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Samuel Shackford (c. 1674–by 1731), son of William Shackford and Deborah Tricky
Abigail Richards (d. by 1716)
Samuel Shackford was born about 1674. [1] Samuel of Portsmouth died before 11 March 1730/1. He married first Abigail Richards. [1] He married second the widow Frances Peabody of Topsfield on 10 May 1716 in Haverhill or Portsmouth. [2][3] The widow Peabody is said to Frances Hoyt [an otherwise unknown daughter of John Hoyt]. [4] She died between 13 December 1745, when she wrote her will, and 17 April 1749, when it was recorded. [4] She married first Nathaniel Peabody. [5] Nathaniel, the son of Francis Peabody, was born on 29 July 1669. [5] She married third as his third wife Captain James Pearson. [4] James, the son of John Pearson, was born on 28 November 1678 in Lynn and died in 1744 in Haverhill. [4] He married first Hepsibah Swayne. [4] He married second Hannah (Dane) Osgood. [4] She married fourth John Johnson of Andover. [1]
John Shackford and Samuel Shackford (for the widow Richards) were on a 1711 list of inhabitants of Portsmouth entitled to a share in the distribution of the commons. [6]
The will of Samuel Shackford, blockmaker of Portsmouth, was proved on 11 March 1730/1. He left his son William his land in Newington and half of the wharf, workship, warehouse and tools that Samuel used with his brother John. He left the eastern part of his dwelling house in Portsmouth to his widow Frances during her widowhood. He left the western part, where his son John lived to his son John. John was to have the entire house after Frances died or remarried. He left his sons in law Samuel Sherborn aond Ezekiel Pitman the house and land that they lived in. He left his son Joshua his half right in the town of Chester and his right in Barrington. He left the childre of his son Samuel ten shillings. He left Frances 28 pounds per year and her widow's third. He left his daughter Mary Hogden five pounds per year. He left his daughters Pitman and Sherborn ten pounds. [Ref]
Children of Samuel Shackford and Abigail Richards (order unknown):
i. Samuel Shackford died by 11 March 1730/1.
ii. Elizabeth Shackford of Portsmouth married Ezekiel Pitman of Oyster River on 23 May 1717 in Newington. [8]
iii. Abigail Shackford of Portsmouth married Samuel Sherburn of Portsmouth on 11 June 1719 in Newington. [9]
iv. Deacon William Shackford died in 1773. [10] William Shackford of Portsmouth married Susanna Downing of Newington on 5 October 1727 in Newington. [11] Susanna, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Harrison) Downing, died on 3 March 1752. [12] William married second the widow Patience Downing on 7 May 1752 in Newington. [12] Patience was the widow of Susanna's brother. [12] William married third as her third husband Eleanor Mendum. [12] Eleanor married first Captain John Sherburn. [12] She married second Samuel Marhall. [12]
William was a captain in the militia in 1746. [10]
v. John Shackford died on 2 November 1786 in Chester. He married first Dorcas Lovejoy. He married second the widow Hannah Lancaster.
vi. Joshua Shackford married Lydia Lovejoy on 24 December 1735 in Andover. [13]
vii. Mary Shackford married first Richard Thurber. [1] She married second Alexander Hogden.
References:
1. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 622.
2. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts: To End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910, 1911), 2:283.
3. Joshua W. Pierce, "A Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Portsmouth, N.H., from 1706 to 1742," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869), 392.
4. Eleanor Tucker, "John Pearson of Lynn, Massachusetts," Essex Genealogist 14 (1994): 39.
5. C.M. Endicott, "The Peabody Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2 (1848), 155.
6. George A. Gordon, "Portsmouth, N.H. Inhabitants, 1711," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 51 (1897): 43–46.
7. "New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643–1982," database with images, Ancestry > all counties > probate records, vol. 13–15, 1731–1746, images 81–83.
8. "Church Records of Newington, N.H.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1860), 394.
9. "Church Records of Newington, N.H.,"New England Historical and Genealogical Register 24 (1870), 13.
10. "Memoirs of Deceased Members," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 88 (1934), 201.
11. "Church Records of Newington, N.H.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 22 (1868), 25.
12. "Wedding Wednesday ... ," blog 143, Shackford Family History (https://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com/shackford-blog/category/susannah-downing: accessed 16 May 2020).
13. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 2:298.
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