This tombstone was photographed at the Cemetery on the Plain, Windham, New Hampshire
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MRS ISABELL THE
WIFE OF MR NAT
HANEL HEMPHILL
WHO DIED FEBRY
1753 IN YE 60th
YEAR OF HER AGE.
See History of Windham in New Hampshire, by Leonard Morrison, page 575 for this lovely
tale (myth or reality?):
“Nathaniel Hemphill, the emigrant ancestor, was b. in Antrim, Ireland, in the year 1700, and was of Scotch descent. He remained in Ireland till 28 years of age. His marriage was romantic. A man by the name of Robinson married a lady, by whom he
had two daughters, then he died. A brother
of the subject of this sketch was pleased with the widow, and requested
Nathaniel to be an agent, and ask the widow if she would marry him. He consented, saw the widow, and propounded
the important question, when she naively replied, “Why not ask for yourself,
Nathaniel?” He asked for himself, was
accepted, and married the widow. One
daughter was born to them in Ireland, when he and his wife, their daughter, and
her two daughters emigrated to America.
When he landed, he had but one shilling in money. He came to Londonderry, now Derry, and hired
a room in the house which stood on the farm where Alexis Proctor once lived,
now owned by John Palmer. Here his
family stayed while he went to Boston and let himself as a hostler, where he
acquired money enough in a short time to buy a farm in Windham…Some of his
children were born there. He built the
second house near where the Cochran house now stands, and children were born
there. Mrs. Isabella Robinson, whom he
married in Ireland, d. Feb. 3, 1753 in her 60th year… Children of
his first wife, by her first husband: -
Mary Robinson, b. in Ireland; m. Dea. Samuel Campbell.
Sarah Robinson, b. in Ireland; m. James Dunlap
Nathaniel Hemphill’s children: -
Jane, b. in Ireland; m. Mr. Moore.
Robert, b. Windham, 1731; res. In town, and d. Feb. 18, 1818
Isabella, b. Windham, 1733; m. John Gregg…
Nathaniel, b. Windham, May 10, 1737; d. Nov. 10, 1796”
In 2013 I posted the tombstone of Isabella (Hemphill) Gregg at this link:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/12/tombstone-tuesday-isobel-gregg-windham.html
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