David M Sessions, Jr.

David Sessions, Jr., son of David Sessions and Ann Hall of Newry, Oxford County, Maine, was born on 11 May 1749 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, and was christened on 14 May 1749 in Boxford. He fought in the Revolutionary War and received an annual pension of $96.

David married Rachel Stevens, daughter of Ebenezer and Ester Stevens on 9 December 1785 in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Rachel was born on 26 June 1767 in Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. They had the following children:

1. Polly Sessions was born in 1786 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut. Polly married Joshua Alexander in 1808 in Derryfield, Manchester, New Hampshire.
2. Sally Sessions (1788 Fairlee, Orange, Vermont - 11 August 1850). Sally married Josiah Flanders (son of Enos Flanders and Sarah Langley) in 1806 in Derryfield, Manchester, New Hampshire. Josiah Flanders was born about 1780 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
3. David Sessions, III (4 April 1790 - 11 August 1850)
4. Rachel Sessions (8 June 1792 - 1 October 1873)
5. William Sessions (8 June 1794 - 4 August 1884)
6. Amasa M. Sessions (1 October 1796 - 6 April 1872)

Rachel Stevens Sessions died on 1 October 1823 in Ketchum, Oxford, Maine. David Sessions Jr. died one year later, on 23 September 1824 in Ketchum, Oxford, Maine.

Sources

• Descendants of David Sessions and Mary Langsford