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Descendants of Nathaniel Piper

31. GIDEON⁵ PIPER (NATHANIEL⁴, THOMAS³, NATHANIEL², JOSIAS¹) was born September 07, 1741 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, and died May 18, 1816 in Meridith, Belknap, New Hampshire. He married (1) RACHAEL SANBORN August 04, 1761 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, daughter of DANIEL SANBORN. She was born April 25, 1736 in North Hampton, New Hampshire, and died February 25, 1798 in Meridith, Belknap, New Hampshire. He married (2) ANNA CHANDLER November 04, 1799 in Meridith, New Hampshire. She was born Abt. 1741 in Meridith, New Hampshire, and died Unknown in Meridith, New Hampshire. He married (3) BETSEY MERRILL April 30, 1810 in Meridith, New Hampshire. She was born Abt. 1741 in Meridith, New Hampshire, and died Unknown in Meridith, New Hampshire.

Notes for GIDEON PIPER:
FROM MEREDITH, N.H. ANNALS AND GENEALOGIES

Gideon moved in 1783 to Meredith from Pembroke. Before leaving Pembroke he was drafted for military service by Captain Head.

More About GIDEON PIPER:
Comment 3: 2nd son of Nathaniel and Hannah
Event 1: 1762, Moved to Pembroke from Stratham
Event 2: 1783, Moved to Meridith from Pembroke
Event 3: 1781, Drafted
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Hill in Meridith overlooking N. Sanbornton

Children of GIDEON PIPER and RACHAEL SANBORN are:

ABIGAIL⁶ PIPER, b. October 28, 1762, Pembroke, New Hampshire; d. Unknown, Pembroke, New Hampshire; m. WILLIAM CHASE, Abt. 1782, Pembroke, New Hampshire; b. Abt. 1762, Pembroke, New Hampshire; d. Unknown, Pembroke, New Hampshire.

Notes for ABIGAIL PIPER:
Had six children need to find info.

ii.

ANNA PIPER, b. March 24, 1765, Pembroke, NH; d. September 06, 1845, Meridith, Belknap, NH.

More About ANNA PIPER:
Comment 1: Never married

85.	iii.	ELISHA PIPER, b. May 02, 1768, Pembroke, New Hampshire; d. June 30, 1834, Pembroke, New Hampshire.
	iv.	DANIEL PIPER, b. August 25, 1771, Pembroke, New Hampshire; d. April 01, 1814, Meridith, Belknap, New Hampshire; m. HANNAH PIPER, Abt. 1791, Meridith, Belknap, New Hampshire; b. Abt. 1771, Holderness, Grafton, New Hampshire; d. Unknown, Meridith, Belknap, New Hampshire.
	v.	SARAH PIPER, b. February 25, 1774, Pembroke, New Hampshire; d. Unknown, Holderness, Grafton, New Hampshire; m. NATHANIEL PIPER; b. Abt. 1774, Pembroke, New Hampshire; d. Unknown, Holderness, Grafton, New Hampshire.

32. . NATHAN⁵ PIPER (NATHANIEL⁴, THOMAS³, NATHANIEL², JOSIAS¹) was born June 04, 1751 in Stratham, New Hampshire, and died December 25, 1829 in Pembroke, New Hampshire. He married HANNAH STOCKBRIDGE December 03, 1772 in Stratham, Rockingham,New Hampshire, daughter of JOHN STOCKBRIDGE and SARAH SHAW. She was born October 18, 1754 in Stratham, New Hampshire, and died May 20, 1824 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.

Notes for . NATHAN PIPER:
There has been much confusion relative to his Christian name "Nathan" Publication and Genealogists have repeatedly referred to the names "Nathan" and "Nathaniel" interchangeably and indefinitely. There should be no doubt as to the given name of Nathan Piper. His father and his mother always called him "Nathan". When he was a boy he was listed as "Nathan" As a soldier in the Revolutionary we was listed as "Nathan" and his Bible record written by himself in "Nathan." One of his sons was named "Nathan" and another son was "Nathaniel" consequently he discriminated between the names. It is known he always signed his name as "Nathan," never "Nathaniel."

When Nathan was a youth of 16 years in 1767 he was a Private in the Ninth Foot Company in the First Regiment in New Hampshire, belonging to Stratham. Andrew Wiggin was Captain of the Stratham Company. There were four officers, nine non-commissioned officers and eighty-two privates in the company Nathan's older brother Benjamin was also a Private in the company as well as several cousins.

Shortly after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War Nathan enlisted as a Private in Captain Mark Wiggin's Company of New Hampshire Troops. On September 1m 1775 the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire voted to raise four regiments of minutemen from the several regiments of militia. The men were to be enlisted for four months, then others were to take their places. Captain Wiggin's Company was probably in the Leh First Regiment commanded by Colonel Joshua Wingate of Stratham.

This company was stationed on Pierce's Island to guard Pisataqua Harbor, one of several points under guard. By the middle of September, 1775 fort Washington on Pierce's Island was being built to prevent the town of Portsmouth from being attacked by British war ships which were numerous also that coast. Nathan Piper's name appears on a return of the company on Pierce's Island, dated November 5, 1775. Neither the date of his entry into the service or the date of his exact period of service is Unkown. Nathan's brother-in-law, Israel Stockbridge, the same age as Nathan was also a Private in this company. A part of Fort Washington (1952) is still in existence on Pierce's Island, There were several
other forts by the same name in various parts of the Colonies.

After serving as a soldier and without giving a reason, Nathan refused to sign the Associated Test at Stratham, September 3, 1776. It appears Hannah's family were Quakers, and Nathan, if not a Quaker, may have been somewhat under Quaker influence. Hannah's brother, Isreal Stockbridge, a soldier with Nathan and a close companion, did sign. Some signed "friend" after their names. There are instances of men who refused to sign, but actually served later as soldiers.

After Nathan and Hannah were married they continued to live in Stratham until about 1778 when they moved to Pembroke (then called Suncook) New Hampshire. Nathan was a yeoman, a stockman and a shrewd land-trader.

In July, 1790 a road was laid out past several farms in Pembroke. All the land owners except Nathan Piper gave the right of way. The town voted a portion the the seventh range way to him as compensation.

According to the United States census of 1790, Nathan had three sons under 16 years of age, and seven females in his family. His Bible records four sons at that time.

On March 5, 1792 he was living on his farm in Pembroke. Four years later he had moved to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, which was his home the remainder of his life. An inventory of Nathan Piper's real and personal state was taken at Hopkinton under date of March 7, 1796. This would seem to be the first time his mane appeared of the Hopkinton Tax List.

Soon after settling in Hopkinton he was sworn in as Surveyor of Highways, April 6, 1797. In 1779 and 1783 he had filled the same position in Pembroke.

Nathan Piper's Bible in his own hand, records his birth in 1751, and the births and deaths of his children to shortly before his death in 1829. The Bible had recently been deposited with the Oregon Historical Society.

More About . NATHAN PIPER:
Comment 1: He may have signed as Nathan Piper in a
Comment 2: 1782 petition to Legislature for appt of a
Comment 3: Justice of the Peace.Soldier in Revol. War
Comment 4: per Walker's History of Pembroke,I. 137.
Event 1: January 12, 1779, Appointed admisistrator of father's estate
Fact: Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Residence: Pembroke,NH

Notes for HANNAH STOCKBRIDGE:
Hannah (Stockbridge) Piper died May 20, 1824 in Hopkinton. She was buried in the Stumpfield Cemetery about three miles from the village. The slate stone slab at the head of her grave in 1948, was dark with age and the epitaph was so weathered it was read with difficulty. White marble slabs in good condition for her son Benjamin and his wife, Sarah Currier were standing in the same row. There may have been other graves in the row, as there was ample space.

When Hannah died Nathan was 73 years of age. He had outlived all his seven sons except John and James. According to the custom at that time, having reached advanced years, Nathan began turning his property over to his Children. Nathan Piper died December 25, 1829 in Hopkinton. He was buried beside his wife in the Stumpfield Cemetery, Hopkinton.

Children of NATHAN PIPER and HANNAH STOCKBRIDGE are:

	i.	MARTHA⁶ PIPER, b. July 11, 1773; d. May 15, 1825; m. MOLEY; d. Unknown.
	ii.	COMFORT PIPER, b. November 26, 1774; d. September 1853.
	iii.	HANNAH PIPER, b. September 27, 1776; d. Unknown.
	iv.	SARAH PIPER, b. October 29, 1778; d. Unknown.
	v.	CHILD PIPER, b. June 1780; d. June 1780.
	vi.	NATHAN PIPER, JR, b. August 29, 1781; d. May 01, 1821.
86.	vii.	JOHN PIPER, b. October 03, 1783, Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. May 28, 1854, Barry, Pike County, Illinois.
	viii.	ABIGAIL PIPER, b. August 18, 1785; d. September 24, 1842.
87.	ix.	NATHANIEL PIPER, b. September 18, 1785, On Clements Hill, Hopkinton, N. H.; d. May 06, 1825, Hopkinton, N. H..
	x.	THOMAS PIPER, b. December 15, 1787; d. June 17, 1818.
	xi.	RACHEL PIPER, b. November 26, 1789; d. October 07, 1804.
	xii.	SAMUEL PIPER, b. March 08, 1792; d. August 05, 1792.
	xiii.	BENJAMIN PIPER, b. May 26, 1793; d. February 23, 1819.
	xiv.	PATTY PIPER, b. August 18, 1795; d. Unknown.
88.	xv.	JAMES PIPER, b. November 14, 1799, Hopkinton, New Hampshire; d. February 23, 1869, Bradford, Vermont.

33. ALICE⁵ HAINES (PATIENCE⁴ PIPER, THOMAS³, NATHANIEL², JOSIAS¹) was born 1729 in ME, and died 1816 in ME. She married STEPHEN TIBBETS. He was born Abt. 1727 in NH, and died 1816 in ME.

Child of ALICE HAINES and STEPHEN TIBBETS is:

89.

PATIENCE⁶ TIBBETS, b. Abt. 1764, North Berwick, ME; d. Unknown, Ohio.

34. ABNER⁵ GREENLEAF (NATHANIEL⁴, MARGARET³ PIPER, NATHANIEL², JOSIAS¹) was born November 09, 1718 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. He married MARY GUTTERSON May 19, 1757. She died Unknown.

Children of ABNER GREENLEAF and MARY GUTTERSON are:

	i.	ABIGAIL⁶ GREENLEAF, d. Unknown.
	ii.	ELIZABETH GREENLEAF, d. Unknown.
90.	iii.	SAMUEL GREENLEAF, b. 1766; d. Unknown.

35. SARAH⁵ GREENLEAF (NATHANIEL⁴, MARGARET³ PIPER, NATHANIEL², JOSIAS¹) was born March 05, 1720/21 in Haverhill, MA, and died March 17, 1807 in Haverhill, MA. She married JOSEPH WHITTIER July 12, 1739 in Haverhill, MA. He was born March 21, 1715/16, and died October 10, 1796.

Children of SARAH GREENLEAF and JOSEPH WHITTIER are:

	i.	STEPHEN⁶ WHITTIER, b. April 06, 1740; d. Unknown.
	ii.	THOMAS WHITTIER, b. July 29, 1742; d. Unknown.
	iii.	RUTH WHITTIER, b. December 26, 1742; d. Unknown.
	iv.	OBADIAH WHITTIER, b. January 22, 1744/45; d. Unknown; m. SARAH AUSTIN; d. Unknown.
	v.	MARY WHITTIER, b. February 02, 1746/47; d. Unknown.
	vi.	JOSEPH WHITTIER, b. September 14, 1750; d. September 21, 1754.
	vii.	NATHANIEL WHITTIER, b. July 13, 1753; d. Unknown.
	viii.	JOSEPH WHITTIER, b. September 20, 1755; d. Unknown; m. MARY CHASE; d. Unknown.
	ix.	OBADIAH WHITTIER, b. September 02, 1758; d. Unknown.
91.	x.	JOHN WHITTIER, b. November 22, 1760; d. June 11, 1830.
	xi.	MOSES WHITTIER, b. December 20, 1762; d. Unknown.

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