My 5th Great-Grandfather ELIHU FERNALD (1763-1851) seems to have been a lifelong resident of Kittery, Maine, seen in all the census records from 1790 to 1850, living there. The "Old Kittery and Her Families" book says he was a carpenter, and had thirteen children.

I have yet to look up real estate transactions concerning Elihu, but it seems that he sold his property to son Elihu Jr prior to 1847. Elihu Jr, in his will, wrote that his father had the right to live in his Kittery home, as would sister Olive Locke, so long as she took care of their father. Junior had already moved to Portsmouth, NH by this time, and had owned a house on Bow St. 

In York County Probate, widow Margaret Fernald filed Elihu Jr's will, and an appraisal of his Kittery property was taken in 1856 (submitted in Nov). It contained:
   "a certain lot of field and pasture land, with dwelling house and barn thereon containing about 34 acres, situated on the main road leading from Traips Corner to Kittery Point Bridge, known as homestead of Elihu Fernald, dec'd."

Below is the 1850 census, showing Elihu (Sr) living with his daughter Olive and her family.  

Several children of Elihu and Hannah (Chandler) died young, but are not seen in the Orchard Grove Cemetery plot. I don't believe this cemetery had even been started at this time, so they may have been buried in a family plot on their homestead. 

               GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE FAMILY OF ELIHU FERNALD OF KITTERY, MAINE

ELIHU FERNALD (Jonathan, Ebenezer, William, Renald) was born on 3 Oct 1763, likely in Kittery [Kittery VR, pg 164], the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Weeks) Fernald. He died on 4 Dec 1851, in Kittery. He married on 18 Jan 1787 in Kittery, Maine [Kittery VR, pg 172] to HANNAH CHANDLER, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Marr) Chandler. She was born 23 Sept 1765 and died on 20 Sept 1836.

The following list of children, from "Old Kittery and Her Families", pg 395. Not sure yet of the original source of these birth dates, as they are not found in Kittery vital records.
i. JAMES BROWN FERNALD, b. 11 July 1787; d. 25 May 1822. Marr Ann Card, moved to Portsmouth, NH.
ii. MARY FERNALD, b. 9 May 1789; d. 10 July 1789
iii. MARY FERNALD, b. 9 Jul 1791. Marr Robert Newson
iv. HANNAH C FERNALD, b. 14 June 1793.Marr William Parker of Saugus, MA.
v. ELIZABETH FERNALD, b. 16 Sep 1796. Marr John Alden Of Boston, MA.
vi. BENJAMIN CHANDLER FERNALD, b. 1 Jun 1798; d. 11 Sept 1878. Marr Lavinia L Fernald. Lived Portsmouth
vii. SARAH FERNALD, b. 23 Mar 1800. Marr Thomas Jones of Portsmouth, NH
viii. ELIHU FERNALD, Jr., b. 6 May 1802; d. 24 Aug 1847. Marr Margaret T Holbrook. Lived in Portsmouth, NH
ix. JANE C FERNALD, b. 9 May 1804; d. 16 June 1882. Marr ELIHU D BROWN on 17 May 1838.
x. PAMELIA FERNALD, b. 14 Oct 1806. Marr Samuel Parker of Saugus, MA
xi. OLIVE C FERNALD, b. 30 Jan 1808; d. 30 Nov 1874. Marr William B A Locke.
xii. THOMAS FERNALD, b. 28 Oct 1809; lost at sea ca 1829
xiii. MARTHA FERNALD , b. 18 Jan 1811; d. 10 Sep 1814

MARY ANN RILEY was said to have been born in Quebec, Canada around 1842. She was first seen in 1857, on the Portsmouth, NH street directory, at 1 Sudbury St. This was the home of Mrs Clara Johnson, the widow of Joshua. It was perhaps a boarding house, looking at the numerous people living there in 1850 census. 

In the 1860 street directory, Charles W (a carpenter), was listed at 2 Wendell St. The above census entry for 1860, taken on 11 June, shows the household with no children. Eliza (aka Lizzie) had already passed by this time, and son Charlie probably was born after this date, only to die within a month. Note that she is listed as age 25 on this record (so born ca 1835), though records after this seem to indicate an 1842 date. No age was listed for her when she first married. 

During the Civil War, Charles W Leavitt would enlist from Portsmouth on 18 Sept 1862, to serve with the 16th New Hampshire Infantry, a nine-month regiment. He was mustered out on 20 Aug 1863. The following year, it seems that he and Mary had split up, as she is seen in the Portsmouth 1864 street directory living at 27 Washington St, while he was boarding at 9 1/2 Cabot St. Charles would last be seen in the 1865 and '66 tax lists for the city. His parents having moved west (to Oshkosh, Wisconsin) at this time, he shortly followed them. No divorce record has yet been found for Charles and Mary, but both remarried in 1866 (Charles, of OshKosh, married Annie Keenan, in Exeter, NH on 2 Oct; Mary had married John H Dow in July).

What became of Mary following the 1870 census is unknown. John H Dow would remarry in 1875, but record does not say if he was a widower or had been divorced.

                                 GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY OF MARY ANN (RILEY) LEAVITT DOW

MARY ANN RILEY, the daughter of George and Lizzie Riley, was perhaps born in Quebec, Canada about 1842 [age 24 on 1866 marr rec; age 28 in 1870 census]. Her death date is unknown, but took place after the 1870 census. She married first, on 6 Nov 1857 in Portsmouth, NH, to CHARLES W LEAVITT. He was born in Bath or Portland, ME, the son of Daniel C and Martha W (Morton) Leavitt. He died 9 July 1915, and was buried in the Dayton, Ohio National Cemetery. She secondly married, on 29 July 1866 in Newington, NH, to JOHN T H DOW. The son of John T and Martha Ann (Locke or Lake) Dow, he was born in Newington, NH ca 1841, and died in Hampton, NH on 12 Apr 1904.

By her first husb, Charles Leavitt:
i. ELIZA "LIZZIE" ADELAIDE LEAVITT, b. abt Aug 1858; d. 15 Nov 1859 in Portsmouth, NH from whooping cough

ii. CHARLIE LEAVITT, b.unk, maybe after June 1860; d. 24 July 1860, perhaps in Portsmouth

Mary had two children by 2nd husb. John Dow:
i. IDA MAY DOW, b. abt 1868 (age 2 in 1870) in Portsmouth, NH; died 24 Nov 1960 in Hampton, NH. She married, on 25 Dec 1886 in Greenland, NH, to GEORGE H ROGHASKIE. They had two daughters. She had a son in 1885, George W Dow, with George Wescott, but he died at age 2 months.

ii. JOHN TAYLOR DOW, b. 8 Nov 1869 in Portsmouth, NH; d. 25 July 1942 in Portsmouth, NH. He was married to DOROTHY M YEATON, on 14 Sept 1889. They had nine children.

My third great grandfather Dennis Hessian was married to Mary Waldron on 25 Nov 1852 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was living there at the time, and he was already a resident of Gloucester, where they would make their home. The marriage record did not list her parents. 

From the 1855 Massachusetts state census, the Hessian family is seen in Gloucester, with a Waldron family living with them. After looking into Thomas' background, it is now known that this is Mary's brother.

I have checked numerous entries on passenger lists of Irish immigrants coming into Boston and New York, but have yet to find anything to give me a date of entry into this country. I was hoping they all arrived here at the same time, and would find them together on a ship's manifest, but that would have been too easy!

[3/23/14 UPDATE: Looking at the actual naturalization applications, I found that Matthew Waldron arrived in Boston on 10 June 1851, and Thomas did so on 6 Aug 1850. Neither date exactly matched that of a passenger list, but dates are close. It looks like they didn't come over with any family members.]

Below is what I have gathered so far on the four siblings who made their home in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

                                     FAMILY OF MATTHEW AND ELLEN (MAHONEY) WALDRON

i. MARY WALDRON (also seen as WALDEN/WALDON), born ca 1825 in Killham, Lanby, or Limerick Ireland; died 14 Sept 1857 in Gloucester, MA. Married DENNIS HESSIAN on 25 Nov 1852 in Boston, MA They had the following children, all born in Gloucester, MA:
   1. Catherine Hessian, b. 8 Sept 1853
   2. Ellen Hessian, b. 24 Apr 1855
   3. John Hessian, b. abt Aug 1856; d. 4 Oct 1857 in Gloucester
   4. stillborn male (twin), 10 Sept 1857
   5. Mary Hessian (twin), b. 10 Sept 1857; d. bef Mar 1861.

ii. THOMAS WALDRON, born in Limerick, IRE [Naturalization App; son Michael's birth rec; dau Ellen's death rec] or "Kanny" [John's birth rec] or even "Hannez" [Mary's birth rec] on 5 Dec 1830 [Naturalization Index] or 2 Feb 1829 (based on age at death) in Ireland; died 9 July 1897 in Gloucester, MA, aged 68 yrs, 5 mos, 6 das. Married abt Jan 1854 [intents filed on 30 Jan 1854 in Gloucester, MA] to ANN M DAVIT (or McDAVETT), dau of John and Rose (McLaughlin) McDevett. She was born in Donegal, IRE [son Michael's birth rec] or Killkanny [Mary and John's birth recs]. She died 9 Oct 1900 in Gloucester. He became a US citizen on 15 Oct 1869. He was a laborer, and lived his life in Gloucester, MA. Known children, born in Gloucester:
   1. Thomas J Waldron, b. 25 May 1854; d. 4 June 1864 from drowning, aged 10 yrs, 11 das
   2. Mary E Waldron, b. 30 June 1856; Marr Charles M Harty.
   3. John Waldron, b. 24 Sept 1857; d. 6 Mar 1864, aged 6 yrs, 5 mos, 12 das, from scarlet fever 
   4. Michael J Waldron, . b 12 Oct 1859
   5. Ellen Waldron, b. 15 June 1863; d. 31 Oct 1864 in Glouc, aged 1 yr, 4 mos, 14 das, from diphtheria.
   6. Thomas J Waldron, b. 29 Dec 1866

iii. CATHERINE (KATE) WALDRON, born in Limerick, Ireland ca 1831 [marr rec]; died unkn. Married on 13 May 1858 in Gloucester, MA to CHRISTOPHER GINNY (aka GINNEY, GUINEY, GUINIE). He ws born in Cork, IRE, the son of John and Ellen Ginny. He died on 15 Jan 1864, aged 40, from an "accidental falling of derrick". He was a stone cutter. The article on his death (in the Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph, dated 1/16/1864) mentions he had a wife and four children. Catherine may have remarried to DENNIS MURPHY in 1866, but no parents were listed for her, and I have yet to find a death record for her.
   [1. John Ginney, b. 10 June 1854 in Gloucester - child of Christopher by 1st wife Ellen]  
   2. Mary Ginney, b. 1 Sept 1859 in Gloucester, MA
   3. Margaret Ginney/Ginnie, b. 11 May 1861; d. 14 Mar 1864, aged 2 yrs 10 das, from scarlet fever
   4. Ellen Guinea, b. 4 Oct 1863 in Gloucester
   5. (male) Ginney, b. ca 1 Feb 1864 (based on age at death); d. 5 Mar 1864 in Gloucester, aged 1 mo 5 das.

iv. MATTHEW WALDRON, born Oct 1834 [from Naturalization Index] in Limerick, Ireland [Naturalization App; from son Edward's death rec]; died 7 Mar 1895 in Gloucester, MA. He married, on 14 June 1856 in Salem, MA, to MARY O'CONNELL (also seen as O'CONNOR). He was a stone cutter. Became a citizen of the US on 15 Aug 1868. 1860 census indexed name as "Woldren". Lived on Mt Vernon in 1870, Washington St in 1880. Known children:
   1. Patrick Waldron, b. ca 1857 (age 3 in 1860); d. 20 Mar 1864 in Rockport, MA, age 6 yrs, 11 mos, 20 das, from scarlet fever.
   2. Matthew Waldron, b. Oct 1859 [1900 census]. Single in 1900, liv w/ bro John in Lynn.
   3. John E Waldron, b. 26 July 1863 in Rockport, MA; Marr Catherine McDonald. Moved to Lynn, MA prior to 1900. 
   4. Edward Waldron, b. 6 Aug 1866 in Gloucester; d. 14 Mar 1868 in Glouc. from measles and pneumonia.   
   5. Emma Waldron, b. ca 1872 (age 8 in 1880). Did not find birth record for her.

John Condon arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on the 11th of July 1851, when a minor of about 16 years of age. He was a resident of Portsmouth, NH by Oct 1866, when he applied for naturalization, and was sworn in as a US citizen on 26 Nov 1866, aged 32. He lived in Portsmouth, NH until early 1870, when he moved to Lawrence, MA, but returned within a couple of years. From 1873 until his death eleven years later, he lived on the corner of Bartlett (formerly Creek) and Islington Streets.The building he rented was divided in two, with half being the family's residence, the other used first as a variety store, and later a saloon. Called the "Condon House" at one point, there were also rooms for rent. Unfortunately, the building was torn down some time after 1956. The only photo I have found of the building was a partial glimpse of it in this image taken from the Frank Jones clock tower. It can be seen in lower left side of photo (with white pipe on roof), just above a Brewery building.
http://athenaeum.pastperfect-online.com/34182cgi/mweb.exe?request=image&hex=PS2720_41-3.JPG

For the longest time, I never knew his whereabouts between the time he arrived in the US in 1851 and his 1868 second marriage. Now, with near certainty, I believe he was first married to a Mary Sullivan in Lowell, MA, on 22 June 1856. They probably had a son John Condon born 3 June 1857 in Lowell, MA, which would have been the John Jr who was seen in Portsmouth in 1883 and 1884, just prior to his father's passing. John Jr's 1873 navy enlistment listed his birth place as Portsmouth, NH, as did his 1893 death record. John Jr had been sent away to a reform school when a minor, and was released in 1872, the Portsmouth Journal reporting him "of this city". What became of John Sr's wife Mary is unknown, but presumably she had passed prior to 1868.     

              GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN CONDON AND WIFE ELLEN (GRIFFIN)
JOHN CONDON was born in County Waterford, Ireland circa March 1834 [Naturalization papers], the son of Patrick and Hannora/Hanora (Helar/Helant) Condon. He died on 30 June 1884 in Portsmouth, NH [NH vr], aged "48 yrs". He secondly married, on 1 Feb 1868 in Nashua, to ELLEN GRIFFIN. She was born in Ireland ca 1834 (dau Alice's 2nd marr rec lists birthplace as "Carey, Ire"), the daughter of Dennis and Ellen (Bowles) Griffin. She died in Portsmouth, NH on 17 July 1894, aged 60. This was also her 2nd marriage, her first husband Patrick Hallasy having left her in Lowell, MA abt 1855 and hadn't been heard from again.

John and Ellen had the following children:
i. MARY ELLEN CONDON, born ca Jan 1869 [1900 census] in Portsmouth, NH. Married, on 1 May 1895 in Portsmouth [NH vr], to JEREMIAH LYONS, b. Dec 1869 [1900 census] in Portsmouth; d. 1949 in Portsmouth. They had six children:
   1. J. Gerald Lyons, b. May 1896; d. 12 Dec 1984.
   2. Gertrude A Lyons, b. 1898 in MA; d. 1 May 1927.
   3. Frances H Lyons, b. 1899. Marr Ralph McManis in 1921.
   4. Mary K Lyons, b. ca 1903
   5. Constance C Lyons, b. ca 1905; d aft 1984. Marr Frederick T McCaffery
   6. Alice Lyons, b. ca 1912.

ii. MARGARET ANN CONDON, b. 21 Aug 1870 in Lawrence, MA; died 28 Feb 1942 in Portsmouth, NH [NH death rec]. She married HENRY JOSEPH MULLIGAN (b. ca 1863 in IRE; d. 11 Dec 1923) on 28 Nov 1893 in Portsmouth, NH.
   1. Ellen Louise Mulligan, b. 6 Oct 1894; d. 10 May 1981 [SSDI]
   2. unknown 2nd child

iii. ALICE FRANCES CONDON, b. 18 May 1873 in Portsmouth, NH [NH birth rec]; d. 1 July 1967 [SSDI]. Married first, on 11 Aug 1896 in Portsmouth, NH, to WILLIAM P CASSIDY, b. Apr 1872 in NY [1900 census]; d. prior to 1910. Marr 2nd, GEORGE L FERNALD of Kittery, ME, on 26 Nov 1913.
   1. Marcellus William Cassidy, b. 22 Mar 1897 in Boston, MA; d. 13 June 1986 Escambia, FL
   2. Mary Grace Cassidy, b. 1 June 1898 in Portsmouth [NH birth rec]
   3. Dorothy W Cassidy, b. Jan 1899 [1900 census].

iv. THOMAS G CONDON, b. 16 July 1876 in Portsmouth, NH [NH birth rec]; d. 20 June 1950 in Portsmouth. Married, on 12 Oct 1910 in Portsmouth [NH marr rec], to KATHERINE DOROTHY BRENNAN (b.ca 1878 in IRE). Children:
   1. Eileen E Condon, b. 3 Dec 1911; d. 25 Dec 1979.
   2. John J Condon, b. 12 Apr 1913 in Portsmouth; d. 9 Aug 2002 in Portsmouth
   3. Katherine G Condon, b. ca 1915. Marr Russell C Hughes.

v. LOUISA J (or E) CONDON, b. 2 Jan 1879 in Portsmouth, NH [NH birth rec]; died in East Derry, NH on 26 Jan 1962. Married, on 29 Nov 1899 in Portsmouth, NH [NH marr rec], to WILLIAM HOWELL PRIDHAM. He was b. 19 Apr 1881 in Portsmouth, NH and died there on 15 Mar 1934 [NH death rec].
Their children, all born in Portsmouth:
   1. Catherine Pauline Pridham, b. 12 May 1900. Married 3 Aug 1920 to James Leon Richards.
   2. John H Pridham, b. 16 Nov 1901; d. 9 Nov 1950 in Portsmouth, NH. Marr Dorothy E Stickles, b.25 Oct 1911 Portsmouth; d. 21 Nov 1994 Brentwood, NH.
   3.. Thomas Condon Pridham, b. 28 Aug 1903. Marr Anna Driscoll
   4. Alice Louise Pridham, b. 29 Aug 1905; d. 3 Feb 1980 in Exeter, NH. Marr 29 Apr 1928 in Portsmouth, NH to Reginald L Dow.
   5. Herbert Pridham, b. ca 1908
   6. William Howell Pridham Jr, b. ca 1910. Marr on 22 July 1933 in Gonic, NH to Eleanor P Moore. 
   7. Sherman Charles Pridham, b. 19 May 1919; d. 19 Sept 1983. Marr 24 Oct 1941 in Portsmouth to Blanche Louise Jones, dau of Ralph and Etta, and sister of Hazel, wife of Joseph. 
   8. male (stillborn) 9 Feb 1912; bur Cotton Cemetery, Portsmouth
   9. Joseph Clayton Pridham, b. 15 Mar 1913; d. 10 July 1969 in Portsmouth. Marr in Eliot, Maine on 2 Sept 1939 to Hazel Mae Jones.
   10. Anastasia Pridham, b. 10 Nov 1916; d. 27 Apr 1918 in Portsmouth, NH

Numerous variations of the Hessian surname are found in the town records, including Hassen, Hessan, Heshan, Hasen, Hisoun, Hushin, Hushing, Huson, etc.

Dennis "Hushin" is first seen in the US in the 1850 Gloucester, MA census, a fisherman aged 22. He married in 1852, and on 24 Oct 1856, had completed the process of becoming a naturalized citizen. In Sept of 1857, his first wife died only four days after giving birth to twins, one of them stillborn. He would remarry a year and a half later, his second wife having four children. 

                       Genealogical Summary of the Dennis Hessian Family of Gloucester, Massachusetts

DENNIS HESSIAN was born 11 Aug 1827 in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, the son of Daniel Hessian. He died on 17 March 1882, lost in a gale while fishing at George's Bank. He was twice married: first to MARY WALDRON (or WALDEN/WALDON), on 25 Nov 1852 in Boston, MA. The daughter of Matthew and Ellen Waldron, she was born ca 1825 in "Killham" or Lanby/Sanby, Ireland, and died 14 Sept 1857 in Gloucester, MA. He married second, on 21 May 1859 in Gloucester, to HANNAH WALDRON, the daughter of John Waldron.

Dennis had the following children, all born in Gloucester, MA:
i. CATHERINE HESSIAN, b. 8 Sept 1853; d. 5 Aug 1908 in Portsmouth, NH. Married 17 Mar 1871 in Gloucester, MA to ISAAC C H PRIDHAM.

ii. ELLEN HESSIAN, b. 24 Apr 1855

iii. JOHN HESSIAN, b. abt Aug 1856; d. 4 Oct 1857 in Gloucester

iv. stillborn male (twin), 10 Sept 1857

v. MARY HESSIAN (twin), b. 10 Sept 1857; d. bef Mar 1861.
by his 2nd wife:
vi. MARY HESSIAN, b. 26 Mar 1861; d. 20 Apr 1865 Gloucester, MA

vii. MARY HESSIAN, b. 25 Feb 1866; d. bef 1920. Married ca 1895 to ALEXANDER JOHNSON. They had one daughter, Honora "Nora" Isabelle Johnson, b. 1900 in Gloucester. 

viii. MICHAEL HESSIAN, b. 2 June 1868; d. 24 Feb 1912 in Gloucester. Buried Oak Hill Cemetery

ix. HONORA "NORA" MARGARET HESSIAN, b. 5 Nov 1869; d. 28 Mar 1943 in Middleton, MA. Married on 23 Jan 1900 in Gloucester to FREDERICK K MARTIN. They had two children, 1. Helen Lucy Martin, b. 27 Sept 1901 in Glouc., 2. Frank, d. 12 Apr 1903, aged 2 mos, 21 das.

[3/23/14 UPDATE: Below are the Naturalization papers of Dennis Hessian (aka Huson). He arrived in Boston in April 1844 at age 17. The passenger lists for this month seem to be missing, unfortunately]