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Sarah Travers

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Father	Henry Travers b. by about 1610, d. in the 1650s
Mother	Bridget Fitts? b. s 1610, d. 1673

Last Edited

30 Dec 2023

Birth*	Sarah Travers was born circa __ ___ 1635 or 1636, probably in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG. She was ten years old in 1645, but not yet twelve on 26 July 1648.1,2
Marriage*	She married Nicholas Wallingford, son of Andrew Wallington and Unknown Gore, on 30 August 1654 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3,4
Marriage*	She married second Onesiphorus Marsh, son of George Marsh and Elizabeth Key, on 18 May 1691 in Haverhill, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Onesiphorus was born about 1630 (based on his age at death) in England to George Marsh and Elizabeth Key. He was married twice before. The first marriage was to Hannah Cutler on 6 February 1655. She died 17 March 1683 and he married second, on 29 October 1686, Elizabeth, the widow of Samuel Worcester. Elizabeth died 9 May 1690. Onesiphorus himself died in Bradford, Mass. on 15 May 1713.56
Death*	Sarah died, before 22 August 1709. Administration of her estate was granted to her son John on that date, when she was referred to as "Sarah Wallingford alias Mash", of Bradford, "Relict of Nicholas Wallingford of Bradford."7.
	THE TRAVERS FAMILY      Sarah's father, whose name is sometimes spelled Travis, came from London, England in the "Mary and John" early in 1634. Some secondary sources have said he was of Irish ancestry, but there is no evidence for this. The passengers of the "Mary and John" went first to Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., and in 1635 many of them, Henry Travers included, moved to Newbury. He was granted six acres of salt marsh in the Great Marsh, and a house lot of half an acre near the First Landing Place. Also four acres in another part of Newbury.8 He was on a list of 91 freeholders of Newbury on 7 December 1642.9      His wife Bridget may have been a sister of Richard Fitts of Ipswich and Newbury, Mass., as in the latter's will dated 2 December 1672 he mentions his sister "Travisse's" daughter. As the term 'sister' could also refer to a sister-in-law, it is also possible that Richard Fitts was a brother-in-law, or even a step-relation of some sort. The widow Bridget married, 30 March 1659, Richard Window of Gloucester, Mass. She may have been married to a Goodwin before marrying Henry Travers.10 It is also possible that Henry had a wife before Bridget in England before he came to America, although that may never be known.      In a Court held at Ipswich, Mass. on 29 September 1646, "John Emery, for his miscarriage with the wife of Henry Traverse, fined 3 li. [pounds] or to be whipped, and pay witness fee to Christopher Bartlet. Bound to good behavior and not to frequent the company of the wife of Henry Traverse. Brigett Traverse fined 10s. for her misdemeanors."11      Henry Travers was a seaman. In 1648 he went to London and never returned, leaving behind his wife Bridget, daughter Sarah and a son James. Before he left he wrote a will that began "This 26th day of July, 1648, I Henrie Travers of Newbury, having occasion to go to Sea and know not whether I shall live to Com againe, I do by this present declare my last Will and Testament, as followeth..." To his daughter Sara he left a cow and a 3-year old heifer, as well as two brass pots, a little kettel, a frying pan, and a table board.12      In 1655 the widow Bridget petitioned the court regarding the estate, and said, in part, "That whereas Henry Travers, my husband, went away to England from mee seaven years agone, and left mee two children; my Daughter was of the age of ten years, and my son not full three years of age. He then made his will and gave my daughter a Cow and a Heifer, to be paid to her at twelve years old... ...my daughter being now marryed I have payed to her two heifers." At one point in this petition she states "And since he [her husband] went [to England] I have not heard of him but once, which is five years since13." Since Henry left seven years earlier it appears that two years later she somehow got word of him, or heard from him. It sounds like the man decided to stay in England and abandon his family back in America. What became of him after this point is unknown, although on 15 July 1659 an inventory of his estate was made, and he was called "late of Newbury, deceased".14      At a Court held in Ipswich, Mass. 27 September 1659, the will of Henry Travers was presented, but not proved. "Administration was granted to his widow, Bridgett, now wife of Richard Window. Nicolas Walington, who married his daughter, Sarah Traverse, had already received three pounds, and the court ordered the administratrix to pay them twelve pounds more, and to the son, James Traverse, thirty pounds when he comes of age, and the rest of the estate, which amounted to 92 li. [pounds], to the widow, the land to stand bound for the children's portions."15      After Bridget Travers married Richard Window in 1659 they moved to Gloucester. Richard's will dated 2 May 1665 and proved 27 June 1665 mentions the Travers children with this section: "And Conserning James travis: thirty pounds which the Honored Court was pleased to aloue him out of his fathers inheritanc which lis in Neckeles waringtans hands which is his portion."16      Bridget, widowed once more, was deceased by 9 November 1673 when her estate was in probate. Administration was granted to Nicholas Wallingford and James Travis. An inventory was done on 9 October 1673 that came to 11 pounds, 12 shillings, and 3 pence. Mrs. Samuel Worcester and Elizabeth, his wife, testified that "within two or three dayes before the death of the Widdow Window, wee heard her declare that her will, as to her disposall of w[ha]t estate she had, was that her son in Law Nicolas Wallington, who ought her forty shillings, giveing to his son John Wallington an Ewe lamb out of it should have the rest of the said forty shillings; and that her Grandchild Sarah Wallington should have her best coat; and that her son James Traves should have her bed; and that the rest of her estate should be equally divided between her son Nicolas Wallington & James Traves". Sworn November 25, 1673.17 Elizabeth Worcester comes into the picture again after her husband Samuel died because she became the second wife of Onesiphorus Marsh, whose third wife was Sarah Travers. Also see the Henry Travers entry in volume seven of "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635", by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2011), pp. 88-93.

Children of Sarah Travers and Nicholas Wallingford

John Wallingford b. 6 Sep 1655, d. 6 Jan 1655/56 Nicholas Wallingford+ b. 2 Jan 1656/57, d. 10 May 1682 John Wallingford+ b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709 Sarah Wallingford+ b. 20 or 29 May 1661, d. 9 Feb 1682 Mary Wallingford+ b. 15 or 22 August 1663, d. a 18 Nov 1732 James Wallingford+ b. 6 Oct 1665, d. a Jul 1739 Hannah Wallingford+ b. 27 Nov 1667, d. a Sep 1709 William Wallingford b. 26 or 27 February 1669/70, d. 1 or 5 March 1685 Joseph Wallingford b. 20 Apr 1672, d. by 27 September 1701 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. 23 Jun 1674, d. 17 Oct 1736 Esther Wallingford+ b. 8 Jun 1676, d. 12 Aug 1743 Benjamin Wallingford b. 27 Jun 1678, d. by 11 apr 1741 Abigail Wallingford+ b. 24 Jun 1680

John Wallingford

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Father	Nicholas Wallingford b. b 30 Mar 1630, d. about 1680 or 1681
Mother	Sarah Travers b. circa __ ___ 1635 or 1636, d. b 22 Aug 1709

Last Edited

3 Jan 2024

Birth*	John Wallingford was born on 7 April 1659 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1,2
Marriage*	He married, Mary Tuttle, on 6 December 1687, in Dover, New HampshireG. They were married by the Rev. John Pike of Dover..3
Death*	John died at some point, after 12 September 1709. (When he made an accounting of the estate of his brother Joseph.)
	In a warrant dated 9 April 1680 John Wallingford and Thomas Thurla were ordered to appear in court "to answer their presentments".4 John is included on a 9 July 1690 military roll during King William's War. He signed as one of many in the North Regiment in Essex County who were ready to "voluntarily offer our selvis to serve God, our King & Countrye in ye designed Expedition for Canada". John March of Newbury was Captain of the Company. Whether John Wallingford and the regiment actually went on this expedition isn't stated, but if they did, they were commanded by Sir William Phips and sailed off from Boston in an armada on 21 August 1690 to attack Quebec City. The invasion was completely unsuccessful due to a combination of poor military command, lack of supplies and the onset of smallpox among the attackers. If John did serve on this campaign he would have been the first Wallingford to serve in the military in America. It seems likely that he did serve on the expedition given the following fact. In 1739 the township of Bakerstown, now Salisbury, N.H., was laid out and granted to the "Soldiers in the expedition to Canada Anno 1690 under the Command of Capt John March". Included among the proprietors from Newbury was John's son Capt. Thomas Wallingford, although he was living in Dover, N.H. at the time5. Following John's marriage to the daughter of Judge John Tuttle of Dover, N.H. they lived at Bradford, Mass. In 1702 Colonel Paul Wentworth and Judge John Tuttle became partners in a lumber business on the Salmon Falls River in Dover. Judge Tuttle invited his son-in-law John Wallingford to come to Salmon Falls to help with the operation of the saw mill and lumber business. The family moved to that area later on.6 On 27 September 1701 John "of Bradford" gave bond with Robert Mullican of Bradford for the administration of the estate of his brother Joseph Wallingford, late of Bradford deceased intestate, said bond being witnessed by John and Hannah Higginson. An inventory was taken that showed an estate worth only £12, 18s, 4p. Richard Kimball and Jonas Platts signed the inventory. John made an accounting of the estate of Joseph on 12 September 1709, nearly eight years later, and at the bottom is a list of first names who all received one pound two shillings from the estate, this list obviously being his surviving siblings Nicholas, John, James, Benjamin, Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Esther and Abigail.7 On 27 September 1701, the same day he gave bond for the estate of his brother Joseph, he did the same on the estate of his brother Benjamin, apparently on a false report of his death. He was "of Bradford" when he gave bond again with Robert Mullican, said bond also being witnessed by John and Hannah Higginson. An inventory was taken on 22 October 1701 by the same Richard Kimball and Jonas Platts which included "about sixten acres of land and Medow".8 But Benjamin was alive and well and living in Maryland, and he was back in Massachusetts in 1709, evidently to rectify the situation. On 4 April 1709 John, still said to be "of Bradford" and Benjamin signed an agreement -- John "did In ye Absence of Benja Wallingford take out Admn on said Benja Lands as may appear by Record. It is agreed by both parties yt if said administration shall have ye Improvement of said Estate for ye Time past. In consideration of his trouble Charge & care In Managing said Estate & do hereby acquitt & release ye said Admr for any reckoning considering his Adminstration & ye said Benja to Enjoy & possess all his [illeg.] of right Divided to him."9 John Wallingford "of Bradford" was administrator of the estate of his mother "Sarah Wallingford alias Mash" [sic], giving bond on 22 August 1709 with Joseph Peasley of Haverhill, Mass. and John Wicom of Newbury, Mass. He signed by mark, not a signature. On the back of this bond notice he is called "eldest surviving son of Sarah Wallingford alias Mash", and she is described as "Relict of Nicholas Wallingford of Bradford".10 Master Tate's diary reports that "Mrs. Susannah Wallingford, Widow of Jn. Wallingford, deceased, died on Sunday, February 9, 1772"11. Shackford12 speculates that this John may have taken this Susannah as a second wife, but the differences in their apparent ages makes this unlikely, unless, of course, he married a young girl while he was an old man. All of John and Mary's children seem to be accounted for with no apparent gaps in years after their marriage. But if they moved part or full time to Dover, N.H. after the birth of Abigail in 1702 is it possible that they had other children born in that area who weren't recorded? It might explain several unconnected Wallingfords around that time period.

Children of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle

John Wallingford+ b. 14 Dec 1688, d. b 27 Jan 1762 Nicholas Wallingford+ b. 28 October or November 1691, d. b 14 Apr 1719 Sarah Wallingford+ b. 29 Dec 1693, d. a 31 Oct 1764 Ebenezer Wallingford b. 30 Sep 1695, d. 1721 Col. Thomas Wallingford+ b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771 Judith Wallingford+ b. Mar 1699/0 Abigail Wallingford b. 27 Sep 1702

Mary Tuttle

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Father	John Tuttle b. 1646, d. Jun 1720
Mother	Mary (?)

Last Edited

6 Feb 2006

Birth*	Mary Tuttle was born.
Marriage*	She married John Wallingford, son of Nicholas Wallingford and Sarah Travers, on 6 December 1687 in Dover, New HampshireG. They were married by the Rev. John Pike of Dover.1
Death*	Mary died, after 28 December 1717. She was mentioned in her father's will of that date..
	In her father's will her brother Ebenezer Tuttle was directed to pay "to his Sister Mary Wallingford the Sum of five Pounds." Her father also stated: "Item I will Demise and Bequeth all my Personal Estate that is my House hold Goods & Chattels Bills Bonds Debts Dues which are to be Demaned after the Deceace of my well Beloved wife and not Before to My Three Daughters Equally to be Divided Between Them."2

Children of Mary Tuttle and John Wallingford

John Wallingford+ b. 14 Dec 1688, d. b 27 Jan 1762 Nicholas Wallingford+ b. 28 October or November 1691, d. b 14 Apr 1719 Sarah Wallingford+ b. 29 Dec 1693, d. a 31 Oct 1764 Ebenezer Wallingford b. 30 Sep 1695, d. 1721 Col. Thomas Wallingford+ b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771 Judith Wallingford+ b. Mar 1699/0 Abigail Wallingford b. 27 Sep 1702

John Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

Last Edited

23 Dec 2022

Birth*	John Wallingford was born on 14 December 1688 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. He was baptized in Bradford on 30 June 1695 ("30: 4m: 1695").12
Marriage*	He married Charity (?) probably by 1713. Their son William was sued in court on 12 November 1734, meaning he would have to have been born by November of 1713.3
Death*	John died before 27 January 1762 in Rochester, New HampshireG. His will was written on 27 October 1761 and proved the following January 27th.
	John Wallingford served in a scouting party against the French and Indians in 1712 as is shown by a muster roll of men serving under Captain James Davis from Captain Westerbrook's Company. In May 1723 Corporal John Wallingford was part of a scouting party led by Capt. John Gilman to Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H. They scouted for Indians for 13 days before returning.4 In 1727 John became one of the original proprietors of the town of Barnstead, N.H., receiving lot number 20 in the first division and number 100 in the second.5 A man named Henry Allard shared this lot number 100, and that appeared to be the only instance of sharing amongst the original proprietors, so there may be some kind of relationship between Wallingford and Allard that is worth checking out. The Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington was the primary individual responsible for the establishment of Barnstead.6 On 18 September 1729 John Wallingford of Newington sold land in Dover to Thomas Kenny of Dover, the land being some originally laid out to his grandfather John Tuttle in 1693/47. A few months later, on 2 December 1729, he purchased some land in Rochester from his brother Thomas.8 On 9 February 1729/30 he sold his land in Barnstead, N.H. to Samuel Green of Stratham.9 On 28 May 1730 he purchased more land in Rochester, this time from William Twombly of Dover.8 His next land transaction wasn't for 18 years until 7 November 1748 when John Wallingford of Rochester sold land in Rochester to William Twombly of Dover.10 He was taxed in Newington, NH in 1732. The tax showed that there were two taxable males 16 or over, probably John and his eldest son William.11 He held an assortment of town offices in Newington between 1724 and 1738. At the town meeting in 1724 he was chosen field driver. In 1725 it was "heawards", or hayward, the person in charge of fences and enclosures and keeping livestock from getting out to ravage the fields. In 1726 he was chosen as hayward and field driver, in 1727 as tithingman (a sort of religious constable), and in 1729 as hayward again. His last office in Newington was in 1738 as hayward.12 On 16 November 1737 John Wallingford of Newington, husbandman, sued Timothy Roberts of Rochester, husbandman, for £58 to collect an overdue note of £29, dated 8 July 1737, it being for one pair of oxen Roberts purchased from Wallingford. He was awarded £58 and the sheriff attached a chair worth 2 shillings.13 On 19 October 1738 John apparently sued him again over the same note, although the papers say the note was dated 8 July 1738. In all other respects it is the same. This time he was awarded £50 and the sheriff attached a hat, 21 November 1738.14 On 2 March 1746/7 John and his son Peter signed a petition, designating themselves as father and son, from several Rochester residents asking the Provincial government for a guard of soldiers to defend the town from Indian attacks. The town has suffered badly from such attacks over the course of the previous year.15 This was during one of the many French and Indian Wars in the colonies. In June 1750 he deposed that he was born at Bradford, moved to Newington about 40 years ago, to Somersworth about 7 years ago, and to Rochester about 4 years ago. This would mean he lived in Bradford, Mass. from 1659-1710, Newington, N.H. from 1710-1743, Somersworth, N.H. from 1743-1746, and Rochester, N.H. from 1746-50. His will dated 27 October 1761, proved 27 January 1762, has him still living in Rochester.16 Newington wasn't incorporated as a parish until July 1713 so before that time he would have technically been living in a part of Dover. Their children John, Mary, Sarah, Phebe and Patience were baptized in Newington April 30, 1724. On June 27 of the following year "John Wallingford & Charity his wife were admitted to full Communion in our Church".17 Secondary sources place their son William as their last child, but William was sued in court on 12 November 1734 so must have been at least 21 at the time, meaning he was born by November 1713 and must be the eldest child. He is the first child listed in his father's 1761 will. Why he wasn't baptized with his five next siblings is unknown. Perhaps he was baptized at another time and place. On 26 June 1720 Charity "owned ye covenant & was baptized" into the Newington Church.18 Why they waited four more years before having their children baptized there is unknown. In his will he leaves all his homestead lands, containing about 60 acres to his son Peter. Scales history of Dover states that some of these lands were in Milton, N.H., which was at that time a part of Rochester.19 Witnesses to the will were Joseph Watson, James Plaisted Hill and Josiah Main, and the latter two acted as sureties for son and executor Peter's bond, with witnesses to the bond being William Parker and Joseph March.16

Children of John Wallingford and Charity (?)

William Wallingford b. b Nov 1713 John Wallingford+ b. s 1716, d. b 1750 Mary Wallingford b. s 1718, d. 29 Mar 1799 Sarah Wallingford b. s 1720, d. b Oct 1761 Phebe Wallingford+ b. s 1722, d. sometime after 27 March 1766 Patience Wallingford+ b. b 30 Apr 1724, d. probably by about 1770 Peter Wallingford+ b. 29 May 1726, d. 1771 Frances Wallingford b. 1 Sep 1728, d. bt 1809 - 1816 Susannah Wallingford b. 7 Sep 1735, d. b Oct 1761 Judith Wallingford b. 4 Jul 1736, d. b Oct 1761

Charity (?)

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Last Edited

1 Nov 2011

Birth*	Charity (?) was born.
Marriage*	She married John Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle, probably by 1713. Their son William was sued in court on 12 November 1734, meaning he would have to have been born by November of 1713.1
Death*	Charity died sometime after April 1771, probably in Rochester, Strafford County, New HampshireG. She was still alive when her son Peter wrote his will on 18 April 1771.2
	Given that John and Charity had children named Phebe, Patience and Peter -- names not in existence in the Wallingford family before this point, it is likely that these names came from Charity's family. Using the database on Ancestry.com a search was made of all the Charitys mentioned in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. One possible match popped up in the Rhodes family. A Charity Rhodes born 8 or 28 November 1687 to Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Rhodes of Kittery. No further information is included about her, which likely means that there was no obvious information as to her future. At the very least she was still alive when her father died around 1711. This Charity's brother Jacob, who died before their father, had a daughter Mary Rhodes who married Samuel Place of Newington, giving a connection to that town. Samuel Place's sister Abigail Place was the mother of Abigail Walker who married John and Charity Wallingford's son Peter. If Charity Wallingford was born Charity Rhodes, this means that her son Peter would have married his first cousin's niece by marriage. Both families moved from Newington to Rochester, which would increase the likelihood of a common bond. Charity Rhodes also had a brother Miles who married a woman named Patience Donnell, and had a daughter Charity. There appear no Phebes or Peters in this family, however. Another possible family connection is with the Wittum family, which interestingly enough also connects up with the Rhodes family when they were in Kittery and later went to Newington. On 24 June 1715 John and Charity Wallingford sold a one acre parcel of land to Newington minister Rev. Joseph Adams at "Stony hill" in Newington. Abutters to the property included the Reverend himself, as well as William "Witham".3 The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire reports that William had a father, brother and son named Peter. His father Peter had a sister Sarah Wittum who was the second wife of George Brawn. George Brawn was the father of Eleanor Brawn who was the wife of Jacob Rhodes, mentioned above as the sister of Charity Rhodes born in 1687. William Wittum's brother Peter also had a daughter Eunice who married Richard Brawn, another child of George Brawn above. William Wittum married before June 1701, and his children aren't well accounted for, so Charity could belong to his family as well. His wife's name was probably Mary (Nason) Trickey, and she had a brother Joseph Nason who had a daughter Charity born in 1682, although they lived in Nantucket. The names of Phebe and Patience don't appear in any of these families, however. Despite all of the convoluted connections between the Rhodes, Wittum and Brawn families there appears very little to tie them to the Wallingfords aside from their being neighbors to William Wittum. These possible connections are extremely tentative at best, and shouldn't be construed as evidence that she belonged to either family. They are intended as leads for future research only. It is entirely possible that Charity may have come from some distance away, or even come over from England as an immigrant.

Children of Charity (?) and John Wallingford

William Wallingford b. b Nov 1713 John Wallingford+ b. s 1716, d. b 1750 Mary Wallingford b. s 1718, d. 29 Mar 1799 Sarah Wallingford b. s 1720, d. b Oct 1761 Phebe Wallingford+ b. s 1722, d. sometime after 27 March 1766 Patience Wallingford+ b. b 30 Apr 1724, d. probably by about 1770 Peter Wallingford+ b. 29 May 1726, d. 1771 Frances Wallingford b. 1 Sep 1728, d. bt 1809 - 1816 Susannah Wallingford b. 7 Sep 1735, d. b Oct 1761 Judith Wallingford b. 4 Jul 1736, d. b Oct 1761

Nicholas Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

Last Edited

20 Feb 2004

Birth*	Nicholas Wallingford was born 28 October or November 1691 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. The published Bradford records give 28 October as the town vital records date, and 28th November as a court record date.1
Marriage*	He married, Rachel (?), before April 1714 when their first child was born. (Their first child was born then.)
Death*	Nicholas died, before 14 April 1719 when his widow remarried.
	Thomas Starbolt (also Starbord) of Dover was robbed by Nicholas Wallingford. Starbolt claimed on 16 September 1712 that "when I loss my mony (& Suspecting Nicholas Warinford to have stoal it) I went to his Grandfather Capt Tuttles & told him my grounds I had to suspect Warrinford stoal my mony:", amounting to a five pound bill. Tuttle commented that if Nicholas had a five pound bill he believed he probably did steal it so Tuttle and Starbolt went to the home of Joseph Beards and asked his wife whether Nicholas had ever offered a five pound bill to be changed there and she told them that he had. Nicholas appeared in court in Portsmouth on 16 September and pled not guilty. Richard Pinkham and James Mussy each gave £25 bond towards his good behavior. Ebenezer Tuttle, Thomas Pinckum and Ensign Joseph Beard were witnesses in the case which showed that Nicholas stole a total of £8 in bills, including one five pound bill, and one 40 shilling bill and one 30 shilling bill. On 9 February 1713 the court found him guilty and awarded Starbolt £1 10s in court costs. Nicholas Wallingford's signature is upon the verdict. No other penalties are mentioned in the court documents.2      On 13 April 1715 Nicholas Wallingford of Dover purchased land in Dover from John Hill of Greenland3. This was 50 acres of land on the northwest side of Moharimet Hill.4      The only proven child of Nicholas and Rachel is Margaret, born in 1714. They could have had other children before that date or after it, up to Rachel's second marriage in 1719. Shackford suggests that Ezekiel Wallingford who married Lydia Brown is his son, but there is no evidence for that. Ezekiel is currently placed in the "Unconnected Families" appendix to this genealogy. Another possible child for this family is Lucy Wallingford who married Meturin Ricker, Jr. More research should be done into Rachel's second and third husbands and their families, to see if any mention is made of children from her previous marriage.

Child of Nicholas Wallingford and Rachel (?)

Margaret Wallingford b. 4 Apr 1714

Rachel (?)

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Last Edited

13 Feb 2011

Birth*	Rachel (?) was born.
Marriage*	She married Nicholas Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle, before April 1714 when their first child was born. (Their first child was born then.)
Marriage*	She married second Stephen Hawkins on 14 April 1719 in Dover, New HampshireG.1,2
Marriage*	She married third Thomas Whitehouse, son of Thomas Whitehouse and Elizabeth Dam, after 1719. Rachel's second husband Stephen Hawkins may have died in late 1719.3
Death*	Rachel died sometime after 28 Nov 1750. This was the date she gave bond as executrix of her husband's will.
	Rachel's second husband Stephen Hawkins was a mariner from Dover. He was married once before and had a son Stephen by that marriage, who had several children of his own. Stephen and Rachel had a son John Hawkins born 19 March 1720. The book Meredith Annals confuses the issue by stating that Stephen had one son John by Rachel in 1729 who died young, and that he married second a woman named Sarah and had 12 children by her born between 1739 and 1765.4 The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and N.H. says that the 12 children are children of Stephen Jr. and wife Sarah, and were born between 1739 and 1756.      Peter and Elizabeth Varney supposedly deeded to Stephen Hawkins in 1719 and 1725 which would suggest he was alive until at least that point. The deeds index in the New Hampshire Archives, however, shows no deeds between the Varneys and Stephen. It does, however, have an inquisition into the death by drowning of a Stephen Hawkins of Dover. Several witnesses testified that Stephen had gone into the water in Portsmouth and drowned. The date of this inquisition was the "fifth day of ye Anno Dom 1720".5 This date could have several meanings. They might have forgotten to include the month, in which case it could be the fifth day of any month in 1720. Or it could literally mean the fifth day of the year, which in 1720 could mean January 5 or March 29. And we have no idea whether he died in 1720 or earlier, in 1719. It does seem probable that we are talking about the same Stephen Hawkins, however.      This is significant because Rachel's third husband Thomas Whitehouse had a daughter Elizabeth born 1 November 1725. If Stephen Hawkins did die in 1719 or 1720 Rachel may be the mother of Elizabeth Whitehouse, but if Stephen were alive in 1725 to purchase land from the Varneys, as the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and N.H. suggests (but N.H. Deeds don't record), Elizabeth Whitehouse would not likely be Rachel's daughter. If these Varney to Hawkins deeds could be found this might be cleared up.      Thomas Whitehouse was the son of Thomas Whitehouse and Elizabeth Dam. He had likely been married once before, with his daughter Elizabeth probably being from the previous wife. Thomas was a weaver, first seen in 1699. He was prosecuted for fencing a highway in 1707, and gave a deed to his brother Edward in 1717.      On 26 December 1739 Thomas Whitehouse of Dover, "bandman", gave 20 acres in Dover near the western corner of Samuel Hayes' land to his "son-in-law" Stephen Hawkins. There was no charge for the land as it was done for "love and good will". The deed was witnessed on 6 March 1739/40 by Abraham Nute and John Pearl.6      Thomas wrote his will in Dover on 25 October 1744, saying that he was "Weak in body", but the will wasn't proved until 28 November 1750 so apparently he recovered from whatever was afflicting him at the time. To his wife Rachel, whom he made his executrix, he gave "all my hole Estate wihin Dors and with out as long as she lives a widdow". After her death or remarriage the estate would go "to my well beloved Daughter Elisabeth Whithous". Thomas made his mark and it was witnessed by Thomas Whaits, Moses Meader and Abraham Nute. The widow Rachel, with Abraham Nute and Moses Roberts, yeomen, all of Dover, gave bond in the sum of £500 on 28 November 1750 for the execution of the will. Witnesses were William Parker and Tobias Lear, Jr.7      Nothing is known of Rachel after that date.

Child of Rachel (?) and Nicholas Wallingford

Margaret Wallingford b. 4 Apr 1714

Child of Rachel (?) and Stephen Hawkins

John Hawkins b. 19 Mar 1720

Margaret Wallingford

This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.

Father	Nicholas Wallingford b. 28 October or November 1691, d. b 14 Apr 1719
Mother	Rachel (?) d. sometime after 28 Nov 1750

Last Edited

15 Nov 2002

Birth*	Margaret Wallingford was born on 4 April 1714 in Dover, New HampshireG.1
	Nothing further is known about her.

Sarah Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

Last Edited

16 May 2020

Birth*	Sarah Wallingford was born on 29 December 1693 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married James Clements, son of Job Clements and Abigail Heard, circa 1715.2
Death*	Sarah died after 31 October 1764. This was the date her husband's will was proved. She is not mentioned in the "diary" of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate, who recorded all or most of the families of Somersworth in 1767, but could have been living with one of her children at that point.
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	Canney states that she married, "early as 1735" Joshua Roberts, son of Hatevil, but this is not correct.3 It was a different Sarah Wallingford.      The Clements Genealogy offers three pages of information on this family, some of which is excerpted here4:      "James Clements inherited one hundred acres of land in Cocheco woods, later the town of Somersworth, from his father in 1716. He also became a proprietor of Rochester, N.H., but probably always lived in Somersworth. On 19 May 1743, his name appears in a list of freeholders in that town."      "James Clements was a soldier in Captain [Thomas] Wallingford's company, 23 July 1746. He had previously served as a pilot for Captain Tibbett's scouting party, on 21 May 1744, and was a member of his brother, Captain Job Clements's, company of pressed and enlisted men in 1748. He was captured and carried into Canada, and returned with other New Hampshire men in Captain Drake's boat the schooner Success, from Quebec to Boston, in 1749. Some years after, the Council and Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire allowed James Clements and others, ninety-seven pounds, twelve shillings and ten pence in all as a recompense for their suffering and loss." This all likely occurred during King George's War. "James Clements was also a member of Captain Samuel Watts's company, from 15 May to 18 Dec., 1756. He served at Crown Point, under Captain Jacob Bayley, from 5 Mar. to 5 Nov. 1757."      Most of the rest of the text in the Clements genealogy has to do with land transactions and James' will. His widow Sarah (Wallingford) Clements was given one quarter of the income of his homestead yearly during her widowhood, and if she were married again then the improvement of one third of his homestead during her natural life. She also received all his personal estate as household goods and stock of creatures, except for his gun, which went to their son Abner's son James. Finally she was bequeathed the use of his house during her widowhood, and if she were married again, then the use of one half of the house during her natural life. Their sons Job and Abner were directed to provide her with firewood.

Children of Sarah Wallingford and James Clements

Job Clements b. probably about 1717, d. b Dec 1810 Abner Clements+ b. probably about 1721, d. 4 Jul 1773 Abigail Clements b. s 1723 Shuah Clements b. s 1726 Sarah Clements b. s 1728 John Clements b. s 1730, d. 10 Nov 1757 Miriam Clements b. s 1733

James Clements

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Father	Job Clements b. 17 Apr 1648, d. 1716
Mother	Abigail Heard

Last Edited

20 Feb 2006

Birth*	James Clements was born on 26 March 1694 in Dover, New HampshireG.1,2
Marriage*	He married Sarah Wallingford, daughter of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle, circa 1715.1
Death*	James died circa 1764. His will dated 20 September 1758 was proved 31 October 1764.)3

Children of James Clements and Sarah Wallingford

Job Clements b. probably about 1717, d. b Dec 1810 Abner Clements+ b. probably about 1721, d. 4 Jul 1773 Abigail Clements b. s 1723 Shuah Clements b. s 1726 Sarah Clements b. s 1728 John Clements b. s 1730, d. 10 Nov 1757 Miriam Clements b. s 1733

Ebenezer Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

Last Edited

8 Aug 2020

Birth*	Ebenezer Wallingford was born on 30 September 1695 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Ebenezer died, in 1721, in Dover, New HampshireG. He died between 19 August and 6 September 1721. These were the dates of his will.2.
	On 16 July 1717 Ebenezer Wallingford received 50 acres of land in Dover from his grandfather John Tuttle of Dover "for and in consideration of ye natural love good will and affection which I do owe and bear to my grandson."3      On 12 August 1717 Ebenezer of Dover, yeoman, sued William Blackston (also Brackston) of Dover, yeoman, for £29 to collect an overdue note of £14 10s dated 14 February 1716/17. Blackston's estate was attached by the court on 16 August.4      On 2 February 1720 he called on the lot layers of Dover "to Renew the bounds of a Grant of 60 Acres Lott of Land which was Laid out to Israill Hodgdun". This land bordered some other land already in Ebenezer's possession.5 On 18 November 1720 he this land from Israel Hodgdon Jr.6      He was engaged to be married to Susannah Cotton at the time he died. In his will he described himself as "very Sick and weak in Body". He left all of his 60 acres of land in Dover and most of his other property to his fiancee, whom he describes as "my Dearly beloved Spouse and ffriend". She was also made executrix of the will. Susanna was the daughter of John and Sarah (Hearle) Cotton of Portsmouth, and married William Young in Portsmouth the following May 27, 1722.7 [Their first child Elizabeth Young wasn't born until 1723 so couldn't have been Ebenezer's child.]      Also in his will he left "all my wearing apperrill to be Equeally Divided between them" to his "beloved Brothers: that is to say, my Brother John Wallingford Thomas Wallingford and James Clements".2

Col. Thomas Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

Last Edited

10 May 2024

Birth*	Col. Thomas Wallingford was born on 28 July 1697 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. The published Bradford vital records state the year as "169[8?]"1, which apparently indicates that the date is difficult to read. However in a NH Provincial court case in which his uncle James Wallingford sues him, a copy of Thomas' birth record made by the town clerk of Bradford in 1715 is included, and it clearly gives the date as July 28, 1697.2
Marriage*	He married first Margaret Clements, daughter of Job Clements and Abigail Heard, circa 1717 in Dover, New HampshireG. Margaret's father made his will in October 1716 and in it Margaret still has the surname Clements so was likely wasn't married yet3. Allowing for the births of their children at the logical times suggests a year of 1717 for the wedding, or possibly late 1716.4 Margaret is mentioned as his wife in a deed of 1 October 1719.56
Marriage*	Thomas married second, Mary Pray, before 21 July 1730. We know he married before this because his wife's name was Mary in a deed of that date..7
Marriage*	Thomas married third, Elizabeth Swett, circa 1754. This date is based on the date of birth of their first child in early 1755..8
Death*	Thomas died on 4 August 1771 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New HampshireG. The diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate reads, "Sunday, Aug. ye 4th. 1771 Collo. Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth Dy'd at Capt. Stoodley's at Portsmouth, was Carried up to Somersworth in the Evening & Buried on Tuesday, Aug. ye 6th. Aged 74 years ye 28th. day of July last."9 He was buried in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.10
	Thomas Wallingford, Esq. was one of the most noted men of the town of Somersworth, which was part of the town of Dover until 1754, and one of the wealthiest men in the state of New Hampshire. He moved to the area with his father when only a young child and worked in his father's saw mill, which he later inherited and continued to operate. He lived on the old road from Dover to Salmon Falls, a section of Somersworth/Rollinsford, near the first meeting house at Rollinsford Junction. "His home was located somewhere between the meeting house and the falls on the Salmon Falls River, being the last house on the left as one approaches the falls. He was also a merchant and had a store at Rollinsford Junction near the meeting house."      "In these early years when the present town of Rollinsford had parochial powers only, as the parish of Summersworth, the area was part of the town of Dover. So influential was Col. Thomas Wallingford that he was elected a representative for the town of Dover (which then included all of Rollinsford) to the Royal Provincial Assembly continuously from 1739 to 1745. He was also the moderator at the Dover town meetings in 1739, 1745, 1746 and 1748, and he was elected selectman for the town of Dover in 1733, 1739, 1741 to 1746 inclusive, and again in 1748. Colonel Thomas Wallingford was named a Judge of the Superior Court of the Province of New Hampshire in 1748, and held this position until his death, a period of 23 years... He held the rank of Colonel in the Royal Colonial Militia for the Province. His grave is located in the old cemetery off Roberts Road in Rollinsford."11      He was an extensive landowner, being one of the original Masonian Proprietors, a group of wealthy seacoast area merchants who purchased claim to ownership of all wastelands within sixty miles of New Hampshire's coast. It was through land sales, township grants and the reservation of much land for their own use that these Masonian Proprietors gained such immense wealth12. One such piece of land, in Weare, N.H., included what is now known as Mt. Wallingford, named after Thomas.      Like many of the rich families of early New England, the Wallingfords were slaveowners. In the inventory of Thomas's estate four slaves are mentioned -- a woman named Phillis, a girl named Dinah, a man named Richmond and a boy named Cato. Cato is likely the one who served in the Revolutionary War. Phillis died 18 February 1773, but before she died she had been offered to Thomas's son in law Capt. William Pearne, who married the daughter Mary. The girl Dinah was described as "disordered in Mind & body of no value".13 He also had a slave named Primus, who escaped his captivity on 14 July 1766. Wallingford offered a five dollar cash reward for his return in ads in the New Hampshire Gazette over the following few weeks. Primus was described as being "about thirty years of age, short thick well set, with considerable white in his eyes and having a smooth face."14      Because he bought and sold so much land it will be difficult to record all of his land transactions here, although it is hoped that they will all be included eventually. He purchased land primarily in the Dover and Somersworth areas, but also in many other towns, and not only in N.H. His land transactions in N.H. take place almost every year from 1718 until his death in 1771.      Below will be a chronological listing of land, court and other transactions pertaining to Thomas Wallingford, along with other biographical events: 2 March 1715/6 -- Thomas Wallingford of Bradford, Mass. purchased land in Kingston, N.H. from Daniel Gordon of Kingston.15 25 April 1718 -- Thomas of Bradford purchased more land in Kingston from Ephraim Seaverns of Kingston.16 1 October 1719 -- Thomas and his wife Margaret of Dover, N.H. sold land in Dover "at Cocheco" to John Hayes of Dover.5 20 March 1726/7 -- Thomas Wallingford sold, for £55 from the widow Martha Wentworth of Dover, an eighth part of a saw mill on the Dover shore as well as an eighth part of an ironworks that went with the mill. Thomas signed and his wife Margaret made her mark, acknowledging it at Portsmouth on 15 August following.17 25 July 1727 -- Dover town records on that date describe the division of a 100 acre lot of land on the Salmon Falls River jointly owned by Thomas and the late Capt. Benjamin Wentworth. The division was made between Thomas and Benjamin's widow Elizabeth.18 Two of the Wentworth's children married children of Thomas Wallingford. 3 March 1728 -- "Where as Thomas Wallingford had fifteen acres of Land Granted him by the Selectmen of the Town of Dover in the year [1727], it being an alowance for a high way laid out through his land from the Salmon Falls Roade up toward Endego hill..." This land was 10 acres on the east and north part of Wentworth Swamp and five acres on the south side of the swamp bordering land of Meturen Ricker Jr.19 25 April 1729 -- Thomas and many other residents of the area of Dover now known as Rollinsford signed a Dover petition asking the Governor, Council and General Assembly to set off the northeast part of Dover as a separate parish.20 This was the beginning of the parish of "Summersworth", later to become the town of Somersworth. October 1731 -- "then laid out by the request of Samuel Heard 8 acres of land granted to Capt. Thomas Wallingford by the Selectmen for a road as will appear on the Dover Record."21 1733 -- Thomas spent one term as one of the Selectmen for the town of Dover and was also a town meeting moderator.22 6 February 1732/3 -- Thomas was one of a large number of people from Dover who petitioned for a new township grant where "there is a considerable Tract of land very commodious for Settlement lying nigh Winnepissocay Pond" and we "not having a competency of land to afford us a comfortable Subsistance". This petition was "Order'd to lye for consideration" on March 3d.23 What, if anything, was done about it in the future is unknown by this writer at present. Why Thomas would sign a petition stating that he didn't have enough land to afford him a comfortable subsistance is anyone's guess. 8 January 1733/4 -- Elizabeth Wentworth, executrix of the estate of her late husband Benjamin Wentworth, petitioned the Provincial General Assembly meeting in Portsmouth for relief against a judgment obtained by Capt. Thomas Wallingford against Samuel Walton, her tenant, which she maintained was arranged between the two men to her prejudice. The Assembly postponed any action on the petition until the 11th, but there is no record as to the final action.24 24 November 1735 -- Capt. Thomas Wallingford and the Rev. James Pike were among the proprietors in the first division of Narraganset Township No. 1, which became known as Buxton, Maine in 1772. They received a lot in Range B Number 1 on the right of Nicolas Tarbot. This township was one of seven awarded to soldiers who had fought in King Philip's War. Apparently they must have purchaed Nicolas Tarbot's right to the land. At a meeting to divide the second division of town on 13 October 1738 Wallingford and the Rev. Pike received a lot in Range H Number 10, also on the right of Nicolsa Tarbot. 13 February 1738 -- James Wallingford of Bradford, yeoman, (likely Thomas' uncle) sued Thomas for £40 to collect on a £20 bond dated 20 November 1716. The bond was an agreement between Thomas Wallingford, husbandman, of Bradford to pay £20 current money of New England and was witnessed by Abigail Davison and D. Davison and signed by Thomas. James was initially awarded £20 but on 8 March 1738 a jury found for the defendant and awarded all court costs to Thomas. The defendant had argued that at the time of the date of the bond he was "an infant" under the age of 21 and therefore not responsible to pay it. Included with the case records is a certified copy of Thomas' birth record from Bradford showing that he would have been 19 years old at the time. On 7 March 1739 James sued Thomas again to recover costs from the previous case in the sum of £18, originally awarded to Thomas but James complained that it should have gone to himself. The outcome of this appeal is not included in the case file, although the case was apparently heard on the first Tuesday of August 1739.2 1739 -- Thomas was one of the selectmen for Dover.25 1739 -- The township of Bakerstown, now Salisbury, N.H., was laid out and granted in this year to the "Soldiers in the expedition to Canada Anno 1690 under the Command of Capt John March". Included among the proprietors from Newbury, Mass. was Capt. Thomas Wallingford, although he was living in Dover, N.H. at the time26. He likely was part of this grant on the basis of his father John having served on that expedition in 1690. 24 October 1739 -- Capt. Thomas Wallingford was sworn in for his first term as one of Dover's three representatives to the Province's General Assembly meeting in Portsmouth. He continued to be a representative from Dover through at least the end of the year 1747, and perhaps into the next year, but was not a representative again after 1748.27,28 1741-1746 -- Thomas was continually one of the selectmen for Dover. At the same time he was one of the town meeting moderators.22 9 June 1743 -- Thomas Wallingford, Esq., of Somersworth sued Samuel Walton of Somersworth, trader, for £33 in a claim against a note of 14 September 1738 in which Walton owed Thomas £25-19-3 and a note of 5 April 1740 for £40 in merchantable boards.29 29 June 1743 to 24 January 1745 -- At some point during this period Thomas lost the designation of "Captain" and gained that of "Colonel"30. These titles were likely designations for the local militia rather than for any actual military service. How he came about the title of Captain is unknown at present but the title of Colonel probably came about in 1744 through an appointment by N.H. Governor Benning Wentworth. In 1744, the year King George's War broke out with France, the House had its first major dispute with the governor when they refused to vote supplies for Fort Dummer, a Connecticut Valley outpost so distant from existing settlements that the representatives felt it offered no military protection to New Hampshire residents. Wentworth defended himself on the basis that he had been given specific instructions from London to have the fort supplied, then went on to dissolve the assembly and call for new elections. He did not leave the results of the new election to chance, and one of the moves he made to insure delegates favorable to him was to to use what influence he had in communities around the Province. In Dover, Thomas Wallingford engineered the election of a delgation favorable to Wentworth, and it isn't hard to imagine that Wentworth, in gratitude for this favor, honored Wallingford by raising his military rank to Colonel. The govenor was empowered to make such appointments and frequently did so to reward his friends.31 15 February 1744/5 -- Colonel Thomas Wallingford, as a member of the House of Representatives, made an official complaint before that body that two days earlier a Portsmouth shopkeeper by the name of Cyprian Jeffrey assaulted him by drawing out his knife and saying he would cut Wallingford's throat "if he got forty men to do it". The House voted that by such action Jeffrey "did greatly affront ye said House, Insult & offer great Indignity to them". They further voted that a warrant go out for Jeffrey's arrest and that he be brought before the House to be dealt with. Jeffrey was arrested and brought before the house on March 4th, but as Wallingford and other witnesses were not then present he was returned to custody until the third of April, when they finally dealt with the matter. Jeffrey acknowledged himself to be at fault and declared that he had no designs to affront the House nor Col. Wallingford. He prayed for their forgiveness, and Wallingford declared himself to be satisfied. The House ordered that Jeffrey be dismissed paying costs.32 12 August 1746 -- Wallingford was on a list of Masonian Proprietors included in a journal of the House of Representatives33. A few days earlier, on July 30th, Thomas and the other Masonian Proprietors signed a quitclaim deed to all or nearly all the towns in the Province relinquishing any rights they held in common to any lands in any of the said towns, excepting, of course, any lands any of them may have owned as an individual.34 4 December 1747 -- Representative Thomas Wallingford was made a committee of one in the House to investigate stolen Provincial stores and provisions that were carried to Rochester and Lake Winnipesaukee the previous winter. These were such things as snow shoes, axes, kettles, etc. and this all took place during King George's War. Wallingford was empowered to deal with the perpetrators should they be found.35 Documents in the N.H. State Papers don't record what happened later. 1748 -- After a one year hiatus Thomas was again a Dover selectmen and town meeting moderator.22 26 May 1748 -- Thomas Wallingford petitioned the N.H. General Assembly in behalf of the parish of Somersworth asking that an act be passed enabling the parish to choose a collector of their annual taxes. The Legislature asked that he send a copy to the Dover Selectmen so that they might comment, and on the first of June, after hearing from the Selectmen, the Assembly denied the petition.36 Somersworth wasn't to become a separate town until 1754. September 1748 -- Thomas was one of many signers of a petition for a division of the town of Berwick, Maine. On 24 December 1748 he appeared on a "Constable's list" of taxpayers in Berwick, being taxed 19s, 9p. His name was on a slip of paper containing 16 names, inserted amidst several full pages of additional Berwick inhabitants that don't include tax rates. Thomas' name isn't on the list of Berwick inhabitants, so the tax likely applied to lands he owned. Of the 16 names on the list his tax was the highest. 11 September 1750 -- Thomas is listed as one of three Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature in Portsmouth.37 17 April 1754 -- The Journal of the New Hampshire House mentions that a fellow member brought up the "memorial" (another word for a type of petition) of Thomas Wallingford and others, a Committee appointed by a Society of Gentlemen who had raised a sum of moeny for building a work house and making an offer thereof to the Province. The house referred the petition to committee.38 3 May 1758 -- A letter to the House from Gov. Benning Wentworth mentions the regiment of Col. Wallingford.39 This was during the French and Indian War. 11 March 1768 -- Thomas Wallingford, as one of two representatives of the town of Somersworth, signed a petition to the Governor, Council and General Assembly recommending that the Province be divided into counties.40 The Legislature passed an act establishing counties on 29 April 1769 and this was confirmed by the King on 19 March 1771. 9 July 1770 -- The diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate includes this entry on this date: "An Honourable present made to ye Town of Somersworth by ye Worshipful Thos. Wallingford Esq. Collo. Wallingford (A town Bell."41 4 August 1771 -- This is the day Thomas died, and the record of his death is recorded in local newspapers and by Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate. But it also appears in a most unusual place, as described in an article in the New Hampshire Genealogical Record of January 1996. In the Museum of New Hampshire History can be found an old silver salver, or tray, made in London around 1750, that belonged to Theodore Atkinson, a lawyer, judge and state legislator and brother-in-law to colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. On it are inscribed the names, death dates, and death ages of 47 people, the last being T. Wallingford Esqr.42 22 June 1772 -- Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate's diary has the following entry for this date: "a piece of Land Sank on Collo. Thos. Wallingfords Land of Somersworth Decd. Lying at a place called ye 9 Notches on Berwick Side."43 18 February 1773 -- From Master Tate's Record: "Thursday, Feb. 18. 1773. Madam Eliz. Wallingfords Negro Phillis Dy'd."44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Probate papers. The probate papers for the estate of Thomas Wallingford, who died intestate, are quite extensive and only portions will be summarized here. They exist in three separate places. Most of the papers are with the early New Hampshire probate in the N.H. Archives13. A division of the estate done in 1779 is with early Strafford County probates13, and a 1772 division of his Maine lands is in York County probates.45      From reading the probate papers one gets the impression that the older children did not like the widow Wallingford, Thomas's third wife. Thomas Jr., Ebenezer Wallingford, and John Wentworth (who married the daughter Elizabeth) all filed an objection against the inventory done in December 1773 by the widow. A long, detailed list of objections is included but all were ruled in the widow's favor by the judge in the case. This matter went on until at least March of 1775 when Thomas Jr. and John Wentworth signed a petition to order the widow to finish her inventory, to which she replied vehemently that it had "long since been done".      The first inventory of the estate was done in September 1771 by Moses Carr and James Stoodly and the total estate was more than £23,107, showing just how rich the man was. The inventory done by the widow a few years later shows a total of just over £1078, but this was taken after some of the estate had been distributed to the heirs.      The first division of the estate among the heirs was made on 10 September 1772.13 To the widow Elizabeth went 50 acres of homestead and buildings in Somersworth and her one third of the estate. Also a farm at Back River in Dover of about 118 acres with buildings, being that late purchased from Thomas Leighton. Also a house and lot of land in Portsmouth laying by the streets leading from the ferry to Spring Hill (so called), lately occupied by Mr. Scammell. Finally there was a pew in the North Meeting House in Portsmouth.      To Thomas Jr. went a double share, his right as the eldest son, which included the farm in Somersworth where he was then living containing about 155 acres. Also one third of the original right of Timothy Robinson, John Rawlings and Samuel Courson in the Third and Fourth Divisions of land in Rochester.      To Hannah, wife of John Brown, went 115 acres and buildings in Somersworth where they were then living. Also 39 acres in Somersworth being part of the farm possessed by Mark Wallingford, another of the heirs.      To Margaret Goodwin, wife of James, about 87 acres in Somersworth. Also all the "Thatch Bed" that belonged to her father at the time of his death, existing at a place called Cocheco Point. Also about 13 acres originally purchased from Ensign John Tibbets in Somersworth.      To the heirs of Abigail Sanders, late wife of Edward, two lots of land in Portsmouth.      To Ebenezer Wallingford, about 85 acres and buildings where he was then living in Somersworth. Also one quarter part of a double saw mill on Salmon Falls.      To Mark Wallingford, about 56 acres in Somersworth that were then in his possession.      To Mary, wife of William Pearne, part of a wharf and the contiguous land in Portsmouth. Also two and a half acres at Islington (so called) in Portsmouth originally purchased from William Bennett.      To Elizabeth, wife of Col. John Wentworth, the whole of Jackson's Island (so called) in Portsmouth Harbor. Also the house and garden in Somersworth near Quamphegan Bridge where Elizabeth had formerly lived and about 17 acres of land near the bridge.      To Rachel, wife of Silas Nowell, a house in Portsmouth and a lot of land in Portsmouth.      To Lydia, wife of Samuel Lord, a store or warehouse with part of a wharf and contiguous land in Portsmouth adjoining Mary Pearne's lot. Also 25 acres on the Plains in Somersworth, originally purchased from Samuel Rendal and Thomas Hobbs.      To Samuel Wallingford, about 124 acres in Somersworth next to his brother Ebenezer's lot. Also a lot of land in Portsmouth.      To Olive Wallingford, a house and lot in Portsmouth.      And finally, "all the Lands belonging to the Said Intestate at the Time of his Death in the Lands purchased by sundry Proprietors of John Tuftin Mason Esqr commonly called Mason Right or Claim is divided in the following manner viz To Thomas Wallingford the Eldest son Two thirteenth parts and to Ebenezer, Mark and Samuel Wallingford, Hannah Brown, Margaret Goodwin, The Heirs of Abigail Sanders, Mary Pearne, Elizabeth Wentworth, Rachel Noel, Lydia Lord and Olive Wallingford, one Thirteenth part to Each According to the Quantity and Quality of the same to hold to them in severalty."      A division of his Maine lands was made on 10 October 1772 by James Gowen of Kittery, Esq., Benjamin Chadbourne and Humphry Chadbourn, both of Berwick, Esqs, Nathan Lord, Gent, and James Warren, Jr., yeoman, both of Berwick.45 To the widow Elizabeth went about 180 acres, part of the Great Farm (so called) at Salmon Falls in Berwick, heretofore called Col. Plaisted's farm, with the house and barn and 29 acres purchased from Stephen Tobey (being Lot 34, 3rd Check, Kittery Commons). Also 100 additional acres purchased from Tobey being Lot 7, 1st Check, Proprietors Common Land. Also 100 acres of land (being Lot 6, 5th Range above Little River) and 50 acres of which is part of Lot 4, 6th Range below Little River. Also 100 acres of land in Lebanon, commonly called Laribee's Grant, plus half a fowling marsh in Berwick. Also 12 acres originally purchased from Jeremiah Frost which lies above Cranberry Meadow in Berwick.      To the eldest son Thomas Jr., his double portion, including 26 acres of the Great Farm at Salmon Falls, with house and barn. Also about 37 acres purchased of Thomas Worster next to Salmon Falls River. Also 100 acres in Berwick Commons (Lot 6, 6th Range above Little River). Also 50 acres in the same commons (Lot 2 Range 11 below Little River). Also a right in Lebanon purchased of Tobias Leighton and 27 acres laid out by a grant and purchased of Stagpoloe, near Keys Marsh Brook.      To son Ebenezer, 25 acres in Berwick that was purchased of William Key, and 3/4 of 2/3 of his father's holdings in a thatch bog in Berwick called the fowling Marsh, and 97 acres near the Stair Falls (Lot 1 Range 1 of Berwick Proprietors Common Land above Little River), and 20 acres in Berwick Commons, and 37 acres in Berwick Commons (Lot 1, 6th Range above Little River).      To son Mark about 20 acres in Berwick from the Great Farm and 100 acres in Berwick purchased of Thomas Cutt called Lot 35, 3rd Check, Kittery Commons in Berwick, and 29 1/4 acres in Berwick purchased of Stephen Eastwick and of John and Nicholas Shapleigh. Also the right his father had in Narragansett No. 1, now called Buxton, Maine.      To son Samuel, about 29 acres from the Great Farm in Berwick, and 100 acres in Berwick Commons above Little River, called Lot 1, 3rd Range, and 14 acres in Berwick.      To daughter Hannah, wife of John Brown, 28 acres from the Great Farm, plus 50 acres in Berwick Commons (Lot 1, 10th Range below Little River), and 50 acres in the Commons (Lot 2, 5th Range), and 6 acres laid out to her father on 1 January 1731/2.      To daughter Margaret, wife of James Goodwin, 28 acres from the Great Farm, plus 100 acres in Berwick Commons above Little River (Lot 2, 3rd Range), plus that part of the right of land in Lebanon her father purchased of Joseph Peve, plus one quarter of her father's interest in a saw mill and privileges at Salmon Falls in Berwick.      To the legal representatives of daughter Abigail Saunders, deceased, 48 acres in the farm in Berwick purchased by her father of Bile Dudley at Loves Brook, plus a 100 acre lot (Lot 7, 1st Range, Berwick Commons), and half a right of land in Lebanon purchased from John Lewis.      To daughter Mary, wife of William Pearne, 28 acres in the Great Farm at Salmon Falls, plus 120 acres in Berwick purchased from Ichabod Plaisted, and one quarter of two thirds of her father's thatch beds in Berwick.      To daughter Elizabeth, wife of the Hon. John Wentworth, about 40 acres in Berwick from land purchased of Bile Dudley at Loves Brook, plus one quarter of her father's interest in a saw mill at Salmon Falls with the privileges. Also 100 acres in Berwick Commons above Little River (Lot 7, 5th Range), plus nine acres laid out to her father in Berwick on 20 January 1731/2.      To daughter Rachel, wife of Silas Nowell, 20 acres from the Great Farm at Salmon Falls, plus one third of 500 acres to the east of the town of Lebanon called Baker's Grant.      To daughter Lydia, wife of Samuel Lord 3rd, 15 acres purchased of Samuel Worster plus 15 other acres near the first. Also one whole right to land in Lebanon purchased of Eleazer Ferguson, plus one quarter of the interest he had in a saw mill at Salmon Falls, with privileges.      To daughter Olive Wallingford, 28 acres in the Great Farm, plus 50 acres in Berwick Commons (Lot 12, 4th Range). Also 37 acres purchased of John and William Leighton in Berwick, and one quarter of her father's share in a saw mill at Salmon Falls in Berwick, with privileges. Also 2 1/2 acres by Stagpole's Grant.      Additional lands were divided, with a double share to the eldest son and a single share to each of the other children.      On 8 December 1779 a division of still undivided lands was made by John Plummer, Ebenezer Smith, Simeon Dearborn, Joseph Roberts and Bradbury Richardson.13 At the beginning is the statement "We have by special Order of the Heirs of said deceased Set of[f] to Moses Dow of a place called New Durham Gore [now Alton, N.H.] in Said County Fifty Acres of Land where he now dwells..." See the record for Thomas's daughter Judith for more information on this Moses Dow.      Included with the division was a drawn map showing the lots assigned to each of the heirs in an area of New Durham Gore, now Alton, N.H., on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee to the northeast of the entrance to Alton Bay.      To the eldest son Thomas Jr., his two full shares or 2/13 parts, including one lot of land in Ossipee Gore so called being lot #14 containing 400 acres. Also a first division lot in Meredith with the Commons lot drawn to his father. Also one whole right of land in Middleton being one of the 15 rights that Grantees of Middleton relinquished to the Grantors as a consideration for prolonging the time for fulfilling the charter. Also 30 acres in the 2nd division lot in Sanbornton, and half of lot number 12 in Ossipee Gore containing about 200 acres.      To daughter Hannah Brown, 1/13 part of 10 acres in the first division in Sanbornton, plus 15 acres in the 2nd division in Sanbornton next to land given to Thomas Jr. above. Also about 222 acres in New Durham Gore being No. 3 in the attached plan. Also the other half (with brother Thomas) of lot number 12 in Ossipee Gore, containing about 200 acres.      To daughter Margaret Goodwin 1/13 part of the 3d division lot in Meredith and 1st division lot in Wakefield. Also 20 acres of 2nd division lot in Sanbornton, joining 15 acres already given to Hannah Brown above. Also 160 acres in New Durham Gore being number 9 in the attached plan.      To daughter Rachel Nowell 1/13 part of a lot of land in Ossipee Gore being lot number 26, also 216 acres in New Durham Gore, being number 7 on the attached plan.      To daughter Mary Pearne, 1/13 part of the first division lot in Moultonborough, plus commonland, also 239 acres in New Durham Gore, being number 8 in the attached plan.      To John Wentworth Esq. (husband of deceased daughter Elizabeth) 1/13 part of a lot of land in New Hampton, being part of Thomas Wallingford's right in the town of Moultonborough, plus common land. Also 225 acres in New Durham Gore, being number 5 in the attached plan.      To the heirs of Abigail Saunders 1/13 part of the whole right of her father's land in Wolfeborough, also 15 acres in the 2nd division lot in Sanbornton next to her sister Margaret Goodwin's 20 acres, also all but 37 acres of a first division lot in Sanbornton (the other 37 having gone to other heirs).      To daughter Olive Cushing, 1/13 part of the 2nd division lot in Meredith and a first division lot in Effingham. Also 108 acres in the 2nd division in Sanbornton, much of which is split amongst other heirs.      To daughter Lydia Costelow, 1/13 part of the 2nd division lot in Moultonborough and first division lot in Middleton. Also 10 acres in the first division in Sanbornton, joining 10 acres set off to her sister Hannah Brown, also 15 acres in the 2nd division in Sanbornton joining to 15 acres set off to heirs of Abigail Saunders. Also 360 acres in New Durham Gore, being lot number 1 in the attached plan.      To the heirs of son Samuel Wallingford, 1/13 of a 2nd division lot in Middleton, and a 2nd division lot in Wakefield. Also 213 acres in New Durham Gore, being lot number 6 in the attached plan.      To son Ebenezer, 1/13 part of a 2nd division lot in Effingham, 10 acres in a first division lot in Sanbornton joining 10 acres set off to Lydia Costellow, and 250 acres in New Durham Gore, being number 4 in the attached plan.      To the heirs of son Mark Wallingford, 1/13 of all of the deceased's rights in New Durham, and 276 acres in New Durham Gore, being lot number 2 in the attached plan. Also 7 acres in the first division in Sanbornton joining 10 acres set off to his brother Ebenezer.      In her will dated 21 October 1800 the widow Elizabeth gave land in Berwick to many of her Prime family grandchildren. To her grandson George Washington Wallingford, son of Samuel, she gave 1 looking glass, her mahogany desk, and £200 lawful money to be paid him one year after her decease, but if he should die without leaving issue in her lifetime, then the whole of his legacy would go to the descendants of her daughter Olive Cushing. (George had his first child in 1807, so this didn't happen.) To her daugher Olive Cushing she left her wearing apparel and her household furniture, excepting the looking glass and desk aforesaid. To Olive's living descendants went all the rest of her real and personal estate including the whole of the legacy above given to her grandson George Washington Wallingford if he had no children before her death. She left all the decisions regarding the trusteeship and distribution of this estate to her daughter Olive and her husband John. She further stated that if any of their children or grandchildren were to dispute their parents or grandparents decisions, their share would go entirely to Olive. Her son-in-law John Cushing was made the sole executor, and the will was probated 5 June 1811.46      After Elizabeth's death her grandson Charles Cushing, son of their daughter Olive, eventually became owner of the 50 acre homestead farm in Somersworth. See his record for more information..
	Four of the children of Thomas and his first wife Margaret were recorded in the Dover records: Hannah, Judith, Ebenezer, and Abigail, but since Thomas Jr. was later (in his father's probate records) called the eldest son, he must have been born before these other four. And since the daughter Margaret, who married a Goodwin, had her first child in 1741, she, too, must have been born before the other children. In these records Thomas is listed as the first born, but it could just as easily have been Margaret4.
	His obituary appeared in the 9 August 1771 issue of the New-Hampshire Gazette and read as follows: PORTSMOUTH. Last Sunday Morning departed this Life, in the 75th Year of his Age, the Honorable Thomas Wallingsford, Esq; of Somersworth, for many Years past one of the Judges of his Majesty's Superior Court for this Province.

Children of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Margaret Clements

Capt. Thomas Wallingford+ b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792 Margaret Wallingford+ b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 21 Feb 1803 Hannah Wallingford+ b. 5 May 1720, d. by September 1813 Judith Wallingford b. 25 Mar 1722, d. b Sep 1772 Ebenezer Wallingford+ b. 21 Jul 1724, d. 11 May 1775 Abigail Wallingford+ b. 30 Sep 1726, d. prob. 7 April 1756

Children of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Mary Pray

Rachel Wallingford+ b. a 1730 Mark Wallingford b. a 1730, d. 5 Jul 1773 Mary Wallingford+ b. c 1733, d. 30 Jun 1788 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. c 1736, d. 11 Jul 1775 Lydia Wallingford+ b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Children of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Elizabeth Swett

Samuel Wallingford+ b. 4 Feb 1755, d. 24 Apr 1778 Olive Wallingford+ b. 29 May 1758, d. 20 Mar 1853

Margaret Clements

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Father	Job Clements b. 17 Apr 1648, d. 1716
Mother	Abigail Heard

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10 May 2024

Birth*	Margaret Clements was born circa 1698 in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married first Col. Thomas Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle, circa 1717, probably in Dover, New HampshireG. Margaret's father made his will in October 1716 and in it Margaret still has the surname Clements so was likely wasn't married yet2. Allowing for the births of their children at the logical times suggests a year of 1717 for the wedding, or possibly late 1716.3 Margaret is mentioned as his wife in a deed of 1 October 1719.41
Death*	Margaret died in in 1729 or 1730, probably in Dover, New HampshireG. Margaret was baptised, as an adult, by the Rev. Jonathan Cushing of the First Church of Dover, on 18 February 1729.5 It is probable that she died shortly after that, and it may have been her illness which induced the baptism. On 21 July 1730 her husband Thomas sold a piece of property and his wife Mary released her dower, so by this time Margaret was evidently deceased.6

Children of Margaret Clements and Col. Thomas Wallingford

Capt. Thomas Wallingford+ b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792 Margaret Wallingford+ b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 21 Feb 1803 Hannah Wallingford+ b. 5 May 1720, d. by September 1813 Judith Wallingford b. 25 Mar 1722, d. b Sep 1772 Ebenezer Wallingford+ b. 21 Jul 1724, d. 11 May 1775 Abigail Wallingford+ b. 30 Sep 1726, d. prob. 7 April 1756

Mary Pray

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Father	Joseph Pray b. c 1672, d. 1748
Mother	Mary Grant

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10 May 2024

Birth*	Mary Pray was probably born before 1712 in Berwick or Kittery, MaineG. IGI records give three different births for her. According to that source she was born about 1714 in either Berwick or Kittery, or about 1699 in Berwick. If born in 1714 she would have been only about 15 when married, which seems unlikely. Her parents lived in Berwick, but the town of Berwick was organized in 1713, originally being part of Kittery. Her birth record doesn't appear in the published Kittery vital records, although the birth of a sister Elizabeth in 1704 does.1 She was called Mary Wallingford in her father's 1747 will. One source2 gives her parents as as Joseph Pray and Joanna Dowman but this is confused with her grandparents whose names were John Pray and Joanna Dowman.
Marriage*	She married second Col. Thomas Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle, before 21 July 1730. We know he married before this because his wife's name was Mary in a deed of that date.3
Death*	Mary died between 1751 and 1755. She was still alive as late as 11 July 1751 when she is mentioned in her father's probate records.3

Children of Mary Pray and Col. Thomas Wallingford

Rachel Wallingford+ b. a 1730 Mark Wallingford b. a 1730, d. 5 Jul 1773 Mary Wallingford+ b. c 1733, d. 30 Jun 1788 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. c 1736, d. 11 Jul 1775 Lydia Wallingford+ b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Elizabeth Swett

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Father	Joseph Swett
Mother	Hannah Sayward

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10 May 2024

Birth*	Elizabeth Swett was born on 15 September 1718 in Hampton, New HampshireG. Her parents were from Hampton Falls, N.H. before moving to York, Maine around the time Elizabeth was born.12
Marriage*	She married first, Dr. Mark Prime, on 2 June 1735, in York, York County, MaineG. They were married by the an unknown person . Mark was of Rowley and Elizabeth of York when they filed their intention in York on 12 April 1735. Dr. Mark Prime was born 26 February 1712/13 in Rowley, Mass. to Mark Prime and Jane Lambert. He died before 1750, probably in York, Maine. Mark and Elizabeth had two children.3.4
Marriage*	She married third Col. Thomas Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle, circa 1754. This date is based on the date of birth of their first child in early 1755.5
Death*	Elizabeth died on 3 December 1810 in Berwick, York County, MaineG. Elizabeth Wallingford, "relict of Hon. Thomas", is buried in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.67

Children of Elizabeth Swett and Col. Thomas Wallingford

Samuel Wallingford+ b. 4 Feb 1755, d. 24 Apr 1778 Olive Wallingford+ b. 29 May 1758, d. 20 Mar 1853

Judith Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

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6 Feb 2006

Birth*	Judith Wallingford was born in March 1699/0 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Amos Howard on 20 July 1721 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG. Additional verification comes from the will of Edward Richardson of Newbury, Mass. dated 26 March 1755. Edward died childless but several other relatives and non-relatives are mentioned. In the latter category is "Judith Howard, of Boston, formerly Judith Wallingford". This will hasn't been checked yet. Only an abstract has been seen on a Richardson website.2
	There is no conclusive evidence tying the Judith who married Amos Howard to the daughter of John and Mary (Tuttle) Wallingford. The connection is purely one of probability, given that there is no other available Judith. According to the LDS Ancestral File Edward Howard and Martha Rowe were married in Dover, N.H. 22 August 1689, which might explain how Judith, who was from Dover originally, met Amos (assuming Edward and Martha are his parents). The fact that Edward Richardson of Newbury knew them is another connection, since Judith's family was from Newbury. Amos and Judith are ancestors of both Presidents Bush through their son Ebenezer.

Children of Judith Wallingford and Amos Howard

Amos Howard b. 25 Nov 1721 Judith Howard b. 18 Nov 1723, d. 16 Jun 1775 Samuel Howard b. 15 Jul 1725 Enoch Howard b. 2 Mar 1727 Ebenezer Howard b. 12 Oct 1730, d. c 1783 Nathaniel Howard b. 17 Jun 1733 Elizabeth Howard b. 17 Nov 1735 Thomas Howard b. 25 Apr 1737

Abigail Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709
Mother	Mary Tuttle d. a 28 Dec 1717

Last Edited

5 Mar 2000

Birth*

Abigail Wallingford was born on 27 September 1702 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1

Capt. Thomas Wallingford

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Father	Col. Thomas Wallingford b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771
Mother	Margaret Clements b. c 1698, d. 1729 or 1730

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9 Oct 2011

Birth*	Capt. Thomas Wallingford was born about 1716 to 1718, probably in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Abigail Hill, daughter of Judge John Hill and Elizabeth Gerrish, on 12 May 1748 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.2
Death*	Thomas died "very suddenly", before 3 October 1792, in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. (From a newspaper of that date).3,4
	He is often referred to in the records as "Captain" Thomas Wallingford.      The Honorable John Hill of Berwick, in his will dated 23 June 1770 and probated 5 May 1772, left to his daughter Abigail Wallingford, his best looking glass, six silver spoons, and other goods.5 On 18 July 1772 Sarah Hill of Berwick wrote her will, probated 9 September 1772, and included after a list of her six children, many surnamed Blunt, a bequest to Abigail, wife of Capt. Thomas 'Allingford'. The bequest was for two 'Negroes Jo & Florer', and a stipulation was made that first Thomas must pay 10 pounds to Eunice, wife of Capt. George March, and also to each of the children of Charles Hill, Esq. The relationships amongst these people are presently unknown.6      On 15 October 1771 John Sullivan of Durham, who later went on to become a Revolutionary War General, wrote the following letter to "Capt. Wallingford":      Sir I hear that there is Some Expression in the Reasons of appeal filed by me in behalf of your mother which give you some offence which I Declare I never meant however great the provocation might be which I Received. The provocation I beg Leave to mention which is as follows Namely when you applied to me at Deacon Leightons & I Refused Your money, I then told you that I would wait on Mrs. Wallingford the Next Day & get her to Consent to what you then Said you Desired which was to Take a Joint Administration with her which I accordingly did & persuaded her to Consent & you not being at Home I Left word with your Lady to Desire you to appear at Portsmo on the Fryday then next which you absolutely refused. all this I did at your Request & she (Mrs. Wallingford) well knows that I neither received fee or Reward for my Trouble and I have received no money from her Even to this Day Except a Trifle to pay the Cost of appealing &c which I told her I did not receive as a fee but would Account with her for it when a I had paid the Charges out of the Same -- now Sir please to Consider whether putting me upon Such an Errand and Leaving me to be Laughd at for Thus being Imposed upon was not a very great affront but Notwithstanding all this I never had any Thought of Returning the affront Nor is there one word in the Reason of Appeal that Looks Like it. Indeed it is there said that you had not Capacity to Transact the Necessary Business in Selling your fathers Estate which cant possibly be understood as want of Natural abilities or Capacity by any person acquainted with the English Language for why do we Ever add the word Natural to the word Capacity. Surely it must be to Convey Some Idea that the word Capacity alone would not as for Instance to Say that a man has not Capacity to do a Certain thing or Transact a Certain piece of Business Implies only an unacquaintedness with it. But if we mean to Reflect upon his natural powers of Mind we say he has not a Natural Capacity for it. I should not take it as an affront if any person was to Say that I had not Capacity to Rule a Nation or Command an Army in Time of Battle Though perhaps some have Acted in both Stations to whom Nature has not been more Liberal in her gifts than She has been to me nor should I look upon it as any Reflection upon my Natural Capacity for not haivng turned my thoughts on Either of those subjects or having practised myself in Either. I cannot well properly be Said to be Capable of Acting in Either but if a person was to say that I had not Natural Capacity to Act in Either Station I would then Reflect on my Natural powers of mind nor can you possibly suppose it as a Reflection if I was to say you have not Capacity to preach a Sermon or plead Law although I well know there are many who do both whose natural powers are not superiour to yours. if you will only Consult Doctor Tillotson You will find he uses the word in the Same Sense as the word Qualified is used & to Convey the Same Idea. Cole in his Latin Dictionary under the word Capax from which the word Capacity is Derived says it means a man's understanding a thing well -- he I suppose understood both Latin & English. So unless there be Some persons who understand English better than the best English writers To Convince me to the Contrary I shall Suppose that the Word there used only Implies that you are not in every Respect Qualified to Settle the Affairs of the Estate without calling in assistance & I doubt not you are well Convinced of that your Self & if the word there used will not bear this Construction I Confess I am Mistaken in my English & have not at present Capacity to Discover where the Error Lies. I hope Sir you will See by what I have said on the Subject that no affront was Intended for Every thing of that Sort was Ever the aversion of Sir your Humble Servant.7 [Given his later occupation as Revolutionary War General it is interesting to note the example he uses where he states that he would not take offense if someone said that he didn't have the capacity to command an army in time of battle!]      Thomas received property from the estate of his father in the three divisions of the estate made on 10 September 1772, 10 October 1772 (Maine lands), and 8 December 1779. As the eldest son he always received a double share. He received the farm in Somersworth where he was then living containing about 155 acres. Also one third of the original right of Timothy Robinson, John Rawlings and Samuel Courson in the Third and Fourth Divisions of land in Rochester.8 In Maine he received 26 acres of the Great Farm at Salmon Falls, with house and barn. Also about 37 acres purchased of Thomas Worster next to Salmon Falls River. Also 100 acres in Berwick Commons (Lot 6, 6th Range above Little River). Also 50 acres in the same commons (Lot 2 Range 11 below Little River). Also a right in Lebanon purchased of Tobias Leighton and 27 acres laid out by a grant and purchased of Stagpoloe, near Keys Marsh Brook.9 In the 1779 division he received his two full shares or 2/13 parts, including one lot of land in Ossipee Gore so called being lot #14 containing 400 acres. Also a first division lot in Meredith with the Commons lot drawn to his father. Also one whole right of land in Middleton being one of the 15 rights that Grantees of Middleton relinquished to the Grantors as a consideration for prolonging the time for fulfilling the charter. Also 30 acres in the 2nd division lot in Sanbornton, and half of lot number 12 in Ossipee Gore containing about 200 acres.8      On 15 December 1779 Thomas Wallingford signed a petition headed by Dover town clerk Paul Gerrish protesting to the Governor, Council and General Assembly that much of the data regarding land grants in the Dover town books was fraudulent. The Legislature formed a committee to investigate and they produced a listing of 54 items from the town books that were apparently fraudulent.10      He apparently owned land in Lebanon, Maine as well, because at the 1784 Lebanon Town Meeting a committee was chosen "to Settle with Capt. Thomas Wallingford the Line between the school Lot in the Fifth Division & his Land in the Third Division11."      It is probably this Thomas Wallingford whose family is enumerated in the 1790 census of Somersworth, N.H. as having four males 16 or over, one male under sixteen, four females, and one slave.12 As his son Thomas isn't enumerated in the same census they may have been living together.      Thomas died intestate. On 23 October 1792 his widow Abigail asked to relinquish administration of her late husband's estate to her son Thomas, and this was granted on 3 November following.13 The estate's inventory was taken on 8 November and mentions a mansion house and other buildings with 138 acres of land in Somersworth. Also the "reversion" of 2 1/2 thirteenths of the farm and buildings by the river where his father lived, and 2 1/2 thirteenths in reversion of the back river farm so called, and 2 1/2 thirteenths in reversion of the house, land and so forth at Portsmouth.14      Their family record is included in the "Diary" of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate.15

Children of Capt. Thomas Wallingford and Abigail Hill

Margaret Wallingford+ b. c 1749 Mary Wallingford+ b. 29 Dec 1750, d. 21 May 1825 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. 28 Feb 1753, d. 19 Apr 1781 Thomas Wallingford+ b. 11 Dec 1757, d. b 26 Oct 1802 John Wallingford+ b. 2 Jan 1765, d. b 2 Sep 1844 Abigail Wallingford+ b. 16 Mar 1767, d. 22 Jan 1834 Andrew Wallingford b. 27 Apr 1770, d. 8 Apr 1776

Abigail Hill

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Father	Judge John Hill b. 1703, d. 2 Mar 1772
Mother	Elizabeth Gerrish d. 2 Jan 1763

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14 Mar 2001

Birth*	Abigail Hill was born on 31 July 1729.1,2
Marriage*	She married Capt. Thomas Wallingford, son of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Margaret Clements, on 12 May 1748 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.3
Death*	Abigail died on 10 June 1805 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Her obituary appears in the 22 June 1805 Dover newspaper.4 She was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover with some of the children of her daughter Abigail Kittredge.56

Children of Abigail Hill and Capt. Thomas Wallingford

Margaret Wallingford+ b. c 1749 Mary Wallingford+ b. 29 Dec 1750, d. 21 May 1825 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. 28 Feb 1753, d. 19 Apr 1781 Thomas Wallingford+ b. 11 Dec 1757, d. b 26 Oct 1802 John Wallingford+ b. 2 Jan 1765, d. b 2 Sep 1844 Abigail Wallingford+ b. 16 Mar 1767, d. 22 Jan 1834 Andrew Wallingford b. 27 Apr 1770, d. 8 Apr 1776

Margaret Wallingford

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Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

Last Edited

9 Oct 2011

Birth*	Margaret Wallingford was born circa 1749, probably in Dover, New HampshireG. The date is illegible in Tate's record but her name is listed as the first child before all the others born from 1750 through 1770. The next child was born in December 1750, and since her parents were married in May 1748 it seems likely that she was born in 1749.1
Marriage*	She married Robert Tate, son of Master Joseph Tate and Elizabeth Saunders, on 10 August 1767.2
	According to Robert's father Joseph's diary, they moved to Lebanon, Maine on 29 May 1771.3 His diary has another entry concerning Robert that is hard to comprehend: "Tuesday July 12, 1774. My son Robert Carried to York Goal pr. Mr. Joseph Prime. Rong Dr. pr. yt. Notori[worn] Infernal Devil (Lydia Lord)".4 It sounds like Tate believed his son was wronged by a woman named Lydia Lord. On 17 March 1775, again in the words of his father, "My Son Robert Narrowed [sic] Escaped of Being Drown'd".5

Children of Margaret Wallingford and Robert Tate

David Tate b. 24 Jun 1769 William Tate b. 14 Sep 1770, d. 12 Apr 1843 Sophia Tate b. 17 Apr 1773 Margaret Tate b. 19 Oct 1775 Penethia Tate b. 6 Mar 1778 Betsey Tate b. 23 Apr 1781 Eunice Tate b. Oct 1783 Sabra Tate b. 29 Jul 1786

Mary Wallingford

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Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

Last Edited

9 Oct 2011

Birth*	Mary Wallingford was born on 29 December 1750, probably in Dover, New HampshireG. A Goodwin genealogy gives a date of 18 Dec 1752.1 It is unknown where the author got that date.2
Marriage*	She married General Ichabod Goodwin, son of Capt. Ichabod Goodwin and Elizabeth Scammon, on 25 May 1768. Ichabod Goodwin, Jr. of Berwick and Molly Wallingford of Tamworth, N.H. filed their intention of marriage in Berwick on 2 April 1768, and the intention was certified on 26 April.3 It seems unlikely that she would have been from Tamworth at the time, and one wonders if this might be an error for Somersworth, where her family was from.4
Death*	Mary died on 21 May 1825. She was buried in the Old Fields Cemetery, East Side, Old Fields Road, North of Brattle Street in South Berwick, Maine.5 Another source, quoting her gravestone, gives 1 March 1825 as the date.
	On 28 April 1813 Ichabod Goodwin of Berwick, Esquire, and Molly his wife, "in her right" sold for $62.50 to Charles Cushing of Berwick, merchant, her share of the homestead of the late Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth that was set off to his widow Elizabeth. The land descended to Molly through her father Thomas Wallingford, son of the first Thomas.6

Children of Mary Wallingford and General Ichabod Goodwin

Ichabod Goodwin b. 1 Jun 1770, d. 23 Jun 1814 Thomas Wallingford Goodwin b. 25 May 1772, d. 25 Jan 1822 Betsey Goodwin b. 26 Jul 1774, d. 1790 Abigail Goodwin b. 2 Mar 1777, d. 27 May 1851 Hannah Goodwin b. 21 Dec 1778, d. 14 Oct 1820 Mary Goodwin b. 21 Nov 1779, d. 28 Mar 1831 Major Andrew Goodwin+ b. 7 May 1784, d. 4 or 14 November 1843 Sarah Goodwin b. 9 Nov 1786, d. 13 May 1870 Olive Elizabeth Goodwin b. 23 Jun 1789, d. 1791 Dominicus Goodwin b. 29 May 1791, d. 21 Sep 1814 Dr. James Scamman Goodwin b. 11 Nov 1793, d. 14 Mar 1884

Elizabeth Wallingford

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Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

Last Edited

30 Oct 2011

Birth*	Elizabeth Wallingford was born on 28 February 1753, probably in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married Captain Ebenezer Ricker, son of Meturin Ricker Jr. and Lucy Wallingford, on 22 September 1771, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	Elizabeth died on 19 April 1781 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. She was buried with her husband and two of his other three wives in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.34

Children of Elizabeth Wallingford and Captain Ebenezer Ricker

Thomas Ricker b. 26 Jun 1772, d. Nov 1796 Captain Ebenezer Ricker Jr. b. 9 Jul 1774, d. b 19 Jan 1805 Elizabeth Ricker b. 5 Nov 1776, d. 18 Mar 1864 Lucy Ricker b. 31 Jan 1779, d. 1850 Abigail Ricker b. s 1782, d. 31 May 1869

Thomas Wallingford

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Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

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30 Oct 2011

Birth*	Thomas Wallingford was born on 11 December 1757, probably in Somersworth, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married, Hannah Lyman, on 19 June 1793, in York, York County, MaineG. They were married by the an unknown person . Thomas of Somersworth and Hannah of York declared their intention to marry in York on 18 May 1793..2
Death*	Thomas died, before 26 October 1802. (The date administration of his estate was settled.)3 He and his wife were buried on their 100 acre homestead farm in Somersworth. When his homestead was auctioned on 11 April 1803 to pay debts a condition was put on the sale that all lands could be sold "excepting one square of land where the bodies of said Thomas Wallingford and his late wife are buried."4.
	While residing in Belchertown, Mass. he served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War for nine months, beginning on 16 June 1778 upon his arrival in Fishkill, N.Y. He was described on the roll as age 20, 5 ft. 10 in. tall, and as having light hair and complexion. He served in Capt. Bodwell's Co., Col. Porter's Regiment.5      On 8 August 1778 Thomas Wallingford Jr. certified that he had received of the Selectmen of Somersworth £10 Lawfull money it being a state bounty and promised to join General John Sullivan in an expedition against Rhode Island and stay one month if wanted. It was found that he was "made up" in Capt. Moses Yeaton's roll and the sum of £10 was deducted from his pay. On the return of Capt. yeaton's roll he enlisted 6 August and was discharged 28 August 1778.6      The family of Thomas Wallingford is listed in the 1800 census of Somersworth with two boys under 10, one male 26-44, and two females 16-25.7 With his wife recently deceased the two females were likely relatives of he or his wife, or perhaps servants or child care help of some sort. There is also a slave living with the family.      The estate of Captain Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth was inventoried on 2 November 1802 and showed a homestead in Somersworth of 101 3/4 acres of land and buildings.8 On the preceding 26 October his brother John declined to take administration on the estate and requested that it go to Captain Ebenezer Ricker, Mariner, of Somersworth. This was granted the same day and bond was given with Nathan Lord, mariner, of Somersworth and Jacob Kittredge of Dover, physician.3 Ricker and Kittredge were Thomas and John's brothers-in-law.      On 7 November 1802 and again on 22 November 1805, Isaac Lyman of Portsmouth (1802) and York, Maine (1805), Esq., was appointed guardian to the minor children Job Lyman Wallingford and Thomas Ricker Wallingford.9 On 11 April 1803 his 100 acre homestead in Somersworth, excepting the plot of land on which he and his wife were buried, was sold at public auction to pay debts.4      The LDS Ancestral File records a son George in this family, born about 1788, but there appears no evidence for such a child in the family. George isn't included in this family in Shackford.10 The Ancestral File record that puts him in this family is likely in error. He was not mentioned as one of the minor children of Thomas in his estate papers in 1802 and 1805.

Children of Thomas Wallingford and Hannah Lyman

Job Lyman Wallingford b. 1793 Thomas Ricker Wallingford b. c 1794, d. 1 Nov 1811

John Wallingford

This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.

Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

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30 Oct 2011

Birth*	John Wallingford was born on 2 January 1765, probably in Somersworth, New HampshireG.1,2
Marriage*	He married Elizabeth March, daughter of Capt. George March and Eunice Hill, probably by 1790. The 1790 census of Berwick shows one adult male and one female, so John and Elizabeth were probably already married and living together.3
Death*	John died before 2 September 1844, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG. His will was probated on that date.
	A John Wallingford was chosen on 9 November 1789 to serve on the Petit Jury at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in Dover, N.H.4 This is the most likely candidate to be the one, although if so he would have had to have moved there from Berwick for a time.      On 16 February 1813 John Wallingford of Berwick, gentleman, with his wife Elizabeth, for $62.50 from Charles Cushing of Berwick, sold his right to the homestead of his grandfather Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth.5      John Wallingford of Berwick, gentleman, wrote his will on 30 March 1835 and signed it with his signature. He gave to his wife Elizabeth the use of 1/3 of his real estate during her natural life, half of his household furniture, 1/3 of his stock of cattle, sheep and swine, and the use of a horse as occasion may require. To his daughter Abigail Wallingford he gave the use of 1/6 of his real estate during the life of his wife and after her decease that would go to 1/3, so long as she remained unmarried. Also one cow, but in case of marriage, $75 to be paid her at that time and in one year after marriage another $50. Also one quarter of his household furniture. To his daughter Betsey, the wife of Major Andrew Goodwin, $50 in one year after his death. To his son Albert Wallingford, 1/3 of his livestock and 1/4 of his household furniture. Also the income and profits from 1/3 of his real estate during his natural life, the income and profits from which never to be liable to be taken by any creditor for the payment of any debt that the said Albert may hereafter contract, taxes only excepted. Finally to his son Granville C. Wallingford, whom he made his sole executor, the whole of his real estate after the decease of his wife, his daughter Abigail, and his son Albert. Also one third of his livestock. Witnesses to the will were Joseph Prime, John L. Currier and Henry Currier. It was probated on 2 September 1844.6      John Wallingford and Elizabeth March were first cousins. His mother Abigail Hill and her mother Eunice Hill were sisters.

Children of John Wallingford and Elizabeth March

Abigail Wallingford b. 31 May 1792, d. 7 Jul 1861 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. 19 May 1794, d. 20 May 1874 George Wallingford b. 6 Sep 1796, d. 4 Mar 1816 Granville Clifford Wallingford b. 28 Jan 1799, d. 1881 Albert Wallingford b. 10 Dec 1803, d. 4 Mar 1854

Abigail Wallingford

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Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

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30 Oct 2011

Birth*	Abigail Wallingford was born on 16 March 1767, probably in Somersworth, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married Dr. Jacob Kittredge circa 1791.2
Death*	Abigail died on 22 January 1834.2
	The diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate has the following entry: "Sunday, Sep. 1st. 1771. Miss Abigail Wallingford Daughter of Cap. Thos. & Mrs. Abigail Wallingford of Somersworth Broke her Leg."3 She would have been only four years old at the time.      On 20 March 1813 Abigail Kittredge of Dover, widow, for $62.50 from Charles Cushing of Berwick, sold her right to the homestead of her grandfather Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth.4

Children of Abigail Wallingford and Dr. Jacob Kittredge

John Kittredge b. 5 Feb 1792, d. 22 Feb 1792 John Kittredge b. 25 Apr 1793, d. 10 Jan 1823 Dr. Jacob Kittredge b. 1 Oct 1794, d. 18 Dec 1831 Thomas Wallingford Kittredge b. 1 Aug 1796, d. 16 Apr 1874 Hannah Kittredge b. 21 Jun 1798, d. 28 or 29 October 1815 Dr. George Washington Kittredge b. 15 Feb 1800, d. 4 Jul 1836 William Wight Kittredge b. 6 Oct 1801

Andrew Wallingford

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Father	Capt. Thomas Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 3 Oct 1792
Mother	Abigail Hill b. 31 Jul 1729, d. 10 Jun 1805

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31 Oct 2011

Birth*	Andrew Wallingford was born on 27 April 1770, probably in Somersworth, New HampshireG.1
Death*	Andrew died on 8 April 1776, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. From Master Tate's Record: "Aprl 8. 1776. Capt. Thos. Wallingfords of Somersth Son Andrew Dy'd."2

Margaret Wallingford

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Father	Col. Thomas Wallingford b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771
Mother	Margaret Clements b. c 1698, d. 1729 or 1730

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9 Oct 2011

Birth*	Margaret Wallingford was born about 1716 to 1718, probably in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married James Goodwin, son of Thomas Goodwin and Mehitable Plaisted, circa 1740.
Death*	Margaret Wallingford died before 21 February 1803, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG. One source states that she was called deceased in the division of her father's estate in 1789, but this is untrue. Her 1794 will was probated on 21 February 1803.2
	They lived in the part of Berwick that is now South Berwick, Maine. Margaret received property from the estate of her father in the three divisions of the estate made on 10 September 1772, 10 October 1772 (Maine lands), and 8 December 1779. First there was about 87 acres in Somersworth. Also all the "Thatch Bed" that belonged to her father at the time of his death, existing at a place called Cocheco Point. Also about 13 acres originally purchased from Ensign John Tibbets in Somersworth.3 In Maine she received 28 acres from the Great Farm, plus 100 acres in Berwick Commons above Little River (Lot 2, 3rd Range), plus that part of the right of land in Lebanon her father purchased of Joseph Peve, plus one quarter of her father's interest in a saw mill and privileges at Salmon Falls in Berwick.4 In the 1779 division she received 1/13 part of the 3d division lot in Meredith and 1st division lot in Wakefield. Also 20 acres of 2nd division lot in Sanbornton, joining 15 acres already given to Hannah Brown above. Also 160 acres in New Durham Gore being number 9 in a drawn lot plan attached to the record of the division.3      The will of Margaret Goodwin of Berwick, widow, "being advanced in years" was written on 14 February 1794, and she signed with her mark. Some of the major bequests were as follows: To her son Jedidiah Goodwin went 1/2 of her right in reversion unto the third set off to Madam Elizabeth Wallingford, widow of her father, within the town of Portsmouth. To her son Amos Wallingford Goodwin, about a half acre lying within his fence taken off from the corner of the land she bought of William Hight, 1/3 of her thatch beds in Somersworth set off to her out of her father's estate, and her right unto her grandfather Clement's estate. To her son Silas Goodwin about 11 acres being the land she bought of William Hight excepting the piece that went to son Amos, about 10 acres she bought of John Plaisted, half of the 18 acres she bought from her son Amos, half of the 5 acres she bought from David Moore, all this land being in Berwick, and 1/3 of her thatch beds in Somersworth. To her son Thomas Goodwin, her half of the dwelling house and barn where she then lived, about 15 acres she bought from her son Amos, about 20 acres she bought from Capt. Thomas Wallingford, half of 18 acres of marsh she bought from her son Amos, half of about 5 acres she bought from David Moore, all this land lying in Berwick, and 1/3 of her thatch beds in Somersworth. He also received almost all of the livestock. To her daughter Margaret Hodson, 100 acres above Little River in Berwick that came from her father's estate, 1/3 of her right in the thirds set off to Madam Elizabeth Wallingford, her father's widow, except that part in Portsmouth which she gave to her son Jedidiah and daughter Mehetabel. To her daughter Mehetabel Chadbourn, about 12 acres she bought of Nathan Lord Esq adjacent her husband Thomas Chadbourn's and Col. Benjamin Chadbourn's land, and half of her right of reversion in the thirds set off to Madam Elizabeth Wallingford lying in Portsmouth. To her daughter Olive Gray, one third of her right in reversion in the thirds set off to Madam Elizabeth Wallingford, except that part in Portsmouth. To her daughter Mary Hall, one third of her right in reversion in the thirds set off to Madam Elizabeth Wallingford, except that part in Portsmouth. She also gave one milk cow to each of her four daughters, and divided her household furniture, wearing apparel and personal effects equally amongst the daughters. The will was witnessed by Richard Shackley Jr., Jedidiah Lord, Moses Goodwin, and Ebenezer Sullivan, and was probated on 21 February 1803. Her son Thomas Goodwin and son-in-law Captain Thomas Hodsdon were made executors.5

Children of Margaret Wallingford and James Goodwin

Margaret Goodwin b. b 27 Feb 1741/42, d. 21 Sep 1825 Mehitabel Goodwin b. 24 Apr 1744, d. 12 Sep 1833 Jedediah Goodwin b. b 18 May 1746, d. 1 Jul 1818 Olive Goodwin b. b 28 May 1749 Mary Goodwin b. b 4 Feb 1753 Amos Wallingford Goodwin b. b 13 Apr 1755, d. 1838 Silas Goodwin b. b 8 Jun 1760 Thomas Goodwin b. 14 Jan 1763 James Goodwin Samuel Goodwin

James Goodwin

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Father	Thomas Goodwin
Mother	Mehitable Plaisted

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31 Oct 2011

Birth*	James Goodwin was born probably in the 1690s, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1,2,3
Marriage*	He married Margaret Wallingford, daughter of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Margaret Clements, circa 1740.

Children of James Goodwin and Margaret Wallingford

Margaret Goodwin b. b 27 Feb 1741/42, d. 21 Sep 1825 Mehitabel Goodwin b. 24 Apr 1744, d. 12 Sep 1833 Jedediah Goodwin b. b 18 May 1746, d. 1 Jul 1818 Olive Goodwin b. b 28 May 1749 Mary Goodwin b. b 4 Feb 1753 Amos Wallingford Goodwin b. b 13 Apr 1755, d. 1838 Silas Goodwin b. b 8 Jun 1760 Thomas Goodwin b. 14 Jan 1763 James Goodwin Samuel Goodwin

Margaret Goodwin

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Father	James Goodwin b. probably in the 1690s
Mother	Margaret Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 21 Feb 1803

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20 Feb 2010

Birth*	Margaret Goodwin was born before 27 February 1741/42, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG. |It is not definite that she was born in Berwick.
Marriage*	She married Thomas Hodsdon Jr. on 30 October 1763.1
Death*	Margaret died, on 21 September 1825. Date from gravestone. She was buried in a private cemetery along Cranberry Meadow Road in Berwick, Maine.2.
	On 1 April 1813 Thomas Hodsdon of Berwick, gentleman, and Margaret his wife "in her right", sold for $33 to Charles Cushing of Berwick, her share of the farm and homestead of Margaret's grandfather Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth, it having descended to her through her mother Margaret (Wallingford) Goodwin.3      They resided at "Cranberry Meadow" in Berwick, now South Berwick, Maine and had eleven children.4

Mehitabel Goodwin

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Father	James Goodwin b. probably in the 1690s
Mother	Margaret Wallingford b. about 1716 to 1718, d. b 21 Feb 1803

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18 Apr 2000

Birth*	Mehitabel Goodwin was born on 24 April 1744 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1
Marriage*	She married Thomas Chadbourne, son of Joseph Chadbourne and Sarah Phipps, on 22 October 1767 in Berwick, York County, MaineG. (Stackpole's "Old Kittery" gives the date as the 20th, apparently in error.)23
Death*	Mehitabel died on 12 September 1833. She was buried in the Old Fields Cemetery in South Berwick, Maine.4
	Thomas was a blacksmith. The Chadbourne genealogy states that there is evidence from a descendant's family records indicating that Mehitable was once taken by the Indians, but it doesn't go into any further details.5 They had six children according to this genealogy, but the Goodwin genealogy says they had five.6