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CHILDREN.
1. John5, lived in Windham in 1740; name appears in records for several years ; rem. to Rockingham, Vt., and d. there, leaving a family.
2. Jonathan5, lived at Ira. Vt., and sons Jamess, Robert", Williams, and Jonathan6. rem to Ohio.
3. Janes, m. Robert Pattison. of Saco, Me. : 14 ch.
4. Margaret5, m. George Pattison. of Coleraine, Mass. : 7 ch.
5. Elizabeth5. m. Samuel Wilson, of Londonderry : 6 ch.
6. Agnes5, m. Benjamin Nesmith.
7. Mary-Ann5, m. John Bell, of Londonderry.
8. James5, lived in Windham.
6. Col. James5, the last mentioned. He was a soldier from Windham, in the French and Revolutionary wars; did valiant service, which is recorded in the chapters which embraced those wars. May 7, 1764, he was appointed ensign of 7th Co., 8th Reyt., by the Royal Governor, Benning Wentworth, May 10, 1770; he was commissioned lieutenant by Gov. John Wentworth. Sept. 5, 1775, "the Congress of the Colony of New Hamp- shire " appointed him captain of the 3d Co., 8th Regt. Ho was captain of the first military company of Windham, 1777. (See page 70.) Dec. 2, 1775, the committee of safety author- ized him to raise immediately a company of sixty-one men, to serve in Continental Army, and report to General Sullivan, at Winter Hill, which he did. He was elected major by vote of the town. He was commissioned colonel of the 8th Regt., March 25, 1785, by Meshech Weare, president of the State. He was appointed justice of the peace, June 6, 1792. He was a black- smith by trade; lived a time in Windham Range. June 30, 1774, he bought of Dea. John Tuffts, the mill property and farm, now owned by John-S. Brown, in East Windham (formerly known as
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GENEALOGIES : GAWIN GILMORE6.
the Alexander Gordon farm), embracing 105 acres, for 225 pounds lawful money. He was selectman in 1781-86, representative in 1787-88, and was an influential man in town. He sold his farm of eighty and a half acres to Daniel Gordon, of Salem, for $1,300, July 3, 1799; removed to vicinity of Duston's Mills, North Salem, where he d. Jan. 18, 1809, and is buried in the cemetery at Salem Centre. He was married four times, and had thirteen children. His first wife was Agnes -, who d. March 26, 1776, in her forty-second year. He m. 2d, Mary (Clyde) Parker, dau. of Daniel Clyde, the emigrant, of Windham. His last wife was Jannet -, who d. April 30, 1801, æ. 62 yrs. ; other not known. Children, b. Windham : -
7. James6, b. Aug. 21, 1757; was a soldier in the Revolution; became a lieutenant ; settled in Belfast, Me., about 1784; m.
CHILDREN.
1. Nancy?, b. May 15, 1791.
2. Nathaniel7, b. Feb. 10, 1794.
3. Anna7, b. May 5, 1797.
t. Martin7. b. Aug. 2, 1799.
5. Betsey7, b. Feb. 19, 1803.
8. John6, b. Dec. 15, 1760; owned land in Belfast; d. in Searsport, April 16, 1845; m. Margaret -; eight children.
9. Jonathan6, b. Feb. 9, 1763; d. in Charlestown.
10. Robert6, b. Feb. 1, 1765; settled in Acworth, 1791; m. Jenny Houston.
CHILDREN.
1. Naneyi, d. single.
2. Horace, m. Parmelia Cooke; res. Watertown, N. Y .; his ch. were : George-A.", Orvilles, Oramels, JJames-E.8, Martha-J.8, Sarah-A.s, and Robert-A.8; some of them res. in Watertown and vicinity.
3. Cyrus7, d. young.
4. Cyrus7, d. young.
5. Alexander-11.7, res. Fairlee, Vt .; m. Mary-M. Childs; ch. : Letitia-J.8, Spencer-C.», Edwin-A.&, James-W.8, res. Manistoe, Mich .. Parme- lia-C., Mary-A.8, Cathie-J.8
Janei, d. single.
7. Anner, d. single.
8. Sarah-G.7, m. Stevens Chandler; res. Orford; ch. : David-W.8, Laura- A.s, Amelia-S.s, and Robert-G.8
9. Robert -11.7, d. unmarried.
11. Margaret®, b. March 8, 1767 ; m. George Clark, of Wind- ham, and settled in Acworth.
12. Gawin6, b. Feb. 4, 1769; settled in Acworth, 1790; black- smith ; d. 1841; was State senator and high sheriff; m. Sally Grout.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
1. Leonard?, m. Sarah-A. Grannis; settled in Claremont ; ch. : Charles. Homer-G.8. Leonard®, Sarah". Annis&, Timothy-G.8, and Gawin".
2. Hiram7, settled in Claremont: went to Montreal in 1858; d. 1862; m. Mindwell MeClure. Ch. : Sally-A.8; Gawin8, res. Montreal, manufacturer, postoffice Cote St. Paul; Robert®; Martha ; Mary- 1.8; Charles-H1.8, res. Montreal, P. Q., post-office Cote St. Panl.
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GENEALOGIES : GILMORE ; GOODWIN.
3. Lammira?, m. Llock Hills, res. Fox Lake, Wis. ; ch. : George", Charles", Johns, Henry".
4. Granville ?.
5. Betsey, m. Alexander Graham, of Acworth ; m. 2d, Simon Stevens, of Newbury.
Gawin Gilmore in. 2d w., Anna Stebbins, of Saybrook, Conn. CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE.
6. Sally-A.3, m. N .- G. Davis; res. Reading, Mass. ; ch. : Amelia-E.s, Clarissas, Juliette", Charles-G., Sarah", Emma>, William-E.8
7. Caltha7, m. J .- II. Dickey, of Acworth
8. Nancy, m. Elisha-Il. Parks, of Acworth.
13. Anna6, b. May 16, 1771; m. James Dickey, of Acworth.
14. Agnes6, b. July 14, 1773; m. Benjamin Nesmith; settled in Belfast, Maine.
15. Mary", d. single.
16. Baptiste6, b. Feb. 24, 1776; probably settled in Belfast, Me.
17. Elizabeth6, b. April 4, 1779; d. single.
18. Ruth-Cochran", b. June 29, 1783; m. William Duncan, of Acworth.
19. Jenny", m. - Caldwell; res. Nottingham.
GOODWIN FAMILY.
1. Alpheus Goodwin2, b. in New Boston, Aug. 8, 1812; was son of Nathan1 and Mehitable (Marden) Goodwin. His mother was sister of Solomon Marden, of Windham. In 1830 he came to town with his father, who d. here. He bought, April, 1868, the farm upon which George Davidson, the emigrant, settled ; has been employed for many years at Butler's mills. He m. Nov. 14, 1839, Lydia, dau. of Alexander McCoy. She was b. Aug. 12, 1821. Children : -
2. Lizzie3, b. Pelham, Sept. 3, 1840; m. Samuel Walker, of Long Island; res. Plattsburg, N. Y. ; four children.
3. Burt-O.3, b. Windham, July 6, 1842 ; m. Aggie Mckenley ; res. Lowell; one child.
4. Franeis-A.8, b. Londonderry, July 5, 1848; d. Jan. 5, IS63.
5. Alpheus-A.3, b. Londonderry, July 22, 1852; m. Georgie Webster; res. Pelham.
6. Lucretia-L.3, b. Londonderry, Jan. 23, 1855; m. Otis George ; res. Lake Village.
7. Mary-J.8, b. Hampstead, Nov. 29, 1857.
S. Charles-A.3, b. Nov. 9, 1862.
9. James-A.3, b. Hudson, March 7, 1863 ; d. May 10, 1864.
10. James-E.3, b. Oct. 26, 1865.
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GENEALOGIES : ALEXANDER GORDON !.
GORDON FAMILY ..
1. Alexander Gordon1, was of a Gordon family in the Highlands of Scotland, which was loyal to the cause of the Stuarts. He was a soldier in the royalist army of Charles the Second. The fortunes of war threw him into the hands of Cromwell, by whom he was confined in Tuthill Fields, London, and sent to America in 1651. Was held as a prisoner of war at Watertown, Mass., till 1654. He came to Exeter, N. H., and in 1663 he m. Mary, dau. of Nicholas Lysson. In 1664 the town gave him a grant of twenty acres of land, and he became a permanent resident. He was a lumberman upon the river at Exeter, and d. in 1697. He had eight ch., six boys and two girls. His youngest son,
2. Daniel2 (second generation in America), must have been b. in Exeter. He m. 1708, Margaret, dan. of Matthew Harriman, of Haverhill, and granddaughter of Leonard Harriman, the emi- grant ancestor of the family of that name, and who came from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Rowley, Mass., in 1640. Daniel Gordon was a blacksmith, and lived in Kingston, and had three children b. there, Mary8, Margaret3, and Alexander3.
3. Alexander3, last named, was b. Jan. 26, 1716. He was a farmer, and settled in Salem, N. H. He m. June 22, 1742, Susanna Pattee, of Haverhill, Mass., and had seven children, namely, Daniel4, Jonathan4, Phineas4, Susanna+, Alexander4, Benjamin4, and Phebe4. By his second wife, Hannah Stanley, of Beverly, Mass., he had nine children, namely, Ilannah4, Lydia4, Sarah4, Benjamin4, Willard4, Betsey4, Henry4, John-II.4, Wells+.
4. Daniel4, eldest son of Alexander Gordon3, b. March 15, 1743; m. Mehitable Clark, who was b. April 18, 1744. He lived in Salem till July 3, 1790; he came to Windham, and bought a farm of eighty and a half acres, of Col. James and Jenny Gil- more, paying $1,300, the one now owned by John-S. Brown, near the Turnpike, and upon it he spent the remainder of his life. Children, b. in Salem, N. H. : -
5. Libbeus5 [15], b. June 14, 1766.
6. Daniel5, b. April 26, 1768; d. young.
7. Judith5, b. April 5, 1770; unm .; d. in Windham.
8. Susannah5, b. July 3, 1772; m .- James Hazeltine, of Pem- broke, N. H.
9. Mehitable5, b. Nov. 6, 1775; m. Nov. 19, 1796, Benjamin- P. Baldwin, of Bradford, Vt .; d. June 14, 1857.
10. Ruth5, b. Feb. 25, 1777 ; m. Edward Perkins, of Jaffrey, N. H.
11. Betsey5, b. Ang. 9, 1779; m. Jan. 20, 1799, William Phelps, of Pierpont, N. H .; d. Nov. 27, 1862.
* Many of the early genealogical items of this family, and much of that which relates to the present, have been kindly furnished by George-A. Gordon, Esq., Lowell, Mass., from his gleanings of thirty years.
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GENEALOGIES : ALEXANDER GORDONS.
12. Pollys, b. Aug. 9, 1779: m. Jesse Woodward, of Haver- hill, N. H.
13. Hannah-W.5, b. Oet. 3, 1782; m. Samuel-G. Estes, of Malden, Mass. ; d. Aug. 23, 1864.
14. Alexander" [23], b. Jan. 14, 1786; m. Mary Wilson; d. Sept. 28, 1853.
15. Libbens5 [5] (Daniel, Alexander8, Daniel", Alexan- der1). He was b. June 14, 1766. He ocenpied what was part of the original farm, and now owned by Richard Foran, near the M. & L. R. R., in the east part of Windham. The buildings he erected. He m. Miss Berry ; d. in town many years ago, and the family removed from Windham. Children : -
16. Daniels, removed to Ohio.
17. Sarah", m. Mr. Pratt, of Great Falls, N. H. ; d. long ago.
18. Mehitables, b. Dec. 4, 1806: m. Dec. 10, 1825, Andrew Wentworth, of South Berwick, Me .; d. Sept. 5, 1834.
19. Hannah6, m. Mr. Young: m. 2d, Mr. Packard, and lived in Quincy, Mass.
20. Mary6, m. Mr. Gray; res. California.
21. Noah6, umm .; d. at Great Falls, N. H.
22. Phebe6, m. Cyrus Corliss; 24, Mr. Cross.
23. Alexander5 [14] (Daniel4, Alexander3, Daniel2, Alexan- der1). He was b. in Salem, Jan. 14, 1786; came to Windham with his father's family when about four years of age. He succeeded his father upon the farm, where he spent his life. His farm was rough and poor, but he managed by prudence to rear a large family. His mental powers were good, and he possessed, for those days, a good education. He became prominent in the town, and was a justice of the peace for many years. In politics he was always a democrat, which interfered with his political advance- ment, till late in life. He was selectman in 1826, '30, '31, '32, '83, '34, '35, '36, '43, '49. He was cautious and conservative, and made an acceptable officer. He represented his town in the legis- lature in 1837. He and his wife were prominent members of the Methodist Church at North Salem, which they attended. He m. Sept. 18, 1807, Mary Wilson, of Chester, who was b. Oct. 25, 1788: d. Ang. 15, 1853, æ. 65 yrs. He d. Sept. 28, 1853, æ. 67 yrs. 4 mos. 14 dys. They are buried at North Salem. Children, b. in Windham :
24. Jane", b. Aug. 15, 1808; d. in Salem, Aug. 10, 1880, æ. 72 yrs.
25. William", b. June 13, 1810; res. Oakdale, Mass. Rev. William Gordon left town in the spring of 1827, in his seventeenth year, and for a few years was employed in the bleachery of the Merrimack Corporation, Lowell, Mass. In June, 1834, he became a member of the New England Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, on probation, and commenced in the work of the Chris- tian ministry. His appointments in the ministry have been : 1834, Pelham Circuit : 1835, Buckland Circuit : 1836, part of the same ;
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GENEALOGIES : REV. WILLIAM GORDON ..
1837, Brookfield Circuit; 1838-39, South Belchertown; 1840-41, Wales; 1842, Gill; 1843-44, Oakham; 1845-46, Hubbardston ; 1847-48, Winchendon ; 1849-50, Barre; 1851-52, Newburyport, Purchase Street; 1853-54, Peabody; 1855-56, Shrewsbury ; 1857, Oxford. From 1858 to 1862, he was presiding elder of the Springfield District. In 1862 he preached at Worcester, Webster Square; in 1863-64, Ware; 1865-66, Belchertown; 1867-68, South Worthington ; 1869-71, Chester; 1872-73, Westfield, West Parish; 1874-75, Paher; 1876-77, Greenfield ; 1878-79, Holyoke; 1880, Oakdale, Mass. In 1832 he m. Miriam Palmer, of Deering, N. H. ; d. April, 1860. He m. 2d, Mrs Sarah-J. (Thomp- son) Willis.
CHILDREN.
1. Susan-Jane", b. Hubbardston, Mass., May 30, 1846; m. Aug. 9, 1864, Silas Barlow, of West Brookfield. Mass.
2. Carrie7, b. Sept. 18, 1861.
3. William-C.7, b. Feb. 14, 1864.
26. Daniel-Clark6, b. Oct. 9, 1812. He became a wool- spinner, and obtaining much knowledge of woolen manufactures and machinery, soon became a manufacturer in Dixfield, Me., and subsequently in East Wilton, Me. He consigned his goods to a commission house, which failed; this failure so embarrassed him, he gave up the business. He m. Rebecca Tibbets, of Berwick, Me .; no children. He d. in East Wilton, Me., Dec. 27, 1864.
27. Jackson6, b. May 16, 1815. He left town in the spring of 1834. He is a wool-dyer. He became proficient in his busi- ness, and for a time was in the employ of Bay State Mills (now Washington), Lawrence, Mass. Hc m. March 14, 1838, Marcia Fish, who was b. at Woodstock, Vt., Feb. 8, 1816. They res. at Rockville, Conn.
CHILDREN.
1. Orange-Scott7, b. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 31, 1841 ; m. Sept. 6, 1871, Ruth- C. Osgood; res. Worcester, Mass.
2. Mary-E.", b. Lowell, Feb. 1, 1843.
3. George-Ilenry", b. Lowell, Nov. 24, 1846; d. Feb. 27, 1875.
4. Charles-E.7, h. Lawrence, Oct. 15, 1848; m. Sept. 30, 1878. Amy-A. Keyes: pastor of Congregational Church, at East Hardwick, Vt.
5. Albert-J.7, b. Lawrence, Oct. 2, 1850; d. March 6, 1852.
6. Emma-Adelaide7, b. Lawrence, Ang. 10, 1853; m. Nov. 6, 1877, An- drew-HI. Fuller.
7. Harriet-Isabel, b. Lawrence, Nov. 10, 1856.
8. Ellen-Frances7, b. Salisbury, Mass., July 2, 1860.
28. Phebe6, b. July 11, 1817; m. March, 1836, Israel Massey, of Salem, N. H .; d. May 20, 1880; she res. Fairmont, Fillmore Co., Neb. Ch .: Warren-Wilbur7; Mary-Ann7; Alexander-Gor- don7; Sylvanus7, d. in Chicago, Ill .; Frank ?.
29. Melitta", b. Jan. 19, 1820; d. Aug. 15, 1867.
30. Susan-Hazelton", b. Dec. 21, 1821; m. May 8, 1845, Reuben-P. Taylor. (See Taylor family.)
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GENEALOGIES : PHINEAS GORDON ;.
31. Mary-Ann6, b. March 9, 1824; m. May 8, 1845, Nathaniel Hills ; d. Sept. 29, 1882. (See Hills family.)
32. Alexander6, b. June 2, 1826; m. Phebe Lewis. He emi- grated to California early in its history. Has been successful in his business ventures, and accumulated wealth. He has filled prominent places of trust. In politics he is an active republican, and has been a member of the legislature of California. He now res. at Redwood City, Cal., and is much respected by his fellow- citizens.
33. Hannah-Estes6, b. Oct. 11, 1828; m. Nov. 5, 1848, Simon Flanders. He was b. in Andover, Mass., Nov. 3, 1816. They res. at Santa Clara, Cal.
CHILD.
1. Mary-Ellen7, b. East Wilton, Me., Nov. 28, 1854; m. Nov. 9, 1879, For- rest-S. Ward; res. San Jose, Cal.
PHINEAS GORDON'S FAMILY.
1. Phineas Gordon5, was a relative of the preceding family, and was the fifth generation removed from Alexander Gordon, the emigrant. He was the second son of Jonathan4 and Esther (Saunders) Gordon. This Jonathan4 was b. Dec. 5, 1744, and was the second son of Alexander3 and Susanna (Pattee) Gordon, of Salem. This Alexander' was son of Daniel and Margaret (Harriman) Gordon ; and Daniel? was son of Alexander1 Gordon, the emigrant Scotch ancestor of the family. Phineas5 was b. April 18, 1770. He m. Nov. 17, 1791, Joanna Pattee, who was mother of his twelve children. She d. Jan. 2, 1827, and the same year he m. 2d, Polly, dau. of Major Caleb Balch, of Wind- ham. She was b. in Beverly, Mass., Jan. 16, 1783. She was a school-teacher in town for several years. After his second mar- riage, Mr. Gordon came to Windham, and lived upon the Balch farm, now owned by Moses-C. Page, where he spent his life. He d. Sept. 7, 1863, æ. 93 yrs. 4 mos. She d. April 5, 1869, æ. 86 yrs. 2 mos. Children, b. in Bath, except three youngest, b. in Landaff, N. H .: -
2. Savory6, b. July 22, 1792; m. Jan. 2, 1815, Sarah Powers ; d. Jan. 20, 1881; nine children.
3. Hannah6, b. Jan. 8, 1794; m. June, 1841, D .- N. Page; d. at Lisbon, Oct. 25, 1876 ; no children.
4. Nancy6, b. Feb. 1, 1796; m. Dec. 1, 1818, Jonathan Simonds ; d. April 16, 1868; two children.
5. Phineas6, b. April 20, 1798 ; m. May 6, 1819, Mary Merrill ; d. at Landaff, April 14, 1820 ; one son.
6. Sylvester6, b. July 10, 1800; m. Jan. 15, 1823, Lucy Web- ber ; d. Oct. 1873 ; six children.
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GENEALOGIES : GORDON ; GRAHAM.
7. Esther6, b. Aug. 26, 1802; married and went West ; sup- posed to be dead.
8. Mary6, b. Oct. 10, 1804; m. Aug. 1824, Nathaniel-I. Web- ber; d. Aug. 16, 1861 ; seven children.
9. Abigail6, b. Aug. 13, 1806; m. (2d w.) Nov. 1851, Q .- M. Webb ; res. Burlington, Vt.
10. Sybil6, b. Oct. 17, 1808; m. Charles-P. Young; d. in Kansas, Dec. 18, 1874.
11. Rosanna6, b. Sept. 15, 1810; m. 1834, Q .- M. Webb; d. 1848 ; six children.
12. John6, b. Jan. 21, 1813; m. Feb. 8, 1841, Hannah Gor- don, dau. of Isaac Gordon. She was b. Dec. 22, 1811, at Grand Isle, Vt. He resided in East Windham five years, at the time the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad was being built. He now lives, pleasantly and happily, at North Hatley, P. Q.
CHILDREN.
1. Adaline7, b. Nov. 15, 1842; d. May 1, 1843.
2. Adella-llills7, b. JJuly 27, 1850; m. May 6, 1868, E .- W. Parker; res. East Hatley, P. Q. ; three ch. : Edwin-G.", Albert-L.s, John-J.8
13. George-W.6, b. April 6, 1815 ; m. April 24, 1839, Mary- Ann Sargent. She d. 1842; two children ; m. 2d, July 5, 1843, Elvira Hodge ; three children ; res. Lisbon, N. H.
CHILDREN.
1. Martha-II.7, b. Nov. 26, 1839; m. Caleb-W. Williams; res. Hampstead ; five ch.
2. Lyman7, b. April 1, 1841 ; d. March 17, 1843.
3. Daniel-P.7, b. JJuly 29, 1842; d. Aug. 11, 1812.
4. Lyman-E.7, b. Nov. 15, 1846; d. March 30, 1879; minister; m. Mary- L. Allen ; fonr ch.
5. Phineas-S.7, b. March 22, 1852; res. Lisbon, N H. ; m. Flora-E. Wells.
GRAHAM FAMILY.
1. Hugh Graham1 was in town as early as 1740. He and
2. Arthur Graham1 signed a petition of remonstrance against the doings of a town-meeting, Dec. 11, 1746.
3. John Graham' appears May 7, 1750. As near as can be ascertained, he lived where James Barker lives. Was a large land-owner. Little is known of him, but he seems to have cleared up his business, Feb. 2, 1779. He was selectman in 1744. He m. Agnes Children : -
4. Alexander2. He was second lieutenant of Capt. John Nes- mith's company in the Canada service, in 1776. In 1779 he was of Pelham.
5. Hugh, Jr.2, received a deed of his father's farm, Feb. 2, 1779. On the 22d of Nov. 1784, he and his wife Mary deeded this farm, 140 acres, to David Campbell, the last enlisted soldier of Windham in the Revolutionary army. John and Arthur, men- tioned above, may have been sons of Hugh.
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GENEALOGIES : DR. GEORGE-H. GREENE.
DR. GEORGE-HERBERT GREENE.
1. Dr. George-Herbert Greene2, son of William' and Harriet- B. (Garit) Greene, was born in Chicopee, Mass., July 1, 1837. Ile entered Colby University in 1856, where he spent nearly three years. In 1861 he joined the Junior Class of Brown Univer- sity, graduated in 1863, and received his medical degree at Bowdoin College in 1866. He came to Windham in 1866, and settled as a practising physician. He was well read and was suc- cessful, but did not have that confidence in his own powers which is necessary in order to reap the largest success. He served as superintending school committee in 1868, and left town in Jan- uary of 1869. He was a true, conscientious man, and was much respected. In 1870 he practised his profession in Philadel- phia, and also was a teacher of the Greek language. In 1872 consumption laid its hand upon him, and he lingered till Jan. 1875, when he died in North Andover, Mass., at the home of his father, æ. 37 yrs. 6 mos. He was never married. From an obit- uary notice of him I take the following: " From the very first he was aware of the nature of his disease. He knew that the touch of death was upon him. During his long sickness his spiritual life was greatly developed and purified, and his faith became centred upon Christ with a complete and absolute trust. The call of the bridegroom came early to him, but he went forth with his lamp trimmed and burning, to meet him."
GREGG FAMILY.
Capt. James Gregg, one of the sixteen who first settled in Londonderry in 1719, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and emi- grated to Ireland about 1690. He was ancestor of the Derry Greggs, and not connected with David Gregg, of Windham.
The massacre of from 40,000 to 200,000 Protestants in Ireland was in 1640. Oliver Cromwell assumed the protectorship in 1650. David Gregg1 was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, and was a captain under Cromwell in 1655. To save the expense of a standing army, Cromwell sent to Ireland, as colonists and settlers, 20,000 Protestants from England and Scotland, for the safety of the Protestants in Ireland. Captain Gregg bought thirty acres of land in the vicinity of Londonderry, Ireland, and took a deed from Cromwell. He was a tanner in Scotland, and had a tan- nery on his farm in Ireland, and sunk sixty tan-pits. After removing to Ireland, a young Catholic was bound to him as an apprentice till the age of twenty-one. Some four weeks before the landing of the French army in Ireland, in 1689, to aid King James, three Catholics came to Captain Gregg's house and took the apprentice to a Catholic meeting. Soon afterwards he left ;
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GENEALOGIES : CAPT. DAVID GREGG1.
but in a month returned with forty Catholics, who robbed the house of three hundred pounds sterling, in gold, murdered Captain Gregg and his wife, and burnt the house. Their son John2 ran to the stable and jumped on a horse, hoping to escape, but they cut him down with a scythe. The wife of John2 and his four children were absent on a visit at the time of the massacre, and thus es- caped. This John Gregg2 who was killed by the Catholics, and son of Capt. David Gregg1, was born in Ireland in 1665, and had four sons, who, as related, with their mother, escaped the massacre. The names of the sons were John3, Samuel3, David? (who settled in Windham, Nov. 1721), and Andrew3. These four brothers, with their families, emigrated to America in 1712, and landed in Boston, Mass. One of the children of David3 died upon the voyage.
The brothers, after landing, looked about for a place of settle- ment, and went to Watertown, then almost a wilderness. David? liked the place and settled there. John3 and Andrew3, not find- ing inducements sufficient for them to remain, returned to Bos- ton, where they took ship for Philadelphia. Upon their arrival there, John3 was still dissatisfied, and took ship for Sonth Caro- lina, where he settled. He became a planter, raised a large fam- ily ; his descendants are numerous in that State and throughout the South, and some have become distinguished in the ministry and in the practice of medicine.
Samuel Gregg3, one of the four emigrant brothers, soon settled in Groton, Mass., and changed the spelling of his name to Gragg. But little is known of his history or of his descendants.
Andrew Gregg3, the youngest of the four brothers, who went with John3 to Philadelphia, located for a time in Delaware, then settled in Carlisle, Penn. He had twelve children. His young- est child, Andrew4, was distinguished as an ardent patriot in the Revolution, became a representative in the National Congress for sixteen years, and in 1806-7 was elected a member of the U. S. Senate. Was many years Secretary of State for Penn- sylvania. He was born at Carlisle, Penn., June 10, 1755; died at Bellefonte, Penn., May 20, 1835. An obituary notice of him can be seen in the " Historical Collections of Pennsylvania," by Sherman Day.
Having thus briefly given a sketch of this family, and a his- tory of John3, Samuel8, and Andrews, three of the four brothers who emigrated to America in 1712, I will now give the his- tory of the remaining brother and his descendants, who are more intimately connected with the history of Windham : -
1. David Gregg3, the third son of John2, and grandson of Captain David' of the Cromwellian army, was born in 1685, and was four years of age when his father and grandfather were mur- dered. Hle married in Ireland, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas Nev- ins (sometimes called Evans), of London. He lived in Water- town nine yrs., but thinking the water of that place was injurious
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to health, he rem. to Londonderry, N. H., in Nov. 1721, settling in that portion of the town which is now Windham. It was then a wilderness abounding in wild beasts. He built his house on the top of the hill in Stone Dam, a few rods southeast of Charles- W. Campbell's present house. The cellar is still there. David Gregg8 was a Protestant and a devout Christian. He possessed a strong mind, and much energy and decision of character. He died suddenly at his table by suffocation, or by a stroke of apo- plexy, at a good old age. His name frequently appears upon the Windham records. He was one of the petitioners against the formation of a new parish in Londonderry, Feb. 9, 1740 : was mod- erator in 1743, and of special meetings in 1743, '44. He was of gigantie stature, his weight was 340 pounds, and possessed of marvellous strength. He could lift 1,200 pounds with ease. Chil- dren, all born in America, save the first : -
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