Month: July 2026

By Muriel Bristol | July 19, 2026

Joseph Dearborn was born in Greenland, NH, in 1766, son of Abraham and Abigail (Marston) Dearborn.

Abraham Dearborn headed a Greenland, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included two males aged 16-plus years [himself, and Abraham Dearborn, Jr.], one male aged under-16 years [Joseph Dearborn], and three females [Abigail (Marston) Dearborn, Mary Dearborn, and Eleanor M. Dearborn].

Joseph Dearborn married in Portsmouth, NH, in November 1794, Sarah “Sally” Seavey, he of Greenland, NH, and she of Portsmouth, NH. Rev. Samuel Haven performed the ceremony.

(The known children of Joseph and Sarah (Seavey) Dearborn were: Joseph Dearborn, Jr. (1795–1869), Sarah “Sally” Dearborn (1797–), Abigail Dearborn (1799–1878), Abraham Dearborn (I) (1804–1806), and Abraham Dearborn (II) (1808–1835)).

It does not appear that any settlement was made east of the West Branch river prior to about 1785 or 1786, and among the earlier settlers there may be named, among others, Reuben Jones, Paul Jewett, Amos Witham, the Berrys, the Millers, Ephraim Twombly, Paul Wentworth, Caleb Wingate, David Coursan, John McDuffee, and soon after Hatwell Nutter, Thomas Applebee, William Applebee, John Hart, John Remick, Jr., Nathaniel Dearborn, Joseph Dearborn, and many others (Hurd, 1882).

Son Joseph Dearborn, Jr., was born in Wakefield, NH, June 15, 1795.

Daughter Sarah “Sally” Dearborn was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, July 17, 1797. Daughter Abigail Dearborn was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, April 24, 1799.

Joseph Dearborn headed a Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Sarah (Seavey) Dearborn], one male aged under-10 years, one female aged under-10 years, and one female aged 45-plus years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

Joseph Dearborn, as well as his father, Abraham Dearborn, and his brother, Nathaniel Dearborn, all signed the Rochester division petition of May 28, 1802.

Son Abraham Dearborn (I) was born in Milton, December 25, 1804. He died there, in 1806.

Joseph Dearborn and Nathl Dearborn were assessed in Paul Jewett, Esq.’s School District No. 3, in December 1806. (See Milton School Districts – 1806).

Son Abraham Dearborn (II) was born in Milton, August 13, 1808.

Joseph Dearborn headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Sarah (Seavey) Dearborn], one male aged 10-15 years [Joseph Dearborn, Jr.], one female aged 10-15 years [Abigail Dearborn], two males aged under-10 years [Abraham Dearborn (II)], and one female aged 45-plus years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Dearborn and Francis Berry.

Father Abraham Dearborn died in Milton, in 1814. Mother Abigail “Ruth” (Marston) Dearborn died in Milton, in 1814.

Daughter Abigail Dearborn married in Wakefield, NH, February 12, 1818, Nathan Chapman, both of Milton. Rev. Asa Piper performed the ceremony. Chapman was born in Greenland, NH, December 22, 1787, son of Samuel and Lucia (Marston) Dearborn.

Son Joseph Dearborn, Jr., married in Wakefield, NH, November 30, 1823, Harriet Butler Drew, he of Milton and she of Wakefield, NH. Rev. Asa Piper performed the ceremony. She was born in [Rollinsford,] Somersworth, NH, August 2, 1800, daughter of John and Lydia (Butler) Drew.

Son-in-law Nathan Chapman sought to sell his Wakefield, NH, farm, in December 1829, at a cheap price for cash or approved credit.

FARM FOR SALE, PLEASANTLY situated in Wakefield, containing about FIFTY ACRES of excellent LAND, for Mowing, Tillage, and Pasturage – with a fine Orchard that is not excelled by any that is in town; also a good House 38 x 28, well finished, with an excellent Cellar; a Barn 40 x 32, in good repair with a Shed from Barn to House; and a never failing well of water. The above-named Farm will be sold cheap for cash or approved credit. Whoever is wishing to purchase a Farm will do well to call and see for themselves. NATHAN CHAPMAN. Wakefield, Dec. 30, 1829 (Dover Enquirer, January 5, 1830).

Note that the house and barn are said to be connected by a “shed,” so that one might go between them to in order to care for animals without having to go through deep winter snow.

Joseph Dearbon [Dearborn] headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years [Sarah (Seavey) Dearborn], one female aged 50-59 years, and one male aged 20-29 years [Abraham Dearborn (II)]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Francis Chapman and Joanna Tuck.

Joseph Dearbon [Dearborn], Jr, headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], two females aged 30-39 years [Harriet B. (Drew) Dearborn], one female aged 5-9 years [Sarah A. Dearborn], and two females aged under-5 years [Ann E. Dearborn and Martha Dearborn]. Their household appeared in the enumeration after that of Polly Wiggin.

Nathan Chapman headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Abigail (Dearborn) Chapman], one female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, and one female aged under-5 years.

Son Abraham Dearborn (II) married, May 6, 1832, Malinda Stillings. She was born in Berwick, ME, January 25, 1814.

Grandson Nathan D. Chapman was born in Milton, January 7, 1833.

Granddaughter Mary A. Dearborn was born in Milton, circa 1834, daughter of Abraham (II) and Malinda (Stillings) Dearborn.

Son Abraham Dearborn (II) died January 23, 1835.

Widowed daughter-in-law Malinda (Stillings) Dearborn married (2nd) in Somersworth, NH, July 15, 1837, Benjamin Randall, she of North Berwick, ME, and he of Somersworth, NH. Rev. Jonathan Woodman performed the ceremony. Randall was born in 1806.

[Died. In Wakefield, Miss Almira Sanborn, daughter of Mr. Nathan Dearborn, aged 16 years (Dover Enquirer, August 21, 1838)].

Granddaughter Sarah Chapman died at Great Falls, Somersworth, NH, in January 1840, aged twenty-one years.

Died. … At Great Falls, Miss Sarah Chapman, daughter of Nathan and Abigail Chapman, aged 21 (Dover Enquirer, February 4, 1840).

Joseph Dearborn headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], one female aged 70-79 years [Sarah (Seavey) Dearborn]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Remick and Joseph Dearborn, Jr.

Joseph Dearborn, Jr., headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Harriet B. (Drew) Dearborn], one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years [John C. Dearborn], two females aged 5-9 years [Martha A. Dearborn], and two females aged under-5 years [Elizabeth Dearborn and Hannah J. Dearborn]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Dearborn and John Archibald.

Nathan Chapman headed a Somersworth, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Abigail (Dearborn) Chapman], three females aged 20-29 years, two females aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years [Abigail D. Chapman], and one male aged 5-9 years [Nathan D. Chapman]. Five members of his household were engaged in Manufacture and Trade. (The Chapmans would seem to have been running a rooming house in Somersworth, NH, for young women employed in Manufacture and Trade).

Benjamin Randall headed a Somersworth, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years [Malinda ((Stillings) Dearborn) Randall], one female aged 5-9 years [Mary A. Dearborn], and two females aged under-5 years [Susan Randall and Sarah E. Randall]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.

Sarah (Seavey) Dearborn died in Milton, October 23, 1840.

Jonathan Berry, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Eliza [(Spinney)] Berry, aged forty-six years (b. NH), Joseph Dearborn, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), Harriet [(Drew) Dearborn, aged fifty years (b. NH), John Dearborn, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Elizabeth Dearborn, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Hannah J. Dearborn, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and Harriet A. Dearborn, aged seven years (b. NH). Joseph Dearborn had real estate valued at $2,000 and Jonathan Berry had real estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathaniel Dearborn, a farmer, aged eighty-one years (b. NH), and Daniel Guptill, a farmer, aged forty-seven years (b. ME).

Nathan Chapman, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Abigail [(Dearborn)] Chapman, aged fifty years (b. NH), Abigail D. Chapman, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), and Nathaniel D. Chapman, a farmer, aged eighteen years (b. NH). Nathan Chapman had real estate valued at $1,200.

Benja Randall, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. ME), headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Betsy [Malinda ((Stillings) Dearborn)] Randall, aged forty-four years (b. ME), Mary Randall [Dearborn], aged eighteen years (b. ME), Sarah Randall, aged sixteen years (b. ME), Clementine Randall, aged fourteen years (b. ME), Susan Randall, aged twelve years (b. ME), William H. Randall, aged ten years (b. ME), Benja C. Randall, aged eight years (b. ME), George A. Randall, aged six years (b. ME), and John Randall, aged three years (b. ME).

Granddaughter Mary A. Dearborn married (1st) in Lebanon, ME, in September 1854, Orin C. Hodgdon. He was born in Lebanon, ME, in 1832.

MARRIAGES. In Lebanon, Me., 15th inst., by Chas. R. Lindsey, Esq., Mr. Orrin C. Hodgdon, to Miss Mary Dearborn, both of Lebanon (Dover Enquirer, September 26, 1854).

Sister Eleanor M. Dearborn died in Portsmouth, NH, January 31, 1855, aged eighty-four years.

DIED. In this city, Miss Eleanor Dearborn, aged 84. Funeral this afternoon at 2 o’clock, from her late residence, 25 Washington street (Portsmouth Daily Chronicle, February 2, 1855).

Son-in-law Nathan Chapman died in Portsmouth, NH, July 1, 1858, aged seventy-one years.

DEATHS. … In Portsmouth, – Mr. Nathan Chapman, aged 71 (Dover Enquirer, August 26, 1858).

Joseph Dearborn, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. HIs household included Harriet [(Drew)] Dearborn, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), Fanny Dearborn, aged twenty-two years (b. NH) (b. NH), Hattie Dearborn, aged sixteen years, and Thomas A. Dearborn, aged nine years (b. NH). Joseph Dearborn had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $1,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of J.N. Berry, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), and Olive Hanson, aged forty-six years (b. NH).

Abby D. [(Dearborn)] Chapman, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Portsmouth, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included Abby D. Chapman, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH). Abby Dearborn had real estate valued at $2,800 and personal estate valued at $600. They resided in a two-family residence in the 2d Ward with the household of James M. Taylor, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH).

Benjamin Randall, a farm laborer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Malinda [((Stillings) Dearborn)] Randall, aged forty-six years (b. NH), Susan R. Randall, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), S.E. [Sarah E.] Randall, aged twenty years (b. NH), C. [Clementine] Randall, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Wm. H. Randall, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Benjamin Randall, aged twelve years (b. NH). Benjamin Randall had personal estate valued at $100. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George R. Jones, a shoemaker, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and E.H. Twombly, a merchant, aged thirty-two years (b. NH).

Grandson-in-law Orin C. Hodgdon died in Lebanon, ME, September 2, 1863, aged thirty-one years, four days.

Daughter Mrs. Nathan [Abigail (Dearborn)] Chapman appeared in the Portsmouth Directory of 1867, as resident at 8 Vaughan Street.

Grandson Nathan D. Chapman appeared in the Salmon Falls, NH, Directory of 1867, as a machinist, boarding at Miss Dearborn’s. [His cousin,] Miss Abby Dearborn appeared as keeping a boarding house, at 10 Second Street.

Granddaughter Mary (Dearborn) Hodgdon married (2nd) in Farmington, NH, June 20, 1868, Charles E. Ricker, both of Milton. He was a shoemaker, aged thirty-four years, and she was aged thirty-three years. Rev. R.M. Sargeant performed the ceremony. Ricker was born in Milton, in 1833, son of Charles and Mary (Lord) Ricker.

Daughter Mrs. Nathan [Abigail (Dearborn)] Chapman appeared in the Portsmouth Directory of 1869, as resident at 40 Hanover Street. Her daughter, Abby D. Chapman, appeared in another section as a dressmaker, at 40 Hanover Street.

Son Joseph Dearborn, Jr., died in Milton, May 18, 1869, aged seventy-three years, eleven months, and three days.

State of New Hampshire. STRAFFORD, S.S. – The Judge of Probate for said County to the heirs at law of the estate of Joseph Dearborn, late of Milton, in said County, deceased, intestate and to all interested therein, YOU are hereby notified that Harriet Dearborn, Administratrix of the estate of said deceased will exhibit her account of the administration of said estate at a Court of Probate to be holden at Rochester, in said County, when and where you may appear and show cause, if any you have, against the allowance of said account. And it is ordered that said Administratrix give notice by causing the foregoing citation and this order thereon to be published three weeks successively in the Dover Enquirer, printed at Dover in said County, the last publication whereof to be at least one week before said Court. Given at Dover in said County this 10th day of November, A.D. 1870. 41. WM. C. WOODMAN, Register (Dover Enquirer, October 13, 1870).

Harriet B. [(Drew)] Dearborn, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Eliza Dearborn, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Horace E. Dearborn, aged thirteen years (b. NH), John W. Hanson, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), Hattie A. Hanson, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), Elmer D. Hanson, aged two years (b. NH). Harriet B. Dearborn had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $955. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jonathan N. Berry, a farm laborer, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), and a vacant building just before that of Edward R. Hussey, a farm laborer, aged fifty years (b. NH).

Abby [(Dearborn)] Chapman, without occupation, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Portsmouth, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Abby D. Chapman, a dressmaker, aged forty years (b. NH). They resided in a two-family residence with the household of William B. Hussey, works in shoe shop, aged forty-five years (b. NH).

Benjamin Randall, a farmer, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield (“Union P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Melinda [((Stillings) Dearborn)] Randall, keeping house, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), Benjamin Randall, a farm laborer, aged twenty-one years (b. ME), Emma Randall, at home, aged sixteen years (b. ME). Benjamin Randall had real estate valued at $700 and personal estate valued at $255.

Daughter Mrs. Nathan [Abigail (Dearborn)] Chapman appeared in the Portsmouth Directory of 1871, as resident at 40 Hanover Street. Her daughter, Abby D. Chapman, appeared in another section as a dressmaker, at 40 Hanover Street.

Daughter Mrs. Nathan [Abigail (Dearborn)] Chapman appeared in the Portsmouth Directories of 1873, and 1875, as having her house at 33 Hanover Street. Her daughter, Abby D. Chapman, appeared also as a dressmaker, boarding at 33 Hanover Street.

Daughter Mrs. Nathan [Abigail (Dearborn)] Chapman appeared in the Portsmouth Directory of 1877, and, posthumously, in that of 1879, as having her house at 31 Hanover Street. Her daughter, Abby D. Chapman, appeared also as a dressmaker in 1877, but not 1879, boarding at 31 Hanover Street.

Daughter-in-law Malinda ((Stillings) [Dearborn]) Randall died in Union, Wakefield, NH, May 12, 1877, aged sixty-three years, three months, and seventeen days.

DEATHS. In Union, May 12, Melinda, wife of Benj. Randall, aged 63 years, 3 mos., and 17 days (Dover Enquirer, May 17, 1877).

Daughter Abigail “Abbie” (Dearborn) Chapman died of heart disease in Portsmouth, NH, June 22, 1878, aged seventy-nine years, two months. She was married.

Grandson Nathan D. Chapman was a Selectman in Rollinsford, NH, in 1878.

REWARD. WE, the undersigned Selectmen of the Town of Rollinsford, N.H., do hereby offer a reward of TWO-HUNDRED DOLLARS for the detection, or for any information that shall lead to the punishment of the person or persons who set fire to the barn of George L. Wentworth in the village of Salmon Falls Monday evening, Dec. 21, 1878.  GEO. H. YEATON, NATHAN D. CHAPMAN, THOMAS F. HODGDON. Selectmen of the Town of Rollinsford. October 25, 1878 (Dover Enquirer, October 31, 1878).

Harriet [(Drew)] Dearborn, keeping house, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her son-in-law, John Butler, a farmer, aged sixty-seven years (b. ME), and her daughter, Abbie C. [(Dearborn)] Butler, keeping house, aged forty-seven years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edward R. Hussey, and John W. Hanson, a farmer, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH).

Harriet Dearborn of Milton Mills made her last will, September 10, 1884. She devised all her estate, which consisted of any bank money, to her daughter, Hannah J. Converse, whom she appointed also as her sole executor.

In consideration of the kindness and liberality of my daughter, Hannah Jane Converse, I do give and bequithe [bequeath] to her all the money standing in my name in any bank, at my desease [decease], I do so for the express purpose of remunerating my said daughter, Hannah Jane Converse, for her extreme liberality and kindness to me during my life.

Eli Wentworth, John E. Wentworth, and H.T. Robbins signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 102:88).

Daughter-in-law Harriet B. (Drew) Dearborn died in Milton, July 16, 1886, aged eighty-five years. Her last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Dover, NH, July 26, 1886 (Strafford County Probate, 102:90).

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Grandson Nathan D. Chapman had his own personal variant on a watch fob fad current in 1904.

The new fad of wearing baggage checks for watch fobs has induced Nathan D. Chapman of the town of Rollinsford to attach to his watch a baggage check that has an interesting history. He has kept it as a civil war souvenir and prizes it highly. The check is marked as follows: on one side is the number “154” and the words “Richmond & Fredericksburg.” On the reverse side is stamped Mr. Chapman’s name and this inscription, “Entered city of Richmond April 3, 1865” (Farmington News, November 4, 1904).

Grandson Nathan D. Chapman died of bronchial asthma and pneumonia at 45 Ham Street in Dover, NH, January 27, 1908, aged seventy-five years, twenty days. He was a widowed master mechanic retired.

DEATH OF NATHAN D. CHAPMAN. Was Aged 75 and Had Brilliant War Record. Nathan D. Chapman, an old and much respected citizen and veteran of the Civil war was mustered out today to join the greater army from which there is no return. Mr. Chapman was aged 75 years. He was born in Milton, N.H., Jan. 7, 1833, and early in life learned the trade of machinist at which he worked until the Civil war broke out. Submissive to the call for volunteers he enlisted as a private in Co. B, 13th Regt., N.H. Vols. Mr. Chapman had a splendid war record. During his term of service he was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Walthall Road, Swift Creek, Kingsland, Drury’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, Battery 5, Petersburg, Fort Harrison, Fair Oaks, Siege of Petersburg, Burnside Mine Explosion, and at the fall of Richmond. His was the first regiment of the army whose colors were brought into the city of Richmond on April 3, 1865. Mr. Chapman was promoted to first lieutenant for his personal bravery. In March, ’65, Lieut. Chapman was granted a furlough of twenty days by General Gibbon for being the best drilled soldier in his division of 8000 men. At the close of the war Mr. Chapman entered the employ of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co., where he remained for 31 years, a part of which time he had the position of master mechanic. During his residence in Salmon Falls Mr. Chapman held a number of town offices and in 1878 and ’79 he was a member of the Legislature. In every instance he filled public office with great credit to himself and the town. He severed his connection with the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. in 1901 and after living for a time in several places returned to Dover where he resided for a few years with his daughter, Mrs. Horace E. Dearborn, and subsequently with his grandson, Nathan E. Dearborn, of 45 Ham street, an at whose residence he died. Mr. Chapman was a member of Salmon Falls Lodge of Masons and Odd Fellows, and of E.V. Sumner Post, G.A.R. of Fitchburg, Mass. He was twice married, in 1856 to Mary Gardner of Lowell, and in 1868 to Mary E. Rowe of Berwick, Me. The deceased leaves two daughters, Mrs. Horace E. Dearborn of this city and Miss Edith E. Chapman of Cambridge, Mass., and one grandson, who have the sympathy of a host of friends in their bereavement. Mr. Chapman was a good citizen, honest and upright in all his dealings and he will be missed and mourned alike by his comrades and friends who knew and loved him for his sterling qualities. The funeral will be held at the residence of his grandson, Nathan E. Dearborn, 45 Ham street, Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock (Dover Enquirer, January 28, 1908).

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References:

Find a Grave. (2020, September 17). Nathan D. Chapman. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/215767515/nathan-d-chapman

Find a Grave. (2021, January 17). Abraham Dearborn. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/221190500/abraham-dearborn

Find a Grave. (2021, January 17). Abraham Dearborn [I]. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/221190756/abraham-dearborn

Find a Grave. (2021, January 17). Abraham Dearborn [II]. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/221190786/abraham-dearborn

Find a Grave. (2021, January 17). Joseph Dearborn. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/221190291/joseph-dearborn

Find a Grave. (2021, January 17). Joseph Dearborn, Jr. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/221189350/joseph-dearborn

Find a Grave. (2021, January 17). Sally Dearborn. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/221190728/sally-dearborn

Find a Grave. (2011, February 28). Mary Dearborn Hodgdon-Ricker. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/66265805/mary-ricker

Find a Grave. (2011, February 27). Malinda Stillings [Dearborn] Randall. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/66210695/malinda-randall

 

By Muriel Bristol | July 13, 2026

Daniel Dore was born in Lebanon, ME, January 21, 1754, son of John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore.

(His parent’s children were: Daniel Dore, John Dore, Jonathan Dore, Hannah Dore, Betsy Dore, Charity Dore, Joseph Dore, Benaiah Dore, James Dore, Wentworth Dore, Paul Dore, Sally Dore, Andrew Dore, and Dorothy Dore).

John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore moved [from Newington, NH,] to Lebanon, Maine, and became the parents of fourteen children. The children established a most remarkable record for longevity. Several of them lived to be nearly a hundred, and their ages at death averaged eighty years. Three of the sons were in the Revolution: John, Jonathan and Benaiah. John [Jr.] lived and died at Lebanon, Maine; Jonathan and Benaiah moved to Milton, New Hampshire (Stearns, 1908).

And, as we shall see, Daniel Dore, served also in the Revolution, in 1777, and moved also to Rochester, NH, i.e., Milton as would be, before 1790.

Daniel Door appeared in a “Return of men drafted out of Col. John Frost’s (2nd York Co.) regt., drafted May 7, 1777, endorsed ‘for Rhode Island'” (MA Secretary of State, 1898).

Brother Jonathan Dore, when applying for his own Revolutionary War pension many years later, explained that he had taken the place of his brother, Daniel Dore, on the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition of 1779.

He then returned home & immediately took his brother Daniel Dore’s place in Captain Goodwin’s Company in Colonel Cobb’s regiment, (his said Brother having become disaffected [about] the service) and he marched to Penobscot & remained there about two months when the shipping being burned & after other disasters they were disbanded & he returned home. 

Daniel Dore married in Lebanon, ME, November 22, 1781, Dorcas Garland, both of Lebanon, ME. Rev. Isaac Hasey performed the ceremony. She was born in Rochester, NH, April 7, 1760, daughter of Dodivah and Mary (Carter) Garland.

[Ensign Dodivah Garland had appeared in a “Return of the Field and other Officers in the Regt commanded by Colo John Waldron Stationed at Temple’s farm in Brigadier Genl Sullivan’s Brigade in the Continental Army,” March 6, 1776].

(The known children of Daniel and Dorcas (Garland) Dore were: Mary Dore (1781-1863), Charity Dore (1788-1867), and George Dore (1798-1880)).

Daughter Charity Dorr was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, in September 1788. She was a namesake for her paternal grandmother, Charity (Wentworth) Dore.

John Door headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], one male aged under-16 years, and two females [Charity (Wentworth) Door]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Hays and John Door, Junr.

Dodipha [Dodivah] Garland headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], one male aged under-16 years, and two females [Mary (Carter) Garland]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Hays and Jona Ellice [Ellis]. (See Northeast Parish in the First (1790) Federal Census).

Daniel Door headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], three males aged under-16 years, and one female [Dorcas (Garland) Dore]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jona Door and David Coarson. (See Northeast Parish in the First (1790) Federal Census).

Daniel Dore was one of twenty-four petitioners from Wakefield, Rochester & Dover, as well as Massachusetts, that signed the Salmon Falls sawmill petition of June 1797. (See Salmon Falls Sawmill Petition – 1797).

Father-in-law Dodivah Garland died April 19, 1798.

Son George Dorr was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, July 7, 1798.

Daniel Door headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Dorcas (Garland) Door], one female aged 16-25 years, one female aged 10-15 years [Charity Door], one male aged under-10 years [George Door], and one female aged under-10 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

Daniel Dore and his brother, Jonathan Dore, both signed the Rochester Division Petition of May 1802. (See Rochester Division Petition – May 1802). For whatever reason, their brother, Benaiah Dore, did not sign.

Daniel Door and his brother, Jona Door, were assessed in the Milton School District No. 1 of Joseph Plumer in 1806. Brothers Benaiah Dore and Wentworth Dore were assessed in other districts (See Milton School Districts – 1806).

Daniel Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Dorcas (Garland) Dore], two females aged 16-25 years [Charity Dore], and one male aged 10-15 years [George Dore]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Josiah Willey and Wentworth Cook. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).

Daniel Dore and his brothers, Jonathan Dore and John Dore, were among those that petitioned the NH General Court, in or around June 1814, seeking incorporation of the Milton Congregational Society. (See Milton Congregational Society Petition – 1814).

Son George Dore served in Capt. William Courson’s Milton militia company when it marched to Portsmouth, NH, in September 1814. They were responding to Gov. Gilman’s alarm regarding possible attacks by the British navy. (See Milton in the War of 1812).

Son George Dorr married (1st) in York, ME, May 7, 1820, Jane Frost. She was born in Eliot, ME, March 5, 1796, daughter of Eliot and Jane (Clark) Frost.

Daniel Dore and his son, George Dore, both signed the Milton Anti-Division Remonstrance of June 1820. Jonathan Dore, Daniel G. Dore, Dodovah Dore, and Wentworth Dore also signed (See Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).

Danl Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], one female aged 70-79 years [Dorcas (Garland) Dore], and one female aged 30-39 years [Charity Dore]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between Danl W. Horne and John Blaisdell. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Geo Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Jane (Frost) Dore], three males aged 5-9 years, and three males aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between Simeon Applebe and John Foss (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Charity Dore headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 20-29 years [herself].

Daniel Dore died in Milton, January 31, 1831.

Dorcas (Garland) Dore died in Milton, March 4, 1836, aged seventy-five years.

George Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Jane (Frost) Dore], three males aged 10-14 years, three males aged 5-9 years, and one male aged under-5 years. Four members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathaniel Clark and John Blaisdell.

George Dorr, a farmer, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Jane [(Frost)] Dorr, aged fifty-four years (b. ME), Wingate Dorr, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Simon C. Dorr, aged eleven years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Franklin Orange, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), and James Downs, a shoemaker aged fifty-nine years (b. NH). (Jonathan Dore, none, aged ninety-three (b. ME), and several younger Dores, resided in the household of Franklin Orange).

War of 1812 Pension records noted that veteran George Dore resided in Strafford County (P.O. at Milton Three Ponds) in 1855.

George Dore, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. <blank>), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Jane [(Frost)] Dore, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), Charity Dore, aged seventy-two years (b. NH [SIC]), and Wingate Dore (b. NH), aged twenty-four years. George Dore had real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Samuel W. Pinkham, a farmer, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), and Eliot F. Dore, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).

Daughter-in-law Jane (Frost) Dorr died in Milton, September 25, 1861.

Son George Dorr married (2nd) in Milton, December 15, 1862, Lydia C. ((Willand) Randall) Legro, he of Milton and she of Kingston, NH. He was a farmer, aged sixty-one years, and she was a widow [of David Legro], aged sixty-four years. It was his second marriage and her fourth marriage. Rev. Ezra Tuttle, a F.W. Baptist clergyman, performed the service. She was born in Rochester, NH, circa 1798, daughter of Enoch and Esther (Cloutman) Willand.

MARRIAGES. In Milton, Dec. 15, by Rev. E. Tuttle, Mr. George Dorr of Milton, to Mrs. Lydia C. Legro of Kingston (Dover Enquirer, December 25, 1862).

Daughter Charity Dore died of consumption in Milton, March 16, 1867, aged seventy-eight years. She was single.

Daughter-in-law Lydia C. ((Willand) Legro) Dorr died in Milton, November 21, 1867, aged sixty-eight years, eleven months.

George Dorr, a farm laborer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Caroline [((Fitzgerald) Henderson)] Dorr, keeping house, aged sixty years (b. ME), and Wingate Dorr, a farm laborer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). George Dorr had personal estate valued at $106; and Wingate Dorr had real estate valued at $800. Their household appeared in the enumeration between the vacant house after the household of John H. Crane, works for shoe factory, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), and the household of Stephen D. Dorr, works for shoe factory, aged thirty-six years (b. NH).

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. JUDGE DOE PRESIDING. … George Dorr vs. Elliott F. Dorr. This case was to settle the title to a house and a piece of land in Milton, the parties being father and son. The son claimed to have bought the premises more than twenty years ago of the mortgagee, and to have been in possession of them ever since, while the father, as mortgagor, endeavored to show that the son had held possession under him. The jury returned a verdict for the Deft. Copeland for Plf., Hobbs for Deft. (Dover Enquirer, September 14, 1871).

George Dorr married (4th [3rd?]) in Great Falls, [Somersworth,] NH, November 12, 1875 [?], Caroline (Fitzgerald) Henderson, he of Milton and she of Great Falls, NH. James G. Young, J.P., performed the ceremony. She was born in Eliot (or North Berwick), ME, circa 1809, daughter of Edmund and Sally Fitzgerald.

War of 1812 Pension records noted that veteran George Dore resided in Strafford County (P.O. at Milton Three Ponds) in 1878.

George Dorr, a farmer, aged eighty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Caroline [((Fitzgerald) Henderson)] Dorr, keeping house, aged seventy years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Leander Clements, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and Nathan Jones, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).

Son George Dore died of apoplexy in Milton, August 20, 1880, æ. eighty-one years.

DEATHS. … In Milton, Aug. 20, George Dorr, aged 82 years (Dover Enquirer, September 2, 1880).

 Caroline ((Fitzgerald) Henderson) Dorr of Milton received a Bounty Land Warrant (11324-160-155), in 1880, for the War of 1812 service of her deceased husband, George Dorr of Milton. He had been a private, between September 11 and September 29, 1814, in the militia company commanded by Capt. William Courson. They had married in Somersworth, NH, November 12, 1875, and he had died in Milton, August 18, 1880.

Daughter-in-law Caroline ((Fitzgerald) Henderson) Dorr died of paralysis in Milton, August 6, 1884, aged seventy-one years, one month, and fourteen days. She was a widow.

References:

Find a Grave. (2009, September 18). Charity Dorr. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/42115032/charity-dorr

Find a Grave. (2009, September 18). Daniel Dorr. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/42114903/daniel-dorr

Find a Grave. (2009, September 18). George Dorr. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/42114264/george-dorr

MA Secretary of State. (1898). Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing.

Stearns, Ezra H. (1908). Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company.

By Muriel Bristol | July 5, 2026

Hatevil Nutter was born in Newington, NH, December 1, 1748, son of John and Anna (Symes) Nutter.

(Note his Puritan “virtue” name: “Hate-Evil.” It is of a kind with more familiar female ones, such as Faith, Hope, Charity, Chastity, Constance, Prudence, etc.).

Hatevil Nutter married, March 8, 1781, Susanna Shackford. She was born in Dover, NH, December 4, 1756, daughter of Capt. Samuel and Mary E. (Ring) Shackford.

(The known children of Hatevil and Susanna (Shackford) Nutter were William Shackford Nutter (1781–1872), John Nutter (1784–1866), Elizabeth Nutter (1786–1866), Mary Nutter (1788–1863), Ann S. Nutter (1790–1870), Abigail Nutter (1793–1842), and Susan S. Nutter (1802–1882)).

Son William Shackford Nutter was born in Newington, NH, December 23, 1781. Son John Nutter was born in Newington, NH, January 15, 1784. Daughter Elizabeth Nutter was born in Newington, NH, January 29, 1786. Daughter Mary Nutter was born in Newington, NH, in 1788.

Hatevil Nutter, Jr., headed a Newington, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], two males aged under-16 years [William S. Nutter and John Nutter], six females [Susanna (Shackford) Nutter, Elizabeth Nutter, Mary Nutter, Ann S. Nutter, Abigail Nutter, and one other], and one slave. (New Hampshire, which had 141,885 persons enumerated in 1790, had one hundred fifty-eight slaves [0.01%]. Newington, NH, which had five hundred forty-two persons, had fourteen slaves [2.6%]. (Milton never had any in any census year)). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jona Warner Nutter and Valentine Pickering.

Daughter Ann S. Nutter was born in Newington, NH, in December 1790. Daughter Abigail Nutter was born in 1793. Daughter Susan S. Nutter was born in 1802.

Hatevil Nutter headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Susanna (Shackford) Nutter], two males aged 16-25 years [William S. Nutter and John Nutter], two females aged 10-15 years [Elizabeth Nutter, and Mary Nutter], and two females aged under-10 years [Ann S. Nutter, and Abigail Nutter]. His household appeared in the roughly alphabetically arranged enumeration between those of Wm Neal and Paul Nute.

Hatteville Nutter headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Susanna (Shackford) Nutter], one male aged 26-44 years [William S. Nutter], one male aged 16-25 years [John Nutter], four females aged 16-25 years [Elizabeth Nutter, Mary Nutter, Ann S. Nutter, and Abigail Nutter], and one female aged under-10 years [Susan S. Shackford]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mark Miller and Henry Rines.

Son William S. Nutter married, March 17, 1811, Ruth Wentworth. She was born in Rollinsford, NH, October 22, 1784, daughter of Bartholomew and Ruth (Hall) Wentworth.

Daughter Elizabeth Nutter married in Wakefield, NH, November 17, 1811, John Hart, both of Milton. Rev. Asa Piper performed the ceremony. John Hart was born April 17, 1786.

Son John Nutter signed the June 1814 petition seeking incorporation of the Milton Congregational Society. (See Milton Congregational Society Petition – 1814).

Daughter Ann S. Nutter married in Milton, circa 1820, Gilman Jewett. He was born in Exeter, NH, January 18, 1777, son of Paul and Elizabeth ((Gilman) Gilman) Jewett

Son John Nutter held the office of Milton Town Moderator for a single year around 1825-26.

William Neil of Portsmouth, NH, made his last will, March 22, 1825. He devised to his wife, Margaret Neil, two-thirds of his Portsmouth, NH, dwelling house, outbuildings, and land, which was the same that he had purchased of George Furber, in May 1807. This bequest was to satisfy in full his note to her for $1,400 and any interest accrued. He also devised to her a life estate in all his furniture. He devised to his daughter, Margaret Grieve, widow of Samuel Grieve, the remaining one-third of his dwelling house, outbuildings, and land, along with all the household furniture, that furniture to be delivered after the decease of her mother. He devised $300 to his son-in-law, George Andrews, as well as all the furniture give to his daughter, Mary Sarah Melcher, at the time of the marriage. Andrews was to invest the money and pay Mary Sarah Melcher an annual dividend. If Mary Sarah Melcher should survive her present husband, Daniel F. Melcher. Anything remaining after her decease should be divided among her surviving children. He devised $1 to his son, Thomas Neil. He confirmed his daughter Ann Andrews, wife of George Andrews, on the Dover, NH, house already given to her, as well as an additional $1. He devised to his son, Robert Getty Neil, the balance of his deed account, as well as an additional $1. He devised to his son, Charles Neil, the Portsmouth, NH, house and land on the corner of Broad street, it being the same purchased of George Turner, in October 1820. Charles was also to receive any rest and residue remaining. He named son-in-law George Andrews as executor. Jas. H. Pierrepont, Jno. W. Foster, and Gorge Mancut signed as witnesses (Rockingham County Probate, 48:297).

William Neil died in Portsmouth, NH, in April or May 1825, aged seventy-nine years (Columbian Centinel, May 18, 1825). [“a native of Ireland & for 30 years a Merchant”].

The last will of William Neil, late of Portsmouth, NH, was proved in a Rockingham County Probate court held in Portsmouth, NH, May 17, 1825 (Rockingham County Probate, 48:299).

Son John Nutter married (1st) in Dover, NH, October 17, 1825, Margaret (Neil) Grieve, he of Milton, and she apparently of Dover, NH (Dover Historical Society, 1894). She was born in Portsmouth, NH, circa 1792, daughter of William and Margaret Neil, and was the widow of Samuel Grieve (Rockingham County Probate, 48:297).

Son John Nutter was said to have been a Milton Mills merchant, and post offices were often in storefronts or doctor’s offices. The U.S. Post Office Department appointed him as the first Milton Mills Postmaster on November 13, 1826. He held that office from then through March 1837. Dr. John L. Swinerton succeeded him, although Nutter appears to have returned briefly in 1841-42. (These offices were political plums and these appointment dates suggest that John Nutter was a Democrat, while Dr. John L. Swinerton was a Whig). (See also Milton’s First Postmasters (1818-c1840)).

Daughter Abigail Hubbard married in Milton, January 19, 1827, Aaron Hubbard, she of Milton and he of Shapleigh, ME. Rev. William McKay performed the ceremony. Hubbard was born in Shapleigh, ME, January 26, 1782, son of Aaron and Martha (Nason) Hubbard.

The U.S. Congress expanded the network of “Post Road” routes in 1827. The expanded network included a regular overland connection between Maine points and the Milton Mills post office run by John Nutter. (See Milton in the News – 1827).

Mother-in-law Margaret Neil of Dover, NH, widow of William Neil of Portsmouth, NH, made her last will July 30, 1827. She devised $500 to Charles Neil of Portsmouth, NH, merchant, for the benefit of Robert Neil. She devised $1 to her daughter, Margaret Nutter, wife of John Nutter. She devised $500 to Charles Neil for the benefit of her daughter, Mary Sarah Melcher. He was also to receive her household furniture, after expiration of a life-estate in that furniture to be held by daughter Mary Sarah Melcher. Charles Neil, who was identified as a son of her late husband (rather than herself), was to receive all the rest and residue, and was appointed executor. George Gray, Thomas b. Kittredge, and William N. Andrews signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 42:131).

Mrs. Margaret ((Neil) Grieves) Nutter, “consort of John Nutter & daughter of William and Margaret Neal,” died in Milton, August 27, 1827, aged thirty-five years.

Son John Nutter appeared in a US. Postal Department postmasters list in 1828. He was Postmaster at Milton Mills.

Son John Nutter received a five-year appointment as a Milton justice of the peace, June 17, 1828.

Justices of the Peace. Milton. Jotham Nute, D. Hayes, John Remich, J. Roberts, Hanson Hayes, Stephen M. Mathes, John Nutter, Thomas Chapman (Lyon, 1829).

The Milton Selectmen of 1830 were John Nutter, T.C. Lyman, and Chas. Swasey. (His elder brother, William S. Nutter, was also twice a Milton Selectman, in 1818 and 1833).

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Milton, Joshua N. Cate, Jotham Nute, Daniel Hayes, John Remich, James Roberts, Hanson Hayes, Stephen M. Mathes, John Nutter, Thomas Chapman, Theodore C. Lyman, Samuel S. Mason, Stephen Drew, Israel Nute (Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1830).

Hateval Nutter headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 80-89 years [himself], one female aged 70-79 years [Susanna (Shackford) Nutter], one female aged 40-49 years [Mary Nutter], one female aged 20-29 years [Susan S. Nutter], and one male aged 15-19 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those Obediah Whitham and Jas Applebe.

Wm S. Nutter headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Ruth (Wentworth) Nutter], one female aged 15-19 years [Mary A. Nutter], two females aged 10-14 years [Elizabeth Nutter and Nancy H. Nutter], one female aged 5-9 years [Ruth H. Nutter], one male aged 5-9 years [William A. Nutter], and one female aged under-5 years [Susan Nutter]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jas Applebee and Thos Applebee.

John Nutter headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years, and one male aged 15-19 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mehitable Swasey and Nathl Jewett.

Paul Jewett headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included two males aged 80-89 years [Paul Jewett], one male aged 50-59 years [Gilman Jewett], one female aged 50-59 years [Ann S. (Nutter) Jewett], one male aged 20-29 years, two males aged 15-19 years [Paul Jewett and Asa Jewett], and one male aged 10-14 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Steph. Shorey and Amos Witham. (And on the same page as son Nathl Jewett).

Aaron Hubbard, Esqr, headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years (Abigail (Nutter) Hubbard], one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one female aged 5-9 years, and two females aged under-5 years.

Hatevil Nutter died, probably in Milton, December 25, 1831, aged eighty-three years.

Former mother-in-law Margaret Neil died in Dover, NH, December 29, 1831, aged seventy-eight years. Her last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate court held in Dover, NH, January 2, 1832 (Strafford County Probate, 42:134).

Son John Nutter married (2nd) in Dover, NH, May 16, 1833, Lydia Hayes, he of Milton and she presumably of Dover, NH. She was born in Dover, NH, March 25, 1784, daughter of Aaron and Deborah (Wingate) Hayes.

Son John Nutter received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice of the peace, June 15, 1833.

Justices of the Peace. Milton – Levi Jones, Daniel Hayes, John Remich, James Roberts, Hanson Hayes, Stephen M. Mathes, John Nutter, Theodore C. Lyman, Samuel S. Mason, Stephen Drew, Israel Nute, John L. Swinerton, Thomas Chapman (Hayward, 1834).

Among the fifty-two founding members of the Baptist Church of Milton, October 28, 1834, were William S. Nutter, Elizabeth [(Nutter)] Hart, Susan S. Nutter, Ruth [(Wentworth)] Nutter, Mary Ann Nutter, Hannah Nutter, and Elizabeth Nutter. William S. Nutter was clerk from its founding through 1837. (He was succeeded in that position by his step-nephew Asa Jewett) (Scales, 1914).

Son John Nutter received $7.51 in 1835, as compensation for his work as Milton Mills postmaster (US Dept. of the Interior, 1835).

Son John Nutter received $12.49 in 1837, as compensation for his work as Milton Mills postmaster (US Civil Service Commission, 1838).

Son William S. Nutter removed from Milton at some time after his resignation as church clerk, in 1837, and his next enumeration in the Federal Census in Waterboro, ME, in 1840.

Son John Nutter received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice of the peace, June 21, 1838.

Mother-in-law Deborah (Wingate) Hayes died in Milton Mills, September 18, 1838.

Son John Nutter received $29.88 up to December 31, 1839, as compensation for his work as Milton Mills Postmaster. J.L. Swinerton took over again and received $6.58 from that point through May 26, 1843 (Claxton & Co., 1843).

The NH Political Manual and Annual Register of 1840 identified Milton’s Justices of the Peace as being Levi Jones, Daniel Hayes, John Remick, JAMES ROBERTS, Hanson Hayes, Stephen M. Mathes, John Nutter, Theodore C. Lyman, Samuel S. Mason, Stephen Drew, John L. Swinerton, Thomas Chapman, Joseph Cook, John J. Plumer, Daniel Hayes, Jr. (McFarland & Jenks, 1840).

Susannah [(Shackford)] Nutter headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 80-89 years [herself], three females aged 30-39 years [Mary Nutter, Susan S. Nutter], and one male aged 15-19 years. One member of her household was engaged in Agriculture. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Simeon Applebee and Bray Sims.

William S. Nutter headed a Waterboro, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census, His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Ruth (Wentworth) Nutter], two females aged 20-29 years [Mary A. Nutter and Elizabeth Nutter], one female aged 15-19 years [Nancy H. Nutter], and one male aged 15-19 years [William A. Nutter]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture.

Son John Nutter headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Lydia (Hayes) Nutter], and one female aged 20-29 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Gilman Jewett and Samuel S. Hart.

Gilman Jewett headed a Milton [Milton Mills] household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one male aged 40-49 years, one male aged 30-39 years [Paul Jewett], one female aged 30-39 years [Drusilla (Pickering) Jewett], and one male aged 15-19 years. Three members of his household were engaged in manufacture and the trades, while one member was engaged in agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles Swasey and John Nutter. (The household of his son Asa Jewett appeared further down the same page).

Aaron Hubbard, Esqr, headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Abigail (Nutter) Hubbard], one male aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 5-9 years, and one female aged under-5 years. Three members of their household were engaged in Agriculture.

Daughter Abigail (Nutter) Hubbard died in Acton, ME, June 21, 1842, aged forty-nine years.

Son John Nutter received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice of the peace, June 24, 1843.

Justices of the Peace. Milton – Levi Jones, Stephen Drew, Daniel Hayes, Hanson Hayes, John Nutter, Theodore C. Lyman, John L. Swinerton, Joseph Cook, John J. Plumer, Daniel Hayes, jr., Enoch Banfield, Daniel P. Warren, Joseph Cook, James Berry, Wm. B. Lyman (NH Register and Farmer’s Almanac, 1844).

Widowed son-in-law Aaron Hubbard married (2nd) in Milton, April 28, 1844, Mary Lindsey, he of Acton, ME, and she of Milton. Rev. Joseph Spinney performed the ceremony.

Justices of the Peace. MILTON – Levi Jones, Stephen Drew, Hanson Hayes, John Nutter, Theodore C. Lyman, John L. Swinerton, Joseph Cook, John J. Plumer, Daniel Hayes, Jr., Enoch Banfield, Daniel P. Warren, James Berry, William B. Lyman, Levi Hayes, Jr., James Furnald (NH Register and Farmer’s Almanac, 1846).

Son John Nutter did not receive another renewal as a Milton justice-of-the-peace. There was instead a marginal notation to the effect that he was “now [of] Rochester.” In the Rochester roster, he received an initial five-year appointment as a Rochester, NH, justice of the peace, June 19, 1848.

Susanna (Shackford) Nutter died in Milton Mills, November 13, 1848, aged ninety-one years.

Lydia (Hayes) Nutter died in Dover, NH, February 21, 1850, aged sixty-six years.

William S. Nutter, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Waterboro, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Ruth [(Wentworth)] Nutter, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), Mary Ann Nutter, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), Elizabeth [(Nutter)] Ford, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Elizabeth J. Ford, aged seven years (b. ME), and William A. Nutter, a farmer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH). William S. Nutter had real estate valued at $1,000.

John Nutter, 3d, a farmer, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included [his sister,] Mary Nutter, aged sixty-two years (b. NH). John Nutter, 3d, had real estate valued at $1,500.

John Hart, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the timer of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Elizabeth [(Nutter)] Hart, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), Elizabeth A. Hodgdon, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), Susan S. Hart, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), and Mehitable Hart, aged seventy-three years (b. NH). John Hart had real estate valued at $3,000. Elizabeth A. Hodgdon had real estate valued at $700. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hawley Applebee, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. ME), and Edward Hart, a farmer, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH).

Gilman Jewett, a postmaster, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Ann S. [(Nutter)] Jewett, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), Joseph Sharp, a manufacturer, aged forty years (b. England), Hannah Sharp, aged twenty-five years (b. England), Benjamin Sharp, a manufacturer, aged twenty-five years (b. England), Susan A. Hubbard, aged sixteen years (b. ME), [sister-in-law] Susan S. Nutter, aged forty-six years (b. NH), John McDonald, a tailor, aged thirty-five years (b. Scotland), and Joseph Robinson, a manufacturer, aged thirty-six years (b. England). Gilman Jewett had real estate valued at $2,000. Jewett’s household appeared next to that of John Townsend, agent for the Milton Mills Manufacturing Co., aged forty-three years (b. England).

Aaron Hubbard, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Lindsey)] Hubbard, aged fifty-four years (b. ME), Martha A. Hubbard, aged thirteen years (b. ME), and Betsy Need, aged seventy-five years (b. ME).

Son John Nutter, Esq., married (3rd) in Portsmouth, NH, in October 1852, Maria Melcher, he of Rochester, NH, and she of Portsmouth, NH. Rev. Richard S. Rusk performed the ceremony. She was born in Portsmouth, NH, in 1790, daughter of John V. and Mehitable (Whidden) Melcher. (Maria Melcher’s brother, Daniel Fowle Melcher, had been married to Mary Sarah Neil, who was a sister of Nutter’s first wife, Margaret ((Neil) Grieve) Nutter).

MARRIED. In Portsmouth, John Nutter, Esq., of Rochester, to Miss Maria Melcher, only daughter of the late John Melcher, Esq., of Portsmouth (Exeter News-Letter, October 1852).

(“John Melcher, the oldest printer in the Union, died at Portsmouth, N.H. on Sunday morning, June 9, aged 60 years. He was an apprentice to Daniel Fowle, who introduced the first printing press into New Hampshire in 1756, and was proprietor of the Portsmouth Gazette during the revolution, when it was a strong advocate of the rights of the people, as it has been ever since” (Piscataqua Observer, July 4, 1850)).

Justices of the Peace. ROCHESTER – JAMES FARRINGTON – JEREMIAH H. WOODMAN, Stephen M. Mathes, Charles Dennett, Louis McDuffie, John Meader, Watson Hayes, Jonathan Hussey, Moses Roberts, James Tebbets, jr., Samuel Rogers, Daniel J. Parsons, James H. Edgerly, Sam’l Demeritt, Nicholas V. Whitehouse, Jeremiah M. Hackett, Daniel Lothrop, Wm. A. Kimball, Reuben Tilton, Jabez Dame, jr., John Nutter, Joseph Bunton, James Bodge, Samuel Meserve, Aaron P. Wingate (Claremont Manufacturing, 1854).

Son-in-law John Hart died in Milton, February 9, 1854, aged sixty-seven years. (“He was a beloved husband, a kind and affectionate father – a friend to all: and died in the hope of immortality beyond the grave”).

DEATHS. … In Milton, … Also on the 8th inst. Mr. John Hart, aged about 70 years, a substantial and worthy citizen, beloved and respected by all who knew him. – Few men have so many friends or would be so deeply mourned (Dover Enquirer, February 14, 1854).

Wm. A. Nutter, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), headed a Waterboro, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sarah [(Wentworth)] Nutter, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), Catherine Nutter, aged six years (b. ME), Wm. S. Nutter, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH), and Ruth [(Wentworth)] Nutter, aged seventy-four years (b. NH). William A. Nutter had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $500.

John Nutter, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH (“Farmington P.O.”), household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mariah [(Melcher)] Nutter, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and Mary E. Witham, aged thirteen years (b. NH).

Elizabeth [(Nutter)] Hart, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included Mehitable Hart, aged eighty-four years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edward Hart, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), and Alpheus Remick, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH).

Ann S. [(Nutter)] Jewett, aged sixty [seventy] years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included [her sisters,] Mary Nutter, aged seventy [seventy-two] years (b. NH), and Susan Nutter, aged fifty [fifty-eight] years (b. NH). Ann S. Jewett had real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $1,000. Her household appeared between those of Joseph P. Swasey, a tailor, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and Palmuth Came, a laborer, aged seventy years (b. NH).

Aaron Hubbard, a farmer, aged seventy-eight years (b. ME), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Lindsey)] Hubbard, a matron, aged sixty-four years (b. NH). Aaron Hubbard had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $300.

Son in-law Hon. Aaron Hubbard was a Vice President, with Dr. Reuben Buck, of the Milton Mills Birthday Celebration for Ralph Farnham, July 7, 1860.

Son John Nutter, Esq., of Rochester, NH, made his last will, April 12, 1861. He devised to his beloved wife, Mariah M. [(Melcher)] Nutter, during her natural life, the income on $2,000, as well as the income on the house lot and establishment where she lived, “as secured to her by my obligation to her before our marriage.”

He devised $100 to Deborah Lefavour [1816-1866], wife of Robert Lefavour and daughter of Paul Hayes; and $200 to Sarah Boyle, also daughter of Paul Hayes. (These two legacies were to be paid after the death of his wife, Mariah M. Nutter). He devised $200 to William A. Nutter, the amount of his note in favor of John Nutter, after the decease of Mariah M. Nutter, with William A. Nutter paying her interest until her death. He devised $400 to Nancy [(Nutter)] Kimball [1818-1889], wife of William A. Kimball, to be equally divided between her and her three children. [She was a daughter of brother William S. Nutter]. Nancy H. Kimball was to receive also his furniture after the decease of his wife. He devised to John Kimball, son of William A. Kimball, all his books, his portable writing desk, surveying compass, all of the articles in the barn, including saws, planes, augers, axes, and tools. He devised $500 to his three sisters, Mary Nutter, Ann S. Jewett, and Susan S. Nutter, “to be enjoyed by them socially together, and so on to the last survivor.”

He noted that he was omitting bequests to his brother, William S. Nutter, as well as his brother’s children Mary Ann [Nutter], Elizabeth [(Nutter)] Ford, and Sarah [(Nutter)] Philpot; his sister, Elizabeth [(Nutter)] Hart, her sons, Edward Hart, Oliver Hart, William S. Hart, and Cyrus F. Hart, and her daughters, Ann [(Hart)] Gerrish and Susan [(Hart)] Lord; and the daughter of his late sister, Abigail Hubbard. He had assigned to them during his lifetime. He devised a residue to [his nephew,] Samuel Shackford Hart, whom he named as executor.  Silas Hussey, Jr., Daniel Young, and Ben. Hobbs signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate Docket 2652 (Strafford County Probate, 74:204)).

Daughter Mary Nutter died of consumption in Milton, January 19, 1863, aged seventy-four years, four months, and twenty-six days. She was single. (“She rests in hope of a blessed immortality”).

Brother-in-law Maj. Aaron Hubbard died in Acton, ME, February 18, 1863, aged eighty-one years.

Son John Nutter died in Dover, NH, April 15, 1866, aged eighty-two years.

The last will of son John Nutter of Rochester, NH, was proved by Judge D.G. Rollins in a Strafford County Probate court held in Dover, NH, May 1, 1866 (Strafford County Probate Docket 2652 (Strafford County Probate, 74:206)).

Daughter Elizabeth (Nutter) Hart died in Milton, June 19, 1866, aged eighty years, six months.

William A. Nutter, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Waterboro (“N. Waterborough P.O.”), ME, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Sarah A. [(Wentworth)] Nutter, keeping house, aged thirty-nine years, Catharine W. Nutter, at home, aged sixteen years (b. ME), Anna B. Nutter, at home, aged seven years, William S. Nutter, a farmer, aged eighty-eight years, and Ruth H. [(Wentworth)] Nutter, at home, aged eighty-six years. William A. Nutter had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $500.

Ann S. [(Nutter)] Jewett, keeping house, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included [her sister,] Susan S. Nutter, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and Mary A. Nutter, a housekeeper, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH). Ann S. Jewett had real estate valued at $600. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hiram Wentworth, a carpenter, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and Frank Bush, Jr., a woolen mill finisher, aged forty-nine years (b. France).

Daughter Ann S. (Nutter) Jewett died in Milton, November 28, 1870, aged seventy-nine years, eleven months.

Daughter-in-law Ruth (Wentworth) Nutter died in Waterboro, ME, March 5, 1872. Son William S. Nutter died in Waterboro, ME, March 9, 1872, aged ninety years, two months, and seventeen days.

Daughter-in-law Maria M. (Melcher) Nutter died of old age in Portsmouth, NH, September 13, 1873, aged eighty-two years.

Mary A. Nutter, keeping house, aged sixty-seven years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included her aunt, Susan S. Nutter, at home, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH). They resided in Milton Mills Village.

Daughter Susan S. Nutter died in Milton, October 1, 1882, aged eighty years, eight months.

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