THE DEARBORN FAMILY (#1)

Harriet DEARBORN married Charles KENISTON . She was the daughter of James DEARBORN and Polly or Betsey ARLIN.

    Children of James and Polly DEARBORN
  1. Charles DEARBORN
  2. Harriet DEARBORN - b: Feb 1810 in Northfield, Merrimack, NH; married Charles KENISTON; died 22 Nov 1888 Franklin Falls, Merrimack, NH.
  3. James DEARBORN, Jr.
  4. Betsey DEARBORN - born 1804; married Alexander TC GLINES
  5. Hazen DEARBORN - born 7 Apr 1820; married Betsey Glines HEATH.

    Children of Nathaniel and Hannah DEARBORN
  1. James DEARBORN - see above
  2. Nancy DEARBORN - born 31 Dec 1788 in Northfield; married John CLAY.
  3. David DEARBORN - born 20 May 1802 in Northfield
  4. Daniel DEARBORN - born 1803 in Northfield; married Jane BLANCHARD.
  5. William DEARBORN - born 1 Aug 1805 in Northfield.

    Children of Shubael and Sarah DEARBORN
  1. Nathaniel DEARBORN - see above.
  2. Shubael DEARBORN, Jr. - born 12 Jul 1753 - Hampton, NH; married 1779 Ruth LEAVITT; died - 19 Feb 1802
  3. John DEARBORN - born 31 Oct 1755 - Hampton, NH; married 26 Aug 1799 Mary (Polly) KEZAR in Hampton, NH; died 10 Jan 1817 in Northfield NH.
  4. Elizabeth DEARBORN - born 16 Oct 1758 in Hampton, NH; married David KENISTON; died 1832.
  5. Abraham DEARBORN - born 24 May 1761 in Hampton, NH; married Polly SANBORN; died 1816 in Wheelock, Vermont.
  6. Jonathan DEARBORN - born 26 Oct 1763 in Hampton, NH; married Mary HODGDON; died 7 Jun 1818 in Northfield, NH.
  7. Mercy DEARBORN - born 26 Apr 1766 probably in Hampton; married John BOHANAN; died 1827 in Vermont
  8. Sarah DEARBORN - born 1770 in Hampton; married John CLAY; died 1820 in Wilmot, NH.
  9. Mary DEARBORN - born 1774 in Northfield, NH; married Job GLINES; died 1846 probably in Canterbury.

    Children of Jonathan and Mary DEARBORN
  1. Jonathan DEARBORN - born 22 May 1709 in Hampton, NH; married 15 Jan 1747 in Hampton to Sarah BUTLER (widow of Moses LEAVITT); died 15 Mar 1772 probably in Hampton, NH
  2. Elizabeth DEARBORN - christened 30 Aug 1713 in Hampton, NH; married Jonathan SHAW; died 17 Dec 1754.
  3. Nathaniel DEARBORN - christened 5 Sep 1714 in Hampton, NH; died 28 Oct 1787 in Hampton, NH
  4. Daniel DEARBORN - christened 30 Jan 1717 in Hampton, NH
  5. Shubael DEARBORN - see above.
  6. Abraham DEARBORN - christened 31 Dec 1721 in Hampton, NH; died 17 May 1756 in Hampton, NH
  7. Mary DEARBORN - christened 5 Nov 1721 in Hampton, NH; married 20 May 1746 in Hampton, NH t0 Morris HOBBS; married second to John TAYLOR.

    Children of Thomas and Hannah DEARBORN
  1. Samuel DEARBORN - born 27 May 1676 in Hampton, NH;married 16 Dec 1698 in Hampton, NH to Sarah GOVE.
  2. Ebenezer DEARBORN - born 3 Oct 1676 in Hampton, NH; married 7 Oct 1703 to Abigail SANBORN; died 14 Mar 1772 in Chester, NH.
  3. Thomas DEARBORN - born about 1681 in Hampton, NH; married 4 Dec 1707 to Mary GARLAND. Died in Biddeford, Maine.
  4. Jonathan DEARBORN - see above.

Godfrey DEARBORN, the progenitor of all the early families in NH is said to have been born in Exeter in Devonshire, England. After he came to the colonies, he settled in Exeter NH and between 1658 and 1650 he moved to Hampton, NH. He had a wife in the early part of 1651 as noted in the town records but her name and date of death are not known. He married again the latter part of 1662 to Dorothy Dalton (widow of Philemon Dalton).

    Children by his first marriage.
  1. Henry DEARBORN - born about 1633; married Elizabeth MARRIAN; died 18 Jan 1725. (see Dearborn Family #2 for this line)
  2. Thomas DEARBORN - see above.
  3. Esther DEARBORN - married Richard SHORTRIDGE of Portsmouth.
  4. Sarah DEARBORN - born about 1641; married Thomas NUDD; died 21 Aug 1714.
  5. John DEARBORN - born about 1642; married Mary WARD; died 14 Nov 1731.

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