I'm trying to find the parents of Margaret Clark of Londonderry NH. She married a David Woodburn the son of John Woodburn and Mary Taggart David and Margaret are the maternal Grandparents of Horace Greeley. Thank you, Judy cats..dog@worldnet.att.net

Hello All, Have a copy of "Descendants of Edward Colcord of NH, 1630 to 1908" by Doane B. Colcord, published in 1908. Willing to do limited lookups as time permits. Edward Colcord arrived in Portsmouth, NH about 1631, coming from Hants County, England. He also lived in Exeter, Hampton & Dover, and had many descendants in Rockingham County. Happy Hunting! Judy

I have this brief Pierce line and am hoping someone might recognize it and be able to fill in some of the blanks. The sources of this are History of Rye, NH, Gen Dic of Me & NH and Stackpole. John and Ellinor were originally from the Bay Colony. Also, does anyone know of relationship between Sarah and Hannah? Sarah was married to (1) Alexander Jones, (2) Hubertus Mattoon. Henry was her third husband. Thanks for your help, Barbara Hanscom Stuart 1 John Pierce b: 1615 d: Bef. December 1673 Kittery, York, ME +Ellinor d: January 1675/76 Kittery, York, ME 2 Sarah Pierce b: Kittery, York, ME +Henry Seavey b: Abt. 1660 Rye, Rockingham, NH d: 1691 Sandy Beach, Rockingham, NH 3 Joseph S. Seavey b: Abt. 1681 Rye, Rockingham, NH +Hannah Pierce 2 Joseph Pierce d: Bef. 29 March 1676 Kittery, York, ME +Margaret Bray 2 John Pierce b: Kittery, York, ME d: Aft. 19 July 1669 2 Mary Pierce b: Kittery, York, ME +Joseph Fleet

>From Batchelder, Batchellere Genealogy by Frederick Clifton Pierce, published 1892, Heritage Classic reprint 1992: "Nathaniel, b.. June 9, 1732; m. Mary Longfellow" His parents lived In North Hampton, NH His line back is Stephen, Stephen, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Stephen, His mother was Jane Lamprey, dau. of Benjamin; b. 1699. There is an extensive write-up on Nathaniel. He was one of the first settlers of Nottingham, NH in the part that is now Deerfield. ---------- > Hi there - > > Mary Longfellow b. Nottingham, Rockingham, NH June 15, 1735, dau of Jonathan > and Mary (Green) Longfellow, married Nathaniel Batchelder. > > Hoping to find Nathaniel's vitals, his parents, and any children Mary and > Nathaniel had. > > Thanks, > Barbara Hanscom Stuart > > > ==== 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 > (or D) and the @ in the address. Send only the command. > **************** > >

I'd like to thank cousin Sue Lang of Anchorage, Alaska, for a suggestion that she felt would make the Rockingham county GenWeb page more useful. Now, when you scroll down near the bottom of the home page, near the links to the US GenWeb and the NH GenWeb pages, you will find direct links to Rockingham's 6 neighboring counties. Next to your own "Bookmarks" or "Favorites," this could be the fastest route to facilitate your research in the area. I hope you find this helps. Please let me know whenever you have an idea you think might improve the usefulness of this page. Happy hunting! -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/; Rockingham County, NH, County GenWeb Pages: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/; Rockingham County, NH, Mail List (NHROCKIN) Owner.

New Hampshire Society of Genealogists (NHSOG) and New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA) are pleased to announce the addition to NHSOG web site of the N.H. Old Graveyard Association database of N. H. burial sites. NHOGA has spent over twenty years compiling a comprehensive listing of all burial sites in New Hampshire. NHSOG is pleased to join in a cooperative effort to present this information as a research aid to genealogists. NHOGA Master Burial Site Listing attempts to list every known burial site in New Hampshire. Sites vary from large public cemeteries to abandoned rural graveyards containing only a single grave. The listing includes exact map coordinates for locating remote sites, but does not contain the names of the individuals buried there. Additional information about NHOGA and its activities can be obtained by sending mail to Doris Ashton, Corresponding Secretary, P. O. Box 225, Ossipee, NH 03864. See the Master Burial Site Listing at the N. H. Society of Genealogists web site: http://www.tiac.net/users/nhsog

Thanks to all who answered my question about quit claim deeds. I think I understand the concept now. Now, if anyone has tried to read these old deeds, you know how difficult that can be. I've got most of the abbreviations figured out and am able to decipher most of what I have, but there are a few words I'm clueless on 1. looks like "mefsuage" (or "mefsvage") - I know that the "f" is really an "s", but can't make "messuage" mean anything. The phrase is "to one messuage or tract of land" Does this mean "measure"? 2. a funny little squiggle, like a fancy "p", that appears before syllables, like _sents, _mises, _sence, _sonally - This must be "per" or "pre" or "pro"? So that these words are "presents", "promises" (or "premises"), "presence", "personally"???? Now, wouldn't it be nice if there was an 18th century spell-check attached to my word processor?! In addition to the collateral names I mentioned yesterday, Georg Duncan was the Justice of peace, and Josh Peirce, the Recorder. Gail

Would someone be willing to check the Plaistow directory for any signs of the descendants of this family???? Thanks in advance for your help! Descendants of George Louis Grant 1 George Louis Grant b: 09 September 1899 in Dover, Strafford, NH>Haverhill, 1929 > Plaistow, Rockingham, NH, 1944-1956 . +Nettie H. Eaton b: Abt. 1894 in of Dover, Strafford, NH by 1920 m: 18 January 1919 in Rochester, Strafford, NH 2 George Louis Grant, Jr. b: 26 December 1919 Christine Pettit California

Hello! I'm looking for information on an Andrew Simpson b. c 1697 and Elizabeth Patten b. c 1700. They lived in Nottingham, Rockingham, NH. They are my gggggg grandparents. Elizabeth was killed by two Indians and is buried in the Square in Nottingham. I have read a rather graphic description of her death by Sabatis and Plautsawa. She is buried there with two men who were also killed the same day in 1753 (approximate). Is there still a Square in Nottingham and is she there? Their grandson and my gggg grandfather Josiah Simpson born c. 1762-63-d. 18 Feb 1837, in Nottingham, Rockingham, NH, was in the Rev War, married a Catherine Kitteridge (variations of that surname!) and came to Meigs Co, OH, in early 1800's with his brother Robert (c. 1764 in Nottingham, Rockingham, NH - Robert married a Miss Lydia Longfellow. I would like to get some information about the Patten.Kitteridge and Longfellow families as I don't know who the parents were or from where they came. I would also like to have information about the Simpson line as well. I have my line down fairly well. I have other information as well that I will be happy to share. Thank you, Eva Wallace Elkview, WV

Here is my WHITTIER/WHITCHER line. I would enjoy exchanging data with anyone who might have ancestors in common. This applies to the collateral lines as well. I am prepared to cite sources for all my data. Richard WHITTIER (b. 1585) of England +Mary ROLFE d/o John and Honor (-?-) ROLFE :.Thomas WHITTIER (1620-1696) of Haverhill, Mass :.+Ruth GREEN (d. 1710) <<<-----I need ancestry :..Nathaniel WHITTIER (1658-1722) of Haverhill :..+Mary STEVENS (1647-1705) d/o John & Katherine STEVENS :...Reuben WHITTIER (b. 1686) of Salisbury, Mass :...+Deborah PILLSBURY (b. ca 1684) ....... d/o William and Mary (KENNY) PILLSBURY :....Benjamin WHITTIER (1722-1803) of Nottingham, NH :....+Abigail STEVENS <<<-----I need ancestry :.....Abigail WHITCHER (1763-1831) :.....+Nehemiah BARTLETT (b. 1756) .........s/o John and Zipporah (FLANDERS) BARTLETT -- John Clement 6940 E. Girard 205, Denver, CO 80224-2917 Email: jclement@m2.sprynet.com Voice: 303-691-0613

Quoting Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens to NHROCKIN-L on 6 Oct 98, > Can anyone shed any light on the WHICHER/WHITCHER family in NH? A little. I think a more appropriate subject would be WHITTIER/ /WHICHER/WHITCHER in view of the following. There exists an article "Descendants of Thomas Whittier in New Hampshire" by Rev. W.F. Whitcher printed in The Granite Monthly, volume 4, 1881. The author brings up an interesting comment about the name WHITTIER. He believes it was originally pronounced as two syllables, Whit-tier, the "ti" of the second syllable having the sound of "ch" as the "ti" in "patient." He goes on to say the name was found to be spelled thirty-one different ways, the most common of which were WHITTIER, WHITCHER and WHICHER; and in some cases, the name for a single person was found spelled in all three ways. > I have Reuben Whicher b. Northfield NH April 19 1794, died > ca. 1869 age 75 years m. Dorothy Osgood. He is son of William > Whicher b. Nottingham NH and Anna Sanborn Confirmed in the article. > One of his brothers, Benjamin, became a Shaker, gave his farm > to that body and the first settlement of Canterbury Shakers was > built on his land. In 1889, one of his granddaughters, Mary > Whicher was a prominent Shakeress. All the article says about Reuben's brother Benjamin is: b. Aug 7. 1903; died unmarried Feb. 21, 1869. > Reuben and Dorothy had at least 2 children: Horace Whitcher > and Clarissa (Clerisa - in the family Bible) b. April 5 1816 d. > Apr 22 1903 m. Albert Armour Gorrell b. April 16 1817 > Northfield NH d. Dec 28 1893 Northfield NH. The article says five children; (1) Clarisa as you have it above with no further details; (2) John M. b. 1817; (3) Horace, b. 1825; (4) Abbie, b. 1830; (5) Mary J. b. 1831. > William Whicher was first married to a Miss Elliott of Epping > and their children were David, Jonathan, William & Polly. Confirmed by the article. > William lived to be 73 years old. The article only says that William was born in 1758. I descend from William's sister Abigail who married Nehemiah BARTLETT son of John BARTLETT and Zipporah FLANDERS. -- John Clement 6940 E. Girard 205, Denver, CO 80224-2917 Email: jclement@m2.sprynet.com Voice: 303-691-0613

Quit Claim: When an third party individual (such as a family member or inlaw) can be percieved to have a possible claim on a piece of property that is being transferred by a seller to a buyer. These third parties will often be required to sign a "quit claim" to leave the transfer unencumbered by any possible future claims they might have. They literally "quit" or give up any and all claims on that piece of property. I suppose that it doesn't have to be family either, any individual who might have a real or percieved claim could sign a quit claim In my case I have a quit claim where my grandmother and grandfather, plus all my grandmother's sisters and their spouses but one signed a quit claim when my great grandfather sold his house and land in South Gardiner, ME. to the remaining sister for $200 and her promise to take care of him until his death. Bill Lander Cleveland, TN.

I need some legal expertise - am going through deeds on FHC microfilm, from 1731 through 1768, all involving Robert Clark and his sales or purchases of land in Londonderry and the surrounding area. 1. If a deed including Robert's wife Letitia does not appear until 1743, does this mean they did not marry until then? Her name appears with his on several deeds after that date, but none before. 2. Some of the deeds mention a quit claim - could someone explain that phrase is simple to understand terms? I'm sure I'll have more questions as I go along in the task of transcribing these deeds. In the meantime, in the deeds I looked at yesterday (yrs. 1731 - 1743), people he bought land from or sold land to were Thos. & Mary Calwell, Wm & Mary Calwell, Thomas Richardson, John Durham, John Maclaughlin, John Anderson, John Caldwell, James Leslie, Alexander and Margaret Calwell, James Lindsay, James Gordon, James Chambers. If any of these names is familiar, please let me know. I'll have the microfilm on loan until mid-November. Thanks, Gail

This isn't specifically the people you mentioned, but there is a listing for a marriage license application, issued by Benning Wentworth, to Samuel BLADWIN and Elizabeth WHITCHER, at Portsmouth NH on 5 Mar 1752. [From the bookNew Hampshire Marriage Licenses and Intentions, 1709-1961, by Pauline Johnson Oesterlin.] ---------- > From: Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens <mgg@mail.telepac.pt> > To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Reuben Whicher/Whitcher > Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 8:35 AM > > Can anyone shed any light on the WHICHER/WHITCHER family in NH?

Can anyone shed any light on the WHICHER/WHITCHER family in NH? In towns mentioned below or elsewhere? I have Reuben Whicher b. Northfield NH April 19 1794, died ca. 1869 age 75 years m. Dorothy Osgood. He is son of William Whicher b. Nottingham NH and Anna Sanborn b. Lee NH. One of his brothers, Benjamin, became a Shaker, gave his farm to that body and the first settlement of Canterbury Shakers was built on his land. In 1889, one of his granddaughters, Mary Whicher was a prominent Shakeress. Reuben and Dorothy had at least 2 children: Horace Whitcher and Clarissa (Clerisa - in the family Bible) b. April 5 1816 d. Apr 22 1903 m. Albert Armour Gorrell b. April 16 1817 Northfield NH d. Dec 28 1893 Northfield NH. William Whicher was first married to a Miss Elliott of Epping and their children were David, Jonathan, William & Polly. William lived to be 73 years old. Many thanks.

Can anyone shed any light on the WHICHER/WHITCHER family in NH? I have Reuben Whicher b. Northfield NH April 19 1794, died ca. 1869 age 75 years m. Dorothy Osgood. He is son of William Whicher b. Nottingham NH and Anna Sanborn b. Lee NH. One of his brothers, Benjamin, became a Shaker, gave his farm to that body and the first settlement of Canterbury Shakers was built on his land. In 1889, one of his granddaughters, Mary Whicher was a prominent Shakeress. Reuben and Dorothy had at least 2 children: Horace Whitcher and Clarissa (Clerisa - in the family Bible) b. April 5 1816 d. Apr 22 1903 m. Albert Armour Gorrell b. April 16 1817 Northfield NH d. Dec 28 1893 Northfield NH. William Whicher was first married to a Miss Elliott of Epping and their children were David, Jonathan, William & Polly. William lived to be 73 years old. Many thanks.

Can anyone shed any light on the WHICHER/WHITCHER family in NH? I have Reuben Whicher b. Northfield NH April 19 1794, died ca. 1869 age 75 years m. Dorothy Osgood. He is son of William Whicher b. Nottingham NH and Anna Sanborn b. Lee NH. One of his brothers, Benjamin, became a Shaker, gave his farm to that body and the first settlement of Canterbury Shakers was built on his land. In 1889, one of his granddaughters, Mary Whicher was a prominent Shakeress. Reuben and Dorothy had at least 2 children: Horace Whitcher and Clarissa (Clerisa - in the family Bible) b. April 5 1816 d. Apr 22 1903 m. Albert Armour Gorrell b. April 16 1817 Northfield NH d. Dec 28 1893 Northfield NH. William Whicher was first married to a Miss Elliott of Epping and their children were David, Jonathan, William & Polly. William lived to be 73 years old. Many thanks.

Looking for any and all information on Nathaniel Hart and Elizabeth Kinsman . Said to be buried in Hampton.LATE 1700'S Dick Marston wrote: > Rockin' Rooters: > > I thought I'd take advantage of this lull in the posting of queries to > announce that while the stock market may be going into hibernation with > the bears, our Rockingham's star is bullish and rising! > > We now have a healthy two-thirds of our towns and cities covered by > volunteers with the recent addition of Hampstead and Plaistow. That's 24 > out of 36. Not bad, eh? > > Also, our mail list membership is well over the 250 mark at 256. There's > never been a better time to get those answers to your Rockingham > queries. > > -- > Dick Marston > Rockingham County, NH, Mail List (NHROCKIN) Owner. > > ==== 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 > (or D) and the @ in the address. Send only the command. > ****************

Hi there - Mary Longfellow b. Nottingham, Rockingham, NH June 15, 1735, dau of Jonathan and Mary (Green) Longfellow, married Nathaniel Batchelder. Hoping to find Nathaniel's vitals, his parents, and any children Mary and Nathaniel had. Thanks, Barbara Hanscom Stuart

Seeking additional information/sources for the following family: Sue sue_fitzpatrick@amat.com Family of Abraham CLEMENT [173] Abraham CLEMENT [173] 1. Edward [1731] b. 3 Mar 1683/4 b. 14 Jul 1657 2. Dorothy [1732] b. abt 1685/6 d. abt 1716 3. Elizabeth [1733] b. 6 Jul 1687 4. Nathaniel [1734] b. 27 Aug 1689 m. 10 May 1684 5. Sarah [1735] b. abt 1691 6. Jeremiah [1736] b. 22 Apr 1692 Hannah GOVE 7. Ezekiel [1737] b. 1 Feb 1695/6 b. 5 Mar 1664 8. Lydia [1738] b. 11 Aug 1698 d. 9. Hannah [1739] b. 17 Nov 1700 Edward CLEMENT (1683/4-b1686/7) [1731] Edward was born 3 Mar 1683/4 at Newbury, MA and died before 1686/7. Dorothy CLEMENT (a1685/6-1704) [1732] Dorothy was born about 1685/6 and died 23 Mar 1704. She married 15 Oct 1702 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH James MOULTON. He was born 29 Jul 1675. Their child: 1. Dorothy MOULTON b 1703/4 Elizabeth CLEMENT (1687-?) [1733] Elizabeth was born 6 Jul 1687 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH. Nathaniel CLEMENT (1689-b1716) [1734] Nathaniel was born 27 Aug 1689 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH and died before 1716. Sarah CLEMENT (a1691-?) [1735] Sarah was born about 1691. Jeremiah CLEMENT (1692-1732) [1736] Jeremiah was born 22 Apr 1692 at Salisbury, NH and died 1732.. He married 25 Nov 1714 at Boston, MA. Anna JONES. She was born 30 Apr 1692 at Boston, MA and died about 1753. She was the daughter of Matthew and Susannah (WALKER) JONES. Their children: 1. Nathaniel [17361] b 30 Cct 1717 2. Anna [17362] b. Jan 1719 3. Nathaniel [17363] b. 20 May 1721 4. Anna [17364] b. 29 Aug 1722 5. Susanna [17365] b abt 1724 6. Sarah [ 17366] b abt 1726 Ezekiel CLEMENT (1695/6-?) [1737] Ezekiel was born 1 Feb 1695/6 at Salisbury, NH Lydia CLEMENT (1698-?) [1738] Lydia was born 11 Aug 1698 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH Hannah CLEMENT (1700-?) [1739] Hannah was born 17 Nov 1700 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH References: Ancestors & Descendants of Robert CLEMENTS, Vol 1. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 CLEMENS Chronology Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire