Born in Scio, Grecian Archipelago, October 22, 1816. During the Greek Revolution the Turks invaded that island in 1822, and after narrowly escaping the massacre that followed, George with his mother and two young sisters were carried captives to Smyrna. Through friends in that city he was ransomed and sent in an American brig to …
A child of Ephraim Brown, Jan. 13, 1716-7 Phebe, dau. of Thomas Tenney, Jan. 13, 1716-7 Joshua, son of Joshua Boynton, jr., Jan. 20, 1,716-7 Abigail, dau. of Sam” Goodridge, Mar. 17, 1716-7
Mehitabel, dau. of Nathll Dumer, Mar. 27. A child of Jonathan Mores, May 1. Josiah, son of Samuel Brown, May 8. Ezekll and John, sons of Richard Layton, May 29, 1720. Abigail, dau. of Benjamin Poor, June 12. David, son of Isaac Adams, June 19, 1720 John, son of Lionel Chute, June 19, 1720 A …
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Daniel, son of James Chute, May 6. Abigail, dau. of Isaac Adams, July 1, 1722 Hannah, dau. of John Boynton, July 1, 1722. Daniel, son of Benjamin Poor, July 1, 1722. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Thurston, July 15. Oliver, son of Edmund Goodridge, July 29. Joseph, son of Matthew Adams, July 29. Samuel, son of …
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Sea Captains Gray, Henry to Griste, John
Abigail, dau. of Edmund Goodridge, Jan. 11. Sarah, dau. of John Homes, Jan. 11. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Stickney, Jan. 25, 1712-3 Hannah, dau. of Samuel Goodridge, Feb. 1. Jonathan, son of Elias Whitten, Feb. 1. Jacob, son of John Dresser, Feb. 8. Robert, son of Stephen Thurston, Mar, 8
Farther down the road towards the tide mills stands the house built by John Cheever about 1835. Mr. Cheever came from Beverly to Blue Hill village and settled, where he kept a store and began to build a fishing fleet, the first being the schooner “Marion”, built at the village. The father of the writer …
Adams, John Gregory Bishop, son of Isaac and Margaret Adams, was born in Groveland, Essex County, October 6, 1841. He obtained a common school education, and spent the greater part of his boyhood and youth in that locality. In the early summer of 1861 he enlisted in Major Ben; Perley Poore’s rifle battalion, which later …
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Mary, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, Jan. 4, 1735-6 Mercoy, dau. of Samll Lull, Jan. 4, 1735-6. Hepzibah, dau. of Samll Killburn, Jan. 11. Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Burpe, Feb. 15. Joseph, son of David Woodman, Feb. 29. Sarah, dau. of Edmund Cheney, Feb. 7 John, son of Elkanah Lunt, Feb. 7. Judith, dau. of Richard …
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Alfred Woodman, a successful farmer of Plainfield, Sullivan County, N.H., and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Newburyport, Mass., March 9, 1834, son of Daniel and Sarah (Hall) Woodman. His grandfather, Joseph Woodman, was a native of Newbury, Mass., and a cabinet-maker by trade. He was twice married; and his second wife …
Estate of George Corwin House, and Estate of George Corwin and Jonathan Corwin Lots. These three lots contained four acres, and were a pasture belonging to Rev. Hugh Peter, the pastor of the First church in Salem, and subsequently a regicide, early in the settlement, probably having been granted to him by the town. After …
