JOHN AMAZEEN[1,2]

ca. 1630-1703/4 - Greece or Italy; New Castle, Rockingham co., NH

(First Generation - Amazeen Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN

BIRTH John was born circa 1630/1635, perhaps in Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH[1,2,4]. Both sources agree that he was born in Portsmouth, but disagree on the birth year ­ one saying "about 1630"[1] and the other definitively stating "1635"[2]. Yet a third source more correctly speculates that John was probably born around 1620 or even earlier[76]. One's choice depends upon whether you believe that John was in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH by 1626, the 1640s or 1657. Proof of his migration or depositions should be able to help solve this mystery. But, until sources are revealed, speculation reigns. John died in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH on 6 February 1703/4; he was 73[2,4]. Please see the notes under "MIGRATION" below.
DEATH John died in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH on 6 February 1703/4; he was 73[2,4].
MIGRATION If John was born in Portsmouth, then there is another generation one must identify as the emigrant and patriarch of the family. Torrey mentions John's marriage to Mary Batchelor as the only Amazeen (or variation of the name) entry in his book. Searches of Coldham and Hotten reveal no mention or variation of this unusual name on any extant ship's manifest. While not currently proven, my sense is that John was not born in Portsmouth, but is the emigrant. Researcher Philip (Amazeen) Giuntini has cited Frederick A. Virkus' Immigrants to America Before 1750 and discovered that John's "Permanent Entry Number" is 9969134. He also cites speculative lore stating that John may have been shipwrecked in the New England[76]. This gibes with "gut instinct" of several other researchers into this family line.

In addition, we are not positive of John's parent country. While he was commonly called John "The Greek" Amazeen[6], other sources refer to him as Italian. Charles Brewster adds that "John Amazeen an Italian" was well-known to have been an emigrant from Europe, and settled at Newcastle [sic] at an early period. The Walton property adjoins the Amazeen land, which in Brewster's time (1862) was owned by Capt. John Amazeen "of the 6th generation from John the Italian"[17,18]. To further confuse issues, he was also known as "John the Portuguese"[76]. Several family researchers have corresponded on the issue. Mr. Giuntini makes the following apt observation: "If you think of the world as it was at that time, there was very little distinction between Italian and Greek cultures at that time in the southern Mediterranean (Italy was not, in fact, a country yet, consisting only of city-states)." Ms. Depp also has sent some interesting observations: "...[the] locals evidentally associated him with "Southern Europe" (Greece, Italy, etc), so he probably had a Mediteranean complexion ... I wonder also if he might have been from somewhere like the Baleric Islands (east of Spain/south of France)? In working on another family's lineage, I have found evidence that adventurers from Minorca (or the Basque areas of France-Spain) were in the Mississippi valley [Spanish West Florida and French Louisiana territory] by mid 1700's, and they have some rather unusual surnames...Canary Island residents also came to early French Louisiana [a 'bit' further south, but it shows that they were an adventurous, wandering bunch]..." Finally, while the Amazeen surname implies Southern European origin, rather than Northern European origin, it has been traced to England in the 1600s. Mr. Giuntini cites that a "James Amazeen" was christened on 25 April 1693 at Saint John's, Hackney, London, Middlesex, England[76]. Perhaps the family moved to England and John was, in fact, a "Great Migrant" from that country.
RESIDENCE Regardless, John was in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH by 1659[19]. although a tax roll supposedly exists which lists him as a resident of New Castle "sometime in the 1640s"[76]. Mr. Guintini's correspondence with Leitha Trefren (primary researcher for the Trefethen Round Table) revealsthis statement by Ms. Trefren: "John Amazeen was in Newcastle [sic], Rockingham County, NH, US by 1626. There is family speculation that he was from Cornwall and may have changed his surname or the spelling a bit."[76]

It is known that he built his home (it is speculated with shipwreck lumber) on Main Street at the corner of Cranfield Street[76]. He received a land grant of 1 acre on Great Island (now New Castle), Rockingham co., NH on 21 May 1667. In 1671, he was listed as a taxpayer of Great Island, Rockingham co., NH and Sandy Beach (now Hampton), Rockingham co., NH. (Great Island was considered a part of Portsmouth or "Strawbery Banke" as it was called, during the early settlement of NH). He remained on the Tax Lists for Great Island from 1683, 25 August 1684, 1685 & 1686. John signed (as "John Amicene"&341; a Petition of the Inhabitants of Great Island to the King asking for a general governor & military supplies on 15 May 1690[16]. Finally, he was taxed at Great Island in 1699 as "John Amazeen"[8,19].
TOWN SERVICE John served as the Constable in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH in 1682[4]. On 20 October 1693, he served at the Inquest into the drowning death of Mr. William Button, Jerseyman, as "John Amosen, Sr.". Five days later, he also served at the Inquest into the drowning death of John Row on 25 October 1693 as "John Amoseen"[16].
MILITARY SERVICE John apparently served in the Militia and saw combat, perhaps in the King Philip's War, as he received a War Disbursement in 1697[19].
FREEMANSHIP Given that John was a member of the Church, served in the Militia and clearly could vote (since he was able to serve as Constable and on Inquests), I would conclude that he had taken the Oath of Freemanship. I would like to find his date of Freemanship.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP John was also on the "Tythingman's List" for Great Island in 3 June 1678[16], thus indicating Church Membership. In addition, he was a Subscriber for minister's support on 8 March 1665/6 and 17 March 1670/1. Finally, he was a Subscriber to the maintenance of minister at Newcastle on March 1695/6[20]. The inhabitants of New Castle had put forth a petition to the President & Council sitting at Portsmouth on 3 May 1682 for their own minister and church. Their reasons were many and well-spoken:
"...1. The great Profaning of the Lords Day By those that stay at home.
2. There being but very few, Scarce one third of the People of this Island yt Goe to meeting Abundance of Children living here that never heard a Sermon or knew what that means. So that by degrees they will soone grow heathenish If there be not a place of worship constituted among us here on this Island.
3. Our poor Servants, espetially those of an handycraft trade that expect to have Some ease on the Lords Day, Complaine of theyr great Labour and toile; rowing Sometimes against the wind and tide. & that day which should bee kept holy, is by that means made a day of Greater pains then other week days.
4. The hazarding of our Selves and Servants and Childrens healths (if not lives;) And also the Great Danger of our houses and goods subject to ffire and Roberyes by our being absent and from the Great Island On the Lords day.
5. His Mjties ffortification here Lies to the mercy of an open and Secret enemy; Scarce One Suffitient man Staying at home for its Defense & safety These and many other weighty Reasons wee might propose which wee omit humblye Leaveing all to your Honord Selves and your Seriouse consideration..."[73]

Soon thereafter, The Reverend Samuel Moody was settled as the minister of New Castle. Reverend Samuel is the father of Reverend Joseph Moody, otherwise known as "Handkerchief Moody" once he started wearing a black handkerchief over his face at all times. Joseph had been content as York, York co., ME's Clerk, then Registrar of Deeds and finally Judge of the County Court. However, his father thought that he should preach and pushed him into ordination and a pulpit at York in 1732. Not long afterwards, the lad started wearing his veil and soon fell into such a depression that he quit the pulpit, parceled out his children and went to live with the family of Deacon Bragdon. On his deathbed, Joseph finally explained that he put the "...veil between [himself] and the world..." after killing his best friend during a hunting accident and not owning up to the crime, which the local populace laid to Indians. Truly a typically odd New England figure[74].
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS John was also involved in his fair share of Colonial legal proceedings. In 1662, "John Ammisoone the Greek" sued a Mr. Edward Lynde. John also sued for his wife's "thirds&34; (or rightful share under English Law) of her first husband's estate in 1665[6]. Anderson gives a fuller account of this: "on 26 June 1666 'Jno Amenseene' sued Thomas Walford and Mr. Henry Sherborn 'for detaining Mary his wife her 1/3 of house & land given her by her former husband Jer[emiah] Walford'..."[75,76].
The "Lithobolia" Stone-Throwing Incident of 1682:
Supernatural Myth vs. A Common Petty Land Squabble.
 As a child, I used to order books of ghost stories from the ubiquitous Scholastic Books available to us in school and voraciously devoured them. I recall reading a tale of old New England in which stones apparently showered from a clear sky upon the house of a terrified colonial farmer. Thus, I thought it very cool to read the following item in the Amazeen research sent to me by Carolyn Depp:

"...Cotton Mather's account of the incident reads:
"On June 11, 1682, showers of stones were thrown by an invisible hand Upon the house of George WALTON at Portsmouth (now Newcastle)...Walton had been at his fence-gate which was between him and his neighbor, one John AMAZEEN an Italian, to view it...'

Charles Brewster adds that "John AMAZEEN an Italian" was well-known to have been an emigrant from Europe, and settled at Newcastle at an early period. The Walton property adjoins the Amazeen land, which in Brewster's time (1862) was owned by Capt. John AMAZEEN "of the 6th generation from John the Italian"..."

I have found the origin of the above story in the pages of Narratives of the New England Witchcraft Cases. edited by George Lincoln Burr (originally published by Charles Scribner's Son, New York in 1914. Reprinted verbatim by Dover Publications, Inc. of Mineola, NY in 2002). Burr not only tracked down and published verbatim Richard Chamberlain's (not Cotton Mather's) 1698 London-published pamphlet, but also provided an excellent of synopsis of the political and personal incidents which led to Chamberlain's account. In very short, it ties together the Walton (N.B.: not family related), Amazeen & Walford families. My synopsis of it all is below. I have included the entire title of Chamberlain's pamphlet because it amuses me and also gives a clue as to the sympathies of the author in the whole Walton vs. Walford (and, by extension, Amazeen) debate. Burr notes that the "...booklet is now very rare..." but it was reprinted in 1861 in the Historical Magazine, V:321-327. Enjoy!

The incidents in question concern: "Lithobolia: or, the Stone-Throwing Devil. Being an Exact and True Account (by way of Journal) of the various Actions of Infernal Spirits, or (Devils Incarnate) Witches, or both; and the great Disturbance and Amazement they gave to George Waltons Family, at a place call'd Great Island in the Province of New-Hantshire in New-England, chiefly in Throwing about (by an Invisible hand), Stone, Bricks, and Brick-bats of all Sizes, with several other things, as Hammers, Mauls, Iron-Crows, Spits, and other Domestick Utensils, as came into their Hellish Minds, and this for the space of a Quarter of a Year.

By R.C. Esq.; who was a Sojourner in the same Family the whole time, and an Ocular Witness of these Diabolick Inventions..."

To understand the players in this, one must understand the political upheavals in the Portsmouth area at the time. John Mason had been granted what is now considered the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire in 1629 and started its settlement in 1631. He died in 1635 without making legal arrangement for the administration of his grant. In the meantime, colonists other than those brought by Mason for his settlement had been carving out settlements and farms in the area ­ often with legal titles of their own (conflicting land grants were not wholly uncommon in an area where established settlement was a more important priority in the short run to establishing whose legal claim to a piece of property was true) to the land they had been settling. Mason's widow and infant grandchildren had more pressing concerns of survival and left the settlers to their own devices. The settlers, for their part, were happy to ignore the matter.

Later, the Massachusetts government "...discovered that its own charter could be interpreted to include the territory now settled in New Hampshire..." [Burr, 56] Lands were now granted by the government in Boston or authorities set up by the Boston government in the New Hampshire area. Thus, the widow Mason and her heirs found no legal enforcement or sympathetic ear to their claims. Thus, it remained for years.

In 1660, with the Restoration in England and end of its Civil War, the Mother Country now had the time and energy to enforce treaties, grants and other legal matters in the Colonies. So, by 1680, Mason's grandson Robert "...had not only won from a venal court the rejection of the Massachusetts claim and full recognition of his proprietorship in New Hampshire, but was given a seat in the Council of the royal province in which the colony was now reconstituted and was permitted to nominate its governor and secretary...as its secretary he named Richard Chamberlain..." [Burr, 56]

Mason, with Chamberlain as friend and apparent toady in the matter, soon set out to enforce his claims to the lands. He (and by association, Chamberlain, who the colonists believed to be the instigator of the actions) earned only "fear and hate" from their actions against the existing colonists. The colonists could keep any "improved lands" provided, of course, they paid "a moderate quit-rent". However, Mason claimed right to take "...all wild lands, including their pastures and their woodlands..." [Burr, 57] and he proceeded to grant them at will. To lose one's pasture and woodlands was disaster for any working farm and, except for a few Quakers, the colonists dug in their heels and refused to capitulate to Mason. [N.B.: I now understand where the New Hampshire mindset came from!]

Richard Mason cut his losses and set sail for England to press his case in English courts and left Richard Chamberlain to face the angry colonists alone. Chamberlain lived with George Walton, a Quaker whose home was "under the guns of the fort" on Great Island (now New Castle), Rockingham co., NH.

Walton's land abutted that of John Amazeen and also that of Hannah [Walford] Jones, wife of Andrew Jones and daughter of Thomas & Jane Walford. (see WALFORD). John Amazeen is described by Burr was "...the illiterate constable of Great Island, [and] one of the most stubborn in refusing to pay dues to Mason..." Also, as we know, he had married Jeremiah Walford's (Hannah's only brother) widow and had a legal case of his own pending against Thomas Walford and the other executor of Jeremiah's estate, since they were refusing to pay Mary her "thirds" of the estate.

As for Walton's relations with Hannah Jones: "...On July 4 1682, Hannah Jones begged the 'advice and relief' of the President and Council 'in regard of George Walton's dealing with her, who falsely accuseth her of what she is clear of, and hath so far prevailed that upon that account your humple petitioner is bound in a bond of the peace; since which said Walton's horse breaks into her pasture and doth her damage.'...[Burr, 60-61] Chamberlain's account of this realtes that the stone-throwing incidents "...did arise upon the account of some small quantity of Land in her Field, which she pretended was unjustly taken...and was her Right; she having been often very clamorous about that Affair, and heard to say, with much Bitterness, that her Neighbour...should never quietly injoy that piece of Ground..." [Burr, 61-2] Chamberlain, in his position as Secretary, placed her under bond in this matter, but was overruled by the Provincial Council. Goodwife Jones was ordered to complain to Captain Sileman 'if she be at any time, during her being bound to the good behavior, injured by the said Geo. Walton.'..." [Burr, 61]

Chamberlain further insinuates that Hannah Jones has been "...suspected and (I think) formerly detected" of witchcraft. This seems to be a case of "guilt by association" with these accusations. Hannah's father Thomas, the first settler in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA, had gone head-to-head with the Puritan Authorities in the 1630s "for his Anglican tenets" amongst other issues, and finally removed to Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH. The many tracts of land he acquired and left to his children & grandchildren in his will of 1666 were among those Mason claimed lay within his land grant. George Walton was amongst those to whom Mason granted land "reclaimed" from the settlers ­ another source of friction between Walton & Hannah Jones. In addition, Hannah's mother, Jane, had fought ­ and won every case that came to court ­ accusations of witchcraft for decades. Even after her death, her reputation and that of all five of her daughters was forever linked in the community with witchcraft and was used as a convenient excuse whenever legal or land matters or just neighborly arguing arose.

In short, as is now conjectured about the 1692 Salem Witch Hysteria, these supernatural accusations against Hannah Jones were about land and nothing more.

The arguments and depositions in the case of Jones v. Walton mounted during the summer and fall of 1682. On 31 August 1682, "Elizabeth Clark, aged forty-two, made affidavit to Deputy-President Stileman 'that she heard George Walton say that he believed in his heart and conscience that Grandma Jones was a witch, and would say so to his dying day.' Bur Walton, too, had evidence to offer: on September 4 Samuel Clark testified "that he was present when Goody Jones and Geo. Walton were talking together, and he heard the said Goody Jones call the said Walton a wizard, and that she said, if he told her of her mother, she would throw stones at his head, and this was on Friday, the 25th of August, 1682.'..." [Burr, 61]

Thus, the stage is set for conflict between George Walton, who firmly believes that he and his colleagues Mason & Chamberlain are in the legal right and that Hannah Jones and other members of the Walford & Amazeen clans are, in effect, squatting on Mason's lands. On the other side was Hannah Jones, who, by virtue of her gender, social status and family history, could be perceived as an "easy mark" for a land grab, but who apparently inherited her mother's grit and tenacity in legal disputes.

According the Chamberlain, the episodes started on 11 June 1682 with stones falling seemingly out of nowhere "against the top and all sides of the House." - which is the incident related above and viewed by George Walton from the Fence-Gate to John Amazeen's house. Chamberlain describes in great detail the projectiles and damage caused by them. Incidents continued on Monday the 12th with household objects disappearing, then suddenly coming down the chimney and more stones thrown about the house and fields. Incidents of all sorts -- from tossed stones to holes in Walton's boat to moving household objects and fences & doors which were ripped from their hinges and thrown into fields with a "Noise like a great Gun"-- continued through Wednesday, 9 August 1692 and were witnessed by a great number and variety of people. As the story reads -- and it is a fascinating read -- the incidents sound very much like a case of Poltergeist activity. At any rate, the incidents at the time attracted the attention and full investigation of local authorities & churchmen (hence the attribution to Mather, since the account appears in his papers) and people came from as far as Salem, Essex co., MA to view and review the happenings for themselves. One can only imagine the part, if any, this set of incidents played in the Salem Witch Hysteria 10 years later.

We can only infer that Hannah Jones was not brought to court or punished for the Great Island Stone-Throwing of 1682, since Chamberlain remains completely mum on the matter. However, the land dispute had an interesting denouement: "...in December, 1682, John Amazeen, the constable, with his step-son Jeremiah Walford and others, came with a warrant from Captain Stileman and arrested George Walton and his helpers for wood-cutting on the lands granted to him by Mason; and that, though Walton carried it to the courts and offered evidence that some of the wood cut for him had been seen in John Amazeen's yard, the jury found for the defendants' cost of court. Walton appealed to the King in Council -- Walford and Amazeen, so wrote Secretary Chamberlain, claiming by a town grant of 1658 and 'the jury being all of them possessed of lands by virtue of town grants'; but, though he gave Edward Randolph power of attorney to prosecute, the appeal was in 1684 dismissed. (Provincial Records, in N.H. Hist. Soc., Collections, VIII.118, and Calendar of State Papers, America and West Indies, 1681-1685, passim.)

At home, however, John Amazeen saw himself made an example of, his live-stock levied on, and himself thrown into prison for his refusal of dues to Mason. Chamberlain lost his secretaryship with the change of government in 1686, but remained as clerk of the courts until 1689, when, with the collapse of the Andros administration, he seems to have returned to England. (Vaughan's Journal, in N.H. Hist. Soc., Collections, VIII.187; N.H. Prov. Papers, I.590,600; Mass. Hist. Soc., Proceedings, XVII.227.)..."
WILL His will was written on 13 August 1700 and proved on 6 February 1705/6[16], and mentions his sons Christopher and John, naming Christopher as joint executor[5]. It reads as follows:

"In the Name of god Amen this thirteenth day of August Anno Dom Seventeen hundred I John Amazeen Senr of New Castle In the Province of New Hampshire In New Engld being Sick and Weak In body; * * *

1st I bequeath My Soul To Almighty god that gave It Trusting To be Redeemed by The Merrits of Jesus Christ --

2 My body to A Decent burial As It shall Please my Executors heerafter mentioned

3 I bequeath All my Estate housing land Cattle goods Dts Mony and whatsoever I now Injoy or Ought to have and Injoy unto My Son Christopher Amazeeh And out of the Same to Pay his Brother John Amazeen forty Pounds Money

Lastly I Apoint my Son Xtopher and Theodore Attkinson to be My Executors of this My last Will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and seal Att New Castle ye Day Above Mentioned

In Psents of his
Aaron Moses John X Amazeen [seal]
Noah Parker mark
Theodore Attkinson
[Proved Feb. 6, 1705/6.]
[Theodore Atkinson renounced executorship, Feb. 5, 1705/6.][77]
MARRIAGE Probably before 1663 when John was about 33, he married Mary BATCHELDER in Portsmouth or New Castle, Rockingham co., NH[6,9,10,14,15]. While they both lived in New Castle, the actual wedding (if it was a church wedding) probably took place in Portsmouth, since there was no meetinghouse yet in New Castle. The actual year of their marriage is an issue of debate: "...most likely between 1661 and 1665..." according to the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire[3]. Torrey says "...aft 5 Nov 1660, by 1666, by 1663, by 26 Jun 1666..."[9].

Mary was the widow of Jeremiah WALFORD, and John brought up Mary's children by him[16].

CHILDREN 2. i. John AMAZEEN John AMAZEEN[2,4,21] was born circa 1663 in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH[4,19] and died in New Hampshire after 1706; he was at least 43 years of age[4]. John was taxed in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH in 1690[19].
3. ii. Christopher AMAZEEN Please see his own page.
4. iii. [possible, not probable, Ephraim] AMAZEEN[4] The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire points out that "Ephraim" might be a misreading of "Christopher" in transcribing the script of the original town records, since there is only the one mention of him on this particular Tax list[19]. There is no other mention of Ephraim Amazeen anywhere...most notably in vital records and his parents' wills. However, "Ephraim" becomes a family name in every generation from Christopher's grandchildren on down. If there was no Ephriam here, whom are they remembering with this name?




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 1072
SOURCES 1. Direct Descendants of John AMAZEEN, Research collected by Norma Karram [imtuhan@yahoo.com], received by Carolyn Depp in April 2002. [alternate address = imtuhan@cox.net]. Norma informs me that the research is mostly the work of Glenn R. Bailey and the other Trefethen Roundtable researchers.

2. Research of Charlie Gale [cgale@hartcom.net], received by Carolyn Depp in April 2002. (Much of his early data is based on the research of Dana B. Cobb, a descendant of Ephraim AMAZEEN and Hannah TARLTON.)

3. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), [GDMNH], 712 (Walford); 80-81 (Batchelder).

4. Amazeen.ged, received from Carolyn Depp in July 2002.

5. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], I(31):467.

6. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 9:221.

7. [GDMNH], 80-81 (Batchelder).

8. Ibid. 64.

9. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

10. Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler of England...Who Settled the Town of New Hampton, N.H. and Joseph, Henry, Joshua, and John Batcheller, of Essex Co., Mass., (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1898), [Batchelder], 41.

11. Chamberlain, George Walter, History of Weymouth, Mass., 4 vols., ([Boston: Wright & Potter Co.], 1923), [Weymouth], 4:732.

12. Stackpole, Everett S., Old Kittery and Her Families, (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Press, 1903), [Kittery], 34.

13. [GDMNH], 712 (Walford); 80-81 (Batchelder).

14. Ibid. 64(Amazeen), 712(Walford).

15. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Sv or Savage], 1:47

16. [GDMNH], 64 (Amazeen).

17. http://www,seacoastnh.com/bewster/144.html.

18. Brewster, Charles W., Rambles About Portsmouth: #144: Withchcraft in Portsmouth: Rock-Throwing Devils and Dark Magic, (1862), [BrewsterPortsRamble].

19. [GDMNH].

20. New Hampshire Genealogical Register, [NHGR], vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1903), p. 11.

21. [GDMNH], 64 (Amazeen).

22. New Hampshire Genealogical Register, [NHGR], vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1903), p. 21.

23. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], IV(34):212.

24. Dolbeer, John H., History Of Epsom, [Epsom].

25. York County, Maine Court Index 1686 - 1760 [Maine State Archives]. List of Plantiffs or Defendants of New Hampshire.

26. [GDMNH], 488 (Moore).

27. Brown, Warren, History of the Town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire - From the Time of the First Settlement Within Its Borders 1640 until 1900., (Manchester, NH: 1900), [HamptonFalls], "Record of Marriages Consummated Before Joseph Whipple".

28. Brown, Marguerite Willette, Genealogy of John Brown of Hampton, New Hampshire, (Hillside Publishing Co, Amesbury, MA: 1977), [BrownNH], 48.

29. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 9:221 "Corrections & Additions to the Brown Family" (July 1855).

30. Brown, Warren, History of the Town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire - From the Time of the First Settlement Within Its Borders 1640 until 1900., (Manchester, NH: 1900), [HamptonFalls], "Record of Marriages Consummated Before Joseph Whipple".

31. Brown, Marguerite Willette, Genealogy of John Brown of Hampton, New Hampshire, (Hillside Publishing Co, Amesbury, MA: 1977), [BrownNH].

32. [NEHGR], 9:221.

33. 1790 United States Census. Newcastle, Rockingham, NH, p. 72 [Images Online @ Ancestry.com, checked July 2002. Also on Broderbund CD #523 - :Maine & NH Settlers 1600s-1800s].

34. 1800 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

35. 1810 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH, p. 381 [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

36. [NEHGR], 105:112-13 (April 1951).

37. [NHGR], vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1903), p. 11.

38. New Castle, NH Town Records, [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 272. FHL #15240.

39. Ibid. vol 3 (1756-1858), pp. 224 & 250.

40. [NEHGR], 105:112-13 (April 1951).

41. [NHGR], vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1904), p. 35.

42. NH Dept of Health and Welfare, Vital Statistics office, cited as source by Charlie Gale.

43. [NEHGR], "Records of South Church of Portsmouth, NH" 83:30 (Jan 1929).

44. 1790 United States Census. Newcastle, Rockingham, NH, p. 72 [Images Online @ Ancestry.com, checked July 2002. Also on Broderbund CD #523 - :Maine & NH Settlers 1600s-1800s].

45. 1800 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

46. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 272. FHL #15240.

47. Ibid. Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 264. FHL #15240. and Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 232 & 263. FHL #15240.

48. Ibid. Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 294, FHL #15240.

49. Ibid. Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 292. FHL #15240. also recorded in Vol 3, p. 259.

50. [NHGR], "Record of Marriages in New Castle, New Castle Genealogical Records" - vol 11, no. 1 (July 1904), p. 36-7.

51. NH Dept of Health and Welfare, Vital Statistics office, "Index to NH Births: Early to 1900", BL-BN, Box 91. NH Bureau of Vital Statistics. FHL #1,000,486.

52. 1790 United States Census. Newcastle, Rockingham, NH, p. 73 [Images Online @ Ancestry.com, checked July 2002. Also on Broderbund CD #523 - :Maine & NH Settlers 1600s-1800s].

53. 1810 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH , p. 381. [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

54. 1830 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH, p. 210, line 18. [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

55. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 293.

56. Ibid. Vol 3 (1756-1858), p221 & 265. FHL #15240.

57. New Castle, Rockingham co., NH Vital Records.

58. 1800 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH #921, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA.

59. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), pp. 226 and 269. (Page 223 indicates New Castle published their intentions on 23 Mar 1793.). FHL #15240.

60. 1850 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA.

61. 1800 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

62. 1810 United States Census. New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH, p. 381 [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

63. 1850 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA. New Castle, Rockingham, NH, p122-A [Images-Online @ Ancestry.com]. Census taken 15 Oct 1850, dwelling 48, family 75.

64. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), pp. 224 & 271. FHL #15240.

65. 1790 United States Census. Newcastle, Rockingham, NH, [Images Online @ Ancestry.com, checked July 2002].

66. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), pp. 213 & 273. FHL #15240.

67. Hammond, Otis G., Notices from the New Hampshire Gazette 1765-1800, (Hunterdon House, NJ - reprint 1970), [NHGazette], 167. Paper dated 18 Dec 1799.

68. 1800 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA, USC1800, New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH [Images Online @ Ancestry.com].

69. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), pp. 214 and 274. (Intention on p. 227) FHL #15240.

70. Ibid. vol 3 (1756-1858), pp. 212 & 273. FHL #15240.

71. [NHGazette], 157. Paper dated 30 Jan 1799.

72. [NCTR], Vol 3 (1756-1858), p. 249. FHL #15240.

73. New Castle Early Town Papers, [NCETP], 672-3.

74. Mysterious New England, ed. Austin N. Stevens. (Dublin, NH: Yankee Publishing Incorporated, 1971) [MNE], "The Legend of Handkerchief Moody" by Gail M. Potter, 46-49.

75. Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722., 40 volumes, ed. Nathaniel Boulton, (Manchester, NH: 1867-1943), [NHPP], 40:215; also 31:222-4; 40:246.

76. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633., (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig.], III:1904.

77. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol. 1 1635-1717, State Papers Series Vol. 31, eds. Albert Stillman Batchellor, Otis Grant Hammond, Ezra Scollay Stearns, (Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907), [NHProbV1], 467.


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