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(VI) Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Cogswell, by his first wife, Huldah Kinney, was born October 11, 1754. She married, at Griswold, Connecticut, Rev. Levi Hart, offi- ciating, May 2, 1782, Wheeler Gallup (see Gallup VI). The following act of the Con- necticut assembly, May, 1763, is recorded : "This assembly do establish Mr. Natlian Cogs- well to be lieutenant of the second company or train band of the town of Preston." Again, in 1778, as follows: "To be ensign of the Ioth company or train band in the 21st regi- ment in this state." From records of the State of Connecticut, volume 2, page 31.
Children of Wheeler and Elizabeth (Cogs- well) Gallup: 1. Dolly, born in Voluntown, Connecticut, April 1, 1783, married in 1801, John Cogswell. 2. Elizabeth, born March 6, 1785, married Jonathan Colegrove. 3. Na- thaniel C., born March 15, 1787, married Dinah Edmunds. 4. Huldah, born at Volun- town, March 7, 1789, died at Plainfield, Con- necticut, May 2, 1872. 5. Sallie, born in Vol- untown, March 17, 1791 ; married, November 23, 1813, Gilbert Brown, and lived in Pennsyl-
vania. 6. Wheeler (2), born in Voluntown, September 30, 1793; married (first) Mary Gallup, July 2, 1815; later moved to Pennsyl- vania, and married (second) Edith Arnold.
It is from Nathaniel Cogswell, the revolu- tionary soldier, through his daughter Eliza- beth who married Wheeler Gallup, her great- grandfather, that Mrs. Emma A. (Gallup) Gifford gains one line of revolutionary de- scent.
KING
This family came to McKean count- ty, Pennsylvania, from Rhode Is- land in 1816. They spring from
Clement (2) King, died 1694, who was of Marshfield, Massachusetts, prior to settling in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was made a freeman 1682. His wife, Elizabeth, died November 27, 1708, survived him and married (second) November 12, 1694, Thomas Barnes. Children : 1. John, of whom further. 2. James, died November 19, 1756, married (second) Persis Brooks and had issue. 3. Thomas, died October 10, 1723. 4. Ebenezer, married and had issue. 5. A daughter, married Richard Harris.
(III) John, son of Clement (2) King, died in Providence, Rhode Island, September 18, 1723. He was a landowner and is of record in several transactions. His first wife was Han- nah ; his second, Elizabeth, died November 27, 1754. Children: Sarah, born April 1, 1703; John, March 13, 1705; Hannah, February 28, 1706; Fearnot, 1708; Abadiah, 1712; Isaac, of whom further; Josiah, 1717; William, 1719; Jemima, 1721 ; Sarah, 1723.
(IV) Isaac, son of John King, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1715. He was a farmer of Rhode Island, twice married, and had a large family including a son Isaac (2), who was the founder of the family in Mckean county, Pennsylvania.
(V) Isaac (2), youngest son of Isaac (I) King and his second wife, was born June 23, 1776, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, 1845. He grew to manhood in Rhode Island, where he was educated and did farming until his fortieth year. He settled in Pennsylvania on East Potato Creek, Mckean county, in 1816, and there spent the remainder of his active life engaged in farming. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Phobe Love, who died in Smeth- port about 1859, having lived to be over eighty years of age. She died at the home of Judge
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Sartwell. Children : I. Sally, born October 16, 1802, in Rhode Island, died in Smethport ; married Solomon Sartwell, a lumberman, who owned a large store and was judge of the court at Smethport. Children, all deceased : Rosell, Chester, George, Samuel, a daughter who mar- ried John Backus. 2. Huldah, born June 26, 1804, died in Chenango county, New York, married and left issue. 3. Harry, died young. 4. Horace Brown, of whom further. 5. Mary Ann, born October 3, 1812, died in Smethport, married a Mr. Windsor and left issue. 6. Joshua, born June 2, 1815, died at Smethport, a wagon-maker, married; children: Chester S .; Mary Ellen, deceased; Almira, who re- sides in Bradford, Pennsylvania. 7. Chester B., born October 2, 1819, died young. 8. Joel S., born at East Potato Creek, October 2, 1823, died in Wisconsin, a contractor, married a Miss Tubbs ; children : Frederick, Luellen.
(VI) Horace Brown, son of Isaac (2) and Phœbe (Love) King, was born in Rhode Island, August 22, 1808, died in Smethport in 1880. He was eight years of age when his parents settled in Mckean county, where he resided on the farm at East Potato Creek for over twenty-one years. He became a farmer and a lumberman, being successful as both. Later he was appointed crier of district court at Smethport, a position he held over thirty years. He was a Democrat originally, but voted for Abraham Lincoln and ever after- ward acted with the Republican party. He was an active member of the Methodist Epis- copal church of Smethport for over a half a century, his father having been a class leader, steward and trustee of the same church for many years. Horace B. King joined the church when very young and all his life bore a full share of church burdens.
He married Jerusha B. Rice, born in Eldred, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1812, died in Smethport, January 27, 1862, a daughter of Justus Rice, a farmer, born about 1780, died about 1860. He married and had children : I. Almond, de- ceased, leaving children: Esther, Adalaide, Beverly, Hyde, Hendricks. 2. Richard, a lieu- tenant in the Pennsylvania Bucktail Regiment, serving three years in the civil war, commis- sioner of Mckean county, and a man of promi- nence, owning a large farm opposite Eldred ; his wife died in 1911 ; children : A son, Allen, William and Adalaide. 3. Justus, died in El- dred, leaving a large family. 4. Jerusha B., of previous mention, wife of Horace Brown
King. 5. Mary, born and died in Eldred, mar- ried Rev. Thompson Carpenter, a Methodist preacher and a farmer; children: Florence, Bertha and Lillian. Children of Horace B. King: George W., of whom further, and sev- eral others who all died young.
(VII) George W., son of Horace and Jeruslia B. (Rice) King, was born in Smeth- port, August 8, 1844. He was educated in the public schools and immediately after complet- ing his studies became a farmer. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Captain John C. Backus, One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served four months and was honorably discharged on account of disability caused by severe illness. After recovering his health he resumed farm- ing until 1880, when he removed to Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, where he engaged as a merchant for two years. He then returned to his farm in Smethport, at Kings Corners, con- tinuing there until 1897. In that year he pur- chased an established general store business at East Smethport, was appointed postmaster, a position he yet holds. He is a Republican in politics, has served as school director for three years, and was mercantile appraiser of Mc- Kean county for one year. He is a member of the church ; Smethport Lodge, No. 39, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and for many years was a member of the Encampment of the same order.
He married, December 19, 1881, Clara Eliz- abeth Hauer, born in Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, June 30, 1858, where she was educated in the public schools. She is a member of the Lutheran church, the Protected Home Circle and the Daughters of Rebekah. She is the daughter of John H. (1) Hauer, born in Leb- anon county, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1830, died in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, Janu- ary 7, 1898, a miller. He married Lavina Hol- lenback, born in Berks county, December 11, 1835, died in Schuylkill county, October 8, 1898. Children of John H. Hauer, first six born in Berks, others born in Schuylkill coun- ty : 1. John H. (2), born October 18, 1855, now an electrician in Lebanon, Pennsylvania ; mar- ried Emma Bensing; children: Titus; Ida. married Professor White: Lillian; Harry ; Sadie. 2. Clara Elizabeth, of previous men- tion, wife of George W. King. 3. Wallace C., born June 18, 1861, now a farmer of Lebanon county ; married Louise Hummel; children : Vincent, Vertes and Roxana L. 4. Mary Ida.
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born February 19, 1863 ; married (first) Uriah Christ, (second) James Stemer, a brick con- tractor, and lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania ; children, all by first marriage and all deceased : Louis, Florence and Augusta. 5. Grant K., born August 25, 1865, died 1872. 6. Irena, born May 2, 1867; married Louis Nye, a mine foreman, and resides in Pine Grove, Pennsyl- vania; no issue. 7. Kate L., born February 6, 1869; married Walter Hicks, a baker, and lives at Pine Grove; children : Roy, Mary, Pearl, Robert, Clara and Charles. 8. Emma L., born April 28, 1871; married Harrison Zimmerman, a farmer, and resides at North Pine Grove, Pennsylvania ; children : James, Lewis, Ruth and Emma. 9. Frank K., born September 1, 1874, died December 21, 1876. 10. James N., born August 18, 1877, now a belt manufacturer of Lebanon, Pennsylvania ; twice married, and has sons, Arthur and Wal- ter. John H. (1) .Hauer was a son of Henry Hauer, who died in Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, in 1864, very old, a cigar-maker. He married Kate Grumbine, who died in 1861, an old lady. In addition to the children of Henry Hauer, mentioned below, five died in infancy : 1. Jacob, died in Lebanon, a wholesale cigar dealer ; married a Miss Lon- ser ; children : Jacob, John, William, Harry, Susan, Eliza, and Anna, all living in Lebanon. 2. Samuel, died in Lebanon, a business partner of his brother Jacob, married and left issue. 3. George, a farmer, died in Brownsville, Pennsylvania ; had three wives and left issue. 4. Isaac, died in East Hanover, Pennsylvania, a farmer, married and had issue. 5. Peter, now living in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a lawyer, married and has issue. 6. Elizabeth, died in Lebanon in 1910; married Isaac Wagner, de- ceased, a cigarmaker; children: Harry, Mil- ton and Belle. 7. Katherine, died in Fred- ericksburg, Pennsylvania ; married a Mr. Kline- felter, a farmer, also deceased. leaving issue. 8. John H. (1), of previous mention. Children of George W. and Clara Elizabeth (Hauer) King, all born at Smethport, Pennsylvania : I. Horace B., born May 26, 1883: graduate of Smethport high school, 1899; Bucknell Uni- versity, 1908; Dickinson law school, 1911 ; was admitted to the bar in Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania, July 7, 1911, now a practicing lawyer ; he married, August 30, 1911, Rose McKeean, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 2. Roxy L., born April 14, 1885; graduate of Smethport high school; a graduate nurse of Allentown hos-
pital, November, 1911; residing with her par- ents. 3. Lloyd L., born December 28, 1886. died September 20, 1900.
CAMP Nicholas Camp, American ances- tor, was born in England, and came to this country in 1638 from Nasing, county Essex. He was at Watertown, Massachusetts, for a time, then at Wethers- field, Connecticut, and in 1639 appears at Guil- ford, Connecticut. As early as 1646 he had a house and lot of six hundred acres, one right and two parcels at Milford, Connecticut, al- though his name appears on the list of "free planters" of Milford dated November 20, 1639. In 1686 he was taxed on one hundred and ninety-nine pounds of property at Milford, and died there in 1706. He joined the Milford church, November 2, 1643. His first wife, Sarah (Beard) Camp, died September 6, 1645. He married (second) Mrs. Katherine Thomp- son, July 14, 1652. Issue by both.
(II) Samuel, son of Nicholas Camp and his second wife, was born in Milford, Con- necticut, September 15, 1655, died at Durham, Connecticut. He married (first) November 13, 1672, Hannah Betts, (second) January 6, 1681, Mercy Scoville, and left issue.
(III) John, son of Samuel Camp and his second wife, was born at Milford, Connecticut, March 1, 1700, died at Durham, 1754. His wife was living in 1754. They had issue.
(IV) Israel, son of John Camp, was born in Durham, Connecticut, February 16, 1723, died January 6, 1778. His second wife was Mary (Guernsey) Camp, of Milford, Con- necticut. One of the sons of Israel Camp set- tled in Camden county, New Jersey, and is the progenitor of the Camps of Smethport. (V) , son of Israel Camp, was born in 1750, in Connecticut. He married and left sons: Daniel, of whom further; William, set- tled in New York City; Ephraim, in Cincin- nati, Ohio; John, in New Jersey. These sons all married and left issue.
(VI) Daniel, grandson of Israel Camp, was born in Connecticut, 1778. He moved to New Jersey and settled in Gloucester township, Camden county. He married Ruth Pheffer, who bore him two sons: John, who left no de- scendants, and Ephraim, of whom further.
(VII) Ephraim, son of Daniel and Ruth (Pheffer) Camp, was born near Winslow. New Jersey, about 1806. He learned the trade of glassblower and spent his active years em-
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ployed in the glass factories of Winslow. He was a Whig in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married a widow, Mrs. Rebecca Wescott, whose first husband died shortly after the birth of their only child, David Wescott, who married and left two children : a son Harry, now a glass- worker in West Virginia, and a daughter. Children of Ephraim and Rebecca (Wescott) Camp, all born near Winslow, New Jersey: I. Benjamin Clark, born November 21, 1828, mow living in Monongahela City, Pennsyl- vania, aged eighty-four years; he married Rachel Haines, of Millville, New Jersey, born December 23, 1828, also aged eighty-four years ; children : i. Catherine Josephine, mar- ried R. E. Byers ; ii. Rev. Henry W., deceased, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, married Sarah Power, living children: Gail Power Camp, now residing in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, and Eugene W. Camp, a druggist of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, mar- ried and has Walter and Eleanor Camp; iii. Benjamin Edwin, now a druggist at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, married Emma Wolf, children : Rachel and Josephine. 2. Thomas W., died in Iowa ; married and left children : Henry and Frances. 3. John, died in West Virginia in 1910; married Isabella McGrath, who died in 1906; children: William, deceased; Joseph, deceased ; Ann ; Ida; Sadie. 4. Ephraim, died in Pittsburgh; married and left issue: John, Elizabeth, Rebecca. 5. William Davis, of whom further. 6. Daniel, died in Ottawa, Illinois; married and had two daughters. 7. George, for many years connected with the fire department of Pittsburgh; married and has a son Harry, also connected with that de- partment. 8. A daughter, died in infancy. The seven sons of Ephraim Camp all learned their father's trade of glassworker and followed glassblowing or glass cutting as a business, except George.
(VIII) William Davis, son of Ephraim and Rebecca (Wescott) Camp, was born at Wins- low, New Jersey, July 2, 1841. When nine years of age his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. He early learned the glassblower's trade and in the pursuit of his calling traveled around among the glass manufacturing cities. He worked in Pittsburgh and New Castle, Pennsylvania, and Bellaire, Ohio, for several years, finally locating at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he is now factory manager of the Camp
Glass Company. He is a Republican in poli- tics, and while resident of Bellaire served in the common council of that city. He is a member of the Baptist church which he serves as deacon.
He married Mary Ann Lloyd, born in New Castle-on-Tyne, England, October, 1840, died in Mount Vernon, Ohio, October, 1909, daugh- ter of George Lloyd, born in New Castle-on- Tyne, an iron worker in his native land and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, later a farmer in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. He died in New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1898. His wife, Rebecca (Fellows) Lloyd, born in England in 1814, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1873. Children of George Lloyd: 1. Edward, died in infancy. 2. Mary Ann, of previous men- tion, wife of William D. Camp. 3. George, born 1842, now living in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, an iron worker, now a farmer ; married Martha - -, and has issue : George, Rebecca, Mattie, Harry and others. 4. Will- iam, born 1844, died in New Castle, Pennsyl- vania; married Elizabeth Cecely, who sur- vives him ; children : Carrie, William, Samuel, George, Grace. 5. Samuel, born 1847, mar- ried and resides in the south, a fruit farmer of Louisiana ; no living issue. 6. James, born 1854, now a cattle dealer; wife died leaving children : Benjamin and Rebecca. 7. Ellen, born 1856, married Calvin Irwin, a farmer near New Castle; children: Lottie and an- other. Children of William Davis Camp, first five born in Pittsburgh : I. George, born Janu- ary, 1859, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1906; was a partner with his brother, Thomas Wescott Camp, in the glass business ; he mar- ried in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Emily Bar- nett ; children : i. Harry, born 1883; ii. Pearl, 1890; both living in New Castle. 2. Thomas Wescott, of whom further. 3. Daniel, born April 2, 1863, a glassblower and a stock- holder of the Camp Glass Company, Mt. Ver- non, Ohio; married Ella Scott, of Terre Haute, Indiana ; child, Scott, born 1892. 4. Rebecca, born 1865; died March, 1892; married John Bowden, who died March, 1912; no living issue. 5. Elizabeth, born July, 1867, married (first) William Wilkinson, deceased, a farmer ; children : Elsie, married a Mr. Cramer ; Carrie. married a Mr. Stanley, both living at Shingle House, Pennsylvania; she married (second) Norman Kiefer, a lumberman, and resides at Smethport, Pennsylvania ; no issue. 6. Carrie, born June 16, 1869, married Robert Colder-
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wood, and resides in New Castle, where he is engaged in the tinning business; they have a large family. 7. Ruth, born in Bellaire, Ohio, 1871, married Frank Riggall, of Bolivar, New York, now secretary and bookkeeper with the Camp Glass Company, Mount Vernon, Ohio; children : Howard, born 1901 ; William, 1903; Archibald, 1905. 8. Nellie, born in Bellaire, Ohio, 1873, married (first) Archibald, Madi- son, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, a wood worker, now deceased ; child, Ruth; she mar- ried (second) a Mr. Wescott, of Winslow, New Jersey, a glasscutter, now of Mount Vernon, Ohio. 9. Harry, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1881, now a glasscutter of Mount Vernon, unmarried.
(IX) Thomas Wescott, son of William Davis and Mary Ann (Lloyd) Camp, was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1861. He attended the public school of Pitts- burgh until he was nine years of age, then began working in a bottle making plant, re- maining one year. His parents then having moved to Bellaire, the lad followed and until 1881 was employed in a glass manufactory. In the latter year he continued in the same business in New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1895, becoming thoroughly familiar with every detail of the glass trade. He spent the years of 1895 to 1898 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, thence going to Du Bois, Penn- sylvania, where he engaged in glass manufac- turing for himself in a small plant. In 1900 he moved to Smethport where he has engaged extensively in glass manufacture, now being president of the Smethport Glass Company ; president of the Camp Glass Company of Mount Vernon, Ohio; president and general manager of the Empire Glass Company of Shingle House, Pennsylvania, also having busi- ness interests of lesser importance. He is a thoroughly capable man of affairs, energetic and straightforward in the conduct of his busi- ness, serving in the interests of the companies over which he presides with fidelity and zeal. He is a Free Mason of high degree, belonging to Mckean Lodge, No. 388, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and Coudersport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree. He is also an Odd Fellow, belonging to Chenango Lodge and Lawrence Encampment of New Castle, Pennsylvania. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat, and in religious belief a Methodist.
He married, November 7, 1882, Sarah Cath-
erine Barber, born in New Castle, Pennsyl- vania, August 19, 1863. Child, Mabel Claire, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1884; married, in Smethiport, Mark Pom- eroy, assistant cashier of the Port Allegany National Bank and resides at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania ; child, Catherine, born July 24. 1908.
John Benjamin Barber, father of Mrs. Camp, was born July 6, 1835, at Hammer- smith, London, England, died at Smethport, February, 1908. He was a nail manufacturer. He married Mary Ann Scott, born in Staf- fordshire, England, March 17, 1834, died in Smethport, May 27, 1906. John Benjamin Barber was a son of Charles Walker Barber, born in London, November 18, 1778, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He married, Au- gust 23, 1834 (being then fifty-six years of age), at St. Martin's Church, London, Sarah Catherine Cole, born June 30, 1818, died in New Castle. They emigrated in 1836, settling near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Children of Charles Walker Barber: I. John Benjamin, of previous mention. 2. George Stafford, born November 12, 1836, died in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1841. 3. Christo- pher William, born August 23, 1838, died in New Castle, 1911, a nail worker ; married Eliz- abeth Scott, who survives him, a resident of New Castle; children: Harry, Kate, Mary, Clara, William, Lillian. 4. Catherine B., born December 28, 1840, deceased. 5. Johnson Smith, born January II, 1844, now a steel worker in New Castle ; married and has a fam- ily. 6. Ann Louisa, born July 25, 1846, died in New Castle, 1909; married Henry Emery, an iron worker, who survives her with issue. 7. Elizabeth McDonough, born October 10, 1848, married John Shealer, whom she survives, a resident of New Castle, with several children. 8. Charles Walker, born August 12, 1851, died in New Castle, 1894; married and left issue : Earl and Iva. Children of John B. and Mary Ann (Scott) Barber, all born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, except the first : 1. James, born in' Niles, Ohio, 1856, now a restaurateur of Cleveland, Ohio; married (first) Grace Mc- Crea, who left children: Nettie and Roy, the latter deceased; by second wife Catherine no issue. 2. Elizabeth, born 1858; married John Walker, now shipping clerk for the Smethport Glass Company ; children : Scott, Edward, Ger- trude, married Bernard Gurlock. 3. Benja- min, born December, 1860, now a groceryman
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of New Castle; married Emma Edwards; Captain Gilman's company which went in pur- children : John, born 1878; Carrie, 1883, both suit of the Indians. He was one of the pro- prietors of Kingston, New York, and an early settler there. He married, July 25, 1709, Han- nah Judkins, who died February 21, 1756. Children : Rachel, Susannalı, Ebenezer, Will- iam, John, Hannah, Mary and Joseph, twins. living in Cleveland, Ohio. 4. Sarah Catherine, wife of Thomas Wescott Camp; she is a mem- ber of the Episcopal church of Smethport, and the Order of the Eastern Star. 5. Harry, born 1871, now a glass worker of Smethport; his wife died shortly after her marriage. 6. George, born 1873, now a baker of New Castle; mar- ried Lena Zimmerly ; children : Adelaide, born 1899; Sadie, 1901; Melva, 1903, died 1906; daughter, born 1909.
Mary Ann (Scott) Barber, mother of the foregoing six children, was a daughter of Jon- athan Scott, born in Staffordshire, England, September 25, 1809, died April, 1892. His wife, Mary (Jones) Scott, born November 8, 1808, in England, died November 4, 1888. Children : Salina ; Emma ; Mary Ann, of previ- ous.mention ; James W., born June, 1836, died June, 1889; John Jones, born October 6, 1838; Elizabeth E., March 2, 1841 ; Henry John, Oc- tober 16, 1843, died December 14, 1885; Han- nah Lloyd, April 22, 1846; Emily Jane, Octo- ber 14, 1848; Samuel Jones Tyler, June 6, 1850.
WEBSTER This is one of the most dis- tinguished names in the an- nals of North America, hav- ing been especially honored by that famous statesman and patriot, Daniel Webster, Noah Webster, the Lexicographier, and a long list of others noted in all works of life. Daniel Web- ster was the son of Colonel Ebenezer Web- ster and half-brother of David Webster, sixth generation of this sketch.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Web- ster, American ancestor of this branch of the family, was born in Ormsly, Norfolk county, England, November, 1631, died at Hampton, New Hampshire, January 5, 1715. He came to America in company with his mother Mar- garet, and her second husband, William God- frey, settling at Watertown, Massachusetts. He settled in Hampton, New Hampton, with the pioneers of that town, which was there- after his home. He married, November 2. 1663, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Brewer, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Children: Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Thomas, Ebenezer, Isaac, John, Joshua, Abigail.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Thomas (2) Web- ster, of Hampton, was born August 1, 1667. He served in the Indian war and was pilot to
(IV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (1) Webster, was born October 10, 1714. He lived in Kingston, New Hampshire, and was identified with the progress of that town all his life. He married, July 20, 1738, Susan Batchelder, born at Hampton, May 28, 1713, youngest child of Benjamin and Susanna (Page) Batchelder, of Hampton. She was a woman of marked ability and great strength of character, robust in form and black hair, dark complexion and piercing black eyes. Ben- jamin Batchelder served in many of the cam- paigns against the Indians, often as a soldier and at other times as a scout and messenger. He was a son of Nathaniel (2), son of Na- thaniel (1), son of Rev. Stephen Batchelder, a leading "Nonconformist," born in England, 1561, came to America, 1632, preached in vari- ous churches in New England, returned to England about 1654, died there in 1660.
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