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DEARBORN INDEX.

I Godfrey.

XXI John.

1

Henry,* Thomas,^ John.*

Maj. Josiah,** Capt. John.^*

II Henry.

XXII Capt. John.

Dea. John,*Samuel

,« Henry.' Simon.*®

III Thomas.

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XXIIl Phtneas.

Samuel,' Ebenezer,

» Thos.

,»o XXIV Maj. Josiah.

Jonathan."

Joseph F.,*' Freese.***

IV John.

XXV Capt. John.

Dea. John, ^5

Thomas. ^3

Maj. John, 2» Levi,^^ Jacob,3»

V Dea. John.

Josiah,'* Jonathan.''*

Jonathan,^*

Jos.,»*

Simon.

^« XXVI Simon.

VI Samuet..

Col. John.3*

Jeremiah."

XXVII Joseph F.

VII Henry.

Simon N.3*

VIII Samuel.

XXVIII Freese.

Reuben.^'

XXIX Maj. John.

IX Ebenezer.

XXX Levi.

X Thomas.

XXXI Jacob.

XI Jonathan.

XXXII Josiah.

Jonathan,^®

Shubael.2o

Samuel,'* John.''

XII Dea. John.

XXXIII Jonathan.

John.2»

.

XXXIV Col. John.

XIII Thomas.

XXXV Simon N.

XIV Jonathan.

John's

XV Joseph.

XXXVI Samuel.

XVI Stmon.

XXXVII John.

Capt. John.

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1

Josiah J.," Joseph A.,*"

XVII Jbrbmiah.

John W.," Samuel W.''^

XVIII Reuben.

XXXVIII John.

.Phineas.*^

XXXIX JOSTAH J.

XIX Jonathan.

XL Joseph A.

XX Shubabl.

XLI John W.
XLII Samuel W.

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THE DEARBORNS OF HAMPTON, N. H.

DESCENDANTS OF GODFREY DEARBORN OF EXETER AND

HAMPTON.

FROM HISTORY OF HAMPTON, N. H., BY JOSEPH DOW.

DEARBORN.

Godfrey Dearborn, the progenitor of all the early families in this
vicinity bearing this name, is said to have been born in Exeter, in
the county of Devon, in England. After his emigration to America,
he settled at Exeter, N. H., and was one of the thirty-five men, that
signed the Combination for the government of the place, in 1639.
Between 1648 and 1650, he removed to Hampton, and settled where
John Dearborn, one of his descendants of the eighth generation lived,
an^ where his widow remained till her death in 1892. Godfrey Dearborn
had a wife living in the early part of 1651, as appears from the Town
Records. The time of her death is not known ; but in 1662 he was
a widower ; and in the latter part of that year he married again. He
died F.eb. 4, 1686.

I. Godfrey Dearborn married, first, , in England ; second,

Nov. 25, 1662, Dorothy, widow of Philemon Dalton (2). The date
of her death is not known. By his first marriage, he had children :

Henry (2), b. ab. 1633; m. Elizabeth Marrlan; d. Jan. 18, 1725.
Thomas (8), b. ab. 1634; m. Hannah Colcord; d. Apr. 14, 1710.

(a dau).

Esther, m. Richard Shortridge, of Portsmouth.

Sarah, b. ab. 1641; m. Thomas Nudd (1) ; d. Aug. 21, 1714.

John (4), b, ab. X642; m. Mary Ward; d. Nov. 14, X731.

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4 HISTORY OP HAMPTON.

II. Henry Dearborn, son of Godfrey (1), niarrieci Jan. 10, 1666,
Elizabeth, daughter of John Marrian (1). Their children :

John (6), b. Oct. 10, 1666; m. Abigail Batchelder; d. Nov. 22, 1760.
Samuel (6) , b. Jan. 27, 1670 ; m. Mercy Batchelder.
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1672 ; d. young.
Sarah, b. Nov. 9, 1675; m. Philemon Blake (4).
Abigail, b. 1679 ; m. Samuel Palmer (6) ; d. May 19, 1747.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1681; m. William Sanborn (27).
Henry (7), b. Oct. 28, 1688; m., 1st, Hannah Dow; 2d, Mary Robie; 3d,
Esther ; d. Apr. 26, 1756.

III. Thomas Dearborn, Deacon, son of Godfrey (1), married
Dec. 28, 1665, Hannah, daughter of Edward Colcord (1) ; lived at
" Drake Side." Children :

Samuel (8), b. May 27, 1676; m. Sarah Gove.

Ebenezer (9), b. Oct. 3, 1679; m. Abigail Sanborn; d. Mar. 15, 1772.

Thomas. (10), b. ab. 1681; m. Mary Garland.

Jonathan (11), b. Nov. 18, 1686; m., 1st, Mary ; 2d, Sarah Waite; d.

Sept. 10, 1771.

IV. John Dearborn, son of Godfrey (1), married Dec. 12, 1672,
Mary, daughter of Thomas Ward (1). In the record of his death, he
is st3^1ed " good old John Dearborn." Their children :

John (12), b. Sept. 2, 1673; m. Hannah Dow; d. Mar. 19, 1746.
Thomas (13), b. June 22, 1676; m. Huldah Smith; d. Apr. 4, 1754.
Mary, b. May 6, 1678; m. Stephen Batchelder (6).

V. John Dearborn, Deacon, son of Henry (2), married Nov. 4,
1689, Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder (3) ; settled on the
Samuel G. Warner place. North Hampton. Children :

Deborah, b. Feb. 8, 1690; m. Thomas Marston (15).
Jonathan (14), b. May 8, 1691 ; m. Hannah Tuek; d. Jan. 29, 1779.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1692; m. John Garland (8) ; d. Mar. 10, 1770.
Esther, b. June 25, 1694; m., 1st, Ebenezer Lovering (1); 2d, William

Nortdn (2) ; d. May 18, 1783.
Joseph (15), b. Feb. 8, 1696; m. Anna Dearborn; d. Jan. 15, 1768.
Abigail, b. June 24, 1700; m. Benjamin Cram (7).
Lydia, b. Apr. 4, 1702; m. Jeremiah Sanborn (40;.
Kuth, b. May 21, 1705; m. David Page (16) ; d. Jan. 8, 1741.
Simon (16), b. July 31, 1706; m. Sarah Marston.
Benjamin, b. Nov. 10, 1710.

VI. Samuel Dearborn, son of Henry (2), married July 12, 1694,
Mercy, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder (3) ; settled where Law-
rence Dearborn's old house stood, in North Hampton. Children ;

Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1696; m. John Blake (8).

J liaAMBk^H.^.

GENEALOGIOAL AND BIOGKAPHIOAL.

I twins, b. Feb. 21, 1697; / ^' ^^^^S-
L, J Cm. Jan. 16,

Mercy,

Mebetabel, / ""*"''' "* '"^"' *'*' ^^*" ♦ \ jjj jg^^ j5^ ^^j^^ Thomas Berry.

Sarah, b. June 17, 1699 ; m. Edward Tuck (4) ; d. Jan. 15, 1766.

Mercy, b. Feb. 18, 1702.

Jeremiah (17), b. Apr. I,'t704:; m. Sarah Taylor; d. 1751.

Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1706 ; d. Nov. 30, same year.

Nathaniel, b. Jan. 21, 1710; m. Dec. 2, 1731, Mary, dau. of Samuel Batch-
elder (7) ; (settled in K.?). Had ch. : Mercy, b. 1732. Samuel, b. 1734.
Henry, b. 1736. Mary, b. 1740. Nathaniel, b. 1741. Jeremiah, b. 1743.
Elizabeth, b. 1745. Nathan, b 1746. Edward, b. 1749. Rebecca, b. 1761.

Henry, b. Dec. 27, 1712; m. Jan. 19, 1738, Margaret, dau. of Lieut. John
Sherburne (2). Had ch. : Samuel, b. 1738. Sherburne, b. 1744. Jane, b.
1749. Margaret, b. .1753. Nathaniel, b. 1766. Mary. Love.

Samuel, b. Nov. 1, 1716; d. Feb. 5, 1736.

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1717; m. Robert Drake (11) ; d. Feb. 22, 1749.

Abigail, b. Oct. 19, 1720; m. Abraham Drake (9) ; d. July 1, 1811.

VII. HenIeiy Dearborn, son of Henry (2), married, first, Oct.. 28,

1708, Hannah, daughter of Simon Dow (6); second, Jan. 12,1721,

Mary, daughter of Samuel Robie (3) ; third, Esther ; lived

on the Oliver Brown place, Winnicut road, North Hampton. Their

children :

Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1709; m. John Taylor (7) ; d. Dec. 8, 1789.

Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1710; d. Nov. 30, 1724.

EUzabeth, b. Apr. 29, 1713; m. William Sanborn (41) ; d. Dec. 21, 1781.

Henry, b. ab 1716; d., prob. num., June 13, 1741.

Simon, b. Jan. 21, 1717.

Mary, b. June 2, 1722; m. Ebenezer Lovering (3) ; d. Mar. 31, 1743.

VIII. Samuel Dearborn, son of Thomas (3), married Dec. 16,
1698, Sarah, daughter of Edward Gove (1). Children :

Ahna, b. Dec. 18, 1699; m. Joseph Dearborn (16) ; d. Oct. 9, 1789.
Edward, b. Mar. 26, 1702.

Reuben (18), bp. Aug. 10, 1707; m., 1st, Anna Page; 2d, Esther Hobbs;
d. Jan. 1790.

IX. Ebenezer Dearborn, Lieut., Deacon, son of Thomas (3)^
married Oct. 7, 1703, Abigail, daughter of Joseph Sanborn (7) ; lived
in North Hampton, and in 1729 or 1730, removed to Chester.

Children :

Ebenezer, b. Jan. 27, 1705; m., 1st, Jan. 13, 1731, Huldah, dau. of Jonathan
Nason (1); 2d, Elizabeth (Swayne) Hills; settled in Chester. Had ch. :
Hannah. Sarah. Stephen. Ebenezer. Jonathan (grandfather of Dr.
Jonathan Dearborn, of Seabrook). Richard. Huldah. Phebe.

Hannah, bp. Mar. 9, 1707; prob. d. young.

Mehetabel, b. Nov. 14, 1708; m. May, 1744, Dea. Nathaniel Fitts, of Salis-
bury, Ms. ; d. June 11, 1766.

6 HISTORY OF HAMPTON.

Peter, b. Nov. 14, 1710; m. Dec. 2, 1736, Margaret, dau. of Joseph Fifleld
(6); lived in Chester ; d. Oct. 28, 1781. Had ch. : Anna. Peter. Joseph.
Mary. •Josiah. Asa. Sherburne. Sarah.

Benjamin, b. Aug. 1, 1713; m. Colcord, of Ki. ; settled in Plymouth.

Thomas, b. Dec. 3, 1716; m. Sept. 10, 1741, Dolly Sanborn, of Ki., gr. dau.
of Jonathan (10) ; settled in Chester ; d. Jan. 1754. Had ch. : Mary
[m. Samuel Towle, son of Anthony (see Caleb (5)]. John Sanborn.
Thomas. Dolly. Samuel. Elizabeth.

Michael, b. Apr. 1719; m. Apr. 11, 1761, Dorothy Colby; d. 1763 or '54.

Abigail, b. Jan. 27, 1721; m., 1st, Oct. 26, 1742, James Varnum; 2d, John
Koby.

Mary, b. June 11, 1723.

X. Thomas Dearborn, son of Thomas (3), married* Dec. 4, 1707,
Mary, daughter of Jacob Garland (3) ; lived at Hampton Falls, and
at Biddeford (Old Orchard), Me. Their children :

Hannah, b. ab. 1716; m. Jeremiah Towle (17); d. Aug. 28, 1789.
Ann, b. Aug. 14, 1720.

Tabitha, b. June 29, 1723; m. Jeremiah Marston (31) ; d. Mar. 17, 1807.
Sarah, b. June 4, 1726.

XI. Jonathan Dearborn, Cornet, son of Thomas (3) ; married,
first, Mary , who died Apr. 1, 1744, aged fiftj^-eight years ; sec-
ond, Apr. 24, 1746, Sarah Waite, of Amesbm*y, Mass., who died Oct.
22, 1762, aged seventy-three years ; lived on the homestead. Children :

Jonathan (19), b. May 22, 1709; m. Sarah Leavitt ; d. Mar. 15, 1772.
Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 30, 1713; m. Jonathan Shaw (10); d. Dec. 17, 1764.
Nathaniel, bp. Sept. 6, 1714; num.; styled "a hermit;" d. Oct. 28, 1787.
Daniel, bp. Jan. 30, 1717.

Shubael (20), bp. May 17, 1719 ; m. Sarah .

Abraham, bp. Dec. 31, 1721 ; prob. unm. ; d. May 17, 1756.

Mary, bp. Nov. 5, 1727; m., 1st, Morris Hobbs (12); 2d, John Taylor (6).

Xn. John Dearborn, Deacon, son of John (4), married Jan. 10,
1695, Hannah, daughter of Daniel Dow (4). Children:
Ann, b. Oct. 22, 1695; m. Joseph Philbrick (13) ; d. July 30, 1718.
Joseph, b. Apr. 9, 1699 ; d. Dec. 9, 1700.
John (21), b. Mar. 28, 1703; m. Anna Sanborn; d. Mar. 24, 1764.

Xin. Thomas Dearborn, son of John (4), married Jan. 2, 1701,
Huldah, daughter of John Smith (2) ; lived where David J. Page now
lives, in North Hampton. Their children :

Mary, b. June 16, 1702.

Theodate, b. Dec. 18, 1710.

Huldah, b. Nov. 3, 1714; m. Morris Hobbs (12) ; d. Sept. 1, 1742.

GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 7

XIV. Jonathan Dearborn, son of Dea. John (5) , married Dec.
29, 1715, Hannah, daugliter of Dea. John Tuck (3); removed. to
Stratham. Children :

John, b. Apr. 2, 1718; m., 1st, Mary, dau. of Job Chapman (6) ; 2d, Mary

Cawley; lived at Stratham; d. Mar. 22, 1807.
Bethia, b. Nov. 24, 1719; d., unm., Apr. 12, 1767.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 24, 1721 ; d. Sept. 10, 1726.
Hannah, b. Mar. 14, 1735; d. July 12, 1815.

XV. Joseph Dearborn, son of Deacon John (5), married Oct.
27, 1719, Anna, daughter of Samuel Dearborn (8) ; lived at North
Hampton. Children :

Simeon, b. July 10, 1720; d. Jan. 2, 1723.

Reuben Gove, b. May 24, 1722 ; m. Phebe, dau. of Dea. Daniel Sanborn (35) ;
lived first on the Winnicut road ; then left tovirn ; d. at his son Joseph's,
in No. H. June 14, 1797. Had ch. : Joseph. Daniel. Reuben Gove. Jo-
seph. (Perhaps) Sarah.

Joseph, b Dec. 1, 1723; d. Feb. 13, 1736.

Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1725; grad. Harv. Col., 1746 ; m. Ruth Rogers, of
Portsmouth; settled there as a physician; d. Apr. 9, 1755.

Simeon, b. Dec. 11, 1727; m., 1st, Anne Gookin; 2d, Martha Haven, of
Portsmouth ; lived at Norton's Hill, Greenland.

Levi, b. Mar. 7, 1730; grad. Harv. Col., 1766; m. Mar. 28, 1751, Sarah,
dau. of Benjamin S wett (6) ; settled as a physician, in No. H. , and at-
tained eminence in his profession.

Sarah, b. July 11, 1732; d. Feb. 9, 1736.

XVI. Simon Dearborn, son of Dea. John (5), married Dec. 5,
1728, Sarah, daughter of Simon ilVIarston (14) ; lived on the homestead.
Ciiildren :

Hannah, b. Oct. 29, 1729 ; m. Benjamin Wadleigh.

Abigail, b. Mar. 28, 1731; m. Benjamin Lamprey (7); d. Jan. 27, 1771.

John, b. Oct. 7, 1732 ; d. Apr. 26, 1736.

Simon, b. Mar. 21, 1734; m., 1st, Anna Sanborn, dau. of Ebenezer (87);
2d, Dolly Currier ; lived in Monmouth, Me.

Sarah, bp. Apr. 18, 1736; m. Robert Page, son of David (16); d. Jan. 12,
1831.

John (22), b. Oct. 3, 1738; m. Bethia Fogg; d. Jan. 18, f880.

Eliphalet, b. Sept. 6, 1740; m. Mary, dau. of Josiah Chase, of Epping.

Ruth, b. Aug. 1741 ; m. Phineas Blake, of Epping.

Deborah, b. Feb. 5, 1743 ; m. Jonathan Cilley, of Nottingham.

Benjamin, b. Feb. 13, 1745 ; m. Anna, dau. of Jacob Freese, of Epping ;
settled in Monmouth, Me.

Levi, b. Feb. 23, 1747 ; m. Susanna, dau. of David Page ; lived in Monmouth.

Henry, Major-General, b. Feb. 23, 1751; m., 1st, 1771, Mary Bartlett; 2d,
1780, Dorcas (Osgood) Marble; 3d, 1813, Sarah Bovirdoin ; settled as a
physician, in Nottingham ; was an officer of the Revolution ; Secretary of
War; Maj-Gen., in command of the U. S. army, in the virar of 1812; Min-
ister to Portugal; d. at Roxbury, Ms., June 6, 1829.

8 mSTOBY OF HAMPTON.

XVII. Jeremiah Dearborn, son of Samuel (6), married Dec.

23, 1725, Sarah, daughter of Richard Taylor (4) ; lived on the home-
stead. Children :

Jeremiah, b. Dec. 20, 1726 ; m. Mary, dau. of James Nudd (3) ; remained on
the homestead ; d. Jan. 27, 1784. Ch. : Olive. Abigail. Elizabeth. Samuel.
Mary. Sarah. Jeremiah. The elder son, Samuel, m. Hannah PhUbrick and
lived on the homestead ; had 7 ch.: the eldest of whom, Nathaniel, m., 1st,
Nov. 27, 1800, Dolly, dau. of Dea Jonathan Garland (12). Had ch. :
Jonathan French, b. 1802. Sarah Ann, b. 1803. Samuel, b. 1805. Jesse,
b. 1807. Hannah, b. 1808. After Mrs. Dearborn's death, he m. again
and had five more ch. , of whom Dolly G. and Lawrence still live on the
homestead in No. H. Samuel, the third son of Samuel and Hannah Dear-
bom, m. Nov. 14, 1804, Ruth, dau. of James Leavitt (16) ; lived in No. H.
(Pagetown). Had ch: Edmund B., genealogist. Richard G., d. young.
Jonathan, once mayor of Portsmouth. Richard Greenleaf . Ruth L.

Sarah, b. 1728 or *29; d. May 1, 1736.

Mary, b. May 1, 1732; d. Mar. 26, 1736.

Sarah, b. July 11, 1737 ; m. Simon Page, sonof Jonathan(14) ; d. Nov. 26, 1826.

Mary, b. Mar. 23, 1740; m. Stephen Page, son of Jonathan (14); d Feb.
7, 1826.

Abigail, b, Apr. 4, 1743 ; d. unm.

Anna, b. July 80, 1745; m. William Godfrey, son of James (8).

XVIII. Reuben Dearborn, son of Samuel (8), married, first,
Jan. 20, 1732, Anna, daughter of Francis Page (5) ; second, Sept.

24, 1743, Esther, daughter of James Hobbs (11) ; lived in North
Hampton. Their children :

Josiah, b. Sept. 18, 1733; m. Hannah Shepard, of Effingham, and settled in

that town; d. Nov. 29, 1817.
Sarah, bp. Nov. 16, 1736; d. Sept. 3, 1741.
Reuben, b. July 29, 1738.

Curtis, bp. Nov. 21, 1741; d. Dec. 3, same year. »

Ann, b. June 28, 1744. Sarah, b. Aug.[23, 1746.
Phineas (23), b. Apr. 24, 1749; m. Anna Neal.
Benjamin, b. Sept 16, 1761 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Morris Lamprey (6) ; settled

in Effingham.
Samuel, [b. ab. 1768?] ; d. in the army (prob. in July) 1778.

XIX. Jonathan Dea.rborn, son of Jonathan (11), married Jan.
15, 1747, Sarah, widow of Moses Leavitt, son of Moses (7), who died
Sept. 4, 1758. Child :

Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1748; m. ZBchariah Towle, son of Zechariah (16).

XX. Shubael Dearborn, son of Cornet Jonathan (11), married
Mar. 25, 1750, Sarah, daughter of James Fogg, son of James (4) ;
lived on the Stephen Coffin place (J. F. Williams'), till about 1770;
then went to Northfield. Children, except the youngest, born in
Hampton, and all baptized here :

OENEALOGIOAL AND BIOGRAPHIOAL. \9

Nathaniel, bp. Mar. 24, 1761. Shubael, b. July 12, 1753.
John, b. Oct. 81, 1765. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1768.
Abraham, bp. May 24, 1761. Jonathan, b. Oct. ,26, 1763.
Mercy, b. Apr. 26, 1766. Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1768.
Mary, b. May 22, bp. June 26, 1774.

XXf. John Dearborn, son of Deacon John (12), married Sept.
30, 1724, Anna, daughter of John Sanborn (26). Their children :

Anne, b. Dec. 17, 1725; m Joseph Wadlelgh, Jan. 11, 1749.
John, bp. Dec. 22, 1728; d. young.
• Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1730; m. Thomas Blake (14).

Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1732; m. Wadleigh.

Ruth, b. June 5, 1734; m. Dearborn Blake, son of John (8).
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 6, 1736; m. Joseph Sanborn (56).
Joslah (24), b. Jan. 11, 1738; m. Sarah Freese; d. Sept. 16, 1814.
John (26), b. July 21, 1740; m. Zipporah Towle; d. Oct. 19, 1794.
Miriam, b. May 8, 1742; m. Jeremiah Sanborn, son of Jeremiah (40).
Paul, b. Sept. 29, 1744; d. Sept. 22, 1746.

XXII. John Dearborn, Captain, son of Simon (16), married,

first, Abigail ; second, Bethia, daughter of Abner Fogg (8) ;

lived on the homestead. Children :

John, b. 1760. Abner, b. 1763 ; d. in the army, 1779.

Simon (26), b. Apr. 28, 1766; m. Mary Brown; d. Nov. 6, 1843.

Joseph, b. 1768. Abigail, b. 1771.

Sarah, b. 1772; m. Dr. John Fogg, son of Jeremiah (9).

Fanny, b. 1776. Horatio G., b. 1778.

Rhodolphus and Leocada, twins, b. 1784.

XXIII. Phineas Dearborn, son of Reuben (18), married Sept.
19, 1771, Anna, daughter of Walter Neal (1) ; lived on the homestead.
Children :

Ebenezer, m. Ani^a (or Nancy), dau. of Capt. John Dearborn (26), Aug.
20, 1801 ; lived several years on the homestead, then removed to Concord
and vicinity. Their son, David M., b. Feb. 11, 1810; m., 1st, Helen M.
Randall, who d. 1869; 2d, July 4, 1863, Elizabeth P., dau. of Reuben L.
Seavey (1) ; he d. Nov. 6, 1866. The only ch. of David M and Eliza-
beth P. Dearborn, George Merrill, b. in Concord, May 17, 1864, lives,
unm., on the Seavey estate, in H.

Phineas. Samuel. Richard Clark.

XXrV. JosiAH Dearborn, Major, son of John (21), lived on the
farm of his ancestor, Godfrey Dearborn. He married Nov. 17, 1757,
Sarah, daughter of Joseph Freese (3). Their children :

John, b. Aug. 13, 1768 ; d. 1779.

Joseph Freese (27), b. June 11, 1761; m. Molly Nudd; d. Nov. 13, 1827.

10 HISTORY OF HAMPTON.

Josiah, b. Sept. 3, 1764; m Mary (Smith) Marston, wid. of Daniel, son of

Isaac (36) ; d. May 15, 1832.
Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1767; m. James Sanborn (44) ; d. May 6, 1791.
Samuel, b. Apr. 6, 1769; d. Dec. 14, 1770.
Anna, b. May 8, 1771 ; d. Dec. 15, 1779.
Samuel, b. July 18, 1773; d. Mar. 2, 1797.
Molly, b. Feb. 12, 1776; d. Nov. 7, 1777.

Freese (28), b. Mar. 25, 1778, m. Abigail Drake; d. Apr. 6, 1862.
Nancy (Anna, on ch. rec), b. Nov. 1, 1780; m. Enoch Tilton, of Chichester.

XXV. John Dearborn, Captain, son of John (21), married Zip-
porah, daughter of Francis Towle, son of Caleb (5) ; lived where
Mrs. Polly D. Neal lived and died. Children :

John (29), b. Aug. 3, 1763; m., 1st, Mary Marston; 2d, Deborah Gate; d.
Dec, 1845.

Dolly, b. July 12, 1765; m. Jonathan Marston (38) ; d. May 21, 1785.

Jeremiah, b. Jan. 8, 1768; m., 1st, Ruth, 2d, Nancy, daughters of Nathan-
iel Batchelder (17) ; moved to Parsonsfleld, Me., 1794; d. Jan. 25, 1851.
Eleven ch.

Levi (30), b. Dec. 25, 1769; m. Patience Godfrey; d. Sept. 27, 1848.

Francis, b. Apr. 3, 1772; m. and settled in Parsonsfleld; d. 1839.

Jacob C31), b. May 8, 1774; m. Mary Brown; settled in Parsonsfleld; d.
1854.

Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1776; m. Joseph Sanborn, of Sanbornton, Mar. 1,
1796.

Zipporah, b. June 15, 1778; m. David Towle (40) ; d. Oct. 23, 1846/

Anna (Nancy), b. Jan. 12, 1781 ; m. Ebenezer Dearborn, son of Phineas (23).

Josiah (32), b. Nov. 12, 1783; m. Anna S. Leavitt; d. 1866.

Thomas, b. Aug. 25, 1786; m. Ruth, dau. of David Johnson (16) ; lived in
Parsonsfleld and elsewhere in Maine. Four ch.

Jonathan (33), b. Aug. 22, 1788; m. Sarah Towle; d. Feb. 24, 1862.

XXVI. Simon Dearborn, son of John (22), married May, 1787,

Mary, daughter of Captain Simon Brown, son of Zechariah (15) ; lived

at North Hampton. Children :

John (84), b. Nov. 23, 1787; m. Sarah Ward; d. at Lynn, Sept. 15, 1832.
Lucinda, bp. June 11, 1790; m. John Hobbs, proprietor of the Lafayette

tavern, in No. H., son of Thomas and gr. son of Morris (12).
Mary Brown, m. Samuel Locke, son of Nathaniel (9).
Henry Washington, bp. July 19, 1795; d. Jan., 1803.

XXVII. Joseph F. Dearborn, son of Major Josiah (24), married
Mar. 16, 1786, Molly, daughter of Cornet Simon Nudd (5), and lived,
on the ancestral estate, a few rods east of his- father's house. Chil-
dren :

Simon Nudd (36), b. Aug. 6, 1786; m. Hannah Towle; d. Feb. 4, 1876.
Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1790; m. Samuel Batchelder (30) ; d. June 24, 1846,

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Betsey, b. Sept. 27, 1796; m. James Johnson, son of David (16) ; d. Feb. 18,

1874.
Mary Ann, b. Dec. 15, 1800 ; m. Josiab Marston (67) ; d. Dec. 8, 1883.

XXVIII. Frekse Dearborn, son of Josiah (24), married l^ov.
6, 1799, Abigail, daughter of Abraham Drake, son of Col. Abraham
(9) ; lived awhile in Hampton where the first two children were born ;
removed to Exeter ; kept a store ; was many years deputy sheriff, jail
keeper and coroner. Children ^

Sally, b. June 8 (bp. Aug. 3), 1800.

Abraham Drake, b. Feb. 15 (bp. Oct. 24), 1802.

Josiah, b. June 29, 1806.

Samuel Francis, b. Mar. 24, 1810.

Freeman, b. July 9, 1813.

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John A *' /t^ns, b. Oct. 22, 1816.

Mary Frances, b. Aug. 12, 1820; d. young.
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XXIX. John Dearborn, Major, son of John (25), married, first,
Mary, daughter of Jonathan Marston (24) ; second, Mrs. Deborah
Cate, of Sanbornton, granddaughter of Daniel Sanborn (35), who
died Jan. 6, 1848, aged seventy-one years ; lived on the homestead.
Child :

Polly, b. Nov, 19, 1791; m. Joseph Neal (2) ; d. May 8, 1883.

XXX. Levi Dearborn, son of John (25), married Patience, daugh-
ter of Jonathan Godfrey (9) ; lived in Hampton on the middle road
to North Hampton. Children :

Betsey, b. Feb. 3, 1794; d., unm., 1882.

(a son), b. Dec, 1795; d. Mar. 4, 1799.

John, b. June 29, 1797; d.. unm., Jan. 26, 1822.
Buth, b. Mar. 3, 1799; d., unm., June, 1823.
Jeremiah, b. June 26, 1800.
Joseph, b. ab. 1802; d., unm., Aug. 31, 1828.
Samuel, b. Aug. 18, 1804; d., unm.. May 17, 1880.

XXXI. Jacob Dearborn, son of John (25) ; Captain of a com
pany of Light Infantry, stationed near Portsmouth, in the war of 1812 ;
lived first at Hampton, where his brother Jonathan afterwards lived ;
then removed to Parsonsfield, Me. ; lived in Hampton again 1809-
1816 ; returned to Parsonsfield. He married Mary, daughter of Sam-
nelBrown (22) . Children :

Rachel, b. July 6, 1798. Zipporah, b. Feb. 9, 1800.

Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1802. Betty, b. Sept. 17, 1806.

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Jacob, b. July 19, 1807 ; m. Mahala Towle, dau. of David (40) ; d. in Par-

sonsfleld, Mar. 13, 1869. Three ch.
Joseph S., Capt., b. Dec. 26, 1811; settled as a blacksmith in Parsonsfleld;

m. Lydia, dau. of William Frost. Seven sons, six daus.
John, b. Aug. 24, 1819; m. 1840, Mary Day; lived in Parsonsfleld; d. 1882.

Three ch.

XXXn. JosiAH Dearborn, blacksmith, son of John (25), married
Anna S. (Nancy), daughter of Thomas Leavitt (21) ; was many years
ii tavern keeper in Hampton ; built the Union House, on the site of
the old Leavitt tavern. Children :

Samuel (36), b. Aug. 28, 1804; m. Elizabeth Murphy; d. May 1, 1866.

Sally, b. June 2, 1806; m. Daniel Marston (.62).

John (37), b. Sept., 1807; m., 1st, Mary Ann To wle ; 2d, Deborah Marston;

d. Mar. 6, 1852.
Dolly, b. Aug. 26, 1810; m. Jacob H. Brown, son of Jacob (27) ; d. Aug. 20,

1848.
Josephine, b. Sept. 25, 1821; m. Maj. David Marston (64).

XXXni. Jonathan Dearborn, son of John (25), married Dec.
7, 1815, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Towle (36) ; lived on the Exeter
road. Children :

Joseph Frederic, b. May 14, 1817; m. Jan. 1, 1871, Adelie C. M. Kiersten,
of Dresden, Saxony, Germany; d. in Melrose, Ms., Mar. 15, 1889. Mrs.
Dearborn m., 2d, July 21, 1890, J. Merrill Currier, of Melrose.

John Edwin, b. Dec. 23, 1819; m. Jan. 28, 1867, Elvira A. Johnson, of Par-
sonsfleld, Me., virho d. Mar. 25, 1868, se. 31 yrs. He d. Jan. 7, 1869. No
ch.

George, b. July 9» 1836; d. at Andersonville prison, July 8, 1864. [Chap,
xvn.]

Joseph Frederic Dearborn.

The eldest son of Jonathan and Sarah Dearborn, growing up in
the quiet of his Hampton home, early gave promise of those talents
which developed under the instruction of Principals Harris and Shep-
ard at the Academy, especially in the lines of classical and mathemat-
ical study. At the age of eighteen, he entered Dartmouth College, and
at once took high rank. Applying himself intensely to the studies he
loved, and faithfully to the whole college curriculum, steadfast and
upright, genial and kind-hearted, he could not fail to pass the coK
lege course with honor. He was graduated in 1839, third in his class
of sixty-one members.

From college, Mr. Dearborn went to Harvard Law School, and thence
to the office of Colby and Clifford, in New Bedford, Mass. Having
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the bar, and opened an office for himself in New Bedford, thus enter-
ing upon a career of twent3'-five years* practice in that city, in which
he became widely celebrated for his clear insight, careful preparation
and successful prosecution of cases, civil and criminal. At the same
time, he amassed a considerable fortune by investments in whaling
and real estate.

His ceaseless activities at length breaking down his health, Mr.
Dearborn retired from business and spent some months in travel. An
incident of his European travel illustrates his delight in giving pleas-
ure to others. From every city and point of interest visited, he gatii-
ered pebbles as souvenirs, and wrote on each label a sentence or two
descriptive of the place. On his return, he gave a large package of
these mementoes to a friend, and then handed her~fkduplicate pack-
.age, saying : "Give these to some one who will like them." ^ ,.

In Germany, Mr. Dearborn first met the lady who became his wife,
and with whom he made a home "singularly sweet and pleasant," in
iMedford, Mass., removing to Melrose Highlands after ten years.
After his return from Europfe he engaged less in active business and
more in his own conservatory and gardens. His death from pneumo-
nia, in 1889, was sudden and unexpected, after only a few days' ill-
ness. He lived honorably and died peacefully.

About the year 1860, Mr. Dearborn bought four contiguous lots in
the new cemetery in Hampton, comprising 1296 square feet, in the
most elevated part of the enclosure. After his death, the use to
which it was to be put was revealed by a provision in his will, that
ten thousand dollars be expended for an enduring monument upon the
spot, in memory of Godfrey Dearborn, his first American ancestor.
The long cherished plan was energeticallj' carried forward by Mrs.
Dearborn, who has since become Mrs. J. Merrill Currier, and still re-
sides in Melrose Highlands. Mr. Currier superintended the erection
of the monument, which was gratefully appreciated by lijs wife.

The obelisk, which is of Barre, Vt., granite, was manufactured in
that town, and shipped to Hampton in October, 1890. In the spring
of 1891 it was placed in position upon the rock foundation prepared
for it. The first base is ten feet square and one foot deep ; second
base, eight feet square and one foot deep ; third base, six feet square
and fifteen inches deep, with finely moulded edge. On this rests the
die, which is four feet square and six feet high, its faces and the round
pillars at the corners being highly polished. Surmounting this is the
cap, projecting over the die about six inches. This and the plinth
above it are at once graceful in design and finish, and 8ufficientl3^
massive to receive the main shaft, which is three feet two inches square

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at the bottom, and twenty inches square near the top, from which it
tapers to a point, and towers thirty-one feet above the plinth. The
whole structure stands forty-six feet high.

The inscriptions are as follows : On the west face of the second
base is "dearborn," in heav}^ raised letters ; on the north face of the
die, "Ancestor of the Dearborn family in America, who emigrated
from Exeter, England, to Exeter, N. H., in 1639, settled in Hampton
in 1650, and died in 1686 ;" on the west face of the die, "Erected 1890,
by Joseph Frederic Dearborn, son of Jonathan and Sarah Towle
Dearborn, in memory of Godfrey Dearborn;" on the south face, "Jo-
seph Frederic Dearborn, born May 14th, 1817 ; died March 15th, 1889."
On the four sides of the lowe»''iiii4,r^i»» .of. <^»'r «ap are the mottoes :
"First the U8efijii-*-r^/tbe ornamental ;" "Trust few, deceive none ;"
SJSTuLe and persevere;" "Do right and fear not." On the four
sidesof the plinth are the words "Temperance," "Economy," ''Truth,"
''Industry."

This solid memorial of the sturdy forefather of a numerous poster-
ity, scattered throughout the United States, was unveiled with appro-
priate ceremonies, on the 20th of June, 1891. After dinner at the
hotel, given to a large number of invited guests, by Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Currier, the ceremonies at the monument were placed in the hands
of Mr. G. H. Dearborn, of Melrose. Very appropriately, the act of
unveiling was performed by Mrs. Currier, in that supreme moment
when she saw the purpose of years accomplished, in the stately mon-
ument towering high above the assembled throng and overlooking the
village and cultivated fields, beautiful in their June freshness, that
could have had no being but for the brave daring and self denying
toil of those early years commemorated.

Tiie president, Mr. G. H. Dearborn, sketched the lives of Godfrey
Dearborn, the ancestor, and Joseph F. Dearborn, the donor of the
monument. Addresses were made also by Dr. J. W. Dearborn, of
Parsonsfield, Me., Hon. Sylvester Dana, of Concord, Hon. N. C. Berry
of Boston and Charles M. Lampre}-, Esq., of Hampton. And the
elements of prayer and song carried all hearts heaven- ward, whither
the tall shaft silently points.

XXXIV. John Dearborn, Colonel, son of Simon (26), married
Dec. 16, 1816, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Thomas Ward (6) ; lived at
Captain Ward's, where Mrs. Dorothy Ward now lives ; was a carpen-
ter, surveyor, teacher ; was killed by a fall from a building, in Lynn,

Children;

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Thomas Ward, Captain, b. Nov. 22, 1817; m , 1st, Mary Brown, of West-
brook, Me. ; 2d, ; lived in Tappantown, N. Y. ; d. Jan., 1892. Twoch.

Sarah F., b. July 21, 1824; d. Oct. 15, 1846.

XXXV. Simon N. Dearborn, son of Joseph F. (27), married
Hannah, daughter of Amos Towle (26) ; inherited the Godfrey Dear-
born estate. Children :

Sarah Ann, b. Aug., 1807; m. David Marston (54) ; d. June 19, 1886.

John (38), b. Sept. 2, 1810; m. Lydia Batchelder; d. Nav. 14, 1880.

Simon, b. Jan., 1813; d., unm., Apr. 8, 1853.

Lavinia, b. Mar. 31, 1815; m. Joseph Leavitt; d. May 3, 1838.

Dorothy Ann, b. Sept., 1817; m. Dec. 18, 1838', Dea. Emery Batchelder, son

of Reuben and gr. son of Josiah (U).
Abigail, b. Mar. 27, 1823; m. Adna B. Lane (35) ; d. Aug. 11, 1887.

XXXVI. Samuel Dearborn, son of Josiah (32), married Sept.
29, 1837, Elizabeth Murphy (born Oct. 28, 1818 ;*died Dec. 30, 1868).
He was a blacksmith. Lived some years on the homestead, where he
kept the public house ; lived afterward and had his shop, where John
G. Brown now lives. They had one son :

Wyman, lives in Boston.

XXXVII. John Dearborn, son of Josiah (32), married, first,
July 12, 1828, Mary Ann, daughter of James Towle (38) ; second,
Sept. 28, 1846, Deborah, daughter of Isa^c Marston (47) ; lived in
Hampton. Children :

Abby Ann, b. Nov. 6, 1828; m. Feb. 27, 1851, John Newell Brown, of Sea-
brook, who d. Oct. 26, 1881, buried in H. Their dau. b. July 26, 1857; d.
May 30, 1860, buried in H. Mrs. Brown now lives in H. Her only remain-
ing dau., Sarah Newell, resides with her.

Josiah James (39), b. Oct. 17, 1830; m. Nancy Knowles.

Joseph Alvin (40), b. Mar. 18, 1832; m. Eveline Leavitt.

John Worthen (41), b. Aug. 22, 1833; m , 1st, Sarah M. Brown; 2d, Ann
Martha Brown.

Samuel Wesley (42), b. July 19, 1835; m., 1st, Sarah O. Mason; 2d, Ara-
bella S. Taylor.

Hale Bradford, b. Feb. 10, 1840; drowned in the canal at Richmond, Va.,
Oct. 11, 1865.

Thomas Horace, b. Mar. 18, 1842; m. Mary Dow, of Seabrook; lives in'
Red Oak, la.

XXXVin. John Dearborn, Lieutenant, son of Simon N. (34) ,
married Sept. 27, 1838, Lydia, daughter of Sanborn Batchelder (24) ;
lived on the homestead. Children :

OrrinM., b. Mar. 15, 1841.

Marianna, b. Dec. 29, 1849; m. Henry S., son of Judge Daniel Clark, of
Manchester; d. in H., Aug. 7, 1888.

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XXXIX. JosiAH J. Dearborn, railroad section-master, son of
John (36), married Nancy, daughter of Oliver Knowles, of North
Hampton (born 1830, died Oct. 4, 1884) ; lives at Bride Hill. Chil-
dren :

Mary F., b. Mar. 27, d. Nov., 1852.

Mary F., b. Sept. 4, 1853; m., 1st, June 29, 1881, Frank C. Darling, of New

York city; 2d, 1892, Geo. H. Elkins, son of Elias D. (18).
Anna C, b. Apr. 29, 1866; d. Feb. 6, 1870.
Amy L., b. Feb. 19, 1867.
George J., b. Sept. 22, 1868 ; m. Agnes Whenal, of No. H. Their ch. : Mabel

Josephine, b. May 16, 1890. Godfrey Milton, b. Apr. 18, 1891.
Gracia L., b. Dec. 18, 1866; m. Geo. T. Batchelder, son of Joseph P. (39).
John F., b. Dec. 25, 1867.

XL. Joseph A. Dearborn, carpenter, son of John (36), married
Eveline, daughter of- David M. Leavitt (29) ; lives in Hampton.
Children :

Clara Maria, m. John Orrin Drake, of Rye. Their ch. : Mary. Jennie. Eve-
lyn Keith.
Mary Evelyn, m. Irwin O. Wright.
Marcia Leavitt.

XLI. John Worthen Dearborn, mason, son of John (36), mar-
ried, first, Sarah Melinda, daughter of William Brown (29) ; sec-
ond, April 29, 1878, Ann Martha, daughter of Jeremiah Brown (47) ;
lives in Hampton. Children :

John P., b. Aug. 1, 1863; d. Dec. 8, 1866.

Josephine A., b. Oct. 22, 1864; d. Oct. 10, 1866.

Mary H., b. Oct. 19, 1856; d. Oct. 19, 1866.

Charles W., b. Aug. 17, 1868; d. Sept. 23, 1866.

George H., b. Feb. 1, 1860; d. Sept. 19, 1866.

Annie L., b. Apr. 2, 1862; d. Sept. 22,'1866.

Willie A., b. Dec. 9, 1863; d. Oct. 20, 1866.
All these seven children died of diphtheria.

PhilenaG., b. June 11, 1866; m. May 10, 1886, Edward P. Moulton, of Sa-
lem, Ms. Their ch. : Arthur M., Frank C, twins ; b. Sept. 8, 1886. Win-
fred W., MildredR., twins ; b. July 1, 1888. OUve Hazel, b. Aug. 24, 1892.

Frank J., b. Oct. 12, 1868.

XLII. Samuel W. Dearborn, carpenter, son of John (36), mar-
ried, first, Aug. 12, 1855, Sarah Olive, daughter of Edmund Mason
(8) ; second, Sept. 21, 1885, Arabella S., daughter of Alba C. Taylor
(13) ; lives in Hampton. Children :

John Edmund, b. Feb. 1, 1867; d. May 16, X860.

Clarence Mason, b. July 21, X874,

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