General Notes

m. Jul. 26, 1711, Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire by William Allen

Children:
1. John Bickford,   b. Abt 1713, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire   d. Aft 10 Sep 1753
2. Ebenezer Bickford,   b. Abt 1716, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire   d. Aft 1763
3. Thomas Bickford,   b. Abt 1718, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire
4. Jonathan Bickford,   b. Abt 1721, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire  d. Bef 1770
5. Joshua Bickford,   b. Abt 1723, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Bef 1758
6. Benjamin Bickford,   b. Abt 1725, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire
7. Joseph Bickford,   b. Abt 1726, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire
8. Samuel Bickford,   b. Abt 1727, Newington, Strafford,
9. Ichabod Bickford,   b. Abt 1729, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire    d. 1800
10. Sarah Bickford,   b. Abt 1730, Newington, Strafford, New Hampshire   d. Aft May 1805
11. Eleanor Bickford,   b. Abt 1732, Newington, Strafford,

Source:
FAHNSTOCK: "350 Years Of The Bickford Family"





24 ' HISTORY OF DURHAM

1738. He had wife, Deborah, who joined the same church, 29
March 1743. He united with the church, 22 April 1753. A
Joseph Bickford died of apoplexy in Dover, 11 Feb. 1776. His
will, 2 Aug. 1762-13 March 1776, names sons, Joseph and
Ephraim, and daughter, Sarah. Children baptized in Dover
were:

Sarah bapt. 24 June 1731.
Mary bapt. 12 Sept. 1736.
Sarah bapt. 7 May 1738.
Joseph bapt. 22 May 1743.
8. Ephraim bapt. 13 May 1744; m. Sarah Bickford.

Fourth Generation

6. Samuel Bickford (Thomas^, John-, Thomas'), in 1765^
lived at Epsom Center, on the west corner of the New Orchard
road, where he died in April or May 1773, leaving wife, Mercy,
and at least seven children. Mercy died in 1824.

Benjamin m. 13 Jan. 1779, Hannah Locke, dau. of Francis
of Rye. He d. bef. Aug. 1790. Wife d. after 1803. Ch.:
Samuel b. 13 May 1779, d. 8 May 1863, Benjamin b. 30
Nov. 1781, and Thomas b. 26 Feb. 1785, d. 9 Sept. 1865.

Samuel m. Abigail ; 1. in Epsom. Ch.: Rebecca b.

29 Dec. 1789, m. John Yea ton, Mehitable b. 13 Aug.
1783, Abigail b. 14 Aug. 1787, Joseph b. 4 Jan. 1793,
Margaret b. 11 Nov. 1785, Benjamin b. 11 Sept. 1789,
Samuel b. 25 Oct. 1795, and Mercy b. 7 March 1798.

Mehitable (?) m. 11 Nov. 1779 Simeon Page at Deerfield.
She d. 17 March 1846, aged 87.

Thomas bapt. 15 April 1764; m. 23 Nov. 1786, Olive, dau. of
John Haines; d. 1819. She d. 8 Oct. 1848, aged 83. Ch.:
John b. Oct. 1790 m. Eliza Lane and d. 18 Jan. 1858,
Samuel W. b. 1795 m. Lucy C. Learned and d. 29 Feb.
1858, Nathan b. 2 Dec. 1797 m. Elizabeth W. Dickey and
d. 17 Jan. 1879, Daniel, Dearborn, Mehitable and Olive.

Mary bapt. 11 Aug. 1765; m. 3 April 1798 Jonathan Elkins,
later of Gilmanton (?).

John bapt. 29 May 1768.

Joseph bapt. 14 July 1771.

7. Jonathan Bickford (John^, John^, Thomas^), baptized in
Dover 12 Jan. 1752, married, 26 May 1757, Sarah Wilmot of
Somersworth. He is said to have been born 2 Jan. 1730 and to
have died ii May 1818. She was born 20 April 1739 and died
19 March 1823. He died in Wolfeboro.



HISTORY OF DURHAM 25

Rebecca b. 12 March 1758; m. 6 June 1802, Benjamin

Young of Tuftonborough.
John b. 12 May 1759; d. 27 July 1762.
James b. March 1761; d. 5 Sept. 1762.
Abigail b. 27 Feb. 1763; d. Oct. 1777.
Elizabeth b. 20 June 1765; m. 18 March 1783, Nathaniel

Hayes.
Jonathan b. 18 June 1767; m. 19 Feb. 1799, Abigail, dau. of

Aaron and Sarah (Tibbetts) Roberts.
Thomas b. 23 Oct. 1769; d. Oct. 1777.
WiLMOT b. 24 Aug. 1771 ; m. 15 July 1798, Dorothy Willand

of Dover. He lived in Wolfeboro.
Nathaniel b. 8 Dec. 1773; m. 19 Feb. 1801, Mary Bean;

d. in Tuftonborough i Dec. 1854.
Sarah b. 8 May 1776; d. Oct. 1777.
Judith b. 6 June 1779; m. 11 Aug. 1823, Thomas B. Wiggin

of Wolfeboro.
Gershom b. 29 Jan. 1781; m. (i) 7 April 1808, Elizabeth

Bean, (2) 2 May 1853, Mary Jackson.
Richard b. 24 Jan. 1784; m. (i) 10 March 1817, Ruth, dau.

of Jacob and Ruth Haines, (2) 4 April 1848, Mrs. Polly

E. Oilman of Tamworth.

8. Ephraim Bickford (Joseph^ John-, Thomas^) married, 22
March 1772, Sarah Bickford and died in Dover 31 May 1823,
aged 80. Children recorded in Dover:

Aaron b. 29 June 1773.

Deborah b. 9 Dec. 1774.

Joseph b. 14 Sept. 1776.

Mary b. 11 March 1779.

Hannah b. 14 Feb. 1781.

Sarah b. 14 July 1783.

Ephraim b. 8 Nov. 1785.

Susanna b. 8 Sept. 1788.

Thomas b. 8 Aug. 1791; m. 1816, Olive Ann Estes.

BICKFORD

Benjamin Bickford, in 1694, had a grant of thirty acres next
to his house on the highway leading from Bloody Point to Green-
land, over against John Hudson's house. He was constable
about this time. Dec. 7, 1702, he and wife Sarah, deeded to
John Knight sixteen acres now in his actual possession, formerly
the land of the said Benjamin Bickford's father, lying betwixt
Pine Point and Bloody Point, bounded by the river on the east,
by road on the west, on the north by land of Henry Langstaff



26 HISTORY OF DURHAM

and on the south by land of said Knight, formerly of Richard
Cator, with one fourth of a sawmill between Knight's and the
land now sold. This looks as though Benjamin Bickford might

have been son of the — Bickford who married a daughter

of Richard Cator. The will of Benjamin Bickford of Newing-
ton, 4 April 1724-2 June 1725, is signed by the same mark as the
above deed, a well drawn capital B. The will mentions "wife"
and the following children:

Mary m. Joshua Crockett, 8 Dec. 1707.

2. Benjamin, prob. of age in 1711; m. Deborah Baur (?).

3. Thomas m. Sarah Simeson, 26 July 1711.
Abigail m. Zebulon Dam, 16 Aug. 1716.
Elizabeth m. John Dam, 20 Feb. 1718.
Deborah m. Joshua Babb, 12 Dec. 1720.

4. John m. Sarah Hodgdon, 23 Feb. 1725.

5. Joseph m. Margery .

Was there also Hannah, who m. John Carter, 2-] July 1721
and d. bef. her father's will was made?

2. Benjamin Bickford (Benjamin) married, 23 Oct. 1718,
Deborah Baur, as some have read the original record. Others
say Deborah Bickford, or Bean or Babb. He was of Durham
i^ 1733- He was a grantee of Barnstead and of Nottingham.
The will of Benjamin Bickford of Durham, 22 June 1766-30
Sept. 1767, together with baptisms in Newington, indicates the
following children :

Samuel bapt. 16 June 1721.

Sarah bapt. 12 May 1722; m. Clark.

Abigail bapt. 10 Dec. 1722. Not named in will.

Benjamin bapt. 17 Oct. 1726; m. 26 Dec. 1751, Sarah Pit-
man (?). Not named in will.

Andrew bapt. 10 Aug. 1727.

Solomon b. abt. 1734; m. 23 Nov. 1758, Susan Fox; d. in
Northwood, 3 Feb. 1830. She d. 25 Oct. 181 7, aged 91.
[See History of Northwood, pp. 641-5.]

John m. 4 April 1751, Mary, widow of Thomas Trickey, of
Newington. He s. in Northwood, near to his brother,
Solomon. Had second wife, Elizabeth, in 1801, when
they sold homestead in Northwood and rem. elsewhere.

Deborah.

Hannah.

3. Thomas Bickford (Benjamin) married in Greenland, 26
July 1711, Sarah "Simeson" (Simpson?). He was baptized and
admitted to church at Newington 12 Dec. 1736. His will, 3



HISTORY OF DURHAM 2J

Jan. 1770-22 Feb. 1775, and the baptisms at Newington indi-
cate the following children:

John bapt. and owned the covenant at Newington 10 Sept.
1753, and children of John and Mary bapt. same day viz.,
Sarah, James and Margaret.

Ebenezer bapt. 18 Oct. 1741 and owned the covenant; m.
I Feb. 1741, Ann Quint. He was of Durham 22 March
1763, when he had a deed from his father of land in
Barnstead. Ch. bapt. in Newington, George* 21 March
1741/2, Anna 30 Sept. 1744, Eleanor 9 Feb. 1745/6, and
Samuel 14 Sept. 1747.

Jonathan bapt. and owned covenant 18 Oct. 1741; m. 8
Nov. 1743, Lydia Brown. Had dau., Sarah, bapt. 29
April 1745. He is not named in his father's will.

Joshua bapt. and owned covenant 18 Oct. 1741 ; m. 30 March
1742, Mary dau. of John and Elizabeth (Lang) West-
combe, granddaughter of John and Grace (Brookin) Lang
of Portsmouth. He removed to Durham Falls, and his
widow m. (2) 21 May 1758, Paul Willey.

Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph and Samuel all bapt. 12 Dec.
1736.

IcHABOD bapt. 12 Dec, 1736; m. 18 July 1762, Rebecca
Bickford. He had the homestead in Newington. His
will, 23 Sept.-I5 Oct. 1800, names wife Elizabeth and ch.,
Nathan, Thomas, John, Joseph, Ichabod, Sarah and
Eleanor.

Sarah bapt. 12 Dec. 1736; m. 28 Nov. 1749, Joseph Pearl of
Rochester.

Eleanor bapt. 12 Dec. 1736; m. 4 June 1752, Gideon Walker.

4. John Bickford (Benjamin) married, 23 Feb. 1725, Sarah
Hodgdon. He and wife and daughter, Sarah, of Newington
were baptized at Oyster River, 24 Dec. 1727. He removed to
Rochester, where he was one of the selectmen twelve years.

Sarah bapt. at O. R. 24 Dec. 1727.

Alexander bapt. at O. R. 31 March 1727/8.

Abigail bapt. at Newington 3 Aug. 1729; m. 23 June 1748,

Abraham Pearl of Rochester (?).
Ann bapt. at Rochester 27 June 1731.
Probably others.

* George Bickford was an official in Durham in 1765 and signed a petition there in 1768. He
is said to have removed to New Durham and there to have married Annie Granville and to have
had children, Judith who married William Leavitt, Rhoda, George, Stephen, Thomas, James,
Ichabod and Ebenezer. He removed thence to Parsonsfield, Me., in 1777 and there married
(2) Sally Oilman of Gilmanton. N. H., and had one child, Gideon. [See History of Parsons-
field.] The Rev. Warren F. Bickford of Muskegee, Okla. (Bowdoin, '72), published in the
Lewislon Journal, Maine, about 191 1, an extended genealogical account of the descendants of
George Bickford.



28 HISTORY OF DURHAM

5. Joseph Bickford (Benjamin) married Margery .

She was admitted to church at Newington, 26 March 1742. He
died before 15 Nov. 1754. Children baptized in Newington:

Lydia bapt. 9 May 1742.

Daniel bapt. 23 May 1742; m. Elizabeth Hodgdon, 7 Aug.

1766 (?). They were then both of Portsmouth.
Dennis bapt. 23 May 1742. He was over 14 but not of

age, 15 Nov. 1754.

BICKFORD

Henry Bickford of Portsmouth, perhaps son of Thomas of
Scarborough, where Henry had a grant of land in 1720, bought
a house lot in Portsmouth in 1704. He is called weaver and mar-
iner. He had wife, Sarah, probably the one admitted to the
North Church, 9 Aug. 1708. He deeded to Titus Salter, mariner,
12 April 1760, "all my dwelling house, with all the land belong-
ing." It may here be said that Nathan Bickford had land at
Blue Point, Scarborough, about 1680. Nothing more is known
of him, Henry Bickford had children:

2. Thomas bapt. 26 Sept. 1708; m. Elizabeth Furber.
Sarah bapt. 26 Sept. 1708.
Rachel bapt. 16 Aug. 171 1.
Hannah bapt. i Nov. 1713; m. Arthur Waterhouse, 15 Jan.

1737/8 (?).
Aaron bapt. 26 Oct. 1718; Mary, wife of Aaron Bickford,
d. 3 Oct. 1752, in her 26th \ear, as says an inscription at
Portsmouth. Aaron was in military service, 14 July 1748.
Abigail bapt. 2 Oct. 1720.

Eliza bapt. 6 May 1722; m. William Hopkins, 24 Oct.
1755 (?)•
2. Thomas Bickford (Henry) married, 4 Oct. 1727, Elizabeth,
daughter of Jethro Furber, granddaughter of William Furber of
Newington. He is called schoolmaster. The inscription on his
tombstone says that he died in Portsmouth, 18 Dec. 1772, aged
68. Children baptized at the North Church.

William bapt. 17 Oct. 1731; not named in his father's will.
Thomas bapt. 3 March 1733/4; d- young.
Elizabeth bapt. 7 March 1735/6; m. Benjamin Mackay.
Hannah bapt. 18 Feb. 1738/9; m. Samuel Waterhouse, 16

Oct. 1760.
Thomas bapt. 29 July 1739; schoolmaster in 1798.
Leah bapt. 6 Feb. 1742/3; m. Joseph Moulton.



HISTORY OF DURHAM 29

Henry, named in his father's will, 9 Sept. 1768; m. Eliza-
beth Gerrish, 30 April 1774; d. in Portsmouth, 6 Jan.
1798, aged 47.

Dorothy, named in will; m. John Salter.



There was a John Bickford of Portsmouth, who married Eliza-
beth Britten, 15 Sept. 1718. She renewed her baptismal cove-
nant, 22 July 1722, and they had children baptized at the South
Church.

John bapt. 23 Sept. 1722.

Mary bapt. 31 March 1733/4

Sarah bapt. 31 March 1733/4; twin to Mary; m. Francis

Peters, 4 Aug. 1765.
Ann bapt. 25 July 1736.
Hannah bapt. 3 Oct. 1742.

Unclassified

Moses Bickford born 16 June 1780. m. Sally Ellison, of

Barrington, 1802.
m. 7 Oct. 1792, Benjamin Bickford and Peggy Mitchell,
m. 19 Aug. 1804, Samuel Follet of Lee and Mrs. Peggy

Bickford.
m. 16 March 1794, John Bickford and Sally Bracey.
m. 10 May 1795, Sally Bickford and Benjamin French

Brown,
m. 21 April 1799, Reuben Bickford and Deborah Durgin.

He d. 12 Oct. 1838, aged 78.
m. 17 Nov. 1803, Andrew Bickford and Susannah Follett.

She d. 13 Apr. 1836.
m. 28 Nov. 1782, Abraham Bickford and Elizabeth Langley.
m. I May 1803, Josiah Bickford and Polly Crommett.
m. 15 Dec. 1805, Joseph Arlin and Miss Abigail Bickford.
m. 1807, Abraham Mathes and Love Bickf6rd.
m. 20 Aug. 1820, David Bickford and Elizabeth Jenness.
m. 20 Aug. 1820, Ephraim L. Bickford and Sally Davis,
m. II May 1823, James Bickford and Ann Arlin.
m. Nov. 1825, John S. Whitehouse and Abigail Bickford.
m. II Feb. 1841, Asa Dame and Lucia Bickford.
James Bickford d. 19 July 1808.
Thomas Bickford d. 4 Oct. 18 18.

Bickford, pauper, d. 15 Dec. 1842, aged 73.

John Bickford d. 15 Aug. 1845, aged 33.

Widow Deborah Bickford d. in Durham, 15 Nov. 1855, aged

80.



30 HISTORY OF DURHAM

BODGE

Henry Bodge and wife, Elizabeth, were living in Kittery, near
the head of Spruce Creek, as early as 1669. He died in 1696,
leaving wife, Rebecca. He had six children, of whom Henry
went to Charlestown, Mass.

Benjamin Bodge, another son, settled at Oyster River about
1714. He and wife, Sarah, and their children were baptized by
the Rev. Hugh Adams. He was living in Lee in 1781, when he
made his will, from which and the baptisms we learn of the fol-
lowing children. He bequeaths land in Lee and Madbury.

John bapt. 27 Oct. 1723; went to Falmouth, Me., and thence
to Windham, Me., in 1743, where he reared a family.

Elizabeth bapt. 27 Oct. 1723; m. Randall.

Mary bapt. 27 Oct. 1723; unm. in 1781.
ICHABOD bapt. 9 Sept. 1724; m. Mary Swaine.
Benjamin bapt. 26 Sept. 1725, "about 12 years old."

Sarah m. Rawlins.

Hannah m. Mark Meader.

Samuel.

Josiah.

Children of Ichabod and Mary (Swaine) Bodge:

John b. abt. 1754; m. 20 Dec. 1785, Abigail Neal of New-
castle. He served in the Revolution and was a prisoner
in the "Old Mill Prison." He had ch., John who m.
Miss Somerby and 1. in Portsmouth, William who m. (i)
Elizabeth Wentworth, (2) Phebe Sherburne, and Mary
who m. Robert Neal.

Benjamin b. 11 Oct. 1755; m. 17 Oct. 1780, Meribah Hall
of Gilmanton, and had family there. He served in the
Revolution.

Richard b. April 1757; m. 1802 Bridget Daniels, (2) 1805
Lydia Daniels. He had a family in Barrington.

MiCAjAH m. Abigail Bunker of Lee and had ch. b. in Bar-
rington, viz., James Bunker b. 1781, who m. Anne Cald-
well and s. in Marblehead, Mass., Joseph b. 1799, who
m. (i) Charlotte Verrill, 20 Jan. 1822, (2) Sarah T. Burley
and 1. in Portsmouth, and Isaac who m. Hannah Pearl
of Rochester, N. H.

Daniel m. 22 Oct. 1789, Mary Cram of Newmarket and 1.
in Barnstead.

Ichabod died in infancy.

Ichabod m. Avis Odiorne of Madbury and had five ch.

James m. Mary Foss, 1801, and 1. in Barrington. Rem.
bef. the Civil War to Pawnee, III.



HISTORY OF DURHAM 3I



BOODY



Tradition says that Zechariah Boody came over in a French
ship and deserted it in Boston. He had wife, Elizabeth, who was
baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 31 March 1716/7. He died
about 1755. [Cf. Boody Genealogy.]

Elizabeth bapt. 31 March 17 16/7; m. Ebenezer Pitman;

widow in 1758.
Charity bapt. 31 March 1716/7; m. Abednego Leathers.
Mary bapt. 31 March 1716/7.
Sarah bapt. 7 Sept. 1718; m. Benjamin Jenkins.
Azariah, alias Hezekiah bapt. 10 Sept. 1721; m. Bridget

Bushbie.
Hannah m. Robert Huckins.
Abigail in. David Drew.
Kezia unm. 13 Nov. 1758.
Betsey (?) m. James Rowe (?).

Azariah Boodey, born 15 Aug. 1720, lived in Madbury. He
married Bridget Bushbie and died, 26 Feb. 1803. She died in
Barrington 30 July 1785, aged 70.

Rev. Robert b. 3 April 1743; m. Margery Hill b. 23 Apr.

1744; he d. 21 April 1814, Limington, Me.
Zechariah b. 12 Aug. 1745; m. Mary Demeritt, b. 28 Nov,

1743. He s. in New Durham and d. 14 June 182 1. Wife

d. 3 Oct. 1835.
John b. 23 June 1749; m. Susanna Langley, b. 6 March abt.

1750. He d. in Barrington, 23 April 1815.
Molly twin to John; m. Peter Hodgdon.
Rev. Joseph b. 16 May 1752; m. Olive Drew, b. 3 June

1742.
Sarah b. 8 March 1755; m. Isaac Waldron.
Hannah b. 29 March 1758; m. Aaron Waldron.
Azariah b. 29 Nov. 1761.
Betsey b. 2 Nov. 1763; m. John Caverly.

BUNKER

James Bunker, born about 1628 according to a deposition, is
incidentally mentioned in the court records of York County in
1648. In 1652 he bought land below Johnson's Creek, on the
north side of Oyster River. His will, 14 Oct. 1697-24 June 1698,
names wife, Sarah, and three sons.

2. James m. prob. (i) Anne Thomas, (2) Martha Downes.

3. Joseph m.



32 HISTORY OF DURHAM

4. John m. Dorcas Field.
Mary m. Thomas Drew.

Sarah who signed a deed in 1718. Unm.

2. James Bunker (James) seems to have married (i) Anne,
daughter of James and Martha (Goddard) Thomas. [See Huck-
kins.] He married (2) Martha, daughter of Thomas and Mary
(Lord) Downes, who was born in 1691. By the second marriage
there was one child. James Bunker had the homestead, and
his 236 acres were divided, 15 May 1759, p^nong seven surviving
children. His estate was administered, in 1724, by his sons,
James and Joseph. Before 8 Dec. 1725 the widow had married
John Mackelroy. She married (3) after 1750 Philip Stackpole.
James Downes, in his will, 1755, gave ten acres to his "sister,
Martha Stackpole, wife of Philip Stackpole." She died at Dover,
24 Sept. 1792, aged loi years.

Mary prob. ; m. 1705, Richard Denbow.

5. James m. Sarah Giles.

Clement m. Rebecca Drew, 24 March 1738/9. L. in Dur-
ham, 1765.
Love m. Thomas Millett; d. 3 Nov. 1763.
Patience m. John Drew, Jr.
Hannah.

6. Joseph m. Ann Giles, (2) Elizabeth .

7. Elijah m. Judith .

Benjamin m. Abigail . Both were of Brunswick, Me. ,

26 Nov. 1740, when they sold to James Bunker of Durham
right in estate of James Bunker.

> 3. Joseph Bunker (James) married . He died

before 4 March 1719/20, when his son-in-law, Joshua Davis,
was appointed administrator of his estate. He left homestead
of thirty acres. He was of the Society of Friends. A deed,
dated 13 Nov. 1748, shows the following family:

Esther b. April 1693; m. Joshua Davis, (2) Dam.

Mary b. June 1697; m. Clement Drew, 20 May 1718.
Lydia b. Oct. 1699; unm. in 1748.

Sarah b. Dec. 1702; m. Clements.

Relief m. James Burnham, 6 July 1725.

4. John Bunker (James) married Dorcas, daughter of Zech-
ariah Field. He was killed by Indians, 8 July 1707. Estate
administered by son Zechariah, 1737.

8. John b. 16 July 1696; m. Hannah Drew.
Sarah b. 20 Oct. 1699.



HISTORY OF DURHAM 33

Daniel b. 22 Oct. 1702; m. Elizabeth . L. in Dover,

1752.
9. Zechariah b. 25 Feb. 1707; m. Deborah Varney.
Elizabeth twin to Zechariah.
Dodavah b. about 1708; 1. in Barnstead. Had sons, Daniel

and Dodavah.

5. James Bunker (James-, James^) married Sarah, daughter
of Mark Giles, born 9 April 1711. She is named in his will, 14
May 1759. Children were: ,

Thomas taxed in 1760.

10. Ephraim b. 1730; m. Sobriety Drew.

Enoch m. Dolly . He was living in 1802. He had

son, William R. of Epping, and daughters, Sally who m.

Gotham, and Esther who m. David Tuttle of Back

River, Dover.

Bridget m. Thomas Sparling.

Abigail unm.

Benjamin m. Phebe Fernald of Lee.

Dodavah b. 3 Nov. 1754; m. Martha Smith and 1. in Pitts-
field; d. 12 Dec. 1828.

6. Joseph Bunker (James^, James^) married Ann, daughter
of Mark Giles, born i Oct. 1702. His will, 9 Sept. 1778-Aug.
1784, names wife, Elizabeth, and the following children. He
was buried 18 July 1784.

11. Benjamin m. Betty Barnes of Portsmouth.

• James m. Polly Batchelder of Deerfield, 13 Oct. 1785 (?).

12. Jonathan b. 1729; m. Sarah Runnels.

■ Anna m. (i) Lemuel Drew, (2) Joseph Stevenson.
Patience m. Job Clements. She was a widow in 1766.

■ — ■ daughter m. JohnT wombly. His father-in-law adm.

his est. 1764.

8. John Bunker (John^, James^ born 16 July 1696, married,
5 Feb. 1720/21, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bun-
ker) Drew, born 2 mo. 1699. Is this the John Bunker who lived
in Barnstead to age of 80? His widow lived to age of 95. Two
children are recorded in Dover:

Silas b. 5 June 1723; accidentally shot and killed, 4 July

1746.
Elizabeth b. 28 April 1726.

7. Elijah Bunker (James^, James^ married Judith ,

who joined the church in Dover, 25 July 1756 and was dismissed
to Sanford, Me., 9 Oct. 1791. The following children were bap-
tized in Dover:

3



34 HISTORY OF DURHAM

Martha bapt. 17 Oct. 1756,

Betty bapt. 17 Oct. 1756.

Esther bapt. 17 Oct. 1756; m. 13 Jan. 1777, Joseph Ricker

of Somersworth.
Abigail bapt. 17 Oct. 1756; m. 9 Oct. 1775, Gideon Walker

of Berwick, Me.
Judith bapt. 17 Oct. 1756; m. 2 Dec. 1776, Simeon Brock of

Berwick.
Hannah bapt. 23 Oct. 1757; d. young.
Susanna bapt. 5 Oct. 1760; prob. d. young.
SusEY bapt. 16 May 1762; m. 6 March 1784, Mark Ricker

of Cogshall, Me.
Hannah bapt. 27 Sept. 1767.
Mary bapt. 21 Sept. 1767.
James bapt. 5 Jan. 1769; m. Ehzabeth Libby, 1798.

9. Zechariah Bunker (John^, James^), born 25 Feb. 1707,
married Deborah Varney. Both were baptized in Dover 24
Jan. 1742. His estate was administered by his brother Doda-
vah, in 1757.

John bapt. 13 Nov. 1744.
Dorcas bapt. 13 Nov. 1744.
Stephen bapt. 13 Nov. 1744.
Philip bapt. 13 Nov. 1744.

13. Zechariah bapt. 13 Nov. 1744; m. 15 Jan. 1770, Mary

Bean, both of Madbury.
Elizabeth, named in adm. of est.

Fourth Generation

10. Ephraim Bunker (James, ^ James", James^), born 1730,
married Sobriety, daughter of Lemuel and Anna (Bunker) Drew,
who was born 15 May 1752, and died 3 Dec. 1833.

14. Samuel b. Nov. 1774; m. Polly Garland.

15. John b. 1777; m. Polly Babb.

Ann d. 29 March 1866, aged 87. Unm.

Mary, d. unm.

Abigail, m. at Farmington.

16. James b. i Nov. 1789; m. Lois Foye.
Andrew m. Polly Bickford of Lee, Dec. 18 14.

17. Sarah b. 2 March 1799; m. William Bunker, her cousin,

son of Valentine Bunker of Kittery; d. 9 Sept. 1889. He
was b. 22 Dec. 1798 and d. 15 Nov. 1845.

11. Benjamin Bunker (Joseph^, James^ James^ married
Betty Barnes of Portsmouth. He died 2 Oct. 1827, aged 87.
She died 21 Jan. 1833, aged 94.



HISTORY OF DURHAM 35

i8. Aaron m. 1805, Sally F. F'ernald. He d. 10 Jan. 1838
aged 56. She died 7 Oct. 1861.

Valentine m. 30 Sept. 1794, Hannah Phillips of Kittery.

Catherine m. 30 Jan. 1792, Capt. Edmund Grover of
Portsmouth.

Eliza or Elizabeth m. Wni. Campbell, 7 Nov. 1793.

Polly, unm.

Joseph pub. 21 Jan. 1807, to Betsey Hawkins of Barring-
ton (?).

12. Jonathan Bunker (Joseph^, James^, James^) married,
Dec. 1749, Sarah Runnels of Lee, daughter of John and Hannah
(Clark) Runnels, born 4 Aug. 1731. He died Sept. 1796, aged
67. She died 26 Jan. 1826. He was a tanner. Removed to
Barnstead in 1770.

Isaiah b. Oct. 1750; m. Judith Smith; rem. to Maine.
Bradbury b. 1752; m. Sarah Tibbetts; d. in the Revolu-
tionary Army.
Sobriety b. 1755; m. 7 April 1777, Samuel Williams of

Barnstead.
Sarah b. 7 Jan. 1756; m. 26 June 1777, Bradbury Sinclair,

(2) 15 Dec. 1778, Henry Tibbetts of Northfield. She

d. 22 Dec. 1834.
Joseph b. 1757; d. 1776 in the Revolutionary Army.
Eli b. 22 April 1760; m. 30 Jan. 1783, Anna Gordon of New

Hampton. He d. 3 Aug. 1842. Settled in Barnstead.

Ch., Abraham, Joseph, Elisha G., Gordon, Timothy, and

Anna G. Some have changed surname to Banchor.
Jonathan b. 1768; m. 29 March 1787 Betsey Rand. Went

to Canada.
Hannah b. 1767; d. 1780.
Obadiah b. 1770; m. Judith Collins in Berwick, Me. He s.

in Starksboro, Vt. She was b. 14 June 1774 and d. 11

Sept. 1851.
Elijah b. 23 June 1772; m. Betsey Smith; d. 5 Jan. 1850.

Rem. to Anson, Me. Ch., Reuben, Elijah, Daniel, Ich-

abod, Moses, Betsey, Mary, Deborah D., Nancy, Sylvia,

Hannah. u^^^o h-u^c^x^ ii^.^.^.-.^'^j ]

13. Zechariah Bunker (Zechariah^, John^, James^) married,
15 Jan. 1775, Mary Bean of Madbury. He was a Revolutionary
soldier from Wolfeboro. Died 11 Oct. 1816 (?). She died 11
Dec. 1 82 1, aged 71.

Deborah m. Eli Demeritt, Jr., 19 June 1800.

19. Zechariah b. 15 Oct. 1790; m. Mercy Varney.

20. Remembrance m. Rachel Pendergast, 1807.



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36 history of durham

Fifth Generation

14. Samuel Bunker (Ephraim\ James^ James-, James^,
born Nov. 1774, married, 4 Sept. 1800, Polly daughter of Jacob
Garland of Madbury. He died 6 Sept. 1856, aged 81. She
died 8 Nov. 1866, aged 85 years 2 months 24 days. He passed
his last days with his son, Jacob, in Barrington, but died in
Durham.

Martha b. i Nov. 1801; m. 4 Dec. 1834, Samuel Stevens,

his second wife. She d. in 1883.
Love b. 1804; m. Jan. 1826, Levi Cram: d. 2 Sept. 1875.

Ch., Sylvester, Mary, Samuel, Rufus.

21. Ephraim b. 21 Jan. 1806; m. Dolly Merrill; d. 8 Feb. 1867.
Mary b. 8 March 1808; m. 30 Sept. 1832, Calvin Pickering,

who d. 24 Oct. 1856, aged 47-10-8, leaving son, John Wil-
liam Pickering, who d. 3 Dec. 1861, aged 26-9-20, a sol-
dier in the Union Army. She m. (2) Henry Johnson, (3)
Stephen Kendall and d. 23 Oct. 1890.

Jacob b. 23 May 1812; m. 31 March 1836 Hannah Carlisle
of York, Me.; d. s. p.

Samuel b. 1810; d. 11 Nov. 1874, aged 64.

LiLLAS b. 6 Apr. 1816; m. 16 March 1847, Andrew D. James;
d. 20 Apr. 1901. Ch., Mary, Martha J., Ivory.

Susan b. June 1818; m. 4 Nov. 1862 George Mathes; d. 25
March 1900.

John b. 4 March 1821; m. Malinda, dau. of George and
Betsey (Garland) Smith. Had dau., Addie.
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