David Whittemore

DAVID, OF LITCHFIELD, N. H.

      David  4.   Sou of John (3), Daniel (2), Thomas (1);   b.   April 16, 1706, at Maiden, Mass.;

      married (1) Alice Kendall, March 11, 1730; (2)Sarah , who died

      Dec. 3, 1825; he d. Sept. 1782, at Litchfield, N. H.  Issue,  i. David, 4. Nov. 1731, died Sept. 4, 1734.   ii, Alice, b. July 25,1733, d. Sept. 4,1733,

      ae. 6 weeks,    iii. Alice, b. Dec. 24, 1734, d. young,   iv. Alice, b.  d.

      young.    V. David, Jr., born 1737, d. young,    vi. Deborah, b.  , d.

      young,   vii. Ruth, b. . married Thomas Hills, of Nottingham West,

      (now   Hudson,  N. H.,) moved to Maine,    viii. Elizabeth, b. , in.

      David Austin, moved to Maine,   ix. Persis, b. , m. Caleb Austin;

      died in Bow, N. H., family extinct,  x. Jacob, b. Dec. 25,1748.  xi. Sarah,

      b. , died young,   xii. Sarah, b. , died young.   David, the father,

      came from Boston, where he was then a resident, to Dunstable, and from here, after a brief residence, to Litchfield. At Litchfield, he purchased the fann, which has been in the possession of the family down to this date, and is now owned by his descendants, Jacob and Zachariah K. H. His name is attached to a petition for the incorporation of Litchfield, as a town, March 28, 1746. At the first annual town meeting of Litchfield, held in March, 1750, he was chosen Treasurer and sealer of leather; also, in 1761-2