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^NTE HISTq^

THE

TENNEY FAMILY

OR THE

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS TENNEY

OF ROWLEY, MASSACHUSETTS

1638-1904

REVISED WITH PARTIAL RECORDS OF

PROF. JONATHAN TENNEY

By m! JtJEmEYc ^Jtr3 J

concord, n. h, The Rumford Press

1904

Copyright, 1904, by M. J. Tenney.

The Tenney Family.

REVISED.

: • • •• *• * *

V • •

■71,

•-r

JUL 31 1905

DEDICATED

To THE Memory

OF

COL. A. B. W. TENNEY

AND HIS WIFE,

MRS. SOPHIA (CUTLER) TENXEY,

BY A DAUGHTER.

Preface.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many genera- tions : ask thy father and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and they will ^11 thee. — Deuteronomy 32 : 7.

Explanatory Notes.

The first numbers indicate-the individual.

The Roman numerals indicate the generation.

The last numbers indicate the parent.

The star (*) indicates those whose genealogy can be traced.

HELIOTYPE CO., BOSTON.

THE TENNEY FAMILY-

Our English Home.

Our English home was Rowley on the Yorkshu-e Wolds, in the East Riding (a Saxon word signifying third) of the County of Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the great waterway, the river Humber, an estuary of the German Ocean, and is six miles from its south bank, twenty miles from Spum-Head-at-the-Sea, and three hundred feet elevation above the sea. It is 53° 34^ north lati- tude, 0° IC west Icfegitude, ten miles from the great commercial port of Hull, which lies on the north bank of the river Humber, and is the third port in England in size. It is six miles southwest of Beverly, to which union of churches it belongs. In 1852 a letter written by a lawyer residing near Rowley, England, gives the fol- lowing description of the place :

" It is a hamlet containing about a dozen houses and some fifty or sixty inhabitants who are engaged in agriculture. It has neither trade nor institutions ; with two other hamlets Hunsley and Bentleyy it constitutes a parish. It is delightfully situated on the top of high hills called Yorkshire Wolds. It is noted as having a good church preferment, the living being worth about fifteen hundred pounds per year, and is almost a sinecure as to labor performed. Hence the gift is sought by clergy who desire leisure and good pay. It is said that Rev. Ezekiel Rogers was a leading divine in England in his day, and held charge at Rowley. It was probably a more important place in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries than now relatively.

" The parish has five hamlets embracing 5,760 acres : Little Weton, where the chief part of the inhabitants live ; Riplingham, Hunsley, Bentley, and -Rowley, which has a church (St. Peter's) and a rec- tory, but no inhabitants except the rector. Rev. Henry C. T. Hil-

8 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

yard and his family. He accepted the charge of the parish in 1852, at which date the only church there, a very old, dilapidated struc- ture, was restored by the rector on his going there to reside.

" The church is situated a few rods north of the road, one half mile from the station on the Hull & Bamslay Railway, and about thirty-one miles southeast of the old Roman capital, York."

In the summer of 1896 Mr. Willis R. Tenney VIII visited Row- ley, and took a snap shot of the church which dates back five cen- turies ; the tower is distinctly Norman ; a portion of the main build- ing may date back a century earlier. In the church is an old stone font of the twelfth century, and the workmanship is of much inter- est. Mr. Tenney was taken about by the rector, Henry C. T. Hil- yard, a well kept man, who died in September, 1898.

In 1638 Ezekiel Rogers and some twenty families of his parish- ioners came over to New England. Their ship was the John of London. Rev. Joseph Glover, the " Father of the American Press," was a fellow passenger, bringing the first printing-press ever shipped to America. The good man " reached his port <>ef ore the ship made land " ; but his press came, and is still preserved. (By J. L. Ewell, JV. K Magazine, September, 1899, Vol. XXI, No. 1, page 9.) This is corroborated by the best authority. The late Hiram Harriman, of the Georgetown Advocate, informed me that he had carefully inves- tigated the above-named matter and that he was satisfied the state- ment was true.

I accepted it from him as true and believe it true. (George B. Blodgette, Esq., historian of Rowley, Mass.)

Rev. Ezekiel Rogers was a man of learning, very devout, pos- sessed of much zeal, and felt keenly the religious persecution of King Charles' order to the clergy to read in church the declaration of sports, in which the king directed that no hindrance should be thrown in the way of those who wished to dance or shoot at the butts (a target) on Sunday afternoon. Puritan Rogers, aggrieved at this and other persecutions, gathered to him in the parish of Rowley a company, Thomas Tenney and his wife, Ann, foimed one family, for the purpose of emigrating to America, and succeeded in leaN-ing England in the autumn of 1638. They arrived at Salem, Mass., in December, 1638, where the company decided to remain during the winter and seek a settlement. In April, 1639, the company were joined by forty families, making sixty families.

GENEALOGY. 9

A settlement was made at Rowley, Mass.; the place was probably selected on acconnt of its pleasantness, its nearness to the river, and the abundance of thatch that grew upon the river banks. In colon- izing they formed a community under the direction of their spiritual leader, Rev. Mr. Rogers, known as the Rogers Plantation ; after- wards, 4 Sept, 1639, the General Court ordered that the "planta- tion shalbee called Rowley." (Mass. Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 271.)

Generation.

I.

Thomas Tenney, a member of the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers' com- pany from Yorkshire, England, arrived at Salem, Mass., in December, 1638, and settled at Rowley, Mass., in April, 1639. (Gage's Hist. Rowley.) In a deposition taken at Ipswich, Mass., 4 May, 1680^ Mr. Tenney testifies in relation to an ox pasture in Rowley, and at that date he gave his age as about sixty-six years. (Ipswich Deeds^ 4 : 329.) This would have made him twenty-four years old when he emigrated to America with his wife, Ann, who was mentioned in • the will of Deacon Thomas Mighill, as sister "Ann Tenney "and Faith Parrat, Sen., said will dated 11 June, 1654. Deacon Mighill of Rowley, Mass., brought with him, wife Ellen, who was buried 12 July, 1640, and the first person buried there. He married (2) Ann Parrat, sister to Francis Parrat, who brought with him, besides his wife, Elizabeth, his sisters, Ann, who married Dea. Thomas Mighill,. and Faith, who married John Smith, and (2) William Law (Early Settlers of Rowley).

Mrs. Tenney was buried 26 Sept., 1657. He married 24 Feb.^ 1658, his second wife, Elizabeth, widow of Francis Parrat of Rowley.

It does not appear that they had children. Mrs. Elizabeth Ten- ney received by bequest of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers £10 in 1660-1 (Essex Deeds, Ipswich, 168). In the will of Robert Hunter, viz.^ "to Thomas Tenney I give 10 s, dated 5, 6 mo., 1647 : proved 28, 7^ 1647 (Ipswich Record, Vol. 1, leaf 25), Thomas Tenney, a witnesa to the will of John Smith of Rowley, 13 July, 1661 : on file No. 22590, used only one e in Tenny."

A survey of the town of Rowley was ordered the 10 of the 11th month, A. D., 1643 ; a committee of four freemen were appointed. Freemen were members of the church, taxpayers, voters, cotdd hold ofiice, and they only until 1664, when the law was abolished by the General Court.

GENEALOGY. 11

In this survey of 1648 an acre-and-a-half house-lot on Holmea street was registered to Thomas Tenney, ** bounded on the south fflde by John Haseltine's house-lot, and the east end by the streete.'* (Gage, 123.) It was bounded on the north side by the two-acre house-lot of Robert Haseltine. This lot is now owned and occupied by the Primes, having been purchased of Daniel Tenney by Mark Prime in 1701, and has had a store thereon ever since. It is now bounded on the south by the homestead of George B. Blodgette> Esq. The house erected by Thomas Tenney, Senior, was torn down by Captain Daniel N. Prime in 1838. "In a Survey of the Several Gates or Commonages belonging vnto The Severall Inhabi- tants of the Town of Rowley as They are now in possession," taken 4 February, 1661, are the following entries to Thomas Tenney and his wife, Elizabeth : — ** To Thomas Tenney as to an acre and half e lot and one

gate given by the towne, two and halfe . . . 2-halfe. purchased of francis parrat, one gate .... 1-gate.

purchased of the town, one halfe gate .... halfe gate^ To Elizabeth Tenney allias parrat, as belonging to

francis parrat's two two Acre lot, seaven gates vnsold 7 Gates, purchased of William hobson Sixe gates ... 6 gates.'^

In 1667, by division of the Island marshes, he received land. (Gage, 150-1.) In 1670, by division of Merrimack land, he re- ceived land. (Gage, 847-8.) In a division of 1673-4 he received land. (Gage, 138.) There was no settlement on the lot northwest of Simon's Brook until after the day of Thomas Tenney, Senior. (Blodgette.) This lot is one half mile east of Long Hill.

The town in Oct. 22, 1677, records style him ensign, marshal in 1653-66 ; wamer of town meetings, 1650-53-60-61-66 ; overseer of plains, 1656-64-71 ; selectman, 1660-61-70 ; viewer of fences, high- ways, and chimneys, 1669; constable, 1665-66; tithingman, 1680. In 1660, on committee to see about the preservation of fire wood. (Gage, p. 144.) 1674-77, concerned in the aflEairs of Rev. Mr. Shepard. (Gage, p. 76.) In 1667, appointed to see that the Sabbath be duly observed. (Gage, p. 151.) In 1680 appointed inspector of ten families. (Gage, p. 152.) Several records of intervening years are lost, and there are no records of admission to the church for a period of twenty-six years. The church record may have been lost in the conflagration of Rev. Mr. Rogers' house. Thomas Tenney is in the

12 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

list of church members tmder date of 1669, and may have been long a member. The last years of his life were passed in Bradford, Mass., as seen by deed, viz. : " Thomas Tenney of Bradford (a gift) to Eldest son John Tenney of Bradford, sixty acres of land in Bradford, now in possession of John Wood, also three acres of meadow at Crane Pond in Rowley, also six acres . . . also one and one fourth acre . . . also six acres and 2 cow-gates." Dated 15 June, 1694. (Essex Deeds, 13 : 119.) He died in Brad- ford 20 February, 1699-1700, and is buried in the Old Cemetery.

This old burying ground was used in the first settlement of the town, and remained the only cemetery until 1723, when the East parish (now the town of Groveland) burial-ground was opened. The oldest stone now standing and decipherable bears the date of 1^81. (L. A. Woodbury, Essex Antiquarian, Feb., 1901.) Children :

2 'John, b. 14 Dec, 1640.

8 »HaTinah, b. 15 March, 1642.

4 ♦Mercy, b. 17 June, 1644.

5 ♦Thomas, b. 16 July, 1648.

6 ♦James, b. 15 Aug., 1650.

7 ♦Daniel, b. 16 July, 1653.

Note. — Rowley, Mass., is situated thirty-two miles from Boston, via Eastern Railroad, with a station about one mile eastward from the village. It received its name from Rowley, Yorkshire, England, where the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and some of his people had lived. It was incorporated the 4th of September, 1639, and then embraced Bradford, Groveland, Georgetown, and Boxford. Most of the " by- laws and orders " were passed in 1643 and a few of a later date in 1660.

" Ordered : That all town streets be four rods wide, three rods to be kept clear of impediments, on a penalty of 58. Ordered : That no person in the town shall fall, lop, bark, or girdle any tree on north or northwest side of any house or house-lot in the town within eighty rods thereof, upon the penalty of 5s. for every tree. Ordered : All persons appointed by overseers for town day work shall be ready at seven o'clock in the morning. In case of failure he shall pay 3d. an hour for lost time. Ten acres of land granted, for encouragement towards building a grist mill."

A fulling mill was built about 1643. A plain meeting house was erected and church was organized the 3d of December, 1639.

GENEALOGY. 13

(Hist. Essex, 356.) The earliest mention of a meeting house bell was in 1658, and this bell was suspended from a frame near the meeting house. (Gage, 17.) And for sweeping the meeting house and for ringing of the bell, was granted a yearly appropriation of £2.10s.

The earliest mention of a school was February 3, 1656-7, when William Boynton was engaged as a teacher for the term of seven years. He taught about twenty-four years. (Hist. Essex.) The earliest tax list preserved bears the date "ye 9th of June, 1691"; the first recorded marriage, 1639. The first physician in the town was in 1652. In 1680 there were one hundred and twenty-nine families in town. (Nason.) The town records are very full and complete. Not a leaf is missing from the books containing the entries of births, marriages, and deaths. (Hist. Essex Co.)

From the beginning, Rowley was a manufacturing as well as a farming town. Many of the first settlers were weavers, and, in connection with the fulling mill, the production of cloth was long a profitable industry. As early as 1680, stip-building was carried on at the warehouse landing.

About 1813, Capt. Perley built a vessel of ninety tons' measure- ment, on Rowley Common, one mile and a half from the river. This ship was named "Country's Wonder," and was drawn to the river, in one day, by more than one hundred yoke of oxen. At the head of the warehouse road, the teamsters stopped for luncl\ and Capt. Perley emptied a barrel of old Jamaica rum into the Saunders well, that all might drink. (Blodgette.)

2.-n.-i.

Deacon John Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 14 December 1640, son of Thomas and Ann ( ) ; married in Rowley 26 Feb- ruary, 1663, Mercy Parrat, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth

( ) Parrat of Rowley. Mrs. Tenney was bom 23 July, 1646,

and died 27 November, 1667. He married in Merrimack Village (now Bradford, Mass.) 2 December, 1668, his second wife, Susanna

Woodbury, daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth ( ) Woodbury

of Beverly, Mass. Residence, Bradford, Mass. Mrs. Susanna Tenney was bom 4 February, 1648. She was "dismissed from ye Church of Christ in Beverly " and united with the First Congrega- tional Church at Bradford in 1682-3. (Church Manual.) For a

14 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

copy of the will of her mother, Elizabeth Woodbury, see Essex Hist. Col., Vol. IV., p. 235; and by said will Susanna Tenney received " 20s., to be laid out in a gold ring, to be kept by her in remembrance." Inventory on Woodbury estate taken 28 August,

1680, the amount being £64.28. !Mrs. Susanna Tenney died 9 April, 1716. '^Her lieth the body of Susanah Tney who died Aprall; the 9, 1716; and in the 68 yeare: of her age." Bradford Ancient Burying Ground.

At the first town meeting 20 Feb., 1668-9, John Tenney served as moderator and was chosen selectman, again selectman 1676- 78-80-82-86-87-88-92-93-96-98; in 1668 clerk of writs; in 1673,

1681, 1698, constable, and in 1670 fence viewer (Gage). The town was first called Bradford in 1672 ; in 1677 John Tenney served on the school committee.

In 1682 John Tenney was one of the 18 who formed the first church under Rev. Zachariah Symmes (Gage, 107). His name appears first in the list of deacons, chosen 13 Dec, 1702; in 1670, sent to attend the ordination at Amesbury, Mass. ; in 1698, appointed to settle the boundary between Bradford and Rowley.

He was in 1701 chairman of the committee of the proprietors of Bradford, to adjust the claims of the heirs of Musquonomonit alias Masehonnomet, Indian Sagamore of Agawam (Gage, 373-77).

As early as 12 December, 1682, at "a private Fast held at the house of Brother John Tenney," an instrument was drawn prepar- atory to the gathering of a church, and from time to time brothers were nominated to provide elements for the Lord's Supi)er. IVlr. Tenney served on a committee "for ye good of ye town as to settling ye Reverend Zachariah Symmes, and for the further carry- ing on the affairs of this town for a settlement of all ye ordinances of God in thb place." (Chm-ch Manual.) Voted by the town, 28 June, 1705, that Captain David Haseltine and Ensign John Tenney go abroad to inquire after assistance in the work of the ministry. He served on a committee " for ye healing of differences in ye church," and " votes were overhaled by Brother John Tenney and Brother John Kimball." Again the 16 August, 1706, he was chosen " to treat with the Rev. Mr. Symmes to see what he would abate of his salary." Deacon Tenney was one of " a committee of three to manage that affaii- of calling a council, 4 November, 1707." Voted by the town, 14 June, 1708, that Deacon Tenney, with the

GENEALOGY. 15

other two deacons, " go and invite the Rev. Mr. Thomas Symmes to come and preach." From this date, his name disappears from church committees.

Edward Hazen and wife Hannah of Rowley, for the consideration of £50 from John Tenney of Rowley, deeded one hundred acres in Merrimack land southeast of Merrimack river, also four acres of meadow in Crane meadow, etc., the 20 May, 1664. (Ipswich. Deeds, 4 :41.) Witnesses, Ezekiel Jewett and Thomas Tenney.

He and wife Susanna, for the consideration of £70, deed to James Tenney of Rowley six acres and some meadow land that was for- merly owned by Thomas Tenney, Senior. Samuel Tenney, a wit- ness; date, 1690. (Essex Deeds, 14:232.) By deed, he transfers meadow in Crane meadow in Rowley, 1 December, 1690. (Essex Deeds, 14 : 282.)

Again, by deed, " to my only son, Samuel Tenney, of Bradford, all land in Rowley and Bradford belonging to my estate, reserving only one-half during the life of self and wife." Dated 22 October, 1691. Thomas Tenney, Junior^ a witness. Acknowledged 9 July, 1696. (Essex Deeds, 13 : 237.) John Tenney and wife Susanna of Bradford deed to James Tenney of Rowley in 1690. Acknowl- edged, 29 August, 1696. (Essex Deeds, 14 : 233.) Mrs. Margaret Corwin of Boston, Mass., for the value of £120, conveys by deed seventy or eighty acres of salt marsh at Plum Island in Rowley to a syndicate of ten men, of which John Tenney is one. Date 2 JViarch, 1694-5. (Essex Deeds, 16 : 43.)

Deposition of Francis Jewett and James D. Palmer, that John Tenaey hath quietly possessed a hundred acre lot conveyed by deed 13 : 118, valuation £70, from 10 August, 1688, to 17 March, 1712- 13. (Essex Deeds, 26 : 128.)

The name of John Tenney is founl in "ye garrison at Blackport, Maine," (Bodge) under date 12 October, 1676, and, under Captain Scottow, the 12 October, 1677-8. He died 13 April, 1722. (Ameri- can Ancestry.) Children :

8 *Sarah b. 17 Oct., 1665; bapt. 8 Jan., 1666.

9 'Samnel, b. 20 Nov. 1667; bapt. 23 Nov., 1687.

Note. — The first church in Bradford, Mass., was built in 1671, rebuilt 1706-1750-1834-1848. "Voted, at a legal Town meeting March, 1682-3, in thankfuUness, we covenant and promise to give

16 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

OUT Minister ye full sum of sixty pounds per annum ; ye first half made payable the 2d Thursday of October, in wheat, pork, butter and cheese, one pound of butter for every cow, and one cheese from a family ; ye other half payment the 3d Thursday in March in malt, pease, Indian or rye, as he willingly accept ; and at our own charge we procure good and sufficient fire wood, he allowing a sixpence per cord for bringing it seasonably and cording it up in his yard. He shall also have the liberty to feed ten head of Cattle on common land as our own." "Voted 21 March, 1698, to pay one third of Rev. IVIr. Symmes' salary in money, and in March, 1713, voted all salary for the future be paid in money." " Voted 19 Xovember, 1714, one pound and six shillings for sweeping the meeting house, and carrying the bason with water for baptisms." October, 1699, one hundred brothers contributed " a sixpence apiece to procure another flagon and cup, a bason and wooden vessel for the fetching of wine." At the first sacrament, administered at Bradford, 21 November, 1682-3, the text that Sabbath " handled " was from Jeremiah 50 : 4, 5. Two hundred and thirty-four communed 11 January, 1723-4. That same month the church voted that " sleeping in meeting, and especially the laying down the head to sleep, is a very great in- decency, and if any should do so, they should be reproved, and if they reformed not, they should be publickly called fourth." " Voted : The Selectmen have three rules in seating persons in the meeting house. 1st, have respect to age ; 2d, have respect to voters ; 3d, have respect to the length of time in ye town. Goodman Spofford to have the liberty to set in fourth seat from pulpit, and his wife to sit in third seat in North East comer. Those not taking their places shall pay five shillings a day for every public day at meeting."

Annexations of the town of Bradford, to the city of Haverhill, Mass., voted 3 Nov. 1896, shall take effect on the first Monday of January, 1897.

3.-II.-1.

Hannau Texney, born in Rowley, JMass., 15 March, 1642, daugh- ter of Thomas and Ann ( ) ; married in 1666, Joseph John- son, son of \Yilliam and Elizabeth (Story) of Charlestown, Mass. He was baptized 12 (12), 1636-7, and married 19 April, 1664, his first wife, Mary (Loathe), who died 22 March, 1664-5 (Wyman 555.)

In 1681, Mr. Johnson and wife Hannah deeded "to brother Isaac Johnson all right in father's and mother's estate," recorded 1685.

GENEALOGY. 17

Residence, Haverhill, Mass., where the valuatdon of his house-lot in 1650 was £50.

By a " fourth division " of meadow he received land, and in 1667 received "accommodation" lot of two acres. (Hist, of Haverhill.) He was one of the petitioners for a schoolhouse in 1711, and served as tithingman and a viewer of fences for the northern farms.

He died 18 November, 1714. The church record "being either never set down, or else the account lost, such of them as were alive in ye Town, April, 1723, were desired to give in their names to ye Pastor, they beiQg, Hanah Jonson and forty other names." Chil- dren:

10 Josephb. ISOct., 1667.

11 William b. 15 Jan., 1669.

12 Thomas, b. 11 Dec, 1670.

18 Zachariah, b. 16 April, 1672; d. 27 Oct., 1679.

14 John, b. 9 Nov., 1678; d. 28 Mch., 1705.

15 Hannah, b. 10 June, 1675.

16 Mary, b. 4 June, 1677; m. 17 May, 1697, John Johnson.

17 Jonathan, b. 24 Apr., 1678; killed by Indians.

18 Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb., 1680.

19 Nathaniel, b. 15 Aug., 1688.

20 Zachariah, b. 26 Aug., 1687.

4.-n.-i.

Mercy Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 17 June, 1644, daughter

of Thomas and Ann ( ) ; married in Rowley, 22 Nov., 1664,

Thomas Hardy (Jr. until after 1672). Thomas Hardy, Sen., owned about a thousand acres in Bradford, now Groveland, Mass. Resi- dence, Bradford. She united with the First Congregational church in Bradford, 4 Xov., 1694. He united with the same church, 12 July, 1713. He died 6 Feb., 1716, aged 82. ChUdren :

21 Ann, b. 26 Apr., 1666.

22 James, b. 18 Feb., 1672. 28 Daniel, b. 2 Apr., 1675.

24 Jacob, b. 25 Mch., 1677 ; united with the church with his wife

Sarah, Apr., 1709.

25 Richard, b. 22 Sept., 1679 ; united with church 28 July, 1728.

26 Ebenezer, b. 8 May, 1682 ; d. July, 1682.

27 Isaac, b. 19 Aug., 1683 ; united with church 26 May, 1716.

28 Hannah, b. 4 Oct., 1686 ; bapt. 25 June, 1695.

29 Sarah, b. 9 June, 1689 ; bapt. 25 June, 1695.

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6.— II.— 1.

Thomas Tenxey, bom in Rowley, Mass., 16 July, 1648, son of

Thomas and Ann ( ); married 8 SeptemW, 1680, Margaret

Hidden, daughter of Andrew and Sarah fi=^— J Hidden of Rowley. Residence, Rowley. The soldiers under ye command of Captain Thomas Lathrop's company in the " flower of Essex " at Hatfield, Aug., 1675, for "work Done," etc., include "Thomas Tenney, a pouch and belt, and mending of shoes. Is. 3d. and 2 s.," in a tax of £391.4s.6d., upon the town. By vote of the Court to pay loss at Xarragansett under Major Appleton, "Thomas Tenney, £3.188." In pay-roll of Captain Joseph Gardner, dated 29 February, 1675-6, "Thomas Tenney, £2.148." (Archives, Vol. 69-44, Vol. 68-93, Vol 68- 97.) In 1691 he paid a tax of £2.78. (Gage, Hist. Rowley, 400.) For £5 he deeds to Thomas Jewett of Rowley one acre of marsh land in Rowley. Wife Margaret signs 17 July, 1707. Witnessed by Thomas Tenney, Jr., and Samuel Tenney. (Essex Deeds, 39 : 148.) He deeds for £10.1 Is. to Mrs. Mary Spofford of Rowley one and one-half acres in Rowley, said land called "Polipod lot," and trans- ferred with the consent of his wife Margaret, the 15 September, 1709. Acknowledged, 9 October, 1713. (Essex Deeds, 26:213.) " Thomas Tenney gives to his son and daughter, Samuel and Ruth Duty, his homestead and all other land in Rowley, 30 January, 1726-7." (Essex Deeds, 39:213.) (See Essex Deeds, 70:64.) He died 7 August, 1730. (Church Record.) She was bom 28 July, 1659. "After the death of her husband, she returned to Newbury, Mass." Children :

80 ♦Margaret ; bapt. 18 Nov., 1681.

81 ♦Ann, b. 26 Aug., 1683 ; bapt. 2 Sept., 1683.

82 Sarah ; bapt. 24 May, 1685 ; m. Thomas Tenney.

83 Elizabeth, b. 23 Apr., 1687 ; bapt. 1 May, 1687 ; owned ye cov-

enant 27 Aug., 1706; m. 28 May, 1710, John Sawyer of Rowley. She d. 6 Oct., 1710.

84 ♦Hannah, b. 27 Jan., 1689-90 ; bapt. 2 Feb., 1689-90. 35 ♦Samuel, b. 21 Aug., 1692 ; bapt. 21 Aug., 1692.

86 ♦Ruth, b. 26 Feb., 1694.

87 Mehitable, b. 29 July, 1699 ; bapt. 27 Aug., 1699 ; m. 5 Feb.,

1722-8, Jonathan Shepbard. She "owned ye covenant'* 15 Jan.. 1720-1.

GENEALOGY. 19

6.-n.-i.

Ja^ces Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 15 August, 1650, son of Thomas and Ann ( ) ; married, 3 October, 1684, Abigail Lam- bert of Rowley, daughter of John and Abigail (Hutchinson) Lam- bert. Residence, Rowley. Mrs. Tenney was bom 9 December, 1665, and died 3 March, 1756. (Byfield Church Record.) The birth of the children, from Rowley Record. In 1691 he paid a tax of £3.28.8d., Byfield parish, Rowley. In King Philip's war, under the command of Captain Whipple of Ipswich, Mass., on the pay-roll dated 24 June, 1676, appears the name of James Tenney, £2. Is. Credited under Capt. Samuel Brocklebank, 1675-6. (King Philip's War, Bodge.) He was a large real estate man as given in deeds. "James Tenney, yeoman, and Gershom Lambert of New London, Ct., yeoman, for £14, to Jonathan Walcott of Salem, transfer twenty acres in Salem, being a part of Major Hutchinson's farm, which Grandfather Richard Hutchinson gave by will to our mother, Abigail (Hutchinson) Lambert. Dated 17 November, 1691." (Essex Deeds, 9:25.) James Tenney and wife Abigail, for £70, deed to John Tenney of Bradford, 100 acres in Bradford, formerly John Lambert's, which "James Tenney received for part of his wives portion," 10 August, 1688 ; Samuel Tenney a witness. He acknowledged it 29 May, 1696. She acknowledged it in Bradford 24 February, 1712-3. (Essex Deeds, 13:118.) James Tenney, husbandman, for £3, conveys to Samuel Ayers, Senior, and Samuel Ayers, Junior, both of Rowley, a right in Rowley which was granted to my father, Ensign Thomas Tenney, by said town. This with the consent of wife Abigail, 22 February, 1703-4. (Essex Deeds, 18 : 35.) Again, for £10.138. paid by Thomas Spofford, late of Rowley, and Mary, his widow, to said widow, Mary, I convey 2 cow-gates in ox pasture in Rowley, 1 Sept., 1709. Wife, Abigail Tenney, releases dower. (Essex Deeds, 26:212.) Samuel Prime and Mark Prime to James Tenney, twenty acres in Rowley, also three acres in Crane meadow, 4 Feb., 1701. (Essex Deeds, 30 : 148.)

A gift to my well-beloved son, John Tenney, twenty acres in Rowley, 16 May, 1716. (Essex Deeds, 31 : 128.) James Tenney, " with consent of wife Abigail, for a house I am to have built, and twenty acres of land to Mark Prime of Rowley, six acres on Town street, in Rowley, 4 Feb., 1700-1." (Essex Deeds, 32 : 5.)

He gave to Deliverance Walcott of Salem Village a bond. She,

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with her husband, Jonathan Walcott, released it 24 Feb., 1703-4. (Essex Deeds, 33 : 41.) I find no mention of his death. He died without leaving a will. (Essex Deeds, 49 : 204.)

James Tenney, in 1702-3, was one of 19 persons, who living on the northwest side of Rye plain bridge and northwest side of Long Hill in Rowley, formed the first church in Byfield, by uniting with a part of Newbury, and building a meeting-house. (Gage, 95, 96.) Children :

88 James; bapt. 2 Aug., 1685; d. "at Oswego, 1756." (G. B.

Blodgette.)

89 ♦Abigail, b. 12 Dec., 1688; bapt. 16 Dec, 1688.

40 ♦John, b. 6 Apr., 1692; bapt. 10 Apr., 1692.

41 ♦Hannah, b. 4 Apr., 1695.

42 ♦Gershom, b. 19 May, 1698; bapt. 29 May, 1698.

43 ♦Benjamin, b. 26 Jan., 1703-4; bapt. 80 Jan., 1708-4.

44 PhiUp, b. 25 Nov., 1706.

7.-n.-i.

Daniel Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 16 July, 1653, son of

Thomas and Ann ( ) ; married 21 July, 1680, Elizabeth Stick-

ney, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel and Julia (Swan) Stickney. Mrs. Tenney was bom in Bradford, Mass., 9 May, 1661, and died in Rowley, 28 April, 1694. He married his second wife, Mary Hardy, 22 May, 1695, by Rev. Benjamin Rolfe of Haverhill, Mass. The date of her death I have not found. He was published 27 May, 1712; married in Newbury, Mass., 5 June, 1712; third wife, Eliza- beth Woodman, born 6 Feb., 1667, daughter of Joshua and Eliza- beth (Stevens). His residence, Bradford, where the children by first wife were born. Removed to Byfield parish, Rowley. The farm is situated on the northwest side of Simons brook, and deeded or inherited by the following persons, to wit, Daniel II, Daniel III, Nathaniel IV, Enoch V, William VI, John Searle VI, and daughter, Martha Jane VII, now I^Irs. Joshua W. Hathaway of Norridgewock, Me. The farm has recently been sold (1903).

Under command of Major Richard Waldon of Dover, N. H., appears the name of Daniel Tenney on pay-roll dated 24 March, 1675-6, amount due £1.198.4d. Daniel Tenney, husbandman, con- veys land in Rowley to Joshua Woodman, cordwainer, for the con- sideration of £8.108., date 3 February, 1703-4. Samuel Tenney a witness. Acknowledged 13 July, 1709. (Essex Deeds, 22: 118.)

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He gives to son Daniel, who is to " support myself and wife," all his estate. Wife Elizabeth signs 14 Jan., 1714-15. (Essex Deeds, 36:110.) He transfers by deed 8 May, 1701, to Samuel Todd. Acknowledged, 19 March, 1727-8. (Essex Deeds, 81 : 149.) Eliza- beth Tenney, with her family, for £22, conveys deed to Thomas Williams of Newbury, for twelve acres of land in Newbury, date 27 December, 1712. (Essex Deeds, 26:31.) She died 5 September, 1749, ** over eighty ^ years of age. Mr. Tenney died in his ninety- fifth year. (Deacon William Tenney VI., MSS.) Children :

45 *Thomas, b. 28 May, 1681; bapt. in Rowley 17 July, 1681.

46 Daniel, b. 8 June, 1684; d. 2 Dec, 1689.

47 Sarah, b. 28 Nov.. 1687.

48 •Daniel, twin, b. 2 Mch., 1689-90; bapt. 29 Apr., 1694.

49 Sarah, twin, b. 2 Mch., 1689-90; bapt. 29 Apr., 1694.

Ch. (2w.):—

50 •John, b. 14 Oct., 1696; bapt. 18 Oct., 1696.

51 •William, b. 28 Oct., 1698; bapt. 30 Oct., 1698.

52 Richard, b. 8 Apr., 1701; bapt. 6 Apr., 1701.

58 •Ebenezer, b. 12 Aug., 1703; bapt. 15 Aug., 1703.

64 Mary, b. 24 Oct., 1705; bapt. 4 Nov., 1705; m. Moses Wor-

cester.

8.-ni.-2.

Sarah Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 17 Oct., 1665, daughter of Deacon John and Mercy (Parrat) ; married in Bradford, Mass., 23 July, 1684, Captain Philip Atwood, Jr., bom in Maiden, Mass., Sept., 1658, a yeoman and weaver. Three children were born in 3Ialden and one in Bradford, Mass. He owned two slaves, Essex and Jebina (Antiquarian, 1901, p. 191). They removed to Brad- ford, and on their letter of dismission from Maiden, were accepted into full communion with the First Congregational Church, 5 June, 1699. He served on a church committee Nov., 1707, with Deacon John Tenney and Deacon Bailey to manage " that affair of calling a council as to the matter of Rev. Mr. Symmes' salary." He and John Tenney were on a ** purchasing committee " (of five) to settle with the surviving heirs of Musquonomonit, Indian chie^ and secured a deed for the sum of £6.10s., dated 18 Jan., 1701. The Indians in signing used their various marks ; one the mark of a ser- pent ; another, the bow and arrow ; and the third, the new moon.

Philip Atwood, for £7.108., transfers a tract of salt marsh at Plum Island, in Rowley, to Samuel Tenney of Bradford, with the consent

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of his wife, Sarah. Dated 2 Dec^ 1698. (Essex Deeds, 15 : 177.) He died 13 Apr., 1722, in his sixty-fourth year. Mrs. Atwood died 2 Apr., 1739. Children:

66 •Susanna, b. 1 Feb., 1687.

66 Sarah, b. 18 Apr., 1689; m. James Head 18 Feb., 1709-10.

She d. 26 May, 1717.

67 Rachel, b. 16 Nov., 1691; m. James Frye, 20 Dec., 1715; he

d. 1721. She m. Gapt. Christopher Bartlett, a Haverhill gentleman. She d. 24 Sept., 1774.

68 EUzabeth, b. 19 May, 1700; m. Nathaniel Fales, 21 Jan.,

1722.

9.-ni.-2.

Deacon Samuel Tenxey, bom in Bradford, Mass., 20 Nov., 1667, son of Deacon John and Mercy (Parrat); married Abigail Bailey, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull) of Brad- ford, now Groveland, Mass. She was bom 9 March, 1671-2; died in Bradford, 28 Nov., 1689. He married in Bradford, 18 Dec, 1690, his second wife, Sarah Boynton, daughter of Captain Joseph and Sarah (Swan) of Bradford. Mrs. Sarah Tenney was bom 11 Jan., 1671-2, and 4 Aug., 1691, was "admitted to the degree of full communion desired," as a member of the First Church in Bradford. She died 8 April, 1709. He was published 14 Dec, 1709, to Han- nah Moody of Newbury, Mass., and was married 26 Jan., 1710-11, to his third wife, Hannah Moody, by Rev. Mr. Tappan. Mrs. Han- nah Tenney was bom 4 Jan., 1669, a daughter of Samuel Moody, of Newbury, Mass. She died 29 Oct., 1745; wife, Hannah, "being dismissed from ye church in Newbury, was admitted to full com- munion** of the First Church in Bradford, 1 July, 1716. (Church Record.) Residence Bradford, now Groveland, Mass.

Among the first settlers of Bradford, Samuel Tenney's lot was the ninth beginning from the east end of the town. (Peny.) His house was very near, or the place, where Mr. T. H. Finney now (1903) lives. Thirty years ago Rev. Mr. Charles Tenney (VH) found a spoon, knife, and bits of ware in the earth- works of the old house. (Next door neighbor, Mrs. N. Wallingford.)

In 1712 he was appointed deacon " while the town worshipped together." (Perry's Hist., p. 61.) Samuel Tenney was moderator of the first Parish meeting of East Bradford. (Perry, p. 40.) In " 1713, Dea. Samuel Tenney town Clerk this year." (Bradford Record.)

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Tythingham, 1694-5. Fence viewer, 1692-7. Selectman, 1690-4, 1722 and 1726.

Feb. 2, 1712, the church met "very generally" and chose Lieut. Samuel Tenney and Sergeant Baily for something indistinct in Record. (Church Record.) He was chosen ruling elder for **Ea8t end" 28 Mch., 1718, receiving every vote but one at a church meet- ing of fifty-two brothers. (Church Manuel, 46, 47.) The one vote was very probably his own.

** Elder Samuel Tenney " was one of four to inform Rev. Mr. Par- sons of choice of him as their pastor. May 28, 1727, all members of Bradford church, living in East Precinct, on petition dismissed to form a new church. (Church Record.) June 7, 1727, the Second church in Bradford, East Precinct, was organized. Rev. William Balch, pastor. Among its first members^ Samuel, Daniel, and Jona- than Tenney, also Mpses Worcester, husband of Mary Tenney. (Gage, p. 110.) July 28, 1727, dismissed from First Church and admitted to the Second Church, Hannah, Dorothy, Sarah Tenney, and the wife of John Tenney. (Gage, p. 111.) He wrote shorthand, and it was his habit to take down the sermons, and during the inter- mission he would read these notes to the people who stayed at the meeting-house ; " said exercises were with prayer and good whole- some instruction." (Perry, 62 : 3.) He was a fine singer, and led the service of song for twenty-five years. He was both by nature and grace one of the most distinguished men of the times, and as he grew old he was truly patriarchal. (Perry.) He repeatedly held office of the greatest merit in his native town. (Hist. Essex, 88.) Lieutenant in the Continental army; a member of the Colonial Assembly in 1725, when, fifty years before the Declaration of Inde- pendence, he was one of the thirty who voted against receiving the King's charter. " A step more bold than that of the fifty-six signers of 1776." (Prof. J. Tenney, Albany, X. Y.)

From the will of his great-uncle. Deacon William Tenney: "If my nephew Samuell Teny do stay with his aunt till he arive at the iige of twenty one years of age he shall have twenty pounds payd him, out of my estate, if his cariage be pleasing to his aunt, but if he and his father thinks it better that he go away at the beginning of winter and have nothing, he shall be at liberty." Dated 3 August, 1685; proved 29 September, 1685. (Essex Probate.) Daniel Moulton of Hampton, X. H., weaver, transfers to Samuel Tenney

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of Bradford, land in Kingston, N. H., 17 March, 169^7. (Essex Deeds, 9 : 25.) He purchases of Richard Kimball, Jr., of Bradf ord> for £5, salt marsh at Plum Island, Rowley, about three or four acres, with consent of wife, Mehitable Kimball, 9 March, 1702-3. (Essex Deeds, 16 : 38.) He transfers to Ezra Rolf of Newbury one-half acre in Bradford, 21 June, 1715. Witnesses, John Tenney and Joseph Tenney. (Essex Deeds, 30 : 110.) Abner Dole, William Dole, and Richard Dole, Jr., all of Newbury, for £18, convey to Elder Samuel Tenney a five-acre thatch bank known as Bradley's Island, in Row- ley, on Plum Island river, 14 October, 1723. (Essex Deeds, 42 : 36.) Benjamin Lynde, Esq., John Turner, Esq., Richard Kent, Esq., and Captain Daniel Epes, Commissioners of Province, for £320 transfer to Elder Samuel Tenney, yeoman, three lots of land in Bradford, viz.: two, thirty, and twenty-eight acres, 17 February, 1724-5. (Essex Deeds, 45 : 5.) Samuel Hale of Bradford, for a parcel of meadow, to Samuel Tenney, four acres in Crane meadow in Bradford, 6 April, 1726. (Essex Deeds, 49 : 261.)

He died 3 February, 1747-8, and was buried at Groveland ceme- tery, surrounded by many of his name, and an eighth of a mile from his home. His tablet is of slate, elaborately decorated, standing twenty-six inches by twenty, with a four-inch thickness, and this inscription : " Here lies the body of Elder Samuel Tenney, who died February 3, 1747-8, in the 81st year of his age."

Will of Samuel Tenney, yeoman, " being in health of body," dated 23 October, 1735 : " To be buried in decent Christian burial at ye discretion of my two sons-in-law, Moses Woster and Nathaniel Kimball." To wife Hannah he gives what the law gives her ex- cepting the right in Kingston land. He has given heretofore all his real estate to his sons Daniel, Jonathan, and Philip Tenney, and heirs of son John Tenney, deceased, by deed. " To sons Joseph^ who is appointed executor, and Samuel, and daughters Abigail Haseltine, Mercy Woster, Susannah Baily, Sarah Tyler, Dorothy Kimball, and the children of my daughter Ann Kimball, deceased," all personal estate. The right in Kingston to "my grandchild, Samuel Haseltine." Witnesses, John Pembarton, Thomas Stickney, and Nathan Bailey. Proved 21 March, 1747-8.

RECEIPT OF HEIRS.

Bradford, 1 Sept., 1748, John Bay ley for Susannah Bayley. Bradford, 4 Apr., 1748, Abigail Haseltine.

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Bradford, 2 Apr^ 1748, Nathaniel Kimball for Dorothy Kimball. Bradford, 4 Apr., 1748, Moses Woster for Mercy Woster. Bradford, 2 Apr., 1748, Ephraim Kimball for heirs. Bradford, 4 Apr., 1748, Samuel Tenney.

Littleton, 80 Mch., 1748, Samuel Tiler for Sarah Tiler. (Essex Probate.) Birth of the children from Town Record. Children :

59 •Abigail, b. 22 Nov., 1689.

Ch. (2 w.) :—

60 •Mercy, b. 28 Oct., 1691.

61 *John, b. 8 Dec., 1692.

62 *Sii8aniiah, b. 5 Feb., 1694-5. 68 ♦Sarah, b. 29 March, 1696.

64 ♦Samuel, b. 17 Dec., 1697; bapt. Dec., 1697.

65 ♦Joseph, b. 16 Mch., 1698-9.

66 ♦Ann, b. 24 Sept. 1700.'

67 ♦Daniel, b. 14 Feb. 1702.

68 ♦Jonathan, b. 8 Dec., 1708.

69 ♦Dorothy, b. 20 Dec., 1704.

70 ♦Philip, b. 16 Dec, 1706.

Our progenitor Elder Samuel Tenney was accustomed to pray

earnestly for his " children and children's children's children to the

latest generation." How much of the good that has been in his

decendante may be in answer to his prayers? Who can say?

(Manuscript.)

80.-III.-6.

Margaket Tenney, who was baptized 13 November, 1681 (Row- ley Church Record), daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Hidden) ; married in Rowley, Mass., 30 December, 1701, Jacob Barker, son of

Nathaniel and IVlary ( ) Barker. Residence, Rowley. She

was a member of the church, having " owned ye covenant " 19 Oct., 1701. Mr. Barker was born 14 January, 1676-7, and died 27 Janu- ary, 1725-6. His will, dated 21 January, 1725-6, proved 21 Feb- ruary, 1725-6, mentions the following children : (Essex Probate, 15 : 165.)

Mrs. Barker married 20 May, 1728, her second husband, Jeremiah Hopkinnon, son of John and Elizabeth (Pearson) of Rowley. Mr, Hopkinson was bom 23 December, 1678, and died 11 September 1768. She died 26 April, 1742. Children :

71 Jacob— Thomas— Joseph— Nathaniel. 75 Mercy — Hannah — ^Mary.

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81.— in.-6.

Ann Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 26 August, 1683, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Hidden) ; married in Rowley, 23 October, 1704, Aquila Jewett, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Law) Jewett of Rowley. Residence, Rowley, where she was admitted to the First Church, 2 April, 1699. (Church Record.) She died 6 March, 1723. He married, 10 March, 1724, second wife, Martha Pearson, who died 26 October, 1752. He married a third wife, Mrs. Mary (Jackson) Hovey, who died 27 November, 1761. (Essex Probate, 38 : 212, for her will.) He died 24 November, 1760. (Town Record.) His will was dated 6 December, 1769, proved 22 December, 1760, and mentions the children, and grandson, Aquila, who was to have the great Bible. (Essex Probate, 87 : 225.) Children :

78 William, b. 15 July, 1706; bapt. same day; m. tf June, 1727,

Hannah Pickard; res., Littleton, Mass.

79 Mehitable; bapt. 8 Dec, 1706; m. 10 Dec., 1730, Ezekiel

Sawyer. She d. Nov., 1774.

80 Rachel, b. 80 Jan., 1708-9; m. 18 Nov., 1729, Enoch Dole;

res., Littleton.

81 Ezra, b. 14 Oct., 1710; bapt. 15 Oct., 1710; res., Littleton.

He d. 16 Mch., 1793, at Westford.

82 EUzabeth, b. 10 Sept., 1712; bapt. 14 Sept. 1712; m. 17 May,

1733, Isaac Kimball.

83 Bethiah, b. 11 July, 1715; bapt. 17 July, 1715; m. 8 Mch.,

1788-9, Wm. Webster.

84 Abel, b. 10 Apr., 1717; bapt. 14 Apr., 1717; m. 24 Jan., 1739-40

Mary Pingree.

85 Amos, b. 22 July, 1719; bapt. 26 July, 1719; m. 1 Nov., 1744,

Jane Tenney. He was a ruling elder in Liinel»xx>k parish, Rowley. They had five children.

86 Jeremiah, b. 28 Feb., 1722-3; bapt. 3 Mch., 1722-8; m. 26

Nov., 1747, Jane Searle, who d. 18 July, 1816. He was deacon in First Church of Rowley.

84.-in.-6.

Hannah Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 27 January, 1689-90, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Hidden) ; she was published 22 November, 1712 ; married Lieutenant Jeremiah Ellsworth, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Jewett) Ellsworth of Rowley. They resided at Rowley. He was bom 5 December, 1692, and died 28 January, 1779. Mrs. Ellsworth died a few days after her husband's death (Early Settlers.) Children :

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87 Sarah, b. 17 Apr., 1714; m. 18 Aug., 1744, Eben Hidden.

88 Thomas, b. 26 Moh., 1716; m. Lucy Hidden.

89 Hannah, b. 14 Jan., 1718; d. 24 Dec., 1742, " with a cancer."

90 Jeremiah, b. 80 Deo., 1719; m. Mary Clark.

91 Jonathan, b. 18 Jan., 1721-2; m. Eunice Tenney.

92 Nathaniel, b. 16 Apr., 1724; d. 10 Oct., 1728. 98 Margaret, b. 12 June, 1726; d. 80 Oct., 1728.

94 Nathaniel, b. 18 Feb., 1728-9; m. Mary Smith.

95 Infant, d. 28 July, 1781, " without baptism.''

86.— III.— 6.

Samuel Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 21 August, 1692, son of Thomas and Margaret (Hidden) ; married in 1712, Ann Cressey* who was bom 5 April, 1688, and bapt. 29 September, 1689, daugh- ter of William and Anne (Hadden). They "owned ye covenant" 6 June, 1714. She died 22 Dec, 1717, "of palsy or apoplexy." (Rowley Record.) He married 18 December, 1718, his second wife, Sarah Duty, who united with the church in Rowley 25 April, 1731, and died 21 December, 1767. For the sum of £72 he transferred to William Bennett of Rowley nine acres of land in Rowley. Wife Sarah releases her dower, 1 February, 1720-1. (Essex Deeds, 39:121.) Samuel Tenney was a cooper, 30 November, 1719. (Essex Deeds, 89: 101.) On the right of his father as a soldier in the Narragansett war, he received in 1735, lot No. 2, land grant in !Maine. (Buxton, Vol. 22, p. 278, Archives.) He died suddenly 6 February, 1746-7. (Church Record.) His daughter Elizabeth was mentioned in the will of her great-great-uncle, Joseph Quilter, 28 January, 1723-4. (Essex Probate, 15 : 28.) Residence, Rowley. Children:

96 *Elizabeth, b. 15 Jan., 1713; bapt. 6 June, 1714. (Town and

Church R.)

Oh. (2w.):—

97 ♦Samuel, b. 17 Aug., 1719; bapt. 23 Aug., 1719. (Town and

Church R.)

98 •Thomas, b. ^ Jiily. 1721 ; bapt. 9 July, 1721. (Town and

Church R.)'

99 Ann; bapt. 13 Oct., 1723; d. 15 Dec, 1728.

100 Sarah; bapt. 26 June, 1726; d. 25 Dec., 1728.

101 Moses; bapt. 26 Jan., 1728-9; d. 23 June, 1730.

102 Sarah; bapt. 1 Aug., 1781; d. 6 Aug., 1731.

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86.— m.— 6.

Ruth Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass^ 26 February, 1694, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Hidden) ; published at Rowley 29 July, 1718; married Samuel Duty, 1 October, 1718, by Mr. Edward Payson. Residence, Newbury, Mass. Her father, Thoma* Tenney, gave to this family, ** in consideration of their having been helpful to me and my wife in several years past, and to enable my said son and daughter to be further helpful to me and my wife in our old age, my now dwelling house and land, about eight acres, and pasture land in Rowley." (Essex Deeds, 63 : 213.) Dated 30 Jan., 1726-7. Other daughters are mentioned in the deed.

89.— III.— 6.

Abigail Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 12 Dec, 1688, daugh- ter of James and Abigail (Lambert) ; married in Newbury, Mass.^ 31 August, 1715, to RnKftrt. (1f^]p of Great Britain, by Rev. John Tufts. Residence, Newbury. I have not found the date of their death. Children :

103 , Abigail, twin, b. 29 May, 1719.

104 Robert, twin, b. 29 May, 1719.

105 Joseph, b. 10 July, 1722.

106 Benjamin, b. 16 Jan., 1724.

107 James, b. 18 June, 1728.

40.-in.-e.

John Texney, born in. Rowley, Mass., 6 April, 1692, son of James and Abigail (Lambert); married in Bradford, Mass., 16 March, 1747, Abiah Merrill. Residence, Byfield parish, Rowley, where he died 29 January, 1772. Widow Abiah addressed the court, stating she was " very old and infirm and incapable of settling^ the estate," etc. Administration on estate of John Tenney, yeoman, granted to Joseph Poore, 6 April, 1772. (Essex Probate, 347 : 374.) Inventory returned : Homestead, forty acres and buildings thereon, £120; also three acres meadow in Bradford, £4; whole amount, £160.48.10d. (Essex Probate, 352 : 242.) The date of her death is not obtained. Child :

108 *James.

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4i.-ni.— 6.

Hjlnxah Tennet, bom in Rowley, Mass^ 4 April, 1695,-daughter of James and Abigail (Lambert); married in Newbury, Mass., 1 December, 1717, Ijficholas Cheney, by Rev. Moses Hale. This was the year of " the great snow " ; many one-story houses were covered (Coffin). "Love laughs at locksmiths" and "will disregard a snow drift." Mr. Cheney was bom 14 March, 1692. He bought half of his father's home place, 2 July, 1714; and there resided. He drew a lot in Narragansett (Buxton, Me.), in 1735, but never lived there, passed his life in Byfield parish. They were members of the church and children were baptized. The date of their death is unknown to the compiler. Children :

109 Abigail, b. 14 Oct., 1718; m. 24 May, 1768, Abner Bailey.

110 Samuel, b. 17 Oct., 1720; d. 11 March, 1742.

111 Gershom, twin, bapt. 16 Feb., 1728-4.

112 Mdad, twin, bapt. 17 Feb., 1728-4. 118 BeDjamin, b. 18 April, 1725.

114 Nicholas, unrecorded, known by a deed of land from his

father, 1778.

115 David, bapt. 30 Mch., 1729.

116 Hannah, b. 28 Jan., 1782-8; d. young.

117 Hannah, bapt. 12 Dec., 1786; m. 25 Nov., 1755, John Holman.

42.— m.— 6.

Gebshom Tenxey, bom in Rowley, Mass., 19 May, 1698, son of James and Abigail (Lambert) ; married Priscilla ( ). Resi- dence, Boston, Mass. He was among the subscribers to ^Princis Chronology" (Prof. J. T.). Boston, Mch. 29, 1725, in answer to petition of Jacob Griggs and Gershom Tenney to build each of them a wooden house in Atkinson pasture fronting on Long Lane as set forth in their petition entered in the book for recording tim- ber; building granted by selectmen on 28 Mch., 1726.

They petitioned and were allowed to lay drains from their cellar in Long Lane, on 14 March, 1763 ; Gershom Tenney was chosen one of twelve " scavingers," chosen again 12 Mch., 1764, to serve one year (Selectmen's record).

"Gershom Tenney of Boston, for £20 to my brother John Ten- ney of Rowley, Mass., transfers by deed the land I inherited from my father, James Tenney." (Essex Deeds, 49:204.) Dated 21 February, 1720-1. "Gershom Tenney, late of Boston, sailor, de-

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ceased." (Suffolk Probate, 76 : 16.) The will of Gershom Tenney, dated 16 June, 1768 : "In the name of God, amen. I give and dis- pose of, giving my beloved Wife PrisciUa, in view of her Dower and thirds, my apparell, Books, and all my Household Fftmiture and movable goods, for her own forever, also the improvement of the Westerly Half or part of my dwelling House in Boston with the Cellar under it and half of the yard room and Alley leading from the Street and appoint her Executrix of this Testament and order her to pay all my just Debts and all Charges. Then I desire my two Sons-in-Law and Daughters, Isaac Chittenden and Persis his Wife, Benjamin Allen and Deborah his Wife to furnish my Executrix with money to pay the same. Then aU the rest of my Estate be improved or divided equally between my said named children, but if they refuse or neglect seasonably 1^ bring money to discharge the Debits, Then I order the Easterly land of my House or my Wood land sold for payment as Executrix thinks best. Westerly Part of my House after my Wife's decease to be equally divided as above. If the income ... be not sufficient to support her comfortably then my said Sons and Daughters or their Heirs equally be at the charge thereof." (Suffolk Probate, 67 : 313-14.) Witnesses, Peter Clark, Eben Faxon, and James Penniman. Probated 13 January, 1769. Children:

118 Persis, h. 27 Oct., 1727; m. Isaac Chittenden of Maiden,

yeoman. (Suffolk Probate, 76 : 16.)

119 Deborah; b. 14 Aug., 1729; m. in Boston, Mass., 8 Dec.,

1748, Benjamin Allen, by Rev. Thomas Foxcroft.

43.-ni.-e.

Bexjamix Tenxey, bora in Rowley, Mass., 26 Jan., 1793-4, son of James and Abigail (Lambert); published 15 Aug., 1727 (Charles- town Records); married in Boston, Mass., 4 Jan., to Elizabeth Gardner, by Rev. Joseph Sewall. Benjamin Tenney of Boston, for £21, deeds his title in his father's, James Tenney's, estate in Bradford and elsewhere (inherited), to his brother, John Tenney, dated 19 Jan., 1725-6. (Essex Deeds, 49 : 205.)

A guardian appointed for Elizabeth Tenney, age 15, daughter of Benjamin Tenney of Sudbury, 10 Dec, 1744. (Cambridge Probate.) He was styled yeoman. Xo other dates received.

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46.-ni.-7.

Thomas Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 28 May, 1681, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Stickney) ; married in Rowley, 17 Dec, 1705, Sarah Tenney, daughter of Thomas and 3Iargaret (Hidden). I do not find the date of her death. He was married 20 May, 1720, to his second wife, Sarah Taft, by Rev. Joseph Dorr. Thomas Tenney bought land in Mendon, deed dated 23 May, 1717 ; proved 17 Mch., 1730. Residence, Mendon, "Easterly Precincts," now Milford, Mass. In 1745 he made addition to his acres, extending them from Cedar Swamp to the foot of Bear Hill, with ample width east and west. (Milford History.)

On. 15 Dec, 1729, he deeds to his son, Moses, for consideration, land in Mendon (32-482). Gave him land 17 Mch., 1745-6. He buys 10 acres of land for £26 from Thomas Jones, 8 Dec, 1732 (3-269). On 25 June, 1733, he sold land for £10 (4-275). Deeded to son, Isaac (not married at this date), house and land for £500, 24 July, 1746 (32-494), also to son, Isaac, £7 " floor in meeting house on which my pew stands." Signed 22 Oct., 1747 (49-480). He was a carpenter and housewright. His will dated 25 July, 1746. Probated 5 Feb., 1754. Executrix (Sarah, his wife) to half of the real and movable estate. The children, Moses and Thomas, have 408. each in bills of credit, old tenor, besides settlement and support above made; his son, Isaac, 20s. and all his husbandry, utensils, and implements, provided he keeps and sustains two cows every year during ** the life of Sarah his wife. Also all real estate of his wife after her decease, provided he comply as above, and that she be carried to the place of worship of God at such times as she shall require," and pay other legacies. The daughters: Elizabeth, has £56 with 408. and half of the household stuff of her own mother, deceased^ with weaver's loom and appurtenances ; Phebe, the same> except £5 in lieu of the loom and appurtenances. Children :

120 *Mo8es, b. 7 Sept., 1707; bapt. 14 Sept., 1707.

121 Infant daughter; bapt. between 28 Aug. and 11 Sept., 1709.

122 Elizabeth, b. 6 Apr., 1712; bapt. 6 Apr., 1712; m. 18 Jan.,

1759, William Legg.

123 Phebe, b. 6 Jan., 1716; bapt. 18 Jan., 1716-17; m. 4 May,

1748, Ichabod How of Brookfield. Oh. (2w.):—

124 *Thomas, b. 18 May, 1721.

125 *l8aac, b. 22 Feb., 1723.

126 Daniel, b. 22 Dec., 1728; " may have died young."

32 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

48.-ni.-7.

Daniel Tenxey, bom in Rowley, Mass., 2 March, 1689-90, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Stickney); married Priscilla Wood at Newbury, Mass., 28 November, 1711. She died in 1780, aged 95 years. (Byfield Record.) Residence, Bradford, where they " were admitted to full communion" of the First Church, 1 November, 1713. (Church Manual.) He married, 2 January, 1721-22, his second wife, Elizabeth Bailey of Newbury, Mass., by John Dummer, Esq. (Town Record.) He removed to Rowley, and for £36 pur- chased of Solomon Nelson of Rowley nine acres of land on the west side of Long Hill in Rowley, 12 December, 1724. (Essex Deeds, 44 : 247.) In 1735 he received on the right of his father, from the Narragansett land grant, lot No. 7. (Vol. 22, p. 277, Archives.) Mr. Tenney died 21 March, 1756. His will was dated 22 April, 1752, and proved 12 April, 1756, viz. : " Daniel Tenney, yeoman, being ill and weak of Body." To his wife Elizabeth he gives one half of the buildings and one half of the income of the real estate during widowhood. To son Nathaniel all land and buildings in Rowley and elsewhere, and ^ my right in the com mill and all mov- able estate " ; he to pay all honest debts, funeral charges, and said legacies. Appointed executor. "To son Stephen, £40; to son Daniel, £26.138.4d. ; to daughter Bethiah Plummer, £4.12s.8d. and a mourning sute ; to daughter Sarah Brocklebank, £5.9s.4d. and a mourning sute." Witnesses, John Bailey, Jeremiah Burpee, and Elizabeth Bailey. (Essex Probate, 333 : 456.) Wife Elizabeth was bom 15 Nov., 1685, a daughter of John and Mary (IVIighill) Bailey of Rowley. Mrs. Tenney received property from her father, who died "coming fi-om Canady," 19 November, 1690. His widow was administratrix of his estate, 22 April, 1691. (Early Settlers.) She again received, 7 May, 1705, by will of " The Aged Widow Faith (Parratt) Low." (Essex Probate, 8 : 176.) Mrs. Elizabeth Tenney died 26 January, 1780. Children :

137 *Stephen, b. 20 May, 1713; bapt. 28 Oct., 1722.

128 Priscilla, b. 1 Aug., 1714; bapt. 8 Aug., 1714.

129 Richard, b. 28 Mch., 1716; bapt. 1 Apr., 1716.

180 *Bethiah, b. 22 Mch., 1718; bapt. 30 Mch., 1717-18.

181 •Sarah, b. 19 Sept., 1719; bapt. 27 Sept., 1719.

182 *Daniel, b. 22 May, 1721; bapt. 28 May, 1721.

Ch. (2w.):— 188 •Nathaniel, b. 29 Jan., 1728-4; bapt. 2 Feb., 1728-4.

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60.— HI.—?.

John Tennbt, bom 14 October, 1696 ; son of Daniel and Mary (Hardy) of Byfield parish, Rowley, Mass. He was published, and married 23 Kovember, 1723, Sarah Palmer of Haverhill, Mass. Dates of death not found. Children :

184 Hannah, b. 7 Jan., 1725-6.

135 'James, b. 8 Jane, 1728.

186 John, b. 16 Feb., 1782.

61.-III.-7.

William Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 23 October, 1698 ; son of Daniel and Mary (Hardy) ; published in Newbury, Mass., 3 Septem- ber, 1720, to Mehitable Pearson, a daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Thurston) Pearson of Newbury. She was bom 18 May, 1695; baptized 23 June, 1695 ; and died ** very suddenly," 1 March, 1749: (Chxirch Record.) Residence, Newbury.

The will of Mr. Pearson mentioned Wm. Tenney. (Essex Pro- bate, 321 : 304.) Richard Dole for £250 deeded William Tenney thirty acres m Rowley, 6 Sept., 1726. (Essex Deeds, 47 : 257.) He purchased of Judah Trumble of Rowley, for £13 four or five acres in Rowley near Hale's bridge 6 March, 1723-4. (Essex Deeds^ 53 : 114.) Richard Dole and Samuel Stickney transfer to William Tenney, cordwainer, for £15, land in Rowley^ below Pen Brook^ ninth lot on letter **J," 9 April, 1724. (Essex Deeds, 54:133.) His will, dated 23 March, 1782, was proved 6 December, 1784, and mentions sons William, Richard, and Oliver ; daughters Ruth Blan- chard, Hannah Pearson, Mary Noyes, Jane Jewett, and Eunice Ellsworth. ^ Son Oliver to be executor and to receive all the real estate and buildings.'' (Essex Probate, 382:18.) The baptism from the Byfield parish church record. He died 29 September, 1874. Children :

137 Mehitabel, b. 28 Jan., 1722; bapt. 11 Nov., 1722.

188 *Wmiam, b. 19 July, 1728.

139 •OUver, b. 17 Mch., 1728-4; bapt. 1728-4.

140 *Jane, b. 15 June, 1726.

141 *Ruth, b. 28 July, 1728; bapt. 4 Aug., 1728.

142 *Eunioe, b. 20 May, 1780; bapt. 24 May, 1780.

143 Hannah, b. 15 June, 1782; bapt. 18 June, 1732; pub. 24 Apr.,

1755, to Oliver Pearson of Newbury^ Mass.; removed to HopMnton, N. H.

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144 Benjamin, b. 17 Apr., 1785; bapt. 80ct., 1736; d. 13 Oct., 1786.

145 *Riohard, b. 2 Oct., 1736; bapt. 8 Oct., 1736.

146 Mary, bapt. 18 May, 1740; m. Mr. Npyes.

68.— ni.— 7.

Ebenezeb Tfiih^EY, bom in Rowley, Mass., 12 Angust, 1703, son of Daniel and Mary (Hardy); married Ann (— — ), who died 19 October, 1753. He was published in Rowley, 29 April, 1754; married his second wife 28 May, 1754, Mary Woodbury. She was dismissed from the First Church in Rowley in June, 1757, to unite with Linebrook parish church, Rowley. She died and he married

his third wife, Moore. Residence, Linebrook parish, where he

was one of the wiginal church members, 15 November, 1749. (Gage's Hist., 37 : 99.) He was one of thirty-seven men enrolled under Captain Northand's Alarm List. (Gage, 211.) He died about 1795. Children :

147 Judith, bapt. 1 July, 1733; d. when young.

148 Sarah, bapt. 18 Feb., 1738-9.

149 *Edmund; bapt. 6 Sept., 1741.

150 Son, d. in infancy.

151 Ebenezer, b. 2 Jan., 1767; d. young.

Ch. (3. w.):—

152 Judith, b. 3 Dec., 1758; m. 7 Apr., 1797, Reuben How.

66.-IV.-8.

Susanna Atwood, bom in Maiden, Mass., 13 April, 1689, daugh- ter of Capt. Philip and Sarah (Tenney) ; married before 1714, Robert Kimball, son of Benjamin and Mercy (Hazeltine). He was bom in Bi-adford, Mass., 6 March, 1675-6, yeoman ; died 24 Febru- ary, 1748-4. They resided in Bradford, and are buried in the old cemetery. He bought, March 3, 1703, of his father-in-law, Philip Atwood, land which had formerly belonged to Henry Kemble, blacksmith of Boston. Children :

153 Susanna, b. 25 May, 1707; m. 29 Mch., 1726, Ebenezer Ayer.

154 Rachel, b. about 1709.

155 Philip, b. Feb., 1711-2.

156 Sarah, b. 12 Feb., 1713-4; m. 28 June, 1783, John HaU.

157 Ebenezer, b. 29 Dec., 1716; res. Bradford and Haverhill,

Mass.

158 Joseph, b. 9 Nov., 1719; res. Hampstead, N. H.

159 Abigail, b. 10 Apr., 1722.

160 OUver, b. 24 May, 1724; d. Salem, N. H.

161 Solomon, b. 19 Jan., 1727; d. Haverhill, Mass.

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69.-IV.-9.

Abigail Tennet, bom in Bradford (now Groveland), Mass^ 22 November, 1689, daughter of Elder Samuel and Abigail (Bailey); married Nathaniel Haseltine of Haverhill, Mass. Birth of the chil- dren from City Record, other dates have not been secured. Chil- dren:

162 Jeremiah, b. 34 June, 1712.

168 John, b. 6 Mch., 1718-4; d. 14 June, 1802.

164 Abigail, b. 2 Mch., 1716.

166 Samuel, b. 10 June, 1717-8. (He received land from his grandfather Tenney.)

166 Joseph, b. 10 Feb., 1720; d. 14 Feb., 1720.

167 Deliverance, b. 19 Dec, 1720.

168 Susanna, b. 28 May, 1723.

169 Henry, b. 26 July, 1725.

170 Nathaniel, b. 16 June, 1728. •

171 Deborah, b. 12 Apr., 1780.

172 Hannah Moody, b. 12 Dec., 1782.

60.— IV.— 9. Mbbct Tennky, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 28 Oct, 1691, daughter of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton), mar- ried 26 Jan., 1718-19, Moses Worcester, bom 13 Dec, 1691, son of

William and Martha ( ). Residence, Bradford, Mass., where

he united with the First Church 29 Dec, 1723. She had united with the same church 26 Aug., 1711. Birth of children from Town Record. Children :

178 Moses, b. 19 Aug., 1720.

174 Martha, bapt. 26 Aug., 1728.

176 Sarah, b. 16 Feb., 1726-7.

176 William, b. 4 Feb., 1728.

177 Mercy, b. in July, 1784.

61.-IV.-9.

John Tenney, bom in Bradford (now Groveland), Mass., 8 Dec- ember, 1692, son of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton); mar- ried in Rowley, Mass., 23 January, 1717-18, Hannah Jewett, daugh- ter of Deacon Maximilian and Sarah ( ) Jewett of Rowley.

Mrs. Tenney was born 6 April, 1699, baptized 9 April, 1699, and united with the church in Bradford 24 April, 1720. Residence, Bradford^ Mass., where he united with the First Congregational Church 1 May, 1720. Mr. Tenney died 23 August, 1732. Widow Hannah appointed administratrix 6 October, 1732. (Essex Deeds,

86 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

67 : 238.) Daniel Tenney of Bradford was a surety on her bond of £1,000. Inventory on the personal property, amount £221.18., besides land and buildings. The widow was allowed £40 ^for bringing up ye young children.'^ Receipts on file for shares in the estate, signed by Jonathan Tenney, guardian of John, a minor, Philip Tenney, for David and Ebenezer, Maximilian and Hannah, minors. (Essex Deeds, 819 : 149.)

By division of Deacon Jewett^s real estate, 28 March, 1780-81, Mrs. Tenney received property. (Essex Probate, 19:18.) By her mother's will, proved 28 September, 1771, she received property. (Essex Probate, 47 : 89.) The day Mrs. Tenney was a hundred years old she walked unsupported over the Haverhill bridge. (Mrs. Kimball.) Her life embraced one year in the seventeenth century, all of the eighteenth century and until March, 1802, in the nineteenth century. She died at her son'^ home in Ward Hill, Bradford, Mass. Mrs. Hannah Tenney at the time of her death had at least 147 descend- ants. Four of her sisters were living the year before her death, the youngest of whom was ninety-four years old.

(Essex Co. Probate Records, 19, pp. 49-18, 89-19, 226-21, 196- 25, 181.) ChUdren.

178 ♦Maximilian, b. 6 July, 1719; bapt. 26 July, 1719.

179 ♦Hannah, b. 8 Nov., 1721.

180 ♦John, b. 7 Apr., 1723-4.

181 Ann, b. 18 Oct., 1726.

182 David, b. 11 Feb., 1728-9 ; d. 17 Mch., 1747. 188 'Ebenezer, b. 1 Mch., 1780.

e2.-iv.— e.

Susanna Tenney, bom in Bradford, (now Groveland), Mass., 5 Feb., 1694-5, daughter of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton) ; mar- ried, in 1712, Deacon John Bailey, bom in Bradford, 26 Nov., 1691, son of Dea. Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull).

He was a bricklayer and yeoman and lived in Bradford until 1718, when he removed to Haverhill, and thence to Methuen in 1725. He was a deacon of the North Church of Methuen (now in Salem^ N. H.), and was living in Methuen in 1768. Children :

184 Samuel, b. 28 Aug., 1713.

185 Sarah, b. 21 Sept., 1715.

186 Hannah, b. 21 Sept., 1718.

187 ♦John, b. 18 Feb., 1720-1.

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188 Joehna, b. 5 Sept., 1728 ; m. Sarah Davis.

189 Susanna, b. 8 Dec, 1725 ; d. 18 June, 1782-8.

190 Jonathan, b. 22 Apr., 1728, settled in Salem, N. H.; m.

Mn-rthfl. Clark.

191 Moses, b. 11 Sept., 1780 ; lived in Salem, N. H.; m. Elizabeth

Merrill, in Boxford, Jan. 27, 1758.

192 Susanna, b. 10 June, 1738 ; m. Nathaniel Kimball of Box-

ford, 29 July, 1761.

68.— IV.— 9.

Sabah Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 29 Mdi., 1696, daughter of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton) ; mar- ried in Bradford, 12 Jan., 1720-1, Samuel Tyler. (Town Record.) She united with the First Congregational Church 12 July, 1713. (Church Manual.) She died in Littleton, Mass., in 1772. Mr. Tyler died at Ashbumham, Mass., in 1778-9. Child : 198 Sarah, b. 19 Ajxr., 1724 ; m. Samuel Tenney.

64.— IV.— 9.

Samuel Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 17 Dec, 1697, son of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton) ; married in Bradford, 5 Jan., 1719-20, Sarah Worcester, daughter of William and Martha (Cheney) Worcester of Bradford. Mrs. Sarah Tenney was bom 11 Feb., 1697-8. They united with the First Church 24 Apr., 1720. (Church Manual.)

March 16, 162d-7, Jacob Hardy, Jr., of Bradford, to Samuel Ten- ney of Bradford, land and meadow in Littleton, Mass., for $238. Samuel Tenney of Littleton bought land as early as 1 December, 1737 (Middlesex Co., Cambridge); 6 May, 1741, bought 9 acres in Long meadow, and sold the 20 July, 1742. John Murray of Rut- land deeded to Samuel Tenney of Littleton land in new township called Poquioge, 22 July, 1757 (38-284), Worcester Co. He also deeded land in Poquioge to son, Cheney Tenney, cooper, of Little- ton, 23 October, 1760 (106-314), Worcester Co. He bought land in Ashbumham from Ezekiel Haskell of Ashbumham, 600 acres, 7 Feb., 1777 (79-87) ; Samuel Tenney of Littleton bought 70 acres of land of J. Powers for $300, 26 April, 1756. Simeon Proctor of Littleton to Samuel Tenney of Littleton, husbandman, £35.13s.4d., 72 acres of land in Ashbumham, 10 Dec, 1772. (Record, p. 134.)

He sold to his brother, Daniel Tenney, for £17, five acres in the Bailey meadow in Bradford, which he bought of Ebenezer Burbank

88 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

in partnership with brother John Tenney; date, 1 November, 1726. Witnesses, Samuel Tenney, Senior, and Philip Tenney. (Essex Deeds, 49 : 262.)

" Samuel Tenney and Caleb Hopkinson, of full age, depose that they and several others were chosen by East precinct of Bradford to dispose of some land belonging to Bradford in 1727, etc. Sworn to 27 November, 1728." (Essex Deeds, 60 : 268.)

He removed to Littleton, Mass., about 1727-8, where Mrs. Ten- ney died. He married in Bradford, 28 December, 1749, his second wife, Elizabeth Fales of Bradford, " daughter of ye widow." She united with the First Church 2 November, 1746. He and his wife, Elizabeth, of Littleton, sold Thomas Cross of Haverhill, Mass., land in Bradford. Dated 12 January, 1749. (Essex Deeds, 99:218.) He died in 1777. The first three children were bom in Bradford ; the others were bom at Littleton, eleven children, it is said. Chil- dreu:

194	♦William, b. 20 Jan., 1720-1.
195	♦Parrat, b. 12 Nov., 1723.
196	♦Samuel, b. 24 May, 1726.
197	Martha, b. 8 May, 1729.
198	Sarah, b. 80 July, 1781; m. Thomas Stiokney, Jr., 6 June,
	1761.
199	Dorothy, b. 6 July, 1784.
200	♦OUver, b. 12 Sept., 1736.
201	Hattie, b. 17 May, 1738; d. when nine weeks old.
202	♦Cheney, b. 2 Oct., 1789.
208	Hannah, b. 8 Jan., 1741.

66.— IV.-9.

Joseph Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 16 March, 1698-9, son of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton); married at the First Church in Bradford 14 February, 1722-3, Abigail (Annie) Wood, a daughter of John and Isabel (Hazen); daughter of Edward Hazen. Mrs. Tenney was born in Bradford 14 Decem- ber, 1700, and united with the First Congregational Church 7 Sep- tember, 1718. He had previously united with the same church 6 July, 1718. (Church Manual.) In 1723, he removed to Norwich, Conn., and that same year was admitted to the colony.

The birth of the children received from Norwich Town Record. Mr. Tenney removed to Woodbury, Conn., where he died 20 April, 1775. The original inventory of his property is extant, and now

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with the papers of the late Prof. Jonathan Tenney, Albany, N. Y. Said inventory bears date of 3 July, 1775. Valuation, £821.17s.ld. (E. A. Tenney.)

From an old deed, viz.: "Joseph Tenney of Norwich, Ct., in 1756, for and in consideration of ye Love, Good will, and Parental affection that I have and do bear towards my well Beloved son John Tenny, of the same Norwich aforesaid wherewith — with I am fully satisfied and contented (and as the whole of his Portion of my Estate and later described) fifty acres on Easterly side of Shetucket River,'' etc. (E. A. Tenney.)

I have not received the date of Mrs. Tenney's death.

The family were remarkably fond of going to church. They built them a house near the church, and they were all accustomed to assemble at Sabbath noons and commune with each other and with God. (Rev. W. L. Parsons' letter.) Children :

204	♦Joseph, b. 22 Apr., 1724.
ao5	♦Anne, b. 6 Feb., 1726-7.
306	♦John, b. 2 Sept., 1729.
207	♦Sarah, b. 17 Sept., 1731.
206	♦Asa, b. 4 Sept., 1738.
209	♦EUjah, b. 25 June, 1735.
210	Jesse, b. 14 June, 1789; d. in infancy.
211	♦Jesse, b. 20 Apr., 1741.
212	♦Hannah, b. 24 Apr., 1748.
	ee.-iv,-9.

Ann Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 24 Sep- tember, 1700, daughter of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton); married in Bradford 12 January, 1720-1, Ephndm Eomball of Brad- ford. Residence, Bradford, where she imited with the Church in 1716. He united with the First Church 28 February, 1720, "Deo Gloria.*' (Church Manual.) He owned land in Rowley, Lunenburg, Mass., and Chester, N. H. Residence, Bradford, Mass. He died 28 December, 1743 ; his will approved Jan. 23, 1743-4. He ordered his negro girl to be sold. Children :

218 Ephraim, b. 16 Aug., 1722; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

214 ♦Dorothy, b. 80 June, 1724; received into church Oct., 1741.

67.— IV,— 9. Daniel Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 14 Feb., 1701-2, son of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton); married

40 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

Sarah Kimball, who died 81 Aug^ 1732, aged twenty-seven years. He married 15 May, 1738, his second wife, Ann Coleman of New- buryport, Mass., by Rev. Christopher Tappan. Residence, Bradford, where he imited with the Congregational Church 26 Jnne, 1720, and died 7 May, 1751; Widow Ann Tenney admitted to the church in Bradford 29 May, 1761. (Essex Co. Probate Records, 30, pp. 84, 188, 146, 199, 83, 166).

Children named Daniel and Sarah, "over fourteen years,** Shubael " under 14 years were put under guardianship of " Deacon Jonathan Tenney of Bradford 9 Dec, 1751. Daniel Tenney was appointed 6 March, 1738, guardian of Maximillian "upwards of 14 years of age " and son of his brother, John, of Bradford.

In a deed dated 1 September, 1750, and signed by Daniel Ten- ney, one of the witnesses appeared before the court in March, 1758, and made acknowledgment. (Essex Deeds, 115:17.) His son, Thomas, appointed administrator, 19 August, 1751. (Essex Deeds, 330 : 167.) Bond, £1,000. Widow Ann refused administration at Bradford 18 November, 1751. She says in a note that Thomas is her eldest son. Inventory taken 4 November, 1751; about 130 acres of land with buildings thereon, including some land in Town- send and Rowley ; real estate, £359.68.8d.; whole amount of inven- tory, £486.58.5d. Money, £1.5s.6d. (Essex Deeds, 330 : 265.) Divi- sion and distribution of estate ; dower set off to widow, Ann Ten- ney, 20 April, 1752; eldest son, Thomas; a double share to Sarah, only daughter ; Daniel, second son, and Thomas, " to pay Shubael money." (Essex Deeds, 338:838.) Widow Ann died 28 June, 1768, aged sixty-eight years. They are buried in the family lot at Oroveland, under a decorated slate tablet with face, etc., which is Ted with age. The birth of tiie children from Town Record. Chil- dren:

dl5 Deborah, b. 80 June, 1726.

316 Daniel, b. 26 July, 1780; d. in infancy.

217 •Thomas, b. 26 July, 1780.

Oh. (2w.):—

218 ♦Daniel, b. 16 Mch., 1784.

219 Jonathan, b. 29 July, 1785-6; d. 24 Aug., 1786, with " throat

distemper which {xrevailed this year."

220 ♦Sarah, b. 29 July, 1737.

221 ♦Shubael, b. 5 Jan., 1739-40.

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68.— IV.— 9, Deacon Jonathan Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), ft December, 1708, son of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton) ; married Rebecca Hardy, daughter of Daniel and Martha

( ) Hardy. Mrs. Tenney was bom in Bradford, 12 December,

1706; united with the church 10 December, 1727; and died in April, 1738-9. He was married by David Wood, Esq., in Haverhill, Mass^ 29 April, 1740, to his second wife, Mrs. Lydia (Hale) Perley, who was bom in Boxford, Mass., 23 March, 1710-1, daughter of Joseph and Widow Joanna Dodge Hale. She married first Nathan Perley of Boxford, 20 March, 1732-3, who died in February, 1739. Her only Perley child who survived was Nathan Perley, who settled on Scotland Hill in Haverhill. Mrs. Lydia Tenney united with the church 18 January, 1740. She died 6 June, 1803, aged ninety-two years. To her memory a decorated slate tablet may be seen in the family lot at Groveland cemetery. Residence, East parish, Bradford. He united with the church 1 May, 1720, and was appointed deacon in 1747. The following half century four of the eight deacons chosen in tiliis church were Tenneys. (Perry's Hist., 61.) " Jonathan Tenney, husbandman, appointed guardian of John Tenney, Jr., age upwards of fourteen years. Bond, £1,000, dated 21 May, 1739.** (Essex Probate.) " Deacon Jonathan Tenney, gentleman, of Brad- ford, guardian of Daniel and Sarah Tenney, upwards of fourteen years of age, and Shubael Tenney, minor children of Daniel Tenney, late of Bradford. At the request of widow Ann, December 9, 1751.'' (Essex Probate.) He died 24 February, 1786. The birth dates of the children are from the Bradford Town Record. Children :

232 *Merabah, b. 4 Mch., 1727; bapt. 2 Apr., 1727.

228 Bebecca, b. 20 Jan., 1728-9; d. 22 June, 1786. Her tablet is

decorated with a dainty little face.

224 ♦EUphalet, b. 18 June, 1781; bapt. 17 June, 1781.

225 ♦Daniel, b. 28 Feb., 1782-8; bapt. 26 Feb., 1782-8.

226 ♦Jonathan, b. 26 July, 1786; bapt. 1 Aug., 1788.

Oh. (2w.):—

227 ♦Rebecca, b. 14 Sept., 1741; bapt. 20 Sept., 1741.

228 ♦Benjamin, b. 17 Jan., 1742-8; bapt. 1748.

229 ♦Lydia, b. 81 Oct., 1744; bapt. 1744.

280 ♦Joanna, b. 19 Apr., 1746; bapt. 20 Apr., 1746.

281 ♦Samuel, b. 28 Nov., 1748.

282 ♦Joseph, b. in 1760.

288 IVjggy (Margaret), b. 15 Dec., 1754; admitted to the church

in 1781; lived to be over 96 years of age.

42 THE TENNBY FAMILY.

69.— IV,— 9.

Dorothy Tennby, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Groveland), 12 February, 1704-5, daughter of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boyn- ton); married 9 January, 1729, Nathaniel Kimball of Bradford. Residence, Bradford, where she was admitted to the First Church 26 June, 1782, and died 11 November, 1784. He was bom in Bradford, 30 August, 1700, and died in 1772. Their children were baptized and were members of the church. Nathaniel Kimball and Moses Worcester, sons-in-law, were appointed by Elder Samuel Tenney in his will to superintend his burial. Children :

284 Moses, b. 8 Dec., 1729; d. 19 May, 1746.

286 Ann, b. 24 Feb., 1731; d. 1761.

286 Sarah, b. 7 Oct., 1788; m. 17 Feb., 1756, Jonathan Ohadwick.

287 Lydia, b. 21 Oct., 1786; m. 28 Apr., 1768, John Thurston of

Fitchburg, Mass.

288 Rebecca, b. 8 Aug., 1787; m. 14 Feb., 1769, Wm. Foster of

Boxford, Mass.

289 Nathaniel, b. 22 June, 1789; m. (Ann) Susanna Bailey.

240 Jonathan, b. 10 Jan., 1741-2; d. 19 Feb., 1768.

241 Samuel, b. 18 Nov., 1748; residence, Boxford, Mass.

242 Dorothy, bapt. 3 Dec., 1746; d. young.

248 Daniel, b. 11 June, 1747; m. Elizabeth Tenney.

244 Hannah, b. 29 June, 1749; m. 11 July, 1779, Moses Spoflford.

70.— IV.— 9.

Deacon Philip Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass. (now Grove- land), 16 December, 1706, son of Elder Samuel and Sarah (Boynton) ; married 30 June, 1730, Jane Hale, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Palmer) Hale of Groveland, Mass., in that part of the town known as "Hale's Comers." Mrs. Tenney's mother, Mrs. Martha Hale, was the first person buried in Groveland cemetery June ye 14, 1723. Head and foot stone are illustrated in book of inscriptions by Dr. L. A. Woodbury; also a fine picture of the homestead in "An Historical Sketch," by the same author.

Residence, East parish, Bradford, in a large two-story house and L situated at the junction as you pass from Groveland to Savaryville, and very near his father's on the opposite side of the street. He was chosen deacon in Congregational Church, 1764. (Perry, 61.)

Voted to Philip Tenney, for two payer of gloes (gloves) for Mr. Puffer's funerel 48., date 1752. (Hist. Essex Co., p. 2101.)

Mr. Tenney received a commission from the governor of Massa-

Dea. Philip Tenney*s Homestead.

Samuel Tbnney House, cx)r. Seven Star Road and Central St., Grovel and.

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chusettB, bearing the seal of George II, making him an ensign of Second Foot company in the town of Bradford in the Fourth Regi* ment of Militia in the county of Essex. Said document is held by Rev. William L. Tenney (VIII). Guardianship of Ebenezer and David Tenney, children of John Tenney, late of Rowley, granted to Philip Tenney 20 September, 1742. (Essex Deeds, 319:149.) Receipt of children of John Tenney by Philip Tenney. (Essex Deeds, 325 : 261.) He died 21 December, 1783 ; buried in Grove- land cemetery under a broad decorated slate tablet.

The will of Deacon Philip Tenney, gentleman, " being Infirm of Body," bequeaths to wife, Jane, " the use of one-third of my land,, and that part of the house which I now improve, the garden, etc., for her Hfe ; the firewood to be supplied by my three sons, Solomon,, William, and John." To son Solomon, land at Bare Hill and land in the new pasture ; the Harriman lot in Bradford and Rowley, and salt marsh at Bletchf ord (so called) ; to son William, various lots of land, with the house and bam ; to son John, several lots of land ; to daughter Jane, wife of Jeremiah Fames, £6, " my great Bible '* and "a gold necklace." Sons Solomon and William, executors; witnesses, Thomas Tenney, James Palmer, and William Greenough.. Dated 1 July, 1771 ; proved 5 January, 1784. Inventory, eighty- seven acres of land, with house, etc., £551.15s. ; personal property,. £94.11s.8d. "Part of a pew in the Meeting house," £2.8s. ; military armor, £1; "Bible and other Books," £1.13s. (Essex Probate.) He bad land in Bridgton, Me., and Townsend, Mass. Children :

245 Martha, b. 11 July, 1781; d. 15 Aug., 1732.

246 Mary, b. 15 Oct., 1731; d. 18 Sept., 1780.

247 Samuel, b. 24 Oct., 1735; d. 15 Sept., 1786.

248 •Solomon, b. 19 June, 1787.

249 ♦William, b. 6 May, 1740.

250 Jane, b. 26 May, 1742; m. 5 Mch., 1761, Jeremiah Eames. 261 AUoe, b. 19 Mch., 1746; d. 19 Dec., 1749.

252 ♦John, b. 1 Mch., 1750.

96.-1V.— 86. Elizabeth Tenney, bom 15 Jan., 1713; daughter of Samuel and Ann (Cressey) ; was published in Rowley, Mass., 23 Feb., 1734, to Richard Lowell, Jr. At the time of marriage he was of Boston, re- moved to Rowley, a blacksmith, bom in Newbury in 1712. Mrs Lowell was mentioned in the will of her great-great-uncle, Joseph.

44 THE TBKNBY FAMILY.

Quilter, 27 Jan^ 1723-4. (Essex Probate, 15 : 28.) Mrs. Lowell had two children, names and dates not found. She died. He married second Elizabeth Cooper of Newbury and seven children were 1)om to them.

97— IV.— 86,

Samuel Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 17 Aug., 1719, son of Samuel and Sarah (Duty) ; published at Portland, Me., in 1762, to Elizabeth Atwood. He resided on *' Great Diamond " Island, at that time called ** Great Hog," in Casco Bay. His occupation was obtaining fish and whale oil. Removed to Raymond, Me. In early years a son engaged in the same business, and the old farm has to- day (1902) the iron kettle 3 feet in diameter. Mrs. Tenney died 16 Apr., 1830. They were the parents of eight children. He was one of the four men who first settled in the town. (C. T.) Chil- dren:

258 *Samuel.

254 ♦Henry, b. 1 June, 1773.

255 ♦John, b. 1 July, 1779.

256 Lydia; d. 80 Oct., 1849.

98,-IV.-86,

Thomas Tenxey, bom in Rowley, Mass., 7 July, 1721, son of Samuel and Sarah (Duty) ; married in 1746 Hannah Boynton of Newbury, Mass. Residence, Rowley. They were received into full communion of the First Churdi of Rowley, 10 July, 1748. (Church Record.) He was a member of the first foot company ^ train band " of sixty-five men under Captain Northand, 16 May, 1757. (Gage, 209 : 10.) Again in 1759, under Captain Thomas Poor, and enlisted the latter part of 1759 in Col. D. Appleton's regiment. (Gage, 223:4.) The date of his death about 1761-2. Thomas Mighill of Rowley was appointed guardian of Samuel Ten- ney, about fourteen years old, son of Thomas Tenney, late of Row- ley (Ipswich), deceased. Dated 13 December, 1762 ; bond, £1,000. The birth dates of the children from Town Record. Children :

257 ♦Michael, b. 22 Aug., 1746 • bapt. 7 Sept., 1746.

258 ♦Samuel, b. 15 Sept., 1748 ; bapt. 25 Sept., 1748.

259 ♦Moses, b. 81 Mch., 1751 ; bapt. 81 Mch., 1751.

260 Joseph, b. 12 Sept., 1758; bapt., Sept., 1758. He was

drowned at the entrance of Boston harbor in 1772.

261 Sarah, b. 8 Jan., 1756 ; bapt. 29 Feb., 1756 ; m. Mr. Oum-

mings and died under thu*ty years of age.

262 Hannah, b. 7 Mch., 1758 ; d. in childhood. (S. T.)

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108.— IV.-40.

Jakes Tenney, bom in Byfield, in 1728, son of John and Abiab (Merril) of Byfield parish, Rowley, Mass. ; published 4 Oct., 1754 ; married Mary Heath, daughter of Nathaniel Heath of Hampstead, N. H. He was a private in the company of Captain Jonathan Pearsons^ of Newbury Mass., in the old French war. He enlisted under Col. Greenleaf and Capt. Gerrish 26 July, 1766. (Vol. 94, p. 341, Mass. Archives.) He was among men who did not report at roll-call at camp at Fort Wm. Henry, 11 Oct., 1756; marked dead. (Vol. 94, p. 467, Mass. Archives.) He died 11 Aug., 1756.

Joseph Poor ** gentleman," appointed guardian of Sarah Tenney^ aged seventeen years daughter of James Tenney, late of Rowley, « yeoman, deceased." Date, 31 Mch., 1773; bond, £200. Sarah Tenney of Hampstead, " spinster, aged seventeen years," represents that she is sole heir to the estate of her grandfather, John Tenney of Rowley, deceased, by and with the consent of "my mother, Mary Tenney," widow of James Tenney, son of said John Tenney, 9 Feb., 1773. (Probate Record.) Receipt dated Rowley, 31 January, 1777. Joshua Fields and Sarah Fields, his wife, ** formerly Sarah Tenney," daughter of James Tenney, late of Row- ley. " Receipt of Joseph Poor, guardian for said Sarah, all the estate of our grandfather, John Tenney, late of Rowley." (Essex Probate, 352 : 242.) Child :

368 Sarah, b. 5 Oct., 1755 ; m. Joshua Fields.

120.— IV.-45.

Moses Tenxky, bom in Rowley, Mass., 7 September, 1707, son of Thomas and Sarah (Tenney) ; married Susannaf^^^, who died 30 August, 1736. He married 16 March, 1738, his second wife, Han- nah Whitney of Uxbridge, Mass. Residence, Milford, Mass., where he was one of the original members of the new Congregational Church, 15 April, 1741, and where the children were baptized. (Hist, of Milford.) He removed from Milford, and died 2 June, 1770^ in Upton, Mass.

" May, ye 14 1735, william Roberson and moses Tenney made a division of their land on magomi sco which was pvrchased of James, lovet which division is a f oloweth the said Roberson to have twenty- one Rod in breadth att the sovtherly End of said land and said, tenny to have the Remainder the said twenty one Rod to be an^

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Eqvall breadth ctob said land." (Proprietors' Record of town of Mendon, p. 306.)

^ deoember ye 4th 1735 laid ovt For moses tenney seven acers of land viz four acers seventh division and three acers eigth division laid joyning to his other land west from his hovse.'' (Proprietors* Record, p. 602.)

" March ye 3 1749 50 Laid out to Moses Tinney one acre of his fathers seventh and eighth division of land laid Joyning to his other land west from his house and is bounded east on his own land twentynine Rod North on his own 12 Rod west of land of Robert Sanders." (Proprietors' Record, p. 939.) Moses Tenney of Men- don and Hannah, his wife, for £200 sells 2 or 3 lots of land to Eben Read, 29 Nov., 1762, sworn 2 Dec, 1762.

He buys 6 acres of land from John Jones of Mendon 1 March, 1730-1 (34:166), Worcester Co., also buys land from Samuel Toney of Mendon for £160. 121 acres in Upton 3 Nov, 1762 (54:399). He deeds to Josiah Tonney, husbandman, of Mendon, land 16 March, 1756 (39-50).

He removed to Upton, Mass. In his will dated 28 May, 1770, and proved 12 June, 1770, he made the following bequests : " To wife, Hannah, all wearing apparel, household furniture, saddle, and pillion, my horse, one cow, all my boards, one third my money and my books. To son, Josiah, leaves thirteen shilling four pence, my square and eight joiners tools marked with the letter J. To son, Moses, leaves his iron bris and nine tools marked with the letter M. To daughter, Hannah Hayward and heirs, a weaver's loom. To son- in-law, Nathan Peck, and daughter, Sarah, wife of above, the rest of my money, a grindstone, a loss chain, a beetle, rings, and two iron wedges, a broad hoe, a narrow axe, a scythe, and scythe packing a sickle and pitchfork, and all my board nails. To daughter, Susanna, an eight and twenty weaver's stay or slay. To daughter, Phebe, a six and twenty weaver's slay or stay, and to son, Joshua, all the residue of husbandry, carpentry tools, and joiners' tools, and indoor and outdoor movable tools. My beloved friend, Josiah Fiske, made executor." An inventory of his estate amounted to 122s. 13d. Children :

204 Josiah, b. 24 Sept., 1734.

265 Stephen, b. 7 June, 1736; d. 22 June, 1737.

Ch. (2 w.):—

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966 ♦Moses, b. 17 Oct., 1740.

367 Samuel, b. 10 Oct., 1741; probably died before 1771, as he

was not mentioned in his father's will.

268 Hannah; m. Aaron Hayward 25 Apr., 1768.

369 ♦Joshua, b. 1 Apr., 1748.

270 Sarah, b. 28 Mch., 1747; m. Nathan Peck.

371 Susanna, b. 24 Nov., 1760.

272 Phebe, b. 8 Sept., 1756.

124.— IV.— 46.

Thomas Tennky, bom in Milford, Mass., 18 May, 1721, son of Thomas and Sarah (Taft) ; married 6 Dec, 1744, Abigail Bullen of Medway, Mass. He resided at Milford until after the birth of his son, Samuel, then removed to Holliston, Mass. He was a cooper ; his &ther by will leaves him 40s. in bills of credit old tenor besides settlement and support.

Thomas Tenney of Mendon, Mass. ^ March ye 1720, laid ovt to Thomas tenney, fourteen acers of land viz ten acers of his seventh division of f ovr acers of land which he pvrchast of the propriators of mendon and is laid Joyning to his other land (Proprietors' Record, p. 511) Janvary ye 3 1737-8 laid together att the great medow '^ (p. 513.) The record of his death not found. Children :

278 Samuel, b. 19 July, 1746; bapt. 6 Apr., 1746.

274 Deborah, b. 16 Sept., 1747; d. 20 Sept., 1748.

276 Daniel, b. 18 May, 1749.

276 Ebenezer, b. 24 May, 1761.

277 Sarah, b. 8 May, 1766.

278 Ruth, b. 6 Mch., 1767.

279 Thomas, b. 29 July, 1768.

280 Isaac, b. 28 May, 1760.

281 Oliver, b. 21 Aug., 1762, twin.

282 Olive, b. 21 Aug., 1762, twin; m. Seth Sprague 9 Aug., 1788.

283 AbigaU, b. 8 July, 1764.

126.— IV.-46. Isaac Texney, bom in Milford, Mass., 22 Feb., 1723, son of Thomas and Sarah (Taft) ; married 25 June, 1752, to Susanna Whit- ney, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia ( ) Whitney, by Rev.

Amariah Frost. Mrs. Tenney was bom 1 Feb., 1728 ; Mr. and Mrs. Tenney were members of the church and had their children bap- tized. His father deeds to him for £500, house and land in Men- don 24 July, 1746, and he also received his father's pew in the meeting-house.

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His will, dated 20 July, 1761, proved 26 Aug^ 1761, mentions only wife Susanna, and two minor children, Elizabeth and Lydia. On back of will is diagram of lots to be given to his daughters, posi- tion of his house, bam, etc. He was very sick and feeble at this time and knew that he could not live long. An inventory gives a value of £115.3s.8id. to estate. On 10 Sept., 1761, two Hol- liston people made affidavit that in July they heard Isaac T. give to his brother Moses his best suit of clothes and best pair of shoes. On 14 Mch., 1770, Samuel Warren was appointed guardian of Elizabeth and Lydia Tenney, daughters of Isaac T. of Mendon, aged respectively 12 and 10 years. Mrs. Tenney was married 2d,. 11 April, 1764, to Noah Wiswall, by Rev. A. Frost. (History Mil ford.) Children :

284 Ruth, bapt. 18 May, 1763.

285 Jonathan, bapt. 20 Apr., 1755.

286 Elizabeth, b. 1758.

287 Lydia, b. 1760 ; m. Jonathan Forrestall 8 Nov., 1781.

127.— IV.-48.

Stephen Tenney, bom in Bradford, 20 May, 1713, bapt. 28 Oct., 1722, in Byfield parish, son of Daniel and Priscilla (Wood) ; mar- ried Mary Taylor, daughter of David Taylor, of Tolland, Ct. He went from Rowley to Upton, Mass., which then included Upton, Milford, Mendon, Hopkinton, and Uxbridge. He is named as being selectnwin there in 1739, 41, 42, 43 and 45. About 1746, Stephen moved to Westboro, Mass., where the remaining children were bom. Stephen Tenney, housewright, of Westboro, bought land in West- boro, from Jedediah How of Brookfield, for £827, 20 Feb., 1746 (26 : 124). On 15 Mch., 1762, he bought land for lOs. from Moses Johnson of Hopkinton, Mass. (58:546). On 3 June, 1762, Stephen (then of Marlboro) buys 2 acres of land from Joshua Childs, of Marl- boro, for £6.138s.4d. (54:120). On 19 Apr., 1777, he (then of Northboro) for £150 buys 3 acres of land in Barre, from Simeon Nye of Barre, and on the same date he buys for £200, of Jonathan Gates of Barre, land in Barre ^81:482, 483). On 31 May, 1779, he buys land in Barre of Richard Kelly ; his residence is given as Barre (105 : 522). On 17 June, 1779, he deeds to Daniel Tenney of Barre, for £1,700, land in Barre. Mary, his wife, was alive at that time and made her mark on the deed. Rachel Tenney was witness to

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signatare. Stephen Tennej appeared at court and made oath to the above 12 Feb., 1786. The above from Worcester Co., Records.

Stephen Tenney and his wife Mary assigned to Daniel Fiske of Wenham, Essex Co., all land purchased from Thomas Read, 25 May, 1742, for £800. Stephen Tenney and his wife Mary appeared and acknowledged deed 16 June, 1746. Upton and Hopkinton rec- ords of land at registry of deeds at Cambridge (2 : 6^). He died in Barre, Mass., 1785. Children :

388 Jofiiah ; killed in a saw mill at the age of 34 years ; he

left one son, Ozias, who settled in Gommington, Mass.

389 Simeon.

390 Betty, b. 7 Sept., 1746 ; m. Mr. Nichols of Barre ; no issue ;

d. 1838.

391 •Daniel, b. 35 June, 1748.

393 PrisciUa, b. 11 Feb., 1751 ; d. at the age of 13 years. 398 •Rachel, b. 11 Feb., 1753.

394 *Abel, b. 36 Nov., 1758.

395 ♦John, b. 4 Feb., 1757.

396 •Gideon, b. 16 Aug., 1759.

180.— IV.— 48. Bethiah Texney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 22 Mch., 1718, daugh- ter of Daniel and PrisciUa (Wood) ; married 8 Nov., 1789, Thomas Plnmmer, Jr., who died 12 May, 1770, aged about fifty-one years. Mrs. Plummer died 30 Apr., 1790. Children;

397 Joseph, b. 38 Nov., 1740.

398 Asa, b. 37 Dec, 1743 ; d. 30 Dec., 1800.

399 Moses, b. 34 Jan., 1744.

800 Stephen, b. 1 Jan., 1746.

801 Silas, b. 33 June, 1750.

803 Ruth, b. 36 Apr., 1754.

808 Thomas, b. 10 Mch., 1756 ; m. Elizabeth Chandler.

181.-IV.-48. Sarah Tekney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 19 Sept., 1719, daugh- ter of Daniel and PrisciUa (Wood) ; married 1 Jime, 1738, John Brocklebank of Rowley, Mass., by Justice KimbalL Residence, Georgetown, Mass. Children :

804 John ; m. Sally Fowler ; res. Greorgetown.

805 Daniel ; m. Holmes.

806 James ; m. Adams ; res. Newbnryport, Mass. ; d. Spring-

field.

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807 Samael ; lived and d. in N. H.

808 Daughter ; m. John Adams ; res. New London, N. H.

809 Daoghter ; m. Joseph Pike ; res. New London, N. H.

810 Daughter ; m. Mr. March ; res. Walpole.

132.— IV.-

Dan^iel Tenney, j3oni in Bradford, Mass., 22 May, 1721, son of Daniel and Priscilia (Wood); married in Rowley, Mass., 16 Mch., 1742, Rebecca Dickinson of Rowley, Mass., who was bom 22 Jan., 1719, daughter of Samuel and Ruth. She received property by will of her father, proved 14 Mch., 1757 (Essex Probate, 34 :186-7). Res- idence, Rowley. He removed soon after, 14 Sept, 1746, to Sutton, Mass., where he died 23 Oct., 1812.

Mrs. Rebecca (Dickinson) Tenney was a granddaughter of Cap- tain Philip Nelson who was bom in England, about 1683, graduated at Harvard college 1654, married Elizabeth (Lowell) 1 Nov., 1666. Oaptain Nelson was under Sir William Phipps against the French at Nova Scotia. (Hist. Coll., Vol. V, p. 143.)

Daniel Hall to Daniel Tenney, Sutton, Mass., for £75 sold 25 acres of land bordered by land now owned by Tenney, 21 Nov., 1764. Arthur Daggett to Daniel Tenney of Sutton, yeoman, 39 acres land near old parish in Sutton, for £459. Signed 12 June 1783. (Worces- ter Co. Record of Deeds.) Daniel Tenney of Sutton, Mass., wheel- wright, bought land of Jonathan Bacon, 1 Apr., 1748 (30 : 31). Also mentioned in deeds as having land dated 21 April 1761 (43 : 496), 28 Aug., 1780 (91:212). 28 Nov., 1775 (92:87), 15 Mch., 1799 (136: 451). He sells to Simon Tenney of Sutton, wheelwright, land on road to Grafton, 23 Jan., 1772 (79:74), 400 acres of land; 13 Sept., 1787, signed by Rebecca Tenney, witnessed by Gideon Tenney.

Daniel Tenney of Sutton mentioned in deeds dated 3 Oct., 1836, 14 Jan., 1837, 30 June, 1837, 31 Jan., 1838, 7 May, 1834,29 Sept., 1836, 24 Sept., 1839, 9 Feb., 1839 (Worcester Co.). His will made 11 May, 1801, proved 29 Oct., 1812, mentions wife Rebecca, chil- dren Simon, Susanna Blanchard, Phebe Hovey, Mary Nancy Phelps. Inventory, real and personal property, 11,243.56. Children:

311 Marion, b. 7 July, 1744; bapt. 8 July, 1744; d. 19 Dec., 1747.

812 'Simon, b. 18 Sept., 1746; bapt. 14 Sept., 1746. 818 Marion, b. 12 Jan., 1750; d. 20 Oct., 1756.

814 •Susanna, b. 15 Dec., 1751.

815 Ruth, b. 16 Dec., 1754; m. 21 June, 1778, Samuel Trask and

d. 20 Jan., 1825; res. Leicester, Mass.

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816 Phebe, b. 23 April, 1759; m. 14 Aug., 1777,. Moses Hovey;

d. 25 April, 1810.

817 ♦Mary (Nancy), b. 11 Apr., 1761.

188.-IV.-48.

Nathaniel Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 29 Jan., 1723-4, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bailey) ; married 1 Oct., 1747, Eliza- beth Boynton, daughter of Richard and Jerusha (Hutchins) of Bradford, Mass.

" She was a very pleasant, worthy, pious woman ; " died 29 Aug- ust, 1759, age thirty-three years. He married his second wife, Sarah Pike ; " in social character, temperament, and habit, ahnost a perfect contrast to his first wife, and accustomed to carry her point." She died 10 October, 1808, aged seventy-six years. Residence, By- field parish, Rowley. " He lived to quite an advanced old age, was a strong-minded, godly man, of a firm Puritan stamp, fixed in his principles, which he never founded without mature investigation." In October, 1747, he signed the "Whig covenant" relating to the non-importation of British manufacture. (Gage's Hist., 233.) In December, 1772, he served on a committee as to the rights of the colonists ; again on committee of safety in 1776, and 18 Marcli, 1777. (Hist, of Rowley, 237 : 252.) He built the present house on the "ancestral estate near Long Hill," where he hospitably entertained in old-time manner. He passed. to the "many mansions " 22 June, 1810, and was buried in the Byfield cemetery. (Rev. S. G. Tenney, VI.) Children:

318 ♦Samuel, b. 16 Nov., 1748; bapt. 20 Nov., 1748.

819 Mary, b. 10 June, 1750, d. 13 July, 1777 "of an imposthume

in her head, and fever."

820 Elizabeth, b. Feb., 1762; d. 10 Feb., 1752.

821 •Lois, b. 17 Feb., 1758; bapt. 18 Feb., 1753.

822 •Thomas, b. 25 July, 1755.

828 Dolly, b. 25 July, 1757; m. 8 Mch., 1781, Benjamin Pike (her

stepmother's brother) . They had a large family. Ch. (2w.):—

824 Elizabeth, b. 80 Sept., 1761; unmarried; d. Mch., 1886.

825 •Enoch, b. 8 Feb., 1768.

826 ♦Sarah, b. 11 Oct., 1772.

185.— IV.-60. Jakbs Tenney, bom 8 June, 1728, son of John and Sarah (Pal- mer) of Haverhill, Mass., published 6 Oct., 1754 ; married Mary

62 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

Heath of Hampstead^ N. H. He served as private in the old French war under Capt. Jonathan Pearson's company (Bodge), and died 15 Aug., 1756. Child :

837 Sarah, b. Rowley, Mass., 1 Oct., 1755.

138.~IV.— 61.

William Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 19 July, 1728, son of William and Mehitable (Pearson) ; married 7 November, 1745, Ann Jewett, daughter of Deacon Daniel and Elizabeth (Hopkinson) Jewett. She was bom in Rowley, 19 July, 1723 ; bapt 21 July, 1723, and received property by her father's will. (Essex Probate, 15 : 260.) He removed from Rowley to HoUis, N. H., about 174&- 7, and paid his first tax there in 1747, the amount being 7s. This tax was the last tax collected in Hollis under the authority of the King. (Worcester's Hist.) He was a sealer of leather in 1748, selectman m 1769 and 1770. He died 22 March, 1783. When Rev. Daniel Emerson would comfort het respecting her departed husband, she, with great emphasis, said to him : ^^ Do talk to me respecting my risen and ascended Lord, and not respecting my dead husband." ( C. J. Tenney, D. D.) Mrs. Tenney removed her church connections from the First Church of Rowley 28 August, 1748. She died 1 July, 1794. ChUdren :

838 ♦Benjamin, b. 38 Oct., 1746.

839 ♦Martha, b. 13 Apr., 1749.

880 ♦William, b. 17 Mch., 1761.

881 ♦Ann, b. 38 Sept., 1755, or 7 Jan., 1759.

189.— IV.— 61.

Oliver Tenney, bom in Newbury, Mass., 17 March, 1723-4, son of William and Mehitable (Pearson) ; married 30 April, 1752, Betty Jewett of Newbury. (Town Record.) They resided in Byfield parish, Rowley, Mass. At a town meeting held 17 March, 1770, he was appointed to consider measures proper to prevent importation and encourage home manufacture. (Hist, of Rowley.)

In December, 1778, he was appointed to take action to prevent the spread of the smallpox. (Gage's Hist.) In 1784 he was ap- pointed the executor of his father's estate. Mrs. Tenney died 9 January, 1818, "of old age," aged eighty-five. The date of his death has not been obtained. His will, dated 2 March, 1808, was proved 7 April, 1812, and mentions " wife Betty, son David, son

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Benjamin, son Samuel, daughter Mehitable Belcher, and her chil* dren [Harriet and Oliver], daughter Ruth Burbank, daughter Jane Young, daughter Olive Tenney, daughter Lois Foss, granddaugh- ter Mary Taylor, granddaughter Betty Sawyer." Sons Moses and Oliver were to have all the real estate and to be the executors. (Essex Probate, 382 : 181.} Children :

883 •Mehitable, b. 6 Nov., 1752; bapt. 4 Feb., 1768. 888 «Mo6es, b. 8 Sept., 1754; bapt. 15 Sept., 1754.

884 •Betty, b. 81 July, 1756; bapt. 1 Aug., 1756.

885 •David, b. 9 Dec., 1758; bapt. 11 Deo., 1758.

886 •Benjamin, b. 9 Jan., 1761; bapt. 11 Jan., 1761.

887 ♦Ruth, b. 13 Mch., 1768; bapt. 24 Apr., 1768.

888 •Hannah, b. 15 Mch., 1765.

889 •OUver, twin, b. 27 Mch., 1767; bapt. 29 Mch., 1767.

840 OUve, twin,b. 27 Mch., 1767; bapt. 29 Mch., 1767; unmarried;

d. 1887.

841 •Samuel, b. 17 Mch., 1769; bapt. 19 Mch., 1769.

842 •Jennie, b. 24 Feb., 1771; bapt. 17 Mch., 1771.

848 •Lois, b. 27 July, 1778; bapt 5 Sept., 1778. (Names and dates

Town and Ohurch Record.)

140.— IV.-61. Janb Tbxney, bom 15 June, 1726, daughter of William and Mehitable (Pearson) of Newbury, Mass.; married in Rowley, Mass., 1 Nov., 1744, Amos Jewett, bom 22 July, baptized 26 July, 1719, son of Aquila and Ann (Tenney). The will of Aquila, ** sons Stephen and Amos, and grandson Aquila to have the great Bible.'' (Essex Probate, 37:225.) He was "ruling elder'' of the church in Linebrook parish. Residence, Rowley, where five children were bom. He died in 1791. Children untraced. Child :

844 AmoB, b. in 1755 ; d. Dec., 1775.

141.~IV.-61. Ruth Tenney, bom 28 July, 1 728, daughter of William and Mehitable (Pearson) of Newbury, Mass. ; married 25 May, 1748, Samuel Blanchard of Andover, Mass. He was a son of Samuel and Sarah (Johnson) ; baptized 14 June, 1717. They united with the church in Andover in 1756. The children were all over six feet talL Children :

845 Ruth, bapt. 18 Aug., 1751 ; m. Benjamin Tenney.

846 Samuel, bapt. 11 Nov., 1758 ; pub. in 1775 to Lucy Ballard.

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847 ' Eunice, bapt. 10 Aug., 1766 ; pub. in 1778 to Peter Johnson.

848 Solomon, bapt. 27 Feb., 1757 ; d. young.

849 Mary, bapt. 7 Feb., 1762.

850 Solomon, bapt. 1 Feb., 1765.

851 Joshua, bapt. 80 July, 1769.

142.-IV.-61.

Eunice Tenney, bom in Newbury, Mass., 20 May, 1730, daugh- ter of William and Mehitable (Pearson); married in Newbury, 20 Feb., 1753, Jonathan Ellsworth, a son of Lieut. Jeremiah and Hannah (Tenney) Ellsworth of Rowley. Residence, Rowley. He was bom 13 Jan., 1721-2, and died 27 Feb., 1769. She died 31 Dec, 1818. (Linebrook Church Record.) Children:

852 Eunice, b. 4 Oct., 1754 ; m. James Brown of Hamilton ;

pub. 19 Apr., 1796. 858 Hannah, b. 16 Oct., 1756.

854 Sarah, b. 4 Aug., 1768.

855 Jeremiah, b. 13 Nov., 1760 ; killed and buried on the island

of Guadalupe.

856 Jonathan, b. 18 June, 1768 ; res., Avon, Me.

867 William, b. 80 Mch., 1765 ; res.. New York state.

858 Daniel, b. 12 May, 1767 ; m. 2 July, 1800, Dorcas Foster.

145.-IV.— 61.

Richard Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 2 Oct., 1736, son of William and Mehitable (Pearson) ; married 30 Mch., 1762, Abigail Perley, bom 13 May, 1739, a very devout woman (Note-book)^ who died 13 Dec, 1813. Residence, Rowley.

Richard Tenney, private, enlisted 30 Mch., 1778, under Capt. Samuel Waterhouse and Col. Jacob Gerrish, regiment of guards at Winter Hill (Army Roll). In Sept., 1778, he served on a com- mittee ^' to hire one lieutenant and nine privates, on as reasonable terms as they can, and to give advance pay if best." (Gage.) Mr. Tenney died 23 Jan., 1802.

** A husband kind, a parent dear

We moum our loss from year to year." '* Here sleeps in dust a mother dear,

Reader prepare to follow her."

Birth of the children from town records. Children:

859 Sarah, b. 10 Jan., 1763 ; (2 w.) to Nathaniel Shatswell of

Ipswich, Mass.; d. 24 Oct., 1888. "She was very in- telligent," left many MSS. They d. childless.

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860 Elizabeth, b. 20 June, 1764 ; d. immarried 25 Aug., 1843.

861 •David, b. 28 Feb., 1766. 362 ♦Richard, b. 9 Sept., 1768. 863 •William, b. 12 Jan., 1771. SU •Perley, b. 14 June, 1773.

865 •AmoB Jewett, b. 27 May, 1777.

149.— IV.— 58. Edmund Tenney, who was baptized 6 Sept., 1741 (Byfield parish

church record), son of Ebenezer and Ann ( ) ; published in

Rowley, Mass., 23 Sept., 1763 ; married 8 Nov., 1763, Hannah Wood. He was a member of Ipswich company of "Minute Men" who marched upon the memorable alarm of 19 Apr., 1775, from Line- brook parish, under Capt. Abraham How, the distance about eighty miles, the time one or two days. Service approved 3 Apr., 1776. (Mass. Archives, 12 : 146.) After the death of his wife he, with his three sons, removed to New Hampshire. (Lucy M. Tenney.) Resided at Pembroke and Concord, and died at Gihnanton, N. H., a faurmer. Children :

366 «Edmund ; «Mo8es.

868 •Ebenezer, b. 1772.

869 ♦Elijah, b. 6 Apr., 1775.

370 Nancy or Eunice, d. unmarried 23 Dec, 1789.

178.-V.— 61.

Maximilian Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 6 July, 1719, son of John and Hannah (Jewett); was published in York, Me., 18 Dec, 1742, to Mary Harmon, daughter of Capt. John Harmon, all of York. (Town Record.) Residence, York. Mr. Tenney transfers land to Jonathan Tenney, 19 May, 1743. (Essex Deeds, 86: 136.) She died after February, 1761. Children:

371 Hannah, b. 17 Jan., 1743-4. 872 Merpy, b. 28 June, 1746. 378 •John, b. 10 Sept., 1748.

874 Samuel, b. 28 Jxme, 1751 ; m. 24 Nov., 1773, Olive Younfir-

875 Sarah, b. 4 Feb., 1761.

179.-V.-61. Haxnah Tenney, born in Bradford, Mass., 8 Nov., 1721, daugh- ter of John and Hannah (Jewett); married 22 Dec, 1743, Philip Hardy. Residence, Bradford. Children :

66 THB TENNEY FAMILY.

876	Anne, b. 80 Aug., 1745.
877	Hepzibah, b. 20 Nov., 1750.
878	P&nl, b. 18 May, 1768.
879	Zilpha, b. 1756.
880	Charles, b. 1759.
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Lieutenant John Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 7 Apr., 1723-4, son of John and Hannah (Jewett); married 1 June, 1848, Rose Chandler, daughter of William Chandler of Andover, Mass., and a niece and adopted daughter of Rev. James Chandler of Georgetown, Mass. Mrs. Tenney was bom 12 Apr., 1728, and for her beauty was called the JRose of Itowley, She dropped dead in the yard 8 July, 1786. Residence, Rowley (now Georgetown), Mass., opposite the Union cemetery. He was the executor of the will of Rev. James Chandler. Mr. Tenney married 8 Feb., 1786 (2 w.), Mrs, Hannah Hall of Bradford, and removed to Ward Hill, Bradford, Mass. She died in 1811.

•* A new resident in town did not go unnoticed in those times. To the Selectmen of Bradford : Gentlemen, These are to inform you that John Tenney and Rose his wife ; William Tenney, his son and Hannah Tenney his daughter came to this town the 15th of Aperil last from Rowley, and ye widow Hannah Tenney from the town of Pelham in the State of New Hampshire." (Hist. Sketch, p. 26.)

He enlisted as private under Capt. John Savory and Col. Samuel Johnson, in a regiment raised on the alarm of 19 April, 1775, and marched from Bradford to Cambridge, Mass., on the 20 April ; came home the 28 April. Served at Bunker Hill 17 Jun^, 1775. (Army RoU.)

Commissioned first lieutenant in Fifth company of Essex county regiment on 20 June, 1776. Enlisted in Capt. John Dodge's com- pany under Col. Pickering, as first lieutenant 16 December, 1776. Marched through Providence, R. I., to Danbury, Conn., in Decem- ber, 1776. Served three months in New York state ; discharged 15 March, 1777. With others he sent for pay due him, roll dated Springfield, Mass., 16 March, 1777. He died 1 July, 1808; buried in the old cemetery at Bradford, and daughter, Elizabeth, erected a stone to his memory. His will is recorded Essex Probate, Record 76, p. 273, date 5 July, 1786, all the children named. Anna, a

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granddaughter, is made heir to the amount of "a feather hed in her becoming of age, or at her marriage." The eldest, John, and his wife, Hannah, were .executors. Will probated 4 Aug., 1808. Mrs. Hannah Tenney's will (Essex Record, 81, p. 121), date 1 Dec, 1809. Probated 7 Oct, 1811, Moses HftU, executor. Hannah is the only child named in the will. Inventory, 1864.57. Children :

381 •David, b. 4 Apr.. 1749.

382 «Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb., 1751. 888 •John, b. 16 Dec., 1754. 884 •Mary, b. 22 Nov., 1756. 886 •William, b. 5 Oct., 1758.

886 •Hannah, b. 11 Nov., 1762.

188.-V.— 61.

Ebenezsb Tenney, bom in Bradford, Ma«8., 1 March, 1780, son of John and Hannah (Jewett) ; married in Bradford 14 April, 1757, Mary Cheney, bom 29 June, 1735, daughter of Eldad and Joanna (Woodbury). Residence, Bradford, Mass. Children :

887 Alice, b. 19 Aug., 1758.

888 Nathan, b. 22 Oct., 1760.

889 Daniel, b. 22 Feb., 1762.

187.-V,-62.

John Bailey, bom in Haverhill, Mass., 18 Feb., 1720-1, son of Dea. John and Susanna (Tenney); married Elizabeth Corliss of Salem, N. H. She died in 1787, aged sixty-six years. He married second his cousin, Mary (Foster), widow of James Hastings, who lived to be a centenarian. Children :

890 John Moores, b. 8 Nov., 1748; lived in North Salem and

Newbury, N. H.; m. Lydia Eaton of Methuen, Mass., 6 - May, 1772, and had children.

891 Elizabeth, b. 28 June, 1750; m. Jonathan Cross, and lived in

Salem and Canaan, N. H.

892 David, b. 10 Mch., 1752; lived in Bath or HopMnton, N. H.;

m. Sally Amy; had children; was killed by being thrown from a wagon. 898 Dudley, b. 27 Feb., 1754; lived in Stoughton, Mass.

894 Samuel, b. 12 Oct., 1756.

895 PrisoUla, b. 9 Sept., 1758; d. 8 Sept., 1761.

896 Priscilla, b. 2 Oct., 1762.

897 Rachel Whittier, b. 9 Apr., 1766.

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194.-V.-64. William Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 20 Jan^ 1720-1, son of Samuel and Sarah (Worcester); married Sarah Proctor. Mr. Tenney removed with his parents to Littleton, Mass., in 1727. He was a farmer, and owned a large tract of land near Magog pond. He died 7 March, 1804. (Birth of children from Town Record.) Children :

398 ♦Joseph, b. 7 July, 1747 (or 18 July, 1746).

399 ♦William, b. 8 July, 1749.

400 ♦Samuel, b. 7 Jan., 1752.

401 ♦Sarah, b. 17 Mch., 1754.

402 ♦Hannah, b. 4 July, 1756.

408 Zeniah, b. 11 June, 1759; m. 1 Oct., 1782, David Barnard;

res. Acton, Mass.; she d. as did her child.

404 ♦Stephen, b. 11 June, 1768.

195.— V.-64.

Pabrat Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 12 November, 1728,

son of Samuel and Sarah (Worcester) ; married Rebecca ^ who

died at Lancaster, Mass., 24 August, 1802, aged eighty-two years, of old age. Mr. Tenney owned the covenant 8 March, 1744-5, ad- mitted to the full communion of the church 3 July, 1761. Resi- dence, Littleton, Mass., where the children were born ; removed to Lancaster, where Mr. Tenney died 2 May, 1790. Children :

405 ♦John, b. 16 Feb., 1744.

406 Dorothy, b. 2 Jan., 1746; published 5 Feb., 1769, to Joseph

Raymond of Littleton ; d. at Boxboro, Mass. ; had sons in Littleton in 1868.

407 Susanna, b. 24 Feb., 1748; d. young.

408 Jonathan, b. 18 Apr., 1751; d. young.

409 Rebecca, b. 80 Nov., 1756; pub. 28 June, 1776, to Solomon

Shatswell . . . ; m. Ezra WiUard of Lancaster; moved to Maine.

410 ♦Jonathan, b. 24 Feb., 1758.

411 ♦OUver, b. 2 June, 1761.

412 ♦Peter, b. 10 Sept., 1766. 418 ♦Susanna, b. 12 July, 1767.

196.— v.— 64.

Samuel Tenxey, bom in Bradford, Mass., 24 May, 1725, son of Samuel and Sarah (Worcester) ; married Sarah Tyler who was born 19 April, 1724, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Tenney). She and

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her father were dismissed from the church in Boxford, Mass^ & May, 1746, to unite with the church in Littleton, where Mrs. Ten- ney died in 1776.

He married his second wife, Ellen Chapin, who was bom 17 June, 1723, and died in Hancock, N. H., 2 Jan., 1815. Residence^ Littleton, Mass. Simon Proctor, of Littleton, deeds land in Ash- bumham to Samuel Tenney of Littleton 10 December, 1772. (Wor- cester Co., 98:429.) He and his son, Amos, bought a new lot of land without house or bam 18 Feb., 1786. (Amos Tenney.) In 1777 he moved to Ashbumham, and in 1780, to Acton, Mass., wher^ he lost most of his property through the depreciation of the Conti- nental currency. In 1786 he removed to Hancock, where he died 11 Feb., 1795, Children:

414 Amos, b. 29 Sept., 1746 ; d. 30 July, 1756.

415 Abig^, b. 24 Feb., 1748; m. in L., 22 Jan., 1765,.

Oliver Wetherbee ; d. 8 May, 1818.

416 Silas, b. 18 Apr., 1750 ; d. 5 Aug., 1756.

417 Samuel, b. 26 May, 1752 ; d. 9 Sept., 1758.

418 Samuel, b. 4 June, 1754 ; m. 7 July, 1775, Mary Whitcomb,.

res. Ghroton, Mass. ; served weeks near Boston in 1775 ; and d. 19 Aug., 1775 ; no issue.

419 •Daniel, b. 7 June, 1756.

420 Sarah, b. 12 May, 1760 ; d. 25 Dec., 1760.

421 'Amos, b. 28 Nov., 1761.

422 Sarah, b. 28 May, 1764 ; m. 20 Mch., 1788, Eliphalet Whitney

of Stowe, Mass. ; res. Putney, Vt.; d. 1795.

428 Silas, b. 5 July, 1766 ; res. Wilmot, N. H. ; d. 1 Jan., 1884„

leaving widow, b. 1768, New Boston, N. H. ; sister of Isaac T. 's wife; several daughters all manied, but no sons..

424 'Isaac, b. 9 June, 1768.

200.— v.— 64. OuvER Tenney, bom in Littleton, Mass., 12 Sept., 1736, son of Samuel and Sarah (Worcester) ; married 15 June, 1763, Sarah Reed of Littleton, by Rev. Daniel Rogers. He occupied the home fenn ; Oliver Tenney and widow and heirs of the late Samuel Ten- ney of Littleton, called to Cambridge, 2 May, 1772. (Middlesex Probate, Cambridge.) He owned the covenant 19 July, 1764 ; ad-^ mitted to full communion, 8 Aug., 1779. It is supposed he died of nightmare. He was left as well as usual, reading his Bible when the &mily retired. The next morning he was found lifeless in his. bed, 80 Dec, 1787. (J. T.) Mrs. Tenney was buried 6 Jan., 1803>

•60 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

in her 75th year. (Church Record). The children **all had large iamilies." (J. T.) Children :

426 Saxah, b. 18 May, 1764; m. Eliphalet Whitney of Stowe,

Mass., 30 Moh., 1783 ; res. Putney, Vt.

426 Oliver, b. 12 Feb., 1766 ; d. young.

427 Martha, b. 80 Jan., 1768 ; d. young.

428 ♦John, b. 24 Dec., 1769.

429 •Willard, b. 6 Sept., 1771.

480 liydia ; m. Samuel Whitoomb of Littleton, Mass., pub. 28

Sept., 1796 ; she was living in 1860.

481 Moses, b. 26 May, 1774 ; d. young.

482 Martha, or Pat^, b. 8 Apr., 1776 ; m. John Pennell. Res.

Honeoye, N. Y.

202.— v.— 64,

Cheney Tenney, bom in Littleton, Mass., 2 Oct., 1739, son of Samuel and Sarah (Worcester) ; married 7 May, 1765, Huldah Bridges of Littleton, by Rev. Daniel Rogers. Residence, Little- ton. She was admitted to the church 6 May, 1764, and died 21 Oct., 1805, aged 70 years. He married second wife Mary Hayward, ■of Acton, Mass., 25 Oct., 1806. He was accepted to full communion of the church 5 Jan., 1766. Cheney Tenney of Littleton, cooper, deeds to Goddard, for £53.88.6d. land in Poquioge, belonging to right of Samuel Tenney and others, 100 acres in 50 acre lots and undivided right of Samuel Tenney, 10 Nov., 1761, acknowledged 28 Nov., 1764. Samuel Tenney of Littleton, yeoman " in consideration of fraternal love and affection that I have borne, and do bear, my son, Cheney Tenney of Littleton, cooper " all his land in Poquioge, Oct., 23, 1760.

Sworn 5 May, 1761, recorded 24 Mch., 1789.	(Worcester Co,
Record of Deeds.) He was buried 4 Mch., 1814.	Children:
488 ♦Rhoda, b. 10 Feb., 1766.
484 Loi8,b. 16 Apr., 1767.
485 Elizabeth, b. 8 Jan., 1769.
486 John, b. 5 July, 1770 ; d. 18 Oct., 1798.
487 Huldah, b. 15 Apr., 1772.
438 Mary, b. 80 Jan., 1774.
489 Lucy, b. 3 Feb., 1776 ; d. 18 July, 1776.
440 Sarah, b. 29 Oct., 1780.

204.—V.— 66.

Joseph Tennky, bom in Norwich, Ct, 22 Apr., 1724, son of Joseph and Abigail (Wood) ; married Mrs. Mary (Dorset) Reed, one

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of a nomeroas &mily who descended from the French Hngaenots. By her former husband, Stephen Reed, she had six children. Resi- dence, Mansfield, Conn. By trade a clothier. He was early disap> pointed in love ; lived a bachelor until seventy years of age, and died in August, 1806. She married her third husband, Daniel Gur- ley, bom 2 Nov., 1745 ; grandsire to Hon. John Gurley, late M. C^ from the Cincinnati district of Ohio. (J. T.) She died 17 June, 1818, in her fifty-second year. Child.

441 •Joseph, b. 20 Aug., 1803.

205.— v.— 66. AxNE Tennet, bom in Norwich, Ct., 5 Feb., 1726-7, daugh-^ ter of Joseph and Abigail (Wood) ; married, 7 Mch., 1742-3, Thomas. Hazen of Woodbury, Conn. He removed in 1774 to Hartford, Vt.,. and in 1775 built the first two-story house in the town. He was a large land holder. They had eighteen children; sixteen lived and became the ancestors of the numerous Hazens in Vermont and vicin- ity, among whom were Gen. William B. Hazen, and the missionary to India. Mrs. Hazen died 29 July, 1802. He was bom 30 Sept., 1719, and died 19 Aug., 1782. (See Hazen Family Geneal- ogy by Tracy E. Hazen). Children.

442 Eunioe, b. Apr., 1748 ; d. 18 Oct., 1758. 448 Joshua, b. 19 Oct., 1745 ; d. 22 Apr., 1796.

444 Abiah, b. 5 Sept., 1747 ; d. 27 Oct., 1819.

445 Asa, b. 16 Nov., 1749 ; d. 12 Mch., 1819.

446 Reuben, b. 12 Apr., 1751 ; d. 18 Feb., 1760.

447 Elijah, b. 25 Oct., 1752 ; d. 2 Feb., 1882.

448 Silas, b. 17 Sept., 1754 ; d. 24 Nov., 1778.

449 Hezekiah, b. 15 Mch., 1756 ; d. 25 July, 1829.

450 Thomas, b. 18 Mch., 1758 ; d. 9 Aug., 1885.

451 Solomon, b. 25 Nov. , 1759 ; d. 25 July, 1850.

452 Daniel, b. 17 July, 1761 ; d. 22 Nov., 1814. 458 Ann, b. 17 Feb., 1763 ; d. 80 Sept., 1765.

454 . Eunice, b. 20 Jan., 1765 ; d. 27 May, 1826.

455 Philemon, b. 16 Nov., 1766 ; d. 19 Dec., 1845.

456 Reuben, b. 7 Apr., 1768 ; d. 18 June, 1855 ; m. Lucretia Noble 467 Ann, b. 21 Feb., 1771.

206.-V.— 65. John Tenney, bom in Norwich, Ct., 2 Sept., 1729, son of Joseph and Abigail (Wood); married 11 Mch., 1755, Olive Armstrong, who-

€2 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

was bom in Woodbury, Ct., 5 July, 1736. At the time he took up his residence in Hanover, N. H., there were only thirteen families in the town. He arrived with an ox-team in June, 1770, and for a short time occupied a log cabin on road 13, while he was building a house on road 24. In a deed of Charles Smith, dated 6 May, 1760, Woodbury, Ct., "To John Tenney of Norwich, sixty-three acres of land lying in 3d tear of lots in ye north purchase in said Woodbury. Bounded as follows . . . Signed in presence of Thomas Hazzen and Increase Mosely."

"Joseph Storrs of Hanover, Province of New Hampshire. For the consideration of One Hundred Pounds sold to John Tenney of said Hanover Three Hundred acre Lotts of land, and are the three Hundred acre Lotts Which I Did*draw From the Draught made of the Second Division of land Lotts in said Hanover, by virtue of my Legal Possession of three shares or rights of land in Hanover." Dated 16 Nov., 1770, and signed in presence of David Manluer and Oliver Willard. Mr. Willard was one of the king's justices of the peace. (E. A. Tenney.)

He was located on Moose Mountain, known afterward as Tenney Hill, about four miles, air line, east of the Connecticut river and one mile east of the centre of the town, where three of his sons, David, Andrew, and John, Jr., resided during their natural lives, living on this same original plat, a part deeded to Andrew in 1787, and others, until 1796, from this plat, which "in consideration of Six pounds, Lawful money, " Elijah Freeman deeds to John Tenney in 1796. This and other early deeds are in possession of Mrs. E. A. Tenney, La Crosse, Wis. Mrs. Tenney died 18 Aug., 1806, and he died 19 Feb., 1810; "intellect good, mechanical genius, musical." (Capt.T.) Children :

458 ♦Silas, b. 15 Apr., 1757.

459 Lydia, b. 12 May, 1758 ; d. 7 Mch., 1759.

460 •David, b. 15 May, 1769.

461 •Reuben, b. 29 July, 1760.

462 •Lydia, b. 28 Oct., 1761.

463 •Eunice, b. 27 Jan., 1768.

464 •Andrew, b. 18 Oct., 1764.

465 •John, b. 9 July, 1767.

466 Truman, b. 14 Apr., 1769 ; d. 17 Jan., 1776.

467 Asa, b. 80 Nov., 1772 ; d. 28 Jan., 1776.

468 •Truman, b. 10 Apr., 1778.

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2d7.~V.— 65. Sarah Tenney, bom in Norwich, Conn., 17 Sept., 1731, daugh- ter of Joseph and Abigail (Wood) ; married Ebiatiian Mitchell, bom 11 Feb., 1728; residence, Washington, Conn. She died 26 May, 1803. "He was wealthy; owner of real estate." (Levi Tenney, VI.) ChUdren :

469 Elisha, b. 27 Aug., 1762 ; d. Dec, 1774.

470 Eonioe, b. 24 Sept., 1754; m. Mr. Plumb; d. about 1840,

without heirs.

471 •Simeon, b. 1 Jan., 1757. 478 •Abner, b. 24 Mch., 1764.

208.— v.— 66.

Asa Tenney, bom in Norwich, Conn., 4 Sept., 1733, son of Joseph and Abigail (Wood); married Mary Bingham, bom in Nor- wich, Conn., 6 Oct., 1734, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Post). She was a sister of Deacon Joseph Bingham of Cornwall, Vt., and aunt of Rev. Hiram Bingham of the Sandwich Island mission. Mr. Tenney died from the effect of the sting of a bee, 26 Oct., 1793. Children:

478 'Asa, b. 1765.

474 «Reuben.

209.— v.— 65.

Elijah Tenney, bom at Norwich, Conn., 25 June, 1735, son of Joseph and Abigail (Wood); married Deliverance Bell, 6 Aug., 1761. He settled about 1785 in Sangerfield, N. Y. He followed lumbering and was drowned at Stillwater, N. Y., 11 Nov., 1788. (CoL Truman Tenney.) His widow married David Sutherland, 13 Jan., 1791, and died 25 Aug., 1795. Mr. Sutherland died April, 1794. Children:

475 Sarah, b. 7 May, 1763 ; m. S. King, and d. 17 Nov., 1835.

476 •Joseph, b. 15 Feb., 1765.

477 •Ebenezer, b. 25 Aug., 1767.

478 Diantha, b. 3 Dec., 1769 ; d. 9 Apr., 1773.

479 Anna, b. 8 Nov. 1771 ; m. Samuel Smith ; res. Ohio ; d. 8

Oct., 1824.

480 Daughter, b. 9 Apr., 1774 ; d. 23 Apr., 1774.

481 Daughter, b. 22 Apr., 1775 ; d. 26 Apr., 1775.

482 «£Ujah, b. 15 Feb., 1788.

64 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

211.-V.-66.

Jesse Tenney, bom in Norwich, Conn., 20 Apr., 1741, son of Joseph and Abigail (Wood) ; married in Norwich, Conn., 30 Sept.^ 1773, Hannah Griswold, who was born 23 Aug., 1754, and died 20 Feb., 1833. He removed to Bennington, Vt., just before the Revo- lutionary war (1774) ; after the war commenced the mother took her son Isaac on horseback to Connecticut. He entered service and was commissary during the war. Commanded a small body of men detached by Gen. Stark, at battle of Bennington, to take charge of the women and children. " On the morning of Bennington battle he mustered a company to go against Baun, but was compelled by order of his superiors to remain at home." (Dea. L. T.) After the war they returned to Bennington, to their fine farm near the "Bat- tle Ground" (A. T.), which now has the highest battle monument, from tidal point, in the world. He was very benevolent and kind-hearted, so much so that the Bennington neighbors in referring^ to him would say : " Take it, take it, says Tenney." (Levi Tenney,. VI.) In 1806 he removed to Sudbury, Vt., where he bought land and resided ten years. He died 8 Jan., 1815. "The children were counted good singers, and they had plenty of music at the old home." Children :

488	♦Isaac, b. 8 Nov., 1776.
484	Hannah, b. 17 Jan., 1778 ; d. 31 May. 1881, at Sudbury, Vt.;
	unmarried.
485	♦Polly, b. 29 Deo., 1779.
486	♦Levi, b. 22 Feb., 1781.
487	♦Jesse, b. 22 Mch., 1788.
488	♦Lovlce, b. 22 May, 1786.
489	♦Achsah, b. 6 July, 1787-9.
490	♦Alvan, b. 1 June, 1790.
491	♦Luna, b. 12 July, 1792.
492	♦Sarah, b. 17 May, 1794.

212.-V.-66.

Hanxah Tenney, born in Norwich, Conn., 22 Apr., 1743, daugh- ter of Joseph and Abigail (Wood) ; married 15 Sept., 1762, Eben- ezer Clark, son of Dea. Ebenezer and Ann (Warner). He waa bom 28 Feb., 1742, and died in 1813.

He was a lifelong resident of Washington, Conn., a farmer own- ing 70 acres of the north portion of the Clark homestead, the re-

GENEALOGY. 65

mainder deRcending to his brother Joseph. Nothing is How left but a portion of the chimney of the house built upon the northern portion of the farm. She was one of three sisters all of whom, vis- iting Washington, found husbands there. She died 13 Feb., 1823 ; The Deacon also held the title of " Captain." Children :

493 Erastus, b. 26 May, 1766 ; m. ; d. 8 Apr., 1818; left two chil-

dren.

494 Jehu, b. 8 Dec., 1767 ; a minister in N. Y. City ; d. 22 Mch.,

1839, leaving several children. 496 Anne, b. 18 Mch., 1770 ; m. Joseph Calhoun of Waterbury,

Ct.; d. 1 May, 1852 ; four children.

496 Cyrus, b. 22 Feb., 1772 ; m., res. Waterbury, Ct.; d. 8 Feb.,

1828 ; had three children.

497 Moses, b. 16 Apr., 1774; m. and d. in Woodbury, 3 May,

1881 ; had several children.

498 Eunice, b. 14 Jan., 1776 ; m. Amos Smith of Washington ;

d. 14 Feb., 1864 ; had six children.

499 John, b. 1 Jan., 1778 ; m. and d. at Waterbury, 26 Apr., 1864 ;

had four children. 600 Sarah, b. 23 Feb., 1780 ; m. Patron M. Blackman ; d. 19 June,

1846, without heirs. 501 Rebecca, b. 14 Dec., 1781; m. Anthony Smith ; had children ;

d. 1866.

602 ♦Ebenezer, b. 4 Dec., 1786.

214.— v.— 66.

Dorothy Kimball, bom in Bradford, Mass., 16 Aug., 1722, daughter of Ephraim and Ann (Tenney) ; married 25 Jan., 1742, Edmund Kimball, bom 6 Apr., 1716, and died 10 Nov., 1795. He had a large landed estate, was a man of great influence, held commis- sion to collect taxes. " Given under my Hand Seal at Boston, the Third Day of December, 1762; in the Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George, the Third of Great Brittain, etc. King. (Signed) H. Gray." Mrs. KhnbaU died 30 Apr., 1797. Children:

603 Timothy, b. 27 Apr., 1748; d. 5 May, 1800. 504 Michael, b. 21 Apr., 1746; d. 1800.

605 Anna, b. 14 Apr., 1747; m. 13 Nov., 1766, Samuel Johnson.

506 David, b. 16 June, 1749; d. 1816, at Pembroke, N. H.

607 Edmund, b. 2 May, 1751; d. 11 Feb., 1813.

608 Eunice, b. 11 Dec., 1763; m. John Griflin; d. in 1830.

609 William, b. 19 Dec., 1767; d. 25 July, 1796. 5

66 THE TBNNEY FAMILY.

217.-V.-67.

Deacon Thomas Tenxey, born in Bradford, Mass., 26 July, 1730, a twin, son of Daniel and Sarah (Kimball) ; married Hannah Stickney, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hardy). Mrs. Tenney was bom 20 Sept., 1734, and died 23 Aug., 1790. Residence, Bradford (now Groveland), Mass., where John Tenney (II) and Elder Samuel Tenney died. He was chosen deacon in 1779, which office he held to the date of his death, 2 July, 1798. (Church Manual.) The will of Thomas Tenney of Bradford, yeoman, dated 13 Dec, 1797, mentions all the children except Betty and Sarah, who had previously died. Son Silas was appointed executor, and to have " my clock and pew in the Meeting house." Witnesses, William Oreenough, William Bailey, and Ebenezer Hopkinson. Proved 6 Aug., 1798 ; bond, $1,500. (Essex Probate, 66 : 96.) Children :

610 Betty, b. 17 Mch., 1755; d. 9 Sept., 1789; unmarried.

611 *Asa, b. 21 Nov., 1757. 613 *Ha2mah, b. 11 Oct., 1761.

618 Sarah, b. 12 Apr., 1766; d. 3 Feb., 1797; nmnarried.

*' A lecture silent, but of sovereign power.

To vice, confusion, and to virtue peace.

Virtue alone has majesty in death."

514 *Mary (MoUy), b. 27 Apr., 1769; bapt. 80 Apr., 1769.

616 ♦Silas, b. 4 Deo., 1772.

218.— V.-67.

Daniel Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 16 Mch., 1734, son of Daniel and Ann (Coleman) ; married 25 June, 1761, Joanna Cheney, born 5 May, 1788, daughter of Eldad and Joanna (Woodbury). Probably it was this Daniel who paid a tax in Bradford, of £473.4s. between 3 May, 1780, and 15 Jan., 1781. Daniel Tenney, private, enlisted 30 Sept., 1777, in Capt. Nathan Gage's company under Major Gage, discharged 6 Nov., 1777, roll dated Bradford. He learned the cabinet making trade of Mr. Harris of Salem, Mass., and removed after the Revolutionary war to a farm near the village of Hopkinton, N. H. He was prosperous, a man of eminent worth, ** scarcely ever known to be in a passion." (Mrs. T.) They were addmitted to the church 3 Nov., 1765. He was* in feeble health four years preceding his death, Jan., 1815. IVlrs. Tenney died at the

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home of her son Aaron at Thetford, Vt^ in 1790. (Letters and Becords). Children: •

^16 Daniel, b. 9 Apr., 1762; a teacher; d. of scarlet fever, ill three

days the month of intended marriage to Betsey Straw. 617 *Elclad, b. 20 Apr., 1764; bapt. 1764.

518 Rhoda, b. 25 Aug., 1766; d. of scarlet fever, 1788.

519 *Mose8, b. 16 Apr., 1769; bapt. 80 Apr., 1769.

520 •Thomas, b. 21 Sept., 1771; bapt. 1771.

521 Joehna, was killed by a falling tree, at Windsor, Vt., age 17.

522 *Aaron, b. 11 July, 1774. 528 *Joanna, b. 8 Mch., 1776. 524 *Panl!D8, b. 24 Sept., 1781.

220.— v.— 67.

Sabah Tknney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 29 July, 1737, daughter of Daniel and Ann (Coleman) ; married 6 Jan., 1761, Capt. Thomas Stickney, who was bom 24 Oct., 1734, son of Thomas and Mary (Mullicken). They were admitted to the Second Church, in Brad- ford, 26 Oct., 1761. He lived on "Cannon Hill," in the "old Garrison house," built by his grandfather Samuel, about 1703 ; said house was taken down in 1854. (See illustration, in " An Hist. Sketch," by L. A. Woodbury, 1895.)

He served as a private in Colonel Winslow's expedition to Nova Scotia in 1755. First lieutenant in the First Foot company under Capt. Nat. Gage, at Cambridge. This company was at the battle of Bunker Hill. Lieutenant Stickney joined Capt. Joseph Eaton's company, and at the battle of Bennington he received a serious wound. He was on a committee to hire Continental Army men and settle with them ; was inspector of fishing and held various town offices. He died 8 Nov., 1808. Mrs. Stickney died 31 Oct., 1815. Children:

^35 Hannah, b. 27 Nov., 1761; m. 15 Apr., 1806, Timothy Hnnt;

d. 4 Feb., 1854, without issue.

526 •Daniel, b. 12 Sept., 1768.

527 ♦Molly, b. 9 Aug., 1766.

528 Sarah, b. 28 May, 1768; m. 8 Sept., 1790, Jonathan French.

529 Thomas, b. 20 Mch., 1770; m. 23 Mch., 1802, Hitty Foster.

530 William, b. 4 Feb., 1772; m. in Dec., 1800, Ann Smith.

581 Ann, b. 6 Mch., 1774; m. 21 Apr., 1796, Wm. Parker.

582 Rebecca, b. 27, Sept., 1776; d. 11 Jan., 1814. 588 •Joseph Mnlliken, b. 11 Nov., 1778.

534 Mehitable, b. 15 Jan., 1781; d. 22 Jan., 1795.

585 Catherine, b. 19 Apr., 1788; d. 13 Apr., 1863.

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221.-V.— 67. Shubael Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 5 Jan., 1739-40, son of Daniel and Ann (Coleman) ; married Martha Nojes, who died 29 Jan., 1840, aged ninety-six years. He first settled on the parental estate in Bradford, but soon after removed to the West parish, op- posite Haverhill, situated one half mile above the church, on a four- acre house lot, and owning sixty or more acres on the opposite side of the street ; a farmer. The present house was built by his son, Captain William, and is occupied by Mr. Henry Morse. Mr. Ten- ney and wife united with the church 23 May, 1773 ; he died 8 Dec, 1823. Children :

536 •Shubael, b. 7 Sept., 1769; bapt. 1 Oct., 1769.

537 *Martha, b. 11 June, 1771.

588 Samuel, b. 27 Aug., 1778; a business man, traveled between

Norfolk and Oharlestown, his vessel was lost and he was heard from no more when about thirty years old; unmar- ried.

589 ♦Isaac, b. 10 Dec, 1776; bapt. 15 Dec 1776.

540 ♦William, b. 18 Oct., 1778; bapt. same day.

541 ♦Catharine, b. 22 Mch., 1781.

542 Rebecca, b. 21 Sept., 1784;; d. 27 Nov., 1797.

548 Mary, b. 14 Apr., 1786; bapt. 9 Aug., 1786; d. 13 Mch., 1882,

at the home of Mr. Leonard Tenney; a useful life. (L. T.) Unmarried.

222-V.-68. Mkrabah Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 4 Mch., 1727, daugh- ter of Deacon Jonathan and Rebecca (Hardy); married 11 Oct., 1743, Samuel Stickney, Jr., bom 9 Aug., 1722 ; a soldier, who died 21 Oct., 1758. The General Court allowed the widow £2 for loss of her husband's gun. Residence, Bradford, where she was admitted to the Second Church in 1745. She married 18 S^t. 1764 (2 h.), John Adams of Rowley, Mass. Children :

544 *Mary, b. 80 June, 1744.

545 *Ebenezer, b. 28 Oct., 1745.

224.— V.~68.

Eliphalet Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 13 June, 1731, son of Deacon Jonathan and Rebecca (Hardy); published in Rowley 27 Sept., 1755; married 13 Oct., 1775, Sarah Harris, who died 27 Jan., 1756. He was published 22 Feb., 1757, married 15 Mch., 1757; his second wife, Eunice Boynton of Rowley, daughter of Nathaniel and

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Mary (Stewart). Her father was shipwrecked with fifty others, 13 May, 1762, near Annisquam, Cape Ann (Boynton Family). Mrs. Eunice Tenney was born 16 Mch., 1737, and died 19 March, 1816. Kesidence, Newbury (Byfield), Mass.; removed 11 Oct., 1779, to Stowe, Mass., and they were the first of our name to reside in the town. He was a joiner and carpenter (L. T.), " could turn his hand to anything.** He was dismissed from the church in Byfield to the church in Stowe, and died 1 Apr., 1813, of stranguary. Children :

546 Sarah, b. 7 Nov., 1758; bapt. 8 Nov., 1758; m. Mr. Mead; d.

18 Mch., 1831. No issue.

547 Betty, b. 8 Apr. 1761; bapt. 12 Apr., 1761.

548 Eunice, b. 9 July, 1763; bapt. 10 July, 1763; d. 12 Mch., 1764.

549 Molly, b. 17 Dec.. 1764; bapt. 7 July, 1765; d. 22 Jan., 1851;

unmarried.

660 *Judith, b. 6 Apr., 1768; bapt. 10 Apr., 1768.

661 *Eumce, b. 6 Jan., 1770; bapt. 14 Jan., 1770.

552 Rebecca, b. 18 Sept., 1771; bapt. 29 Sept., 1771; m. Ephraim

Rand of Bolton. No issue.

553 EKphalet, b. 28 July, 1775; bapt. 17 Sept., 1775; d. 12 Nov.,

1799. 664 David, b. 27 May, 1777; bapt. 1 June, 1777; d. 17 Dec., 1784.

565 ♦Moody, b. 20 July, 1779; bapt. 17 Oct., 1779.

226.— v.— 68. Daniel Texney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 23 Feb., 1732-3, son of Deacon Jonathan and Rebecca (Hardy) ; published in Rowley, 2 Oct., 1756 ; married 4 Dec, 1755, Elizabeth Dole, who died 21 Mch., 1825, in her eighty-eighth year. Voted, 13 Jan., 1778, to Daniel Tenney for damage on account of the small-pox being brought near him, £16.48. (Town Record.) Voted, 12 June, 1780, Daniel Ten- ney, one of a committee to hire 16 men for the Continental army. (Hist. Sketch, p. 46.) He was a Revolutionary soldier (John F. T.). Daniel Tenney, private (spelled Tinney), enlisted 12 July, 1778; dis- charged 16 Dec, 1778; served in John Dodge's company, under Col. Jacob Gerrish, Regiment of Guards, stationed at Winter Hill, enlisted 2 July, 1778, in Capt. John Bodwell's company, under Col. Jacob Gerrish, discharged 12 July, 1778, Regiment of Guards at Cam- bridge (Army Roll). Residence, Bradford and Pelham, N. H. He died 4 Nov., 1815. Children:

566 ♦Edmund, b. 10 Sept., 1756.

557 •Molly, b. 6 June, 1758.

558 ^Jonathan, b. 80 Sept., 1760; bapt. 5 Oct., 1760.

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569 ♦P&nl, b. 11 Apr., 1768.

560 Jesse, b. 7 Dec., 1766; d. at Pelham, 26 Nov., 1829.

561 ♦Betty, b. 13 Nov., 1767.

562 Daniel, b. 1 Feb., 1773; d. young.

563 Mehi table, b. in 1775; d. in infancy.

564 ♦Mehitable, b. 28 Feb., 1779.

565 •Daniel, b. 22 Dec, 1782.

226.-V.-68.

Capt. Jonathan Tenney, born in Bradford, Mass., 25 July, 1786, (Town Record), son of Deacon Jonathan and Rebecca (Hardy) ; married in Methuen, Mass., 1 Oct., 1755, Mehitable Peaslee, by Rev. Christopher Sargent. Mrs. Tenney was bom 10 Mch., 1739, daugh- ter of Joshua and Abiah (Page) and in line of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hastings), Joseph and Ruth (Barnard), Joseph and Mary (Johnson), who were married in England and came to America.

Residence, Salem, N. H. The 5 June, 1775, they owned the covenant, and the 27 May, 1759, were added to the church. In Apr., 1777, some difficulties were settled by reference. (Church Record, p. 24.)

The 15 Jan. 1784, Deacon Kelley and Jonathan Tenney were sent as delegates to the ordination of Mr. Ebenezer Haselline in Epping, N. H. (Church Record, p. 26.) Jonathan Tenney, treas- urer and chairman of selectmen in Salem, 1773-4. (Old Town Rec- ords, p. 89, 319.)

He removed to Corinth, Vt., 1 Jan., 1797, as did his children at various times, excepting daughter Susanna. By trade he was a tan- ner and currier.

Jonathan Tenney, private, served in Jonathan Minot's company imder Col. Baldwin. Dated at Cambridge 1 Jan., 1776. (Army Roll.)

Mrs. Tenney died at Corinth 16 Sept., 1809; he died 12 Jan., 1806; his son Jonathan settled the estate. Jonathan Tenney's estate, ap- praised by Messrs. Haseltine, Taplin, and Merrill, viz. : 50 acres real estate, value $550 ; cattle, horses, sheep, etc., $104.50 ; personal prop- erty, $97.35. Children :

666 •Susanna b. 80 Nov., 1756.

667 •Asa, b. 6 Jan., 1769; bapt. 7 Jan., 1769.

668 Meribah, b. 6 Dec. , 1761 ; bapt. 18 Dec. , 1761 ; d. 6 June, 1764.

669 •Joshua, b. 30 Mch., 1764; bapt. 8 Apr., 1764.

670 ♦Abiah Page, b. 16 Sept., 1766.

671 •Jonathan, b. 16 Aug., 1769; bapt. 20 Aug., 1769.

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673 •Kliphalet, b. 31 JtQy, 1771; bapt. 4 Aug., 1771. 678 ♦Mehitable, b. 19 Nov.. 1778; bapt. in Nov., 1778.

674 Joanna, b. 21 Apr., 1776; bapt. 21 Apr., 1776; d. 20 Jan., 1781.

675 Meribah, b. 21 Oct., 1778; bapt. 26 Oct., 1778; d. 8 Jan., 1781.

676 ♦Betty, b. 6 Nov., 1782.

227.— V.-68.

Rebecca Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 14 Sept., 1741, daugh- ter of Deacon Jonathan and Lydia (Hale) Perley ; married 8 Oct., 1761 ; John Hopkinson, Jr. Residence, Bradford, Mass. No other facts secured. Children :

577 Sarah, b. 5 June, 1762.

578 Rebecca, b. 29 Aug., 1763.

228.-V.— 68.

Deacon Benjamin Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 17 Jan., 1742-3, son of Deacon Jonathan and Lydia (Hale) Perley ; published 31 Aug., 1767 ; married 26 Nov. 1767, Jane Smith of Rowley, Mass. At the date of his marriage he was a resident of Newbury, Mass. ; removed after 1773, to Temple and Hillsboro, N. H. By trade a joiner. Mrs. Tenney died and he married, in 1782, his second wife, Susanna Jewett, born in 1756, daughter of Ebenezer of Hollis, N. H.; she died at Derby, Vt., in 1831. The children by the second wife were bom in Temple. Benjamin Tenney, private, of Rowley, marched 16 Nov., 1755, in Lieut. Moses Bradstreet's company for the defence of Gloucester Harbor, served fourteen days also, to guard the brig Nancy^ brought in by Captain Manley. He served in Timothy Jackson's company for five days. On the alarm of 19 Apr., 1775, he marched to Cambridge, in Capt. Edward Pay- son's company, and served three days. (Army Roll, State House, Boston, Mass.) He died at Dorset, Vt, 16 Jan., 1811.

** He was a Capt. in the West India trade from Newburyport.'* (B. J. T.) He turned out from Temple, N. H., at the Lexington alarm, and was at Ticonderoga. (Lineage Book, Vol. XI., Nat. So. of the D. A. R.) Children :

579 Jane, b. 5 Apr., 1769; bapt. 9 Apr., 1769; m. Joseph Hall;

res. New Haven, Conn.

580 Mary, b. 7 Sept., 1771; bapt. 8 Sept., 1771; m. Mr. Miles;

res. Weston, Vt.; d. 1849.

581 Lydia, b. 21 July, 1778; bapt. 1 Aug., 1773; d. in infancy. 583 Benjamin, b. 16 Mch., 1776; bapt. same year; d. at Middle- bury, Vt., 1808.

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Oh. (2w.):— 588 Snsanna, b. 9 June, 1783; m. Joseph Kirk of Baltimore,

Md.; one son, an engineer in Rnssia, another, an inventor

of valnable railroad patents. 684 Lncy, b. 24 Nov., 1786; m. Prescott Watkins; res. Oharldon, O.

686 »Samuel, b. 14 Oct., 1788.

686 Betsey, b. 4 Jnly, 1790; m. Joseph Richardson; res. Oleve-

land, O.

687 Jonathan, b. 6 Apr., 1792; a carpenter in LaGrange, O. In 1812

he fell from court house in Oatskill, N. Y., much injured.

688 *Daniel, b. 13 Feb., 1794.

689 Hannah, b. 6 Apr., 1796; m. Silas Watkins of LaGrange, O.

229.— V.-68.

Lydia Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 31 Oct., 1744, daughter of Deacon Jonathan and Lydia (Hale) Perley; married 9 Nov., 1762, Stephen Morse, who was bom in 1788, and died 1 Oct., 1802. Residence, Bradford, now Groveland, Mass. She died 20 April, 1837 ; buried in the old cemetery. Children :

590 Infant; d. 26 Nov., 1763.-

691 *Lydia, b. 10 Nov., 1764.

692 Sarah, b. 6 Mch., 1766.

693 Susanna, b. 26 Mch., 1770.

694 Betty, b. 28 Mch., 1773; m. Savary Tenney.

695 Hannah, b. 27 Jan., 1775.

696 Judith, b. 2 Aug., 1783.

230.— V,-68, Joanna Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 19 April, 1746; daughter of Deacon Jonathan and Lydia (Hale) Perley ; married 5 March, 1761, Jeremiah Ames. Residence, Bradford; dates of death not secured. Children :

697 AHce, b. 8 Nov., 1762.

698 Moses, b. 14 Sept., 1764.

699 Sarah, b. 15 Mch., 1768.

231.— V.-68.

Deacon Samuel Tenney, bom in Bradford, now Groveland, Mass., 28 Nov., 1748, son of Deacon Jonathan and Lydia (Hale) Perley ; married in Newbury, Mass., 17 Jan., 1771, Elizabeth Smith, by Rev. William Johnson, daughter of Capt. James Smith. Resi- dence, West Newbury; a farmer and snuff manufacturer. The house built by Deacon Tenney is located on "Crane-neck Hill," and is the finest old house in the town, it has a particularly handsome

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hall and staircase ; to our sorrow it is now owned out of the family. (Hannah Hills.) The following is from a diary of his youngest daugh- ter, Sophia (Tenney) Ordway : " Father was a fine singer, as were his children, eight of whom were singers of the choir at one time."

He had a room in his house fitted for singing and instruction 9 being anxious to educate his children he organized a school in said room, and fitted his son for Bradford academy. In 1775 he marched to Bunker Hill in charge of the baggage and provision wagon, under Capt Nathaniel Gage. He was chosen deacon of Rev. Mr. Tappan's church in 1783, retiring from active service in 1811; he was followed by the same name, there being a Deacon Tenney in this church for a period of 109 years. " Father surely left a goodly inheritance to his children."

In 1801 the church voted that Deacon Tenney be one of the deacons to read during the intermission from the following authors : Dodridge, Wadsworth, Da vies. Walker, and Erskine. In 1804 he was one of a committee to survey the first parish for the most con- venient spot to build a meeting-house, taking into view all the difli- cnlties in the various parts of the parish. (Church Record.) On the 10 April, 1805, he was chosen to provide for the Lord's table ; the child daughter was impressed by the mother's assistance in laying the church table. Many of the early church records were •destroyed by fire. My great-grandmother was a handsome lady, and was bom 31 Dec, 1751, and died 27 Feb., 1846, of cancer.

My great grandfather was often called a strong man ; he died 29 May, 1821 ; burial Walnut Hill cemetery. (Hannah Hills.) Dea- <3on Samuel Tenney was named for his grandfather, who gave him a large silver spoon marked s. 7o h. Children :

600 Tabitha, b. 25 Mch., 1771; m. Samuel Kendrick of Weare,

N. H.; they had five children.

601 *EUzabeth, b. 29 Moh., 1778.

602 Infant son; d. 16 Jan., 1775.

603 Sarah, b. 29 Aug., 1777; d. 26 Aug., 1832; unmarried.

604 *Nancy, b. 25 Apr., 1779.

605 *Mary, b. 10 June, 1781.

606 Samuel, b. 12 Aug., 1783; d. 16 June, 1785.

607 *Joanna, b. 28 July, 1785.

608 *Lydia, b. 29 May, 1787.

609 •Sophia OogsweU, b. 28 Apr., 1789.

610 •Samuel, b. 30 July, 1791.

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232.-V.— 68.

Captain Joseph Tennby, bom in Bradford, Maas., 1750, son of Dea. Jonathan and Lydia (Hale) Perley; married 17 Dec^ 1771, Ruth Hills, daughter of Smith and Rachel (Lowe) of Newbury, Mass. Mrs. Tenney was bom 13 Sept., 1747, and died 26 Aug., 1803. He married in Rowley, Mass., 31 July, 1804, his second wife, Sarah Pearson, who died, and was buried in Rowley, date not given.

Joseph Hill, the colonist, and ancestor of Mrs. Ruth Tenney, was one to codify the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and to distinguish his family name he added the final letter s, and his descendants are known as Hills.

In 1780, Joseph Tenney, John Chase, and Edward Lowe removed to Leominster, Mass., and engaged in comb-making, an industry introduced by Smith Hills and his son Obadiah in the autumn of 1774. He was a carpenter and cabinet maker,

Nehemiah Clapp of Leominster to Joseph Tenney of Leomin- ster, for $666.67, land in the southwest of Leominster, 5 May, 1798 (142:246). William Patten of Merrimack, N. H., sells land to Joseph Tenney of Bradford, 14 June, 1779 (Worcester Co., 82:356). Joseph T. to Josesph T., Jr., two deeds of land in Leominster, wit- nessed by John and liebecca T., Ruth, wife of Joseph, 1 Jan., 1801 and 9 Jan., 1801 (142:248 and 142:249). Joseph Tenney buys land from Mrs. Johnson, 1 Dec, 1797 (144:168); transferred to son Joseph, Jr., land 22 July, 1801, witnessed by Rebecca and Nabby Tenney (144: 169), mentioned in deeds dated 4 Apr., 1804; 1 Feb., 1804; 6 Mch., 1797; 21 Mch., 1816; Apr., 1807. (Worces- ter Co.) Joseph Tenney of Leominster, housewright, to Job Pal- mer, Bradford, Essex Co., land in Leominster for $100, 19 Oct., 1785, signed by self and Ruth, his wife. (Note Book.) Joseph T. of Leominster, house joiner, for $279, to Widow Jemima Wilder of Fitchburg, one acre seventy-seven rod of land, about one half mile from Leominster, with buildings. Signed 19 May, 1789, Joseph Tenney and wife, Ruth. (Notes.)

Mr. Tenney died 29 Oct., 1819. After this date the house was sold "by Rebecca," taken down, and conveyed to town, where it was converted into a building, which is now used as a shop. Tho cellar is all that remains of the old homestead. Children :

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611 John, b. 19 June, 1772; d. 19 Jnne, 1772.

612 Rebecca, b. 11 Sept., 1774; d. 8 Dec, 1868. 618 ♦Joseph, b. 26 Nov., 1776.

614 ♦Rnth, b. 28 Aug., 1779.

615 Nabby, b. 11 Oct., 1781; d. 11 Oct., 1786.

616 ♦John, b. 25 Mch., 1784.

617 ♦Nabby (AbigaU), b. 28 July, 1786.

618 Samuel, b. 29 Jnly, 1789 ; m. Betsey Whitcomb of Marlboro-

D. 14 Sept., 1868; res. Leominster; no issue.

619 ♦William, b. 29 Feb., 1792.

620 Bartimus, b. 17 Sept., 1796; d. 15 Sept., 1799.

621 David, b. 2 May, 1798; d. 6 Sept., 1799.

248.— V,-70.

Solomon Tenney, bom in Bradford, Mass., 19 June, 1737, son of Dea. Philip and Jane (Hale); married 31 Mch., 1761, Bettys Savary, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Adams), who died 5 Jan.,,

1816, aged seventy-five years. They had united with the Bradford church 29 Jan., 1764. He married 5 Nov., his second wife, Abigail Emerson of Haverhill, Mass. Mrs. Abigail Tenney died 28 June,,

1817, aged sixty-eight years; residence, Bradford, Mass., where he paid a tax of £490.2s., between 3 May, 1780, and 15 Jan., 1781. The town assessment amounted to £72,308.198.5d., and included six different tax lists, all made between 3 May, 1780, and 15 Jan.,. 1781, viz.: 3 May, 28 June, 2& Oct., state tax, 28 Nov., and 15 Jan. ^ Said tax shall be paid only in the several species of gold and silver coin current in this state before the war, at the rates they then passed, or uncoined silver of sterling alloy at 6s.8d. an ounce, or in good merchantable codfish at 24s. per quintal ; Indian com at 4s.. per bushel; rice at 6s. per bushel; wheat at Ss. per bushel; wheat flour at 24s. per hundredweight; gross beeswax at ls.8d. per pound; pork at £4 per barrel; beef at £2.8s. per barrel; potash at- £40 per ton ; pearlash of the best quality at £60 per ton ; hemp at £3 per hundred ; refined bar iron 40s. per hundred ; bloomery iron 80s. per hundred ; flax well dressed at lOd. per pound. Provided all the aforesaid articles be good and marketable, and of the pro- duce and manufacture of the state, and the rates and price herein aflixed shall be the rate and price at which they shall be received in. payment of this tax ; and persons paying their taxes in either of the articles aforesaid shall run the risk and pay the charge of transport- ing the same to such store in the town of Boston or elsewhere a»

76 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

may be ordered by the General Court or by the treasurer for the time being."

At that time ten men by the name of Tenney were enrolled on the tax list in the town of Bradford, Mass^ where on the gold list the " head " or poll tax was assessed at Ss., while on the fiat money list the same was put at £20.

Solomon Tenney, first sergeant, residence Bradford, marched to •Cambridge on the alarm of 19 Apr., 1775, under Capt John Savary and Colonel Johnson. Came home 23 Apr., and enlisted 80 Nov., 1775, for the defense of Cape Ann, service five days. (Army Roll.)

He lived in a house now owned by Edward Short, on the north of Centre street, 1896. He was selectman, 1777-78; constable, 1778-'81. He died 18 Apr., 1830, and was buried at Groveland, Mass. Children :

622 •Samuel, b. 21 Feb., 1764; bapt. 26 Feb., 1764.

628 David, twin; bapt. 24 Aug., 1766; d. 29 Aug., 1766.

624 Child; twin; d. 17 May. 1769.

^625 Savory, b. 7 Feb., 1774; m. 28 Feb., 1799, Betty Morse, who

d. 11 Apr., 1883, aged 59 yrs. D. 14 Jan., 1824. To his mem- ory in Groveland :

" When death is sent from Qod above. Calls us from those we fondly love, It doth not always warning give. Dear friends be sureful how you live."

249.-V.-70.

Deacon William Texxey, bom in Bradford, Mass., 6 May, 1740, son of Dea. Philip and Jane (Hale) ; married 14 Feb., 1765,

Rebecca Eames, daughter of Nathan and Mary ( ) Eames.

They were added to the church in Bradford, 3 Nov., 1765.

He was chosen to the office of deacon of the First Congregational church in East Bradford, now Groveland, in 1797. His name appears on the Lexington alarm roll of the Second Foot company. He lived in the old Tenney house, now owned by Daniel Abbott. See illustration of his home, page 97, Historical Sketch.

He was for many years a prominent citizen of the town. " The Tenneys were among the first settlers of the east section of Brad- ford, and members of the family were always among its prominent people in parish and church." He died 4 May, 1826; burial at Groveland. The following lines commemorate his memory :

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** A tender husband, father dear; A much-lamented friend lies here; When Christ returns to call him forth, The rising day will show his worth." Children :

626 •William, b. 80 Dec, 1766; bapt. 5 Jan., 1766.

627 ♦Nathan, b. 23 Sept., 1769; bapt. 1769.

628 ' Rebecca, b. 12 Sept., 1772; d. 8 Sept., 1773.

629 •PhiHp, b. 21 Mch., 1774.

630 Paul, b. 8 July, 1776; d. 16 Oct., 1778.

631 ♦Rebecca, b. 13 Aug., 1779.

632 Priscilla, b. 22 Feb., 1789; unmarried; res. Groveland; d..

about 73 years of age.

633 AbigaU. b. 28 Sept., 1788; d. 30 Sept., 1788.

262.— v.— 70.

Dr. John Tenxet, bom in Bradford, Mass., 1 Mch., 1750, son of

Dea. Philip and Jane (Hale) ; married 4 May, , Anna Johnson^

by Rev. David Tappan. She was a daughter of Rev. William and Betty (Bradstreet) of Newbury, Mass. Residence, Bradford, now Groveland.

** To the honorable court this is to certify that William Wood, re- ceived a wound in his arm in Bunker Hill fight that so fractured the bone, as rendered the elbow joint entirely stiff and useless. John Tenney, Physician rendering service &c. £1.168.3d. John Tenney." (Mass. Archives, State House.)

**Dr. died 24 June, 1777, of small-pox contracted in his official service. His death was sincerely mourned throughout the commu- nity. Anna Tenney, widow, appointed administratrix of the estate of John Tenney, late of Bradford, physician, deceased. Dated 7 Oct., 1777 ; bond, £600. Inventory : to medicines and Drugs,. Viols, etc., gallipots, and Instruments £21.2s.6d. All personal amount £371.7s.2d. To books of sundry kinds £9." (Essex Pro-^ bate, 352:524.)

The town of Groveland, Mass., has erected a memorial stone, two and a half feet square and a little over four feet high, to mark the spot where lie buried the eight victims of the small-pox epidemic of 1777. The spot was located by the broken slate stone of Esq.. Greenough, on the east side of the Jacques road, near Jewett's Cross- ing. Mrs. Tenney married 8 Dec, 1779, her second husband, Joseph Moody of Amesbury, Mass. Child : eU *Johnson. b. 16 Feb., 1777 ; bapt. 25 May, 1777.

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268.— v.— 97.

Samuel Tenney, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Atwood) of Oreat Diamond Island, in Casco Bay, married Deborah Wilbur who was bom 16 Aug., 1766. They resided at East Raymond, Me., until after the birth of the children, when they removed to Phillips, Me., and occupied a farm which is now used bb a pasture and known as the Tenney lot. The cellar to their house may still be seen in said lot. The family left the town and located not far distant, as they frequently visited the place.

Adjoining the farm in Phillips lived one Thomas Wilbur, who married Deborah Tenney, who may have been a sister to Samuel Tenney. Mr. Tenney died 28 June, 1841. Children:

686 ♦Samuel, b. 11 Feb., 1787. «86 Mary, b. 18 June, 1788.

687 Elizabeth, b. 8 Aug., 1790 ; m. Mr. Wood ; had dau. Sarah.

688 Merrill, b. 6 May, 1792.

689 John, b. 24 Sept., 1797.

640 Daniel, b. 27 Moh. , 1801 ; m. Almira Bradley ; res., Raymond ;

son Daniel, m. ; res., Raymond.

641 Deborah, b. 8 Feb., 1806.

642 *Zachariah, b. in May, 1807.

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Hexrt, bom at Great Diamond Island, Casco Bay, Me., 1 June, 1772, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Atwood) ; married Mary Hayden of Gray, Me. She died and he married his second wife, Ann, deceased. Residence, Raymond, Me. Mr. Tenney died 21 Nov., 1858. Children :

648 *Anme, b. 1796.

644 •John, b. 1798.

646 Thankful, b. 1799 ; d. in 1871 ; xmmarried.

646 Samuel, b. 1801 ; m. in 1825, Louisa P. Head ; no issue.

647 •David, b. 1808.

648 •Mary, b. 1806.

649 Sallie, b. 1808 ; d. in 1884; unmarried.

660 *Henry, b. 26 Apr., 1810.

Oh. (2w.):—

661 •Keziah Small, b. 9 Sept., 1816.

255.— v.— 97. John Tenney, born at Great Diamond Island, Casco Bay, Me., 1 July, 1779, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Atwood) ; married 8

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Apr^ 1803, Sally Stinchfield of New Gloucester, Me. She was bom 15 June, 1784. Residence, Raymond, Me. He died in Sept., 1845. Children:

652 Judith, b. 26 Jan., 1804.

658 Keziah, b. 16 Oct., 1805.

654 Esther S., b. 5 Feb., 1808.

655 Ephraim S., b. 15 July, 1810.

656 Reuben, b. 81 July, 1812.

657 George, twin, b. 14 Mch., 1815.

658 Job, twin, b. 14 Mch., 1815. 669 »Stephen, b. 19 Feb., 1817.

660 •Cyrus, b. 29 Mch., 1819.

661 Elizabeth A., b. 1 Aug., 1821.

662 Hannah J., b. 9 Aug., 1824.

257.— v.— 98. Michael Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 22 Aug., 1746, son of Thomas and Hannah (Boynton) ; unmarried. He was also called Micah. Michael Tenney, private (spelled. Teny), residence, Lincoln, enlisted 11 Nov., 1777 ; served two months and twenty-one days under Capt Oliver Titcomb and Col. Jacob Gerrish. Roll dated Winter Hill, 10 Feb., 1778; he also served under Capt. Simon Hunt and Col. Brooks at White Plains. He died at Rowley, 11 Mch., 1816. (Army Roll, Bogfcon.) ^

2/fe.— v.— 98. Samuel Tenney, bom 15 Sept., 1748, son of Thomas and Han- nah (Boynton) of Rowley (Ipswich), Mass.; married 6 Aug., 1770 Mary Brown, by Rev. Thomas Cary. She was bom in Salisbury, Mass., 26 May, 1750, daughter of Capt Edward and Dorothy (Pike). The captain was by trade a cooper, later a deputy sheri^ and from 1761 until his death, 19 July, 1775, keeper of the prison on Federal St., Newburyport. He was of military fame, as was his son Edward, of the French war. Mr. Tenney died 18 Sept., 1781. She married 13 Mch., 1792, Henry Brown, by Rev. J. Andrews. Mr. Brown was a seaman and died 2 Oct., 1826, aged sixty-one year^. Widow Mary lived with vigor of mind, afflicted with rheumatism and cor- pulency until 10 May, 1834. (Memoirs of Dea. S. T. (VI.) Said papers in possession of A. C. Tenney.) Children :

668 Dorothy, b. 17 Jan., 1774 ; d. 17 May, 1776.

664 «Samuel, b. 19 Jan., 1777.

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269.— v.— 98.

Captain Moses Texney, born 31 Mch., 1751, son of Thomas and Hannah (Boynton) of Rowley (Ipswich), Mass.; married in Newbury, Mass., 18 Nov., 1776, Anna Knight He died at sea* (Tenney Family, No. 2.) Widow Anna Tenney of Newburyport, Mass., gave bond, £2,000 ; appointed administratrix of the estate of Capt. Moses Tenney, late of Newburyport, deceased, mariner, 3 Jan., 1797. Inventory: "Dwelling-house with land adjoining, on Middle street in Newburyport, $1,000 ; a note of Joseph Knight,, 1901 ; other personal property, $236.38. Widow's dower set off in 1797 ;" before she had settled the estate (6 June, 1799), she had married a Mr. Baldwin. Zebedee Cook of Newburyport, malt maker, appointed guardian of the children, viz.: Anna, aged about seventeen years; Sarah, aged about twelve years; Abigail, aged more than nine years ; Hannah, aged five years ; and Mary, aged about two years ; children of Capt. Moses Tenney, deceased 6 Feb. 1797. Bond, $2,000. (Essex Probate.)

Moses Tenney, private, served under Capt. Timothy Jackman,, five days' march from Rowley to guard Gloucester harbor, in brig Nancy^ brought in by Capt. M. Swan, date 19 Dec, 1775. Chil-^ dren :

665 Moses, b. 1777; d. at about 18 years of age^

666 •Anna, b. 1780.

667 Sarah, b. 19 Feb., 1785; d. unmarried.

668 Abigail, b. 1788; m. Mr. Parker; went to Georgetown, D. O.

669 Hannah, b. 8 Nov., 1791; m.; res. Georgetown.

670 Mary, b. in 1795; lived with Dr. Oodman, and went south.

266.— V— 120.

Moses Tenney, bom 17 Oct., 1740, son of Moses and Hannah (Whitney) of Milford, Mass.; married in 1797, Louisa Lesure.. Residence, Milford, where the children were bom ; later he removed to Upton, Mass. He settled in Lee, Oneida county, N. Y., where- he and his wife died. He lived to be a very old man. (W. P. T.), Children :

671 Isaac.

672 Benjamin, b. 11 Jan., 1800. 678 •William, b. 8 Feb. 1802.

674 Abigail, b. 17 Feb., 1804.

675 Levi, Moses, and a daughter. 678 Joshua, b. 24 Sept., 1813.

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269.— v.— 120.

Joshua Tenxet, bom 1 April, 1743, son of Moses and Hannah (Whitney) ; married 17 Oct. 1766, Olive Parkham of Upton, Mass. She died and he married his second wife Olive Lesure, 19 Mch., 1812, of Mendon. Joshua Tenney, husbandman, quit claim for £25, lawful money, to Robert Fisk of Upton, all the land he lives on in Upton, estimated at 7 acres. Signed by Joshua and Olive, his wife, by "her mark," 25 Feb., 1783, sworn to 15 Jan., 1784. (Worcester Co. Rec, 93, 1785-86, p. 472.)

Moses and Hannah Tenney deeds to son Joshua about 17 acres of land in Upton, Mass., " in consideration of the love and good will we bear unto our son," 28 May, 1770. Reuben Carpenter of Upton sells 4 acres of land for $100. Joshua Tenney, 8 June, 1797 (143 : 560). Ezra Hayward of Boston deeds to Joshua Tenney of Upton, land in Upton, for $245.62, 31 May, 1806 (169: 525).

Joshua Tenney, private, residence, Upton, enlisted 25 Mch., 1777, under Capt. Isaac Bolster and Col. Ebenezer Learned, dated 7 Oct., 1775, at Roxbury. Also enlisted 23 Oct., 1779; discharged 28 Nov., 1779, under Capt. Thomas Marshall Baker and Col. Samuel Denny ; roll dated Upton. He enlisted as private 27 July, 1780, under Capt. Thomas Baker and Col. Nathan Tyler for service in Rhode Island on the alarm of July, 1780. (Army Roll, State House, Boston).

Joshua Tenney, private, allowed $33.63, received $100.89; served in Massachusetts state troops ; placed on roll 10 Nov., 1832. (Wor- cester Co. Records.) Pension rolls, B.. P. L. He died 15 Aug.^ 1836. Joshua Tenney of Upton, inventory, $460.01. (Worcester Probate.) Children :

679 Abigail, twin, b. 30 June, 1767.

680 Betsey, twin, b. 20 June, 1767.

681 Moses; d. at Lee, N. Y.

682 Aaron, b. in Upton.

683 Benjamin; d. at Lee, N. Y.

684 Hannah; m. 24 Dec, 1795, Mr. Aldrich; d. at Lee, N. Y.

685 Stephen, b. at Lee, N. Y.

686 William, b. at Lee, N. Y.

Oh. (2dw.):—

687 Levi, b. 18 Oct., 1814; d. in Rome, N. Y.; unmarried.

688 •Daniel, b. 18 June, 1818.

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291-V-127.

Daniel Texney, born 25 June, 1748, son of Stephen and Mary (Taylor) ; married Patty Morse, daughter of Capt. Moody Morse of Sutton, Mass^ a sister of Dr. N. F. Morse. Residence, Dummers- ton, Vt. She died, and he married for his second wife a sister of Mrs. Tenney.

He took the place of his cousin Simon Tenney, as minute man in the Revolutionary war. Minute men train half a day a week for ten weeks, — three hours counted half a day, — and have one shilling each person for so doing, and seven dollars a month while in actual service. (War Notes.) Stephen Tenney of Barre to Daniel Ten- ney, yoeman, for £1,700, 30 acres land, signed by Stephen and Mary Tenney, 17 June, 1779, acknowledged 12 Feb., 1785. (Wor- cester Co. Records.)

Daniel Tinne, private, residence Northboro ; served under Capt. Moses Harrington and Colonel Dyke from 20 Dec, 1776, to 1 Mch., 1777. (Army Roll.) He died at the age of seventy-seven years. Children :

689 •Moody, b. 20 May, 1780.

690 •Martha or Patty, b. 5 Aug., 1785.

Oh. (2dw.):—

691 •Josiah, b. 30 May, 1791.

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Rachel Tenney, bom in Westboro, Mass., 11 Feb., 1752, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Taylor) ; married in Barre, Mass., as second wife, to Samuel Leonard. Their daughter was accomp- lished and died when she was to have been married to J. A. Ten- ney. Residence, Gill, Mass. Mrs. Leonard died and he married his third wife. He lived to be over a hundred years old, and shot a deer and voted after he was a centenarian. He died at Canton, N.Y. Child:

693 Betsey, b. 8 July, 1796; d. 17 Dec., 1817.

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Deacon Abel Tenney, bom in Westboro, Mass., 26 Xov., 1753, son of Stephen and Mary (Taylor) ; married 12 Feb., 1775-6, Anne Rice of Southboro, by Rev. Peter Whitney, and moved to Hub- bardston, Mass. She was born 8 Oct., 1756, and died at the birth of

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her son Abel, 28 Oct., 1800. He married his second wife, widow Prudence Chamberlin, a sister of his first wife. She died in Troy, N. H., 1849, aged ninety-four years.

Capt. John Clark of Hubbardston deeds 80 acres land in Hub- bardston to Abel Tenney, 11 May, 1778 (Worcester Co., 81:484). John Moulton of Hubbardston to Abel Tenney of Richmond, land in Hubbardston, 95| acres for $275.79, 4 May, 1810 (Deed Record, 176: 282). Abel Tenney of Troy, N. H., obtained judgment against David Merriam of Hubbardston, Mass., $147.30, the 21 Mch., 1825. (Worcester Co., 245:310). The name of Abel Tenney is in the Conn, army roll of war 1812. He served as private imder Nath. Ferrand, from 24 Oct. to 23 Nov., 1814. He had some positive talent, great memory, wrote hymns, fixed principles, a hard fighter for right and justice. He had recourse to the law and was victorious in a boundary line case. He entered the court room as his own lawyer, with his Bible under his arm, and read Deut. 19: 14 ; 27 : 17 ; Prov- erbs 22 : 28. (H. A. T., a granddaughter.) He was blind six or seven years before his decease, Sept., 1829, at Troy, N. H. In faith a Baptist. Children :

693 Chloe, b. 18 July, 1776; m. Joseph Tabor; settled in Wash-

ington, N. Y.

694 •Polly, b. 2 Mch., 1778.

695 •John, b. 28 Feb., 1780.

696 •Anna, b. 28 Dec, 1781.

697 ♦Samuel, b. 16 Sept., 1784.

698 Betsey, b. 28 July, 1786; m. Ira Pettibone, res. Manchester,

Vt., and Pa. ; had one child.

699 »Stephen Rice, b. 10 Apr., 1788.

700 •Moses, b. 30 May, 1790,

701 •Aaron, b. 7 May, 1792.

702 •David Tyler, b. 11 Apr., 1794.

703 Daniel, b. 20 Nov., 1797; killed by the falling of a tree at the

age of fourteen years.

704 Abel, b. 28 Apr., 1800; m., had one child; res. N. Y. at last

report.

296.— v.— 127. John Tenney, bom in Westboro, Mass., 4 Feb., 1757, son of Stephen and Mary (Taylor). Residence, Northboro, Mass. John Tenney, spelled ey, y, Tinne, residence Northboro, Mass., marched to Cambridge on the alarm of 19 April, 1775, served seven days, enlisted 26 Apr., 1775, in Captain Wood's company, Colonel Ward's

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regiment, a private; was with his company at Dorchester, 11 Oct^ 1775; enlisted again 11 July, 1777, as sergeant under Capt. David Barnes, in Col. Timothy Bigelow's regiment, served one month twenty days. He then enlisted and served until 19 Apr., 1778, when he was reported as having died. Gideon Tenney was appointed administrator of the estate of the late John Tenney of Xorthboro^ 8 June, 1794.

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Captaix Gideox Tenxey, bom in Northboro, Mass., 16 Aug., 1759, son of Stephen and Mary (Taylor); married 8 Mch., 1792, Betsey Childs, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail (Willis) of Hard- wick, N. H. She was bom 27 May, 1772, and died 15 Mch., 1870. (Spooner Gen. I.) Residence, Barre and Northboro, where he gave a silver cup to the church of that place. Gideon Tenn^, gentleman, and Betsey, his wife, to Ephraim Newton of Southboro, a farm and buildings in Barre, 93 acres of land for $2,500, signed 1 Nov., 1809, acknowledged 25 Nov., 1809. (Worcester Co., 174, p. 625.) Gid- eon Tenney, for 1110.38, to Eleazer Jones, 11 acres 115 rods of land in Barre, lying next to the land sold Newton ; signed 10 Jan., 1810. Gideon Tenney and Betsey his wife of Barre, for $310, to Benjamin W. Childs, 15 acres of land in Hard wick ; witnessed by John A. Tenney and Sally Tenney, 29 May, 1809, acknowledged 7 July, 1809. He entered the army 17 May, 1775, served eight months, company of Samuel Wood. Gideon Tenney, private, spelled Tinney and Tiney, residence Northboro, served imder Capt. Manasseh Sawyer ia Colonel Dyke's regiment. Dated Dorchester Heights, 30 Nov., 1776 ; also served in Capt. Jotham Houghton's company, under Col. Josiah Whiting ; enlisted 31 July, 1779, discharged 14 Sept., 1779. Dated Petersham. Also served in Capt. Moses Harrington's company, under Colonel Dyke, from 1 Dec, 1776, to 1 Mch., 1777. He also served in Capt. Benj. Noyes' Company, tinder Col. Nathan Spar- hawk, from 21 Aug., 1777, to 25 Aug., 1777. They marched to re- inforce army at Bennington under General Stark. At that time he gave residence as Barre. He was at Stillwater (Army Roll). He moved to Vermont, lived in Ludlow, Brandon, and at Rutland. In 1842 removed to Gill, Mass., where he died 3 June, 1843. Children :

705 •John Avery, b. 12 July, 1798.

706 Sally Ann, b. 21 Apr., 1796; m. Rev. Joseph B. Baldwin of

Brandon, Vt., had one child who d. in infancy. She d. 80 Nov., 1857, of consumption.

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707 Ro8ey,b. 5 Feb. 1797; m. Luther Root, cashier; m. (2 h.) Hon.

Wm. Williams; res. Bainbridge, Ga.; d. 20 Aug., 1889. She buried two ohildren.

708 Stillmaa, b. 5 Feb., 1799; d. 8 Dec., 1817, of typhoid fever.

709 Infant, b. 11 Feb., 1801, d. same day.

710 •Lionel, b. 10 Apr., 1802.

711 James Tyler, b. 16 Sept., 1804; d. 18 May, 1807.

712 »Lom8e, b. 29 July, 1806.

718 •Abigail Willis, b. 4 Dec., 1809.

714 •James Angnstns, b. 28 Apr., 1812.

715 Arethnsa, b. 14 Aug., 1814; d. 21 May, 1840, of consumption.

812.— V.-132.

Major Simon Tenney, bom in Sutton, Mass., 18 Sept., 1746, son of Daniel and Rebecca (Dickinson); married 23 Jan., 1772, Sarah Trask, a daughter of Capt Samuel Trask. Mrs. Tenney was bom 10 Sept., 1753, and died 22 Aug., 1830. Residence, Sutton; a far- mer, and winters taught the district school. Taught in one school 15 winters, and taught after 70 years of age. He enlisted in the War of 1812, served one year, and ordered captain of a division of the militia in Shay's rebellion. Simon Tenney and Sarah, his wife, for $150 quitdahned to J. Trask of Grafton, claim to estate of Mrs. Tenney's father, Samuel Trask, 26 Feb., 1805. (Worcester Record of Deeds, 174:32.) Simon Tenney of Sutton bought land from Moody Morse of Sutton, 6 acres land 16 Feb., 1778 (79: 75). Also bought land in Leicester, Mass., 18 Aug., 1783 (121 : 614) ; also men- tioned as bought land 5 June, 1786 (121 : 616), 5 Apr., 1792 (121: 617), 12 Jan., 1792 (123:315) gives land and homestead to his father, Daniel Tenney, and wife, Rebecca Tenney, signed Simon and Sarah Tenney, 15 Sept., 1788 (114 : 462). John Woodbury of Sutton, for $40 sells land in Sutton to Simon Tenney 15 Mch., 1799 (145:321), witness Daniel Tenney, Jr. Simon Tenney of Sutton transferred 800 acres in Sutton to Daniel Tenney, Jr., of Sutton ; Sarah, wife of Simon Tenney, signs, 30 Mch., 1804 (145:457). Daniel Tenney of Sutton sells land in Sutton for $104 to Simon Tenney 9 Aug., 1817 (208 : 115). On 81 Jan., 1818, he buys land ; witnesses mentioned in deed, Daniel Tenney, Simon Tenney, and Benjamin F. Tenney, 6 Feb., 1832 (Worcester Co., 284 : 646). He died 14 Aug., 1838. ChUd:

716 •Daniel, b. 23 Nov.. 1778.

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814.— v.— 132.

SusANXA Tenney, bom in Sutton, Mass^ 15 Dec^ 1751, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Dickinson); married 17 Mch^ 1775, Samuel Blanchard, bom 1 Apr., 1749, and died 21 July, 1825. Mrs. Blan- chard died 19 Apr., 1826. Residence in 1788, Sutton, Mass. Children :

717 •Stephen, b. 26 Oct., 1775.

718 Nancy, b. 27 Sept., 1777; d. 17 Sept., 1778.

719 John Brewer, b. 2 Mch., 1780; res. Palmer, Mass.

720 ♦Simon Tenney, b. 17 Feb., 1782.

721 Samuel, b. 25 June, 1784; d. 27 Dec., 1828.

722 Mary, b. 8 July, 1786; m. Isaac Reed; d. 7 Aug., 1842. 728 •Thomas, b. 21 June, 1788.

724 Abiathar, b. 21 Mch., 1798.

725 Susan, b. 1 June, 1799.

317.— v.— 182.

Maky Tenney, called Xancy, bom 11 Apr., 1761, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Dickinson); married Stephen Holman, who died and she married Capt. Azor Phelps, who was bom 13 Oct., 1761. She died 6 Oct., 1814. Captam Phelps married Dolly Dresser, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Children (2 h.) :

726 A25or, b. 15 Sept., 1794; d. Oct., 1796.

727 Mary, b. 2 Sept., 1791; d. 20 Sept., 1818.

728 Sarah, b. 18 June, 1793; m. George Warren.

729 Susan, b. 6 July, 1796; m. John Goodell and Hiram W. Bates.

780 Axor Roundy, b. 80 Apr., 1798.

781 Charles, b. 5 Aug., 1800; m. Mary Ambloid.

782 Nancy Dickinson, b. 17 Sept., 1806; m. Wm. Legate.

818.-V.— 183.

Samuel Tenney, M. D., bom in Byfield parish, Rowley, Mass.^ 16 Nov., 1748, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Boynton) ; married in 1788 Tabitha Oilman, daughter of Samuel of Exeter, N. H., the early American novelist. Mrs. Tenney was a highly accomplished lady, and author of two or more published works, " The Adventure of Dorcasina Sheldon" and "Female Quixotism," which went through several editions. She died in 1837. Residence, Exeter^ N. H. Dr. Tenney was educated under Master Moody at Dummer Academy, graduated from Harvard College in 1772, studied med- icine at Andover, and settled in Exeter in 1775. On the breaking

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out of the Revolutionary war he mounted his horse and rode to the vicinity of Boston, arriving in season to assist in dressing the wounds of the injured at the battle of Bunker Hill. He served through the war as surgeon, one year in a Massachusetts regiment, afterward in the Rhode Island line. He was present at the sur- render of Burgoyne and of Comwallis. He volunteered for the defence of Red Bank on the Delaware, himself using a musket, and dressed the wounds of Count Donop, who was mortally wounded. The Count delivered to him his pocket-book, remarking that he looked like an honest man. He returned to Exeter, though he did not resume professional practice. He had a strong inclination toward political life, and was a member of the convention for form- ing the Constitution of New Hampshire in 1791. In 1798 he was appointed judge of probate, which office he held until 1800, when he was elected a member of Congress, and in the town of Hancock, N. H., the 27th of October, 1800, he received every vote but one.

He was a member of several literary, historical, and scientific societies; to which he contributed articles for their publication. For the Massachusetts Agricultural Society he wrote a much-approved treatise on orcharding. He also wrote an account of the mineral water of Saratoga and a theory of prismatic colors. For his scien- tific description of the Dark Day, the 19th of May, 1780, see Mass. Hist So. Coll., 1st ser.. Vol. 1.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has articles by Dr. Samuel Tenney. He was "a man of fine presence and of much dignity. His domestic and social relations were of the happiest character." He died 6 Feb., 1816. Dr. George W. Dearborn has to-day (Jan., 1892) concluded the purchase of the old Dr. Tenney property on Front street, between the town hall and the First church, from Frank H. Hervey, the present owner.

321,— V.-133. Lois Tenxey, bom in Byfield parish, Rowley, Mass., 17 Feb., 1753, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Boynton) ; published in Rowley, 28 Sept, 1771 ; married Joseph Pike. Residence, Rowley. Children:

788 Sarah, m. Moses Stickney.

734 Lois, m. Spofford Stickney.

785 Daniel, m. Dorcas Plummer.

786 John, graduated at Dartmouth (College, 1808.

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787 *Mary, m. Mark Cheney.

738 Elijah Parish, m. Mary Sampson.

789 Samuel, d. in Byfield, aged 21 years.

740 Alfred Washington, b. 21 Mch., 1791; d. in Boston, 6 Sept.,

1860. See Alumni D. 0., by G. T. Chapman, p. 178.

322.— V.-133.

Thomas Texxey, bom in Byfield parish, Rowley, 25 July, 1755, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Boynton); married 30 April, 1784, Elizabeth Jewett of Newbury, Mass., who died 9 April, 1853, aged ninety-three years, daughter of Deacon Jeremiah Jewett, and aunt to C. J. Tenney, D. D.

Mr. Tenney removed from Rowley soon after April, 1793, to Topsfield, Mass., and. about the year 1805, to St. Albans, Me. He had a great fondness for intellectual pursuits, and was desirous to obtain an education for the Christian ministry, but in this he was strongly opposed. This was to him a sore trial, of which he was accustomed, in after life, to speak with deep regret Though he became a farmer, he was a thorough theologian, and but few, even among ministers, were so discriininating in this direction as he. He was not a cold speculator, but used the great doctrines of the Bible as a foundation for Christian experience and practice. He was very faithful in the religious training of his children, all of whom " be- came soundly oi-thodox, not only in head but in heart." (Rev. Samuel G. Tenney (YI). Mr. Tenney died 4 Sept, 1837. Chil- dren:

741 •Mary O., b. 1 June, 1785; bapt. 16 Oct., 1786.

743 •Nathaniel, b. 7 Apr., 1787; bapt. 15 July, 1787. 748 •Elizabeth, b. 20 July, 1788; bapt. 20 Sept., 1789.

744 Jane, b. 9 Apr., 1791; d. 28 Mch., 1796.

745 •Samuel Gilman, b. 12 Apr., 1793; bapt. 11 Aug., 1798.

746 •William, b. 6 Jan., 1797.

747 ♦Thomas Boynton, b. 14 Jan., 1800; bapt 7 Sept., 1800.

748 Jane Searle, b. 7 Mch., 1808; d. at Lawrence, Mass., 24

Nov., 1886.

749 •Jeremiah Jewett, b. 17 Apr., 1805.

325.— V.-133.

Enoch Tenney, bom on the ancestral estate in Rowley, Mass., 8 Feb., 1763, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pike); published 23 Sept., 1786; married 6 November, 1786, Jane Searle of Rowley, who died 9 March, 1842, aged eighty-one years.

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«

Deacon S. Tenney visited the 17 of July, 1840, the widow of Enoch, examined the old deeds and the family Bible, and the familiar spots hereafter mentioned.

Residence, Rowley, at the homestead built by his father, on the same spot where a former one stood. The first house stood about forty rods southeast of the present one, and near the brook, where the cellar may be seen, just north of which, and near thereto, stood an apple tree, always called the "back-door apple tree," known probably to the first and following generations.

Mr. Tenney died of consumption 29 Jan., 1824. Children :

750 •Samuel, b. 1 Sept., 1787.

751 Nabby, b. 14 Nov., 1788; bapt. 80 May, 1790; d. 26 June,

1810; unmarried.

752 ♦John Searle, b. 1 Jan., 1798; bapt. in Jmie, 1798.

753 *Mary, b. 28 Jan., 1796; bapt. in Mch., 1796.

754 •William, b. 2 July, 1802.

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Sarah Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., Byfield parish, 11 Oct., 1772, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pike); married the 17 June, 1808, Mark Cheney. Residence, Rowley, Mass. He had by former wife, Mary Pike (daughter of Joseph and Lois Tenney), two sons and a daughter. He died 16 Sept., 1850, aged seventy-seven years. She died. Children :

755 Moody, b. 7 June, 1809; m. Susan B. Jackman.

756 Greenleaf, b. 12 Nov., 1810; a clergyman.

757 Henrietta Maria, b. 19 May, 1818; m. Jewett Smith.

758 John Pike, b. 22 Feb., 1817; d. 5 Oct., 1819.

828.— V.-188.

Benjamin Tknney, bom in Hollis, N. H., 8 Nov., 1746, son of William and Ann (Jewett); published in Andover, Mass., June, 1771 ; married 28 Jan., 1772, Ruth Blanchard. They were cousins. In 1775 he paid a tax of 2s.lld. in Hollis; removed to Temple, N.H.

Benjamin Tenney, of Temple, marched " part of ye way " from Temple to Cambridge 19 April, 1775 (Rev. Roll, Concord, N. H.), also enlisted as private in Captain Gershom's company, tinder Lieut.- Col. Thomas Heald; marched to reinforce northern Continental army at Ticonderoga, June, 1777; enlisted 29 June, 1777, dis- charged 12 July, 1777; wages due £3.18s.; also served in Enoch

90 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

» Hale's regiment, raised to reinforce General Gates at Ticonderoga ;

engaged 22 Oct^ 1776, returned 16 Nov., 1776; wages due £2.188. Benjamin Tenney enlisted under Lieutenant Bradford, 1778, and served under Captain Adams in the Revolutionary war. William Tenney, son of John Tenney, was a mess-mate. (Book Notes.) The name of Benjamin Tenney appears in "years book of IlL sons of the Revolution:" He died in Temple, 2 Sept., 1790. Their three oldest children died with "black dysentery," " black measles," or something "black," not Spirit of "76." (Dr. ) IVIrs. Ten- ney married Darius Hudson of Temple. They had son, Oliver, born 17 June, 1797, a merchant in Boston, who died 6 July, 1856. Dr. A. H. Foster, of Chicago, has a very old "Tenney Bible," which his father received from Oliver Hudson. Mrs. Tenney was was bom 18 Aug., 1751, daughter of Samuel Blanchard and Ruth (Tenney). She died in the home of her son, John, at Antrim, N. H., 18 April, 1831. Childien :

759 Ruth, b. 2 Dec, 1772; d. 1 Sept., 1772.

760 Benjamin, b. 7 July, 1774; d. 8 Sept., 1777.

761 Samuel, b. 11 July, 1776; d. 2 Sept., 1777.

762 •William, b. 27 Feb., 1778.

763 *Lucy, b. 26 Nov., 1779.

764 •Benjamin, b. 23 Aug., 1781.

765 •Samuel, b. 16 May, 1783.

766 •Amos, b. 19 Feb., 1786.

767 •David, b. 10 Nov., 1786.

768 •Solomon, b. 12 Sept., 1788. '^

769 •Jonn, b. 7 July, 1790.

829.-V.-138.

Martha Texney, bom in Hollis, N. H., 13 Apr., 1749, daughter of William and Ann (Jewett) ; married 21 Nov., 1771, Jerahmael Bowers of Hollis. Residence, Groton and Hebron, N. H. I have not received the date of their death. Children :

770 Jerehmael ; m. ; res. Bristol.

771 William ; m. Lucy Wright ; res. Hebron.

772 Grardner Jewett.

773 Martha ; m. Reuben Johnson; res. Hebron.

774 Nancy ; m. Reuben Dale ; res. New Lowell.

776 Betsey ; m. Samuel A. Love joy ; res. Hebron and Billerica.

776 James ; d. unmarried at Hollis, aged about 21 years.

777 •Dolly.

778 Son ; m. Betsey Holt ; m. 2d, widow Sarah Ck)lby.

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330.— v.— 188.

Captain William Tenney, born in Hollis, N. H., 17 Mch^ 1751 (Town Record), or 1755- (Town Hist.), son of William and Anir (Jewett) ; married in Rowley, Mass., 28 Mch., 1776, Phebe Jewett,. daughter of Deacon Jeremiah Jewett. She was born 9 Apr., 1752;: died 18 Apr., 1816, of lung fever.

He resided at the homestead, and in 1775 paid a tax of 2s.8d. Selectman 1791, 92, 93, 94, 98, 99 and 1800 ; also one of the orig^ inal members of the Hollis Philanthropic Society (1801). April 19,. 1775, he enlisted for Lexington, and in Dec, 1775, for Cambridge,, and again in 1776 in Capt. Reed's company, for White Plains. The town paid him £5.7s., also a botmty of £6, " with a penny a mile for travel, and the same in lien of a baggage wagon." On the " Great Return " he received £3 (one of thirty-seven men), having served three months in 1775 and five months in 1776. Capt Tenney died 16 June, 1806.

William Tenney, of Hollis, marched in Capt. Reuben Dow's com~ pany, 19 Apr., 1775, as private; also enlisted in Capt. William Reed's company, under Col. Baldwin, in 1776. Advanced wages^ and bounty, £6. This regiment was raised for the reinforcing army in X. Y. He was in battle of White Plains 28 Oct., 1776, and was. dismissed early in December of that year. (Army Roll, Concord,, N. H.) See Vol. XI. Lineage Book, N. S. of the D. A. R. gives, authority to admit new members.

He was a prosperous farmer, a Whig and universally esteemed, a warm advocate of the high doctrines of the gospel like all his ances-^ tors of the Congregational denomination. (Dr. J. C. T.) He died 16 June, 1806. Children :

779 *Phebe Jewett, b. 12 Oct., 1777.

780 Anna, b. 2 Feb., 1779 ; d. in Feb., 1782.

781 •Caleb Jewett, b. 3 May, 1780.

782 •Nancy (Anna), b. 29 Jan., 1782.

788 William, b. 22 Mch., 1784 ; d. 12 Sept., 1784.

784 •William, b. 18 Sept., 1785.

785 •Sarah, b. 22 Oct., 1786.

786 Benjamin Gardner, b. 8 Dec, 1788 ; d. 16 Feb., 1894.

787 •Ralph Emerson, b. 5 Oct., 1790.

788 •Ludnda, b. 16 July, 1798.

381.— v.— 188. Anx Tenney, bom 28 Sept., 1755, daughter of William and Ann (Jewett) of HolUs, N. H.; married 15 Mch., 1781, Aquilla Kim-

^2 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

ball of Bradford, Mass., by Rev. Daniel Emerson. They settled in Rindge, N. H., previous to 1785, on a farm bordering upon the state line. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He enlisted in Oapt. Gage's company, Frye's regiment, 19 Apr.,1 775, at Cambridge ; in same regiment, 6 Sept., 1775 ; in J. Smith's company, J. Whit- ney's regiment, 16 June, 1776, to 1 Aug, 1776.

On 13 July, 1776, he wa^ in camp at Hull, Mass. He enlisted 27 Apr., 1777, in Samuel Johnson's company, Titcomb's regiment; marched to Providence, R. I. ; dbcharged 2 June, 1777. From 3 Feb., 1778, to 3 Apr., 1778, he was a sergeant in Gage's company, Gerrish's regiment, guarding General Burgoyne's troops on Winter Hill, Charlestown, Mass. On the 7 July, 1780, to 10 Aug., 1780, he was in Jonathan Ayres' company. Wade's regiment. (Army Roll.) He was bom in Bradford, Mass., 28 Sept., 1755, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Jewett), and died 4 Mch., 1826. She died 2 Apr., 1837. ChUdren:

789 Nancy, b. 4 Apr., 1782 ; d. young.

790 Isaac, b. 30 Nov., 1783.

791 •Jonathan, b. 19 Nov., 1785.

792 »Martha, b. 29 Oct., 1788.

793 — Lydia, b. 80 Apr., 1791 ; m. Solomon Tenney.

794 »Naiicy, b. 4 Aug., 1792.

796 William T., b. 8 Jan., 1794 ; d. 1 Sept., 1796.

796 Phebe, b. 1796 ; d. 1 July, 1832 ; unmarried.

797 William Tenney, b. 19 Feb., 1799 ; died 29 Jan., 1888 ; of

Oonn.; unmarried.

798 Aquilla, b. 81 Aug., 1802 ; d. 24 Apr., 1803.

832.— v.— 139.

Mehitable Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 6 Nov., 1752, daughter of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; published in Rowley, 1 Oct., 1790, to Woodbridge Belcher, a joiner; moved to Weare, N*. H., then to Vermont. Mrs. Belcher died and he married a second wife, by whom he had children, Oliver, Harriet, and Olive, who was killed by lightning. He died at Weare. Child :

799 Samuel.

833.— V.-139.

Captain Moses Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 8 Sept., 1754, son of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; married in Byfield parish, Row- ley, 6 Feb., 1776, Lucy Stickney, daughter of William and Mary ^Sawyer). She was baptized 25 March, 1750.

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They resided at Georgetown, Mass., od a farm, which is now occupied by Capt. Gorham D. Tenney. Captain Moses died in New York. Children :

800 *Moses, b. 34 Nov., 1776-7.

801 •P&ul, b. 28 Aug., 1780.

802 »Hajinah, b. 1 May, 1784.

884.-V.-189.

Betty Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 31 July, 1756, daughter of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; published in Rowley, Mass., 2 Nov.,. 1777 ; married 23 Dec, 1777, Samuel Sawyer of Hopkinton, N. H. A farmer and stock raiser on Sugar Hill, a good estate. (Book Notes.) She died in Nov., 1820. He married his second wife, a Periey of Boxf ord, Mass., and had several children. Children :

803 Polly, b. 22 May, 1782.

804 Betty, b. 18 July, 1784.

805 Infant.

885.— V.-189.

David Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 9 Dec, 1758, son of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; married 20 Oct., 1785, Nabby (Abi- gail) Spofford, daughter of Col. Daniel and Judith (Follansbee) of Rowley. Her father was colonel of the Seventh regiment of militia, marched to Cambridge, but failed to arrive for the engage- ment. She was born 24 Jan., 1765, and died 29 May, 1793; buried in the family lot at Georgetown, Mass. He married 31 Aug., 1816 (his 2 w.), Mary Saunders. Residence, Georgetown. " He was one of three men who rode across a room on a meal-chest propelled by invisible power. In 1780, Hannah Hazen, a native, was annoyed in her weaving by strange sounds from the walls answering each stroke of the lathe. Unable to account for this, Hannah was set to sifting meal, but she or her clothes had no sooner touched the meal-chest than it began to move by jogs of one or two inches so long as she kept at work. Other articles, to a heavy work-bench, would move from her. Twenty witnesses, who had seen the loaded meal-chest move and begin to turn the comer, were not to be put down by a theory, even by two clergymen. The girl was sent away, and the law of gravitation restored." (Hist, of Essex.)

David Tenney, private in Capt. John Dodge's company. Colonel Pickering's regiment, enlisted 16 Dec, 1776, discharged 15 Mch., 1777.

54 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

David Tenney, private, served five days in Timothy Jackson's company, when it marched from Rowley to guard Gloucester har- bor, and brig Nancy brought in by Captain Manley. (Mass. Army RoU, State House.) Mr. Tenney died 16 Aug., 1830. Children :

806 Sally Spofford, b. 5 Apr., 1787; m. 81 May, 1829, Valkert O.

Dickey.

807 »David Barnard, b. 14 July, 1789.

88e.-V.-189. Bexjamin Tenijey, bom in Rowley, Mass., 9 Jan., 1761, son of Oliver and Betty (Jewett); published in Rowley, 1 Mch., 1783; married 18 Mch., 1783, Lydia Jackman of Byfield, by Rev. Moses Pearson. Benjamin Tenney, spelled Teney and Tinney, served three years, 1777-80, in Colonel Putman's regiment as a private in Capt. Job Whipple's company, roll dated 22 Apr., 1779. Served irom 1 Jan., 1780, to 10 Mch., 1780. (Army Roll.) Residence, Weare, N. H., where he paid taxes from 1788 to 1793, inclusive. In 1793, Moses Hazen and Benjamin Tenney received 18s. "for «mall-pox bill." He bought of Ezra Worthen lot 29, range 1, and transfers the same lot to Samuel Kendrick. Mr. Tenney was a tax- payer in 1810. His wife died 1 June, 1843, aged seventy-nine years. Benjamin Tenney, on the way to visit a neighbor, with his niece, complained of feeling tired, sat down on a log and died imme- diately, in 1826. He had previously gone to Vermont. Children :

808 »William, b. 1784.

S09 Judith; m. John Bird; moved to Vermont.

810 »Bet8ey J., b. 20 Dec., 1788.

811 Anna A.; m. Jesse Caldwell, son of James and Lettice

Walker; moved to Vermont.

812 John, b. 6 Dec, 1793; d. young.

818 Timothy, b. 22 Aug., 1795; d. young.

814 »Benjamin, b. 17 June, 1798.

816 »01iver, b. 4 July, 1800.

816 Hiram, b. 7 July, 1802; d. young.

817 Lydia, b. 14 Jan., 1806; m. James Eggleston.

818 » James Manning, b. 26 Aug., 1807.

887.-V.-189. Ruth Tenney, born in Rowley, Mass., 9 Mch., 1763, daughter of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; published m Rowley, 26 Aug., 1784, to David Burbank. They had eleven or twelve children. (Note Book.)

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Residence, Newburyport and Salem, Mass^ where she died. Children :

819 Betsej; m. Samuel Davis; d. in Weare, N. H.

830 »SaUy.

821 Naomi; m. Mr. Gonld; res. Salem, Mass.

822 Louise; nnmarried.

823 Nathan; res. Amesbury; "clever man" (Notes).

824 David; res. Manchester, Mass.

825 Silas; res. Salem, Mass.; also Eben, Marsh, and William.

888.— v.— 189. Hanxah Tennet, bom in Rowley, Mass., 15 Mch., 1765, daugh- ter of Oliver and Betty ( Jewett) ; married in Mch., 1783, Jonathan Savary. Residence, Bradford, Mass. No other facts received. Children:

826 Thomas, b. 6 Oct., 1788.

827 Priscilla, b. 8 Apr., 1785. S38 Hannah, b. 12 Apr., 1788.

829 Betty, b. 28 Apr., 1790; d. young.

880 Jonathan, b. 6 Mch., 1793.

881 Betty, b. 24 May, 1795.

839.-V.— 189. OovBK Tbnnet, a twin, bom in Rowley, Mass., 27 Mch., 1767, son of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; published in Rowley, 17 May, 1788; married 11 June, 1788, Judith Jackman, bom 11 Sept., 1765, and died 4 Jan., 1826, of palsy. He died of consumption 7 June, 1826; buried in the Byfield parish cemetery. Children :

832 ♦Benjamin Jackman, b. 3 Nov., 1788.

833 •Gorham Parsons, b. 17 Mch., 1794.

834 'Elizabeth Noyes, b. 6 Jan., 1804; bapt. 17 Sept., 1820.

835 *Hannah Jackman, b. 7 Feb., 1807; bapt. 17 Sept., 1820.

841.— v.— 189. Samuel Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 17 Mch., 1769, son of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; published in Rowley, 3 Apr., 1791, to Mary (Polly) Jackman, who died 22 Aug., 1833. Residence, Weare, N. H., house on lot 72, range 2 ; also owned lot 83. He removed to Goffstown, N. H., where he was a farmer and provision dealer. He died 27 Sept., 1839. Children:

836 *James Manning, b. 30 Mch., 1791. 887 'Myra T., b. in 1796.

96 THE TENNEY FAMILY.

838 *Samuel StOlman Jackman, b. 12 Feb., 1804.

839 Marion.

840 Jackman.

842.— V,-189. Jennie Texney (Jane), bom in Rowley, Mass., 24 Feb., 1771,. daughter of Oliver and Betty (Jewett); published in Rowley,. 30 Sept., 1792, to Joseph Young. Residence, Newburyport, Mass. They died, as did their twelve children. I have not secured dates,, or the name of their last child. Miss Olive Tenney died in the home of her sister, Mrs. Young. Children :

841 James, a merchant at Newburyport.

842 Jacob, Jeremiah, and Polly, all d. young (2d, 7th, and 8th)* 846 Greorge; m. Mary King.

846 Franklin, lost at sea. Jacob, a merchant.

847 John, lost at sea, on a fishing voyage for his health.

848 Jane; m. William Prince of Newburyport, ** rich.**

849 Betsey; m. Edward Currier, sea captain, lost at sea.

850 Joanna; m. Mr. Tappan.

343.— v.— 189,

Lois Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 27 July, 1778, daughter of Oliver and Betty (Jewett) ; published 29 Nov., 1798, to John Foss, of Newburyport, Mass. He was mkriner, was taken prisoner by the Algerines, and he published an account of his bondage ; died soon after his return, near Philadelphia, at sea. She married a second husband, a Mr. Hill, who died without children. His widow died with Mrs. Young. Children :

851 John; d. in Ipswich, Mass.

852 Infant.

361.— v.— 146, Davtd Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 28 Feb., 1766, son of Richard and Abigail (Perley); married 7 Mch., 1793, Judith Spofford of Georgetown, Mass., daughter of Dea. Moody and Huldah (Spofford). She was bom 23 July, 1767, and died 11 July, 1831. The deacon was a lieutenant during the Revolutionary War. Res- idence, Byfield parish, Rowley; removed to Newbury, Mass., and died 9 Apr., 1826. Children :

853 Moody, b. 8 Mch., 1794; d. 28 Mch., 1794. 864 David, b. 8 Oct., 1795; d. 21 Feb., 1796.

855 ♦Abigail, b. 15 Jan., 1797.

856 ♦Pamela, b. 18 Mch., 1798.

857 ♦Richard, b. 1 Mch., 1802. •

868 ♦Daniel Spofford, b. 25 Sept., 1805.

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362.— v.— 146. RiCHAKD Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 9 Sept., 1768, son of Richard and Abigail (Perley) ; married 6 Dec, 1790, Ruth Ingalls, daughter of William Ingalls of Newburyport, Mass., a sister to Mrs. Perley Tenney. Residence, Newburyport. He died 1 Sept., 1809 ; fell dead while running with a fire engine at a fire near city hall, which place is marked by memorial lamps, erected by his son, Daniel I. Tenney. The widow resided in New York city, where she died 81 Mch., 1852. Children :

859 'Daniel Ingalls, b. 2 May, 1800.

860 William, b. 22 Feb., 1806; a jeweler in New York city; d.

6 Apr., 1848; unmarried.

861 Elizabeth; m. Mr. Hanaford. She d. Brooklyn, N. Y, in

1872, leaving a bequest of five thousand dollars to the Society for Aged Females, at Newburyport, Mass. No children.

SeS.-V.— 146, Doctor William Tekstey, bom in Rowley, Mass., 12 Jan., 1771, son of Richard and Abigail (Perley); married about 1800, Abigail Rollins, who died 8 Aug., 1803. He married second wife, 12 Oct., 1806, Margaret Flanders, born 22 Jan., 1782, and died 22 Sept., 1865. Residence, Loudon, N. H. Samuel G. Batchelder of Gilman, deeds to William Tenney, of Loudon, land in Loudon, 4 Dec, 1822 (1 : 77). Mr. Tenney died 17 Mch., 1826. Nathaniel Martin, Samuel French of Loudon, guardians of Abigail E. H., Richard P. J., WiUiam D. B., Joseph J. M., children of late William Tenney, physician of Loudon, for $350, sells real estate to James Ross, 2 Dec, 1829 (21 : 68). Child :

862 Richard, b. 29 Oct., 1801; d. 4 Aug., 1803.

Oh. (2w.):— 868 AbigaQ Eliza Hamilton, b. 14 Apr., 1808; d. 2 July, 1881;

willed her mother all personal property, and three brothers real estate, will dated 25 June, 1831, proved July, 1831.

864 ♦Richard Perley Jewett, b. 18 Aug., 1810.

865 •William David Braman, b. 3 May, 1818.

866 Joseph James Monroe, b. 17 June, 1817; res. Loudon, 1859.

364.-V.-146. Pesley Texney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 14 June, 1773, son of Richard and Abigail (Perley) ; married 3 Jan., 1802, Maria Ingalls, 7

98 THE TENNEY FAMILr.

daughter of William Ingalls of Newburyport Residence, New- buryport, where he was a merchant. The dates of their death not received. At a March meeting in 1851, at Newburyport, the town appropriated $80 to pay the heirs of the late Perley Tenney for land taken for extension of Fair St. (E. Vale Smith, p. 242.) Children :

867 Susanna Ingalls, b. 9 July, 1804 ; d. unmarried.

868 Sarah H., b. 1 June, 1806 ; d. unmarried.

869 Perley W., b. 21 Oct., 1808 ; d., left a widow but no children.

870 Ellen ; d. unmarried.

871 A. Maria, b. 8 Jan., 1811 ; m. Thomas W. Burnham ; res.

Newburyport. 873 Catharine ; m. Rev. Henry L. Dean in Greorgia.

865.— v.— 146.

Amos Jewett Tenney, born in Rowley, Mass., 27 May, 1777, Bon of Richard and Abigail (Perley); married 6 Apr., 1802, Lucy Spofford, daughter of Jeremiah and Temperance Spofford, who was bom in New Rowley, now Georgetown, Mass., 23 Apr., 1780, and Jdied of apoplexy, 2 May, 1833. He married second wife, 9 May, 1834, Aphia Spofford, bom 1 July, 1796, a sister of Lucy. Their father and also their grandfather, Capt. Eliphalet Spofford, were in the army at Cambridge. Residence, Georgetown, Mass., on the farm of his fathers. He also followed a long and successful career as a sboe manufacturer and opened a store at the village. They were received at the First Congregational Church, by profes- sion, 1820. He died 1 Aug., 1840. Mrs. Aphia Tenney died at the home of her son, Richard, the 12 Feb., 1879. Children:

873 *Charles Spofford, b. 25 Oct., 1802-8.

874 *George Jewett, b. 28 Aug., 1805.

876 Milton, b. 20 Feb., 1807 ; d. 1 Jan., 1814.

876 »Richard, b. 13 Feb., 1810.

877 »Lucy H., b. 1 May, 1812.

878 Harriet Braman, b. 7 Nov., 1821 ; d. 22 Jan., 1833.

366.-V.-149.

Edmund Tenney of Loudon, N. H., born in Rowley, Mass., son of Edmund and Hannah (Wood) ; married Nancy Thompson of Concord, N. H., who died in 1804. He married in Rowley, 12 Nov., 1805,Nabby (Abigail) Nelson, who died 21 Oct., 1849. Resi- dence, Concord, N. H., and Loudon, N. IL He died of consump-

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tion in 1814. Joseph Baker of Loudon, administrator of estate of Edmund Tenney of Loudon, sells land in Loudon, 15 Oct., 1817. (31 : 58 Merrimack County.) Children :

879 Hannah, b. 6 Feb., 1802 ; m. 29 Dec., 1889, Francis Gage of

Pelham, N. H.

880 Daughter, b. 1804 ; d. soon after, and also the mother.

Oh. (2w.): —

881 ♦Gardner, b. 13 Aug., 1806.

882 *Nelson, b. 18 Apr., 1808. 888 ♦Thompson, b. 17 Mch., 1811.

Se?,— V,— 149.

Moses Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., about 1769, son of Ed- mund and Hannah (Wood) ; married in Salisbury, N. H., Polly Fifield, who died, and he married in Salisbury, N. H., 80 Jan., 1792, SaUy Grarland of Salisbury, who died 20 Oct., 1825, aged about 55 years. Residence, New Chester, now Hill, N. H., where he secured a land claim in that part of the town known as " Murray Hill." He had the misfortune to break his thigh by a fall, and died 25 Feb., 1842. Children:

884 ♦Amos, b. 23 Sept., 1793.

885 ♦Moses, b. 26 Aug., 1795.

886 Eunice, b. 20 May, 1797 ; d. 26 July, 1818; unmarried.

887 ♦Betsey, b. 10 Apr., 1799.

888 James, b. 13 Dec., 1800 ; d. 18 Nov., 1802.

889 ♦James, b. 4 Feb., 1804.

890 Luke, b. 11 Mch., 1806 ; d. about 7 years of age.

891 ♦Jacob, b. 26 Feb., 1808.

892 ♦Caroline, b. 10 Nov., 1810.

898 Sarah ; m. Timothy Dunham ; had a daughter Josephine.

868.-V.— 149. Ebexezeb Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass., 1772, son of Edmund and Hannah (Wood) ; married in Salisbury, N. H., 13 Mch., 1800, Mehitable Garland of Salisbury. She was bom 1780, and died 10 Oct, 1848. Residence, Pembroke, Concord, and Manchester, N. H. Died previous to 27 Nov., 1847. Children :