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He married, April 24, 1697, Sarah Bertholf, born at Slius, in Walcheren, Holland, daugh- ter of Rev. Guillaume and Myrtyntie (Hend- ricks) Vermeulen. Children: I. David, bap- tized January 15, 1699; married (first) Janu- ary 3, 1721, Mary Lozier ; (second) January 8, 1729, Catherine Van Houten. 2. Guillaume, born January 1, 1701, died in infancy. 3. Jacobus, born May 30, 1703, of whom below. 4. Martina, born March 18, 1705; married, October 10, 1724, Abraham A. Blauvelt, of Toppan. 5. Rachel, born June 15, 1707 ; mar- ried, October 9, 1725, John A. Blauvelt, of Toppan. 6. Maria, born November 27, 1709; married, November 23, 1731, Abraham A. Haring. 7. Lydia, born March 16, 1712, died June, 1733; married Jan Van Schriven. 8.
Elizabeth, born May 30, 1714; married, Janu- ary 23, 1736, John Anderson. 9. Guillaume, born August 5, 1716, died before 1758; mar- ried, September 29, 1737, Feitye Van Der Linde. 10. Sara, born December 26, 1718; married, February 17, 1743, Albert Bogart. II. Annatje, born February 5, 1725, died April 21, 1818; married, December 16, 1743, Roelof Van De Linde.
(IV) Jacobus Demarest, third son of David Jacobus and Sarah (Bertholf ) Demarest, was born May 30, 1703, died about 1735. He married, October 28, 1726, Margrietje De Groot. Children: David Jacobus, of whom below; Jacobus, born January 23, 1732, mar- ried Catherine Logier.
(V) David Jacobus Demarest, eldest child of Jacobus and Margrietje (De Groot) Dema- rest, was born November 26, 1727, baptized December 23, 1727, and died November 27, 1816, aged eighty-seven years and one day. His will is to be found in court at Hackensack. He married, at Second River, Bergen county, New Jersey, August 1, 1748, Maria Van Buskirk, born April 10, 1733, died January, 1785. Chil- dren: I. Jannetje, born June 7, 1749; mar- ried Cornelius Van Buskirk. 2. Margaret, born October 20, 1751 ; married (first) Chris- tian Tellerer ; (second) David Ackerman. 3. Jacobus, born November 5, 1753, of whom below. 4. Maria, born February 29, 1756, bap- tized March 27, 1756; married John P. Durie. 5. David, born May 29, 1759, died young. 6. Sarah, born December 17, 1760; married Pet- rius Cole. 7. Elizabeth, born March 17, 1767, died June 10, 1785 ; married Petrius Voorhis.
(VI) Jacobus Demarest, third child and eldest son of David Jacobus and Maria (Van Buskirk) Demarest, was born at New Bridge, Bergen county, New Jersey, November 5, 1753, and baptized in the Reformed Church at Schraalenburg, November 10, 1753. He died at New Bridge, May 18, 1816, and is buried at South Church, Schraalenburg, New Jersey. He married Margaret Cole, born November 8, 1758, died at New Bridge, New Jersey, Janu- ary 20, 1838, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Demarest) Demarest. Children: I. David James, born December 6, 1780, of whom below. 2. Jacob, born March 8, 1783; married Maria Bogart. 3. Peter, born May 27, 1785. 4. Jacobus, born July 12, 1787, died July 25, 1860; married, November 17, 1816, Lydia Coules. 5. Abraham, born December 6, 1789 ; married, November 25, 1815, Catren Dema- rest ; he was a farmer at Tenafly, New Jer- sey. 6. Mary, born January 17, 1791 ; married
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James Van Winkle. 7. Sarah, born November 18, 1794, died October 20, 1815. 8. John, born October 3, 1799, died October 8, 1872 ; married Ann De Ronda ; he was a physician at Spring Valley, New York.
(VII) David James Demarest, eldest child of Jacobus and Margaret (Cole) Demarest, was born at New Bridge, New Jersey, Decem- ber 6, 1780, died at No. 27 West Washington Place, New York City, February 9, 1873. He married, at Schraalenburg, New Jersey, Sep- tember 13, 1810, Magdelene Christie, born at Schraalenburg, March 16, 1783, died near Ja- maica, Long Island, daughter of James Christie. Children : 1. James, born 1811 ; married Mary Alida Smith; children: i. David, married Emma Garrabrant; ii. Madeline, married Chapman Wier ; child, Mary Alida ; iii. Adolph, married Belle La Tay ; children : Arthur, Mary Alida, Madeline, Florence; iv. Charles, mar- ried Delia Bodwell; child, Beatrice; v. John Dowley, married Lena Fabrenberg; vi. Edgar, died young; vii. Blaudena Smith, married; children : Anna and James. 2. William, born August 22, 1813, died March 21, 1874; mar- ried, October 29, 1839, Sarah Elizabeth Cor- nell, daughter of John and Maria (Freling- huysen) Cornell; children: i. Maria Freling- huysen, born August 27, 1840; ii. Madeline Christie, born November 14, 1841, died Feb- ruary 23, 1863; iii. Theodore Frelinghuysen, born April 1, 1843, married (first) September 10, 1870, Mary Augusta Lee, who died Janu- ary 8, 1888; married (second) August, 1893, Catherine Coffey ; iv. William, born August II, 1844, died March 8, 1846; v. Sarah Elizabeth, born August 8, 1846; vi. James Cornell, born January 8, 1848, died February 12, 1848; vii. David, born December 25, 1849, died Septem- ber 5, 1853 ; viii. and ix. John and Frederick, twins, born May II, 1851, died young ; x. Char- lotte Catherine, born August 10, 1852, died August 29, 1853; xi. Frederick Frelinghuysen, born June 23, 1856 ; married Miriam Hankin- son Rusling; children: i. Theodore Rusling, born July 19, 1890 ; ii. Frederick Rusling, born December 10, 1891 ; iii. William Cornell, born March 6, 1894. 3. Henry, married (first) Sarah Hopper; (second) Eliza Zabriskie; children : i. Madeline, married Edmund Barnum; chil- dren : Madeline and Elizabeth; ii. James, mar- ried Minnie Ackley; children: Donald and Dorothy; iii. Ella Margaret, married Rev. Oliver Walser; children: Theodore, Olive, Kenneth, Elizabeth; iv. Elizabeth; v. Matilda Green. 4. Margaret, born 1818, died unmar- ried 1903. 5. Maria Christie, of whom below.
(VIII) Maria Christie Demarest, youngest child of David James and Magdelene (Christie) Demarest, was born at New Bridge, New Jer- sey, September 1, 1822, died at Nutley, New Jersey, April 29, 1907. She married, in New York City, February 10, 1846, Aaron Lloyd, born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1817, died at Nutley, New Jersey, December 17, 1905, son of John Crilley and Anna (Stan- cliff) Lloyd. John Crilley Lloyd was a minis- ter of the Dutch Reformed church. Children : I. Henry Demarest, born May 1, 1847, died September 28, 1903; married, December 25, 1873, Jessie Bross ; children: i. William, mar- ried - Maverick ; children: Jessie, Mary Maverick, William; ii. Henry Demarest, mar- ried, 1904, Elizabeth Mason; child, Henry Demarest Jr. ; iii. Demarest, married, 1905, Mae Fischer ; iv. John Bross. 2. John Calvin, born July 7, 1849; married, May 26, 1835, Sarah Geb- hart. 3. David Demarest, born September 1, 1851, died September 28, 1889; married, 1875, Alice Chase Walbridge ; children : i. David, married Eliza Mathews ; ii. Beatrix Demarest, married, February, 1904, Atherton Brownell. 4. Caro- line Augusta, born January 18, 1859.
This family originally came DEMARAY from France, and the name was spelled Demerest for a number of years after their arrival in this" country.
(I) Samuel, the immigrant ancestor, was born in France, a son of David and Marie (Sohier) Demerest, and made his first home on Staten Island. Later he removed to New Harlen, then to Bergen county, New Jersey, after two years, and spent twelve years there engaged in farming. He was an extensive landowner. He married Marie de Ruine.
(II) David, son of Samuel and Marie (de Ruine) Demarest, married Mattie de Baurne.
(III) Joost or Justice, son of David and Mattie (de Baurne) Demerest, married Marie Meyers.
(IV) Captain David, son of Joost or Justice and Marie (Meyers) Demerest, was a captain in the revolutionary army.
(V) Joseph, son of Captain David Deme- rest, was born in 1733, and died March 7, 1807. He married, October 13, 1754, Magda- line Van Etta, who was born in 1732, and died May 15, 1804.
(VI) David, son of Joseph and Magdaline (Van Etta) Demerest, was born in New York City, May 10, 1760, and died July 16, 1829. He
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married Helena Nagel, who was born January 19, 1761, and died June 27, 1835.
(VII) Lyman, son of David and Helena (Nagel) Demerest, was born in New York City, in 1787, and died December 13, 1867. He was a large importer of spices and liquors, and was engaged in the East India trade. He married Maria Böck, who was born October 14, 1793, and died February 27, 1885. Chil- dren: Christian B .; Joseph; David; Helen M .; Katherine; Madeline ; Lyman D., see for- ward; John; Grace; and five who died young.
(VIII) Lyman Denison Demaray, son of Lyman and Maria (Böck) Demerest, was born in New York City, March 5, 1828, and died March 31, 1897. He was graduated from Co- lumbia College, actively engaged in business for many years, but retired from business life some years prior to his death. He married, June 24, 1851, Josephine Elizabeth Hoppock, who died July 26, 1895. She was the daugh- ter of Jacob and Rachel (Allan) Hoppock, granddaughter of Tunis and Elinore (Hol- comb) Hoppock, and great-granddaughter of Tunis Hoppock. She had eleven brothers and sisters, of whom the following names are on record: Moses A., Ann Marie, Larison, Will- iam H., Joseph E., Caroline, who died young, Samuel, who was drowned, and Adelaide. Children of Lyman Denison and Josephine Elizabeth (Hoppock) Demaray were: Lyman H., Josephine E., Florence E., Marion, Caro- line V. H., Chauncey H., and Arthur Pres- cott. All of these children attended the Dutch Reformed School.
"O ye who proudly boast In your free veins, the blood of Sires like these, Look to their lineaments, Dread lest ye lose Their likeness in your sons.
Turn ye to Plymouth Rock and Where they knelt Kneel and renew the vow they Breathed to God." -Sigourny.
FURBER
"People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors."-
Burke.
Old homesteads retain and are permeated with the atmosphere of those who lived and died beneath their roofs. The old homestead of the ancient Furbers, at Furbers Point, in Welsh Cove; the home of Major Charles Frost, at the head of Sturgeon Creek, Eliot, Maine ; the home of the Blunts, in New Castle,
New Hampshire,-were the homes of soldiers and sailors; the walls of these homes, as they glistened with their hangings of polished rifles and burnished small arms, or hung with minia- ture ships, sails or anchors, served to announce without words, their several callings.
The Pepperrell Mansion at Kittery Point, with its glorious sea-view, its lawns and ter- races, its spacious halls, massive staircase, and vaulted ceilings, surpassing in grandeur any other house in the province, furnished a fitting background for dispensing a generous and bountiful hospitality, and here, with a beau- tiful and gracious courtesy, Madam Margery (Bray) Pepperrell presided over the household of William Pepperrell.
Around the mansion of John Frost, of New- castle, still lingers the aroma of "lavender and old lace." Here, amid the swish and rustle of silk and satin, the dainty fineness of linen, the fragile transparency of china, the sparkle of cut glass and the brilliancy of silver,-which was a suitable setting for the beauty and grace of her day-Mary ( Pepperrell) Frost lived and reared her large family, one of which was the lovely and dignified Sarah (Frost) Blunt.
To the beauty, winsomeness and gracious- ness of Mary ( Pepperrell) Sparhawk, grand- daughter of Sir William Pepperrell, the Spar- hawk Mansion and the town of Portsmouth owe their preservation from destruction in 1775. The story goes that Captain Mowalt, of the British ship "Canceaux," 16 guns, with a large armed ship, schooner and sloop, appeared off the harbor of Portsmouth in October, 1775. Captain Mowalt went privately on shore at Kittery Point and was received at the loyal house of Sparhawk. He became so fascinated with Mary ( Pepperrell) Sparhawk that he changed his intention of destroying Ports- mouth, set sail for Falmouth (now Portland) Maine, and destroyed more than four hundred of the best houses and largest stores. (See "Old Kittery and Her Families," Stackpole.)
William Furber, one of the earliest settlers and founders of New Hampshire, and the ancestor and founder of the Furber family in America, was born in England, (London?) in 1614 or 1615, and came to America in 1635 in the ship "Angel Gabriel," which sailed from Bristol, England, and was wrecked at Pema- quid, Maine, August 16, 1636. In November, 1636, he went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was employed by John Cogswill, with whom he came over from England in 1635. He after- wards went to Dover, New Hampshire, which place became the center of his activities. He
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served the town in many capacities and filled many positions of trust and responsibility from the year following his landing from the ship- wreck of the "Angel Gabriel" up to the time of his death in 1699.
His name is found attached to all petitions protesting against the many abuses to which the colonists were subjected under the oppres- sion of the colonial governor, Cranfield, and to other petitions to the government of Massa- chusetts Bay in Boston, praying for the pro- tection of the colonists around the Dover dis- trict. He was also one of the witnesses to the genuine Indian deed to John Wheelwright and others conveying all the land between the Mer- rimac river and the Piscataqua river. He was also a member of the Dover Combination, and a signer of the Dover Magna Charta, which document is the earliest one in Dover history.
William Furber was appointed commissioner of Dover in 1636, the year of his arrival in America, and was afterwards representative a number of times; selectman a number of times ; moderator of town meeting; weares- man ; steward of the town; attorney for pro- tecting the town against timber trespasses. He was advocate before the arbitrators appointed to adjust differences with neighboring towns. He was appointed several times as one of the committee to adjust the boundaries between the neighboring towns. He was appointed auditor of the town accounts, and was also appointed to examine the deed books of the town grants and correct the errors and make recommendations for adjusting the differences. He was also granted tracts of land by the town probably in appreciation of his services to the town. He died after 1699. It is unfortunate that there remains no "local color" to paint a living portrait of this capable man, yet there are sufficient facts in the official records of the town and in the Colonial papers to show the confidence and esteem in which he was held by his fellow townsmen and colonists. (Hist. Mem. Ancient Dover, p. 387; Farmers First Settlers N. E. vol. i, p. 115; N. E. Hist & Gen. Reg., vol. 4, p. 238, vol. 6, p. 258, vol. 33, p. 95; Land Marks Ancient Dover, p. 80.)
In 1636 he was appointed commissioner (Hist. Mem. Ancient Dover, p. 74.) In 1638 his name appeared as one of the witnesses to the Indian deed to John Wheelwright and others which conveyed the land from the Merrimac river to the Patents of Piscataqua and back into the country northwest 30 miles, etc. (N. H. Prov. papers, vol. I, pp. 135-136). In 1640
William Furber was a member of the Dover combination of forty-two men and one of the signers of the Dover Magna Charta (October 22, 1640). By this act the people of Dover established a formal government based on the consent of the governed. A. H. Quint, D. D., in an address on the characteristics of the com- bination, says, "In the absence of government these settlers on the banks of the Piscataqua fell back on the necessity of the human origin of government ; the compact of the people. It antedates in practice by 136 years the princi- ples announced in the Declaration of 1776. It was the proof that no act by any gracious Majesty was necessary to the existence of government, and that the "body politique" could originate in the combination of indi- viduals. Forty men on the shores of a river, scarcely known across the ocean, were capable of establishing by their own act, a government. It possessed the evident doctrine of perfect equality. There was no special privilege accorded the learned clergyman on whose heads the hands of bishops had been laid, nor to the scion of the kingly house, whose pedi- gree was more than 500 years old, and in whose veins ran the blood of the Plantaganets. Their names are written in the same column with those of obscure laborers and with no marks of distinction. It was pure democracy. It was a perfect model of the simplest form of democratic government and of equal suffrage." (Hist. Mem. of Ancient Dover, p. 20).
In 1641, William Furber, with the two other prominent colonists were ordered to be weares- men for life for the Cotcheco river, which re- quired them to supervise the fishing in this river, and make a return to the town of the proceeds of the sale of the fish. (Hist. Mem. Ancient Dover, p. 33.) In 1645 he repre- sented Dover in the general assembly (Farm- ers First Settlers, vol. 2, p. 982.) In 1651 he and four others were chosen selectmen. (Hist. Mem. Ancient Dover, p. 2.) In 1652 he was ordered by the selectmen to be steward for the town, to receive all rents due the town. (Hist. Mem. of Ancient Dover, p. 336.) In 1652 he had grants of land from the town of Dover, and was living at Welchman's Cove. (N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., vol. 6, p. 258.) In 1654 he with four others was appointed to lay out the boundary between Dover and Kittery. (Hist. Mem. of Ancient Dover, p. 45.) In 1654 he was one of the petitioners to the gov- ernor, magistrates and delegates of the general court in Boston for protection against Edward Colcord and others who threatened to dispos-
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sess, by patents the colonists of their lands purchased from the Indians. (N. H. Prov. Papers, vol. I, p. 213. )
In 1657 William Furber and four other men were appointed to lay out the boundary be- tween Exeter and Dover. (Hist. Mem. of Ancient Dover, p. 48.) In 1659 William Fur- ber and others petitioned the general court at Boston for a grant of a tract of land twelve miles square at Pinacoak, for settlement. (N. H. State papers, vol. 14). In 1661 he and four others, at a public meeting were chosen selectmen with powers according to law. (Hist. Mem. of Ancient Dover, p. 2, p. 65.) In 1663 he was moderator of the town meeting and was also a grand juryman. ( Ibid, p. IO, p. 67.) In 1664 he and six others were appointed to appear before the arbitrators appointed to adjust the differences between the people of Dover Neck and Oyster River. ( Ibid, p. 72.).
In 1666, William Furber with twenty-four others signed the petition to the governor and court of Massachusetts and Boston, advising them that they had no part in the petition or remonstrance for a change of government by the inhabitants of Dover. (N. H. Prov. papers, vol. I, p. 284; Hist. Mem. of Ancient Dover, p. 192). In 1666 he with Robert Brown was appointed to meet the Portsmouth men "To carey the votes and break up ther for asotiats." At this meeting he was also ap- pointed commissioner and also auditor to ex- amine the accounts of the town and make a return thereof. (Hist Mem. of Ancient Dover, Pp. 72-74-75.) In the same year William Fur- ber and Richard Owens were appointed attor- neys to forewarn and proceed against the trespassers who were wasting the timber belonging to the town. ( Ibid, p. 95.)
In 1667 William Furber and four others were chosen selectmen. (Ibid, p. 96.) In the same year William Furber and four others were appointed a committee to take all the town records of town grants and examine them for errors and to make recommendations to the town to overcome the trouble and difficulty due to the errors. In 1669-70 he and four others were appointed selectmen. He was also chosen commissioner. (Ibid, pp. 122-123.) In 1671 he was also selectman. In this same year, April 21, 1671, he was empowered to appoint collectors for the rates. (Ibid, p. 149.)
In 1684, William Furber and his two sons, William (2) and Jethro (1) were signers of a petition to the king from the freeholders and inhabitants of New Hampshire, protesting
against the unreasonable demands of Robert Mason Esq., suits having been brought by Robert Mason Esq., the pretended proprietor of the province of New Hampshire, to dispos- sess the colonists, among whom was Wm. Furber. These suits were suspended and the rights of the colonists were fully preserved, under the final decision of the court. (N. H. Prov. papers, vol. I, p. 514; Belknaps Hist. of N. H., vol. I, p. 49.) On February 2, 1689, Wni. Furber was one of the signers of the remonstrance sent to King Charles II., against the oppressive administration of Governor Cranfield. (N. H. Prov. papers, vol. I, p. 561.) He was also one of the signers of the petition to the governor against the Indians. (N. H. Prov. papers, vol. 2. part I, pp. 34-39 ; N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., vol. 8, p. 234.)
In 1698 William Furber and twelve others were signers of the Anti-Catholic Declaration of January 5, 1698, of the New Hampshire General Assembly. (N. H. Prov. Papers, vol. I, p. -; N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., vol. 17, p. 315. He was also appointed by the courts a number of times, administrator of various estates.
The baptismal name of his wife was Eliza- beth. The children were: I. William, born 1646, called "William of Dover." 2. Jethro, born probably 1648, removed to Portsmouth, died before 1686. 3. Moses, never married. 4. Elizabeth, married John Dam, or Dame. 5. Brodget, married Thomas Bickford. 6. Susanna, married John Bickford. (N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., vol. 9, p. 366. )
The Ancient Furbers lie buried at the right, as you drive down to the Point at Welch Cove, between rows of walnut trees over centuries old. (Land Marks of Ancient Dover, p. 80.)
(II) Jethro Farber, mariner, of Ports- mouth, second son of William, of 1614, died before 1686, as an inventory of his estate was taken in Portsmouth, June 29, 1686. To Jethro, his father, William Sr. had given land at Long Point, and in addition thirty acres of land which had been granted to William Sr. in 1657, being part of the four hundred acres along Great Bay granted to the town of Dover, New Hampshire, and confirmed in 1656. To William, the eldest son, his father, William, Sr., in 1674, provided by will that the old homestead and all the lands and appurtenances at Welch Cove should revert to William, his son, after the death of himself and wife. (Land Marks of Ancient Dover, p. 80; Con- cord Records ; Land Marks of Ancient Dover, p. 197.) Jethro Furber married Annie or
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Amy Cowell, daughter of Edward and Agnes Cowell, and had Jethro (2nd), born 1682.
(III) March 2, 1704, Jethro Furber (2nd) of Portsmouth, son of Jethro (I), mariner, deceased, out of love and affection conveyed to his loving cousin Jethro Furber (son of Will- iam (2d) of 1646, of Dover ) twenty-five acres of land at or near Great Bay, Portsmouth, fronting the river between Pascataqua Rock and Small Point, adjoining William Furber's land, said land having belonged to Jethro's father, also named Jethro, who intended to give it to Jethro, son of William (1646). Jethro was second son of said Jethro (Ist). Jethro (2nd) (of 1682) married Elizabeth, in 1706 or 1707, in Portsmouth, died 1738. He was called Captain Jethro. (Land Marks of Ancient Dover, p. 197.)
Children of Jethro (2nd) and Elizabeth, with dates of baptism in Portsmouth: I. Jethro (III), October 17, 1708. 2. Thomas Furber, October 9, 1709. 3. Wallis Furber, June 15, 1712. 4. Richard Furber, February 6, 1714. (See old North Church Parish Rec- ords, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.) 5. Na- thaniel, March 3, 1716. 6. James, March 26, 1719. 7. Margaret, March 14, 1735. (See Old South Parish Church Records, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.)
(IV) Wallis, third son of Captain Jethro and Elizabeth, married Jerusha, 1740. Chil- dren, all born in Portsmouth, with dates of. baptism: I. Thomas Furber, April 10, 1742. 2. James Furber, March 24, 1744. 3. Andrew Furber, August 5, 1750. 4. Morrel Furber, June 7, 1757. (Old North Church Parish Records, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.)
In the old graveyard in Portsmouth known as the "Point of Graves," is the grave of Jethro, the stone in a good state of preserva- tion. The inscription reads :
"Here lies buried the body of Capt. Jethro Furber died April ye 9th 1738 in ye 56th Year of his age."
(V) Thomas Furber, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, eldest child of Wallis and Jerusha, was baptized in the Old North Parish Church, April 10, 1742. He married Sarah Frost Blunt, daughter of Rev. John Blunt and Sarah Frost of Newcastle, October 4th, 1765. She was granddaughter of Hon. John Frost and Mary (Pepperrell) Frost. (Brewster's Ram- bles about Portsmouth).
Toward the latter part of the year 1764,
Thomas Furber, who had served his appren- ticeship with Daniel Fowle, became editor of a new paper called the "New Hampshire Mer- cury and Weekly Advertiser," also called the "Portsmouth Mercury." This was one of the first of the New England papers to come out boldly for the cause of liberty and the colonies, and against the royal governor. (Annals of Portsmouth, p. 210; Barbour's Hist. New England, p. 521). Thomas Furber was upheld by many of the zealous Whigs who thought the printers of the "New Hampshire Gazette" too timid in the cause of liberty, or their press too much under the influence of the officers of the British government. Thomas Furber con- tinued to edit this paper during the revolu- tionary war. He also served in the revolu- tionary war in Captain John Hill's company, Colonel Joshua Wingate's regiment of volun- teers; they marched from the state of New Hampshire and joined the continental army in Rhode Island, August 7, 1778, discharged Au- gust 28, 1778. (Barbour's History of New England).
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