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Meschach POTTER & Temperance BURLINGAME




Husband Meschach POTTER

       Born: 20 Dec 1745 - Cranston, Kent Co., RI
   Baptized: 
       Died: 1819
     Buried: 


     Father: Benjamin POTTER (1713-1796)
     Mother: Jemima WILLIAMS (1716-1796)


    Married: 1774



Wife Temperance BURLINGAME

       Born: 1750
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 

Benjamin THURSTON & Sarah BURPEE




Husband Benjamin THURSTON

       Born: 
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


     Father: Joseph THURSTON (1667-      ) 27
     Mother: Mehitable KIMBALL (1670-Aft 1705) 27


    Married: 24 Nov 1731

Other Spouse: Living

Events
• Baptism, 27 Aug 1705
• Immigration, 27 Aug 1705



Wife Sarah BURPEE

       Born: 20 May 1707
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


     Father: Living
     Mother: Living



James BURROUGHS & Sarah CHURCH




Husband James BURROUGHS 85,89

       Born: Abt 1650
   Baptized: 
       Died: Aft 10 Oct 1699
     Buried: 
    Married: 8 Dec 1674 - Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA 85,89

Other Spouse: Living



Wife Sarah CHURCH 7,85

       Born: Abt 1650 89,138
   Baptized: 
       Died: Bef 1693 - Bristol, MA
     Buried: 


     Father: Richard CHURCH (Abt 1608-1668) 7,138,139
     Mother: Elizabeth WARREN (Abt 1616-1670) 7



John PORTER & Mary BUTLER




Husband John PORTER

       Born: 12 Dec 1666 - Hadley, MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 1747 - Hebron, Tolland Co., CT
     Buried: 


     Father: Living
     Mother: Living


    Married: 

Other Spouse: Rebecca SNOW (1676-1753) - 26 Dec 1728



Wife Mary BUTLER

       Born: 1670
   Baptized: 
       Died: Aft 1706
     Buried: 

Abraham BUTTERWORTH




Husband Abraham BUTTERWORTH

       Born: Abt 1622
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


     Father: Henry BUTTERWORTH (Abt 1599-Abt 1640)
     Mother: Living


    Married: 



Wife

       Born: 
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Sampson MASON & Mary BUTTERWORTH




Husband Sampson MASON

       Born: 10 Mar 1624/25 - England
   Baptized: 
       Died: 15 Sep 1676 - MA
     Buried:  - Bullocks Cove, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA


     Father: Robert MASON (Abt 1598-1644)
     Mother: Living


    Married: 9 Mar 1650/51 - Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA

Events
• Occupation, shoemaker
• Will
Will of Sampson Mason "The 22nd Day of October in the yeer of our Lord according to the English accompt one Thousand six hundred seaventy and two. Know all men by these p'sents that I Sampson Mason of Rehoboth in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England, Cordwinder, being sicke in body, but through the Grace of my God of Good and p'fect memory doe make and declare my last will and Testament in manor and form following; That is to say First I give and bequeath my whole estate as well Reall as p'sonall to mary my beloved wife; To have and to hold the same and every p'te thereof To the use of her the said Mary during her widdowood; onely excepting such Gifts and Legacyes as are heerin and heerafter bequeathed; Item. I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Noah; either my house which is shortly to be built in Swansey, or that house wherin I doe Now dwell, That is to say that house which his Mother my said wife shall order him to take; and an equall proportion with all his brothers in all my lands within the severall Townships of Rehoboth and Swansey; and on the Northsyde of the Towne of Rehoboth; when hee shall attaine to one and twenty yeers of age; To the use of him and his heires and assignes for ever; Item. I give and bequeath unto my second son Sampson Fifty acrees of Land which is shortly to be layd out as my Lott on the Northsyde of the Towne of Rehoboth; to have and to hold the said Fifty acrees; from the Time that hee shall attaine to one and twenty yeers of age; To him and his heires and assignes for ever; Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Samuell that house which my said wife shall Choose for her owne p'ticulare use; with five and Twenty acrees of Land where my said wife and the overseers of this my will heerafter Named shall se convenient; To have and to hold the said house and land from and after my said wifes decease; To him and his heires and assignes for ever; Item. I give and bequeath unto my other six sonnes an equall right to and proportion of all my lands not alreddy bequeathed within the severall Townships of Rehoboth and Swansey; and on the Northsyde of the Towne of Rehoboth; whether the same or any p'te thereof be devided or undevided; as it is or shall be layed out to the use of mee mine heires or assignes att any time heerafter; To have and to hold To them my said six sonnes; and every of them respectively; when they shall attaine to one and twenty yeers of age; and after the second Marriage of my said wife or her decease; to theire severall and Respective uses of them and to the severall and Respective uses of theire heires and assignes for ever provided nevertheless that whensoever every of my last mensioned six sons posess and Injoy an equall proportionall of land with my said sonnes Noah and Samuell; That the Remaining lands shallbe att my wifs dispose; and off my said overseers heerafter mensioned: Item. I doe heerby declare that it is my last will and Testament; That every of my four daughters shall have such a portion of my estate both Reall and p'sonall as my said wife and the said overseers shall see meet and to be payed to every of them according to the ordfer of my said wife and overseers; Item. I doe heerby Nominate my said deare wife Mary sole executrix of this my last will and Testament; and my beloved friends Mr. John Myles, Mr. James Brown and my brother John Butterworth to be overseers thereof; desireing that they doe see the same accomplished and p'formed according to the true Intent and meaning thereof; In witness whereof I have heerunto putt my hand and seal the day and yeere first above written. Signed & sealed in the psence Off Jonathan ffuller Sampson Mason Jonathan Willmoth and a seal. [Genealogy of the Sampson Mason Family by Alverdo Hayward Mason] Sampson Mason October 27, 1676 Plymouth Colony Wills 3(2):50-51 #P287
• Immigration, 1649
• King Phillips War
• English Civil War, Dragoon in Ironside's Unit for Oliver Cromwell



Wife Mary BUTTERWORTH

       Born: 29 Aug 1629 - Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 29 Aug 1704 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
     Buried:  - Bullocks Cove, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA


     Father: Henry BUTTERWORTH (Abt 1599-Abt 1640)
     Mother: Living




Children
1 M Noah MASON 75

       Born: Abt 1652 - Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 2 Mar 1699/00 - MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Martha ----- ( -1675) Spouse: Sarah FITCH ( -1718) 75 Marr: 6 Dec 1677 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA 75

2 M Sampson MASON

       Born: Abt 1654 - Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 
Spouse: Living

3 M John MASON

       Born: Abt 1656 - Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 18 Mar 1681/82
     Buried: 
Spouse: Living

4 M Samuel MASON 75

       Born: 12 Feb 1656/57 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 25 Jan 1743/44 - MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Elizabeth MILLER (1659-1718) 75 Marr: 28 Mar 1682 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA 75 Spouse: Lydia TABER (1648-1720)

5 F Sarah MASON

       Born: 15 Feb 1657/58 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 
Spouse: Living

6 F Mary MASON

       Born: 7 Feb 1659/60 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 15 Nov 1727 - MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Ephraim WHEATON (1657-1734) 75 Marr: 7 Jan 1683/84 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA 75

7 M James MASON

       Born: 30 Oct 1661 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died:  - Died Young
     Buried: 


8 M Joseph MASON 75

       Born: 6 Mar 1662/63 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 19 May 1748 - Swansea, Bristol Co., MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Anne DAGGETT (1653-Bef 1686) 75 Marr: 12 Mar 1682/83 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA 75 Spouse: Lydia BOWEN (1666-1758) Marr: 4 Sep 1686 - Swansea, Bristol Co., MA

9 F Bethiah MASON

       Born: 15 Oct 1665 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: Bef 1712 - MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: John WOOD (Abt 1663-Abt 1757) Marr: 23 May 1688 - Swansea, Bristol Co., MA

10 M Isaac MASON

       Born: 15 Jul 1667 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 25 Jan 1741/42 - MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Hannah MYLES (1679-Aft 1741) Marr: Abt 1694 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA

11 M Pelatiah MASON 24

       Born: 1 Apr 1669 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 29 Mar 1763 - Swansea, Bristol Co., MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Hepsibeth BROOKS (1673-1727) 24 Marr: 22 May 1694 - Swansea, Bristol Co., MA

12 M Benjamin MASON

       Born: 20 Oct 1670 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: Abt 1740 - MA
     Buried: 
Spouse: Ruth ROUND ( -1740) Marr: Abt 1696

13 F Thankful MASON

       Born: 27 Oct 1672 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: Aft 1743
     Buried: 
Spouse: Thomas BOWEN (1664-1743) Marr: 17 Jan 1688/89 - Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA


Sarah BUTTERWORTH




Husband

       Born: 
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       Died: 
     Buried: 
    Married: 



Wife Sarah BUTTERWORTH

       Born: 28 May 1653 - MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


     Father: John BUTTERWORTH (Abt 1630-Abt 1708)
     Mother: Living



James CAHOON & Mary RICH




Husband James CAHOON

       Born: 
   Baptized: 
       Died: 1743
     Buried: 
    Married: Abt 1720



Wife Mary RICH

       Born: 14 Feb 1700/01 - Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA
   Baptized: 
       Died: Aft 1767
     Buried: 


     Father: John RICH (Abt 1665-Bef 1747) 123
     Mother: Mary TREAT (1682-1723) 123



Joseph JAMES & Nancy CALEF




Husband Joseph JAMES

       Born: 24 Jul 1783 - Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 23 Mar 1848 - Tamworth, Carroll Co., NH
     Buried:  - Riverside Cemetary, Tamworth, NH


     Father: Benjamin JAMES (1744-1822) 13
     Mother: Living


    Married: 27 Nov 1806 - Sanbornton, Belknap Co., NH

Events
• Will, 10 Dec 1847 - Ossipee, Caroll Co., NH



Wife Nancy CALEF

       Born: 18 May 1789 - Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 26 Sep 1869 - Tamworth, Carroll Co., NH
     Buried:  - Riverside Cemetary, Tamworth, NH


     Father: Oliver CALEF (1747-1826)
     Mother: Elizabeth MELCHER (Abt 1748-Abt 1820)




Children
1 F Deliah C JAMES

       Born: 14 Sep 1807 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 
Spouse: Living

2 M Daniel C JAMES

       Born: 24 May 1809 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 22 Dec 1874
     Buried: 


3 M Cyrus B JAMES

       Born: 14 Feb 1811 - Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 9 Feb 1881
     Buried: 11 Feb 1881 - Presbyterian Church
Spouse: Living

4 F Esther G JAMES

       Born: 7 Jan 1813 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 1886
     Buried: 
Spouse: Living Spouse: Lyman D BOYNTON (1809-1878)

5 F Sally C JAMES

       Born: 21 Nov 1815 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 
Spouse: Living

6 M Joseph JAMES

       Born: 31 Aug 1818 - Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 5 May 1893 - Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME 178
     Buried:  - Eastern Cemetary, Gorham, ME 21
Spouse: Sarah SULLIVAN (1817-1890) Marr: 10 Aug 1843 - Dover, Strafford Co., NH

7 M Samuel H JAMES

       Born: 1 Oct 1820 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


8 F Abigail JAMES

       Born: 6 May 1828 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 9 Sep 1847 - Tamworth, Carroll Co., NH
     Buried:  - Riverside Cemetary, Tamworth, NH


9 M David B M JAMES

       Born: 24 Nov 1832 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


10 M Jonathan C JAMES

       Born: 12 Oct 1834 - Probably New Hampshire
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 



Oliver CALEF & Elizabeth MELCHER




Husband Oliver CALEF

       Born: 1747 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH 16
   Baptized: 
       Died: 18 Apr 1826 - Sanbornton, Belknap Co., NH 16
     Buried: 


     Father: James CALEF (      -1801)
     Mother: Living


    Married: Abt 1770 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH

Events
• Revolutionary War 179,180, Revolutionary War



Wife Elizabeth MELCHER

       Born: Abt 1748
   Baptized: 
       Died: Abt 1820
     Buried: 


Children
1 F Nancy CALEF

       Born: 18 May 1789 - Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 26 Sep 1869 - Tamworth, Carroll Co., NH
     Buried:  - Riverside Cemetary, Tamworth, NH
Spouse: Joseph JAMES (1783-1848) Marr: 27 Nov 1806 - Sanbornton, Belknap Co., NH

2 M Oliver Smith CALEF

       Born: 9 Dec 1791 - Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH
   Baptized: 
       Died: 
     Buried: 


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