Marcy married Richard NASON about 1690 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Richard (son of John NASON and Bridget WEYMOUTH) was born about 1670 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died in 1696. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Event: Militia
• Military Flag: Y

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s/o William Ham, who was born in England and immigrated to New Hampshire.
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In the Rollins Record of Families of the Rawlins or Rollings of the United States, pg 10, it states "John Ham was the s/o William Ham of Exeter and Portsmouth, ND, who imigrated from England. John Ham's name appears on the tax list at Cocheco (Dover) in 1665. His first homestead was at "Tolend" near the second falls of the Cocheco River in Dover. Later he moved to another farm below Garrison Hill. He as a juryman in 1668, acquired the title of Lt. and was Town Clerk in 1694.
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Saw the Cocheco Massacre, 28 June 1689 , Cocheco (Dover) New Hampshire: "Letter from Richard Waldron Jr., Esq"Portsmouth 28 June 1689; about 8 o'clock, morning."Just now came ashore here from Cocheca John Ham and his wife, who went hence last night homeward [with Mrs. Heard] (they living within a mile of Major Waldron) and about break of day going up the river in a canoe, they heard guns fired but notwithstanding proceeded to land at Major Waldron's landing place, by which time it began to be light, and they saw about twenty Indians near Mr. Coffin's garrison, shouting and shouting, as many more around Richard Otis's and Thomas Pain's, but saw their way to Major Waldron's, where they intended immediately to secure themselves; but coming to the gate and calling and knocking could receive no answer, yet saw a light in one of the chambers and one of them say (looking through a crack in the gate) that he saw sundry Indians within the garrison which supposed had murthered Major Waldron and his family, and thereupon they betook themselves to make an escape, which they did, and met one of Otis's sons who also escaped from his father's garrison informing that his father and the rest of the family were killed. Quickly after they set sundry houses on fire. This is all the account we have at present, and being given in a surprise, may admit of some alterations; but doubtless the most of those at or about Cocheca are destroyed. "The above account was related to me."Richard Waldron Jr" (Provincial and State Papers, New Hampshire, 1868, vol.2, digitized 5 Dec 2007, as found at Google Books 25 October 2008)

John married Mary HEARD on 6 May 1668 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of Capt John HEARD and Elizabeth HULL) was born on 26 Jan 1650 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 7 Dec 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Fisherman
• Immigrant?: Y
• Migration: 1635, “Speedwell”
• Residence: 1636, Stratton’s Island [Scarborough], Maine
• Residence: 1646, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
• Residence: 1652, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

William married Honor STEPHENS on 22 Nov 1622 in St Andrews, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. Honor (daughter of William STEPHENS and Mary MNU) was born in Feb 1601 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 4 Feb 1601, England

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REF GDMNH. Possibly Honor Stephens who married W. H. at St. Andrews, Plymouth 20 Nov 1622.«s34»

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• Also Known As: HURD
• Noteworthy: A founder of Dover, NH
• Occupation: Ship master, carpenter
• Residence: Batcombe, Somersetshire, England
• Immigrant?: Y
• Migration: Mar 1636
• Residence: 1648, York, York, Maine
• Residence: 1650, Kittery, York, Maine
• Residence: 1654, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Notes:

Apparently, there were two John Heards, which has caused much confusion.

Capt John HEARD was in court for calling Godfrey old knave and criticizing Capt. Champernowne in 1647. He was living in 1650 in Champernowne Island (Kittery), York, Maine. John was buying land in York at this time. He was in court in Oct 1650. Apparently he had built a house on Champernowne Island and on not getting his pay, had it burnt. Judgement of the court that he replace as good and as large a house.

He owned 50 acres granted to him in 1652 in Cochecho (now Dover), Strafford, New Hampshire. This Place was "under the Great Hill at Cochecho". He was living in 1654 in Dover, Strafford, N.H.

His will dated 2 Apr 1687 in Dover, Strafford, N.H. John Heard's will is found in the Registry of Deeds at Exeter, N.H. In it he gave property to his wife Elizabeth, — children, Benjamin, Tristram, Samuel, Dorcas, Nathaniel, Mary (Ham), Abigail (Jones) and Elizabeth (Nute) and to his "prentice John WALDRON."

On 11 March 1651/2, John HEARD successfully sued Anthony Emery of slander. [MPCR 1:157]

John married Elizabeth HULL about 1643 in York, York, Maine. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev Joseph HULL and --?-- MNU) was born in 1628 in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England; died on 30 Nov 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: HEARD
• Noteworthy: Spared by the Indians because of her kindness
• Immigrant?: Y
• Historical Notes: For over half a century following Dover's founding in 1623, the English settlers co-existed peacefully with the local Penacook tribe. The Indians helped the colonists to develop fishing, hunting and farming skills necessary to surviving in New England. The Indian chieftain was Passaconaway, a strong leader who commanded respect and peaceful behavior from his people. He was responsible for forming the Penacook confederacy, a unification of local tribes against the hostile Mohawks. Passaconaway's 50 year reign marks one of the most peaceful periods in the New Hampshire province. His son Wonalancet took over leadership of the tribe in 1665 and continued his father's peaceful ways. The leader of the colonists at Cochecho was Maj Richard WALDRON (WALDERNE), an Englishman who had emigrated in 1635. In 1642, Walderne owned a large tract of land at the Lower Falls of the Cochecho River where he built a sawmill. That spot became the foundation of the settlement known as Cochecho. By 1666 a total of 41 families lived and worked here. Indians became a familiar sight around town when Walderne opened a large trading post.There were occasional problems with the Indians. Walderne was not above breaking laws which forbade selling liquor or firearms to Indians. In 1676, many Indians fled Massachusetts due to bloody fighting between a confederation of Indian tribes and English settlers. By September, over 400 Indians were at the the Cochecho settlement. Half of them were strangers, the other half were Wonalancet's people. Two companies of Massachusetts soldiers arrived to recapture the escaping Indians. They were ready to battle the Indians but Major WALDERNE intervened. WALDERNE agreed that the Massachusetts Indians should be returned to Boston for punishment, but he did not want local, loyal Indians to be harmed in the process. The major suggested a "sham battle". The Indians were invited to assemble close to town for a day of war games. The unsuspecting Indians were surrounded by four militia companies which separated out the local Indians. Over 200 of the Massachusetts Indians were taken back to Boston. Some of them were hanged or sold into slavery. Tensions mounted between the settlers and the Penacook Indians over the next eleven years. The peaceful Chief Wonalancet was replaced by the warlike Kancamagus who bitterly resented the injustices meted out by English settlers to his people. Indians had no right to travel in the woods east of the Merrimack without written permission from Major WALDERNE. More and more land was seized from the Indians for paltry payments like a "peck of corn annually for each family". In 1684, the Governor ordered that the meeting house at Dover be fortified against Indian attacks. Every neighborhood developed at least one fortified blockhouse where people could flee to safety if Indians attacked. It is estimated that there were 50 garrisons within a 15 mile radius of present day downtown Dover. Five homes at the Cochecho settlement were garrisoned at public expense. Maj Richard WALDRON’s, Richard OTIS's and Elizabeth HEARD's on the north side of the river, Peter Coffin's and his son Tristam's on the south side. These sites were purposefully chosen because of their locations on the highest knolls of the town. The garrisons were built with foot-thick squared logs impenetrable to bullets and a second story which projected over the lower story by two to three feet. This overhang feature was designed to combat Indians who customarily attacked with fire or smoke. A loose board in the overhang could be removed in order to pour boiling water on marauders or on fires below. Each wall also had narrow slits for firearms. The garrisons were also surrounded by an eight foot palisade of large logs set upright in the ground. The settlers at Cochecho became frightened by the large number of hostile Indians now living with the local tribe. The settlers took refuge at the blockhouse each night, and during the day, guns were kept close to hand in the fields. Major Walderne scoffed at the fears of his neighbors, boasting he could raise a militia by lifting up his finger. Loyal Indians also tried to warn Walderne of the impending massacre. Gov William BRADFORD dispatched a letter to Walderne on June 27, stating "Some Indians...report that there is a gathering of Indians in or about Penacook with the designe of mischief to the English...they have a particular designe against yourselfe and Mr. Peter Coffin which the Council thought it necessary ...to give you notice that you take care of your own Safeguard, they intending to endeavor to betray you on a pretention of Trade". The letter arrived one day too late. On the evening of June 27, several Indian women asked to shelter at each of the garrison houses, a common practice in peacetime. They were shown how to open the doors and gates in case they wanted to leave in the night. No watch was kept as all the Cochecho families retired for the night. During the early hours, Indian women quietly opened the gates to several hundred Penacooks. The Indians rushed into Major Walderne's garrison. He attempted to defend himself with a sword but was quickly overpowered and tied to a chair. The furious Penacooks each slashed the 74 year old man across the chest with his own sword, crying out " I cross out my account!" They hacked off his nose and ears then thrust them into his mouth. Finally, they forced him to fall upon his sword. Even in death, the Indians were not done with vengeance: they cut off the hand that had cheated them by holding down down the scales during trading. The final act of revenge was to burn the house to the ground, and murder or take captive the rest of Walderne's family. At Richard OTIS's garrison the scene was similar. Otis, his son Stephen and daughter Hannah were killed. His wife, Grizel and three month old daughter Margaret as well as two of his grandchildren were taken captive to Canada. Little Margaret (rechristened Christine by French nuns who raised her in Quebec) later returned to Dover at age 45 and opened a tavern. The Otis garrison was also burned to the ground. The Heard garrison was more fortunate. Elder William Wentworth was guarding the property in the absence of its owner, Elizabeth Heard. He was awakened by a barking dog and managed to close the gates against attack. This was the only garrison left totally unscathed that night. Elizabeth Heard, her three sons, her daughter, and their families were all returning from their voyage to Portsmouth with the dawn tide. After landing, they found the Main Street docks curiously deserted. They cautiously approached the closest garrison, that of Major Walderne. The smell of smoke and the chilling sound of Indian cries alerted them to their peril. Mrs. Heard was so overcome with fright that she could not go on. She pleaded with her family to leave her and flee for their lives. Regretfully, they left her hidden in some nearby bushes. As daylight broke, an Indian spotted Mrs. Heard in the nearby thicket. He raised his gun and aimed it at her. He stared hard at her face, then silently ran away, never revealing her to his tribesmen. In a curious twist of fate, Elizabeth Heard had saved the life of this Indian during the sham battle. He had never forgotten her kindness and took this opportunity to repay the favor. Mrs. Heard remained hidden in the thicket until all the Indians left Cochecho. She wearily returned to her home expecting to find burnt ruins. Thanks to her courageous neighbor, William Wentworth, she found her home and family intact. Across the Cochecho River, Peter Coffin's garrison was quickly overwhelmed by the Indians. Because of his friendly relations with the Indians they did not burn his house, merely looted it. He and his family were taken captive and brought to his son Tristam's garrison. Tristam's home was so well fortified that the Indians had not been able to penetrate it. Kancamagus' men forced him to surrender by holding Peter in front of the gates and threatening to kill him. Tristam's house was not burned, just pillaged. Both Coffin families escaped safely while their captors were busily plundering their homes. Five or six more homes were burned as were the mills at the Lower Falls. Twenty-three people were killed and twenty-nine were taken captive. On the morning after the massacre, survivors searched the town thoroughly, but the enemy had vanished. Swift pursuit resulted in the re-capture of three Otis daughters in the town of Conway. Added military aid from Massachusetts was soon dispatched to Cochecho, but no further attack was made. Several years passed before Cochecho fully recovered. Houses and mills were rebuilt, but the loss of so many persons (about 25% of the population) was a severe blow to the settlement's prosperity. By 1700 however, the town had begun to resume its former importance. Although Cochecho was occasionally harassed by Indians, it was never again the target of so destructive a raid. For the next sixty years, Indian raids continued to plague many other nearby seacoast towns: Oyster River, Salmon Falls, Lee, Exeter, Kingston, Newmarket, Rochester, York, and Eliot all suffered tragedies similar to Cochecho's. Yet by the middle of the 18th century, disease, famine, and the "white tide" had all taken their toll on the Indian population in New Hampshire. By 1770, hardly an Indian remained in the province. —— The eastern Indians, joining with those of Pennicook (through the instigation of Hawkins and Sagamore), suddenly seized on Cochecho, about break of day, when all things were silent and secure. Twenty three persons were killed; those named are Major Waldron, Abraham Leigh, John Evans, Richard Otis, John Dug, John Duncan, William Arin, William Horn and Mary Hanson. Twenty nine were carried captive, including Mrs. Leigh, Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. Otis, Sarah Gerrish and an infant, Christine Otis.” This is the record of the Cochecho Massacre, as related by Reverend John Pike in his journal dated June 28, 1689. —— Settlers felled the abundant trees to build log-houses called garrisons. The town's population and business center would shift from Dover Point to Cochecho at the falls, where the river's drop of 34 feet provided water power for industry. Indeed, Cochecho means "the rapid foaming water." Major Richard Waldron settled here and built a sawmill and gristmill. On September 7, 1676, Waldron invited about 400 Indians to participate in a mock battle against the militia. It was a trick; instead, he took them prisoner. He would free about 200 of them, but sent the remainder, which he considered in some regard a threat, to Boston, where 7 or 8 were executed. The rest were sold into slavery in "foreign parts." Richard Waldron would be appointed Chief Justice for New Hampshire in 1683. Thirteen years passed, and it was assumed that the incident had been forgotten. But then squaws began dropping ambiguous hints that something was astir. When citizens spoke their concern to Waldron, he told them to "go and plant your pumpkins, and he would take care of the Indians." On June 27, 1689, two squaws appeared at each of 5 garrison houses, asking permission to sleep by the fire. All but one house accepted. In the dark early hours of the next day, the squaws unfastened the doors, and in rushed braves that had concealed themselves about the town. Waldron resisted but was stunned with a hatchet, then placed on his table. After dining, the Indians cut him across the belly with knives, each saying "I cross out my account." Major Waldron was slain with his own sword. Five or six dwelling houses were burned, along with the mills. Fifty-two colonists, a full quarter of the entire population, were captured or slain in the Cochecho Massacre of June 28, 1689. The perpetrators were never caught. —— At the time of the Indian massacre on June 28, 1689 Elizabeth Hull Heard was coming up the river at night with one daughter and three sons. Her escape from the massacre was narrated by Cotton Mather in one of his works. After the massacre she was urged to take refuge at Portsmouth, but refused, and held her husband's frontier garrison against the Indians for the remainder of the war. Pike's Journal says, "Old widow Heard (commonly called Dame Heard) deceased after a short illness with fever. She was a grave and pious woman, ever the mother of virtue and piety."
• Cause of Death: Fever
• Migration: 20 Mar 1635, “Marygould”

Notes:

Elizabeth HULL Mentioned by Cotton Mather.

Richard married Mary in 1596 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England. Mary was born in in Plymouth, Devonshire, England; died in ? in Plymouth, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary MNU on 21 Apr 1600 in St Andrews, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. Mary died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

s/o James HEARD & Sarah HAYWARD

Thomas married Elizabeth CUTLER on 28 May 1609 in Chichester, W Sussex, England. Elizabeth was born on 30 Jul 1586 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died on 14 Apr 1625 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: HEARD
• Immigrant?: Y

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• Clergy: Y
• Education: Oxford University
• Noteworthy: Founder Of Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Occupation: Teacher and Curate in his brother William's Church, rector of a church in Northleigh, Devon
• Immigrant?: Y
• Baptism: 25 Apr 1594, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England
• Migration: 5 May 1635, “Marygould”

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m2 by 1635 Agnes ____
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On 17 February 1635, Rev. Hull was expelled from the Church of England. 
Rev. Joseph Hull, who settled first in Weymouth in 1635, but having run up again the antagonism of the Boston Puritanical Party, removed with his followers in 1639 first to Plymouth Colony (Barnstable), then to Maine (York).
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REF GDMNH. He arrived at Boston Massachusetts 5 May 1635 with his wife and 7 children, and 3 servants. His wife Agnes was 25 when they arrived, so at least some of the children were by a previous marriage. The first child which is certainly a child of Agnes is Hopewell.
b. 25 Apr 1596, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, Eng.
r. 1635, Wessaguscus, Massachusetts
r. 1636, Hingham, Massachusetts
r. 1639, Barnstable, Massachusetts
r. 1641, Yarmouth, Massachusetts
r. 1643, York, Maine
r. 1652, Launceston, Cornwall, Eng.
r. 1662, Oyster River, New Hampshire
d. 19 Nov 1665
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He is the well documented 1614 graduate of St Mary's Hall, Oxford. Following graduation he was ordained a clergyman in Northleigh, Exeter, England. He soon fell out with the authority and he resigned. In 1635, he along with 105 others sailed for New England and formed what is known as Hull's colony.
The Hull Colony consisting of Rev. Hull and 21 families settled at Wessaguscus, Massachussets Bay Colony which was later rechristened Waymouth, a full-fledged town. Rev. Hull was a magistrate and member of the General Court of Massachussets Bay Colony. He was, however, at odds with the Puritans and found he had to move. He moved to the old colony of Plymouth and established the town of Barnstable. The rock still stands in the middle of the highway from which he preached. He soon found he was again at odds with the local Puritans and moved back to England where he was Rector at St. Burien in Cornwall near Land's End. His children had remained in the colonies and married. He later returned to his old parish in York, Maine where he died.

Joseph married --?-- MNU in 1619 in Exeter, Devonshire, England. --?-- (daughter of Peter COFFIN and Joanna KEMBER) was born in 1598 in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England; died in 1634 in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]