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John Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

11 Dec 1998

Birth*	John Hardy was born on 28 November 1716 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Abigail Kidder, daughter of Ephraim Kidder and Abigail Frost, on 1 March 1743 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	John died on 29 April 1801 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3
	They had nine children born in Tewksbury. One of them was stillborn.4

Abigail Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

11 Dec 1998

Birth*	Abigail Hardy was born on 18 January 1717/18 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Joseph Kidder on 6 September 1739 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2
	The Kidder Genealogy says that Joseph Kidder, brother of Abigail Kidder who married Abigail Hardy's brother John, married a woman named Abigail, no surname given. This is probably Abigail Hardy but needs verification. If so, this Joseph was born 4 July 1714 in Billerica and died in Tewksbury 27 April 1771. His wife Abigail married second, in Tewksbury on 16 June 1774, Joshua Thompson. Joseph and Abigail had ten children.3

Ruth Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

10 Dec 1999

Birth*	Ruth Hardy was born on 14 June 1720 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Thomas French on 6 February 1739/40 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Ruth died, after 4 March 1763. (The date of her father's will.)2

Nehemiah Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

12 Dec 1999

Birth*	Nehemiah Hardy was born on 28 July 1722 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Nehemiah died before December 1750. The Hardy Genealogy also states that administration of his estate was granted 27 February 1747/8. If so, why does it also say that he died before December 1750?2
	He had no children.3

Elisabeth Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

12 Dec 1999

Birth*	Elisabeth Hardy was born on 26 January 1724/25 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Benjamin Pike, son of Joseph Pike and Lydia Drury, on 12 June 1745 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2,3
Death*	Elisabeth died, after 4 March 1763. (The date of her father's will.)2
	They settled in Dunstable (Amherst) and later moved to Bradford, Mass. He served in the Revolutionary War. They had eight children.4

Nathaniel Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

11 Dec 1998

Birth*	Nathaniel Hardy was born on 26 February 1726/27 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Nathaniel died 21 or 25 October 1748 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
	He had no children.3

Mary Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

12 Aug 2022

Birth*	Mary Hardy was born on 12 September 1729 in Billerica (now Tewksbury), MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Deacon William Hunt, son of Jeremiah Hunt and Rebecca Ballard, 26 or 27 November 1755 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1,2
Death*	Mary died, on 1 February 1781, in Dunstable, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. This part of Dunstable was later located in NH.3
Burial*	She was buried in the Old Dunstable Cemetery in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New HampshireG.4

Sarah Hardy

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Father	Zechariah Hardy b. 20 Feb 1685/86, d. 14 or 15 October 1763
Mother	Hepzibah Wallingford b. 23 Sep 1695, d. 31 Mar 1749

Last Edited

31 Mar 2001

Birth*	Sarah Hardy was born on 23 July 1735 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Dr. Nathan Cutler, son of Benjamin Cutler and Mary Todd Hartwell, on 3 October 1759 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Sarah died after 4 March 1763. (The date of her father's will.)2

Amos Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

15 Jan 1999

Birth*	Amos Hardy was born on 9 March 1720 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1,2
Marriage*	He married Mary Cheney on 22 February 1738/39 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3
Death*	Amos died on 10 August 1759 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.4
	Amos and Mary had three children born in Bradford between 1741 and 1746.5

Jonas Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

22 Dec 1999

Birth*	Jonas Hardy was born on 19 October 1721 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Jonas died after 1764. (When his last child was born.)
	There exists no record of his marriage, and it is possible that he married twice. He had at least eight children by his one or two wives, and served in the French and Indian War. No record exists of his death or of the deaths of either of his wives.2,3

Oliver Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

15 Jan 1999

Birth*	Oliver Hardy was born on 14 March 1724 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Oliver died on 14 April 1753 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1

Rose Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

22 Dec 1999

Birth*	Rose Hardy was born on 1 March 1725/26 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Peter Cheney, son of Edmund Cheney and Mary Plumer, on 1 April 1742 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Rose died after 31 December 1769. (Date of birth of her last child.)3
	Rose and Peter Cheney had nine children.4

Esther Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

22 Dec 1999

Birth*	Esther Hardy was born on 7 March 1728 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She possibly married, Richard Perry, on 26 January 1743, in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. She would have been only two months shy of 15 at the time, however..2
	Esther and Richard Perry had at least two children.3

Ezekiel Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

19 Feb 2001

Birth*	Ezekiel Hardy was born on 29 April 1730 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Ezekiel died on 1 June 1736 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2

James Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

22 Dec 1999

Birth*	James Hardy was born on 8 September 1732 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	James died on 7 July 1736 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2

Deborah Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

22 Dec 1999

Birth*

Deborah Hardy was born on 11 December 1734 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1

A Deborah Hardy married in Bradford 24 February 1757 Joseph Bailey, but according to William B. Ladd, historian and genealogist of Groveland, Mass. our Deborah Hardy died 8 June 1736.2 The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway makes no mention of this 1736 death. This Joseph Bailey may have been the one baptized in Newbury, Mass. on 26 June 1737, son of Joseph Bailey. Joseph and Deborah (Hardy) Bailey had three children born in Bradford between 1760 and 1764.3

Thomas Hardy

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Father	Thomas Hardy b. b 17 Mar 1689, d. 11 Mar 1771
Mother	Deborah Wallingford b. in June 1701, d. a Jun 1739

Last Edited

15 Jan 1999

Birth*	Thomas Hardy was born before 24 January 1739 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.
Marriage*	He married Lydia Hardy, daughter of Job Hardy and Hannah Rollins, on 2 February 1763 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Thomas died on 9 May 1780 in Westford, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
	They moved to Westford, Mass. in 1765. There is no record of any children.3

Lucy Wallingford

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Father

Unconnected Families

Last Edited

10 Sep 2023

Birth*	Lucy Wallingford was born say 1705.
Marriage*	She married Meturin Ricker Jr., son of Meturin Ricker and Sarah Simmons, about 1733 to 1740. Canney's "Early Marriages of Strafford County", p.436 says married ca. 1740, but this doesn't jive with the list of children in the Ricker Genealogy.
Death*	Lucy died probably before November 1783. She wasn't mentioned in any of her husband's estate administration papers beginning on 12 November 1783, so presumably died before that time.
	On 25 April 1729 Meturin 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.1 This was the beginning of the parish of "Summersworth", later to become the town of Somersworth.
	The parentage of Lucy Wallingford is uncertain. She is thus far unattached to any existing Wallingford family. It is only through the diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate, recorded in the latter half of the eighteenth century, that we know her surname.2 She does appear in two deeds with her husband, so we know her first name was Lucy. One of the difficulties in determining where she belongs is that there is no good benchmark to determine her age at any point. The best guesses come from using the Ricker Genealogy, which states that their first child was born about 1725, followed by two undated children, followed by a fourth born in 1741, based on an age at death of 76. Other children follow later, up to about 1753. This would place Lucy as being born roughly around 1705. So into which Wallingford families could she conceivably be placed? The most likely candidates are those that lived in the Dover area, so we'll look at those. John Wallingford and Mary Tuttle were the first of the line, and they had children between 1688 and 1702 with well documented birth dates. These children were born in Bradford, Mass., however, and it is very possible that the family moved to Dover. If that is true it may also be true that further children were born to the couple who were never recorded. Lucy Wallingford would be a good candidate. An Ezekiel Wallingford who moved from Dover to the Lancaster, Mass. area is another likely child of John and Mary. Unfortunately there has thus far appeared no evidence to prove it, not even circumstantial evidence. Lucy could be an adopted member of a local Wallingford family, although this will probably never be no more than guesswork. How about an illegitimate grandchild of John and Mary? His eldest daughter Sarah married James Clements about 1715, so she could have come to the marriage with an illegitimate daughter Lucy, who never made it onto the records. Again, total guesswork. Now on to John's sons. John Wallingford Jr. and wife Charity had ten children born between 1717 and 1738. Lucy wouldn't fit well in here unless, again, she was an illegitimate daughter of Charity brought to the marriage. John Jr. also left a will and made no mention of a daughter Lucy or son-in-law Meturin Ricker. Nicholas, son of John, married Rachel before having a daughter Margaret born in April 1714. Margaret is unaccounted for in further records so far, so could have had her name changed after her mother remarried to her second or her third husband. There is also time for Nicholas and Margaret to have had more than one child, so perhaps Lucy is a missing child of this family. More work needs to be done on the lines of Margaret's second and third husbands. Thomas, son of John, had three wives and 13 children, all fairly well-documented, between about 1717 and 1758. The LDS Ancestral File places Lucy in this family but there is no evidence to even suggest she belongs here. Thomas was one of the richest men in N.H. at the time and after he died intestate his immense land holdings and estate were divided between his widow and thirteen children. Had Lucy been his daughter she or her husband would have been included in the division of the estate by law. It's possible that she was an orphan adopted by Thomas, but we'll surely never know if this was the case. Thomas Wallingford and Meturin Ricker Sr. and Jr. did own land that bordered one another in Dover, as proven by two deeds. On 17 March 1726/7 Meturin Sr. of Dover sold 10 acres of land in Dover to Thomas Wallingford, also of Dover.3 On 22 March 1728/9 Thomas Wallingford, yeoman, sold 5 acres of land in Dover to Meturin Ricker Jr. of Dover that bordered on land Meturin already owned.4 While these deeds do nothing to suggest a family relationship, they do prove that the two families knew each other. If Lucy was an unrecorded child of John and Mary she and Thomas would be siblings. They may not have been neighbors, however. Thomas Wallingford owned a lot of land in the area and may not have been living on these parcels. The only other brother of these three was Ebenezer, and he died at the age of 25, in 1721, while engaged to be married. He had no known children. One final possibility is that Schoolmaster Tate incorrectly recorded her surname as Wallingford in his journal and she belongs to some other family entirely.

Children of Lucy Wallingford and Meturin Ricker Jr.

Moses Ricker b. s 1730, d. b 26 Jun 1797 Nahum Ricker b. s 1737 Sarah Ricker b. s 1739 Captain Ebenezer Ricker+ b. c 1741, d. 5 Nov 1815 Thomas Ricker b. s 1743, d. b 5 Oct 1764 Patience Ricker b. s 1745 Amos Ricker b. c 1747 Mehitable Ricker b. c 1749 David Ricker+ b. c 1751, d. c 1818 Phineas Ricker b. s 1753

Meturin Ricker Jr.

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Father	Meturin Ricker b. b 1662, d. 4 Jun 1706
Mother	Sarah Simmons b. 4 Aug 1672, d. a Mar 1712

Last Edited

16 May 2020

Birth*	Meturin Ricker Jr. was born say 1693 in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Lucy Wallingford, daughter of Unconnected Families, about 1733 to 1740. Canney's "Early Marriages of Strafford County", p.436 says married ca. 1740, but this doesn't jive with the list of children in the Ricker Genealogy.
Death*	Meturin died before 12 November 1783, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Administration of his estate was granted to his sons Moses Ricker of Berwick and Ebenezer Ricker of Somersworth on 12 November 1783. An inventory of the estate done eight days later reveals that his homestead in Somersworth contained about 90 acres, and he also had 12 acres on the "Plains" in Somersworth. An account of the administration of the estate mentions heirs Ebenezer Ricker, Moses Ricker, Mehitable Ricker, David Ricker, Patience Ricker, and Sarah Peirce.2
	On 1 September 1749 Thomas Wentworth of Somersworth sold to Meturin Ricker Jr. of Somersworth, 6 acres of land in Somersworth.3 Somersworth wasn't incorporated from Dover until 1754. This land may have been an addition to the land he already owned in "Dover". The deed book in which this is recorded contained on the pages immediately preceding this the deed for sale of land he bought from Thomas Wallingford in 1728/9.      The same deed book a few pages later had a 24 March 1754 transfer of land from Tobias Jr. and Judith Hanson of Dover to Meturin Ricker, Jr., labourer, of Dover, the land being 20 acres in Somersworth4.      On the 9th and 10th of May 1754 Meturin and his brother Joseph Ricker of Berwick, Maine, performed some kind of land swap. The first deed, on the 9th, has Meturin Ricker of Sumersworth and Lucy his wife selling to Joseph all rights to the real and personal estate of their father Meturin Ricker late of Dover for 600 Pounds old tenor.5 The next day Joseph sold to Meturin, for the same 600 Pounds, land in Trunnal Country near Quamphegon.6 The book Landmarks in Ancient Dover has this to say about Trunnel Country: "Mentioned June 23, 1701, when Maturin Ricker had a grant of 30 acres 'up in the Trunnill Contrey.' It was laid out to his son Joseph Dec. 4, 1721, 'at a place called the Trunnill countrey--on the east side of a way that leads from Quamphegan to goldins bridge.' Joseph Ricker of Berwick, May 10, 1754, conveyed to Meturin Ricker of 'Summersworth,' 30 acres of land laid out to said Joseph Dec. 4, 1721, 'which land lyeth at a place called ye Trunnal country,' beginning at a white oak on the east side of the way that leads from Quamphegan to Golding's bridge. The Trunnel country seems to have been the marshy region in the western part of old Somersworth, but the name has not been perpetuated."7 Quamphegan was the name given to the area in western Somersworth and eastern South Berwick, Maine.      On 1 July 1760 Meturin Ricker of Somersworth, husbandman, sold to Thomas Peirce of Somersworth, land in Somersworth. The deed was also signed by Meturin's wife Lucy.8 This Thomas Pierce is a likely candidate to be the husband of their daughter Sarah (or Patience?) who married a Pierce.      When the estate of Thomas Wallingford was divided amongst his children on 10 September 1772, his daughter Hannah Brown received a 39-acre piece of land in Somersworth bordering land of Meturin Ricker.9.
	His name is often spelled Maturin, particularly in secondary accounts, but almost all primary documents with his name on them spell it Meturin. His parentage comes from the Ricker Genealogy. The name of his mother, given in that work as Rebecca Shaw, comes entirely from the word of a great-granddaughter of Meturin Sr.'s brother George, whose name also happens to be Rebecca. There are absolutely no contemporary accounts that mention either the first or the last name of "Rebecca Shaw", so we have nothing but the word of her great-grand niece to go on. She was also the first person in the family to be named Rebecca, and as she was a member of the fourth generation this seems a little unusual.10

Children of Meturin Ricker Jr. and Lucy Wallingford

Moses Ricker b. s 1730, d. b 26 Jun 1797 Nahum Ricker b. s 1737 Sarah Ricker b. s 1739 Captain Ebenezer Ricker+ b. c 1741, d. 5 Nov 1815 Thomas Ricker b. s 1743, d. b 5 Oct 1764 Patience Ricker b. s 1745 Amos Ricker b. c 1747 Mehitable Ricker b. c 1749 David Ricker+ b. c 1751, d. c 1818 Phineas Ricker b. s 1753

Lydia Garland

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Father	John Garland
Mother	Elizabeth Downs b. 1714

Last Edited

10 Oct 2011

Birth*	Lydia Garland was born in 1735. This date agrees with her baptism in 1817 at the age of 82.1
Marriage*	She married John Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Susannah (?), on 23 November 1755 in Rochester, New HampshireG.2
Death*	Lydia died after 8 December 1817, probably in Lebanon, York County, MaineG. She was baptized in Lebanon, Maine on 8 December 1817, aged 82. She probably died soon afterwards, which would explain the late baptism.3

Children of Lydia Garland and John Wallingford

Joshua Wallingford+ b. c 1759, d. 24 Nov 1836 William Wallingford d. b 17 Nov 1776 Joanna Wallingford+ b. Oct 1768, d. 9 Dec 1860 Susanna Wallingford Garland Wallingford+ b. c 1770, d. 11 Jan 1843 Tobias Wallingford+ b. 1770, d. sometime after 1840 Moses Wallingford d. 29 Mar 1847 Lydia Wallingford+ Levi Wallingford Aaron Wallingford+ b. about 1775-78, d. 27 Dec 1858

John Garland

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Last Edited

22 Oct 1998

Birth*	John Garland was born.
Marriage*	He married Elizabeth Downs, daughter of Thomas Downs and Sarah Ham.

Child of John Garland and Elizabeth Downs

Lydia Garland+ b. 1735, d. a 8 Dec 1817

Elizabeth Downs

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Father	Thomas Downs d. 1749
Mother	Sarah Ham

Last Edited

27 Jan 2001

Marriage*	She married John Garland.
Birth*	Elizabeth Downs was born in 1714.

Child of Elizabeth Downs and John Garland

Lydia Garland+ b. 1735, d. a 8 Dec 1817

Joshua Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. c 1733, d. 11 Dec 1805
Mother	Lydia Garland b. 1735, d. a 8 Dec 1817

Last Edited

30 Nov 2024

Birth*	Joshua Wallingford was born circa 1759 in Lebanon, York County, MaineG. Based on his stated age 77 at the time of his death.1,2
Marriage*	He married first Dolly (?) by 1788.3
Marriage*	He married second Sally Peavey, daughter of Edward Peavey and Lucy (?), on 26 December 1805 in New Durham, Strafford County, New HampshireG. They filed an intention of marriage in Lebanon, Maine on 5 December 1805.4 Their New Durham marriage record said that they were both of Lebanon, Maine.5,6
Death*	Joshua died after he "fell dead in the room", on 24 November 1836, in Lebanon, York County, MaineG.7,8
	In 1790 he was living in Lebanon with one male under sixteen and three females.9 Apparently he had one boy and two girls at the time, although one or two of the females could be older relatives.      On 2 April 1804 Joshua was one of seven men chosen to be either hog reeve, fence viewer or field driver in the town of Lebanon, Maine. He doesn't appear again in the Lebanon town records until 3 April 1820 when he is once again one of ten chosen to be hog reeve, fence viewer or field driver. In neither case does it details which job went to which individuals.10      In his 1873 history of Lebanon Samuel Wingate Jones writes about Joshua: "He was a son of John Wallingford and seems to have been a roving character. He made his first settlement on the lot Southeasterly of Daniel Stevens house on land now owned by Noah B. Lord. He lived there a few years and sold to Elisha Lord, who afterward lived there. Wallingford made his next settlement on the Easterly side of the road leading from West Lebanon to Great Falls, on land now believed to be owned by James B. Chamberlain. A few old apple trees and traces of an old cellar mark the place where his house stood. Here he resided for some time and then moved on the place where John Whitehouse had before made a settlement on the West side of the old highway near Berwick head line. In this place he died and his son, Lewis, inherited his property."11      Chamberlain writes: "Hon. Samuel W. Jones in his History of Lebanon p. 250 states that Joshua Wallingford was a roving character. He says that Joshua first settled on the lot on the east side of the road in West Lebanon near Dr. Jones's birthplace. This property he sold to Elisha Lord and next settled on the easterly side of the Old Road from Merrows Corner to South Lebanon Village where Dr. Jones saw traces of an old cellar. Later he lived on the west side of the Old road from South Lebanon to Berwick town line. Here Joshua Wallingford died and his son Lewis inherited his propertly. I found that by 'two wives there were thirty-two children.' Joshua Wallingford drew school money in District N. 1, South Lebanon in 1812. He paid a tax of $9.68 in June 1825. He was taxed on a house and barn and seven acres of land on the western side of the town 17 Aug 1829.12"      His obituary reads that he "fell dead in the room" and "had had two wives, one now living, and had 32 children by them." The fact that he had 32 children yet only one can be named leaves plenty of room for a lot of unattached Wallingfords running around the vicinity. Even Chamberlain, in his Lebanon, Maine Genealogies, only accounted for one child. This family is very poorly documented and much guesswork will be required to piece it together, if it is even possible at all.      Shackford lists five other children for this family, yet claims "Conjecture" as his only evidence. Three of these six are females with no further information: Salome, Ellen and Sally. Another is Daniel who married Lydia Wallingford and the fifth is Hannah who married Turner Whitehouse.13 Daniel is treated in this genealogy in the "Lebanon Wallingfords" appendix and Hannah in the "Unconnected Individuals" appendix. There is a Salome Wallingford in the "Unconnected Records" appendix, but Ellen and Sally are left out because I can find no evidence for their existence.

Child of Joshua Wallingford and Dolly (?)

Male Wallingford b. c 1788, d. 24 Oct 1805

Child of Joshua Wallingford and Sally Peavey

Lewis Wallingford+ b. 17 Nov 1814, d. 17 Mar 1878

Dolly (?)

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Last Edited

20 Feb 2006

Birth*	Dolly (?) was born.
Marriage*	She married first Joshua Wallingford, son of John Wallingford and Lydia Garland, by 1788.1
Death*	Dolly died of consumption on 31 March 1805 in Lebanon, York County, MaineG.2
	She was baptized in Lebanon, Maine as an adult on the 28th, three days before she died.3

Child of Dolly (?) and Joshua Wallingford

Male Wallingford b. c 1788, d. 24 Oct 1805

Sally Peavey

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Father	Edward Peavey
Mother	Lucy (?)

Last Edited

23 Dec 2022

Birth*	Sally Peavey was born say 1784.1
Marriage*	She married second, Joshua Wallingford, on 26 December 1805, in New Durham, Strafford County, New HampshireG. They were married by the an unknown person . They filed an intention of marriage in Lebanon, Maine on 5 December 1805.2 Their New Durham marriage record said that they were both of Lebanon, Maine..3,4
Death*	Sally died after 24 November 1836. She was still alive when her husband died.
	Information on her parentage was taken out of the Peavey/Pevey Family genealogy by LeRoy D. Peavey. A Daniel Peavey married a Hannah Young in New Durham on 30 June 1805, just six months before Sally. Perhaps he is a relation. New Durham vital records recorded in the New Hampshire Genealogical Record articles by Ann Theopold Chaplin don't record Sally's birth or anything mentioning Edward or Lucy Peavey.

Child of Sally Peavey and Joshua Wallingford

Lewis Wallingford+ b. 17 Nov 1814, d. 17 Mar 1878

Edward Peavey

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Last Edited

27 Jan 2001

Birth*	Edward Peavey was born.
Marriage*	He married Lucy (?).

Child of Edward Peavey and Lucy (?)

Sally Peavey+ b. s 1784, d. a 24 Nov 1836

Lucy (?)

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Last Edited

22 Oct 1998

Birth*	Lucy (?) was born.
Marriage*	She married Edward Peavey.

Child of Lucy (?) and Edward Peavey

Sally Peavey+ b. s 1784, d. a 24 Nov 1836

William Wallingford

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Father	John Wallingford b. c 1733, d. 11 Dec 1805
Mother	Lydia Garland b. 1735, d. a 8 Dec 1817

Last Edited

2 Jan 2001

Birth*	William Wallingford was born in Lebanon, York County, MaineG.1
Death*	William died before 17 November 1776 in Lebanon, York County, MaineG. On that date "John Wallingford requested prayers for ye sanctification of ye death of his son William." This is from records kept by Rev. Isaac Hasey.23

Joanna Wallingford

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

Father	John Wallingford b. c 1733, d. 11 Dec 1805
Mother	Lydia Garland b. 1735, d. a 8 Dec 1817

Last Edited

23 Mar 2023

Birth*	Joanna Wallingford was born in October 1768.1
Marriage*	She married Thomas Rankins, son of John Rankins and Margaret "Peggy" Dore, on 24 March 1796 in Lebanon, York County, MaineG.2
Death*	Joanna died on 9 December 1860 in Smithfield, Somerset County, MaineG. She was buried in Smithfield, Maine.3
	Thomas was assessed in the federal tax of 1 October 1798 and had 30 acres of land. He was a member of the First Free Baptist Church in West Lebanon Village from 2 October 1804 to 7 January 1806. He did not draw school money in Lebanon in 1812. They had one child.4      Thomas and Joanna had their first few children while still living in Lebanon, Maine. At some point between the firth of Joseph in Lebanon in April 1801 and the birth of Lucius in Rome in July 1806, they moved to Rome, Kennebec County, Maine. As they were members of the church in Lebanon until 7 January 1806 they likely moved around that time. They were still living there on 4 May 1822 according to an entry in the town records, but eventually moved to neighboring Smithfield, across the county line in Somerset County. They were still in Rome when the 1830 census was taken, but had moved to Smithfield by the time of the 1840 census. Their children were recorded in both the Rome and Smithfield vital records books.5      Another researcher writes that Thomas had another child with another, unknown, mother, according to a record in the Smithfield books. A Nanna/Narisa Rankins was born 26 March 1810. Another record states that Nanna Mahusa was born on that date, suggesting that she married someone named Mahusa. A further record states that Narisa Themens died in West Waterville on 29 Feb 1840, "so says her mother", and that her child Hannah Mahusen was living with her grandfather Thomas Rankins in Smithfield at the time.6      The 1850 census of Smithfield has Thomas and Joanna living there. Thomas was a farmer on property worth $300, which is less than most of his neighbors. Living with them is a Narusa Mahusen [spelling uncertain], a female age 42 and a William Rankins age 67. This daughter Narusa is confused at this time but may be more clear when looking at the original Smithfield records. If she is indeed a daughter of Thomas by another woman, she would not be a Wallingford descendant and thus not a matter of concern for this genealogy.      Joanna was supposedly still alive when the 1860 census was taken in Smithfield in June, but the only likely Rankins is one Jonah Rankins, recorded as a male, age 93. Since the age is just about right it seems likely that this is our Joanna. Living with her is Nancy Rankins, age 49, who is possibly her daughter Hannah, and a William Rankins, age 15, who is probably the same William living with them in 1850 and likely a grandson. Also living there is a Gu an unknown person ld[in]a Rankins, female, age 9. Jonah is listed as a pauper8.

Children of Joanna Wallingford and Thomas Rankins

Elizabeth Rankins b. 12 May 1797 Eleanor Rankins b. 6 Mar 1798, d. 24 Jan 1801 Joseph Rankins b. 17 Apr 1801 Ira Rankins b. 7 Nov 1803, d. 17 Nov 1806 Lucius Rankins b. 12 Jul 1806, d. possibly before 1880 Nerin Rankins b. 26 Mar 1809 Lydia Rankins b. 28 Oct 1810 Hannah Rankins b. 26 Jul 1816

Thomas Rankins

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

Father	John Rankins b. 15 Jun 1744, d. 1 May 1828
Mother	Margaret "Peggy" Dore b. b 5 May 1745, d. b 1806

Last Edited

15 Nov 2003

Birth*	Thomas Rankins was born circa 1776. Census records suggest he was born ca. 1773.1
Marriage*	He married, Joanna Wallingford, on 24 March 1796, in Lebanon, York County, MaineG. They were married by the an unknown person .2
Death*	Thomas died on 5 March 1854 in Smithfield, Somerset County, MaineG. He was buried in Smithfield, Maine.3

Children of Thomas Rankins and Joanna Wallingford

Elizabeth Rankins b. 12 May 1797 Eleanor Rankins b. 6 Mar 1798, d. 24 Jan 1801 Joseph Rankins b. 17 Apr 1801 Ira Rankins b. 7 Nov 1803, d. 17 Nov 1806 Lucius Rankins b. 12 Jul 1806, d. possibly before 1880 Nerin Rankins b. 26 Mar 1809 Lydia Rankins b. 28 Oct 1810 Hannah Rankins b. 26 Jul 1816

Child of Thomas Rankins

Narisa Rankins b. 26 Mar 1810