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1. THE FIRST AMERICAN DARLINGSIn the early records --Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine -- the name Darling is spelled in several different ways: Darland, Derland, Dearland, Dealing, Durland, Darien, Durlen,Darling and Darlyn. Wills are found, dating before 1718, in the probate courts of Suffolk and Middlesex counties of Massachusetts[ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 2. SOURCEBeing an Account of the Founders and First Colonial Families [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 3. PIONEERS OF THE DARLING NAMEJohn of Salem, Mass., and Maine; George of Salem; Samuel of New Haven, Conn. Richard of Huntington, L. I.; Dennis of Braintree and Mendon, Mass.; John of Braintree and Mendon. Some of these were undoubtedly connected but the relationship has not in every instance been certainly discovered. There were several other Darlings early in New England but their descendants have not been numerous. Nearly all the Darlings in the United States have been derived from some one of the Pioneers named. above
[ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 4. BENJAMIN DARLING OF MENDONBenjamin Darling, "gentleman" of Mendon, the youngest child of Dennis and Hannah (Francis) Darling, was born in Mendon February 11, 1687. He accumulated considerable property and was prominent in the locality. He lived on a farm of his own consisting of a large tract of land situated in what is now the town of Blackstone, Mass., on the North Road, about three miles east of Millville, Mass., and now known as the Blackstone Poor Farm. Benjamin Darling married, in Mendon, June 11, 1708, Mehitable White, born in Mendon, January 22, 1689, daughter of Thomas and Mehitable (Thornton?) White of Mendon, granddaughter of the first Thomas White who settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1637. Thomas White, the father of Mehitable was one of the early settlers and largest landowners of Milford, Mass. Mehitable (White) Darling must have died sometime after 1730, and probably was buried in the Chestnut Hill cemetery where her husband was afterward buried. She was the mother of eleven children. Benjamin Darling married, second, in Mendon, April 17, 1760, Susanna (Benson-Thayer) White widow of Aaron White, formerly widow of ---Thayer, and daughter of Benoni Benson by his first wife. Benjamin Darling by this marriage had one child, a daughter . Benjamin Darling made his will November 28, 1770, mentioning his wife Susanna, his sons, Benjamin, Joseph, Ebenezer, Peter, and Thomas; the heirs of his son Samuel deceased; and his daughters, Deborah Wheelock, Hannah Battles, Abigail Inman, Elizabeth Meadberry, and Anna Darling. His will was offered for probate May 22, 1772. He died, May 18, 1772, in Mendon and was buried in the old cemetery at Chestnut Hill, in Blackstone. The tombstone which marks his grave has been broken and re-set, and only shows date of his death. There is a space for two graves, evidently of his two wives, between his grave and that of his son Thomas Darling. The date of the death of his first wife, Mehitable, and the date of both birth and death of his second wife, Susanna, have not been obtained. Susanna, second wife of Benjamin Darling, had previously married, December 25, 1739, Aaron White, born in Mendon, May 22, 1717, son of Joseph and Prudence (Smith) White. Aaron and Susanna (Benson-Thayer) White had three children, Aaron White, Jr., Sylvia White, who married Seva Pond, and Prudence White, who married in Mendon, December 25, 1760, Stephen Darling, born in Mendon, August 21, 1738, son of Joseph and Mary (Fish) Darling, and grandson of Benjamin and Mehitable (White) Darling. This Stephen and Prudence (White) Darling moved to Richmond, N. H., and were parents of several children, among whom were Chloe Darling, born May 10, 1769, who married, November 30, 1786, Luke Scott, and Lucy Darling, born August 5, 1773, who married Charles Carpenter; both those families were early settlers of Deerfield township, Tioga County, Penn. This Stephen Darling's first wife Prudence died in Richmond, N. H., April 12, 1799, and he married there, second, December 25, 1799, Elizabeth Scott, Following is a record of the children of Benjamin Darling and his two wives, as found in the Mendon Vital Records; 1 .Mehitable Darling, born November 10, 1709. She probably died unmarried as she is not mentioned in her father's will of 1770. 2. Deborah Darling, born April 22, 1711; married, March 20; 1732, Daniel Wheelock of Uxbridge, Mass. 3. Benjamin Darling, born March 15, 1714; married in Smithfield, RI, July 28, 1733, Elizabeth Force. 4. Joseph Darling, born April 14, 1716; married in Smithfield, RI., January 6, 1733, Mary Fish. He was executor of his father's will. 5. Ebenezer Darling, born August 25, 1718; married in Smithfield, R.I., February 25, 1745, Mary Rakes.. 6. Peter Darling, born June 12, 1720; married first, April 20, 1749, in Mendon, Priscilla Cook; married second, June 12, 1762, in Mendon, Anne Cook. 7. Hannah Darling, born March 25, 1722, died February 7, 1799; married Jeremiah Batteles. 8. Abigail Darling, born March 15, 1724; married in Gloucester RI, January 16, 1745, Elisha Inman 9. Samuel Darling, born August 1, 1726, died before 1770; married in Mendon, April 1, 1746, Sarah White 10. Elizabeth Darling, born April 11, 1729; married in Mendon, December 8, 1748, Benjamin Meadberry of Smithfield RI. 11. Thomas Darling, born May 7, 1730; married, December 4, 1749,Rachel White 12. Anna Darling, child by second wife, born June 22, 1761; married in Mendon, September 6, 1779, Benjamin Carvell. She is mentioned in her father's will of 1770 and was a minor at that time. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 5. CAPTAIN SAMUEL DARLINGCaptain Samuel Darling, probably a grandson of Dennis Darling was born about 1700 and died in Milford, Mass., July 27, 1782; His remains with those of his wife, Thomasine, were interred in the old burying ground in that town. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 6. DANIEL DARLINGDaniel and Susanna (Webster) Darling were married December 27, 1733. Daniel Darling died November 13, 1760. Their children were: John; born in 1744; Benjamin, born in 1738; Daniel, born in 1741, died in 1767; Ruth, born in 1744, died in 1760; Abraham, born in 1746; Mollie, born in 1748. Susanna (4) Webster, who became the wife of Daniel Darling, was descended from
By his wife Hannah, whom he married in 1755, he had Susanna, born January 5, 1759; Reuben, born March 8, 1762; Ebenezer, born January 11, 1765; Daniel, born March 29, 1768; Betsey, born April 27, 1771; Ruth, born July 2, 1774. He fought at Crown Point in 1756. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 7. DENNIS DARLING OF BRAINTREE MASS.From the manuscript of Carlos Parsons Darling Dennis Darling, or Denice Darley or Darlin, first appears in Braintree, Mass., where he was married by Peter Brackett, justice of the peace, November 3, 1663, to Hannah Francis. Nothing definite is known concerning the parentage of Hannah Francis, although it is held by some that she was a daughter of John and Rose Francis who were in Braintree at that time. Braintree Vital Records give the following children born there to Dennis and Hannah Darling: 1. Cornelius Darling, born January 4, 1663, died March 11, 1663. 2. John Darling, born in July, 1664. 3. A son, born June 18, 1667, died June 19, 1667. 4. Sarah Darling, born November 26, 1669. 5. Cornelius Darling, born January 25, 1675. . 6. Hannah Darling, born April 14, 1677. Sometime during the years 1677-78, Dennis Darling and his family moved to Mendon, Mass., where he died January 25, 1717, aged 77 years. No trace has been found of the death of his wife Hannah. The Mendon Vital Records give the following children born in that town to Dennis and Hannah Darling: 7. Ebenezer Darling, born January 8, 1679. 8. Daniel Darling, born April 28, 1682. 9. Elizabeth Darling, born July 2, 1685. 10. Benjamin. Darling born February 11, 1687. Captain John Darling born Sept. 1664, married first, Elizabeth Thompson, second, Anne Rockwood and, third, Elizabeth Morse. He had one child by his first wife, one by his second wife, and eleven by his third wife. He died May 29, 1753. Nothing further is known of Sarah Darling, born. November 26, 1669. Cornelius Darling; born January 25, 1675, married Mary Frebray and had several children, born in Mendon and Rehoboth, Mass.. Hannah Darling, born April 14, 1677, is still unaccounted for. Ebenezer Darling, born January 8, 1619, married, March 3, 1698, Mary (Wheaton) Mann, widow of Thomas Mann, but evidently left no children. Daniel Darling, born April 23, 1682 married Lydia --- and had eight children. He died February 26, 1745 in Mendon, Mass. Elizabeth Darling, born July 2, 1685, married in Mendon, Mass., January 8, 1708-9, Obadiah Wheelock, Benjamin Darling, "gentleman" of Mendon, the youngest child of Dennis and Hannah (Francis) Darling, was born in Mendon February 11, 1687. He accumulated considerable property and was prominent in the locality. He lived on a farm of his own consisting of a large tract of land situated in what is now the town of Blackstone, Mass., on the North Road, about three miles east of Millville, Mass., and now known as the Blackstone Poor Farm. Benjamin Darling married, in Mendon, June 11, 1708, Mehitable White, born in Mendon, January 22, 1689, daughter of Thomas and Mehitable (Thornton?) White of Mendon, granddaughter of the first Thomas White who settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1637. Thomas White, the father of Mehitable was one of the early settlers and largest landowners of Milford, Mass. Mehitable (White) Darling must have died sometime after 1730, and probably was buried in the Chestnut Hill cemetery where her husband was afterward buried. She was the mother of eleven children. Benjamin Darling married, second, in Mendon, April 17, 1760, Susanna (Benson-Thayer) White widow of Aaron White, formerly widow of ---Thayer, and daughter of Benoni Benson by his first wife. Benjamin Darling by this marriage had one child, a daughter . Benjamin Darling made his will November 28, 1770, mentioning his wife Susanna, his sons, Benjamin, Joseph, Ebenezer, Peter, and Thomas; the heirs of his son Samuel deceased; and his daughters, Deborah Wheelock, Hannah Battles, Abigail Inman, Elizabeth Meadberry, and Anna Darling. His will was offered for probate May 22, 1772. He died, May 18, 1772, in Mendon and was buried in the old cemetery at Chestnut Hill, in Blackstone. The tombstone which marks his grave has been broken and re-set, and only shows date of his death. There is a space for two graves, evidently of his two wives, between his grave and that of his son Thomas Darling. The date of the death of his first wife, Mehitable, and the date of both birth and death of his second wife, Susanna, have not been obtained. Susanna, second wife of Benjamin Darling, had previously married, December 25, 1739, Aaron White, born in Mendon, May 22, 1717, son of Joseph and Prudence (Smith) White. Aaron and Susanna (Benson-Thayer) White had three children, Aaron White, Jr., Sylvia White, who married Seva Pond, and Prudence White, who married in Mendon, December 25, 1760, Stephen Darling, born in Mendon, August 21, 1738, son of Joseph and Mary (Fish) Darling, and grandson of Benjamin and Mehitable (White) Darling. This Stephen and Prudence (White) Darling moved to Richmond, N. H., and were parents of several children, among whom were Chloe Darling, born May 10, 1769, who married, November 30, 1786, Luke Scott, and Lucy Darling, born August 5, 1773, who married Charles Carpenter; both those families were early settlers of Deerfield township, Tioga County, Penn. This Stephen Darling's first wife Prudence died in Richmond, N. H., April 12, 1799, and he married there, second, December 25, 1799, Elizabeth Scott, Following is a record of the children of Benjamin Darling and his two wives, as found in the Mendon Vital Records; 1 .Mehitable Darling, born November 10, 1709. She probably died unmarried as she is not mentioned in her father's will of 1770. 2. Deborah Darling, born April 22, 1711; married, March 20; 1732, Daniel Wheelock of Uxbridge, Mass. 3. Benjamin Darling, born March 15, 1714; married in Smithfield, RI, July 28, 1733, Elizabeth Force. 4. Joseph Darling, born April 14, 1716; married in Smithfield, RI., January 6, 1733, Mary Fish. He was executor of his father's will. 5. Ebenezer Darling, born August 25, 1718; married in Smithfield, R.I., February 25, 1745, Mary Rakes.. 6. Peter Darling, born June 12, 1720; married first, April 20, 1749, in Mendon, Priscilla Cook; married second, June 12, 1762, in Mendon, Anne Cook. 7. Hannah Darling, born March 25, 1722, died February 7, 1799; married Jeremiah Batteles. 8. Abigail Darling, born March 15, 1724; married in Gloucester RI, January 16, 1745, Elisha Inman 9. Samuel Darling, born August 1, 1726, died before 1770; married in Mendon, April 1, 1746, Sarah White 10. Elizabeth Darling, born April 11, 1729; married in Mendon, December 8, 1748, Benjamin Meadberry of Smithfield RI. 11. Thomas Darling, born May 7, 1730; married, December 4, 1749,Rachel White 12. Anna Darling, child by second wife, born June 22, 1761; married in Mendon, September 6, 1779, Benjamin Carvell. She is mentioned in her father's will of 1770 and was a minor at that time. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 8. GEORGE DARLING OF LYNN MASS.George Darling, of Lynn, Mass., had a son, George, born in March 1667. He lived in that part of Lynn which afterward became Swampscott. In his will, dated April 12, 1693, he mentions wife Catherine, sons James, Daniel, Thomas, Benjamin and John and daughters Sarah, Hannah and Margaret. (Salem Probate Records, volume 203, page 148.) Other records show that one of the daughters married Jonathan Whipple of Providence and that a daughter Martha, not mentioned in her father's will, married November 13, 1706, James Ross. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 9. GEORGE DARLING OF SALEM MASS.George Darling, a mariner, originally of Salem, Mass., subsequently settled in Charlestown. He married, September 15, 1709, Abigail Reed, daughter of S. Reed, and died December 10, 1723, in the thirty-seventh year of his age. His widow Abigail died November 27, 1739, in the fifty-seventh year of her age. Issue; George, born June 9, (Bapt. ll), 1710; Abigail, born April 27, 1712, died October 16, 1728; Samuel, born September 10, 1715; James, baptized March 24, 1718, died November 5, 1735; Elizabeth, baptized December 27, 1719, married James Fosdick; George, baptized February 9, 1723-4, died July 2, 1730.
James (2) of Salem, married Hannah Lewis; George (3) of Charlestown; William (3) of Charlestown, whose sons were, William (4) and Timothy (4) later of Hopkinton, Mass., and Kingston, Mass. Thomas (2) of Salem and Middleborro, Mass., married Joanna; John (3) of Middleborro, and Thomas (3). Benjamin (2), of Salem. Henry (2), of Salem, married Joanna Mitchell; Henry (3), John (3), Benjamin (3), Joseph (3). John (2), of Salem; Thomas (3), of Framingham, whose sons were, Ebenezer (4), Amos (4) and Jonathan (4), of Andover, Mass. Daniel (2), of Salem; Daniel (3) . [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 10. JOHN DARLING OF BRAINTREE MASS.John Darling was in Braintree, Mass., before 1677. He married Elizabeth Downham, thought to have been a daughter of John and Dorothy Downham of Braintree. Issue: Mary, born in 1664; John, born in 1666; Samuel, born in 1669; Margaret, born in 1672; Margaret again, born in 1677. He is thought to have been a brother of Dennis Darling. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 11. JOHN DARLING OF FAIRFIELD CONN.John Darling, of Fairfield, Conn., married Elizabeth Beers, daughter of James Beers. His estate was administered in 1719 with divisions to sons, John, James, Joseph and Benjamin and daughters Hannah and Martha. The daughter Hannah married Richard Whitney of Fairfield and the daughter Martha married John Bradley of Fairfield. From a Salem, Mass, deed Volume 67, deed 134, Essex court it appears that this John Darling was a son of Theodore and Katherine (Gridley) Darling of Salem, Katherine Gridley being, perhaps, a daughter of Nathaniel Gridley. George Darling who appears to have married Katherine Gridley before 1674, died before October 9, 1693, the date of the probate of his will
[ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 12. JOHN DARLING OF LEBANON N.H.John Darling, born in England in 1750, came to America about 1774 or 1775, landing in Salem, Mass. Subsequently he settled in Lebanon, N.H., where he died in 1827. By his first wife, Sarah, who died in 1787, he had four sons and two daughters: John, 1779; Daniel, Roswell, Ebenezer, Lucy and Mary. He married, second, Elizabeth Slingerland of Albany county, N. Y., born in 1758, daughter of Garret T. and Egie (Vanderzee) Slingerland, and descended from Teunis Cornelise Slingerland who came from Holland in 1617. By this second marriage there was one son, William. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 13. JOHN DARLING OF MASS. AND MAINEInvestigation into the history of John sometimes recorded as John Dollen of Salem, Mass. and Monhegan Island, Maine, has been persistently made in recent years by many persons, particularly Charlotte H. Abbott of Andover, Mass., whose conclusions have been adopted in the following sketch. John Darling was of the militia of Devonshire under Lieutenant Thomas Gardner of Pemaquid; John Dolling was a sergeant of Monhegan, 1674-8, under Thomas Gerrish, leader of the militia. Later he paid a rent to the Duke of York government, recorded at Salem, for privileges; but so early as 1672, probably, he was at a fishing station either on Monhegan or at Pemaquid. He was usually called a mariner and married Mary (Bishop) Barney, daughter of Richard and Dulcibella Bishop of Salem, after the death of her first husband, John Barney. In 1679 he was assisting Thomas Bishop (2), his brother-in-law, in the settlement of the Bishop estate. In 1681 Mary Bishop (Barney) Darling, often called Sister Dollen, had children baptized in Salem church, so they appear to have become of permanent residence there about that date, while John still held his rights on Monhegan. He seems to have purchased land in the neighborhood of Bristol, Maine, in 1677, perhaps near Bound pond, on Muscongus river. When the family came to Salem he lived awhile in the town and then took a farm in the Danvers part of Danvenport's plantation. John Darling appears frequently in the records of his time. In 1672 we find a petition of John Dollen of Monhegan. He was a justice of the peace in Pemaquid. "York Deeds" contain an allusion to lots held by John Dollen and John Palmer at Demaris Cove in a sale, 1686. In Salem is recorded his renewed lease of land on Monhegan the same year, used for planting "where he now dwelleth with a house, warehouse and barn, orchard, etc., for a yearly rent of a bushel of wheat. "The Maine Historical Recorder" gives a paper dated August 7, 1717, of Hannah Mander of Boston, widow of James, formerly of Boston, to her nephew Richard Welch, of a tract on Monhegan which formerly belonged to a first husband, Renold Kelly, "adjoining the land of her honored father, Mr. John Dollen." In the "Book of Eastern Claims" held in the archives room of the Boston state house is record of the rights of John Dollen, sometime of Monhegan now resident in Salem on land once held by Thomas Webber, late of Kennebec, now resident of Charlestown on the Kennebec near Arrowstick island; secured to Dollen's heirs and refers to a date of 1677, another paper, 1715, refers to the Round Point parcel, sold by John Eldridge to John Dollen of Monhegan, fisherman, August, 1699. John Dollen, alias Darling, died before 1713, when his son Thomas (2) brought in an inventory which however gave no clue to his estate. Before his death his wife, Mary Bishop, had died upon the Danvers farm, and he married second, in 1709, Bethia Meacham, widow of George Hacker, of Danvers, and she was still living in 1717. Thomas Darling (2) sold the farm in 1734 he left for Framingham, Mass. He married Sarah Buxton and his history is well recorded in Middlesex county, Mass. John Darling (2) was probably, by the best accounts, the son baptized by Sister Dolling in Salem, a babe in 1681. He married Lois Gowing of Lynnfield in 1722, lived in Westford, a carpenter in 1740 and in 1741 removed to Lunenburg, Mass,, where he died about 1769, aged 88. Concerning his whereabouts between 1699 and 1709 there is only speculation. Perhaps he was with his father on the island as a trader and fisherman and it has been suggested that he may have taken over the fisherman's share of old Dolling's venture, leaving Thomas the farm in Danvers. The fate of Mary Darling (2), who sold Bishop lots with the consent of her parents given her by the grandparents is not known. Hannah Darling (2) married Renold Kelly and lived on Monhegan. Abigail Darling (2) died single in 1725, administration given to her brother Thomas. Martha Darling (2) probably married James Boss, and returned to Falmoutb. Perhaps she also had a husband who was the father of Richard Welch, called nephew by Hannah. The children of John Darling (2) belong to Lunenburg records. The line of John Darling (3) is found in New Hampshire. Benjamin Darling (3) born in Lynnfield, 1728, became a mariner, then a carpenter, came home to live with his father and married Mary Holt of Andover, 1766, and inherited the Lunenburg homestead. Timothy Darling (3) was of Princeton and Winchendon, marrying ___?___ Blood of Groton. Joseph Darling we find a trace of in a witness to a deed, then he is lost. The children of Thomas Darling (2) of Framingham include Jonathan of Andover, who married Sarah Wardwell, and fell in the French war, 1746, at Louisburg. Jonathan Darling (4), born in Salem, 1742; married Hannah Holt of Andover, 1763; and helped settle Blue Hill, Maine, with his wife's relatives. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 14. JOHN DARLING OF SALISBURY MASS.John Darling of Salisbury, Mass., was a son of ___?___' and Naomi (Flanders) Darling, his mother, born December 15, 1656, being a daughter of Stephen and Jane Flanders and the name of his father not of record, but perhaps John Darling a grandson of, George Darling of Salem. He married Mary Page, born November 18, 1674, daughter of Onesiphorno and Mary (Hauxworth) Page of Salisbury, Afterwards he was in East Kingston, N. H., when that town was set off from the older town of Kingston, His children were; Onesiphorus, John, Daniel and probably Abigail, the names of two of the sons preserving the surnames of the Darling family and the names of the eldest son and the daughter preserving the names of the family of the mother (Mary Page). [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 15. JOHN DARLING OF WINCHENDEN MASS.John Darling was in Winchenden, Mass., as early as 1754. After the French and Indian war several Indians declared that with intent to kill, they once watched him as he was mowing in his meadow. He was a portly, athletic man, with large prominent eyes, the whites of which were so big and glaring that they frightened the Indians away. Joseph, born July 26, 1762, and Priscilla and Calvin, twins, born June 13, 1765. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 16. JOHN DARLING OF WINCHENDEN MASS.(#2)John Darling, from Winchenden , Mass., settled in Chelmsford, Mass., in 1778, A brother, Jewett, was in Chelmsford in 1781 but did not long remain there. Another brother, Calvin, married and removed to Canada but returned to Mnssachusetts after many years. John Darling was in the expedition which General Benedict Arnold lead through the wilderness to attack the city of Quebec in 1775. He married, in Groton, Mass., Sarah Blood who died June 6, 1804, aged 49. He married, second, the widow Lydia Baker of Winchenden, who died September 9, 1815, aged 52. He married, third, in 1815, the widow Mary Taylor, daughter of the Reverend Abraham Wood. His children were: by first wife, Montgomery, born April 8, 1785; Nahum, born August 22, 1786; Darius, born June 26, 1787; Boynton, born January 23, 1790; Sarah, born September 23, 1791; Mary Ann, born April 31, 1794; Louis, born January 2, 1796; by third wife, [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 17. JONATHAN DARLING OF PLYMOUTH MASS.Jonathan Darling of Plymouth, Mass., married, March 21, 1748, Martha Bramhall, daughter of Joshua, and Sarah (Rider) Bramhall. Their children, all born in Plymouth, were: Lydia, born April 30, 1750; Benjamin, born November 1, (old style November 12), 1752; Sarah, born October 4, 1754; Mary, born August 28, 1756; John, born December 23, 1758. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 18. SAMUEL DARLINGSamuel Darling was born in 1695, probably in Jamaica, L. I. His father ___?___Darling married ___?____ Burrows in Jamaica, probably about 1690-5. Samuel married about 1718, probably in Newport, R.I., or vicinity the "widow Macomber," whose first husband was Abiel Macomber and whose maiden name was Susanna Childs, born in 1680. Their only child, Thomas Darling, was born in Newport, R. I., February 21, 1719, and married July 23, 1745, Abigail Noyes, born March 20, 1724, daughter of the Reverend Joseph and Abigail (Pierpont) Noyes. In 1722 Samuel Darling with his wife, child, and sister Dorothy Giffen, a childless widow, removed to New Haven, Conn., where he practiced law until his death, April 29, 1760. His remains with those of his wife, his son Thomas and his daughter-in-law Abigail are in the Grove street cemetery, New Haven. Thomas Darling died November 30, 1798, and his wife Abigail died in 1797.
[ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 19. THOMAS DARLING OF SALEM MASS.Thomas and Joanna Darling were of Salem, Mass., in 1690 and after 1735 of Framingham,Mass Either sons or brothers of this Thomas Darling were John, Amos and Jonathan of Framingham John Darling and his wife Abigail lived in Framingham, Mass. Their children were: Abigail, born June 2, 1736; John, born March 24, 1737-8, Amasa, born March 13, 1743; Timothy, born August 12, 1747. Amos and Hepzibah (Bruce) Darling of Southboro, Framingham and Marlboro, Mass., had these children; Joseph, born October 29, 1746; Elizabeth, born March 2, 1748; Jonas, born June 4, 1753; Lucy, born August 13, 1755; Amos, born June 16, 1757; Hepsibah, born December 8, 1759; Lydia, born July 10, 1762; Daniel, born July 24, 1765. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 20. TIMOTHY DARLING OF WINCHENDEN MASS.Timothy and Joanna Darling, of Winchenden, Mass., had these children: Daniel, born July 9, 1761; Oliver, born October 13, 1763; Anna, born September 19, 1765. [ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 21. MISCELLANEOUS DARLINGSAndrew Darling, merchant, married in Fairfield Ga., near Sunbury, September 13, 1764, Jeanie Baillie, daughter of Kenneth Baillie. Betsey Darling, daughter of Andrew Darling, deceased, married in Liberty county, Ga; , September 27, 1787, Charles Irvine, son of Dr.John Irvine. Thomas Darling (2) sold the farm in 1734 he left for Framingham, Mass. He married Sarah Buxton and his history is well recorded in Middlesex county, Mass. John Darling (2) was probably, by the best accounts, the son baptized by Sister Dolling in Salem, a babe in 1681. He married Lois Gowing of Lynnfield in 1722, lived in Westford, a carpenter in 1740 and in 1741 removed to Lunenburg, Mass,, where he died about 1769, aged 88. Concerning his whereabouts between 1699 and 1709 there is only speculation. Perhaps he was with his father on the island as a trader and fisherman and it has been suggested that he may have taken over the fisherman's share of old Dolling's venture, leaving Thomas the farm in Danvers. The fate of Mary Darling (2), who sold Bishop lots with the consent of her parents given her by the grandparents is not known. Hannah Darling (2) married Renold Kelly and lived on Monhegan. Abigail Darling (2) died single in 1725, administration given to her brother Thomas. Martha Darling (2) probably married James Boss, and returned to Falmoutb. Perhaps she also had a husband who was the father of Richard Welch, called nephew by Hannah. The children of John Darling (2) belong to Lunenburg records. The line of John Darling (3) is found in New Hampshire. Benjamin Darling (3) born in Lynnfield, 1728, became a mariner, then a carpenter, came home to live with his father and married Mary Holt of Andover, 1766, and inherited the Lunenburg homestead. Timothy Darling (3) was of Princeton and Winchendon, marrying ___?___ Blood of Groton. The children of Thomas Darling (2) of Framingham include Jonathan of Andover, who married Sarah Wardwell, and fell in the French war, 1746, at Louisburg. Jonathan Darling (4), born in Salem, 1742; married Hannah Holt of Andover, 1763; and helped settle Blue Hill, Maine, with his wife's relatives. Captain John Darling born Sept. 1664, married first, Elizabeth Thompson, second, Anne Rockwood and, third, Elizabeth Morse. He had one child by his first wife, one by his second wife, and eleven by his third wife. He died May 29, 1753. Nothing further is known of Sarah Darling, born. November 26, 1669. Cornelius Darling; born January 25, 1675, married Mary Frebray and had several children, born in Mendon and Rehoboth, Mass.. Hannah Darling, born April 14, 1677, is still unaccounted for. Ebenezer Darling, born January 8, 1619, married, March 3, 1698, Mary (Wheaton) Mann, widow of Thomas Mann, but evidently left no children. Daniel Darling, born April 23, 1682 married Lydia --- and had eight children. He died February 26, 1745 in Mendon, Mass. Elizabeth Darling, born July 2, 1685, married in Mendon, Mass., January 8, 1708-9, Obadiah Wheelock, Benjamin Darling, son of Daniel and Susanna (Webster) Darling, settled first in Hawke, N. H., and subsequently in Sanborton, N. H. He carried on the first mill in Sanborton and was an original member of the Congregational church there in 1771-2. He died April 16, 1795,. By his wife Hannah, whom he married in 1755, he had Susanna, born January 5, 1759; Reuben, born March 8, 1762; Ebenezer, born January 11, 1765; Daniel, born March 29, 1768; Betsey, born April 27, 1771; Ruth, born July 2, 1774. He fought at Crown Point in 1756.
[ Top of Page ] [ Return to Maguire Genealogy Site ] 22. TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS(From the Old Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.) Nathan Darling, April 19, 1812, 79th yr. Martha Darling, widow of Nathan, May 12, 1812, 79th yr. Mary Darling, Daughter of Nathan and. Martha, February 7, 1792, 21 yrs, 5 mos, 17 days. John Darling, son of Nathan and Martha, November 14, 1776, 3rd month. |