BlankThe New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-1994 v. 96 p. 33 alexander shapleigh and some of his descendants 37. dennis m.8 shapleigh (dennis f.,7 nicholas,6 dependence,5 capt. john,4 john,3), of kittery, maine, a lieutenant in 1862 and 1863 in company g, twenty-seventh regiment, main volunteers, selectman, tax collector, town clerk, representative in the maine legislature, machinist, was born 1 june 1838. he married, 6 aug. 1863, annie elizabeth pierce, born 24 jan. 1884, died 24 dec. 1901, daughter of daniel and mary joanna (bartlett) pierce of kittery. children: i. annie edna, (unknown number) b. 8 may 1864; d. 13 aug. 1865. ii. edward everett, m.d. (bowdoin, 1890), physician at north conway, n.h. (1890-1891), and at kittery since 1892, b. 3 mar. 1868; m. 18 feb. 1891 l. mabelle humphreys, daughter of hon. charles c. humphreys of brunswick, maine. children: 1. edward everett, 10 of kittery, b. 8 jan. 1892; m. 17 june 1914 myrtle a. schaff of groveton, n.h. children: (1) ruth e., 11 b.s. (university of new hampshire, 1936), b. 7 mar. 1915. (2) elizabeth a., b. 7 mar. 1919. 2. lloyd p. b. 26 may 1893; m. 6 jan. 1924 marie e. gallant, b. at brest, kent co., new brunswick. children: (1) lloyd p.,11 b. 28 oct. 1924. (2) edward e., b. 7 may 1928. v. 97 page 41 capt. elisha goodwin's record book contributed by john eldridge frost of eliot, maine the following entries were copied from a record book kept by capt. elisha goodwin of eliot, maine, who recorded all the deaths he found in eliot and surrounding towns, most of which occurred between 1820 and 1840. a few births of members of his immediate family are included. daniel pierce esqr deceased september 11th 1832 blacksmith v. 97. p. 260 edward brown of newbury, mass., and some of his descendants by russell leigh jackson, of marblehead, mass. 1. edward1 brown, cooper, ancestor of a family which has been conspicuous for its sea-faring activities and for the number of its sea captains, born in reading, mass., 6 apr. 1680, died in newbury, mass., 4 mar. 1737, son of edward and sarah (dix)* brown of reading. he married in reading, 4 dec. 1701, sarah ingalls, born in lynn, mass., 19 sept. 1677, died in newbury 13 july 1737, daughter of robert and rebecca (leighton) ingalls of lynn. *sarah dix was the daughter of ralph dix of ipswich, mass. edward brown left an estate valued at 227/7/6. his cooperage tools are mentioned in the inventory of his estate. children, born in reading: i. sarah,2 b. in 1704; d. 1 june 1733. 2. ii. capt. edward, b. 13 april. 1707. iii. rebecca, b. 29 oct. 1709; m. 25 dec. 1735 ezekiel hoyt, tanner, of amesbury, mass., b. there 7 jan. 1709/10, d. in brentwood, n. h, as early as 1754, son of joseph and dorothy (worthen) hoyt of amesbury. children (surname hoyt): 1. judith, b. 25 nov, 1735; m. jonathan robinson. 2. mary, b. 11 oct. 1739; m. david edgerly. 3. sarah, b. 22 mar. 1741/2; m. jeremiah rowe, jr. 4. dorothy b. 10 june 1744; m. benjamin edgerly. 5. ezekiel, quaker, selectman of gilmanton, n.h., from 1788 to 1899 (this must be a typo), a representative to the legislature in 1810-1811, b. 3 sept. 1749; m. tabitha elkins. 6. joseph, a resident of sandwich, n.h., and for a time of newburyport, mass., father of gen. daniel hoyt of sandwich (member of the senate, candidate for governor and political leader for many years in that state), b. 3 nov. 1751; m. betsy folsom of epping, n.h. 3. iv. nathan, b. 21 jan. 1712/13. v. nicholas, b. 23 may 1714; d. in april 1715. vi. esther, b. 25 apr. 1716; d. 13 july 1737. vii. abigail, b. 12 mar. 1719/20; d. in newburyport, mass., 19 may 1796; m. 17 apr, 1740 moses peirce, rope manufacturer and block maker in newburyport, b. in newbury in 1718, d. 22 july 1791, son of joshua and joanna (gerrish) peirce of newbury and grandson of col. daniel peirce, military leader of newbury, who lived in the spencer-peirce house in that town. the house of moses peirce stood on water street between lime and federal streets in newburyport and his rope-walk was also in that vicinity. children (surname peirce): 1. henry, b. 26 june 1740; d. 29 mar. 1832; m. 10 mar. 1763 sarah coffin, b. 12 oct. 1740, d. 16 apr. 1802, daughter of benjamin and miriam (woodman) coffin of newbury. 2. moses, b. 7 aug. 1742; m. (1) 26 dec. 1762 anna hodgkins, b. 13 jan. 1742, d. 15 may 1787, daughter of jedediah and sarah hodgkins; m. (2) lydia williams who d. 16 aug. 1798. 3. esther, b. 30 dec, 1746; d. 15 mar. 1820; m. 18 oct. 1766 amos goodwin of newburyport, b. 30 mar. 1746, d. 31 aug. 1822, son of major and mary (atkinson) goodwin. 4. hannah, b. 17 nov. 1751; d. 1 sept. 1840; m. 8 july 1775 francis ransford brown of hampton, n. h. 5. abigail, b. 17 mar. 1754; d. in hermon, knox co., ill., 11 aug. 1837; m. in hampton, n. h., 22 june 1775, benmajin leigh, gentleman, soldier, pioneer, of newburyport, and salem, dexter township, ohio, b. in halifax, n. s., 13 june 1754, d. in salem, ohio, 18 jan. 1832, son of benjamin, merchant, royalist, and maersje (bant) leigh of new york city and boston. benjamin leigh, jr., was engaged in the manufacture of cordage in newburyport and was part owner of the brigantine lavinia and the schooner fame. he became a stockholder in the ohio company and in 1817 remoed to marietta, ohio, later settling in dexter township. after his death in 1832, his son robert, daughter anna, and widow moved to knox county, illinois where descendants still live. he serve din capt. johnson moulton's (york) company during the revolution, not sharing his father's tory sentiments. 6. sarah, b. in may 1760; d. 1 jan. 1849; m. 18 jan. 1800 daniel adams, farmer, of newbury, b. 15 nov. 1760, d. 2 aug. 1846, son of richard and sarah (noyes) adams. anne, b. 3 july 1763; d. 15 feb. 1841; m. 2 apr. 1792 samuel stevens of newburyport, b. in 1765, d. 31 aug. 1833, son of william and hannah (patch) stevens of gloucester, mass. v. 97 p. 274 capt. elisha's record book (again) child of daniel pierce kitt deceast february 29th 1840 v. 103, p. 307-8 stephen hopkins of the mayflower and some of his descendants compiled by timothy hopkins of san francisco (starts page 304) 72. joseph6 hopkins (jonathan,5 joseph,4 stephen,3 giles,2 stephen1), born probably on cape cod 6 april 1751, died in southeast, n.y., 31 jan. 1833, age 81 years. he married 28 sept. 1755 elizabeth townsend, born 16 june 1755, died 16 dec. 1837, age 82 years. he removed with his father to putnam county, n.y., in 1755. he appears in the 1790 census in fredericksburg, n. y., with family 2-2-8.. he lied in peekskill and in phillipstown, n. y., and is buried in sears burying ground in southeast. he was a member of the seventh regiment dutchess county militia in the revolutionary war. he received certificate #42,578 for L2.7s 1d for services in colonel henry ludenton's dutchess county regiment. his father, jonathan5 hopkins, and his brother, jonathan6 hopkins, also served in this regiment, as did daniel cole's father and grandfather. children: i. jane,2 b. 22 april 1776; possibly d. young. ii. jennie, b. 1 dec. 1777; m. abijah pierce, b. in december 1799[?], the son of col. daniel and mehitable (carver) pierce. children (surname pierce): 1. edward, b. 13 april 1803; m. betsey field. five others. iii. rebecca, b. in phillipstown 7 dec. 1779; d. 31 dec. 1862, age 83 years, 24 days; m. 29 oct. 1797 elisha (? number) cole, d. 18 july 1851, age 74 years, 11 months, 11 days. children (surname cole): 1. laban, b. 17 sept. 1798. 2. jacob, b. 22 nov. 1800; d. 12 may 1803 3. eliza, b. 25 jan. 1803; d. in livonia, livingston co., n. y., 28 nov. 1876; m. 12 oct. 1822 floyd bailey, b. in putnam valley, n. y., d. in livonia 21 july 1865, the son of gilbert and sarah (field) bailey. 4. jacob, b. 1 june 1805. 5. david, b. 5 dec. 1808. 6. a son, b. and d. 7 march 1810. 7. jonathan, b. 5 feb. 1811. 8. chloe ann, b. 26 april 1814; d. unm. in carmel, n. y., 7 may 1903, age 80 years. 9. huldah, b. 4 july 1817; d. in norwalk, ohio, 30 jan. 1892; m. 10 dec. 1836 harry hanford, b. in south salem, n. y., 13 nov. 1810, d. in norwalk 27 jan. 1890, the son of lewis and deborah ann (webb) hanford. 10. antoinette, b. 8 june 1820; d. 14 feb. 1890, age 71 years, 6 months; m. 3 dec. 1837 isaac kelly, farmer, b. in southeast 20 dec. 1813, d. 21 feb. 1886, age 72 years, 2 months, the son of jesse and eleanor (foster) kelly. 11. rufus, b. 26 april 1823. 12. byron b. 30 june 1825. iv. sarah, b. in carmel, n. y., 10 sept. 1781; d. in covert, n. y., 2 july 1841, according to the family bible; m. in carmel, 5 jan. 1801, daniel (# unknown) cole, farmer, d. in covert 12 oct. 1848. after his first wife's death he m. (2) in covert, 15 sept. 1845, mrs. mary (osborn) beadle, b. in lyons, n. y., in 1803, d. in easton, washington co., n. y., about 1845. he removed from carmel to what is now covert, n.y., in 1808, and served about three months in the war of 1812. children (surname cole): 1. julia, b. 6 nov. 1801; d. in weston, mich., 14 aug. 1877; m. 26 nov. 1820 william tonison, b. in new jersey in 1796, d. in lucas county, ohio, 2 april 1850, the son of claudius tunison. 2. anna, b. 10 july 1803; d. in fairfield, mich., 26 march 1886; m. 2 march 1820 thomas tunison, shoemaker and farmer, b. in new jersey 10 aug. 1797, d. 30 sept. 1886, the son of john p. and elizabeth (miller) tunison. resided in seneca and schuyler counties, n. y.; removed in 1849 to lucas county, ohio; and in 1868 again removed to fairfield. 3. lydia, b. 8 oct. 1805; d. in covert 1 oct. 1825; m. 19 may 1825 charles ogden, b. in covert 17 june 1806, d. in covert in 1894, the son of samuel and anna (tidd) ogden. he m. (2) fanny waddell. 4. ezra, b. 30 march 1808. 5. elizabeth, b. 10 nov. 1810; d. in lawrence, kans., 1 oct. 1908; m. 28 aug. 1831 john terry, b. in river head, l. i., in 1805, d. in peru, ohio, 3 july 1859, the son of samuel and irene (mcClure) terry. she left ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. 6. aaron hazen, b. 20 feb. 1813. 7. minor thomas, b. 26 april 1815; d. unm. in hector, n.y., 6 july 1842. 8. adelia, b. 19 sept. 1819; d. in interlaken, n. y., 25 feb. 1897; m. in covert, in 1839, john chapman hall, b. in putnam county, n. y., 1 feb. 1808, d. in covert 21 dec. 1882, the son of john and hannah (chapman) hall. 9. sarah roxanna, b. 22 dec. 1822; d. in covert 14 oct. 1851; m. in covert, in september 1846, pierpont bassett, b. in covert 21 feb. 1818, d. there 18 dec. 1881, the son of lemuel and julia (bennett) bassett. 10. louise, b. 22 march 1826; d. in covert 13 nov. 1902; m. in covert, 2 sept. 1846 james henry denison, b. in covert 13 june 1817, the son of beckwith and mary (hurd) denison. v. elizabeth, b. 21 jan. 1784; m. samuel gregory. vi. chloe, b. 12 feb. 1785 or 1786; d. 30 jan. 1865; m. in november 1806 heman cole, farmer, born septmber 1785, d. 19 jan. 1832, the son of reuben and elizabeth (king) cole. resided in southeast. children (surname cole): 1. ira, b. 18 dec. 1807; d. unm. 18 nov. 1859. 2. adilla, d. young 3. zilla, b. 7 april 1815; d. 16 april 1876; m. (1) in southeast, 23 sept. 1834, jeremiah hine, b. in woodbridge, conn., 20 jan. 1795, d. 24 aug. 1838, the son of charles and anna (baldwin) hine. he was graduated form yale in 1815; surrogate of putnam county, n. y., 1822-23; and district attorney from 1829 until his death. she m. (2) 31 may 1842 william edgar crosby howes, d. 12 oct. 1849, the son of nathan alva and clara (crosby) howes. 4. edwin (twin), b. 21 feb. 1822; disappeared. 5. edmund (twin), b. 21 feb. 1822. 6. heman hopkins, b. in 1823. vii. asenath, b. 27 nov. 1787; m. john kniffen. viii. nancy, b. in carmel, n. y., (?), 1 april 1790; m. joshua cole, the son of elisha cole. removed from carmel and settled in tecumseh, mich. children (surname cole): 1. adeline, m. morris frost, the son of george and mary (cole) frost. two children. 2. alvah. 3. ansel. 4. annis. 5. alzada (azra). 6. almeda. v. 148 p. 148 the sawdy family of boston, rhode island, and points west by jane fletcher fiske (editor of the register and author of thomas cooke of rhode island (w vl., boxford, mass., 1987). joseph sawdy evidently removed to newport at this time, for he was called of newport in the marriage record of his daughter mary in 1701. newport county court records indicate that in 1716 he was sued by daniel pearce in newport superior court. v. 24 p. 14 births, marriages and deaths of portsmouth, n.h. mary ye wife of george peirce of portsmouth made solemn oath yt ye 8d marriage was celebrated at her ye sd mary(?) mother's house in portsmouth ye day and year above mentioned. jurat before josh peirce jus pac feb 25th 1740-1. daniel peirce and anna rindge were married 29th octo 1742. the said anna died 19th octo 1748. suzanne hamlet shatto