Joseph Dow 
History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire [PDF ebook] 
From Its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I. Francis asten had land in Hampton granted to him June 30, 1640. He died before July 13, 1642, when a grant was made to the widow Asten. She was Isabella, daughter of John Bland (some times called Smith). She married, second, as early as 1644, Thomas Leavitt who had been living in Exeter, but came to Hampton and lived on the Asten homestead – now the residence of John C. Marston. Children.