John and Charles Moore came from Ireland.  The former married Jane Morrison in Ireland.  He bought land in Londonderry, and perhaps lived there, but afterwards in Chester.  His children were, James, John, Henry and Charles, and perhaps others.  The family here is in the line of James, who married Mary Todd, and in 1764, the year Raymond was incorporated, moved to what is still the Moore place, in the Branch district.  Children:

1. John, b. Dec. 3, 1760, in Chester.

2. William, b. Oct. 13, 1762, in Chester.

3. Robert, b. April 23, 1764, was brought to this town when about three weeks old.  He died Jan. 5, 1804.

4. Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1766.

5. James, b. Jan. 21, 1768, lived in Freeport, Me., died in 1797.

6. Mary A., b. March 5, 1770.

James Moore, father of these children, died in 1770.  His widow married Robert Wallace of Londonderry, and the late John Wallace, in the Branch district, was a son by this marriage.

Robert Moore, son of James, married Mary, daughter of William Todd, Jr.  Children:

1. Lydia, b. June 20, 1790.

2. John, b. Jan. 21, 1792.  He lived on the home place at the Branch, married Abigail Locke of Chester, was an energetic, spirit-stirring citizen, captain of the Cavalry, one of the Selectmen, and died by an accidental fall, as will be found in the Chapter on Casualties.

3. Mary, b. April 3, 1795.

4. James, b. Feb. 27, 1799.

Children of Captain John Moore, son of Robert, and Abigail:  One died young ; Lavinia, Eleanor, both live at the home place ; Henry, a trader in Chester, has been one of the Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Representative of that town ; John L., died May 12, 1851 ; William J., in Sandown ; Mary married Mr. Smith, and lives in Winchendon, Mass. ; Melvin B. lives in Michigan ; Elbridge G. in Milford, Mass., Franklin at home ; Catharine married Mr. Griffis, and lives in Michigan.

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John Moulton came over, in 1637, to Newbury, when that place was but two years old.  Farmer is our authority for this.  His work is not at hand now, but we think he does not name any other.  But we have an account of Thomas, who came at the same time to the same place.  Probably they were brothers.

Newbury was new, but not enough so for their adventurous spirits.  Hampton was settled in 1638, and, in 1639, both joined the settlers there.  One, if not both, lived a few rods below the present Town Hall.  Farm continued in the name to the present, 236 years, some of the seventh generation, we think, being there now.  Thomas Moulton died in Hampton, Feb. 18, 1665.  John had children as follows:  William, Thomas, Henry, Bridget and Jane.  Then there were twins, who died the day they were born.  John Moulton died at the age of 64.  From these, John especially, sprang a large posterity of Moultons in Hampton, Hampton Falls, Raymond and other places.  Some of the family were enterprising and influential.  Col. Jonathan, of Hampton, was a Representative in the Provincial Assembly.  In 1763, a town was granted back in the hill country, of which he and others were proprietors.  In honor of him and Ezekiel Moulton, who became a settler there, it was named Moultonborough.  The same year, Col. Moulton fattened a large ox till it weighed 1400 pounds, raised a flag on his horns, and drove him to Portsmouth, as a present to Gov. Benning Wentworth.  He refused any compensation, but said he would accept a gore of land, by charter, which adjoined Moultonborough.  The Governor complied, and Col. Moulton named it New Hampton, in honor of his native town.  It embraced what is that town now, and also Center Harbor.  Col. Moulton lived a little west of Hampton Academy, and at least one house that he built is standing now.

One branch of the family settled in that part of town now Hampton Falls.  There lived Richard Moulton.  His son Josiah married Hannah Thresher, of Seabrook, and came to this town, probably about 1771.  He lived east of what is now the village, on the road to Fremont, where the Moulton family now live.  Children:

Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1773, married Daniel Page, lived in East Kingston, also in Concord, where she died.

Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1775, married John Norris, lived on the Long Hill, at what is now the Tucker place, died April 5, 1822.

Three or four, born next, died young.

Hannah, b. Jan. 14, 1782, married Joshua Sleeper, and lived in Vermont.  A daughter, named Polly, married Rev. John Norris, a Free Baptist minister.  He was on a visit here, and preached in the Free Baptist church, April 29, 1849.  We thought him an earnest worker, and the testimony is, that great energy of body and mind characterized him.  He died at Littleton, N. H. in Aug., 1870, aged 66.

Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1784, married Captain Josiah Tilton, lived where their son Oliver does, died Oct. 19, 1860.  The children are named in the genealogy of the Tilton family.

Josiah, b. 1786, has passed his whole life on the homestead, and is the oldest man in town.

Levi, b. April 18, 1789, followed his father on the homestead, has ever been among our most industrious, hard working farmers, a large land-holder, and for some years, the highest tax-payer in the town.  He married Miss Sylva Scribner, June 13, 1827.  Children:  John S., lives here ; Levi, lives in Portsmouth ; Daniel F., in Deerfield ; Sarah A., married, lives in Canterbury ; George M., on the home place ; Joseph Ransom, died Aug. 6, 1861.

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John, the emigrant, ws the father of Capt. Samuel Nay, who came to this town, and lived in the first house on the Nay road, where Samuel Nay lately lived.  He was born, it is said, in Hampton.  The names of his children were given us years ago, by Mrs. Deacon John Dearborn, a granddaughter.  They may be correct, or nearly so, but possibly not in the order of their birth.  Samuel and Ebenezer, died young ; Molly, Elizabeth, John, Jonathan, Sarah, Abigail, Eleanor, Joseph, Joanna, and a child who died young.

Captain Nay trained them in the paths of morality and upright conduct, and his good influence still lives, having been transmitted to generations later.  He was a very attentive reader of the Scriptures.  Rev. Stephen Bailey, who came here in 1817, some months before the Captain died, found him better acquainted with the Bible than any one of his parishioners.  We can only give the genealogy of those of the family who lived here.

Samuel, son of the foregoing, was a deacon in the Congregational church, lived on the Nay road, died April 13, 1834.  Children of Deacon Samuel and Mary Nay:

1. Molly, b. May 28, 1787, married Colonel Lyba Brown, died March 4, 1851.

2. Jedediah, b. Feb. 24, 1789, married Miss Brown, daughter of Isaac, of Fremont.  He died Aug. 4, 1824, and his widow married John McClure.

3. Abigail, b. Nov. 29, 1790, married Abraham Hodgkins, lived in town, died Jan. 14, 1863.

4. Sarah, b. Dec. 7, 1792.

5. Stanley, b. March 15, 1795.  He lived at the Center a few years, where Hiram Sargent lives, kept store, was Captain of the north company of Infantry, and moved to Maine about 1825.

6. Ebenezer, b. March 25, 1797.  He settled in Candia, then in this town, north of the Gile school-house.  He was in the shoe business, Capt. of the Artillery company, Major in the Seventeenth Regiment, an interested member of the Congregational church, and died suddenly of heart disease, Sept. 19, 1842.  Children by his wife Mercy:  J. Augustus, in town ; John K., of Candia, who has been a merchant there, and Albert J., of Manchester.

John, son of Captain Samuel Nay, b. April 2, 1763, and died in Georgia, Vt., Feb. 2, 1814.

Sarah Swain, b. Nov. 17, 1763, married about 1793, and died in Raymond Feb. 7, 1834.  Children:

1. John, b. Feb. 3, 1794, married Delia Folsum, lived first in a part of Deacon Dearborn’s house, then in one near, died March 21, 1855.

2. Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1795, became the second wife of Ebenezer Dearborn, of Nottingham, and died there.

3. Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1797, married Deacon John Dearborn.  Children:  John, died young ; Sarah, the second wife of Nathaniel G. Knowles, of Haverhill, Mass., died Feb. 23, 1860 ; Jerusha, wife of R. R. Rundlett.  Mrs. Dearborn was of a very quiet, peaceable disposition, great kindness of heart, and died Feb. 20, 1872.

4. Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1798, became the wife of Captain Benjamin Crimball, of North Hampton, where she died.

5. Jonathan, b. Dec. 20, 1800, died Nov. 20, 1802.

6. Jonathan, b. July 20, 1803, married Sarah A. Taylor, of North Hampton, lives in Nottingham.

7. Samuel, b. July 25, 1805.

Abigail, b. March 13, 1809, married John Taylor of North Hampton, afterwards became the second wife of Capt. Benjamin Crimball of North Hampton, and died in that town.  These were born in Vermont.  After the death of the father, the widow and family came back here.

Jonathan, son of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth Nay, settled in Georgia, Vermont.  Children:  Polly, Betsy, Samuel and Amasa.  His wife died, and he came back here.  The children are all dead except Samuel, who lately moved from the Nay road to the village.  Jonathan Nay married, as second wife, Miss Wason.  Children:  Jonathan, died young ; Jane, married Mr. Pickering, lives in Needham, Mass., and Thomas, who went to the South.  Jonathan Nay died Jan. 14, 1843, aged 72.

Samuel Nay, of this last family, has been named as living here.  He married Miss Chase in Massachusetts.  Two children.  Samuel C., living in New York, was a soldier in the late war.  Anna A. was a school teacher, but died, in youth, loveliness, beauty and goodness, May 25, 1872.

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The first of the name in this country was Edward, who came to Salem, Mass., and then to Boston in 1639.  The name was in Epping early, and continues to the present.  It was here about 100 years, but became extinct, in the male line, with the death of James Norris in 1865.  All that have been here were of one family.

Daniel Norris came here, from about half a mile west of Epping Corner.  He was born Nov. 22, 1744.

Mary Lane was born in Hampton, Sept. 16, 1748.  They were married Jan. 8, 1767.  Children:

1. Daniel, b. Sept. 30, 1767, married Lucy Perkins, and settled in Center Harbor.

2. Joshua, b. Feb. 23, 1769, married Abigail Fogg, daughter of Maj. Josiah Fogg, settled in Center Harbor, died Dec. 2, 1853.

3. James, b. April 10, 1771, married Martha Osgood, who died April 10, 1824 ; married, second, Martha Guy, lived on the home place, was a farmer, carpenter, mason, and ingenious in many other things.  His last years were passed at the village, where he died Jan 17, 1865.

4. John, b. July 18, 1773, married, first, Mary Moulton ; was married a second time, lived at the place of the heirs of Gen. Henry Tucker, and last in Dover, where he died.

5. Stephen, b. Feb. 6, 1775, died April 2, 1775.

Molly, later called Mary, b. March 2, 1777, married David Lane.  Maj. J. Ambrose Lane and Dea. D. N. Lane were their sons.  She died July 8, 1856.

7. Ruth, b. Nov. 22, 1778, married Henry Sanborn, of Epping.  She lived only a few years after.

8. Stephen, b. Feb. 20, 1781, died March 15, 1815.

9. Lydia, b. Aug. 23, 1783, married Jonathan Brown, and lived in Meredith.

10. Sarah, b. Jan, 19, 1786, married Samuel Gove of Nottingham, a very industrious farmer.  A son, Jonathan Gove, lives on the homestead.

James Norris, son of the above, and Martha Osgood were married Nov. 12, 1794.  Children:

1. Mary, b. March 6, 1796.  She was a teacher in common schools many years, married Thomas Wason, lived in Exeter, Hampton, and last at Raymond village.  She died Aug. 17, 1869.

2. Jane, b. June 17, 1798, married Capt. Sherburn Gove, settled in Northwood, then on the Norris homestead in this town.  Mr. Gove was an excellent farmer, a good citizen, and died Oct. 25, 1874, aged 79.  Their children are Samuel B., Mrs. Dr. Parsons, of Rye, James F. and George S. in the West.

3. Hannah, b. June 10, 1801, married, first, Samuel Shepard of Epping, second, L. Brown ; third, Gardner Tilton.  George N. Shepard, of West Epping, is her son.  He has been Representative of Epping, and was an officer in the late war.

4. Daniel L., b. Aug. 7, 1805, married Sophia A., daughter of Stephen Osgood, Esq., was in trade in a store, at the corner, east of Benjamin Cram’s, moved to Dover, had a commission store, auction store, and finally was newsman, and was engaged in other business.  David Lane’s wife is a daughter.  Daniel died in Dover.

5. Timothy O., b. Aug. 14, 1812, graduated at Dartmouth College, and an account of him is given in the list of college graduates.

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The first of the name that we have was in 1066, when one Norville came with William the Conquerer to England.  It is quite certain that the name afterwards became Norton.  Rev. John Norton was the second minister of Hingham, Mass., ordained there Nov. 22, 1678.  Bonas, a brother, came to that part of Hampton now Seabrook, where he died, April 30, 1718.

The Norton family here was originally from Greenland.  Joseph and Jonathan, brothers, came from that town to the north part of Chester.  Daniel, son of Jonathan, married Lydia, daughter of Joseph, and settled in what is now the Wason district, and died there.  His widow died March 14, 1863.  The name in the male line is now extinct here.  Mrs. Dudley Lane and Mrs. Alanson G. Brown are of the Norton descent.

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The old story, “three brothers from England,” is true as to the ancestors of all, or nearly all of the somewhat numerous family of Osgoods, in America.  Their native place, probably, was Andover, England, as it is certain John, one of them, was born there.  Coffin’s History of Newbury, page 313, is our authority for this.  According to Farmer, the first who came to this country was Christopher, who settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635.  John, born in Andover, England, July 23, 1595, came also to Ipswich ; the year is not given, but he was Repersentaive of that town in 1639, we think the first the town ever chose.  He moved to Andover in 1645, where he died in 1651.

The youngest of the three brothers was William, with whom we have most to do, as he was the ancestor of those who lived in Raymond and other towns in this part of the State.  He was born in 1609, came over in 1638, or a little before.  Just at that time the town of Salisbury was granted, being then a wilderness.  He was one of the proprietors, and was there as early as 1640, being then in the prime of life, 31 years of age.

One of the first requisites of a new place is a saw-mill.  Mr. Osgood was the man for this business, being a millwright.  He was a carpenter also, and built and owned the first saw-mill on the Powow River, where are now the Salisbury factories at Salisbury and Amesbury village.  He died in that place in 1700, aged about 91.

The Osgoods in this section were in the line of descent through his son John, born in 1648.  He died at the age of 35, leaving a son William, born in 1673, who lived to the age of 79.  He had a son Timothy, born in 1694, died 1731.  Timothy had a son Chase, born in Salisbury in 1729.  He struck for the frontier, as it then was, moving to Epping, N. H., between 1753 and ‘57.  Probably he lived north of what is now West Epping village, as some of his children, who came to this town, were from that part of Epping.  He afterwards moved to Loudon, where he died in 1817, aged about 88.

This Chase Osgood had sons who came to Raymond, and were men of enterprise, so this family will be noticed more fully.

Chase Osgood was married, first, to Martha Tucker, second, to Shuah Eastman ; third, to Phebe Stevens.  He had a family of twenty children, fifteen of whom lived to mature age, and fourteen had families:

1. Timothy, b. in 1752, in Salisbury, came to Epping with his parents, when young, afterwards to Raymond, and lived opposite the Gove school-house.  His wife was Jane Dearborn, of Hampton, daughter of Henry, a distant relative of Gen. Henry Dearborn.  She had sisters named Margaret and Love, hence these names given to two of her daughters, Mrs. Brown of Northwood and Mrs. Levi Page of Raymond.  Mrs. Page’s name, however, was Lovey.

Timothy Osgood was a farmer and shoe-maker, a man of much energy, a hard worker, and a member of the Congregational church, as was also his wife.  He died April 27, 1835.

2. James, b. in 1753, in Salisbury.

3. Ebenezer, b. in 1757, in Epping, as were all of the children that follow.  An account of him has been given in the Chapter on Biography.  That of his children will be found a little farther along.

4. Enoch, b. 1757

5. John, b. 1762.  See account of him in the Chapter on Biography.  His children farther on.

6. Chase, b. 1767

7. Samuel, b. 1768.

8. Martha, born 1769, married Daniel Robie, lived where the writer does, died Nov. 25, 1848.

9. Shuah, b. 1771, married Captain Joseph Blake, of Epping, died Jan., 1851.

10. Affia, b. 1774, married Sherburn Blake, Esq., lived in this town and in Exeter, died March 7, 1859.

11. Sarah, b. 1778.

12. Hannah, b. 1781, married Jona. Edgerly, died Feb. 18, 1871.

13. Olive, b. 1784.

14. Edward, b. 1785.

This is a long list, but there were six others, making twenty, as above indicated.  We have no account of them ; probably most, or all, died quite young.

Capt. Timothy Osgood, son of the foregoing, and Jane, his wife, had children as follows:

The date of the births of these can not be found, so far as search has been made.

1. Chase, married Elizabeth Cram, lived where Geo. A. Wendell does, and died Oct. 27, 1824.  Two daughters live in town, Mrs. John Smith and Widow Welch.  Ebenezer, Timothy, Chase and David are dead.  Thurston lives in Pennsylvania.

2. Martha, married James Norris, died April 10, 1824.

3. Molly, married Colonel Ebenezer Cram, as his second wife, and died Aug. 13. 1866.

4. Sarah, married John Wason, of Candia.

5. Mehitable, married Levi Cass, of Epsom.

6. Jane, married Colonel Ebenezer Cram.  She was his first wife, and mother of Philbrick Cram, now of Barnard, Vt.  She died March 3, 1811.

7. Lovey, married Levi Page, and died July 20, 1864.  Children named in the Page family.

8. Henry, married, first, Sarah Locke, sister of John Locke, late of this town, second, Caroline Veazey.  He lived on the homestead, then in Lowell, and died in California.

9. Betsy, married Josiah Basford, of Chester.  Mrs. Moses L. Lovering and Mrs. Hiram Pollard are daughters, also Mrs. Marden of Chester.

10. Lydia, married James Fogg of Deerfield, now in town, a widow.

11. Margaret, married Michael Brown, March 10, 1821, and settled in Northwood, where she now lives, a widow.

Ebenezer Osgood, Esq., brother of the preceding, married Mary Fogg, daughter of Enoch Fogg, about 1782, and settled in Raymond, near where Gilman Folsom lives.  Children:

1. Enoch, b. 1783, married Elsey Simpson, of Nottingham, was a farmer and joiner.  His wife died, he went from town, married again, lived in the country, then in Danville, last back to town, and died at Simon Page’s, March 10, 1857.

2. James, b. 1785, married Sally Bachelder of Loudon, lived there, was a farmer and wheelwright, died in Hallowell, Me., 1863, and was buried in Loudon.

Ebenezer Osgood’s second marriage was to Anna Fullonton, by Rev. Josiah Stearns of Epping.

3. Bradley, b. 1788, married Mehitable Wood of Boxford, Mass., was a blacksmith, lived last in Dover.

4. Polly, b. 1792, married Gideon Ladd, lived mostly in Loudon.

5. Ira, b. 1799, married Sarah B. Parsons, of Gilmanton, taught school much, settled on the homestead at Loudon Center, where he still resides.  Representative 1835, ‘36, Road Commissioner for Merrimack County 1853, ‘54, Postmaster from 1825 to 1865, Justice of the Peace from 1836 down.  For years he has been collecting genealogies of the Osgood family in America.  From him aid has been had in what is give here of the Osgoods.  We hope his work will be published.  It will be useful to all of the name, at least, and a monument of his industry and research.

6. Lamila, b. 1801, married J. Kenny, died in Haverhill, Mass.  She was born in Raymond.

7. Nancy, b. 1806, in Loudon, to which place the family had moved, married Parish Badger.

8. Ebenezer, b. 1807, married Eleanor Burrows of Lebanon, Me., lives in Milton, is a blacksmith, and was Representative of Milton in 1851, ‘52.

Enoch Osgood, brother of Captain Timothy and Ebenezer, Esq., married Polly Fogg, had ten children, eight of whom were born here.  In 1798, he moved to Loudon.

Of John Osgood, another brother, a sufficiently full account is given in the Chapter on Biography.  He married Susanna Prescott, daughter of Stephen, who lived where Geo. S. Robie does, and went there to live.  Children:

1. Stephen, b. 1785, married Polly Morrill, and lived with his grandfather Prescott, where George S. Robie does.  He was a man of great business enterprise, followed farming, made plows, for a time, was in the carriage manufacture, had a blacksmith shop, and in various ways put much in motion.  Perhaps in no neighborhood in town was there so much business activity, caused by one man, as in this.  He died Aug. 19, 1852.  His widow died at her daughter’s, Mrs. Merserve, in Hampton.

2. Betsy, b. 1786, married, first Eliphalet Morrill, second, Rev. Samuel B. Dyer, then of Loudon, afterwards pastor of the Free Baptish church in Deerfield, where he died, Nov. 19, 1846.

3. Susan, b. 1795, married Timothy Tilton, of Carmel, Maine.

4. Lucinda, b. 1799, married John Avery, of Wolfborough.

5. John, b. 1802, died young.

6. Cyrene, b. 1806, married George W. Chamberlain, of Maine.

7. John, b. 1810, lived in Dover, died in 1860.

Only the genealogy of those in this large family of children, can be given, who lived in this section, or not very far away, and so we pass to some of the sisters.

Martha Osgood married Daniel Robie, son of the first Daniel in town.  The issue will be found in the account of the Robie family.

Hannah Osgood, sister to the foregoing, married Jonathan Edgerly.  After marriage, for a time he drove a stage, and her home was in Loudon.  They lived mostly in Epping, where he died.  She died in this town Feb. 18, 1871.  Children:

1. Sally, b. 1800, in Loudon.  She married Thomas Folsum, and settled in this town, where she is still living.

2. Eliza was born in Epping, married Hiram Osgood, a lawyer, lived in Epping, moved to Michigan, where, her husband dying, she married again.  She died in that State.

3. Harriet, has lived principally in Epping and this town, working in families that need help, and thus making herself useful.

4. Calvin O., a painter, lived in Dover, and Charlestown, Mass., where he died.

5. Chase went West, lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he died.  Eliza, first wife of Irvin Folsum, was a daughter.  Charles H. Edgerly and Arthur, in town, are sons.

6. Olive O., married J. B. Eaton, lived at Great Falls, Berwick side of the river, afterwards in Epping.  He having died, she lived as housekeeper for Doctor N. Bachelder, in Epping, where shie died suddenly, Nov. 7, 1865.

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Robert Page, of Ormsby, Norfolk County, England, and Margaret his wife had five children.  Robert, the oldest, was born in 1604.  At the age of 33, he emigrated to this country.  This was in 1637.  He came to Salem, Mass., and, the next year, came with the first settlers to Hampton.  He lived just below where the Town Hall now stands.  He became a man of good influence in the new town.  When the town first chose Selectmen, he was one of them, and served in all seven years.  He was elected to the Provincial Assembly two years, was a deacon in the Congregational church ; paid the highest tax in town in 1659, built the first saw-mill, and was employed to construct a parsonage for the society.  It is no reproach to him to say he could not write, but signed his name by his mark.  His wife, Lucy, died Nov. 12, 1665.  He died Sept. 22, 1679, aged 75.  He had several children, some of them born in England.  Francis, a son, was deacon of the church in Hampton.  The Pages in Raymond were in a direct line of descent from Deacon Robert, through his son Thomas, who had a son Christopher, who had a son David.  This David settled in North Hampton, in a neighborhood now called Pagetown.  He had a son Robert, who, at the age of 23, came to this town, and built opposite to where his great-grandson, Simon Page, lives.  He married Sarah Dearborn.  She was of the fifth generation from Godfrey Dearborn, the patriarch of the Dearborn family in America.  Her father was Simon Dearborn, born, it is believed, in a garrison at North Hampton, near where the meeting-house now stands.  Sarah was one of twelve children.  The youngest was General Henry Dearborn, educated as a physician, had fame as an officer in the war of the Revolution, and in the war of 1812.  He was a member of President Jefferson’s Cabinet, and held other important offices.

Robert Page was one of the Selectmen early in the town history, and a good citizen.  His record is thus:

Robert Page, b. April 1, 1732, died Dec. 31, 1816.  Sarah Dearborn, b. Dec. 25, 1735, married 1755, and died Jan. 12, 1831.  Children:

1. Ruth, b. Aug. 25, 1756, lived in the home family, and died, Jan. 29, 1832.

2. Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1758, married Jonathan Dearborn.  She died Dec. 23, 1829.  A son Henry is living in Maine.

3. Simon, b. Jan. 12, 1762, married Abigail Dearborn, afterwards Miss Gale.  He lived on the home place, and died Sept. 13, 1850.

4. David, b. Jan. 20, 1764, died young.

5. Mary, died young.

6. Mary, b. May 31, 1768, married Mr. Hill, of Chester.

7. David, b. July 17, 1774, married Rachael Fullonton, lived first where Mr. Floyd does, on the Page road, then where his son, the late H. D. Page, lived.  He was a farmer, but did something as a carpenter and as a wheelwright.  He was a man of some reading, firm and well established in good principles, after having embraced them.  He died Oct. 20, 1867.

Simon Page, son of Robert, by Abigail, his first wife, had children as follows:

1. Naomi, married Benjamin Bean.  Their children are named in the genealogy of the Bean family.  Died March 11, 1870.

2. Levi, married Lovey Osgood, lived on the home place.  The children were,- Samuel, died away from town ; Mrs. Dearborn Knowles, of Chester ; Robert ; Simon on the home farm ; Timothy O., whose home is the Fogg place, he being an engineer on the railroad from Boston to Lawrence ; Mrs. Horace Brown and Mrs. James F. Gove.  One or more died young.

3. Abigail, married Ezekiel Lane.  She is living, and is the mother of Dudley Lane, Mrs. John Marden, and the late Henry D. Lane.

4. John, married Joanna Nay.  He lived where Mr. Floyd does.  Died April 1, 1842, aged 50.

5. Robert, died young.

6. Betsy, died young.

7. Ruth, married John Lane, of Chester ; is still living.  Not having dates, these children may not be in exact order as to birth.

David Page, son of Robert, and Rachel Fullonton were married Nov. 13, 1800.  Children:

1. Jeremiah F., b. Oct. 24, 1801.  He was a good scholar, became qualified for teaching, taught many years, and finally settled in Pembroke.  He married, first, Sophia Remick, of Chester, second, S. G. Buzzell, of Pembroke.  He died Nov., 1872.

2. Betsy D., b. May 22, 1803, married John Scribner, Esq., lives in town.

3. Rachel F., b. Oct. 27, 1805, married Asa Morrill, lived in Pembroke.  Two children died, also her husband, and she now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Luther Hayes, in Milton.

4. Horatio D., b. Oct. 15, 1808, married Shuah B. Emery, settled in town, then resided in Chester, Methuen, Mass., Dracut, and then back to town, on the old homestead.  He was a good citizen, and died April 13, 1871.  Children living,- Mrs. Sabine, whose husband died here, Mrs. Olney T. Brown, Mrs. Charles E. Wason, and Forest E.  Harriet died young.

5. Jonathan F., b. Nov. 11, 1811, married Jane O. Cram, lived in town ; his wife dying, he married Mrs. Lucella Dimond, of Danville, and went there to reside.  While here, he was a deacon in the Congregational church.  Three children, by his first wife ; J. Stickney resides in Manchester, the others somewhere away.

6. Lamile O., b. April 13, 1816, married D. Richardson, settled in Woburn, Mass., where she died.

7. Sarah D., b. Aug. 18, 1818, married D. Richardson, and lives in Woburn, Mass.

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See McClure family.

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David Pecker was from Salisbury, Mass., and came here about 1823.  He has been Representative in the Legislature, was the first station agent after the opening of the railroad in 1850, and is a mechanic and a farmer.

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Barton Pollard was here early and lived on what is now the Moore place at the Branch.  There were others in town, likely relatives.  When the war of the Revolution came on, Barton, Elijah, and Ezekiel, “strapped on their knapsacks” and went into the service.  Children of Barton Pollard,- Hezekiah, John, Molly and Asa, born between 1763 and 1770.  There was a Hannah Pollard recollected now by some.  John M., a descendant, was born Jan. 28, 1784.  July 4, 1825, he was married to Sally Locke, of this town.  Hiram L., son of John, built the Dearborn house, in the village, for himself, also the one where Rev. B. S. Manson lives, but sold both.  As a house carpenter, he built a large number of houses in town.  His wife was Diann Basford, of Chester.  They reside there now.  Alfred, another son of John, lives on the Elder Newhall place.

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