John Adams, Jr. (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States (1797–1801), the first Vice President (1789–1797).
Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts is approximately 25 miles north of Boston. Boxford was set apart from Rowley Village and incorporated in 1685.
Benjamin Dwinnell, Jr. was born in 1763 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Benjamin Dwinnell and Mary Estey.
He married Mehitable Goodridge (Goodrich) who was born on February 11, 1767. Her parents were John Goodridge and Abigail Hale.
Their children included:
Nehemiah Brooks Dwinnell (1784, married Philis Zuill),
Mary Dwinnell Thompson (1786, married James Thompson),
Rebecca Dwinnell Cooper (1789, married Ira Cooper),
Mehitable Dwinnell Burbank (1792, married Timothy Burbank),
Martha Dwinnell Burdett (1794, married Israel Burdett),
Benjamin D. Dwinnell (1797),
Abigail Dwinnell Norton (1800, married Joseph B. Norton),
Joanna Dwinnell Randell (1802, married Alva Randell),
John Dwinnell (1805), Aaron Esty Dwinnell (1809, married Fannie Frost), and
Esther Dwinnell Norton (1813, married William L. Norton).
At the time of the 1800 census the family was in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont. The household consisted of:
a man and a woman between 26 & 44-Benjamin & Mehitable
a boy & a girl between 10 & 15-Nehemiah & Mary
a boy & 4 girls under 10- Rebecca, Mehitable, Martha, Benjamin and Abigail
Mehitable died on July 31, 1828 in Grafton.
Bellow Falls Vermont
August 11, 1828
Benjamin, Jr. died in Grafton, on August 25, 1847.
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire was settled after 1736 and was a fort protecting Massachusetts during the French and Indian Wars. It was called Upper Ashuelot. When New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts in 1741 it became Keene, New Hampshire.
During King George's War, the village was attacked and burned.
Three daughters of William Towne and Joanna Blessing were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem. Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes were persecuted in 1692. The children of people in the line below are all descendants of Mary Estey.
