Descendants of DAVID SLEEPER Generation No. 1 1. DAVID4 SLEEPER (MOSES3, AARON2, THOMAS1) was born November 18, 1721 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and died October 18, 1780. He married (1) RUTH JENNESS. She was born March 29, 1735, and died July 06, 1823. He married (3) MARGARET SCRIBNER November 24, 1743, daughter of SAMUEL SCRIBNER and ANNA TAYLOR. Child of DAVID SLEEPER and RUTH JENNESS is: 2. i. GIDEON5 SLEEPER, SR.. Children of DAVID SLEEPER and MARGARET SCRIBNER are: 3. ii. JOHN5 SLEEPER, b. April 15, 1760. 4. iii. BENJAMIN SLEEPER, b. January 17, 1771, Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. April 07, 1838, Compton County, Quebec, Canada. Generation No. 2 2. GIDEON5 SLEEPER, SR. (DAVID4, MOSES3, AARON2, THOMAS1) He married ELIZABETH SARAH HOYT. Child of GIDEON SLEEPER and ELIZABETH HOYT is: i. GIDEON6 SLEEPER, JR., b. April 05, 1786, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire; d. September 07, 1838, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi; m. MARGARET STRIBLING. 3. JOHN5 SLEEPER (DAVID4, MOSES3, AARON2, THOMAS1) was born April 15, 1760. He married ELIZABETH TILTON, daughter of SHERBURN TILTON. She was born June 26, 1765. Child of JOHN SLEEPER and ELIZABETH TILTON is: i. EDMUND6 SLEEPER, b. February 03, 1788, Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire; d. 1866, Newport Center, Orleans County, Vermont; m. BETTY "BETSEY" WHEELOCK, February 21, 1813; b. September 06, 1793, Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire; d. Brattleboro , Windham County, Vermont. 4. BENJAMIN5 SLEEPER (DAVID4, MOSES3, AARON2, THOMAS1) was born January 17, 1771 in Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and died April 07, 1838 in Compton County, Quebec, Canada. He married (1) BETSEY HILL 1796. He married (2) ANNA HARRIMAN. Children of BENJAMIN SLEEPER and BETSEY HILL are: i. JOSIAH6 SLEEPER, b. April 03, 1798, Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. December 10, 1881, Sunapee, New Hampshire; m. (1) HANNAH J.; b. New Hampshire. ii. MARGARET SLEEPER, m. THOMAS HUGHES, September 27, 1825, Ascot, Sherbrooke County, Quebec, Canada. iii. THOMAS SLEEPER, b. Abt. 1807, Quebec, Canada; m. ELIZA ENGLISH, September 06, 1837, Shipton, Sherbrooke County, Quebec, Canada. BENJAMIN SLEEPER, b. 1771 is the 2nd cousin of HEZEKIAH SLEEPER, b. 1770 of Stanstead County and EDMUND SLEEPER, b. 1788 is HEZEKIAH's second cousin, once removed. All three were b. Rockingham County, New Hampshire. ========================================== Jacqueline Sleeper Russell website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr