The genealogy of my extended family
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| 51 | John Dam, the s/o the Founder was born at Dover, 8 Jan 1637, and died at Dover, 8 Jan 1706. He married first Sarah Hall, daughter of Sergeant John Hall. She died in 1663 soon after the birth of her daughter Abigail who was born 3 Apr 1663. He married secondly, 9 Nov 1664, Elizabeth Furber, daughter of Lt William Furber and his wife Elizabeth. John Dam was an officer in the militia and saw considerable service in the Indian Wars. In town and provincial records he is called 'sergeant'. He resided in a Garrison House built for him by his father in that part of Dover called Bloody Point, now Newington, settling upon a grant of land his father had received on the East shore of Little Bay, now known as Dame's Point, where several generations of the family were afterwards born. He was a citizen of fine standing, as attested by the numerous offices held by him in the colony. John Dam and Sergeant Hall were the first settlers on the Bloody Point side, now called the town of Newington. Newington was separated from Dover in 1713. ----- Will 1748–1749 names 3 sons, 2 of them shipwrights. | DAM, Sgt John (I3)
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| 52 | John DAMME Came to New England in 1633 on the ship ‘James’ (Capt Thomas Wiggin) and settled in Dover New Hampshire. —— John Dam, the founder of our family in America, was born in England about the year 1600 or a little later and probably in the Hundred of Hadham in Hertfordshire. He was probably a son of Thomas Dam and a grandson John Dam of Much Hadham. He sailed, either from Liverpool or Bristol, in Capt Thomas WIGGIN’s company in the ship “James” and arrived in New England in 1633. —— He settled on a grant of land which he had received on Dover Neck and lived there about five years. He then bought a place on what was known as Low Street in the town of Dover and lived there until his death 27 Jan 1690 (New style). This property is now near the center of Dover and is occupied by the Pacheco Mills. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Pine Hill Cemetery located on a hill back of the mills. His will, dated 19 May 1687 was probated 23 March 1694. He received several grants of land, one of which extended to the “Western Seas.” On two of these grants he built Garrison Houses, one for each of his two sons, John and William. The one built for and occupied by William is still standing and has been moved to a suitable location in the town of Dover, It is now used and preserved by the Goodman Institute. A garrison house was built of hewn oaken logs about six inches square and used as a residence, and as a place of refuge for the settlers during the Indian Wars. These houses were surrounded by stout and high stockades of logs set closely together with the ends deeply embedded in the earth. —— John Dam, the second deacon of the First Church in Dover, NH, was born in England about 1610. He came to Dover with Capt Thomas WIGGIN’s company in 1633, which company took possession of Edward Hiltons’ grant and commenced the settlement on Dover Neck, where the first meeting-house was built of logs that year, a few rods southwest of where the second meeting-house was built twenty years later. John Hall was the first deacon, and at this death in 1675, John Dam was elected to succeed him. In a petition to the governor by the inhabitants of Dover in 1689, John Dam and Nicholas Dam are among the signers. No further mention of Nicholas has been found. John Dam received valuable grants of land from, and held high official positions in the town. —— Existing records provide a rather clear picture of the character of our Founding Father. He belonged to that group called Puritans, many of whom left England on account of civil and religious persecution due to their attempts to purify the established church. The Holy Bible was the rule and guide of John Dam’s faith and conduct. He was upright, courageous and industrious, and was prominent and highly respected in the affairs of the colony. He was the second deacon of the Church of Dover, succeeding the first deacon, John Hall, upon the latter’s death in 1675. He was referred to in the Pomfret will as “John Dam, Planter”. He signed himself as John Dam, Gentleman. Sprung from a long line of English gentlemen he had a decent dignity and pride in himself and his family. Paraphrasing the Prophet Micah, he “did justice and loved mercy and walked humbly with his God.” John Dam, the Founder, was married twice. The name of his first wife, the date of her marriage and the date of her death are not now known. She was the mother of his first child and probably died soon after his birth. He married secondly, about 1645, Elizabeth POMFRET, in 1682, daughter of Lt William POMFRET and his wife Rose. —— First Generation in American John Dam came from England in one of the parties with Capt Thomas WIGGIN, settled in Dover, New Hampshire in 1633. He died January 27, 1690. He, with Deacon John HALL, were the first deacons of the First parish church, Dover in 1675. His will, dated May 19, 1687, was proved March 23, 1693 or 1694. In a petition to the Governor by the inhabitants of New Hampshire, 1689, John Dam and Nicholas DAMME were signers. These two are mentioned by John Camden Holten in his list of Emigration of “Persons of Quality” to American between 1600 and 1700. No trace of Nicholas afterwards. Deacon John Dam had the first grant of land at the confluence of the Cocheco and Fresh Creek rivers, which was called Dame Point. —— 1640 - signed the Dover Combination. —— Expert carpenter or “joiner”, one who did the finer part of wood’s work; Undoubtedly, he was the boss joiner in the construction of the garrison house now in the arcade of the Woodman Institute which he built, about 1675, for his youngest son, William DAM. —— Genealogical Items Related to Dover, New Hampshire. p 456 DAM, (sometimes Damme) John (1). Deacon; took a lot of Capt. Wiggans in 1634 or thereabouts, which was rebounded in 1648 thus: --”upon ye North by Tho. Layton, and Geo. Walton on ye South, and on ye west northwest to ye back river, and on ye East uppon ye lane.” to increase this land the bought, in 1646, land bounded North by Thomas layton’s and Geor. Walton’s -NW and SW by Back River, East by land of Wm. Pomfret which he bought of Thomas Johnson in 1639. --south by George Walton’s. -- In 1612 he had lot no. 11 west of Back River. --Had grants in 1652, ‘56, &c.--Was freeman in 1653.--He lived on Dover Neck. His will ws dated 19 May, 1687, proved 23 march 1693-4. He gave his property to his two sones, John and William, and to his daughter Judy Tebbets. Of his chil. were (Fam 1) John (2), b. about 1637; m. -- Hall (probably); Elizabeth (2), b. 1649; Mary (2) b. 1651; William (2), b 4 Oct 1653, m. Martha Pomfret; Judith (2), m. Thomas Tebbets, 6 July 1684, and d. 22 Oct. 1728. -- John (2), s/o Deacon John (1), b. about 1637, as in Fam 1, lived on Bloody Point side; was taxed 1662-1672. He probably m. a daughter of Sergeant John Hall of Bloody Point; if so, he had one child viz, -- (Fam 2) Sarah, and probably others. -- William (2), s/o Dea. John (1). b. 4 Oct 1653, as in Fam. 1 m. Martha, dau of Liertenant William Pomfret with whom he received a slice of the Lieutenant’s land. He was a weaver, and lived at Back river. His chil. were (Fam 3) Pomfret, b. 4 march 1681, m. Elizabeth Tebbets; Martha, b. 29 march, 1683; Willaim, b. 14 Nov 1686, m. Sarah --; Samual, b. 6 march, 1689; Sarah; b. 21 April 1692, m. John Twombly; Leah, b 17 Feb 1695, m. Samual Hayes. -- Pomfret, s/o William, b. 4 march, 1681, as in Fam. 3, received lands in 1724, formerly belonging to his grandfather, the Lieutenant. He m. (”Friends” Records,) Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Tebbets, b. 10 march, 1697. -- William (4) s/o William (2), b. 20 Feb 1710; Sarah, b. 26 april, 1714; John, b. 12 June, 1723, d. 11 Aug 1724; Abigail, b. 18 July, 1725.,, , | DAMME, John (I477)
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| 53 | Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. Herod’s Point and Wigwam, otherwise Harrod’s. Herod’s wigwam is mentioned the 15th, 4 mo., 1646, when "John Damme" had a grant from the town of Dover of 'six acres of marsh on ye Great Bay, bounded wh ye creek at ye mouth on the northwest side, the upland on ye southeast side, & ye island of ye northwest nere to a wigwam on the south east side of said marsh, commonly called by the name of Herod’s wigwome." Thirty acres of upland were laid out to John Dam, Sr., the 10th, 10 mo., 1656, "on the south side of his marsh towards harroed’s Poynt, 6 acres and 24 acres at the head of his marsh, bounded by the freshet that goeth towards Bloody Poynt." Another record of the same date says: "Whereas by order of the General Court, 400 acres of upland were given to the inhabitants of Dover that have marsh in the Great Bay, Elder Nutter, Wm. Story, Wm. Ffurber, and Henry Lankstar, laid out and bounded unto John Dam, Sr., 30 acres of upland as follows, 6 acres and 24 acres at the head of his marsh towards harrod’s wigwame--the upland bounded by the freshet that goeth towards Bloody Point; that is, 16 poles up the freshett, and 26 poles up the freshett, and 26 pooles wide." This tract joined the Layton and Nutter lands, and being part of the 400 acres, was of course above Hogsty cove -- that is, "above" with reference to the course of the river or bay, not to the points of the compass. Herod’s Point seems to have formed part of the Fabyan lands. (See Swadden’s island.) The mention of a wigwam has led to the supposition that the name of this Point, and of Herod’s Cove, was derived from an Indian sagamore. It may, however, have been a variation of Heard, pronounced with a brogue. But it was more probably a corruption of Harwood. (see Harwood’s Cove.) The word "wigwam" does not necessarily imply an Indian cabin. It was a name often given by the early pioneers to a logging shanty in the forest. Mention is made of one, Nov. 21, 1706, when land was laid out to Thomas Goodwin in Kittery, near the Salmon Falls river, above the Nine Notches, "beginning about 30 or 40 poles below the logging house or wigwam that Wm. Grant, Thomas and Daniel Goodwin, and Joseph Hodsden, kept in, the last winter." (Kittery Records. See Historical Mag., Oct., 1868, p 192.) "Young’s wigwam" in Hampton is also mentioned Ap. 5, 1710. Herod’s wigwam was probably the logging camp of Andrew Harwood, who was undoubtedly engaged in the lumber business. Thomas Johnson brought a suit against him in 1644, for "6000 hogshead staves to be delivered at high-water mark in ye river of Pascataway." (county Records, Exeter.) pg 99 | DAMME, John (I477)
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| 54 | Listed in the Muster Roll of Captain Eliphalet L. [sic] Maxfield's Company of Infantry in the Detachment of drafted Militia of Maine, called into actual service by the State, for the protection of its Northeastern Frontier, from the twentieth day of February, 1839, the time of its rendezvous at Bangor and Lincoln, Maine, to the twenty-fifth day of April, 1839, when discharged or mustered. | DAME, Joel Fernald (I1239)
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| 55 | Lived and traded in Lee, Madbury, and Limerick, Maine —— Having entered the harbor, he left the ship in a small punt or wherry, which was upset by a rough sea. He righted the boat, put the other man into it, where he was saved; but as he was swimming toward the shore, he was chilled and sank. | FOLSOM, Peter (I1267)
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| 56 | Lived Cocheco | TWOMBLY, Samuel (I4073)
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| 57 | Lived on the west side of Back River on land granted by the town to his father. It was on this land that the Damme Garrison now preserved at the Woodman Institute at Dover was built. William Pomfret and wife Rose in a deed dated 28 Mar 1674, deeded land to William Dam about twenty years of age "s/o John Dam planter." (New Hampshire Deeds, vol 7, f 75) His burial ground can still be seen there on the bank of the river. ----- This is the last of all of Old Dover’s garrisons and was built by John Damm for his son William Damm, about 1675, who married Martha Nute. The Damm family lived there 95 years and after Leah Nute married Joseph Drew, it was called Drew Garrison for 112 years. Mrs. Holmes Rounds owned it for 33 years making it 240 years old when Mrs. Rounds made a formal gift of it to the Woodman Institute. It took one week for one horse to draw it on rollers from Dover Neck to Central Avenue, and was placed under cover to protect it from rain. It was dedicated July 26, 1916. It stands between the Woodman-Christie House, built in 1818 on its right, and the Hale House built in 1813 on its left, the builder of each of these houses being Captain William Palmer. Both are large brick houses and the three buildings comprise the Woodman Institute. The Garrison is filled with antiques of its period. The old Garrison was lived in until the close of the Civil War, when it began to decay, and Mrs. Rounds had it repaired. The logs are 20 feet long and jointed on each side of the chimney. It has apertures to shoot from. It is well worth seeing, and is 268 years old now in 1944. From “Old Houses Built Before 1840; many before 1780, Dover, New Hampshire” compiled by Florence E. McDaniel and Olive S. Austin, 1944. ----- By most accounts, there were a total of 16 garrisons built in Dover. Indians destroyed some of these, others were lost in fire, and a few were torn down for rebuilding. The only remaining original garrison is the Damm Garrison, which was built by William Damm. The year it was built is not certain, but it is believed to have been some time between the years 1673 and 1682. William Damm and his descendants occupied this house until 1883, when it was sold to Bryant Peavey, who later gave it to his daughter, Ellen Rounds. The Damm Garrison survived the Cochecho Massacre in 1689 as well as many other Indian raids and does not, in fact, appear to have ever been attacked by the Indians (perhaps because of its location). It was originally located on “Back River”, or what is now called Spruce Lane. In 1915, Ellen Rounds gave the garrison to the Woodman Institute, and four men and one horse moved the 40-foot by 22-foot structure from Back River to the Institute. Today, it remains at the Woodman Institute, in remarkably good condition, under a protective canopy built by the Institute. The Damm Garrison is very nearly in its original state, with a few exceptions. The windows are much larger than the originals would have been, probably replaced during the Civil War years. Only one of the original windows remains, and it can be found in a small compartment in the back of the building. Another feature that has been updated is the chimney, which was rebuilt by the Institute after the garrison was relocated there. ----- On June 7, 1712, William Dam, Sr. of Dover, in consideration of the love, good-will and affection which he bore to his son, William Dam, conveyed to him one-half of the new house he was then building, and half of the land on which it stood, with one-third of his orchard, and three acres of land, being all his land on that side of the creek. William Dam, Jr, on the same day, June 7, 1712, bound himself to be a one-third of the charge of moving the house in which he then dwelt at the west end of the Dam lands, the said house being 24 feet long and 30 feet wide, "up to the logg house and set it there.",«s1», «s12» | DAM, William (I10)
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| 58 | Lived with son Freeland later in life. | DAME, Hercules (I318)
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| 59 | m1 Martha ____ m2 Mary LORD m3 Abigail ROBERTS —— Had land in Dover in 1656; was taxed at Cocheco 1657 to 1672. | DOWNES, Sgt Thomas (I3934)
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| 60 | m2 1813 Weare DRAKE m3 30 Jun 1821 Carr LEAVITT | NELSON, Anna (I42)
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| 61 | m2 Rose who died aft. 1675. William apparently frequently traveled between England and Maine as a representative of Ambrose & Abraham Jennings and other traders, before settling in Dover. Known to have gone as far south as Virginia. Lt William in 1640 sent security to George Druell, mariner, of London, for passage of wife Hosanna & daughter Elizabeth. A grant of 200 acres made to William Pomfret in 1656 (Dover Records) was "laid out" on 24 October 1719, one hundred of the acres going to Ephraim Wentworth. 1640 - signed the Dover Combination. —— Was town clerk 1647, many years; d. in Dover, Aug 7, 1680. Had many grants, being here in 1639, at least, when he bought of Thomas Johnson. He had a clerkly education, showing elegant penmanship, correct English, and some Latin. Often “Pomfret.” —— On 1 March 165[0/]1, "Anthonie Emerey of Coleharbore in the Province of Maine" sold to William Pomfrett of Dover "all those two houses in Dover late in the tenure & occupation of me the said Anthonie Emerey together with the garden thereunto belonging and also one lot or parcel of enclosed ground near adjoining to the said two houses, containing by estimation three acres & a half" [NHPP 40:72-73]., , | POMFRET, Lt William (I1383)
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| 62 | Made his will 20 Dec 1747; if was proved 27 Apr 1748; it was a joint will of John and his wife, Sarah. p483 | TWOMBLY, John (I1274)
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| 63 | Margaret became the wife of Samuel Brewster at the Plains, and was the mother of eight sons and five daughters. Their first daughter Margaret married Mr. Furbisher of Boston. Samuel removed to Barrington. Moses inherited the Plains house. Timothy died at 21. John went to sea and never returned. Abigail married Leader Nelson. Mary married Samuel Winkley of Barrington, and was the mother of Winkley the Shaker elder. Daniel occupied the house next east of the Steam Factory previous to the Revolution--in 1775 removed to Rochester, and in 1795 located in Wolfeborough. David married Mary Gains, daughter of John, and built the house in Deer street in 1766. William (Colonel) married Ruth Foss, daughter of Zachariah. Paul removed to Barrington. Margaret 2d (born after the death of the 1st) married Joseph Hayes of Barrington. Lydia married Joseph Hicks of Madbury, the owner of "Hicks' Hill." | WATERHOUSE, Margaret (I10438)
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| 64 | Marriage documented in Stackpole's "History of Durham," vol 2, p 233. Reference to Martha is found in a deed dated 26 Aug 1777, which mentions land "that fell to us by Pomfret and William Dam, late of Dover, now in possession of the heirs of Dame, late of said Dover, deceased." - Strafford Co Deeds, vol 3, p 221. | JONES, Martha (I207)
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| 65 | Married John Dam in England and died shortly after son was born in Dover New Hampshire. | MNU, --?-- (I2)
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| 66 | Mayflower descendant | WARREN, John Philpot (I1237)
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| 67 | No date of birth of Samuel Dam has been found, but as in 1752 his father's second wife, then Mrs Elizabeth Goodwin, was called his mother-in-law (step-mother), he was a child by his father's first wife, Easter Twombly. On 26 Dec 1750 guardianship papers were granted to Thomas Westbrook Waldron, as guardian of Samuel Dam, Sarah Dam, and Pomfret Dam, minor children of Samuel Dam of Dover, Deceased. (Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol 4, p 92.) Administration of the estate of Samuel Dam of Dover, yeoman, was granted to Thomas Westbrook Waldron of Dover 27 Mar 1751; and the inventory, dated 18 Apr 1751 and signed by Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth and Joseph Hans/o Dover, gentlemen, showed a value of £16485 15s. 0d. A warrant issued 26 Dec 1751 by Hon Andrew Wiggin appointed five men to divide the estate. Their report dated 20 May 1752 and allowed 27 May 1752 stated that they appointed a committee to divide the real estate among the children "and also that Real Estate which Came to Said Children in the Right of their mother Mary Dam Deceased in ye Real Estate of her Late father Thomas Downs Deceased and also all the Right of Reversion which is now in the possession of Mrs Elizabeth Goodwin Mother in Law of Said Dec'd ... we Set off to Samuel Dam the Eldest s/o said Deceased for his two Shares in Said Real Estate ... to Pomfret Dam the other s/o Said Deceased for his one Share ... to Sarah Howard the Daughter of Said Deceased ....(op. cit., pp 93-94)«s1» | DAME, Samuel (I38)
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| 68 | Of Back River in Dover New Hampshire and of Durham New Hampshire. Death date from gravestone. His will is in the New Hampshire Probate Records, vol 20, p 513. ----- Buried about 200 yards northeast of Madbury Station, between the Dover Road and the Railroad. Stone reads: William Dam died Apr 21, 1758, in his 72d year. | DAM, William II (I1271)
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| 69 | Of Limerick Maine | DURGIN, Joshua (I226)
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| 70 | On 20 Jan 1823, Asa Piper of Newfield was made "guardian of the children over 14 years of age choosing him." (York Co Probate Court Records) | DAME, Joseph (I44)
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| 71 | On the 11th of May 1730 Elizabeth claimed all rights to the estate of her father Joseph Tibbetts and resided in Dover, NH. | TIBBETS, Elizabeth (I624)
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| 72 | ORIGIN: Unknown. MIGRATION: 1635 on the James (on 13 July 1635, "shoemaker Herny Tybbot," aged 39, "Elizabeth Tibott," aged 39, "Jeremy Tybbott," aged 4, "Samuell Tybbot," aged 2, and "Remembrance Tybbott," aged 28, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James [Hotten 108]). OCCUPATON: Shoemaker (in England) [Hotten 108]. Planter [NHPLR 2:19b, 9:126]. FREEMAN: 5 April 1653 [NEHGR 4:247; GDMNH List #355a]. On 27 June 1676, the "last will and testament of Henry Tibbetts [was] brought into court & proved by Mrs. Judeth Rayner allowed John Roberts an inventory amounting unto £207 5s. unto which he took oath" [NHPLR 5:18; NHPP 40:332; TAG 17:55]. BIRTH: About 1596 (aged 39 on 13 July 1635 [Hotten 108]). DEATH: Between 14 February 1676 ("Henry Tibit" assessed at Dover [GDMNH 51, List 359s]) and 27 June 1676 (probate of will [NHPP 40:332]). ----- Henry Tibbetts, shoemaker, Dover, arrived in the -James- from London the last week in Sept. 1635, ag. 39, with w. Elizabeth, ag. 39, two ch., and Remembrance, ag. 28, who came in Mr. Thomas Wiggin's service, m. John Ault, and with him sued Mr. Wiggin in 1645 for wages to 14 Dec. 1638, the date when she came to Piscataqua. Henry had one of the 20 a. Dover lots in 1642. Gr.j. 1651, 1657, 1659; j. 1653; sealer of leather 1661. In 1653 he succ. sued Philip Lewis for taking away cocks of hay from his marsh near Capt. Champernowne's farm; 'planter,' sold land to John Tuttle in 1657; sued Charles Allen in 1659; signed a pet. in 1665; taxed 1675-6. … See also Stackpole. A record often quoted from N. H. Province records, but not in printed N. H. Probate: '27 June 1676, Last will of Henry Tibbetts brought into court proved by Mrs. Judith Reyner allowed John Roberts an inventory of the estate amounting to £207. 5. 0.' Kn. ch: Jeremy, ag. 4 in 1635. Samuel, ag. 2 in 1635. Rebecca, m. 1st Thomas Nock(4), m. 2d Philip Benmore. In 1659 her fa. deeded 100 a. to his sons Jeremiah T. and Thomas Nock. See also (4) [Henry Tibbetts/Tippett, fisherman of Portsmouth; not linked to this Henry by any record]. | TIBBETS, Henricus Nicolai “Henry” (I2063)
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| 73 | Peter Grant was captured by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Dunbar in Scotland on 3 Sep 1650 and force marched to Durham Cathedral, aka "The Durham Death March". Of the estimated 10,000 prisoners who were captured at Dunbar, only 1,500 are believed to have survived. Of those survivors, roughly 150 were sent to Lynn, Massachusetts aboard the ship “Unity”. Peter eventually gained his freedom following his indenture at the Saugus Iron Works in Saugus, Massachusetts. He was a charter member of the Scots Charitable Society in Boston. | GRANT, Peter (I46512)
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| 74 | Raised Abigail Emma Stanley (person ID 287) after the death of her mother. | THOMPSON, Margaret Jane (I465)
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| 75 | Ralph Twombly, at first, was a resident at Dover Neck, where he had land laid out 10 Apr 1656, that had previously been granted to him by the town. He was first taxed in 1657 and then appears to have changed his residence from the Neck to Chochecho, as he had land there also. At the Neck he was a near neighbor to Governor Thomas Roberts, on the bank of Fore River. His Will was date 28 Feb 1684; proved 7 Aug 1686. Elicabeth, his wife, and son John, were executors. If son John should live with his mother, then they were to occupy the homestead, jointly; if not, then his wife to have the estate for life, after which John should have one-half. If son Ralph lived with his mother till he was twenty-one, then he was to have ten pounds in money or goods equivalent thereto. To son Joseph, a heifer; to daughter Mary (Tebbetts), five shillings; to each of the other chidren, Elicabeth, Sarah, Hope, Esterh, and William, when 18 years of age, a cow. Mr. Twombly appears to have been born in England, about 1630, and came over when he was about 20 years old; there is no mention of "three brothers' coming on the same ship. p482 ----- Died in Dover, New Hampshire after 28 February 1684, the date his will was signed and before 7 October 1686, the date his will was proved. His wife's name was Elizabeth, whose family name is unknown. Ralph Twombly came from England and settled in Dover, New Hampshire, as early as 1656. He had land laid out on 10 April 1656, that had been previously granted to him by the town. He was first taxed in 1657 and was a near neighbor of Governor Thomas Roberts. He served on the coroner's jury in 1657 and was excused from training in 1670 ----- JUROR IN 1657 SUED BY RALPH HALL IN 1660, ABSENT FROM MEETING 1669 EXCUSED FROM TRAINING 1670 WILL 28 FEB 1685 - 7 OCT 1686. ----- Twombly or Twombley is probably an Americanized form of French Tremblay.,,«s12», «s39» | TWOMBLY, Ralph (I4052)
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| 76 | Representing Abraham Jennings of Plymouth, England | POMFRET, Lt William (I1383)
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| 77 | Resided Sanford Maine | DAME, Alvah West (I472)
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| 78 | s/ John McVAY & Elizabeth MILLER Seems to have been married to two women at the same time. m2 Mary McCOY | DAME, Alice Caroline (I384)
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| 79 | s/o Ashabel Dearborn and Elizabeth Drake. | DEARBORN, Abraham (I1235)
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| 80 | s/o Joseph Page of Hampton, NH and Sarah Moulton. | PAGE, Daniel (I210)
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| 81 | s/o William Ham, who was born in England and immigrated to New Hampshire. —— In the Rollins Record of Families of the Rawlins or Rollings of the United States, pg 10, it states "John Ham was the s/o William Ham of Exeter and Portsmouth, ND, who imigrated from England. John Ham's name appears on the tax list at Cocheco (Dover) in 1665. His first homestead was at "Tolend" near the second falls of the Cocheco River in Dover. Later he moved to another farm below Garrison Hill. He as a juryman in 1668, acquired the title of Lt. and was Town Clerk in 1694. —— Saw the Cocheco Massacre, 28 June 1689 , Cocheco (Dover) New Hampshire: "Letter from Richard Waldron Jr., Esq"Portsmouth 28 June 1689; about 8 o'clock, morning."Just now came ashore here from Cocheca John Ham and his wife, who went hence last night homeward [with Mrs. Heard] (they living within a mile of Major Waldron) and about break of day going up the river in a canoe, they heard guns fired but notwithstanding proceeded to land at Major Waldron's landing place, by which time it began to be light, and they saw about twenty Indians near Mr. Coffin's garrison, shouting and shouting, as many more around Richard Otis's and Thomas Pain's, but saw their way to Major Waldron's, where they intended immediately to secure themselves; but coming to the gate and calling and knocking could receive no answer, yet saw a light in one of the chambers and one of them say (looking through a crack in the gate) that he saw sundry Indians within the garrison which supposed had murthered Major Waldron and his family, and thereupon they betook themselves to make an escape, which they did, and met one of Otis's sons who also escaped from his father's garrison informing that his father and the rest of the family were killed. Quickly after they set sundry houses on fire. This is all the account we have at present, and being given in a surprise, may admit of some alterations; but doubtless the most of those at or about Cocheca are destroyed. "The above account was related to me."Richard Waldron Jr" (Provincial and State Papers, New Hampshire, 1868, vol.2, digitized 5 Dec 2007, as found at Google Books 25 October 2008) | HAM, Lt John (I3111)
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| 82 | s/o Jabez JENKINS & Hanna CURTIS | JENKINS, Reynald (I620)
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| 83 | s/o John HAYES & Mary HOME | HAYES, Samuel (I1273)
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| 84 | s/o John KEAY & Sarah JENKINS | KEAY, John (I7145)
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| 85 | s/o Thomas Hanson (1672-1728) & Hannah Margaret Maule (1680-1781) | HANSON, Maul (I213)
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| 86 | SAMUEL DAM DIED Mar. 8, 1872 Aged 87 years, 11 mos. The casket here the gem in heaven. Gone home to die no more. | DAME, Samuel (I247)
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| 87 | Samuel Dam was one of the early settlers on Dame's Point, at the junction of Fresh Creek with the Cochecho River. It had been given to his father by "Town Clerk" Pomfrett. It seems that Samuel and his elder brother Pomfret both lived there for a while. Samuel's wife's name is not known, but they had children, the eldest of whom was named Samuel, born about 1724, who married and had a family. p268«s12» | DAM, Samuel (I35)
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| 88 | Samuel Hayes on 3 Dec 1746 deeded land to his daughter Martha Pinkham. | HAYES, Martha (I216)
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| 89 | Served as cook at Fort Warren. | DAME, Benjamin Franklin (I1226)
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| 90 | Signed his will on 18 Jul 1724. John was on the Grand Jury in 1695 and 1698. He was baptized two days before he signed his will. John had two wives and ten children. The order of the children is not known except for the first son, John, who was the s/o John's first wife, Mary Canney. Three of the remaining four sons and one daughter of the five daughters could be the children of Mary Canney as the first son, John, in 1747, sued for share of self and three brothers and one sister in Grandfather Canney's estate. We make the assumption that Joseph is the s/o Mary Canney as we know the birthday of son Samuel, 10 March 1699 is after the date of John's second marriage to Rachel Allen. John and his first wife, Mary (Canney) Twombly had five children, we assume, dates and order of birth unknown, all born in Dover, NH | TWOMBLY, John (I4054)
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| 91 | Soldier in the American Revolution - served as a private in Capt Caleb Hodgdon's company of Seavey's Island 5 Nov 1775 (Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, vol 1, p 235 New Hampshire State Papers) and as a private in Capt John Smith's company 20 Aug 1778 (Maine Historical and Genealogical Register, vol 8, p 84). [ Also BATCHELLOR, MISC REV DOCS, ST PAPTERS OF NH, VOL 14, PGS 235,236] Appears in the rolls of Tash’s Regiment, 1777. An atlas of York Co, Maine, published by Sanford, Everts & Co, of Philadelphia, in 1872, states, on p 108, that Samuel Dam came to Massabesic Plantation (now Waterboro) Maine, from Durham, New Hampshire, in 1780; but he was a resident there as early as 3 Sep 1778, as is shown in a deed of that date (York Co Deeds, Book 47, f 212). Built the first inn, a sawmill, and a gristmill; was chairman of the building committee for the church at Waterboro (Old Corner); held many offices in the town. In 1782 he bought the water rights on the Little Ossipee River and built the mills at Washington Plantation, now Newfield Maine. For years this town was called Dam's Mills and the first post office bore this name. His brother Joseph first ran the mills for him. His will, proved in Oct 1810, provided for his widow, left property and personal apparel to his sons, and certain dower rights, $100, and a good cow, to his daughters. —— Samuel Dam, born in 1754 (probably at Dame's Point). He married Anna Nelson, Portsmouth, and they became early settlers in Waterboro, Maine, where he was a prosperous farmer, and also kept a public house, where many were entertained, who were on their way to make settlements in the Districts of Maine. Samuel Dam was a tall man, energetic, public spirited and a Christian citizen. He died in 1814, leaving three sons and four daughters. His eldest son, Joseph Dam, born 17 Feb 1780; m. 2 Nov 1801, Sally Furlong, b. 13 Aug 1782; d. 26 June, 1842. They had twelve children, of whom the eleventh was named Cyrus King Dam, born 15 Nov 1818; m. 29 Dec. 1840, Charlotte Gould of Boston, a descendant from the Gould family of Rowley, MA ——- At the time the mills at Washington Plantation were built, the land on the south side of Little Ossipee River was part of the town of Shapleigh, and it was not until June 1844 that the portion of the town between the present boundary with Newfield and the Little Ossipee River was annexed to Newfield. Hence members of the Dam family at Dam's Mills were either residents of Newfield or of Shapleigh, depending on the side of the river on which they resided. | DAME, Samuel (I1199)
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| 92 | Successful in business. Left much to his 8 children in his will. —— In 1719 Jeremiah Folsom built his two-story brick garrison house on the hill between Newfields and Lamprey River, where it stood until 1874, more than a century and a half, when it was demolished. | FOLSOM, Jeremiah (I6688)
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| 93 | Taken captive by Indians 28 Jun 1689, and rescued later. Children of Ens John TUTTLE and Judith OTIS Tuttle were: 1. Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1697-8; she mar. James Canney, a wealthy land- owner. 2. Thomas, b. March 15, 1699-1700; d. Feb., 1777. 3. Judith, b. May 10, 1702; she was unmarried in 1734. 4. John TUTTLE, b. May 8, 1704; d. Feb., 1774. 5. Dorothy, b. March 21, 1706; she died before 1717. 6. Nicholas Stoughton TUTTLE, b. July 27, 1708; d. 1793. 7. James TUTTLE, b. Feb. 9, 1710/11; d. July 9, 1790. | OTIS, Judith (I5304)
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| 94 | The Aroostook War was an undeclared confrontation in 1838-39 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British North America (Canada) and Maine. The dispute resulted in a mutually accepted border between the state of Maine and provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. It is called a war because not only were tensions high and rhetoric heated in Maine and New Brunswick, but troops were raised and armed on both sides and marched to the disputed border. Only the timely intervention of the U.S. and British governments prevented bloodshed by local militias.... Maine issued General Orders to recall the militia in May and June 1839, and they were replaced with regular U.S. Army troops. The permanent structures of Fort Fairfield and Fort Kent were begun later that summer. Major R. M. Kirby became commander of the post and three companies of the U.S. 1st Artillery Regiment. Four companies of the British 11th Regiment marched to the area from Quebec City to represent Canada. Meanwhile, New Brunswick armed every tributary of the St John River that flowed from the Aroostook Territory with regular and militia soldiers. In 1840, Maine created Aroostook County to administer the area. The United States and Britain agreed to refer the dispute to a boundary commission and although further clashes between their forces would continue, the matter was settled in 1842 by the Treaty of London, also referred to as the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that settled not only the Northeastern boundary but the boundary between Canada, Michigan and Minnesota as well.... The war, though devoid of actual combat, was not without casualties. Private Hiram T. Smith, from Maine, died of unknown causes while in service in 1828. He is buried in Maine on the side of the Military Road (U.S. Route 2) in the middle of the Haynesville Woods. Other Maine militiamen died of illness or injury while on the Aroostook expedition and dozens were unaccounted for, leaving their camps to go on patrol and never returning.«s76 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_War» | DAME, Robert McDonald “Reuben” (I346)
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| 95 | The battle of Lexington, on the 19th of April, 1775, aroused our people to a more vivid sense of their danger. Couriers bringing the startling news reached Newmarket about daybreak, April 2Oth. At once the drum beat to arms. In less than three hours minute-men were on the march for Boston. Tradition includes among those first to enlist the names of Colcord, Folsom, Hilton, and Pike. At Exeter they joined other volunteers under Capt. John Taylor Gilman. That night they reached, by way of Haverhill, Bragg's tavern, in Andover. On the night of the 21st they reached Cambridge, and were assigned quarters in the college buildings. http://files.usgwarchives.net/nh/rockingham/history/rockinghamco/chapter40.txt —— JEREMIAH FOLSOM TO NEW-HAMPSHIRE ASSEMBLY. New-Market, March 19, 1776. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOURS: I ask leave to inform you that it was just intimated to me by a member of the honourable Court, that it was expected I should attend on a Committee appointed to sit on Tuesday, 19th March, instant, at Exeter; but for what purposes, I have not been made acquainted. I therefore should not have been prepared to answer any matters, could I have given myself the pleasure of attending on the honourable Committee. But I have the misfortune, from receiving such violent colds in attending in the late storms, to be confined to my house and bed, which has put it out of my power to have obeyed your Honours' citation, if I had received one, which I shall always esteem it my duty and pleasure readily to obey, although the complaints and allegations were as false and maliciously fabricated against me, as those that have lately been by a small number of disappointed, and, therefore, disaffected persons belonging to the Fifth Company, in Colonel Gillman' s Regiment, who have retarded and hindered the settlement of the whole regiment, and who, without your Honours' interposition, will continue the same. Confiding, therefore, in the known knowledge and justice of your Honours, in justifying the innocent when falsely accused, think myself happy that I am at the tribunal, and in the protection of this honourable Court; to whose determination and order I shall render the steadiest and firmest obedience, when it is signified to me, if God in his Providence shall admit me health and opportunity to fulfil it. I am, may it please your Honours, your Honours' most humble servant, JEREMIAH FOLSOM. To the Honourable Council and House of Representatives for the Colony of New-Hampshire. http://amarch.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-amarch%3A98621 —— Jeremiah Folsom was a delegate to the Convention in 1775 and a member of commission on supplies 1782. | FOLSOM, Col Jeremiah (I4123)
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| 96 | The children were all minors in 1766. | DAME, Sarah (I222)
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| 97 | The old Damme garrison house became the property of this Drew family, a fact which led it to be called the Drew garrison house. | NUTE, Leah (I1279)
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| 98 | There is no record at this time of the date of birth or death for Richard Sr. He was first married to Sarah (Hall), born in 1685 and daughter of John Hall. In 1740 Richard Goodwin and Richard Jr. are enumerated among the soliders of Somersworth, NH. Richard Goodwin was also one of Captain Robert’s scouts at Rochester, NH. | GOODWIN, Richard (I5088)
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| 99 | They had eight daughters. names unknown | MUSSEY, Thomas (I1205)
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| 100 | Unmarked | DAMME, John (I477)
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