Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Col., Hon. Thomas WALLINGFORD | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas, Somersworth, b. 28 July 1698*, son of John and Mary (Tuttle) Wallingford; m. 1st Margaret Clements, m. 2d bef. 21 July 1730 Mary Pray (Joseph), m. 3d aft. 1751 Elizabeth (Swett) Prime of York, d. at Capt. Stoodley's in Portsm. 4 Aug. 1771. Selectman, moderator, Rep., Judge Sup. Ct. Judicature. 6+5+2 ch. [ref 22] *conflicting date - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Colonel Thomas Wallingford, born in Dover, 28 July 1697, died at Portsmouth, N. H., 4 Aug. 1771, son of John and Mary (Tuttle) Wallingford. He married secondly, before 21 July 1730, Mary Pray, who died between 1751 and 1755, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Grant) Pray, of Berwick, Me. He married thirdly, about 1755, Mrs. Elizabeth (Swett) Prime, born in 1717, died in Berwick, 3 Dec. 1810, aged ninety-three years, widow of Dr. Mark Prime of York, Maine. Colonel Thomas Wallingford was one of the wealthiest men in the New Hampshire Province. He lived on the old road from Dover to Salmon Falls, near the site of the old Somersworth meeting-house. He was the Representative from Dover from 1739 to 1745, served as Moderator [ref 88:97] of the town meetings, and was a member of the board of selectmen for many years. He was Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature from 1748 until his death. "Sunday Aug. ye 4th 1771 Collo Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth, Dy'd at Capt. Stoodley's at Portsmouth, was carried up to Somersworth in the Evening & Buried on Tuesday Aug. ye 6th aged 74 Years ye 28th day of July last" (Tate). Col. Thomas Wallingford left no Will. There is a division of his estate, dated 8 Dec. 1779. A lot of land was given to Moses Dow of New Durham, and then the residue was divided into thirteen shares of which two shares were given to the eldest son, Thomas Wallingford, and the rest to Hannah Brown, Margaret Goodwin, Rachel Nowell, Mary Pearne, John Wentworth for his wife Elizabeth, heirs of Abigail Sanders, Olive Cushing, Lydia Costello, heirs of Samuel Wallingford, Ebenezer Wallingford, and the heirs of Mark Wallingford. What relationship Moses Dow bore to the rest is not shown, but it is possible that he represented the daughter Judith. (York co ME probate 12:1; Strafford co probate, 1:388) Margaret (Clements) Wallingford signs deeds with her husband, Thomas Wallingford, in 1719, 1721, and March 1726-7. On 21 July 1730, Thomas sells a piece of property and wife Mary releases her dower. Mary signs other deeds with Thomas, the latest being passed in March 1745-6, but she was Thomas's wife as late as 11 July 1751. On that date, her father, Joseph Pray of Berwick, made his Will and left a legacy to his daughter Mary Wallingford. Children by first wife Margaret abt 1717-26: Thomas, Margaret, Hannah, Judith, Ebenezer, Abigail. By second wife Mary aft 1730-42: Rachel, Mary, Mark, Elizabeth, Lydia. By third wife Elizabeth 1755-58: Samuel, Olive. [ref 88:99] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Margaret CLEMENTS | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Margaret, m. Col. Tho. Wallingford, br. of Sarah. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MARGARET4 CLEMENTS (Job3, Job2, Robert1), born in Dover, N. H., about 1698, died there between 18 Feb. 1729 and 21 July 1730. She married about 1717, Colonel Thomas Wallingford. [ref 88:97] Margaret, wife of Thomas Wallingford, was baptised at Dover, 18 Feb. 1729. It is probable that she died shortly after. Possibly it was her illness which induced the baptism. Four of her children have their births recorded in Dover, Hannah, Judith, Ebenezer, and Abigail, but since Thomas Wallingford, Jr., received two shares of his father's estate, as the eldest son, it is evident that he was born earlier than any of the recorded children, and since the daughter, Margaret Goodwin, sells her share in her grandfather Job Clements's estate, she also was a child of Margaret Clements, and as Margaret Goodwin's first child was born in 1741, she too must have been older than the recorded children. In order to allow for the births of these unrecorded children Margaret Clements must have married Thomas Wallingford very soon after her father made his Will in October, 1716. The property that Job gave to his daughter, Margaret, as well as some he gave his other children, was later purchased by a James Tuttle. All of the deeds are not recorded apparently, but enough of them are to prove which were the children of Margaret. [ref 88:98] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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