Moses Danforth

  General Notes:

History of Plymouth, New Hampshire: vol. I. Narrative--vol. II. Genealogies
By Ezra Scollay Stearns, Moses Thurston Runnels, Plymouth (N.H.). Town history committee, Plymouth (N.H. : Town)
Published by Printed for the town by the University press, 1906
Item notes: v. 2
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Dec 19, 2007


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[From the official history of Sanbornton in the NH state library.]
Moses and Thomas (probably brothers), both of whom were among the first actual settles in Sanbornton in 1764, and here passed the following winter, as their Petition to the Proprietors for aid, in view of their present sufferings from lack of provisions, was duly considered by the Proprietors in March 1765 (see Gen History). These two "Danfords" [note change in spelling] are named first in official notice of the above Petition; but before the Petition of Jan., 1768, Thomas seems to have returned, as then the name of Moses ("Danforth") only appears.
Moses [5] had m. Molly Flood, and settled on Lot No. 80, 2d Div. (Site 1), on the Plains near the present Bay Road and the Danforth Brook. Their log-house, among the original Danforth apple-trees, is well remembered to have been standing as late as 1840. She d. Dec. 11, 1815. Their children were:
8.9. Moses [17]. Jeremiah (Jerry), m. and owned a farm in Orange.
10. Phineas, res'd in Warner.
11, 12. Ezekiel [25]. Henry [27]. b. 1763.
13. Jane (Jenny) m. Richard Straw of Warner
14 Lois, m ---- [probably Israel] Rand of Warner.
15. Eunice m. ---- Walker (?) of Warner (though which of the two latter was the wife of either, is uncertain.
16. Susan, m William Ash of Andover, settling near the Pond, in what is now Franklin.

Moses married Mary Flood. (Mary Flood was born circa 1732 and died on 11 Dec 1815.)