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Presbury/Presby Family


Sources & Research Notes:
  1. Birth Records, Bradford, NH, p.3 (Dorcas Presbury, dau. of George & Elida Presbury, b. 27 Nov. 1790).


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  2. Hist. of Henniker, NH 1735-1880, by Leander W. Cogswell, 1880, p.694 (William Presbury, was one of the first settlers in this township. He m. Dorcas ____).


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  3. N.H. Vital Stat., Birth Cert. (Dorcas Presbury, b. 27 Nov. 1790, at Bradford, NH; 3rd. child; Father: George Presbury; Mother: Elida). [Is this the Dorcas Presby who m. Walker Marshall??]


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  4. ibid., Death Cert. (Alonzo Marshall, d. 5 Jan. 1903; Name of Father: Walker Marshall; Name of Mother: Dorcas Presby).


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  5. ibid., Marr. Cert. (Alonzo Marshall m. Lydia Grandy, 23 Nov. 1862; Groom's Father & Mother: Walker Marshall, Dorcas Presby).


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  6. ibid., Marr. Cert. (Walker Marshall m. Dorca Presby, 17 Nov. 1808, at Bradford, NH; Residence of Groom: Bradford).


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  7. Two Hundred Plus, Bradford, NH in Retrospect, pp.6-7, 9, 13-14, 161 (The Presbury family, who eventually shortened their name to Presby, believed that William Presbury was the first settler of Bradford when he moved here from Henniker in 1771. His wife, Dorcas, d. in 1834 at the age of 96. On her tombstone in Burial Hill Cemetery is this inscription, "The first and for 2 years the only woman in town."; [p.13] Dea. William Presbury m. Dorcas Whittemore of Pembrook, NH. Dea. Presbury was b. in 1734 in Stow, NH).

William PRESBURY to Albert Cram MARSHALL.

1.      William Presbury b. 1734, Stow, MA, m. Dorcas Whittemore, b. ab 1738, d. 1834, Bradford, NH.

                             Children:
            2.       i      George b. 12 Dec 1762.
                      ii     John Presbury b. 2 Feb. 1764, Henniker, NA.
                      iii    James Presbury b. 12 Oct. 1765, Henniker, NA.
                      iv    Dorcas Presbury b. 31 Oct. 1766, Henniker, NA.
                      v     Nathan Presbury b. 23 Mar. 1768, Henniker, NH.
                      vi    Hannah Presbury b. 8 Apr. 1770, Henniker, NH.
                      vii    Pheby Presbury b. 20 July 1772, Bradford, NH.
                      viii   Raichel Presbury b. 21 June 1774, Bradford, NH.
                      ix    Ruth Presbury b. 25 July 1776, Bradford, NH.
                      x     Ollive Presbury b. 20 Feb. 1778, Bradford, NH.


Second Generation 

2.      George Presbury b. 12 Dec 1762, (Henniker, NH) Stow, MA, m. Elida.

                             Children:
                      i      Charlotte Presby b. 19 Mar. 1788, Bradford, NH.
                      ii     Easter Presby b. 15 May 1789, Bradford, NH.
            3.       iii     Dorcas b. 27 Nov. 1790.
                      iv    Lydia Presby b. 22 Sept. 1793, Bradford, NH.
                      v     John Presby b. 15 May 1796, Bradford, NH.
                      vi    Hazzen Presby b. 5 Apr. 1796?, Bradford, NH.
                      vii    George Presby b. 30 Dec. 1798, Bradford, NH.
                      viii   Lucinda Presby b. 7 Nov. 1800, Bradford, NH.
                      ix    Joanna Presby b. 19 Sept 18??, Bradford, NH.
                      x     Permelia Presby b. 24 Feb 1804, Bradford, NH.
                      xi    Gilman Presby b. 21 July 1805, Bradford, NH.
                      xii   Sumner Presby b. 4 Feb. 1808, Bradford, NH.


Third Generation 

3.      Dorcas Presby b. 27 Nov. 1790, Bradford, NH, m. (1) John ______, m. (2) 17 Nov 1808, in Bradford, NH, Walker Marshall, b. 26 Aug 1786, Weare, NH, (son of Joseph Marshall and Susannah Walker) d. Hopkinton, MA.  Dorcas died Tunbridge, VT.  Walker: Walker and Dorcas moved to Tunbridge, VT, prob. after 1820.

                             Children:
                      i      Harriet Marshall.
                      ii     Welthea Marshall b. 27 May 1810.
                      iii    William H. Marshall b. 26 Oct. 1811, Bradford, NH, d. 18 Apr. 1887.
                      iv    Benjamin F. Marshall b. 5 Oct. 1813.
                      v     Sumner O. Marshall b. 23 June 1815, Weare, NH.
            4.       vi    Alonzo b. 22 Oct 1819.
                      vii   Dorcas Marshall b. 5 Dec. 1820.

 
Fourth Generation 

4.      Alonzo Marshall b. 22 Oct 1819, Tunbridge, VT, m. (1) 23 May 1847, Lucinda Millen, d. 1860, m. (2) 29 Apr 1861, Lurinda W. Cram, b. 1839, Bradford, NH, (daughter of Benjamin Cram and Lurinda Woods?) d. 18 Sept 1862, Washington, NH, buried: Washington, NH, m. (3) 23 Nov. 1862, in Washington, NH, Lydia Grandy.  Alonzo died 5 Jan 1903, Hillsboro, NH, buried: Washington, NH.

                             Children:
                      i      George B. Marshall b. 6 Apr. 1850, d. 1896.
                      ii     Arthur Marshall b. 1851, d. 1855.
                      iii    Charles Marshall b. 1856, d. 1860.
                      iv    Fay P. Marshall b. 5 Aug. 1858.
            5.       v     Albert Cram b. 9 Sep 1862.
                      vi    Mary Marshall.
                      vii    Mabel Marshall d. prob. Nov. 1938.
                      viii   Ella Marshall d. 1935.
                      ix    Loring Marshall b. ab. 1880, d. 1883.


Fifth Generation 

5.      Albert Cram Marshall b. 9 Sep 1862, Washington, NH, occupation Excelsior Mill Worker, m. (1) 8 Oct 1881, Minnie L. Bailey, m. (2) 29 Dec. 1897, in Franklin, NH, Hattie Ellen Roby, b. 9 Sep 1870, Sutton, NH, (daughter of Robert Bartlett Roby and Harriet Newell Spaulding) d. 26 Jun 1958, Concord, NH, buried: East Sutton Cem., East Sutton, NH.  Albert died 29 Jun 1940, Warner, NH, buried: East Sutton Cem., East Sutton, NH.

                             Children:
                      i      Perley Albert Marshall b. 17 May 1882.
                      ii     Laura Mabel Marshall b. 24 Aug 1883.
            6.       iii     Mabel M. b. 28 Sep 1904.

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