Varney, Moses

Birth Name Varney, Moses
Gender male
Age at Death more than 44 years, 1 month, 22 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Occupation     Tanner and farmer
1a
Birth 1734-11-10 Dover, Strafford, NH  
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Death after 1779 Wolfeboro, Carroll, NH  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Varney, Stephen1697-11-071771-03-21
Mother Hanson, Mercy1699-06-041790-11-04
    Brother     Varney, Stephen 1723-07-13
    Brother     Varney, Nathaniel 1725-03-31
    Brother     Varney, Daniel 1726-11-28
    Brother     Varney, Aaron 1728-06-15
    Sister     Varney, Mercy Hanson 1730-03-15
    Sister     Varney, Judith 1731-11-14
         Varney, Moses 1734-11-10 after 1779
    Brother     Varney, Joshua 1737-02-07 1823-08-19
    Brother     Varney, Tobias 1738-08-10
    Brother     Varney, Joseph 1740-08-07

Families

    Family of Varney, Moses and Estes, Mary
Married Wife Estes, Mary ( * 1737-06-08 + 1825-03-04 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1761-03-25 Dover, Strafford, NH  
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  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Varney, Samuel1762
Varney, Susanna1762-01-10
Varney, Richard1763-12-02
Varney, Ruth1765-11-24
Varney, Joshua1767-12-10
Varney, Anne1769-05-13
Varney, Joseph1771-01-24
Varney, Mary1773-03-07
Varney, Mercy1774-09-20
Varney, Judith1777-03-02
Varney, Sarah1779-04-10

Narrative

Moses Varney came from England [N.B. dgw: have this aconflicting information] sometime previous to the RevolutionaryWar, and settled in Dover, N.H. He is said to have possessedconsiderable property, owning three vessels, but during the warhis fortune was lost. His wife, however, still retained a smallamount of money in her own right, and in the early eighties hedecided to visit Wolfeborough and make a home there. The pairjourneyed on horseback to Merry Meeting Bay, and from there,through the forest to Wolfeborough. Mr. Varney purchased thatportion of the Sewall lot lying east of the main road and southof Smith's River, being bounded by the highway, the river, andthe mill-lot. He built a dwelling-house a little east of thesite of Brewster Memorial Hall, and established a tannery northof the present location of the Bank Building. He had previouslycarried on the business of tanning, and no doubt proposed tocombine that with farming in Wolfeborough. He had severalchildren - among them, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Richard, Judith,Ruth, Sarah. The daughters becamse respectively the wives of ?Wiggin, James Wiggin, and Paul H. Varney.It is probable that Mr. Varney did not at first take his familyto Wolfeborough, as the next spring Richard, a lad in his teens,drew his young sister, Ruth, on a handsled from Merry MeetingBay, across the lake to Wolfeborough. It was night when theyneared the shore, and discovering that the ice was weak, theydid not proceed directly to Sewall's Landing as their way led,bu steered for Clark's Point, and reached the shore in safety.That night a gale of wind sprang up, and the next morning no icewas to be seen in that part of the lake.Mr. Varney continued in the tanning business several years,probably until his son Joseph was established on the other sideof the river. In 1792 he served as selectman. While living onthe Sewall lot, a daughter died, and was there buried; the placeof interment is not known.

Pedigree

  1. Varney, Stephen
    1. Hanson, Mercy
      1. Varney, Stephen
      2. Varney, Nathaniel
      3. Varney, Daniel
      4. Varney, Aaron
      5. Varney, Mercy Hanson
      6. Varney, Judith
      7. Varney, Moses
        1. Estes, Mary
          1. Varney, Samuel
          2. Varney, Susanna
          3. Varney, Richard
          4. Varney, Ruth
          5. Varney, Joshua
          6. Varney, Anne
          7. Varney, Joseph
          8. Varney, Mary
          9. Varney, Mercy
          10. Varney, Judith
          11. Varney, Sarah
      8. Varney, Joshua
      9. Varney, Tobias
      10. Varney, Joseph

Ancestors

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