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Twelfth Generation

2056. Moses BROOKS ¹ was born in 1690. He was christened on 23 Sep 1690 in Shipley, Sussex, England. He married Eliz about 1713 in Of Shipley, Sussex, England. [Parents]

2057. Eliz ¹ was born about 1693 in Of Shipley, Sussex, England.

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2060. Thomas SAYERS ¹ was born about 1674. He was christened in West Chiltington, Sussex, England. He married Mary JAYES on 28 Jul 1698 in West Chiltington, Sussex, England.

2061. Mary JAYES ¹ was born about 1678 in West Chiltington, Sussex, England.

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2080. Thomas HAMPER ¹ was born about 1655 in Oflittle Horsham, Sussex, England. He died in 1719. He married Jane about 1680 in Oflittle Horsham, Sussex, England. [Parents]

2081. Jane ¹ was born about 1660 in Oflittle Horsham, Sussex, England.

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2082. J. DAVIES ¹ was born about 1662 in Little Horstead, Sussex, England.

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2192. grandfather of Caroli CAPRA. [Parents]

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2346. BARCKSHIRE ¹ was born about 1668 in <Of Odiham, Hampshire, England>.

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2496. Joseph PURDY ¹ was born in 1654 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Ct. He died on 29 Oct 1709 in Budd's Neck, Rye, Ny. He married Elizabeth OGDEN in 1682 in Budd Neck, Rye, Westchester, New York. [Parents]

2497. Elizabeth OGDEN ¹ was born about 1674 in Rye, Westchester Co., Ny. She died in 1742 in Rye, Westchester Co., Ny. [Parents]

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2498. Daniel STREING [image] ¹ was born in 1654/1656 in Gien, Loire Valley, Orlean, France. He died on 16 Dec 1706 in Rye, Weschester, New York. He was buried in Grace Churchyard, Rye, New York. He married Charlotte Herbert LEMAISTRE on 21 Aug 1680 in Of Orleans, Loriet, France. [Parents]

2499. Charlotte Herbert LEMAISTRE ¹ was born in 1668 in Giens, Loire Valley, Orlean, France. She was christened on 23 Mar 1663 in Giens. She died on 23 Oct 1723 in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States. She was buried in 1722 in Pres. Chyd., Rye. [Parents]

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2500. John GRIFFING ¹ was born in 1660 in Flushing ?, Queens ?, New York. He died on 30 Jan 1742 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States. He married Elizabeth on 27 Feb 1655 in Boston ?, Suffolk ?, Massachusetts ?. [Parents]

2501. Elizabeth ¹ was born after 1670 in , , New York. She died in Oct 1740 in Flushing, Queens, New York.

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2502. Jonathan WRIGHT ¹ was born about 1635 in , , England. He died in 1698 in White Plains, Westchester, New York. He married Sarah BAITLEY on 12 Dec 1694 in , , New York.

2503. Sarah BAITLEY ¹ was born about 1637 in , , Prob. England.

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2512. Stephen BIRDSALL ¹ was born in 1648 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York. He died on 4 Apr 1723 in Little Egg Har, Burlington, New Jersey. He was buried in Apr 1723 in Little Egg Har, Burlington, New Jersey. He married Deliverance. [Parents]

2513. Deliverance ¹ was born about 1652 in Of Matinecock, Nassau, L.I., Ny.

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2756. Joseph INGERSOLL ¹ was born on 4 Oct 1646 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, New England. He died on 12 Mar 1718 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, New England. He married Sarah COE in 1670 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co, Maine, Colonial Usa. [Parents]

2757. Sarah COE ¹ was born on 14 Mar 1651 in Gloucester, Essex, Mass. She was christened on 14 Mar 1651 in Gloucester, Essex, Ma. She died on 29 Jan 1714 in Gloucester, Essex, Mass. [Parents]

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2758. William HUNT ¹ was born in 1663 in Ipswich, Essex, Ma. He died on 12 Dec 1747 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Sarah NEWMAN on 9 Jun 1684 in , , Massachusetts. [Parents]

2759. Sarah NEWMAN ¹ was born on 23 Aug 1665 in , , Massachusetts. She was christened in Ipswich, Es, Ma. She died on 18 Aug 1723 in Ipswich, Es, Ma. [Parents]

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2816. Major Richard WALDERNE [image] ¹ was born on 2 Sep 1615 in Alcester, , Warwickshire, England. He was christened on 6 Jan 1615 in Alcester, Warwick, Eng. He died on 27 Jun 1689 in Dover, Straf., Nh. He married Anne SCAMMON in 1650 in Of Plymouth, , Massachusetts. [Parents]

"A man, not a group, dominated in Dover [New Hampshire]. Richard Waldron, the scion of a well-to-do family of English Puritans, had purchased land from one of the Shrewsbury patentees in the mid-[sixteen] thirties and settled there permanently. Immensely able, forceful and ambitious, he constructed mills, added to his land holdings, and gained control of trade with the Penacooks [natives]; he may also have been responsible for organizing much of the shipbuilding activity for which Dover became locally famous. Waldron's influence in the community increased as rapidly as his personal fortunes. From the beginning he filled a number of local offices and sat on the county court. He first became a deputy to the Massachusetts General Court in 1654, served continuously for the next quarter century, and was chosen speaker several times. A man of uncompromising Puritan convictions, Waldron not only supported local religious life but used his economic and political power to ensure that others who did not share his convictions conformed to orthodox practices. By the 1670s the portion of Dover known as Cocheco had become something like Waldron's personal fiefdom, and citizens in the other areas of settlement rarely challenged his social authority." (Colonial New Hampshire - A History, by Jere Daniell, p. 60). These comments are part of a chapter on the development of the various communities in New Hampshire).

'The first falls, reckoning from the mouth of the river--the "Cochecho falls" par excellence--are in the heart of Dover city, and now [1892] owned by the Cocheco Manufacturing Company. A mill privilege here was granted the 1st, 6 mo., 1642, to Richard Waldron, who built a mill on the north side. Another mill privilege on the south side was granted him in 1648.¹ These rights were inherited by his son, Col. Richard Waldron, in 1689. The later bequeathed his rights to his son Richard Waldron in 1730. In 1753 they fell to Thomas Westbrook Waldron and his brother George. The former bought his brother's part and became sole owner. By his will proved in 1785, they fell to Daniel Waldron. They were acquired, Jan. 30, 1820, by the Strafford Bank, the directors of which conveyed them, Ap. 23, 1821, to Wm. Payne of Boston, who represented the Dover Manufacturing Co. ¹Pike's Journal says, Jan. 3. 1682-3: "Col. Waldron's mills burnt down in a very Rainey night." ' (From: Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892).

Richard Walderne may be more famous for the way he died: "In one bloody afternoon, a quarter of the colonists in what is now downtown Dover, NH were gone -- 23 killed, 29 captured in a revenge attack by native warriors. In one afternoon, 50 years of peaceful co-existence between the Penacook tribe and European colonists ended. The massacre of 1689 entered the history books ...." (From: massacre.) (For a more detailed version please see Cocheco Massacre. An alternate version is found at "Old Dover, New Hampshire, p.103 Cornell)

Could Richard Walderne have escaped the anger of the Penacook natives? Belknap notes that Walderne was placed in a dilemma about 13 years before when he as leader of the local militia was required to bring some recently hostile natives into custody. They were being sheltered by the peaceful Penacooks, who trusted Walderne. Either he acted to retrieve the hostile natives and lose the friendship of the local natives, or he did not and run the risk of being considered an "accessory" to any future attacks on the European settlers. The "sham" or play battle that he dreamed up as a ruse to trick the Penacooks into giving up their wanted guests seemed the best solution but, as Belknap tells us, resulted in an implacable fury and thirst for revenge which culminated in the summer slaughter of 1689. (Belknap, The History of New Hampshire, volume 1, Source of Science Series [reprint], pp. 75-6.)

Other websites include Famous Americans. There also is a Dictionary of American Biography entry. For a map and description showing the location of the Waldron garrison and massacre site, see item 19 at Heritage Tour

Another biography is found at Encyclopedia of frontier biography: in three volumes By Dan L. Thrapp

His "sons, excepting Richard died without issue" (Calais Alumni website which cites Gen Reg 1st Settlers of NE)

Another biography is found at Soldiers in King Philip's War, by Bodge and again at usgennet

For the precise location of the Waldron and other garrisons, see Dover History

2817. Anne SCAMMON ¹ was born about 1623. She died on 7 Feb 1685 in Dover, Straf., Nh.

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2818. William VAUGHAN [image] ¹ was christened ² on 3 Jan 1640 in Harting, Sussex, England. He died on 12 Nov 1719 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He married Margaret CUTTS on 8 Dec 1668 in Dover, Straf., Nh. [Parents]

"By the 1660s naval stores [in what is now New Hampshire] had become such an important business that merchant houses in England became interested. One house sent over a representative, William Vaughan, who after assessing the situation married a daughter of Richard Cutt and quickly became one of New Hampshire's most successful businessmen." (Colonial New Hampshire - A History, Jere Daniell, p. 55).

In 1676 he would have received his father in law's property on Great Island (Newcastle).

Sometimes we don't hear all goodness and light about an ancestor. By the 1680s all of New England wanted to believe that their area was a "free port" with no customs duties. When a newly - appointed regional customs commissioner decided to collect duties, he and his assistants met with resistance. When one of these assistants "tried to search a vessel owned by William Vaughan, the infuriated councillor beat him so badly with a cane it took him several months to recover. The episode with William Vaughan brought a temporary halt to the customs enforcement campaign." The New Hampshire Council, which included William Vaughan, then took over the responsibility for trade and "acted as if there were no Navigation Acts." They also asked the English government to agree that the Navigation Acts didn't apply to New Hampshire (Daniell, pp.83-83).

To understand William's rage a little better, we have to know that the customs enforcers were also allied with a group who were able to throw into question the land titles held by Vaughan and others. They also adhered to a different religious view in a day when religion was very near what a political ideology is to some today.

A new lieutenant governor was installed in New Hampshire in 1682, who was determined to break up the political, economic and social dominance of men such as William Vaughn and his relations by marriage in the province. Cranfield sympathized with those Anglicans who found themselves in a largely Puritan province, with the land claims of the Mason family whose grandfather had been granted all of New Hampshire years before, and he desired to wrest control of New Hampshire from the local clique and return it to England and Mason (and he had bought some of Mason's rights as well). He tried to do all this by decree, collection of tarriffs on shipping, preventing Waldron and Vaughn from shipping through Boston as they had always done, by appointment of replacement councillors, and even by jailing one of the existing councillors, our William Vaughn. All this activity led to less than successful results, which the government in England began to become aware of.

"The following winter [1683-4] the Lords of Trade and the Privy Council received additional evidence in the form of depositions, signed by nearly half New Hampshire's adult male population, complaining that Cranfield, Mason, and their cronies threatened total ruin to the hardworking and loyal citizens of New Hampshire. The depositions could not be ignored. They had been gathered by William Vaughn and had the backing of Vaughan's English patron, the politically influential baronet, Sir Joshua Child. Nathaniel Weare, who served as Vaughn's overseas messenger, accompanied the baronet to Whitehall and proved a willing and articulate witness. The case was strengthened by a subsequent letter in which Vaughn described, among other things, how he had been imprisoned for gathering the depositions. In July 1684 the Privy Council ordered a full investigation of Cranfield; the investigation completed, it removed [Cranfield] from office." (Colonial New Hampshire - A History, p. 94).

"Cranfield's departure initiated a brief period of political calm in the province. Barefoote and the other councillors made no attempt to enforce unpopular legislation and further contributed to communal peace by releasing Vaughn from prison." (Colonial New Hampshire, p. 95).

On another occasion, and as part of Vaughan's support for New Hampshire continuing to be part of Massachusetts, a group of Portsmouth's "'prominent gentlemen'" led by William Vaughn and John Pickering collected over 350 signatures on a petition and hand-delivered this petition to Boston. By middle- March 1690 the governor, Council and General Court of Massachusetts had all accepted this petition and appointed Vaughn and others magistrates on the court. Vaughan became the representative of the four original towns of New Hampshire to the "United Colonies" which managed the war effort in New England. (Colonial New Hampshire - A History, Daniell, pp. 99-100). However the English government chose to keep New Hampshire independent to the dismay of Vaughn and others who valued the stability they thought would come under Massachusetts. (pp. 101-2).

He is buried at "Point of Graves" burial ground, Portsmouth, and a picture of his gravestone and some background information was found at Point of Graves or Point of Graves.

Place of christening from IGI based on extraction from film 918,470 christening records.

2819. Margaret CUTTS ¹ was born in 1650 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hanpshire. She died on 22 Jan 1690 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hanpshire. [Parents]

"I give to my daughter Margaret Vaughan," said her father in his 1675 will, "my stone ware house, and that part of the woodfield joining unto that which was John Pickrins, and reaching home to Wm. Hart's on the west, with my brother, Jno. Cutt, on the west, the way that goes to the Creek on the north, and Christopher Jose on the east, together with the tanyard, houseing and the stock therein, and the little field on the south of the floom; always excepting and reserving the highway as it is now to the farm and to the other mill, which is to be kept free for the use of the mill and the house by it. All which I give to my daughter Margaret and her children. If they fail, then to my daughter Bridget and heirs after the decease of my said daughter Margaret." (From Brewster's Ramble About Portsmouth #5 at Seacoastnh.com).

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2820. John WESTBROOK ¹ was born about 1645 in Portsmouth, Rock., New Hampshire. He died on 11 Aug 1697 in (est Adm), Portsmouth, Rock., Nh. He married Martha WALFORD in 1665 in Of Portsmouth, Rock., Nh.

~Born and died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County <../history/nh/rockinghamco.htm>, NH
In 1671 he bought 13 acres from Anthony and Abigail Ellins which were sold by his heirs in 1697
Sued in 1678 by John Sherburne, gdn. of his stepdaughter Mary Hinkson
His son Thomas married Mary Sherburne, daughter of John Sherburne. Thomas lived at Stroudwater, later known as Westbrook, Me.
In 1681 he sued Sherburne for witholding Walford land.
Jury 1685,1692,1694; surveyor of fences 1692; selectman 1697.
With John Sherburne he appraised estates of John and Thomas Edmunds in 1696.
Westbrooks, Sherburnes, Brewsters and Edmunds were neighbors and indications are that young Mary Hinkson was the wife of Thomas Edmunds
Adm on his own estate Aug 11, 1697 to son Thomas, wid. Alice renouncing. She was living in 1702, at times called Cate after his death.
(from: John Westbrook)

2821. Martha WALFORD ¹ was born in 1645 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Parents]

~Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH
Daughter of Thomas Walford and Jane Guy <../walford/thomas.htm>
Also married Thomas Hinkson
Children: Mary <../knight2/george.htm>, John, Job, Martha, Thomas

(from: John Westbrook)

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2822. Captain John SHERBOURNE [image] ¹ was born on 2 Apr 1647 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, n.h.. He was christened on 4 Oct 1657. He died on 10 Oct 1718 in (wp) Portsmouth, Rock., Nh. He married Mary COWELL on 29 Jan 1677 in Great Island, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Parents]

~"By the close of the [17th] century Portsmouth's economy was tied to several distinct patterns of trade: a coastal trade in basic commodities that reached from Newfoundland to Virginia, but was particularly tied to Boston; a timber trade with the West Indian Islands and more distant Atlantic destinations such as Spain and Portugal, and the mast trade with England. These were the developments that most benefitted Portsmouth's second generation such as Captain John Sherburne.

~"John ... was a mariner, and in 1695 he became one of the young men who purchased a parcel of land along the cove near the Great House. ... Of the many houses that were built in the neighbourhood near the coast in the 1690s and early 1700s only two remain, one built by Captain Sherburne ...." (strawberybanke.org, pp. 2-3).

"Jno." Sherburne's 101 acres in Portsmouth were acknowledged in a 1660 division of land. (Brewster's Rambles About Portsmouth#4 at Seacoastnh.com).

Several pictures of the Sherburne house are at this website, including this view from the rear. Pictures of Portsmouth accessed 18 April 2007

Sherburne House at Strawbery Banke If you look closely while the camera follows two children and a pony around a field, you will see Captain John Sherburne's brown house beyond a horse trailer. Video found on Youtube.

2823. Mary COWELL ¹ was born about 1648 in Of Portsmouth, Rock., Nh. She died after 31 Mar 1736. [Parents]

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2832. Lt. John HAMM Sr ¹ was born in 1651 in Dover, Stratford, n.h.. He died in 1727 in Dover, Strafford Co., Nh. He was buried in 1717 in Of Dover, Strafford Co, New Hampshire. He married Mary HEARD on 6 May 1668 in Dover,,n.H..

His eyewitness account of the Cocheco massacre (scroll down to near the bottom).

"John Ham, of Dover, N.H., the subject of this sketch, was born in 1649, and first appears on the Tax List at Cochecho (Dover) in 1665. ...

".... His first homestead was at "Tolend," near the second falls of the Cochecho, in Dover - later he moved to another farm below Garrison Hill, Dover; was juryman in 1688; acquired the title of lieutenant; was town clerk in 1694; wife died 1706; he d. 1727; will is recorded at Exeter, N.H. ...." (Ham Family in Dover, N.H., by John R. Ham, M.D., of Dover, printed in New England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, ... for the year 1872, vol. xxvi, pp.388-394) (Which in turn was apparently taken from a more complete transcript by Dr. Ham which may have been a source for the Wentworth Gen material on the Ham relations?)

"Dover, witn. for Peter Coffin 1665-68. Aft. liv. many yrs. on a farm at Tolend, he bot on Garrison Hill from P. Coffin and mov. there. Jury 1671, 1688, 1694; Gr. J. 1703; Constable 1686; Surveyor; Town Clerk, leaving office Mar. 1693-4. ... Will 29 Sept. 1727-19 Feb 1727-8 names ch..." (photocopied material, Savages?)

Another telling:
"John Ham of Dover, N.H. ... first appears on the Tax List at Cocheco (Dover) in 1665. Whether son, grandson, or nephew of William Ham of Portsmouth [N.H.], does not yet appear. He married Mary (dau. [of] John) Heard, of Dover, in 1668; his first homestead was at "Tolend," near the second falls of the Cocheco, in Dover - later he moved to another farm below Garrison Hill, Dover; was juryman in 1688; acquired the title of lieutenant; was town clerk in 1694... will is recorded at Exeter, N.H., and ... [nine] children are named in it." (Dates, names of those children named in the will, and the above biographical material are found in "Ham Family of Dover, N.H.," p. 389).

2833. Mary HEARD ¹ was born on 26 Jan 1649/1650 in Dover,,n.H.. She died on 7 Dec 1706 in Dover, Strafford Co., Nh. [Parents]

Marr year and death year in "Ham Family of Dover, N.H.," p. 389.

More precise dates and places from C.S. Candage and R.E. Peak, Heard-Hurd
Genealogy 1610-1987: Some Descendants of John and Elizabeth (Hull) Heard of
Dover, New Hampshire, (Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1988), p. 6.

"left numerous posterity" (Wentworth Gen., p161 footnote).

Alternate death date: 7 Dec 1706 according to photocopy of what appears to be the New Eng Hist and Gen Register, p. 302-3 under Ham?

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