FAMILY RECORD:
Jonathan Knowles - b 10 Nov 1789; d 14 Jun 1864; m 16 Apr 1815 Mary P
Pillsbury (b 13 Apr 1796, d 9 Feb 1874). Children:
a) Mary C - b 28 Jul 1816; m 29 Nov 1840 Perry Sawyer of Nottingham.
b) Elizabeth J - b 23 Feb 1818; m 29 Nov 1840 Jefferson Sawyer of Lee.
Children: M Francena J - b 4 Nov 1845, m 10 Sep 1869 J P Eaton; M Arabelle - b
9 Dec 1846; Frances D - b 5 Jul 1850, d 26 Aug 1854; Francillo J - b 5 Jul
1850, d 12 Mar 1851; Hattie B - b 6 Dec 1856; Charles L - b 28 Mar 1860.
c) Charles H - b 7 Jul 1820; m1 9 Nov 1843 Mehitable M Tarr of Newmarket (d
29 Jan 1855). Children: Mary H - b 24 Jun 1847; d 27 Aug 1848; Charles V - b 16
Sep 1849. Charles H m2 m 19 Jun 1872.
d) Hannah C - b 13 Apr 1824; m 4 Dec 1847 Charles C Tasker of Strafford &
had: Arianna M - b 20 Jan 1853.
e) James J - b 18 Mar 1826; m1 10 Sep 1866 Mary F Burnham of Concord (d 25
May 1866); he m2 25 May 1876 Loraine A Jenkins.
f) George W - b 22 Oct 1829; m 25 Jun 1859 Martha F Batchelder & had: M
Blanche - b 24 Aug 1869.
g) Jefferson A - b 14 Jun 1833; m 8 Nov 1864 Fannie M Tower of Lowell MA &
had: Blanche - 12 Mar 1866, d 16 Aug 1866; Herbert T - b 3 Aug 1871, d 13 Oct
1874; Annie F - b 9 Oct 1873.
[Cogswell, Hist. of Nottingham, Deerfield & Northwood, 1878, p.739-40].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1810- Northwood NH census:
Jon'a Knowles -/1/1/-/- 1/-/-/1/1/-
m 1869
m 1869
m 1864
m 1864
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1840 Jun 10 - received as member of the 1st Christian Church in Lee [Church
Records of the First Christian Church in Lee NH, orig mss in NH Hist Soc Libr].
1847 Sep 12 - Mr Israel R Chesley of Lee & Miss Elizabeth Glass of
Nottingham filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p38 mss #68793 NHHS].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1840 Jun 10 - received as member of the 1st Christian Church in Lee [Church
Records of the First Christian Church in Lee NH, orig mss in NH Hist Soc Libr].
1847 Sep 12 - Mr Israel R Chesley of Lee & Miss Elizabeth Glass of
Nottingham filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p38 mss #68793 NHHS].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1840 Jun 10 - received as member of the 1st Christian Church in Lee [Church
Records of the First Christian Church in Lee NH, orig mss in NH Hist Soc Libr].
1844 - Lee NH - paid for highways & bridges, John F Chesley $3.50 [Receipts
& Expenses in the town of Lee for the year 1844, mms NH Archives].
1860 Jun 22 - Lee NH - 90/98 John F Chesley 39 m trader 3200/3000 bNH; Abbie
E Chesley f bNH; John E Chesley 5 m school bNH; Munroe B Chesley 4 m school
bNH; Annie C Chesley 2 f bNH; Moses W Osgood 17 m bNH [census].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1870 Jun 3 - Lee NH, Wadleys Fall PO - 57/60 Irving G Chesley 20 m farmer
5000/1000 bMA; Orah G Chesley 42 f -/3000 bNH; Hannah Chesley 40 f bNH;
Elizabeth A Merrill 50 f bNH; James M Berry 14 m -/7000 bNH [census].
1875 Sep 13 - Mr Irvin G Chesley of lee ae 25 & Miss Carrie Wiggin of Durham
ae __ filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p55 mss #68793 NHHS].
1909 - lumber & farmer, Wadleys Falls & Newmarket rd [Lee Directory, 1909].
1910 Apr 27 - Lee NH - 80/83 Irving G Chesley head m 59 m1-33 MA/NH/NH
farmer owns/free; Carrie A Chesley wife f 58 m1-33 2/1 MA/NH/NH; winnifred E
Chesley dau f 30 single MA/MA/MA [census].
1912 - lumber & farmer, Wadleys Falls & Newmarket rd [Lee Directory, 1912].
1914 Nov 26 - Irving G Chesley d Everett MA ae 64-8-26 b Newburyport MA
married lumberman s/o Israel Chesley b Newburyport MA & Elizabeth Glass b
Nottingham, heart disease [Lee Annual Report].
1920 Jan 5/6 - Wadley Road, Lee NH - 37/37 Carrie A Chesley head f 69 wid
MA/MA/NH farmer; Winifred E Chesley dau f 48? NH/NH/? [census].
1934 - Carrie A and Winifred E Chesley, RD1 Newmarket [Dover Suburban NH
Directory, 1934].
1935 - Irving Chesley heirs, taxed 112.50 [Dover Suburban NH Directory,
1935].
1935 - Carrie A and Winnifred E Chesley, RD1 Newmarket [Dover Suburban NH
Directory, 1935].
1935 - Carrie & Winifred Chesley, taxed 2.00 [Dover Suburban NH Directory,
1935].
1936/7 - Carrie A & Winifred E Chesley, RD1 Newmarket [Dover Suburban NH
Directory, 1936/7].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1850 Feb 2 - Mr Franklin Sawyer of Lee & Miss Lydia A Perkins of Greenland
filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p39 mss #68793 NHHS].
1860 Jun 22 - Lee NH - 97/107 Franklin Sawyer 30 m farmer -/- bNH; Lydia
Sawyer 33 f bNH; Frank P Sawyer 7 m school bNH; Josiah Sawyer 1 m bNH [census].
1868 Feb 6 - Mr Franklin Sawyer of Lee ae 35 & Miss Sarah P Fernald of
Waltham MA ae 35 filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p50 mss #68793 NHHS].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1850 Feb 2 - Mr Franklin Sawyer of Lee & Miss Lydia A Perkins of Greenland
filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p39 mss #68793 NHHS].
1860 Jun 22 - Lee NH - 97/107 Franklin Sawyer 30 m farmer -/- bNH; Lydia
Sawyer 33 f bNH; Frank P Sawyer 7 m school bNH; Josiah Sawyer 1 m bNH [census].
1868 Feb 6 - Mr Franklin Sawyer of Lee ae 35 & Miss Sarah P Fernald of
Waltham MA ae 35 filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p50 mss #68793 NHHS].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1850 Feb 2 - Mr Franklin Sawyer of Lee & Miss Lydia A Perkins of Greenland
filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p39 mss #68793 NHHS].
1860 Jun 22 - Lee NH - 97/107 Franklin Sawyer 30 m farmer -/- bNH; Lydia
Sawyer 33 f bNH; Frank P Sawyer 7 m school bNH; Josiah Sawyer 1 m bNH [census].
1868 Feb 6 - Mr Franklin Sawyer of Lee ae 35 & Miss Sarah P Fernald of
Waltham MA ae 35 filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p50 mss #68793 NHHS].