DOWNS, William

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Thomas married LORD, Mary. Mary (daughter of LORD, Nathan II and EVERETT, Martha Margery) was born about 1666 in Kittery, ME; died on 26 Jul 1696 in Dover, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Killed by Indians

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• Arrival: 1652, ME

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He is found of record in Kittery. Maine, as early as 1652, when he with o thers signed an agreement as follows: "We, whose names are underwritten , do acknowledge ourselves subject to the government of MA B ay in New England." There can be no doubt that he was English, as that l ocality was settled at that time exclusively by English people. Nathan L ord was a planter and appears to have dealt in real estate. Previous to 1 662 he was located in a district called Sturgeon's Creek, where he rece ived a grant of land. This location is now in the town of Elliott, onc e a part of ancient Kittery. After 1662 Nathan Lord seems to have owned a h omestead at or near what is now called Mt. Pleasant.' in South Berwick.

In 1676, with his son and namesake, he took possession of an estate of s eventy-seven acres, on which was a house and barn, and this was held ab out five years in joint ownership, when the father transferred his righ t and Title to his son. This was located in the district known as Oldfi elds in South Berwick. Upon this place a garrison was maintained during t he Indian troubles, and was occupied as a residence as late as 1816. Th is was a unique and extensive edifice and had a door through which coul d be driven a yoke of oxen and cart. The door was surmounted by a carve d figure head, representing the prow of a ship, while many wood carving s on its interior added to its adornment.

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Nathan married EVERETT, Martha Margery on 20 Jun 1658 in Kittery, ME. Martha (daughter of EVERETT, William and WITHAM, Margery) was born on 23 Jan 1640 in South Berwick, ME; died in 1728/9 in York County, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to legend, John Nathan Lord left Wales as a youth and set out f or London. He was accompanied by his friend, Abraham Conley, who was Irish. It was in London (or Kent) that John married Ann and they had a son, Nathan. Meanwhile, his friend Abraham had also married and had a daughter, Judith Conley. When John died, his friend Abraham, whose wife had also died, married John's widow, Ann. It is supposed that Ann accompanied Abraham to New England, along with his daughter Judith and his step-son Nathan Lord. A shoemaker

Nathan Lord's name first appears in Colonial records when he signed the Submission to Massachusetts in 1652. He was granted sixty acres of salt marsh land by the town of Kittery, York, Maine.

In 1676, with his son Nathan, Jr., he purchased an estate called Old Fields near Mount Misery in South Berwick, York, Maine.

Nathan married Ann. Ann was born in CA 1606 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married WITHAM, Margery in 1640 in Kittery, ME. Margery was born about 1618 in Devonshire, England; died before 1678 in Kittery, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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