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Family of Luke * MALOON and Hannah * CLIFFORD

Husband: Luke * MALOON (1645-1723)
Wife: Hannah * CLIFFORD (1649-283)
Children: Sarah MALOON (1679- )
Joseph * MELOON Jr (1680-1761)
Jane MALOON (1687- )
Elizabeth MALOON (1695- )
Luke MALOON (1699- )
Mark MALOON (1700- )
Samuel MALOON (1700- )
Marriage 20 Nov 1677 Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US1

Husband: Luke * MALOON

Name: Luke * MALOON
Sex: Male
Father: Huybrick * MELOON (1620-1660)
Mother: -
Birth 1645 Dover, Strafford, NH, US
Death 1723 (age 77-78) Greenland, Rockingham, NH, US

Wife: Hannah * CLIFFORD

Name: Hannah * CLIFFORD
Sex: Female
Father: John * CLIFFORD (1614-1694)
Mother: Sarah * GODFREY (1625-1650)
Death 0283 (age -1367--1366) Greenland, Rockingham, NH, US
Birth 1649 Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US

Child 1: Sarah MALOON

Name: Sarah MALOON
Sex: Female
Birth 1679

Child 2: Joseph * MELOON Jr

Name: Joseph * MELOON Jr
Sex: Male
Name Suffix: Jr
Spouse: Elizabeth * (c. 1685- )
Birth 1680 Dover, Strafford, NH, US
Will
Death 1761 (age 80-81) Greenland, Rockingham, NH, US

Child 3: Jane MALOON

Name: Jane MALOON
Sex: Female
Birth 1687

Child 4: Elizabeth MALOON

Name: Elizabeth MALOON
Sex: Female
Birth 1695

Child 5: Luke MALOON

Name: Luke MALOON
Sex: Male
Birth 1699

Child 6: Mark MALOON

Name: Mark MALOON
Sex: Male
Birth 1700

Child 7: Samuel MALOON

Name: Samuel MALOON
Sex: Male
Birth 1700

Note on Husband: Luke * MALOON

Luke was taxed at "Bloody Point", Dover, Strafford co., NH from 1667 to 1672. Records also list him as being of Dover in November 1677 and on the Dover tax list circa 1680. His Portsmouth, Rockingham co., tax rate was "abated" in March 1695/6. However, in 1710, he is listed as being of Hampton, Rockingham co., NH and was living in Greenland, Rockingham co., NH in 1723 [1]. During that year, he deeded property at Greenland mainly to his son Joseph, although he names his sons Samuel, Luke, Mark & Nathaniel in the deed as well.

TOWN SERVICE Luke was a good neighbor in the Dover area. William Gray signed a lease for land lying south of Turning Point from William Shackford "at Luke Maloon's house" in 1681[1]. He and John Partridge stood surety as bondsmen for tavern-keeper John Johnson in 1689. He is listed as one of the signers at Durham, Newington, Greenland & Portsmouth -- all in Rockingham co. -- of a Petition of New Hampshire Inhabitants for equal privileges with those of Massachusetts on 10 August 1692. He also served on the Jury, presumably at Dover, in 1694[1].

On 20 November 1677 when Luke was 32, he married Hannah CLIFFORD[1,3], daughter of John CLIFFORD & Sarah [surname not known], in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]. There is a notation in Dow's History of Hampton which reads: "Hannah CLIFFORD = d/o John Sr. and Sarah, b. 15 Apr 1649 at Hampton, NH; marr 20 Nov 1677". Torrey says they were married in either Salisbury, Essex co., MA or Dover, Strafford co., NH and lists it under "MALOON/MALONE/MALLOON".

The Ordinance Index of June 2002 also lists a son "James", born "abt 1695". He not mentioned ]so far in any other source, but would fill the space in childbearing between Abigail (born ca. 1690) and Samuel (born ca. 1698). He may have died in infancy, if he existed at all[1]. 3

Sources

1"US New England Marriages prior to 1700".
2New Hampshire Probate Court, "Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire " (Rumford Print Co, Concord, NH).
3"Kristin C. Hall Web Site" (http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Meloon/HuybrickMeloon.html).