Lyndeborough, New Hampshire.

Religion: Quaker

1) Sources:

1a) The History of the Town of Lyndeborough,

New Hampshire, 1735-1905, by Rev. D. Donovan

and Jacob A. Woodward, publ by the town, the

Tufts College Press, H. W. Whittemore & Co. 1906.

p710: John Cram, son of Thomas and Elizabeth

(Weare) Cram, born at Hampton Falls, MA, Jan 12,

1685; married Feb 18 1707, Sarah, daughter of

Henry and Sarah (Ballard) Holt of Andover, MA.

She was born at Andover, Aug 17 1678 and died at

Lyndeborough, Oct 01, 1757. He died at Amherst,

1759. So far as authentic records show, he was the

first settler in Salem - Canada, now, Lyndeborough.

1b) For a biographical sketch of John Cram, see

chapter XXXIII. the three older children were born

at Hampton Falls. The others at Woburn, MA.

Children:

1. Jonathan

2. Humphrey b: Nov 8, 1710 m. Hannah ---

3. Phebe, b: July 8, 1712, m. Moses

Stiles (See Stiles gen.)

4. Joseph, b: Sep 23 1713, d:

Dec 24 1794

5. Huldah, b: May 5, 1715, m. Ephraim

Woodward.

6. John, b: April 10 1717, m. Sarah ----

7. Sarah, b: June 27, 1719, m. Ephraim Putnam.

8. Elizabeth, m. Jonathan Chamberlain (See

Chamberlain gen (Sarah and Elizabeth were a

set of twins)

9. Eli, b: March 10, 1721.

10. Benjamin (Eli and Benjamin were

also a set of twins).

 

HENRY SHORT SR.
12th Great Grandfather of Sarah Elizabeth Rose

A First Settler of Boston, Suffolk, MA, Ipswich, Essex, MA,

and Newberry,Essex,Ma

 

1) This listing was extracted by Joshua Coffin

from the proprietor's book of records, folio

forty-four.The record is dated December 1642

and is the first known list of the first Settlers of

Newbury.

 

 

2) Birth: 1580 in , Newbury, Berkshire, England

 

 

3) Immigration: May 1634 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

 

 

4) Event: Freeman

 

 

5) Arrived 1634 on the Mary & John

 

 

6) Residence: 1634 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

 

 

7) Residence: Sep 1635 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

 

 

8) Event: Colonial Representative Unknown 1644

 

 

9) Death: 13 FEB 1672 in Newberry, Essex,Ma

 

 

NATHANIEL WEARE
10th Great Grandfather of Sarah Elizabeth Rose

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1694-1695

First Settlers of Newbury, MA & Hampton, NH

1) Source: History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire,

From it's Settlement in 1638, To The Autumn of 1892.,

by Joseph Dow. Edited and Published by his daughter.,

Vol. II, Salem Mass: Printed by the Salem Press

Publishing and Printing Co. 1893. Page 1027:

1a) Nathaniel Weare, Honorable,

1b)son of Nathaniel,

1c)and early proprietor of Newbury, Mass., was

1d) born in England, 1631;

1e) married Dec 3, 1656, Elizabeth,

daughter of Richard Swayne;

1f) lived a few years in Newbury,

1g) and in 1662 removed to Hampton, which was

thenceforth his home, having received

a conveyance of land from his father - in-law,

who had then gone to Nantucket.

 

 

2) Mr. Weare settled at what is now Fogg's Corner, in

Seabrook, where David Chase lives. A remarkably

handsome elm, which he probably set out,

adorns the place. He was one of the most

influential men in the town and throughout

the province.

 

 

3) We have seen how, in the troublous times of

Cranfield and Mason, he went as agent,

twice, to england, to lay the people's grievances before

the king (Chap. V.)

 

 

4) Returning with success and honor,

 

 

5) he resumed his offices and trusts.

 

 

6) He served as councillor more than twenty years,

 

 

7) and resigned at last, in 1715, on account of old age.

 

 

8) In 1694-5, he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

 

 

9) and he contnued a Justice of the Peace and

Quorum till he retired from public life.

 

 

10) In town offices, on much intricate business,

and in private counsel, he was held in high esteem.

 

 

11) He died May 13, 1718.