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We don't know when Josiah died, but he was living in Brentwood in 1753. In the property transfers involving Josiah, he is variously called a yeoman (farmer), laborer and innkeeper. We have no record of Josiah and Sarah after 1753 (Anderson, "Moody Sons and Grandsons" [ op. cit.], 230).
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John was the son of John and Abigail Cloyes of Watertown, Massachusetts. (WATERTOWN RECORDS, 1 [op.cit.], 6). When he was young, the family moved to Falmouth (Portland) Maine (William Willis, THE HISTORY OF PORTLAND FROM 1632 TO 1864 [Portland: Bailey & Noyes, 1865], 140. Other interesting information about the Cloyes family in Portland is found on pages 173-174 of Willis' book). After a few years, they moved to Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Mary Long (John's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth) was the daughter of Deacon Robert and Alice (Stevens, or Short) Long of Newbury (Savage, A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, 3 [op.cit.], 109. See also Torrey, NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700 [op.cit.], 471).
In 1681, John (then living in Wells, Maine, and apparently divorced from Mary Long), married his second wife, Mary Mills of Saco, Maine, who was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wadleigh) Mills (Noyes, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE [op.cit.], 152, 483. See also Torrey, 163). That same year, Thomas Mills deeded land to both John and his brother, Nathaniel (who had married Mary's sister, Sarah), referring to each one as his "beloved sonn in law" (YORK DEEDS, Book III [Portland: John T. Hull and B. Thurston & Co., 1888], Folio 105).
It seems that Mary (Long) Cloyes married her second husband, Jonathan Griffin of Newbury, Massachusetts, 25 October 1676 (VITAL RECORDS OF SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS TO 1850 [Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903], 231).
John Cloyes was a ship's captain, sailing up and down the Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts coasts, carrying cargo and passengers.
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According to Robinson Family Historiographer Frederick W. Robinson, writing in the THE ROBINSON SCROLL, Vol. 4 (publication of the Robinson Genealogical Society, West Roxbury, MA, 1950), John was born at Exeter. But, Ethel Stanwood Bolton's IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1700-1775 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1931) and Carter's HISTORY OF PEMBROKE, N.H. 1730-1895 (op.cit.) both indicate that John was born in England and came to America in 1737, settling in Exeter. However, it seems most logical to accept Exeter as John's birthplace because John's grandfather, David, was born 9 March 1649 in Haverhill, MA (VITAL RECORDS OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1849,1[op. cit.], 259), not in England. His family moved to Exeter in 1652. John's father, Thomas (born 5 December 1693) was granted land in Exeter in 1725 and died in Epping after 1745.
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Samuel is probably the "Sam Scribner, age c. 13" who, in June 1732, accidentally shot a young friend, William Levit of Exeter. The news of this sad event appeared in the 26 June 1732 issue of the "New-York Gazette" newspaper (Kenneth Scott [contrib.], "Genealogical Data from New York's First Newspaper," THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 95 [New York: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1964], 223
In 1745, Samuel served as a soldier in Capt. Light's Exeter Company, which took part in the successful attack upon the French fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Clement Moody (a son of Samuel's aunt, Elizabeth, and her husband, Clement) died in that attack.
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Joseph was a farmer and laborer.
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Peterwas a farmer who owned a large amount of land along the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. When the boundary dispute was resolved in 1741, he and his family became residents of New Hampshire, in the area later incorporated as Plaistow (Scalisi and Ryan, "Peter Pattee of Haverhill, Massachusetts" [op. cit.], 327-329).
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Rachel was a daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Judkins) Webster, and a sister to Hannah, wife of Edward's brother, Samuel (see following article vii.).
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Hannah was a cousin to Daniel Webster.
Samuel and Hannah were admitted to membership in Kingston First Church 18 April 1742 ("Kingston First Church Records," NHGR, 14 [op. cit.], 119).
Samuel was the fifth settler of Salisbury, Merrimack, NH. His earliest military service was in taking part in the 1748 expedition to Louisbourg Fortress, Cape Breton, Canada.
He was captured by Indians on 16 August 1754 and taken into captivity (and sold into slavery) in Canada for 2-3 years. He and a neighbor, Robert Barber, were haying on what was called "Proctor Meadows," behind Samuel's home. Indians sneaked into the barn. Samuel fought them with his pitchfork (killing some of them), but they overpowered him. He was taken to Canada and sold to a Frenchman (for more of the story,see Mackenzie, COLONIAL FAMILIES [op. cit.], 450-451).
On 26 February 1759, Samuel submitted a Petition to the Kingston Town leaders requesting assistance for himself and his family, due to the fact that his captivity had left him and his family destitute. The Petition was dismissed (Isaac W. Hammond [ed.], DOCUMENTS RELATING TO TOWNS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, Volume 13, Part 1 [Concord, NH: Parsons B. Cogswell, State Printer, 1884], 383).
Samuel (a man of sturdy, vigorous and noble character) was a Private in Capt. Nathan Sanborn's Company in the Second (Tash's) Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, joining 20 September 1776 (COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN THE AMERICAN ARMY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, NARA Microcopy M881, Roll 523).