Robert Dinsmoor

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After building a home, John Dinsmoor sent for his son Robert and his daughter Elizabeth to come with their step-mother, and their families to live with him.

Robert, born 1692, brought his wife Margaret Orr and four children. Robert died October 14, 1751. His wife died June 2, 1752.

Robert was prominent in the town, filled various public positions, and his last years were spent upon the farm owned in 1891 by Edwin O. Dinsmoor, a descendant, four generations removed.

Robert married Margaret Orr in 1720 in Ballymoney Presbyterian Church. Margaret was born on 4 May 1703 in Ballywattick, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland; died on 2 Jun 1752 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Deacon" John married Martha, daughter of Justice James McKeen, or McKean (the latter born 1665, at Ballymony, County Antrim, Ireland), and of his wife Annis Cargill.

Justice McKeen was son of William McKeen "ye soldier," who fled from Scotland to Ireland, and founded the Scotch Colony of Ulster County, Ireland. "He testified before Claverhouse, about the murder of Archbishop Sharp." He was a staunch Protestant, and took part in the defense of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1688-9.

Deacon John Dinsmore died July 23, 1793. He and his wife Martha McKeen had a large family, and their eldest son, Hon. Silas Dinsmoor (he preferred this manner of spelling his name) was a brilliant, handsome man, engaged in political life in Washington during President Jackson's Administration.

His younger brother William was born in Londonderry, N. H., April 18, 1787. He moved to Charlestown, Mass., for business affairs, and married September 15, 1803, Katherine, daughter of Gawen Brown, and wife Elizabeth Hill, and lived in Boston, where his children were born.

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