The CALEF Family of Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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First Generation

WILLIAM CALEF (1706 - 1784)

Parents: Unknown

William Calef was born in in 1706. [Ref, pp. 515-6] He died on 14 Nov 1784. [Ref, pp. 515-6] He married Lois Unknown in Kingston. [Ref, p. 38] She was born about 1717. She died in 1799, age 82. [Ref, pp. 515-6]

Children of William Calef and Lois Unknown:

1. Lois Calef was born on 4 Jan 1739/[40?] in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
2. Joseph Calef was born on 12 Dec 1742 in Kingston. He died on 16 May 1823. He married Hannah Pettingill. [Ref, pp. 515-6]
3. Lydia Calef was born on 30 Jul 1745 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
4. Sarah Calef was born on 15 Sep 1749 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
5. Mary Calef was born on 23 Sep 1758 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
6. Dorothy ("Dolly") Calef was born on 20 Jun 1762 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
   

Second Generation

JOSEPH CALEF (1742 - 1823) of Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Parents: William Calef and Lois Unknown

Joseph Calef was born on 12 Dec 1742 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4] He died on 16 May 1823. [Ref, pp. 515-6] He married Hannah Pettingill on 30 Oct 1765 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 38] Hannah was the daughter of Benjamin Pettingill. [Ref, pp. 515-6]

Joseph purchasesd land in Salisbury from Daniel Stevens on 11 Mar 1789. [Ref, pp. 515-6]

Children of Joseph Calef and Hannah Pettingill:

1. Elizabeth Calef was born on 1 Oct 1767 in Kingston. She died on 14 Nov 1829. She married John Walker.
2. Nathaniel Calef was born on 26 Oct 1769 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
3. Lois Calef was born on 4 Dec 1770 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
4. Joseph Calef was born on 3 Jan 1773 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4] Joseph Calef of Washington, Vermont married Esther Stevens [Ref, p. 797] on 12 Nov 1795 in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire. [Ref] Esther was the daughter of Maj. Ebenzer Stevens of Kingston. [Ref, p. 797] She was born on 11 Aug 1773. [Ref, p. 797]
5. Joseph Calef was born on 4 Nov 1774 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
6. Judith Calef was born on 3 Jan 1777 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
7. Rebecca Calef was born on 26 Jan 1779 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4] She died on 17 Sep 1836. [Ref, pp. 196-7][Ref, p. 632] She married John Huntoon. [Ref, pp. 196-7][Ref, p. 632] John was the son of Benjamin and Abigail (Page) Huntoon [Ref, p. 632] and the grandson of Philip and Ann (Eastman) Huntoon. [Ref, pp. 196-7] He was born on 15 Jul 1773 and he died on 26 Oct 1818 in Andover, Henry, Illinois. [Ref, pp. 196-7][Ref, p. 632]
8. Dorothy Calef was born on 24 Apr 1781 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4]
9. Benjamin Calef was born on 22 Jun 1783 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4] He died on 17 Mar 1784 in Kingston. [Ref]
10. Benjamin Calef was born on 13 Jul 1786 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4] He married Rachel Blaisdell on 13 Jul 1815 in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire. [Ref]

Third Generation

ELIZABETH CALEF (1767-1829)

Parents: Joseph Calef and Hannah Pettingill

Elizabeth Calef was born on 1 Oct 1767 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 4] She died on 14 Nov 1829. [Ref, p. 636] She perhaps married John Walker.

Bouton says that John Walker's wife was Betsey Calef of Salisbury, New Hampshire. [Ref]

It appears possible that Elizabeth Calef is the daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Pettingill) Calef, born 1 Oct 1767 in Salisbury, New Hampshire. John and Elizabeth named their first five children Joseph (for her father), James (for his father), Hannah (for her mother), Abiel and Ruth (for his mother).

References

Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949, online database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, online database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Arseneault, Judith A, The Vital Records of Kingston, New Hampshire 1694-1994, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002.

Bouton, Nathaniel, History of Concord, New Hampshire: From the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century, Concord, Rumford Press, 1903.

Dearborn, John J., The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire: from date of settlement to the present time : the whole interspersed with numerous interesting incidents, Manchester, NH, W.E. Moore, 1890.

Eastman, John R., History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire: 1751-1906, Concord, NH, Rumford Print. Co., 1910.

Lapham, William B., History of the Town of Bethel, Maine, New England Press in collaboration with the Bethel Historical Society, Somersworth, NH, 1981.

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