Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/30
Other : Moriarity, Bodge Family of Charlestown Mass, NEHGR 101/97ff
Other : Bodge, The Bodge Family in Am, ms at ME Hist Soc Lib
Sources:
Other : Moriarity, Bodge Family of Charlestown Mass, NEHGR 101/97ff
Sources:
Other : Bodge, The Bodge Family in Am, ms at ME Hist Soc Lib
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1785 Aug 6 - Josiah Bodge of Lee petitioned for Dr James Brackett of Lee to
be appointed a JP [NH State Papers XII/391].
1787 - Josiah Bodge appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/393].
1787 Nov __ - Josiah Bodge of Lee m Molley Edgerly of Barrington [Madbury NH
Marr by Rev Wm Hooper, typescript from Ruth Burrell-Brown, 1992].
1789 Dec 19 - Josiah Bodge signed a petition at Lee NH recommending Lt Job
Runnell of Lee to be a civil magistrate [NH State Papers XII/394].
1790 - Lee NH -Boadge, Josiah 1m16+ 2m15- 1f [Census].
1800 - Lee NH - 3m0-9, 1m26-44, 2f0-9, 1f26-44 [Census].
1810 - Lee NH - Josiah Bodge & son 1m 10-, 2m 10-16, 1m 16-26, 1m 26-46, 1f
10-, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45 [Census].
1830 - Lee NH - Josiah Bodge 1m 10-15, 1m 60-70, 1f 5-, 1f 30-40, 1f 60-70,
1f 70-80 [Census].
1840 - Lee NH - Josiah Bodge 1m 20-30, 1m 70-80, 1f 15-20, 1f 40-50, 1f
70-80, 1f 80-90 [census].
1850 Jul 24 - Lee NH -Josiah Bodge 87 m farmer $900 NH; Mary Lamos 53 f NH;
Moses Lamos 35 m farmer NH; Louisa Demerett 22 f NH [Census].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Graves in an old cemetery on the road from North Lee to Newtown Plains, near
Newtown Plains, quite a distance from the road, on the old Josiah Bodge place,
owned 1938 by Edna Snell Bartlett.
Joseph [sic?, Josiah] Bodge - d 20 Dec 1851 ae 89y; Mary, his wife - d 3 Nov
1843 ae 82y.
Samuel Wigglesworth - d 27 Mar 1869 ae 67y; Elizabeth Bodge, his wife - d 30
Oct 1846 ae 47y.
Moses Lamos - d 1856 ae 41y; Mary Lamos - d 23 Jan 1894 ae 96y 6m 25d (She
was Mary Bodge).
Many others, probably Lamos and Bodge.
Dr Samuel Wigglesworth is buried in this yard. Son of Rev Samuel
Wiggleworth of Ipswich MA. Born 25 Aug 1734, d in Lee 1800. He was a surgeon
in the Revolutionary Army in two different regiments. He m 9 Sep 1779 Mary,
d/o Geo Waldron of Dover. After 1792 he settled in Lee NH. See Hist Durham
Book 1 p287.
[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].
--------------------Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/30
Other : Bodge, The Bodge Family in Am, ms at ME Hist Soc Lib
Sources:
Other : Bodge, The Bodge Family in Am, ms at ME Hist Soc Lib
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1872 Sep 7 - Mr James M Wiggin of Lee ae 28 & Miss Matilda A Bennett of
Barrington ae 21 filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p53 mss #68793 NHHS].
1880 Jun 8 - Lee NH - 125/139 James M Wiggin m 38 farm laborer NH/NH/NH;
Matilda A Wiggin f 28 MA/MA/NH [census].
1892 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892]
1895 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1895]
1898 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1898]
1898 - James M Wiggin, farmer in Lee [The Kittery, Greenland, Newington and
Other Towns Directory, 1898].
1899 - farmer, h Lee Plains, PO Lee [Lee Directory, 1899].
1900 Jun 7 - Lee NH - 119/119 James M Wiggin head m Jan 1843 57 m26 NH/NH/NH
farmer owns/free; Matilda A Wiggin wife f Sep 1851 48 m26 2-2 MA/MA/NH; Frank I
Wiggin son m Dec 1881 18 s NH/NH/MA farm laborer; William E Wiggin son m Mar
1886 14 s NH/NH/MA [census].
1905 - farmer, h Newtown Plains, po Dover [Lee Directory, 1905].
1909 - farmer, h Newtown Plains, po Dover [Lee Directory, 1909].
1910 Apr 15 - Lee NH - 2/3 James M Wiggin head m 67 m1-39 NH/NH/NH farmer
owns/free Union army; Matilda A Wiggin wife f 58 m1-39 2/1 ch NH/NH/NH; Frank J
Wiggin son m 27 m1-6 NH/NH/NH farm laborer; Lillian L Wiggin dau-in-law f 24
m1-6 5/4 ch MA/ME/WI; Harold F Wiggin gson m 6 NH/NH/NH; Carroll E Wiggin gson
m 2 NH/NH/NH; Eloise A Wiggin gdau f 1+2/12 NH/NH/NH; Lucille E Wiggin gdau f
3/12 NH/NH/NH [census].
1912 - farmer, h Newtown Plains, po Dover [Lee Directory, 1912].
1920 - James M Wiggin ae 76 wid liv/w son Frank I Wiggin in Lee [census].
1922 Dec 13 - Matilda A Wiggin d Revere MA ae 70y, bur Lee [Lee Annual
Report].
1923 - farmer, Newtown Plains, po Dover [Barrington, Epping, Lee, Madbury NH
Directory, 1923].
1929 - farmer, Newtown Plains, po Dover [Barrington, Lee, Madbury, &
Northwood NH Directory, 1929].
1934 - farmer, Newtown Plains, po Dover [Dover Suburban NH Directory, 1934].
1935 - farmer, Newtown Plains, po Dover [Dover Suburban NH Directory, 1935].
1936/7 - farmer, Newtown Plains, po Dover [Dover Suburban NH Directory,
1936/7].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1815 May 21 - Mr James Lamos m Mary Bodge by Rev John Osborne [NH Geneal
Record 4/128].
1894 Jan 23 - Mary Lamos d Nottingham ae 96y 6m 25d widow b Lee [Nottingham
Annual Report].Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
see Josiah Bodge
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1844 - Lee NH - paid for highways & bridges, Moses Lamos Jr $1.75 [Receipts
& Expenses in the town of Lee for the year 1844, mms NH Archives].
1845 - Lee NH - paid Moses Lamos Jr for bridge timber etc Snell bridge
$20.48 [Receipts & Expenses in the town of Lee for the year 1845, mms NH
Archives].
1845 - Lee NH - paid M Lamos Jr for bridge timber & railing etc $6.41
[Receipts & Expenses in the town of Lee for the year 1845, mms NH Archives].
1847 Sep 28 - from Moses Lamos of Lee NH yeoman, to George Glover of same
husbandman, for $50, 5a + 53 rods in Lee, bounded E by rd from Barring- ton to
Layn's Mill, S by rd from aforesaid rd past Phineas Wentworth's, W by land
formerly belonging to estate of David Munsey, N by land of Nathaniel Caldwell's
heirs, same land conveyed to Israel P Church by James Y Demeritt Esq 11 Dec
1841; signed by Moses Lamos; wit by Pelatiah Jones & Alfred Hoitt; ack by ML 28
Sept 1847; recorded 24 April 1848 [Strafford Co NH Deeds 201/469].
MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Graves on the old Samuel Demeritt Place at Five Corners, Lee NH, owned 1938
by George Hoit.
Edmond Demeritt - d 3 Oct 1857 ae 63y; Lois, wife/o Edmond Demeritt - d 23
Jan 1867 ae 76y 1m 10d.
Samuel E Demeritt - d 22 Jan 1911 ae 81y 3m 4d; Lucy A, wife/o Samuel E
Demeritt - d 22 Mar 1903 ae 73y 9m 13d.
William T Demeritt - d 4 Mar 1897 ae 84y 4m 22d; Peace Goodwin, wife/o
William T Demeritt - d 7 Dec 1914 ae 87y 7m 19d.
William Brown - d 2 Dec 1878 ae 67y 3m 21d; Elizabeth D, wife/o William
Brown - d 12 Apr 1879 ae 62y 2m 19d. Children of William & Elizabeth Brown:
William Demeritt - d 11 Sep 1849 ae 11y 6m 23d; Sarah Adelaide - d 3 Feb 1852
ae 2y 6m 14d.
Andrew Demeritt Esq - b 24 May 1767, d 16 Jan 1830; Mrs mary, wife/o Andrew
Demeritt - d 11 May 1837 ae 69y.
Andrew E Demeritt - d 16 Jan 1862 ae 57y 5m (His wife was Hannah Cartland of
Lee and is buried in the Cartland Yard); Edwin C, s/o Andrew E & Hannah C
Demeritt - d 30 Mar 1844 ae 3y 7m 16d; infant d/o Andrew & Hannah C Demeritt.
[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].
--------------------Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/120, 121
Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/121
see Josiah Bodge
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/120
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1761 Dec 9 - from Jacob Allen of Dover husbandman, for 650#, to Samuel
Starbird & Benjamin Gear husbandmen both of Dover, 60a in Barrington, part of
lot #181, part of 150a which Shadrach Hodgdon purchased of Benjamin Bodge by
deed dated 10 Apr 1746, begin W corner of sd lot & running NE, 60 rods wide,
with house frame. Hannah w/o sd Jacob Allen releases dower rights. Sig: Jacob
Allen & Hannah Allen. Wit: Silas Tuttle & Samuel Jacobs. Ack: by JA 9 Dec
1761. Rec: 10 feb 1762 [NH Prov Deeds 66/348].
1776 - Benajman Bodge signed the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State Papers
XXX/81].
1785 Aug 6 - Beniamin Bodge of Lee petitioned for Dr James Brackett of Lee
to be appointed a JP [NH State Papers XII/391].
1787 - Benjamin Bodge appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1790 - Lee NH -Boadge, Sarah 3f [Census].
1790 - estate admin [Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Strafford Co
NH p11].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/30
Other : Moriarity, Bodge Family of Charlestown Mass, NEHGR 101/97ff
Other : Bodge, The Bodge Family in Am, ms at ME Hist Soc Lib
was she a WILLIAMS?
Sources:
Other : Moriarity, Bodge Family of Charlestown Mass, NEHGR 101/97ff
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/30
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/30
Other : Moriarity, Bodge Family of Charlestown Mass, NEHGR 101/97ff
Other : Bodge, The Bodge Family in Am, ms at ME Hist Soc Lib
see Josiah Sawyer
FAMILY RECORD:
James Brackett - b Tues 22 Oct 1751, m May 1774 Elizabeth _____ (b Wed 7 Oct
1747). Children: John - b Wed 13 Dec 1775; Betsey - b Thurs 13 Dec 1775, d 17
Sep; Pattey - b Sun 24 Sep 1780, d 6 Sep; James - b Thurs 30 Oct 1783; Salley -
b Fri 2 Sep 1785; Benjamin - b 12 dec 1788 [Lee Town Rec 1766-1815, mss at NH
Archives, p215].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1766-1815 - prominent person in Lee deceased by 1870 [Hurd, Hist of Rock &
Straf Cos NH, 1882, p640].
1786 May 27 - James Brackett, Selectman of Lee, reports there are 956
residents [NH State Papers X/654].
1787 - Doct'r James Brackett appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers
XII/392].
1790 - Lee NH - Brackett, James 2m16+ 3m15- 4f [Census].
1800 - Lee NH - James Brackett Esq 1m0-9, 1m10-15, 1m45+, 1f10-15, 1f45+
[Census].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1800 - Lee NH - John Brackett 1m0-9, 1m10-15, 1m16-25, 1f0-9, 2f16-25
[Census].
1810 - Lee NH - John Bracket 1m 10-, 1m 10-16, 1m 45+, 3f 10-, 1f 10-16, 1f
26-45 [Census].
m c1824
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1824 Sep 18 - Mr John S Bryant of Lee & Miss Mary Willey of Lee publ to marr
& certified [Lee VR p21 mss #68793 NHHS].
1850/07/24 - Lee NH - 30/30 John S Bryant 50 m farmer NH; Mary Bryant 54 f
NH; Nicholas P Bryant 20 m wheelwright NH; Elizabeth M Bryant 24 f NH; Almon
Edwin Bryant 17 m farmer NH school; Sarah R Bryant 19 f NH school; John S
Bryant 15 m farmer NH school; Pearly B Bryant 13 m NH school [Census].Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1776 - James Bunker refused to sign the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State
Papers XXX/83].
1785 Oct 13 - James Bunker of Lee m Polley Batchelder of Deerfield [Madbury
NH Marr by Rev Wm Hooper, typescript from Ruth Burrell-Brown, 1992].
1790 - Lee NH - Bunker, James 1m16+ 2m15- 1f [Census].