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Some Ancestors & Descendants of
Mercy Batchelder & Samuel Dearborn



This report is limited to our own direct-line descendants.  For more information
about the Batchelder, Dearborn and Sherburn families in Hampton, see the material
available at the Lane Memorial Library's  database of Hampton genealogy.


Rev. Stephen Bachiler was born ca 1561 in England, completed his education at University of Oxford St. John's College about 1581.1 His B. A. degree was granted in 1586 following which he may have served briefly as chaplain to Lord de la Warr (Delaware) before becoming vicar of Wherwell in Hampshire, "on presentation of" his lordship, in 1587. All six of his children --three sons and three daughters--by his first wife, were born during the eighteen years he was at Wherwell. During this period, he adopted the Puritan beliefs and was often at odds with church leaders. He and other English reformers were encouraged by the success of the Plymouth Pilgrims of 1620, and decided to seek in the New World a freer atmosphere for their religious opinions. He emigrated to New England in early 1632 on the ship "William and Francis".

His controversial career, both in Old and New England, before and after his arrival in Hampton, makes him one of the most colorful men of his times.

The William and Francis left London March 9, 1632 with Master Mr. Thomas, landing
New England on June 5, 1632. Passengers: Rev. Stephen Bachiler (71 years of age) and
his third wife, Helena; his widowed daughter, Deborah Wing, and her three sons, Daniel,
John, and Stephen; also three Sanborne grandsons (Stephen, John, and William).

He went immediately to Lynn, where his son-in-law, Christopher Hussey, was already resident. There he began his ministry in New England, his church, organized in Holland, uniting with others, previously at Lynn, without asking permission, and without ceremony.

From Lynn, Mr. Bachiler removed to Ipswich. In 1637, he had his company undertook to form a settlement at Matakeese [Yarmouth] on Cape Cod. Governor Winthrop says that he was then "about seventy-six years of age; yet he went thither on foot in a very hard season," the distance from Ipswich being nearly one hundred miles. This enterprise was relinquished on account of the poverty of the company, and the difficulties that they had to encounter. In 1638, Mr. Bachiler and some or all of his company were at Newbury, and in the fall of that year settled at Winnacunnet. (Source: Joseph Dow, History of Hampton)

Rev. Bachiler was the founder of Hampton, NH, (originally still part of Massachusetts). He returned to England ca 1651 after his disastrous 4th marriage, and died in London in 1656. Although his origins in England are unknown, he led a long and colorful life. Much has been written about him, a lot of which is untrue or inaccurate. Several short biographies of him can be found online at the
Lane Memorial Library 


The plaque on the stone in Hampton's Founder's Park commemorating the founding of the town in 1638. This triangular piece of land across the street from the Tuck Museum was laid out as a memorial to the founders of Hampton and in the center was placed a twelve-ton boulder & plaque.

stoneplaq
"A LITTLE BAND OF PIONEERS
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
REV. STEPHEN BACHILER
OF SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND,
SEEKING A LARGER LIBERTY
IN OCTOBER 1638
SETTLED IN THE WILDERNESS
NEAR THIS SPOT
TO PLANT A FREE CHURCH
IN A FREE TOWN.
THEY WERE JOINED IN 1639 BY OTHERS
AND IN THAT YEAR
THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED.
TO DO HONOR TO
THE FOUNDERS AND FATHERS OF HAMPTON
TO EXALT THE IDEALS FOR WHICH THEY STROVE
AND AS AN INSPIRATION TO POSTERITY
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED
OCTOBER 14, 1925

According to historians, Stephen's parentage is unknown and any references you may find to his father on the internet are said to be false and disproven. Authorities report that Stephen spelled his surname as BACHILER, but spelling was based on sound, and variations of Stephen's name include BATCHELER, BACHELDER and BACHELLOR.


          Charles E. Batchelder; [New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1892]
The names of four children Stephen Bachiler are known with certainty. Deborah,
born in 1592, child of his first wife; Stephen, born in 1594, son of the first wife; Ann, born in 1601, probably of the first wife; and Theodate, who died October 20, 1649, at Hampton, N. H. That Nathaniel Bachiler, senior, of Hampton, was the grandson and not the son of our Rev. Stephen Bachiler is proved beyond question by Rev. Stephen's deed to his four grandchildren in 1647.


NATHANIEL BATCHELDER, son of Stephen and Ann Batchiler, was born ca 1590 Wherwell, Hampshire, England. He did not accompany his father to the colonies, but
remained in England. He married (1) Hester Mercer, Southhampton, England ca. 1594. Hester's family belonged to the Walloon refugees from the Spanish Netherlands. [Source: Batchelder, Charles Hull, "Batchelder, Bachilder," (Privately published, 1985), pg. 5. ]

Notes for
Nathaniel Batchelder, son of Stephen:

Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England  
Merchant of Southampton, England., m. 1st Hester Mercer
[LeMercier]. Nathaniel(2) did not come to America and only one of his 5 kn. ch.
(by 1st wife), Nathaniel(3), accompanied his grfa. to Hampton where he became
ancestor of most of the N.H.and Maine families bearing the name Batchelder. Nathaniel(3) ae 70 in 1700, d. 17 Dec 1710, m. 1st 10 Dec 1656 Deborah Smith who d. 8 Mar 1675/76, dau. of John and Deborah (Parkhurst) Smith, 9 ch.; m.
2nd 31 Oct 1676 Mary (Carter) Wyman who d. 1688, dau. of Rev. Thomas Carter, and wid. of John Wyman of Woburn, 8 ch.; m. 3rd 23 Oct 1689 Elizabeth (—) Knill, wid. of John.
(Nathaniel Batchelder, son of Stephen)

 
NATHANIEL BATCHELDER, son of Nathaniel Batchelder and Hester Mercer, was born
in England before 1632 and died 17 Jan 1709/10 in Hampton, NH. Although it's been claimed he came to the colonies with his grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bachilder, on the ship William and Francis in 1632, he is not included on the ship's passenger list, and it seems likely he may have remained in England. He married (1) Deborah Smith 10 Dec 1656; (2) MARY CARTER,
31 Oct 1676, Woburn, Middlesex, MA.; and (3) "Elizabeth" on 8 Oct 1689.


Misc. Notes re. Nathaniel: Constable (twice); selectman of Hampton (9 years)". Dow, "History of Hampton, N.H." June 1977, pg. 590.; Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire", (1979), Pg. 81; Batchelder, Charles Hull, "Batchelder, Bachilder," (Privately published, 1985), pg. 6, for date of marriage to Elizabeth. Mr. Batchelder tells us that the children of Nathaniel all spelled their surname as BACHELDER.

Family 1 : Deborah SMITH
MARRIAGE: 10 Dec 1656
Deborah BATCHELDER
Nathaniel BATCHELDER III
Ruth BATCHELDER
Esther BATCHELDER
Abigail BATCHELDER
Jane BATCHELDER
Stephen BATCHELDER
Benjamin BATCHELDER Sr.
Stephen BATCHELDER Sr.

Family 2 : Mary CARTER
MARRIAGE: 31 Oct 1676, Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.
MERCY BATCHELDER
Mary BATCHELDER
Samuel BATCHELDER Sr.
Jonathan BATCHELDER Sr.
Theodate BATCHELDER
Thomas BATCHELDER
Joseph BATCHELDER Sr.
Mary BATCHELDER

Family 3 : Elizabeth UNKNOWN
MARRIAGE: 8 Oct 1689


MERCY BATCHELDER, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder and his second wife, Mary Carter, was born 11 December 1677 in Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH, and died Aft. 1720 in Hampton, NH. She married SAMUEL DEARBORN.  Samuel was born 27 Jan 1669/70 in Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH., the second of seven children of Henry and Elizabeth Dearborn.6,7  Samuel died Aft. 17468.

   
Samuel's grandfather, Godfrey Dearborn, the Dearborn immigrant ancestor, was
among the settlers of both Exeter and Hampton, in what was then still part of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born 24 September 1603 in Willoughby, Lincoln,
England, Godfrey, his wife Ann and two children --Thomas and Henry--
came to
New England in the spring of 1638. (
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 4). Four additional children were born in the colony.

Godfrey Dearborn was reportedly one of the followers of the Puritan, Rev. John Wheelwright, the founder of Exeter, who was banished from the MA Bay Colony in
1639 along with his flock for supporting his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson, in the
Antinomian controversy.

Little is known about Ann Dearborn. She was living in the early part of 1651,3 but
had died before 25 November 1662 when Godfrey married Dorothy Dalton, widow
of Philemon Dalton.
 

 According to Joseph Dow in History of Hampton, Godrey and Ann moved to Hampton between 1648 and 1650, and made their home where this lovely old house is still standing at 73 Exeter Road. Eight generations of Dearborns lived in the house until 1892. dearborn_house
 
The west side of the house was built first, and was probably a typical half- house with chimney and front door as they are today. As was customary, the house was enlarged with the addition of the east side ca. 1730. A house evolving in this way was not usually symmetrical.

The area directly across the road from the house was originally known as Wigwam Row because Indians used to camp on the sheltered southern slope when they came to the coast for fish and clams.

Godfrey was a respected citizen, active in the community, serving as an elected Selectman in both Exeter and Hampton.

 

                  The Will of Godfrey Dearborn of Hampton 1680


I Godfreey Dearbarne of Hampton in the provenc of New
Hampshier in New England Being aged and Inferme of Body

I give and Bequeath Unto Dorothy Dearbarn my loveing wife
for the term of her life my Dwellinng House & Barne & orchyard
and the Use and Improvementt of all my land both Areable land pastuer & marsh land for her Comfortable subsistenc Duering the terme of Her life, and the use and Improvementt of all my moveables within Dores and withoutt Duering the terme of her life

Itt I doe Give and bequeath Unto my Grand Child Ann Shatredg that now liveth with mee one two year old Heffer which she is to Receive att the End of Her time yt she is to live with mee

Itt I Doe Give Unto my sone Thomas Deararne my Dark Browne horse which I Use to Rid on

Itt I Doe Give Unto my son Thomas and Henry Dearbarn all the Rest of my Cattle thatt shall Remaine att the Decease of the longest liver of mee or my wife Excepting Sheep and swine which are other wayes Disposed of

Itt my will and pleasure is thatt all the Sheepe and swine that shall Remaine att my wives Decease shall be Equally Divided betwixt all my Grand Children yt shall be then living: and the Division to be made by my Executors & over seers

Itt I Doe Give and Bequeath Unto my Son John Dearbarn my House barne and house lott and all my land both Areable land pastuers medows & marshes and all Towne Rights and priveledges thereunto belonging and all my tooles and Carts & other Implements of Husbandry: and I Doe appointt my son John Dearbarne to bee my Exectuer to this my will and the Estate the which he is to Enter Upon and possesse att my wives Decease and to bee and Remaine to him and his Heires for Ever

Itt I Doe ordaine and Appointt my two Eldest sons Thomas Dearbarne and henry Dearbarne to bee my over seers to this my last will and testamentt whom I appointt to see to the managmentt of my Estate thatt my wife may have a Comfortable living outt of itt Duering the terme of her life

And for whatt Houshold stuff I shall leave thatt my wife shall have the use and Improvement thereof Duering the terme of her life, and then to bee Equally Devided Between my three Daughters only leaving itt to my wives liberty to Dispose of whatt was her owne before I maried Her viz one fether Bed & boulster & Rug & Coverlett and her Greatt Bible & her Red flannell petticoate to ye wife of John morse

And this my last will and testamentt I Conferme with my Hand & Seale Affixed therto this fourteenth Day of December in the year of our lord one thousand Six hundred & Eighty

His
Godfrey Dearbarn X [seale]
Mark & Seale

Signed Sealed & Declared
to bee ye last will of Godfrey
Dearbarn in pr of
Samuell Dalton senr Mehetable Dalton

This was sworn to ye 26 of agust: 86 by mehetable Dalton alice [alias] Simins befor mee
Henry green Justis Peace

Province of New Hampshire June 7th 1711 Philemon Dalton personally appearing before the Honourable Richard Waldron Esqr Judge of probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administration within the said province made oath that he was present when his Mother Mehitabell appeared before Justice Green and made oath as a Wittness to this Will as is incerted in the Margin thereof./
Richd Waldron

And further by the Compareing of Several hand writeings of mr Samuel Dalton a wittness to this will I am Satisfied that the Said Will is Legally Signed & Sealed And therefor it is proved Approved and Allowed off
Richd Waldron

[Inventory, Feb. 13, 1685.6; amount, £183.12.0; signed by Henry Dow and John Smith.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 255.]

To his Excellency ye Governour & Councell sitting at portsmouth may 10th 1711 the petition of John Dearborn of Hampton in said province humbly sheweth--
that your pitioners father Godfree Dearborn of Hampton Deceased about 26 years since, the witneses to his Will & testament the one of them Dyed before ye testater by Reason of which the Will above said Will not be accounted well proved before the Judge of probats, your pitisioner humbly prays your Excellency & Councill Would Receive the testimoneys to prove, the deceased Witneses hand, which is Generell known he being for many years a Justice of peace, & Clerke of ye town and so to order that ye said testiment may be Executed, by the Executor otherwise there will be a foundation for Controversy here after Which your pitisioner humbly prays
John Dearborn

philemon Dalton was prsent when his Mother Mehitabell appeared before mr Justice Green made oath as a Wittness to this will as incerted in the Margin thereof.
 

And further by Compareing of Several hand writeings of mr Samll Dalton a wittness to this will, the Judge of the Probates is Satisfied that the Said will is Legall signed & sealed and therefore Allows and Approves on June 7, 1711.

[Probate Records, vol. 3, pp. 253, 254. Lane Memorial Library of Hampton, NH ]


                     In Memory of Godfrey Dearborn:    The Dearborn Monument
                                                   
"The obelisk, which is Barre, Vermont, granite, was manufactured in that town, and shipped to Hampton in October, 1890. In the spring of 1891, it was placed in position upon the rock foundation prepared for it.  [In the Hampton High Street Cemetery]  The first base is ten feet square and one foot deep; second bmonumentase, eight feet square and one foot deep; third base, six feet square and fifteen inches deep with finely moulded edge. On this rests the die, which is four feet square and six feet high, its faces and the round pillars at the corners being highly polished. Surmounting this is the cap, projecting over the die about six inches. This and the plinth above it are at once graceful in design and finish, and sufficiently massive to receive the main shaft, which is three feet two inches square at the bottom, and twenty inches square near the top, from which it tapers to a point, and towers thirty-one feet above the plinth. The whole structure stands forty-six feet high.

"The inscriptions are as follows: On the west face of the second base is "DEARBORN", in heavy raised letters; on the north face of the die, 'Ancestor of the Dearborn family in America, who emigrated to Exeter, N.H., in 1639, settled in Hampton in 1650, and died in 1686'; on the west face of the die, 'Erected 1890, by Joseph Frederic Dearborn, son of Jonathan and Sarah Towle Dearborn, in memory of Godfrey Dearborn'; on the south face: "Joseph Frederic Dearborn, born May 14th, 1817; died March 15th 1889'. On the four sides of the lower margin of the cap are the mottoes: 'FIRST THE USEFUL, THEN THE ORNAMENTAL'; 'TRUST FEW, DECEIVE NONE'; 'BE RESOLUTE AND PERSEVERE'; 'DO RIGHT AND FEAR NOT'. On the four sides of the plinth are the words, 'TEMPERANCE', 'ECONOMY', 'TRUTH', 'INDUSTRY'.


Children of Godfrey Dearborn and Ann Dearborn are:
i. Thomas Dearborn, born Bef. 01 Nov 1632 in Hannah, Lincoln, ENG;
died 14 Apr 1710 in Hampton, York Co. NH.
ii.
HENRY3 DEARBORN, Sr, born 10 Jan 1632/33 in Hannah, Lincoln, Eng;
died 18 Jan 1724/25 in Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.

iii. John Dearborn, born ca. 1642; died 14 Nov 1731 in Hampton, York Co. NH.
iv. Esther Dearborn.
v. Sarah Dearborn, born ca. 1641.
vi. Unk. Dearborn.


                                                         ~~~~~

HENRY3 DEARBORN, Sr (Godfrey2, William1)4 was born 10 Jan 1632/33 in Hannah, Lincoln, Eng, and died 18 Jan 1724/25 in Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH. He married Elizabeth Marrian 15 Nov 1665 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.

Notes for HENRY DEARBORN, Sr:

Two conflicting reports: (1)He lived in Hampton, was a farmer, and like his father never sought or held public office higher than grand juror. and (2) He was one of the selectmen of Hampton in 1676 and 1692. He was also a signer of the petition to the king in 1683, usually called "WEARE'S PETITION".


Children of HENRY DEARBORN and Elizabeth Marrian are:
i. SAMUEL4 DEARBORN, born 27 Jan 1669/70 in Hampton, NH; died Aft. 1746.
ii. John Dearborn, Deacon, born 10 Oct 1666; died 22 Nov 1750 in Hampton, NH.
iii. Elizabeth Dearborn, born 13 Oct 1672.
iv. Sarah Dearborn, born 09 Nov 1675.
v. Abigail Dearborn, born 1679.
vi. Elizabeth Dearborn, born 19 Nov 1681.
vii. Henry Dearborn, Jr, born 28 Oct 1688; died 26 Apr 1756 in Hampton,NH.




Notes for SAMUEL DEARBORN
                                 [Source: Hampton History #186]

BIRTH: 27 Jan 1669/1670, Hampton, N.H.
DEATH: AFT 1746
Father: Henry DEARBORN Sr.
Mother: Elizabeth MARRIAN
Spouse: Mercy Bachelder

Noyes/Libby/Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (1939),
pg. 189 for date of marriage and fact that Samuel was living in 1746;
Batchelder, Charles Hull, "Batchelder, Bachilder," (Privately published, 1985), pg. 79; Sanborn, George F., "Elizabeth Dearborn of North Hampton," (Jan 1985), NEH&GR, vol. 139, pgs. 50-56, for data about the second Elizabeth of Samuel and Mercy .

(Samuel and Mercy) "...settled where Lawrence Dearborn's old house stood, in North Hampton.[?].replaces Dow's b. date of 27 Dec 1670. "He was one of the first to settle in what is now North Hampton, NH. He was of an extremely retiring nature, avoiding the public spotlight. Samuel was a properous farmer. "Source" says that b. is 27 Jan 1670 instead of claim of 11 Jan 1670. Terry assumes that they (George and David) both mean Old Style 1669/70. Source gives b. as "ye son of Henry Dearborn & Elizabeth his wyfe was born 27th 11th mo 1669" This Old style date has been correctly converted to 11 Jan 1670.


Children of SAMUEL DEARBORN and MERCY BATCHELDER are:
i. HENRY (BATHCHELDER)5 DEARBORN, born 27 Dec 1712 in Hampton, NH. ii. Mary (Samuel) Dearborn, born 23 Apr 1695 in Hampton, York, Co. NH.
iii. Mehetabel Dearborn, born 21 Feb 1696/97 in Hampton, York, Co. NH.
iv. Mercy Dearborn, born 21 Feb 1696/97.
v. Sarah Dearborn, born 17 Jun 1699.
vi. Mercy Dearborn, born 18 Feb 1701/02.
vii. Jeremiah Dearborn, born 01 Apr 1704.
viii. Elizabeth Dearborn, born 09 Nov 1706; died 30 Nov 1706 in Hampton,NH.
ix. Nathaniel Dearborn, born 21 Jan 1709/10 in Hampton, York Co. NH; died 11 Nov 1784 in Kensington, Rockingham Co. NH.
x. Samuel Dearborn, born 01 Nov 1715.
xi. Elizabeth Dearborn, born 11 Oct 1717.
xii. Abigail Dearborn, born 19 Oct 1720.

                                                          ~~~~~

HENRY (BATHCHELDER) DEARBORN), son of Samuel Dearborn & Mercy Batchelder was born 27 Dec 1712 in Hampton, York Co. NH13. He married MARGARET SHERBURNE 19 Jan 1737/38 in Hampton, NH14, daughter of JOHN SHERBURNE and JANE DRAKE. She was born 29 Jun 1718 in Hampton, York Co. NH.


Notes about John Sherburne, Margaret's father:
"In 1722 ... as appears from the return of a committee, appointed to lay out land to men who had lost their lots in the First North Division, the report being made July 9th, of that year. Five acres of land were laid out to Lieut. John Sherburne, "near ye Mill Pond about seven rod from ye Grist Mill and so bounding on said Pond" &c." [History of Hampton Chapter 31 --Part 3]

Margaret's paternal grandfather, Samuel Sherburne, was killed near Casco Bay during King Phillip's War: From Joseph Dow's HISTORY OF HAMPTON Ch 13 --Part 2
"A little past midsummer [August 4, 1691] a small army was sent out under the command of four captains, one of whom was Samuel Sherburne, of Hampton. The forces landed at Maquoit, near Casco, and marched up to Pechypscot (now Brunswick, Me.), but finding no signs of the enemy, returned to Maquoit, where they had left their vessels. While the commanders were on the shore, waiting for the soldiers to get aboard, a great number of Indians suddenly poured in upon them, and they were obliged to retreat to their vessels; but this was a difficult matter, as, the tide being down, the vessels were aground; and before it could be accomplished Captain Sherburne was slain. He had been a resident of Hampton ten or twelve years, and was well known as the keeper of the ordinary, or tavern. He was a captain in the militia; three years a selectman of the town; was once chosen to represent the town in the General Court; and in January next preceding his death, as has been stated, he was on the committee to employ and send out scouts, and to keep an account of the expenses incurred in the war".

Margaret's maternal grandfather, Abraham Drake, was a selectman of Hampton in 1696, 1703, and 1708; juryman in 1698.He was 1 of 8 owners of the 40-ton brigatine Increase, which was built in Hampton. He also served in the military in King Philip's War.

Like the Dearborns, when the Drakes and Sherburns left England, they initially settled in Exeter before moving to Hampton.


Children of HENRY DEARBORN and MARGARET SHERBURNE are:
i. Samuel6 Dearborn, born Oct 1738; died 19 Aug 1823
ii. SHERBURNE DEARBORN, born 02 Sep 1744 in No. Hampton, Rockingham,
NH; died 12 Jul 1831 in Barnston, Quebec, Canada (?).
iii. Jane Dearborn, born ca. 1749.
iv. Margaret Dearborn, born ca. 1753.
v. Nathaniel Dearborn, born ca. 1754.
vi. Mary Dearborn, born ca. 1755.
vii. Love Dearborn, born ca. 1757.

                                                                                 ~~~~~~

SHERBURNE6 DEARBORN, son of Henry Dearborn and Margaret Sherburne 14
was born 02 Sep 1744 in No. Hampton, Rockingham, NH, and died 12 Jul 1831 in Barnston, Quebec, Canada (?)15. He married Mary Kenniston16 10 Apr 1768 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH. She was born ca. 1746 in Kensington, Rockingham, NH.

Notes for SHERBURNE DEARBORN:
SHERBURNE5 DEARBORN (1744-1831) served in the Rev. War as a pvt. in Capt. Aaron Kinsman's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt. in 1775 (N.H. State Papers, 14:66, 181), and in Capt. Joseph Chandler's Co., Col. Isaac Wyman's Regt. from Northwood in 1776 (NHSP 14:330). He was living at Gilmanton, NH in the 1790 Census and at Wheelock, VT in the 1800 Census. By 1810 he had moved across the border and was living at Barnston, Lower Canada (Quebec) in the 1825 Census. He mar. at Kensington, NH 1768, MARY KENNISTON.

Note: RevWar action needs verification. A Sherburne Dearborn, b. 1758 in Chester, Rockingham Co. NH. d. Oct 1852. Served under Capt. Steven Dearborn, m. Susan 1 Feb 1832. Had brothers Joseph, Peter and Asa.

                         Source: Leo Ernest Gordon Ancestors


Children of SHERBURNE DEARBORN and Mary Kenniston are:
i. SHERBURNE7 DEARBORN, JR., born 07 Oct 1775 in Northwood, Rockingham, NH; \        died 14 May 1848 in Boston, MA.
ii. Sarah K Dearborn.
iii. Samuel K Dearborn, born 1770 in New Hampshire; died 1839 in Canada.
iv. Edward K Dearborn.
v. Benjamin K Dearborn.
vi. Mary Dearborn, born ca. 1770.
vii. Margaret K Dearborn, born ca. 1772.
viii. Henry K Dearborn.
ix. Joseph K Dearborn.


                                                           ~~~~~~~

SHERBURNE7 DEARBORN, JR. son of Sherburne Dearborn and Margaret Kenniston, was born 07 Oct 1775 in Northwood, Rockingham, NH, and died 14 May 1848 in Boston, MA. He married SARAH GARDNER ca. 1795 in E. Vassalboro, Kennebec, ME. She was born 17 Jul 1775, and died 16 Dec 1856.

Children of SHERBURNE DEARBORN and SARAH GARDNER are:
i   MARY GARDNER8 DEARBORN, born 08 Jun 1798 in Bedford, MA;
    died 19 Dec 1866 in Vassalboro, ME.
ii   Margaret G Dearborn, b. 17 Apr 1797
iii  Sarah G Dearborn
iv  Amy G Dearborn
 v  William G Dearborn
vi.  Nancy G Dearborn, b. 02 Sept 1804, d. 27 Dec 1884; m. Nathaniel Griggs.
vii  Elizabeth G Dearborn, born ca. 1800.
viii Isabella G Dearborn.
 ix  Sherburne Dearborn III
  x  Andrew G Dearborn.
  xi  Isaac G Dearborn.
xii   Susanna G Dearborn, born ca. 1810.
xiii  John G Dearborn.
xiv  Maria G Dearborn.


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MARY GARDNER8 DEARBORN17 daughter of Sherburne Dearborn, Jr. and Sarah Gardner, was born 08 Jun 1798 in Bedford, MA18, and died 19 Dec 1866 in Vassalboro, ME. She married ASA JAQUITH 04 Oct 1821 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA19,20, son of EBENEZER JAQUITH and Sarah Hathorn. He was born 28 Aug 1797 in Jaffrey, N.H., and died 12 Jun 1866 in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine.


1850 (Aug 11) Census Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine (pg239)
HH 258- Asa Jaquith 52 Stonecutter 500 NH
Mary 51 ME
Althea T(F) 27 Children all born in ME.
Isabel F. 13
Wm 21
Asa W 1(?)
 

HH 257- John Jaquith 27 (Plough Mnfg. b Maine)
Lydia P. 25
Mary E. 3



1860 ME Kennebec County Twn: Vassalboro
ASA JAQUITH 62 Stonemason NH
Mary 62 NH (see pl of birth 1850)
Maria D (?) 20 ME
Warren 4
William 31 Blacksmith
Hannah 31
Isabel F 4



Children of MARY DEARBORN and ASA JAQUITH are:
i  John D. Jaquith, born 03 Aug 1822 in Maine; died Dec 1893.
ii  Althea Jaquith, born 06 Dec 1823.
iii  MARY E. JAQUITH, born 29 May 1824 in Vassalboro, Kennebec Co., ME;
iv  William Jaquith, born 12 Nov 1828 in Maine.
 v  Andrew Jaquith, born 13 Jan 1831.
vi  Frank Jaquith, born 28 Apr 1833.
vii  Sarah M. Jaquith, born 14 Jun 1835.
viii Isabel Jaquith, born 25 Oct 1836.
 ix  Asa W. Jaquith, born 22 Sep 1838; died 25 Sep 1838.
  x Maria D. Jaquith born 22 Jun 1840, East Vassalboro, ME.
 xi Asa "Warren" Jaquith, born 15 Apr 1843.

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MARY E. JAQUITH (MARY GARDNER7 DEARBORN, SHERBURNE6, SHERBURNE5, HENRY (BATHCHELDER)4, SAMUEL3, HENRY2, Godfrey1) was born 29 May 1824 in Vassalboro, Kennebec Co., ME, and died 06 Nov 1866 in Glencoe, MN. She married DAVID DAVIS on 12 May 1849 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA23,24. He was born 01 Apr 1824 in Buxton, York Co., ME25, and died 15 Aug 1883 in Glencoe, MN.


Notes for DAVID DAVIS: It's been reported --but not proven-- that David was the s/o Daniel Davis, and g.son of Sylvanus of Maine and NH. If so, David is a descendant of John Howland who arrived in America on the Mayflower.

David was known in later years as an accomplished glass-blower, and that may be what the unreadable word on the 1850 census refers to.

1850 (Sept) Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
HH 1634 (Head of household: Albert E. & Mary Clark) *
David Davis 26 Glass ____ b. ME;
Mary E. Davis 26 b. ME;
Helen Davis 4mo. b. MA.

1860 Census information taken from 1917 History Book, McLeod Co., MN
Davis, age 36; farmer; real estate, $300; personal, $300;
he, and his wife, Mary E., age 36, were born in Maine;
their three children, Helen F., age 10, born in Massachusetts;
Estelle Mc L., age 2, and Maud, age 4 months, born in Minnesota.


1870 Census MN, McLeod Co, Glencoe Twn, Rocky Run P.O.
HH 79/80 Davis, David widower age 49 farmer 235 (pers. prop._
Estella (12) keeping house, and Maude D. (10) in school.
girls both b. MN


1880 Census MN McLeod Co. Glencoe Twn. (pg 36 of 43)
David DAVIS 54 <1826> Maine Self Widower White Male b. Maine, both his parents b. Maine.
 (daughters) Estella 22 keeping house, and Maud 20 teacher



Children of MARY JAQUITH and DAVID DAVIS are

i. Helen Francis Davis, born 23 Feb 1850 in East (?) Cambridge, MA;

    died 27 Feb 1934 in Park Rapids, MN. She married Maitland Sandford Robbins

    18 Oct 1869 in Park Rapids, MN.
ii. Estella McLeod Davis, born 29 Oct 1857 in Minnesota, died

    06 May 1913; married James Thorp Porter 04 Aug 1883; born ca. 1855.
iii. Maud Douglas Davis, born 19 Mar 1860 in Minnesota; died 08 Feb

    1897. She married Lucien Canfield 20 Nov 1885; born ca. 1855.

If you are a descendant of Mary Jaquith and David David,  or if
you have questions or comments to share, please write.

For more about the Jaquith-Davis Family, see

The Jaquiths: Family of Patriots
Our Robbins-Davis Family Connection

Information about the Davis children taken from family bible of Helen Davis Robbins.
   See Endnotes for sources of other information are below.


                                                             Endnotes

1. Hampton History; Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH, "Electronic."
2. Will of Godfrey Dearbarne of Hampton, 1680, "...unto Dorothy Dearbarn my loveing wife..."
3. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Ed, Colonial Families of the United States of America. New York: 1907.
4. Savage, General Dictionary of New England Families, (pub. 1861).
5. Genealogy Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (1939)Noyes/Libby/Davis, pg 189, Reported as date of Christening in Lincolnshire, England.
6. Ibid. Based on date of marriage and fact Samuel was living in 1746.
7. NEHGR, vol. 139, pgs 50-56.
8. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hamshire; Noyes/Libby/Davis, (Portland, 1928), pg 189
9. Hampton History; Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH,
10. Ibid Re Names, dates, children.
11. Ibid
12. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine &
New Hampshire
(1939), (1928-1939 reprinted, Baltimore, ME, Genealogical Pub. Co (1972)), pg 236.
13. Ibid.
14. Hampton History; Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH, "Electronic."
15. Worldconnect, "Electronic," Needs verification: June Ferguson [email protected] (Woody Woodard).
moved to Northwood, NH in 1771. By 1790 they were in Gilmanton Strafford Co, NH and by 1800 in
Wheelock, Caledonia Co., VT. Shortly thereafter they moved to Barnston, Richlieu Co., Canada.
16. Worldconnect, "Electronic," June Ferguson''s site.
17. Helen Francis Davis Robbins, Davis-Robbins Family Bible, Keena Kartak.
18. Census Records, Mary's birthplace given Maine in 1850 census, and NH in 1860 census. Both states have
a town named Bedford. Family records say she was married in Cambridge, MA., so Bedford, MA (near
Billerica) can't be ruled out, either..
19. Kartak, Keena Robbins, Family Group Sheet.
20. Cambridge Vital Records, (NEGS, Boston, MA 1914), Asa Jaquith of Brookline, and Mary Dearborn,
Oct. 4, 1821.
23. Cambridge Vital Records, (NEGS, Boston, MA 1914), Marriage intention: David and Mary E. Jaquith of
Brighton, int. May 2, 1849. Feb. 24, 1807, a part of Cambridge was established as the town of Brighton..
24. Personal bible of Helen Francis Davis Robbins gives date of marriage as 12 May 1849.
25. Keena Robbins Kartak, Citation: Davis Family Bible.