Samuel Dyer and his wife (Polly)(Sally) Brackett had three sons born in Rockingham Co.: Rev. Samuel B. b. in Nottingham in ca. 1780. Paul J. ca. 1785 in Newmarket and Brackett b. 1787 in Newmarket. Are there libraries or historical societies in these two towns or in Rockingham which might have records of this family? If so, postal addresses would be appreciated. Note that Rev. Samuel b. died in Deerfield, Paul J. in China ME and Brackett in Richland Co. OH. Thanks for any suggestions/addresses. Harry Reiff

In my search for data on the parents of Samuel Dyer and (Polly)((Sally) Brackett, who were the parents of Rev. Samuel B. Dyer, Paul J. Dyer and Brackett Dyer, I learned from Paul Barton of the extensive obit of Rev. Samuel B. Dyer in the Dec. 21 1846 issue of The Exeter Newsletter. Can anybody give me the address of a historical society or library in Rockingham (or elsewhere) which might have a copy (microfilm or other) of that issue? Thanks in advance. Harry Reiff HEReiff@aol.com

Bill: Did you wife ever determine the name and parentage of Mary ? the wife of James Norris b:1702 who was one of Epping's incorporators? How is your killer cat who liked to walk across my laptop keyboard when I visited your house one snowy sunday in January , 1996? Fred Gain Gain Law Offices 1731 So. Park Ave. P.O. Box 2307 Springfield, Ill. 62705-2307 ph 217-546-3115 fax 217-546-8606 e/mail Fred.Gain@worldnet.att.net -----Original Message----- From: Bill Williamson <wmson27@earthlink.net> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:55 PM Subject: Epping, NH Information >The Epping, NH Historical Society has an extensive data base of Genealogy >information on most of the families that lived in Epping from 1741 to the >present. Please address any requests to: > >Ms. Madelyn Williamson >Epping Historical Society >P. O. Box 348 >Epping, NH 03042 > > >Bill > > >==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Mailing Lists Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/ >List Administrator: RMarston@pacbell.net > >============================== >RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! >Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

The Epping, NH Historical Society has an extensive data base of Genealogy information on most of the families that lived in Epping from 1741 to the present. Please address any requests to: Ms. Madelyn Williamson Epping Historical Society P. O. Box 348 Epping, NH 03042 Bill

I had the same thoughts when I read this message. Although I am in favor of any effort to increase free access to genealogical effort on the internet, and appreciate Debbie's willingness to volunteer, I would like to see efforts concentrated on the USGenWeb, whichI think has the potential to create a kind of a "one-stop" shopping for genealogical information - and all free. I know this thread is kind of off-topic, and perhaps our kind list host will tell us to cease <grin>, but I just had to express my concerns about splintering our efforts. Cindy Walcott Grand Isle, VT -----Original Message----- From: Gail Brown [mailto:rexbrown@shreve.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:11 PM To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Invitation Dear Debbie, Your efforts are to be praised, but I have a question - in view of the fact that we already have the USGenWeb Project, with state and county sites for the U.S., why is another similar project necessary? The USGenWeb Project has been a leader in efforts to increase free access to genealogical information over the Internet since April of 1996. Wouldn't it be more productive for those who share this goal to offer assistance to USGenWeb county coordinators, or to offer to adopt counties within that project? Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: DA Whitman <debbiew@sover.net> To: <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:49 PM Subject: Invitation > I recently became the State Contact for Rhode Island and Vermont. I'm looking for a few good volunteers to join GenExchange and our group of many volunteers working to bring free access to genealogical information over the internet. > > If you live in or near one of the open counties or have access to material from any county, please consider adopting a county and becoming a county contact. > > > To adopt a county go to the county contact list on the state page and click adopt me from any vacant county. Fill out the application and hit return. It is that simple, Your application will be reviewed and you will hear from us in a couple of days. > snip ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== Send messages to the list to the "To" address found above in THIS message. To send commands (subscribe/unsubscribe), insert -request between the L and the @ in the address. Send only the command. ============================== FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

A valued subscriber wrote: > > Dear ______, > > Your efforts are to be praised, but I have a question - in view of the fact > that we already have the USGenWeb Project, with state and county sites for > the U.S., why is another similar project necessary? And now for a word from your sponsor. We ALL share a general interest in genealogy - NOT merely genealogy related to this or any other county. However, once again, I want to remind everyone that the purpose of THIS mail list is much more narrow. In other words, those general topics should bear SOME relevance to the SPECIFIC purposes for which the list was created, i.e., the genealogical and historical events which occurred here. It's fine if a message also incorporates other matters which, by themselves, would not qualify as on-topic, as long as SOME part of the message relates to someone or some place which IS on-topic. If you have a question about it, please ask me, and I promise a quick and appreciative response. We have to know and accept the fact that many, if not most, of our ancestors moved from place to place. What I ask is that, when you want information about someone, that 1) you have some basis for believing that your ancestor or cousin, etc., was either born, raised, married, lived or deceased here, and 2) that your query actually mentioin the specific connection without making us assume it. There are, most of us know, other lists where general genealogy topics are appropriate and encouraged. Not only are some county coordinators less picky than I am, but NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L and ROOTS-L are 2 excellent lists that welcome such exchanges and discussions. Those of you who feel the need or the urge, should take advantage of them. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation. As I say in the welcome message, if you want to debate the advisability of the rule, I welcome your PRIVATE messages. Peace! -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor, [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/ ]; Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb County Coordinator, [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/ ]; Webmaster: Southern California Genealogical Society, [ http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ ]; Administrator: NHMERRIM, NHROCKIN and MARSTON mail lists

Dear Debbie, Your efforts are to be praised, but I have a question - in view of the fact that we already have the USGenWeb Project, with state and county sites for the U.S., why is another similar project necessary? The USGenWeb Project has been a leader in efforts to increase free access to genealogical information over the Internet since April of 1996. Wouldn't it be more productive for those who share this goal to offer assistance to USGenWeb county coordinators, or to offer to adopt counties within that project? Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: DA Whitman <debbiew@sover.net> To: <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:49 PM Subject: Invitation > I recently became the State Contact for Rhode Island and Vermont. I'm looking for a few good volunteers to join GenExchange and our group of many volunteers working to bring free access to genealogical information over the internet. > > If you live in or near one of the open counties or have access to material from any county, please consider adopting a county and becoming a county contact. > > > To adopt a county go to the county contact list on the state page and click adopt me from any vacant county. Fill out the application and hit return. It is that simple, Your application will be reviewed and you will hear from us in a couple of days. > snip

I recently became the State Contact for Rhode Island and Vermont. I'm looking for a few good volunteers to join GenExchange and our group of many volunteers working to bring free access to genealogical information over the internet. If you live in or near one of the open counties or have access to material from any county, please consider adopting a county and becoming a county contact. To adopt a county go to the county contact list on the state page and click adopt me from any vacant county. Fill out the application and hit return. It is that simple, Your application will be reviewed and you will hear from us in a couple of days. Rhode Island - http://www.genexchange.com/counties.cfm?state=ri *All counties are up for adoption. Vermont - http://www.genexchange.com/counties.cfm?state=vt *All counties are up for adoption. Best regards, Debbie Debbie Whitman - dwhitman@genexchange.com RIGenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/ri/index.cfm http://www.genexchange.com/vt/index.cfm

Elizabeth NEAL ( ) m 1823, Stratham, Rockingham Co., NH, John CLARK. In 1834 they had a daughter Martha A. born in Groton, Grafton, Co., NH. I would like to know when and where Elizabeth & John were born and died, more about their children, and who are the NEAL and CLARK ancestors? Thanks, Karen Tomecek ktomecek@aol.com

I thought that this might be of interest to several lists. The Seavey's first came to Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire and came from Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England. As mentioned below, I am willing to do lookups in the Index and in my data base for Seavey's. If you come across info about Seavey's, I'd appreciate receiving it. I am trying to add all Seavey's (all spellings) born before 1800 to my data base to make it as complete as possible for doing lookups. I also keep track of those interested in particular Seavey lines so I can hook the various interested parties up with each other. Tom Sevy Thomas D. Sevy, MSW, LCSW Grantsmanship Consultant 1617 W. Shenandoah Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84123 (the same as Taylorsville, Utah 84123) 801-264-9748 sevy99@deseretonline.com > Sometime around 1880 to 1920, Anna Byrd Hall (who married Mr. A.C. > Hall, her grandmother is Hannah Seavey d/o Joseph Seavey and Abigail > Cummings) collected Seavey info from where ever she could find it. > She is known as both Mrs. A.C. Hall and as A.B. Hall. Anyway, I > assume that she was going to eventually write a book, but it didn't > happen. She wrote the info which she received in paper bound journal > books in pencil. Mostly she wrote names, spouses and dates of > birth/death. She entered few sources, and few place names. I don't > recall how many of these little books there are, but they take up 2 > 1/2 feet of shelf space at the New England Historic Genealogical > Society (NEHGS) in Boston. The collection of books is called the > "Hall Collection". I recently learned that there are two Hall > Collections. This one is numbered MS-300. To use it you must be a > member of the NEHGS. Daily memberships are available, but they don't > get you access to manuscript collections. I joined just so I could > use it. I went to Boston from my then home in Maryland in about 1995. > The amount of information is overwhelming. Fortunately, a very > generous volunteer, went through the entire collection sometime around > 1990 and indexed all of the names. The index which she prepared is > over 1000 pages long. Unfortunately she didn't put it on a computer. > Anyway, the first 128 pages of the Index consists of family groups, > from 3 to 8 per page: husband, wife and children, with a Seavey > surnamed spouse. These are alphabetically listed by the Seavey > spouses given name. Then, pages 129-182 is family groups alphabetized > by the non-Seavey spouse's surname, and also families closely allied > to Seavey where neither spouse is Seavey. Each family group has file > references giving the book number and page number where the info was > found. I asked permission of the librarian on duty if I could copy > the index, and was given permission. Fortunately for me this > librarian didn't know that she wasn't supposed to allow such copying. > I believe that I have the only copy of this index outside of the > NEHGS. I don't recall what is in the other 800 plus pages (although I > have it in my files somewhere). I also copied page 983 which lists > slaves which belonged to the Seavey's. Because I was able to get a > copy which was supposed to be restricted, I will not make copies of > the Index for others, but I will do lookups for anyone who asks. > Given that the Index is sorted by the given name of the Seavey spouse, > right now I can't search for the non-Seavey spouse or for the children > who aren't also listed as parents, but I am in the process of entering > the info into my genealogy software (PAF-4) and will be able to search > for all when I finish. I'm up to page 76 of 183 pages. I've done a > lot, but have a lot to do. Anyway, I'll do lookups for you or anyone. > It is my hope to create a data base with all Seavey's (all spellings) > born before 1900. I currently have about 9500 names (including > collateral lines). I also keep track of inquiries in notes attached > to individuals so I can inform those who are interested of others who > have made similar inquiries. If anyone goes to the NEHGS to use the > Hall Collection, be sure to get the Index to guide your search. I > hope that this is clear. > > As if this wasn't already too long, I want to share something I > learned about getting info from books or other resources when your > time is limited. I took my laptop computer to the NEHGS for taking > notes. It was just too slow, reading, then typing, then looking back > to read. I then tried writing on a note pad. Then I decided to try > using my mini-recorder. Then was when my speed went way up. I could > take "notes" on the recorder about as fast as I could read. I found a > place off to the side of the room and nobody heard me talking into the > recorder. Granted, it took quite a while to transcribe the tapes, but > I had far more than I would have had by typing or writing. Try it. I > have a Sony which cost about $34.95. Tapes are about a dollar each > and hold 60 minutes of recording.

Folks - I cannot find a record of the marriage of this Caleb Dodge. He is the son of Nicolas Dodge and Experience Woodbury. An undocumented (and old) LDS submission indicates that this Caleb Dodge married a _______ Perley. This marriage isn't in the VR of Beverly, or Boxford where his parents Nicholas and Experience (Woodbury)Dodge lived from 1762 to 1775. I assume Caleb removed from Boxford to Rockingham, NH with his father Nicholas in 1775. Other children of Nicholas and Experience and siblings of Caleb were Nicholas, Anna, Mary, Ebenezer, Lydia and Isaac - all listed in will of Nicholas probated in Rockingham in 1785. Does anybody have any knowledge of this Caleb Dodge, his spouse and marriage particulars, or any suggestions on how to proceed. Help! Bill

BIL: According to the Dodge Genealogy 1898-1998 Caleb Dodge was born in Beverly, Mass. 22 Mar 1755, died Sep/Oct 1823. He was the son of Nicholas and Experience (Woodberry) Dodge. He married in 1779 a Perley _______, married second in Standish Maine, 5 Jan. 1800 Sarah Meserve. Caleb moved with his parents to Londonderry, N.H. and after the Revolutionary War to Bridgton, Maine. Later he moved to 25 Mile Pond Plantation where he was in 1790. I can give you a list of his children and their particulars if you want. Brenda

I'm looking for any information about the birth and parentage of Elizabeth Pierce. She was listed as being born in Epping in 1806, when she married Sherburn Blake on 12 Apr 1825. She died 26 Apr 1839 and is buried in the Raymond town cemetery. Sherburn and Elizabeth had a daughter Ellen Parkhurst Blake, born 24 Mar 1833 in Raymond. She married Elbridge Webster 24 Nov 1859 in Raymond. Loring.Webster@Hanscom.af.mil

Hi Harlow, Perhaps this may provide a clue. There is mentioning of the Bells in New Castle in Brewster's "Rambles about Portsmouth," Vol. 2, 1869: A public house was kept [by] Mr. BELL on New Castle, by the shore, in the early 1800s where folks on holiday could take 'apartments' and go fishing, and such things as 'out-door bowling' were made available on the property. An interesting account of a winter excursion by foot from Portsmouth over to New Castle by an unnamed 'esteemed citizen of Portsmouth' puts the date on Feb. 17, 1817 whereupon he crossed over to New Castle on a natural ice-bridge and stopped at "George Bell's who furnished us with a dinner of fine fresh cod..." There is also a reference to a Capt. Andrew Bell who bought a house in Portsmoth in what appears to be the time-frame of 1813. Good luck on your research... Bob Jackson ---- Robert Moseley Jackson, Jr. Member: Internat'l Directory of Photography Historians Researching: German Empire Exhibition, 1893 World's Exposition, Chicago. Also Researching: Moseley, McAdam, Brainard, Delano, Barry, Burns, Hutchinson, Hyde - of Boston & New Hampshire. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I'm looking for the family of Marie Louisa BELL. Ellen Barker Frye's _Frye Genealogy_(New York, 1920) gives Marie Louisa BELL as wife of William T. FRYE of Portsmouth. Their marriage is listed as taking place on 8/28/1838, suggesting a birth date for Marie of 1815-1820 give or take a bit. Marie is listed as "of Newcastle." Can anyone help me find the ancestry of Marie?

I am looking for information on the Hadley families in Hampstead, NH and Newbury, Orange Co, VT. Does anyone know how the following Smith, Kincaid, Bean, Eaton, and Hadley families are connected? Or do you happen to have anything to add to this collection of notes? Wells' history of Newbury, VT states, that just before the Revolutionary war broke out, Samuel Hadley and Samuel Eaton settled on a farm where Col. John Smith and his descendants owned for more than a century. The Alice M. Hadley manuscript shows that the farm where Samuel Hadley & Samuel Eaton lived passed to Kincaid, then Smith and finally Tylers, all connections. Samuel Hadley came to Newbury with Samuel Eaton and lived in same house, Eaton moved to Johnson, VT. Wells history of Newbury, CT shows Col. John Smith was born 13 Feb 1758 Hampstead, NH. Served "under the name of John Vance" in Reed's Co. of Stark's Regt., was in Battle of Bunker Hill. He moved Newbury, Orange Co, VT before Jan 1779. Married at Haverhill (MA?) 6 Apr 1780, Sarah Kincaid. They had 12 children. Perhaps this is the John Smith who lived in the Samuel Hadley/Samuel Eaton farm. >From book on Rev. soldiers in New England at LDS FHC, Southglenn Shopping Center, Littleton, CO. John Smith, NH, Vt, b. 1758 in Hampshire, NH res at enl. Londerry, NH, res Newberry, Orange Co, VT in 1832, d. 10/28/1851, Sarah. This sold. served under name of John Vance. John Vance, NC [sic], VT W3726. See claim of Sarah, wid of John Smith. It is very probably that Samuel Hadley (b. 1746) was the Samuel Hadley mentioned in the census of 1790 for Newbury VT. Samuel Hadley's family consisting at that time of one male under 16 years of age; 3 over 16; and two females. Thus his family consisted probably of four children in 1790. The Alice M. Hadley manuscript says that possibly, two of the sons of Samuel Hadley were Jonathan and Joshua. A note in Alice M. Hadley's manuscript attached to this Samuel Hadley reads, "A Samuel Hadley married Feb. 7 1765 Sarah Woodward." Other marriages hand-written in the manuscript on the page of or attached to the page of Samuel Hadley (b. 1746) are: "Polly Hadley m. Jan 24: 1798, Robert Kincaid - Newbury, VT." "Joel Osborne m. Ruth Hadley, June 10, 1789, Newbury" "Betsy Hadley m. Charles Kincaid, Feb. 2, 1792, Newbury." "Martha Hadley m. Francis Bean (Benjamin, Capt. Benjamin, Benjamin, James, John) she d. Dec. 17, 1851, age 62." A possible son of Samuel Hadley (b. 1746), Smith Hadley appears in 1790 in Willsboro, Clinton Co., NY (now Essex Co.), as having no wife or children. Samuel Hadley and Jonathan Hadley were minuteman in Cumberland Co., NY militia, Hatcher Co. John Hoisington, Major (ref. NY in the Revolution, pg. 134). Orange Co. VT in 1790 was part of what was Cumberland Co. NY in 1773 (see Documentary History of NY Vol.IV.) 1790 Census Vermont: Samuel Hadley Barnet Town, Orange Co. listed 1 -0-0 and another Samuel Hadley of Newbury, Orange, Co. listed 1-4-2. Jonathan Hadley of Corinth, Orange Co. listed 2-2-5. 1800 Census Vermont-Jonathan still in Corinth, Orange Co. listed males:2-1-0-0-1; females 2-1-2-0-1; while both Samuels had left the state. Daniel and Humphrey Hadley in Orange Co. Willsboro, Essex Co., NY Town Book shows both Samuel Hadley and Samuel, Jr. in Dist. # 5 in May 1796. Jonathan Hadley appears in Willsboro in 1803 or 1804. My Hadley page is www.greggkinney.com/hadley.htm. Regards, Gregg Kinney in Highlands Ranch, CO (just south of Denver) Searching for Kinney, Dove, Blackford, Kellogg, Fuller, Martin, Hadley, Stewart, Barker, O'Bryant, Smith, Reynolds, Reed, White, Tedman, Rice, Compton, Marshall, and a host of others. Visit my searchable homepage: <http://www.greggkinney.com>

Does anyone have any information on a Joseph Hook who married a lady named Temperance Trickey from ( I think) Newington, NH, and had a daughter Sally Hook in 1788? Specifically, I wonder if Joseph Hook, having had a child in 1788, might have been old enough to participate in the Revolutionary War? Any info would be great. thanks, Deb Jankowski

An additional suggestion: by entering just "genealogy" in the "find it" open on eBay's homepage, I also found a volume of the NH State Papers series; a book called, "Rambles About Portsmouth," pub 1869 by Wm. Hackett; and Dow's History of Hampton. Regards, Ellen

Guess I must not have enough to do, but today I was checking out some stuff on eBay (the online auction site) and came up with some NH items which may interest the rest of you. eBay's URL is: http://www.ebay.com/ At the top of the webpage there is a "find it" option. By entering New Hampshire, you will get all the items which have any connection to NH including the following: 179062072 Reprint of 1831 Jeremy Belknap "History of New Hampshire" 180003377 1985 reprint of Capt John Locke Genealogy by Arthur Locke and Vol 1 to Locke Genealogical Supplement by Donald Hayes, Jr. 180338974 NH Letters (5 of them I think) of Hon John L. Putnam Probate Judge of Cornish, NH 1831-1858 178591037 NH/ME Connection Quarterly Genealogical Research Journal issues for 1998 181095043 1815 document by Jos. Doe of Somersworth, father of NH Chief Justice Chas. Doe 180702827 1865 and 1883 Marlboro, NH diaries, but the author is unnamed. Several of the families mentioned are noted. You can find these items by entering a combination of keywords from these descriptions (i.e., "Jeremy Belknap," "John Locke," etc.) or you can just enter "New Hampshire" and wade through the listings of postcards and license plates. I am NOT an eBay expert, have never bought a single thing, but it is occasionally a source for genealogically related items including family Bibles. In order to purchase an item, you must register--but that's free. Regards, Ellen

Ellen: Prior to 1690 NH was is old " "County Massachusetts and its records are at the Mass Archives. After 1690 NH was new Hampshire province and that is when the NH state papers started. If you examine some of the early wills in NH state papers they will state orig in York Cnty, Mass ..... etc. The actual wills after 1690, if not lost are in the NH archives on Fruit St. in Concord, NH. It is interesting as the paper they used then was much more durable and is in much better condition (if is survived) then the sulphite paper which was used in the 19th century and 20th centuries which crumbles after several years. George Sanborn can make suggestions as to where other wills are from the 17th century NH area if in a location other then Mass Archives. Fred Gain -----Original Message----- From: Ellen Bisson <thebissons@worldnet.att.net> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 6:32 PM Subject: Early wills from other NEngland states >OK, Dick, I'm prepared for a reprimand because this is not technically a >Rockingham issue, but just in case... > >Early NH wills are transcribed in volumes of the NH State Papers series, >origs available in Concord, but most of these documents were initially >filed/recorded in MA. Many of our Rockingham families have origins in >MA. Were MA wills also transcribed and are they available in volumes >similar to our NH State Papers series? > >Thanks, >Ellen Knowles Bisson >mailto:thebissons@worldnet.att.net > > >==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== >Send messages to the list to the "To" address found above in THIS message. >To send commands (subscribe/unsubscribe), insert -request between the L and the @ in the address. >Send only the command. > >============================== >FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! >Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >