Rachel Cox

Rachel married Thomas Rollins about 1670. Thomas died before 19 Oct 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1740

Family/Spouse: Sarah Palmer. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Palmer and Sarah Jackman) was born on 5 Dec 1665 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died between 1714 and 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Drew. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Capt. Joseph Ceilley between 1724 and 1725 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Capt. Thomas Seally and Ann Stanyan) was born on 6 Oct 1701 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in 1786 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Wikipedia (accessed 19 May 2021):

Joseph Cilley (1734 – August 25, 1799) was a New Hampshire state senator and general.

Cilley was born in 1734 at Nottingham, Province of New Hampshire, to Captain J. Cilley of the Isles of Shoals and his wife Alice Rawlings. In 1758 he joined Rogers' Rangers and served in northern New York and Canada. On December 15, 1774 he was with John Langdon and John Sullivan in the raid on Fort William and Mary at New Castle, New Hampshire.

At the start of the American Revolutionary War, Cilley was appointed major of the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment. After the Siege of Boston, he was promoted to Lt. Col. in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment, and he and the regiment were sent to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada fighting at the Battle of Trois-Rivières. With the defeat of the Continental Army in Canada the 1st New Hampshire was sent to New Jersey and Gen. George Washington's main army. Cilley took part in the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton. With the resignation of John Stark, Cilley took command of the 1st New Hampshire and led them during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777, and the Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Stony Point in 1778. Henry Dearborn was among the officers under his command. In 1779, Cilley and the 1st New Hampshire were with Gen. Sullivan in his campaign against the Iroquois and Loyalists in western New York.

On March 19, 1779, the New Hampshire Assembly voted unanimously, "that the worthy Col. Jos. Cilley be presented with a pair of pistols as a token of this State's good intention to reward merit in a brave officer." These pistols are now housed at the Museum of New Hampshire History in Concord, New Hampshire. Cilley retired from the Continental Army on January 1, 1781.

After the war, he was appointed major general of the 1st Division of New Hampshire Militia, June 22, 1786. Later that year, he commanded troops who put down the Paper Money Riot. Cilley was elected to the New Hampshire Senate and Treasurer, Vice President and President of the Society of the Cincinnati in New Hampshire. Cilley died on August 25, 1799, at his home in Nottingham.

Cilley married Sarah Longfellow on November 4, 1756. They had ten children, including Greenleaf Cilley, whose sons Joseph Cilley and Jonathan Cilley would become a U. S. Senator and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, respectively.

Mount Cilley in the White Mountains is named for him.

Joseph married Sarah Longfellow on 4 Nov 1756 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan Longfellow and Mercy Clark) was born on 17 Nov 1739 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 23 May 1811 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire; was buried in Gen. Joseph Cilley Cemetery, Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to Cilley Family (citation details below), he was a captain in the Revolution. The Cillay Pages (citation details below) says he served at Pierce's Island in 1775 and in 1777 raised a company for the defense of Piscataqua Harbor.

Cutting married Martha Morrill about 1761. Martha died on 4 Jun 1787 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]