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Elizabeth Cole

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Father	Amos Cole d. 1 Jan 1762
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. c 1736, d. 11 Jul 1775

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15 Feb 2004

Birth*	Elizabeth Cole was born on 2 May 1760. The Wentworth Genealogy gives a date of 4 June 1760, which disagrees with Tate's record.12
Marriage*	She married Nathan Webb Adams, son of Deacon Benjamin Adams and Abigail Pickering, on 12 February 1784 in Rochester, Strafford County, New HampshireG. He was from Newington, N.H. and she was from Rochester at the time of their marriage.3,4
Death*	Elizabeth died on 29 October 1848.5
	The 1790 census of Newington shows Nathan Webb Adams and family with one adult male, four boys under 16, and 3 females.6 Ten years later they are still in Newington and the family is much larger. There are three boys and three girls under ten, four boys 10 to 15, one girl 10 to 15, one male and one female aged 26-44 and one female over 44.7      On 3 June 1813 Nathan W. Adams of Newington, gentleman, and Elizabeth Adams his wife "in her right", sold for $33.33 to Charles Cushing of Berwick, merchant, her share of the homestead of the late Thomas Wallingford that was set off to his late widow. This land had descended to said Elizabeth Adams from her late mother Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of said Thomas.8      Nathan and Elizabeth had eleven children.9

Amos Cole

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Father	Amos Cole d. 1 Jan 1762
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. c 1736, d. 11 Jul 1775

Last Edited

20 Jan 2001

Birth*

Amos Cole was born on 19 August 1762. The Wentworth Genealogy gives a date of 1 April 1762 and adds that it was three months after the death of his father.1 He further states that his father died on January 1. It is unknown where he got his information, but it likely comes from family sources. That means he was probably sure of one of the dates, and extrapolated the other from family information that the two events were three months apart. Tate's record gives a date of Augsut 19th, so this may put into question the date of his father's death as well.2

No Amos Cole appears in either the 1790 or the 1800 published censuses of New Hampshire.

Abra Wentworth

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Father	Col. John Wentworth b. 30 Mar 1719, d. 17 May 1781
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. c 1736, d. 11 Jul 1775

Last Edited

14 Nov 2011

Birth*	Abra Wentworth was born 14 or 15 April 1769 in either Somersworth or Dover, New HampshireG. Tate's "Diary" is for Somersworth families, and he includes all the children of Col. John Wentworth. The secondary source Durrell Genealogy states that she was born in Dover.1,2
Marriage*	She married first William Pitt Moulton, son of General Jonathan Moulton and Abigail Smith, on 7 September 1788 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New HampshireG. At the time of their marriage William was from Dover and Abra was from Somersworth.3
Marriage*	She married second John Smith Durrell, son of Nicholas Durrell and Abigail Meserve, in 1805 in Lee, Strafford County, New HampshireG. The marriage book in which their marriage was recorded only gave the year of the marriages after 1804.4,5
Death*	Abra died on 27 July 1846 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG.4
	The 1790 census of Dover shows the family of William P. Moulton with two adult males, two females, and one slave.6 He doesn't appear in the published 1800 New Hampshire census unless he is one of the William Moultons living far from the Seacoast.      On 17 September 1814 John S. Durrell and his wife Abra of Dover sold for $33 from Charles Cushing of South Berwick, their rights to a portion of the homestead of her grandfather Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth, it having descended to Abra and her brother Samuel Wentworth through their mother Elizabeth, daughter of said Thomas.7      Abra had no children. She contributed much information to the compiler of the Wentworth Genealogy.8

Lydia Wallingford

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Father	Col. Thomas Wallingford b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771
Mother	Mary Pray b. b 1712, d. bt 1751 - 1755

Last Edited

7 Dec 2011

Birth*	Lydia Wallingford was born on 25 April 1742, probably in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married first Samuel Lord III, son of Samuel Lord and Mary Shackley, circa 1760.2
Marriage*	She married second John Costelloe on 20 December 1774 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate's diary has the following: "Tuesday Night. Dec. 20. 1774 Mr. John Costelow a Dublin Lad Married to ye Wo. Lydia Lord of Berwick pr. ye Revd. Jeremiah Belknap of Dover in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England."3
Death*	Lydia died in 1819, probably in Effingham, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Her name is inscribed on her son Isaac's "Lord's Tomb" on Lord's Hill in Effingham as "Lydia Lord" and gives her year of death as 1819.45
	Lydia 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. As Lydia Lord, wife of Samuel, she first received a store or warehouse with part of a wharf and contiguous land in Portsmouth adjoining her sister Mary Pearne's lot. Also 25 acres on the Plains in Somersworth, originally purchased from Samuel Rendal and Thomas Hobbs.6 In the Maine division she received 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.7 In 1779, as Lydia Costelow, she received 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 her sister Abigail Saunders. Also 360 acres in New Durham Gore, being lot number 1 in a drawn lot plan attached to the record of the division.6      On 27 March 1778 the widow Mary Wallingford of Somersworth, as executrix of her husband Ebenezer's will, sold for 270 pounds to John Costelloe of Berwick, Trader, "1/13 part or share and 1/4 part or share of the 1/13 part or share of all the out Lands in the New Townships or of all the Lands Whatsoever Lying within the Mason Pattent so called which have been or may or ought hereafter to be draw'd to the Right of Thomas Wallingford Esquire Deceased as one of the Proprietors of said Pattent Excepting what has been already Lawfully Conveyed by me in my said Capacity or was Disposed of in the Life time of my said Husband..."8 Ebenezer Wallingford was Lydia's brother.      In 1785 they apparently desired to sell off much of this land. An advertisement was taken out in the May 17, 1785 issue of the New Hampshire Mercury that read: "John Costelloe have sundry tracts of land for sale in Marlboro, Fitzwilliam, Parkersfield, Stoddard, Washington, Fishersfield, New London, Hillsboro, New Bradford, Mason, Rindge, Jaffery, Dublin, Peterborough, Lyndboro, New Boston, Weare, Andover, Alexandria, New Chester, Camble's Gore, Kiersarge Gore, and Meredith Gore. These lots have been willed to Costelloe from Col. Wallingford." This was dated Effingham, NH, May 14, 17859.      John Costelloe's name appears in the records of Effingham, N.H. in 1778. They developed a large farm there. On 2 July 1785 they made an agreemnt with William Palmer, who had worked on the farm since May, for him to operate the farm on a share basis. The contract was for a period of three years and was probably extended. A faded copy of this contract seen by the author of a local history tells of 70 acres being cleared, of burnt over land, of buildings, and cattle, hogs and fowls. In 1787 John served as selectman in Effingham, and in 1790 began producing iron in town. Bog iron ore was dredged from Ossipee Lake near the Pine River inlet and was carried to the furnace at Iron Works Falls, now Effingham Falls, where water power was used to blow air into a furnace. In 1794 he helped his step-son Isaac Lord build a toll bridge over the Great Ossipee River that stood until 1843.10      Administration on the estate of John Costeloe of Effingham, husbandman, deceased intestate, was granted to his widow Lydia on 17 November 1795. Bond was given by Isaac Lord and Amos Towle of Effingham, husbandmen. Inventory taken by Weare Drake, Carr Leavit and Joseph Towle was appraised on 10 February 1796. License was granted to Lydia on 10 May 1797 to sell real estate to pay debts of $1500.11      The 1790 census finds John Costalow and family in Effingham, N.H. with two adult males, two females, and one other free person.12 Given the dates of birth of the Costelloe children it seems that most must have either died young or been living elsewhere at that time. The 1800 census schedules for Effingham were lost so we can't check them that year. Effingham town records supposedly record the births of all their children, but these haven't been checked yet. It seems unusual that Lydia would be having children right up to the age of 50, which leads one to wonder if John might have taken another wife who bore him some or all of these children. Effingham records must be checked to determine the truth.

Children of Lydia Wallingford and Samuel Lord III

Samuel Lord b. 15 Apr 1761 Nancy Lord b. 7 Jun 1762 George Lord b. 19 Oct 1764, d. 11 Jul 1811 Charlotte Lord b. 15 Sep 1766 Lydia Lord b. 4 Jan 1769 Isaac Lord b. 9 Feb 1771, d. 5 Sep 1771 Isaac Lord b. 23 Jul 1772, d. 5 Nov 1838

Children of Lydia Wallingford and John Costelloe

Margaret Costelloe b. 1775 Mary Costelloe b. 1777 William Costelloe b. 1780 Elizabeth Costelloe b. 1783 John Costelloe b. 1785 Samuel Costelloe b. 1787 James Costelloe b. 1790 Ann Costelloe b. 1792

Samuel Lord III

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Father	Samuel Lord b. c 1712, d. 7 Feb 1774
Mother	Mary Shackley

Last Edited

7 Dec 2011

Birth*	Samuel Lord III was born on 8 February 1735/36 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1,2
Marriage*	He married first Lydia Wallingford, daughter of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Mary Pray, circa 1760.3
Death*	Samuel drowned on 17 May 1773 in in the Salmon Falls River, on the border of Maine and N.H.G. The diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate has the following entry: "Monday Eveng May 17 1773 A dreadfull Gust of Wind & Rain, with awfull Thunder & Lightning a Number of people coming up the River Loaden with Rockweed. Viz. Mr. Saml. Lord 3rd. of Berwick, Mrs. Lucy Lord & Jonathan Hardison, Mr. Jacob Quinbey, Mr. Josiah Tebbets, Mr. Charles & Mrs. Molly Stacpole. ye Boat oversat Near Sturgeon Creek. & 3 of them were drownd. Viz. Mr. Saml. Lord, Mrs. Lucy Lord, & Jonathan Hardison, ye Rest Narrowly Escap'd ye same fate sd. Lucy & Jonathan were Taken up on ye Next day. Saml. not Taken up till Sunday May 30. Taken up in ye Back River by Timothy Clements. Saml. Lord Born Saturday Feb. 8. O. S. 1735." Sturgeon Creek is on the Eliot side of the Salmon Falls River, and the Back River is on the opposite side of Dover Point, so his body must have washed downriver more than a mile before rounding the Point and heading up the Back River, now known as the Bellamy River, where it was found nearly two weeks after he drowned. When his body was returned to his home his widow Lydia reportedly ordered that it be left outside until it dried. She is quoted as saying "It will get my floor dirty--leave it on the porch." Samuel was buried in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.4,5,6

Children of Samuel Lord III and Lydia Wallingford

Samuel Lord b. 15 Apr 1761 Nancy Lord b. 7 Jun 1762 George Lord b. 19 Oct 1764, d. 11 Jul 1811 Charlotte Lord b. 15 Sep 1766 Lydia Lord b. 4 Jan 1769 Isaac Lord b. 9 Feb 1771, d. 5 Sep 1771 Isaac Lord b. 23 Jul 1772, d. 5 Nov 1838

John Costelloe

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Last Edited

13 Jan 2013

Birth*	John Costelloe was born circa 1735 in IrelandG. Tate's diary refers to him as "a Dublin lad". A more recent history says he was a Protestant from County Cork, Ireland, born about 1735, who came to this country in 1761 and may have been married previously.1
Marriage*	He married second Lydia Wallingford, daughter of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Mary Pray, on 20 December 1774 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate's diary has the following: "Tuesday Night. Dec. 20. 1774 Mr. John Costelow a Dublin Lad Married to ye Wo. Lydia Lord of Berwick pr. ye Revd. Jeremiah Belknap of Dover in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England."2
Death*	John Costelloe died supposedly by hanging himself before 17 November 1795 in Effingham, Strafford County, New HampshireG. The book "Tales of Effingham" says he died in Effingham on 2 September 1802, but this is impossible as administration of his estate was granted to his widow Lydia on 17 November 1795.3
	Shackford calls him an "Irish dancing master"4 A John Costelloe was a member of the crew of the Continental Frigate Boston during the Revolutionary War. In a 1777 roster of the ship's company he was stationed at Gun No. 8, Larboard watch.5

Children of John Costelloe and Lydia Wallingford

Margaret Costelloe b. 1775 Mary Costelloe b. 1777 William Costelloe b. 1780 Elizabeth Costelloe b. 1783 John Costelloe b. 1785 Samuel Costelloe b. 1787 James Costelloe b. 1790 Ann Costelloe b. 1792

Samuel Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

30 Nov 2014

Birth*	Samuel Lord was born on 15 April 1761, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG. |Place of birth is uncertain.1
	A Samuel Lord of Barton, Vermont, who came from Parsonsfield, Maine, may be this Samuel.2

Nancy Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

20 Feb 2010

Birth*

Nancy Lord was born on 7 June 1762, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1

George Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

11 Oct 2011

Burial*	George Lord and Patience Hobbs were buried in the "Lord's Tomb" on Lord's Hill in Effingham, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Birth*	George Lord was born on 19 October 1764, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG.2
Marriage*	He married Patience Hobbs, daughter of Morris Hobbs and Theodate Page, on 1 March 1789.3,4
Death*	George died on 11 July 1811, probably in Parsonsfield, York County, MaineG.3
	According to the History of Hampton, NH and Saco Valley Settlements they moved to Parsonsfield, Maine, about 1799 and settled at what has since been called Lord's Mills. They had ten children.

Charlotte Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

20 Feb 2010

Birth*

Charlotte Lord was born on 15 September 1766, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1

Lydia Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

20 Feb 2010

Birth*

Lydia Lord was born on 4 January 1769, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1

Isaac Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

20 Feb 2010

Birth*	Isaac Lord was born on 9 February 1771, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1
Death*	Isaac died on 5 September 1771, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG, aged nearly 7 months. He was buried in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.2.3

Isaac Lord

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Father	Samuel Lord III b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773
Mother	Lydia Wallingford b. 25 Apr 1742, d. 1819

Last Edited

20 Feb 2010

Birth*	Isaac Lord was born on 23 July 1772, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG. |Place of birth is uncertain.1
Marriage*	He married Susan Leavitt, daughter of James Leavitt and Betty Rowe, on 7 February 1793 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	Isaac died on 5 November 1838 in Effingham, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2,3
	Isaac grew up in the South Berwick area until moving to Effingham, N.H. about 1792, following his mother and step-father John Costelloe's earlier move to that town. John became a wealthy merchant and landowner. For many years he was a town selectman and held other local offices. In 1807 he was elected to the state of NH General Court, and later became a Justice of the Peazce. His businesses included an inn, store, farming, lumbering, building, and a stage line. He and his wife lived for a time in Portland, Maine before returning to Effingham and building a mansion there. He and his wife had eight children. An entire chapter is devoted to his life in the book "Tales of Effingham" by Lawrence P. Hall.4

Samuel Wallingford

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Father	Col. Thomas Wallingford b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771
Mother	Elizabeth Swett b. 15 Sep 1718, d. 3 Dec 1810

Last Edited

3 Jan 2024

Birth*	Samuel Wallingford was born on 4 February 1755 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1
Marriage*	He married Lydia Baker, daughter of Otis Baker and Tamsen Chesley, on 22 July 1775 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG. They were married by the Rev. Jeremy Belknap of the First Church of Dover.2
Death*	Samuel was killed in battle, at sea off the coast of Carrickfergus, IrelandG, on 24 April 1778.3
	During the Revolutionary War Samuel served as a Lieutenant of Marines under John Paul Jones and was killed in the engagement between the Drake and the Ranger. His military service during the Revolution began in 1775. On 5 November 1775 Samuel was 1st Lt. in Capt. Moses Yeaton's 12th Co., stationed on Pierce's Island amongst forces guarding Portsmouth's Piscataqua Harbor from attack by sea. On 2 December of that year General John Sullivan, who was stationed at "Winter Hill" in Charlestown, Mass., asked for reinforcements to his force surrounding the British in Boston. 2058 men from N.H. went down, including now 2nd Lt. Samuel Wallingford, part of Capt. David Copps' 25th Co. They remained at Winter Hill until the British evacuated Boston the following March4. During July and August of 1776 a regiment was raised to assist the ongoing war in Canada and placed under the command of Col. Joshua Wingate. 2nd Lt. Samuel Wallingford was a member of Capt. Joseph Badger Jr.'s 8th Co. They joined the Northern Army in upstate New York, after General Sullivan had made his successful retreat with the remnant's of General Montgomery's Army before their arrival5. In December of 1776 a regiment was raised under Col. David Gilman to reinforce the army in New York. Samuel Wallingford was now a captain of the 4th Co. This regiment, among others raised in N.H., joined Washington in Pennsylvania and participated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. After that the army went into winter quarters at Morristown, N.J. where they suffered through a cold winter with little food or clothing and also were plagued by smallpox. Despite these deprivations many in the N.H. regiments continued in the army six weeks beyond their time of enlistment, until March of 1777.6 Whether Samuel Wallingford was still with his company during all this time is unknown. The N.H. Journal of the House of Representatives makes mention of voting to accept Capt. Samuel Wallingford's roll allowing for £93, 16p in late June 1777.7 On 15 July 1777 John Paul Jones wrote to Samuel from Portsmouth the following: "Sir You being nominated as Lieutenant of Marines in the Service of these States, are hereby Authorized and directed forthwith to Enlist as many Able Bodied Men as possible to Serve in the Navy under my Command -- You are to enter All the good Seamen who present themselves--as Sundry petty Warrant Officers will be Appointed from Among them. I will shortly send you with hand Bills for your Government--and in the Meantime the men will be intitled to wages from the date of Entry--their reasonable Travelling expences will be Allowed--and a bounty of Forty Dollars for every Able Seaman will be Paid on their Appearance at the Ship."8 Jones' ship, the 18-gun sloop of war Ranger, was built in Portsmouth, N.H. in 1777, and she and her crew left the New Hampshire coast on November 1, 1777, bound for France. Along the way she captured two brigs, the Mary and George. These prizes weren't large enough to satisfy the crew, who had been recruited with the promise of profits, and to make matters worse the men didn't receive their shares from either. Jones was more interested in fighting battles and destroying English shipping than in making profits. In addition, Jones was a Scotsman and a military disciplinarian, and was unfamiliar to his New England crew. All these factors and more added to insubordination from both officers and crew before they ever left France. Whether Wallingford participated in this insubordination is unknown. They received their sailing orders in January 1778. "After equipping the Ranger in the best manner for the cruise you propose, that you proceed with her in the manner you shall judge best for distressing the Enemies of the United States, by sea or otherwise". His plan was to raid British ports and shipping along the English coast, to in effect bring the war home to England. They finally headed for the west coast of England in April and proceeded to engage in battle, capture, and even sink a number of ships.9 In the early morning hours of April 23 they attacked the town of Whitehaven on the Scottish coast. Wallingford helped lead one of the forays in an attempt to burn the ships on the north side of the harbor while Jones led another crew to the other side and proceeded to spike a number of cannon there. Of his return from this foray Jones wrote, "I naturally expected to see the Fire of the Ships on the North side as well as to find my own party with everything in readiness to set Fire to the Shipping on the South; instead of this I found the Boat under the direction of Mr. Hill and Mr. Wallingsford returned, and the party in some confusion; their Light having burnt out at the instant when it became necessary. By the strangest Fatallity my own party were in the same situation the Candles being all burnt out". "The Wentworth Genealogy" states that Wallingford, in answer to Jones' question about why the lights went out, "replied that his light had gone out, and besides, he did not see that anything could be gained by burning poor people's property."10 Other biographies of Jones indicate that it was the ships's doctor, Ezra Green, who made this statement, but it was probably the opinion of most of the crew, who had signed aboard the Ranger in hopes of big prize money and were now being asked to burn shipping instead of take them as prizes. One biography of Jones states that the "Wallingford-Hill boat party landed at the Old Quay slip, where they entered the nearest pub and 'made very free with the liquor, etc.'"11 They sound like men who were trying to avoid doing an unpleasant task with which they disagreed. After this Jones went ashore to acquire more fire and then managed to set fire to only one ship. The fast approaching dawn and the arousal of the natives caused him to cut off his attack, but not before the amazed citizenry managed to find some unspiked guns and fire ineffectively at the retreating Americans. Jones was disappointed that he was unable to put fire to the more than 200 ships in the harbor and destroy the town, but was happy to have finally brought the war home to the English coast.12 While the actual damage was minimal, the propaganda effect was tremendous. London newspapers turned Jones into a quite terrifying pirate. After the attack on Whitehaven the Ranger sailed twenty miles across Solway Firth, arriving later the same morning. Jones intended to raid the mansion of Lord Selkirk and kidnap him to hold him for ransom in an exchange of prisoners. When the ship's cutter was lowered into the water in the channel of St. Mary's Isle, Jones himself took command. He brought with him the ship's master, David Cullam (who earlier in the cruise was a ringleader in an attempted mutiny) and our Lieutenant Wallingford, as well as a dozen sailors. At 10:30 or 11:00 in the morning the cutter made landfall completely undetected. Jones left one or two men to guard the boat while the rest of them, Wallingford included, marched up the path to the mansion. When they encountered the head gardener Jones cleverly claimed that they were part of a press gang seeking recruits for His Majesty's Navy, which had the effect of scaring all of the young men on the estate and causing them to run off to town to avoid being pressed. The gardener also gave them the bad news that Lord Selkirk was away from home that day.13 Jones, disappointed with this turn of events, turned back intending to return to his ship right away, but Cullam and Wallingford argued that since they had come all this way they should be allowed to loot the mansion. They had raided Whitehaven and now St. Mary's Isle and they had no prizes to show for either attempt. They told Jones that some of the homes of their friends in New England had been burned by British sailors, so looting this mansion was entirely justified. Doing this offended Jones' sensibilities, but he knew when it was necessary to give in to the wishes of his men so forged a compromise. Cullam and Wallingford, and no one else, would go into the mansion, demand the family silver, and carry it off. They they must not search the house or molest the occupants or do any other damage or looting. His officers agreed and carried out his orders to the letter. Inside the mansion were the Countess, her young children, servants and guests. The Countess later wrote a detailed letter of what happened next. Shortly after eleven o'clock she spotted the party of men approaching the house and described them as "horrid-looking wretches", armed to the teeth and dressed in no recognizable uniform. They surrounded the house and she assumed they were pirates, sending her children and maidservants into hiding on the top story of the mansion. Then Lady Selkirk, the children's governess and the butler stayed to face the intruders. At this point Cullam and Wallingford entered the house, told them who they were and that they were ordered to take the household silver. The Countess, undefended as she was, decided to cooperate fully. Of Cullam, the senior officer, she said that he "had a vile blackguard look, still kept civil as well he might". Of Wallingford, she said that he "was a civil young man in a green uniform, an anchor on his buttons which were white" and that he "seemed naturally well bred and not to like his employment". Once the family silver had been bagged the Countess says that she thought it odd that the men asked for neither watches nor jewelry, and that she chatted with them at the door for some time and "asked them a thousand questions" about America, saying that they "behaved with great civility". All this took about fifteen to twenty minutes. When Lady Selkirk cooly asked for a receipt for what they had taken Wallingford started to write one out but was stopped by his superior officer Cullam. The two of them then each accepted a glass of wine offered by the Countess and courteously took their leave and returned with their men to the cutter, where Jones was anxiously waiting to hear their report.14 Jones, when he heard of how the Countess conducted herself, was filled with admiration and a few weeks later wrote her a lengthy letter describing his full intentions that day, and further promised to purchase her silver from the men himself and return it to her some day. This is a promise that he later kept. Lord Selkirk, after reading this letter, wrote a letter in reply, which Jones never received. In describing the raid he wrote, "But, Sir, the Orders you mention in your letter were punctually obeyed by your two Officers and Men, who in every respect behaved as well as could be expected on such an occasion. All the men remained on the outside of the house, were civil and did no injury, the two officers alone came within, and behaved with civility, and we were all sorry to hear afterwards that the younger officer in green uniform was killed in your engagement with the Drake, for he in particular showed so much civility and so apparent dislike at the business he was then on, that it is surprising how he should have been one of the proposers of it."15 Here he was referring to Wallingford's death in action the day after the raid on the mansion, which is described in detail below. After this second onshore raid the countryside was very aroused and two English warships headed out after Jones and her crew. Jones headed out across the Irish Sea to the harbor at Carrickfergus, Ireland where two days earlier he had narrowly missed a chance to attack the 20-gun Drake. He found the Drake still at anchor and lured her out into the open sea where they spent the afternoon preparing for battle. One of Jones' tactics was to send several Marines aloft into the "tops", platforms about a third of the way up each mast where these sharpshooters could keep a steady fire of musket balls raining down on the enemy quarterdeck where the officers stood. Samuel Wallingford was one of these men. The attack began just before dusk on April 24 and after a short battle it ended abruptly with the deaths of the two British senior officers. The Drake was captured and taken under tow to France. Jones lost only three men in this battle, but one of these three was the Lieutenant of Marines, Samuel Wallingford, who took a musket ball in the head and dropped dead, falling out of his perch in the tops, landing on the deck below.16 In a later report Jones wrote, "I lost only Lieutenant Wallingford and one Seaman killed; and Six Wounded; among whom are the Gunner and Mr. Powers a Midshipman, who lost his Arm. One of the wounded is since dead, the rest will recover."17 Ship's Doctor Ezra Green gave a little more detail in his own log. "Lost on our side,- Lt. Wallingsford killed by a musket shot in the head." On the day after the battle he wrote that "in the Evening [they] committed the Body of Lt. Wallingsford to the deep with the Honours due to so brave an Officer."18 In 1901 novelist Sarah Orne Jewett wrote a novel loosely based on Samuel Wallingford during the time of the Ranger. The main character is Roger Wallingford, and many of the details have been altered. In this novel he is unmarried and an only child, rather than a married man and one of thirteen children, and enlists at the last moment in order to prove to his girlfriend that he is a Patriot, even though his heart is neutral to the cause of the Revolution. Roger Wallingford goes to sea with John Paul Jones as did the real Samuel Wallingford, but once the attack on Whitehaven begins the fact and the fiction diverge dramatically. Roger Wallingford is captured on shore in Whitehaven and sent to prison for a long period in England, so is obviously not on board ship to be killed in the battle with the Drake. He is also betrayed by an enemy on the crew and his shipmates are led to believe that he was the one who warned the populace of Whitehaven so believe him to be a traitor. When word of this gets back to New Hampshire his mother is driven from home and escapes to England. A happy ending eventually ensues. An enjoyable story, but very far from the truth. Marie Donahue of South Berwick, in her introduction to the book, states that the real Samuel Wallingford "was a Tory whose wife, Lydia Baker of Dover, had at first declined to marry him for this reason and had challenged him to go to sea."19 Given Samuel's extensive service during the Revolutionary War prior to his sailing with Jones, it is quite obvious he wasn't a Tory. The novelist Jewett made this up to make it a more interesting story. While she was researching her book she relied on the research of Augustus Buell, who in 1900, one year before The Tory Lover came out, published a biography of John Paul Jones titled Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy. Buell's work has been found by subsequent Jones biographers to be full of errors and even fabricated documents. After The Tory Lover was published Buell wrote to Jewett, furnishing her with documents concerning Samuel Wallingford (whom he calls Richard Wallingford) that purported to prove that Wallingford was indeed the Tory that Jewett had imagined in her novel. It seems certain that these documents were simply more of Buell's fabrications. Jewett, in a letter written not long after receiving Buell's documents, wrote her friend "I wish to tell you one thing, dear, that I knew Lieutenant Wallingford was killed, none better, but how could I write about him unless I kept him alive? -- There is something so strange now, that I can hardly believe it myself. I thought about him and his house and the members of the family whom I have known, and made him a Tory and had Mary W. -- challenge him to his duty, all out of my own imagination; and on Saturday I got a package of notes from Mr. Buell in which it is proved that Wallingford was a Tory and his lady love declined to marry him for that reason; at last he took her challenge and went to sea. He confessed to Paul Jones that he had come for a lady's sake and not from his principles. Part of this is told almost in my words of the story, as you shall see. Now how could I have guessed, at his character, and what was likely to happen, and better? Imagination is the only true thing in the world!"20 Buell began this correspondence shortly after reading the beginning of The Tory Lover when it was first published serially in The Atlantic Monthly. On October 27, 1900, he wrote to her (in part): "Your introduction of "Roger Wallingford" to your readers is finely dramatic, and it would be a pity to spoil such a charming -- nay even thrilling -- romance, for the sake of commonplace history. As a matter of fact I am sure that Wallingford had made one cruise in the West Indies, with Nicholas Biddle during the winter 1775-76 and that Jones had with him in the Providence during the summer of 1776 a man named Richard Wallingford, hailing from Philadelphia -- at that time anyhow -- whatever may have been his proper port of hail. The records I have are, of course, meager, but there is nothing in any of the extant records of his shipmates or contemporaries -- so far as I have had opportunity of seeing them -- to indicate the Wallingford of the Ranger was a Tory at heart. He may have been inclined that way in the fall of 1775, and such a dramatic incident as you portray may have occurred then. But from any records that are extant the conclusion must be drawn that the man whose name has been officially handed down to us as "Richard Wallingford" junior lieutenant of the Ranger, had already seen at least a year and a half of good service in our infant navy when he sailed from Portsmouth with Paul Jones on what proved to be his last cruise. I could not get access to all my references on this score without going to the National Library at Washington. But to the best of my recollection, Wallingford's first appearance in the Continental Navy was in the fall of 1775, as a volunteer in a small ship commanded by Captain Abraham Whipple, sailing from either Portsmouth or Newburyport, that early in 1776 -- say the end of January -- having put into the Delaware, he was transferred to the Andrea Doria, under Nicholas Biddle; from which ship he went to the Alfred when the squadron returned to Newport in the Spring; and thence, with others, from that ship to the Providence when the Alfred's crew was broken up. The only alternative theory is that there were two Wallingfords -- though there is no doubt that the Ranger's Wallingford of history came from the region of Portsmouth, N.H." Four days later Buell wrote to Jewett again, changing his tune: "After writing my last letter to you it occurred to me that, in the earlier stages of research anent Paul Jones, I had made a cursory study of Wallingford and had prepared a summary thereof, to be used as a footnote. However, in casting the book, both limitations of space and tenor of the work secured to dictate its exclusion. The fact is that, having laid behind me Paul Jones and all his belongings after Scribners undertook to print it; and being currently absorbed in my daily avocation of "hardworking mechanic" at Cramp's Shipyard, I had temporarily forgotten this incident. But, on second thought, recalling the Wallingford affairs I made a new search of my "rejected mss." and at last found it. I find great pleasure in sending to you a typewritten copy of it. It at least traverses the statement of my former letter that there was no record of Toryism on Wallingford's part. I send it to you by way of the honorable, and also to assure you that, in your pretty conception of a romantic theme, you have come nearer the truth of history than is common in that class of literature."21 So apparently Wallingford's "Tory" leanings had their beginnings in the imagination of the novelist Jewett, but were subsequently "comfirmed" by a dishonest historian, causing the novelist to believe she had quite accidentally gotten it right after all. It is unfortunate that Marie Donahue, in her introduction to the 1975 reprinting of the book for the Old Berwick Historical Society, believed that Wallingford was indeed a Tory. Having died in the service of his country he deserves proper recognition for his loyalties. Samuel 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. First he received about 124 acres in Somersworth next to his brother Ebenezer's lot. Also a lot of land in Portsmouth.22 In Maine he got 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.23 After his death his heirs received, in the 1779 division, 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 a drawn lot plan attached to the record of the division.22 Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Lydia on 10 February 1779.24 He was called "Captain" Wallingford of Somersworth when the inventory of his estate was taken on 20 November 1787. It gives his date of death as 24 April 1778 and includes "Cash brot home from sea as prize money" totalling 21 pounds. Also a farm in Somersworth of 110 acres with house and barn, 29 acres in Berwick, 100 acres in Berwick Common, 14 acres in Berwick, 6 acres in Berwick, 230 acres in lot number 6 in New Durham Gore (Alton), 216 acres in lot number 7 in New Durham Gore, 500 acres in lot number 36 in Ossipee Gore, a 2nd division lot in Middleton, and a 2nd division lot in Wakefield.25 Lot number 7 in New Durham Gore described above was the lot originally granted to his sister Rachel Nowell in 1779.22 At some point after her marriage, "Lydia Wallingford alias Cogswell", with the help of her husband Amos, petitioned the Legislature for her husband's back pay. She briefly described her late husband's service and death in battle and mentions that "by a Resolve of Congress" the widows of officers who were slain in battle are entitled to half pay for seven years. There was no date on this petition and nothing is known at present as to whether or not it was granted.26 In Amos Cogswell's 1820 pension papers is the following note from Amos himself. Referring ot his wife he writes, "According to the several acts of Congress, she was entitled to about $1,000 for the prisoners and guns so taken [during the battle in which her first husband was killed], but she could never obtain anything. She is now in years, every infirm, of the same complaint as my own [rheumatism]. She thinks she ought to draw a stipend from Government for one or the other of her husbands."27

Child of Samuel Wallingford and Lydia Baker

George Washington Wallingford+ b. 19 Feb 1776, d. 19 Jan 1824

Lydia Baker

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Father	Otis Baker d. 1801
Mother	Tamsen Chesley b. 1728, d. 1801

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6 Dec 2024

Birth*	Lydia Baker was born on 12 May 1759 in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married Samuel Wallingford, son of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Elizabeth Swett, on 22 July 1775 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG. They were married by the Rev. Jeremy Belknap of the First Church of Dover.2
Marriage*	She married second Col. Amos Cogswell, son of Nathaniel Cogswell and Judith Badger, on 13 November 1785 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG.3
Death*	Lydia died on 14 February 1828 at the home of her daughter in Sandwich, Strafford County, New HampshireG. She was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover.4,1
	Her second husband Amos was born in Haverhill, Mass. on 4 October 1752 to Nathaniel and Judith (Badger) Cogswell5, and died in Dover on 28 January 1826.6 On 20 June 1787 and again on 17 July 1790 he was appointed guardian of Lydia's minor son George Washington Wallingford. Amos gave bond with Otis Baker of Dover and Thomas Cogswell of Gilmanton, both of whom are likely relatives of he and his wife.7      Amos served during the Revolutionary War. His 1820 pension papers contain the following extract, taken from the Wentworth Genealogy: "About the 10 May 1775, I entered the service of my country as a second Lieutenant in Col. Gerrish's regiment, in the Massachusetts line, and was in a small action with the enemy at Sewell's Point with their floating batteries. In 1776, I served as second Lieutenant in Col. Baldwin's regiment, in New York; was in a small action with the enemy when they landed at Throg's neck, and also at White Plains. At Trenton, I waded across the river, and took two Hessian prisoners under the Bridge; in doing which, I got a bad cold, and have had the rheumatism more or less ever since. In 1777, January 1st, I was appointed a Captain in the 9th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. James Wasson; was up the Mohawk River; took Ensign Butler, with fourteen Canada Rangers, and three Indians, prisoners; was at the raising of the siege of Fort Schuyler; marched from Albany to Ballston with one hundred men, and took forty refugees prisoners, that were going to Canada; was at the taking of Burgoyne; marched into their encampment with one hundred men, when their troops marched out, and collected together all their arms, and made my report to the Adjustant General that night. From there I joined General Washington, at Whitemarsh; was in the battle of Monmouth; was in a small action near King's Bridge, when the French troops joined the American army. I continued in service until the last day of December 1783, when I left with a commission of Brevet Major." Gov. John Langdon of New Hampshire made him Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Light Horse on 4 November 1785. Amos represented Dover in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1807 to 1810, in 1812, 1814, and 1815, and perhaps in other years; was in the State Senate 1818-20, and was one of the Presidential electors in 1816. After his death Lydia went to live with one of her Cogswell daughters in Kennebunk, Maine until 1827, then with another Cogswell daughter in Sandwich, N.H. where she died. This second daughter was the mother of John Wentworth, author of the Wentworth Genealogy. The tombstones in Pine Hill Cemetery which contain much vital information on these individuals were erected by John Wentworth long after their deaths.8 Some of the Cogswell descendants had Wallingford as their middle name.

Child of Lydia Baker and Samuel Wallingford

George Washington Wallingford+ b. 19 Feb 1776, d. 19 Jan 1824

Olive Wallingford

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Father	Col. Thomas Wallingford b. 28 Jul 1697, d. 4 Aug 1771
Mother	Elizabeth Swett b. 15 Sep 1718, d. 3 Dec 1810

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30 Oct 2011

Birth*	Olive Wallingford was born on 29 May 1758, probably in Somersworth, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married John Cushing, son of John Cushing and Deborah Barker, 5 or 6 April 1773 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. From Master Tate's Record: "Mr. John Cushing of Boston Married to Miss Olive Wallingford Daughter of The Honble. Collo. Thos. Wallingford Esq. of Somersworth Decd. on Tues. Apr. 6 1773". (Berwick vital records, recorded long after the fact, give a date of April 5.)2,3
Death*	Olive died on 20 March 1853 in South Berwick, York County, MaineG.4,5
	Olive received property from the estate of his/her father in the three divisions of the estate made on 10 September 1772, 10 October 1772 (Maine lands), and 8 December 1779. First she received a house and lot in Portsmouth.6 In Maine she was granted 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.7 In the 1779 division, as Olive Cushing, she received 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.6      John Cushing was chosen Colonel, 2nd Plymouth Co. regiment, 21 March 1776, and served throughout the Revolutionary War. They resided in Boston and later removed to South Berwick, Maine.8      Their family is likely the one found in the 1790 census of Berwick with 3 adult males, four males under 16, four females, and two other free persons, likely servants.9 There were obviously extended family members living with them, because their own family would only account for 2-3-1 rather than 3-4-4. Olive's mother Elizabeth was known to have lived her later years in Berwick, so likely was living with her daughter Olive and family.      In her will dated 21 October 1800 Olive's mother bequeathed to Olive her wearing apparel and her household furniture. To Olive's living descendants went all the rest of her real and personal estate. 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 1811.10      The births of their first seven children aren't recorded in the "Report of the Record Commissioners" of Boston for births from 1700 to 1800.11 The Cushing Genealogy says that they were born in Boston, and that their last five children were born in South Berwick, Maine. South Berwick didn't become a town until 1814 so they were probably born in the part of Berwick that later became South Berwick. Charles Cushing Hobbs, a grandson of John and Olive, stated that only the last three children were born at the South Berwick home, and that the rest were born in Boston. Hobbs stated that this home, where he lived in 1902, was purchased by Olive's mother, the widow Elizabeth Wallingford, in a deed dated May 29, 1793. The house was completed and first occupied in the winter of 1795. The Cushings supposedly left Boston to move into this house and take care of the elderly widow. They had been living in Boston all thoughout the war and Hobbs relates the following about his grandmother Olive: "Her personal reminiscences of those stirring times were most interesting. She saw the wounded British officers and men carried by her house in carts during the progress of the battle of Bunker Hill, and particularly noticed one young officer whose uniform was deeply stained with his blood. During the night when the city was evacuated by the English Garrison, she was aroused by the rumble of the artillery and baggage wagons, "and the measured tread of the grenadiers marching down to their boats on the shore." Opening an upper window, she called out "What's the matter?" The reply came up from the street in a laughing voice "The Yankees are after us."      During the commencement of the siege, when the city was being bombarded by the American batteries on Dorchester Heights, a cannon ball passes through an out-house of her residence and, its force being spent, lodged in the ground in the back yard. This ball Mrs. Cushing brought to Berwick when she removed here, and it now is in my possession, a perfectly authentic relic of the Revolution.      During the visit of General Lafayette to this country in 1824, he passed through this village on his way from Boston to Portland. He was met at the Landing Bridge (the State Line) by the United States Marshall of the District of Maine, together with a reception committee of the leading citizens, and a general parade of the townspeople and school children, and escorted in a carriage drawn by four horses to Paul's Hotel, then kept by Mrs. Sarah Frost (and known as Frost's Tavern). Here he received and replied to an address of welcome, and was then dined and probably wined. Being informed that Mrs. Cushing resided here, whom he claimed to have known in Boston during the war, he expressed a wish to call on her, and accordingly did so accompanied by the Committee.12

Children of Olive Wallingford and John Cushing

John Cushing b. 5 Sep 1774, d. 1798 Samuel Wallingford Cushing b. 20 Jun 1777, d. 8 Sep 1778 Samuel Wallingford Cushing b. 7 May 1779, d. 24 Apr 1800 Thomas Wallingford Cushing b. 7 Dec 1780, d. 29 Apr 1803 Olive Cushing b. 20 Feb 1783, d. 9 Sep 1876 William Cushing b. 5 May 1785, d. 20 Jun 1809 Charles Cushing b. 31 Dec 1786, d. 27 Aug 1861 Dr. Frederic Cushing b. 24 Mar 1792, d. 6 Aug 1846 Augustus Cushing b. 22 May 1794, d. Dec 1819 Elizabeth Cushing b. 6 Oct 1797, d. 5 Oct 1889 John Samuel Thomas Cushing b. 5 Jan 1801, d. 17 Oct 1873 Mary Hamilton Cushing b. 1 Mar 1803, d. 25 May 1875

John Cushing

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Father	John Cushing
Mother	Deborah Barker

Last Edited

21 Dec 2000

Birth*	John Cushing was born on 23 January 1743 in Scituate, Plymouth County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Olive Wallingford, daughter of Col. Thomas Wallingford and Elizabeth Swett, 5 or 6 April 1773 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. From Master Tate's Record: "Mr. John Cushing of Boston Married to Miss Olive Wallingford Daughter of The Honble. Collo. Thos. Wallingford Esq. of Somersworth Decd. on Tues. Apr. 6 1773". (Berwick vital records, recorded long after the fact, give a date of April 5.)2,3
Death*	John died on 19 February 1822 in South Berwick, York County, MaineG.4

Children of John Cushing and Olive Wallingford

John Cushing b. 5 Sep 1774, d. 1798 Samuel Wallingford Cushing b. 20 Jun 1777, d. 8 Sep 1778 Samuel Wallingford Cushing b. 7 May 1779, d. 24 Apr 1800 Thomas Wallingford Cushing b. 7 Dec 1780, d. 29 Apr 1803 Olive Cushing b. 20 Feb 1783, d. 9 Sep 1876 William Cushing b. 5 May 1785, d. 20 Jun 1809 Charles Cushing b. 31 Dec 1786, d. 27 Aug 1861 Dr. Frederic Cushing b. 24 Mar 1792, d. 6 Aug 1846 Augustus Cushing b. 22 May 1794, d. Dec 1819 Elizabeth Cushing b. 6 Oct 1797, d. 5 Oct 1889 John Samuel Thomas Cushing b. 5 Jan 1801, d. 17 Oct 1873 Mary Hamilton Cushing b. 1 Mar 1803, d. 25 May 1875

H. H. Hobbs

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Last Edited

9 Oct 1998

Daniel Clements

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

Last Edited

29 Apr 2020

Birth*	Daniel Clements was born circa 1700 in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married first Frances Wallingford, daughter of John Wallingford and Charity (?), before 27 October 1761. She was referred to as Frances Clements in her father's of that date.1
Death*	Daniel Clements died between 1773 and 1784 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. He is last mentioned as alive in 1773 and first mentioned as deceased in 1784.2
	Daniel inherited 100 acres of land in "Cocheco Woods", later the town of Somersworth, from his father Job's will in 1716. He continued to live in Dover until 1744 when he moved to Somersworth where his brothers James and Job were both living. In 1761, after he was married, his brother James conveyed to him 42 acres of land in Somersworth with reservations in favor of James's children if Daniel should die without issue. This was probably the same farm which Daniel sold to James in 1739, and perhaps was a part of Daniel's original bequest from his father. It became known as the "Fanny Farm", probably from the long ownership of Frances or Fanny (Wallingford) Clements. Much more information about his various real estate transactions can be found in the Clements Genealogy.3

Samuel Gubtail

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Father	Samuel Gubtail
Mother	Mary (?)

Last Edited

9 Oct 2011

Baptism*	Samuel Gubtail was baptized on 5 June 1743 in Kittery, York County, MaineG.1,2
Marriage*	He married second Frances Wallingford, daughter of John Wallingford and Charity (?), after 1 May 1784, probably in Berwick, York County, MaineG. There was an intention of marriage filed between these two on this date in Berwick, but there is no marriage record found there. Various family deeds do call her Fanny Guptail, however, so it is clear that they did eventually marry. It's just not certain where it took place.34,5
Death*	Samuel died before 9 September 1809. Fanny was referred to as the "Widow Frances Guptail" on that date in a relative's deed.6
	His surname can also be spelled Guptill or Guptail. Samuel Gubtail and Samuel Gubtail, Jr. are to be found in the 1790 census of Berwick, Maine.7

Unknown Hammock

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Last Edited

28 Nov 1999

Birth*	Unknown Hammock was born.
Marriage*	He married Patience Wallingford, daughter of John Wallingford and Charity (?), by 1761.
	We don't know this individual's first name, and even his last name may have been Hammett or some similar variation on the name. Some area Hammocks and Hammetts follow: THOMAS HAMMOCK was taxed in Dover 1666-77 and probably living as late as 1683-4. His wife's name is unknown. He had at least two sons, Richard and John... RICHARD HAMMOCK deposed in May 1705 that he was age 21 in Feb 1708 that he was 24, which would have him born about 1684. In 1719 the Coffins quitclaimed to him and his brother John land formerly their father's. On 6 February 1732/3 both John Hammock and Richard Hammock were among 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.1 What, if anything, was done about it in the future is unknown by this writer at present.      Richard eventually came upon hard times. At their 31 March 1749 Town Meeting the people of Somersworth denied a motion from his brother John, then living in Rochester, who wanted £5 per year from the town of Somersworth "for keeping his brother Richard Hamock".2 Richard was warned out of the towns of Rochester and Somersworth, and became the center of a N.H. Superior Court suit between the two towns for his care. On 5 September 1749 the selectmen of Rochester filed suit against the town of Somersworth for the care of Richard Hammock, "a poor man Impotent of body & unable to Support himself", after he had been warned out of town several times, apparently to no avail. He wouldn't leave and was too sick to be moved safely. They claimed that as he had lived in Somersworth for many years that town should pay for his care. The Somersworth selectmen denied any responsibility. They made notice that Richard had once had one whole share or at least 30 acres of land given to him in the Divsion of the Dover Town Common or undivided lands no. 112, it having been divided 8 July 1734. 28 1/2 acres were laid out to him in the 8th Division of Common Land on 25 June 1736. The suit was settled in Rochester's favor.3 Somersworth Town Meeting minutes have many references to Richard between 1749 and his death in 1757. Agents and committees were chosen to deal with the Rochester Selectmen, and money was expended for the eventual care of Richard. Charles Baker was chosen to make inquiries into Richard's "interest" in the town of Somersworth. He reported to the 6 May 1751 Town Meeting that he had been to Salem and made critical inquiry but could find nothing satisfactory there or elsewhere respecting such interest. Joseph Varney Jr. was paid 30 shillings "for carrying Richd Hammock to Rochester in ye year 1749."4 Several people were paid over the next several years for "keeping" him, probably in their own homes, including Dr. Moses Carr for 19 weeks in 1750, Ebenezer Wentworth in 1751, Thomas Nock in 1752, Capt. Benjamin Mason in 1753, Samuel Austin in 1754, and John Weymouth from 1755 to 1757.5 This John Weymouth is likely the one who married Phebe Wallingford, sister of Patience who married our "Unknown" Hammock. Town accounts for those years list specific expenses for his clothing, jackets, breeches, shirts, etc., usually paid to the same people who were taking care of him. Also listed are attourneys fees and court costs amounting to nearly £20.      Richard died, probably in Somersworth, in 1757. Town accounts for that year list a payment of £4 to the "widow Waymouth" (likely John's mother Sarah) for a "winding sheet for Hamock". A winding sheet is another name for a burial shroud. There were doctor bills from Dr. Moses Carr, and then £5.15 for "Rum & Sugar for Hamocks funerall" and £10 to Joseph Roberts for a coffin for Hammock.6      Richard Hammock is unlikely to be our "Unknown" Hammock due to the age differences. He was born in 1684 and Patience was born about 1724. It's also unlikely that he is the father of our unknown, as if he had children living in the area they would likely have cared for him rather than the town. But some relationship seems likely, especially given the fact that John Weymouth cared for him in the last years of his life. JOHN HAMMOCK, brother of Richard, was living in Dover in 1719. In 1749, when he petitioned the town of Somersworth as described above, he was of Rochester. Rochester church records give clues as to other members of this family. On 13 May 1739 Elizabeth Hammock "wo" [widow?] was baptized then entered into the Covenant at the First Congregational Church in Rochester. On 20 December 1741 Thomas Hammock was similarly baptized and owned the Covenant, followed by John Hammock, Jr. seven days later on 27 Dec 1741. These baptisms are all for adults.7 While there is no proof of any relationships between these people, it seems reasonable that they are. The widow Elizabeth may be Richard and John's mother or step-mother, or perhaps the widow of an unknown sibling to the two brothers. Thomas and John Jr., may be sons of John. While John Hammock is too old to be our "Unknown" Hammock, one of his sons(?) Thomas or John Jr. may be the one. THOMAS HAMMOCK. There are several records pertaining to a Thomas Hammock in the area, and not all are necessarily for the same person. A Thomas Hammett of Newington, husbandman, sued Elezaer Coleman of Newington, tanner, for £100 on 8 November 1745 for not holding up his end of an apprenticeship agreement between the two. On 31 August 1739 Thomas had agreed to be Coleman's apprentice, in the tannery business presumably, for 5 years, 8 months but Coleman didn't do his part. Thomas is referred to as "son of William Stimpson and Elizabeth Stimpson", so perhaps his mother remarried.8 And remember the earlier adult baptism record in May 1739 for the widow Elizabeth Hammock.      A Thomas Hamack was on a muster roll of a company of pressed men, under command of Capt. Job Clements, at Rochester and Barrington, in 1748, to scout for Indians in the Rochester area.9      A Thomas Hammack witnessed a deed between John Rawlins of Rochester and Joseph Pearl of Rochester for land in Rochester on 31 March 1748 and again on 25 January 1752.10      Newington Church Records record on 8 April 1753 "Thomas & ------- Hamet owned the Covenant and had their Son baptized Thomas".11 If not for the fact that their son Thomas Hammock was reportedly (by Tate) born on 18 April 1756 one would suspect that this was Thomas and Patience Hammock. Tate could of course be wrong about the birthdate. The original record should be checked to see if the mother's name is legible enough to read as "Patience".      A Thomas Hammett, yeoman, of Berwick appears in Province of New Hampshire court cases dated 3 August 1763, 2 May 1764 and 4 December 176412      The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and N.H. report that a Thomas was in Rochester 1742-1757, and the same or another Thomas in Berwick in 1757 with with Abigail running a lodging house there in 1761. JOHN HAMMOCK. On 15 December 1779 John Hammack 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.13 EBENEZER HAMMOCK. An Ebenezer Hammock of Somersworth was a private in Benjamin Titcomb's Co., Col. Enoch Poor's regiment, having enlisted 25 June 1775. He served 5 months, 22 days. On 4 October 1775 he acknowledged the receipt of $4 in lieu of a regimental coat.14 SUSANNA HAMMOCK. A Susanna Hammock married Aaron Downs on 22 June 1755 in Rochester.15 ABIGAIL HAMMOCK. The diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate has the following entry: "Mr. Nicholas Wentworth & Mrs. Abigail Hammock Married on Thursday Nov. ye 23rd, 1769. [This entry is crossed out with a different ink and marked Rong.]"16 Tate's use of the term "Mrs." was generally used for single women. MOSES AND JOHN HAMMOCK. In the 1790 census of Rochester there are found Moses and John Hammock with their families.17 There was another Hammett family in the Portsmouth/Greenland area. Thomas Hammet, a Portsmouth sailmaker, came from Shadwell, co. Middlesex, England. he married 1 January 1716/7 Elizabeth Deniford, daughter of Walter. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow and to Henry Sherburne, Jr. on 28 October 1734. She married 2d in Greenland 22 February 1735/6 William Stevenson and was living in Portsmouth in 1737. [One wonders about the Thomas Hammett above who was said to be son of William and Elizabeth Stimpson -- Stimpson and Stevenson are very close.] Thomas Hammett had three known children: William, baptized 12 January 1717/8, a cordwainer, filed an intention of marriage on 26 September 1741 with Margaret Fernald, daughter of James ; Elizabeth, baptized 22 November 1719 ; Mary, baptized 25 February 1721/2.

Children of Unknown Hammock and Patience Wallingford

Mary Hammock Thomas Hammock b. 18 Apr 1756, d. by 1793 Elizabeth Hammock b. s 1758

Thomas Hammock

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Father	Unknown Hammock
Mother	Patience Wallingford b. b 30 Apr 1724, d. probably by about 1770

Last Edited

31 Oct 2011

Birth*	Thomas Hammock was born on 18 April 1756.1
Marriage*	He probably married Deborah Carpenter on 16 April 1775, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Tate's diary reads, "Sunday Night Aprl. 16. 1775 Mr. Thomas Hammock Married to Mrs. Debby Carpenter of Somersworth." Tate often wrote "Mrs." when the woman was single, and usually mentioned previous husbands when a widow married again. There is no direct evidence proving that the Thomas who married Deborah Carpenter on this date is the same one who is a member of the Wallingford family, but it seems likely. In addition there is a record in 1779 that he did have family to care for (see below).2
Death*	Thomas died by 1793, possibly in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. His wife is referred to as "widow Hamock" in 1793. The last mention of him in Somersworth town records was 1781 and it seems likely that he may have died soon after that time, perhaps from war related wounds or illness.3
	A Thomas Hammock of Somersworth, age 22, enlisted 11 February 1777 in Capt. James Carr's Co., Col. Enoch Poor's regiment, and received £20. In 1778 he was on the list of Col. Nathan Hale's absentees, 2nd batallion of New Hampshire troops, marked as having deserted at Otter Creek, age 24. He was missing from 7 July 1777 to 21 July 1778. In May 1779 he was back in the army on a return of Col. Evans and was credited to Somersworth for three years.4 In 1779 the Selectmen of Somersworth paid £169.50 for supplies for Thomas Hammock's family, as well as other families of soldiers.5      After the war Thomas returned to Somersworth and was apparently somewhat destitute because the 1781 town accounts record a payment of £6 14s to James Roberts for "taking" Thomas Hammock.6 Paying residents for taking care of poor people in town was this day and age's "welfare" system. After this 1781 record there is no further mention of Thomas in the Somersworth town records, but there are several mentions of his wife Deborah, and by 1793 she is called "widow". In 1786 town accounts record a payment to Dr. Moses Carr for doctoring Deborah Hammock, and to Joshua Wentworth for keeping her for a short time. In 1789 Andrew Rollins was paid for delivering wood to Deborah back in 1785. In 1793 Deborah was evidently ill for a time because the town "Pd widow Hamock in her sickness" and also paid Dr. Moses Carr for treating her. The following years show several payments to local individuals for delivering wood to her house, as well as occasional mention that people were paid for boarding her. She was probably not very healthy and despite having her own house had to live with others occasionally. Individuals who boarded her included James Ricker, James Clements, Andrew Rollins, Daniel Ricker, Lydia River and perhaps Peter Hussey, who in 1803 was paid "for his trouble & expense about Debo Hammock".7 (This Lydia Ricker may be the wife of David Ricker who is a double-Wallingford descendant listed elsewhere in this genealogy.) The last year thus far examined was 1804, which is where the microfilmed records at the NH State Library end, and at that point Deborah was still alive. It seems reasonable to believe that the town will have paid for her funeral expenses and that these will be accounted for on the town books.      The 1790 census of Somersworth records Deborah Hammoch living alone.8 She isn't listed in the 1800 census of the town, despite the fact that the town accounts for that year mention payments for repairs on her house.9,10

Captain Ebenezer Ricker

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Father	Meturin Ricker Jr. b. s 1693, d. b 12 Nov 1783
Mother	Lucy Wallingford b. s 1705, d. probably before November 1783

Last Edited

10 Sep 2023

Birth*	Captain Ebenezer Ricker was born circa 1741, probably in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Elizabeth Wallingford, daughter of Capt. Thomas Wallingford and Abigail Hill, on 22 September 1771, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Marriage*	He married second Mary Bodwell on 4 April 1782 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.3,4
Marriage*	He married third Margaret Roberts before 1800.3
Death*	Ebenezer died on 5 November 1815 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. He is buried with his three wives in the Salmon Falls old town cemetery in Rollinsford, N.H.5,3
	Captain Ebenezer Ricker was master of a ship for many years, and made many successful voyages to the East Indies, by which he acquired considerable wealth. He built and lived in the residence located on Silver Street, at the intersection of Foundry Street in Rollinsford, N.H. It was originally known as "The Ricker Inn" and the famous Concord Stagecoaches stopped there. After retiring from the sea he passed the remainder of his days in overseeing and managing his farm.      According to the Ricker Genealogy, he married first Mrs. Sarah Wentworth in 1768 and had by her a son Ebenezer born in 1769 who died in infancy.6 This, however, is a misreading of the source of that information, the diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate. Tate wrote "Mrs. Sarah Wentworth Daugtr of Ensn. Samuel Wentworth of Sommersworth -- One by Capt. Ebenr. Ricker Born Jan. 17th 1769 Boy Named Ebenez."7 Master Tate used the term "Mrs." for single women and where he writes "One by..." he is saying that they had that child out of wedlock. It also doesn't state the surname for the child or that he died in infancy as the Ricker genealogy claims. We know that he didn't marry Sarah because her name was still Wentworth when she married Samuel Roberts III on 13 April 1775.8 Sarah was the daughter of Ensign Samuel Wentworth and Patience Downs, born 17 June 1745.9      With Elizabeth Wallingford he had four children, who are all listed below. Also included below is Abigail, who according to the Ricker Genealogy was born 28 February 1779 but was a daughter of his second wife. Her birth date would suggest that she was a daughter of Elizabeth Wallingford, however. Also, Abigail was later included in a deed as one of the heirs of the Wallingford line. He also had a daughter Mary Bodwell Ricker born in 1787 by his second wife.10      He was the administrator of the estate of his first wife Elizabeth's brother Thomas Wallingford in October 1802.11      On 18 October 1813 Ebenezer Ricker of Somersworth, gentleman, Michael Little of Lewiston, Maine and Betsy his wife in her right, William Lambert of Somersworth, gentleman, and Abigail his wife in her right, and Elisha Hill, Jr. of Portsmouth, merchant, and Lucy his wife in her right, sold their rights in the farm and homestead of Col. Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth to Charles Cushing of Berwick for $62.50. The land had descended to them after the decease of Thomas Wallingford's widow Elizabeth.12 Betsy Little, Abigail Lambert and Lucy Hill were his three daugters by Elizabeth Wallingford. A month earlier, in September, Ebenezer sold to Cushing another portion of this land that was originally the right of Hannah (Wallingford) Brown, daughter of Thomas Wallingford, it being land conveyed to him in a deed from Hannah at an earlier date.13      A magazine article published in 192914 gives many details of his life, as follows:      "Ebenezer Ricker early showed great business ability, and turned his attention to seafaring. Many voyages he made to the West Indies, and long foreign trips brought him the title which distinguished him, and great financial success. The story of the ship "Ranger" and his liking for the craft has been handed down to this day. He was young and ambitious to make good, but since he was to sail as supercargo on the "Ranger" he was not allowed to carry any commodity on his own account in the hold of the ship, but his stateroom was for his own use, so he packed it full of salt fish, leaving scant room for his comfort. Arriving in port, he sold his fish at a great premium and came out ahead financially.      In his early married life he lived in a large house close to the river on the Somersworth side of the bridge separating South Berwick and Somersworth. Here his children were born, grew to womanhood, and left the home next for good homes of their own. Captain Ricker, after his marriage with Mary Bodwell, began to make preparations to leave his Quamphegan house by the river. He was in possession of a farm on the road leading to the old "meeting house," and proposed to build a house there large enough to accommodate travelers--an old time inn.      With his usual good judgment he dug a well first, to be sure of water; then he built a barn, possibly eighty feet long, low-posted with two floors running across the barn, and a wide bay between them; bays, or tie-ups in the ends. Double swinging doors on the front and small doors at the back; teams were driven in and backed out. There was no call to pitch hay very high, it was dropped into the wide bays, well boarded up, three feet or more, keeping the hay very clean.      This barn stood for a century, and in the last years it was more beautiful than useful perhaps. Woodbine had been planted close to the sills and in time nearly covered it. The glossy green leaves were attractive in summer, but its chief beauty was in autumn when the foliage was wine color and the purple berries were in evidence. About the year 1790, Captain Ricker built the house still standing and cherished by his descendants. Very few changes have been made in the old mansion by the owners since his time; a few windows have been put in for more light and air, and a kitchen built on, leaving the inn kitchen for a dining room; here we have the wide fireplace, with the brick oven inside the fireplace, an [un]usual arrangement. The crane, loaded with pot hooks, still swings, and andirons, shovel and tongs keep company, as in the days gone by. The two front rooms are generous in size, finished in the heavy style of the time, with a fireplace for heating. The chambers are the same size as the lower rooms, fireplaces with quaint fire irons in each room. The brick used in the building of the immense chimney was burned in the pasture below the house.      Captain Ricker was a famous host, and his inn has passed into history through the writings of no less a person than Timothy Dwight, a grandson of Jonathan Edwards and president of Yale College from 1796 until his death in 1817. During this long term of faithful service the president's health gave out from overtaxing his strength in his college work, and he decided to make trips through the New England states, keeping a written account of each town visited. In October, 1796, he records: "Lodged at an excellent house kept by a Captain Ricker. This gentleman (for he amply merits the title) had just buried his wife and quitted the business of innkeeper. With some persuasion he consented, however, to lodge us; but with evident apprehensions that we should find less agreeable accommodations than we wished. The treatment which we received from him and all his was such as favorite friends might have expected from a very hospitable and well bred family. I never found an inn more agreeable. The tenderness and respect with which our host spoke of his deceased wife, would indeed, of themselves have rendered ordinary entertainment sufficiently pleasing to us." This visit was made less than a month after the death of his second wife. After a time Captain Ricker married his third wife, Margaret Wentworth.      With the many cares of his inn and his great property, Captain Ricker was interested in other matters. He built a fine house on top of "Somersworth Hill," opposite the Nathan Lord house, for his daughters who married Michael Little and William Lambert. Here the young people of the families had the privilege of attending Berwick Academy; for this institution many people of that time in the nearby towns stood sponsors. The Rev. John Lord, historian, said in his historical address given at the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Berwick Academy in 1891; "Thomas R. Lambert was in my class at the Academy, and frequently wrote our compositions from the freedom of his pen. He was noted for extraordinary vivacity, which he has not yet lost at the age of eighty-one." To this grand house on the hill, came John P. Hale of Rochester, N.H., when he was wooing Lucy Lambert.      Captain Ricker, then over sixty years, directed the building of the Turnpike from Somersworth line to the Dover limit, four and one-half miles. This was the sixth turnpike to be built in New Hampshire."      The remaining 6 1/2 pages of this magazine article tell about the Doe family, into which Ebenezer Ricker's daughter Mary Bodwell Ricker married, and their accomplishments and years at the Ricker Inn in Somersworth.

Children of Captain Ebenezer Ricker and Elizabeth Wallingford

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 Ricker

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Father	Captain Ebenezer Ricker b. c 1741, d. 5 Nov 1815
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. 28 Feb 1753, d. 19 Apr 1781

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31 Oct 2011

Birth*	Thomas Ricker was born on 26 June 1772, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Death*	Thomas died in November 1796.2
	He was never married.

Captain Ebenezer Ricker Jr.

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Father	Captain Ebenezer Ricker b. c 1741, d. 5 Nov 1815
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. 28 Feb 1753, d. 19 Apr 1781

Last Edited

31 Oct 2011

Birth*

Captain Ebenezer Ricker Jr. was born on 9 July 1774, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1

Death*

Ebenezer died before 19 January 1805 in Point-Petre, GuadeloupeG. A crewelwork sampler passed down in the family and currently (2005) in the possession of James M. Potter of Ridgewood, N.J. includes the line "E Ricker Junr Born July 9, 1774 Died Novbr 22 1804." According to the Ricker Genealogy he was a sea captain who died unmarried in Somersworth.2 In a Dover newspaper dated 19 January 1805 is the following obituary: "At Point-Petre (G.) Capt. Ebenezer Ricker Jr., only son of Capt. Ebenezer Ricker of Somersworth." There can be little doubt that this is the same person. There is a Point-Petre in Guadeloupe, an island in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, and this seems likely to be the correct place. There is also a Point-Petre on Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada, but the "(G.)" after the place name seems more likely to indicate Guadeloupe. Why the Ricker genealogy says he died in Somersworth is unknown.3

Elizabeth Ricker

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Father	Captain Ebenezer Ricker b. c 1741, d. 5 Nov 1815
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. 28 Feb 1753, d. 19 Apr 1781

Last Edited

31 Oct 2011

Birth*	Elizabeth Ricker was born on 5 November 1776, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married Michael Little, son of Josiah Little and Sarah Toppan, after July 1801. Michael's first wife died at that time.2
Death*	Elizabeth died on 18 March 1864 in Dover, Strafford County, New HampshireG. An obituary in the Exeter News-Letter for 21 March 1864 sounds like our Elizabeth: "In Dover, At Hon. J.P. Hale's house, Mrs. Elizabeth Little of Newbury, Mass., aged 87."3 She apparently was living in Newbury, Mass. in her later years.4
	They were living in Lewiston, Maine on 18 October 1813 according to the deed described under her father's record, above. They later lived in Woodstock, Maine and had no children.5 Michael graduated Dartmouth College in 1792 and was a farmer in Minot, Maine. He had one child by his first wife.6 Another source calls him an attorney-at-law.7

Lucy Ricker

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Father	Captain Ebenezer Ricker b. c 1741, d. 5 Nov 1815
Mother	Elizabeth Wallingford b. 28 Feb 1753, d. 19 Apr 1781

Last Edited

30 Nov 2024

Birth*	Lucy Ricker was born on 31 January 1779 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married Elisha Hill in 1803.2
Death*	Lucy died in 1850.2
	They were living in Portsmouth, N.H. on 18 October 1813 according to the deed described under her father's record, above. They had four children.3 In 1823 Elisha Hill of Portsmouth was taxed for land and buildings in Somersworth in the estate of Ebenezer Ricker.4

Samuel Lord

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Last Edited

23 Mar 2001

Marriage*	He married Mary Shackley.
Birth*	Samuel Lord was born circa 1712.
Death*	Samuel died on 7 February 1774.1

Child of Samuel Lord and Mary Shackley

Samuel Lord III+ b. 8 Feb 1735/36, d. 17 May 1773

Sarah Elithorpe

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Father	John Elithorpe b. 1643, d. 1719
Mother	Mary (?)

Last Edited

15 Jun 2020

Baptism*	Sarah Elithorpe may have been baptized on 28 August 1681 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG. According to The Early Settlers of Rowley by Blodgette she was baptized in Newbury on that date, but the article on the Elithorpe family by respected genealogist John Insley Coddington makes no mention of this and no such record can be found in the published Newbury or Rowley vital records under any name resembling Elithorpe or Alithorpe.1,2
Marriage*	She married Nicholas Wallingford, son of Nicholas Wallingford and Elizabeth Palmer, on 19 September 1703 in Rowley, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Sarah was "of Ipswich", Mass. at the time of her marriage intention.3,2
Marriage*	She married second Jonas Platts, son of Jonathan Platts and Elizabeth Johnson, on 27 February 1738/39 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. On 10 October 1746, in Bradford, Mass. Sarah Platts was one of the signatories to the acknowledgement of the receipt of 4 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence from Jonathan Wallingford "in full of a Bond which was due to Jemima Wallingford late Decd". This was money due Sarah's daughter Jemima from the estate of her father. The other signers (all gave their marks and didn't actually sign) were Sarah's other children Elizabeth, Martha (and husband James), and Margaret (and husband Benjamin).45
Death*	Sarah died on 21 April 1763 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Records of the Bradford Second Congregational Church at East Bradford, now Groveland, record the death of the "ancient" widow Platts. There is no other likely death record for Sarah in Bradford so this is probably her.6

Children of Sarah Elithorpe and Nicholas Wallingford

Sarah Wallingford+ b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771 Margaret Wallingford+ b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793 Elizabeth Wallingford b. 22 Sep 1708 Jemima Wallingford b. 22 Nov 1710, d. 1745 or 1746 David Wallingford b. 1 Apr 1713, d. sometime after 4 July 1737 Jonathan Wallingford+ b. 8 May 1715, d. 10 Dec 1748 Martha Wallingford+ b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799

Jonathan Wallingford

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Father	Nicholas Wallingford b. 12 Mar 1680/81, d. b 2 Jul 1727
Mother	Sarah Elithorpe b. 28 Aug 1681, d. 21 Apr 1763

Last Edited

14 Dec 2004

Birth*	Jonathan Wallingford was born on 8 May 1715 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Martha Marsh on 14 January 1741/42 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Jonathan died on 10 December 1748 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. He is buried in the old cemetery in Groveland (formerly East Bradford), Mass.34
	The administration of the estate of Jonathan Wallingford, late of Bradford, deceased intestate, was granted to his widow Martha on 23 January 1748/9. The inventory was taken three days earlier and included clothing, furniture, housewares, tools, livestock and buildings, as well as "about 3 acres of land". Total land value was £34 10s and the estate was worth £111, 16s, 8p. Signatories to the inventory were Jonathan Tenney, John Hopkinson, David Hopkinson and Martha Wallingford. Martha wrote her mark and didn't sign her name. An additional inventory was taken on 13 March 1752 "by reason of Mortgage Deed being taken up" on more than four acres of land "lying to the East End of land which we formerly. Signatories were the same as before. The widow exhibited her accounting of the administration of the estate on 13 April 1752 and listed 24 people as having been paid, including, near the end, Jacob March, Joshua and Sarah Roberts, and John and Elizabeth Symonds. Sarah Roberts and Elizabeth Symonds were her husband's sisters and Jacob March could be one of her own relations, her maiden name being Marsh. One of the expenses on her account was "to bringing up young children 7 yrs. in all".      Six receipts are included in the docket, all of them from Jonathan's siblings acknowledging receipt of monies due them from the estate of their father Nicholas. Some proofs of marriage for female siblings exist here, and will be discussed further under the siblings concerned.5      The widow Martha's estate was probated on 6 January 1789, and said she was of Haverhill when she died intestate. David Wallingford yeoman of Hollis, N.H. was appointed administrator and gave bond with John Savory, gentleman, of Bradford and John Edwards, yeoman, of Haverhill. All three signed their names.6

Children of Jonathan Wallingford and Martha Marsh

Jemima Wallingford+ b. 25 Dec 1742, d. 28 Aug 1792 David Wallingford+ b. 25 Sep 1744, d. 12 Mar 1791 Sarah Wallingford b. s 1746