Descendants of Anthony Emery Chapter Five

James and Elizabeth (Nock) Emery 1519 OBEDIAH/OBED EMERY m. 9 Aug. 1742 Biddeford [Berwick], York, Me. SARAH DYER b. 29 Sep. 1721. Removed from Berwick, Me. to Biddeford, Me. about 1740. Surveyor of highways, 1747; fence viewer b. 1750-2; tithing man 1754, 1773; constable 1757; selectman 1771; member of committee on correspondence, inspection and safety, 1777-80. Corporal Obed Emery was in Capt. Thomas Bradbury's "Train-band", 7 Apr. 1757 and on the Alarm list, 9 Mar. 1758. He d. Mar. 1803.

Daniel and Rebecca (Emery) Smith 1525 THEOPHILIUS SMITH m. OLIVE ___

1527 REBECCA SMITH m. 1741 DOMINICUS SCAMMON s/o Humphery Scammon. They both d. of malignant fever.

1528 LYDIA SMITH m. 26 Jan. 1743 Biddeford, York, Me. BENAJMIN HOOPER b. 13 Feb. 1721 Berwick, York, Me. d. 1802 Biddeford, York, Me. s/o John and Charity (Kay) Hooper. She d. 25 Dec. 1806 Biddeford, York, Me.

Thomas and Susannah (Hill) Emery 1533 JAMES EMERY m. 1763 Saco, York, Me. MARY SCAMMON of Pepperellboro, Ma. b. 29 Apr. 1745; d. 1 Mar. 1795' m 2) 1795/6 Saco, York, Me. SARAH JENKINS . Res. 1763 Biddeford, York, Me. Known as "Deacon James"

1535 EBENEZER EMERY m. 1784 Biddeford, York, Me. ALICE (POLK) SPOFFORD [Spafford] b. 1 Apr. 1750 d. 19 Feb. 1843 widow of Joseph Spofford. Res. Biddeford, York, Me.

1538 THOMAS EMERY m. 27 Nov. 1773 HANNAH HARMON b. 26 Apr. 1754 d. 17 Jun. 1844 d/o Nathaniel and Hannah (Mains) Harmon. Removed to Buxton, York, Me. 28 May 1774. He d. 31 Oct. 1827

Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Emery) Tarbox 1555 JOSEPH TARBOX m. 22 Feb. 1732 MARY BELCHER. She d. 23 Oct. 1885. Res. Biddeford, York, Me.

1556 BENJAMIN TARBOX m. 1742 Biddeford, York, Me. ABIGAIL EMERY (389) She d. before 21 Apr. 1760; m 2) 5 Mar. 1762 HANNAH SMITH

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1557 JOHN TARBOX m. ABIGAIL [-?-]

1558 HAVEN TARBOX m. 20 Nov. 1746 MIRIAM DEMPSEY

Zachariah and Sarah (Burge) Emery 1565 ZACHARIAH EMERY m. 2 Dec. 1741 Townsend, Middlesex, Ma. ESTHER STEVENS d. 17 Jun. 1804. Res. Townsend, Middlesex, Ma. Selectman 1754-5, 1761, 1772-3, 1776-7. He d. 3 May 1804.

1566 NOAH EMERY m. 22 Dec. 1743 Townsend, [Chelmsford] Middlesex, Ma. MARY BARRETT d/o Joseph and Mary (Taylor) Barrett. He lived in Townsend, Middlesex, Ma. and d. 1746

1568 JOHN EMERY m. 24 Apr. 1745 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma. MARY MUNROE b. 21 Jan. 1726 Lexington, Ma. d/o Joseph and Elizabeth Monroe. It is said that he served in Captain James Hosley's company, Col. William Prescott's regiment, which marched to Cambridge on the alarm of 19 Apr. 1775. He d. 10 Dec.. 1802 Canann, Me.

1569 SARAH EMERY m. 11 Apr. 1751 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma. JAMES HAYWARD [Heywood/Haywood].

1570 DANIEL F. EMERY 5 May 1730 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; m. 1754 Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts JANE [-?-] b. 1732 d. aet 71, 7 Jun. 1803 Jaffery, New Hampshire.

m. 29 Nov. 1804 ESTHER (FRENCH) JAQUITH widow of Ebenezer Jaquith d. aet 87 7 [Apr.] May 1823.

He was four years tithing man in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, also selectman, and one of the committee of correspondence in 1775; removed from Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Jaffery, New Hamshire in 1776, where he was selectman 1777 and 1781; one of the committee of inspection in 1778 and of safety in 1779; and one of the original members of the church at Jaffery in 1780 and its first deacon. Rev. War Service.

He d. 22 Aug. 1819 Jaffery, New Hampshire Daniel and Jane are buried in the Old Burial Ground at Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire.

1571 EBENEZER EMERY m. 16 Jan. 1769 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma. AGNES PROCTOR d/o Joseph and Agnes Proctor. Lived in Jaffery, NH.

1572 ELIZABETH EMERY m. 6 Jan. 1762 Chelmsford [Dunstable], Middlesex, Ma. EBENEZER BUTTERFIELD JR. b. 26 Jan. 1732 d. 2 Apr. 1821. Removed to Farmington, Me. She d. 1 May. 1818. He was a revolutionary soldier.

Zachariah and Thankful (Foster) Emery 1578 SAMUEL EMERY m. 31 May 1774 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma. [Jaffery, Cheshire, Nh.] MARY GREEN d. 22 May 1808; m. 2) RUTH ROUNDY. Removed to in 1778 Jaffery, NH. while there he served six years as highway surveyor, on Board of Selectmen 1786, 1787 and 1789 and subsequently to Jaffery, NH. and later in 1789 went to Rockingham, Vt. where he settled Williams River at the locality now called Brockway's Mills. He established a grist mill and sawmill there and the name Emery's Mill was used for the place well into the 19th century. Later it became Nourse Mills and only late in the century did it assume its present designation. The 1st meeting for organization of s school district in that part of town was held at his home 4 Nov. 1801 and the school was held at his house until a school was built in 1803. He was selectman in 1796-7 and 1803-4. He d. 24 Feb. 1829 Rockingham, Vt. [the 1890 Emery book and HIstory of Jaffery Vol. 2 states 8 Oct. 1832].

Daniel and Mary (Hodgdon) Emery 1579 MARTHA EMERY m. RICHARD SHACKLEY JR. b. 1 Jan. 1716. She d. 27 Feb. 1777

1583 SARAH L. EMERY m. JOSEPH HUBBARD bp. 11 Jun. 1721

1584 DANIEL EMERY m. 25 May 1751 Kittery, York, Me. SARAH SHACKLEY d/o Richard and Hannah (Hodson) Shackley.

Noah and Elizabeth (Chick) Emery 1586 DANIEL EMERY m. ANNE ____; m 2) 21 Oct. 1747 Kittery, York, Me. ANNE EMERY (#1607). He was constable of Kittery, Me. and clerk of the fourth foote company. Cooper and lawyer.

1587 NOAH EMERY m. 20 Nov. 1745 Exeter, York, Me. JOANNA PERRYMAN b. 14 Nov. 1731 d. 1 Apr. 1814 d/o Nicholas and Janna (Dudley) Perryman She was a lineal descendant of the 5th generation of Thomas Dudley, 2nd governor of Ma. Noah Emery, before the end of his minority, became a resident of Exeter, NH. In 1746, he was already settled there with his wife and child. He studied his profession in the office of Mr. Perryman and then entered upon the practice of law. He has inherited from his father large landed estates in NH., among which were certain 'proprietor's rights" in the township of Dartmouth, now the town of Jefferson. This property he conveyed by deed of gift to Dartmouth College, in 1769, the year of its foundation, "in consideration of the extensive charity of the design."

Mr. Emery continued to lead a quiet life until the age of fifty when the out break of the Revolution at once brought him to the front. He was made deputy secretary of the Fourth and fifth provincial congress in NH. and was a member of both. When the new government was organized, he became the clerk of its house of assembly and son continued through the greater part of the Revolutionary period. His name appears on the records for the first time under the date 12 Jul. 1781. Within this period he was placed on many important committee; one to make a draft of solemn obligation to be entered into by members (a NH. declaration of Independence); one "to draw up a plan for the Government of the colony during the contest with Great Britain; one to sign the bills of credit and so make them into current money. The earliest records, now in the statehouse at Concord, are in his handwriting; among them that of the official copy of the Declaration of Independence, in red ink.

In 1776, he had been appointed clerk of the courts and this office he continued to hold until the close of his life. His death took place 17 Jan. 1788. He was a stanch patriot, and had an important hand in shaping the destinies of NH.

1590 JAPHET EMERY m. 30 Jan. 1755 MARY EMERY (#1601) d. 29 Jul. 1824. He was in the Blue troop in 1757 and Lt. of the Fourth Kittery co. in. 1762. He d. 2 Mar. 1804

Simon and Martha (Lord) Emery 1597 MARTHA EMERY m. 1743 Berwick, York, Me. EBENEZER LORD b. 23 Aug. 1719 d. 19 Feb. 1812 Berwick, York, Me. s/o Samuel and Martha (Wentworth) Lord. She d. 5 May 1773 Berwick, York, Me. Res. Berwick, Me.

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