CHAPTER XI.

SECOND GENERATION. HISTORY OF MARY MORISON (JACK), DAUGHTER OF JOHN MORISON, FIRST GENERATION, WHO DIED IN 1736, AND OF HER DESCENDANTS.

SECOND GENERATION. - MARY MORISON.

2478. Mary' (Jack) [8] (John Morison'); Mary Morison evidently was born in Ireland, about the year 1718, and came to Londonderry, N. H., with her father's family, in 1720 or '23. Little is known of her history or of her descendants, but the following information has been gathered. She married Andrew Jack, and lived in Chester, N. H. "Andrew Jack's name first appears upon the Presbyterian Society records as warden in 1747, and moderator from 1752 to 1755, and on the town records as constable in 1752. He settled at the foot of Jack Hill, on the road from Walnut Hill to Three Camp Meadow."* He died about 1773, as his will was probated in 1774; date of her death unknown.

2483.

2484.

2485.

Jane.

Samuel (2488); lived in Chester, N. H.; d. 1793.

Hannah (2497); m. Dr. Matthew Thornton, signer of Declaration of Independence, 1776.

2486. Ann.

2487. Mary.

THIRD GENERATION.

2488. Samuel Jacks [2483] (Mary2 (Jack), John Morison1); lived in Chester, N. H.; married Molly McMurphy; died in 1793.

2489. Jean, b. 1776.

CHILDREN.

Hannah, b. 1777; m. Gideon Currier, son of Simon Currier, of
Chester, in 1798.

Andrew, b. 1780; lived in Chester, N. H.; d. May, 1828.

2490.

2491.

2492.

Robert.

* From Benjamin Chase's History of Chester, N. H.

2497. Hannah (Thornton) (Mary' (Jack), John Morison'); married Dr. Matthew Thornton; he was born in 1714 in Ireland, and came to this country when about three years of age, with his father, James Thornton, and first resided at Wiscasset, Me.; was educated at Worcester, Mass., and commenced the practice of medicine in Londonderry, N. H. He was an influential man, and held town offices. In 1745 he joined the expedition against Cape Breton, as surgeon in the N. H. division of the army. In the war of the Revolution he held the rank of colonel in the N. H. Militia. Soon after General Gage had opened the bloody drama of war at Lexington and Concord, the British government in N. H. was terminated. Dr. Thornton was appointed to the presidency of the Provincial Convention. On the 12th of September, 1776, he was appointed a delegate from N. H. in congress, and his name is enrolled among the fifty-six worthies who have immortalized their names by signing the Declaration of Independence. He was subsequently appointed chiefjustice of the court of common pleas, and a judge of the superior court of N. H. He removed from Londonderry, and subsequently settled at Thornton's Ferry, Merrimack, N. H., and died at Newburyport, Mass., June 24, 1803, aged 89 yrs.

CHILDREN.

2498. James-T. (2502), b. Dec. 20, 1763; res. Merrimack, N. H. 2499. Matthew; lived in Amherst, N. H.; m.; one dau., Abbie, m. George McGregor, of Derry, N. H.

2500. Hannah (2508); m John McGaw; res. Newburyport, Mass. 2501. Mary (2513); m. Silas Betton, of Derry, N. H.

FOURTH GENERATION.

2502. James Thornton [2498] (Hannah (Thornton), Mary (Jack), John Morison'); was born Dec. 20, 1763; married, 1792, Mary Parker, of Litchfield, N. H., who was born Jan. 3, 1763; settled in Merrimack, N. H., and died 1820. She died 1832.

2503. Matthew, b. 1793.

CHILDREN.

2504. Thomas, b. Oct. 24, 1795; d. 1804.

2505. Hannah (2520), b. Sept. 26, 1797; m. Col. Joseph Greeley, of Nashua, N. H.; d. 1874.

2506. James-Bonaparte (2530), b. May 11, 1800; d. Lima, Peru, 1836. 2507. Mary, b. 1802; d. 1827.

2508. Hannah' (McGaw) [2500] (Hannah (Thornton), Mary2 (Jack), John Morison'); married John McGaw, of Newburyport,

Mass.

2509. John.

2510. Thornton.

CHILDREN.

2511. Hannah.
2512. Harriet.

2513. Mary (Betton) [2501] (Hannah (Thornton), Mary2 (Jack), John Morison'); married Silas Betton, and res. Derry, N. Í.

2520. Hannah5 (Greeley) [2505] (James Thornton', Hannah (Thornton), Mary (Jack), John Morison'); was born Sept. 26, 1797; married Col. Joseph Greeley, of Nashua, N. H., and died in that place, 1874. Colonel Greeley was born in Hudson, N. H., May, 1784, and died in Nashua, Sept. 1863.

CHILDREN, BORN IN NASHUA, N. H.

2521. Mary-Thornton, b. Nov. 5, 1819.

2522. 2523.

2524. 2525.

Joseph-Thornton, b. Nov. 19, 1823 (see No. 222).

Charles-Alfred, b. Feb. 19, 1826; m. Helen, dau. of Robert Reed, of Amherst, N. H.; large real-estate owner; res. Nashua, Ia. One child, George-Thornton, b. Aug. 23, 1856.

Sarah-Sophia, b. May 22, 1828; d. 1845.

James-Bonaparte, b. July 18, 1830; m. Arabella-M. Wood; res.
Nashua, N. H.; physician.

2526. Edward-Parker, b. Feb. 18, 1833; m. May 12, 1859, Mary-A. Robie, of Amherst, N. H., b. Jan. 3, 1838, in Lowell, Mass.; res. Nashua, Ia.

2530. James-Bonaparte Thornton [2506] (James Thornton', Hannah (Thornton), Mary2 (Jack), John Morison'); was born May 11, 1800; was appointed by President Jackson U. S. Minister to Peru; died in Lima, Peru, 1836; married Susan Shepard.

CHILDREN.

2531. James-Shepard, b. Jan. 1827; d. Germantown, Pa., May, 1875; was a captain in the U. S. Navy, and was acting lieutenant and executive officer on board the Kearsarge, when the rebel cruiser Alabama, under Captain Semmes, was destroyed; m. Ellen, dau. of Rev. Charles Wood, of Hanover, N. H.

2d, She m.,

2532. Mary-Parker, b. Sept. 12, 1831; m. Dr. Charles-A. Davis, of Concord, N. H.; he d. Derry, N. H., April 9, 1863. Two children: 1st, Matthew-Thornton, b. Jan. 1854; d. July, 1854. Charles-Thornton, b. Concord, N. H., Jan. 12, 1863. 2d, Oct. 15, 1868, Judge William-Sewall Gardner, b. Hallowell, Me., Oct. 11, 1827; graduated Bowdoin College, 1850; admitted to the bar in 1852; in Dec. 1875, he was appointed one of the associate justices of the superior court of Mass.; this position he still holds (1880); she d. July 22, 1875, at Princeton, Mass., leaving one child. He m., 2d, Mrs. Sarah-M. Davis; res. Newton, Mass.; one child, Mary-Sewall, b. Feb. 5, 1871.

CHAPTER XII.

SECOND GENERATION. HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH MORISON, SON OF JOHN MORISON, FIRST GENERATION, WHO DIED IN 1736.

SECOND GENERATION.-JOSEPH MORISON.

2533. Joseph [9] (John1); probably born about 1720, on the passage from Ireland to America; he was of age and conveyed land in 1741; was a carpenter and farmer. In 1769 he was one of the undertakers for building the new church in Londonderry (now Derry), East Village. He settled on a farm near the Windham line, and in close proximity to the Londonderry turnpike. The farm was at the time within the limits of Windham, and his name appears on the tax-lists of that town for several years. It is now (1880) owned by Charles-A. Nowell, and is included within the limits of Derry, N. H. (Mr. Nowell is a descendant of Joseph Morison, the fifth generation removed; Mrs. Nowell is a descendant of Hannah Morison (Clendennin), the fifth generation removed.) On that farm he lived, and there he died Feb. 17, 1806; married Mary Holmes, of Londonderry.

CHILDREN.

2534. Joseph (2534); d. March 13, 1817.

2535. Abraham (2549), b. Oct. 17, 1743; d. June 14, 1833. 2536. Ann; m. John Adams; rem. to Otter Creek, Vt. 2537. Jane; d. Londonderry, Jan. 8, 1823.

2538. John (2558), b. Feb. 28, 1749; d. April 21, 1840. 2539. Mary (2564), b. May 3, 1751; d. March 31, 1836. 2540.

Hannah; d. Derry.

2541. Jonathan (2571), b. July, 1759; d. Rockingham, Vt., March 7, 1847.

THIRD GENERATION.

2542. Joseph [2534] (Joseph, John'); res. Andover, Mass., and finally succeeded his father on the homestead in Londonderry, N. H.; farmer; married Margaret Moulton, of Lynnfield, Mass. He died March 13, 1817; she died Jan. 17, 1831.

2543. Jonathan; d. in infancy.

CHILDREN.

2544. Margaret; m. (2d w.), Little Day, of Derry, N. H.; she d. May 15,

2548.

Thomas (2590); d. Bradford, Mass., Dec. 31, 1831.

2549. Abraham3 [2535] (Joseph2, John1); born in 1743; was a gentle, mild-mannered man, and much respected by his acquaintHe married Mary Holmes, of Londonderry, N. H., and lived at "Kimball's Corner," Derry, where he died June 14, 1833, aged 88 yrs.

ances.

2550.

2551. 2552.

CHILDREN.

Hamilton; kept store at Steele place in Windham, and at the Joseph
Morison place, in Derry; rem. to Kentucky.
Nathaniel; went to Kentucky.

Jonathan; lived in Winchendon, Mass.

2553. George; d. Londonderry, Jan. 26, 1803. 2554. Betsey; lived in Atkinson, N. H.; d. 1859. 2555. Joseph (2593); d. Derry, Nov. 18, 1817.

2556. Polly (2597), b. April 25, 1783; d. July 10, 1865.

2557. John; was a pump-maker, and lived in Londonderry; d. Jan. 10, 1836.

2558. John [2538] (Joseph, John1); born Feb. 28, 1749; he married Anne Grey, April 18, 1778; she was born Aug. 24, 1751. He was known as Sheriff John Morison, and lived on the Rev. James McGregor farm in Londonderry, now Derry. Here was built the first frame house in the old township. He died in Derry, N. H., April 21, 1840. She died Feb. 27, 1825.

CHILDREN.

2559. John (2612), b. Oct. 2, 1779; d. Jan. 25, 1836. 2560. Susannah, b. Nov. 20, 1782; d. March 28, 1811.

2561. Joseph (2618), b. Oct. 22, 1785; d. Jan. 19, 1871, aged 85 yrs. 2562. James, b. July 21, 1788; married Betsey Warner; he followed the seas, and became captain of a vessel; he perished in a fearful gale off Cape Cod, Dec. 25, 1820; he lashed himself to the mast of the vessel for safety; the vessel went to pieces, and he was washed ashore covered with ice. One child, Lucy-Ann; res. Newburyport, Mass.; m. Samuel Gilman.

2563.

Samuel (2625), b. Oct. 19, 1790; d. Oct. 19, 1851, aged 61 yrs.

2564. Mary (Anderson) [2539] (Joseph Morison, John1); born May 8, 1751; d. Londonderry, N. H., March 31, 1836; she married, Dec. 22, 1779, John Anderson, of Londonderry, born May 9, 1754; farmer; res. Londonderry, where he d., Jan. 8, 1827.

CHILDREN, BORN IN LONDONDERRY, N. H.

2565. Joseph, b. Oct. 12, 1780; d. July 22, 1785. James (2628), b. Oct. 6, 1783; d. Jan. 1869.

2566.

2567.Nancy (2632), b. Oct. 6, 1783.

2568.

Mary (2638), b. Dec. 20, 1786; d. Feb. 21, 1832.

2569. Jane, b. June 6, 1789; m. David Woburn, of Vermont, and subsequently emigrated to Wisconsin.

2570. Betsey (2646), b. June 6, 1789; d. Jan. 13, 1866.

2571. Jonathan [2541] (Joseph', John'); born in Londonderry, N. H., July, 1759; died in Rockingham, Vt., March 7, 1847; was twice married, and had fourteen children, six by his first wife He married, 1st, Sally, daughter of John Hopkins, of Windham, N. H. She died in Rockingham, 1798. He married, 2d, Anna Davis, of that place. He was a noted violinist.