264. Elijah May was born in 1697 in Barrington, Bristol Co., RI. He died on 27 Nov 1773. He married Jane Whittaker on 19 Apr 1722 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. [Parents]
1. 1728; Elisha May is listed as one of two tything men. p. 257,
2. 1729; Elisha May listed as one of two Jun constables. p. 258,
3. 1734; Elisha May listed as one of two fence viewers. p. 260,
4. 1736; Elisha May listed as one of three surveyors. p. 262, (A History of Barrington, Rhode Island, Providence: Snow & Farnham, printers, 1898)
265. Jane Whittaker was born on 8 Apr 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. She died in 1775. [Parents]
266. Eliphalet Carpenter was born on 2 Feb 1709 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. He died on 5 May 1755 in Fabyan, Windham Co., CT. He married Mary Bacon on 22 Apr 1730 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. [Parents]
267. Mary Bacon was born on 9 Nov 1709 in Fabyan, Windham Co., CT. She died on 15 Jul 1793 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. [Parents]
272. Robert Hanson was born about 1705 in {Dover, NH}. He died in 1764. He married Lydia Varney on 23 Aug 1728 in Dover, NH. [Parents]
1. "Robert Hanson, son of Thomas & Margaret Hanson, of Dover, in ye province of New Hampshire, and Lydia Varney, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Varney, of Dover aforesaid, married in Dover, October 23, 1728." (FRIENDS RECORDS, DOVER, N. H., MONTHLY MEETING, MARRIAGES)
273. Lydia Varney was born in 1704 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH. She died in 1776. [Parents]
1. Daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Varney.
274. Nathaniel Austin was born on 2 Mar 1687 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH. He died in 1749. He married 1 Catherine Neal on 22 Sep 1714. [Parents]
1. "Nathaniel Austin, son of Thomas Austin, of Dover, in ye province of New Hampshire, and Catherine Neal, daughter of Andrew Neal, of Kittery, in the province of ye Massachusetts Bay, in New England, married in Dover, November 22, 1714." (FRIENDS RECORDS, DOVER, N. H., MONTHLY MEETING, MARRIAGES)
275. Catherine Neal was born on 4 Dec 1695 in Kittery, York Co., ME. [Parents]
280. Joseph Cleveland was born 1 on 18 Jul 1689 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA. He died 2 on 11 Mar 1766 in Canterbury, Windham Co., CT. He married 3 Sarah Ensworth on 31 Mar 1725 in Canterbury, CT. [Parents]
1. 1720, Dec 20, Canterbury Town Meeting book, Joseph Cleveland Senr, Seruayer of highways; Dec 17, 1721, hawadr; Feb, 25, 1723 and 4, fence viewer.
281. Sarah Ensworth was born 1 on 12 Jun 1699 in Plainfield, Windham Co., CT. She died 2 on 21 Jun 1761 in Canterbury, Windham Co., CT. [Parents]
282. William Darbe.William married Elizabeth Spaulding.
283. Elizabeth Spaulding. [Parents]
284. Luke Converse was born on 6 Oct 1734 in Leicester, Worcester Co., MA. He died on 7 Jun 1810 in Leicester, Worcester Co., MA. He married Ruth Lamb on 12 May 1759 in Charlton, Worcester Co., MA. Luke was buried in Old Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. [Parents]
1. "Luke Converse, born in Leicester, Mass., 6 October 1734; died in Leicester, Mass., 10 June 1810. At one time he lived in Charlton, and removed thence to Spencer, Mass., where he settled on the northeasterly part of lot 58. There he built a saw and grist mill, which many years after was owned by Hiram Howe. For several years before his death, he lived in the house west of the mills at Burncoat Pond which he managed. He served in the French and Indian War. Washburn's History of Leicester mentions him as one of the fifteen men enlisted in 1756 from Leicester in the expedition to march to Crown Point. He married, in Leicester, 6 June 1759, Ruth Lamb of Spencer, who died in Spencer, 8 January 1821, aged 83; who was the daughter of Jonathan Lamb, Jr. Children of Luke and Ruth (Lamb) Converse: ...Jude Converse born 17 May 1762; married 10 Dec 1782, Lydia Bemis......" ( Some of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. of Thompson Parish, Killingly, Conn., Major James Convers of Woburn, Mass., Hon. Heman Allen of Milton and Burlington, Vermont, Captain Jonathan Kirby of Killingly, Conn. Converse, Charles Allen, Boston, Mass.: Eben Putnam, p. 79)
2. Converse Luke, from Charlton, settled on the northeasterly part of lot (58), where he built a saw and gristmill, now owned by Hiram Howe. He was b. in Leicester, Oct. 6, 1734, and m. Ruth Lamb, da. Jonathan Lamb, jun., June 6, 1759. Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1760; Jude, May 17, 1762; Ruth, Oct. 31, 1764; Patience, March 24, 1767; Reuben, April 25, 1769; Esther, Nov. 20, 1771; Asaph, April 22, 1774; Tamar, Aug. 29, 1776; Uriah, March 13, 1779. He removed to Leicester where he d. June 10, 1810, aged 76. His wife died in Spencer, Jan. 9, 1821, aged 83. Jude m. Lydia Bemis, da. of Samuel Bemis, jun., Dec. 10, 1782;....(History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 188)
3. Washburn's History of Leicester mentions him as one of the fifteen men enlisted in 1756 from Leicester in the expedition to march to Crown Point. He married, in Leicester, 6 June 1759, Ruth Lamb of Spencer, who died in Spencer, 8 January 1821, aged 83; who was the daughter of Jonathan Lamb, Jr.
4. 1771 property valuation / pew listing, #44 Luke Converse,
5. List of Selectman, Luke Converse, jun. 1787, 88. (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 147)
6. Found in the 1790 U.S Census Massachusetts, Worcester Co., Spencer, p. 539
Luke Converse; m. | 3 | 1 |-| 1 | 0 |, m. over 16-3, m. under 16-1, f. head of house-1, f. other-07. Found in the 1800 U.S Census Massachusetts, Worcester Co., Charlton, p. 539
Luke Converse; m. | | | 1 | | 1 |-| 1 | | 1 | | 1 |, m. under 10=0, m. 10-15=0, m. 16-25=1 m. 26-44=0 m. over 45=1 f. under 10=1, f. 10-15=0, f. 16-25=1 f. 26-44=0 f. over 45=1
Notes:
1. Military: LUKE CONVERSE (Convas, Convers)
Of Leicester, at which place he was born. He enlisted out of the militia company commanded by Capt. Brown, in Col. Chandler's Worcester County regiment as a volunteer (elsewhere said to have been impressed out of the Worcester County regiment, Vol. 94, fo. 210) and at a date subsequent to April 20th entered the company commanded by Capt. John Stebbins, in Col. Timothy Ruggles' regiment in which company he was serving at Fort Edward 20 July 1756, his age being 23, his occupation a carpenter. (Vol. 91, fo. 357.) He is returned as Corporal on a roll dated II October 1756 at Fort William Henry, same company but after Aug. 18 commanded by Capt. William Humphrys. (Vol. 94, fo. 190.) The following year he marched with the men impressed out of the militia company commanded by Capt. Oliver Witt, in Col. Chandler's regiment, aiul under said Witt's command from Leicester to Shefield, serving from 10 to 18 August 1757 and had travel allowance of 98 miles. This was the Alarm for the relief of Fort William Henry. (V'ol. 95, fo. 537.) (p. 852, Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Maj. James Converse of Woburn, Charles Allen Converse, 1905 )
285. Ruth Lamb was born 1 on 28 Dec 1737 in Leicester, Worcester Co., MA. She died on 9 Jan 1821 in Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. [Parents]
1. Lamb Jonathan, jun. m. Elizabeth Eichardson of Leicester, in 1737. He settled on lot (28) and built a house where Joseph Wheat lately lived, and d. April 9, 1760, aged 46. His wife m. a Mr. Nichols, and d. June 21, 1780, aged 62. Her children, Ruth, b. Dec. 28, 1737 ; David, Dec. 14, 1739; Jonathan, July 3, 1742; Nathan, Nov. 3, 1744; Thomas, April 13, 1747; James, ------. Ruth m. Luke Converse. (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 218)
286. Samuel Bemis was born on 24 May 1717 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. He died on 15 Aug 1793 in Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. He married 1 Mehitable Dunnell on 11 Aug 1760 in Worcester, Worcester Co., MA. [Parents]
1. "Samuel Bemis, son of Samuel Bemis, m. Rebekah Newhall of Leicester, January 9, 1740. She died leaving no children. He was then m. to Mary Johnson, da. of Capt. Benjamin Johnson, Nov. 11, 1742. Children, Benjamin, b. January 18, 1744; Mary, Dec. 3, 1745; Rebekah, Jan. 2, 1747; Samuel, Sept. 18, 1749; Reuben, June 10, 1752; Bulah, Sept. 26, 1754. His wife Mary d. Jan. 3, 1760. Again m. Mehitable Dunnell, by whom he had Lydia, b. May 10, 1761; Jonathan, April 9, 1765; Joel, Feb. 7, 1768; Judith, Aug. 27, 1769; Wait, June 20, 1772. In 1742, he purchased a part of a lot (56), where he built a house, on the hill north of Dexter Converse. He afterwards lived in various parts of the town, and died, August 15, 1793, in a house near the house of Paul Sibley, aged 77. His wife Mehitable d. Feb. 24, 1807." (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 162-163)
2. In 1731, three persons living in the westerly part of town [Spencer] appear to be taxed; Samuel Bemis, Jonathan Lamb, John Greaton (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 33)
3. In a list of officers for the town of Spencer, MA., 14 May 1753. Samuel Bemis, Jun., Constable(one of two, the other James Ormes). (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 42)
4. List of Selectman, Samuel Bemis, jun. 1756, 57, 58, 60. p. 146, History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James.
5. List of Town Clerks, Samuel Bemis, jun. 1757, 58, 59, 60. p. 149, History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James.
287. Mehitable Dunnell was born in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA. She died on 24 Feb 1804 in Spencer, Worcester Co., MA.
288. Samuel Morrison was born in 1707 in Scotland. He died on 10 Apr 1752 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. He married Mary {Kelly} about 1730. Samuel immigrated about 1730 to to the U.S. He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Derry, Rockingham Co., NH.
1. "Among the men who were noted pigeoners were : David Sprague, Nathan Kendall, Daniel H. Ferguson, David Stevens, Thomas Harris, Elijah Atwood, and Samuel E. Morrison, who was the last man in town to catch the birds in this way. Shooting the birds on the stands put an end to catching them by nets. When, also, people here ceased to raise grain in any quantity, the birds had no inducement to come, and were found afterward in the western country. The last of pigeoning in Bedford was about 1865 or 1870. When taken the birds were usually thin in flesh, so that usually they were brought home alive from the beds and fattened on corn and water for about two weeks in a pigeon house; then they were killed, picked, and taken to Boston to market, where they sold at from nine shillings to two dollars a dozen. As many as a thousand dozen were caught here in one season." (History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900.. Bedford, N.H.: The town, 1903., p. 588)
2. I. Samuel Morrison, Jr., according to tradition, was b. in Scotland; emigrated to the north of Ireland; again emigrated in 1730 and settled in Londonderry, N. H. He m. Mary. They had ch.: Susanna 2 , b. 1731, Sept. 17, m. Miller or McAfee; Samuel 2 , b. 1734, July 23; Mary 2 , b. 1736, Oct. 6, m. McAfee or Miller; and John 2 .
II. John, son of Samuel 1 , was a farmer and res. in Bedford. He m. Elizabeth, b. 1757, Dec. 15, dau. of Col. Daniel 2 and Ann (Cox) Moor. Was in battle of Bennington iinder General Stark. The Morrison Family Gen. says he d. in Bedford, over 90 years of age, while the Moor family Gen. claims he d. in Barnston, P. Q., date unknown. They had twelve ch., b. in Bedford: Daniel Moor 3 , b. 1776, Aug. 16; Susanna*, b. 1778, Dec. 30; Ann 3 , b. 1781, April 5; Elizabeth Eunice*, b. 1783, May 7; Samuel McDuffie 8 , b. 1785, May 19; Mary 8 , b. about 1786 or 1787; John, Jr. 8 , b. 1789, Sept. 6; William 8 , b. 1791, July 12; David*, b. 1794, May 4; Nancy 8 , b., m. Epbraim Pierce of Danville, Vt.; Jenette 8 ; Elienor 8 , m. Mr. Martin. (History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900.. Bedford, N.H.: The town, 1903., p. 983)3. "Samuel Morison, Jr., was born in Scotland; emigrated to Ireland, and emigrated to Londonderry, N. H., in 1730. He was called "Little Sam." He lived in what is now (1883) Derry, some two miles north of Derry Depot, and about three fourths of a mile east of the southerly portion of Scobie's Pond. His house stood in what is now an orchard, a little southeast of the residence of Charles Sargent, Jr., and north of the house of Philip Major. He died soon after April 10, 1752. Among his descendants is Abiel Morrison, editor of 'The Sentinel', and resident of Lawrence, Mass." ("The History of Windham in New Hampshire..." by Leonard Allison Morrison, pages 655-656)
4. Samuel Morison settled in Londonderry in 1730. He wrote his will 10 April 1752 and died soon
after. His wife was Mary (maiden name unknown). According to the Morrison genealogy by Leonard A. Morrison, these are his children: Susanna, born 17 September 1731, married a
Miller or a McFee; John, resided in Bedford, NH and married Elizabeth Moore (was in the Battle of Bennington under General John Stark); Samuel, born 23 July 1734 and died in Henniker, NH,
married Margaret MacFerson; Mary, born 6 October 1736 and married a Miller or a McFee.5. NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
SAMUEL MORRISON JR. 1752 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God Amen I samuel morison Jnr of Londonderry in the province of new hampshire yeman being sick of body
my will is that my wiff mary morison have the one third pairt of my Cattel and the third pairt of my household goods Exepting my hors as also the third pairt of my hous and Land during hir naturl Liffe/ my will is that my son John morison and my Daughter susanah morison have out of my Esteate five pounds bills of the new tenor besids what I have given them already with four sheep
my will is that my Daughter mary morison have out of my Esteate twenty five pounds bills of the new tenor and two Cowes four sheep and the one third of my houshold goods when she is of Lawfull age and one hundred pounds bills of the old tenor or new tenor Equal in velew two years after she is of age
my will is that my son samuel morison the fifth have all the remaing pairt of my personal Esteate with all my real Esteate to him and his hairs or assigens for every only my Debts and fineral Charges to be payed out of it
my will is that Robert Boyes Esqr Capt Andrew Tood and Alexander mcCollom all of Londonderry be my Executors of this my Last will and testment rvocking all other former wills Bequithments whatsover allowing this and no other to be my last will and testment signed sealled published and pronounced to be my las will and testment this tenth day of april in the twenty fifth year of his majts Rigen and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty two
his
Samuel X morison Jr.
mark
[Witnessess] Alexer Craig, Isaac Brewster, Alexander McColom.
[Proved Aug. 26, 1752.]
(New Hampshire Probate Records, 1635-1753, p. 217)
289. Mary {Kelly} was born in 1698 in Antrim, Ireland. She died on 29 Jan 1764 in Bedford, Hillsborough Co., NH. Mary was buried in Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough Co., NH.
290. Daniel Moor was born on 11 Feb 1730 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. He died on 13 Apr 1811 in Bedford, Hillsborough Co., NH. He married Ann Cox in 1751. Daniel was buried 1 in Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough Co., NH. [Parents]
II. Daniel (Colonel), son of John1, b. in Londonderry, 1730, Feb. 11. He came to Bedford previous to 1748, and settled on the farm lately occupied by Bradford Beal. He sold it, 1779, to Col. Stephen Dole for 5,500 pounds (probably Continental money), and purchased the farm of David Scoby, now owned by Thomas S. Burns. He was a man of positive character, keen intelligence, remarkable memory, strong mind, and iron will, who allowed nothing to swerve him from his convictions of duty. He was selectman 1758, 1766, 1776; on Committee of Safety, 1775. In the provincial congress, at Exeter, it was voted, 1775, Aug. 24, " That Capt. Daniel Moor be appointed Col. of the Regt. of Militia lately commanded by Col. John Goffe." He was active throughout the Revolutionary war in promoting the enlistment of men, and constantly engaged in mustering and paying the men enlisted in the Continental service. His service is best shown by orders to the officers of his regiment. The following is a copy of a letter sent by him to Capt. Samuel Philbrick of Weare:
Bedford. Sept. ye 16th 1776
To Capt. Samuel Philbrick.
/State of New Hampshire/
Persuant to A Resolve of ye Council & Assembly of said State, I am Called upon immediately to Raise Eighty four men out of my Regt. to be ready to march In ten Days to join the army at New York, therefore I Require you forth with to Raise and Equip with Arms, Sixteen men out of your Company and you are to Call up n the alarm List as well as the training
Band, and you are to let them know for their encouragement They Shall Receive Twenty Dollars Down upon their passing Muster, as a Bounty given which shall be afterward Made Equal to the Bounty given by the Massachusetts State in the same service, therefore the Day Appointed for them to pass Muster is Thursday ye twenty-sixt of this Instant at ten o'clock at the house of Robert McGregor in Goffstown—fail not and make Due Return of your Doing.
Daniel Moor, Coll.
(History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900.. Bedford, N.H.: The town, 1903., p. 995)"Col. Daniel Moore also built a sawmill and grist-mill on the stream near his house, known as Shepard's brook, about the year 1770. The mills stood west of the bridge and south of' Widow Mary Parker's. They were taken down about 1805 by Robert Wallace, and rebuilt a few rods below on the east side of the bridge." (History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900.. Bedford, N.H.: The town, 1903., p. 245)
"Colonel Moor marched with his regiment, 1777, Sept. 29, from Bedford to Bennington and Saratoga. On Oct. 17th Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates at Saratoga. This victory proved the turning point of the whole war, as it led France to declare for the American cause. Oct. 27th, Colonel Moor returned with the regiment, the Bedford men being in Capt. John Duncan's company. The original of the following letter is in the pension bureau at Washington, D. C:" (History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900.. Bedford, N.H.: The town, 1903., p. 995)He m., in 1751, Ann Cox of Londonderry, b. 1729. She d. 1804, Feb. 14. He d. 1811, April 13. Had seven ch., all b. in Bedford: John*, b. 1752, Aug. 28; Daniel3, b. 1755, Feb. 20, was killed at the raising of a barn on the Morrill place, then occupied by his brother-in-law, John Morrison, 1776, July 3; Elizabeth3, b. 1757, Dec. 15, m. John Morrison (see Morrison); Mary3, b. 1759 (? ), Oct. 26; Elienor3, b. 16, m. William Moor, son of Lieut.-Col. Robert Moor (see that family); Anne?, b. 3; William3, b. 1773, Sept. 12. (History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900.. Bedford, N.H.: The town, 1903., p. 995)
291. Ann Cox was born in 1729. She died on 14 Feb 1804 in Bedford, Hillsborough Co., NH. Ann was buried 1 in Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough Co., NH. [Parents]
296. Samuel Edson was born on 14 Mar 1714 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 25 Feb 1801 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. He married 1 Martha Perkins on 26 Sep 1738 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Samuel was buried in Trinity Church Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. [Parents]
297. Martha Perkins was born on 10 Dec 1717 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 15 Apr 1803 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Martha was buried in Trinity Church Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. [Parents]
298. George Hall.George married Mary [---].
304. Samuel Heath was born on 27 Sep 1701 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA. He died on 13 Sep 1763 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA. He married 1 Elizabeth Payson on 3 Dec 1733 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA. [Parents]
1. Samuel Heath, son of William (3), and Hannah (Weld) Heath, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, December 27, 1701, died September 13, 1763. He married Elizabeth Payon, born December, 1706, died in 1763. They lived in Roxbury on the old homestead. Their children: 1. William, born May 2, 1736, died June 24. 1814. He was a major- general in the revolution, and was the last major- general to die. 2. Samuel, born in 1739. 3. Peleg, born in 1741, married Patience Curtis, had a large family. 4. Joseph, born in 1743, married Mary Newell. 5. Anna, died in 1799. (p. 299, Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity (Vol 4), 1907, Ellery Bicknell Crane.)
305. Elizabeth Payson was born in Dec 1706.
308. Timothy Ingalls was born on 20 Apr 1720 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. He died in 1757. He married Sarah Brown. [Parents]
1. Timothy Ingalls, (Samuel, Samuel, Henry, Ednumd), son of Samuel and Mary (Watts) Ingalls, born Haverhill, Mass., April 20, 1720. He was called a trader, was living at Chester, N. H. 1741; bought land at Kingston, 1747-52, Sandown, 1757, Hill, 1761.
Children:
4612 Ebenezer, b. Apr. 13, 1747; m. Mary Lougee.
4613 Oilman, b. abt. 1750? Only tradition that he was a son of Timothy.
4614 Jonathan, b. ; m. Mary J. Locke.
4615 Timothy, b. June 16, 1763 ; m. Bathsheba Worcester.
(THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF THE INGALLS FAMILY IN AMERICA, Burleigh, Malden, Mass., 1903, p. 50)
310. John Lougee was born in 1721. He died in 1794. He married Emeline Leavitt.
311. Emeline Leavitt was born in 1720. She died in 1758.
316. Caleb Stiles was born on 19 Jun 1737 in Middleton, Essex Co., MA. He died on 17 Oct 1824 in Danville, Caledonia Co., VT. He married 1 Mary Elizabeth Townsend on 7 Feb 1760 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., NH. [Parents]
149. Caleb Stiles, Jr. [54] (Caleb, Ebenezer, Robert), was born at Middleton, Mass., June 19, 1737 ; married Feb. 7, 1760, Mary (or Elizabeth) Townsend at Hollis, N. H.; res. in Hollis for a number of years; probably went there from Amherst, N. H., before his marriage; was of Hollis in 1779, when he and his father Caleb Stiles, Sen., received as bounty from the town of Hollis, for service one year in the Continental army, £300 each ; also 10 bushels of rye and 10 bushels of Indian com (see Hist. Hollis, N. H., p. 183). He died Oct., 1824, in Danville, Vt., to which place a number of Hollis
families are said to have removed after the close of the Revolutionary War. Most of his children, with their families, seem to have been among the Hollis people who removed either to Danville or to towns in the vicinity. He applied for a pension Nov., 1819, and was living June, 1820, with his son Samuel, at Danville, Vt.; had no family with him, by which it may be understood that his wife was not at that time living {Pension Records).
Children (from Hollis Records)
I. Lucy, b. Dec. 21, 1762; m. Mch. 21, 1786, John Goddai'd, Jr., of Hollis, N. H. (A relative gives
Alpheus Goddard as the name of Lucy Stiles' husband, and says they rem. to Albany, N. Y.)
II. Calebs Jr., b. Feb. 17, 1765; m. Betsey Peirce. Family 34.
III. George b. Jan. 20, 1767 ; m. Mary Peirce. Family 35.
IV. Samuel, b. July 17, 1769 ; m. Susan Peirce. Family 36.
V. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 14,1770; m. ------- -------. Family 37.
VI. Jonathan, b. May 30, 1773; m. Lucy Bunnell. Family 38.
VII. Benjamin b. Oct. 12, 1775 ; went to Canada, where, it is said, he m. a French lady.
Sampson D. Stiles of Brooklyn, N. T. (grandson of Benjamin's brother Jonathan), says : "I
have heard my father tell of ' Uncle Benjamin,' who went to Three Rivers on the St. Lawrence
river in Can. He went into the lumber business, and became so fully identified with the French
people of that region that he almost forgot his mother tongue."
(The Stiles family in America : genealogies of the Massachusetts family, descendants of Robert Stiles of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1891, and the Dover, N. H., family, descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N. H. 1702-1891, by Guild, Mary A. Stiles Paul, 1830-; Stiles, Henry Reed 1892)2. EARLY MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
A revised roll of communicants was made in 1798, and the following new
names appear:
June 11, 1801. Caleb Stiles, Mary Stiles, Caleb Stiles, Jr., Elizabeth Stiles.
(p. 295)3. In Danville, VT. Mr. Caleb Stiles, aged 80, a soldier of the revolution. (New-Hampshire Gazette, Nov. 16, 1824, p. 3)
4. DIED -- In this town, Oct. 17th, Mr. Caleb Stiles, aged 90 - a soldier of the revolution, and a pensioner. (North Star, Nov. 9, 1824, p. 3)
317. Mary Elizabeth Townsend was born in 1732 in Reading, Middlesex Co., MA. She died in Jun 1820 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., NH.
318. Ephraim Pierce was born on 30 Dec 1745 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA. He died on 24 Aug 1791 in Barnet, Caledonia Co., VT. He married Esther Stone on 11 Mar 1766 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA. [Parents]
son of Simon and Susannah (Parker) Pierce, was born 30 Dec 1745, Groton, MA, and died 24 Aug 1791, Barnet, VT.
He married, 11 Mar 1766, Esther Stone, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Farwell) Stone. Shewas born 18 Jun 1744, Groton, MA.
Children of Ephraim and Esther (Stone) Pierce, all born Hollis, NH:He was a minute man in Capt. Reuben Dow's company at the Lexington Alarm. He was at Ticonderoga and Bennington. He was bom in Hollis, N. H.; died in Barnet, Vt.
319. Esther Stone was born on 18 Jun 1744 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA. She died in 1841 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., NH. [Parents]