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��and liarren. rocky pastures, and won high repute among their fellow-citizens near and far. Among this last class must be included Joseph Cilley Burley, Esquire, of Epping. a gentleman who needs no introduction to the most of our readers. To correctly understand a man and appreciate his character, it is of the highest importance to become familiar with his genealogy, and here- with is submitted a sketch of his

ANCESTRY.

I. Giles Burley,* the common ancestor of the New England family, was an inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1648. He came of an English family, of Saxon descent, which in its various branches has held high rank for many generations in the mother country. His wife's name was Elizabeth. He was a commoner in 1664. an d died before 1669.

II. James Burley. son of Giles and Elizabeth Burley, was born February 10. 1659. He married first, May 25, 1685, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Worcester) Stacy, grand-daughter of ReY. Witham Wor- cester, of Salisbury. She died October 21, 1686. His second wife, Elizabeth, he married before 1693. He moved to Exeter near the close of the seven- teenth century, and died there about 1721.

III. Thomas Burley, son of James and Elizabeth Burley, was born April 5, 1697.

IV. Thomas Burley, son of Thomas Burley, was born July 2, 1 723 ; married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Gordon) Haley, grand- daughter of Sergeant Haley, who was killed by the Indians near Saco Fort in 1695 5 died at Epping June 1, 1S05. His wife was born August 10, 1725 ; died December 2, 1809.

V. Thomas Burley, son of Thomas and Sarah (Haley) Burley, was born August 14, 1766; married first, July

" The Genealogy of the Burley or Burleigh Family of America," by Charles Burleigh, of Portland, Maine, published :n 1SS0, bv B.Thurston &Co.
 * We are indebted for the above researches to

��21, 1798, Nancy, daughter of Capt. Benjamin Hoit, who died in November, 1814; married second, May 18, 1818, Mary, daughter of Gordon and Mary (Prescott) Lawrence, and widow of Ezekiel Brown. He was a wealth) and influential farmer of Epping, and died May 15, 1847.

VI. Cafe. Benjamin Burley, son of Thomas and Nancy (Hoit) Burley, was born April 10, 1S03 ; married Novem- ber 7, 1826, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Greenleaf and Jane (Nealley) Cilley, of Nottingham. She was born July 1 1, 1 804 ; was a sister of Hon. Joseph Cilley, United States Senator from New Hampshire, and of Hon. Jonathan Cilley. a member of Congress from Maine; died October 3. 1876. Capt. Benjamin Burley " was a farmer at Epping. and held many offices of trust in town and state. He was of medium size, light complexion, fine curly brown hair, a mild clear blue eye that met yours fair and square, and believed in your goodness until you proved your own unworthiness, and even then his great heart threw out love to welcome back the erring. A friend once, a friend forever, a man sought for as guardian to orphans, the widow's friend. He could not see grief without sympa- thizing and consoling it ; he was a noble, pure-hearted man and a great worker." He died June 26, 1861.

VII. Joseph Cilley Burley, son of Capt. Benjamin and Elizabeth Ann (Cilley) Burley, was born in Epping January 13, 1830; succeeded to the homestead which was first occupied by his great grand-father ; married December 17, 1855, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Haley, of Ep- ping ; resides in Epping and is the subject of this sketch.

VIII. Children of Joseph Cilley and Sarah Elizabeth (Haley) Burley, born in Epping :

1. Nannie Burley, born October 5, 1857, married Harry Walter, son of Wallace and Kate B. (George) Burleigh, of Franklin, and resides with her hus- band near the Webster farm in that town.

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