VESTJENS DE ROCHEMONT, Maria Margot Margaretha Vestjeris

Notes:

My info here came from Debbie Patch:
Cassel (Dutch is Kassel) is a commune in the nord department in northern France. Built on a
prominent hill overlooking French Flanders, the town has existed since Roman times. It was
developed by the Romans into an important urban centre and was the focus of a network of roads,
which are still in use today, that converge on the hill. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Cassel
became an important fortified stronghold for the rulers of Flanders which was repeatedly fought
over before finally being annexed to France in the 17th century.


Died:
Burial in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Maria married DEROCHEMONT, Carel Pieter Wlhelm on 21 Nov 1778 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Carel (son of DE ROCHEMONT, Guillaume (Willem), son of DE ROCHEMONT, Guillaume (Willem) and DE GAEFNER OR GARTNER OR GERTNER DE ROCHEMONT, Louise Eleonora) was born in Jun 1752 in Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; was christened on 16 Jun 1752 in Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died before 4 Feb 1803 in Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 5 GGF
• _DNA: Match - Michelle (paternal) Ancestry DNA Circle
• Immigration: 1803, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Burial: 1826, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

1810 census for Portsmouth
Derochemont, MJ
3 males under 10
1 male 26-44
1 female under 10
1 female 26-44
1 female 45 +
1820 census does not exist

1830 census for Portsmouth
Sarah deRochemont
1 male 5-10
1 male 15-20
1 female 15-20
1 female 20-30
1 female 50-60

Birth:
Tournai (Doornik), Belgium

Maximillian married MOSES, Sarah Ham on 14 Jan 1804 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Sarah (daughter of MOSES, William and GROVE GROVER, Margery) was born on 12 Oct 1783 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was christened on 12 Oct 1783 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 15 Apr 1856 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All info from Debbie Patch:

He remained in Holland after his parents died in Demerara. He became rich, was
married and had no children. Could he have been the one who left a legacy to the de Wit children in Demerara?

Birth:
Tournai (Doornik), Belgium

Notes:

Notes from Debbie Patch Wilson:
Abrham remained in Holland after the death of his parents in Demarrara. He was poor, married,
and had eleven children. The account of his children is given in the appendix of the "Commemorative Gathering, Notes of
Proceedings at the Meeting of the de Rochemont Family". It does not say who wrote the
appendix, but whoever it is says he corresponds with a son of Maximilian's brother Abraham
Fortunatus who stayed in Holland. The comments on each of the children were made by his son,
Charles Peter William, probably at the time of the gathering or at least after 1854 when he notes
that one child had left.

Birth:
Tournai (Doornik), Belgium

Abraham married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Debbie Patch:
He was a highly accomplished pianist. When his sister died in Demerara, he
visited her grave often. One morning he was found prostrate upon it, and the
family tradition was that he had died from a broken heart.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _DNA: Match (Michelle - paternal)
• Residence: 1850, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

In the 1 May 1894 Boston Daily Globe article titled "She Is No Yankee," describing Maria Louisa De Wit, Marie Louise Susette's daughter, that she traces her ancestry back to Francois Baron de Rochemont and Seignieur de la Mothe, at des Bresjores, who died in France in 1661.

Her birth 20 Nov 1786 and death of 30 Nov 1828 date are from family papers which Virginia DeRochemont had in her possession. The marriage betrothal announcement was in the 31 Aug 1805 issue of the Essequebo and Demerary Gazette. In the US lawsuit filing against Frederic deRochemont, it was stated that MLS deRochemont died 6 Dec 1828, so I will use that legal date. The deposition to the lawsuit said that Maria was not in her right mind at the end. Her estate at death included the land and lot at #10 Werken Rust, the wharf and the passage to the road. Frederic sold the real estate and twenty-five of the slaves and placed proceeds in trust for the seven surving children.

Maria married DEWIT, Carston Cornelius in 1805 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Carston (son of DEWIT, Barthel and VANDERSCHELDE, Adriana) was born on 25 Jun 1780 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died on 1 Apr 1827 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; was buried on 3 Apr 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Groote Kerk, S'Gravenhage, Netherlands

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; farmer
• Residence: 1840, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Burial: 3 Aug 1874, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

George married DEWIT, Henrietta Jacoba on 16 Feb 1834 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Henrietta (daughter of DEWIT, Carston Cornelius and DEROCHEMONT, Maria Louisa Suzette) was born on 28 Jul 1814 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died on 15 Apr 1871 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: 8 Oct 1881, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Charles married PAYSON, Mary on 24 Apr 1828 in New Hampshire, USA. Mary was born in 1807 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 9 Oct 1892 in New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1860, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; laborer
• Burial: 15 Jan 1864, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

In the 1850 census, Daniel and Elizabeth had living with them John A. L. de Rochemont, born ca 1835. In the 1851 Portsmouth directory, Daniel was living at 7 Rock St. and was listed as an "overseer PSF". In 1855 he had a child born in Newington, and from 1860 on he was of Portsmouth.

Daniel married DEWITT, Elizabeth A on 17 Mar 1842 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of DEWIT, Carston Cornelius and DEROCHEMONT, Maria Louisa Suzette) was born in 1816 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died after 23 Oct 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Fire Insurance business
• Probate: Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• _DNA: Match
• Residence: 1850, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Names are transcribed incorrectly in the 1850 Census
• Residence: 1865, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1870, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1880, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

Notes:

Thanks to Debbie (Patch) Wilson for the following notes. These come from her extensive research which she provided to me on 5 Oct 2014 when I visited her home in Sandwich, NH:

Frederick William accompanied his uncle Carsten at about age fourteen to
Demerara to live with his father's sister and family. There he worked in a law
office. He fell in love with his first cousin, and despite the displeasure of the
family concerning a relationship this close, he married Maria Louisa de Wit.
When Maria Louisa's parents died twenty months apart, what was left of their
insolvent estate was left to the seven minor de Wit children (minority there lasted
until the age of 25). The Water Side House, so-called, was auctioned off and
bought by Frederick to pay outstanding bills, and twenty-five of the thirty-one
slaves were sold. Since Frederick had been given sole guardianship of the
minors, he handled the money and brought Maria's younger sisters and six of the
slaves north to the United States where they all settled in Newington. Maria's
brother Carsten joined them later. There is a copy of the receipt for the purchase
of the slaves. Frederic paid a total of 2735 guilders for six slaves: Cupido 890,
of the slaves. Frederic paid a total of 2735 guilders for six slaves: Cupido 890,
Marianne 325, Calais 335, Isaac 375, Dick 475 and Jeannette 335.

In 1861 Frank Pickering and his wife Sophia De Rochemont instituted a suit
claiming that Frederick had not given the minors their fair share from the sale of
the property located at 310 Werken Rust as well as the slaves and had kept the
use of the remaining slaves left to the minors for himself. The Pickerings also
asked for compensation for the eleven years of labor and services that Sophia
had provided while living with Frederick and his family. There are on file at the
New Hampshire State Archives long depositions by all parties involved
concerning life in Demerara, the circumstances by which they came north, and
other vital facts, including the deposition that the minors had received a legacy
from Holland which amounted to about $32.00 apiece in the fall of 1841 or the
spring of 1842. The court eventually ruled that a husband could not sue for
property owned by his wife before the marriage, and it found in favor of the
defendant Frederick William.

In the 1850 census are the following:
F. De Rochemont 45
Maria L. 39
William H. 21
Mariah L. 12
Frederick W. 8
Amelia 4
Elizabeth 2
Mariana DeWitt 80
Sarah H. De Rochemont 72
John Hodgdon 14

We know now that Mariana DeWitt in the 1850 Newington census was a slave.
She was brought from Demerara with others when Frederick brought his family
north and had been inherited by the DeWitt girls when their parents died. Several
of the slaves are buried in the garden behind the Derochemont house (I believe
Percy's house). Sarah H is Sarah Ham Moses Derochemont, Frederick's mother.
In the 1860 census Frederick was listed as the postmaster. He held this position
in Newington almost all of his life.

In the 1870 census, there was a domestic girl named Mary Loheed with Fred and
Maria Derochemont in Newington. She was 17, born MA. Mystery solved! The
New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Jan/April 2012 included in its articles"Girls
Sent to New Hampshire From the Boston Asylum.". In it was find Mary Loheed.
July 1857: widow named Mrs. Loheed had brought two little girls to the Asylum.
Her husband had recently died leaving her with four children whom she now felt
unable to maintain. The committee admitted Catharine Ann and Mary Anne
Loheed. In June of 1863 Mrs Loheed applied to take Catharine, now more than
12 years old. It was granted. In February of 1865 Mrs Penhallow of Portsmouth
applied for Mary Anne and she was bound to Mr and Mrs Penahallow. However,
in November of the same year, "Mr FW de Rochemont from Newington made
application for Mary Anne Loheed. He brought two recommendations from
persons in the neighborhood" and it was voted to bound Mary Anne Loheed to Mr
and Mrs de Rochemont.

We find in Boston births that Mary Loheed was born 20 Feb 1854, dau Thomas,
bootfitter born Ireland and Mary A also born Ireland. Her sister Catharine Ann was
born 11 Nov 1850

Rockingham Court 279-186
Thomas B Leighton as administrator of the estate of Christopher Rymes, deceased and late of Newington, blacksmith sold to John S Pickering the Rymes home and outbuildings along with 52 acres plus a driftway across the old Shackford Farm across the road and to the Piscataqua River. The driftway was to be used for unloading goods and lumber at the beach landing on the old Shackford Farm. Signed 20 Nov 1834. Recorded 28 Dec 1835. 297-321
John S Pickering sold to FW deRochemont for $2800 above property of home with 52 acres plus an additional 14 acres. Derochemont was also to pay the 1838 mortgage given on the property to St John's Church. Mary J Pickering released dower. Signed 24 March 1840. Recorded 6 April 1840.
561-64
Frederick W Derochemont and Maria Louisa Derochemont sold for $4,000 the above property of 52 acres plus buildings as well as 14 additional acres to Clarence Derochemont. He was obligated to assume the payment of the mortgage of $833 mortgage given to St John's Church. Signed 11 April 1881. Recorded 8 June 1897.
* In 1895 (546-372) Clarence borrowed $1400 from Henry A and son Harry B Yeaton and gave the property above, including the 14 acres as collateral. There are various tax liens on Clarence Derochmont property in Greenland somewhere in Packer's Bog. It was eventually given in a tax forfeit in 1979 by Clarence's estate.


Baptism at the Parish of Saint Andrew

Frederick married DEWIT, Maria Louisa on 24 Mar 1828 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Maria (daughter of DEWIT, Carston Cornelius and DEROCHEMONT, Maria Louisa Suzette) was born on 28 Mar 1811 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died on 3 Sep 1900 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried on 6 Sep 1900 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Debbie Patch Wilson

This was the man who wrote the 12 July 1865 letter to Maria Louisa (de Wit)
derochemont.
Here is a transciption of the letter which was probably translated from Dutch.
Amsterdam July 12th 1865

Dearly beloved Nephew and Niece!
You have certainly already thought, that I have not received your letter. Yes,
worthy nephew, but many occupations hindered me from answering Your to me
so dear letter sooner, for I wished so much to write much; for I was so filialy
rejoiced, the Lord our God was so good to me, that, although I have never seen
your face, I nevertheless might receive letters written with own hand from the
children of the brother and sister of my so heartily loved father. O beloved ones, if
you had known that good honest man, you certainly would have loved him too;
life’s adversities & troubles never have disturbed his peace & his greatest
happiness was the welfare of my dear mother (who also from all her children was
heartily beloved) and his children. The Lord had given him eleven children. The
oldest, my sister Maria Elizabeth was married, now widow without children &
without means; the 2nd Agnita Maria Louise, married, both died, have left 7
children; the 3d Carolina Petronella Wilhelmina, married, both died in the Lord as
the former; the 4th is I Carel Peter Wilhelmus (named in honor of our grand father,
as also the former) married; Wynandus Elbertus, the fifth, twice married, has 2
children, Abraham Fortunatus (my father’s name) & Wyndelina Elberta (my
mother’s name). The 6th Henrietta Louisa Elonora has had two husbands & is
widow with 6 children; the 7th Suzetta Henrietta, married, both died, left 4 children.
The 8th Wilhelmus Leonardus, unmarried, went as mate to sea in 1854, nothing
heard of him since. Cornelia Wyndelina Carolina, the 9th died after a lifetime of 20
years. The 10th Jacoba Elizabeth Antonia Johanna, married, has 3 children living,
her husband H van Binnendyk is instructor in a religious school in Vreesland.
Jerard Abraham, the 11th, married has 5 children & sails as mate on a steamboat.

Here is worthy nephew a small short account of my brothers and sisters. There
live also besides children of the brother of our grandfather CPW deRochemont &
our grand-tante J.H. Abraham named but all I have to bear many cares &
adversities, but this is indeed the promises for this world of our great God &
Savior. I have had no opportunity yet, to inquire about your aunt van der Hass,
born de Wit, but as soon as I get some opportunity for it, I will enquire hereafter.
Your wife, my dear niece’s brother de Wit was in Middleburg in the family de
Rochmont….learnd….was the sister of our grandfather Susette Henrietta de Wit,
there died, then….died. I was in the Indies, there I also asked & noticed thereof
not much, but I still have a copy of testament, in case your family has nothing
received, shall I hereafter inform & give notice thereof to you; then I was yet
seaman,--then I was at the nautical seminary, where also my father & uncle
Henry have been.

Have I still written to Aunt de Wit (Aunt Maria), I had then a great desire to go to
Rio Demerarie but could not find an opportunity. O I should have liked so much to
see the dear Sister of my good father in the place where our dear grandparents
are buried, but it was not granted to me, and now it is my good luck, that I can yet
write to her children, it grieves me not to be quick enough to converse in English,
then it would be easier for both of us. I have had from your mother de Wit a letter
in good Hollandish, o could you also, dear niece, write in Hollanish. You have
seen my second sister also has had your name. She was a dear sister, daughter,
mother & wife, her memory remains blessed. I have also received a letter from
your brother B P Shillaber with portraits of his wife & 2 daughters Lizzie & Emma;
it would please me much if you will be so kind, to give him previously the most
heartfelt Thanks, I hope to write him soon, but the time is to crowded with
business; You have seen how many widows & orphans there are of my brothers
& sisters, those all must be from time to time be helped & cared for, a very great
blessing have I received from my faithful God & Father, a very healthy & stout
body and peace for my aim through Jesus Christ, and this is the greatest
treasure. I have been 20 or 25 years ago at Curacao in West Indies & have found
also there the family de Rochemont, of the branch of the brother of the father of
our grandfather, they had the esentcheon of the family, as with which my letter is
sealed, I know not, whether you possess the same, if not, then will I willingly
make one for you & send it to you, it is our french esentcheon of nobility; there
are also several officers de Rochemont in East Indies, descendants of our uncle
Abraham, grand & great grand children. I have found among my papers the
certificate of baptism of your father Maximilian Johannes; shall I send it? And
now, worthy & dearly beloved nephew & niece shall I close, it is two hours after
midnight, , I hope soon again to hear of you & your family & when one of you
comes to Halland & to Amsterdam, so is my residence at Amsterdam in the
Bantammerstraat, merchant in fuel, porcelain & earthenware& beloved ones,
praise to God, that the united states are calmed again; how has my heart beaten
when I read in the newspaper the situation of your country & people, what prayers
have been sent up to God for you! With fear have I read daily the events in the U.
States, now so disunited. But God thanks, he has granted you, God & Jesus
Christ might guard you henceforth. O might it happen that we might see us once!
But if not on this earth, then above there, where Christ sits at the right hand of his
father & where our dear parents, brothers & sisters are, and now worthy &
beloved nephew and niece, great all sisters brothers children and other members
of your family from me & my dear wife, who is with heart & soul addicted to my
dear parents and family, also my brothers & sisters greet all of you, and believe
me to be your loving nephew & friend.
v.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maria Louisa de WIT
• _DNA: Match
• Birth: 28 Mar 1811, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
• Immigration: 1839, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1850, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1880, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1 May 1894, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Home described as an old-fashioned, roomy farmhouse, built by Christopher Rymes...with wide halls and ample proportions"
• Residence: 1900, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother

Notes:

Maria Louisa went to school with Celia Thaxter's mother at Susan Huntress' school. She raised her four younger sisters whom she brought north with her and her husband. She also brought several slaves, one of whom was named Nina and lived to be over 100 years old. They are buried in the garden of the DeRochemont home in Newington.

Marguerita Mazeau related that her father Percy told her that as Maria Louisa, called Louisa, became elderly, she remained most of the time in the upstairs bedroom in the home where Marguerita now lives which at that time belonged to Louisa's son Clarence. She was afraid most of the time that a strange man was going to get her and would scream about it. Marguerita has in her home a small wreath of dried flowers that Louisa supposedly wore at her wedding, a present from her brother who got it while in England. I do not know if it was from brother Carstin or brother Leonard who died ca 1829.

In the 1900 Newington census, Maria L was enumerated with Clarence and his family. It also states erroneously that both of her parents were born in Germany. It also states that she had a total of 12 children and that 6 were living as of 1900. I have only the names of 10 children for her.

Maria married DEROCHEMONT, Frederick William on 24 Mar 1828 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Frederick (son of DEROCHEMONT, Maximillian John and MOSES, Sarah Ham) was born on 31 Oct 1804 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was christened on 19 Apr 1837 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died on 13 Apr 1885 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried on 13 Apr 1885 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married on 24 Mar 1828 in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Henrietta Jacoba de WIT
• Birth: 28 Jul 1814, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Notes:

Benjamin Penhallow Shillabar, brother-in-law to Henrietta, wrote the following tribute to her which appeared in the Portsmouth Journal 17 April 1871.

Death claims the victory when we sadly close
The coffin lid upon the precious dust,
And when we quaiff the chalice of our woes
With tearful eyes and hearts of feeble trust.
But when the anguish of the barb has flown,
And we look up from the concealing sod,
Tracking the path the loved and lost have gone,
We no more turn in anguish to the clod.
We see the Graces that our life has blest
Transferred to where they brighter still may shine;
Unmarred by blight of care, or pain distrest,
In airs beneficent and light devine.
Still holds its sway the undivided bond
That bound our soul below to that above,
As constant still, in its adhesion fond,
As when on earth 't was manifest in love.
Not sanctified, the mourned, but simply good,
Not free from earth's alloy or human taint,
But in the fullness of true womanhood
Was comprehended all that makes the saint.
The dignity, the counsel, sweet and wise,
The lender care, the gentle, loving voice,
The eloquence that pleaded from the eyes,
The thousand acts that made the heart rejoice--
And more than memories--they are still our own,
In the blest influence that they impart;
The loving glance, the tender voice's tone.
Still bide within the chambers of the heart.
We feel the touch of hands that disappeared,
Yet take our own in guidance as of old;
And the bright character that erst endeared,
Illumes and gladdens all it then controlled.
Such cannot die to us: the real lives
In that which made it real while 't was here,
And this grand faith the blest assurance gives,
That though the loved be gone they are still here.
Herein the victory over Death is shown:
The form is but the shrine, of tenure slight,
That may in the attack be overthrown,
While lives the spirit in unfailing light.
B. P. Shillaber

Henrietta married DEROCHEMONT, George Washington on 16 Feb 1834 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. George (son of DEROCHEMONT, Maximillian John and MOSES, Sarah Ham) was born on 13 Feb 1813 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Aug 1874 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Abt 1839
• Probate: 1865, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Carsten was referred to as "a farmer of Springfield, Maine" for a while. He has a footstone with his large stone in Newington. Also there are two markers, one a "US Veteran" and one a "Post 1 GAR". His obit in the Portsmouth Journal calls him a "late yeoman on the US Steamer Kearsage."

The 1864 Portsmouth Directory shows that Carsten had a house on Dennett St. He was not in the 1860/61 directory nor the 1867 one. Neither was his wife. A Thomas H. De Wit posted bond as sureties of his estate 12 Sept. 1865. According to the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses, his daughter Sarah J Shannon claimed that her mother was born in British Guiana but that her father was born in New York. He was not.

Carsten was an accountant in the 1860 Portsmouth, New Hampshire census:

Carstine Dewit 52, accountant,born Demerara
Anne E 43, born Demerara
George Brown 20, farm laborer, born Demerara
Thomas H Dewit 13, born New Hampshire
Sarah J 9, born Maine
Leonard O 6, born Maine
Anna Maria 4, born Maine

Carstin's marriage to Anna is also recorded in Portsmouth.

Carsten married ANDERSON, Anna Eliza on 8 Jun 1843 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. Anna (daughter of ANDERSON, Sarah) was born on 23 Sep 1817 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died on 6 Jun 1873 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sophia Eleanora Gertner de WIT

Sophia married PICKERING, Frank Tuscan on 18 May 1847. Frank was born on 3 Jan 1816 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Dec 1885 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1837
• Residence: 23 Oct 1867, South Berwick, York, Maine, USA

Notes:

According to her deposition concerning the lawsuit against William deRochemont, Elizabeth was alive 23 Oct 1867.

She sponsored the baptism of Chalres John Frederick Derochemont in 1832 and signed as E. A. Odde (Mrs).

Elizabeth married DEROCHEMONT, Daniel Moses on 17 Mar 1842 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Daniel (son of DEROCHEMONT, Maximillian John and MOSES, Sarah Ham) was born in 1806 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 15 Jan 1864 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Antoinette Susette Fredericka Alberta DeWit
• Birth: 1816, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
• Birth: 3 Jun 1821, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
• Death: 27 Dec 1884
• Death: 27 Dec 1884
• Death: 17 Mar 1887, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Probate: 17 Aug 1887

Antoinette married NUTTER, Charles Wesley on 7 Apr 1841 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Charles (son of NUTTER, James and SEAVEY, Elizabeth More) was born on 10 Sep 1818 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 27 Dec 1884 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 4771

Notes:

There is a death record at NHVR for 21 May 1865 of one Leonard de Wit, a single farmer, born in Demerara. In the 1860 census there is a Leonard C Dewitt who was living with the George Derochemont family. He was 26 at that time (born ca 1834), single and a farmer. I believe he is the man who died in 1864 and was more than likely Henrietta's nephew, son of her brother Leonard.

Marguerita Maseau of Newington showed me a beautiful wreath that Maria Louisa de Wit wore on her head at her wedding. She told me that her brother had bought it for her in England on one of his trips. I think it was Leonard who was the brother because in a deposition, Sarah (Anderson) de Wit said that she had visited the America once before moving here and also once to England.

Died:
abroad

Leonard married ANDERSON, Sarah on 12 Nov 1829 in Barbados. Sarah was born in Dec 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 13149

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 3567

Notes:

According to Gene de Rochemont of Los Angeles, George was the superintendant of the Bridgeport Brass Corporation in 1903. He worked there until two years before his death and then was a farmer according to his Brimfield, Massachusetts death record. His son was the informant, and he died from paralysis with bright's disease as a contributing factor. For some reason in the 1880 census, George, Catherine and son Irving were living in Austin, Illinois. He was a foreman in a brass factory.

Palmer Journal
Date: Friday Evening, August 26, 1910
Volume XLI, Number 22, page 1

Brimfield.

George W. de Rochemont.

George W. de Rochemont, 73, died at his home in Little Rest last Friday after a lingering illness with Bright's disease. Mr. de Rochemont was born in Portsmouth N.H. January 8, 1837. His grandfather came from France and belonged to the French nobility before the Reformation when the family was driven from France. This ancestor was married to a Miss Dewitt from Holland, who was a young cousin, because of the custom of intermarriage between noble families of different nations. This branch of the family emigrated to America in 1806. George de Rochemont lived upon his father's farm in Portsmouth until 17 years of age, when he served apprenticeship in the brass and bronze foundry business which he followed for 52 years. For 20 years he was forman for the "Adams & Wesetake Manufacturing Co. in Bridgeport, Ct. He was married to Miss Catherine Stores of Springvale, Me., whom he survived, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding. Always retaining his passion for farming he came to Brimfield a few years ago and enjoyed that occupation in his later life. He was a member of the Methodist church for 50 years and a consistent Christian, but on account of deafness he had not attended church in his old age, though he kept up his religious interest in the reading of sermons and other religious literature. The body was taken Maine and placed beside that of his wife in the Springvale cemetery.

George married STORER, Catherine on 21 Oct 1857 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Catherine was born on 8 Jan 1837 in Great Falls, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 16 May 1908; was buried in Springvale, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3568

Louis married NUTTER, Emily Augusta on 2 Apr 1864 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Emily (daughter of NUTTER, Joseph M and PEVERLY, Eliza D) was born on 31 Jul 1838 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Jan 1912 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3569

Charles married STAPLES, Almira on 20 Oct 1861 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Almira was born on 11 Jun 1841 in Eliot, York, Maine, USA; died on 30 Aug 1898 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3570

Notes:

At the time of her death Sophia lived at 348 Union St. She died from pneumonia.

Sophia married PICKERING, Gee on 1 Jul 1863 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Gee was born on 30 May 1818 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Jun 1908 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3571

Notes:

In the 1860 Newington census Henrietta, 15, was living in a household with brother Lewis Leonard, 21, and Gee Pickering, 40.

Family/Spouse: BRACKETT, William Henry Langdon. William was born in 1837 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Mar 1895 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3572
• Census: 1880, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Occupation: 1880; iron foundry

Benjamin married GOODWIN, Ruth Ann on 27 Sep 1874 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth was born about 1852 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3573

Notes:

A twin to John, Ann was called Anna M. on her marriage record.

Ann married BERRY, George Winfield on 24 Nov 1870 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. George was born on 8 May 1844 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Aug 1922 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3574

Notes:

John was not in the 1860 census.

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• Reference Number: 3583

Notes:

Living next door to widow Maria L Caziarc in the 1880 census were Mayhew Pray, aged 28, wife Liddea 25 (Maria's niece), Mabel 4, Benjamin 2 and Lizzie 10 months.

Lydia married PRAY, Mayhew E on 23 Oct 1873 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Mayhew was born on 24 Oct 1851 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Dec 1898 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3584

Notes:

Cora's marriage cannot be seen online, only the year, so it is Unknown as to who her husband was.

Cora married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3577
• Occupation: 1860, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; stocking weaver
• Occupation: 1880, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; iron machinest
• Occupation: 1885, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; bread cart driver

Notes:

Charles died from consumption and his death record says he was married at the time.

Charles married COLEMAN, Susan E on 27 Aug 1867 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Susan was born about 1849 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3578
• Census: 1880, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Occupation: 1880; engineer

Notes:

Max's second marriage occured in Seabrook but was registered also in Newburyport. Wife Sarah applied for his Civil War pension.

Maximilian married LANE, Mary Clark on 16 Sep 1871 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born about 1845 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Sep 1883 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maximilian married LANE, Sarah K on 7 Aug 1886 in Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Sarah was born in Jun 1856 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Jul 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3579EN

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• Reference Number: 10555

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• Reference Number: 9926

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• Residence: 1896, 2030 Addison, Alameda, California, USA
• Residence: 1900, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Brother

Notes:

According to Amelia Patch, Herbert was a real estate broker in San Francisco. He dropped the Derochemont surname and became Herbert Stanley when he decided to leave his wife for a girlfriend. She said evidently he did not want to disgrace the Derochemont name. Maybe he just did not want to be found.

In the 1880 census, Herbert was living with his wife Olive and daughter Charlotte, but in the 1900 census, Herbert was enumerated alone with Clarence and his family.

In the 1910 Alameda census, Herbert and Florence claimed that they had been married for seven years. Both boys with them carried the name Stanley as a surname, but they more than likely belonged to Florence's first husband.

Herbert married HOYT, Olive Folsom on 29 Apr 1877 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Olive was born about 1855 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert married FLORENCE about 1903. was born about 1871 in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Occupation: 1900, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; farmer
• Residence: 1900, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 26 Jun 1902; Clarence's brither in law Homer H. Jones was visiting from New York when he died suddenly at Clarence's home in Newington
• Burial: 19 Jan 1937, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Clarence married WILSON, Ella G on 21 Dec 1876. Ella was born in Aug 1848 in New York, USA; died in Feb 1930 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate: Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• _DNA: Match
• _ELEC: Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; 5-term town tax collector
• _ELEC: Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Selectman; Board of Education
• Residence: 1850, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Occupation: 1861, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Worked in paint shop for 2 years
• Physical Description: 1870, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Fire Insurance Agent
• Residence: 1870, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Occupation: 1880, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Farmed his 90 acres
• Residence: 1880, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• _ELEC: 1893; Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
• Residence: 1900, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 12 Apr 1909, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; 68th birthday party
• Residence: 1910, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1920, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 12 Apr 1924; 86th birthday party

Notes:

According to Amelia Patch, Fred lost a leg and had a wooden one. The leg was cut off by the doctor while he was lying on the kitchen table, and the leg was buried in the back yard. Later, after he had recuperated, his wooden leg was bothering him. They went to the yard, dug the old leg up and there rubbing up against the bone was an English walnut! He insisted that the walnut was the thing that was bothering his wooden leg.

Frederick married ADAMS, Sarah Frances on 20 Mar 1867 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Sarah (daughter of ADAMS, Joseph Colbath and NUTTER, Sarah Blanche) was born on 9 Aug 1840 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Dec 1928 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried on 10 Dec 1928 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1900 Elizabeth was called Jennie. She declared that she had been married for 27 years and had had no children. With her was her husband called "Usher" Parsons and adopted daughter Ida May, aged 17. In the New York state census of 1905 Ida was not with the family, but there were two foster children, Henry Maas, farm laborer and aged 17, and Margaret Erbes, servant and aged 17.

Elizabeth married PARSONS, Thomas Usher on 8 Oct 1873 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Thomas was born on 26 Aug 1833 in Wilson, Niagara, New York, USA; died on 27 May 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Burial: 6 Jan 1903, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

She and her family lived in Canadaigua Ward of Ontario, New York. Her dates are on the monument in the Newington Cemetery. She claimed in 1900 that she had been married for 17 years and that she had had no children. She gave her birthdate as May of 1847. She and Homer were boarders, and he was engaged in "commercial trade" if I am reading the words on the census correctly. Her obit in the Portsmouth Herald calls her the widow of Homer Jones and that she had died at the home of her brother Clarence.

Family/Spouse: JONES, Homer H. Homer was born in Oct 1840 in New York, USA; died on 25 Jun 1902 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are no parents listed by the Newington town clerk on Amelia's death record. Her cause of death was "unknown".

Amelia married BATES, James Edward on 6 Mar 1865 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. James was born on 26 Aug 1843 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1911 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1910, South Berwick, York, Maine, USA

Notes:

Maria was the head of family in 1910, living with her two single daughters on Portland St in South Berwick.

Maria married RICKER, Shipley W on 12 Apr 1855 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Shipley was born on 19 Jan 1828 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 24 Jan 1905 in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Burial: 18 May 1850, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Christened:
St Andrews Manse, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

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• Burial: 24 Dec 1845, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

He was also called John on the monument in the Newington Cemetery.

Christened:
St Andrews Manse, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

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• Residence: 1850, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Occupation: 1870, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; farmer
• Burial: 15 May 1871, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

He died single and was called just Henry on the monument in the Newington Cemetery. He is listed with his parents in the 1870 census as a single farmer.

Christened:
St Andrews Manse, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Died:
Kidney complaints

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• Reference Number: 11695
• Occupation: 1880, Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA; musician

Notes:

The 1880 Manhattan census said Thomas was married, but there was no wife with him.

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• Occupation: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; grocer
• Reference Number: 3970

Notes:

In an 1865 administration filed in Exeter for her father, Sarah deposed that she was the only child of Carsten de Wit living in this state. Her husband John was the son of William Shannon, superintendant of the alms house at Christian Shore.

Sarah married SHANNON, John Wesley on 21 Sep 1869 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. John was born on 7 Jun 1849 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Oct 1918 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6189
• Occupation: Between 1880 and 1900, Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA; musician

Notes:

In the 1870 Portsmouth census, Leonard was living with his mother, brother and sister Anna and was called a musician. In the 1880 census Leonard, musician, Kate, daughter Anna and brother Thomas, also a musician, were all in the Manhattan census. Both de Wit brothers claimed that their father was born in South America, not New York as their sister Sarah claimed on several censuses. By 1900 Leonard and Kate and Anna were in Brooklyn, but brother Thomas was not with them.

Leonard married CORCORAN, Kate on 14 Nov 1874 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Kate was born in Jan 1852 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 11696

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• Reference Number: 6373EN.

Notes:

Thomas' death record shows that he was single and died
from pneumonia.

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• Reference Number: 6374.R.

Notes:

On his death record it says that James was a single
farmer and that he had died from an accidental shot of a gun
and that the gun had been found in his hands.

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• Reference Number: 6375EN.

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• Reference Number: 10550

Mary married HOYT, Jackson Morton on 28 Nov 1878 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Jackson was born in 1850 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1935 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6377EN

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• Reference Number: 10551

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• Reference Number: 10554

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• Reference Number: 12551
• Occupation: 1868, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; ship carpenter
• Occupation: 1907; salesman

Notes:

John was obviously not the child of Daniel de Rochemont, but his name in the 1850 census as a 15 year old is de Rochemont. In the 1880 census he is shown as John H L Odde. John's Massachusetts death record shows he lived at 439 Trapelo Rd, Waverly, Massachusetts and was married. The return was from Belmont, Massachusetts where his son John Alabama Odde lived at 52 Willow and was the informant. He had had angina pectoris for two weeks.

John married MCQUILLEN, Kate on 22 Aug 1854 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Kate was born about 1833 in Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married ROSS, Hannah R on 28 Dec 1858 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born about 1838 in Massachusetts, USA; died between 1910 and 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4542

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• Reference Number: 4549

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• Reference Number: 4543

Notes:

Ida never married.

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• Reference Number: 4542

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• Reference Number: 4543

Mary married COLEMAN, James Whidden on 1 Jan 1866 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. James was born on 22 Oct 1839 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Jun 1916 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4546

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• Reference Number: 4549