187CHAPTER IV.

THE MARSTONS.

BY JOHN M. MOSES (258.)

JONATHAN TOWLE'S (24) wife was Miriam Marston. She had brothers Simon and Robie, who lived in Deerfield. Her son James
(40) married her brother Robie's daughter Polly, with the result that their descendants are twice as much related to the early
generations of the Marstons as to those of the Towles.(*)

The Marstons have been numerous in Hampton, and prominent in both civil and military affairs. William (1) was there in 1640,
within two years of the first settlement. He brought with him from England his two sons Thomas and William. Thomas (1615-90)
settled opposite the northeast corner of the Meetinghouse Green. This lot has remained in the family, being owned in 1892 by
Jeremiah Marston. He married Mary, daughter of William Eastow. Their son Ephraim (1655-1742) married Abial, daughter of John
Sanborn, who was a grandson of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, the founder of Hampton. This Ephraim was a brewer.
(*)Robey Marston Towle (327), son of James (40) followed his father's example,
and married for his second wife his consin, Sally Marston.
he people of Hampton by vote granted him permission to set his malt-house on the Meetinghouse Green and keep it there as long
as he would brew for them. It was not very near the church, the Green being a tract of several acres. He seems to have been a man of
strong convictions. His daughter Abial marrying contrary to his wishes, he disowned her and gave her name to another daughter born
soon afterwards. A reconciliation eventually took place, and two generations later a granddaughter of hers married a grandson of one
of her brothers. This Ephraim had a son Simon (1683-1735) whose wife's name was Hannah, of unknown family. They lived in
North Hampton. They had a son Captain Daniel Marston (1708-57), who led a sea-faring life and took part in the French and Indian
War. He married Sarah Clough, daughter of Samuel Clough of Salisbury, Mass., and Sarah, daughter of Henry Robie of Hampton,
N. H. They lived in North Hampton on the road from Dow's Hill to Rye, and were the parents of Miriam, who married Jonathan
Towle.

Their other children that lived to maturity were: Simon (1737 - 1809), Daniel (1741 - 1811), Samuel (1743-1776), Robie (1747- ),
Sarah (1752- ), Theodore (1755-1830). and David (1757-1851). Of these Simon and Robie settled in Deerfield, N. H., where they
became eminent citizens, holding positions of honor and trust. Simon was one of the leading men of the town, and somewhat of a
lawyer. He had a lawsuit over a piece of land that lasted seventeen 187