John Corser, III

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John Corser Sr (abt. 1678 - 1776)

John Corser Sr

Born about 1678 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland [uncertain]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Tabitha (Kenney) Corser — married 8 Mar 1716 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Province

Father of Rebecca (Corser) Paine, John Corser Jr, Elizabeth (Courser) Bowley and William Corser

Died 1776 at about age 98 in Boscawen, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Tradition has it that John Corser, Sr. came from Scotland to Newbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire about 1690, at the age of 14. It is more probable, however, that he came to Newbury from Boston or vicinity. The records of Newbury show the following: "John Corser & Tabitha Kenny of Newbury were married March ye 8th 1716/17".[1]
In 1735, John moved to Contoocook (later called Boscawen) with his family of seven children. His eldest son, John, Jr., had settled in Kingston, New Hampshire.
On 2 Jan 1747, his name appears on a petition to Gov. Benning Wentworth, requesting soldiers to protect grist and other mills in Boscawen and other towns.[2].
John, Sr. resided for several years on King street and, with others, erected the first saw-mill. While tending it he met with an accident which deprived him of his sight. His death is supposed to have occurred in 1776.
From Genealogy of the Corser family in America: In 1745 John Corser, while tending a saw-mill alone at the head of K street, was using a crow-bar about a mill log. In an unaccountable manner, the end of the bar struck his head, cut off his nose, took out his right eye, raised the fore half of the skull-bone, and left the brain bare but not injured. In this situation he was soon found by William Emery. Surgical aid was administered and his wounds healed. Shortly afterward he lost the sight of his other eye but lived and enjoyed good health for more than thirty years.
His son, John, Jr., came from Kingston to Boscawen about 1764 and settled on Corser Hill, on the farm later owned by Mr. Tilton. Other facts concerning the first settler, John, may be found in the Genealogy of the Corser family in America.
Birth

1678 Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Marriage
8 MAR 1716 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Province

Wife: Tabitha Kenney

Child: John Corser

Death

1776 Boscawen, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Colony

Burial

Boscawen, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Colony

Research Notes

Corser-48 is possible but improbable father

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-H4TY : 29 November 2018), John Courser and Tabith Kenney, 8 Mar 1716; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.
↑ “The History of Concord: From Its First Grant in 1725, to the Organization of the City Government ... : Nathaniel Bouton : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Benning W. Sanborn, January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/historyconcordf01boutgoog/page/n194/mod...
See also:

Find A Grave: Memorial #5801514
Corser, Samuel. Genealogy of the Corser Family in America (C. Pillsbury, Londonderry, N.H., 1902) Page 22
https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/john-corser_12148418
Scotland: Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. (Original index: Scotland: Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. FamilySearch, 2016.) http://www.americanancestors.org/DB1693/rd/1054772823
Price, Ebenezer. A Chronological Register of Boscawen (J.B. Moore, Boscawen, N.H., 1828) Page 107. "Providential escapes from death."

Sources

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (TM). June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 This person was created on 19 March 2011 through the import of Davidson.GED. This person was created through the import of Savage.ged on 21 February 2011.

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The theory entertained by some that he was a descendant of that early immigrant, his birth-date being assigned to a period somewhat later than the above, is purely conjectural, whatever degree of probability may attach to it. (In regard to the conjectural date alluded to we may say, that its advocates adduce some arguments in its favor — based chiefly upon circumstantial evidence — plausible indeed, if not conclusive, seeming at least to justify the suspicion that amid all the smoke some sparks of fire may be lurking. See 237.)

Emigrating to this country, if we accept the traditional account, at the early age of 12 or 14 years, he settled in Newbury, Mass., where he married Tabitha Kenney, of that place, March 8, 17 16-17 ; removed to Boscawen with his family (except his son John, and possibly his wife, who is believed to have died in Newbury), in the early settlement of the town, probably about 1736; here tended a saw-mill, situated on Mill-Brook near the head of King Street, till disabled by a frightful accident which deprived him of sight (see Price's Hist, of Boscawen — recorded date of accident, 1745); went finally to live with his son John, on Corser Hill, where he died, as is supposed, in the autumn of 1776. (See 236 for a more extended notice.) His children were:

John^, b. about 1718. (25)

Nathan^, b. (conj.) about 1720 ; settled in Boscawen, on Pleasant St., about a mile south of Long St. ; m. Susan, dau. of William Danforth, one of the first settlers of the town, and owner at one time, it is said, of the mill near the head of King St. She was the sister of Jedidiah, the father of Jedidiah, who m. Rachel* Corser (31), and to whom Nathan bequeathed his farm. Nathan died, as supposed, about 1800, after which Jedidiah, disposing of his farm (to Joseph Couch), removed to Thetford, Vt., where Susan died about 1810. No children. (See 245.)

Tabitha'\ m. Peter Flood, of Boscawen.

Elisabeth'^, m. John Bowley. (26)

Polly'^, m. Ezekiel Flanders, of Kingston, N. H.

Sarah"^, m. Major Samuel Davis, brother, as supposed, of Nathan Davis, who m. Jane' Corser (33).

William^ b. (conj.) about 1730. (27)

Hannah^, b. (conj.) about 1734 ; m., 1st, in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 9, 1756, Joseph Atkinson (copied from Newbury records by Wm. Temple) ; m., 2d, James Dunlap, of Kingston, who afterwards moved to Hartford, Vt.

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John Corser

Born in Massachusetts, USA on 1670. John Corser married Tabitha Kenney and had 9 children. He passed away on 62 in Massachusetts, USA.

Spouse(s)

Tabitha Kenney 1685 - 1736

Children

Deliverance Corser 1704 - Unknown

Sarah Corser 1728 - Unknown

Elizabeth Corser 1723 - Unknown

Tabitha Corser 1722 - Unknown

Polly Corser 1726 - Unknown

Hannah Corser 1734 - 1776

Nathan Corser 1720 - 1800

William Corser 1729 - 1864

John Corser 1718 - 1791

6. JOHN4 BOWLEY (JOHN (BOWLE)3, JOHN2, JOHN1)1 was born January 31, 1720 in Newbury, Essex Co. MA1. He married ELESABETH COURSER1 December 07, 1744 in Newbury, Essex, MA.

Notes for JOHN BOWLEY:

John and Elesabeth removed to Methuen, MA; may have been at Boscawen, NH by 1775; served during the American Revolution with son John and another son under Samuel Atkinson, Col. Stark, for eight months from Bosacawen, NH, stationed at Winters Hill, MA, was at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

More About JOHN BOWLEY and ELESABETH COURSER:

Marriage: December 07, 1744, Newbury, Essex, MA

Children of JOHN BOWLEY and ELESABETH COURSER are:

i. SARAH5 BOWLEY1, b. May 31, 1746, Methuen, Essex, Co., MA1; m. SAMUEL CHASE1, July 06, 1769, Methuen, MA.

More About SAMUEL CHASE and SARAH BOWLEY:

Marriage: July 06, 1769, Methuen, MA

10. ii. HANNAH BOWLEY, b. October 08, 1749, Methuen, Essex, Co., MA; d. October 12, 1828, Hoverhill, NH. iii. OLIVER BOWLEY1, b. May 25, 1755, Methuen, MA1. iv. ELIZABETH (BETSEY) BOWLEY1, b. April 21, 1758, Methuen, Essex, Co., MA1; d. May 17, 1858, North Grantham, NH1; m. STEPHEN HERSEY, SR.1, October 19, 1809, Croyden, NH.