Michael Little

M, b. 14 March 1771 or 1772, d. 10 or 16 March 1830
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJosiah Little b. 1747, d. 1830
MotherSarah Toppan b. 1748, d. 1823
Last Edited31 Jan 2001
Birth*Michael Little was born on 14 March 1771 or 1772.1,2 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Ricker, daughter of Captain Ebenezer Ricker and Elizabeth Wallingford, after July 1801. Michael's first wife died at that time.3 
Death*Michael died 10 or 16 March 1830 in Minot, Androscoggin County, MaineG.4,5 
He was from Lewiston, Maine.6 

Citations

  1. Percy L. Ricker and Elwin R. Holland, A Genealogy of the Ricker Family (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996), p.42 (gives 1772).
  2. George Thomas Little, The Descendants of George Little Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640 (Auburn, ME: The Author, 1882), p.272 (gives 1771), p109-10 for parentage.
  3. Percy L. Ricker and Elwin R. Holland, A Genealogy of the Ricker Family (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996), p.42.
  4. Percy L. Ricker and Elwin R. Holland, A Genealogy of the Ricker Family (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996), p.42 (gives 10th).
  5. George Thomas Little, The Descendants of George Little Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640 (Auburn, ME: The Author, 1882), p.272 (gives 16th).
  6. Percy L. Ricker and Elwin R. Holland, A Genealogy of the Ricker Family (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996), p.42.

Elisha Hill

M, b. 1776, d. 1850
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Last Edited31 Oct 2003
Birth*Elisha Hill was born in 1776.1 
Marriage*He married Lucy Ricker, daughter of Captain Ebenezer Ricker and Elizabeth Wallingford, in 1803.1 
Death*Elisha died in 1850.1 

Citations

  1. Percy L. Ricker and Elwin R. Holland, A Genealogy of the Ricker Family (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996), p.43.

Charles Brown

M
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Last Edited4 Nov 1998
Birth*Charles Brown was born. 
Marriage*He married Mary Mitchell

Child of Charles Brown and Mary Mitchell

Master Joseph Tate

M, d. 1802
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Last Edited21 Dec 2000
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Saunders
Birth*Master Joseph Tate was born. 
Death*Joseph died in 1802. 

Child of Master Joseph Tate and Elizabeth Saunders

Alice Spinney

F, b. 27 March 1753
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherNicholas Spinney
Last Edited4 Nov 1998
Birth*Alice Spinney was born on 27 March 1753.1 

Citations

  1. Robert Sayward Canney, Early Marriages of Strafford County, New Hampshire, Supplement, 1630-1870 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), p.185.

Nicholas Spinney

M
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Last Edited4 Nov 1998
Birth*Nicholas Spinney was born. 

Child of Nicholas Spinney

Unknown Gore

F
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherWilliam Gore d. b 10 May 1588
MotherJoane (?)
Last Edited20 Feb 2004
Birth*Unknown Gore was born. 
Marriage*She married Andrew Wallington probably by 1629. 

Children of Unknown Gore and Andrew Wallington

William Gore

M, d. before 10 May 1588
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Last Edited5 Mar 2001
Birth*William Gore was born. 
Marriage*He married Joane (?)
Death*William died before 10 May 1588 in EnglandG

Children of William Gore and Joane (?)

Joane (?)

F
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
Last Edited4 Nov 1998
Birth*Joane (?) was born. 
Marriage*She married William Gore

Children of Joane (?) and William Gore

Jeremiah Wallingford

M, b. 11 October 1740, d. by 1783
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited26 Nov 2024
Birth*Jeremiah Wallingford was born on 11 October 1740 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*He married, Abigail White, on 1 September 1765, in Kittery, York County, MaineG. They were married by the an unknown person of Kittery. They were both living in Kittery when they filed their intention to marry there on 4 July 1765.2.3 
Death*Jeremiah died by 1783. In 1783 a deed given by his wife confirmed an assumption that he was dead, having long been away. [Rockingham Deeds, 114:513?]4 
Jeremiah was a member of the Massachusetts Provincials during the French and Indian War. In 1758 he served in Captain Samuel George's company of Colonel Jonathan Bagley's Massachusetts regiment, which mainly recruited from northeastern Massachusetts and the greater Boston area. In 1758 Bagley's regiment marched to the southern shores of Lake George, where they prepared to attack the French-held Fort Carillon (later renamed to Fort Ticonderoga] as part of General James Abercromby's army. Bagley's regiment participated in the Battle of Carillon on July 8, 1758 where they were defeated by French troops, then retreated back to camp at Lake George, where they spent the rest of the campaign season. [Fort Ticonderoga Online Collections, , date viewed 6 Nov 2023]. Later his father James Wallingford petitioned the Massachusetts government asking for reimbursement of his expenses in bringing his sick son home. It is undated but is amongst other documents dated in 1759 in the Massachusetts Archives Collection. James states that "last summer" during his time as a soldier in the said regiment his son Jeremiah was "taken Sick as he was Returning home and was not able to Travel but Stoped at Worcester at One Mr. Browns that Your Petitioner Went to Sd Worcester to fetch him home and brought him as far as Westbury and he was not able to come any further and I left him at one Mr. Howards in Sd Westbury and Returnd home that in december last I hired a chare [obsolete term for a cart or wagon] and went to Westbury and fetched him home Very weak and Ill: And that Your Petitioner was at Three pounds Charge for Time and Expence in fetching him home And one pound two shilling Charge for Doctor and Nursing after he came home As may appear by the Accts herewith Exhibited. Your Petitioner Therefore (being a Poor man and having a Great Family) Humbly prays that he may be Reimbursted and Paid the sd four pounds two shillings." James signed the petition. No answer to this petition has been found.

Jeremiah was left only 20 pounds in his father's will.5 As the eldest son you'd think he would receive more, as well as the father's land, so this may be evidence to support the premise that he had moved away to Kittery, Maine.

Parish records of the First Church and Society of Kittery, Maine contain references to a Jeremiah and Abigail Wallingford. On 6 July 1766 they renewed their baptismal covenant.6 Shackford is uncertain about the parentage of the Jeremiah who married Abigail White, so more research is necessary to prove a link here.

The Massachusetts tax valuation taken in 1771 shows Jeremiah Wallingford in Kittery with only 1 rateable poll (meaning one adult male), half a house, and a tax of 4 shillings annually. No livestock or farmland are accounted for.7

The 1790 census of Kittery shows an Abigail Wallingford as head of a family that contains four females.8 It is likely that they had more children than the one recorded here. 

Child of Jeremiah Wallingford and Abigail White

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.168 (from town records).
  2. Joseph Crook Anderson II and Lois Ware Thurston., Vital Records of Kittery, Maine To The Year 1892 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1991), p.227.
  3. Joseph Crook Anderson II and Lois Ware Thurston., Vital Records of Kittery, Maine To The Year 1892 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1991), p.152.
  4. Samuel B. Shackford, Wallingford Family Records (Typescript at New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, 1928), p.47.
  5. Essex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, File 28807.
  6. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Boston: NEHGS, 1846-), "Parish Records of the First Church and Society of Kittery, Maine, 1714 to 1791" by Robert J. Dunkle and Valerie Ruocco, October 1997, p.450.
  7. Bettye Hobbs Pruitt., The Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771 (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1978), p.760-1.
  8. 1790 U.S. Federal census, Maine, York Co., Kittery, on www.ancestry.com, image 0170, roll M637_2.

Nathaniel Wallingford

M, b. 26 September 1742, d. 17 September 1776
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited19 Dec 2000
Birth*Nathaniel Wallingford was born on 26 September 1742 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*He married Abigail Savory, daughter of Chase Savory and Priscilla Hardy, on 8 September 1768 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2 
Death*Nathaniel died on 17 September 1776 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. The church record of his death describes him as "a young married man". He was described as "deceased" in his father's will of 3 December 1776.34 
It is likely the widow Abigail who is enumerated in the 1790 census of Bradford as Abigall Walingsford, living right next door to her mother-in-law Martha. She had been granted one half of the homestead in the estate of her father-in-law. One other female was living with her at the time, perhaps her unmarried daughter Hannah.5 

Children of Nathaniel Wallingford and Abigail Savory

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.168 (from town records and records of the Bradford Second Congregational Church at East Bradford, now Groveland, Mass.).
  2. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.282 (from town records).
  3. Essex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, File 28807.
  4. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.368 (from records of the Bradford Second Congregational Church in East Bradford, now Groveland, Mass.).
  5. 1790 U.S. Federal census, Massachusetts, Essex Co., Bradford, on www.ancestry.com, image 0127, roll M637_4.

Nicholas Wallingford

M, b. 13 July 1744, d. before 7 June 1785
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited18 Dec 2007
Birth*Nicholas Wallingford was born on 13 July 1744.1 
Marriage*He married Sarah (?) on 7 December 1772 in Plaistow, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.2 
Death*Nicholas died before 7 June 1785. Nicholas was executor of his father's estate and is last mentioned in those probate records on 4 March 1782. Administration of his own estate was granted to his widow on 7 June 1785. 
Nicholas was made executor of his father's will of 3 December 1776, and to him was left all the remainder of his father's lands both in Newbury and in Bradford, as well as the west end of the dwelling house in which his mother and sisters would also be living. After his mother and sisters married or died he would get the entire house. Finally Nicholas would receive the remainder of his father's personal estate not already accounted for.3

     He is likely the Nicholas Wallingford who served a short time during the Revolutionary War. He served a total of five days, from 30 November to 4 December 1775 in Captain John Savory's detachment from the 2nd Bradford Co. They marched for the defense of Cape Ann but came back in only a few days. The muster roll was dated at Bradford and sworn to at Andover, Mass.4 A John Savory was also one of the witnesses to the will of Nicholas' father James. Savory and Nicholas Wallingford both appeared on 4 February 1782 for the probating of the will.

     On 21 March 1797, a division of real estate from the estate of Nicholas' father James was made by Lemuel Wood of Boxford, and Silas Hopkinson and Thomas Wood of Bradford, the latter probably being the second husband of Nicholas' wife Sarah. This was the land left to the grandson Nathaniel and his mother for their use until his 21st birthday, which had just occurred. In the division Nicholas (or more likely his widow and family as he was deceased by this time) received 8 acres, 100 poles and Nathaniel received 6 acres, 60 poles. The latter piece of land was bounded by the original dwelling house of James Wallingford where his widow and daughters Betty and Judith were still living.3

     Administration on the estate of Nicholas Wallingford, yeoman, of Bradford, deceased intestate, was granted to his widow Sarah on 7 June 1785. John Savory, Gentleman, and Solomon Tenney, yeoman, both of Bradford, gave bond. Sarah made her mark while the other two signed. On 27 June 1785 an inventory of his estate was taken by Capt. John Savory, Solomon Tenny and Ebenezer Hopkinson, all of Bradford. The total estate was valued at £142-11-8. This included part of a house and barn, about five acres of pasture land, other lands in "revertion", about eight acres of home land, four more acres of pasture, and three acres of common fields. Among his personal estate was "military armor", one pig, and one cow. A division of his estate was made on 29 March 1786 by John Savory, Thomas Tenny and Solomon Tenny. The widow Sarah received the west end of the house where she was then dwelling, with the cellar and barn. The land was bounded by the widow Richardson, the widow Abigail Platts, the heirs of James Wallingford, and Stephen Morse. The widow Sarah made her administrator's account on 3 July 1787 and it included mention of 4 1/2 acres of pasture land sold to Moses Wood. In an additional accounting made 12 years later on 6 May 1799 Sarah is now Sarah Wood and her husband Thomas signs the account, while Sarah makes her mark. That account mentions land sold to Nathaniel Wallingford, probably her nephew. None of the children of Nicholas were ever mentioned in his probate papers.5 
When Nicholas and Sarah were married in December 1772 they were both living in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2 

Children of Nicholas Wallingford and Sarah (?)

Citations

  1. Charles C. Wallingford and Charles H. Murrow, Three Centuries of the Wallingford and Wallingsford Families in America, 1638 to 1942 (DesMoines, Iowa: Manuscript on LDS Microfilm #1020766, 1942), p.115.
  2. Mary Ellen Brown Moulton, Vital Records of Plaistow, New Hampshire Earliest to 1900 With Supplements of Interest (Decorah, IO: Amundsen, 2007), p.173 (from records of the North Parish Church of Plaistow).
  3. Essex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, File 28807.
  4. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: a Compilation From the Archives Prepared and Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1907), 16:500.
  5. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate, File 28818.

Hannah Wallingford

F, b. 8 June 1747, d. before 3 December 1776
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited4 Mar 2000
Birth*Hannah Wallingford was born on 8 June 1747 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*She married Joseph Nelson Jr., son of Joseph Nelson and Lydia Pingree, on 7 March 1769 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. She was "of Bradford" at the time of their marriage, and Joseph was "of Rowley".2,3 
Death*Hannah probably died, before 3 December 1776 when her husband remarried. She was deceased when her father made his will on this date.4

Child of Hannah Wallingford and Joseph Nelson Jr.

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.168 (from town records).
  2. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1928), p.422.
  3. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.282 (from town copy of records).
  4. Essex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, File 28807.

Martha Wallingford

F, b. circa 1751/52, d. 25 June 1776
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited27 Mar 2001
Birth*Martha Wallingford was born circa 1751/52. (Calculated from age of 24 at death.) 
Marriage*She married William Dickinson, son of Joseph Dickinson and Sarah Jewett, on 7 June 1770 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. She was "of Bradford" at the time of their marriage intention and William was "of Rowley" at the time of their marriage.1,2 
Death*Martha died, on 25 June 1776, in Rowley, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3,4 
Her presence in the family is acknowledged in her father's will of 3 December 1776 where she is called the "late" wife of William Dickinson.5 

Child of Martha Wallingford and William Dickinson

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1928), p.423.
  2. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.282 (from town copy of records).
  3. George Brainard Blodgette, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts : A Genealogical Record of the Families Who Settled in Rowley Before 1700 With Several Generations of Their Descendants, revised, edited and published by Amos Everett Jewett (Rowley, MA: Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1933), p.98.
  4. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1928), p.458.
  5. Essex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, File 28807.

Betty Wallingford

F, b. after 1755, d. 16 March 1830
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited21 Feb 2010
Birth*Betty Wallingford was born after 1755, probably in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Her birth is not listed in the Bradford vital records, but her family probably lived there at the time. Her gravestone, if it is indeed hers, says she was aged 80 when she died in 1830, implying birth around 1750. However she was less than 21 years of age when her father wrote his will in December 1776, so would have to have been born after December 1755. In that will he continually mentioned Betty in association with her sister Judith, and always listed Betty first, so she is likely older than Judith. 
Death*Betty died unmarried, of rheumatic fever, on 16 March 1830, in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Betty is buried in the old cemetery in Groveland (formerly East Bradford), Mass., having died on this date "Aged 80". Other members of her family are buried there as well.1 She is "Betty" on her gravestone and "Betsey" in the published Bradford VRs..2 
After her father's death she apparently lived single with her mother and sister Judith in the family home in East Bradford, now Groveland, Mass. It is likely the three of them living in the household of Martha Walingsford in Bradford in the 1790 census.3

     Betty wrote a will dated 30 May 1828 in which she describes herself as a singlewoman, of Bradford, being infirm of body but of sound mind. She divided her entire estate equally between her niece Sarah Freeman and nephew James Wallingford. She appointed Nathaniel Wallingford of Bradford sole executor and the will was witnessed by David Stickney, James Hardy and Katharine Stickney. On 30 March 1830 Nathaniel Wallingford (likely her nephew) was ordered to appear at the probate court in Ipswich to present the will on 3 April 1830. On April 20 Nathaniel, of Bradford, yeoman, gave bond with David Stickney, Esq, and William Greenough, Esq., both of Bradford, and Nathaniel presented the will. On 29 June the inventory of the estate was made by Daniel Stickney, Esq., Daniel Hopkinson Jr., and William Griffiths, all of Bradford. There was no real estate, but the total personal estate was valued at $358.39, including half of a gallery pew in the Bradford East Parish meetinghouse. That same day the administrator's account was presented and showed outlays to the two beneficiaries, Sarah Freeman and James Wallingford, of $170.38 1/2 each.4 

Citations

  1. Louis A. Woodbury, Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery in Groveland, Mass. (formerly East Bradford) (Groveland, MA, 1895), p.99.
  2. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.367 (cause of death from records of the Bradford Second Congretational Church at East Bradford, now Groveland, Mass.).
  3. 1790 U.S. Federal census, Massachusetts, Essex Co., Bradford, on www.ancestry.com, image 0127, roll M637_4.
  4. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate, File 28805.

Judith Wallingford

F, b. after 1755, d. 29 December 1825
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJames Wallingford Jr. b. 5 Apr 1713, d. 10 Jan 1782
MotherMartha Wallingford b. 15 Mar 1716/17, d. 6 Feb 1799
Last Edited21 Feb 2010
Birth*Judith Wallingford was born after 1755, probably in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Her birth wasn't recorded in the Bradford records but her family was probably living there at the time. Church records of her death give her age as 69 while her gravestone says 71, which would imply a birth between 1754 and 1756. She was less than 21 years of age when her father wrote his will in December 1776, so would have to have been born after December 1755. In that will he continually mentioned Judith in association with her sister Betty, and always listed Betty first, so she is likely older than Judith. 
Death*Judith died unmarried, of palsy, on 29 December 1825, in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. She is likely the "Miss Juda Wallingford" buried in the old cemetery in Groveland (formerly East Bradford), Mass. The gravestone records her age as 71. Her parents and sister are also buried in the same cemetery.1 Records of the Bradford Second Congregational Church in East Bradford, now Groveland, record her age at death as 69, as well as her cause of death.2
































After her father's death she apparently lived single with her mother and sister Betty in the family home in East Bradford, now Groveland, Mass. It is likely the three of them living in the household of Martha Walingsford in Bradford in the 1790 census.3 

Citations

  1. Louis A. Woodbury, Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery in Groveland, Mass. (formerly East Bradford) (Groveland, MA, 1895), p.99.
  2. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.368 (cause of death from records of the Bradford Second Congregational Church at East Bradford, now Groveland, Mass.).
  3. 1790 U.S. Federal census, Massachusetts, Essex Co., Bradford, on www.ancestry.com, image 0127, roll M637_4.

Joshua Roberts

M, b. 11 October 1698, d. 27 December 1771
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherHatevil Roberts b. c 1661, d. b 3 Mar 1724/25
MotherLydia Roberts
Last Edited30 Oct 2011
Birth*Joshua Roberts was born on 11 October 1698.1 
Marriage*He married Sarah Wallingford, daughter of Nicholas Wallingford and Sarah Elithorpe, probably by 1732. Their first child was born about 1732. Evidence for their marriage exists in various probate documents of her father and her brother Jonathan, as described below. 
Death*Joshua died, on 27 December 1771, in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG, at age 73. The diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate says: "Friday Morn Dec. 27th. 1771 Mr. Josha. Roberts of Somersworth Dy'd.".2 

Children of Joshua Roberts and Sarah Wallingford

Citations

  1. Samuel B. Shackford, Wallingford Family Records (Typescript at New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, 1928), p.25.
  2. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:182.

Hannah Roberts

F, b. 1735
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJoshua Roberts b. 11 Oct 1698, d. 27 Dec 1771
MotherSarah Wallingford b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771
Last Edited7 Apr 2001
Marriage*She married Unknown Foss. Hannah was referred to as Hannah Foss in her father's 1771 will.1 
Birth*Hannah Roberts was born in 1735.2 

Citations

  1. Helen F. Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Rockingham County, NH, 1771-1799 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:798.
  2. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.

Elizabeth Roberts

F, b. 18 April 1737
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJoshua Roberts b. 11 Oct 1698, d. 27 Dec 1771
MotherSarah Wallingford b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771
Last Edited7 Apr 2001
Marriage*She married James Rollins Roberts, son of Ebenezer Roberts and Mary Rollins.1 
Birth*Elizabeth Roberts was born on 18 April 1737.2 
She was referred to as Betty Roberts in her father's 1771 will3, so one would suspect she was unmarried at that time unless, as did her elder sister Mary, she married a man named Roberts. This is actually quite possible because the diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate lists a family of "Mr. James Roberts's who Married Elizabeth Roberts".4 

Citations

  1. Richard P. Roberts, Thomas Roberts of Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants (Hartford, CT: Manuscript at Dover NH Public Library, Aug. 1998), p.477.
  2. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.
  3. Helen F. Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Rockingham County, NH, 1771-1799 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:798.
  4. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:36.

Thomas Roberts

M, b. November 1740, d. 17 July 1769
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJoshua Roberts b. 11 Oct 1698, d. 27 Dec 1771
MotherSarah Wallingford b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771
Last Edited7 Apr 2001
Birth*Thomas Roberts was born in November 1740.1 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Fall, daughter of John Fall and Lydia Jones, by 1766. Tate's diary records their first child as born in 1766.1 
Death*Thomas died on 17 July 1769. From the diary of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate: "Monday July 17, 1769. Mr. Thomas Roberts son of Mr. Joshua Roberts of Somersworth Dy'd. Buried on Tuesday 18."2 
Thomas and Elizabeth had two children, a son and a daughter.Their family is recorded in the "diary" of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate.3 

Citations

  1. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.
  2. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:125.
  3. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.

Lydia Roberts

F, b. 31 July 1743, d. after 1801
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJoshua Roberts b. 11 Oct 1698, d. 27 Dec 1771
MotherSarah Wallingford b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771
Last Edited7 Apr 2001
Birth*Lydia Roberts was born on 31 July 1743.1 
Marriage*She married John Knight, son of Daniel Knight and Mehitable Libby, by 1764. She was called Lydia Knight in her father's 1771 will.2 Their youngest child (recorded by Tate) was born in 1764. 
Death*Lydia died after 1801.3 
Their family is recorded in the "diary" of Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate. Four children are listed born between 1764 and 1772,4 so they must have lived in Somersworth during that period. They later moved to Alfred, Maine, having a total of eight children in all.5 

Citations

  1. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.
  2. Helen F. Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Rockingham County, NH, 1771-1799 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:798.
  3. Richard P. Roberts, Thomas Roberts of Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants (Hartford, CT: Manuscript at Dover NH Public Library, Aug. 1998), p.478.
  4. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 73:314.
  5. Richard P. Roberts, Thomas Roberts of Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants (Hartford, CT: Manuscript at Dover NH Public Library, Aug. 1998), p.478.

Joshua Roberts

M, b. 13 July 1746, d. 19 March 1822
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJoshua Roberts b. 11 Oct 1698, d. 27 Dec 1771
MotherSarah Wallingford b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771
Last Edited7 Apr 2001
Birth*Joshua Roberts was born on 13 July 1746.1 
Marriage*He married first Joanna Wentworth, daughter of Mark Wentworth and Elizabeth Wentworth, on 8 December 1766.2,3 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Hughes after 1785. Elizabeth had previously been married to a man named Nicols.45 
Death*Joshua died on 19 March 1822 in Brunswick, Cumberland County, MaineG.6 
Joshua was made executor of his father's estate in 1772.7 Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate records four children for Joshua and Joanna born between 1768 and 1775, with the fourth dying the day she was born.8 They had ten children in all, and he had one or more additional children by his second wife. Joshua was a captain during the Revolutionary War. He entered service in 1777 sa a first lieutenant in Capt. James Libby's Co. of Col. Stephen Evans' Regiment. He lived in Somersworth, NH and Brunswick, Maine, showing up in the latter place in the 1810 and 1820 censuses.4 

Citations

  1. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.
  2. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39 (no date).
  3. Richard P. Roberts, Thomas Roberts of Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants (Hartford, CT: Manuscript at Dover NH Public Library, Aug. 1998), p.478 (includes date).
  4. Richard P. Roberts, Thomas Roberts of Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants (Hartford, CT: Manuscript at Dover NH Public Library, Aug. 1998), p.478.
  5. Richard P. Roberts, Thomas Roberts of Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants (Hartford, CT: Manuscript at Dover NH Public Library, Aug. 1998), p.478.
  6. William Edgar Wentworth, Vital Records 1790-1829 from Dover, New Hampshire's First Newspaper (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p.214.
  7. Helen F. Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Rockingham County, NH, 1771-1799 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:798.
  8. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:39.

Mary Roberts

F, b. say 1732, d. by about 1762
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherJoshua Roberts b. 11 Oct 1698, d. 27 Dec 1771
MotherSarah Wallingford b. 16 Jun 1704, d. a 1771
Last Edited30 Oct 2011
Birth*Mary Roberts was born say 1732. 
Marriage*She married first Hatevil Roberts, son of Samuel Roberts and Sarah Lord, in early 1749. Mary and Hatevil had two children.12 
Marriage*She married second Job Clements, son of James Clements and Sarah Wallingford, circa 1753 in Dover, New HampshireG. Job and Mary had two children.34 
Death*Mary died by about 1762, when her second husband Job remarried, probably in Somersworth, New HampshireG
Secondary sources often either neglect to mention Mary as a child of Joshua and Sarah Roberts or put her last in the family. She was actually their first child. Her parentage is proven by the will of her father Joshua Roberts who names his grandchildren Samuel and Olive Roberts, children of his deceased daughter Molly Roberts.5 

Citations

  1. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 74:41.
  2. Website Source: Message from Robert Hanscom on Wallingford Forum, http://genforum.genealogy.com/wallingford/messages/51.html, dated 17 Mar 1999.
  3. Joseph Tate, "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N.H., From a Manuscript in the Possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73-74 (Oct 1919, Jan, April, July 1920), 73:307.
  4. Percival Wood Clement, Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England: First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts (Philadelphia: Patterson & White, 1927), p.140.
  5. Helen F. Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Rockingham County, NH, 1771-1799 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:798.

Benjamin George

M, b. 11 October 1704, d. 22 October 1754
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherFrancis George
MotherSarah Hadlock
Last Edited2 Sep 2022
Birth*Benjamin George was born on 11 October 1704 in Amesbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*He married Margaret Wallingford, daughter of Nicholas Wallingford and Sarah Elithorpe, on 8 August 1728 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2 
Death*Benjamin died on 22 October 1754 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3 

Children of Benjamin George and Margaret Wallingford

Citations

  1. Samuel B. Shackford, Wallingford Family Records (Typescript at New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, 1928), p.26.
  2. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), p.281 (from town records).
  3. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p.602.

Benjamin George

M, b. 4 August 1734, d. before October 1739
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherBenjamin George b. 11 Oct 1704, d. 22 Oct 1754
MotherMargaret Wallingford b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793
Last Edited2 Sep 2022
Birth*Benjamin George was born on 4 August 1734 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
Death*He died before October 1739. He likely died before his parents had another Benjamin born on 2 Oct 1739. 

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p.177.

Martha George

F, b. 4 October 1737
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherBenjamin George b. 11 Oct 1704, d. 22 Oct 1754
MotherMargaret Wallingford b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793
Last Edited2 Sep 2022
Birth*Martha George was born on 4 October 1737 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
She may be the Martha George who married James Hayes in Newbury, Mass. on 24 Apr 1757.2 

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p.177.
  2. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), Marriages, p. 189.

Abigail Thing

F, b. 1 December 1700
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherSamuel Thing b. 3 Jul 1667, d. c 1748
MotherAbigail Gilman b. 3 Nov 1674, d. 7 Nov 1725
Last Edited29 Dec 2022
Marriage*Abigail Thing married Capt. John Gilman, son of Capt. John Gilman and Dorothy Wiggin
Birth*Abigail Thing was born on 1 December 1700 in Exeter, New HampshireG

Nicholas George

M, b. 26 November 1729
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherBenjamin George b. 11 Oct 1704, d. 22 Oct 1754
MotherMargaret Wallingford b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793
Last Edited2 Sep 2022
Birth*Nicholas George was born on 26 November 1729 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 
He may be the Nicholas George who married Mary Jillings in Newbury, Mass. on 18 May 1755.2 

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p.177.
  2. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), Marriages, p. 189.

Jonathan George

M, b. 24 August 1741
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherBenjamin George b. 11 Oct 1704, d. 22 Oct 1754
MotherMargaret Wallingford b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793
Last Edited2 Sep 2022
Birth*Jonathan George was born on 24 August 1741 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p.177.

Simeon George

M, b. 8 May 1743
This research is a work in progress, taken from sources of varying reliability. The information should be verified before being relied upon.
FatherBenjamin George b. 11 Oct 1704, d. 22 Oct 1754
MotherMargaret Wallingford b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793
Last Edited2 Sep 2022
Baptism*Simeon George was baptized on 8 May 1743 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1 

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p.177.