-----Original Message----- From: Freedom <freedom@ncia.net> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 8:02 PM Subject: Nicolas Lissen According to a book"The Life and family of John Bean of Exeter", by Bernie Bean, Nicholas Lissen and his wife Alice were both born in Scotland in 1614. they came to America in 1637 with their three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Hannah, all three born in Scotland before the familly fled to Ireland. Elizabeth married henry Magoon, a friend of john's, Msary married Alexander Gordon and John(Bean) married Hannah at Exter on April 18th, 1654. Seven men were indentured to Nicholas Lissen were: John Bean, John Barber, Alexander Gordon, John Sinclair, John Hudson, John Thompson, and Walter Jackson. Nicholas Lissen owned two sawmills, one on the Oyster River and theExeter River. These men were among the 272 men who prisoners of war from the Battle of Worcester, and sent to America as their punishment. Leon A. Cloutier