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voyages previous to that which brought him to the New World for permanent settlement. His home was in what was known as "Fore- side," now known as Crooked Lane. He had a grant of nineteen acres, June 13, 1659, and soon settled in that part of Kittery which is now Eliot. He married, in 1659, Catherine, daughter of Nicholas Frost, born in 1633. They had two sons and two daugh- ters. The eldest son died in childhood. John, son of Captain William and Catherine (Frost) Leighton, born in May, 1661, died November 10, 1724, in Eliot. He was en- sign and later captain in the Indian wars; a large land-holder, and held many offices in what was then Kittery. He married, June 13, 16S6, Oner, daughter of Tobias and Eliza (Sherburne) Langdon, and they had four sons and two daughters. William, son of John and Oner (Langdon) Leighton, was born September 17, 1696, and died August 20, 1749, in Eliot. He was a merchant and dealer in lumber and ship timbers ; active in the establishment of schools; selectman of the town, and jjrominent in other ways. He married, in November, 1720, Sarah, daughter of Major John and Mary (Frost) Hill, born December 6, 1695. They had three sons and one daughter. William (2), son of \\'illiam (i) and Sarah (Hill) Leigh- ton, born September 17, 1723, died January II, 1793, in Eliot. He was the owner of vessels trading with the West Indies and making occasional trips to Europe. A patriot, he helped raise and equip troops for the revolutionary army, being himself too old for service in the field. He served as sheriff, justice of the peace, and deacon of the church. He married (second) August 6, 1750, Mary, daughter of Captain Jonathan Bane, and they had three sons and six daughters. William (3), eldest child of William (2) and Mary (Bane) Leighton, was born April 29, 1751, died December 22, 181 1. He was a large landholder and farmer, and had mills and timber lands in various sections of Maine, and also engaged in business as a tanner and currier. He kept a large number of oxen and transported goods to the interior of Maine, which were ferried across the river at Portsmouth in his own boats. He married. January 5, 1778, Miriam, daughter of Captain Dennis and Sarah (Frost) Fernald, of Kittery, born December 12. 1760. They had six sons and six daughters. One of these daughters,

Sarah, born August 13, 1782, died Decem- ber 15, 1863; married (first) Captain Wil- liam Harrold, who died without issue ; and (second) March 15, 181 5, Samuel Bradbury. Samuel Bradbury was a descendant of a very old English family, which had a rep- resentative among the pioneers of New Eng- land. This family has been traced to Robert Bradbury, who was probably born as early as 1400, and resided in Ollerset, Derbyshire, England. He married a daughter of Robert Davenport, of Bramhall, county Chester, England. Their son, William Bradbury, was the father of Robert (2) Bradbury, whose son, William (2) Bradbury, was born in 1480. He succeeded to the Manor of Mancendem, and acquired the Manor of Cat- mere Hall, in Littlebury, county Essex, where he was buried in 1646. His son, Mat- thew Bradbury, was the father of William (3) Bradbury, whose son, Wymond Brad- bury, resided at Wicken Bonant, and was afterward of the parish of Whitechapel, county Middlesex. He was baptized May 16, 1574, at Newport Pond; was of London in 1628, and died in 1650. His wife Eliza- beth was a daughter of William Whitgift, and sister of the wife of his brother, Mat- thew. Thomas Bradbury, son of Wymond, was baptized February 28, 161 1, at Wicken Bonant, and appeared at what is now York, Maine, early in 1634, as the agent or steward of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, proprietor of the province of Maine. Thomas Bradbury was an original proprietor of Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, for more than half a century ; one of its foremost citizens, filling nearly every civil office, including associate judge, and was captain of a militia company. He was an educated man. wrote a clear hand, and was appointed first clerk of the writs in Salisbury. He died March 16, 1695. His wife Mary was a daughter of John and Judith Perkins, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was accused as a witch at the age of about eighty years, in 1692, during the ter- rible delusion on the subject of witchcraft. One hundred and eighteen of her neighbors and her pastor testified to her high char- acter, pure life, and sincere religion. She died December 20. 1700. Wymond (2) Bradbury, son of Thomas and Mary (Per- kins) Bradbury, born 1637, died 1669 on the island of Nevis, in the West Indies. He married Sarah Pike, and they had two daughters and a son. Wymond (3) Brad-