Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

46 RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH.
in 1656; JMartha, in 1657; Rutht, born in 1660, and married
Aaron Moses, 1677.
ELIZABETH married Tobias Langdon in 1656; their son
Honor (Onner) Langdon was born in 1664. Tobias L.
died in 1664, and in 1667 his widow married Tobias Lear,
and in 1669 their daughter Elizabeth Lear was born. She
probably had other children by each marriage.
MARY married Richard Sloper. ie died in 1716, aged
85; and she in 1718, aged 78. Their children were Bridget,
born in 1659, (married John Knight); John, in 1661; Mary,
in 1663; Sarah, in 1667; Susannah, in 1669; Elizabeth, in
1671; Rebecca, in 1673; Martha, in 1676, Tabitha, in
1679; Richard and Henry, twins, in 1682; Ambros, in
1684.
Henry Sherburne, grandson of the first Henry, but by
which son we know not, was born in 1674, and was married
to Dorothy Wentworth, born in 1680, sister of the first
Gov. John. Henry Sherburne's house was at the head of
the Pier, on the corner of State and Water streets, next
the spot.now occupied by the stone yard, It was of two
stories and probably the first brick house built in Portsmouth. For many years previous to its destruction by fire
in 1813, it was a public house, known as'; the Portsmouth
Hotel." He was a Provincial Councillor, and died in 1757,
at the age of 83. His wife died in 1754, aged 74.
Henry Sherburne, son of the above, was born in 1709,
and graduated at Harvard in 1728. In 1740 he married
Sarah Warner, daughter of Daniel. He was for ten years
after 1728 Clerk of the Court. lie was a Selectman,
Representative, and Provincial Councillor. He was also a
member of the Colonial Congress held at Albany in 1754;
and a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1765. lie
occupied his father's mansion, and died there in 1767. He
had eight sons and five daughters:-Henry, Daniel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Jonathan, Edward, Richard, Andrew, Sarah, (the