First Known Generation
Henry Segar m. Sarah Bishop
m. Apr 1671
may have been the son of Thomas Segar, who was at Newbury 1637
bought 115 acres of land of Thomas Danforth 1686
conveyed homestead to sons Henry and Job by deeds of gift, 1716
Children:
Henry Jr. m. Ruth __?__ Sept 1709
Job m. Mary or Mercy __?__ Apr 1709
Second Generation
Job Segar m. Mary or Mercy __?__
m. Apr 1709
d.23 Apr 1739 age 65, leaving a will
Children:
Ebeneezer b. 21 Feb 1710 m. Ruth Barrage, Oct 1731
Sarah b. 29 Aug 1711
Josiah b. 29 Jul 1713 m. Thankful Allen, Aug 1738
Tabitha b. 1 Aug 1715 d. 1716
Tabitha b, 11 Dec 1716 m. John Child 1738
Elizabeth b. 1719 m. Thomas Trusedale 1739
Third Generation
Josiah Segar m. Thankful Allen
b. 29 Jul 1713
m. Aug 1738
was a glazier
Children:
Tabitha b. 18 Dec 1738 m. Zebediah Pratt of Needham 1761
Elizabeth b. 20 Dec 1740 m. Enoch Bartlett; moved to Bethel/Newry ME ca. 1781; d. before 1794
Job b. 25 Feb 1743
Josiah b. 11 Oct 1745 went to Bethel ME? see 1790 Fed census
Lucy b. 11 Dec 1752
Nathaniel b. 28 Jan 1755; soldier in the Am. Rev.; taken prisoner by the Indians, carried to Canada; Settled in Bethel ME- was one of
the early settlers; m. Mary Russell- raised a large family
Edmund/Edward b. 11 June 1758 d. at Albany 1777
Sources for Segar info:
History of the Early Settlement of Newton by Francis Jackson 1854
Maine Families in 1790 Vol 4 pg 19
1790 Fed census for Bethel, Oxford Co, ME, as referenced
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