George Darling was born in about 1620 in Scotland. He was a prisoner of war of the battle of Dunbar in 1650. He was sent to Massachusetts as an indentured servant. He married Katherine in about 1656 and they had ten children. George died in 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Dennis Darling maried Hannah Francis in 1662 in Braintree, Massachusetts. They had ten children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

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