Person:Redman Moulton (1)

Susanna who m. in Greenland NH 17 octb. 1765 Redman Moulton, bapt. in Hampton Falls 13 July 1746, her step-brother. Redman Moulton was a Revolutionary War soldier in Capt. Henry Elkins's company at Pierce Island November 5 1775; also, was ensign in Capt. Moses Leavitt's company, Col. Abraham Drake's regiment at Stilwater, Sept. 8, 1777; discharged from Service 8-19-1778 (N.H.Rev. War Rolls, Vol. 1, pp. 230, 250; Vol. 2 pp.319, 331,339, 524). Redman Moulton moved to Effingham NH where he died; his will dated 11-27-1823, mentions wife Susanna, "honored mother Susanna a comfortable maintenance," and children, oldest son Johnathan, Nathaniel, Abigail, Eunice, Hannah, Susanna, Polly, Loiuse, Betsey, Nancy, Mehitable, James and Richard. Redman Moulton and family are buired in the pasture on his farm in Effingham (now Freedom). The headstones have been removed, and exact spot not known.

Just below the Melcher place, near the site of the late Nathan Moulton's barn, lived Redman Moulton, son of Richard and grandson of Benjamin, who married Hannah Wall. He was baptized July 13, 1746. He was a soldier from this town in the Revolutionary War. His name does not appear upon the record after 1795. We can find nothing of his family, or whether he left any descendants. Afterward Benjamin Pike, son of Benjamin, lived and died here. The house was removed soon after 1800. Upon the north side of the road east of the cemetery was the homestead of Capt. Nathan Moulton, son of Thomas Moulton and Elizabeth Brown. He was a captain in that branch of the militia called the troop. He built his house in 1816. He married, first, Charlotte Prescott of Kensington; second, Sarah, daughter of Josiah Brown of Stratham. He died in 1863. He had a large family of children. Samuel, the eldest, married Betsey J. Brown of Epping. He died in Salisbury, Mass., in 1895. Nathan A. was a teacher in Newburyport and Salem, Mass. He was postmaster of Newburyport during Lincoln's administration, and died in 1887. Charlotte A. married Thomas C. Shaw of Kensington, and died in 1868. Sarah married Thomas C. Shaw and died soon after. Mary J. married Elder Joseph Graves and lived upon the homestead. George lives in New Berne, N. C. Hattie married, first, Silas Little of Newbury, Mass.; second, Samuel A. Hatch of Greenland. She died soon after. Emma died unmarried. Several other children died young.