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John Shackford (d. 1786), son of Samuel Shackford and Abigail Richards
Dorcas Lovejoy (1701–by 1751), daughter of Nathaniel Lovejoy and Dorothy Hoyt
John Shackford died on 2 November 1786 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [1][2] John of Portsmouth, Rockingham County married first Dorcas Lovejoy of Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts on 25 October 1727 in Portsmouth. [3][4] He married second the widow Hannah Lancaster of Metheun, Essex County on 27 November 1751 in Methuen. [4]
Dorcas Lovejoy, the daughter of Nathaniel Lovejoy and Dorothy Hoyt, was born in 1701 in Andover. [4]
John of Portsmouth was probably the son of Samuel and Abigail Shackford of Portsmouth. The circumstantial evidence is that Samuel Shackford had a son John—he named him in his will—and John named his third son Samuel.
John was a shoemaker. [2] He came to Chester from Andover. [2] He was an inhabitant of Portsmouth in 1711. He signed a list of those entitled to share in the distribution of the commons with his mark. [5]
John had a daughter who married Simon French. [2]
Children of John Shackford and Dorcas Lovejoy:
i. John Shackford died by 10 June 1779, when his will was proved. [2] He married Sarah, the daughter of Lieutenant Ebenezer Dearborn. [2] She died in 1814. [2] He might be the unknown son born in 1735.
ii. Theodore Shackford was probably born about 1728, based on his marriage. He died on 14 October 1809. [6] He married Mary Bartlett on 14 February 1754. [2][6] She died on 1 April 1807. [6]
Theodore lived in Allenstown, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
iii. Samuel Shackford was born on 4 February 1731/2 in Andover. [4]
iv. Unknown Son Shackford was born on 9 September 1735 in Andover. [4]
v. Dorcas Shackford was born on 22 October 1742 in Andover. She married Simon French.
References:
1. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979).
2. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869).
3. Col. Joshua Pierce, "Births, Marriages and Deaths in Portsmouth, N.H. from 1706–1742," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 24 (1870): 359.
4. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913).
5. Geo. A. Gordon, "Portsmouth, N.H., Inhabitants, 1711," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 51 (1897): 43–46.
6. N.F. Carter, History of Pembroke, N.H., 1730–1895, vol. 2 (Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1895).©a. buiter
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