Nathan Pilsbury

34. Nathan4 (Joseph,3 Moses,2 Wm.1), b. in Newbury, 3 June 1699; m. and had a daughter, Sarah, bapt. 28 April 1723, at Durham, N. H. Was in Nottingham, N. H., in 1738; living in 1749.

1704 - Edward Taylor was killed by Indians at Lamprey River, April 26,1704. His wife Rebecca and a son and daughter were captured near the Lamprey River and taken to Canada, whence Mrs. Taylor and her daughter were later redeemed. The daughter became the wife of Aaron Rawlins, and their farmhouse at the northwest corner of Riverside Cemetery.

Rebecca and child captured when first husband Edward Taylor killed by Indians abt 26 Apr. 1704. She returned and m. 2d Thomas Dudley bef. 7 June 1711. In 1720 she and s. Nathan renounc. adm. on the Taylor est. to Aaron Rollins, and again in 1726 to Nathan Pilsbury. Taylor children included William, Nathan, Sarah, Hannah, 2 more daughters [ref 22]

Origins

8. Joseph3 (Moses2, Wm1) , b. 6 June 1670; d. 14 Jan. 1750. He was thrice married, 1st, to Sarah .2d, to Elizabeth Godfrey, 1704. 3d, to Mary.

The will of Joseph is dated 13 March 1749. In it he gives his beloved wife, Mary, one-half of all his land in Newbury, the east end of his dwelling house “from ye middle of ye chimney from ye top to ye top to ye bottom ; " one half of barn, one half of fruit of apple trees, etc. etc. Gives to the children of son Joseph sixty pounds. Gives to son Nathan sixty pounds.

Gives to daughter Elizabeth Goodridge sixty pounds, and a chest that was his second wife's (i. e. her mother's).

Gives to son Peter all estate real and personal, not otherwise disposed of, and appoints him sole executor.

Children of Sarah :

• 23. i. Joseph, b. 16 Jan. 1.694; d. before 1749.
• ii. Moses, b. II Sept. 1697; d. before 1749.
• 24. iii.- Nathan, b. 3 June 1699.

Children of Elizabeth :

• iv. Elizabeth, b. 26 June 1705 ; m. Win. Goodridge, 5 Feb. 1734.
• 25. V. Peter, b. 30 July, 1707; d. about 1772

References

1. The Pillsbury family: being a history of William and Dorothy Pillsbury (or Pilsbery) of Newbury in New England, and their descendants to the eleventh generation. by Pilsbury, David B. (David Brainard), 1839-1886; Getchell, Emily A (Publication date 1898). Page 12. < Archive.Org >; Page 23 < Archive.Org >
2. http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pattyrose/eng...
   1. 22. "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Surnames" by Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby, Walter G. Davis : Baltimore:1996. Page 674. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30237002?h=4bc419