1. JOHN DARBYSHIRE came to Dunstable about 1695. He could not write and the clerks transcribed his name in many forms, of which Darbyshire, Derbyshire and Old Dunstable, Maine and New Hampshire Founders

Darbyshear are the more common. In one instance the name is written Derby. It is said that his descendants abbreviated the name and are mingled with the more numerous family of Derby. He married Mary Blanchard, daughter of Dea. John Blanchard. See [p.18] Blanchard family. He removed, about 1704, from Dun-stable to Groton, where he resided several years. He died before 1725. June 5, 1725, county records, September 14, 1725, church records, Nathaniel Woods of Groton married Widow Mary Darbyshire. He was a son of Samuel and Alice (Rushton) Woods and she was his fourth wife. Both died at Groton. Four children of John and Mary (Blanchard) Darbyshire:
i. WILLIAM, born Dunstable, August 14, 1698.

ii. JAMES, born Dunstable, April 30, 1702.

iii. MARY, born Groton, January 3, 1705-6.

iv. OLIVER, born Groton, December 8, 1708.