George Hadley (1740 - 1823)

Born 8 Aug 1740 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Wells) Hadley — married 23 Apr 1764 in Hampstead, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1823 at age 83 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

George Hadley, Jr, son of George Hadley and Elizabeth Plummer was born 8 Aug 1740 after his father had drowned in Island Pond at Hampstead, NH. [his birth in not listed in VR for Haverhill, MA].

In 1759, when 19 years old, George served as a soldier in Captain Moore's company of Colonel Bagley's regiment in the French and Indian War. As a result of his service, he was able to by land in 1762. ^[1]

In 1775 he served in the Militia in Colonel Daniel Moore's volunteers. In 1776 he hired a substitute.

He married 1st 1764 at Hampstead, NH to Lydia Wells [b 1742 Haverhill, MA [parents not identified] d 28 Jan 1806 Weare, NH]. He married 2nd his 2nd cousin, the widow Mehitable (nee Hadley) TOY of Weare, the daug of Daniel HADLEY and Mehitable WHITTAKER. He died 3 Nov 1823 in Weare, NH

Children of George Hadley and Lydia Wells:^[2]

1. Enoch b 1764
2. Betsey b 1766 m Jacob Tewksbury of Weare
3. Sarah B 1768 m 1790 Ralph Blaisdell
4. Philip b 1770 m Catherine Kelley
5. Jesse b 1772 m 1798 Hannah Grove
6. George b 1776 m Betsey Colby
7. Hannah b 1780 m 1803 David Hadley
8. Wells b 1783 m Betsey Green
9. James b 1785 m Maria Hamilton [daug of Hosea and Anna (Hubbard) Hamilton]
10. Amos b 1785 m Lydia Eastman

Child of George Hadley and Mehitable (nee Hadley) (former widow Toy)

1. John Langdon b 1810

Sources

1. ↑ "A History of American Descendants of George Hadley, Reydon Parish, Suffolkshire, England" by Willis Dean Hadley, Sr., 1986
2. ↑ History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 (Hadley, Goffstown, New Hampshire, 1924), vol 2 pg 191-192, online at familysearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3648245&from=fhd

• Little, William. The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888), p 890-891
• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=a779c31f-3c8e-4236-9e57-b916674ec534&tid=23180050&pid=4653
• Ancestry Family Trees
• Ancestry Family Trees
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82206515/george-hadley: accessed 27 October 2022), memorial page for George Hadley (unknown–Nov 1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82206515, citing Hadley Cemetery, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Livelyankee (contributor 47659690) .