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FAMILY RECORDS

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COLLFXTED AND COMPILED BY

FRED W. LAMB

A Descendant

Augustine Caldwell, 1900

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

1901

EXPLANATION OF THE TERM FREEMAN OR FREKDT^IAN.

" To become a freeman, each person was legall}' re- quired to be a respectable member of some Congregational church. Persons were made freemen by the General Court of the Colonies, and also by quarterly courts of the counties. None but freemen could hold offices or vote for rulers. This regulation was so far modified by Royal order in 1664, as to allow individuals to be made freemen, who could obtain certificates of their being correct in doctrine and conduct, from clergymen acquainted with them." — From the " History of Ipswich, Essex and Ham- ilton," by the Rev. Joseph B. Felt, Hamilton. Cam- bridge, 1834.

IvAMB FAMII^Y RECORDS.

Issac Lamb bought land near the Mystic River in what was New London, Conn., about 1695 or 1696. In 1704 all of New London east of the River Thames was made Gro- ton. He is supposed to be the same Issac who was re- corded as baptized and owned the covenant at Watertown, Mass., July 10, 1687 :

From the History of Watertown, Mass. 1S55. *• Lamb, Issac, bap. and o. c, July loth, 1687." Tliere is a well founded tradition that he, with his father, (name unknown, but believed to have been Daniel,) came from England, and settled first on a grant of land they had received at Haverhill, Mass., but were finally driven away by the Indians ; and Issac went to New London, Conn., for safety.

Issac Lamb was said to have been a soldier in Crom- well's army. In 1714, he bought two hundred acres of land in Mystic, Conn., which has been the homestead ever

since. He died in 1723. He married Elizabeth .

They first joined the church at Norwich, but through some minor disbelief in orthodoxy, were excommunicated, and Issac became one of the organizers of a Baptist church, (claimed by his descendants as the first Baptist church in Connecticut,) and was one of the two deacons first elected.

From the Book of Genealogical Records, compiled by the late Rev. Joseph A. Lamb, of Old Mystic, Conn., who died April 3, 1893. Copied by his daughter, Mies Lucie A. Lamb. With additions by Frank B. Lamb and Fred W. Lamb:

FIRST GENERATION. Issac Lamb, the first who deeded property, Jan 15, 1696,

died in 1723. He married Elizabeth . They had

nine children, — six daughters and three sons : Elizabeth, baptized November 24, 1695 Else, baptized June 19, 1698 Freelove, Experience,

Ann, believed to have married Samuel Branch, May 23, 1728

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Jacob, baptized August 17, 1701

Daniel, born 1703

Issac, born 1705

Doroth}', married David Morgan, Dec. 12, 1728

SECOND GEXERATION.

Jacob Lamb, son of Issac, born about 1700, baptized August 17, 1701; married Jerusha-rr:^ — '— , and had two sons and one daughter: '' . .,

Am}', %f

Silas,

Timoth}', born in 1733

THIRD GENERATION

Timothy Lamb, son of Jacob, born in 1733, died in 1807, married Mary Holdredge, April 20, 1767, and had six sons and four daughters:

Aaron, — William,

Rufus, born April 9, 1778 -

John,

Jssac,

Mary,

Sabra,

Timothy, born in 1767

FOURTH GENERATION.

Rufus Lamb, son of Timothy, born April 9, 1778, mar- Tied Poll}' Searls and had the following children : Billings, born in New London Rufus, born in 1812, died in 1885 Rodman, born in Preston Amos, born in Oxford Albert,

Prudence, married William Whipple Caroline, married vStephen Holdredge Julia, Lydia, Frances, died at twelve j'ears of age

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FIFTH GENFRATION Rufus I^amb, son of Rufus, born in 1812, died at Man- chester, N. H., January 25, 1885. He married Sylvia Conant Lee, Dec. 3, 1836, at Southbridge, Mass. They had children as follows :

Frederic William, born Sept. 19, 1837

died Sept. 8, 1897 Helen Frances, b. at Grafton, Mass., Sept. 2?, 1842 Franklin Lee, b. ^.t Southbridge, Ms. June 9, 1848 Jennie Stearns, born " April 17, 1852

SIXTH GENERATION.

Franklin Lee Liunb, son of Rufus, born at Southbridge, Mass., June 9, 1848, married Josephine A. Savory, Nov- ember 15, 187 1, at Manchester, N. H., and had three children :

Fred William, born at Manchester, N. H.,

January 22, 1S76 Sylvia Lee, born at Manchester, N. H.,

February 4, 1883 Walter Franklin, born at Akron, Ohio, July 22, 1886, died at Manchester, N. H. March 16, 1889

Helen F. Lamb, married George W. Nichols, August 16, i860, at Southbridge, Mass. He died May 5, 1897.

Frederic W. Lamb, married Martha C. Howe, Dec. 7, 1865, at Leominster, Mass.. She died at Warren, Mase., Dec. 21, 1870, aged 27 years. He died vSept. 8, 1897.

Jennie S. Lamb, married William H. Mould, June

22, 1887.

SAVORY GENEALOGY :

From "The Savory Families of America." By Judge A. W. Savoiy. With additions by Fred W. Lamb.

Origin of the Name. " The mo.st rational "etymology of the name is that of Ferguson, in his excellent work on English Surnames. He makes it a compound of a word in the ancient Teutonic languages, saba or sabas, a sword, [whence our modern sabre;] and the familiar old Oermo-W termination, rih, or 7-ich, implying rule or dominion, and generally rendered Prince; thus making the meaning of the name, Prince of the Sword, or, Rule by the Sword. The name occurs in English history as early as the reign of Henry III. . " Almost the first mention of the name in this country, is among the passengers of the ship Mary and John, who took the oaths of allegiance and supremacy enacted before leaving England on the 24th day of March, 1633, — which, in old style, is the last day of the year, Thomas Savery is the twelfth on the list, and William Savery the twen- tieth. William T. Davis, author of " Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," says that Thomas and William v\cre broth- ers. We find neither trace nor record of children born to William, who came \\\\\\'X:\\ovc\?i'~, o\\ \\s.^ Mary and John, from Wilts or Wiltshire, in the southwest of England; which vessel arrived at Ipswich on the first of May, 1634, after a passage of five or six weeks.

The Essex County Branch. Robert Savory of Newbury : If Robert was a son of William, — which we must presume, — he was probably born in England, and was over twenty-two, when he, on Dec. 8, 1656, married Mary, widow of William Mitchell, who had died July 16, 1654. It is also probable that he was born in the Parish of Hannington, in the immediate vicinity of which was the English home of the Rev. Thom- as Parker, the first pastor of Newbury, who removed thither from Ipswich, to continue his connection with Wiltshire friends who had preceded him, while still others followed to join him there.

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Robert Savorj^ removed to Bradford about 1670. and was one of the original members of the church there. He died ID 1690, while returning from Canada. His widow ad- ministered, March 29, 1692; and his eldest son William was appointed co-administrator, March 5, 1704 or 5.

FIRST GENERATION. Robert Savory, married Mary Mitchell, and had the fol- lowing children:

Sarah, born November 12. 1658

William, born September 15, 1659

Samuel, born March 8, 1662

Rebecca, born January 20, 1663, married Robert

Mullican, Dec. 15, 1687 Robert, l)orn August 8, 1666, died April 9, 1685

SECOND GENERATION. William Savory, son of Robert, was born September 15,

1659. He married Hannah , and was livingin 1729.

He hJid children as follows :

Hannah, born January 25, 1691

Robert, born June 10, 1694

Samuel, born October 6, 1696, married July 24,

1724, Abigail Ordway, and died May 25, 1729, leaving two children, Abigail, born Jan. 2, 1725-6, and Samuel, born Nov. 20, 1727. His widow administered, and Nath'l Ordway was app. guardian of the children, July 7, 1729

Thomas, born June 23, 1701 or 1702, (so copied from the records, evidently wrong in month or year. Probably June should read Januar}-. He married Mercy Adams of Ipswich, Ms., and among other children had a son John, born May 21, 1736. He was a Captain and commanded the Second Foot Company of Bradford, Mass., Minute Men, and was in command of the Compan}^ at the alarm of April 19, 1775, and marched with his Com- pan)' to Cambridge, after the Battle of L,ex-

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inglon, together with two of his sons and a brother, all in his Company ; one of his sons being drummer, and his brother a Sergeant, in his Company. He afterwards led a detatchment of his Company to the defence of Cape Ann, November, 1775.

Mary, born vSept. i, 1704, married July 31, 1722, John Rawlins or Rollins

Dorcas, baptized Aug. 10, 1712, married March 30, 1730, Seth Petty

THIRD GENERATION.

Robert Savory, son of William, born June 10, 1694, married (i) Jan. 10, 1717-18, Elizabeth Anderton, of Newbury; (2) Rebecca, daughter of Aquilla Chase. By wife Elizabeth he had :

Elizabeth, born September 4, 1720 By wife Rebecca he had :

Chase, twin, born Oct. 5, bap. Oct. 6, 1723

Hannah, " " probably died early

Anne, born December 5, 1729

Abigail, born April i, 1731, married Abr. Burbank

FOURTH GENERATION.

Chase Savory, son of Robert, married (i) Priscilla Hardy; (2) Hannah Burbank. With wife Priscilla he had ten children; among them were:

Daniel, born 1751, married Sarah Colby B-njamin, m. Judith Burbank, and had son Nath'l who was the celebrated Governor of Peel Island, one of the Bonin group in the North Pacific, whose strange career and character are described in Commodore Perry's ac- count of his eventful expedition to Japan, and in Harper's Magazine for March, 1856. The Bonin Islands, or Archbishop Islands in the North Pacific, were discovered in 1827, by Capt. Beechey, of the Blossom, who took formal possession of them for England. In 1830, however, Peel Island, near the

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centre of the group, was settled in connec- tion with the whaling business, by a motley- colony : an Englishman, an Italian, a Dane two Americans, fifteen Sandwich Islanders, — five men and ten women, — under the aus- pices of a Union Jack. The inhabitants adopted a constitution in 1853. Besides pigs, goats and fowls. Peel Island pro- duces sweet potatoes, maize, onions, 5^ams, pumpkins, melons, lemons, tobacco, and sugar cane. Timber also is plentiful though not of sufficient size for masts. Samuel, married Elizabeth Sargeant

FIFTH GENERATION

Samuel Savory, son of Chase, came from Derry, mar- ried Elizabeth Sargeant, who was born April, 1757, and settled in Salisbury, then moved into the Gore in Warner, N. H. They had three sons and one daughter: Robert,

John, married Sally Straw, March 12, 1807

Daniel, married Mary Straw, April 8, 1813

Rebecca, m. Obadiah Fifield, removed to New York

Copy of Record found on the books of Kearsarge Gore:

Marig Covenant.

12 March 1807 than Alder Watson marid John Savory

and Salley Straw.

SIXTH GENERATION.

Daniel Savory settled on a farm near the foot of Kear- sarge mountain, in what is called the Gore, in Warner, N. H. He married April 8, 1813, Mary Straw, who was born March 19, 1786. Their children were :

Leonard N. born Sept. 12 1819, died Sept. 16, 1823 Albert L. born Aug. 16, 1822. died Sept. 2-6, 1823 Emily B. born June 15, 1821, died Sept. 9, 1821 Cyrus P. born July 21, 1824 Pluma F. born 1S26, married Horace Stanley Eucy, born Jan 24, 1S30, died Dec. 25, 1893 ; mar- ried William Montgomery

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At the time the great tornado swept through Warner, Daniel Savory's house stood in its path. Hearing a fear- ful rumbling in the heavens, Samuel Savory, aged 72, the father of Daniel, (who was away,) hastened upstairs to close the windows. The women of the household started to his assistance, when the house whirled above their heads, and instantly rose into the air, while that which was left,— timbers, bricks, etc., literally buried six of the family. The body of the aged father, Samuel Savory, was found at a distance of six rods from the house, where he had been dashed against a stone, and instantly killed. Elizabeth, his wife, was very much injured by the timbers that fell upon her. Mrs. Daniel Savory was fearfully bruised ; and the infant, Emily B., vi'hom she held in her arms, was killed. The family were extricated by the as- sistance of the elder Mrs. Savory, who, though very con- siderably injured, had the most surprising strength in removing timbers and bricks, beneath which could be faintly heard the cries and moans of the sufferers.

Daniel Savor3''s buildings were not only levelled, but the materials and contents were dashed into ten thousand pieces, and scattered in every direction. Carts, wagons, sleighs, plows, sleds, were carried a considerable distance, and so broken and shattered as to be fit only for fuel. Stone walls were levelled, and rocks weighing four or five hundred pounds were taken out of their beds by the force of the wind. An elm tree, near where old Mr. Savory fell, that was a foot at least in diameter, (some say seventeen inches,) and too strongly rooted to yield, was twisted like a withe to the ground, and lay prostrate like a wilted weed. Logs that were bedded in the ground, fifty to sixty-five feet long, were not heavy enough to retain their places. Not an apple or forest tree were left standing.

The house of Robert Savory stood very near this place ; and that also was utterly demolished. Mrs. Robert Sav- ory said that she anticipated a shower and went into a bedroom to take up a child, and was conscious of nothing more till she found herself among timbers and ruins, greatly bruised, but the child unhurt, — her husband

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buried altogether in tlie bricks, vv'ith the exception of his head, and two children completely covered by the splin- ters and rubbish. This family of eight persons, were all wounded, but none dangerously.

There were twenty-four hives of bees at the Robert Savory place, perhaps the property of both families. These were swept out of sight in an instant. The ground was sweetened with honey for half a mile, but no hive and no sign of a bee has been seen since. Furniture , and crockery were smashed and scattered about everywhere;, as was also the legs, wings and heads of fowls. Several acres of corn and potatoes adjacent to the buildings were swept off clean, not leaving an ear, save at some distance a few in heaps.

The Savorys and Abner Watkins had captured a bear,

nid had chained him to a sill of Robert Savory's barn.

Though the barn was entirely destroyed to its foundation, 'he sill to which the bear was chained being a cross sill and bedded into the ground, remained in its place, and tb.e l)ear was unhurt.

SKVENTH GENERATION. Cyrus Pattee Savory m. Helen Harriman ; four children.

Josephine A. born June i, 1S52, m. Franklin L. lyamb

Frank,

George W. born March 29, 1856

Walter Harriman, b. June, 1866, m. Minnie A. Dufhe Sept. r, i8f6; one child, Ethel George W. Savory born (as above stated) March 29, 1856, married March 24, 1884, Ida Harriman, who was born March 24. 1858. Children :

Harriman, born February 13, 18S5

Solena, born February 13, 1887

Carlie, born June 16, 1^89

Infant boy, born Dec. 5, 1890, died Jan. 27, 1891

Ellis, born November 10, 1892

Vincent, born October 4, 1895,

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At le time the great tornado swept through Warner. D; nieBavor\''s house stood in its path. Hearing a fear- ful rujjbling in the heavens, Samuel Savory, aged 72, the fatlierof Daniel, (who was away,) hastened uprtairs to clo.se te windows. The women of the household started to hisassistance, when the house whirled above their heads4nd inslanJy rose into the air, while that which was le^— timbers, bricks, etc., literally buried six of the family. The body of the aged fatlier, ? was fond at a distance of six rods from th he had|een dashed against a stoue, and instai rd.

Elizabth, his wife, was very much injured hy tin. that fd upon her. Mrs. Daniel Savory was i< bruiseq and the infant, ICmily B , whom she hehl iu her arms, "^s killed. The family wei sistanc of the elder Mrs. Savory, v

sideraly injured, had the most sur- in

removig timbers and bricks. betHaui . faiiitlvhcard the cries and moans of the si;

Danil Savory's buildings were not oj; • nt

the maarials and contents wer<- ■ • • pieces^nd scattered in every

sleighsplows, sleds, were carried a considerable ci and sd^roken and shattered as to be fit Stone -alls were levelled, and rocks weigh hundrd pounds were taken out of their beds h ic«-

of the "itui. An elm tree, near where old Mr. ; that ws a foot at least in diameter, (some sav inches, and too strongly rooted to yield, was twisted like a witheto the ground, and lay prostrate like a wilted v.'Ccd. Logs that were bedded in the ground, fifty to sixty-fie feet long, were not heavy enough to retain their places. Not an apple or forest tree were !•.

Theiouse of Robert Savory stood very !!■ and tht also was utterly demolished. Mrs. Robert i- ory sai that she anticipated a shower and wer bedrooito take up a child, and was conscimi- .-f more tli she found herself among timbi greatlybruised, but the child unhr.'

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HARRIMAN GENEALOGY:

From the " History of Raymond, N. H.," by Joseph Fullonton, 1875. With additions and corrections, by Fred W. Lamb.

ORIGIN OF THR NAME.

" Harriman, is a different spelling of Henryman. U&n,- r-y. means honor. Harriman, therefore is Honorman, as t^ meaning.

" John and Leonard Harriman, (brothers,) Yorkshire Puritans, em'igrated from Rowley, in Yorkshire, England, about the year 1638, Leonard being sixteen years of age.' He is believed by some to have been of the first company.' Yorkshire is the largest county of England, and is situated in the north central part, midway between London and Edinburgh.

"John Harriman settled in what is now New Haven, Ct and died in i68r. He took the "oath of fidelity," July' 1644, and received the "charge of freeman," April, 1646" In his will he calls himself "stricken in years," and'names" only one son.

" His son's name was John, born 1647, graduated at Harvard College, 1667. He was a minister, ai:d preached twenty years in New .Haven and vicinity. In 1690 he removed to Elizabethtown, N. J., and was settled over the church there, until his death in 1704. Some of his de^ scendants, it is believed, are now found in New England • but are somewhat numerous in the Middle States.

"Leonard Harriman, (brother of John who went to New Haven.) is found among the earlv settlers of Rowley Mass., and was "admitted freeman," in 1647, when the name on the records is given-Hurryman. Rowley then embraced the present Rowley, and also Boxford Grove land, Bradford, and Georgetown. He bought, in 166- of John Todd, the houselot laid out to John Spofford 'on Bradford street, now the corner of Bradford and Common streets. He was a farmer and a mechanic; and in the latter capacity manufactured looms. It is thought the loom shop stood on the brook, at the rear of the other buildings, and was run by water. On an ancient tax

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list of Rowley, sometime before 1664, Leonard was taxed

_;^o, 8, 9. His wife was Margaret , who died —

October 20, 1676. He died May 26, 1691,

His will was dated 12 May, 1691, proved 24 September,

1691. Mentions son Matthew to have land in Haverhill.

FIRST GENERATION. Leonard Harriman and Margaret his wife, had : A daughter, born 1649 John, born March 1650 Matthew, born June 16, 1652; married Elizabeth

Swan. [See below.] Hannah, born March 22, 1655 ; married Caleb Boyn-

ton. May 26, 1674 Jonathan, born October 5, 1657 Mary, married June 25, 1691

Elizabeth Swan Harriman. All that can be learned of the ancestry of Elizabeth Swan, wife of Matthew^wRnTis the following by Harriet Swan Cadle of Muscatine, Iowa, in the New York Geneal- ogical and Biographical Record, October, 1898, page 213.

" Richard Swan, the emigrant, came from England to America, in January, 1638, locating at Boston, Mass., where he joined the church, January 6, 1639. He removed to Rowley, in 1640 ; was admitted to Rowley church. May 23, 1644. He was made freeman, in Rowley, May 13, 1640. He was a soldier in King Philip's war ; was promi- nent in town affairs, representative to the General Court, 1666 to 1675. He died in 1678. His wife was named Ann. His children, with the exception of the youngest, are sup- posed to have been born in England. The birth of John, the .youngest is recorded in Boston. Children of Richard and Ann Swan :

Richard Swan

Frances Swan, married Mark Ouilter

Robert Swan, married Elizabeth Acie, of Rowley

Jonathan Swan

Susan Swan, married Samuel Sticknev

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Sarah Swan, married Joseph Bo3'nton

Anna Swan, married John Trumbull, of Rowley

John Swan, born Nov. 13, 1638, in Boston

Robert Swan married Elizabeth Acie of Rowley, in 1650. She died in 16S9. He married (2) Hannah Russ, April i, 1690. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and died February ir, 1698. He removed to Andover and thence to Haverhill.

By his first wife, Elizabeth Acie, he had twelve chil- dren ; the eldest, Elizabeth, born September 30, 1653, married Matthew Harriman. Her brother John, born Aug. I, 1668, married widow Susannah Eastman Wood, Aug. i, 1699. He was a Captain in the Indian Wars; and tradi- tion says when Capt. John Swan was off to the wars, that Susannah would hang balls of carpet rags in the upper windows of her home, and have the children move them about with the yard stick, when the Indians were in sight, w^hile ihe beat upon an old drum below stairs. The Indians would think Capt. John was at home, and would pass them unmolested.

Susannah Swan was twice captured by the Indians. Her first husband, Thomas Wood, and child, were killed by them when Haverhill was attacked in 1693.

Chase in his History of Haverhill, page 222, lehsoi the encounter Susannah had with two Indians:

" Two Indims attacked the house of Mr. vSwan. Swan and his wife saw them approaching, and determined if possible to save their own lives, and the lives of their children from the knives of the ruthless butchers. They immediately placed themselves against the door, which was so narrow that two .ould scarcely enter abreast. The Indians rushed .igainst it ; finding it could not be easily opened, they commenced their operations more systemati- cally. One of them placed his back to the door, so that he could make his whole strength bear upon it, while the other pushed against him. The strength of the besiegers was greater than th.at of the besieged ; and Mr. Swan, being rather timid, (said our venerable narrator, ) des-

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paired of saving himself and family ; and told his wife that he thought it would be better to let them in i The reso- lute and courageous woman had no such idea. The In- dians had now succeeded in partly opening the door ; one of them was crowding himself in, while the other was pushing lustily after. The heroic wife saw their was no time for parleying. She seized her spit, which was nearly three feet in length, and a deadly weapon in the hands of woman, and, collecting all the strength she possessed, drove it through the body of the foremost. This was too warm a reception for the besiegers. It was resistance from a source and with a weapon they little expected. And surely who else would ever think of spitting a nian? The two Indians thus repulsed immediately retreated, and did not molest them again.

This account is wholly traditional. We heard it related by a venerable gentleman, Capt. Nehemiah Emerson, — who has often heard it told by his grandfather, who then lived in the garrison of his fatl^r, Jonathan Emerson.

John Harriman, the first born son of Leonard Harriman, was sacrificed in King Philip's war, at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 18, 1675. Nearly eighty brave youth, "the flower of Essex Countj','" perished. John was a member of Capt. Lathrop's Company, and, upon Sept. 18, they were sent to convoy teams bringing loads of grain from Deerfield to Hadley. A strong ambuscade was made at a place known since that fatal day as Bloody Brook, by about one thousand of the enemy. The Indians encompassed Capt. Lathrop and his men, — about eighty including teamsters, and sixty to seventy were slain. Reinforcements came up from Deerfield under Capt. Moseley and Major Treat, and the Indians finallj^ fled.

Matthew Harriman, Leonard's second son, settled in Haverhill, Mass. He cook the "oath of fidelity," Nov. 28,. 1677. From him are descended the Harrimans of Plaistow, and Henniker, N. H.

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Sarah Swan, married Joseph Boynton Anna Swan, married John Trumbull, of Rowley John Swan, born Nov. 13, 1638, in Boston Robert Swan married Elizabeth Acie of Rowley, in 1650. She died in 1689. He married (2) Hannah Russ, April 1, 1690. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and died February it, 1698. He removed to Andover and thence to Haverhill.

By his first vi'ife, Elizabeth Acie, he had twelve chil dren ; the eldest, Elizabeth, born September 30, 1653, married Matthew Harriman. Her brother John, born Aug. I, 1668, married widow Susannah Eastman Wood, Aug. x- 1699. He was a Captain in the Indian Wars; and tradi- tion says when Capt. John Swan was off to the vi^ara, that Susannah would hang balls of carpet rags in the upper windows of her home, and have the children move them about with the yard stick, when the Indians were i'^ sight, while rhe beat upon an old drum below stair The Indians would think Capt. John was at home, ai would pass them unmolested.

Susannah Swan was twice captured by the Indiar. Her first husband, Thomas Wood, and child, were kilk- by them when Haverhill was attacked in 1693.

Chase in his History of Haverhill, page 222, tells of the encounter Susannah had with two Indians:

" Two Indians attacked the house of Mr. Swan. Swan and his wife saw them approaching, and determined if possible to save their own lives, and the lives of their children from the knives of the ruthless butchers. They immediately placed themselves against the door, which was so narrow that two oould scarcely enter abreast. The Indians rushed against it ; finding it could not be easily opened, they commenced their operations more systemati- cally. One of them placed his back to the door, so that he could make his whole strength bear upon it, while the other pushed against him. The strength of the besiegers was greater than that of the besieged; and Mr. Swan, being rather timid, (said our venerable narrator, ) dc/

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paired of saving himself and family ; and told his wife that he thought it would be better to let them in i The reso- lute and courageous woman had no such idea. The In- dians had now succeeded in partly opening the door ; one of them was crowding himself in, while the other w^as pushing lustily after. The heroic wife saw their was no time for parleying. She seized her spit, which was nearly three feet in length, and a deadly weapon in the hands of woman, and, collecting all the strength she possessed, drove it through the body of the foremost. This was too warm a reception for the besiegers. It was resistance from a source and with a weapon they little expected. And surely who else would ever think of spitting a man? The two Indians thus repulsed immediately retreated, and did not molest them again.

This account is wiiolly traditional. We heard it related by a venerable gentleman, Capt. Nehemiah Emerson, — who has often heard it told by his grandfather, who then lived in the garrison of his fatl^^r, Jonathan Emerson.

John Harriman, the first born son of Leonard Harriman, was sacrificed in King Philip's war, at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 18, 1675. 'Ne«rly eighty brave youth, "the flower of Essex County," perished. John was a member of Capt. Lathrop's Company, and, upon Sept. 18, they were sent to convoy teams bringing loads of grain from Deerfield to Hadley. A strong ambuscade was made at a place known since that fatal day as Bloody Brook, by about one thousand of the enemy. The Indians encompassed Capt. Lathrop and his men, — about eighty including teamsters, and sixty to seventy were slain. Reinforcements came up from Deerfield under Capt. Moseley and Major Treat, and the Indians finall}' fled.

Matthew Harriman, Leonard's second son, settled in Haverhill, Mass. He took the "oath of fidelity," Nov. 28, 1677. From him are descended the Harrimans of Plaistow, and Henniker, N, H.

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vSarah Swan, married Joseph Boynton Anna Swan, married John Trumbull, of Rowley John Swan, born Nov. 13, 1638, in Boston Robert Swan married Elizabeth Acie of Rowley, in 1650. he died in 16S9. He married (2) Hannah Russ, April i, igo. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and died ebruary ir, 169S. He removed to Andover and thence I Haverhill. By his first wile, Elizabeth Acie, he had twelve chil- den ; the eldest, Elizabeth, born September 30, 1653, larried Matthew Harriman. Her brother John, born Aug. 1 1668, married widow Susannah Eastman Wood, Aug. 1. J99. He was a Captain in the Indian Wars; and iradi- tju says when Capt. John Swan was off to the wars, tat Susannah would hang balls of carpet rags in tlu- uper windows of her home, and have the children move ttm about with the yard stick, when the Indinns were 11: s?ht, while -he beat upon ati old drum below stairs. Tie Indians would think Capt. John was at home, and wuld pass them unmolested. Susannah Swan was twice captured by the Indians. Hr first husband, Thomas Wood, and child, were killed bjthem when ?Iaverhill was attacked in J 693.

^hase in his History of Haverhill, paige 222, tells ol th encounter Susannah had with two Indians :

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Plaistow, was John. Farmer, New Hampshire's former great antiquarian, gives his name — John ; but Mrs. Fel- lows, of Haverhill, a great-grandaughter, gives us his name — Joseph. Farmer says he is supposed to have been the first man in New Hampshire, who adopted Baptist sentiments. We think his church relations were in New- town, now Newton, where the first Baptist Church in New Hampshire was formed in 1755. He was a Deacon, and died in 1820, aged ninety-seven.

Deacon Harriman had a son David, we think, a good man, with a very devout wife. Two sons, John and David, became preachers. John was ordained in a barn in Plaistow, April, 1812. He was regarded as very useful in his calling. While living in Canterbury, he was Rep- * reseutative in the Legislature. He was of great purity of life, warm-hearted, a good singer, and always happy. He belonged to the denomination called ''Christian."

David was ordained in Candia, where he lived some years, in 1817. He was a Free Baptist; was pastor in Weare some years, and died in Sutton, Dec. i, 1844, and was buried at his home in Weare. A son, David P. was a College graduate; a Free Baptist minister; and died in Strafford, June 23, 1864.

Jonathan Harriman, the youngest son of Leonard, re- mained on the homestead. He was born October 5, 1657, and married (i) Sarah, daughter of John Palmer. By her he had a daughter, Margaret. His wife died June 30, 168S.

He married (2) Margaret (Elithorp) Wood, widow of Samuel Wood and daughter of Nathaniel Elithorp, of Ipswich. She was born July 24, 1672, and joined the church at Rowley, April 17, 1743 Her first husband was Samuel Wood, of Ipswich, by trade a Saltmaker. She married Jonathan Harriman, August 19, 1691. He was a pioneer of Georgetown, — a farmer, miller and iron maker. He died February J^, 1741. His grave is in Georgetown, marked by a slate stone, inscribed :

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SECOND GENERATION.

Jonathan Harriman and Margaret (Wood,) his wife, had the following children :

Jonathan, born July. 15, 1692, died Nov. 20, 1711 Leonard, born Oct. 5, 1694, m. Martha Plummer Nathaniel, born December 31, 1696 Mary, born Nov. ir, 1698, married (i) Jacob Hale of Boxford, 1728 ; (2) Jeremiah Nelson, February i, 1733 Sarah, born March 19, 1700- 1, married Oct. i, 1723 Samuel Hazen of Boxford ; they moved to Shirley, in 1749; she d. Aug. i, 1794 John, born June 13, 1703, married Jane Bailey vSamuel. born Nov. 12, 1705

Jeremiah, born Sept 22, 1709, m. Patience Perle}^ Nathaniel Harriman, named above, married August 25, 1720, Meh.itable, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Bisbee) Spofford. She was baptized May 10, 1698. He was a Lieutenant and Cornet in the army; and died in front of Louisburg, Oct. 13, 1745.

Lieut. Moses Harriman, son of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Spofford) Harriman, was born April 10, 1737; mairied Jane Hale, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hale. He was First Lieutenant in the Second Bradford Company of Minute Men, under Capt. John Savory, and served on the Lexington Alarm, and in the defence of Cape Ann, in November, 1775. He died August 24, 1828.

The descendants of Jonathan Harriman, as well as the descendants of Matthew, who settled in Haverhill, are found in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Ver- mont, and many other states.

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THIRD GENERATION.

'Samuel Harriman, (son of Jonathan, son of lyeonard,) boiu November 12, 1705, married in Newbury, October 16, 1729, Jane, daughter of Thomas Coleman, of Newbury. She was baptized in the Byfield Meeting-house<April 6, 17 12. At the organization of the second church in Row- ley, (now Georgetown,) Samuel was one of the members. He had a farm in this part of Rowley, and lived here or at Newburyport, at the time of his death, — which re- sulted from a fall from the beams of his barn, about 1756. The children of Samuel and Jane :

Samuel, born February 23, 1731-2, died Sept. 13, 1736 aged 4 1-2 years. He was the first child bap- tized in the Second Parish Meeting-house

Jane, born Nov. 10, 1733, d. Sept. 28, 1736, aged 3 yrs

Dudley, b. Mch 9, 1734-5, d. Sept 27 1736, aged 18 ms.

Phoebe, born 1737, died July 29, 1745, aged 8 years

Anne, born October 8, 1739

Jane, born 1740, married Benjamin Kvans, of Rocky Hill, Salisbury, who was one of the original grantees of Warner, N. H.

Asa, born January 30, 1742

Nathaniel, born Sept. 10, 1747, died aged 28 days The three elder children, Samuel, Jane and Dudley, died of the "great epidemic," or throat distemper of 1736. — Nine hundred children in Essex County alone, were swept off by this disease within six months. There was more superstition then than now ; and during the prevalence of the disease, but before it had reached her family, Jane Harriman, the mother, being in the cellar, heard three distinct raps, like the striking of the knuckles against the ceiling. On getting above stairs she looked for the cause of the sounds, and finding none, she was painfully im- pressed that it was the '"forerunner" of the deaths of her children. Tl:e disease entered her home ; and in a few days her three little ones, [at that time the only children,] were deposited in the same grave.

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FOURTH GENE^RATION.

Asa Harrimaii, son of Samuel and Jane (Coleman) Harriman, at the age of fourteen, [bis father having died from a fall in the barn,] was put under the guardianship of his uncle Coleman. In 1759, at the age of seventeen, we find him in the French and Indian War. He served in Col. Joseph Gerrish's Regiment, raised for the invasion of Canada. He had hardly attained to manhood, yet he possessed great muscular power ; and in his leisure hours, during his military service, he was much engaged in wrestling, jumping the pole, lifting at stiff heels, etc. He subsequently served in the Revolutionary War. ■ He obtained a fund of stories and incidents while in Military service, that lasted him through a long life ; and he had a great faculty of interesting old and young in rehearsing the events of the wars.

March 25, 1760, at the age of eighteen, Asa Harriman married Joanna Beal, of York, Maine. She was sixteen years of age. She is represented as having been a large, courtlj'' woman, of fine personal appearance, and much goodness of heart. Asa inherited the Rowley farm, to which be took his young bride, in 1760. They lived here several years, then sold, and moved to Epping, N. H., having bought the farm in that town now owned by Capt. George N. Shepherd, of the Eleventh Regiment, N. H. Volunteers. The children of i\.sa and Joanna :

James, born 1762

Asa, born 1766, married Sarah Evans, 1786

Phoebe, born 1768 ■^Betsey, born 1770

Samuel, born 1773

Dudley, born 1776

Jesse, born 1778

vSally, born 1780

John, born 1783 The descendants of these are in all the New England States, particularly Maine and New Hampshire.

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FIFTH GENERATION

Asa Harriman, (son of Asa and Joanna,) April 20, 1786 at the age of twenty, married Sarah Evans, of Salisbury Point, Mass. In 1788 they migrated into the wilderness, and settled in the southwesterly part of Warner, N. H., at the foot of Mink Hills. This farm consisted of one hundred acres of wuld land, sixty acres of which he pur- chased from his uncle, Benjamin Evans, of Salisbury, one of the grantees of Warner. The land on being cleared up, proved to be productive, but the privations of these first settlers were bitter, and their struggles against want and hunger severe.

A young family of four children had been born to them. The sun had begun to shine in the wilderness, and the circumstances of the family were beginning to wear a more cheerful aspect, when it was visited by a terrible calamity. On March f, 1794, Asa Harriman, then but twenty-eight years of age, was killed by a falling tree. His burial service was numerously attended, for he was a man of sterling worth and qualities, and whoever knew him was his friend. He was a man of great physical strength, was "six feet two," and weighed two hundred.

In 1796, the widow of Asa Harriman. finding, one night, that her cows had not come up to the barn, started in pursuit of them. She became bewildered and had no idea which w^ay pointed toward home. She pursued the forest paths for hours. At length a dim light was discernable. It was at the house of Benjamin Badger, which was rot less thah two and a half miles from her own. in a straight line, and there was no road leading from one of these houses to the other. It was now ten o'clock. Mr. Badger took his lantern and escorted the lost woman home. Reaching the house they found the three youngest chil- dren asleep on the floor; but the oldest, a girl of eight years, was gone. It was now midnight. The young chil- dren told them that Nancy went to find her mother, and had not come back. They at once started in search of the missing girl, and in a woodpath, half a mile from home, they found her at the side of a log, where, as the mother

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always expressed it, "she had cried herself to sleep." Mrs. Harriman died very suddenly, March 9, 1856,

having lived just sixty-two years to a day from the death

of her husband.

The children of Asa and Sarah (Evans) Harriman :

Nancy, Phoebe,

Benjamin Evans, born January 14, 1791 died October 23, 1856 David,

SIXTH GENERATION.

Benjamin Evans Harriman, was three years old, when his father (Asa Harriman) died, having been born Jan. 14, 1791. He remained on the old homestead, and added largely to its acres. He was a good farmer, an upright man, considerably in public life and represented his town in the Legislature several years.

He married June 18, 1812, Hannah Flanders, of Warner, who was born March 28, 1794. The children of Benjamin E. and Hannah (Flanders) Harriman were :

Henry H. born J'lly n, 1814. He w^as a school teacher and fanner. He fell dead in his field, April 18, 1878 Benjamin F. born April 7, 1815, married Mary Jane Aiken, and had three children : Augusta A., Sylvanus, Henrietta. He died in 1885 ; and his wife died in 1893 Walter, born April 8, 1817 ; died July 25, 1884. He was Colonel of the nth Regiment, N. H. Vols., and Brigadier General by Brevet; and subse- quently Governor of New Hampshire for two terms in 1867 and 1868. He wrote the History oj Warner, JV. H. and In the Orient ; and also a large number of historical papers, notably one on The Boiuidaries of New Hampshire. He was editor of the Manchester Weekly Unio?i, in 1861 and 1862. He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness, Va., by the Confederates ;

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and was one of the fifty Union officers placed under the fire of the Union guns at Charleston, vS. C. He married in 1844, Almira R. Andrews and had three children : Georgia A., Walter C. and Benjamin Evans, Alonzo B. born July 14, died Nov. 10, 1819 David C. born August 23, 1S20, died March 4, 1900 ; married Susan Flanders July 3, 1845, and had two children, Matilda, born March 30, 1850, and Belle, born Feb. 6, 1853. Elhanan \V. born Jan. 8, 182/^? died June 24, 1851 Leonidas. born Feb, 7, 1827, married Dec. 25, 1859, at Manchester, N. H., Martha Jane George, and he died Sept. 30, 1891, he had two children, Vir- ginia, born Feb. 24, 1867. died May 5, 1867, and Leonard, born Dec. 27. 1872. Augustine, born April 15, i82|t died Nov. 24, 1S96 Hannah Augusta, born Feb. 27, 1S29, died Nov. 1890 Helen S. born May i, 1S31, died August 13, 1896

married Cyrus P. Savory Frank P. born February 23, 1835 Dudley and Jane Harriman, children of Asa and Joan- na (Beale) Harriman, migrated to the State of Maine, where each became the head of a large family.

Betsey Harriman, another child of Asa and Joanna, married John Flanders, of Salisbury, and had eight chil- dren, only two of whom are now living : — Benjamin E. of Brentwood, N. H., Joseph, late of Boston.

It is stated on page 19, that during the Revolutionary War, Asa and Joanna Harriman moved from Massachu- setts to Epping, N. H.. where their three youngest chil- dren,— Jesse, Sally and John, — were born. About the year 1785. he moved from Epping to Raymond, and set- tled on an elevation now known as "Harriman Hill," where he closed a life of fourscore years. Joanna, his wife, survived him three years.

Jesse Harriman, [son of Asa and Joanna,] inherited the paiernal estate at Raymond, to which he and his descend- ants have added largely in acres and culture.

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He married Abigail Tilton, of Raymond, 1804; she died Nov. 15, 1824, aged 44 ; he m. in 1825, Hannah Locke ; she died Feb. 7, 1S68 in her 84th year.

It may be said of Jesse, that he had a sound mind in a sound body. His physical force was very great ; few of his contemporaries being able to match him. He possessed sterling qualities of mind and heart, and among others, that high degree of cofnmon sense which made him a man of correct judgment in every thing pertaining to the sphere of life in which he moved ; fortitude in suffering ; that true courage, or presence of mind, that renders its possessor calm, serene, and efficient in times of danger ; and the benevolence of heart that forgets itself in its eager desire to administer to the necessities of others. It was a part of his philosophy, that every man should pursue that course for which nature designed him ; that no one should advance his own interests by engaging in any business detrimental to the public weal. It was his ambition to subdue and beautify the earth, to render it obedient to the demands of moral nature ; to rear flocks and herds, to keep them in high condition, and train them to become the ready vassals of his will. Having faithfully served his generation he passed joyously from the friends he loved to those whose who had gone before, exclaiming, "I have a hope as an anchor to the soul. I see visions of beauty and glory !" He died March 28, 1872, aged 93 years. The children of Jesse and Abigail (Tilton) were:

Samuel M. a public teacher for more than 40 3'ears.

John Dudley

lylary T. [Mrs Henry Hardy ;] Emily B. [Mrs Rawson]

G-. Washington, d. aged 12 yrs ; Josiah, died early vSanuicI M. Harrinian, resided on the homestead ; mar- ried Elisabeth Locke, of Seabrook, 1837; she died March 6, 1856, aged 37. He married Hannah Maria Hazelton of Chester, Oct. 9, 1867. He was a Selectman of Raymond in 1841, and 1847. To Samuel and Elizabeth (Locke) were born five children; — three died in infancy, two now survive: Ellen E.; Luvan A.

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J. Dudley Harriman, now residing on the previously named " Hills,'" was married to Alraira T. Rowson, of Douglass, Mass., in 1839. To them were born two sons and a daughter. The oldest was

Adelaide Marsh, died May 30, 1S66, aged 23 3'ears

Angelo, died in infancy

John Wesley

The children of Henry and Mary T. (Harriman) Hardy, of Raymond Centre : Albert D. George H. Mary Abbie, married J. W. Fiske

Sally Harriman, sister of Jesse Harriman, married William Stevens.

Sarah Stevens, eldest daughter of William and Sally, married Joseph Fiske of Derry. They moved to Ray- mond in 1844, and have one son, J. W. Fiske, who rep- resented the town in 1874, also elected 1875.

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