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V THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RECORD. An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine DEVOTED TO GENEALOGY, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Official Obgan of the New Hampshire Genealogical Society. The publication of an exact transcript of the Genealogical Records of New Hampshire is the special province of the magazine. VOL. VI. January 1909—October 1909. DOVER, N. H. CHARLES W. TIBBETTS, Editor and Publisher. 1909. CONTENTS OF VOLUME YI. January, 1909—October, 1909. Book Notices 141 cobbection 47 Donations 48, 96, 144, 192 Epping Town Records 6, 92 Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage 6, 92 First Congregational Church Records, Concord, N. H 9, 49, 104, 161 Organization and Pastors 9 Marriages by Rev. Timothy Walker 49 Marriages by Rev. Israel Evans 53, 104 Marriages by Rev. Asa McFarland, D. D 105, 161 First Congregational Church Records, Rochester, N. H 33, 65, 113, 171 Marriages by Rev. Joseph Haven, concluded 33 Marriages by Rev. Thomas C. Upham 33 Marriages by Rev. Isaac Willey 35 Marriages by Rev. Francis V. Pike 40 Baptisms by Rev. Amos Main 65, 113 Baptisms attested by the Deacon 114 Baptisms by Rev. Avery Hall 115 Baptisms by Rev. Joseph Haven 118, 171 Friends Records, Dover, N. H., Monthly Meeting 17, 81, 121, 179 Family Records 17, 81, 121, 179 George Huntress of Portsmouth and Newington, N. H., his Children and Grandchildren . 177 Index of Names 193 In Memoriam—Hon. Noah Tebbetts 129 Inscriptions from the Waldron Cemetery, Dover, N. H 186 Kingston First Church Records 26 Baptisms by Rev. Joseph Secomb 26 Library of the New Hampshire Genalogical Soci- ety 188 Newmarket Town Records 59, 133, 151 Births, Marriages and Deaths . 59, 133, 151 North Church Records, Portsmouth, N. H 41, 76 Baptisms by Rev. Samuel Langdon, D. D 41 Baptisms 76 Baptisms by Rev. Joseph Buckminster 79 Note and Clipping 84 Notice 8 Queries 47, 94, 142, 190 Answers to Queries 143 Richard Hussey and his Descendants 97 The Rev. Hugh Adams and Family 1 Thomas Downes, of Dover, N. H. and his Descend- ants 146 FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHXtRCH, CONCORD, N. H. Corner-stone laid July 25, 1874. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RECORD. Vol. VI. Dover, N. H., January, 1909. No. 1. THE KEY. HUGH ADAMS ANT> FAMILY. John Adams of Boston, cordwainer, and Avis his wife sold house and land in Boston to Abraham Blish, 19 January, 1690. See Suffolk Deeds, XV, 122. John Adams and Avis his wife mortgaged house and land in Boston, 21 June, 1693. The mortgage was cancelled 23 February, 1693/4. This is all that I have been able to learn concerning this John Adams. It was once thought that he was son of Alex- ander and Mary (Coffin) Adams of Boston, but in the divi- sion of the estate of Alexander Adams, 1684, Samuel Adams is called his "only son". See Suffolk Deeds, XIII, 222. Where John Adams came from and whither he went is a mystery. The fact that one of his sons lived in Nova Scotia suggests that as possibly the place of his early residence. The fact that his wife Avis died in Charleston, S. C. may indicate that John Adams went there. His children were: John, a Councillor in Nova Scotia; married Hannah . Chil- dren recorded in Boston: Abigail, born 6 October, 1691; John, b. 4 November, 1693; Avis, b. 6 February, 1694. Hugh, b. 7 May, 1676; m. Susanna Winborn. Matthew; m. Katherine Bligden, 17 November, 1715. He was a bookseller in Boston. He had a son. Rev. John Adams, who suc- ceeded the Rev. Hugh Adams in the pastorate at Durham. Jane, b. 24 December, 1686; m. 20 July, 1713, Joseph Harding at Chatham, Mass. Ann, b. 20 February, 1688; m. 13 February, 1706, William Flay, (2) 23 September, 1714, William Ings of Boston, Hugh Adams graduated at Harvard College in 1697. The next year he went to Charleston, S. C, where he was pastor or assistant pastor of a church, and remained there till 1706. In a letter he states that "our precious godly mother Avis 2 THE REV. HUGH ADAMS AND FAMILY. Adams departed this life October 6th last" (1699). This was at Charleston. See Mass. Hist. Coll. VI, 5th Series, p. 12. He says that he was ordamed at Braintree, Mass., 10 Sep- tember, 1707. (N. E. Reg. XXHI, 297.) He was dismissed 22 August, 1710. He preached at Chatham, Mass., 1711- 1715. In 1716 he preached for a short time at Georgetown, Maine, on Arrowsic Island, where he was visited by the Jes- uit priest of the Norridgewocks, the famous Sebastian Ralle, whom he healed of a tumor and of pain in his shoulders. The cure was effected in three days and without charge. It seems from this that Hugh Adams was something of a physi- cian as well as preacher. See Proceedings of the Mass. Hist. Society, III, 326. He commenced preaching at Oyster River, now Durham, N. H., in 1717 and was duly installed there 26 March, 1718. He was dismissed by Council from this pastorate 23 Jan- uary, 1739. He died in Durham, in 1750, aged 74 years. He was a good man, an able preacher, a faithful pastor, but so eccentric and opinionated that he made many oppo- nents wherever he went. Some of his church sought to get rid of him, and some stood by hmi to the end. He had diffi- culty about collecting his salary, and this was the cause of some petitions of his published in the New Hampshire State Papers. It is said that there is an unpublished Autobiogra- phy of his in the State Archives, but I have been unable to find it. He was fond of allogorical mterpretation of the Bible, and his imagination saw his opponents described in many an odd passage. He married Susanna Winborn, probably daughter of the Rev. John and Elizabeth (Hart) Winborn, and granddaugh- ter of William Winborn, who signed the Exeter Combination in 1639 and was "Clerk of the Writs" in Exeter m 1643. William Winborn and his wife Elizabeth lived in Boston, 1644-1662. He was chosen Town Clerk of Manchester, Mass., in 1686, where his son John was preaching. William Wmborn of Maiden and his son John with wife Elizabeth sold land in Maiden in 1687. See Middlesex Deeds, VIII, 219. This son John was born m Boston 21 of 7th month, 1638 and married, 11 September, 1667, in Maiden, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Hart of Watertown, Lynn, and Reading. She was born 11 December, 1651. Her fa- ther's will names daughter Elizabeth Wenborne. Rev. John THE EEV. HUGH ADAMS AND FAMILT. 3 Winborn was minister of the church at Manchester, Mass., from 1667 to 1686. Tlie town records show that he left Manchester between 1690 and 1693. He is said to have died in 1707. See Hist, of Essex County, II, 1283. No record of his family has been found. He may have gone to South Carolina, and in that State only the name Winborn is found in the census of 1790. Under date of 1 May, 1726, Rev. Hugh Adams records the admission to church of "Lydia Winborn, the maiden daughter of my wife's brother." This brother was Ebenezer Winborn of Boston, who married, 11 May, 1706, Lydia Prince, born 1685, daughter of Joseph Prince of Hull, Mass., who married, 7 December, 1670, Joanna, daughter of Secre- tary Nathaniel Morton of Plymouth, Mass. Ebenezer Win- born was a watchman in the south end of Boston from 1723 till 1758. He may have married (2) Elizabeth Gwinn, 24 October, 1744. He evidently had the following children. Prince, who married, 30 November, 1743, Mary Rogers and was livmg in 1786; Elizabeth, who married, 29 October, 1739; Bozoun Allen; Susanna, who married, 11 July, 1734, Andrew Coffin; Joanna, who married, 29 December, 1736, Nicholas Foster; and Lydia born 13 February, 1706/7 in Boston, who was living in 1739. The records of Suffolk, Middlesex, and Plymouth Counties say nothmg more about anybody named Winborn. The name seems to have been extinct for more than a century in New England, but, as has been suggested, descendants may be found in South Carolina. The inference seems almost necessary that Susanna Winborn, wife of Rev. Hugh Adams, was daughter of Rev. John Winborn. Under date of April 6, 1718, Rev. Hugh Adams records the admis- sion to the church of Durham of "-Susanna Adams, my wife. She was a member of the church in Carolina." His church records, as published in the N. E, Register, show the following children of the Rev. Hugh Adams. Per- haps there were others. Children: Samuel. See below. Elizabeth, b. 5 May, 1713, in Chatham, Mass. Winborn, b. 19 April, 1716, in Boston; probably died young. John, b. 13 January, 1718, at Durham; probably m. in Boston, 23 December, 1741, Anna Parker. Avis, b. 11 April, 1723; m. William Odiorne. Joseph, b. 22 April, 1735. June 2, 1743, Hugh and Susanna Adams sold to their son, 4 THE REV. HUGH ADAMS AND FAMILY. Samuel Adams, physician, for fifty pounds, "all y^ remainder part of my Homestead Lot or Tract of Land, lying and being in Durham nigh y^ fialls meeting house w'^^ s*^ Land I bo* part of Jam^ Burnham & part of Doct Crosby, butting & bounding as foUoweth, by l^and I sold to my son Jn° on y^ South by land of Sam^ Smith Esq on y^ East by River on y® North & West by y® Highway or Landing Place so called, on w*'^ my s"* son Sam^ has built a House & Barn," etc. Wit- nessed by Joseph Drew and Elizabeth Drew.