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| The DEARBORN memorial stone at Founder's Park in Hampton, New Hampshire |
DEARBORN
NOTE: This blog post was updated on 7 August 2019 due to new findings. See below.
Godfrey Dearborn, a weaver from Hannah, Lincolnshire, signed
Reverend Wheelwright’s Combination at Exeter, New Hampshire in 1639. Around 1648 he removed from Exeter to Hampton
and settled in the West End. His house was built on 73 Exeter Road in North
Hampton. His wife, “Goody Dearbarn”, was a member of
the Hampton meetinghouse in 1650 and given a pew. He had six children, mentioning “three
daughters” in his will, and his sons Thomas, Henry and John by name.
The will of Godfrey Dearborn of Hampton, 1680
I Godfreey Dearbarne
of Hampton in the provenc of New Hampshier in New England Being aged and
Inferme of Body * * *
I give and Bequeath
Unto Dorothy Dearbarn my loveing wife for the term of her life my Dwellinng
House & Barne & orchyard and the Use and Improvementt of all my land
both Areable land pastuer & marsh land for her Comfortable subsistenc
Duering the terme of Her life, and the use and Improvementt of all my moveables
within Dores and withoutt Duering the terme of her life
Itt I doe Give and bequeath
Unto my Grand Child Ann Shatredg that now liveth with mee one two year old
Heffer which she is to Receive att the End of Her time yt she is to live with
mee
Itt I Doe Give Unto my
sone Thomas Deararne my Dark Browne horse which I Use to Rid on
Itt I Doe Give Unto my
son Thomas and Henry Dearbarn all the Rest of my Cattle thatt shall Remaine att
the Decease of the longest liver of mee or my wife Excepting Sheep and swine
which are other wayes Disposed of
Itt my will and
pleasure is thatt all the Sheepe and swine that shall Remaine att my wives
Decease shall be Equally Divided betwixt all my Grand Children yt shall be then
living: and the Division to be made by my Executors & over seers
Itt I Doe Give and
Bequeath Unto my Son John Dearbarn my House barne and house lott and all my
land both Areable land pastuers medows & marshes and all Towne Rights and
priveledges thereunto belonging and all my tooles and Carts & other
Implements of Husbandry: and I Doe appointt my son John Dearbarne to bee my Exectuer
to this my will and the Estate the which he is to Enter Upon and possesse att
my wives Decease and to bee and Remaine to him and his Heires for Ever
Itt I Doe ordaine and
Appointt my two Eldest sons Thomas Dearbarne and henry Dearbarne to bee my over
seers to this my last will and testamentt whom I appointt to see to the
managmentt of my Estate thatt my wife may have a Comfortable living outt of itt
Duering the terme of her life
And for whatt Houshold
stuff I shall leave thatt my wife shall have the use and Improvement thereof
Duering the terme of her life, and then to bee Equally Devided Between my three
Daughters only leaving itt to my wives liberty to Dispose of whatt was her owne
before I maried Her viz one fether Bed & boulster & Rug & Coverlett
and her Greatt Bible & her Red flannell petticoate to ye wife of John morse
And this my last will
and testamentt I Conferme with my Hand & Seale Affixed therto this
fourteenth Day of December in the year of our lord one thousand Six hundred
& Eighty
His
Godfrey Dearbarn X [seale]
Mark & Seale
Signed Sealed & Declared
to bee ye last will of Godfrey
Dearbarn in pr of
Samuell Dalton senr Mehetable Dalton
This was sworn to ye 26 of agust: 86 by
mehetable Dalton alice [alias] Simins befor mee
Henry green Justis Peace
Godfrey Dearborn had several famous descendants including
General Henry Dearborn (1751 – 1829) of the Revolutionary War who also served
as Secretary of War under President Thomas Jefferson. The
city of Dearborn, Michigan was named for General Dearborn, as well as Fort
Dearborn (1803) in Chicago. During World War II another Fort Dearborn was
established in what is now Odiorne Point State Park in New Hampshire.
General Dearborn had a son, Henry Alexander Scammell
Dearborn (1783 – 1851) who was an Adjutant General of Massachusetts and a
Massachusetts statesman. He wrote many
books on botany and was the first president of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society.
Some DEARBORN genealogy resources:
Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of
New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722, edited by Nathaniel Boulton, Volume 1, page 133
The New England
Historic Genealogical Register, “Lincolnshire Origin of Exeter Settlers”, Volume
68, pages 68 – 72
History of the Town of Hampton, New Hamphire: From Its Settlement in
1638, to the Autumn of 1892, by Joseph Dow, 1893, pages 659 – 672
The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by
Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, reprint 1972,
pages 189 – 190.
An old book with some mistakes:
The Dearborns of Hampton, New Hampshire: Descendants of Godffrey
Dearborn of Exeter and Hampton, by Joseph Dow, 1893 [available to view online at Archive.org,
Ancestry.com and the Hathi Trust
website]
There is also a manuscript at the NEHGS library for a
Dearborn family genealogy by Edmund Batchelder Dearborn on microfilm and in the
manuscript department. See CS71 .D285
for the microfilm and Mss C 2993 for the manuscript.
NEHGS also has a compiled genealogy of the Dearborn family by
Henry Alexander Scammell Deaborn (see above) Mss C 4653 as well as his personal papers and letters
Mss 859
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My DEARBORN Genealogy:
Generation 1: Godfrey
Dearborn, son of William Dearborn of
Willoughby, Lincolnshire and his wife, Agnes Hay, was baptized on 24 September 1603 in Willoughby and died 4
February 1686 in Hampton, New Hampshire; married first before 1632 to
Unknown; married second 25 November 1662
in Hampton to Dorothy Unknown, widow of Philemon Dalton. Six children, and I descend from two.
Lineage
A1:
Generation
3: Sarah Dearborn, born 9 November 1675 in Hampton, died after 1741; married on
20 January 1697/98 in Hampton to Philemon Blake, son of Jasper Blake and
Deborah Everard. He was born 23 May 1671 in Hampton, and died after
1741. Eight children.
Generation
4: Elizabeth Blake m. Samuel Lane
Generation
5: Samuel Lane m. Hepzibah Sleeper
Generation
6: Sarah Lane m. Elisha Batchelder
Lineage
A2:
Generation
3: John Dearborn, born 10 October 1666 in Hampton, died 22 November 1750 in
Hampton; married on 4 November 1689 in Hampton to Abigail Batchelder,
daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder and Deborah Smith. She was born 28
December 1667 in Hampton and died 14 November 1736 in North Hampton. Eight
children.
Generation
4: Elizabeth Dearborn, born 31 August 1692 in Hampton, died 10 March 1770
in Rye, New Hampshire; married on 12 January 1716 in Hampton to John
Garland, son of Peter Garland and Sarah Taylor. He was born 13 April 1692
in Hampton and died about 1741. Two children.
Generation
5: Elizabeth Garland m. Richard Locke
Generation
6: Simon Locke m. Abigail Mace
Generation
7: Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch
Generation
8: Abigail M. Locke m. George E. Batchelder (see above)
Lineage B:
Generation
2: Sarah Dearborn, born about 1641, died 21 August 1714; married about 1660 in
Hampton to Thomas Nudd, son of Roger Nudd and Joan Unknown. He was born 6
January 1629 in Omesby, Norfolk, England and died 31 January 1713 in
Hampton. Seven children.
Generation
3: Hannah Nudd m. Francis Page
Generation
4: Sarah Page m. Josiah Batchelder
Generation
5: David Batchelder m. Elizabeth Swett
Generation
6: Elisha Batchelder m. Sarah Lane (see above)
Lineage A:
Generation 2: Henry
Dearborn, baptized on 22 March 1634, died 18 January 1725 in Hampton; married on 10 January 1666 in Hampton to Elizabeth
Marrian, daughter of John Marrian and Sarah Unknown. She died 6 July 1716 in Hampton. Seven children, and I descend from two.
Generation 3: John Dearborn, born 10 October 1666 in
Hampton, died 22 November 1750 in Hampton; married on 4 November 1689 in Hampton to
Abigail Batchelder, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder and Deborah Smith. She was born 28 December 1667 in Hampton and
died 14 November 1736 in North Hampton.
Eight children.
Generation 4:
Elizabeth Dearborn, born 31 August 1692 in Hampton, died 10 March 1770
in Rye, New Hampshire; married on 12 January 1716 in Hampton to John Garland, son of Peter Garland and Sarah
Taylor. He was born 13 April 1692 in
Hampton and died about 1741. Two
children.
Generation 5: Elizabeth Garland m. Richard Locke
Generation 6: Simon
Locke m. Abigail Mace
Generation 7: Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch
Generation 8: Abigail M. Locke m. George E. Batchelder
Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
Lineage B:
Generation 2: John Dearborn, born about 1641 in Hampton, and died 14 November 1731 in Hampton; married Mary Ward, daughter of Thomas Ward and Margaret Shaw. They had three children.
Generation 3: Mary Dearborn, born 6 May 1678 in Hampton, married Stephen Batchelder on 25 August 1698 in Hampton. He was the son of Nathaniel Batchelder and Deborah Smith, born 8 March 1675/6 in Hampton and died 19 September 1748 in Hampton. They had seven children.
Generation 4: Stephen Batchelder m. Jane Lamprey
Generation 5: Nathaniel Batchelder m. Mary Longfellow
Generation 6: Nathaniel Batchelder m. Mary Perkins
Generation 7: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thomson
Generation 8: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke (see above)
Generation 3: Mary Dearborn, born 6 May 1678 in Hampton, married Stephen Batchelder on 25 August 1698 in Hampton. He was the son of Nathaniel Batchelder and Deborah Smith, born 8 March 1675/6 in Hampton and died 19 September 1748 in Hampton. They had seven children.
Generation 4: Stephen Batchelder m. Jane Lamprey
Generation 5: Nathaniel Batchelder m. Mary Longfellow
Generation 6: Nathaniel Batchelder m. Mary Perkins
Generation 7: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thomson
Generation 8: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke (see above)
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Hey Heather, I am working on my Godfrey Dearborn bio and that of his wife, mother of his children. Some people say her name was Anne, have you ever seen any source with any name other than Goody Dearborn? I heard that David c. Dearborn, a staff genealogist at NEHGS has written about his Dearborn ancestry, but I havent been able to find his stuff.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanie! No I haven't seen proof of Godfrey's wife's name anywhere. Why don't you call up David at NEHGS and ask him about his article (and ask him about the wife, too!)
DeleteDang, he retired!
DeleteNo one at NEHGS knew if he had published an article?
DeleteClaims have been made over the years about my family relationship to Godfrey Dearborn and Gen. Henry Dearborn, of course. My father's name is William Dearborn and his father's name was Edwin. Family originated around Mass. and NH, most of us settled around NY state and some in FL. My father has had some article published years ago in his records; he is 86.
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