The Cressy Family
Cressey Genealogy
Received from Charlotte Cressy, Portland, Maine, 1953.
LeRoy D. Cressy, Jr.
Story
of
Your Ancestors
Dated at Buxton, Maine, August 10, 1935
21st Anniversary of Reunion
Compiled by
ERNEST W. CRESSEY
Bar Mills, Maine
Westbrook, Maine
Henry S. Cobb, Printer
1935
DEDICATED
to the
CRESSEY ASSOCIATION
and the
FUTURE GENERATIONS
of the
CRESSEY FAMILY
| ``This shall be written for the generations to come.'' |
| --Ps. 102, 18. |
| ``Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.'' |
| --Joel 1: 3. |
ERNEST WOODBURY CRESSEY
Bar Mills, Maine
President Cressey Association
1914-1935
CRESSEY FAMILY REUNION
with Mr. And Mrs. Philip S. Brooks, Buxton, Maine
August, 1926
Ancestor hunter, Bartlett, a member Boston Genealogical Society, says: ``Those of us who have English ancestors like to imagine them living in age-lovely castles on lofty heights and riding forth in suits of armor on charging steeds to battle at the tournament.
In reality they lived in the most unpretentious of cottages, cosy and comfortable, but not castles.
Even the New England blue-blood is very seldom the descendant of nobility, but rather of the English farmer and laborer. They spent most of their time at the unromantic but extremely healthy occupation of tilling the soil. Only about 10 per cent of the early New England settlers were descended from the nobility. We may have some traditional history about Lords, Dukes and Earls, but until we can know the facts we had better be content and believe that our ancestry over the seas were just common men and women who were law-abiding and God-fearing and worked for an honest living.''
Daniel Webster said: ``The man who feels no sentiment of veneration for the memory of his forefathers; who has no natural regard for his ancestors or his kindred, is himself unworthy of kindred regard or remembrance.''
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Sir Hugh de Cressey, a Norman, m. 2nd Margaret, dau. and heir of Sir William de Cheney (time Henry II), and was succeeded by his son, by 1st wife, Sir Roger de Cressey, who was Lord of Hodsack, and was in arms against King John of Bohemia, and also with Henry I, but at length made peace. Sir Roger m. Isabel, dau. and heir of Sir Hubert de Rie (father of Stephen). |
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| Sir Hugh was Knight and Baron. | |
| Sir Roger was Lord of Hodsack. | |
| Sir John of Hodsack fell at battle of Shrewsbury. | |
| Sir William was Judge of Kings bench in Ireland. | |
| Sir Henry of Owlcates, father of William -- Coat of Arms. | |
| Sir Edward held a manor at Kent. | |
| Sir Edward Shepherd was a Knight. | |
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The wills of Sir Hugh and Sir John are in the Lincoln Episcopal register. |
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A recumbent figure in the Church at Surifleet, tradition says it is Sir Roger de Cressey, former Lord of Hodsack. |
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William Cressey of Owlcates, England, was eldest son and heir of Henry Cressey by his second wife, Katherine, dau. of Richard Smith of Walkingham.
The same Coat of Arms also belongs to Richard Cressey of West Ravendell in Lincoln County. Gentleman aged 34 anno 1666, who married his first wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael Monckton of the Isle of Axholme, by whom he had one dau., Susanna. His second wife was Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Dowdeswell.
The said Richard was eldest son and heir of Arthur Cressey of Scawberry in Lincoln County, by his wife, Susanna, dau. of Richard Thorald of Grimsby, Lincoln County, England.
A Lion, rampant black, with two tails upon a silver shield and a crest of an eagle's head and wings above a ducal crown of gold with an old English `C' below.
Dated on the feast of St. Philip and St. James, May 1, 1346.
He leaves his body to be buried in the Church of St. Lawrence of Surifleet, and bequeathed small amounts to the poor of about 25 towns, to every house of Piavs in Lincoln, Stanpond and Boston, England.
Many other legacies are to his sisters, Matilda and Agnes, £4 40s. ; six small silver dishes to Sibilla Cressey, and a sapphire ring to Roger Cressey; a belt and purse to Thomas Cressey; his horse called Grisel of Sunpringham to Hugh Cressey of Marlton; another horse called Morel of Croyland to John Cressey; to his wife, Matilda, he bequeaths in trust the Manor of Claypole with all lands and tenements, and the residue to his wife as his legatee for life and then to his heirs, which legacy is charged to her account.
ORIGINAL CRESSEY COAT OF ARMS
(from England)
Rev. Fr. John Robert Cressey was b. about 1400 at Boston, England; graduated at Oxford College and Divinity School. Even while a student he distinguished himself as a theologian. He wrote quite extensively; was very active in religious work, and flourished about 1450. His writings were scholarly, and his preaching eloquent. He belonged to the Carmelite House and became head of his monastery at Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and died there about 1465.
Sir Hugh Cressey was b. about 1575 in England; graduated at Oxford College and Law School; was a Barrister (or lawyer) at Lincoln's Inn, and was descended from an ancient and genteel family settled at Holme, near Hodsack, Nottinghamshire, England. He m. a dau. of Thomas D'Oylie, M.D., an eminent London physician. He probably belonged to the Church of England, (Presbyterian).
Rev. Hugh Paulinus Cressey, B.A., M.A., D.D., son of Sir Hugh, was b. in 1605 at Thorp Salvin in Yorkshire, England. At 14 he went to Oxford College, where he graduated, B.A. In 1623 when 18. In 1625 he was elected a probationer of Merton College and in 1626 was made a true and perpetual fellow of that society. After having commenced M.A. in 1629 and taken holy orders he officiated as Chaplain to Sir Thomas Lord Wentworth while that nobleman was president of the council of York, and later Lord Deputy of Ireland and Earl of Strafford. In 1635 he was installed in Christ Church, Dublin, Ireland. While at Oxford, Cressey was accounted a quick and accurate disputant, a man of good nature, manners and refinedness of soul. He returned to England in 1642 and obtained a Canonary of Windsor; wrote the Church History of England from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman Conquest. His scholarly attainments and power as a preacher have given him favor with all the churches of England and his ministry has been honored by the Protestant and Catholic Churches. After mature consideration and many conferences with D.D.'s he was reconciled to the Roman Church, and made a public recantation at Rome before the inquisition in 1646. He went to Paris to prepare for the Priesthood, and while there he was befriended by Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, who assigned him a hundred crowns to defray the cost of a journey to a monastery. He became a Benedictine Monk at St. Gregory's, Douay, August 22, 1649. On the m. of Charles II with Catherine of Braganza he became one of her Majesty's servants and resided mostly at Somerset House in the Strand. Rev. Fr. Cressey d. at East Grinstead, Sussex, England, in the house of Richard Caryll, a gentleman of an ancient Catholic family, on August 10, 1674, and was buried in the Parish Church.
Professor Edward Cressey was b. in 1792 at Dartford, Kent, England; was educated at Rawes Academy, Bromley, Kent; was an architect and civil engineer. He became a pupil of James Perkins, an architect of Ely Place, and served 2 years with George Smith of Mercer's Hall. In 1816, in company with his friend, George Taylor, he undertook a walking tour through England for the purpose of studying, measuring, and drawing the cathedrals and most interesting buildings. Cressey became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1820, also a member of the British Archaeological Association. He m. in 1824 Eliza Taylor, by whom he had 2 sons and 2 dau's. His eldest son, Edward, Jr., followed his father's profession with great success. Edward, Sr., d. at South Darenth, Kent, in 1858, at 66; son d. in 1870 at 47.
Sir Edward Shepherd Cressey (Creasy), M.A., was b. in 1812 at Bexley, Kent, England, where his father was a land agent, auctioneer and publisher. Young Cressey, having displayed intellectual leanings, was placed on the Eton Foundation and obtained the Newcastle Scholarship in 1831. He became fellow of King's College in Cambridge in 1834 and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1837; was assistant Judge at Westminster Court. In 1840 he was professor of modern and ancient history in London University. In 1860 was Chief Justice of Ceylon, and received the honor of Knighthood. He wrote ``Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World,'' ``History of England,'' and assisted in ``Tipperary Papers.'' He was a man of vast and very accurate knowledge; died in England, January 27, 1878, at 66.
The place named Cressey (Crecy) is a village of Somme in Northern France, noted, but brought from obscurity to fame as the scene of the decisive victory in 1346 of King Edward III of England over King Philip VI of France, and other allies. King Philip marched from Abbeville, forded the Somme river to Cressey, where the battle took place. King Edward used the much boasted windmill for an observatory.
The ``Black Prince'' was the foremost leader of the English army and he so gallantly won his spurs that his father, the King, took the hero in his arms and kissed him.
It was Saturday, the 26th of August, 1346. On that memorable day, that picturesque old figure of the battle of Cressey, the blind and gray-headed King John of Bohemia, son of one monarch and father of another, was slain linked to two of his knights with their horses fastened to each other by the bridles and fighting most valiantly with his sword to his death.
The thought is an inspiring one. The ghastly sight the next day moved King Edward to tears. But that did not prevent him taking the motto (I Serve) and feathers of the dead monarch for his own and the princes of Wales have ever since retained them. The English took 9 princes, over 1,200 knights, 1,500 lords, and over 4,000 men-at-arms. The victory was the pride and boast of the English for centuries. They fought with bows and arrows, swords and small cannon. King John is one of the few characters of history that the despoiling hand of the ``fact-lover'' has not touched, and the story of his gallant bearing remains today in all its simple majesty.
In 1896 he had a monument raised to his memory after more than 500 years of neglect.
This famous village was from that day to be widely known to fame as the place where the great ``Plantagenet,'' or members of the English royal family, a line of Kings which ruled England for nearly 350 years, after being so keenly hunted, turned to bay. It was Cressey.
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Mighill1 Cressey (Mighel Cresse),
the emigrant,
was probably
born in Kent County, England, in 1628, and landed at
``Royal Side'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., in 1649, when he
was 21.
It is said the family has been traced back to 1066 A.D.,
when a Cressey was with William, the Duke of Normandy, France,
who crossed to England and became William the Conqueror. The
records indicate that there were two young men whose names
were Mighel and William Cresse, who lived in the Salem township
before 1650. They probably came with Captain Thomas Lothrop,
by whom they were employed. William1
was living
in the family of
Mordica Larcom of Beverly Farms in 1661, and later went to
Stamford, Connecticut, and probably was the ancestor of the
families that spell the name Crissey. It was Captain Lothrop
who, with 60 of his soldiers, fell in the massacre
by the Indians during King Philip's War at `` Bloody Brook''
in Deerfield, Mass., on September 18, 1675. They were styled
the ``Flower of Essex.'' Maghill1
lived in the
Lothrop family
and the family of Joshua Ray, who lived on Conant Street,
North Beverly, whose dau. Berthia had m. Captain Lothrop. He
lived here until his m. with Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth
Batchelder of ``Royal Side.'' John Batchelder was b. in
Canterbury, England, in 1611; was a tailor. He sailed from
Sandwich in 1637; built a house near the present golf grounds,
near Elliott Street; was a member of a military company.
He d. in 1675 at 64; estate valued at £230 . His will
begins: ``I bequeath my soul to the Lord Jesus, my Redeemer,
and my body to my friends, by them only to be interred, and
what estate the Lord hast given, I dispose of, etc.''
Mighill1 Cressey, farmer, m.
Mary Batchelder in
1658, who
was baptized at the First Church in Salem, September
19, 1640, and d. in child-bed in 1659, leaving a son,
John,2 who was brought up by his
grandfather, and
uncle,
Joseph Batchelder. Mighill moved to Ipswich and m. (2) in
1660 Mary, dau. of Mark Quilter, b. in 1641. He d. in
Ipswich in 1670 at 42; value of estate as per inventory,
£52 17s. 10d. His widow moved to Rowley with her 3
children and m. (2) in 1671 Joseph Horsley, who d. in 1699.
She d. in Rowley May 7, 1707 at 67.
Mighill1 was
probably
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| 2 | I. |
(Dea.) John2, b. August, 1659, at ``Royal Side,'' now Beverly, Mass., m. Sarah Gaines. |
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Maghill, b. April 1, 1661, in Ipswich, m. Sarah Hidden of Rowley. |
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| 4 | III. |
William, b. 1663 in Ipswich, m. Anne Hidden of Rowley. |
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Mary, b. 1667 in Ipswich, m. 1698 Samuel Hidden of Rowley. He d. in 1717. She d. about 1722. Ch.: Joseph, Mary, Samuel, Stephen. |
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THE SECOND CHURCH IN BEVERLY, MASS. |
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Dea. John2 Cressey (Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., in August, 1659. His mother d. leaving him an infant and he was brought up by his grandfather Batchelder. At his grandfather's death he chose in court his uncle, Joseph Batchelder, to be his guardian in 1675, when he was 16. His father d. in 1670 and left him 6 acres of land along ``Royal Neck'' and £5 English money. When a young man he bought several lots of land and probably owned 100 acres, including the property he bought in 1709, which appears to have been the home of his boyhood, which runs through the golf grounds, and has been owned by descendants for more than 200 years. His trade was a weaver and tailor. In manhood Dea. Cressey became a prominent and influential director in the political and religious activities of the community. He was a charter member and first deacon of the Second Church in Beverly. The meetinghouse was built in 1714 and stands today, 1935. The church was organized in 1715 with 15 members, all men. Rev. John Chipman was first pastor. His name is found among the trustees of the land set apart for the erection of the first schoolhouse at ``Royal Side'' in 1692, which was located on Conant Street. He m. in 1685 Sarah, dau. of John and Mary (Treadwell) Gaines of Ipswich. He d. in 1735. She d. in 1751; buried at North Beverly. |
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| 6 | I. |
Mary3, b. 1686, m. Joseph Foster, shoemaker, 1712. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. 1714. She d. 1714. |
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John, b. 1688, d. 1690. |
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| 8 | III. |
Sarah, b. 1692, m. 1718 James Smith. Ch.: Sarah, Mary, James, Abigail, m. Dea. Roundy. |
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John, b. 1694, m. Mary Lovett. |
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| 10 | V. |
Joseph, b. 1696, m. Sarah Dodge. |
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(Lieut.) Daniel, b. 1698, m. Sarah Ingleson of Salem. |
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Job, b. 1700, m. (1) Rebecca Diamond, (2) Berthia Batchelder. |
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| 13 | VIII. |
Benjamin, b. 1702, m. Christian Trask. |
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Hannah, b. 1705, m. Daniel Wallis of Beverly, shoemaker. She d. 1762. Ch.: 1 (Dea.) Caleb, son Bartholomew, son Andrew W., son Andrew II, son Joseph F., b. 1835, m. 1859 Angeline Caldwell, b. 1839. Ch.: (1) Edward, (2) Everett, (3) Fred H. Wallis and (4) Mabel A., m. Benjamin Holbrook. 2 Daniel, Jr., 3 Hannah, 4 John, 5 Sarah, 6 Bartholomew, 7 Mary, 8 Eben, 9 Daniel, 10 Hannah. |
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Abigail, b. 1707, m. 1729 Bartholomew Allen, sailor, d. at sea, 1770; 2 children. |
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| 16 | XI. |
Noah, b. 1710, m. (1) Rebecca Trask, (2) Anna Roundy. |
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Mighill2 (Mighill1) was b. in Ipswich, Mass., 1661, m. 1686 Sarah, dau. Andrew and Sarah Hidden of Rowley. He moved to Rowley with his mother when he was 10. She m. (2) Joseph Horsley and at his death Mighill2 bought all of his stepfather's property. He settled his estate in his lifetime. Sarah's mother d. in 1829 at about 103. Mighill2 d. in Rowley, 1740. She d. 1751 in 90th year. |
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Mighill3, b. 1688, m. Martha Dutch of Ipswich. He d. 1720, no children. |
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| 18 | II. |
Joseph, b. December 5, 1690, d. before 1740. |
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| 19 | III. |
Sarah, b. 1692, m. Benj. Scott of Rowley, grandson of Margaret Scott, who was hanged as a witch in 1692. Ch.: Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, Jane. |
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| 20 | IV. |
Jonathan, b. 1695, m. (1) Sarah Harris, (2) Eleanor Bartor. |
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| 21 | V. |
Tamer, b. February 4, 1697, d. May 29, 1716. |
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| 22 | VI. |
Abigail, b. 1701, m. 1720 William Rouse of Rowley. Ch.: Infant, Abigail, Sarah, Mehitable. |
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| 23 | VII. |
David, b. 1703, m. (1) Hephzibah Platts, (2) Ruth Warren. |
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William2 Cressey (Mighill1) was b. in Ipswich, Mass., 1663. He moved to Rowley with his mother in 1671, when he was 8; m. 1686 Anne, dau. of Andrew and Sarah (Houston) Hidden of Rowley. He d. in 1718 at 55. She d. in 1748 at 80. Son,. John,3 administrator. |
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Anne3, b. 1688, m. Samuel Tenney in 1712. She d. in 1717. |
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| 25 | II. |
William, b. 1690, m. Mary -----. He d. in Ipswich, 1714. She d. Rowley, 1723. |
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| 26 | III. |
John, b. December 4, 1692, m. Sarah Davis. |
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| 27 | IV. |
Mary, b. November 4, 1696, m. 1717 James Brown of Rowley. |
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| 28 | V. |
Hannah, b. 1699, m. 1725 John Hodgkins of Rowley. |
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| 29 | VI. |
Abel, b. December 27, 1700, m. Hannah Lowell of Newbury. |
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| 30 | VII. |
Samuel, b. 1704, m. (1) Mary Andrews, (2) Martha Veran. |
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| 31 | VIII. |
Mark, bapt. March 24, 1706, d. young. |
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| 32 | IX. |
Joseph, b. July 4, bapt. July 6, 1707, m. Elizabeth Jones, Ipswich. |
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John3 Cressey (John2, Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., August 5, 1694, m. 1717 Mary Lovett, Beverly. He lived on a portion of his father's land adjoining Captain Herrick's land, containing 9 acres, more or less, with house and barn thereon. He d. 1718 at 24. She m. 1722 John Conant of Beverly. She d. 1766, about 75. |
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| 33 | I. |
John4, bapt. February 1, 1718, m. Elizabeth Woodbury, Salem. |
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Joseph3 Cressey (John,2 Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., in 1696, m. (1) in 1718 Sarah Dodge of Beverly, d. 1732, m. (2) in 1734 Hannah Holton, Beverly. In 1737 Joseph3 bought of his brother Daniel3 a piece of land containing 13 acres of upland and salt marsh with dwelling house and barn for $300. On the same day he bought of his brother Job3 land known by the name of ``Read's and Newman's'' for $100. Joseph3 d. in 1767 in 71st year. Joseph3 and Noah3 were joint executors of their father's will (Dea. John2). His widow Hannah and son Andrew4 were executors of Joseph's will. She d. in 1783 at 74. |
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Sarah4, b. 1734, m. 1758 Samuel Dove of Salem. Salem. Ch.: William, Samuel, Nancy, Hannah, Susanna. |
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| 40 | VII. |
Susanna, b. 1736, m. 1764 Joseph Masury of Salem. He d. and she m. (2) John Rollins. Ch.: Joseph Masury, m. Sarah Cressey, James, John, Susanna, Lydia. |
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| 41 | VIII. |
Joseph, b. August 10, 1738, d. before 1767. |
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| 42 | IX. |
Mehitable, b. March 25, 1740, m. 1767 Nathaniel Yell. |
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| 43 | X. |
James, bapt. March 11, 1743, d. before 1767. |
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| 44 | XI. |
Andrew, bapt. February 9, 1745, m. Mary Woodbury of Beverly. |
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| 45 | XII. |
Amos, bapt. October 2, 1748, m. 1774 Anna Thissell. |
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| 46 | XIII. |
Hannah, b. about 1750, m. 1769 Benj. Woodman, Jr., Salem. Ch.: Susanna, Nancy, Hannah, m. Eben Wallis, Lydia, m. Wm. Herrick. |
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Lieutenant Daniel3 Cressey (John,2 Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., July 11, 1698, m. 1720 Sarah Ingleson of Beverly. He was a shoemaker by trade and probably a tanner of leather. The records say he was a ``cordwainer.'' He lived on the 13-acre lot with a house and barn thereon, which his father (Dea. John2) bought of John Green in 1695. In 1737 Daniel moved to Andover and sold out. About 1740 he bought land and buildings in Methuen and later a part of this town was set off where he lived as Salem, N.H., and he served as selectman. He united with the First Church in Boston in 1716 when 17, and in 1740 asked for a letter to unite at Methuen. He was a soldier in the war between France and England, New England forces, called ``Rogers' Rangers,'' and served as Lieutenant in this the third colonial war. He was at the seige and surrender of the French at Louisburg, Cape Breton Islands, in 1745. About the close of the war in 1748 he was shot and murdered for his money by an English officer from England, Lieutenant James Hadley. He changed his name and fled to England. The widow was left with 9 living children. She moved to Hampton, Connecticut, where 3 of their daughters married 3 brothers by the name of Ashley. She d. there at the home of one of her daughters. He was about 50. |
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| Children, 9 b. Beverly, 2 Methuen: | |||
| 47 | I. |
John4, b. July 31, 1721, m. Deborah Wadleigh of Boston. |
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| 48 | II. |
Ruth, b. January 1723, d. young. |
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| 49 | III. |
Mary, b. 1724, m. 1745 Abner Ashley, Hampton, Connecticut. She d. 1786. He d. 1801. Ch. b. in Hampton: Jonathan, Mary, Eliza, Ruth, Abner, Samuel, Daniel, Hannah, m. Joseph Cressey, Gorham, Maine, Lucy. |
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Ruth, bapt. 1726, m. 1746 Samuel Ashley, Jr., of Hampton. He was a man of wealth, and served the town, owned a farm of 280 acres, member Military Company and Congregational Church. He d. in 1791 in Connecticut. |
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| 51 | V. |
Sarah, b. 1729, m. 1751 Joseph Ashley of Hampton, Connecticut. Ch.: Sarah, Anna, Joseph, Love. |
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| 52 | VI. |
Daniel, b. 1730, m. (1) Eunice S. Morgan, (2) Abigail (Bowers) Allen. |
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| 53 | VII. |
Joseph, bapt. 1732, m. widow Freelove (Wadleigh) Hall. |
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| 54 | VIII. |
Elizabeth, bapt. September 21, 1735. |
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| 55 | IX. |
Richard, b. 1737, m. Susan Eaton of Methuen. |
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| 56 | X. |
Ebenezer, b. 1740 in Methuen, was a tanner, wealthy, d. 1818, Pomfret, Connecticut. |
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| 57 | XI. |
Anna, b. 1742 in Methuen, m. Nathan Griggs, Jr., 1762 in Pomfret. Ch.: Elizabeth, Easter, Anna. |
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Job3 Cressey (John2 Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., in 1700, m. (1) 1723 Rebecca Diamond of Marblehead. She d. 1844. (2) in 1746 Berthia Batchelder of Beverly. He was a tailor by trade. His father (John2) left in his will a certain piece of land called ``Read's and Newman's'' for his two sons, Job3 and Daniel,3 to divide equally. He d. in 1781 in 82nd year. Estate: £552 13s. 2d. Son Nathaniel administrator. |
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| Children b. Beverly: | |||
| 58 | I. |
Nathaniel,4 b. 1724, m. (1) Sarah Ober, (2) Elizabeth Conant, (3) Hitty Haskell. |
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| 59 | II. |
Lucy, b. 1726, m. 1750 Joseph Gavett of Salem. |
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| 60 | III. |
Rebecca, b. 1727, d. young. |
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| 61 | IV. |
Job, bapt. January 10, 1730. |
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| 62 | V. |
Abigail, bapt. June 25, 1732. |
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| 63 | VI. |
Anne, bapt. July 28, 1734. |
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| 64 | VII. |
Mary, bapt. August 1, 1736. |
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| 65 | VIII. |
Rebecca, bapt. January 24, 1741, m. 1764 John Ingleson of Danvers. |
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Benjamin3 Cressey (John,2 Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., in 1702, m. 1725 Christian Trask of Beverly. She was b. 1701 and d. before husband. He was a wheelwright by trade. He and his brother Joseph3 were given certain rights in common by their father's will. He d. 1783 at 81. Peter Dodge, his son-in-law, executor. Value estate £724 12s. 5d. |
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| Children b. Beverly: | |||
| 66 | I. |
Benjamin4, b. May 7, 1726, m. Mehitable Brown. |
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| 67 | II. |
William, b. December 20, 1728, d. 1753 at 25. |
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| 68 | III. |
Samuel, bapt. November 1, 1730, d. 1731. |
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| 69 | IV. |
Samuel, b. July 6, 1733, d. 1750 at 17. |
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| 70 | V. |
Elizabeth, b. 1736, m. (1) 1756 William Batchelder, (2) Peter Dodge. |
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| 71 | VI. |
Anna, b. 1738, m. (1) 1764 William Dodge, Jr., (2) Daniel Fisher. |
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| 72 | VII. |
Josiah, b. July 18, 1740, m. Miriam Trask. |
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| 73 | VIII. |
Israel, b. June, bapt. June 24, 1744, d. young. |
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Noah3 Cressey (John,2 Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., 1710, m. (1) Rebecca Trask, Salem, 1733. She d. 1758; (2) Anna Roundy in 1759. He was a weaver by trade. His father, Dea. John,2 gave him the property which he bought in 1709, formerly owned by John, Joseph, and then Joseph Batchelder, Jr.'s estate on the old way to ``Royal Side,'' which runs through the golf grounds, and located near Elliott Street. He d. 1784 at 74. His will was dated August 26, 1784. His sons, Jonathan and Nathan, executors. |
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| 74 | I. |
Jonathan,4 b. 1738, m. 1759 Mehitable Hutchinson Trask. |
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| 75 | II. |
Noah, bapt. August 20, 1740, d. before father's will was made. |
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| 76 | III. |
Nathan, bapt. July 31, 1743, m. 1788 Phebe Kimball. |
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Jonathan3 Cressey (Mighill,2 Mighill1) was b. in 1695 in Rowley, Mass., m. (1) 1722 Sarah, dau. Dea. Timothy Harris of Rowley, (2) in 1724 Eleanor Bartor of Kittery, Maine. In 1726 he moved to Littleton, Mass., having bought 200 acres of land for £600 . He moved to Groton in 1744, where he was living in 1752. |
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Children, 2 b. Rowley, 4 b. Littleton: |
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| 77 | I. |
Mary4, bapt. January 13, 1723, d. young. |
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| 78 | II. |
Sarah, b. 1725, d. April 22, 1726. |
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| 79 | III. |
Michael, b. August 10, 1728, m. Katharine Wetherbee. |
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| 80 | IV. |
Hepsibath, b. 1730, m. (1) Josiah Chamberlain, (2) Nathaniel Burnham. |
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| 81 | V. |
Jonathan, b. May 14, 1732, m. Anna Davis of Groton. |
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| 82 | VI. |
Tamer, b. August 19, 1733, unm. |
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David3 Cressey (Mighill,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., in 1703, m. (1) 1727 Hephzibah, dau. Sergeant John Platts, Rowley. She d. in 1768. He m. (2) in 1771 Ruth Warren of Littleton. He bought 90 acres of land with buildings in Littleton for £120. On this farm he lived and d. in 1779 at 76. |
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Children b. Rowley, Mass.: |
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Ch. d. young. |
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| 88 | VI. |
John,4 bapt. October 31, 1736, m. Abigail Blodgette. He d. in Littleton, 1780. |
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John3 Cressey (William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., 1692, m. in 1720 Sarah, dau. of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Hidden) Davis of Rowley. Mr. Davis was a Narragansett soldier in King Philip's war in 1675. Mr. Cressey lived on Bradford Street in Rowley. He d. September 4, 1741, at 49. Estate was valued at £855. Widow d. 1771. |
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Children b. Rowley: |
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| 89 | I. |
Elizabeth,4 bapt. 1722, m. Benjamin Smith 1742. He d. 1752. She d. 1777. |
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Ch. d. young. |
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| 94 | VI. |
Lieutenant Mark, b. 1733, m. Elizabeth Richards, (2) Elizabeth Hale. |
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| 95 | VII. |
Lucy, b. March 4, 1735, m. Asa Andrews of Boxford. |
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| 96 | VIII. |
Mary, b. August 30, 1738 m. in 1761 Benjamin Winter of Rowley. |
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| 97 | IX. |
Sarah, b. August 30, 1738 m. in 1757 Ezekiel Parsons of Gloucester. |
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| 98 | X. |
John, b. May 8, 1741, m. (1) Sarah Walker, (2) Elizabeth Lowell. |
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Abel3 Cressey (William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., 1700, m. in 1727 Hannah Lowell of Newbury. He was a blacksmith; d. in 1765. She d. in 1773 in 66th year. He left a will dated August 12, 1765; son, Abel, executor. |
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Children b. Rowley: |
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| 99 | I. |
Hannah,4 b. 1728, m. in 1762 James Davis of Ipswich. |
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| 100 | II. |
Mehitable, bapt. April 2, 1729, d. in 1736. |
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| 101 | III. |
William, bapt. September 13, 1730, m. Mary ----. He d. in 1765. She re-married James and David Stickney of Newbury. |
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| 102 | VIII. |
James, bapt. January 1, 1738, m. in 1763 Sarah Hopkinson of Rowley. |
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| 103 | IX. |
Sarah, bapt. November 18, 1733, d. in 1750. |
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| 104 | X. |
Abel, b. October 5, 1741, m. Elizabeth Hidden of Newbury. |
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| 105 | XI. |
Caleb, b. 1744, soldier in 1762 in Captain Parker's Company; d. in service. |
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Samuel3 Cressey (William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., 1704, m. (1) in 1725 Mary Andrews of Rowley, who d. in 1737, m. (2) Martha Veran of Ipswich. He was a shipwright; moved to Newbury in 1739, and d. there in 1775. His property was deeded in his lifetime in 1773. |
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Children, 5 b. in Rowley, 5 in Newbury: |
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| 106 | I. |
Mary, 4 b. 1727, m. in 1750 John Palmer, Rowley. She d. 1802. He d. 1805. Child: Timothy Palmer. |
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| 107 | IV. |
Samuel, b. 1735, m. (1) Mary Sweet, (2) Usina Bezuna, Marblehead. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and d. 1781 on board the prison ship at St. Lucia at 46. She d. in 1826 at 84. |
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| 108 | V. |
Infant, b. January 6, 1737. |
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| 109 | VI. |
Anne, b. April 7, 1740, m, 1761 John George of Newbury. |
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| 110 | VII. |
Francis, b. December 20, 1741, m. Sarah Godfrey of Newbury. |
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| 111 | VIII. |
William, b. April 6, 1744, m. Mary Carr. |
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| 112 | IX. |
James, b. November 27, 1746. |
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| 113 | X. |
Susanna, b. 1749, m. Thomas Johnson of Newburyport. |
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Joseph3 Cressey (William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., July 4, 1707, m. Elizabeth Jones of Ipswich in 1739. He petitioned the General Court April 23, 1747, that he may be paid for taking care of sick soldiers at Cape Breton Island (record, History of Ipswich). |
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Children b. Ipswich: |
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| 114 | I. |
Joseph,4 bapt. March 1739, d young. |
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| 115 | II. |
Joseph, bapt. June 21, 1741, m. (1) Fannie Noble, (2) Sarah Brown. |
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| 116 | V. |
Elizabeth, bapt. January 27, 1750, b. Newbury. |
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| 117 | VI. |
Patience, bapt. October 21, 1753, b. Newbury. |
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John4 Cressey (John,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. at ``Royal Side,'' Salem, now Beverly, Mass., bapt. February, 1, 1718, m. in 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Dodge) Woodbury of Salem. He was a weaver, d. in February 1796, at 78. His wife d. before. Joseph Wood, executor, Beverly. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 118 | I. |
Elizabeth,5 b. December 30, 1741, d. November 29, 1805, in 64th year, unm. |
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| 119 | II. |
John, b. March 9, 1746, m. (1) Mary Herrick, (2) Rebecca Cressey. |
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| 120 | III. |
Anna, b. 1755, m. (1) John Herrick, (2) Morris Nash. Ch.: John, Hannah, Eleanor, Nancy. |
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Andrew4 Cressey (Joseph,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., in 1745, m. Mary, dau. of Josiah and Hannah (Perkins) Woodbury of Beverly in 1770. He learned the cooper's trade, and when a young man went to sea. In 1777 he moved to Francistown, N. H., and bought a farm where he lived and d. in 1822 at 78. His widow moved to Marblehead and lived with her son, Josiah Perkins Cressey, for 6 years when she d. in 1829 at 84. |
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Children, 2 b. in Beverly, 5 in Francistown: |
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| 121 | I. |
Joanna,5 b. 1775, m. James Cochran of Windham. She d. 1829. He d. 1851. |
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| 122 | II. |
Joseph, b. 1776, m. 1804 Betsey, dau. Major Oliver Holmes of Francistown. They moved to Canister, Steuben Co., N.Y., had 9 children--names unknown. |
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| 123 | III. |
Mary, b. about 1780, d. 1790. |
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| 124 | IV. |
Josiah Perkins, b. 1785, m. Mary B. Woodbridge of Marblehead. |
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| 125 | V. |
Andrew, b. about 1786, drowned at Canister, N.Y., in 1823. |
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| 126 | VI. |
Hannah, b. 1788, m. 1822 Ward Woodward of Homer, N.Y. Ch.: Dr. Horace P., b. 1824 m. Emma Sprague. He was a surgeon in Civil War with General Grant and Rosecrans. |
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| 127 | VII. |
b. 1788, Twin dau., d. |
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Amos4 Cressey (Joseph,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., in 1748, m. Anna Thissell of Beverly in 1774. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and a sailor on the deep blue sea, where he no doubt lost his life in 1787. His estate was appraised in 1787, and Jeffrey Thissell was appointed administrator. He was in his 40th year. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 128 | I. |
Mary,5 b. October 23, 1775. |
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| 129 | II. |
Anna, b. July 1, 1778, d. March 12, 1808, in 30th year, unm. |
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John4 Cressey (Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., July 31, 1721, m. about 1745 Deborah, dau. of Captain Amos Wadleigh of Boston. He and his wife moved to Narragansett No. 7, a grant to the soldiers who fought in King Philip's war in 1675. This grant is now the town of Gorham, Maine, incorporated in 1764. They settled west of ``Little River'' in 1747, cleared some of the forest land and built a log cabin for their home. Later he exchanged places for a 30-acre lot, No. 53, not far from ``Fort Hill,'' where he made a permanent home. This was in the time of the French and Indian war. It was not safe for anyone to remain outside the fort at night. They lived in constant fear of the war whoop, the tomahawk, and the scalping knife. His wife would often act as spy while her husband was at work in the clearing with gun at hand to protect him from the wily savage. The fort was built in 1745 on the most elevated land in Gorham. A tablet on a boulder now marks the spot on ``Fort Hill.'' The early settlers did not feel secure until General Wolfe and his army won the victory at Quebec in 1759. During the dangerous times public worship was held in the fort. He was a tanner and shoemaker for the early settlers. In 1772 he cut 20 tons of hay. The farm is still in the Cressey name. He and his wife were members of the early First Parish Congregational Church. He d. in 1785 at 64. She d. in 1796 at 75. |
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Children b. Gorham, Maine: |
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| 130 | I. |
John5 W., b. February 22, 1749, m. Susanna McDonald of Gorham. |
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| 131 | II. |
Joseph, b. October 26, 1753, m. Hannah Ashley of Hampton, Connecticut. |
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| 132 | III. |
Elizabeth, b. April 18, 1757, m. in 1774 Simon Harding of Gorham. About 1778 he moved to Baldwin, and took up many acres of wild land. They lived in a log cabin, suffered many hardships and privations. He was town clerk in 1802; left a good property. She d. in 1823. |
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Children, 1 b. Gorham, 8 b. Baldwin: |
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(1) Noah Harding, b. November 27, 1777. |
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(2) Eliza, b. May 8, 1780, m. Daniel Cressey of Gorham. |
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(3) Simon, Jr. |
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(4) Joseph. |
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(5) Samuel. |
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(6) John. |
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(7) Hannah, b. March 13, 1797, m. Daniel Cressey of Gorham. |
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(8) Eunice. |
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(9) Daniel. It is said he was eaten by a bear on Saddleback Mountain when he was 5 years old. |
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| 133 | IV. |
Mary, b. May 1, 1762, m. in 1784 Captain David Watts of Gorham, son of Samuel and Margaret (Elder) Watts, who came from Antrim, Ireland, about 1735. David was Captain in the old militia; served in the Revolutionary war as Sergeant and 2nd Lieutenant; passed the winter of 1777-8 in camp near ``Valley Forge''; was at the retreat of Ticonderoga. He moved to Buxton about 1787 and bought a farm. He d. August 30, 1805, at 53. She d. December 18, 1834, in 73rd year. |
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Children, 1 b. Gorham, 7 b. Buxton, Maine: |
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(1) David Watts II, b. October 13, 1785, d. young. |
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(2) Elizabeth, b. September 21, 1787, m. General William Waterman, 1806, who came to Buxton, Maine, from Cape Cod, Mass., storekeeper and farmer. He served as Lieutenant and Captain in the state militia. In the 1812 war his company was ordered, after an alarm was given, on June 17, 1814, for guard duty on the seashore at Saco, Maine; served in the Legislature, 1827; was appointed Brigadier General of the State militia in 1828 by Governor Lincoln. His wife d. 1846. He d. 1860. |
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Children b. Buxton, Maine: |
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William Waterman, Jr., b. 1807, m. |
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David Waterman, b. June 15, 1809, m. Rhoda Elwell. |
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Luther, b. July 21, 1811, m. Eliza Owen. Ch.: Hannah m. George Hanson. Ch.: Alice, Annie, John H., soldier Civil War, m. Jennie E. Annis. Ch.: Sumner A., Abigail m. Frank Edgerly. Ch.: Cora E., Elijah O. m. (1) Addie Blake, (2) Lauraette Lane. Ch.: Melvina, Elizabeth m. Artemus Harmon. Ch.: Frank, Annie, Dexter F. m. Melinda Tower, Melissa m. Sumner Woodman, Luther unm., Charles O. m. Lucy Simpson, Ella. |
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Eliza, b. April 8, 1814, m. William Heath. |
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Perez, b. November 24, 1816, m. (1) Olive Smith, (2) Salvina Hutchinson. Ch.: Edgar, Olive, Clara m. Frank Story, Mavilla m. Charles Mitchell. Ch.: 1. Elsie m. Lee Gordon, 2. Charles, 3. Carl. |
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Charles, b. 1820, m. (1) Abigail Owens, (2) Elvira Thomes. Ch.: (1) Fannie R., b. 1851, teacher French and German. She d. 1925. (2) Charlie, b. 1857, d. young. (3) Wilbur C., b. December 31, 1860, m. (1) Arzella Thomes, (2) Ella (Parker) Norton. He was graduate Business College, ticket agent, Union Station, Portland, office Steamship Company, Boston, auditor B.&M. R.R. and selectman of Buxton, d. January 5, 1934. Ch.: Max Leon, b. November 1, 1890. August 30, 1915, m. Bertha Nickerson. He graduated Boston School Technology-in office Singer Sewing Machine Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut. Ch.: Donald Wilbur, b. September 2, 1917. |
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James, d. young. |
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George, b. 1825, m. Adaline Edgerly. Ch.: Hattie, Lizzie m. Elwin A. Soule, Minnie m. (1) Samuel Sloman, (2) Frank B. Milliken, Alice m. Clinton Reynolds. |
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Mary, and |
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John H., (twins), m. Mary Nash. |
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Harriet, unm. |
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(3) David Watts III, b. 1790, unm. Privateer 1812 war, d. 1876. |
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(4) Mary, unm. |
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(5) Sarah, b. 1795, m. Joseph Cressey. |
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(6) Hannah, b. 1797, m. Noah Cressey. |
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(7) Eunice, b. 1799, m. George Carll, Esq., Justice of the Peace, Trial Justice, County Commissioner and farmer. They were charter members Second Free Baptist Church in Buxton, organized in their home April 8, 1834, with John Cressey, Jr., and 8 other members. She d. 1869. He d. 1880. Ch.: 1. Mary E. Carll, b. 1825, m. William Rankin. Ch.: John W. 2. William F., b. 1827, m. Abbie A. Larrabee, farmer, selectman, soldier Civil War. Ch.: Eugene C. Carll, b. 1857, m. Lucy V. Googin, grain and flour, insurance, corn shop, pickling, trustee State School for Boys, selectman, state senator. Carrie E. Carll, b. 1860, m. Cecil Deane of Cobb Divinity School. 3. Rachel Ann, b. 1829, m. Henry Alden. Ch.: Charles m. Emma Larrabee. Ch.: (Carl, John, Ira, Austin). Mary E., John, George m. Ada Douglass. Ch.: (Lewis L.). 4. George B. Carll, b. 1831, m. Ida A. Larrabee. 5. Sarah J. Carll, b. 1834, m. Levi Hamblen. Ch.: George, Maria, Lewis m. Jessie Belknap. Ch.: (Sadie, Edna, Levi, Charles, Stuart). Lillian, Henry. 6. Hannah Cressey Carll, b. 1838, m. Jason Sawyer. Ch.: Bertha m. Fred Lord, Edward m. Eva Milliken. 7. Harriet E. Carll, b. 1842, m. Archelus L. Hamblen. Ch.: Ida M. m Frank H. Rumery, Portland, Fred L. m. Mary E. Blake. Ch.: Forest in World War, Archelus L., Jr., Captain World War and Major regular army, Sarah Hamblen m. William Howe, Eva. |
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(8) Nancy Watts, b. 1801, unm., d. 1852. |
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| 134 | V. |
Noah Cressey b. 1765, d. 1776 and |
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| 135 | VI. |
Job Cressey, twins, b. 1765, d. 1766. |
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Daniel4 Cressey (Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., October 11, 1730, m. (1) Eunice S. Morgan, Salem, N.H., in 1754, d. 1763, m. (2) Abigail (Bowers) Allen, Beverly, in 1765. He lived in Salem and Hopkinton, N.H., and moved to Bradford, where he was the third settler. He and his brother Richard4 were two of the 10 soldiers in the Revolutionary War with Bradford. He was a fifer in Captain Isaac Baldwin's 8th Company and Colonels John Stark and Joseph Cilley's 1st Regiment, 1777-1779, under General Putnam. He signed the Declaration of Fidelity in Hopkinton. His name appears on the original petition for a town organization in 1786, also was among the first office holders. He kept a tavern, was constable and surveyor of lumber. Religious services were held in his barn. He d. in Bradford in 1817 at 87. |
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Children, 5 b. Salem, N.H.: |
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| 136 | I. |
Elizabeth,5 b. 1755, m. (1) Abel Wrifford, (2) a Mr. Hand, lived in Sharon, Vermont. |
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| 137 | II. |
Daniel Ashley, b. 1757, soldier in Revolutionary War and killed by a cannon ball. His uncle, Daniel Ashley, Esq., of London, England, bequeathed all his property to one Daniel Ashley Cressey, amounting to 20 or 21 thousand pounds sterling in 1775. |
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| 138 | III. |
Sarah, b. in 1759. |
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| 139 | IV. |
Benjamin, b. November 9, 1761, m. (1) Wealthy Gillett, (2) Anna Robinson. |
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| 140 | V. |
Eunice, b. in 1763. |
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| 141 | VI. |
Andrew, b. February 10, 1766, in Bradford, m. Huldah Stiles. |
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| 142 | VII. |
Edward W., b. 1768, m. (1) Sarah Presby, (2) Sarah Sawyer. |
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| 143 | VIII. |
Bartholomew, b. November 19, 1769, m. Abigail Blake, Beverly. Ch.: (1) Sally,6 (2) Achsah, (3) Asenath. |
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| 144 | IX. |
John, b. 1772, m. (1) Mary Lovett, (2) Polly Parmenter. |
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| 145 | X. |
Abigail, b. 1774, m. Henry White. She d. Dracut, Mass., 1840. |
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| 146 | XI. |
Mary, b. 1776, m. Benjamin Bryant. She d. Boston in 1862. |
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Joseph4 Cressey (Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., bapt. June 4, 1732, m. widow Freelove (Wadleigh) Hall, 1760, was probably dau. of Captain Amos Wadleigh of Boston. He lived in Salem, N.H., Tolland, Connecticut, and Charlemont, Mass., was a soldier in the French and Indian War. He d. in 1815 in 84th year. She d. in 1818. |
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Children b. Salem, N.H.: |
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| 147 | I. |
Mehitable,5 b. 1762, m. Benjamin Comstock of New York. |
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| 148 | II. |
Ruth, b. 1764, m. Lazarus Burrus of Ashfield, Mass. |
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| 149 | III. |
Jonathan, b. August 23, 1765, m. Prudence Brown. |
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| 150 | IV. |
Hezekiah, b. May 26, 1774, m. Polly Livermore. |
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| 151 | V. |
Betsey, b. 1775, d. in 1832 in Ashfield. |
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| 152 | VI. |
(Rev.) Noah, b. April 9, 1777, m. Sophia Spofford. |
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| 153 | VII. |
Lavinia, b. 1781, m. Joseph Ford. She d. in 1858 in Ohio. |
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| 154 | VIII. |
Benjamin, b. 1783. He was frozen to death when 16. |
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| 155 | IX. |
Sarah, b. 1785, m. (1) Abraham Pennell, (2) a Mr. Stiles. |
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Richard4 Cressey (Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was bapt. April 17, 1737, in Beverly, Mass., m. Susan Eaton of Methuen in 1761. He and his brother Daniel4 were two of the 10 soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War from Bradford, N.H. He was a blacksmith by trade and served in the army as a gunsmith to keep the old flintlock in repair. Some of his descendants have a pass and leave of absence given him by General Stark. He kept a country store in Bradford. Earlier he lived for a time in Salem and Hopkinton, N.H. He d. in Bradford September 9, 1809. She d. in 1825 in 85th year. |
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Children: |
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| 156 | I. |
Jabez,5 b. September 3, 1762. |
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| 157 | II. |
Hannah, b. November 8, 1764, d. July 30, 1778. |
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| 158 | III |
Susan, b. June 27, 1767, d. July 7, 1778. |
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| 159 | IV. |
Mary, b. April 1, 1770, m. Abram Currier, a Revolutionary soldier. |
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| 160 | V. |
Ebenezer, b. February 25, 1773, m. Martha -----. |
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| 161 | VI. |
Richard, b. November 10, 1775, m. Abigail Presby. |
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| 162 | VII. |
Hannah, b. August 9, 1778, d. July 14, 1780. |
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| 163 | VIII. |
William, b. May 25, 1781, m. Hannah Noyes. |
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| 164 | IX. |
Cyrus, b. June 4, 1786, m. Hannah Sawyer. |
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Nathaniel4 Cressey (Job,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. 1724 in Beverly, Mass., m. (1) 1743 Sarah Ober, (2) 1787 Elizabeth Conant, (3) 1804 Hitty Haskell. He lived on the homestead in Beverly and d. there in 1809 at 85. Soldier in Revolutionary War. His will was dated 1808, Jonathan Smith executor. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 165 | I. |
Priscilla,5 b. December 15, 1744, m. in 1771 James Gray. |
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| 166 | II. |
Rebecca, b. 1747, m. (1) Daniel Twiss, (2) Thomas Davis, (3) John Lander, (4) John5 Cressey. Child: Diamond Cressey Twiss. |
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| 167 | III. |
Nathaniel, b. February 19, bapt. March 4, 1749. |
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| 168 | IV. |
Diamond, b. June 4, 1752, m. Joanna Batchelder. |
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| 169 | V. |
Job, b. April 19, 1755, m. Sally Dodge. |
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| 170 | VI. |
Sarah, b. January 20, 1758, m. in 1779 William Dedman. Child: Sarah7 Dedman, b. 1783, m. Henry7 Cressey. |
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| 171 | VII. |
Abigail, b. January 28, 1761, m. in 1786 Joseph Masury of Beverly. |
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Benjamin4 Cressey (Benjamin,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b.in Beverly, Mass., in 1726, m. Mehitable Brown by Rev. John Chipman, first pastor Second Church, in Beverly, 1747. He was a carpenter by trade; d. in Beverly 1803 at 77. His will was dated 1799, son Israel executor; wife d. 1799 at 71. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 172 | I. |
Mary,5 b. July 16, 1749, unm., d. 1806. |
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| 173 | II. |
Samuel, b. April 20, 1751, m. Elizabeth Green. He d. in 1782. |
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| 174 | III. |
William, b. November 25, 1753, d. before father's will was made. |
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| 175 | IV. |
Benjamin, b. June 27, 1756, m. Abigail Trask. |
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| 176 | V. |
Israel, b. February 11, 1759, d. unm. in 1837 in Beverly at 78. |
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| 177 | VI. |
John, b. May 6, 1762, m. 1792 Mehitable5 Cressey, dau. Jonathan4. He d. 1841 at 79. Ch.: (1) Jonathan6, b. 1793, (2) Israel, b. 1796, m. Sarah Batchelder, (3) Nancy. |
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| 178 | VII. |
Mehitable, twin of John, d. 1765. |
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b. 1793, (2) Israel, b. 1796, m. Sarah Batchelder, (3) Nancy. |
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| 182 | VIII. |
Henry, b. March 18, 1765, m. Nancy Woodbury, Boston. He d. 1816. |
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| 183 | IX. |
Mehitable, b. 1767, unm. |
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| 184 | X. |
Nancy, b. 1770, m. Elias Endicott of Danvers, Mass. |
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Josiah4 Cressey (Benjamin,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., July 18, 1740, m. September 3, 1767, Miriam Trask by Rev. John Chipman. She was b. January 23, 1737. He was a mariner and lost at sea 1783. |
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Child b. Beverly: |
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| 185 | I. |
Josiah,5 b. May 10, 1770. He was a tailor, unm., lived Amherst. |
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Jonathan4 Cressey (Noah,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., bapt. July 30, 1738, m. November 22, 1759, Hitty Hutchinson Trask of Beverly by Rev. John Chipman, first pastor Second Church. |
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Child b. Beverly: |
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| 186 | I. |
Mehitable5, b. 1761, m. in 1792 John6 Cressey, son of Benjamin5. Ch.: same as No. 177. |
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Nathan4 Cressey (Noah,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., bapt. July 31, 1743, m. September 1, 1788, Phebe Kimball of Wenham. He was a tailor and lived in Beverly until December 5, 1796, when he sold his homestead to Dr. Israel Woodbury. He d. in 1816. [Someone wrote in pencil that the year was 1813. Sibylla Crooks Cressey, 2001] |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 187 | I. |
Noah,5 b. June 9, 1769, m. Rhoda Kisby of Beverly. |
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| 188 | II. |
Benjamin, b. February 14, 1771, m. Lydia Thurston. |
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| 189. | III. |
Rebecca, b. August 23, 1774, m. James Laskey, Newburyport. |
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| 190 | IV. |
Jonathan, b. September 24, 1776, m. Ruth Thurston. |
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| 191 | V. |
Ruth, b. February 22, 1779, d. unm. |
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| 192 | VI. |
Nancy, b. 1780, d. unm. |
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| 193 | VII. |
Dorcas, b. September 10, 1781, d. unm. |
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| 194 | VIII. |
Mary, b. February 18, 1784. |
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| 195 | IX. |
Nathan, b. 1787, m. Louisa Thorp. |
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| 196 | X. |
Samuel, b. 1790, m. Sally Lewis, no ch. |
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| 197 | XI. |
Hannah, b. 1792, d. unm. in Francistown, N.H. |
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Michael4 Cressey (Jonathan,3 Mighill,2 Mighill1) was b. in Littleton, Mass., August 10, 1728, m. December 20, 1752, at Groton, Katharine Wetherbee of Bolton, who was b. 1730 and d. in 1786. He lived in Groton, and in 1763 moved to Chesterfield, N.H., and d. there November 6, 1812, at 84. He was Selectman, Justice of the Peace, Representative for the towns of Chesterfield and Hinsdale; member Congregational Church, and considered wealthy. |
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Children, 5 b. Groton, 4 b. Chesterfield: |
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| 198 | I. |
Elizabeth5, b. June 26, 1754. |
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| 199 | II. |
Jonathan, b. June 15, 1756, m. Lydia Wright. |
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| 200 | III. |
Annie, b. January 26, 1758. |
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| 201 | IV. |
Moses, b. 1760, m. Hannah Parker of Chesterfield. |
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Ch.: (1) Jason,6 b. 1793, m. Louis Wheeler. |
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| 203 | V. |
Aaron, b. February 21, 1762, m. Elizabeth Wright. |
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| 204 | VI. |
Louise, b. October 28, 1764, d. in Chesterfield. |
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| 205 | VII. |
Eunice, b. September 14, 1767, d. in Chesterfield. |
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| 206 | VIII. |
Mercy, b. February 26, 1770. |
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| 207 | IX. |
Polly, b. August 16, 1774. |
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Jonathan4 Cressey (Jonathan,3 Mighill,2 Mighill1) was born in Littleton, Mass., May 14, 1732, m. July 11, 1759, Anna, dau. of Benjamin Davis of Groton. She d. 1797 at 55. They lived in Groton until 1771, then moved to Chesterfield, N.H., where he d. 1824 in 92nd year. He was probably a Revolutionary soldier. |
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Children, 6 b. Groton, Mass., 6 b. Chesterfield, N.H.: |
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| 208 | I. |
Henry,5 b. February 11, 1760. |
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| 209 | II. |
Betty, b. April 8, 1762, m. 1802 Daniel Allen, Hinsdale, N.H. |
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| 210 | III. |
William, b. December 1763, d. unm., Williamstown, Vermont. |
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| 211 | IV. |
Dorcas, b. 1766, m. 1787 Sylvanus Ballard, Vermont. |
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| 212 | V. |
Sarah, b. 1768, m. 1788 Benjamin Ballard, Vermont. |
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| 213 | VI. |
Levi, b. 1770, d. unm. July 25, 1795. |
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| 214 | VII. |
Joseph, b. 1772, m. Martha Smith, Rutland, Mass. |
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| 215 | VIII. |
Benjamin, b. 1774, m. Sareph Butterfield, Brattleboro, Vermont. |
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| 216 | IX. |
Nancy, b. 1775, m. Daniel Rogers, Wendall, Mass. |
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| 217 | X. |
Lucy, b. 1777, d. unm. June 15, 1817. |
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| 218 | XI. |
Lydia, b. 1779, d. unm. |
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| 219 | XII. |
Susan, b. 1780, m. a Mr. Walkup. |
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Lieutenant Mark4 Cressey (John,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. Rowley, Mass., January 18, 1733, m. (1) in 1757 Elizabeth Richards, (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. William Hale, in 1790, of Rowley. He lived in the house his father built on Bradford Street. He served in the army during the Indian War on the Eastern frontier, 1754-1757. In the Revolutionary War he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, as Ensign in Captain John Baker, Jr.'s Company of Colonel Doolittle's Regiment, and later became Lieutenant. He d. in Rowley, 1816, in 83rd year. Value of estate, $5,660. His wife, Elizabeth (Hale) Cressey, executrix. She d. in 1838 at 80. |
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Children b. Rowley: |
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| 220 | I. |
Elizabeth5, b. October 5, 1757, m. in 1788 Thomas Merritt of Rowley. Child: 1, Betsey6, b. 1788, m. Michael T. Todd, 1807. |
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| 221 | II. |
Mehitable, bapt. January 3, 1762, d. March 15, 1762. |
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| 222 | III. |
Mark, bapt. May 9, 1767, d. November 20, 1767. |
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| 223 | IV. |
Martha-Hale, b. April 27, 1792, m. 1816 Captain Allen Perley, Rowley. |
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| 224 | V. |
Mark, b. April 21, 1798; went to sea 1825 and never heard from. |
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John4 Cressey (John,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., May 8, 1741, m. (1) in 1765 Sarah Walker, who d. in Rowley, 1766, (2) in 1767 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Lowell, a descendant of Percival Lowell of Newbury. He lived for a time in Newburyport. His home was on Central Street in Rowley. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and the Revolution. He d. in 1799 at 58. Value of estate, $3,325.67. His widow was executrix. She d. 1816. |
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Children: |
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| 225 | I. |
Infant,5 b. March 17, 1766. |
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| 226 | II. |
John, b. September 15, 1767, m. Phebe Bradstreet, Ipswich. |
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| 227 | III. |
Sarah, b. 1768, m. 1792 Samuel Pearson, Rowley. |
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| 228 | IV. |
Richard, b. 1770, m. Dorothy Bradstreet, Rowley. |
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| 229 | V. |
Elizabeth, b. 1771, m. Amos Dunnells, Newbury. |
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James4 Cressey (Abel,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., in 1738, m. March 15, 1763, Sarah, widow of Moses Hopkinson of Rowley. He was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1801 Sarah Cressey, widow, of Haverhill, Mass., sells land in Rowley, estate of her first husband. |
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Children: |
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| 230 | I. |
Sarah,5 bapt. February 5, 1764, d. young. |
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| 231 | II. |
Moses, bapt. September 15, 1765. |
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| 232 | III. |
Sarah, bapt. May 1, 1768, d. 1769. |
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| 233 | IV. |
Amos, bapt. March 24, 1771, d. 1772. |
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Abel4 Cressey (Abel,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., October 5, bapt. October 11, 1741, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Hale) Hidden, in January 1766, of Newbury. She was b. July 4, 1744. He was a blacksmith and a Revolutionary soldier. They moved to Great Pond Plantation, Lincoln County, in 1790. |
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Children b. Rowley: |
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| 234 | I. |
William,5 b. November 23, 1766. |
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| 235 | II. |
Jacob, bapt. February 14, 1768. |
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| 236 | III. |
Abel, bapt. December 17, 1769. |
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Francis4 Cressey (Samuel,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Newbury, Mass., December 20, 1741, m. or pub. October 12, 1765, Sarah Godfrey. She was b. 1739. They lived in Newburyport. He d. 1806 at 65. She d. June 24, 1832, at 93. |
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Children b. Newburyport: |
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| 237 | I. |
Sarah,5 b. October 1767. |
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| 238 | II. |
Henry Sewall, b. December 8, 1768, m. 1795 Elizabeth Gardiner. |
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William4 Cressey (Samuel,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Newbury, Mass., April 6, 1744, m. June 7, 1764, Mary Carr of Newburyport. He d. in 1795 at 51. She d. in 1826 at 80. |
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Children b. Newburyport: |
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| 239 | I. |
Mary,5 b. in 1765, d. 1783. |
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| 240 | II. |
William, b. 1770, m. Esther Stone Cressey. |
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| 241 | III. |
Samuel, b. 1786, m. (1) Catherine Goddard, (2) Caroline -----. |
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Joseph4 Cressey (Joseph,3 William,2 Mighill1) was b. in Ipswich, Mass., June 21, 1741, m. or pub. (1) October 5, 1765, with Fannie Noble of Newburyport. She d. in 1770. He m. (2) September 26, 1772, Sarah Brown of Palermo, Maine. Mr. Cressey d. about 1805. His widow m. Daniel Lord of Portsmouth, N.H. |
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Children b. Newburyport: |
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| 242 | I. |
Samuel,5 b. October 19, 1774, m. Ruth, dau. Rev. Jacob Rich, Henniker, N.H. |
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| 243 | II. |
Sarah, b. November 16, 1776. |
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| 244 | III. |
Elizabeth, b. January 14, 1779, d. unm. about 1809. |
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| 245 | IV. |
Joseph, b. May 23, 1780, m. in 1802 Zepora Evans. She d. in 1854 at 52. He d. in Houlton, Maine, in 1874 at 94. Ch.: (1) Lewis, (2) Joy, (3) Olive, (4) Sally, m. Danforth Parmenter, China, Maine, (5) Samuel, m. Harriet Fisher, Corinth, Maine, (6) Dearborn, m. Emily Russell. Ch.: 1 Orlando, soldier killed at Antietam in 1862, 2 Ronello, soldier killed at Gettysburg in 1863. (7) Joseph, (8) Philip, (9) Betsey, m. Miles Keaton in 1831, (10) Mary, (11) Belinda, (12) Henry, (13) Susan, (14) Alva. |
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John5 Cressey (John,4 John,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., in 1746, m. (1) widow Mary (Batchelder) Herrick, dau. Nathaniel Batchelder, in 1773, m. (2) Rebecca, dau. Nathaniel and Sarah (Ober) Cressey of Beverly, in 1790. She was b. in 1747. He was a weaver, moved to Londonderry, N.H., about 1792, where he d. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 261 | I. |
William,6 b. 1773, d. about 1840. |
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| 262 | II. |
John, b. 1774, m. Mary Batchelder. |
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| 263 | III. |
Maxwell, b. 1776, m. Joanna Green. |
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| 264 | IV. |
Henry, b. 1778, m. Sally Dedman. |
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| 265 | V. |
Mary, b. 1780, m. 1804 John Herrick. Ch.: Luther, Mary, John, Harriet. |
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| 266 | VI. |
Elizabeth, b. 1782, m. 1828 Moses Wells of Beverly, d. in 1864. |
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| 267 | VII. |
Joseph, b. in 1784. |
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Josiah,5 Perkins Cressey (Andrew,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Francistown, N.H., in 1785, m. in 1809 Mary B. Woodbridge of Marblehead, Mass. He was an architect and builder in lumber business and sent out ships to the ``Grand Banks'' of Newfoundland for fish. He lived on the old homestead, 13 High Street, Marblehead, where he d. wealthy in 1844 in 59th year. She d. in 1877 at 85. |
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Children b. Marblehead: |
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| 268 | I. |
Mary6 W., b. 1809, m. in 1844 Ralph Deveroux, a cabinetmaker and a Christian gentleman. She was a teacher and an example of piety. Her saying, ``Don't forget to pray.'' He d. in 1867 at 60. She d. in 1880 in 71st year. |
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| 269 | II. |
Eliza C., b. 1811, m. in 1844 Thomas Foss, Esq. He was in the retail shoe business for 58 years. He d. in 1883 at 70. She d. 1887 at 75. Ch.: (1) Ida C., b. 1845, missionary to China, (2) Joanna, b. 1848, m. John Rand, (3) Carrie, b. 1851, m. F. E. Rand, missionary to China, (4) Thomas, b. 1853, (5) Lillian, b. 1857, m. William B. Potter, missionary. |
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| 270 | III. |
Captain Josiah Perkins, Jr., b. 1814, m. Eleanor Prentice. He was distinguished in the world's record of navigation. It is recorded in the archives at Washington, D.C., by Lieutenant Murray that Captain Cressey can challenge the annals of navigation past and present for an equal to the speed made in his short passages in the famous merchant ship, ``Flying Cloud.'' He was also captain of the ``Ino'' in U.S. Navy during the Civil War. For his bravery and faithful service he was presented with a silver service plate costing $1,500. He was wealthy and did much for church and missions, served as alderman of Salem, and in Legislature of Mass. He d. in Salem in 1872 at 58. Colors were half mast at home and abroad. Was buried at ``Harmony Grove,'' Salem. An open Bible is on his granite monument, and on the open page is the text, ``I am the resurrection and the life.'' |
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| 271 | IV. |
Sarah6 H., b. 1816, d. unm. 1886, Sunday School teacher. |
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| 272 | V. |
Captain William6 Andrew, b. 1818, m. Emily F. Lord. |
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| 273 | VI. |
Wilbur, b. 1822, d. 1822. |
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| 274 | VII. |
Joanna C., b. 1824, m. in Boston Jacob Wellman, b. Farmington, Maine. He instituted the ``Wellman Reading Room,'' then a private enterprise, but now sustained by the Y.M.C.A.of Marblehead. He d. in New York in 1891 in 75th year, buried in Evergreen, Portland. She taught High School and Academy. |
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| 275 | VIII. |
Martha, b. 1827, m. Captain Joseph Gregory. He d. 1873 at 58. |
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| 276 | IX. |
Lieutenant Levi Woodbury, b. 1829, unm. His business was ``Gents' Furnishing Goods'' in Chicago. He was a Christian and a perfect gentleman. He accepted a situation in a business house in New Orleans, La. The Civil War broke out and he was obliged to enlist in the Confederate Army, and became a Lieutenant under the command of Stonewall Jackson and General Robert E. Lee's division. After the battle of Antietam he was killed by the falling of a tree in 1862 in 34th year. Had he lived to return he was to have married Sarah Brown of Marblehead. |
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| 277 | X. |
Harriet W., b. June 30, 1831, d. in 1833. |
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| 278 | XI. |
Infant, b. October 6, 1835, d. in 1835. |
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John5 Wadleigh Cressey (John,4 Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Gorham, Maine, February 22, 1749, m. December 1, 1770 Susanna McDonald of Gorham, b. in 1751. He was probably b. in the Fort on Fort Hill on account of the Indians. He bought a farm on Codman's Hill, where his father first settled. After a time he sold this piece and was paid in Continental money, which proved to be worthless. About 1776 he moved to the adjoining town of Buxton, bought a farm of 60 acres called the ``Right'' of Cornelius Davis of Newbury and Rowley on range of lots known by the letter G, No. 5. Mr. Davis was a soldier in the Narragansett War in 1675. Buxton was a land grant by the General Court of Mass. to the soldiers of that war, being No. 1 of the 7 ``Narragansett Plantations.'' About 1786 Mr. Cressey built a large two-story which stood until 1934, 150 years, having been occupied by five generations. Records give but 13 two-story houses in Buxton in 1798. He kept a good stock of cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. He and his wife raised and made nearly everything needed for the family in food and clothing by using the flaxwheel, spinning wheel, and the hand loom. He served as collector of taxes in Buxton in 1795. His wife d. in 1834 at 83, a member of Rev. Paul Coffin's Church. He d. in 1842 in 94th year, an early settler and ``truly a worthy, honest man.'' They were buried in Groveville Cemetery, Buxton, Maine. He left a good property and many descendants. |
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Children, first 2 b. Gorham, 8 b. Buxton: |
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| 279 | I. |
Daniel,6 b. September 4, 1772, m. (1) Eliza Harding, (2) Hannah Harding. |
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| 280 | II. |
Elizabeth, b. January 31, 1776, m. by Rev. Paul Coffin in 1797 Edmund Watson of Gorham, farmer. She d. in 1838 at 62. He d. at 1847 at 76. Ch.: (1) Susanna, b. 1799, unm., (2) Mary, b. 1801, m. 1840 Daniel Kimball, (3) John, b. 1803, m. in 1840 Martha Edwards. Ch.: 1 Mary, b. 1842, m. 1870 Daniel W. Davis, soldier 1862, 2 Oliver, b. 1844, m. 1867 Kate Lewis. Ch.: (Mildred, Mary, John, m. Anna Files, Frank, Catherine), 3 Cornelia, b. 1847, m. 1873 F. Augustus Files. Ch.: (Lottie, Dr. Ernest W. Files, Barbara, Ralph), (4) Naaman, b. 1804, m. 1833 Ann Hopkinson, (5) Tabitha, (6) George, b. 1812, m. 1843 Mary Clark. Ch.: Charles E., m. Sarah J. Rowe. Ch.: (Mary, m. Walter Dolley, George, Helen, m. James Clay). Ch.: (George, Mina, Ida, Evelyn), (7) Elizabeth, b. 1816, unm. |
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| 281 | III. |
Hannah,6 b. 1778, m. 1798 by Rev. Paul Coffin, William Paine, Jr., Gorham. He was a farmer, soldier, 1812 War, both members First Parish Church. She d. in 1846 at 68. He d. in 1852 at 82. Ch.: (1) Eliza Paine, b. 1800, m. (1) Simon Harding, Buxton, 1821; was drowned at Stroudwater in 1825. She m. (2) in 1827 Stephen A. Patrick, Buxton, farmer and soldier, 1812 War. Harding ch.: (1) William, b. 1822 unm., soldier, Civil War, d. in army, (2) Samuel, b. 1824, m. 1846 Joanna Brown. He d. in 1899. Ch.: (1) Edwin S. Harding, soldier, 1862, m. Mary A. Lombard. Ch.: (Sadie, William), (2) Charles B. Harding, m. Lucy Bacon. Patrick ch.: (1) George A., b. 1829, m. Mary Purinton. Ch.: Belle, Lillian, Herbert, (2) Frances, b. 1830, (3) Ellen E., b. 1831, m. Elisha Douglass, (4) Hannah, b. 1832, m. Lewis Douglass. Ch.: (1) Emma E., b. 1858, m. Dr. A. W. Lincoln, (2) Clara E., b. 1862, m. (1) Fred O. Sturgis, (2) J. S. Leavitt, Jr. Ch.: David Sturgis, (3) Ada, b. 1866, m. George Alden. Ch.: Lewis L., (4) Mary, b. 1872, m. Harry Mosher. Ch.: Edith, Mildred, m. Robie Whitney, (5) Stephen Patrick, Jr., (6) Emily, b. 1835, m. (1) George Brooks, (2) J. S. Leavitt, Sr., (7) Mary, b. 1836, m. Richard Dunlap, (8) Edward, b. 1838, (9) Charles, b. 1839, m. Lizzie E. Cotton, (10) Albert E., b. 1841, m. (1) Lottie Whitney, (2) Myra Davis. Ch.: Lubella B. Patrick. (2) James Paine, b. 1803, m. (1) Mary Frost, (2) Belinda McLellen. (3) Charles Paine, b. 1806, m. Hannah Lowell, selectman, rep. Ch.: Abbie, b. 1840, Charles H., b. 1842, soldier Civil War, town clerk, Maria, b. 1844, m. Stephen Hinkley, Jr., tannery, town treasurer, church clerk, Rep., director of bank. Ch.: Mary C., unm., Robert L., m. Bessie Bradbury. (4) Hannah, b. 1846, m. Rev. Leonard Z. Ferris, 1895. She d. 1924. (5) Fred L., b. 1848. (6) Ella S., b. 1850. (7) William, b. 1852, m. Alice Holden. |
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| 282 | IV. |
Sarah,6 b. April 22, 1780, bapt. by Rev. Paul Coffin, d. in 1795. |
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| 283 | V. |
Miriam, b. December 1, 1782, bapt. 1785, m. 1803 by Rev. Paul Coffin, Captain Samuel Watts of Buxton, farmer, deputy sheriff, storekeeper, Captain State Militia (The Buxton and Hollis Light Infantry), organized 1808. He d. in 1840. She d. in 1847. Ch.: (1) Mary Watts, b. 1805, m. Captain Samuel Clay, Buxton. She d. 1866. He d. 1874. (2) Charles Watts, b. 1807, m. Ann Libby, farmer, Colonel State Militia. Ch.: 1 Charles H., b. 1835, m. Julia Record. Ch.: (Alice, Sumner, Lucy), 2 Melville C., b. 1837, d. 1842, 3 Cyrus D., b. 1839, d. 1900, 4 Samuel, b. 1841, d. 1869, 5 Maria, b. 1843, 6 Melville C., b. 1845, 7 Marilla, b. 1847, m. (1) James H. Flood, (2) Bradford Higgins. Ch.: (Algie Flood), 8 Peter, b. 1850, 9 Sadie E., b. 1853, d. 1883. (3) Sarah D. Watts, b. 1808, m. 1832 Thomas J. Hasty, storekeeper, collector, postmaster, West Gorham. He d. 1873. She d. 1883. He was soldier, 1861-65. Ch.: 1 Edward Hasty, b. 1833, m. Lizzie Copp. He d. 1916. 2 Thomas J. Hasty, Jr., m. Edith Lombard. 3 Harriet Hasty, m. Francis Files. Ch.: Fred, Anna. 4 William Hasty, sol., 1861, m. Lettie Varley, 5 Ellen Hasty, 6 Sarah Hasty, m. Frank Hoyt. Ch.: F. Edward Hoyt, m. Alice Day. Ch.: Ethelyn, m. James Moody, F. Edward, Jr., m. Catharine Scribner. (4) Samuel Watts, Jr., b. 1810, m. 1835 Sarah J. Libby. He hanged himself February 6, 1853. (5) Susanna Watts, b. 1812, d. 1815. (6) Eliza Watts, b. 1815. (7) Hannah Watts, b. 1818, m. 1844 Francis Files, Gorham. Ch.: 1 F. Augustus, b. 1846, m. Cornelia A. Watson, 1873. Ch.: Lottie, Dr. Ernest W., Barbara, Ralph, 2 Henry B., b. 1851, d. 1876, 3 Lewis L., b. 1856, m. 1878, Nellie J. Douglass. (8) Martha Watts, m. Stephen A. Patrick, Buxton. Ch.: 1 Oliver Patrick, b. 1849, m. -----, 2 Infant, b. 1851, 3 Sarah, b. 1853, m. Mr. Holden, 4 Lewis, b. 1855, m. Lizzie Clement, 5 Maria, b. 1858, 6 Harriet, b. 1861, m. (1) Gilbert Marston, (2) Charles Marston. Ch.: Martha, Florence, Burton, moved to Cody, Wyoming. |
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| 284 | VI. |
John6 McDonald, b. June 17, 1784, m. Hannah Owen. |
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| 285 | VII. |
Deborah, b. September 6, 1786, bapt. by Rev. Paul Coffin, 1787, m. by Mr. Coffin in 1805 Andrew Bradbury, b. 1778, son of Jacob Bradbury, Esq., of Buxton, who was the first Representative to the General Court of Mass. from Buxton, also a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a charter member of Rev. Paul Coffin's Church. Andrew and his family moved to Portland, where he was engaged in the cooperage business. He and his wife were members of Chestnut Street Methodist Church of Portland, Maine. She d. in 1837 at 51. He d. in 1852 in 74th year. Ch.: (1) Alden Bradbury, m. Caroline G. Fowler. (2) Susan Cressey Bradbury, m. James R. Milliken. (3) William Bradbury, m. Mary S. White. (4) Mary Ann Bradbury, m. James M. Mason. (5) Martha Bradbury, b. 1815, m. Tristram Jordon. (6) Charles Bradbury, b. 1818, m. Harriet F. Quimby. |
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| 286 | VIII. |
Benjamin,6 b. October 15, 1788, unm., storekeeper, cooper, privateer, 1812 War: captured and taken to Dartmoor Prison, England, d. in Buxton, April 15, 1865, in 77th year. |
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| 287 | IX. |
James, b. November 27, 1790, m. Hannah Hasty. |
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| 288 | X. |
Eunice, b. August 11, 1794, unm., ``In life respected, in death lamented.'' She d. May 23, 1849, in 55th year |
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Joseph5 Cressey (John,4 Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Gorham, Maine, October 26, 1753, m. 1776 Hannah, dau. of Abner and Mary (Cressey) Ashley of Hampton, Connecticut. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in Captain Hart Williams'Company, and marched to Cambridge in 1775, with Colonel Edmund Phinney's Regiment soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill. They had a tedious march to Ticonderoga, served in three campaigns. After his discharge he married and settled in Pomfret, Connecticut. About 1780 he returned to Gorham and lived on his father's farm near Fort Hill, where he did tanning and shoemaking. In 1804 he bought the 100-acre lot, No. 67, of Barnabas Harding on the Flaggy Meadow Road. He would start out on horseback and buy cows and sell them in Boston. At times he would have 100 cows at home and let them out to the settlers. He gave each of his sons a farm and left an estate of $15,000. Members First Parish Church. He d. in 1832 in 79th year. She d. in 1848 at 89. |
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Children, 1 b. Pomfret, 6 b. Gorham: |
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| 289 | I. |
Ebenezer,6 b. January 16, 1779, m. Sally Chick. |
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| 290 | II. |
Alvin, b. July 13, 1781, d. in 1798. |
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| 291 | III. |
John, b. July 22, 1785, m. Martha Higgins. |
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| 292 | IV. |
Joseph, b. March 1, 1788, m. (1) Sarah Watts, (2) Sarah J. Harding. |
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| 293 | V. |
Mary, b. September 6, 1792, m. in 1815 William Ashley of Hampton, Connecticut. She d. 1834. |
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| 294 | VI. |
Sally, b. March 7, 1796, unm., d. about 1810. |
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| 295 | VII. |
Noah, b. July 28, 1798, m. Hannah Watts. |
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Benjamin5 Cressey (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. November 9, 1761, in Salem. New Hampshire, m. (1) Wealthy Ann Gillett, 1787, Windsor, Connecticut. She d. 1793. M. (2) in 1796 Anna, dau. of Timothy Robinson of Ashford, Connecticut. They moved to Pomfret and then to Sharon, Vermont. He served in the Revolutionary War, 1779-83, from Hopkinton, New Hampshire, lived on a farm; was a great reader and well informed; kept a family journal; wrote patriotic poetry. His wife d. in 1815 in 46th year. He d. at the home of his son, Rev. Timothy R. Cressey, in South Boston, Mass., on March 25, 1835, in 74th year. |
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Children: |
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| 296 | I. |
Betsey,6 b. November 18, 1788, in Windsor, Connecticut, d. in 1799. |
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| 297 | II. |
Wealthy Ann, b. January 18, 1791, in Windsor, Connecticut, d. in 1792. |
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| 298 | III. |
Anna B., b. January 7, 1797, in Pomfret, m. in 1818 Thomas Eaton, Hopkinton, New Hampshire. She was a member Free Baptist Church, Cantoocook. Ch.: Lydia, Louisa, m. Thomas Piper, Elizabeth, m. (1) Phineas Nourse, (2) Enoch Adams, Hannah, m. J. S. Piper, Pueblo, Colorado, Anna R., m. Dolphus Bean, Warren, New Hampshire. |
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| 299 | IV. |
Rev. Benjamin Cotton, b. September 24, 1798, in Pomfret, Connecticut, m. 1828 Emma Bester of Connecticut. He graduated at Amherst College, 1826, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1828, went to Indiana and served as American Home Missionary, in 1830 was trustee of Hanover College, and the Seminary now McCormick and Presbyterian Seminary of Chicago; helped secure some funds to make it possible; was pastor at Salem, Indiana, and d. there suddenly July 20, 1834, in 36th year. |
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| 300 | V. |
(Rev.) Timothy Robinson, b. September 18, 1800, m. (1) Mary Peck, (2) Josephine Going. |
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| 301 | VI. |
Emily, b. in 1802, Sharon, Vermont, m. 1827 Nathan Sanborn. She d. 1843. |
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| 302 | VII. |
Daniel Alden, b. Sharon, Vermont, 1804, m. Martha E. Bailey. |
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| 303 | VIII. |
Elvira, b. February 2, 1806, Sharon, Vermont, m. a Mr. Gerrish. She d. in 1839. |
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| 304 | IX. |
(Rev.) Edwin Wrifford, b. Sharon, Vermont, 1808, m. (1) Eliza R. Cate, (2) Martha P. Gage. |
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| 305 | X. |
Frances Follett, b. 1811, Sharon, Vermont, m. 1829 David Sanborn. He d. 1885. She d. 1887. |
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| 306 | XI. |
Infant son, b. 1813. |
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| 307 | XII. |
Infant son, b. 1815. |
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| 308 | XIII. |
Infant dau., b. 1815, twins |
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| 141 | |||
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Andrew5 Cressey (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Salem, New Hampshire, February 10, 1766, m. in 1793 at Bradford, New Hampshire, Huldah Stiles, who was b. in 1772. They lived on a farm in Bradford and were well-to-do, good people. She d. in 1858 at 86. He d. in Bradford in 1860 at 94. |
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Children b. Bradford, New Hampshire: |
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| 309 | I. |
Stephen,6 b. September 23, 1793, m. in 1817 Martha Smith, no ch. |
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| 310 | II. |
Hannah, b. 1796, m. John Smith. Ch.: Anna, Sarah, Ezra, Elvira, Andrew. |
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| 311 | III. |
(Captain) Allen, b. June 15, 1798, m. (1) Judith Sargent, (2) Weltra M. Sawyer. |
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| 312 | IV. |
Phebe, b. March 11, 1802, m. John Howlett. |
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| 313 | V. |
Olive, b. in 1805, m. (1) True Sargent, (2) Hiram Baston. Ch.: Jason, Elizabeth. |
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| 314 | VI. |
Matilda, b. in 1808, m. Alpheus Presby, Superintendent of Printing at Boston P.O. She d. in 1892 at 84. Ch.: Alonzo, Lorin. |
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| 315 | VII. |
Anna, b. in 1810, d. young. |
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| 142 | |||
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Edward5 Woodbury Cressey (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Salem, New Hampshire in 1768, m. (1) in 1790 Sarah Presby, who d. in 1797, m. (2) in 1799 Sarah Sawyer. When a young man he took up government lands in the place where Bradford, New Hampshire, and other towns now stand, which he traded, making a good property. He kept a tavern, was a Representative to the New Hampshire Legislature for several years. They were members of the Baptist Church. He d. in 1822 at 54. She d. in 1859 at 84. |
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Children b. Bradford, New Hampshire: |
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| 316 | I. |
Phebe,6 b. in 1792, m. Eben Cheney. |
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| 317 | II. |
Daniel G., b. in 1794, m. Elizabeth Jones. |
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| 318 | III. |
Hannah, b. in 1796, m. Jonathan Hoyt of Hamilton, New Hampshire. |
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| 319 | IV. |
Robert, b. in 1797, m. Miss Bagley. |
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| 320 | V. |
Sarah, b. in 1801, m. Joshua George, Warner, New Hampshire, president bank. |
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| 321 | VI. |
Margaret, b. in 1803, m. in 1830 Bard P. Paige of North Dunbarton, New Hampshire. She d. in 1842 at 39. Ch.: Ellen, Margaret, Francis. He m. her sister. |
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| 322 | VII. |
(Dr.) Oliver Sawyer, b. in 1805, m. Sarah Stanwood. |
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| 323 | VIII. |
Edward, b. in 1808, m. Eliza Currier Jones. |
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| 324 | IX. |
Lucinda, b. in 1809, m. (1) in 1829 Stephen Marshall, (2) Abisha Washburn. He d. in Rock Island, Illinois in 1870. She d. in 1892 in 83rd year. Ch.: Lucy, Edwin, William, George, Isabelle, Frank. |
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| 325 | X. |
William Plummer, b. January 31, 1812, m. Mary Gould. |
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| 326 | XI. |
Mary, b. in 1814, m. in 1842 Benjamin O. Stanley. Ch.: Helen, Lizzie, Harriet. |
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| 327 | XII. |
Louisa, b. in 1817, m. (2nd wife) Bard P. Paige of North Dunbarton, New Hampshire. He served as selectman of Bradford and New Hampshire Legislature. In 1850 he went to Montreal, where he was engaged in the manufacture and sale of mowing, reaping and threshing machines for 25 years. Member Congregational Church. He d. in Bradford 1893 in 85th year. Ch.: (1) Ellen M., b. 1842, m. (1) in 1865 Alfred Warner. Ch.: Charles A. Warner, m. (2) in 1872 Frank M. Tappan, a noted lawyer of Concord, New Hampshire and elected to Congress for two terms. Ch.: Arthur W. Tappan. (2) Martha. (3) Lizzie. (4) Edward. |
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| 144 | |||
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John5 Cressey (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 Mighill1) was b. in Hopkinton, New Hampshire in 1772, m. (1) Mary Lovett, (2) Polly Parmenter. He d. in 1848 at 76. |
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Children b. Bradford, New Hampshire: |
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| 328 | I. |
Robert6 P., b. about 1795, m. (1) Elizabeth Baxter, (2) Mary Parmenter. |
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| 329 |
Ch.: (1) Horace7 E., b. 1818, lived in Deering, New Hampshire. |
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| 330 |
(2) Enoch7 E., b. 1820, school teacher, d. in Kentucky in 1843. |
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| 331 | II. |
Ira, b. about 1798, d. young. |
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| 323 | III. |
Abigail, b. about 1800. |
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| 333 | IV. |
Nancy, b. about 1803. |
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| 334 | V. |
Enoch, b. about 1807 by (2) wife. |
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| 149 | |||
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Jonathan5 Cressey (Joseph4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Salem, New Hampshire, August 23, 1765, m. about 1788 Prudence Brown of Salem. He was a farmer. He served in the Revolutionary War, 3 years in the infantry and 3 years in cavalry; taken prisoner and kept in Old Sugar House Prison, 1779-80. He was one of General Washington's bodyguards for 2 years; was sentinel when the word of Benedict Arnold's treachery was brought to Washington. He d. in Rowe, Mass., July 3, 1825, in 60th year. His widow d. February 1832. |
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Children, 3 b. Salem, New Hampshire, 6 b. Rowe, Mass.: |
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| 335 | I. |
Benjamin6, b. May 17, 1789, m. Chloe Rice. He d. in Vermont. |
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| 5 |
Ch.: Joseph, Wealthy, Orrick, Oscar, Direxa. |
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| 341 | II. |
Elijah, b. 1791, m. in 1814 Susanna Willis. He d. in Wisconsin, 1856. She d. in Minnesota, 1873. |
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| 7 |
Ch.: Willis, Francis, Betsey, Eliza, Emily, John, Direxa. |
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| 349 | III. |
Betsey, b. 1793, m. in 1814 Luther Elwell of Rowe, Mass.,
soldier 1812 War. |
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| 350 | IV. |
John, b. March 5, 1795, m. (1) Asenath Farnsworth, (2) Betsey Willis. |
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| 351 | V. |
Erastus, b. May 11, 1797, m. Sophronia Smith. |
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| 352 | VI. |
Lovina, b. in 1799, m. Elisha Cowles, Jessup's Landing, New York. She d. 1849. |
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| 353 | VII. |
George Washington, b. July 1, 1801, m. (1) Susan Lanman, (2) Silvia King. |
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| 354 | VIII. |
Jonathan, b. May 3, 1806, m. (1) Olive Smith, (2) Sarah Maxwell. |
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| 355 | IX. |
Noah, b. March 1, 1809, m. (1) Lucy Brown, (2) Maria Trumbull, (3) Eleanor Brown. |
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| 150 | |||
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Hezekiah5 Cressey (Joseph4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Salem, New Hampshire, May 26, 1774, m. in 1797 Polly Livermore, b. 1778, d. in 1841 at 63. He d. in 1846 at 72 in Michigan (probably Hillsdale). |
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Children probably b. Salem, New Hampshire: |
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| 356 | I. |
Erastus6, b. February 5, 1798, m. Olive Taylor. He d. 1851 at 53. She d. 1877 in Michigan. |
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| 5 |
Ch.: Olive7, Laura, Orpha, Katherine, Erastus, Jr. |
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| 362 | II. |
Laura, b. June 18, 1801, d. unm. in 1826. |
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| 3 |
Ch.: d. young. |
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| 366 | VI. |
(Dr.) Alonzo, b. November 26, 1808, m. Sophia M. Smith. |
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| 367 | VII. |
Mary, b. 1811, m. 1831 George Nichols. She d. 1836. Ch.: William H. |
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| 368 | VIII. |
William H., b. September 22, 1813, d. 1832. |
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| 369 | IX. |
Louisa J., b. June 14, 1817, d. in 1838. |
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| 370 | X. |
Julia A., b. December 28, 1819, d. in 1846. |
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| 152 | |||
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Rev. Noah5 Cressey (Joseph4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Salem, New Hampshire, April 9, 1777, m. in 1809 Sophia, daughter of Moody and Dolly (Farnum) Spofford of North Andover, Mass. She was b. 1789. He graduated at Williams College in 1805, studied Theology with Rev. Theophilus Packard, D.D., of Shelburn, Mass., was licensed to preach in 1806, ordained in 1809 at the First Congregational Church, Norway, Maine, was pastor 10 years; at North Yarmouth 8 years; at Gilead, Maine, for several years. He was Home Missionary for 20 years, in Vermont, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin. Then he became pastor of Second Congregational Church at Sanford and Shapleigh, Maine, until 1861. He preached as supply at Gorham, Buxton, and Portland, Maine, moved to Portland on Dow Street about 1835. It is said he wrote and read an original poem at the celebration of Bunker Hill Monument when the Hon. Edward Everett gave the address. He had a most remarkable memory and would repeat Scripture by the chapter and the long Watts hymns from memory; devoted his long life to preaching, teaching school and missionary work for over 60 years. His wife was a devoted Christian woman. Died in Portland in 1845 in 57th year. He d. in Boston, Mass., while visiting his daughter, Marcia, on December 15, 1867, in 92nd year. Buried in the Western Cemetery in Portland, Maine. |
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Children, 5 b. Norway, 4 b. Yarmouth, Maine: |
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| 371 | I. |
Marcia6 A., b. August 19, 1810, m. in 1860 John W. Lombard of Boston, Mass. He was a stationary engineer. She d. in Boston, 1882, buried at Truro, Cape Cod. |
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| 372 | II. |
Luther F., b. March 29, 1812, d. in 1814. |
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| 373 | III. |
Sophia, b. February 12, 1814, m. in 1854 Samuel H. Brackett of Portland, Maine, mason, plasterer, and stucco worker. She was teacher in Portland 15 years. Members State Street Congregational Church. He d. in Portland in 1875. |
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| 374 | IV. |
(Sea Captain) Walter K., b. March 6, 1816, m. about 1840 Kate Ewing of New York. He was a sailor and became captain of his ship; sailed to foreign ports for many years. In the Civil War he was made Lieutenant Commander in U.S. Navy and was in command of 4 different war vessels during the war. He had a very brilliant record -- was at the siege and capture of Richmond and New Orleans; d. in Brooklyn, New York, hospital, October 28, 1864, buried in Cypress Cemetery, Long Island. |
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| 4 |
Ch.: (1) Katie, (2) Harry, (3) Clarence, (4) Maria. |
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| 379 | V. |
Noah, b. May 25, 1819, m. in 1849 Margaret E. O'Neal of North Bridgewater, Mass. He was an engineer on the Canadian Pacific R.R. and was killed by accident on the road at St. Hyacinth, Canada, in 1852 at 33; buried in Canada. |
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| 380 | VI. |
Julia A., b. May 27, 1822, m. in 1840 William H. Foye of
Portland, Maine. He was in insurance business. She d. in
1879 in 58th year. |
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| 381 | VII. |
Harriet P., b. August 6, 1824, m. about 1844 Charles H.
Wilkins of New Boston, New Hampshire. They lived in Deering,
Maine, for several years, where he kept a hotel and was
Superintendent of Evergreen Cemetery. She d. in 1880. |
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| 382 | VIII. |
Maria E., b. January 22, 1826, m. in 1853 Benjamin F. Preble
of Dover, New Hampshire. He was in the carriage business.
They moved to Cleveland, Ohio. |
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| 383 | IX. |
Mary G., b. June 23, 1828, m. in 1854 Samuel E. Williams of
Dover, New Hampshire. He was clerk and paymaster in the
Swampscot Machine Works, South Newmarket, New Hampshire. |
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| 160 | |||
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Ebenezer5 Cressey (Richard4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1773, m. in 1805 Martha -----. He was quite a prominent man and served as Representative for the town of Bradford, New Hampshire, kept store and tavern in Bradford. Probably the family moved to New York. He d. in New York in 1857 at 84. |
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Children b. Bradford, New Hampshire: |
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| 384 | I. |
Albert6 F., b. July 31, 1805. He was a butcher. |
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| 385 | II. |
Sarah R., b. April 5, 1807, m. William Hoyt. |
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| 386 | III. |
Margaret A., b. May 11, 1809. |
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| 387 | IV. |
(Rev.) Ebenezer H., b. February 6, 1811. College graduate, Episcopal minister, m., went south. |
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| 388 | V. |
Susan E., b. September 8, 1813. |
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| 389 | VI. |
Martha M., b. November 30, 1817. |
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| 161 | |||
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Richard5 Cressey (Richard4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1775, m. about 1806 Abigail Presby. He moved to Newbury, New Hampshire, where he owned a farm and kept a small country store. He was commonly called ``Uncle Dick'' by the townspeople; d. in 1852 in 77th year. |
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Children b. Newbury, New Hampshire: |
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| 390 | I. |
Albe6, b. May 7, 1807, m. Pamelia Perry. |
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| 3 |
Ch.: (1) Abbie, (2) Albert, (3) John. |
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| 394 | II. |
Polly, b. March 1809, m. Eli Dodge. She d. in 1855. He d.
in 1883. |
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| 395 | III. |
Richard, b. December 13, 1810, d. unm. |
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| 396 | IV. |
Joseph P., b. September 9, 1812, m. Louisa M. Ager. |
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| 397 | V. |
Washington, b. July 9, 1814. |
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| 398 | VI. |
Thomas, b. May 18, 1816. |
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| 399 | VII. |
Woodbridge, b. March 10, 1818, lived in Manchester, New Hampshire. |
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| 400 | VIII. |
Amos, b. October 5, 1822. |
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| 401 | IX |
Abigail, b. October 28, 1826. |
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| 163 | |||
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William5 Cressey (Richard4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1781, m, in 1806 Hannah Noyes. They lived in Henniker, New Hampshire, where he built a fine country house on the main street opposite the town house about 1812. He was considered wealthy. She d. in 1833. He d. in 1860 at 79. |
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Children b. Henniker, New Hampshire |
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| 402 | I. |
William6, b. April 2, 1809, d. in 1809. |
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| 403 | II. |
Mary, b. September 2, 1810, d. in 1824. |
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| 404 | III. |
(Aunt) Sally, b. September 5, 1812, unm., respected woman, lived to be almost centenarian. This great longevity was not the only remarkable feature of the life of ``Aunt Sally,'' as she was affectionately known to a host of relatives, friends and townspeople. In her younger days she was a lady of much beauty and charm of manner and force of character. She was born in the new house her father had recently built on Main Street, and in which she lived to the day of her death. Though never touched by the tender passion for any village swain, her love for humanity was such that during middle life she gave shelter and loving care at different times to several orphaned boys and girls who lived to call her name blessed. She d. in 1910 at 98 years, 2 months. |
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| 405 | IV. |
William P., b. July 15, 1818, m. in 1849 Susan, daughter of Thomas Wallace, a merchant of Goffstown, New Hampshire. Mr. Cressey was collector, sheriff, mechanic and farmer. Lived in same house with Sally. He d. in 1901 at 85. |
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| 164 | |||
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Cyrus5 Cressey (Richard4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in 1786 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, m. in 1811 Hannah Sawyer of New Boston, New Hampshire. He moved to Bradford with his parents when 8 years old, educated in the public schools, was a natural genius -- a farmer, carpenter, repaired clocks, Justice of the Peace, and was Sheriff for many years. He was a prominent man in town and a Mason of considerable note, being at one time Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of New Hampshire. He d. in 1860 in 74th year. |
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Children b. Bradford, New Hampshire: |
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| 406 | I. |
Hannah6, b. September 1812, d. in 1819. |
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| 407 | II. |
William S., b. June, 1813, m. in 1842 Eliza A. Jones. |
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| 3 |
Ch.: (1) Sarah, (2) Betsey, (3) William. |
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| 411 | III. |
Jabez W., b. August, 1815, unm., soldier in Civil War in 17th Illinois Regiment. He d. in 1869 at 54. |
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| 412 | IV. |
(Dea.) Greely M., b. February 22, 1818, m. Jane M. Spaulding. |
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| 413 | V. |
Mary S., b. May, 1820, m. Moses Morrison. She d. in 1860. |
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| 414 | VI. |
Cyrus M., b. October 1822, d. in 1852. |
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| 415 | VII. |
Addison S., b. December 1825, m. Mary E. West. |
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| 416 | VIII. |
Antonette C., b. in March 1834, m. in 1856 Daniel F.
West. |
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| 168 | |||
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Diamond5 Cressey (Nathaniel4, Job3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., June 4, 1752, m. about 1771 Joanna Batchelder of Danvers, Mass. He d. about December 1781, in 30th year. His widow m. (2) a Mr. Adams. |
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Child b. Beverly: |
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| 417 | I. |
Diamond6, Jr., b. April 7, 1772. |
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| 169 | |||
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Job5 Cressey (Nathaniel4, Job3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., in 1755, m. in 1778 Sally Dodge of Beverly. He was a Revolutionary soldier and crossed the Delaware River on that noted Christmas night with General George Washington. He was probably a farmer. She d. in Gardiner, Maine, about 1824 at the home of her daughter. |
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Children b. Beverly, Mass.: |
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| 418 | I. |
Sarah6,
b. about 1780, m. Mr. Floyd. |
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| 419 | II. |
Mary, b. about 1785, m. (1) Mr. Hobbs, (2) Phineas Nichols, Londonderry, New Hampshire. |
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| 420 | III. |
Joanna, b. about 1790, m. 1812 Caleb B. Seccomb, Salem. |
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| 421 | IV. |
Betsey, b. about 1795, m. 1815 Asa Butman, Salem. |
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| 422 | V. |
Mehitable, b. about 1797, settled in Kennebec County, Maine. |
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| 423 | VI. |
Abigail, b. about 1800, m. 1818 Benjamin Cook of Gardiner, Maine. Children b. Gardiner, Maine: |
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George F., b. 1819, m. Margaret Pattern. He was a trader in Augusta. |
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Rosaline D., b. about 1825, m. Mr. Klacger, New York. |
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Sarah. |
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Abbie. |
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Frances, b. 1832, m. 1855 Peter Mabie of New York. |
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R. Romeo, b. 1836, d. at sea on way to California in 1865. |
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B. Franklin Cook, b. about 1838, a prominent criminal lawyer in Boston; invented the rubber packing for steam engines. |
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| 175 | |||
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Benjamin5 Cressey (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., June 27, 1756, m. in 1791 Abigail Trask of Beverly. He was a sailor and was probably lost at sea sometime before 1799, as his name does not appear in his father's will. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 424 | I. |
Nathaniel6 Trask, b. February 1793, d. in 1850 unm. at 57. |
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| 425 | II. |
Benjamin, b. October 25, 1796, m. in 1822 Anna Curtis of Beverly. She d. in 1852 at 56. He d. in 1862 at 66. |
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Children: |
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| 426 | (1) |
Abbie7, b. in 1825. |
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| 427 | (2) |
Eliza, b. in 1827, d. in 1867 at 40 unm. |
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| 428 | (3) |
Lucy, b. in 1833, d. in 1839. |
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| 429 | (4) |
Mary, b. in 1838. |
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| 187 | |||
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Noah5 Cressey (Nathan4, Noah3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., June 9, 1769, m. in 1794 Rhoda Kisby of Beverly. His grandfather, Noah3, willed him his gold watch and sleeve buttons at his death (1784). He d. September 8, 1847, at 78. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 430 | I. |
(Dea.) James6, b. February 6, 1795, m. (1) Betsey Fornis, (2) Abigail Morgan. |
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| 431 | II. |
Rhoda, b. September 3, 1796, d. in January 1798. |
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| 432 | III. |
Benjamin, b. June 6, 1798, m. Nabby Gage Masury. |
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| 433 | IV. |
Joseph, b. August 25, 1800, d. unm. in 1882 in 82nd year. |
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| 188 | |||
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Benjamin5 Cressey (Nathan4, Noah3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., February 14, 1771, m. Lydia Thurston of Beverly about 1807. |
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Children b. Beverly: |
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| 434 | I. |
Lydia6, b. November 8, 1808. |
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| 435 | II. |
Fannie, b. October 24, 1810, m. in 1836 William R. Allen of Salem, d. in 1853. |
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| 436 | III. |
Harriet, b. November 26, 1818, d. in 1831 at 13. |
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| 437 | IV. |
Hannah, b. July 26, 1823, d. in 1843 at 20. |
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| 438 | V. |
Susanna, b. June 13, 1825, d. in 1849 at 24. |
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| 190 | |||
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Jonathan5 Cressey (Nathan4, Noah3, John2, Mighill1) was born in Beverly, Mass., September 24, 1776, m. in 1801 Ruth Thurston of Beverly. He d. in 1864 in 88th year. She d. in 1869. |
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Children b. Beverly Mass.: |
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| 439 | I. |
Sally6, b. June 5, 1802, m. Robert G. Elliot. |
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| 440 | II. |
Aaron Tyler, b. September 4, 1804, m. (1) Betsey Dodge, (2) Sophia Cressey. |
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| 441 | III. |
Lucy, b. in 1806, m. (1) Caleb Friend, (2) Benjamin Elliot. |
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| 442 | IV. |
Enoch, b. August 28, 1817, m. Sally Whittier. |
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| 443 | V. |
Rebecca, b._____. |
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| 444 | VI. |
Eben, b._____. |
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| 195 | |||
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Nathan5 Cressey (Nathan4, Noah3, John2, Mighill1) was b. in Beverly, Mass., in 1787, m. in 1817 Louisa Thorp, b. in 1791 in Francistown, New Hampshire. He d. in 1867 at 80. She d. in 1878 at 87. |
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Children: |
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| 445 | I. |
Samuel6 K., b. October 15, 1817, m. Annie Baker of New York. |
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| 446 | II. |
Oliver T., b. April 30, 1823, m. Mary A. Holmes of Langdon, New Hampshire. |
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| 452 | III. |
Mason, b. April, 1825, m. Mary E. Hoyt of Bradford, New Hampshire. |
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| 453 | Ch.: |
(1) Nella7 F., b. 1858, m. Sanford Marshall.
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(2) Frederick M., b. 1862, unm., lived in Bradford. |
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(3) Bertha J., b. 1869, m. Almon Cilley of Newbury. |
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| 456 | IV. |
Louisa F., b. June 4, 1828, unm., d. in 1855 at 27. |
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| 457 | V. |
Levi N., b. July 27, 1833, in Bradford. |
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Jonathan5 Cressey (Michael4, Jonathan3, Mighill2, Mighill1) was b. in Groton, Mass., June 15, 1756, m. April 7, 1785, Lydia, daughter of Aaron and Anna Wright of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. He d. in 1803 at 47. She d. in 1820. |
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Children b. Groton, Mass.: |
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| 458 | I. |
Michael6, b. July 8, 1786, m. Eleanor _____ about 1820. |
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Jonathan, b. 1821, Eleazer, b. 1822, Lydia, b. 1824, Martha, b. 1825. |
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Parson B., b. 1828, Lutias, b. 1831. |
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| 465 | II. |
Katherine, b. April 19, 1788. |
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| 466 | III. |
Simeon G., b. May 18, 1790, d. 1791. |
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| 467 | IV. |
Grata, b. March 12, 1793, m. December 14, 1819, Aaron Thomas of Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
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| 468 | V. |
Clark, b. March 5, 1795, d. young. |
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| 469 | VI. |
Wright6, b. July 9, 1798. |
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Aaron5 Cressey (Michael4, Jonathan3, Mighill2, Mighill1) was b. in Groton, Mass., in 1762, m. in 1789 Elizabeth Wright of Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and in 1780 he was at West Point and a ``Life Guard'' of General Benedict Arnold when he deserted the U.S. Army. Sometime after he returned home he moved to Jamaica, Vermont, where he d. in 1824 at 62. |
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Children b. Chesterfield, New Hampshire: |
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| 470 | I. |
Alpheus6, b. April 11, 1790, m. Lydia Cass. |
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| 471 | II. |
Erastus, b. in 1792, m. Betsey Russell of Jamaica, Vermont. |
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| 478 | III. |
Aaron Wright, b. in 1794, m. twice to sisters, daughters of Noah Hill of Stratton, Vermont. He d. in Downer's Grove, Illinois. |
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| 484 | IV. |
Polly, b. in 1796, d. unm. |
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| 485 | V. |
Amarilla, b. in 1798, m. (1) Ezra Chapin, (2) Benjamin Cobb. |
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Joseph5 Cressey (Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Mighill2, Mighill1) was b. in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, in 1772, m. Martha Smith of Rutland, Mass. He d. in the place of his birth in 1839 at 67. She d. in 1839 at 61. |
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Children b. Chesterfield, New Hampshire: |
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| 486 | I. |
William6 Smith, b. in 1803, m. Martha Beebe. She d. in 1854. He d. in 1879. |
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Chandler A., b. in 1806, m. _____, was selectman, d. in 1878 at 72. |
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| 493 | III. |
Parker D., b. in 1808, m. 1831 Mary Pratt, both d. in 1884. |
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(2) George P., b. in 1834, m. 1860 Eugenia R. Frink. He d. in 1862. Ch.: Abbie. |
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(3) Romanzo C., b. in 1837, m. 1861 Elizabeth Simonds, Vermont, farmer, storekeeper. |
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(4) Ellen M., b. in 1855, m. (1) William E. Foster, (2) Frank M. Ware. |
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John5 Cressey (John4, John3, William2, Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., in 1767, m. in 1792 Phebe, dau. of Nathaniel and Phebe (Jewett) Bradstreet of Ipswich. Her father left her $50 in his will. He d. in 1834 at 66 by a fall in his barn. His wife was bapt. in 1773 and d. in 1849 in 77th year. They lived on Central Street, opposite brother Richard5. |
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Children b. Rowley, Mass.: |
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| 501 | I. |
Thomas6, b. in 1794, m. in 1823 Mary Saunders. |
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| 502 | II. |
John, b. in 1798, m. (1) in 1821 Susanna Jewett, (2) in 1839 Lydia Perkins. |
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Nathaniel, b. September 18, 1800, m. (1) Sarah Jewett Hale, (2) Abigail Lambert. |
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| 511 | IV. |
Melina, b. in 1803, d. in 1840 at 37, unm. |
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| 512 | V. |
Bradstreet, b. in 1806, m. in 1827 Sarah Hooper. |
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| 513 | VI. |
Elizabeth, b. in 1808, d. in 1835 at 27, unm. |
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| 514 | VII. |
(Rev.) George Washington, b. 1810, m. (1) Caroline Little, (2) Sarah Croswell, (3) Nancy Wentworth. |
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| 515 | VIII. |
Phebe Jewett, b. February 9, 1814, d. October 11, 1837, at 23, unm. |
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Richard5 Cressey (John4, John3, William2, Mighill1) was b. in Rowley, Mass., July 2, 1770, m. March 24, 1795, Dorothy, dau. of Moses and Sarah (Mighill) Bradstreet of Rowley. She was b. January 5, 1776, and d. March 13, 1858, at 82. They lived on the farm his father bought in 1771 on Central Street, later owned by his grandson, George B. Blodgette. He d. February 20, 1836, in 66th year. |
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Children b. Rowley, Mass.: |
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| 516 | I. |
Dorothy6, b. in 1796, d. in 1825 at 29, unm. |
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| 517 | II. |
Elizabeth, b. in 1797, m. (1) 1824 Edmund Boynton, (2) Greenlief Hazen.
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| 518 | III. |
Sarah Mighill, b. February 21, 1800, m. 1830 Dr. George Moody of Byfield. He practiced medicine in Boxford (West Parish) and Georgetown, Mass. She d. in 1880 in 81st year. He d. in Georgetown and buried there. Ch.: Ann S., Henry S. |
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| 519 | IV. |
Charles, b. in 1802, m. 1832 Mary Bradley of Haverhill. He d. in 1848 at 46. |
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| 520 | V. |
Thomas Bradstreet, b. 1804, m. (1) Rhoda Whittier, (2) Emily Lydston. |
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| 521 | VI. |
Richard, b. April 8, 1807, m. Mary E. Harris. |
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| 522 | VII. |
Lucy J., b. in 1810, m. Joshua, son of Pemberton Hale. She d. in 1873 at 63.
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| 523 | VIII. |
Mary, b. January 29, 1813, m. 1835 Sherburne C. Blodgette. She d. in 1899. Child b. Georgetown, Mass.:
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| 524 | IX. |
Moses B., b. February 7, 1815, d. in 1900 at 85, unm. |
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| 525 | X. |
Irene B., b. September 30, 1820, d. in 1898 at 78, unm. |
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Henry5 Sewall Cressey (Francis4, Samuel3, William2, Mighill1) was b. in Newburyport, Mass., December 8, 1769, m. October 4, 1795, Elizabeth Gardiner, b. in 1773. He d. December 8, 1799, at 30. After his death she m. in 1804 Enoch Somerby. |
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Children b. Newburyport: |
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| 526 | I. |
Michael6, b. August 6, 1796, m. January 17, 1820, Phebe Ann Pike, b. 1798. He was a sailor and d. at sea in 1848 at 52. She d. in 1880 in 82nd year. |
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Henry6, b. April 13, 1798, d. in August 1831, at 33. |
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