Gravestone photo courtesy of Bill Jameson.
John married first Sally Mills, daughter of Thomas Mills, in September of 1774. She was born February 11, 1755, in Starkstown, now Dunbarton, NH, where they resided and where Mrs. Sally Jameson died. To this union three children were born: Eliza, Thomas and Mary.
On May 20, 1793, he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) Ely, daughter of Robert Fulton and widow of John Ely. She was born May 4, 1763, in Boston, MA and died on September 11, 1842 in Cornish, ME. To this union were born six children: Thomas, Sally, John, Robert, Martha and Elizabeth.
John was a lad of fourten years when his father died and his mother was left with a family of seven children. He worked with his older brother, Alexander, on the farm for ten years or more; then the entire care devolved upon him, for Alexander went away to a place called Antrim, NH, to make a new home in the wilderness.
John was one of the first blacksmiths in town and he became famous as a manufacturer of axes.
He served at Bunker Hill in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment under Captain Moore, and in Canada in 1776 in Wingate's Regiment and in Capt. Wm. Barrows Co.
Gravestone photo courtesy of Bill Jameson.
John married first Sally Mills, daughter of Thomas Mills, in September of 1774. She was born February 11, 1755, in Starkstown, now Dunbarton, NH, where they resided and where Mrs. Sally Jameson died. To this union three children were born: Eliza, Thomas and Mary.
On May 20, 1793, he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) Ely, daughter of Robert Fulton and widow of John Ely. She was born May 4, 1763, in Boston, MA and died on September 11, 1842 in Cornish, ME. To this union were born six children: Thomas, Sally, John, Robert, Martha and Elizabeth.
John was a lad of fourten years when his father died and his mother was left with a family of seven children. He worked with his older brother, Alexander, on the farm for ten years or more; then the entire care devolved upon him, for Alexander went away to a place called Antrim, NH, to make a new home in the wilderness.
John was one of the first blacksmiths in town and he became famous as a manufacturer of axes.
He served at Bunker Hill in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment under Captain Moore, and in Canada in 1776 in Wingate's Regiment and in Capt. Wm. Barrows Co.
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