Hami)shire. 4. .Abigail. March 16, ir>62, died
Jidy 24, 1723; married in Newbury, May 27,
1685, William Moulton ; nine children. 5.
Lucy, December 15. i''i'')4, married John Mer-



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rill. 6. Mary, May 24, 1667. 7. Stephen, May
8. 1669, married, November i, 1698, Sarah
Clark, three children. 8. Anne, September 2,
1671. 9. Rev. Nicholas, October 19, 1673,
graduate of Harvard, 1695; married Mary
Woodman. 10. Jonathan, May, 1676.

(HI) John (3), son of John (2) Webster,
was born in Newbury, February 11, 1655-56,
died in Salisbury, Massachusetts. April 12,
1737. He resided in Newbury and was a
weaver by trade. He removed to Salisbury
and was admitted to the church there October
20, 1706. His will was dated at Salisbury,
September 20, 1732, and proved May 18, 1737.
He took the oath of allegiance at Newbury in
1678. He married there March 9, 1680-81,
Bridget Huggins, who died before he died.
Children: i. Anne, born January 9, 1682, mar-
ried, 1703, Philip Colby. 2. John, November
2, 1683. mentioned below. 3. Sarah, Decem-
ber 28, 1685, died January 17, 1727: married,
February 14, 1710-11, Thomas Bartlett. 4.
Israel, April 9, 1688, a weaver; married, No-
vember 25, 1714, Susanna Morrill: seven chil-
dren. 5. Mary, married, October 28, 1712,
Jacob Morrill. 6. Hannah, October 5, 1692,
married, December 18. 1712, Stephen Bartlett.
7. Stephen, January 11, 1698, probably died
young.

(TV) John (4), son of John (3) Webster,
was born in Newbury, November 2, 1683. He
lived in Salisbury and was a soldier in the foot
company in 1702. He married (intentions
dated March 13, 1707-08) Sarah Greely, bap-
tized January 8, 1709-10 (adult). Children:
I. John, born .'Kpril 28, 1709 died .A.pril 29,
1788; married, November 17, 1730, Ruth
Clough ; married (second) Susannah Snow;
thirteen children. 2. Andrew, November 12,
1710, married (intentions recorded December
10, 1742) (first) Mercy , who died Jan-
uary 30, 1742: married (second) Patience or
Prudence W'eare. 3. Stephen, October 5, 1712,
mentioned below. 4. Mary, Soi)tember 30,
1714. 5. Daniel, November 12, 1716. married,
.'\pril 28, 1739, .^bigail King. 6. Nathan. Jan-
uary 17, 1 7 19, married Mary , three

children. 7. Sarah, July 6, 1721. 8. Nathan-
iel, March 25, 1724. 9. Ann, May 2, 1726,
married. October, 1748, Jacob True.

(V) Stephen, son of John (4) Webster,
was born October 5, 1712, at Salisbury. He
settled in the adjoining town of Newbury,
Massachusetts. He married (intention dated
November i, 1734) Hannah Swett. Children,
born at Newbury: i. Betty, born September
25, I735> 'liL'd .September 5, 1753. 2. Hannah,



December 4, 1737. 3. Samuel, April i, 1740,
married December 24, 1766, Susanna Jewell;
seven children. 4. Susanna, November 8,
1742, married Reuben Webster. 5. Stephen,
February 22, 1744, mentioned below. 6. ."Knne,
April 23, 1747, died May 5, 1747. 7. Israel,
March 31, 1748, died December 31, 1751. 8.
Benjamin. May 2, 1750, died May 13, 1750.
9. Benjamin, September 17, 1751. 10. John,
November 28, 1754, died December 18, 1754.
(VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i)
Webster, was born in Newbury, Alassachu-
setts, February 22, 1744. died in New Durham,
New Hampshire (testified to by Jonathan
Choate, his wife's brother) about 1828. Prob-
ably the correct date is January 20, 1827. He
was a soldier in the revolution in Captain
Green's company. Colonel Bedell's regiment,
1776, from the town of Tamworth. He was
at Ticonderoga. He lived at Tamworth, later
at Sandwich. Stephen and Jonathan Webster
were in Sandwich in 1786 and signed a peti-
tion for an issue of paper money that year.
In 1790 the federal census shows that Stephen
had three males over sixteen, two under that
age and three females in his family. Besides
.Stephen there were Jonathan, Joseph. William,
and Hezekiah Webster given as heads of fam-
ilies in Sandwich in 1790. There are so many
Stephen Websters that it is almost impossible
without great care to sift them out accurately.
.•\ "Death Notice" in an old New Hampshire
paper reads: "In New Durham, January 20,
1827, Mr. Stephen Webster, aged eighty-seven
years, seven months, one day," but that might
not be the same Stephen. He married, in
Moultonborough, New Hampshire, 1770,
.â– \nna Choate. born in Kingston, New Hamp-
shire, December 20, 1751, died in Sandwich,
New Hampshire, October 5, 1848, daughter
of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Moody) Ciioate,
and of the same ancestry as Hon. Rufus
Choate, the great advocate. They had six chil-
dren, aniong whom were: i. Reuben, born
1771. died in .\ew Durham, New Hampshire,
in Jidy, 1854; married, in New Duriiam, Feb-
ruary 21, 1793, Lydia Smith; seven children.
2. Stephen. 3. Mary. 4. Jacob, born .April 6,

I779-

(\'II) Jacob, son of Stephen (2) Webster,
was born in Tamworth, New Hampshire,
.'\pril 6, I77<). died in Sandwich. New Hamp-
shire, May 8, 1858, of "Heart disease" (N'ital
Records of New Hampshire). He married.
])robably in Sandwich, .\pril 18. 1802, Rhoda
Quimby. Children, all born in New Durham,
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20, 1803, married Riitli Atwood. 2. John, Au-
giist 9. 1804. 3. Mary Ouimby, married Ilosea
PcttingiU. 4. Jane, married Renben Rcan. 5.
Su<an, married (first) John Carter; (second)
John Kent. 6. Alpheus. 7. Horace.

(\'ni) John {•,). son of Jacob Webster,
was born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, Au-
gust 9, 1804, died there July 28. 1888. He
married Polly Pettingill, daughter of Asa
Pettingill, who was in the war of 1812. Chil-
dren: I. .Asa Pettingill, born Xovember 16,
1824. 2. Susan Maria, married George Wil-
son, of Maiden. 3. Mary Ann, married John
X. Prescott, who was in the civil war. There
were three other children, wlmse names are not
known.

(IX) Asa Pettingill, son of John (5)
Webster, was born in Sandwich, Xew Hamp-
shire. Xovember 16, 1824, died there February
16. 185 1. He married in Tuftonborough, Xew
Hampshire, Mary Elizabeth Abbott, born in
Tuftonborough, 1825, daughter of Grafton
Abbott. One child born in Sandwich, Xew
Hampshire, Orrin .Asa, born December 2S,
1849.

(X) Orrin Asa, son of Asa Pettingill \\'eb-
ster, was born at Sandwich, December 25, 1849.
He was educated in the public schools, and
when a young man entered the railroad busi-
ness and became a locomotive engineer on the
Boston & .Albany railroad. He is now retired.
In religion he is a Baptist. He was formerly
a Democrat, but in recent years has been a
Republican. He is a life member of Dalhousie
Lodge of Free Masons of Xewton, Massachu-
setts. He married, at Haverhill, Massachu-
setts, May II, 1869, Laura Esther Varrell,
born at Rye, Xew Hampshire, January 24,
1848, died in Boston, .August 2, 1882, daughter
of Robert Waldron and Eliza E. fFoss) Var-
rell. Children: i. Harriet Joy, born March
12, 1874, at Xewton, Massachusetts, married,
May 9, 1906, at Somcrville, Massachusetts,
.Arthur Leroy MacKusick, of Cambridge, son
of Leroy Chase and ^Lartha Eleanor (Rand)
MacKusick: child, Webster MacKusick, born
September 12, 1907, at Boston. 2. Walter
Archibald, December 4, 1875 ; mentioned below.

(XL) Walter Archibald, son of Orrin Asa
Webster, was born in .Xewton Lower Falls,
Massachusetts, December 4, 1875. When he
was two years old his parents moved to Boston
and he attended the public schools of that city,
graduating from the English high school in
the classof 1892. He entered Boston I'niversity
Law School, from which he was graduated
with the degree of LL. B. in the class of 1899.



He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and imme-
diately began to practice law in Boston. He
is the senior member of the firm of Webster,
MacKusick & Lyman, at () Beacon street, Bos-
ton. He is a master in chancery. In politics
he is a Republican, and in 1901 was secretary
of the Republican committee of ward 22, Bos-
ton, and chairman in 1902-03. He was a repre-
sentative to the general court in 1905-06-07
from the twenty-second Suffolk representative
district, serving efficiently as a member of the
committee on street railways in. 1905-06, as
house chairman of the committee on engrossed
bills in 1906, and house chairman of the com-
mittee on metropolitan affairs, one of the most
important committees of the legislature in 1907.
He was also a member of the committee on
rules in 1907. He was a delegate and presided
at the Republican convention of the second
councillor district in 1905, at the Boston munici-
pal convention in 1906 and at the Suffolk
county convention in 1908. While in the legis-
lature he originated the idea of the finance
commission for Boston and drafted the act
that created it. This commission has attracted
the attention of the whole country for its effec-
tive work and demonstrated usefulness. Mr.
Webster also drafted the police and excise bill
which created a single police commissioner in
place of a board of three, and a board of three
excise commissioners, providing also for the
separate and independent powers of the police
commissioner and excise board. He was the
Republican candidate for district attorney of
Suffolk county in 1907 against the late John B.
Moran. Mr. Webster is a member of Daniel
Hersey Lodge of Odd Fellows of Jamaica
Plain ; of Boston Lodge, Xo. 10, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks ; of Camp Sted-
man, Xo. 51, Sons of Veterans. Jamaica Plain ;
of the Jamaica Chib of Jamaica Plain; of the
Boston City Club and the Old Boston Club of
Boston. He attends the Baptist church. He
married, April 25, 1907, at Quincy, Massachu-
setts, Florence iVIabel Gray, born August 19,
1876, at Concar<l, Massachusetts, daughter of
George Arthur and Martha Parks (Pierce)
Gray.

The Tinkham family is of
TIXKH.AM ancient English origin. As
far as known all the Ameri-
can families are descendcfl from the first settler
mentioned in this sketch.

( I ) Sergeant F,])hraim Tinkham. immigrant
ancestor, came from Ashburnham, near
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born about 1606 and died June 5, 1685. He
probably came in the service of Thomas Hath-
erly, under indenture or contract, as many
young men did, to pay their passage. Later
he was transferred to the service of John
Winslow, in 1634. He received a grant of
land from the town of Duxbury, thirty-five
acres, and was one of the proprietors, August
2, 1642. He became a very prominent citizen
both in civil and military life; and selectman
and sergeant and held other offices of trust
and honor. He and his wife sold a third part
of a lot of land with dwelling and other build-
ings which had belonged to Peter Brown, by
deed of October 2"/. 1647, to Henry Thomp-
son, of Duxbury. Tinkham was admitted a
freeman in 1670. In 1674 he was juror in a
murder case : in 1676 member of the grand
inquest. He and William Crowell and Edward
Gray were a commission in 1668 to settle the
bounds of the governor's lands at Plaindealing.
His will was dated January 17, 1683. and
proved June 5, 1685, beciueathing to wife Mary,
children Ephraim, Ebenezer, Peter, Elkiah,
John, Isaac, Mary Tomson. He was one of
the twenty-six men who in 1662 bought of the
Indians the territory comprising the town of
Middleborough and settled that town. He
married Mary Brown, daughter of Peter
Brown, who came to Plymouth in the "May-
flower." Children, born at Plymouth or Dux-
bury: I. E]ihraim, August I, 1649, mentioned
below. 2. Ebenezer, September 30, 1651, men-
tioned below. 3. Peter, December 25, 1653. 4.
Hezekiah, February 8, 1656-57. 5. John, June
7, 1658. 6. Mary, August 5, 1661, married
John Thom])son, son of Lieutenant Thompson.
7. John, November 15, 1663. 8. Isaac, April
II, 1666, married Sarah King.

(II) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (i)
Tinkham, was I)«rn in Duxbury, August i,
1649, died at Middleborough, October 13, 1714.
He settled in Middleborough where he was
proj)oun(led for freeman in 1682 ; was con-
stable in 1681. He married Esther \\'right,
born 1649, (lied March 28, 1717, granddaughter
of Francis Cook, who came to Plymouth in
1620 in the "Maytlower." He inherited his
father's bouse in Middleborough. Children,
born at Middleborough: i. John, .\ugust 23,
1680; mentioned below. 2. Ephraim, October

7, 1682, died July 11, 1713: married, June 24.
1708, Martha Cf)l)l), born i6()i, died .\ugust

8. 1775- 3- Laac, June, 1685, died .\pril 7,
1750: went to Halifax in 1734: married .\biah
\\'ood, born 1689, died December 25, 1777. 4.



Samuel, March 19, 1687-88, died March 16,

1775-

(HI) John, son of Ephraim (2) Tinkham,
was born August 23, 1680, at Middleborough,
died there April 14, 1766. He also settled in
Middleborough. He married, December 11,
1716, Hannah Howland, born 1695. died March
25, 1792. great-granddaughter of John How-
land who came in the "Mayflower." Children,
born at Middleborough: i. Cornelius, August
31, 1717. 2. John, May 8, 1719, died August
22, 1793 ; married Jerusha Vaughan. 3. Esther,
April 26, 1721 ; married Elisha \"aughan. 4.
Plannah, April 10, 1723, died April 14, 1802;
married Josejih \'aughan, John Weston and
David Sears. 5. Susanna, March 19, 1724-25.
died June 21, 1813; married James Cobb. 6.
Abishai, May 23, 1727. 7. .'Kmos, July 10,
1729; mentioned below. 8. Zil])ah, July 25,

1737-

( I\' ) -Amos, son of John Tinkham, was
born in Middleborough, July 10, 1729, died
there April 5, 1776. He married Sarah Tink-
ham, born 1735, died February 18. 1820, daugh-
ter of Peter and Eunice (Thomas) Tinkham,
mentioned below. Children, born at Middle-
borough : I. Sarah, born 1757, died September
20, 1846; married Ichabod Wood. 2. Squire,
1772; mentioned below.

(V) Squire, son of .\mos Tinkham, was
born at Middleborotigh, 1772. died October 17,
1851. He went to Hartland, X'ermont. in 1823.
He married .Anna Wood, born 1773. died Sep-
tember, 1849, daughter of Israel and Priscilla
(X'augban) Wood. Israel Wood was born in
1744 and died May 12, 1829; Priscilla Vaughan,
born 1749. died 1808. Israel was the son of
Ichabod Wood, burn 1719. died .\\i\\\ 8, 1787,
and wife Thankful (Cobb) \\'ood. Ichabod
was the son of Samuel Wood, Jr., born 1684,
died 1754, and wife Elizabeth, and grandson
of Samuel Wood, who was born in 1648, died
I'>bruary 3. 1718. Samuel, Sn, was the son
of 1 Icnr'y \\'ood, alias Atwood, the immigrant,
of Plymouth. Children of Squire Tinkliam:
I. Loranus. born .August 15, 1798; mentioned
below. 2. S<|uire, b'cljruary 9. 1800, died Jan-
uary 25, 1867: married Melinda Iloisington,
born November i, 1807, died October 23, 1893;
children: i. Sophronia, born I-'ebruary 21,
1830. married Benjamin Fletcher and J. Q. A.
Ditty: ii. John Howland, born March 31, 1831,
(lied Jamiary 2, 1836: iii. Harrison Gray, born
1833; iv. Harriet, born September, 1838. mar-
ried Hosea 'S'oung : v. Charlotte, Ixirn 1841,
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^\T) Loramis, son of Sciuirc Tinkhani. was
born at Middleboroiigh, August 15, 1798, died
at Xorthampton. Massachusetts, December 5,
1874. He was educated in tbe district schools
of bis native town. In 1823 he went with his
father and brother to Hartland. Vermont,
where they settled. He married, .'\ugust 18,

1821. Mary Rogers, born Sejitember 7, 1799,
died January cj, 1885, daughter of Sylvanus
and Polly (Mason) Rogers. His wife was
born September. 1773, died August 21, 1862.
Sylvanus Rogers, born 1771. died July 13,
1857, son of John Rogers. Children o"f Loranus
Tinkbam: i. Horatio X., born October 3,

1822, died November 28, 1884; married Eliza-
beth Wilson. 2. Mary Ann, married James
Goodwin. 3. Susan, died 1835. 4. John, died
1837. 5. Francis M., born October 11, 1846;
mentioned below.

(\TI) I'rancis M., son of Loranus Tink-
bam, was born in Claremont, New Hamp-
shire. October 11. 1846. He attended the
public schools of Claremont until fifteen
years of age, when he came to Springfield,
Massachusetts, where he completed his educa-
tion in tbe high school. He then became a
clerk in the dry goods store of his brother,
Horatio X. Tinkbam. This was the largest
concern in its line in Springfield. He con-
tinued in tbe emi)loy of his brother from 1864
to 1884, the year of his brother's death, filling
positions of responsiblity. He had a carpet
store on his own account in Springfield from
1884 to 1889, when he became treasurer and
general manager of the United States Spring
Bed Company, a position he has held to the
present time. He is one of the best known
manufacturers of the city. His energy, in-
dustry and foresight have developed a large
and flourishing business. The factory is at
lirigbtwood. The concern manufactures woven
wire mattresses, spiral s]jring beds, iron bed-
steads, cots, etc., and ranks high in the trade.
Mr. Tinkham joined the First Baptist Church
in 1864 and afterward became a member of
the Highland Baptist Church of that city. He
has been a deacon for many years and is a
prominent member and active worker in the
society. In politics he is a Republican. He
married, November 14, 1878, Ivlith M. Ellis,
born in New York City, July 5, 1848, died
March 6, 1903, daughter of Theodore \V. and
Maria L. (Van Boskerck ) Ellis. They had
one child, Florence Louise, born .April 6, 1885.
(H) Deacon Ebenezer, son of Ejjhraim ( i)
Tinkham, was born at Plymouth, September
30, 1651, died at Middleborough, .April 8, 1718.



He settled in Midtlleborough and was town
treasurer many years and one of the charter
members of the church. He married, 1678,
I'.li/'abcth Liscomb, who also died April 8,
1718. Children: i. Ebenezer, born March
-3- 1679-80: mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah,
.August 7. 1681. died .April 5, 1715, a farmer;
married loanna liarlow. 3. Peter, .April 20,
1683.

(III) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i)
Tinkham. was born in Middleborough, March
23, 1670-80. He married Patience I'ratt, who
died June 5, 1720.

(IV) Peter, son of Ebenezer (2) Tinkham,
was born in 1709 at Middleborough, died there
October 10, 1745. He married Eunice Thomas,
born 1709, died .April 8, 1778. Children, born
at Middleborough: i. Sarah, 1735, died Feb-
ruary 18, 1820; married Amos Tinkham. men-
tioned above. 2. Peter, married Mary Thomp-
son.

William Johnson, immigrant
JOHNSON ancestor, was born in Eng-
land. As early as 1634 he
settled in Charlestown and followed the occu-
pation of planter and brick-maker there. He
was admitted to the church with his wife Eliz-
abeth, February 13, 1634-35: was a proprietor
of the town and was admitted a freeman
March 4. 1634-35. He deposed December 29,
1657, that he was fifty- four years old. He
was at the time the grave-digger at Charles-
town. He was town constable in 1657. He
died December 9, 1677, and his widow Eliz-
abeth married (second) Thomas Carter. His
house was on Middle Row and I'.ack street,
where he bought land in 1651. His will was
dated December 7, 1677, bctiueathing to wife
Elizabeth: children John, Joseph, Jonathan,
Nathaniel, Zachariah, Isaac, Elizabeth: de-
ceased daughter Ruhamah's daughter, Eliza-
beth Bacon. The inventory of the estate of
William and Elizabeth Johnson was taken
.April 12, 1686: John Johnson, of Haverhill,
and Zachariah Johnson, of Charlestown, were
ajjpointed administrators of the estate of their
father William and mother Elizabeth; made
division of the real estate between themselves
and their brothers Jo.seph, Isaac, Jonathan and
.Nathaniel, .April 13, 1686. Children: I. John.
2. Ruhamab, baptized hebruary 21, 1634-35,
married. 1654, John Knight. 3. Joseph, bap-
tized February 13, 1636-37. 4. Elizabeth, bap-
tized March 17, 1639-40, married, 1658-59,
lulward Wyer; (second) William Moore. 5.
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Nathaniel. 7. Zachariah, born 1646. 8. Isaac,
born 1649.

(II) Joseph, son of William Johnson, was
baptized February 13, 1636-37, and with his
brotlier John was an early settler in Haverhill.
His house lot of five acres and two "common-
ages" adjoined that of his brother. His farm
was in the northwest part of the village, and
he and his sons owned three hundred acres
extending to the North Parish meeting house
nearly a mile in length, mostly on the east side
of the road, from the south line of the home-
stead to the north side of a small stream called
Fishing river. Fourteen years before his
death, he gave by deed of gift, June 19, 1700,
to his sons, Thomas, Joseph and William, the
north part of ihe homestead. He also owned
five hundred acres of land in Amesbury, and
was a well-to-do farmer. He married (first)
April 19, 1664, Marie Soatlie, who died March
22, 1664-65. He married (second) Hannah
Tenney. Children, born in Haverhill: i.
Joseph, October 15, 1667. 2. William, Jan-
uary 15, 1669, ancestor of Colonel William
Johnson, of Enfield. 3. Thomas, December
II. 1670, mentioned below. 4. Zachariah, April
16, 1672, died October 27, 1673. 5. John, No-
vember 9, 1673, died March 23, 1704-05, un-
married. 6. Hannah, June 10, 1675, married,
December 28, 1704, Nathaniel Osgood. 7.
Mary, June 4, 1677, married. May 16, 1697,
Lieutenant John Johnson. 8. Jonathan, April
24, 1678. slain February 8. 1703-04; unmar-
ried. 9. Elizabeth, February 28, 1680-81, mar-
ried, January 31, 1721, Samuel Worthen. 10.
-Vathaniel. August 15, 1683, married, 1714,
Ruth Gile. 11. Zaccheus, August 26, 1687,
died unmarried.

(HI) Deacon Thomas, son of Joseph John-
son, was born in Haverhill, December 11. 1670,
died February 18, 1742. He was a farmer
and owned land in Haverhill and Amesbury,
in that part set off as Newton, New Hamp-
shire. The day before his marriage he bouglit
of Joseph Bradley ten acres of land with a
house thereon, and soon afterward received
eleven acres from his father by deed of gift,
being the north part of the homestead. In
1728, when the North Parish meeting house
was erected, he was elected deacon of the
church, and remained in that office from its
organization in 1730 until his death. He held
various town offices, and disposed of most of
his estate by gift to his children before his
death. He married. May i, 1700, Elizabeth
Page, born September 14, 1679, daughter of
Cornelius and Martha (Clough) Page, and



granddaughter of John and Jane Clough. She
died at Hampstead, New Hampshire, June 12,
1752. Children, born at North Parish of
Haverhill: i. Mehitable, February 26, 1701-
02. 2. Cornelius, January 17, 1703-04, re-
moved to Andover and Concord, New Hamp-
shire. 3. Thomas, January 6, 1705-06, farmer
at Plaistow. 4. Abigail, May 15, 1707. 5.
Ruth, August 24, 1709. 6. John, November
15, 171 1, mentioned below. 7. Susannah, Jan-
uary 25, 1714-15. 8. Jabez, April 24, 1716,
died young. 9. Jeremiah, June 30, 1717, mar-
ried Abigail \\'right. 10. Elizabeth, January
2, 1720-21.

(I\') Hon. John, son of Deacon Thomas
Johnson, was born at Haverhill, North Parish.
November 15. 171 1. He joined the church in
Haverhill, February 4, 1727-28, and in No-
vember. 1730, became a member of the new
church in the North Parish of which his father
was the deacon. He bought five acres of land
in the North Parish of his brother Cornelius
and settled on it after his marriage. His father
gave him land also. He was not only a well-
to-do farmer, but a merchant of note, dealing
much in ship timber. Incidentally he did much
convej-ancing and legal work. He was elected
hog-reeve in 1732, the year after his marriage,
this honor being facetiously bestowed on young
married men. He held many important places
of trust and honor in the town and province
and was influential in the town and parish.
He removed early in 1648 to Haverhill district
of Timberland, some si.x miles north. This
section was set off from ^Massachusetts in 1741
when the line was determined between the
provinces. He was delegated to represent his
neighbors in jictitioning for a town charter
and went to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
He was successful in his mission, paid the ex-
]ienses and on the following month at the first
town meeting was chosen first selectman of
the new town of Hampstead. The charter was
dated January 19, 1749; the town organized
I'ebruary 7, 1749. He was appointed a mag-
istrate and was for many years a member of
the court of sessions for the entire province.
He erected a sawmill at Wash Pond outlet.
1 lis house was near the present or late home
of Dr. Knight, of Hampstead. nearly oppo-
site George's Inn. He died intestate April i.
1762, in his fifty-second year. He disposed
of most of his real estate by sale and deed of
gift to his sons before his death. He married,
November 25. 1731, Sarah Haines, born Janu-