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Title: History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches ..
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Cogswell, Elliott C. (Elliott Colby), 1814-1887
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Publisher: Manchester (N.H.) J.B. Clarke
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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threedaughters. Their youngest child was John, born October27, 1694. (3) John married, June, 1718, Martha Redman, andsettled in the northerly part of the town (now NorthHampton). They had ten children, six sons and fourdaughters. Their eldest child was Benjamin, born May 5,1719. (4) Benjamin married, February 4, 1753, Rachel Gar-land. They removed to Northwood about 1758. He diedJuly 2, 1811, aged ninety-two, and she died September 8,1813, aged eighty-four. (5) John Johnson, son of Benjamin, was born June 25,1758. His wife was Sally, daughter of William Gate ofGreenland, afterwards of Portsmouth. She was bornMarch 14, 1765, being married in 1782. Their children,were: Olive, born January 18, 1783, became the wife ofWilliam Jenness of Strafford ; Isabel, born October 22,1784, became the wife of John Jenness of Strafford, brotherof William ; Sally, born July 6, 1785, became the wife ofSamuel Johnston, and has one daughter, Mary Ann,who became the wife of Elbridge G. Boody, they also hav-
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O z UJ I Q 0) IU I ir 1 en Iu ,I-<o . z ;II zo 3 HISTORY OF NORTHWOOD. 727 ing one daughter, Nellie B., born February 11, 1859;Nancy, born August 12, 1786, became the wife of JohnBatchelder, resided in Hampton, and died March 15, 1816,aged thirty, leaving children: Eliza T., born December 20,1810, who became the wife of John Lee Jenness ; BenjaminF., born January 15, 1813, living in Manchester, whosewife was Miss Jenness ; Sarah A. L., born June 28, 1815,became the wife of Joel Batchelder; they have one son ;Mary, daughter of John Johnson, born November 18,1801,became the wife of Jonathan Gate of Nottingham. Mr. Gatesgrandfathers name was William, who, it is believed, owned amill in Greenland, near Goncord and Portsmouth Railroad ;was at one time chairman of the board of selectmen of thattown; and his name appears in 1742 upon the records ofGreenland, Avith Samuel Tucker and Eben Gate, and againin 1763. He died at the age of about eighty years. Hisbrother John settled in E

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