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Descendants of Nathaniel Piper


101. SARAH6 PIPER (ELISHA5, SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, NATHANIEL2, JOSIAS1) was born March 17, 1774 in Wakefield, New Hampshire, and died February 28, 1808 in Limerick, Maine. She married DANIEL FELCH Abt. 1796, son of ABIJAH FELCH and LYDIA CLARKE. He was born September 26, 1771 in Limerick, Maine, and died October 03, 1806 in Limerick, Maine.

Notes for SARAH PIPER:
      Sarah Piper, usually called Sally, born March 17,1774, in Wakefield, N.H.; married Daniel Felch, son of Abijah Felch born September 26,1771, in Limerick, Me., a merchant and captain. Abigah Felch was one of the early proprietors of the land of the township of Limerick, and a prominent man there for many years. He represented the town in the Massachusetts Legislature, in Boston, before Maine was separated from that State in 1820. He also served in the army of the Revolution. His store is said to have been the first in that section of the country, or between the two Ossipee Rivers. He pursued the business of trade with great success, and accumulated a large property for a man dying so young. He died Oct. 3,1806, in Limerick, where he resided. She died February. 28,1808, in the same place, a little more than a year after. By the early death of the parents, the children were scattered and never again united in one household; but all except one arrived at maturity, married, and had children; and became the most distinguished branch of the Piper family. Both Sarah and Daniel are buried in Limerick in the cemetery near the Calvin Baptist meeting-house.

More About SARAH PIPER:
Fact: Limerick cemetery near the Calvin Baptist meeting-house
Fact 9: Her children developed into "the most distinguished branch of the Piper family"

Notes for DANIEL FELCH:
He represented the town in the Massachusetts Legislature, in Boston, before Maine was separated from that State in 1820. He also served in the army of the Revolution. His store is said to have been the first in that section of the country, or between the two Ossipee Rivers. He pursued the business of trade with great success, and accumulated a large property for a man dying so young. By the early death of the parents, the children were scattered and never again united in one household; but all except one arrived at maturity, married and had children; and became the most distinguished branch of the Piper family.

More About DANIEL FELCH:
Fact: Limerick cemetery near the Calvin Baptist meeting-house
Occupation: Merchant and Captain
Residence: Limerick, Maine
     
Children of SARAH PIPER and DANIEL FELCH are:
252. i.   SUSAN PIPER7 FELCH, b. May 23, 1797, Limerick, Maine; d. November 28, 1853, New Limerick, Maine.
253. ii.   SARAH BARKER FELCH, b. February 09, 1798, Limerick, Maine; d. May 24, 1839, Bridgeton, Maine.
254. iii.   LYDIA FELCH, b. May 08, 1800, Limerick, Maine; d. November 06, 1877, New Limerick, Maine.
255. iv.   JULIA FELCH, b. July 31, 1802, Limerick, Maine; d. October 16, 1845, Saco, Maine.
256. v.   ALPHEUS FELCH, b. September 28, 1804, Limerick, Maine; d. June 13, 1896.
  vi.   EUNICE FELCH, b. May 30, 1806, Limerick, Maine; d. October 30, 1809, Cornish, Maine.
  Notes for EUNICE FELCH:

  More About EUNICE FELCH:
Aged: three years and five months
Fact: Limerick cemetery near the Calvin Baptist meeting-house



102. DANIEL6 PIPER (ELISHA5, SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, NATHANIEL2, JOSIAS1) was born March 04, 1776 in Wakefield, New Hampshire, and died August 10, 1842 in Newburgh, Maine. He married ANNA PARSONS August 25, 1799, daughter of THOMAS PARSONS and HANNAH FOSTER. She was born May 07, 1783 in Parsonsfield, Maine, and died October 05, 1865 in Monroe, Maine.

Notes for DANIEL PIPER:
      Daniel Piper, was born March 4,1776 in Wakefield, N.H.; a farmer, selectman, and ensign in the war of 1812; married Anna Parsons Aug. 25,1799, born May 7,1783, in Parsonsfield, Me. and daughter of Thomas and Hanna (Foster) Parsons. Thomas Parsons was son of Thomas Parsons, the proprietor of Parsonsfield, from who the town took its name. The "History of Penobscot County" says: "Mr. Piper came to this county from Parsonsfield in 1799, and settled in Newburgh begin one of the early settlers of the town. He was for many years one of the active men of his town, holding all the prominent town offices at different times, and was in the battle of Hampden, being ensign under Captain Ichabod Bickford. He was a little above the medium size, of high integrity, and decided in his opinions. In religious belief, he was a Freewill Baptist. He died August 10,1842, in Newburgh, where he had always lived after his settlement there. His wife died Oct. 5, 1865, in Monroe, Me., where she was living with her son, Simeon Barker Piper. The date of Her death given in the town records of Newburgh is Nov. 1, 1865, but her son says the one here is correct.

More About DANIEL PIPER:
MILATARY: 1812, Ensigned in was
Occupation: farmer, selectman
Residence: Newburg, ME
     
Children of DANIEL PIPER and ANNA PARSONS are:
257. i.   THOMAS PARSONS7 PIPER, b. April 23, 1800, Newburgh, Maine; d. December 26, 1871, Belfast, Maine.
  ii.   DANIEL PIPER, b. June 14, 1802, Newburgh, Maine; d. January 19, 1810, Newburgh, Maine.
258. iii.   BENJAMIN PIPER, b. July 25, 1804, Newburgh, Maine; d. May 29, 1882, Boston, Massachusetts.
259. iv.   ELISHA PIPER, b. September 01, 1806, Newburgh, Maine; d. December 09, 1891.
260. v.   HANNAH FOSTER PIPER, b. November 16, 1808, Newburgh, Maine; d. Unknown.
  vi.   ABIGAIL HOBBS PIPER, b. November 25, 1811, Newbury, Maine; d. December 25, 1838, Newburgh, Maine.
  vii.   ENOCH PARSONS PIPER, b. July 01, 1814, Newburgh, Maine; d. August 11, 1838, Newburgh, Maine.
  More About ENOCH PARSONS PIPER:
Occupation: carpenter
261. viii.   DANIEL PIPER, b. July 01, 1814, Newburgh, Maine; d. Unknown.
262. ix.   SIMEON BARKER PIPER, b. December 02, 1816, Newburgh, Maine; d. Unknown.
263. x.   ALPHEUS FELCH PIPER, b. October 28, 1820, Newburgh, Maine; d. October 31, 1886, Swanville, Maine.
264. xi.   JOHN USHER PARSONS PIPER, b. June 20, 1823, Newburgh, Maine; d. July 17, 1889, Newburgh, Maine.
  xii.   DAVID PIPER, b. June 04, 1827, Newburgh, Maine; d. August 02, 1848, Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
  More About DAVID PIPER:
Fact 9: Died on his return from Mexico
Occupation: Soldier in war with Mexico



103. MARY6 PIPER (ELISHA5, SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, NATHANIEL2, JOSIAS1) was born April 14, 1778 in Wakefield, New Hampshire, and died December 1822 in Ohio. She married JOSEPH MOFFATT 1796, son of AQUILLA MOFFATT and ELIZABETH. He was born September 04, 1771 in Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, and died February 10, 1850 in Scales Mounnd, Illinois.

Notes for MARY PIPER:
      Mary Pipe, usually called Polly, born April 14,1778, in Wakefield, N.H.; married Joseph Moffatt in 1796, born Sept. 4,1771, in Maine, as is supposed, but it may have been in Mass. He became acquainted with his wife at her father's residence in Parsonsfield, Me. while employed by him on his farm. After his marriage he settled on lot No. 5, in Newburgh, Me., the town then being called Plantation No. 2 where he lived several years, sowed a nursery, and made other improvements. In 1805, he sold his farm to George Bickford, and it is now owned by his son Isaac Bickford, who is nearly ninety years old. He died April 14, 1889, a few months after this was written being born May 26, 1799. He remembers the family well, and from him I have obtained a part of the facts here given, and a portion of the remainder from the records of the town of Newburgh. We have no certain knowledge of his location after he sold his farm, till we find him in Canada on a farm near Quebec, where his son, Benjamin Franklin Moffatt, was born Oct. 8,1815. Mr. Bickford thinks that he resided in Newburgh, or some neighboring town, for several years after he sold his far. Some of his grandchildren are of opinion that he also lived a short time in some town in Mass., near Boston, before he went to Canada. From Canada he removed to Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., probably about 1817, and in 1818, or the spring of 1819 went to Ohio, and settled on a farm located between Hamilton and Oxford, in Butler County. He made the passage from Olean to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his family, on a raft loaded with lumber, going 300 miles on the Alleghany River to Pittsburgh, Pa. and then 480 on the Ohio to Cincinnati, the whole distance being nearly 800 miles, and the time occupied, six weeks. He lived on this farm till 1823. His wife died there in Dec., 1822, of measles, contracted from the children, while he was absent in Illinois in search of a farm for new residence. Nearly all the family were sick at the same time, but all survived except the mother. She was buried in the burying-ground on the farm. She was an active woman and an excellent manager. The next spring, in 1823, he removed his family to a farm near Peoria, Illinois which he had selected the previous year. He resided here till the latter part of his life when he went to live with his daughter, Olive (Moffatt) Proctor, and her husband Abel Proctor, at Scales Mound, Illinois. He died there February. 10,1850, at the age of 78 years. He was an upright and very industrious man.

Had a child born and died in 1801 in Newburgh, Maine. Had a child born and died in 1817 in Olean, New York.

More About MARY PIPER:
Fact 9: died from measles

More About JOSEPH MOFFATT:
Fact 9: Sold Newburgh farm in 1805;
Fact 10: moved to Canada
     
Children of MARY PIPER and JOSEPH MOFFATT are:
  i.   ALVAH7 MOFFATT, b. December 29, 1797, Newbury, Penobscot County, Maine; d. July 20, 1884, Limestone, Illinois; m. CLARISSA EADES, February 11, 1823; b. December 19, 1805, Virginia; d. March 16, 1884, Limestone, Illinois.
  Notes for ALVAH MOFFATT:
      Alvah Moffat, born December 29, 1797, in Newburgh, me.; a farmer and school trustee; married Clarissa Eades February 11, 1823, born December 19, 1805, in Virginia. He owned a large farm which he cultivated carefully. It contained a coal mine which he also worked profitably. In addition to his farm, he owned a large tract of land in the vicinity of Peoria, Illinois, and became one of the most wealthy and prosperous farmers in his town. He was of a generous disposition, and gave liberally to those who needed assistance. In religion he was a Methodist. He died July 20, 1884, in Limestone, Illinois, where he resided. His wife died March 16, 1884, in the same town.

  More About ALVAH MOFFATT:
Fact 9: Methodist
Fact 10: Owned loarge tract of land near Peoria, Illinoi
Fact 11: Owned a large prosperous farm which contained a coal mine
Occupation: farmer and school trustee
  ii.   JOSEPH MOFFATT, b. 1799, Newburgh, Maine; d. 1822, on his return from New Orleans, Lousiana.
  Notes for JOSEPH MOFFATT:
      Joseph Moffatt,born in Newburgh, Me., about 1799; a farmer and lumberman. When about ten years of age he went to live with his grandfather, Elisha Piper, of Parsonsfield, me., and remained with him till he was about fourteen, when he went to live with his father again. He was with him when the family went on the raft from Olean, N.Y., to Cincinnati, Ohio; and also on the farm near Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. He died in 1822, a short time before his mother, on his return from New Orleans, La., where he had been with a boat-load of lumber for sale, and had contracted a fever. He was buried at "Mount Pulaski," in Pulaski County, Illinois, probably a swell of land then called by that name, on the bank of the Ohio River, perhaps where Mound City now stands.

  More About JOSEPH MOFFATT:
Fact 9: died from fever
Occupation: farmer and lumberman
  iii.   AQUILA MOFFATT, b. March 19, 1802, Newbury, Penobscot County, Maine; d. January 10, 1880, Peoria,Illinois; m. (1) MATILDA JONES, March 09, 1832; b. Ohio; d. 1833, Peoria,Illinois; m. (2) MARY FOWLER BOGARDUS, December 04, 1834; b. January 04, 1805, Connecticut; d. July 27, 1873, Peoria,Illinois.
  Notes for AQUILA MOFFATT:
      Aquila Moffatt, born March 19, 1802, in Newburgh, Me.; a farmer and school trustee; married, 1st, Matilda Jones March 9, 1832, born in Ohio; died in 1833, near Peoria, Illinois; 2nd, Mary Bogardus (maiden name Mary Fowler) December 4, 1834, born January 4, 1805, in Connecticut; died July 27, 1873, near Peoria. He owned a large farm which like his brother Alvah's contained a coal mine from which he derived a large profit. He also owned a large tract of land near Peoria. He was a Methodist, and took a deep interest in the Methodist Society where he lived, giving it a lot of land and a church which he built on it for the society use as a place of worship. His house was large and convenient and is said to have been almost a home for the Methodist ministers traveling in that section of the country. He died January 10, 1880, on his farm near Peoria, in Peoria township, Illinois, where he resided.

  More About AQUILA MOFFATT:
Fact 9: Methodist
Fact 10: farm contained coal mine from which he derived a large profit
Occupation: farmer and school trustee
265. iv.   SARAH MOFFATT, b. November 21, 1804, Newbury, Penobscot County, Maine; d. May 24, 1886, Cincinnati, Ohio.
266. v.   MARY MOFFATT, b. July 21, 1806, Newburgh, Maine; d. May 14, 1865, Scales Mounnd, Illinois.
  vi.   OLIVE MOFFATT, b. October 23, 1809, Newburgh, Maine; d. July 18, 1845, White Oak Springs, Wisconsin; m. SAMUEL SCALES; b. April 17, 1805, Rockingham County, North Carolina; d. September 13, 1878, White Oak Springs, Wisconsin.
  Notes for OLIVE MOFFATT:
      Olive Moffatt, born October 23, 1809, probably in Newburgh, Me.; married Samuel Scales, April 11, 1833, born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, April 17, 1805; a farmer, and extensive land-holder. He owned a farm contain over seven hundred acres near Shullsburgh, Wisconsin, and another large tract of land, rich in lead ore, near Scales Mound, Illinois, which was named in honor of him. His mining lands rose to almost fabulous prices, and he became quite wealthy. All his purchases of land resulted favorable. He died September 13, 1878, near White Oak Springs, Wisconsin. His wife died July 18, 1845, in the same place.

  Notes for SAMUEL SCALES:
He owned a farm containing over seven hundred acres near Shullsburgh, Wisconsin, and another large tract of land, rich in lead ore, near Scales Mound, Illinois, which was named in honor of him. His mining lands rose to almost fabulous prices, and he became quite wealthy. All his purchased of land resulted favorable.

  More About SAMUEL SCALES:
Fact 9: 700+ acres near Schullsburg, WI
Fact 10: large tract, rich in lead ore near Scales Mound, Illinois
Occupation: farmer and extensive land owner
  vii.   ELISHA MOFFATT, b. 1811, Maine; d. 1813, Maine.
  More About ELISHA MOFFATT:
Aged: two years
  viii.   ELIZA MOFFATT, b. 1813, Massachusetts; d. 1813, Massachusetts.
  ix.   BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MOFFATT, b. October 08, 1815, Newbury, Penobscot County, Maine; d. March 17, 1886, Peoria, Illinois; m. (1) NANCY JANE RISDON, January 1835; b. 1820; d. August 03, 1853, Wisconsin; m. (2) MERCY WAYNE ROCKWELL, Abt. 1853; b. 1826, Dayton, Ohio; d. Unknown.
  Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MOFFATT:
      Benjamin Franklin Moffatt, born October 8, 1815, near Quebec, Canada; a farmer; married, 1st Nancy Jane Risdon January 1835, born in 1820; died August 3, 1853, in Wisconsin; 2nd, Mercy Wayne (maiden name Mercy Rockwill), born in 1826, in Dayton, Ohio. He was a man of fine physical development, generous, and hospitable. He owned a good farm, but was not a land-holder.. He died March 17, 1886, near Peoria, Illinois. His second wife resides in Lenora, Kansas.

  More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MOFFATT:
Fact 9: Generous and hospitable
Fact 10: Owned a good farm, but not a land holder.
Fact 11: Man of fine physical development
Occupation: farmer

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