Maine, and set up in business for him- self, about 1680. In 1684, he married Hannah Libby, daughter of John Libby, founder of that town. He re- ceived grants of land and prospered till the Indians drove him out of town, as they did all the rest of the
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settlers. About 1690, we find him in Portsmouth. Tradition says he at first lived on one of the islands at the mouth of the river, but in 1699 he crossed over the Pascataqua and purchased land in the Upper Parish of Old Kittery, now Eliot. His farm was on the bank of the river, between Franks Fort and Watts Fort, ex- tending back quite a distance into the country. This farm has remained in possession of the Fogg family to the present time (1918). The William Fogg Library Building is located on the old farm. Mr. Fogg was one of the five original members of the Congregational Church that was organized June 22, 1721, and for more than thirty years he was its staunch supporter. He died in 1755, aged 95 years.
Children: (1) Hannah, b. ab. 1685; m. John Rogers 21 May 1704 .- (2) Daniel, b. ab. 1687; m. 30 July 1715, Ann Hanscom, and lived in Scarborough .- (3) Mary, b. ab. 1689 ; m. 11 Aug. 1709, William Brooks. (4) Rebecca, b. ab. 1692; m. 1726, Joseph Pillsbury .- (5) Sarah, b. ab. 1694; m. 1 Jan. 1715, Thomas Hans- com .- (6) John, b. ab. 1696; m. 30 Sept. 1725, Mary Hanscom. Lived in Scarborough .- (7) Joseph, b. ab. 1698; m. 17 Jan. 1725, Sarah Hill .- (8) Seth, b. Dec. 1701 ; m. 28 Nov. 1727, Mary Pickernell .- (9) James, b. 17 March 1703-4; m. Elizabeth Fernald.
Descendant: John Lemuel Murray Willis, M. D.
FOLSOM, JOHN, was born in 1614 in Hingham, England; he came over in the ship "Diligent of Ipswich," John Martin, master; they set sail from the mouth of the Thames River 26th of April, 1638. There were nineteen families on board, all destined for the Massachusetts Bay. His name is there given as "John Foulsham," the old English spelling of the name. He had been married about a year and a half, date of mar- riage, Oct. 4, 1636, to Mary Gilman, daughter of Ed- ward and Mary (Clark) Gilman; they landed at Boston
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Aug. 10, 1638; soon after that they went to Hingham, Mass., and resided there till they removed to Exeter, N. H., with the Gilmans, about 1650, perhaps a year or two later. At Hingham, he received grants of land and was one of the Selectmen and was one of the prosper- ous citizens of the town.
At Exeter, the town gave him four acres of land butting upon the Common (land) westward and upon the playne eastward; the house he built upon it was standing until 1875 when it was taken down and some of its sawed oak was manufactured into memorial chairs, and distributed among the descendants. The frame was all of oak, and sound when the house was razed. He was one of the selectmen of the town and served on committees relating to settlement of town business. His wife being a Gilman of course they were ranked with the first families. From all accounts of him at Hingham and at Exeter he appears to have been enterprising, courageous and prominent in the com- munities in which he lived ; a leader in public affairs, determined on simplicity in religious worship and equity in the state, a solid, independent, righteous and true man. He died at Exeter Dec. 27, 1681. His widow survived him eight or ten years.
Children: (1) John, b. 1638, or '39; m. Nov. 10, 1675, Abigail, dau. of Abraham Perkins of Hampton .- (2) Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1641 .- (3) Nathaniel, b. 1644; m. 1674, Hannah Faxon of Hingham ; had a son Samuel, b. April 18, 1679. He gave a deed of land in Exeter in 1696 .- (4) Israel, b. 1646; m. and had son Israel; re- ceived a grant of land in Exeter .- (5) Peter, b. 1649; was always known as "Lieut. Peter."-(6) Mary, b. 1651; m. 12 June 1672, George Marsh of Newbury .- (7) Ephraim, b. 1654.
Descendant: Miss Isabel Foster, A. B., Ports- mouth.
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FURBISH, WILLIAM was granted land in Dover in 1648; being a land owner, he was a taxpayer for several years. He then moved across the river to Old Kittery, now Eliot, having bought land there in 1664; later he had a grant of ten acres from the town. His residence was near what was called, in old times, Thompson's point, in Eliot. That Point took its name from William Thompson, the first man of that name who lived in that part of Old Kittery. The name of his wife is not known.
Children: (1) Daniel, m. Dorothy Pray .- (2) John, d. in 1701 .- (3) Hopewell, m. 12 May 1693, Enoch Hutchins, Jr .; (2) 25 April 1711, Wm. Wilson. -(4) Katharine, m. ab. 1694, Andrew Neal .- (5) Sarah, m. ab. 1698, Thomas Thompson .- (6) Bethia, m. in 1705, Joseph Gold .- (7) William, went to South Carolina.
Descendants : Frederick Baker Furbish, .Mrs. Ellen Tasker Scales.
FROST, NICHOLAS, 1585-1663. He was a na- tive of Tiverton, England. He came over before 1634, and in that year settled at Leighton's Point in Eliot, opposite Bloody Point in Newington. His son, Major Charles Frost, born 30 July, 1631, in Tiverton, was one of the most distinguished men of his time in Old Kit- tery. It is probable that Nicholas came over first in 1632, then returned for his family, having decided to settle in Kittery. He was chosen constable in 1640 and served repeatedly as one of the selectmen. He was a man of force and leadership and reared a distinguished family. In 1651, the town granted Nicholas Frost three hundred and forty acres, "joining on the west Anthony Emery's land and on ye east side of ye land with a brook which runs into Agamenticus river." Other grants were made to Nicholas Frost from time to time, till he had one of the largest estates in Kittery. Just when he built his house on the slope of Frost's
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Hill (which took its name from him) is not known, but it was probably about the time of the grant of the land in 1651. It was a garrison house built of large hewn square logs. The grave of his son, Major Charles Frost, is in that neighborhood at what is known as "Ambush Rock," near which the Indians killed him July 4, 1697. He was buried near his garrison, but the Indians dug up his body and hanged it on the top of Frost's Hill, in what is now Eliot. So he had to be reinterned. The Indians never forgave him for his part in the "Sham Fight" at Major Walderne's garrison in Dover.
Children: (1) Charles, b. 30 July 1631 in Tiver- ton, England; m. Mary Bolles .- (2) John, b. 7 Aug. 1633, in Tiverton. Settled in Boston. - (3) Anna, b. 17 April 1635, at Little Harbor, America .- (4) Cath- arine, b. 25 Dec. 1637 in Old Kittery; m. (1) William Leighton; (2) Joseph Hammond .- (5) Elizabeth, b. 10 May 1640 in Kittery ; m. 14 May 1667 Wm. Gowen. -(6) Nicholas, b. 30 May 1645, in Kittery ; d. 1642, in Limerick, Ireland.
Descendants: Nathan Goold, Mrs. Ella Weeks Lamson, Mrs. Annie (Blake) Mckinney, Miss Susan Woodman, Miss Frances Hale Rolfe.
FROST, JOHN, of York, fisherman, received grants of land in 1663 and 1669. He was killed by the Indians. His estate was divided 14 Nov., 1678, be- tween widow Rose and sons John and Philip, and daughter Annis, wife of Alexander Maxwell. Adminis- tration granted to John and Philip on estate of their father, 2 July, 1677.
Children: (1) John, b. ab. 1650; m. 1674, Sarah, dau. of Roger Kelley of the Isles of Shoals. (New Hampshire Court Records, III. p. 376.) He died in 1718, at Star Island, leaving a widow, Sarah and chil- dren : John Presented at court in 1707 for "abusing his grandfather, Roger Kelley." John Frost of Wells,
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mariner, and wife Abigail, sold house and acre of land in Wells, in 1757 .- (2) Samuel, m. Ann, dau. of Ed- ward Cate. They lived in Newcastle in 1723. 10 Feb. 1755, Jane Frost of Portsmouth sold to Samuel Frost, minor, nine acres originally part of the estate of her grandfather, Edward Cate of Portsmouth, deceased .- (3) Ithamer, left daughter and only heir, who m. Arthur Randall of Gosport, N. H .- (4) Mary, m. Wil- liam Fox .- (5) Philip, b. ab. 1652; m. before 1677, Mrs. Martha Rankin, nee Merry. She had m. Andrew Rankin before 1667, and had a son Joseph Rankin who was apprenticed to Rev. Shubael Dummer of York. Philip d. ab. 1693. A daughter Annis, m. William Shaw of York and has many descendants .- (6) Annis, who married Alexander Maxwell before 1678.
Descendants : Mrs. Annie (Blake) Mckinney, Walter Blake Mckinney.
FURBER, SERGT. WILLIAM, 1614-1692. He was born in London, England, and came over to New England in 1636, in the ship Angel Gabriel, which was wrecked at Pemaquid, in the great storm of Au- gust, but he reached Ipswich, and later came to Dover. 1 Dec., 1676, he testified (age 62, or thereabouts) that he came here in the ship Angel Gabriel in 1636; that in November, 1636, he went to Ipswich and hired him- self for one year to John Cogswell, who with his three sons came over with him in the Angel Gabriel. He came from London. At the end of his year's service with Cogswell, he came to Dover, in 1637, and went to work on Dover Neck; he had lost most of his outfit in the shipwreck at Pemaquid, so had to start new. He was so industrious and so highly respected that in 1640 he acquired two house lots on the east side of High street, and about that time he married Elizabeth -; there was his home till he removed to Welchman's Cove, on the east side of Little Bay, about 1657; at this cove he had received a grant of land as early as 1652, and in
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1657 he received another grant of 30 acres, adjoining his first grant. There was his home the rest of life; several generations of his successors lived on that farm, and kept a ferry at the Narrows between Great Bay, and Little Bay. 17 June, 1674, he gave his homestead to his eldest son, William, who is known as Lieut. Wil- liam Furber ; the parent only acquired the title of "Sar- gent," and is so called in the old Dover records. On the north side of Welchman's Cove, in 1652, Deacon John Dam received a grant of 40 acres of upland, which was laid out to him 10th, 11 mo., 1656, at which time Furber's grant was laid out to him ; the lot layers were : "Elder Nutter, William Storey, William ffurber, henry lankster." On this lot Deacon Dam's son John made his abode, about 1660, having married Sarah Hall; she died in 1663, and in 1664 he married Elizabeth Furber, daughter of William. That land is known as Dame's Point.
William Furber signed the Combination for good government in 1640; 20 April, 1644, it was ordered by the town "that Edward Starbuck, Richard Walderne and William Furber be Wearsmen for Cotchecho Falls and river, during their lives, or so long as they con- tinue inhabitants in the town." * "Said wears- men are bound to use all diligence in catching fish." *
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