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GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY

HISTORY

OF THE

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

A PECnRl) OF THF ACHIFVHMENTS OF WiU PEOl'I.E IN THE MAklNC OF A
COMMONWEALTH AND IHE FOLINUING OF A NATION

CoMPiLF.n Under tiik Kditokiai. Supervision of
EZRA S. STHARNS

Kx-Secrktaky or State, Member A.mkruan Antii,;uari\n SuriEiv, New ICnglanu lIisTORir.-CENEALor.icAi.

Soi-iETV, New Hampshire State Historical Society; CoRRESPONniNr; Member Minnesota

State Historical Society; Member Fitciiburg Historical Society

ASSISTED BY

WILLIAM F. WHITCHER

Tfi'stee New Hampshire State Library. Member New Hampshire State Historical Society anii New

Kngi.anu Methodist Hisiorkal Society

AND

EDWARD E. PARKER

]l-dge of Probate, Nashua

VOL. Ill

1 L L U S L R A T E D

THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
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This is a name famous in Scotch
CAMPBELL history and it has contributed in
no small measure to the honor and
glory of America. It has long been well repre-
sented in New Hampshire, and is widely and cred-
itably known throughout the United States.

(I) Sir John Campbell, as duke of Argyle, as-
sisted at the coronation of James the First of Eng-
land. He was an otScer of William the Prince of
Orange in 1690, and participated in the battle of
the Boyne Water in the north of Ireland. He later
settled in Londonderry, Ireland, where he married
and became the father of several children, one of
whom was Henry.

(II) Henry, son of Sir John Campbell born
1697. married, 1717, and in 1733 came to America,
accompanied by his wife and five children, and set-
tled in Windham, New Hampshire.

(III) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Campbell,
married Jeanette Mack, who was born on the ocean
and died 1776. In 1765 the family moved to Lon-
donderry, New Hampshire, and later Henry Camp-
bell resided in Fletcher, Vermont, where his death
occurred in 1813. He was the father of five sons,
among whom was John.

(IV) John, son of Henry (2) Campbell, born
1786, was a blacksmith and farmer at West Henniker,
and was among the best known and most respected
citizens of the town, his influence for good being
felt throughout the community. ' He was honored
by his townspeople with many offices of trust, the
duties of which he performed in an efficient and
creditable manner. He married, December 23, 1S12,
Sarah, daughter of Oliver Noyes, and their children
were : Eliza, Cyrus, James, and John C. John
Campbell, after an active and useful life, died Sep-
tember 7, 1863. His wife died April 30. 1858.

(V) John C, son of John Campbell, born in
Henniker, New Hampshire, January 11, 1822, was
reared on the homestead and received his education
in the district schools. In 1861 he removed to ■
Hillsborough and accepted a position as cashier in
the Hillsborough National Bank, which he held
up to the time of his death, 1896, the unusual period
of thirty-five years, his tenure of office being noted
for ability and integrity. His active career was
characterized by the sterling qualities which insure
good citizenship, and he won and retained the es-
teem and confidence of those with whom he was
brought in contact, either in business, political or
social life. For more than two decades he served
as town treasurer, and during the greater portion
of this time was elected by both parties, this fact-
amply testifying to his popularity. He was a di-
rector in the Petersborough & Hillsborough Rail-
road and was instrumental in having the line com-
pleted from Hillsborough to Petersborough. _ He
was treasurer of the Society of the Congregational
Church, and was a member of the Blue Lodge and
Chapter of Masons at Henniker, in which he held
many offices and took great interest. Mr. Campbell

married Julia Darling Butler, born in Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, who bore him six children, namely:
E. Jennie, married Almon Oate, of Manchester.
Mary E., married George A. Upton, formerly a
lumber dealer of Townsend. Massachusetts, who
died 1899. Julia D., married Walter Steele, of
Stoneham. James H., died in infancy. James H.,
see forward. John B., born December 21, 1866, en-
gaged in the express business in Concord, New
Hampshire. The mother of these children died in
1898.

(VI) James H., son of John C. Campbell, was
born in Hillsborough, July 27, 1865, was reared
in Hillsborough Bridge and attended the
schools there, also high school and business college
of Manchester, New Hampshire. Prior to entering
the insurance business in Manchester, in which
line of work he is engaged at the present time
(1907). he served in the capacity of teacher, for
which calling he was thoroughly qualified. Mr.
Campbell married Sarah Louise, daughter of Bush-
rod W. Hill (q. v.). Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have
two childriin : Bushrod Hill, born July 12, 1893 ;
John Clififord. April 6, 1897.

This is unquestionably of English
RIXFORD descent and was early planted in

New England. It is probably an
offshoot of the Connecticut family of Rexford, but
the connection has not been established by exten-
sive research. The family was strongly represented
in the Revolution by William Rixford and his sons,
in Massachusetts.

(I) William Rixford was found in ^ledway,
Massachusetts, as early as 1751. The records of
Mendon, Massachusetts, show that he was married
November 13, 1751, to Anna Thayer. He is then
stvled of Medway and he resided in that town until
March, 1761. when he removed to Grafton, Massa-
chusetts. At the Lexington alarm in 1775 he
served in Captain Luke Drury's company of Minute
Men, and marched April 19, and remained under
arms sixteen days. He was still livin,g in Grafton
in 1782, and it is conjectured that he removed to
Hardwick, Massachusetts. Five children were born
to him in Medway, namely: Elizabeth, William,
Samuel, Henry and Simon ; and six in Grafton,
namely: Anna, Phoebe, Samuel, Elijah, died young;
Joseph and Elijah.

(II) William (2), eldest son and second child
of William (l) and Ann (Thayer) Rixford. was
born December 7, 1754, in Medway, Massachusetts,
and lived a few years after 1774 in Shrewsbury,
Massachusetts. He served three enlistments in the
Revolution from that town, and about 1782 he re-
moved to Winchester, New Hampshire, accom-
panied by his brothers Henry and Simon, and set-
tled there permanently. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, and in the Massachusetts rolls is credited
with having marched from Grafton in Captain Luke
Drury's company of Minute Men, belonging to Col-

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onel Artenias Ward's regiment, April 19, 1775.
Having cleared some ten acres and erected a log
cabin he returned to Grafton for the purpose of
bringing to their new habitation his family which
consisted of his young wife, an infant son and his
aged mother, all of whom journeyed thither on one
horse. He reclaimed from the wilderness and
brought to a good state of cultivation the farm
which is now or was recently owned by A. A. Put-
nam, and the primitive log cabin that originallly
sheltered the pioneer family, stood directly opposite
the present dwelling house. It contained a Dutch
fire place capable of holding a log eight feet long,
and afforded ample protection from the wolve.s
which frequently besieged it at night, but finding it
impregnable they contented themselves by devour-
ing the sheep. He married, January 28, 1779, Lucy
Wilson, of Northboro, Massachusetts and his chil-
dren were : Luther. Lucy, Ephraim, William, Sally,
Artemas. Harriet, Solomon, and Finis, all of whom
were natives of Winchester except the eldest.

(HI) Captain William, third son and fourth
child of William and Lucy (Wilson) Rixford. was
born at Winchester. It is quite probable that he ac-
quired his title in the militia. He remained upon the
homestead farm, and having assisted his father in
erecting a more pretentious frame dwelling, he was
left in possession of the cabin, ^ which he continued
to occupy for some years, or until completing an-
other frame dwelling. Some twenty-five years later
he removed to his father's residence, and his death
occurred at the old homestead in 1869. He was an
upright, conscientious man, a good neighbor and
an honored citizen. He married Betsey Willard,
daughter of Lieutenant Amos Willard, .and was the
father of five children : Eliza, now the widow of
Clark Dodge and resides in Keene. Emily, who
married (first), Willard Farrington, and (second)
Ebenezer Clark, of Keene, where she spent the re-
mainder of her life. William, Jr., Willard and
Lucius, the two last named being twins.

(IV) Willard, of the children of Captain Wil-
liam and Betsey (Willard) Rixford, was born in
Winchester, July 25, 1812, and died July 16, 1906.
He grew to manhood as a farmer at the homestead,
and his active years were devoted to that indepen-
dent calling. He resided in the house erected by
his father nearly one hundred years ago. up to his
decease, when he had attained his ninety-fourth
year. He married Rhoda Coombs, and she became
the mother of five children : Emily E., Henry W.,
Harriet E., Mary C. and William, who died in in-
fancy. Of these the only survivor is Henry W.,
of Winchester.

(V) Henry W., second child of William and
Rhoda (Coombs) Rixford, was born in Winchester,
January g, 1842. He attended the public schools,
and at an early age began to assist his father in
farming. Like his ancestors he has found agriculture
an agreeable and satisfactory occupation, and for
many years he has ably managed the homestead
farm. Mr. Rixford has always refused to hold
office, although he is a Republican of the stalwart
type. The family attend the Universalist Church.

On January I. 1868, he married Elsie P. Stowell.
born in Winchester, January 18, 1847, daughter of
Roswell Stowell, whose birth took place in Ches-
terfield, this state, November 17, 1815. Mr. and
Mrs. Rixford are the parents of three children:

Delia G., Nellie R. and Jessie P. Delia G. married
Burton G. Willard, and has two children: Elsie M.
and Ella R. Willard. Nellie R. married Jesse Loreno
Putnam, and thev have six children: Willard A.,
Harold R., Marshall H., Bertha M., Marian B. and
Clarence E. Jesse P. married P. H. Willard.

The original bearer of this cognomen
MOSELEY took it without doubt from the lo-
cality in which he dwelt. The as-
sumption of the name indicates that He was one
who dwelt permanently at that place, and was a
person of settled habits. When the religious
troubles of the seventeenth century arose, a de-
scendant of the first Moseley found his environ-
ment made intolerable by fanatical oppression and
removed from England to the freedom of the New
England forest, and settling there was the first of
five generations who lived contentedly, like their de-
scendants, in the same town. The name and the
record of the family both show that the Moseleys
were (and still are) of that class of citizens who
are well thought of by their neighbors, love
home and can succeed wherever they choose to
make their abiding place.

(I) John Moseley, whose name in the ancient
records is spelled with many variations, as Mawdes-
ley, Modesley. Madesley, but has long been fixed as
Moseley, came probably in the ship "Mary and
John," which sailed from Plymouth, England,
March 20, 1630. settled at Dorchester, Massachu-
setts, in 1630, was admitted freeman, March 14.
1639, and died there August 29, 1661. He married
(first) Elizabeth (surname unknown), and by her
had a son Joseph or John, born 1638, but whether
any more children or not is unknown. His second

wife. Cicely , died November 3, 1661. She

named in her will three children: John, Elizabeth
and Thomas.

(II) Thomas, youngest child of John and Cicely
Moseley, was born in Dorchester, where he died Oc-
tober 22, 1706. He was admitted to the church in
1658. He married, October 28, 1658, Mary, daugh-
ter of Thomas Lawrence, of Hingham. She died
.\pril, 1723. They had nine children: Increase,
John, Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, L'nite, Ebenezer,
Nathaniel and Joseph.

(III) Ebenezer. fifth son and seventh child of
Thomas and Mary (Lawrence) Moseley, was born
in Dorchester, September 4, 1673, and died Septem-
ber 19, 1740. He was constable, 1705, town treas-
urer, 1720, town clerk,' 1721, and selectman, 1719-21.
He married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of William
Trescott, and (second) Hannah, daughter of John
Weeks.

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
(Trescott) Moseley, was born May 19, 1695, mar-
ried. May 29, 1718, Elizabeth Atherton, born April
14, T701, daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth
Atherton, of Dorchester.

(V) Thomas, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
(. Atherton) Moseley, born in Dorchester, June 2.
1728, married. April' 23, 1752, Esther Davis, born in
Dorchester, November 7, 1731, daughter of Jona-
than, Jr., and Sarah Davis. She died April 21,
1811.

(VI) Samuel Moseley. son of Thomas and
Esther (Davis) Moseley, born in Dorchester, Mas-
sachusetts, October 3, 1765, died in Weathersfield,
Vermont, June 20. 1828, aged sixty-two years. When

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^ young man he went with his brother Ebenezer to
Weathersfield, where he resided and carried on the
business of tanning. He married, December 29,
1793, Priscilla Baker, daughter of Ebenezer and
Abigail Baker. Mr. Baker died May 24. 1798, aged
fifty-seven years. His wife died January 24, 1780.
The children of Samuel and Priscilla (Baker)
Moseley were : Baker, Fanny, Elmira, Laurena,
Franklin and Francis (twins), Abigail Preston, Es-
ther Christia and Eleanor.

(VH) Franklin, second son and fifth child of
Samuel and Priscilla (Baker) Moseley, was born in
Weathersfield, Vermont^ August 4, 1S04, and died
January 12, 1894, in Concord. His boyhood was
passed in his native town, where he went to school
and between terms rendered such aid as he could to
liis father. When about sixteen years of age he
went to Boston, and as he had but little money, but
was possessed of a sound physical constitution and
plenty of energy, he made the journey on foot, as
was not an uncommon thing in those days. On his
arrival in Boston he took a place as clerk in a dry
goods store, where he worked for a time. From
Boston he went to New Chester, now Hill, New
Hampshire, and in January. 1828, he and his twin
brother Francis entered into a partnership and
opened a general store.

In those days money was not plenty, and many
who bought goods could only pay for them in
work. To accommodate this class of customers the
Moseley firm bought palm leaf strips which the wo-
men wove into hats that were sent to Boston to be
sold. After the partnership had existed some years,
Francis Moseley died June 30, 1833, and Franklin
continued the jjusiness alone, and also had other
stores at Sanbornton and Danbury. In addition to
the mercantile business he engaged in the manu-
facture of shoes. He had a shop in which he em-
ployed twenty or thirty men, and this constituted a
large business in those days, when all the goods
were hauled by teams between Hill and Concord,
twenty-seven miles distant, and transportation be-
tween Concord and Boston was principally done by
the Boston and Concord Boating Company, which
ran a line of boats between those two cities by
canal and the Merrimack river, a distance of eighty-
five miles, until 1842, when the Concord Railroad
was finished. Mr. Moseley's business ability and
personal integrity are made evident by the fact that
while a resident of Hill he was elected to and filled
the offices of town clerk, selectman, justice of the
peace, and representative in the state legislature.

In 1852 he removed to Concord and entered the
employ of J. A. Gilmore & Company, wholesale
dealers in fleur and grain, and October 30, 1854, he
and David T. Watson bought out the interest of J.
A. Gilmore (afterward governor), but kept the old
name of J. A. Gilmore & Company. This firm then
consisted of Asahel Clapp, John H. Pearson, Benja-
min Grover, David T. Watson and Franklin Mose-
ley. Subsequently the name of the firm was J. H.
Pearson. Barron & Company, Barron, Dodge &
Company, J. V. Barron & Company, Howe, Moseley

& Company, John H. Barron & Company, and
Moseley & Company.

AiteT his removal to Concord, Mr. Moseley
never sought official recognition at the hands of his
fellow citizens. He attended the South Congrega-
tional Church, of which he was a libera! supporter.
His political affiliations were Democratic. He was
emphatically a business man, and his life was one
of steady and active devotion to business and family.
He retired from active mercantile pursuits about
1870. with success achieved through long years of
faithful attention to business and upright dealings.

He married, in Hill, February 24, 1835, Lydia
Rowell Hoyt, born in Amesbury, Massachusetts,
April 12. 1806. (see Hoyt VII) and their children
were : John Francis and Carroll and Carlos Beck-
with (twins).

(VIII) John Francis, oldest of the three sons
of Franklin and Lydia R. (Hoyt) Moseley, was
born in Hill, July 20, 183S, and died in Concord,
August 12, 1905. He received a common school
education, and learned how to transact mercantile
business in his father's store. On the removal of
his father's family to Concord John F. accompanied
them, and from 1853 to 1898 was actively engaged
in the flour and grain business, from which he re-
tired in 1900. During this period he was associated
cither as clerk or as partner in most of the firms of
which his father was a member in Concord. For
several years before his death he was interested in
the firm of G. N. Bartemus & Company, though not
in an active personal sense.

Mr. Moseley was a good business man and took
a pride in doing things well. He was a man of
high principles and sterling character. Of a natur-
ally reserved and retiring disposition, the number
of his acquaintances was not large. Those who
were brought into his favored circle speak in terms
of highest admiration of him. Without display he
acted well the part of an exemplary citizen, and
found true success in business by giving every man
his due. In the sphere where he was best known
he is greatly missed and truly mourned. His prin-
ciples were thoroughly established, and he was a
sincere Democrat, though he took no active part in
political movements. While he shunned often-
proffered official responsibility, he never shirked his
duty as a citizen, always expressing his convictions
at the polls, and leaving political preferment to
others who might desire it.

He married, August 23, 1880, Abbie Fletcher,
born June 6. 1845, in Loudon, New Hampshire,
daughter of James and Catherine (Orr) Fletcher,
the former a native of Loudon and the latter of
Chester or Auburn. James Fletcher was a son of
Joshua and Elizabeth (Chase) Fletcher, who were
married in 1799, and Joshua was a son of James
Fletcher. Mrs. Moseley resides in the beautiful
home erected in 1899-1900 by her husband, located
on Warren street, Concord.

(VIII) Carlos Beckwith. youngest son of
Franklin and Lydia R. (Hoyt) Moseley, was born
July IS, 1843, in Hill, and educated in the common

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schools of that town and in Concord, after the re-
moval of his father to the latter place. In i860 he
was appointed to a clerkship in the Concord post-
office and filled that place a year. From 1861 to
1863 he was employed as a telegrapher, and the
following seven years as a clerk in the offices of the
Concord Railroad Company. In 1870 he took a
position in the flour and grain business, where he
was steadily engaged for the following thirty years,
devoting his time and energy to that business, first
as a clerk and later as a partner, and meeting with
well deserved success. He retired in 1900, at the
same time as his brother John, and has since that
time been interested in real estate at York Beach,
Maine. Diligence in business, reliability, and an
affable manner have been three important factors
in Mr. Moseley's success. He is a Democrat, but
takes no active part in political affairs, and attends
the South Congregational Church.

Carlos B. Moseley was married in Concord. No-
vember 28, 1872, by Rev. F. O. Aj'er, pastor of
North Congregational Church, to Helen A. Morgan,
daughter of Charles L. and Josephine A. (Spiller)
Morgan, of Concord. They have two children :
Charles Franklin, the elder, married Lida B.
Knowles, of Fort Fairfield, Maine. Lydia Jose-
phine, married Frank Webster Sanborn, and has
one child, Waldo Moseley Sanborn. All reside in
Concord. In 1S98 Mr. Moseley began the erection
af his handsome home, on Merrimack street. Con-
cord. It was completed in 1900, and is fitted with
the appointments, adornments and comforts of a
thoroughly modern dwelling.

The Scotch blood which is borne by
DUNLAP many citizens of New Hampshire has

done much to maintain the high
moral standard of the state, and has also been active
in clearing away the forest and developing its re-
sources and industries.

(I) Archibald Dunlap removed from the north
of Ireland and was among those to early arrive in
New Hampshire, settling in~ Chester. He located
on home lot No. 26 of that town. In 1741 he mar-
ried Martha, daughter of Joseph Neal, of that town,
and their children were : Joseph, James. John,
Mary, William, Sarah. Samuel and Martha. The
father and the three daughters died within a period
of three weeks of a throat disorder, which was
probably diphtheria.

(II) Samuel, youngest son and seventh child of
Archibald and Martha (Neal) Dunlap, was born in
Chester, and was bound out to learn the carpenter's
trade. While residing in Chester he worked largely
at his trade in Concord, and assisted in erecting the
steeple of the first church built in that town in 1783.
Soon after attaining his majority he married Nancy
Corcoran and settled first in Henniker. In 1797 he
removed to Salisbury, New Hampshire, and there
died August 2, 1830. On December 30, 1806. he
bought a half interest in the saw mill of David
Pettingill. on the site of the present Prince Mill,
and on the tenth of the following March he pur-

chased the other part of the property, thus becoming-
sole owner. To this he added a gristmill and the
records show that on April 13, iSii. he sold saw
and grist mills to his sons, John and James. His-
children were : Sarah, Joseph, Samuel, John, James,
William, Mary, Thomas (died young), David,
Nancy, Thomas, Daniel and Joel.

(III) David, seventh son and ninth child of
Samuel and Nancy (Corcoran) Dunlap, was born
April 2, 1794, in Henniker, New Hampshire, and
early in life went to Schenectady, New York, where
he learned the trade of saddler with his uncle, Will-
iam Dunlap. He settled in Newburyport, Massa-
chusetts, and died there in November, 1S29. He
married in that town, February 4, 1824, Fanny,
daughter of Abel and Bridget (Smith) Bartlett.
She was born January 15, 1801, in Newburyport,
where she died September 24. 1829. Their children
were : Joseph D., William and Henry S. The eld-
est son resides in Westfield, Massachusetts. The-
second in Salisbury and the third in Concord. New
Hampshire.

(IV) William, second son of David and Fanny
(Bartlett) Dunlap, was born August 23, 1826, in
Newburyport, Massachusetts, and went to Salisbury,
New Hampshire, when three years of age to live
with his uncle, James D. Dunlap, and remained with
him sixteen years. In the meantime he had the ad-
vantages of the excellent schools of Salisbury, and
at the same time learned the milling business which
he continued for many years. He was a student
for a time at Tilton Academy and then entered the
employ of Cyrus Gookin at West Salisbury. At the
age of eighteen years he went to Concord and for
two or three years was employed in the manufacture
of sash and blinds, which was conducted by Daniel
H. Dunlap. Returning to Salisbury he became a
partner of Cyrus Gookin, January i, 1857. and for
seventeen years they conducted a mercantile busi-
ness at West Salisbury. After the death of Mr.
Gookin Mr. Dunlap continued the business alone
and purchased the interest of his partner from his
heirs, and thus continued until old age compelled
his retirement from active labor. He died Febru-
ary 23, 1897. For many years succeeding the estab-
lishment of a postofKce at West Salisbury he was-
the postmaster in charge. He was several years-
clerk of the town, and in 1893 represented the town
in the legislature. In political principles he was a
Democrat. He married (first). May 22, 1851,
Emelia T. Severance, daughter and thirteenth child
of Joseph and Anna (Currier) Severance, of
Andover. She was born April 12, 1826, and died
March 31, 1855, in Concord. Mr. Dunlap married
(second). May 2, 1858. Ellen C. daughter of Rich-
ard and Alice H. (Watson) Fellows, of Salisbury.
She was born 'July 16, 1S34. She is the mother of
all of his children, namely: Frank H., Willie G.
and Fred A. The second resides in Concord and
the third in Antrim.

(V) Frank Henry, eldest child of William and
Ellen C. (Fellows) Dunlap. was born Jaiuiary 8,
t86o, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, where he now
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was a student at Proctor Academy in Andover,
after which he was employed as a clerk in the store
of his father at West Salisbury. In 1857 he went
to Meredith, New Hampshire, and was there em-
ployed by J. W. Bead & Company, grocers, until
1880. In that year he was engaged by J. T. Taylor,
■of Tilton, with whom he continued four years. He
then returned to Salisbury, and was engaged in his
father's store until the death of the latter, when he
became his successor and is still conducting the
business. In 1S84 Mr. Dunlap established a poul-
try business in Salisbury, beginning with twenty
hens and has now five hundred and out of their
•earnings has built thirteen houses for them. Since
1880 this business has netted him about ten thousand
dollars. This is a very positive, affirmative answer
to the oft-repeated question in agricultural journals,
"Do hens pay ?" Mr. Dunlap is a Democrat in prin-
ciple, but is independent in political action and is
popular with his townsmen. For four years he
served the town as treasurer and was elected repre-
sentative in 1889. He is a member of Merrimack
Lodge, No. 28. Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Franklin, and of the Royal Lodge, Ancient Or-
der of United Workmen, of the same town. He is
a regular attendant and supporter of the Baptist
Church. He has been successful in business as a
result of his industry and correct calculations.

Mr. Dunlap was married. March 25, 1884, to
Cara Prince, daughter of David and Caroline E.
(Pierson) Prince, of Salisbury, and his three chil-
dren are: Ralph, born February 4, 1888. Clifton,
born July 26, 1891. Bernard, born May g, 1S94.
The first two are students at Kimball Union Acad-
emy, Meriden, New Hampshire.

In the records of the times when sur-
HULL names were beginning to be used are

found mention of Nicholas atte Hulle.
Jordan de la Hulle, Geoffrey de la Helle and John
de la Hill, each designating a person more particu-
larly by adding to his name Nicholas. Jordan,
GeofTrey or John, a reference to the hull, or hell,
that is, hill, on which h« lived. In later times de la
was dropped and Hull and Hill became surnames
without further reference to the person's place of
residence.

(I) George Hull was at Concord in 174", and
was taxed there in 1757 and 1758, and were the tax
lists preserved they would probably show that he
was taxed there about twenty years. He removed
to Plymouth in 1765, and February 13 of that year,
George Hull, weaver, of Concord, purchased one
full right or share in Plymouth, which originally
belonged to Meshech Weare, one of the grantees.
He died in 1807. His wife's baptismal name w-as
Mehitable. Their children were : Nathaniel, Sam-
uel, Joseph, George, Mehitable, Moses, Jonathan
and John.

(II) Jonathan, seventh child and sixth son of
George and Mehitable Hull, was born in Plymouth,
1768, and died September 23, 1S49, aged eighty-one.
He lived in Hebron from 1791 to 1807, and then

purchased of his brother John the paternal farm.
He was an intelligent, amiable man, fond of reading
and music, and took care that the musical taste,
which his children all inherited, should be developed
in thein. Pie married (first), March 19, 1795, Bet-
sey Lovejoy, born in Hebron, daughter of Abial
and Mary (Hobart) Lovejoy. She died November
3, 1815. He married (second), July 15, 1816. Lois
Merrill. She died January 21, i860. His children,
all by the first wife, were : Betsey, Jonathan, Moses.
Olive, Jacob Lovejoy, Nathaniel, Isaac Baxter and
Phineas.

(III) Moses, third child and second son of Jon-
athan and Betsey (Lovejoy) Hull, was born in
Hebron. March 29, 1800, and died in Plymouth,
July 25, 1878. He inherited the paternal acres, and
later owned and tilled what is known as the Phillips
farm. He was a man of ability, and an honest and
worthy citizen. He was a fine performer of the
tenor drum, and for many years was drum major
in the militia. In his age he was blind and infirm,
but his ability to play the drum still remained. He
married, November 24, 1825. after a courtship of
eight years. Zilpah Ward, born June 11, 1799, and
died September 10, 1875, daughter of Isaac and
Polly (Thurlow) Ward. Their children were:
William Gould, Harriet Ann, Arthur Ward and
Mary Ellen.

(IV) William Gould, eldest child of Moses and
Zilpah (Ward) Hull, was born in Plymouth, De-
cember 13. 1826. He received his education in the
district school and at Holmes Academy. At the
age of fifteen years he made his personal belongings
into a small bundle which he took under his arm,
and went to Plymouth and secured a place where he
worked for his board and attended school. After
attending Holmes Academy two terms he taught
school a term, and then accepted a position as clerk
which he filled several years. From 1872 to 187S
he was a member of the firm, Webster, Hull &
Company, merchants of Plymouth. He then be-
came a member of the firm of Ward. McQuesten &
Hull, glove manufacturers, then the largest firm of
the kind in the town. He was in that business five
years, and then opened a summer boarding house,
known as "Rose Lawn." in the central part of the
village, which he managed until 1880, when Mrs.
Hull died. After her death he was employed by
the lumber companies as clerk and superintendent
in Livermore and Woodstock, but retained his legal
residence in Plymouth nearly all that time. In
town affairs Mr. Hull's services have been fre-
quently sought, and he has been selectman, road
agent, representative and postmaster, and has filled
acceptably many other positions. While a repre-
sentative he served as a member of the committee
for the Asylum for the Insane at Concord, and as
chairman directed its business. In 1895, upon the
request of his fellow citizens, he accepted the post-
mastership of Plymouth, and served four years. As
a member and treasurer of the Town History Com-
mittee, he is kindly remembered by his associates
and the writer and his services were fully appre-

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ciated by his townsmen. His duties in all positions
have been performed in a faithful and efficient man-
ner, and received the endorsements of his fellow
citizens. In politics he is a Democrat of the Jack-
sonian type. Always mindful of the difficulties he
had in acquiring his education, and desirous of help-
ing young people to qualify for higher stations in
life, he has assisted many of them in obtaining their
schooling by lending them money. In social, poli-
tical and financial circles his name is respected and
honored. He married, July 12, 1854, Laura Eliza-
beth Taylor Crockett, born July 6, 1828, and died
October 0, 1S80. She was the daughter of Benaiah
S. and Mary (Taylor) Crockett, of Holderness, and
granddaughter of Rev. John Crockett, of Sanborn-
lon. She was a lady of culture and literary attain-
ments, and her memory is a sacred treasure of the
family. Two sons were born of this union: Arthur
C. and Heber W.

(V) Arthur Crockett, son of William G. and
Laura E. T. (Crockett) Hull, was born in Plym-
outh, April 30, 1857, and educated in Plymouth,
Exeter and New Hampton. He is a traveling sales-
man, representing the firm of J. C. Norris & Com-
pany, of Concord. He resides in Plymouth. He
married, May 24, 1896, Annie P. Burgess, daughter
of Joseph and Carrie Burgess, of Wareham, Mas-
sachusetts.

(V) Heber William, second son of William G.
and Laura E. T. (Crockett) Hull, was born in
Plymouth, October 29. 1861, and is a conductor on
the Boston & Maine Railroad, with residence at
Plymouth. He takes a lively interest in politics, is
a Democrat, and was selectman in 1902-04; served
as chairman of the board one year. March, 1907,
he was Democratic candidate for county commis-
sioner. He married (first), March 15. 1S87. Mary
J. Drinkwater, born in Portland, Maine, October
27, 1859, daughter of A. and May (Patrick) Drink-
water. She died August 29. i8go. He married
(second), July 3, 1898, Rosa Frances Heath, born
in Holderness, June 19, 1877. They have one child,
Laura Frances, born in Plymouth, November S,
1901.

(I) Nathaniel Ladd Drury was born in
DRLTRY Malone. New York, June 11, 1823, and

died in Claremont, New Hampshire,
December 5, 1872. He was a cutler by trade and
carried on the manufacture of cutlery for some
years in his native town. Later he removed to Clare-
mont and spent the remainder of his life there.
His wife's maiden name was Harriet Adelaide
Brown and she was born in Charlestown. N. H.,
October 24, 1827. They had three children : Kate,
William Herbert and Nellie M. Of the two daugh-
ters. Kate died in childhood, Nellie M. still resides
in Claremont.

(II) William Herbert Drury, the only son and
second child of these parents, was born in Clare-
mont, December 22. 1855, and died in Manchester,
New Hampshire, April 13, 1901. He was educated
in the public schools of Claremont and graduated

from the Stevens High School of that town in the
class of 1876. Later he attended St. Lawrence Uni-
versity of Canton, New York. As his parents were
possessed of only moderate means he was compelled
to work his own way in part, which he did with
much ability. On completing his preparatory studies
he entered the law office of Hon. Hosea W. Parker,
of Claremont, with whom he read law for three
years and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar
in the summer of 1880. He located in Epping, New
Hampshire, where he practiced his profession from
1880 to 1887. For a time he also had a law office
at Derry, New Hampshire, where he was associated
with the late Fred. R. Felch. In November, 1S88,
he removed to Manchester and in January, 1889, he
formed a partnership with Hon. Robert J. Peaslee
under the firm name of Drury & Peaslee. This
partnership continued until Mr. Peaslee's appoint-
ment as a member of the Supreme Court of New
Hampshire in July. 1S98. From that time Mr.
Drury continued in business alone imtil February,
1899, when the partnership of Drury & Hurd was
formed, Henry N. Hurd, of Manchester, becoming
the junior partner. This firm continued until De-
cember, 1901, when Mr. Drury became associated
with Hon. David A. Taggart and Hon. George H.
Bingham, the firm being known as Taggart, Bing-
ham & Drury. Here his prospects were of the
brightest when, after a few months, he was stricken
with the illness which ended in his death. During
his residence and practice in Manchester Mr.
Drury became recognized as one oi her soundest
and most capable lawyers. He was a tireless
worker and patient and constant in all of his re-
search ; he was a man of the strictest integrity,
honorable in all his dealings and was implicitly
trusted by those associated with him as well as by
all with whom he came in contact. Upon first ac-
quaintance he was somewhat retiring, but when
once a friendship was formed he was known and
appreciated as a genial and sympathetic companion
and a firm and helpful friend. He gave to his
many clients unsparingly of his ability, and his suc-
cess was ol steady growth and was constantly
broadening. A great lover of home, his most en-
joyable moments were spent with his family at his
own fireside. In politics Mr. Drury was a Dem-
ocrat and took an active part in political affairs.
His judgment in business affairs was ever practical
and sound, appreciating which his constituents
twice elected him to the office of selectman in the
town of Epping; and he was also sent to represent
this town as a member of the Constitutional Con-
vention of 1889. In religion he was of the Univer-
salist faith and attended the First Universalist
Church of Manchester. He was both a Mason and
an Odd Fellow and in the former order had attained
high rank as past illustrious master of Sullivan
Lodge. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Ep-
ping ; he also held membership in Washington
Lodge. Mount Horcb Arch Chapter. Adoniram
Council and Trinity Commandery of Manchester,
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Fellows, of the same city. Shortly after coming to
Manchester he became a member of the Calumet
Club, a social organization^ and was one of the
originators and founders of the Manchester Gym-
nasium. November 21, 1S8S, Mr. Drury united in
marriage with Mary Evelyn Tolles. a daughter of
Edwin Wharton and Harriet Elizabeth (Mason)
Tolles. The father was a native of Claremont and
by occupation a merchant ; the mother was a native
of Hartford, Vermont. Mrs. Drury was born in
Hastings, Minnesota, but spent most of her early
life in Claremont and was there educated in the
public schools^ being graduated from the Sfevens
High School in the class of 1878. She is also a
member and attendant of the same church as was
Mr. Drury. Three children were born of this
union, two of w^hom, Ralph Howard and Ruth Liz-
beth, are now living, and are being educated in the
public schools of Manchester.

This ancient occupative surname,
DRAPER like Weaver and Taylor, which

came from the calling followed by
him who bore it first, is found in the early records
of New England, and from those Puritan settlers
who brought it here have descended generations of
worthy successors.

(I) Jacob Draper was born in that part of
Kingston which is now Sandown, about 1750, and
died in 1817. He removed to Plymouth and settled
in the south part of that town before 1776. He was
in the Revolution, serving as a soldier on the fron-
tier, in Captain Jeremiah Eames' company from
July to October, 1776. He married, in Plymouth,
December 4, 1777, Elizabeth Ladd. born in Kings-
ton. January 6, 1756, daughter of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Clifford) Ladd, of Kingston and Alexan-
dria'. Their children were : Jacob, Jonathan, Will-
iam, Sarah, Joseph, Nathaniel. Peter, Reuben, Han-
nah and Betsey.

(II) Nathaniel, sixth child of Jacob and Eliza-
beth (Ladd) Draper, was born in Plymouth, in
1790, and died August 10, 1875. For a time he
was a farmer on Ward Hill ; he then removed to
Plymouth village, where for several years he con-
ducted a meat market and was a dealer in produce.
He bought various kinds of goods in Canada which
he disposed of in Plymouth. He was selectman in
1824-25. He married (first), in 1814, Mary Gill,
born August 24, 1796, and died in Plymouth. De-
cember 22, 1837. She was the daughter of William
and Ruth (Haselton) Gill, of Newmarket and Bos-
cawen. He married (second). February, 1841, Re-
becca (Shute) Shattuck, widow of Enos Shattuck.
His children, all by the first wife, were: Mary
Jane. Jason C, Eliza. Harriet, Nathaniel Fletcher,
Emily (died young), and Mary Emily.

(III) Nathaniel Fletcher, second son and fifth
child of Nathaniel and Mary (Gill) Draper, was
born January 12, 1826, and died November 5, 1S71.
After spending some years in farming he went to
Manchester, where he was engaged in the retail
grocery business for some years as a clerk. From

there he went to Lowell. Massachusetts, and was ins
the employ of Puffer & Company, grocery mer-
chants, for some years, and also spent a year ir^
Bridgeport, Connecticut. He afterward went to
Hunterstown, Province of Quebec, Canada, and
had charge of the mills and store of a large corpor-
ation six years. In 1857 he returned to Plymouth.
He carried on a grocery business in Lower Inter-
vale, and was also a partner with T. R. Hawley, in
the firm of T. R. Hawley & Company, manufac-
turers of gloves. At the end of five years Mr.
Draper sold out his business, both grocery and
glove manufactory, and formed a partnership with
Samuel Blanchard under the name of Blanchard &
Draper, for the manufacture of gloves. This firm
lasted until Mr. Draper's death. Mr. Draper was a
staunch Republican. He married, June 16, 1S49,
Emma Bridgman, born in Dorchester. January 12,
1827, and died September 21, 1892, daughter of
Elbridge Bridgman. Five children were born of
this union : Jason Fletcher, Harriet Emeline, Hen-
rietta Florence. Walter Kendrick and Jennie I\Iay.
Jason Fletcher is the subject of the next paragraph.
Harriet E., born July 5, 1852, married, March 28,
1872. John F. Maynard of Manchester, and died
April 12, 1879. Henrietta F., became the wife of
John F. Maynard. February 24, 1881. Walter K.,
born August 23, 1859. died April 19, l8go. He mar-
ried (first) Helen Clough, and (second) Lillian
Fadden. He lived in Ashland.

(IV) Jason Fletcher, eldest son of Nathaniel
F. and Emma (Bridgman) Draper, was born in
Lowell, Massachusetts, October 10, 1850. He was
educated in the schools of Plymouth, at Master
Hiram Cass's private school at Center Harbor, and
at Tilton Seminar}-. The two years next succeed-
ing his school days he was in the employ of Sargent
Brothers & Company, dry goods merchants. Boston.
Then returning to Plymouth he became a traveling
salesman for his father, selling gloves throughout
New England and Canada, Continuing for fifteen
years. On the death of his father in 1871 he took
his place in the business, and was a partner with a
Mr. Blanchard for six years, until the latter retired,
and Mr. Draper formed a partnership with George
A. Draper, of Bristol, and Lemuel Draper, of Win-
chester. Massachusetts, which continued for two
years. A son, F. Draper, then continued the busi-
ness with his brother-in-law, John F. Maynard, o'
Manchester, under the firm name of J. F. Draper &
Company, until November, 27. 1897. The business
was then incorporated under the name of the
Draper-Maynard Company, with a capital of $25,000.
The company conducted a factory in Ashland nine-
teen years, removing the manufacture to "a new fac-
tory in Plymouth in December, 1900. In February
of the same year the capital stock of the corpora-
tion was increased to $50,000, and December 31,
1902, again increased to $100,000, and in July. 1906,
raised a third time to $150,000; the officers being:
President, John F. Maynard : treasurer. Harry S.
Huckins ; general manager. Jason F. Draper ; di-
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manufacture of gloves gave place to the manufac-
ture of sporting goods in 1904. The average num-
ber of pairs of gloves manufactured for some years
was many thousands. The number of persons now
employed by the establishment is one hundred and
fifty. In political faith Mr. Draper is a Republican.
He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; and Plymouth
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Plymouth, and of the New Hampshire Club of Bos-
ton, of which he is one of the early members.

Mr. Draper married, February 26. 18S1, Hattie
Cora Russell, born June 3, 1855, daughter of Pela-
tiah and Mary Ann (Woodman) Russell, of Plym-
outh. Four children have been born to them : Mary
Emma, May S, 1882 ; Catherine Muriel. February
25, 1884, died March 21, 1885 ; Harriet Marguerite,
July 17. 1S89; and Jason Russell, May 27, 1900.

Dr. Shea, of Nashua, is descended from
SHEA the Sheas of county Kerry, Ireland, and
therefore belongs to one of the most
noted families of the Emerald Isle. Many of this
name, which is of great antiquity in Ireland, emi-
grated to the United States, becoming useful citi-
zens, and their children and grandchildren are now
in the midst of successful careers in business and
professional life.

(I) John Shea resided in county Kerry and
was contemporaneous with the patriots of 1798.

(II) Timothy Shea, son of John, also resided
in county Kerry and was a veterinary surgeon.

(III) Daniel Shea, son of Timothy, was born
in county Kerry, August, 1840. Emigrating to this
country at the age of sixteen years he found em-
ployment in the cotton mills of Nashua and was
subsequently enabled, through his habits of indus-
try and thrift, to purchase a farm, which he culti-
vated energetically for the rest of his life. He mar-
ried Catherine McDonald, also a native of Ireland,
and a daughter of Edward McDonald. Her father,
who was at one time the steward of an Irish estate,
went to the island of Jamaica, West Indies, where
he purchased a plantation, and while visiting the
old country for the purpose of removing his family
to their new home, he was' seized with a violent at-
tack of fever which proved fatal. Mrs. Catherine
Shea became the mother of eleven children, six of
whom are living: John, who is now superintendent
of the Clinton Manufacturing Company's Mills, in
Clifton, South Carolina; Timothy H., who is now
serving in the United States Marine Corps ;
Augustus W., M. D., who will be again referred to ;
Mary B., wife of Michael Kelly; Adeline, wife of
Thomas F. Mulvanity; and Ann G., who is a school
teacher. The family are members of the Roman
Catholic Church.

(IV) Augustus Washington Shea, M. D.. son
of Daniel and Catherine (McDonald) Shea, was born
in Nashua, August 9, 1865. His early education
was acquired in the public schools including the
Nashua high school, and after being graduated
from the medical department of the University of

Vermont in 1887, he pursued a special coarse of
study in New York City and completed his profes-
sional training abroad. Returning to Nashua, he
inaugurated his professional career in the midst of
his friends and acquaintances, and having rapidly
acquired a high reputation as both physician and
surgeon, he has built up an extensive practice. In
addition to his private practice Dr. Shea finds ample
opportunity for professional work of a semi-public
nature as president of the Nashua Emergency Hos-
pital, member of the Nashua Hospital Association
and local surgeon for the Boston & Maine Railway
Company. He is a member of the New Hamp-
shire State Medical Society, the American Medical
Association, the New York Association of Railway
Surgeons ; the Order of Foresters, and the local
grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Politically he acts
with the Democratic party, and at the present time
is serving on the board of public works. He mar-
ried. June 25, 1902, Lucy Kelly, of Brooklyn, New
York, and has two children : Lucy and Kathryn,

The ancient family of this name

BOISVERT has been long established in the

province of Quebec, Canada, where

it was founded by an immigrant from France long

previous to the English occupation of the country.

(I) Onesime Boisvert was born in St. Thomas
of Pierreville. province of Quebec, Canada, and
died in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1873. He
resided in Pierreville until he came to the United
States, and settled in Manchester, New Hampshire,
in July, 1865. He married Zoe Faucher, who was
born in St. Thomas and died August 23, 1906. at
the age of seventy-three years. The children of
this union were : Adelia, Adeline, Aime Edward,
Emma, Vitaline, Amelia, William W. and Clara.

(II) Aime Edward, eldest son and third child of
Onesime and Zoe (Faucher) Boisvert, was born in St.
Thomas of Pierreville, July 8, 1863, and came with
his parents to Manchester when two years old. He
was educated in the public schools of Manchester,
St. Joseph's High School and the New Hampshire
Business College. When he was ten years old his
father died and from that time he earned his own
way in life and worked at such occupations as
offered the greatest inducement, the law at that
time not prohibiting child labor as at present. Up
to the age of twenty he was employed as a clerk in
dry goods houses in Manchester. He then became
the owner of the National Laundry, which he con-
ducted four years. May 26, 1889, he was appointed
special agent of the General Land office by Presi-
dent Harrison, and served until April, 1893. He
traveled over the United States and Mexico, in-
specting local offices and investigating land claims,
also ascertained the birthplaces of all the Indians at
Winnipeg, Manitoba, in order to determine whether
the Indians were entitled to land in the United
States, a number being found at that time who
were natives of Canada. In 1893 he began the
study of law in the office of Edwin F. Jones, then
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the bar of New Hampshire, June 25. 1895, ^"d to
the bar of the United States District Court, Decem-
ber 20, 1898. Immediately after his admission to
the bar he began practice in Manchester, where he
has since continued to reside. His progress has
been rapid and continuous and his practice success-
ful. In politics he is a Republican and he has been
active in public affairs since he attained his twenty-
first year. In 1897 he was elected to the New
Hampshire House of Representatives, and served
as chairman of the committee on unfinished busi-
ness. In 1902, and again in 1904, he was an un-
successful candidate for the Republican nomination
for county solicitor for the county of Hillsboro.
In 1906 he was again a candidate, received the
nomination, was elected on November 6 of that
year and assumed the duties of the office in April,
1907. Mr. Boisvert is essentially a selfmade man,
having received nothing but what he has obtained
by his own efforts. He is thoroughly American,
having lived practically all his life in the United
States, and yet he may be considered the advanced
representative of the French Canadian in politics
and in law in New Hampshire. He is a bright, ani-
mated and logical speaker, and possesses the ad-
vantage of speaking both French and English with
equal fluency and correctness. His speeches have
always received favorable criticism from the press
and the public generally. In religious faith he is a
Roman Catholic, and a generous supporter of his
church. He is connected with various socieites.
He is a member of the Society of St. Jean Baptiste
d'Amerique, in which he has held the office of
doyen or elder ; member of the Association Canada-
American, of which he drew the first charter and in
which he has held nearly every office, and is the
general legal adviser; a member of the Queen City
Tent, No. 7, Knights of Maccabees, and Manesquo
Tribe, No. 28, Improved Order of Red Men. He
married. May 10, 189,3, in Manchester, Alexina
Amabilis Jeanclle, who was born at St. Thomas of
Picrreville, province of Quebec, Canada, April 10.
1S66, daughter of Francois and Adelaide (Belisle)
Jeanelle. She came with her parents to Manches-
ter when a child and was educated in the schools of
that city and at the Convent of St. Hyacinthe,
province of Quebec. The children of this union
are : Amelia A. E., William Edward, Clara Arline.
Robert Arthur (died young), Ida Robertine, George
Ernest and Theodore Robert.

This name which is also found
TURCOTTE with the variations Turcot. Tur-

cault and Dutaut, is one of the
very early names among the Canadian immigrant
settlers, and among the Turcots (as the name was
originally spelled) were soldiers. Indian fighters,
voyageurs and coureurs de bois. Abel Turcot,
miller, of Moulleron, diocese of Maillezais Paitou,
was born in 1631, and died Septcinber 17, 16S7. at
Ste. Famille, Isle of Orleans. He married Marie
Giroux, who was born in 1641, at La Fremblade,
diocese of La Rochelle Annis, and died February

25, 171.3. Their children were: Francois, Marie
Renee, Marie Madeleine, and Louis. From them
there are many descendants.

(I) Jean Turcotte was born at St. Pierre,
province of Quebec, in 1822, and died in 1862, aged
forty years He was always connected with enter-
prises of navigation and for years before his death
owned and operated a ship, which he used to con-
vey passengers across the St. Lawrence river be-
tween St. Pierre and Batiscau. He married Olympe
Gauvreau. and they were the parents of children :
Alfred, Rezaine. Evangeliste, Xerias, Joseph Octave,
Eloise and Arthur. Four others died young. In
1867 Mrs, Turcotte moved with her family to Man-
chester, New Hampshire, where the children now
reside. She died in 1894, aged seventy-three,

(II) Joseph Octave, fifth child and fourth son
of Jean and Olympe (Gauvreau) Turcotte, was
born at St. Pierre, province of Quebec, Febrtiary
18, 1858. His father died when Joseph was six
years of age. and the mother and a large family of
young children were left to make their own way in
the world as best they could. Three years later
Joseph came with his mother and the other chil-
dren to New Hampshire and settled in Manchester.
He received his primary education in the schools of
that city and at the age of sixteen went to Assomp-
tion. province of Quebec, where he attained a higher
institution of learning one year. He was ten years
old when he began work in the cotton mills, being
employed first in the Manchester Mill, then in the
stocking mill. At eighteen he became a clerk for
Barton & Company, dry goods merchants. A year
later he entered the employ of P. McDonough,
grocer, and three or four years later, clerked for
Gauvreau & Morency, and finally for McQuade
Brothers. Since 1885 he has been engaged in trade
for himself. Starting in a small way he has con-
stantly increased his stock, and now has a large
supply of goods, and does a good business as a
house furnisher, carrying all kinds of house furn-
ishing goods. He is a Catholic in religion and a
Republican in polities. He is a member of various
societies, among which are the Maccabees, the So-
ciety of St. John the Baptist and the St. Augustine
Society. He married (first). June 24, 18S3, Mary
Louise Monette. born in St. Hyacinthe, province of
Quebec. She died in 1900, and he married (sec-
ond) Corrine Cabana, of Manchester. The chil-
dren of the first wife now living are: Edward L. ;
Bcrthilda. married Napoleon J. Pichette, of Man-
chester, has one child : Alexie : Corona ; Regina.
Of the second wife: Leonard and Yvonne.

With the settlers of Nutfield. the
NEALLEY founders of Londonderry, came the
ancestor of the Nealleys of New
Hampshire and Maine. He was a man of energy
and sterling worth, and his descendants, now
numerous, partake of the characteristics that made
him a worthy man and a respected member of the
pioneer settlement.

(I) William Nealley was of a Scotch family,

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born near the city of Londonderry in the north of
Ireland, in the latter part of the seventeenth cen-
tury. He came to this country with his family in
1718, they being one of the one hundred and twenty
families who emigrated from Londonderry and vi-
cinity with their religious instructors, and came to
New England, landing at Boston, whence they set-
tled in several towns, the larger number founding
the present towns of Londonderry and Derry. It
is not known where William Nealley and his family
passed the few years preceding their settling in
Nottingham, about 1725, but probably in Boston,
and some of his children may have been born there.
William Nealley purchased a tract of land from
one of the Boston proprietors of that town, just
then beginning to be settled. This farm has always
been called the "Ledge Farm" from the fact that
the house stands on a ledge, about a mile below
Nottingham Square. One ledge is on a location
which commands a beautiful landscape view, and
the farm land is very fertile. The farm has always
remained in possession of his descendants since his
death, six generations. The name Nealley is
spelled in various ways in ancient documents, as
Nealy, Neely, Nealley, but the latter has long been
the established orthography. William Nealley was
a sturdy Scotch Presbyterian ; he was a man of
great energy and force of character ; he was not
given to office seeking or officeholding, but he did
his share in subduing the earth and making it yield
its bounty as the Good Book directs. He does not
appear to have had any trouble with the Indians, as
he is not on record as making any complaint ; but
it is quite probable that while he read his Bible and
had his morning prayer with the family he was
careful to have his trusty gun handy and kept his
powder dry. ready for any emergency. He died in
1760; while sitting in his chair before the broad,
open fire he suddenly expired without a struggle or
murmur. So far as known he had four sons and
one daughter. Three of them were: William, Mat-
thew and John, who married and had families.

(II) Matthew, son of 'William Nealley, was
born at Ballygarry in the county of Derry, Ireland.
He came with his parents to America, and grew up
in Nottingham. There is no mention of him except
his birth record earlier than the time of his mar-
riage. He was an industrious, prosperous and
worthy citizen, but does not appear to have held any
public offices. He brought up his children, as he
had been trained by his father, in the good old
Scotch Presbyterian ways of living and thinking
and walking in the ways of rectitude. The Bible
was their text book of schooling, and in its teach-
ings they were thoroughly trained by that mother
of whom so little is known. He married Margaret
Beverland. a native of Ireland, November 27, 1739.
The marriage ceremony took place in Portsmouth
and the marriage certificate was signed by Governor
Wentworth, so probably he performed the nuptial
ceremony as he was accustomed to do on many oc-
casions. It appears that they resided on the home-
stead farm at "The Ledge." They had two sons

and four daughters : Joseph, Andrew. Sarah. Jenny,
Peggy and Molly.

(Ill) Joseph, son of Matthew and Margaret
(Beverland) Nealley, was born in Nottingham about
1746. He resided on the northwest side of Nottingham
Square, a most beautiful spot which commands a
grand panoramic view from the White Mountains
to the Atlantic Ocean. He was a prominent citizen
of Nottingham. He held various offices, and was
a soldier in the Revolutionary army. At the be-
ginning of the war for independence, in August,
1776, he refused to sign the "Association Test"
when the selectmen canvassed the town, by order
of the committee of safety, to find out who were
willing to take up arms against King George III if
it became necessary to fight for their legal rights
under the British constitution. The Association
Test was a pledge indorsing the rebellion. Joseph
Nealley was a man who did his own thinking, in-
dependent of what others might say. Like many
others he did not then think that all hope of paci-
fication had expired; hence he manifested his sturdy
independence of opinion by refusing to sign the
test. Six months later, however, January 24, 1777,
the events that had happened had convinced him
that all hope of peace was lost without fighting for
it. He decided to fight, hence on that date he en-
listed in Captain Weare's company. Colonel Scam-
inell's regiment, for three years. During that term
he '.vas engr.ged in some of the hardest service of
the war. In 1777 he was in the battle of Ticon-
deroga, from" which he retreated with the New
Hampshire troops before the advance of the British
forces. On the retreat he participated in an en-
counter at Fort Ann, where the captain of his com-
pany, Richard Weare, was killed. Soon after this
he was engaged in the battle of Stillwater, follow-
ing which he was in the fiercest of the fight at
Bemis's Heights, and last of the series at Saratoga,
where Burgoyne surrendered the whole British
army of the north. Previous to this he had been
promoted from the ranks to sergeant of his com-
pany. Sergeant Nealley had the proud satisfaction
of seeing the haughty Burgoyne and his army march
past the American troops after the surrender.
Scarcely was the scene over when word was re-
ceived from Albany that General Clinton was ad-
vancing up the Hudson with a strong force, with
the design to capture that town. Sergeant Nealley
was one of the command which made a forced
march at and from Saratoga to Albany, and arrived
in season to prevent Clinton's proposed attack.
From Albany Sergeant Nealley went with his regi-
ment into the campaign under General Washington
in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. One of the great
battles in which he was engaged was at Monmouth,
where the New Hampshire men fotight so bravely
and skillfully that they received the special praise of
General Washington. In 1779 he was w^ith General
John Sullivan in the great and hazardous campaign
against the Seneca Indians in New York. In 1780
he was with the army at West Point when Arnold
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British. In 1781 he was in the southern campaign
with Colonel Scammell, and participated in the
siege of Yorktovvn, where he finally witnessed the
surrender of Cornwallis and the British army which
practically ended the war. Thus it appears that
Sergeant Nealley was present at the greatest crises
of the war, the surrender of Burgoyne and the sur-
render of Cornwallis. Sergeant Nealley's record
is without a flaw.

Sergeant Nealley married, in 1/71, Susannah
Bowdoin, who was born about 1752, daughter of
John and Huldah Bowdoin, of Exeter. John Bow-
doin, a descendant of Pierre Baudoin, a settler at
Casco Bay. Maine, in 1687, was a wealthy man. He
died in 1765, and the inventory of his estate shows
property valued at £7,717. He was of the same
family as was James Bowdoin, the distinguished
merchant of Boston and governor of Massachusetts,
who founded Bowdoin College. Joseph and Susan-
nah (Bowdoin) Nealley had six children, all of
whom married and left descendants. They were :
Jane, Matthew, John, Joseph, Benjamin and Ed-
ward. Jane married Greenleaf Cilley, son of Gen-
eral Joseph Cilley, of Revolutionary fame, and was
the mother of children, two of whom — Colonel
Joseph Cilley. of the War of 1812, and Hon. Jon-
athan Cilley, Congressman from Maine, had distin-
guished careers. The sons also had distinguished
descendants.

(IV) Benjamin Nealley, fourth son and fifth
child of Sergeant Joseph and Susannah (BowdoinO
Nealley, was bo-rn in Nottingham, April 4, 1782.
He resided in Nottingham, engaged in farming
until all his children had grown up and settled else-
where, when he finally removed to South Berwick,
Maine, where several of his sons resided, being well
established in business. He did not hold public
office of any kind, but was an industrious and suc-
cessful farmer, a good citizen in every way. and he
and his wife trained up a family of boys who were
successful in their various walks of life and were
good citizens. Benjamin Nealley married, in 1806,
Sally Ford, daughter of Captain Eben Ford, of
Nottingham. She was born October 22, 1784, at the
old Ford farm on the north side of Nottingham
Square, w-here her ancestors settled early in the
history of the town, coming there from Newbury,
Massachusetts. The children of this union were
eleven: Eben Ford, John Bowdoin, Benjamin
Mason. Andrew Jackson, Charles M. T., George
Kittredge, Sarah J., Susan P. and Sylvester, who
grew up, and Joseph and Margaret, the fourth and
ninth, who died young.

(V) Benjamin Mason, third son of Benjamin
and Sally (Ford) Nealley, was born October 3,
181 1, and died July 29, 1S88. He learned all about
farming, and when a young man went to Dover
and entered the employ of the Cocheco Manufactur-
ing Company, at the upper factory where the com-
pany first operated a mill. A few years later he
went to South Berwick, and engaged as overseer
of the card room in the cotton mills there, which
position he held until 1858, when he accepted an

oflfer to become overseer of the card room in the
mill of the Laconia Manufacturing Company, Bidde-
ford, Maine, in which position he worked ten years.
In 1868 he became agent of the jute mill in Salem,
Massachusetts, which position he held several years,
when his health failed and he retired from active
labors and went to live in Dover, where his sons
were already located in business. He continued to
reside in Dover until his death. In all of the posi-
tions which he occupied Mr. Nealley was an indus-
trious, efficient and faithful man. He was a mem-
ber of the Congregational Church in Biddeford.
When he went to Dover to reside, in his last years,
he became a member of the Washington Street Free
Baptist Church, and kept his connection there until
his death. He was a sincere Christian worker to
the end, ever ready to help in any good cause. In
his early years he was a Whig and remained such
until that party was dissolved and the Republican
party was formed, when he identified himself with
it and ever after voted that ticket. He married,
August 8, 1836, Abby Pray, born May i, 1817, and
died January 29, 1895, aged seventy-seven. She
was the daughter of James and Annie (Fogg)
Pray, whose ancestors were among the very earliest
settlers of Old Kittery, Maine. Nine children were
born of this union, five of whom died young, and
two sons and two daughters grew to maturity and
were married. They were: Benjamin Frank, A.
Josepliine, Mary Emma and John Haven. Benja-
min F. is mentioned later. A. Josephine, born Feb-
ruary 25. 1844. married. May 12, 1S63, Joseph G.
Deering, of Saco, Maine, one of the leading busi-
ness men and lujnber dealers in that city. Mary
Emma, born December 28, 1849, married, January
I, 1889, Robert H. Foss, of Chicago, Illinois, who
was for many years one of the prominent business
men of the city, but a native of New Hampshire.
Mr. Foss died in July, 1893, and his widow resides
in Dover with her brother, B. Frank. John H.,
born August 4, 1853, is a dry goods merchant, and
resides in Dover. He married. September 12, 1S79,
Emma Caroline Gushing, daughter of Thomas Har-
rison and Caroline (Torr) Gushing, of Dover. He
has been mayor of Dover, representative and state
senator.

(VI) Benjamin Frank, eldest son of Benjamin
M. and Abby (Pray) Nealley, was born in South
Berwick, Maine, October 24, 1839. He was edu-
cated in the common schools of his native town
and in South Berwick Academy. At the age of
eighteen he went to Dover, New Hampshire, and
engaged in the dry goods business, in which he con-
tinued thirty-six years with marked success. In
1893 he retired from that business, but has kept him-
self busy in various useful ways, as the public has
made liberal calls for him to serve it. In city
affairs he has been identified with many of its most
important enterprises. He was one of the directors
of the Dover National Bank for nine years, re-
signing in 1885. For several years he has been vice-
president of the Strafford Savings Bank, and has
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than a score of years. He has been a director in
the Strafford National Bank many years. When
the Masonic Building Association was organized
lie was made one of the trustees, which position he
lias held continuously to the present time, and when
it was voted to rebuild the Masonic Temple, after
its destruction by fire in March, 1896, he was placed
at th^ head of the building committee and superin-
tended the construction. In 1878 he assisted in
organizing the Dover Navigation Company, and
has been its secretary and treasurer since its in-
corporation. In 1883 he was representative from
Tiis ward in the general court, and served efficiently
on important committees. In 1887 he was state sen-
ator from the twenty-third district, and was one of
its influential members. In 1889 he was elected
mayor of Dover and was re-elected in 1890, and his
term of office was one of the most important in the
history of the city, as measures were devised and
steps taken which have had a far-reaching influence
for the benefit of the municipality. The old City
Hall was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1889,
which necessitated erecting a new one, resulting in
the fine structure which will be a credit to the com-
mittee as long as the building stands. Mayor
Nealley served on the committee until the edifice
was completed, in 1891. being the chairman from
the beginning to the end. He has been prominent
in Masonic circles since 1880. He is a member of
Strafford Lodge, No. 29, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons: Belknap Royal Arch Chapter. Orphan Coun-
cil. Royal and Select Masters, and St. Paul Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, all of Dover. He was
worshipful master of Strafford Lodge, 1886-87; and
eminent commander of St. Paul Commandery. 1900-
01. In Scottish Rite Masonry Mr. Nealley has re-
ceived thirty-two degrees, and is a member of the
Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection, and Grand
Council Princes of Jerusalem, both of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, Chapter of Rose Croix. Dover,
and of the New Hampshire Consistory at Nashua.
He is a member of the First Church (Congrega-
tional), also a member of the. New Hampshire So-
ciety of Sons of the American Revolution. He
served several years as member of the school com-
mittee, in which he rendered efficient service in
managing the financial affairs of the board as well
as in other ways. He was also city treasurer sev-
eral years. In all the years of his residence in
Dover. Mr. Nealley has been followed by the con-
stant favor of his fellow-citizens, who have repeat-
edly placed him in positions of trust, honor and
responsibility, and in no instance has he betrayed
the confidence placed in him.

Benjamin Frank Nealley married, August I,
1866, Harriet Ruth Colby, of Dover, ' daughter of
the Rev. John Taylor Gilman Colby, whose wife
was Cornelia Home, of Rochester. Mrs. Nealley
■was born May 14, 1846, and died October 12, 1903.
Both of her parents were descended from the first
settlers of New England. She was a woman of re-
markable gifts as a singer, and beautiful in personal
appearance, and was ever ready to lend a helping

hand to any good work. She was a member of the
First Church, member of Margery Sullivan Chap-
ter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and of
the Northern Colonist Society, a local historical
society. She took a keen interest in historical re-
search, as regards local history, and read several
valuable papers before both the chapter and society.

This is one of the oldest French
LECLAIR names that has been brought to

America, and is traceable to a very
early period in the history of Canada and from that
region back to France. Its representatives in New
Hampshire, are men of worth, including the pastor
of the Holy Rosary Church, at Hooksett.

(I) The first of whom we have record is Jean
Leclair, "dit, La Frenaye," whose wife was Perrine
Marceau. They resided in the parish of Saint Nich-
olas, in the city of Nantes, France.

(II) Jean (2), son of Jean (l) and Perrine
(Marceau) Leclair, "dit Francoeur." was the
founder of the family in Canada in 1691. He set-
tled at LTslet, near Quebec, Canada, and thence re-
moved to Saint Ours, where the family has since
been continually represented. His wife was Made-
line Langlois.

(III) Alexis Leclair, son of Jean and Madeline
(Langlois) Leclair, was born at Saint Ours, 1749.
He married Maria Josette Ville, daughter of J.
Baptiste Ville.

(IV) Joseph Leclair, son of Alexis and Marie
Josette (Ville) Leclair, was born January 7, 1782,
at Saint Ours, province of Quebec, Canada. He
was married to Josette Gatineau, daughter of Jean
and Marie L. (Menard) Gatineau.

(V) Francois J., son of Joseph and Josette
(Gatineau) Leclair, was born October 10, 1S21,
at Saint Ours, and married Marie Ann Thibault,
daughter of Toussaint and Marie (Carpentier)
Thibault.

(VI) Aime Leclair, son of Francois J. and JMarie
Ann (Thibault) Leclair, was born in August, 1832,
at Saint Ours, and was reared on his father's farm.
After attaining his majority, in 1853, he came to
New Hampshire and located at Nashua. He was
one of the first to protect the integrity of his adop-
ted country, and enlisted July 23, 1861, in Company
E, Third Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer
Infantry. He was known in the army, by the name
Emery LaClair, which arose no doubt, from the
difficulty of pronouncing French names, among his
American comrades. He was mustered into ser-
vice, August 23, 1861, as a private, and re-enlisted
and was mustered in, February 15, 1864, serving
during the war of the Rebellion. On August 16,
1864, he was wounded at the battle of Deep Bottom,
Virginia, and was discharged on account of his in-
juries, December 31, 1864. This regiment endured
great hardships and very severe service, and Private
Leclair was never known to falter in his duty. The
following e.xtract from the history of Nashua de-
scribes some of the experiences of that regiment.
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In this regiment were many Nashua men. No
less than fifteen were wounded and three killed.
The engagement following at Bermuda Hundred,
in front of Petersburg and Ware Bottom, were mul-
tiplied and resulted in severe losses, while at Deep
Bottom, Virginia, on August i6, the regiment was
nearly annihilated in repeated charges and counter
charges. Entering the fight with less than two
hundred men, it captured some three hundred pris-
oners with many of its men having but seven days
to serve, before being entitled to return to their
homes. Its killed, wounded and missing numbered
ten officers and eighty-three men." Mr. Leclair
passed away at his home at Nashua, March 7, iSSg.
After the war he was employed, for many years,
by the Nashua Manufacturing Company as plumber.
This was his occupation until his last illness. He
married, March 17, 1864, Marie Lambert, daughter
of Edward and Marie (Lusignan) Lambert. Ed-
ward Lambert was a member of the Third New
Hampshire Regiment, under General Burdette, in
the service about New Orleans, and rose to the
rank of sergeant. He died in Nashua, in the fall
of 1879. Aime Leclair and wife were the parents
of nine childen, four of whom are now living:
Aime, the eldest, resides at Hooksett; extended men-
tion of the second, Francis X., see forward ; Albina,
the third, is the second wife of Ernest F. Tessier of
Nashua, in which city the youngest, Mary, also re-
sides.

(VII) Reverend Francis Xavier Leclair, son of
Aime and Marie (.Lambert) Leclair, was born Sep-
tember 19, 1871, in Nashua, New Hampshire, where
he grew up, receiving his primary education in the
public and parochial schools of that city, subse-
quently attending college at Saint Hyacinth, in
Canada, and finishing his theological course at Saint
John's Seminary, Brighton, a suburb of Boston,
Massachusetts. He was ordained to the priesthood,
December ig, 1896, and his first labor in this calling
was in the capacity of assistant priest of Saint
Francis parish, Nashua. He was subsequently, for
two years, stationed at Lebanon, New Hampshire,
and went to Saint Aloysius, Nashua, in 1903. In
October, 1904, he was appointed in charge of the
Holy Rosary parish at Hooksett, where he has since
remained and is also in charge of the mission at
Pittsfield, New Hampshire. In each of these charges,
about seventy-tive families are included and a paro-
chial school is maintained at Hooksett, in which
two teachers are employed. Father Leclair is an
earnest worker in his field of labor and is highly
respected by the citizens of Hooksett, and loved
and venerated by his parishioners. He is a culti-
vated gentleman, a genial companion and a most
excellent citizen of the commonwealth, cherishing
the warmest setiments of American patriotism in
common with those whose ancestors were "to the
manner born."

This is among the best names of early
PATTEN New Hampshire, and is intimately as-
sociated with the history of ancient

Chester, in connection with several of the present
day towns that originally formed it. It is of Scotch
origin, and has been borne by men noted for the
strong virtues and characteristics of the race.
Among the most notable was the Rev. Moses Pat-
ten, whose death at Hooksett was widely lamented
and which took from earth one of its best and
ablest men. A theologian and student, he left an
impress upon the life of his time, and his treatise
on infant baptism is destined to be an authority
among theologians for many generations to come.

(I) The first of the name in this country was
Deacon Robert Patten, who came from the vicinity
of Edinburgh, Scotland, and settled in Boston about
1725. He was a stone mason and was employed
by the colonial government upon the fortifications
of Boston Harbor. He had several children born
in Boston. In 1739-40 he moved to Exeter, New
Hampshire, and soon after to "'Long Meadows," in
that part of Chester which is now Auburn. July
7, 1741, he purchased from Samuel Emerson, Lot
No. 79, of the second part of the second division of
land in Chester, and lived upon it until his death
in 1754. He had three sons, Thomas, John and
Robert, the last named being the son of the second
wife.

(II) Thomas, eldest son of Deacon Robert Pat-
ten, was born about 1725 in Boston, on what is now
known as Common street, and attended school in
that city on Pemberton Hill. In 1740 he went with
his father to Exeter, and later to Auburn. In 1752
he married Mary, daughter of David McClure, and
two years later he purchased from McClure the
west half of the latter's farm, which was Lot No.
30, in the same division as his father's farm, being
in what is now Candia. Here his wife died in 1815,
and he in 1816, at the age of ninety-one years. Their
children were : Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Jean,
Martha, Sarah, Richard, Margaret. Hannah, Ruth,
Samuel and Moses.

(III) Moses, youngest child and fourth son of
Thomas (2) and Mary (McClure) Patten, lived on
the paternal homestead in Candia. He married
Hannah, daughter of Ephraim Eaton (see Eaton,
V).

(IV) Rev. Moses, son of Moses and Hannah
(Eaton) Patten, was born July 4, 1824, in Candia,
and grew up on the paternal farm. He was bred
in the New England rule of judicious use of time,
as of other things, and applied himself to study
with the same diligence which characterized his
attention to farm duties. He attended a high. school
and Pembroke Academy, and was graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1850. Pursuing a thorough
course of preparation for the gospel ministry, he
was graduated from Andover Theological Seminary
in 1855. After supplying several congregations, he
was ordained to the ministry of the Congregational
Church and in the pastorate at Townsend, Massa-
chusetts, June 7, i860. He remained three years
at Townsend, and was subsequently in charge at
Plympton, West Dracut and Carlisle, in the same
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liged, during this period, to take sea voyages and
rests to recuperate his strength. He was in charge
of parishes at Greensboro, Rochester, Ripton and
Danby, Vermont, and retired from the ministry in
1888, because his health would not permit contin-
uous labor as a pastor. He continued to preach
occasionally, as opportunity offered, or his strength
would permit, until 1900. From the time of his
retirement he resided in Hooksett, New Hampshire,
and devoted much of his time to the preparation
of a work on infant baptism. His deep study and
steady application doubtless shortened his life and
robbed the world of a most useful and beloved man.
The failure of his strength almost prevented the
completion of his treatise, which was a work very
dear to his heart, and he was barely able to com-
plete its publication, being taken away before he
could make arrangements for its circulation. It is
an exhaustive work, showing deep research and
the work of a master mind. No doubt it will find
its way into theological schools in time and will be
a valued authority, thus continuing the work of this
good man in the world. During the last five years
of life he was an invalid and suffered much but
without complaining. He was a most companion-
able man, highly esteemed by his fellow clergy,
as well as by all who were priviledged to know him.
A contemporary says of him : "He was a fine Bible
scholar, conservative in his theology, a keen critic
and a clear thinker." Mr. Patten married (first),
1862, Lydia (Eames) Parsons, a widow who died
June I, 1884, in Ripton, Vermont. She was the
mother of three children: Edith Parsons, now the
wife of Edward Green, residing at Lancaster, IMas-
sachusetts; Mary Elizabeth and Dana Albee Patten,
the latter a citizen of Brooklyn, Greater New York.
The second daughter died in 1902, unmarried. In
August, 1885, Mr. Patten married (second), Lydia
S. Goss, widow of Joseph Towle Goss of Hook-
sett, (q. v.), and daughter of Simeon and Lydia
(Bailey) Stearns (see Stearns, VI). She was the
companion and stay of his last years, and cherishes
his memory as that of a noble and kind man.

The influx of Scotch-Irish immigrants
HOGG into New England in 1718 was followed

for years afterwards by occasional
parties and individuals, friends of the earlier set-
tles; among these latter was Robert Hogg, the sub-
ject of the next paragraph.

(I) Robert, son of James Hogg, was born in
the North of Ireland, February 25, 1732, and came
to America at the age of twenty-two, and resided
for some time in Londonderry, where his elder chil-
dren were born. In 1764 he settled in New Boston
and bought three lots of land, including the farms
of Solomon and Israel Dodge and John Cochran,
and built his house on the hill back of Solomon
Dodge's house, and there he and his wife died.
Both were members of the Presbyterian Church,
and were highly esteemed for their consistent piety.
Her maiden name was Margaret Gregg; her parents
were Samuel and Mary (Moor) Gregg, of London-

derry. Mrs. Hogg died of consumption at the age
of fifty-five or fifty-six. Mr. Hogg died January 23,
179s. aged sixty-three. They had thirteen children,
some of whom died young.

(II) Abner, son of Robert and Margaret
(Gregg) Hogg, was born in Londonderry, Febru-
ary 15, 1759, and went with his parents to New
Boston when he was five years old. He remained
with his father until 1776, and then enlisted in the
Revolutionary army, his brother James having been
in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, I77S- Abner
enlisted in June, 1776, under Captain Barnes, of
Lyndeborough, and went to Ticonderoga in the
division under General Horatio Gates, and returned
in December. The next spring he enlisted for three
years in Captain Livermore's company, in the Third
New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Colonel
Alexander Scamn-.el, went to the vicinity of Ticon-
deroga and suffered greatly from sickness and fre-
quent skirmishes with the enemy, in one of which
he lost everything but his life. He was in the battle
of Saratoga and witnessed the surrender of Bur-
goyne. Subsequently he joined Washington's army
near Philadelphia, and took part in many of those
signal conflicts that resulted in the independence of
the colonies. He returned home in May, 1780, after
having taken part in ten battles. He held the office
of sergeant two years, and from March, 1831, until
his death he drew a pension. After his marriage he
settled on a farm where he passed the remainder of
his life. He was chosen second lieutenant by the
town in 1787, all military, like civil, officers, at that
time being chosen by the voters of the town at their
legal meetings. In the years 1844 and 1845 he was
elected to represent the town in the legislature,
which he did with credit to himself, though more
than eighty-five years old. For many years he was
a member of the Presbyterian Church, but in 1805
he united with the Baptists. He possessed a firm
constitution, and retained both physical and intel-
lectual powers to a remarkable degree, unimpaired
even to the last year of his life. He rendered much
valuable aid to the historian of New Boston in the
preparation of the sketches of the early settlers of
that town. He died October 16, 1856, aged ninety-
seven years eight months and one day.

He married, October 21, 1784, Rosanah person,
whose mother was born in 1718, during a passage
across the Atlantic to America. The children of
this union were: Sarah F., Robert, Hannah (died
young), Flannah, Jennet F. and Rebecca. Sarah
the eldest child, married David Tewksbury, and
lived in New Boston (See Tewksbury II). Robert
took, as did some of his brothers, the name of
Bently.

From several unrelated ancestors
EDMUNDS who were early settlers in New
England a numerous progeny of
Edmundses have sprung, whose surnames has been
written in various forms. Edmonds, Edmunds, Ed-
mands, being some of them. Among the distin-
guished men of the name are an English writer of

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the time of Queen Elizabetli and James, an Ameri-
can painter, an American jurist, and an American
senator. In the Revolutionary war were seven men
who spelled their name Edmond ; fifteen who spelled
it Edmonds ; one, Edmun ; two who spelled it Ed-
mund; and twenty who spelled their name with
the final "s," Edmunds. The vital records of New
Hampshire afford little information concerning the
name.

(I) The first mention in the New Hampshire
archives is Lieutenant Edward Edmonds, of Candia,
New Hampshire, who was married in that town
December 7, 1790, by Rev. Jesse Remington, to
Molly Bagley. Their children were : Jacob Sar-
gent, Polly, John, Sally and Edward.

(H) Edward (2), youngest child of Lieutenant
Edward (i) and Molly (Bagley) Edmonds, was
born November 5, 1802, in Candia, and resided in
Chichester, New Hampshire, where he was a farmer
and innkeeper throughout his life. He was married
in Chichester, December 28, 1820, by Rev. Josiah
Carpenter to Betsey Lane, and they were the parents
of a large family ; five children grew to maturity :
Jefferson, Nathaniel, whose sketch follows ; Eben-
ezer ; Sarah Ann and Susan.

(IH) Nathaniel Edmunds, son of Edward and
Betsey (Lane) Edmunds, was born in Chichester,
and died in the same town. He was a farmer. He
married Hannah Goss, and the children of this
union were : Edward S., of Suncook, New Hamp-
shire. Ida Roxie, wife of William Fowler. Noah,
a farmer of Chichester. Frank M., who is mentioned
below. Anson, a farmer in Chichester.

(IV) Frank Mack Edmunds, fourth child and
third son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Goss) Ed-
munds, was born in Chichester, October 15, 1852,
and educated in the common schools. He worked
at carpentering about home for a time and about
1873 removed to Franklin, where he continued in
the same employment for about three years longer.
For the next twelve years he had charge of the
wood and iron repairs of the Franklin Paper Com-
pany. He next became a retail vendor of wood and
coal, in which business he has been successfully
engaged. In the fall of 1904 he organized the Mer-
rimack Coal & Fuel Company, of which he is the
principal owner. He married, in Franklin Falls,
October 14, 1875, Mary Scribner born in Salisbury,
May 24, 1855, daughter of Lowell and Charlotte
(Bean) Scribner of Salisbury. They have had two
children: Edith Frances, deceased wife of Arthur
Chase ; and Arthur Lowell, graduate, 1907 of the
Chicago Veterinary College, and now practicing in
Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he and his
wife are members of the Order of Pilgrim Fathers,
a fraternal insurance society, and New England
Order of Protection.

France and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. It is
said that these three were the younger brothers of
a marquis, and that the original family name was
Lorraine.

(II) John, son of John Loring, the immigrant
ancestor, was living in Methuen, Massachusetts,
about the year 1797 when he immigrated to New
Hampshire and settled in Francestown. Three years
later he removed to New Boston, where he died
December 29, 1804, aged thirty-si.x years. He mar-
ried Johanna Morse, a native of Methuen, and a
sister of Jacob Morse, of Lyndeboro and Frances-
town. She died in Lyndeboro, December I, 1848,
aged eighty years. Their children were : John, born
in Methuen, Massachusetts, July S, 1793. Hannah,
born in Methuen. Thomas, born in Methuen.
Sally, born in Francestown. Betsy, born in Fran-
cestown. Silas, born in New Boston.

(III) John, son of John and Johanna (Morse)
Loring, born in Methuen, July 14, 1792, died in New
Boston March 24, 1868. His boyhood was spent
with the family of Joseph Kingsbury, of Frances-
town, and he was afterward employed by Daniel
Fuller for nine years, upon his quarry. He enlisted
in the war of 1812, being the first man from his
town to offer his services in that war. He knew
much of the early history of the towns in his vicin-
ity. He married Desire Fuller, daughter of Daniel
Fuller, of Francestown, December 30, 1821. She
was born September 18, 1802, and died September
24, 1861. Their children were: Lorinda, born Oc-
tober 22, 1823. John Eaton, born July 18, 1825,
died on the Pacific Ocean on board the old "Golden
Gate," April 11, 1853. Daniel Fuller, born July 10,
1827, died March 11, 1838. Aaron Fuller, born
August 6, 1829, died August 6, 1854, in Sonora,
California. Desire Abigail, born October 27, 1832,
wife of James Paige Todd. (See Todd). George
Fuller, born June 8, 1834. Sarah Elizabeth, born
July 14, 1838, died April 8, 1845. Catherine Hannah,
born July 14, 1841.

The Lorings of Tilassachusetts and

LORING. New Hampshire descend from three

brothers, John, David and Solomon,

who emigrated from the province of Lorraine, in

Among the French families long
THERIAULT resident in the Province of Que-
bec which now have representa-
tives in New Hampshire, is that of Theriault.

(I) Jean Theriault, the descendant of a long
line of French-Canadian ancestors, born in St. Jac-
ques, Province of Quebec, Canada, June, 1801, died
in 1879, was a stone mason by trade, and resided at
St. Gabriel of Brandon, and later at Joliette. He
married Adele Houle, and they were the parents of
five children : Jean, Constance, Julienne, Delphine,
and Elie, who is next mentioned.

(II) Elie, second son and fifth child of Jean
and Adele (Houle) Theriault, was born in St.
Gabriel of Brandon, Province of Quebec, Canada,
July 22, 1832, and died October 11, 1899. He was
an upright and influential citizen, a prosperous tin-
smith and hardware merchant, and was several times
alderman of Joliette. He married Louise Morin,
born in St. Paul de Joliette, in 1839, died at Joliette,
October 6, 1901, daughter of France and Marie

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(La Fortune) Morin. They were the parents of
thirteen children : Marie Louise, Philomene, Ce-
lima, Joseph, Narcisse. Frank, Edward, Elise, Phil-
ias, Julia, Adelard, Alfred and Gaspard.

(Ill) Joseph Theriault, M. D., eldest son and
fourth child of Elie and Louise (Morin) Theriault,
was born in Joliette, Province of Quebec, Canada,
March 9, i860. He received his primary education
in the common schools of Joliette, then attended
Joliette College, and subsequently took the course
in medicine in The Montreal School of Medicine
and Surgery (now a department of Laval Univer-
sity), from which he graduated in 1883. He first
located at Ishpeming, Michigan, where he practiced
one year, and then removed to Lake Linden, in the
same state, where he practiced successfully the next
six years. In 1889 he removed to Laconia, New
Hampshire, where he practiced seven years, and
then, 1896, removed to Concord, where he is the
only French physician in a population of one thou-
sand, five hundred French-Canadians. Dr. Ther-
iault is a man of good judgment, an enterprising,
skillful, and successful physician, a good citizen and
an entertaining conversationalist. He is a member
of the American Medical Association, and New
Hampshire Medical Society. He is a popular leader
among his countrymen, and was a member of thi?
New Hampshire legislature from Laconia in 1893.
He is a Democrat of the liberal type, and an ad-
mirer of President Roosevelt. Among the fraternal
orders of which he is a member are the following :
French-Canadian Association, Franco-American
Foresters, and Canadian Literary Circle. He mar-
ried, in Laconia, in 1895, Mary Foy, daughter of
Patrick and Angcle (Bulduc) Foy, the former a
native of Ireland, and the latter of St. Marie de la
Beauce, Province of Quebec, Canada. They have
two daughters, Yvonne and Edwina.

The Huses of New Hampshire are all
HUSE descended from an earlier Massachusetts
branch and the still older Welsh family
of the same name, which is. one of great antiquity in
that country. The progenitors of the New Hamp-
shire branches were three brothers who came from
Amesbury, Massachusetts, soon after the Revolu-
tion and settled in the town of Sanbornton. Each
of them served with credit in the war then just
ended, and each in his new place of abode made
for himself a comfortable home, a good name, and
raised a family.

(I) Nathan Huse, with whom this sketch begins,
was born about 1716 and for many years was a
physician in the west parish of Amesbury. He died
April 23, 1809, being then in his ninety-third year.
He marred Rachel Sargent, who bore him eleven
children : Sargent, Elizabeth, Hannah, Nathan, Jo-
seph, Ebenezer, Rachel, Sarah, John, William and
Nathan (the elder child of that name having died
young).

(II) William, son of Dr. Nathan and Rachel
(Sargent) Huse, was born in Amesbury. Massa-
chusetts, August 22, 1760, and died in Waterbury,

Vermont, in 1838 or '39. Like his brothers he
served in the Revolution and soon afterward came
to the town last mentioned, locating first on lot 51
of the first division, but afterward settling on the
old Mountain road next to the New Hampton line, ,
where he was the first settler. There all of his chil-
dren except the eldest were born. He was a devout
member of the Congregational Church, having beer»
received in full communion September 24, 1786.
On the same day his wife took the covenant and was
baptized and received communion. The town rec-
ords in Epping show that William Huse married
Rachel Bryer (Brier), July 18, 1780. After living
many years in Sanbornton he removed to Orange,
Vermont, later returned to Sanbornton, but event-
ually went back to Vermont with one of his sons
and died in Waterbury. William and Rachel
(Brier) Huse had children: Rachel, Joseph, Nathan,
Hannah, Theophilus N., Mercy, William, Sarah,.
Ebenezer, Mary and Abigail.

(III) Joseph, second child and eldest son of
William and Rachel (Brier) Huse, was born March
2, 1783, in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, and died in
Waterbury, Vermont, January 24, 1856. For many
years he was proprietor of Huse's mills at North-
Sanbornton, and lived there until 1835, when he re-
moved to Waterbury. He married, November 5, 1805,
Sarah Emery, born August 26, 1782, died June 27,
1855, daughter of Josiah and Rebecca (Woodman)
Emery, and a descendant of John Emery, of Rom-
sey, England, who was one of the first settlers in
Newbury, Massachusetts (1635). Joseph and Sarah
(Emery) Huse had five children: Rachel, Daniel
Morrison, William Brier, Woodman Emery and
Ebenezer B. Huse.

(IV) Daniel Morrison, second child and eldest
son of Joseph and Sarah (Emery) Huse, was born
December 8, 1808, and was a farmer in Thornton,
New Hampshire, until 1847, afterward in Sanborn-
ton and removed thence to Northfield, New Hamp-
shire, in 1880. He married, November 25, 1830,
Eliza Dudley, born June 16, 1807, daughter of Sam-
uel C. and Mercy (Thorn) Dudley, and a descend-
ant of Captain Roger Dudley, of England, whose
son, Thomas Dudley, was the second governor of
the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Children of Dan-
iel Morrison and Eliza (Dudley) Huse: Lovina A.,
Sarah Emily, married Benjamin Ward Plummer,
see Plummer, VII, and Ann Eliza Huse.

This name is not a common one in
COLLIS New England, but it was probably-
brought to America in a later emigra-
tion than that of the Puritans. Only one man of the
name appears in the Massachusetts war roll. There
were and are families of the name in New Jersey.
It appears only once in the seven books of Connec-
ticut marriages. It has, however, borne an honor-
able part in the present day civilization.

(I) The first that we find on record was John
Collis, who with his wife Lois lived in South Brim-
field, Massachusetts, several years previous to 1778.
This town was a parish of Brimfield from 1762 until

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1775. '.vhcii it was incorporated as a separate town,
and tliis was subsequently divided and the towns of
Wales and Holland were created from it. In the
Revolution John Collis was a soldier credited to
South Brimfield. He enlisted May 13, 1775, as a
private in Captain Amos Waldrich's company of
Colonel David Brewer's ninth regiment of Massa-
chusetts troops. The muster rolls show that his
services at this time cover two months and twenty-
three days. He enlisted, September 26, 1777, in
Captain Reuben Munn's company of Colonel Elisha
Porter's regiment, and was discharged in October
following, having served seventeen days, travel in-
cluded, in the northern department. He was also
with the Massachusetts troops detached to General
Gates' army in New York and was credited with
thirty days service. He participated in the siege of
Boston and the battle of Bunker Hill, and was at
Ticonderoga in 1777. In 1778 he removed from
South Brimfield to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and
it is probable that he removed thence after 1796
to Western, now Warren. Massachusetts. Five chil-
dren were born to him in South Brimfield and six
in Sturbridge, namely: Solomon, Thankful, Jonas,
Benjamin. John. Olive, James, Joseph. Rhoda,
Susanna and Jonathan.

(II) Jonathan, youngest of the eleven children of
John and Lois Collis, was born October 16, 1790, in
Sturbridge, and resided in Brimfield, ;Massachusetts,
where he died October 27, 1868. He was a farmer,
but had lived in Herkimer county, New York, and
later returned to IMassachusetts, and only one child
was born in Herkimer county. He married, Novem-
ber I, 1810, Phebe Parker, who died May 6. 1864.
The children of Jonathan and Phebe (Parker) Col-
lis were : Luther, born July 23, 1811, married April 5,
1837, Delina Converse. Maranda, died young.
Louisa, married Lemuel Moores. Joseph, born July
23, 1717, married Lydia Howard. John, married
Cyntha Ciloway. Charles married Martha Belknap.
Ann. died unmarried. Silas, born October 26, 1825.
Cyntha, married George Smith, of Amherst. Mass-
achusetts. Mary, died young.

(III) Luther, son and eldest child of Jonathan
(2) and Phebe (Parker) Collis, was born in the
town of Herkimer, New York, July 23, 181 1, and
by principal occupation was a farmer, although he
spent much time in teaching school during the early
part of his life in the towns of Brimfield and Pal-
mer, Massachusetts. His first wife, whom he mar-
ried April 5, 1837, was Delina Converse. She died
December 17, i860. He married, (second)) Decem-
ber 30, 1863, Elizabeth Palmer. His children, all by
his first marriage, were as follows : Luther W., born
January 11, 1838, married November, 1858, Lemira
Potter, who died .August 6, 1898. James M., born
July 3, 1839, died January 19, 1843. Henry H-., born
July 17, 1841, married (first) March 8, 1876, Estella
Fermin and (second), March 23, 1880, Dorcas Fer-
min. Marcus M., born October 19, 1843, married
Josephine Griswold. Mary A. D., born July 29, 1846,
married, November 22, 1866, Willard Nelson. Sarah
A., born October 25, 1848, married, September 4,

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1873 Franklin Royce. Charles H., born June 25,
1851, married. May i, 1872, Abbey Morse. Martha
M., born February s, 1854.

(IV) Marcus Morton, fourth child and fourth
son of Luther and Delina (Converse) Collis, was
born in Weare, Massachusetts, October 19, 1843.
and was a boy when his parents removed to Palmer,
Massachusetts. He lived at home on the farm and
went to school until he was seventeen years, and
early during the Civil war enlisted as private in
Company H, Twenty-first Massachusetts Infantry,
and from that time until his muster out in 1865 was
constantly on duty or, still worse, a prisoner at An-
dersonville, Georgia, or Florence, South Carolina.
A complete narrative of his army services and ex-
periences belongs to a volume, and in this place
mention can be made only of some of the more im-
portant battles in which he took part with his reg-
iment. After muster-in the Twenty-first went to
Annapolis, Maryland, and was assigned to guard
and garrison duty, but a little later its fighting began.
He was with Burnside's expedition to North Car-
olina, and was in battle at Roanoke Island, New-
berne and Camden, then at Newport News, where
the regiment was attached to the Ninth Army Corps.
After that he fought at Fredericksburg, Chantilly,
Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam,
Bull's Gap, Blue Springs, Campbell Station and also
took part with his regiment in the siege of Knox-
ville. On May 6, 1864, at the Wilderness, Mr. Col-
lis was captured with many of his comrades and
from that time was a prisoner at Andersonville and
Florence until February 26, 1865, when he was re-
leased on parole. On May 4 following, he returned
to what was left of his regiment and found it con-
solidated with the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts In-
fantry; and before his service was ended the regi-
ment last mentioned was compelled to consolidate
with the Fifty-sixth Massachusetts in order to main-
tain its numerical strength.

Mr. Collis was mustered out of service with his
regiment at Readville, Massachusetts, July 12, 1865.
He then went to Palmer, Massachusetts, worked
there for a time, then learned the trade of carpenter
and millwright and afterward worked in Boston.
In 1873 he came to Portsmouth and engaged in mer-
cantile pursuits until i8g6. In 1895 he was appointed
deputy sheriff and jailer of Rockingham county,
under Sheriff Weston, whom he succeeded in office
in 1901. This office he still holds. For many years
Mr. Collis has been proininently identified with
various fraternal organizations and orders. He is
a Templar JNIason, an Odd Fellow, past department
commander of the Grand Army of the Republic,
department of New Hampshire, a Son of the Rev-
olution, and a Granger. He married, January 21,
1S70, Josephine Griswold, daughter of Mr. George
Griswold, of Granby, Connecticut, and has two chil-
dren, Grace A., born April 10, 1871, at Boston,
married Clifton Stewart Humphreys, April 30, 1894;
they have three children : Mildred Josephine, born
April 9, 1895 ; Grace Stewart, born November 30,
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born at Madison, Maine, where they now live.
George L. Collis.

(V) George L., only son of Marcus M. and Jo-
sephine (Griswold) Collis, was born July i6, 1S73,
and received his education in public schools in Ports-
mouth. For twelve years he was a clerk in his
father's store, and afterward was a student in Bos-
ton University Law School. In 1902 he was ap-
pointed deputy sheriff of Rockingham county. New
Hampshire, and is now serving in that capacity. He
married, June 8, 1904, Carrie L. Brown, of Rye,
New Hampshire.

The early history of this noted New
H.ARVELL Hampshire family is not easily dis-
covered from existing records and
genealogical references to the surname are very few.
The history of Amherst, New Hampshire, gives the
name of John Harvell, who was born in 1736 and
died in 1S21, and furnishes a reasonably complete
record of his children and some others of his de-
scendants, but nothing of his parentage and the
earlier generations of the family in New England.
The descendants of John Harvell are quite numer-
ous in Hillsborough county, and others of them
are scattered throughout the east.

James Harvell was a brother of John Harvell,
but whether older or younger is not known. The
"History of Plymouth" mentions James Harvell as
one of a family prominent in the early annals of
Litchfield, in Hillsborough county, and the year of
his removal to Plymouth is given in 1767. He was
an intelligent and honored man, selectman of
Plymouth in 1774-75-76; coroner of Grafton county
by appointment dated January 9, 1789; one of the
committee of safety in 1775 and grand juror from
Plymouth in 1805.

James Harvell, of Plymouth, died December 13,
1819. He married (first) Mary Snow, May 10,
1770, daughter of Joseph Snow. Married (second),
December 23, 1784, Anna Flagg. Married (third),
in Rumney. New Hampshire, November 26, 1794,
Mary Morey, of Rumney. In the written papers
used in connection with the settlement of his estate
appear the names of four "children: Mary (or
Polly), who married (first) James Keyes, and (sec-
ond) Johnson. Betsey, married

Hough. Gershom and Esther. The mention of
only these names is not conclusive evidence that
James Haiwell had no other children and there is
good reason for the belief that he had a son James,
who is known to have lived in Plymouth at a time
contemporary with that of the children whose names
have been mentioned, although the scene of his life
was chiefly laid in the province of Quebec in
Canada.

(I) James Harvell lived at one time in Plym-
outh. New Hampshire, and removed from that town
to Compton, Canada. Of his early life little is
known, but it is certain that he was a person of
superior education and attainments, and family
tradition has it that he was a school teacher of con-
sideraldc note ; and upon the same authority it is be-

lieved that he came of a military family, as his bear-
ing indicated an association with men in that arm
of the service. During his residence in Canada he
was for a number of years connected with the
militia of the province, and when the so-called
Patriot war was in progress (1838) he held a cap-
tain's commission. Later he was commissioned
major and was so known and addressed. He also
was invested with the title and office of Esquire, in-
dicating a connection with the judicial branch of
government and a familiarity with the laws of the
province and their administration. In private life
he was a farmer, and his home in Compton was on
what is known as Sleeper hill. His wife before
marriage was Pettie Spafford, and she bore her hus-
band four children: John W., born (probably) in
July, 1818, and died in Coadicook, August 28, 1906.
Charles, who removed when a young man to New
York. He entered the United States Military
Academy at West Point and afterward served in
the Union army during the Civil war. He married
and his family now lives in New Jersey. Spafford.
whose business life was spent in the cities of Boston
and New York, and who died of fever in a Boston
hospital. Amanda, who died in childhood.

(II) John W.. eldest child and son of Major
James and Pettie (Spafford) Harvell, was a school
teacher during the earlier part of his life and later
became proprietor of a paint shop and business. He
retired from active pursuits several years before
his death, .-^bout 1845 he married Sarah Ann
Jameson, daughter of William and Nancy Margaret
(.Armstrong) Jameson, and had four children:
I. Mary, died at the age of seven years. 2. James,
a skilled mechanic, who died unmarried .August 15,
1895. In April, 1875, he went to California and
from there to Gold Hill, Nevada, where he worked
at his trade in connection with the operation of the
famous Belcher mine. After about five years in
that region he returned to New Hampshire and
lived in Laconia imtil about 1883 and again went
west, locating in Arizona. After something like a
year and a half in that territory he came back to
Laconia, much broken in health, and after recovery
worked as a machinist in the car shops until a short
time before his death. Mr. Harvell was a Mason,
having become a craftsman in Coadicook, province
of Quebec, in 1874. ^nd afterward demitted to the
lodge in Gold Hill. Nevada. He also was a Knight
of Pythias. 3. Clara A. (twin), born in Compton,
province of Quebec, December 6, 1856, married. Oc-
tober 24, 1894, Stephen Coffran Robinson (See
Robinson III), of Laconia, New Hampshire, who
died August 10, 1905. 4. Charles A. (twin), born
in Compton. province of Quebec, December
6, 1856, now lives in Laconia. Mr. Harvell has
been 3 member of the Laconia police force more
than ten years and since September, 1906, has been
assistant marshal. He married Emma Burbank, of
Upper Bartlett, New Hampshire. Four children
have been born of this marriage : Ralph, born Feb-
ruary, 1805 : child, died in extreme infancy ; Ruth,
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The origin of this name is traced
riASELTON to the Hazelton (now town)
where hazel bushes grew. This
was in the early history of England. Hazelton was
sometimes added to the single name of some citizen
of that place, or some person who had come from
there, as a distinction, and finally became fi.xed as
the surname of the family. The same license has
been taken with the orthography of this name that
was common in centuries past, and it is spelled
Hazelton, Hazleton, Haseltine, Hesselton, Hezzle-
ton, and in divers other ways. The forbears of
the race came to Massachusetts in 1637, and founded
a family which has an enviable record for the piety
and sturdy probity of its members.

(I) The immigrant ancestor, John Haselton, is
first found in Bradford. Massachusetts. Late in life
he removed to Haverhill, same colony. While re-
siding in Bradford, he gave an acre of land for the
site of the meeting-house in that town. He mar-
ried Joan Auter, who died July 17, i6g8. having
survived her husband more than seven years. He
passed away December 23, 1690, in Haverhill. Their
children were : Samuel. Mary, Deacon John, and
Nathaniel. (John and descendants receive extended
mention in this article).

(H) Lieutenant Samuel, eldest son of John
and Joan (Auter) Haselton, was born February 20.
1646, and died August 10, 1717, in his seventy-
second year. He lived on the paternal homestead
in Bradford, and was an ardent member of the
church in that town. He married, in Haverhill,
December 28, 1670, Deborah Cooper, of Rowley,
born August' 30, 1650. in that town, daughter of
Peter and Emma Cooper. Their children were:
Deborah, Elizabeth, Samuel, John, Nathaniel, died
young: Hepsebah and Nathaniel.

(HI) Samuel (2), eldest son and third child
of Lieutenant Samuel (i) and Deborah (Cooper)
Haselton. was born May 30, 1676, in Bradford. He
married, June 10, 1701. at Newbury, Emma Kent,
daughter of John and Sarah (Woodman) Kent.
She was born April 20, 1677, and died September 7,
I7.35> in Tewksbury. She was admitted to the
church in Bradford in 1711, and her husband the
following year. In 1723 they removed to Billerica,
and lived in that part of the town which is now
Tevv-ksbury, where he died May 29, 1760. His chil-
dren were : Judith. Sarah, Hannah. Stephen, Emma,
Samuel. Tabitha, Rebecca and Deborah.

(IV) Stephen, eldest son and third child of
Samuel (2) and Emma (Kent) Haselton, was born
January 28, 1707, in Bradford, and in manhood set-
tled in the town of HoUis, New Hampshire, where
he died in 1801. He was twice married, and his
first wife was the mother of the .son, mentioned in
the succeeding paragraph.

(V) Samuel (3), son of Stephen Haselton,
was born 1735, in Hollis, and removed to Hebron,
New Hampshire, where he died January, 1812. He
married (first) Mary Farley, and (second) Mary
Graves, who died December 12, 1801, and both are
buried in the private cemetery on his farm in

Hebron. The children by the first wife were: Ben-
jamin. Mary, Rebecca, Betsey, Samuel, Sally, Lucy,
Johanna and Daniel.

(VI) Benjamin, eldest child of Samuel (3) and
Mary (Farley) Haselton, was born February 25,
1762, in Hollis, and died October 8, 1812, in Hebron.
He married, , November 20, 1788, Deborah Cross,
born 1761. in Methuen, Massachusetts, and they
had the following children: Benjamin, Deborah, died
young; Mary, William. David, Jonathan and Deb-
orah.

(VII) William, second son and fourth child
of Benjamin and Deborah (Cross) Haselton, was
born June 20, 1794, in Hebron, New Hampshire,
and died December 3I, 1838, in Dorchester, same
state, where he was a shoemaker. He enlisted as
a soldier in the War of 1812, and was drum major,
and served in the battle of Plattsburg. He was an
old line Democrat, and a man of firm principles.
He married. May 22, 1821, Sally Elliott, born No-
vember 14, 1800, vyho survived him many years,
dying June 5, 1877, in Canaan. After his death she
became the wife of Josiah Clark. Jr., with whom
she removed to Canaan. William Haselton's chil-
dren were : William, Sarah, Deborah, Elizabeth,
Charles, David and George W.

(VIII) David, third son and sixth child of
William and Sally (Elliott) Haselton. was born in
Dorchester, September 2, 1832, and educated in the
common schools of Groton and Canaan. Leaving
school at the age of twenty-one, he was engaged in
farming for nine years in Canaan. He then sold
his farm and became a bridge builder for the Bos-
ton & Lowell Railroad, and followed that occupa-
tion twenty-five years, retiring in iSgo after the
road passed into the hands of the Boston & Maine.
He had charge of the bridges and buildings of the
entire system, and had his office in Boston, but re-
sided in Winchester, Massachusetts. After his re-
tirement he moved to Concord, and now (1906) re-
sides with a daughter in that city. He cast his first
vote for Franklin Pierce as a presidential candidate,
but since that time has acted with the Republican
party. He is a consistent and generous member of
the Advent Church. He married, in Canaan,
.August 20, 1854, Paulina Dean, born August 18,
1830, in Danbury, New Hampshire, and died April
13, 1902. She was the daughter of Joel and Mary
(Sleeper) Dean, of Canaan. At the time of her
death she and her husband had been wedded forty-
eight years. Two children were born of this union,
one of whom died in infancy. Mary Esther, the
surviving child, was born January 17, 1S57, and
married, in Concord, November 28, 1S76. Isaac
Franklin Mooney, of Concord. He was born in
Sandwich, New Hampshire, October 2S, 1852, and is
a son of Isaac F. Mooney, who was horn in Sand-
wich, December 11, 1808. and died December 11,
1892, aged eighty-four, and his wife Mary .Ann
(Vickery) Mooney, who was born July 25, 1822,
and is now living in Concord. Isaac F. Mooney
has been a conductor on the Boston & Maine Rail-
road for twenty-five years, and is now on the

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Woodsville division. Mr. and Mrs, Mooney have
had four children: Edward Frank, died yoimg;
Emma Mary, Edward FrankHn, deceased ; and
Harry Haselton.

(II) John (2), third child and second son of
John (l) and Joan (Auter) Haselton. was born
probably on that part of Rowdey, now called Brad-
ford, in 1650. By occupation he was a carpenter
and ship builder. He was a deacon in the First
Church in Haverhill, where he made his will which
was dated June 16. 1732, and proved x^pril 23, 1733.
He was eighty-two years old at the time of his
death. He married, July 17, 1682, Mary, daughter
of Philip Nelson, and they had eight children:
John, Philip. Sarah, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, died
young: Elizabeth and Benjamin.

(fll) Philip, second son and child of John (2)
and Mary (Nelson) Haselton, was born March 13,
1685. He was mentioned in his father's will in
1732, but had probably left Haverhill before that
time. He married, January 9. 1718, Judith Web-
ster. They had ten children: John and Philip
(twins), James, Tryphena, Ann, Lois, Joseph and
Benjamin (twins), Stephen and Asa.

(IV) James, third son and child of Philip and
Judith (Webster) Haselton, was born March 28,
1721. He married (first), at Haverhill, Massachu-
setts, November 13, 1741, Elizabeth Hutchins. who
died July 12, 1750. Married (second), November
5, 1751,' Ruth Ladd. His children were: Asa,
Philip, Annie, James, John. Elizabeth, Ruth, Ladd
and Trvphena.

(V) Asa, eldest child of James and Elizabeth
(Hutchins) Haselton, was born June 15. ^ 1/42.
He lived in Atkinson and elsewhere, but died in
Manchester, New Hampshire. He married, Decem-
ber 6, 1763. Mary Ober. and they were the parents
of ten children: Asa. David, Philip, John, James,
Stephen, Polly, Betsey, a daughter unnamed, and
Nancv.

(VI) John (3). fourth son and child of Asa
and Elizabeth (Ober) Haselton, was born in Atkin-
son, and died in Manchester, aged seventy-seven.
He settled in Manchester and owned a farm near
the Londonderry line. He frequently engaged in
teaming, and hauled lumber to Newburyport and
brought back loads of provisions, using oxen to
draw the load. In politics he was a Democrat. He
married Lydia Flint, of Reading, and they had
twelve children: Lydia. Stephen, Kadmiel. Caleb,
Betsey, John, Lucinda. Lavina, Washington, Ada-
line. Leonard and Reuben.

(VII) Stephen, eldest son and second child of
John (3) and Lyciia Flint Haselton, was horn in
Manchester, December 25, 1800, and died in Man-
chester. March 15. 1872. He purchased a home
near the iiaternal homestead, and resided there all
his life. He. like his father, was a Democrat. He
married, 1840, Mary Malvina Messcr. daughter of
John aiid Sally (Hadly) Messer, of Gofifstown.
John Messcr died in 1S20, aged seventy, and his
wife died in 1844. aged about seventy-two. Mrs.
Haselton died at the hou^c of her son Henry in

Manchester, in 1882. aged seventy-five. Two chil-
dren were born of this marriage : George W., long
time superintendent of the cotton mills at Chicopee
Falls, Massachusetts, now superintendent of the
Pittsfield Mills, Pittsfield, New Hampshire; and
Henry I., the subject of the next paragraph.

(VIII) Henry Irving, second son and child of
Stephen and Mary (Messer) Haselton, was born
in Manchester. March I, 1847. He attended the
district schools until he was seventeen years old,
and then (1864) became an employe of the JMan-
chester Mills. There he worked till 1880, when he was
offered better wages to go to the lower Pacific Mills^
in Lawrence, Massachusetts, which he accepted,
and was employed there as second hand two years.
At the end of that time he was invited to return to
Manchester to take charge of the worsted combing
department in the then Manchester, now Atnoskeag
Mills, at an increased salary. He accepted the offer
and is still holding this position ; he has since re-
sided in Manchester. By a diligent use of his
ability for the benefit of his employers, Mr. Hasel-
ton has gradually worked his way from size-boy,
card grinder, section hand and second hand to his
present position. He is now overseer of the worsted
washing, carding, combing and drawing depart-
ments of the Amoskeag Mills. Mr. Haselton is a
Republican, and has been a member of the school
board one year, and of the common council one
year, but he is not inclined to take a part in politics,
and the oflSces came to him unsought. In religious
sentiment he inclines to Universalism. and attends
the church of that faith. He is a Thirty-second
degree Mason, and is an honored member of the
following named divisions of that body : Lafayette
Lodge. No. 41 ; Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 11; Adoniram Council, No. 3, Royal and Select
Masters ; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar,
of which he is a past commander, all of Manchester ;
and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, of Nashua.
He is also past grand master of the Grand Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, of New Hampshire.

He married, in Manchester, January I. 1877,
Emma French, born in Norwich, Vermont, Febru-
ary 4, 1854, daughter of George and Ellen (Critten-
den) French, and great-granddaughter of Nathaniel
French, who removed from Connecticut and settled
in Vermont. George J. French and wife removed
to Plainfield, New Hampshire, and he died after a
residence there of more than fifty years. She is
still living. Mrs. Haselton is a member of Ruth
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and is a promi-
nent worker in that order, and in the Universalist
Church. Of this marriage there is one child,
George Irving, the subject of the next paragraph.

(IX) George Irving, only child of Henry I.
and Emma (French) Haselton, was bom in Man-
chester, July 19, 1878, and educated in the common
schools. When twenty years of age he entered the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company's Mills, and
was employed in the dye house until the fall of
1906. For two years he was a second hand. After
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where he is now (1907) taking the law course in
the George Washington University. He is a Re-
publican, and talces an active interest in politics.
He was made president of the common council of
Manchester, and was also ex-officio member of the
school board, and served in these bodies from 1904
till 1906. He is a past master of Lafayette Lodge,
No. 41, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. 11. Adon-
iram Council. No. 3, Royal and Select Masters,
Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and Bek-
tash Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the
Mystic Shrine. He married, in 1905, Fanny Tren-
holm. born in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, May 15,
1881, daughter of Robert Trenholm.

It is probable that John Hasel-
HASELTINE tine, who was born November
19, 1780, was a native of Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, or that his father was, but noth-
ing can be found in the vital records of New Hamp-
shire or of Haverhill to locate him. The record of
his birth is found in his own handwriting in his
family Bible. He died August 5, 1865. in Amherst.
He married (first) Betsy Eatchelder, daughter of
Captain John Batchelder, who was born in that part
of .A.mherst, now Mont Vernon, June 19, 1825, and
died April 20, 1842. He married (second), Febru-
ary 25, 1845, Mrs. Hannah Smith, born 1793. who
survived him nearly twelve years, dying March 10,
1877. The children of the first wife were: Charles,
Eliza. John, Roxanna, Frances, Mary A.. Caroline
and James G.

(H) James G., youngest child of John and
Betsey (Batchelder) Haseltine. was born February
22. 1825, in Amherst, and died May 7, 1903. He at-
tended the district school and an academy. Early
in life he learned the trade of blacksmith and be-
came a machinist. He also engaged in farming,
and was an auctioneer. He married at Milford,
New Hampshire, Mary J. Hinds, born March 19,
1822. in Sandwich, New Hampshire, daughter of
Barzillai and Patience Hinds (see Hinds, H).

(HI) John Edward, eldest son and second
child of James G. and Mary J. (Hinds) Haseltine,
was born April 9, i860, at Chestnut Hill, in Am-
herst. New Hampshire. His education was supplied
by the common schools and Mont Vernon Acad-
emy, and he abandoned the school-room at the age
of eighteen years to engage in farming upon the
homestead, wdiere he continued until he was twenty-
two years of age. For one year he was a clerk in
a grocery store at Amherst, and then removed to
Reed's Ferry in the town of Merrimack, where he
w-as for five years a clerk in the general store of 1.
A. Porter. At the end of this time he purchased
the store from his employer, and conducted the
business for eight years with a partner under the
style of Haseltine & Co. They erected a building
on the corner opposite that occupied by the old
store, and in this continued business until 1898,
when Mr. Haseltine bought the interest of his part-
ner and became sole owner. On January i. 1903,

the business was consolidated with the Fessenden
& Lowell JManufacturing Company, and Mr. Hasel-
tine has continued as manager of the store and is
vice-president of the corporation. For eight years
he was assistant postmaster, and September 20,
1894. was appointed postmaster, which post he has
continued to fill until the present time. Mr. Hasel-
tine is a member of the Congregational Church.
He has been the school treasurer of the town since
1897, and takes an active interest in every move-
ment calculated to promote the welfare of the com-
munity. He is a Republican in politics, and was a
member of the Grange from the time he was
eighteen years old until 1902. He was a member of
Hillsboro Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, of Manchester, and became a charter member
of the lodge at Reed's Ferry, in which he has filled
all the principal chairs. In 1905-06 he constructed
a handsome residence at Reed's Ferry. He mar-
ried. November 22, 1892, Mabel Lucrecia Lowell,
born November 15, 1870, daughter of Levi F. and
Hannah B. (Hutchinson) Lowell, of Reed's Ferry.
(See Lowell VIII). She was educated at McGaw
Institute and Tilton Seminary, and is a member of
the Congregational Church. They have three chil-
dren. Hazel Louise, born June 14. 1894: Franklin
Lowell, born April 10. 1896: and Elizabeth Hinds,
born November 4, iSgg.

The name of Brackett, the antique
BR.ACKETT spelling of which was Brocket,

originated in Wales and became
distributed through England and Scotland. Among
the nine hundred colonists who embarked with
Governor Winthrcp at Yarmouth, England, .'\pril 7,
1630, were four brothers of this name, said to have
been natives of Scotland. They were Captain Rich-
ard, who first settled in Boston but afterwards went
to that part of Braintree which is now Quincy;
Peter, who located in Connecticut : William and
Anthony, who came to Portsmouth with Captain
John Mason, in 1631. The Bracketts of Plymouth
now being considered are probably descended from
one of these brothers, and there is some reason for
believing that their original American ancestor was
Captain Richard.

(I) Samuel Brackett, probably a descendant of
Captain Richard, the immigrant, was residing at
Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1762. The christian
name of his wife was Elizabeth.

(II) William, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
Brackett, was born in Dedham. May 7, 1762. He
married, November 22, 1784, Anna Lauchlen. born
December 26, 1765, daughter of Samuel and Sarah
(Haws) Lauchlen, and settled in Sudbury, IVIassa-
chusetts.

(II) William (2). eldest son and child of Will-
iam and Anna (Lauchlen) Brackett, w-as born in Sud-
bury, October 9. 1785. In 1799 he went to Little-
ton, New Hampshire, as a lad of fourteen years,
and in early manhood engaged in trade, opening a
general store on the meadows. He subsequently
transferred his business to the village, where he

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became a prosperous general merchant and one of
the most prominent residents of the town. When
Andrew Jackson was nominated for the presidency
he withdrew his allegiance from the Federalists in
order to support the hero of New Orleans, and he
was thenceforward allied with the Democratic party.
He served as town clerk from 1814 to 1826, as
selectman in 1817 and as representative to the legis-
lature in 1819-20. He was a staunch Free Mason,
belonging to Morning Dawn and Burns lodges, and
is said to have deserted the Federal party on ac-
count of its anti-masonic attitude. In his religious
belief he was a Gongregationalist. Mr. Bra'ckett
died December 7, 1859. February 10, 181 1, he mar-
ried Lorana Campbell, born June 12, 1791, daughter
of Hector Campbell, of Chester, Massachusetts.
Her death occurred May 11, 1874. She bore him
six children, namely: William C. Cephas, Laura,
Charles W., George S. and Caroline A.

(IV) William Campbell, eldest son and child
of William and Lorana (Campbell) Brackett, was
born in Littleton. October i., 1S12. Having ac-
quired a good knowledge of mercantile pursuits as
clerk in his father's establishment, he opened in
company with his brother. Charles W., another gen-
eral store, which prospered as the population in-
creased, and he also engaged quite extensively in
lumbering. After withdrawing from trade he be-
came local express agent and continued in that
capacity until his death, which occurred February
14, 1S63. In politics he was originally a Whig and
later a Republican. He married, January 8, 1842,
Mrs. Julia A. Hutchins (nee Ross), born in Bath.
New Hampshire, February 9, 1817, daughter of
Samuel Ross, and widow of George Hutchins, by
whom she had two daughters, Julia and Emma R.
Mrs. Brackett married for her third husband Col-
onel Cyrus Eastman, of Littleton, and died in Bos-
ton, May 15, 1898. William C. and Julia A. (Ross-
Hutchins) Brackett were the parents of four chil-
dren, namely : William R.. who is referred to in the
succeeding paragraph ; Edward Dudley, born No-
vember 6, 1845 ; Horace, bom May 8, 1848, died
June 18, 1849 ; and Harvey Smith, born December
22, 1852.

(V) William Ross, eldest son of William C.
and Julia A. (Ross-Hutchins) Brackett, was born
in Littleton, • November 24. 1842. He began his
education in the public schools of his native town
and completed it in Lock Haven. Pennsylvania. His
first opening was in the express business at Con-
cord with Messrs. Cheney & Company, in whose
employ he remained about a year, at the expiration
of which time he became telegraph operator at Lit-
tleton, and a few years later went to Plymouth in a
similar capacity. He was shortly afterwards ap-
pointed general ticket agent of the Boston, Concord
& Montreal Railroad, and when that road became a
part of the Boston & Maine system he was made
gene.al baggage agent with headquarters in Boston.
This latter ;>osition he retained for eleven years,
ana since relinquishing the regular service he has
lived in retirement at his pleasant home in Plym-

outh. Mr. Brackett is a Master Mason and a mem-
ber of Burns lodge in Littleton.

May 13, 1868, Mr. Brackett married Ella Eliza
Stearns, born in Worcester, Vermont, December 15,
1850, daughter of Wilbur C. and Lucy (Reed)
Stearns. Mr. and Mrs. Brackett have had three
children, of whom the only survivor is Lucy
Stearns, born June 23, 1879, was graduated from
the Plymouth high school and completed her edu-
cation at the Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Massa-
chusetts. She resides in Plymouth. The others
were: Bessie Stearns, born August 3, 1874, and
William Cephas, bom March 15, 1876, both of
whom died in infancy.

Like so many surnames, the name
SCRIBNER Scribner is derived from the ori-
ginal occupation of the early mem-
bers of the family. In this case the word scrivener,
a professional writer or conveyancer, and the Amer-
ican pioneers, following the English fashion, spelled
their patronjTnic with a "v." There were at least four
families in England named Scri\ener, who we're the
owners of considerable landed estate. The first of
the name in America was Matthew Scrivener, a
member of the Council of the Virginia Colony in
1607. He was spoken of by Captain John Smith as
"a very wise understanding gentleman," but he was
drowned in the James river a week or two after his
arrival. Benjamin Scrivener, of Norwalk, Con-
necticut, is said to be the ancestor of most of the
Scribners in the United States, He married Han-
nah Crampton. March 6, 1680. and they had four
sons : Thomas, John, Abraham and Matthew.
Matthew Scribner was the great-grandfather of
Charles Scribner. the eminent publisher and founder
of Scribner's Magazine, The following line does
not appear to be connected with the Virginia or
Connecticut Scribners, but to be descended from
another pioneer, who came directly from England,

(I) John Scribner, born probably in England,
settled in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1662. His
wife's christian name was Mary, and they had sev-
eral children. Among them was Thomas, men-
tioned below. John Scribner died in October, 1675.

(II) Thomas, son of John Scribner, was bom
in the latter half of the seventeenth century, and
lived in Dover, New Hampshire. He moved to
Kingston, this state, where he made his will in 1718.
The name of his wife is unknown, but one of their
children was Samuel, mentioned below.

(HI) Samuel, son of Thomas Scribner, was
born early in the eighteenth centur}' and lived in
Kingston, New Hampshire. His early married life
was spent in that town, wdiere six of his children
were born, but on March I, 1753, he bought a lot of
land in Salisbury, this state, then called Bakerstown.
The land was bought from Jonathan Sanborn, who
like most of the other grantees of Salisbury, lived
in Kingston, and never actually moved to the new
settlement. Samuel Scribner is recorded as fifth in
the list of actual settlers of Salisbury, and it is
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Slimmer of 1753, though his family remained in
Kingston for some time after that. On August 17,
1754, Samuel Scribner and his fellow workman,
Robert Barber, were captured by the Indians while
engaged in haying on the Proctor meadow on Salis-
bury North road. They camped that night on the
shore of what is now Webster lake, and in the early
morning the captors and their victims started for
Saint Francis, Canada, which place they reached
after a journey of thirteen days. For the last nine
days they subsisted on berries, roots, and whatever
they could pick up in the wilderness. Scribner was
sold to a Frenchman at Chamblee ; Barber was also
sold to a Frenchman, but succeeded in making his
escape. September 26, 1755, while Scribner remained
in Canada for almost two j'cars or until ransomed
by the state government. After his return from
captivity he went to Kingston where he found his
wife and children. Just before Scribner's capture
he had got out the lumber for a large two-story
house. This had remained untouched during his
absence, and after his return he built the house on
Salisbury North road. Samuel Scribner married,
November 4, 1740, Hannah Webster, daughter of
Ebenezer and Susan (Bachiler) Webster, and a sis-
ter of Ebenezer, father of Daniel. They had chil-
dren : Hannah, married Samuel Raino, lived at
Andover, this state ; Captain Iddo, who served in
the Revolution, married (first) Mrs. Judith Brown,
(second) Mrs. Huldah (Morss) Jewett; Josiah.
whose sketch follows : Ebenezer, moved to Tun-
bridge, Vermont, afterward returned to Dover ;
Susan.

(IV) Captain Josiah, second son and third
child of Samuel and Hannah (Webster) Scribner,
was born in Kingston. New Hampshire, about 1753.
He moved with his people to Salisbury about 1757,
and afterward became a drover and cattle dealer
at Andover, this state. There seems to be some
confusion about his marriage. The Grafton County
Gazetteer gives the name of his wife as Phebe
Cross, while the "History of Salisbury" says that he
was twice married, and that his first wife was
named Webster, and that his second was Mrs. Mary
A. (Wliite) Farmer. The names of the thirteen
children correspond, except that the "History of
Salisbury" has omitted John, whose sketch follows.
Assuming that its record is correct in other respects,
the children of the first marriage were: Samuel,
Josiah, Parker and William. The children of the
second marriage were: Benjamin F.. Isaac W., a
physician and author, Jonathan F.. Phebe, Hannah,
Arethusa. Polly, Mary A. It is probable that John
was one of the earlier children.

(V) John, son of Captain Josiah Scribner. was
born at Andover, New Hampshire, January 28, 1784.
He was a successful farmer and cattle drover in his
native town, where he lived most of his life, though
he spent the last three years in Ashland. John
Scribner married .Abigail Emery, daughter of Josiah
limery, who was born in Loudon, New Hampshire,
October 19. 1787. They had six children: Ambrose,
Franklin, John C., Darius, Lewis and Asenath.

John Scribner died January s, 1887, in Ashland,
aged eighty-three years, and his wife died there De-
cember 18, 1878, aged eighty-nine years.

(VI) Franklin, second son and child of John
and Abigail (Emery) Scribner, was born July 9,
1819. at Andover, New Hampshire. He moved to
Ashland, and with his elder brother Ambrose began
the manufacture of shoes for a Massachusetts firm.
Franklin Scribner afterward sold out his interest,
and with his brother Lewis built a paper mill, and
they manufactured nianila paper and straw board
for many years. In 1880 Franklin Scribner was
elected treasurer of the Ashland Savings Bank. On
May 20, 1855, he married Marcia E. Hackctt, daugh-
ter of Chase T. and Susan Hackett, of New Hamp-
ton, New Hampshire, where she was born July 6,
1833. They had three children : Ida G., Carrie A.,
and George E., whose sketch follows. Franklin
Scribner died February 9, 1885, at Whitefield, New
Hampshire, and his widow died December 3, 1889,
in South Framingham, Massachusetts.

(VII) George Edwin, only son and third and
youngest child of Franklin and Marcia E. (Hackett)
Scribner, was born December 7, 1863, at Ashland,
New Hampshire. He was educated in the common
schools of his native town, graduated from the
Tilton Seminary in 1883, and afterward took a com-
mercial course at the New Hampton Institute, this
state. After competing his education he entered
the employ of the Ashland Savings Bank. In 1886
he helped organize the Ashland Knitting Company,
taking the office of treasurer, which he has held
ever since. Mr. Scribner is a Republican in politics,
and was representative to the New Hampshire
legislature in 1907. He is a member of Mount
Prospect Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Ashland, and a member of Pilgrim Com-
manderj'. Knights Templar, of Laconia. On June
I. 1897, George Edwin Scribner married Emma H.
Mead, daughter of Edward Hilton and Loanna
Stevens (Sherburns) Mead, of Northwood. New
Hampshire, where she was born November 28, 1863.
There are no children.

The McElroys are of Scotch-Irish
McELROY origin, and although late-comers to
America they possess the same ster-
ling qualities as those which predominated in the
characters of their predecessors of the same re-
ligious and liberty-loving race.

(I) Samuel McElroy, a native of Scotland,
went to the north of Ireland and settled in Lon-
donderry.

(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Mc-
Elroy. was born in Londonderry, Ireland, 1800. He
learned the trade of gunsmith, which he followed
in connection with that of shuttle maker, and also
had a small shop for the weaving of linen. He de-
voted his attention to these various occupations
until his death in January, 1863. In the fall of the
year 1863 his family emigrated to the United States,
locating in Manchester. New Hampshire. His wife,
Martha CMcLane) McElroy, was the mother of

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four sons and four daughters, six of whom attained
j'ears of maturity. Their children were: I. Samuel,
enlisted in the Seventh Regiment. New Hampshire
Volunteers, for service in the Civil war, was
wounded three times, and participated in several
notable engageinents. 2. Elizabeth, married Daniel
Price, resides in Manchester, New Hampshire. 3.
Sarah, deceased. 4. Mary, widow of Fred. Holt ;
she re'sides in Sunapee. 5. William, see forward.
6. John, deceased. 7. Martha, died young. 8. An
infant son, deceased. The mother of these children
was a member of Grace Episcopal Church. She
died 1887, aged seventy-seven years.

(HI) William, son of Samuel (2) and Martha
(McLane) McElroy, was born in Londonderry, Ire-
land, March iS, 1851. He arrived in Manchester,
New Hampshire, with his mother in 186,3, when
twelve years old, and the untimely death of his
father made it absolutely necessary for him to con-
tribute at that tender age toward the support of the
bereft family. The textile mills, wherein so many
men of genius began the activities of life, were open
to him, and for some years he was an operator in
the spinning departinent of one of the large Man-
chester corporations. But an inherent ambition for
advancement caused him to devote his spare time to
study, and after completing a commercial course at
a local business college he obtained a position as
bookkeeper with the firm of Horatio Fradd & Com-
pany, of Manchester, grocers, which he retained for
a period of twenty-three years. He then engaged
in the tailoring business, but relinquished it seven
years later and turned his attention to dealing in
real estate, in which line of work he has attained
success. He also conducted a retail wood business.

Prior to his majority he was elected ward clerk,
and for the past thirty-tive years has been an active
participant, officially and otherwise, in local civic
affairs. He was chosen a delegate to the constitu-
tional convention of 1902; was elected a member of
the street and park commission in 1905, and in 1906
was re-elected for a period of six years, and was
appointed chairman of the -board, in which respon-
sible position he is still serving, having fully demon-
strated by his marked ability the wisdom displayed
in his selection. Aside from his duties as general
supervisor of repairs and improveinents in the
streets and parks, he is interested actively in other
important matters of a semi-public nature, being
president of the Manchester Building & Loan Asso-
ciation, being re-elected for a third term in 1907.
and his knowledge of the relative value of real es-
tate makes liim especially serviceable to that insti-
tution. In Masonry he is well advanced, being
officially connected with Lafayette Lodge. No. 41. of
which he was chaplain many years. Mt. Horeb
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Adoniram Council.
Trinity Connnandcry, Knights Templar, in which
he held office many years, all the Scottish Rite
bodies up to and including the thirty-second degree,
and Bcktash Temple, .A-ncient .Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, in which body he is a inem-
ber of the orchestra. He also affiliates with the

-American Benefit Society. Politically he is a Re-
publican, being a firm believer in the principles of
that party. His religious affiliations are with St.
-Andrew's Church, in which he is the present senior
warden and treasurer. Previous to joining St. -An-
drew's Church he was a member of Grace Church,
in which he served as vestryman many years, and
as treasurer of the Sunday school for fifteen years.
He is a member of the Art Institute and also of the
orchestra there. He is proficient in both vocal and
instrumental music, and directs the choir at St. An-
drew's Church.

Mr. McEIroy married for his first wife Mary H.
Schofield, and the children of this union are : Joseph
W., a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
John Samuel, who now assists his father in the
wood business. Gertrude M. William F., a student
at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs.
McElroy was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, but
resided in Manchester, New Hampshire, where her
father was engaged in the machine printing depart-
ment of the Manchester Print Works, now the
.Amoskeag Corporation, for many years. Mr. Mc-
Elroy married for his second wife Fronia -Adams
Richards, of GofTstown, only child of Eliphalet
Richards, now deceased, who was a noted lumber
merchant in Goffstown, Weare and New Boston.

This family name has been widely dis-
GOODWIN tributed not only over England, but

over most of the northern countries
of Europe, and instances of its occurrence are to be
met with in very early times. -As early as the fifth
century it appears in Germany in the forms Gudwin
and Godwin. In English records it also appears
very early. In 1238 Robert Goodwin was a citizen
of Norwich: in 1300 Adam Goodrich was a burgess
of Calchester : and in 1347 Galfridas Goodwin was
assessed for his lands at Rockland in Norfolk, when
Edward III levied an aid for the marriage of his
son. Two Goodwins from whom the greater num-
ber of the name in New England have sprung are
Elder William Goodwin and his brother Osias. The
former sailed from London in the ship "Zion," June
22, 1632, and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, Sep-
tember 16 of the same year. He settled at New-
town, where he was very soon made a ruling elder
in the church, and was for the remainder of his life
a leading member of the cominunity. When Osias
Goodwin came to -America is uncertain. He first
appeared as a landholder in Hartford in 1640. He
was not a man of prominence. On account of the
loss of some records and ill-kept condition of others,
there are many families of Goodwin in New Eng-
land who descended from one of these two progeni-
tors, but cannot be traced.

(I) Deacon Joshua Goodwin lived in London-
derry at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
His wife Rebecca died May 27, 1806. aged forty-one
years, three months, and twenty days. His second
wife was Elizabeth.

(II) Josiah, son of Deacon Joshua and Eliza-
beth Goodwin, was born in Londonderry, November

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28, 1807. and died July 27, 1893, aged eighty-six.
He was a very well known man, of excellent char-
acter, a hard worker, and a good neighbor. He
was thoroughly conversant with the Bible, which he
read regularly and often and interpreted literally.
For more than sixty years he was a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and active as a superintendent
or teacher in the Sunday school. He was a man of
great physical strength and possessed of exceptional
powers of endurance. He was married in Milford
by Rev. Humphrey Moore, D. D., November 24,
1831, to Esther Jones, born December 5, 1810, and
died March 9. 1888, aged seventy-eight. She was
the daughter of Abram and Hepzibah Jones. No-
vember 24, i88r. this couple celebrated with much
cheer their golden w'edding, and lived yet seven
years to enjoy life on the old homestead in London-
derry, where they began life together. Six children
■were born of this marriage : Daniel, Henry, John,
Esther, Miranda and Joseph Stone.

(HI) John, third son and child of Josiah and
Esther (Jones) Goodwin, was born in Londonderry,
May 23, 1838. and died October 27, 1875, aged
thirty-seven years. He grew up on his father's
farm, and when a young man removed to Charles-
town. Massachusetts, where he operated a McKay
stitching machine in a shoe factory until a short
time before his death. He was a good man, and a
faithful and skillful mechanic. He married, in Lon-
donderry, New Hampshire, May 17, 1863, Caroline
W. BoUes. who was the eldest child and only daugh-
ter of Lewis and Eliza H. (Whorf) Bolles, of Lon-
donderry ; she was born in Londonderry, December
17, 1843, and died June 18, 1867, aged twenty-four
years. One child was born of this union, Elmer D.,
whose sketch follows.

(IV) Elmer Daniel, only child of John and
Caroline W. (Bolles) Goodwin, was born in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, October 12, 1866. He
was educated in the public school of Charlestown, at
Pinkerton Academy in Derry, and Tilton Seminary.
The death of his mother, when he was eight months
old, left him in the care of his maternal grandpar-
ents in Londonderry, and the father dying when the
son was eight years old, he was early thrown on his
own resources. In 1882 he was employed for a
short time by George S. Rollins, grocer at Derry
Depot, and then entered the employ of the Man-
chester & Lawrence Railroad, now a part of the
Boston & Maine system, as assistant station agent,
where he remained about six years, until the forma-
tion of the firm of Priest & Goodwin, dealers in
coal. Later Mr. Goodwin, the junior partner, sold
his interest to Mr. Priest, and took a position in the
employ of Brooks & Company, Boston, retail house-
furnishers, who had a store at Derry. In 1892 he
removed to Manchester, and became bookkeeper for
Clark M. Bailey, a prominent wholesaler. In 1899
he bought out the undertaking businej^s of Alfred
E. Morse, which he has since carried on with suc-
cess. Mr. Goodwin is a gentleman and a man of
sterling integrity, and has many warm friends. In
politics he is a Republican, and is now serving his

second term as a member of the city school board.
He attends the Franklin Street Congregational
Church. He is a member of the board of trade, of
the Derryfield Club, and a director of the Young
Men's Christian Association. He is a member of
General Stark Grange, No. 277, a member of Wash-
ington Lodge, No. 61, Free and Accepted Masons ;
is past high priest of Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chap-
ter. No. 11; is past thrice illustrious master of
Adoniram Council, No. 3. Royal and Select Mas-
ters ; is past commander of Trinity Commandery,
Knights Templar ; member of Edward A. Ray-
mond Consistory of the Sublime Princes of the
Royal Secret, of Nashua ; is past patron of Ruth
Chapter, No. 16, Order of the Eastern Star, and a
member of Bektash Temple of the Ancient Arabic
Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Concord. He is a
member of Oak Hill Lodge, No. 97, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Manchester ; is past chan-
cellor of Rockingham Lodge. No. 29, Knights of
Pythias, of Derry ; past master workman of Derry-
field Lodge,. No. 342, Ancient Order of United
Workmen ; member of Evening Star Council, No.
10, Order of United American Mechanics ; James
E. Shephard Colony. No. 118, United Order of Pil-
grim Fathers ; Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 348. New Eng-
land Order of Protection ; the Order of High Priest-
hood (Concord) ; the Passaconaway Tribe of the
Improved Order of Red Men: honorary member of
Tresche Post, No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic.
He went to California as commander of the Trinity
Commandery. Knights Templar. 1904, and traveled
over Europe, 1906, with DeMolay Commandery, of
.Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Goodwin married. August 15, 18S7. in Derry,
New Hampshire, Ella L. Sargent, of Searsport,
Maine, daughter of Edward M. and Elizabeth A.
(Green) Sargent, and they had one child, Louis
Byron, born June 22, 1893.

The name of Pottle appears in the

POTTLE early town records of Hampton, New

Hampshire, in wdiich it is sometimes

written Pottell, but the family now in hand is the

posterity of an English emigrant who came over in

the latter part of the eighteenth century.

(I) Rev. Henry Pottle, who was bom in Eng-
land, came to America when a young man and lo-
cated in Maine. He became a Baptist clergyman
and settled near Fryeburg. Maine, about the year
iSoo.

(II) Aaron i\Iaztin, son of Rev. Hen i->' Pottle,
was born in Maine, 1810. He followed agriculture
in his native town and at Sugar Hill, from which
latter place he removed to Jefferson, and his death
occurred in that town in 1891. He was quite active
in political affairs, and supported the Democratic
party. He married Serena M. Martin, daughter of
John Lang Martin, of Jefferson, and had a family
of eight children, three of whom are living, namely:
George A., who is residing in Boston ; Serena M.,
wife of Edwin Moulton. of Lakeport, this state;
and John Lang, of Jefferson.

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(Ill) John Lang, son of Aaron M. and Serena
M. (Martin) Pottle, was born in Landaff, April 6,
1851. His preliminary studies were pursued in the
public schools, and he completed his education at
the Lancaster Academy. He was reared to farm
life and is therefore an expert tiller of the soil, but
being a man of energy and progressive tendencies
he does not confine his efforts exclusively to that
occupation. Perceiving the advantages of Jefferson
as a summer resort he located in that town, and in
addition to general farming established himself in
the hotel business. At the present time he is
proprietor of the Highland House, which has ample
accommodations for fifty guests, and his table is
supplied with the products of his nearby farm of
one hundred and thirty acres, all of which is under
cultivation. He also conducts a winter resort at
Southern Pines, North Carolina, which is delight-
fully situated and well patronized by northern
tourists. An unusually active and enterprising man,
Mr. Pottle is realizing excellent financial results as
a reward for his efforts, and he enjoys the esteem
and confidence both of his fellow-townsmen and his
guests. He is a Master Mason, and a member of
the blue lodge at Southern Pines.

He married Charlotte Crawshaw, of Jefferson.
His children are: Frank B. and Florence Irene.
Frank B. Pottle, who is associated with his father
in business, possesses that keen intelligence and
capacity for enterprise which characterized the elder
Pottle, and a successful business career is undoubt-
edly before him.

Call is a name that is intimately associated
CALL with the very earliest settlement in New

Hamp.shire. north of Concord, and the
Calls, whose record has come down to us, have been
men in the best sense of the word, strong, courage-
ous, patriotic, and ever at the front in war or
peace.

(I) Philip Call is said to have been one of two
brothers who came to America from England.
Philip is known to have been at Contoocook (Bos-
cawen), as early as 1733. He was the first settler
in that township after the granting of the Masonian
proprietors, and was subsequently made a grantee,
as is shown by the records. In 1753 the grantees
voted "to build four houses, and that Philip Call's
shall be one of them." This shows that Philip Call
already had a house there. His name appears upon
the roll of Captain Jeremiah Clough's Company as
a scout, from September 26 to December 16, 1733.
For his service he received one pound and fifteen
shillings, provisions being extra. Again in 1746,
from July 4 to December 4, he was on scout service,
for which he received eight pounds and thirteen
shillings, and again in 1747, from January 5 to No-
vember 2, receiving sixteen pounds, ten shillings
and ten pence. The Call family was noted for the
muscular activity, swiftness of foot and bravery in
Indian fighting of its members. The site of the
Call house is to be seen and easily recognized by a
pile of jjroken bricks and stones, which once con-

stituted the chimney, and a large apple tree in close
proximity. The sitfe is on the "Orphan's Home
Farm," southwest from the house on the west side
of the railroad track, a mile north of the Boscawen
line, and near the Salisbury fort. Indians, under
Captain John Sasup, attacked the place whcj-e the
family resided, August 15, 1754. Philip, his son
Stephen, and Timothy Cook, whose father had been
killed in 1746 at Clay hill, were at work in a field
and witnessed the attack. Mrs. Call and her son's
wife and infant were in the house. Upon the ap-
proach of the Indians, Mrs. Philip Call met them
at the door, and was instantly killed by a blow from
a tomahawk. She fell across the threshold. Mrs.
Stephen Call, with her infant, crawled into a hole
behind the chimney. The Indians, about thirty in
number, rifled the house, but she succeeded in keep-
ing her child quiet, and was not discovered. When
the savages appeared and the purpose of their visit
became evident, Stephen wanted to shoot at them,
but his father, discovering that there was a large
party, would not let him do so for fear the Indians
would kill them. The Indians seeing the three
whites, pursued them. Cook fled toward the Merri-
mack, plunged in, but was shot and scalped. Philip
took the path for the fort at Contoocook (Bos-
cawen). but finding the Indians close upon his heels,
plunged into the Merrimack river and swam to the
Canterbury shore. The Indians still pursuing, he
swam to the western shore, and thus continuing, he
swam back and forth six times, and eventually
reached the fort. Stephen ran into the woods and
saved himself only by dropping his "nice new hat,"
which so pleased his pursuers, that while examining
it he escaped. Philip served in Colonel Nathaniel
Meseroe's Regiment, Captain John Titcomb's Com-
pany, in the expedition against Crown Point in 1757.
It is said that Philip Call built the house subse-
quently occupied by Colonel Ebenezer Webster as a
tavern. His son may have owned it, as Philip died
previous to November 28, 1763. and probably be-
fore 1759, and was buried in the eastern side of the
Webster yard. His wife's name is not known. We
have a record of children, Stephen and Sarah.
Sarah Call, of Durham, spinster, by deed dated May
30. 1759. fc" one himdred pounds old tenor, con-
veyed to Stephen Call one-half of two tracts of land
in Contoocook, which she had of her father, Philip
Call.

(II) Stephen, son of Philip Call, like his
father, did scout duty, serving in Captain Jeremiah
Clough's Company one month and three days. In
Captain Ladd's Company he did scout duty about
Canterbury and Concord, in 1746, receiving for his
services one pound and ten shillings. He also
served in Captain Goff's Company, scouting on the
frontier from May 28 to July 15. 1748, receiving
four pounds, fourteen shillings and three pence, and
in Captain Ebenezer Webster's Company, Colonel
Nichol's Regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign
of 1776. He was chosen one of the selectmen at
the first town meeting after the incorporation of the
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a man of character and ability. He married a sis-
ter of Nathaniel Danforth, who settled at Franklin,
formerly Andovcr, about 1750. She died in 1816,
and he a few years later. Their children were:
John, Nathaniel, Philip, Sarah and Susannah. This
John Call was the first white child born in Salis-
bury.

(III) Philip, third son and child of Stephen and

(Danforth) Call, was born in Salisbury, New

Hampshire. He removed to Sanbornton, where he
was engaged in milling operations, and finally went
to Stanstcad, province of Quebec, about 1805. He
had a farm of one hundred and fifty acres near
Magog, in connection with the cultivation of which
he carried on blacksmithing. He married Keziali
Morrison, daughter of David Morrison, and they
had seven children : James, Richard, Daniel,
Phoebe, Polly, Whiting and Amanda.

(IV) Daniel Call, third son of Philip and
Keziah (Morrison) Call, was born in Magog, April
14, iSop, and died in Magog, August 14, 1S76, aged
sixty-six years. He was a farmer and lived in Hat-
ley from 1837 to 1850, when he removed to the
paternal homestead where he resided until his death.
He was a Conservative in politics, and in religion a
Calvanist Baptist, as was his wife. He married
Almeda Turner, born in Magog, December, 1809,
daughter of Daniel and Adaline (Willard) Turner,
natives of Vermont. She died at eighty-five years
of age. They had six children : Lucretia W.. de-
ceased ; Augusta V., deceased ; Whiting R. ; Philip
O., deceased; Emma E., married Henry Gazaille,
resides in Manchester ; and Mary P., deceased, all
of whom removed to New Hampshire.

(V) Whiting Rexford, third child and eldest
son of Daniel and Almeda (Turner) Call, was born
in Magog. September 30, 1839. He attended the
public schools and the Magog Model School, from
the latter of which he graduated in i860. The
three years following he taught school, two years
of the time in the vicinity of Magog, and one year
in his alma mater. In 1863 he removed to Man-
chester, New Hampshire. The six succeeding years
he was employed as a clerk in the grocery house of
Childs & Company. In 1867 he opened a photo-
graph studio on his own account, and from that
time until now (1907), forty years, he has kept
steadily at that employment. He is one of the vet-
eran photographers of New Hampshire. The ex-
cellence of his work has brought him a large and
profitable business, which receives his careful per-
sonal attention to the same extent now that it did
the day he started out to establish a business for
himself. He is a member of the Free Will Baptist
Church, was treasurer of the Sunday school from
1889 to 1906. and for more than forty years has been
a member of the Independent Order of Good Tem-
plars. No man in Manchester is more highly es-
teemed for his Christian character and moral worth
than Mr. Call. He married, in Manchester, 1868,
Ellen Brown, who was born in Bethel, Vermont,
September 19, 1845, daughter of Jonathan and Susan
Stone (Turner) Brown, the former born in Mere-

dith. New Hampshire, October 20, 1816, died in
Manchester, November 16, 1899. aged eighty-three ;
the latter born in East Randolph, Vermont, Febru-
ary 26, 1817, died December 8, 1892, in Manchester,
aged seventy-five.

Right Reverend Denis M. Bradley,
BR.'^DLEY D. D., the first Roman Catholic

Bishop of Manchester, was born in
Castle Island, county Kerry, Ireland, February 25,
1846, and was the eldest son of Michael and Mary
(Kerins) Bradley, who were the parents of five
other children : Patrick, Mary, Margaret, Cornelius
and John. Margaret and John died in childhood.
Shortly after the death of his father, and when
the boy Denis M. was but eight years old, his
widowed mother, with her family of five small
children, came to the United States, settling in ^lan-
chester, New Hampshire. The future bishop at-
tended the Park Street grammar school several
years, and under the direction of the veteran master,
Thomas Corcoran, was fitted for college. In 1863
he entered Holy Cross College, Worcester, where he
continued until he closed his academic course, in
June, 1867. His course in ecclesiastical science was
made in the seminary at Troy, New York, and here
he was prepared, by the reception of the different
orders, for the priesthood, and June 3, 1871, was or-
dained priest at the seminary chapel by Bishop
McQuaid, of Rochester, New York.

Shortly after his ordination to the priesthood,
Father Bradley was assigned duties at Portland,
Maine, under Bishop Bacon, and subsequently under
Bishop Healey, by whom he was named rector of
the cathedral, chancellor of the diocese, and bishop's
councilor. For some years he discharged the many
responsibilities of his several important charges at
Portland in a manner that justified the confidence
reposed in him by his ecclesiastical superiors, and
merited for him the appointment to the pastorate
of St. Joseph's Church, Manchester, which had
recently become vacant.

The ceremony of the consecration of Bishop
Bradley took place at St. Joseph's Church, now
raised to the rank of cathedral, on June II, 1884.
The concourse of the people who came from all
parts of the city and state to witness this unique
and imposing function was immense, only a fraction
being able to enter the church. The consecrating
prelate was Most Reverend John J. Williams, arch-
bishop of Boston, assisted by Right Reverend Louis
de Goesbriand, of Burlington, Vermont, and Right
Reverend John Moore, of St. Augustine, Florida.
Right Reverend James A. Healy preached an elo-
quent sermon, in which he paid a well merited and
glowing eulogy to the first bishop of Manchester.
Other prelates and nearly two hundred of the repre-
sentative clergy of New England occupied places
within the sanctuary. The Very Reverend John E.
Barry, V. G., was assistant priest, while Right Rev-
erend Flenry Gabriels read the papal bulls. The
esteem and affection of his colleagues in the priest-
hood was strikingly shown by the presentation to the

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bishop of the generous sum of $4,000. jNIany other ap-
propriate gifts, elegant and costly, were given him by
admiring friends ; but the one that was particularly
pleasing to him was a beautiful gold church service,
valued at $1,000, which had been bequeathed by the
late Rev. John J. O'Donnell, of Nashua, to the first
bishop of New Hampshire.

The diocese was officially organized, and the
bishop entered actively and energetically into the
work of spreading religion and upbuilding the faith
in every part of the state. So zealously did he
apply himself to this subject, that four years after
his consecration twenty-seven active and zealous
young priests had been added to the clergy of the
state. In the large towns and cities new parishes
were formed, and handsome churches began to mul-
tiply. Parochial schools were built that in material
equipment and in educational proficiency are not
surpassed by any under the public management.
Religious societies and confraternities for the faith-
ful were established, whose members and devotional
enthusiasm continue to be the cheering evidence of
a living and ardent faith. In the semi-annual con-
ference in May, 1890, Bishop Bradley e.xpressed a
sincere wish to make still further efforts to bring
the blessings of religion to those Catholics located
in manufacturing villages and in rural communities.
His desire was heartily responded to by both clergy
and laity, and churches at twenty-nine villages attest
the success of the efforts to this end, and masses
are now said at stated periods in every town of the
state where there are Catholics to be found, and
wherever it is possible a church edifice can be built.
Within the ten years preceding the death of Bishop
Bradley, much missionary work was done. In that
time and since priests, encouraged by their bishop,
toiled and suffered, walked and drove over long
rough roads, in the blazing heat of summer, and
the depths of winter, slept in lumber camps, partook
of coarse fare, bore with ignorance, sustained con-
tempt, and spent years of their lives in the solitude
of New Hampshire hill towns. Alone and unseen
they progressed, and Catholic faith and Catholic
feeling penetrated much deeper into Puritan society
than one would suspect. Whole townships and
counties received the leaven, and it is fermenting;
and communities where prejudice and ill-disguised
hostility for anything Catholic once strongly pre-
vailed, now fraternize with Catholics, many of them
regularly attend Catholic churches, and are received
into the fold.

The tenth anniversary of the creation of the
diocese of Manchester was marked by the solemn
consecration of Saint Joseph's Cathedral. Two
years previous the original church had been en-
larged, the capacity of the sanctuary increased, and
the whole interior richly ornamented in a manner
which reveals the highest artistic taste. Costly altars
of marble and Mexican onyx, stained glass widows,
enriched with beautiful paintings, stations and
statues, masterpieces in design and coloring, have
contributed to effect such a transformation that it
is almost impossible to recognize the lines of the

original structure. Beautiful, chaste and dignified,
it has become a noble sanctuary, and worthy of the
title of a cathedral church.

But the zeal and activities of the bishop were not
confined to the episcopal city, and churches and
chapels sprung up to meet the pressing demands.
The entire ecclesiastical body had become imbued
with the earnest progressive spirit of its worthy
head. The system of parochial schools was ex-
tended and improved, new charitable institutions
were added to those already existing, and the finely
equipped hospital of the Sacred Heart under the
management of the Sisters of iSIercy was opened to
supply a need long felt, not only in Manchester but
throughout the state. Fifteen years form but a
brief period of the life of an organization, never-
the less, within that very limited space of time the
Catholic growth in New Hampshire was phenomi-
nally rapid, and its results effected in no email
degree the religious thought and life of the people
of the state. The forty-five thousand Catholics who
in 1884 were transferred to the jurisdiction of
Bishop Bradley increased to one hundred thousand ;
eighty-one diocesan and ten regular priests labored
in a territory where thirty-seven had been em-
ployed. In the same period the number of churches
doubled, fifty-two having resident pastors and nine-
teen being used as missions. There were in addi-
tion twenty-one chapels, and thirty-three stations.
Charitable and eleemosynary institutions multiplied,
and their flourishing condition is the best guarantee
of their utility and efficiency. There were five
orphan asylums, in which four hundred and thirty-
two orphan children were cared for by the Sisters
of Mercy, four houses for aged women, four homes
for working girls, one night refuge for girls, and
four hospitals, that of the Sacred Heart, Man-
chester, being in every respect equal in efficiency and
equipment to any under public management.

Bishop Bradley was ever a popular man. He
ma'de a visit to Rome in 1887, and again in 1897,
On his return from each of these visits the love and
regard of the Catholics of Manchester gave evidence
of their attachment for their chief pastor by a great
popular demonstration, a grand outpouring of gen-
uine affection and esteem, that was not confined to
Catholic circles, but was heartily participated in by
representative men of all creeds, and of no creed
at all. Not only were addresses of welcome read,
but generous purses were presented as tokens of
sincere gratitude and affection on the part of the
people for one whose life and labors were conse-
crated to their best interests.

The twenty-fifth anniversary of Bishop Bradley's
ordination was celebrated June 3, 1896. It had been
his intention to have a private observance of the
event, but so great was the love and reverence of
his clergy for him, and so important did they deem
the event, that they strenuously urged that it should
have a public recognition. For once he yielded and
the celebration of his silver sacerdotal jubilee was
one of the most brilliant and successful ceremonies
ever witnessed in St. Joseph's Cathedral.

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In the autumn of 1903 Bishop Bradley's health
became infirm, but he discharged the duties of his
office until a very few days before his decease ; he
departed this life December 13, 1903, at 2 -.3$ o'clock
A. M., at the cathedral residence. The body lay in
state, watched by the Sheridan Guards until the fol-
lowing Thursday. Long before the hour appointed
for the burial rites, thou.sands of people filled the
square about the cathedral to wait the opening of
the church doors. Business throughout the city
was suspended, the busy looms of the great mills
were stopped, the hum of industry was hushed, all
the stores without exception closed their doors dur-
ing the hours of the service, and many of them ex-
hibited in their windows portraits of the bishop
draped in morning. Even the post office was closed
for some hours, a thing almost unheard of ; but one
of the most touching marks of respect was that
given by the management of the street car service.
Just at the moment of twelve, all the street cars in
Manchester stopped and remained standing two
minutes. Within ten minutes after the church doors
were opened the entire edifice was filled as it never
was before. No church in America could have
held all wlio desired to bo admitted. Thousands
were disappointed, but even these tarried about the
church in the cold, blustering winter morning, hop-
ing against hope by some means to gain entrance.
Never did Manchester see such an illustrious assem-
blage as was gathered within the walls of the
cathedral. An arch-bishop, seven bishops, five
monsignori, vicars-general, and heads of religious
orders, directors of seminaries and colleges, and dis-
tinguished churchmen from all over New England,
together with two hundred and fifty priests, testified
by their presence their veneration for the illustrious
dead prelate. The bishops present were the Most
Reverend Archbishop Williams, D. D., of Boston,
who consecrated Bishop Bradley, on June 11, 1884;
the Right Reverend Bishop Harkins, D. D., of Pro-
vidence, who delivered the eulogy; the Right Rev-
erend Bishop Beaven, D. D., of Springfield, cele-
brant of the pontifical requiem mass ; the Right
Reverend M. Tierney, D. D., bishop of Hartford;
the Right Reverend John Michaud, D. D., bishop
of Burlington; the Right Reverend William H.
O'Connell, D. D., bishop of Portland; the Right
Reverend Bishop Gabriels, D. D., of Ogdensburg,
who was in charge of St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy,
New York, when Bishop Bradley was a student
there. The prothonotaries and monsignori were :
the Right Reverend John INIichaud, D. D., bishop
Manchester ; the Right Reverend William Byrne,
P. A. V. G., of Boston ; Monsignor Dionysius
O'Callaghan, D. D., of Boston; the Right Reverend
Monsignor Thomas Griffin, D. D., of Worcester ;
the Right Reverend Monsignor Arthur J. Teeling,
D. D., of Lynn. The priests filled the sanctuary
.with its enteral chapels, and occupied a row of
seats placed in front of the pews, and another ex-
tending down the main aisle. In the front pews
sat His Excellency Governor Nahum J. Bachelder,
with a number of his staff in full uniform. There

were also present the mayor and members of the
city government, post office officials, the officers of
the board of trade, the agents of the mills, the
board of license commissioners, nearly every min-
ister of the Protestant denomination, the vestrymen of
Grace Church, and distinguished laymen from every
walk of life, and from every part of the state. In
the front pews, on either side of the middle aisle,
sat the members of the religious orders of women
teaching in the church schools. There were Sisters
of Mercy from the various houses. Ladies of the
Sacred Heart, Sisters of Providence, and Grey
Nuns ; all the sisterhoods were represented, two
coming from each house. There were brothers of
the Christian schools, Marist Brothers, and Brothers
of the Sacred Heart. In the same section of the
church sat the Bishop's two nieces, and his cousin, a
Sister of ]\Iercy, and more Sisters of Mercy looked
down from the windows of the girls' school adjoin-
ing. The number and character of individuals con-
stituting this great concourse assembled to pay the
last tribute of respect to the Bishop of Manchester,
shows what sort of a man Bishop Bradley must
have been, and how highly he was appreciated in
life to merit and receive such distinguished honors
in death. After the very solemn and deeply impressive
funeral ceremonies were concluded, the mortal re-
mains of the dead prelate were borne on the
shoulders of the body guard of soldiers to the crypt
of the church, where the benediction was sung, the
last prayer said, and the stone slab shut out forever
from view the form and face of the beloved Bishop
Bradley.

At his death he left nothing. He kept only one
bank account, and that was in the name of the
"Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester," the legal
title of his office, so that his successor has but to
sign his name and he inherits all that the bishop
possessed. During all the years he acted as pastor
of the cathedral parish, he drew no salary, and all
he asked was that the parish pay his funeral expen-
ses. The collection of Christmas day was taken
up for that purpose. A small amount of insurance
was divided between two orphan nieces of the
bishop, and the charitable institutions of the city.

The story of the life of Bishop Bradley is the
record of a life devoted to what he believed to be
the greatest and highest interests of man. In all
things he was intensely in earnest. At alb the schools
he attended he was easily noticeable for close ap-
plication to study, for docility of conduct, for re-
tentive memory, and a firm grasp of the knowledge
imparted to him. Froin the day in early manhood,
when he heard the call to God's service, to the day
of his death, he knew no other object in life, and
followed no other than his divine Master. For
more than thirty-two years he labored in the min-
istry, and many a time in the two years preceding
his death, when his labors made grave inroads on
his health, he was expostulated with by well mean-
ing friends, and urged to take a well earned rest.
In answer to one of these, he once said, "When I
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lay for His service, and I must go on to the end."
The twenty years of his episcopate were full of
arduous labors. Long journeys had to be under-
taken, and conveniences of travel were not then
what they are now. All over New Hampshire went
the bishop. Every city, town and hamlet knew his
care. During these journeys he bore all kinds of
hardships and discomforts. He preached many
times in the same day, often driving twenty and
thirty miles over mountain roads between mission
stations. On these visitations no fatigue ever caused
him to omit long hours in the confessional. He was
always accessible to the humblest in the parish. No
man in the state had so extended and varied acquain-
tance, and no one followed with such interest all
that concerned the individual members of the flock,
whatever they might be. He lived to see the popu-
lation of his diocese increase almost three fold, and
the number of priests to multiply in the same ratio.
New churches sprang up everywhere, and to-day
every part of the state is provided for spiritually.
He built the beautiful cathedral, the chapel of the
Blessed Sacrament, St. Patrick's Church, the Rosary
Chapel, and various schools, orphanages, hospitals,
and an asylum.

He always rose at six, no matter what the
fatigues of the day before. His morning medita-
tion and prayer over, he celebrated the Holy Sacri-
fice of the Mass at seven o'clock, and even on week
day mornings he addressed the people a short in-
struction appropriate to the feast or the season. All
day long he was ready to receive any callers, and
his threshold was worn by the footsteps of the poor
and the unfortunate. Patient, indulgent, sympa-
thetic, he listened to their tales and relieved their
wants. As the beginning of the day was spent in
meditation, so was the end of it. He passed many
hours in the little chapel of the household, seeking
light and refreshment.

The relations between the bishop and his priests
were most intimate and cordial. Bishop Bradley
never had a case of contention in any ecclesiastical
court. When correction or reproof was to be ad-
ministered it was always done in the kindest, gent-
lest manner, and the one admonished never bore
resentment. He was more like a father than a
superior, and no bishop was ewer more beloved by
his priests. No guest was more welcome than he to
their homes. His intercourse was always affable,
and his conversation easy and entertaining. No
man ever heard him say an unkind or uncharitable
word of another, and he was always ready to take up
the defense of tlie timid, the weak or the unfor-
tunate. He in turn held in high esteem the priests
of his diocese. To him they were the best priests
in the world ; they were to him a source of pride
and joy, and he loved every one of them, to the
least and last, with the tenderness of a fond father.
In his dealings with people in general Bishop
Bradley was "All things to all men," that he might
win all to God. He remembered names and faces,
and never forgot family concerns. Though always
dignified and reserved, he always made one feel at

ease in his presence and inspired confidence without
fear, and the greatest sinner, as well as the timidest
child, felt no hesitation in approaching him in the
sacred tribunal of penance.

In the passing away of Bishop Bradley the dio-
cese of Manchester mourns the loss of a good shep-
herd; the people of the city a devoted pastor;
the state an eminent citizen; the poor a friend; the
suffering a comforter; the bereaved a consoler; the
doubtful a counselor; and all a benefactor.

This name was transported from England
RIX to America before the middle of the seven-
teenth century, and has since been identi-
fied with the progress of New England and other
sections of the country. It was very early planted
in New Hampshire and is still numerously repre-
sented in this state.

(I) Robert Rix was a resident of Canninghall,
England, and probably died there.

(II) Thomas, son of Robert Rix, was born 1622,
at Canninghall, and was in Salem, Massachusetts,
as early as 1649. He was a barber surgeon, and
spent his last days with his son James in Old Pres-
ton, Connecticut, where he died October 30, 1718.
He was buried in the "Rixtown Cemetery" in Old
Preston. He was married (first) to Margaret,
widow of Miles Ward, who died May 24, 1660. He
was married (second) September 3, 1661, to
Bridget (Musket), a native of Pelham, England,
then the widow of Williarn Fiske. She was the
mother of his youngest child. His children in-
cluded : Remember, Sarah, Esther, Thomas, James
and Theophelus.

(III) James, second son and fifth child of
Thomas and Margaret Rix, was baptized in the
First Church of Salem, October 18, 1657. He lived
in Salem and Wenham, Massachusetts, and in 1703
removed to Old Preston, Connecticut. He was a
shipwright and farmer, and had a farm in the last
named town, on which he died. He was buried
September 29, 1729, in the "Rixtown Cemetery."
His wife's Christian name was Margaret, but no
record of her beyond that appears. Their children
were : Abigail, James, Sarah, Margaret, Thomas,
Lydia, Mary and Elizabeth.

(IV) James (2), eldest son and second child of
James (i) and Margaret Rix, was baptized in the
First Church of Salem in April, 1685. He was not
of age when the family removed to Old Preston,
Connecticut, where he resided and where his children
were born. Before 1752 he removed to Mendon,
Massachusetts, and the date of his death does not
appear of record. He was married, September 7,
1711, to Anna Herrick, who was born February 5,
1696, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Cross) Her-
rick, The date of her death does not appear, but
it occurred before his removal from Preston to
Mendon. He was married in the latter town in 1752
to Mehitable Palmer, of Rowley, Massachusetts,'
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Felt) Palmer. His
children, born of the first marriage, were ; Abigail,
Nathaniel and Anna.

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(V) Nathaniel, only son of James (2) and Anna
(Herrick) Rix, was born June 6, 1714, in Preston,
Connecticut, and was one of the first settlers of
Boscawen, New Hampshire, where he located in
1733- He afterward lived in Concord for a time,
the first two children being born there, and then re-
turned to Boscawen. He was a soldier of the Co-
lonial Wars; first, in 1745, in John dough's com-
pany, and second, in 1755, in Captain Joseph East-
man's company. His death was caused by falling
down a flight of stairs in a hotel in Concord. He
was married in that town April 17, 1743, to Mary
Peters, daughter of Seaborn Peters. Their children
were : James, Peter, Sarah, Nathaniel and Christo-
pher, besides a daughter who died unnamed.

(VI) Nathaniel (2), third son and fifth child of
Nathaniel (i) and Wary (Peters) Rix, was born July
i7i 1/53. in Boscawen, New Hampshire, and settled
in Landaff, in this state, from which town he
served three enlistments during the war of the
Revolution. He removed to Stansted, Canada, in
1799, but subsequently returned to New Hampshire
and died in Littleton, October 12, 1828. He mar-
ried Esther Clark, who was born April 13, 175S,
in Newmarket, New Hampshire, daughter of John
and Esther (Knights) Clark. She survived him
nearly four years and died in the same house, July
18, 1832. Their children were: Nathaniel, Esther,
John, Ebenezer, Polly, George, Ruth, Clark, Hale,
Margaret and William.

(VH) Nathaniel (3), eldest child of Nathaniel

(2) and Esther (Clark) Rix, was born November
26, 1777, in LandafT, New Hampshire, and resided
in Stansted, Canada, until the war of 1812 broke
out, when he returned to his native state and settled
in Littleton. He was an active citizen of that
town and employed many years in town afifairs.
He died in Dalton, New Hampshire, October, 1856.
He was married March 3, 1802, to Rebecca Eastman,
who was born September 23, 1780, in Bath, daughter
of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Searls) Eastman. (See
Eastman VH). She survived her husband more
than ten years, and died in Dalton, April 27, 1867.
Their children were : Guy C, Lucretia, Narcissa,
Percis, Wilder P., Benjamin F., Charles and Re-
becca J.

(Vni) Guy Carlton, eldest child of Nathaniel

(3) and Rebecca (Eastman) Rix, was born Decem-
ber 14, 1802, in Stansted, Canada, and was brought
up in Littleton, New Hampshire. Like most young
men of his time he was reared on a farm, and in
the old acceptance of that term was not liberally
educated. His schooling was confined to the com-
mon schools, but this training was supplemented
by careful study and voluminous research. To a
strong practical training he added by his own exer-
tions an unusual literature culture. He possessed
a great taste for the study of classics. In early life
he learned the trade of edge-tool making and proved
to be a skillful workman. He became an itinerant
mechanic, and lived in Barnston, Compton, and a
second time in Barnston, Canada ; in Kirhy, Water-
ford, Danville and East St. Johnsbury, Vermont ;

Runiney and Littleton, New Hampshire ; Middle-
fort, Hartland and Jeddo, New York; and Man-
chester and Dowagiac, Michigan. Before living in
Dowagiac he spent a second period at Jeddo, New
York. He died in Dowagiac, January 14, 1879.
He was married January 4, 1826, to Martha Gates,
who was born August 10, 1807, in East St. Johnsbury,
Vermont, daughter of Thomas and Patty (Plumley)
Gates. She survived him thirteen years, and died
.A.pril 28, 1892, in Dowagiac, Michigan. Their chil-
dren were : Caroline, Guy Scoby, Joel Eastman,
Joseph, Thomas, John, Nathaniel, Martha, Benja-
min Franklin, Charles and Wilder Pierce.

(IX) Guy Scoby, eldest son and second child
of Guy Carlton and Martha (Gates) Rix, was born
November 12, 1828, in Littleton, New Hampshire.
He received a limited education in the common
schools, and attended one term in the high school at
Rumney, New Hampshire, and one winter in the
common school in Middleport, New York, which
was his last schooling. At the age of sixteen he
accompanied his parents to Western New York,
and in the fall of that year (1844) they removed
from Hartland to Middleport, about ten miles
away. A year latter they removed to the little
town of Jeddo, about five miles from Middle-
port, on the "Ridge Road." There he re-
mained, working for his father in the shop until
185 1, when his parents removed to Michigan and
he returned east to visit his grandparents, who
were living at Haverhill, New Hampshire. Here
he met the lady whom he afterwards made his wife,
and in consequence concluded to live in his native
state. He entered the employ of Jonathan S.
Nichols, of Haverhill, working in the blacksmith
department, and remained until the spring of 1853,
when he went to Littleton, his native town. Here
he entered the employ of Daniel C. Quimby, a
carriage manufacturer, but in July of the same year
he left and went to Manchester, Michigan, where
his parents were then residing. There he entered
into partnership with Mr. Munroe Ingraham in the
foundry and machine business. In May, 1854, he
returned east for his bride and was married on the
date of their meeting after a separation of almost
three years. Immediately after their marriage he
returned to Michigan, but was taken down in the
fall with fever and ague, which malady also at-
tacked his wife. Being dissatisfied with conditions
there he disposed of his interest in business and
returned to Littleton, and again entered the employ
of Mr. Quimby. In the spring of 1855 he removed
to Concord, New Hampshire, and took employ-
ment in the shops of Lewis Downing & Sons, car-
riage makers, where he remained until the war of
1861, when he removed to western New York and
located in a village between Niagara and Orleans
counties. In company with his brother Joel he here
began the business of carriage making and custom
blacksmithing, and this continued until July I, 1862,
when he enlisted as a soldier in defence of the
Union and became a member of Company A, One
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fantry, under Captain Erastus Spalding and Colonel
Peter A. Porter, of Niagara Falls. He was
mustered into the service August 22, 1862, at Lock-
port, and on the next day the regiment was on the
way to Baltimore, Maryland, where it did guard
duty in and around the city for some time. On
December i8th of that year the regiment was re-
organized as the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery.
In Grant's campaign, 1864. it was ordered to the
front. ]\Ir. Rix was appointed armorer at Federal
Hill, Baltimore. October 26, 1862 and became bri-
gade armorer at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Way
17, 1863, and artificer in May of the following year.
He participated in the battles of North Anna River,
Cold Harbor (June 30, 1S64) and the engagements
in front of Petersburg (June 16-17-18-22). In the
last engagement he was wounded and taken to the
rear. He was taken to Washington. D. C, and
placed in Mount Pleasant hospital, where his right
leg was amputated July 7, 1864. His wife went to
Washington and cared for him until early in No-
vember of that year, when they both went to Jeddo,
to the old home of his father, which he had pur-
chased while in the service. In February, 1865, he
returned to the hospital again in Washington, and
was discharged March 25 of that year. He returned
to Jeddo and commenced the carriage business
anew, which he continued for eight years. In 1873
he made a visit to the east, and finding a favorable
opening for himself he returned to New York and
sold out his plant, and in November, 1873, moved
his family to Concord, New Hampshire. Here he
entered the employ of the Concord Carriage Com-
pany as foreman of the blacksmithing department.
In 1879 he was offered flattering inducements to
go to St. Louis as superintendent Of a large carriage
manufactory, and accepted, and a year later he
moved his family to St. Louis, but the climate
proved injurious to his wife's health, and he re-
turned his family to Concord, but continued to hold
his position in St. Louis for a period of four years.
At the end of that time his employers abandoned
carriage manufacturing and .engaged in the pro-
duction of street cars, and he resigned his position
and returned to Concord and re-entered the service
of the Concord Carriage Company. Since 1898
he has been retired from labor at his trade. Mr.
Rix has always possessed a strong taste for litera-
ture, and despite his lack of education has turned
out some very creditable works. He is the author
of an exhaustive history of the Eastman family and
of the Rix famib', and has done a great deal- of
genealogical work in connection with various fam-
ilies. He has been a contributor of material to
numerous town histories in his native state, and
still at his great age manipulates the typewriter and
produces genealogical matter of value to many peo-
ple. He has been a strong temperance man all his
life, and is probably the oldest "Son of Temperance"
in this state, if not in the United States, having
been initiated in June, 1847, in Jeddo Division No.
27. by the great temperance advocate, Philip S.
White, of Philadelphia. He was also made an Odd

Fellow in Moose Hillock Lodge, No. 25, in Haver-
hill, New Hampshire, in January, 1852. He is a
member of E. E. Sturtevant Post No. 2. Grand
Army of the Republic, at Concord. He is a justice
of the peace and quorum. Both he and his wife are
members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church
of Concord. He was married in Warren, New
Hampshire, May 28, 1854, by Rev. James Adams,
to Abigail Augusta Place, who was born February
I, 1835, in Haverhill, New Hampshire, daughter of
James and Mary Lovejoy (Gould) Place. Follow-
ing is a brief account of their children: Mary Louise,
born in Strafford, New Hampshire, is the wife of
Samuel Alfred Clay, residing in Concord, and has
two children : Martha Abbie, a native of Concord,
resides in that town, the widow of Herbert L. Tre-
vette, and she has three children ; Guy Carlton, born
in Concord, resides in Boston, Massachusetts, and
had two daughters; Minnie, a native of Jeddo, New
York, is a wife of Howard S. Smart, and resides
in Concord, having two children, Frank, a native
of Jeddo, is unmarried and lives with his parents.
The same is true of James Carlton, who was born in
Concord.

The family herein traced was not
WHIT,A.KER among the Puritan Pilgrims, but

has long been identified with
Massachusetts and New Hampshire in a worthy
manner. It seems impossible to discover positively
the time of arrival in America.

(I) The first of record appears in Shirley,
Massachusetts, where John Whitaker had a son
born in 1744. John Whitaker is supposed to have
come from England, but no record is found of his
birth, death or marriage.

(II) John (2) Whitaker. son of John (i), was
born. 1744. in Shirley, Massachusetts, and died Oc-
tober I, 1829. He was married in Groton, Massa-
chusetts, December 23, 1766, to Thankful Pierce,
who was born in the same year as himself, and
survived him nearly two years, dying September 6,
1831. They were the parents of ten children,
namely : David, John, Susan, William (died
young), Susanna. William, Lucy, Asa, Levi and
Anna.

(III) David, eldest son of John (2) and
Thankful (Pierce) Whitaker, was born January 26.
1767, probably in Groton. and died September 24,
1852. in Pittsford, Vermont. His first wife was
Lydia Fish, who died November 24, 1791, leaving
one child, Polly, who became the wife of John Rice,
and the mother of eight children. Mr. Whitaker
married (second) Anna Beach, who was born
.Vugust 3. 1771. at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and
died April 21, 1867, in Bethel, Vermont. They were
the parents of twelve children, all of whom were
born in Windsor. Vermont, namely: David (died
young), Ira, Nancy, Marshall. John. David. George,
Reuben, Chancey, Lydia Fish, Caroline and Paschal.

(IV) Lydia Fish, second daughter and tenth
child of David and Anna (Beach) Whitaker. was
born December 23, 181 1, in Windsor, Vermont, and

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died June 21, 1886, in Montpclicr, same state. She
was married January 11. 1S2S, to Mulfred Dayton
Eullard. (See Bullard, VII).

This is a family long identified with
BISHOP the history of New Hampshire, and
early implanted in Massachusetts. It
was conspicuous in struggles w'ith the Indians, in
the days of settlement in the Merrimack \'alley,
and bore its part in subduing those enemies of
civilization. It was also identified with the pioneer
times of other 'sections of the state and aided in
settling the Connecticut Valley, as well as the Mer-
rimack.

(I) Edmund Bishop, emigrant ancestor of one
of the several Bishop families early in New Eng-
land, settled before 1640 in that part of Salem
Village which is now in Beverly, Massachusetts.
He was a husbandman and also a sawyer. His first
wife Hannah, the mother of his children, died be-
fore 16S0. He married (second) Budget Oliver,
widow of Thomas Oliver. She was executed as a
witch June 10, 1692, and he married (third), March
9. 169.3. Elizabeth Cash. He was not living in 1715,
and his children were : Hannah, Edward and
Mary.

(ID Edward (2). only son of Edward (i) and
Hannah Bishop, was born in 1648 and baptized April
23, of that year. Previous to 1703 he was a resi-
dent of Salem Village, and removed thence to
Rehoboth. Massachusetts, where he w-as an inn
holder, and there died May 12. 171 1. He married
Sarah Wildes, of Topsfield. Massachusetts, and
their sons were : Edward, Samuel, Jonathan and
Ebenezer.

(III) Edward (3), eldest son of Edward (2)
and Sarah (Wildes) Bishop, was born about 1680
in Salem Village, and lived in Salem, Ipswich and
in Newbury. The Christian name of his wife was
Susanna, and they had sons, Josiah, James, Daniel
and Benjamin.

(IV) Josiah. eldest son of Edward (3) and
Susanna Bishop, lived in Ipswich until 1727, when
he removed to Newbury, Massachusetts. About
1740 he removed to Boscawen, New Hampshire,
and was there engaged in clearing land, but it is
probable that his family remained in Newbury.
Only one member became a resident of New Hamp-
shire. In the summer of 1746, while at work in his
fields at Boscawen. he was surprised and captured
by the Indians, and because of his resistance he was
slain. He was married February 7. 1704, to Sarah
Adams, who was a daughter of Thomas Adams.
Four_of their children were born in Ipswich, and
four in "Newbury. They were: Bethia. Susanna,
Sarah. Enos, Jeremiah (died young), Lydia, Benja-
min and Jemima. ,

(V) Enos, eldest son of Joseph and Sarah
(Adams) Bishop, was born January 31, 1705, in
Ipswich. Massachusetts. Soon after attaining his
majority, before 1739, he removed from Newbury.
Massachusetts, to Boscawen. New Hampshire, and
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tack on the cabin and the family of Philip Call,
Enos Bishop was one of the thirteen men who set
out in pursuit of the enemy. The company fell into
an ambush, and he was captured and taken to Can-
ada. He subsequently escaped and returned to
Boscawen, where he lived until 1769, when he re-
moved to Lisbon. New Hampshire. In 1775 he
served in Captain Jane Osgood's company of
rangers upon the northern frontiers, and in the
following year he completed an enlistment in Col-
onel Bedel's regiment. In the autumn of 1776 he
enlisted in the Continental service and served in the
first New Hampshire record of ■ Colonel Cilley's
regiment. In the descriptive roll of New Hamp-
shire soldiers in 1778 he is called fifty-two years of
age, and described as five feet seven inches in
stature, with light complexion. He was reported
sick Januan,- 10, 177S. and died in the service
August 8 of that year. He was married in New-
bury, Massachusetts, November 21, 1749, to Eliza-
beth Belamy. She 'died while he was in captivity,
and he sub'^equently married Anna (surname un-
known). Two children were born of the first wife,
namely : Josiah. who was a prominent citizen of
Lisbon (his name is erroneously printed Jonah in
the "History of Boscawen") ; and Susanna. The
children of the second wife were : John, who lived
in Lyme, New Hampshire ; Elizabeth. Sarah, Han-
nah, Benjamin (who was a Methodist minister and
lived in Lancaster), and Enos, who lived in Lisbon,

(VI) John, second son and third child of Enos
Bishop, and eldest child of his second wife. .\nna,
was born December 10, 1757, in Boscawen, and was
twelve years of age when his parents removed to
Lisbon. He was a soldier in Colonel Bedel's regi-
ment in 1776. and in the autumn of that year went
into the Continental service and was assigned ta
Colonel Cille.v's regiment, in which his father served.
He was discharged in 1780, and in old age drew a
pension for his military services. He resided in
Lyme, New Hampshire, and was living as late as-
1840. The records of this town have been burned,
and full account of his family cannot be secured.

(VII) John (2), son of John (i) Bishop, was
born 1784, probably in Lyme, and resided in Han-
over, New Hampshire, where both he and his wife
died in 1826. Both were admitted to the church at
Hanover Center in 1816. He was chosen -a town
officer at the annual meeting in March. 1812. He
was married in Hanover, October 29, 1809, to Abi-
gail Parker, who was born March 7. 1789. in Han-
over, daughter of Dan and Beulah (Smith) Parker.
They had children : Harriet ; Mary Ann : John Gil-
man, born August 28, 1817; James Monroe, whose
sketch follows ; and Isaiah Moody, born September
21. 1824. Dan Parker was a Revolutionary pen-
sioner and was living as late as 1840 in Canaan.
New Hampshire.

(VIII) James Monroe Bishop, second son and
fourth child of John and Abigail (Parker) Bishop,
was born in Hanover. New Hampshire. May 14,
1821. and died at Stamford. Connecticut. June 16,
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of his parents left him an orphan, after which he
was adopted by his maternal grandparents, who re-
moved to Canaan, New Hampshire, about 1840.
While living in Hanover he had attended school
and there laid the foundation which he had not the
means to complete in an academic course, but by
working out among the farmers of the locality of
his home, and by teaching school during the winter
seasons, he earned money sufficient to improve him-
self in the academies at Lebanon and Canaan. In
the spring of 1846 he took up the study of medicine
with Dr. Jones, of Canaan, afterward continued it
with Dr. Wheat, and still later spent two years
under the preceptorship of Dr. Mead, of East
Andover. During this time in connection with his
studies he taught school as a means of supporting
himself.

In the winter of 1848-49 Dr. Bishop taught
school in Maine, and in the following spring went
to Plymouth as assistant to Dr. Goodrich, with the
intention to succeed him in practice upon his re-
moval from that town, which then was his purpose ;
but as Dr. Goodrich afterward decided to remain in
Plymouth he went to Bristol, New Hampshire, and
began practice there in November, 1849, and from
that time until his death he was one of the most
prominent and popular figures in medical circles in
Grafton county.

His professional career was begun in accordance
with the teachings of the old school of medicine,
and at a time when the doctrines propounded by
Hahnemann were attracting great attention in the
medical world but were not tolerated in any of the
established schools of medical instruction; nor were
those who proposed to practice according to the law
of similars permitted to matriculate at any of the
so-called regular schools. Although he was well
grounded in medicine and held a license to practice,
Dr. Bishop felt the need of a medical course leading
to the degree, and with a determination to accom-
plish that end he entered the Eclectic Medical Col-
lege at Worcester, Massachusetts, completed the
course of that institution and .graduated M. D. in
1855. After graduation Dr. Bishop practiced gen-
eral medicine in Bristol and its vicinity under the
eclectic system for about fifteen years, and then be-
came a full convert to the doctrine of siinilia sim-
ilibus curantui: As an eclectic he "was a member of
the New Hampshire Eclectic Medical Society,
serving as censor, vice-president and president of
that body. During the last tvventy' years 'Of -hi*
professional life he adhered strictly to the homoeo-
pathic practice and was one of the ablest exponents
of that school of medicine in the state. He held
membership in the Homoeopathic Medical Society
of the State of New Hampshire and served as its
vice-president, president and sccrctarj-, holding the
latter office at the time of his death.

Dr. Bishop was seventy years old at the time of
his death, which o'ccurred at Stamford, Connecticut,
while on the way to attend the session of the Inter-
national Hahnemannian Association at Atlantic
City, New Jersey, in June, 1S91. During the forty-

three years of his residence in Bristol he was
closely associated with the best interests and his-
tory of that town. His practice always was large and
occupied much of his time, yet he took an earnest in-
terest in the welfare of the town and its institutions.
He was town treasurer from i860 to 1870; one of
the incorporators of the Bristol Savings Bank in
1868 ; member of the superintending school com-
mittee in 1866, 1872, 1875 and again in 1884; mem-
ber of the board of education of Union School Dis-
trict No. 2 in 1878 and l88r ; trustee of the Minot-
Sleeper Public Library from 1884 to the time of his
death, and at one time a member of the Bristol
Board of Health. He was a member and one of the
officiary of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Bristol, a Free and Accepted Mason, and in politics
was a Republican.

Dr. James Monroe Bishop married, November
II, 1852, Margaret Ayer Locke. She was born in
Concord, New Hampshire, August 13. 1832, daugh-
ter of Samuel B. and Betsey (Philbrick) Locke.
Their children : Mary Abbie Bishop, their eldest
child, was born in Bristol, graduated in Classical
course from Tilton Seminary, taught school in
Bristol one year, and studied music at the New
England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massa-
chusetts. She now lives in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Daniel Locke Bishop, their second child, was born
in Bristol, May 15, 1856, and died August 26, 1856.
Lizzie Belle Bishop, their third child, was born in
Bristol, graduated from Chelsea (Massachusetts)
high school in 1877, and from the classical depart-
ment of Tilton Seminary in 1878. She afterward
taught four years in the graded school of Bristol
and on^ year in Dickinson Seminary at Williams-
port, Pennsylvania. She married. August 23, 1893,
Edwin H. Johnson, of Lynn, ]\Iassachusetts, who
died March 22, 1894. Channing Bishop, their young-
est son and child, is a practicing physician of
Bristol.

(IX) Channing Bishop was born in Bristol,
July 26, 1864. His earlier literary education was
acquired in the Bristol public schools and Tilton
Seminary, and his higher education at Brown Uni-
versity, Providence, Rhode Island. He was edu-
cated for the profession of medicine, first under the
instruction of his father, and afterward at the Bos-
ton L^niversity School of Medicine, where he made
the course and graduated M. D. in June, 1889.
Since he came to the degree in medicine. Dr. Bishop
...has engaged in active general practice in Bristol,
and iii' connection with professional pursuits has
taken a commendable interest in that town and its
institutions. He was appointed a member of the
board of education of Union" School District No. 2
in 1891, and served as superintelident from 1893 to
1896. On the death of his father," in 1S91, he was
appointed to succeed him as secretary of the board
of trustees of the Minot-Sleeper Public Library,
and since 1891 he has been a member of that lioard.
He is a member, and in 1S99 was master of Union
Lodge, .•\ncient Free and Accepted MasouN; mem-
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Order of Odd Fellows ; charter member of Merrill
Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and ex-
member of the Bristol Board of Health

Dr. Bishop married, May 15, 1893, Lena B.
Cragin. She was born December 24. 1866, a daugh-
ter of Richard W. and Nancy Jane (Emery)
Cragin. Richard W. Cragin was born November
21, 1825, in We.ston, Vermont, and was married July
15, i860, to Nancy Jane Emery. She was born June
29, 1834, at East Andover, New Hampshire, a
daughter of William A. Emery. The children of
Richard W. and Nancy J. Cragin were : George E.,
born April 10. 1861 ; and Lena B., December 24,
1866.

Investigation tends to establish the
WILL.\RD origin of the name Willard in the
old German duchy of Alsace or in
Lorraine, its neighbor. In the time of William the
Conqueror, the family was fully established in Eng-
land, and from the time of the compilation of
Doomsday Book until now, Willards have been resi-
dents in the counties of Sussex and Kent. The im-
mediate ancestors of Simon Willard, the immigrant
progenitor of the Willards of this article, resided
in the southwesterly part of Kent in the hundred of
Brenchley and Horsmonden.

(I) Richard Willard was a man of substance
in the village of Horsmonden, and was residing
there at the time of his death, February, 1616 (Old
Style). He was married three times, his last wife
surviving him only a few days, and being buried on
the 25th of the same month. Seven children sur-
vived him : they were : Margery. Simon, George,
Mary, Richard, Elizabeth and Catharine.

(II) Major Simon Willard. son of Richard
Willard, was born at Horsmonden, probably in the
early part of the year 1605, and was baptized in the
church at that place April 7, 1605. His mother died
before he reached the age of four years, and when
he was twelve years old his father and stepmother
died. He seems to have been well educated, and was
probably engaged in active business during the
years of his majority at Horsmonden. He em-
barked from England in April, 1634, in company
with his sister Margery, and her husband. Captain
Dolor Davis, and arrived at Boston about tlie mid-
dle of the month of May, after a short and very
prosperous voyage. Six ships arrived at Boston
about this time, and there is no record to show in
which of these Simon Willard crossed the Atlantic.
Soon after his arrival he established himself at
Cambridge. He is entitled "Merchant" by Governor
Winthrop in 1635. He dealt also extensively with
the Indians of the interior, and engaged in the pur-
chase and exportation of furs. August 4, 1634, a
tract of land was granted him, consisting of one
hundred acres, upon which he had a dwelling house.
This w-as bounded on the east by Charles river. In
the village of Cambridge he had a house lot. which
he sold, probably about 1639. By trading with the
Indians he had become acquainted with the situa-
tion of Musquctaquid, a place of pleasant aspect and

easy cultivation and to this he directed his attention.
A grant was made by the general court, September
2, 1635. of "a plantation at Musquetaquid * * *
six myles of land square to belonge to it." Winthrop
says that this grant was made "to Mr. Buckly
(Bulkeley) and (Simon Willard), mer-
chant, and about 12 more families," and was named
Concord. Here he was one of the leading men of
the town, being town clerk till 1654, and representa-
tive fourteen years. He was chosen assistant twen-
ty-two years from 1654 to his death, and was very
nutch employed in the public business of the coun-
try. As a surveyor he was celebrated. About 1652
he was sent as a commissioner to establish the
northern boundary of Massachusetts at the head of
the Merrimack river, and it is said that the letters
S. W. which some years since were found upon the
Bound Rock near Lake Winnepesaukee are probably
the initials of his name.

For prominent service in the settlement of Lan-
caster he was presented with a large tract of land,
and it is supposed that he moved to that town in
1659. Subsequent to his removal he acquired a strip
of territory in Groton, now situated in the town of
.Ayer. This land has been known as the Nonas-
coicus grant, it being adjacent to a brook of this
name. L^pon this tract he erected a house, probably
in 1671. This house was attacked and burned by
the Indians, March 13. 1676. The family were ab-
sent at the time, warning having been given of the
approach of the Indians. The more prominent mil-
itary service of Simon Willard as related to the
public began when, in 1653. he was appointed ser-
geant-major of the forces of Middlesex county. In
October, 1654, he was made commander-in-'chief of
a levy of a little more than three hundred footmen
and horsemen who were sent out by the tmited
colonies in an expedition against Ninigret, the
Sachem of the Niantics, returning to Boston with
his troops by October 24. The result of the ex-
pedition was the obtaining of a satisfactory agree-
ment w'ith Ninigret and also with the Pequod In-
dians.

In the early part of King Philip's war he organ-
ized the Colonial troops, and one of his first acts in
the field was the relief of the Brookficld garrison.
Soon after he was in command of a considerable
force sent to range the country about Brookfield.
In this service he was employed from September 20,
1675. to April iS, 1676. An old record states "the
Major was employed about the country business,
Settling of Garrisons in towns and settling of In-
dians at Concord and Chelmsford, and other busi-
ness." For several months Major Willard was oc-
cupied in the various towns assisting in their de-
fense, and soon after the return of the Narragan-
sett expedition at the arrival of Canonchet in the
Nipmuck country, the council ordered him to raise
a large force of mounted men to do duty in the vi-
cinity of Groton, Lancaster and Marlboro. He re-
turned from the war and went to Charlestown,
where he died April 24. 1676. He was not an ultra
religionist, and was a very useful man in the colony.

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He married (first), in England, ]\Ian,- Sharpe, born
at Horsmonden in 1614, daughter of Henry and
Jane (Feylde) Sharpe. ilarried (second) Elizabeth
Dunster, sister of Rev. Henry Dunster, of Harvard
College. She died about a year after marriage.
Married (third) Mary Dunster, a cousin of Eliza-
beth. She survived the major and married Deacon
Noyes, of Sudbury. To Major Willard were born
seventeen children, of whom nine sons and five
daughters arrived at mature age. The children of
the first wife were: Mary, Elizabeth (died young),
Elizabeth, Dorothy, Josiah, Samuel and Sarah. By
the third : Abovehope, Simon, Mary, Henry, John,
Daniel, Joseph. Benjamin, Hannah and Jonathan.

(HI) Henr}-, fourth child and second son of
Major Simon and Mary (Dunster) Willard, was
born at Concord, June 4, 1655, and died in Lan-
caster, August 27, 1701. He died, leaving a good
estate, and a large heritage of children. He resided
first in Groton, but spent the greater part of his life
in Lancaster. He married, July 18, 1674. when at

the age of nineteen, Mary Lakin, daughter of

Lakin, of Groton. She died probably not later than
1688, and he married (second), about 1&S9, Dorcas
Cutler. She survived him, and married (second)
Benjamin Bellows, for many years a resident of
Lancaster. There were seven children born to
Henry Willard by his first wife, and seven by the
second. They were : Henry, Simon, John, Heze-
kiah, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, James, Josiah,
Jonathan, .Abigail, Susanna and Tabitha.

(IV) Henry (2), eldest child of Henry (l)
and Mary (Lakin) Willard, was born at Groton.
April II, 1675. He resided in Lancaster, and by a
change of town lines in Harvard after 1732. He
married (first), July 21, 1798, Abigail Temple.
Married (second), previous to 1810. Sarah Nutting.
He had tw-elve children, as follow'S : .Abraham,
Henry, Simon, James, William. Daniel. Benjamin,
Mary, Abigail, Sarah, Lydia and Ruth.

(V) Henry (3), son of Henry (2) and Abigail
(Temple) Willard, was born at Lancaster about
1700, and died in Harvard, January 6, 1774. After
1732 he lived in Harvard, where ten or eleven chil-
dren were bom. He married. May 24. 1726, Abigail
Fairbanks, of Lancaster. Among his children were
sons Oliver, Timothy, Jacob and John, who were
residents of Ashburnham.

(VI) Deacon John, son of Henry (3) and Abi-
gail (Fairbanks) Willard, was born in Harvard,
July 26, 1739, and died July 3, 1793. He moved to
Ashburnham in 1768, and settled on a farm. He
was a leading man in town affairs until failing
health prevented a continued service. In 1772 he
was chosen a deacon, and in 1788 expressed a desire
to be relieved of the duties of the office. The
esteem of his brethren is reflected in their respon-
sive vote : "That the church thank him for his past
services, and they wish him better health, and that
he would officiate as often as his health will admit."
He died after a lingering illness of consumption.
He married, in 1765, Sarah Willard, born Novem-
ber 14, 1746, died November 18, 1834. Their mar-

riage intentions were recorded in Harvard, January
6. 1765. Their children were: John, Silas, Simon.
Sarah, Henry, Susannah, Abigail, Elijah, Ezra and
Jonas.

(VII) Captain John (2), eldest child of Deacon
John (i) and Sarah (Willard) Willard, was born
October 26, 1766, and died March 23, 1S50. aged
eighty-three years. He was a farmer, a captain of
militia, and a selectman several years. He married,
April s. 1792, Deborah Wilder, born in Lancaster,
in 1774, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Wood-
ward) Wilder, of Ashburnham. She died October
24, 1859. aged nearly eighty-six years. Their chil-
dren were: John, Caleb, Deborah (died young),
Emery, Nelson, Elizabeth, Merrick, Deborah, Susan,.
Abigail, and an infant which died May 16, 1816.

(VIII) Emery, fourth child and third son of
Captain John (2) and Deborah (Wilder) Willard.
was born in Ashburnham, November 24, x8oo. He
lived in Brighton. He married Irene Benjamin,
daughter of Daniel and Tamezin (Felton) Benja-
min, of Ashburnham. She was the youngest of ten
children, born February 20, 1805. They were the
parents of eleven children.

(IX) Louisa Maria, daughter of Emery and
Irene (Benjamin) Willard, was born in Ashburn-
ham, and married Edward M. Simmons (see Sim-
mons III).

The name of Lovewell, or Lovell.
LOVEWELL is connected with some of the
■ most hazardous and daring acts
recorded in the history of New England ; and the
name and ser\'ices of Captain Lovewell will not be
forgotten as long as the history of Indian warfare-
is read.

(I) John Lovewell is said to have been an en-
sign in Cromwell's army about 1653, and to have
died about 1754. at the remarkable age of one hun-
dred and twenty years, but there is perhaps no cer-
tain proof of his military service or of his remark-
able longevity. However, he witnessed a will in
Boston in 1660; and if he was then twenty years old,
which is probable, he was one hundred and sixteen
when he died. He probably settled first at Wey-
mouth. Massachusetts, and later -at Dunstable, in
that part of the township (near Salmon brook)
which afterward fell within the town of Nashua,
New Hampshire, where he was one of the first
permanent residents. He was with the famous
Captain Church during King Philip's war, and in
the great Narragansett swamp fight, December 19.
1675, He was one of five persons whose indomit-
able courage prevented the abandonment of the town
of Dunstable by its white inhabitants on account of
Indian troubles, not many years after its settlement.
His name frequently appears in the town records,
and he held the office of selectman and other offices.
He was a man of remarkable courage and physical
vigor. "In 1745, when he must have been about
one hundred and ten years of age," says a writer,
"he was very constant in attendance at church, and
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■with his caiic' " He had four children : John, men-
tioned below ; Zaccheus, a colonel in the French
war; Jonathan, a preacher, and afterward a judge;
and a daughter Hannah, who married Lieutenant
Josiah . who was killed at Pequawket.

(H) Captain John (2), eldest son of John (l)
Lovewell, of Dunstable, was born October 14, 1691,
and died at Pigwauket, May 8. 172S, aged thirty-
four. He grew up in a very new country, inhabited
by Indians and wild beasts, and was a typical man
of his age and locality. Like his father, he possessed
great courage and was fond of engaging in adven-
turous and daring enterprises. He was particularly
successful in hunting wild animals, and in time of
war was engaged in exploring the wilderness to find
the lurking places of the Indians. There is a tradi-
tional account of his attacking and killing seven In-
dians on Lovewell's mountain in the town of Wash-
ington, in the southeast corner of Sullivan 'COunt\%
but there is no proof to ~ substantiate the legend.
The whole township was once the property of the
Lovewell family, and the mountain takes its name
from them — or him.

The story of Captain Lovewell's expeditions
against the Indians is intensely interesting, but as
it is part of the history of New England and is to
found in various published works, it will be given
only in brief form here. The depredations of the In-
dians had caused the deaths of many settlers in Mas-
sachusetts shortly before 1^24, when, thoroughly
aroused, Captain Lovewell and others petitioned the
general assembly for leave to go against the enemy.
The various earlier expeditions which had gone out
from Dunstable and the surrounding towns had
met with such poor success that Lovewell could
raise only thirty men instead of "near 40 or 50" as
he desired, but with these he started on an excur-
sion to the northward of Winnepiseogee lake. On
December 10, 1724, the party killed an Indian and
captured a boy, and returned home. January 27,
1725. Lovew-ell with a company now of eighty-seven,
hut later reduced to fifty-seven by sending away
thirty, went up the Merrimack and before daylight
of the 2ist stole forward and killed an entire party
of ten well armed Indians, who were on their way
to ravage the New Hampshire frontier. As a re-
ward for this signal success the company received
in Boston a bounty of one thousand pounds from
the public treasury. On April 16, 1725, Captain
Lovewell, with forty-six men. started against the bold
chief Pangus at Pigwauket, now Fryeburg, Maine.
After building a fort and leaving a garrison at Os-
sipee, with thirty-three men besides himself pro-
ceeded to Pigwauket where they ambushed and
killed a lone Indian, but not before he had shot and
killed Captain Lovewell. The command soon after
engaged with thrice their number of Indians. The
"battle was a desperate one and lasted for ten hours.
At sunset the enemy drew off the field, and at mid-
night the English started on their retreat to the set-
tlements. The battle was stubbornly fought ' to a
draw. What the issue would have been if Captain
Lovewell had lived can not be decided now. Forty
Indians including the chief, Pangus, were killed on

the spot, eighteen more died of wounds later, and
about twenty escaped unharmed. Of the Colonists
twelve were killed on the battlefield, eleven were
badly wounded and nine others less seriously
wounded. The percentage of mortality on both sides
was very high. Captain Lovewell's body and the
bodies of his dead comrades were left on the field.
This battle was a disaster severely felt in all the
communities sending forth men on this daring ex-
pedition, but these brave men did not perish in vain.
The forces of the Indians were broken up and the
remnant driven to seek other settlements, thus
largely destroying their power to do harm. The
fame of Captain Lovewell and his men has come
down to us in song and story ; his memory is per-
petuated in the local nomenclature of the Country.
The pond which was the scene of the exploit in
Wakefield, at the head of a branch of Salmon Falls
river, has ever since been known as Lovewell's pond.
The body of water on the banks of which the fight
at Pigwauket took place is also called Lovewell's
pond, and the battle is often referred to as "Love-
well's fight." The several expeditions against the
Indians are often referred to as Lovewell's war.
Only one other person in New England has had a
war named for him, and that one is King Philip.
June 8, 1726, the widow of Captain Lovewell, in a
petition to the general court represents that by rea-
son of his expense in raising volunteers to go
against the Indians, &c., his estate is so much in-
volved that it cannot pay the debts without selling
the real estate. The inventory of his property,
taken November 22. 1725, amounted to four hundred
and forty-four pounds, five shillings and six pence.
His lands and meadows were estimated at two hun-
dred acres, and these and the buildings thereon, and
the half part of a saw mill, were appraised at four
hundred and twenty pounds. Another inventory of
personal property at Chelmsford, made June 29,
1725, contained a list of property valued at fifty
pounds and nineteen shillings. The general court
responded to the widow's petition with a resolution
to pay fifty pounds of Captain Lovewell's debts, and
later made other appropriations for the relief of
his widow. Suncook was granted in 1728 to those
men who took part in the Pigwauket expedition as
a reward for their services.

Captain Lovewell married Hannah , and

they had three children: John, Hannah, and Ne-
hemiah (a posthumous child). His widow married
(second) a man named Smith. She died January

5, I7S4-

(III) Hannah, only daughter of Captam John
and Hannah Lovewell, was born in Barnstable. July
24. 1721. and married Lieutenant Josiah Farwell,
and settled in Pembroke, New Hampshire. (See
Baker IV).

An immigrant from England to
HAYNES America, as early as 1638, was the

ancestor of a numerous progeny of
this name, now scattered throughout the United
States. The character of the family seems to have
been excellent from the beginning of the record.

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(I) Walter Haynes was born in England in
1583, in the town of Sutton, Mandeville, county of
Wilts. He also owned a house and outbuildings in
the village of Shaston, situated on the island of
Purbeck, in the southeastern portion of Dorset-
shire. He, with family and servants, arrived in
Boston in 163S, in the ship "Confidence." In the
same ship came Peter Noyes, yeoman, of Penton,
county of Southampton, with children and servants,
Walter Haynes was a linen weaver, and was fifty-
five years of age when he came to this country.
About a year after his arrival, he with others re-
moved from Watertown, having obtained a grant
for a township named Sudbury, where they settled,
December 22, 1639. He was made freeman 1640.
was representative in the years 1641, 1644, 1648, and
1651, and was one of the selectmen of Sudbury for
ten years. He died February 14, 1665, aged eighty-
two. Nothing is known of his wife Elizabeth.
They had children (date or order of birth un-
known) : Thomas, John, Josiah, Suffrance, Mary,
and another, name unknown.

(H) Josiah (i), son of Walter and Elizabeth
Haynes, was born in England. He married, No-
vember 13, 1646, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter
Noyes, widow of John Freeman. They had chil-
dren : Josiah, Caleb. Joshua, Deborah and Abigail,
(i) Peter Noyes came from England in 163S, in the
same ship with Walter Haynes, bringing with him
three sons and three daughters. At this time he
was forty-seven years of age. His children were :
Thomas, Peter. Josephus, Dorothy. Elizabeth and
Abigail. (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Noyes,
married first. John Freeman, had one son, Joseph,
and a daughter, who married Thomas Gats (?), of
Stow; and after the death of Freeman, married
(second) Josiah Haynes, as above stated.

(IH) Josiah (2), eldest son and child of
Josiah (i) and Elizabeth (Noyes) Haynes, was
born in Sudbury, April 27, 1655, He married Abi-
gail Stark, and they were the parents of several
children.

(IV) Josiah (3), son of- Josiah (2) and Abi-
gail (Stark) Haynes, born 1701, died about 1793-5.

(V) Josiah (4), son of Josiah (3) Haynes,
born December 31, 1732. died December 29. 1814.
He married Susannah (probably Willis), born Sep-
tember 26, T733, died January 15, 1818.

(VI) John, son of Josiah (4) and Susannah
(Willis) (?) Haynes, born September 10, 1762,
died November 21. 1829. He married, October 27.
1785, Sally Forbush, born January 12, 1765, died
March 31, 1826.

(VII) Reuben, son of John and Sally (For-
bush) Haynes, born April 2. 1789, and died' May I,
1854, married, September 26, 1813, Roxana Puffer,
born October 37, T795. died April 18, 1826. He re-
sided in North Sudbury, was a master builder,
owned a farm and kept a tavern.

(VIII) Sarah and Roxana, daughters of
Reuben and Roxana (Puffer) Haynes. became suc-
cessively wives of Daniel Holden. (See Holden
VI).

Michael Sullivan, a native of
SULLIVAN county Kerry, Ireland, emigrated
to this country and settled in Leb-
anon, New Hampshire, from whence he removed
to Bradford, and in 1859 took up his residence in
Manchester. He was a trader throughout the active
years of his life. He married Julia Kane, a native
of county Kerry, Ireland, and nine children were
born to them, three of whom are now living:
Michael J., Roger G., see forward, and Mary B.,
wife of Benjamin J., Spaulding; all reside in Man-
chester. Mr. Sullivan and his family are members
of the Catholic Church.

Roger G. Sullivan, son of Michael and Julia
(Kane) Sullivan, was born in Bradford, New
Hampshire, December 18, 1854. He obtained his
education in the public schools of Bradford and
Park grammar schools of Manchester. He began
work in the Manchester Print Works at an early
age, and continued thus employed until fourteen
years of age. He then went to South Amesbury,
Massachusetts, and served three years' apprentice-
ship at the trade of carriage painting, which line of
work he followed for two years thereafter. In 1874
he returned to Manchester and engaged in the
manufacture and sale of cigars, employing but one
man, but by industry, thrift and rare good manage-
ment he steadily built up the business, and at the
present time (1907) ranks as the largest manufac-
turer of a ten cent cigar in the New England states.
In 18S9 he built his first factory ; in 1895 '^'s business
had increased to such an extent that he was obliged
to make a large addition to his factory; in 1906 he
opened a branch factory at the corner of Auburn
and Canal streets, Manchester, and now (1907) he
gives employment to four hundred hands, his pay
roll amounting to two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars a year. He manufactures twelve million
cigars annually, ninety-eight per cent of which are
of the brand known as "7-20-4," which are hand-
made and composed of pure Havana filler and im-
ported Sumatra wrapper. This make of cigars
is widely known and very popular, as is evidenced
by the immense sale thereof. Mr. Sullivan pays to
the United States a tax of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars annually.

Mr. Sullivan is a director in the New Hampshire
Fire Insurance Company, Amoskeag National Bank,
Manchester Traction and Power Company, and a
trustee of the Public Library. He is a member of
the Derryfield Club and of the Knights of Colum-
bus. He attends the Catholic Church, and gives
his allegiance to the Democratic party, but has no
time to devote to politics except in a quiet way.
Mr. Sullivan has achieved success by understand-
ing his business thoroughly and strictly attending to
same. He has been alert and quick to discern his
customers' likes and dislikes, and by paying due
regard to them and by industry, perseverance and
square dealing has built up an extensive and lucra-
tive business, one of the principal industries in the-
city.

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Mr. Sullivan married, 1871, Susan C. Fernald,
daugliter of True O. and Susan G. Fernald, of Man-
chester. They have tliree daughters: Mima E.,
Susati A. and Frances E.

This old New England name has
THAYER been borne by some of the ablest men

of New Hampshire, and appears to
have had some prominence in old England before
brought to the Western World in its early settle-
ment. A coat-of-arms was conferred at an early
date upon Augustine Thayer, of Thaydon, a village
in the County of Essex, England, about eighteen
miles north of London. In early days the name had
various spellings, as is common among the colon-
ists of New England, and is found in the old world
as Thear, Their, Theyer, and in its present form,
as conforming to that used in the coat-of-arms. Its
representatives have been potent factors in the
development of the new world in various walks of
life, and have been found ready to support the up-
lifting influences of the world generally.

The first of the name to come to Atnerica were
Richard and Thomas Thayer and their families.
The first record of these two families is that
Richard Thayer was made a freeman in 1640, and
Thomas Thayer was a freeman and received titles
of lands in 1635. From the best information obtain-
able Richard and Thomas Thayer and their families
must have come with the Massachusetts Colony in
1630 or thereabouts, as they were with other fami-
lies that came from Braintree, County of Essex,
England, and who named their town in the New
World the same as the one they left in their native
land. (Thomas and descendants are noticed in
this article).

(I) Richard Thayer, the ancestor of this par-
ticular branch of the family, was born probably in
the county of Essex, England, and came to Boston,
IMassachusetts, w-ith his wife and three sons. He lo-
cated with his family in the town of Braintree, Mas-
sachusetts, where he became a freeman in 1640, as
above mentioned, and was one of the worthy citizens
of his town, residing there until his death, August 27,
1695. He must have been a man of more than the
ordinary mental endowments as the history of his
descendants in each generation has shown men of
remarkable attainments and executive ability. (His
son, Nathaniel and descendants receive mention in
this article).

(II) Richard (2), eldest son and child of Rich-
ard (l) Thayer, was born in England, probably in
the county of Essex, and came to America with
his parents, landing at Boston, and settled at Brain-
tree. He married, October 24, 165 1, Dorothy Pray,
and seven children were born to them : Dorothy,
June 30, 1653; Richard, July 31, 1655; Nathaniel,
January i, 1658; Abigail, February 10, 1661 ; Joanna,
December 13, 1665; Sarah, December, 1667; and
Cornelius, August 18, 1670. The deaths of Richard
and Dorothy (Pray) Thayer occurred December 4,
1705, and December 11, 1705. respectively.

(HI) Nathaniel, third child and second son of

Richard (2) and Dorothy (Pray) Thayer, was born
January I, 1658, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He
resided in his native town throughout his entire
lifetime, and was a man of worth and influence in
the community. He married, May 27, 1679, Hannah
Heydon, and eight children were the issue: Nathan-
iel, Richard, Hannah W., Zachariah, Ruth, Dorothy
L., Lydia H. and David. Nathaniel Thayer (father)
died March 28, 1729, and his estate was settled by
his widow, Hannah Thayer, as appears on the pro-
bate records of Braintree.

(IV) Nathaniel (2), eldest child and son of
Nathaniel (i) and Hannah (Heydon) Thayer, was
born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1680, and died
January 3, 1752. He married (first), November 25,
1704, Sarah Wales, who bore him two children —
Sarah and Hannah — and died in 1707. He married
(second), January 13, 1709, Relief Hyde, and by
this union there were eight children : Nathaniel,
Elizabeth, Josiah, Caleb, Abraham, Hannah, Relief
and Lydia. Mr. Thayer, like his ancestors, resided
in the town of Braintree and was an honored and
highly esteemed citizen thereof.

(V) Nathaniel (3), eldest child and son of Na-
thaniel (2) and Relief (Hyde) Thayer, was born in
the town of Braintree, Massachusetts, October 7,
1709. He was an active and prominent citizen of
his native town, exerted a powerful influence in
behalf of educational interests, and gave his chil-
dren all the advantages obtainable in that early
day. He married, April 3, 1735, Mary Faxon,
daughter of Richard Faxon, and they were the
parents of ten children.

(VI) Rev. Elihu Thayer, D. D., seventh child
and fourth son of Nathaniel and Mary (Faxon)
Thayer, was born in the town of Braintree, jNIassa-
chusetts, JNIarch iS, 1748. He graduated from
Princeton College, New Jersey, and settled in the
ministry at Kingston, New Hampshire, where he
was ordained December 18, 1776. His salary was
si.xty pounds of lawful money, use of parsonage,
and twenty cords of wood a year. He had clear
and logical ideas of what a church in a community
should be, and these ideas he carefully put into
practice with the result that his church was instru-
mental in bringing" many into the fold, and in aiding
his parishioners to lead better and more useful lives.
He was a man of deep piety and spirituality, an
excellent scholar, an eminent and renowned
preacher of the Gospel for more than three and a
half decades, and a staunch adherent and supporter
of the tenets of the Congregational Churci:. His
earnestness, his clear reasoning, his logical argu-
ments and his gift of oratory attracted large audi-
ences, and his work was particularly successful not
only in his own parish, but in the community about
Kingston and throughout the state. From the or-
ganization of the New Hampshire Missionary So-
ciety, Dr. Thayer was annually elected president
of that institution until 181 1, when he publicly
stated that his health obliged him to decline a re-
election, which statement caused universal sorrow.
He married, December 28, 1780, Hannah Califlf, who

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was born Alarch 14, 1757, daughter of Colonel John
Califf, one of the leading men in the eastern part
of the state. Their children are as follows : Mary,
born February 24, 1782; Nathaniel, August 6, 17S3;
Judith, February 26, 1785; Hannah, July 29, 17S7;
Samuel, July 31, 1789; Sarah, May 16, 1792; John,
April 4, 179s; Martha, June 11, 1798; Calvin, July
2, 1800; died October 24, 1802; Elihu, August 25,
1802 ; and Calvin, June 20, 1805. Dr. Thayer died
April 3, 1812, aged sixty-five years. His wife sur-
vived him for many years, passing away March 4,
iSS9.

(VH) Calvin, youngest child of Rev. Elihu and
Hannah (Califf) Thayer, was born in the town of
Kingston, Rockingham county. New Hampshire,
June 20, 1805. He was educated in the schools of
his native town, and became a teacher there. Sub-
sequently he kept a hotel at Meriden, New Hamp-
shire, whither he removed about 1855. In 1865 he
went to Concord, this state, where he engaged in
the insurance business, with satisfactory results. He
was active as a business man, and took a promi-
nent part in public matters in early life. While
residing in Kingston, he was often employed in the
settlement of estates, and represented the town in
the State Legislature. He also served as treasurer
of Rockingham county. He was a steadfast sup-
porter of Republican principles, and in Concord
was a member of the South Congregational Church.
He died February 28, 1881. He married, November
25, 1841, Sarah Wheeler Fiske, who bore him three
children: Elihu F., born February 15, 1845, died
August 5, 1863; William F., :\Iarch 13, 1846; and
Clara E., October I, 1848.

(VHI) Wtlliam F., second child and son of
Calvin and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer, was
born in the town of Kingston, Rockingham county.
New Hampshire, March 13, 1846. His education
was received at the public schools, and the Kimball
Union Academy at jNIeriden, New Hampshire. In
1865 he went to Concord, and, accepted a position
as clerk in the post office, Robert N. Corning being
at that time postmaster. He soon became chief
clerk and remained in that position for four years.
Upon his return from the West, where he spent a
few months, he entered the counting-room of the
Elwell Furniture Company and remained there
about eight months. In 1871 he entered the First
National Bank of Concord, New Hampshire, as. a
clerk, and by faithful attention to his duties won the
appointment of assistant cashier in 1873, and the
following year was promoted to that of cashier, in
which capacity he served until January, 1885, when
he was chosen president. This responsible position
he has held up to the present time (1906). Mr.
Thayer's career as a bank official is remarkable
and highly creditable to his ability as a financier
and man of affairs. His industry, sound judgment
and pleasing address won for him the favpr of the
employes and patrons of the bank, and under his
management as executive officer the institution ha>
attained a leading position among the national banks
of the state. His loyalty and patriotism have ever
I

been marked, and those who know him best esteem
him for his many sterling qualities. For a number
of years he has held a directorship in the Contoo-
cook Valley Paper Company, and the Northern New
Hampshire railroad. In 1879 he was appointed
treasurer of the city of Concord, which position he
has since held with the exception of two years, 1899
and 1900, and he has also been treasurer of the Mar-
garet Pillsbury General Hospital since its organization
and is a trustee of the New Hampshire State Hos-
pital. He is a member of the South Congregational
Church of Concord, a member of Blazing Star
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Mount
Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar. He is a
Republican in politics, and although no office seeker,
exercises a potent influence in behalf of the party
whose principles he advocates. He has been treas-
urer of the Republican State Committee since 1892.
Mr. Thayer married, October 20, 1874, Sarah
Clarke Wentworth, who was born in the town of
Sandwich, New Hampshire, April 19, 1850, daughter
of Colonel Joseph and Sarah (Jones) Wentworth.
(See Wentworth, XXVII). Their children are:
Margaret, born August 9, 1882, and William Went-
worth, April 15, 1884. The former graduated at
Bryn Mawr College in 1905, and the latter at Har-
vard the same year. In that year he was appomted
to a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, England, where
he is now in attendance.

(I) Thomas Thayer came from Essex county,
England, in 1630, and settled in Braintree, Massa-
chusetts. Richard Thayer, who accompanied him,
also settled there, and although it has been claimed
that they were brothers, the fact has never been
fully proven. Intermarriages between the two fami-
lies were of frequent occurrance during the earlier
generations, and still continue as will be seen later
on. Thomas and his wife. Margery were the par-
ents of three sons: Thomas, Jr., Ferdinando and
Shadrach, all of whom were born in England.

(II) Ferdinando, second son of Thomas and
Margery Thayer, resided in Braintree until his
father's death, when he went to ISIendon, Massachu-
setts, as one of the original proprietors of that town.
He married Huldah Hayward, of Braintree, Jan-
uary 14, 1652, and their children were ; Sarah,
Huldah, Jonathan, David (died young), Naomi,
Thomas, Samuel, Isaac, Jonah, Ebenezer, Benjamin
and David.

(III) Ebenezer (l), seventh son and tenth child
of Ferdinando and Huldah (Hayward) Thayer,
resided in Mendon. In 1695 he married Martha
White, who was born August 28, 1675. She became

, the mother of Deborah, Ebenezer, Abigail, Hannah,
Uriah, Daniel, Esther and Jerusha.

(IV) Uriah, second son and fifth child of Ebe-
nezer and Martha (White) Thayer, resided in Bell-
ingham, Massachusetts, where he married Rachel
Taft. February 18, 1727-8. His children were:
L'riah, Ebenezer, Rachel, Martha, Simeon and
Grindall.

(V) Grindall, fourth son and youngest child
of Uriah and Rachel (Taft) Thayer, was an early

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settler in Richmond, New Hampshire, and in ad-
dition to carrying on a farm he engaged in the
manufacture of brick. September 3, 1767, he mar-
ried Sarah Parkhurst, who lived to the advanced
age of ninety-five years, and was the mother of
eight children, namely: Turner, Timothy, Thomp-
son, Tryphena, Prentice, Sarah. Uriah and Wy-
man C.

(VI) Uriah, sixth son and seventh child of
Grindall and Sarah (Parkhurst) Thayer, was one of
the prosperous farmers of Richmond in his day. He
was married in 1807 to Florilla Rockwood of Win-
chester, New Hampshire, who was the mother of
Alanson B., Lucy R., William W., Lorenzo R.,
Maria, Sarah M.. Henry F., Lewis A., Thomas W.
and Marcena. Uriah was born in 1781.

(VH) Alanson B., eldest child of Uriah and
Florilla (Rockwood) Thayer, was born in Rich-
mond November 4. 1804. He was a well-known
lumber merchant of that town. His death occurred
in Winchester, September 21, 1853. On August 9,
1832, he married Lois Thayer, daughter of Ellis
and Lois (Swan) Thayer, and also a descendant
of Thomas, the immigrant, through Ebenezer (IV)
Thayer. »

(IV) Ebenezer (2), second child and eldest son
of Ebenezer (i) and Martha (White) Thayer,
married Sarah Wheelock of Bellingham, Massachu-
setts, in 1724, and settled in that town. His chil-
dren were: Jeremiah, Sarah, Noah, Ebenezer (died
young), Ebenezer, Jerusha (died young), Patience,
Jerusha, Ezekiel and Nehemiah.

(V) Jeremiah (i), eldest child of Ebenezer and
Sarah (Wheelock) Thayer. He went to Richmond,
New Hampshire, settling upon a farm in the north-
westerly part of the town. April 21, 1747, he mar-
ried Alice Holbrook and was the father of Caleb,
Jeremiah, Ellis, Nehemiah, Lydia, Rhoda, Hamlet,
Comfort and Nathan.

(VI) Jeremiah (2), second son and child of
Jeremiah (i) and Alice (Holbrook) Thayer, mar-
ried for his first wife Ann Page. January 13, 1772.
His second wife was Elizabeth Mann, a widow.
She was the daughter of Caleb Cook. He resided
in Richmond and was a farmer. His children were:
Asa, Caleb and Ellis, all of whom were of his first
union.

(VII) Ellis, youngest son of Jeremiah and Ann
(Page) Thayer, inherited the homestead in Rich-
mond, and was one of the representative farmers
of the town. On January 20, 181 1, he married Lois
Swan, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Swan. She died
October II, 1828, and he married for his second wife
Delia Ballard, whose death occurred February 8,

1854, at the age of eighty-four years. He died .

The children of his first union were: Nelson, Lois,
-Andrew Jackson, Leander, Galinus and Phebe
Lionel. Those of the second marriage were: Etta
Esther and Alviras Leroy.

Alanson B. and Lois (Thayer) Thayer, were
the parents of two children : Harriet S., born June
r6. 1836; and Sarah L., born January 11, 1838.

(VTII) Sarah L., youngest daughter of Alanson
B. and Lois (Thayer) Thayer, was married July i.
1857, to Charles Jackson of Winchester (see Jack-
son ) .

The principal subject of the fol-
LAPL,A,NTE lowing sketch is a member of one

of the ancient families of Canada,
many of whose members were tillers of the soil and
leading citizens of their neighborhoods. The La-
plante family is now one of the largest in Canada,
and men of that name are prominent in nearly all
professions and employments.

(I) Louis M. Laplante, son of Joseph La-
plante, was born in Nicolet, Province of Quebec,
Canada, 1815, where he was a teacher, and subse-
quently went to St. Gregory, where he vi-as in-
spector of schools. He died in 1879, aged sixty-
four years. He married Adelaide Duval, born in
Nicolet. 1818, and died January 2, 1907, in Berlin,
New Hampshire. Her parents were Joseph and
Marie Duval. Teh children were born of this mar-
riage.

(II) Louis yi. (2) Laplante was born in St.
Gregory, province of Quebec, May 6, 1848, son of
Louis M. (i) and Adelaide (Duval) Laplante, and
was educated in the seminary of Nicolet, graduating
from the latter institution in 1872, and was conse-
crated a ' priest for the Diocese of Three Rivers,
province of Quebec. Immediately afterward he be-

.gan his work of teaching mankind the better way
of life, and for thirty-two years has been a faithful
pastor in various places in Canada and New Hamp-
shire. He was at Three Rivers, Canada, four and
one-half years, and then went to Manchester, New
Hampshire, in 1880, where he remained not quite a
year. He then had the spiritual guidance of the
people of the Roman Catholic faith four and one-
half years at Lebanon, three years at Hooksett, nine
years at Rochester, and in 1899 was stationed at
Berlin, where he has since been curate of St.
Anne's. His ministry has been a long, busy and
successful one, and he has done all he could to
make better men and women of those who have
been under his care and guidance.

This race is of Eng-
BURLEY, or BURLEIGH lish origin, and the

name of varied or-
thography and doubtful derivation. If from burgh,
a castle, and ley or leigh, a sheltered place or an
untilled field, then it suggests that the first taker
of the name assumed it from the place of his resi-
dence, on the Burghley, or Burghleigh, the field
belonging to the burgh. The orthography Burley
was earliest employed in New Hampshire, in San-
boruton, and is now most common among the family
in that town, though Burleigh is claimed by some
as the more ancient, and is far more in vogue in
other places. The records show nearly thirty dif-
ferent ways of spelling the name.

(I) Giles Burley was an inhabitant of Ipswich,
Massachusetts, in 1648, and a commoner in 1664.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

He was a planter, and lived eight years on Brooke
street, and owned division lot No. IDS, situated on
Great Hill, Hogg Island. July i8, 1668 (O. S.)
"Ghils Berdley" made his will which he signed with
his mark. The inventory of his estate was £241 4s
6d. He left a widow, Elizabeth, and children, An-
drew, James and Giles. Perhaps there was a child,
John, younger than any of those, who died before his
father. February 23, 1669, Rebecca, widow of Giles
Birdley, married Abraham Ffitt, of Ipswich.

(II) James, second son and child of Giles and
Elizabeth Burley, was born in Ipswich. February 10,
1659, and died in Exeter, New Hampshire, about
1721. He married (first), May 25, 1685 (?), Re-
becca, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Wor-
cester) Stacy, a granddaughter of Rev. Witham
Worcester, of Salisbury. She died October 21, 1686.
In an agreement in 1723 between Joseph, Josiah.
Giles and James Burley, they are mentioned as sons
of James Burley, late of Exeter. In a list of the
children of James, the names appear as William,
Joseph, Thomas, James, Josiah and Giles.

(III) Joseph, second child and son of James Bur-
ley, was born April 6, 1695. He removed to New Mar-
ket with an ancestor of the Hersey family, being
attracted by the oak and ash timber. He died in
New Market, and administration on his estate was
granted in March, 1761. The name of his wife is
not known. His children were : Joseph, Samuel,
Nathaniel, David, Susannah, Jemima, and Alice.

(IV) Nathaniel, was the third son and child of
Joseph Burley. The date of his birth is unknown ;
he died in Sanbornton, February 7, 1805. Runnel's
History of Sanbornton says: "Having married
Sarah Powell, he settled, first, in New Market ;
was then for a few years in Canterbury, and came
thence to this town in April of the third year after
the first settlement, i. e., 1767, as reckoned by the
age of the oldest son. They crossed the river at the
bridge, then covered with birch poles, a little east
of the present Hill's Block. ' The mother rode
horseback with her two youngest children, one and a
half bushels of meal, and barnyard poultry, slung
over their horse's back, in a straw bed-tick, saddle-
bag fashion, with "breathing holes for the birds,"
out of which their heads protruded ! While the
father, with the two oldest boys, seven and six
years of age, drove the two cows on foot. In this
style they presented themselves .at a small log
cabin, previously built in what is now Mrs. Daniel
Davis' orchard, southeast corner of lot No. 35, first
Division. The husband helped the wife to dismount,
swung open the bark door and politely said, "Walk
in Ma'am !" The good lady both laughed and cried.
Mr. Burley was a carpenter and joiner, having
learned his trade in Chester. It is said that he re-
ceived the fifty acres on which he located from the
proprietors as the first house carpenter in town,
but there is no documentary evidence of this. He
was obliged to go down-country the first two years
to work for the means of subsistence, at one time
bringing corn meal home on his back from Deer-
field, a distance of forty miles. The cows meantime

ran m the woods, and hay was gathered from the
meadow below for their winter keeping. Nathaniel
was a signer of the "Petition of 176S, and of the
Association Test in 1776. He was a highway sur-
veyor in town as late as 1795. He died February

27, 1805. His wife died November 28, 1818." Their
children were: William, Joseph, Nathaniel, Sarah,
Robert, David. Polly, Daniel and Nancy.

(V) William, eldest child of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Powell) Burley, was born in New Market,
March 28, 1760, and died in Sanbornton, December

28, 1796, aged thirty-six. At the age of seventeen
he was furnished by his father as a three months'
man in 1776. He subsequently volunteered six
months, then enlisted April 20, 1777, for three
years, and was twice wounded in arm and rib,
serving out his time partly with General Sullivan,
in the Indian country, and' returning to his home in
17S0. He never attended school, but after his re-
turn ■from the war, he chopped wood two winters
for board and tuition, and was privately instructed
by his cousin, James Hersey, and became a . good
mathematician and an excellent surveyor. About
the time of his marriage he opened a farm on
Calef Hill on Lot No. 18, First Division, north end,
building the first house. •Being with his cousin,
Jacob Hersey, when the latter was drowned, he
made .great exertion to save him, and so injured
himself, that he never did a day's work afterwards,
and, after four months, died in consequence. His
gravestone reads: "A soldier of the Revolution at
the taking of Burgoyne." He married, June 13,
17S4, Sarah Ames, of New Market, who was born
April 23, 1752, and died September 14, 1841, in the
ninetieth year of her age. Their children were :
Peter, Sally, William, Charlotte and Susan.

(VI) Sally, second child and eldest daughter
of William and Sarah (Ames) Burley, was born
January 27, 17S8, and married Caleb Ames, of New
Hampshire, January 30, 1809 (See Ames III).

For considerable more than two hun-
BARNES dred and fifty years the name of

Barnes has existed as a patronymic in
America, taking root in New England early in the
Colonial period and gradually distributing itself
throughout the entire country. It is to be found in
the Revolutionary rolls, also in those of the second
war with Great Britain (1812-15) and in the more
recent civil strife, which for a time threatened to
divide the Union into two integral parts. In civil
life several of this name have won distinction as
clergymen and writers. All of its bearers are of
English descent and the origin of the name in the
mother country is enveloped within the impene-
trable mists of antiquity. The line of descent, on
this side of the ocean, of the late Captain William
M. Barnes, of Nashua, is as follows :

(I) Among the passengers in the "Speedwell,"
which arrived at Boston from England in May, 1636,
was Thomas Barnes, an honest, industrious yeo-
man, a non-conformist and, above all, a young man
of sufficient courage and energy to render excellent
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western hemisphere. His whereabouts for a num-
ber of }-ears subsequent to his landing has not as
yet come to hght, but the records of Marlboro show
conclusively that he was one of the early settlers in
that town, as he purchased real estate there at least
three years prior to its incorporation (1666), and
he resided there for the remainder of his life, which
terminated in 1679. He married Abigail Goodnow,
daughter of Thomas Goodnow. of Sudbury, who
became one of the original proprietors of Marlboro,
and it is quite probable that Thomas Barnes went
there from Sudbury, as did most of its pioneer set-
tlers. He was the father of six children: Thomas,
Dorothy, John, William, Abigail and Susanna.

en) Deacon John, third child and second son
of Thomas, senior, and .\bigail (Goodnow) Barnes,
was born in Marlboro, December 25, 1666. He was
a lifelong resident of Marlboro and participated ac-
tively in the early religious progress of that locality,
having served as a deacon of the church during the
pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Beck. His death oc-
curred .^pril 5. 1752. The maiden name of his wife
was Hannah Howe, -and she died November 8. T742,
aged sixty-six years. Their children were: .Abigail,
born October 5. 1695, married Joseph Morse : Dor-
othy, born March 24. l6gS, married James Woods ;
Daniel, born .'\pril 2, 1701, married Zerumiah
Eager; Jonathan, who will be again referred to;
David, born June 24, 1708, died May 9, 1720; Han-
nah, born February 17. T712, became the wife of
Andrew Rice ; and John, born March 23, 1716, mar-
ried Elizabeth Cranston.

(HI) Jonathan, fourth child and second son of
Deacon John and Hannah (Howe) Barnes, was
born in Marlboro, November 26, 1703. He attained
the ripe old age of nearly eighty years, and died in
Marlboro. October 10. 1783. The Christian name
of his wife, whom he married prior to 1735, was
Rachel, and she survived her husband but a short
time, her death having occurred January 20, 1784.
She was the mother of nine children : Silas, born
January 21. 1735. married Betty Bigelow : Elisha,
born October 28, 1736, died June 7, 1740; Fortuna-
tus, the date of whose birth will be recorded pres-
ently : Rachel, born July 13, 1740. became the wife
of John Warren, Jr.; Lucy, born July 7, 1742. mar-
ried Joseph Hosmer : Dorothy, born December 18,
1747, became the wife of Solomon . Bowker ; Jon-
athan, born November 6. 1749, died August 5. 1785 ;
David, born September 21. 1751, died January 28.
1756 : and William, born March 21, 1753, married
Sarah Merriam.

(IV) Fortunatus, third child and son of Jon-
athan and Rachel Barnes, was born in Marlboro.
September 25, 1738. When a young man he went
to reside in Berlin, Massachusetts, settling in the
locality which has ever since been known as Barnes
Hill, and was a prosperous farmer of that town
during the remainder of his life, which terminated
November 9, 1807. For his first wife he married
Persis Hosmer, of Concord. Massachusetts, born
April 19. 1730, and his second wife was Peletiah
Jones. She survived him and died September 16,

1821. His children, all of his first union, were:
David, born August 27, 1765; Lydia, born July 20,
1767, became the wife of Amherst Bailey ; Hannah,
born June 20, 1770. married Ephraim Howe ; and
Captain William, who is referred to at length in the
succeeding paragraph.

(V) Captain William, youngest son and child
of Fortunatus and Rachel (Hosmer) Barnes, was
born April 5, 1773, probably in Berlin. He was al-
lotted a portion of the homestead farm, whereon he
erected a substantial dwelling house, and he died
there October 24, 1853. He was one of the most
prominent residents of Berlin in his day and is re-
ferred to in the town records as Captain William
Barnes. On May 28, 1793, he married Hannah God-
dard. daughter of James Goddard, Sr., and her
death occurred January 6, 1863. at the advanced
age of eighty-nine years. The six children of this
union were: Artemas, see next paragraph; Betsey,
born December 20, 1798, became the wife of Josiah
Cotting and died at the homestead January 28, 1883 ;
Hannah, born September iS. 1801, died unmarried
January 8, 1864 ; Lucy, born January 20, 1S04, became
the wife of Lowell Hubbard, of Northboro, Massa-
chusetts; Sarah, born May 5, 1808; and Martha W.,
born ApvW 11, 1811, died August I, 1814. The Cap-
tain William Barnes liomestead in Berlin remained
in the possession of his unmarried daughter, Sarah,
until her death, which occurred October 3. 1894, at
the age of eighty-six years, and the property is now,
or was recently, owned by William H. Brown.

(VI) Artemas, eldest child and only son of
Captain William and Hannah (Goodard) Barnes,
was born in Berlin, June 7, 1796. He was an un-
usually prosperous farmer, tilling the soil on quite
an extensive scale, and morally, intellectually and
religiously speaking he. represented the very highest
type of the New England country gentleman. His
interest in the welfare and prosperity of his native
town was always apparent, although much of his
active life was spent elsewhere, and in addition to
donating the land for the town house, he presented
the town with two beautiful monuments perpetuat-
ing the memory oi the Rev. Dr. Puffer and Lieuten-
ant Timothy Bailey, and an excellent portrait of
himself, commemorative of his generosity, now
occupies a conspicuous position in the Berlin town
hall. .Artemas Barnes died in Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, February 2, 1877. His first wife, whom
he married -April 15, 1822, was Nancy Merriam, of
Leominster, Massachusetts, and she died July 16,
1832. On September 3, 1839. he married for his
second wife, Alice Stetson, of Boston, and her
death occurred in Princeton, Massachusetts. No-
vember 16, 1849. He reared a family of five chil-
dren, all of his first union; Martha W., born Janu-
ary 29, 1823, became the wife of George A. Cham-
berlain, of Worcester : Captain William M., w'ho
will be again referred to ; Betsey Maria, born
August 25, 1826, became the wife of John C. Tabor,
of Montpelier. Vermont, and died January i, 1883 ;
Nancy Jane, born February 14, 1828, became the
wife of William H. Brown, of Princeton, and died

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May 26. 1854; and Sarah Ellen, born April 15, 1832,
became the second wife of William H. Brown.

(VII) Captain William Merriam, second child
and eldest son of Artemas and Nancy (Merriam)
Barnes, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Jan-
uary 23, 1825. At the Leicester (Massachusetts)
Academy, where his early education was concluded,
he stood at the head of his class, and displayed to a
marked degree that untiring industry and capacity
for learning which, throughout his entire life, were
predominating features in his character. Prior to
his majority he made himself useful to his father in
the latter's extensive farming operations, but an un-
quenchable desire for a seafaring life made agricul-
ture uncongenial to him. and on attaining his
twenty-first birthday he sailed from New Bedford
before the mast on a whaleship, bound for the Arctic
ocean on a three years' cruise. His natural ability,
regular habits and firm determination to work his
way aft to the quarter-deck, soon enabled him to
gratify his ambition, and having acquired the neces-
sary experience and other qualifications constituting
the principal equipment of a master mariner, he
found no difficulty in obtaining the command of a
New Bedford ship engaged in the whaling industry.
His many voyages to the far north were always at-
tended with excellent financial returns, and his
good seamanship and unceasing vigilance for the
safety of his crew obtained for him the somewhat
unusual record of never having lost a man by ac-
cident. Applying his leisure time on shipboard to
his books he not only became proficient in the
various departments of science, but also acquired a
good knowledge of history and other branches of
learning. He was familiar with the islands of the
central and northern Pacific, also with the northern
shore of Alaska beyond Point Barrows and had
sailed through Behring Straits more than thirty
times. During his last voyage to the Arctic ocean
lie was seized with a severe affection of the heart,
which proved to be of an organic nature. He was,
however, permitted to reach his home in Nashua,
where he went to reside shortly after his marriage,
and his exemplary life, which slowly ebbed away
in the presence of his grief-stricken wife and daugh-
ter, terminated March 8, 1887. It has been truth-
fully said that "no thoughtless act or word of his
ever caused a moment's pain to others. His court-
esy and sympathy were as spontaneous as the pulsa-
tions of his kindly heart, and his generosity was
equally apparent." His affection for his wife and
child was unfathomable in its depths and his last
thought was for their welfare. On April 3, 1875,
Captain Barnes married Emily Frances Cummings,
of Nashua, daughter of Richard Montgomery and
Almira (Nichols) Cummings. of Woodstock, Con-
necticut. The only child of this union is Anna
Frances, who is now the wife of Oliver P. Hussey,
of Nashua, and was the mother of one child : Oliver
Webster, deceased. Mrs. Barnes is a member of
the Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedcnbor-
gian), which was the religious faith of her late
husband.

(Second Family).
The earliest traces of the Barnes
BARNES race are found in the southeast part
of England, and those who first bore
the name are supposed to have come into England
under the Norman kings, 1066-1154. Whether the
name is a corruption of the Norse bjorn, signifying
warrior, or of Baron, is a matter of conjecture.
Records of the church in Surrey, England, show
that Barnes families lived there five hundred years
ago, and that the name is extant there now. Pre-
vious to 1638 three men of the name, Thomas Barnes,
migrated from England to America, who have since
been known as Thomas Barnes of Hartford,
Thomas Barnes of New Haven, and Thomas
Barnes of Hingham. They were the ancestors of
three large branches of Barnes families in America.

(I) Thomas Barnes was an original proprietor
of Hartford, Connecticut, where he located soon
after the first settlement in 1635. He had six acres
of land allotted to him in the land division of Hart-
ford in 1639. In 1640 he resided quite in the north-
west part of the village, where the intersection of
Albany avenue and High street now is. He was
one of the soldiers in the Pequot battle of 1637,
when ninety white men exterminated the Pequot
tribe of six hundred Indians, the most hostile and
powerful of the New England savages. For his
service he was granted fifty acres of land in 1671.
He also had lands distributed to him east of the
river in 1663. In 1641 he removed to the new set-
tlement of Farmington, where he lived until 1689 or
1691. In 1688 he disposed of his estate by deeds.
He was appointed sergeant of train band, October
6. 1651, joined the church in Farmington January
30. 1653, and was admitted freeman in 1669. He
married Mary, daughter of Thomas Andrews, of
Farmington, and they^ had Benjamin, Joseph,
Thomas, and Ebenezer. next mentioned.

(II) Ebenezer, fourth son of Thomas and
Mary (Andrews) Barnes, was a deacon in the
church, and is said to have resided in Waterbury,
Connecticut. He became blind before he died. His
wife's first name was Deborah.

(III) Ebenezer (2). son of Ebenezer (i)
Barnes, was born in Farmington, Connecticut. The
town records show that in 171S Ebenezer Barnes,
of Farmington, was paid six shillings for killing
wolves ; also Ebenezer Barnes was appointed ensign
of a train band at the parish of Southington. in
Farmington. in 1737, and appointed captain in 1742.
The number of the name Barnes and the incom-
pleteness of the records make the history of the in-
dividual members of this family very difficult to
trace; but as family tradition refers to this member
as Captain Ebenezer, there is little doubt that he is
the person who received the appointments noted.

(IV) Daniel, son of Ebenezer (2) Barnes, is
the next in the line of descent. Daniel Barnes was
born April, 1701. and died May 24, 1773. Fie was a
deacon in the church and captain for a train band.
He married Zuriah, daughter of Abraham and Lydia
Edgar. Asahel and Bill were two of their children.

THE BILL BARNES HOMESTEAD. CLAREMONT.

EUGENE SUMNER BARNES.

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(V) Bill, son of Daniel Barnes, was born in
Farmington, Connecticut, in 1753, and died Febru-
ary 24, 1842, in the ninetieth year of his age. It
has been said that Daniel Barnes had a son Williaro
that died in infancy, and Bill, born later, was called
Bill to escape the fatality supposed to follow
naming a second child for one deceased, but still to
hold in memory the child that was taken. Bill
Barnes removed to Claremont, New Hampshire, in
1722. when nineteen years old, and bought a tract
of land on the north side of Sugar river, opposite
the present village of Claremont, which had de-
scended in the family and is now owned by de-
scendants in the fourth generation from him. After
having done some clearing and built a house he re-
turned to Farmington, where he married, and took
his wife home by ox-team. He combined the voca-
tions of farmer and innkeeper, and soon after his
marriage built the large two-story house now stand-
ing on North street, about midway between Han-
over and North streets, and opened it as a tavern.
When the second New Hampshire turnpike was
opened, about 1800, this tavern was left some dis-
tance from the principal thoroughfare of travel, and
he had it moved to its present location on North
street. Near the present junction of Spring and
North streets was a swinging sign on which was a
lion, painted in colors unknown to natural history,
pointing the way to "Bill Barnes's Tavern." In this
house was a large hall in which the Masons held
their regular meetings for a time, Mr. Barnes being
an active member of the order, and it was used for
balls and other festivities. By industry and thrift
he accumulated a considerable fortune, and when a
special tax was laid for the support of the govern-
ment during the War of 1812 he was the third
largest tax payer in town. At one time he owned
what was known as the Lafayette mill privilege,
■which he sold in 1S2S to Arvad Taylor.

The family of Bill Barnes were inembers of the
Episcopal Church, which was much persecuted by
the patriots during the Revolution on account of
their pastor's keeping up public service for the King
and royal family. Mr. Barnes was a prominent
member of this church, and one of its first wardens.
In 1785 he was chosen to represent the church in
Claremont at the adjourned convention to be held
in Boston, "Oct. 26, inst." Although an Episco-
palian, Mr. Barnes was not a Tory, and subscribed
the Association Test in 1776. A statement of the
bounties and hires given to soldiers in the Conti-
nental army and militia during the Revolution by
the inhabitants of the town of Claremont credits
him with the payment of nine pounds. He was one
of the board of selectmen in 1787 and 1790. He
married (first), in Farmington, Eunice Andrews.
After seventeen years of married life she died July
22, 179.3, leaving no issue. He married (second).
May 4, 1794. Esther, daughter of Captain Dyer and
Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Spaulding. of Cornish. The
six children of the marriage were: Eunice, William
A,. Ira K.. Orilk, Lyman S. and Ovid D. William
was killed by a falling tree, and Ira was fatally
scalded while boiling sap.

(VI) Lyman Spaulding, fifth child and third
son of Bill and Esther (Spaulding) Barnes, was
born on his father's farm June 18, 1809, and died
November 18, 1888. He was educated in the public
schools, and always lived on the old farm he in-
herited from his father. He was brought up an
Episcopalian. In his early years he was a Whig.
After the formation of the Republican party he
was a member of that organization. He neither
sought nor held office. He was an upright citizen,
a good neighbor, and an honest man. He married
Nan'cy Ann Kidder, died in Claremont. The chil-
dren of this union were : Eugene Sumner, Edna
Marion, Isabelle Angcline and Imogen Eliza.

("VII) Eugene Sumner, eldest son of Lyman
S. and Nancy Ann (Kidder) Barnes, was born in
Claremont, December 9, 1838. He was educated in
the public schools and at Kimball Union Academy.
For years he was in the employ of the Boston,
Hartford & Erie Railroad at Hyde Park, Massachu-
setts, and later of the Old Colony Railroad in Bos-
ton. Since 1891 he has been in the insurance busi-
ness in Claremont. He is a Republican, and a
member of the Episcopal Church. He married
(first). July 32, i86r, at Pomfret, Vermont. Linda
J. Child, who died the following spring; and (sec-
ond) in Fairmount, now Hyde Park, Massachusetts,
December 17, 1863, Lucy Emeline Bean, daughter
of Phinehas B. and Rebekah Houghton (Worster)
Bean (see Bean VII), born at Crown Point, New-
York, December 11. 1843. She was educated in the
public schools and at Kimball Union Academy.
They have one child, Fred Eugene Sumner Barnes,
who was bom in Claremont, October 10, 1864. He
acquired his education in the schools of Claremont
and at the Eastman Business College oi Poughkeep-
sie. New York. . He is associated with his father in
the insurance business and manages the Claremont
Ice Company. For five years he was in the loan
and investment business at Rapid City, South Da-
kota. He married, November 2, 18S8, Ellen Eliza-
beth Macomber.

(VII) Edna Marion Barnes was born August
17, 1840. Belle Angeline Barnes was born July 22.
1845: married Levi B. Judkins. November 13, 1866,
and died December ir, 1876. Imogen Eliza Barnes,
born June 15, 1852, still lives on the Barnes home-
stead in Claremont, where four generations have
been born. She h'as been prominent in connection
with benevolent enterprises.

.A.odh (or Hugh) Balbh, of ancient
BARNES Irish fame, was the ancestor of

O'Beirin, which name is anglicized
O'Bcirne. Beirnes, Barne. Barnes, Barnewall, and
Barnawell. The family herein mentioned is of re-
cent arrival in America.

(I) Barnabus Barnes was born probably in
county Fermanagh, Ireland, and was subsequently
in England, whence he reinoved to Canada and set-
tled in West Farnham, province of Quebec, where
he was a farmer. He died December 3, 1868, at
the age of about ninety years. He married Ellen
Mullen, who was born probably in Ireland nr Scot-

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land. After the death of her husband she married
(second), at the age of sixty-eight, Joseph Garner,
of Farnham, where she died two years later.

(11) John, son of Barnabus and Ellen (Mullen)
Barnes, was born at West Farnham, province of
Quebec. September 12, 1836, and died in Man-
chester, New Hampshire, February 10, 1894, aged
fifty-eight. At the age of twenty-one he left Can-
ada and settled in Vermont, where he learned the
blacksmith's trade. In July, 1857, he removed to
Manchester, New Hampshire, where he lived the
remainder of his life except about a year, which he
spent at West Farnham. For eight years he worked
at his trade in the employ of the Stark Mills, and
then built for himself a shop at the corner of
Walker and Main streets, West Manchester, where
he carried on business until 1893. He was a skillful
and industrious mechanic, and a prudent and thrifty
citizen. From his earnings he saved money and
bought lots adjoining the lot occupied by his shop,
which are now of considerable value. He and his
family were all members of the Catholic Church.
In politics he was a very pronounced Democrat, tak-
ing an active part in political affairs, but never
holding office. He married, in Manchester, Novem-
ber 2, 1857, Martine Archambeau, born in St. Vin-
cent de Paul, province of Quebec, August 23, 1836,
daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Mathieu) Ar-
chambeau. The father was born in St. Vincent de
Paul, and the mother in St. Henry in Maschouche,
province of Quebec. Ten children were born of
this union. Those now living are : Mattie G.,
Lizzie A., and Israel H. Mattie G. married George
F. Bowen, now of Bedford, and has one child,
George J. Lizzie A., for years a saleswoman in
Manchester, now resides with her mother. Israel
H. is a painter in the employ oi the Amoskeag
Manufacturing Company. He married, August 20,
1900, Armandine Poris. who was born in St. John,
province of Quebec, daughter of Lubin Poris, now
of Manchester. George B., born in West Farnham,
province of Quebec, August 3, 1861, died in Man-
chester at the age of thirty-tlijee years. Joseph B.,
Daniel N. and Rosie E. M. all died young.

The immigrant members of this family
HEALD were residents of Massachusetts and

pioneer settlers of Concord in less than
fifteen years after the settlement' of the Puritans at
Plymouth. The Healds have always been found
among the steady and progressive citizens of the
country.

(I) John Heald came from Berwick in North-
umberland county. England, and settled as early as
163s in Concord, Massachusetts, where he was with
the Rev. Peter Bulkeley, Elder John Jones and
other first settlers of the town. He was made a
freeman June 2, 1641. In 1655 he had four lots of
land containing eighty-six acres. He made his will,
and died five weeks later. May 24, 1662. His wife's
name was Dorothy, his children included : John,
Amos, Timothy, Ebenezer. Samuel, Israel. Ephraim,

and Dorothy. John and two or three others may
have been born in England.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Dorothy Heald, born perhaps in England, is spoken
of as John of Chelmsford. He was made a free-
man in 1680. John Heald. of Concord, was a soldier
under Major Simon Willard. August 7, 1675, to
January, 1676. April 19, 1689, during the trouble
with Governor Andross, Lieutenant John Heald
mustered the military company of Concord and
started for Boston to assist in the expected revolt.
He married at Concord, June 10, 1661, Sarah Dane,
and they had Elizabeth, John, Gershom, Sarah, and
perhaps other children.

(HI) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and
Sarah (Dane) Heald. married, i6go, Mary Chandler,
and died November 25, 1721. They had nine chil-
dren, Mary, John, Timothy, Josiah, Elizabeth,
Samuel. Amos, Ephraim and Dorcas. (Mention of
Ephraim and descendants appears in this article).

(IV) John (4), eldest son and second child of
John (3) and Mary (Chandler) Heald, married a
Hale and settled in Acton, Massachusetts, where he
died in 1775. aged eighty-two. He had five sons,
John, Joseph, Oliver, Israel and Asa.

(V) Oliver, third son of John (4) and ■

(Hale) Heald, was born in Acton, Massachusetts,
and died in Sliptown, New Hampshire, in January,
1790, aged fifty-six. He removed to Sliptown in
1759 and settled on Lot 4, Range VII. "So great
was the distance then considered and the means of
communication so limited, that his friends despaired
of ever seeing him again." He married, in 1739,
Lydia, daughter of Deacon Isaac Spaulding. of
Townsend, Massachusetts. She died in March,
1802, aged sixty-five. They had eleven children,
Daniel, and three daughters all at one birth, who
died in infancy — the first deaths in Temple ; Amos,
David. Lucy. Lydia, .\sa, Abigail (died young), and
Abigail.

(VI) Amos, fifth child and second son of
Oliver and Lydia (Spaulding) Heald, was born in
Temple. New Hampshire, June 16, 1765, and settled
in Nelson, New Hampshire. He married, in 1789,
Sybil Brown, of Temple, and they had five sons :
Amos, Oliver, David, Asa and Jefferson ; and two
daughters : Anna and Lydia.

(VII) Oliver (2), second son and child of
Amos and Sybil (Brown) Heald, was born in Tem-
ple, October i, 1790. He was a cloth dresser and
farmer, and resided in Nelson. In 1849 he removed
to Milford, where he lived imtil 1857. when he re-
moved to Peterboro, where he died October 5. 1867.
He was familiarly known as major, and was the
family's representative in the War of 1812. He
served as selectman of Nelson and held other offices
of trust. He became a Whig, and a Republican
when the party was formed, and was a staunch anti-
slavery man. He was a member of the Baptist
Church. He married (first), April 30, 1816, Patty
Wright, who was born in Nelson. jMarch 28. 1704.
daughter of Oliver and Martha (Dunster) Wright.

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(See Dunstcr VII). She died in Milford. August
19, 1854. He married (second), March 16, 1858,
Relief Little, who was born in Peterboro, December
3, 1800, daughter of Thomas, Jr. and Relief (White)
Little. She died April 27, 1886. The children of
Oliver and Patty (Wright) Heald were: Addison,
Albert. Sarah Dunstcr, Emily, Henry, Lydia, Wil-
liam, David, Alniira and Edwin.

(VIII) David, eighth child and fifth son of
01i\er and Martha (Wright) Heald, was born in
Nelson, October 6, 1832. His boyhood was passed
in his native town, where he obtained a common
school education. At the age of fourteen he began
to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, and three years
later removed to Milford. where he worked some
years as a journeyman. In 1856 he began business
for himself, and in a short time employed five or
six men. He was the sole proprietor until 1S88,
when he associated himself with C. H. French, now
of Maiden, Massachusetts, and J. W. Howard, of
Nashua, the three forming the firm of Howard,
French & Heald. Mr. Howard retired from the
firm in 1893 and since that date the business has
been conducted under the firm name of French &
Heald, employing more than one hundred opera-
tives. They have a factory equipped with all the late
facilities and turn out annually about one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worth of goods, consisting of
chamber suits, chiffoniers, sideboards, book cases,
etc., for the trade only. They have display rooms in
Boston, where they exhibit a large and attractive
assortment of the products of their factories. In
business hours Mr. Heald has generally devoted
his time to his business, but he has not felt that the
accumulation of money is the one great object in
life, and has taken a deep interest in the welfare of
his town and immediate environment. He has
looked after the educational affairs of the town, be-
ing for years a member of the school board and
later holding the position of chairman of the build-
ing committee which had charge of the plans and
construction of the new high school building. In
politics he is a Republican, and for one term rep-
resented his town in the state legislature. At the
age of about twenty-four years he became a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church, and for many years has
demonstrated the compatability of a successful busi-
ness career with faithfulness in every other relation
of life. Mr. Heald has always believed that money
laid out for the improvement of the educational de-
velopment and moral and social elevation of the
community is money well spent, and has always
freely contributed his share to these ends.

He married (first), November 17, 1856, Mary
Susan Frost, who was born in Ashburnham, Massa-
chusetts, March, 1833. daughter of Ebenezer and
Sally S. Sawyer Frost. She died in Milford, No-
vember 9, 1858. He married, October 22, 1862,
Mary Elizabeth Stone, who was born in Marl-
borough, New Hampshire, June 19, 1840, and died
in litilford, March 15. 1892. She was the daughter
of Calvin and Elvira (Wallingford) Stone. He
married (third), November 19, 1896, Lucretia A.,

widow of Edward A. Burns, and daughter of Still-
man S. and Emeline G. (Lull) Hutchinson, born in
Milford. November 19, 1837. His children are: Ella
Frances, Edward Stone, Frank Herbert, Florence
Mabel, Clara May. Mary Susan and Harriet Louise.
Ella Frances and Clara May died young. Edward
is the subject of the next paragraph. Frank H. is
with the Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, New
Boston, Connecticut. Florence Mabel married
Charles F. Morse, civil engineer, of Maiden, Massa-
chusetts. Mary Susan is the wife of Frederick N.
Hutchinson, of the firm of Hutchinson & Averill,
grocers of Milford. Harriet Louise married Dr.
George W. Tong, of Brooklyn, New York. The
children were by the second wife with the exception
of Ella Frances, she being by the first.

(IX) Edward Stone, eldest child of David and
Marj' Elizabeth (Stone) Heald, was born at Mil-
ford. January 31, 1864. and was educated in the
schools of Milford, graduating from the high school
in 1882. Following his graduation he took employ-
ment in the furniture factory, of which he became
superintendent in 1886, retaining that position until
the present time (1907). He is familiar with the
details of the business, both mercantile and me-
chanical, and is always alert to save expense and
improve the quality of their products. He is fond
of music, excels as a singer and is in great deinand
at all places, in that locality, where music is a
feature. He is a member of Benevolent Lodge,
.Ancient Free and .Accepted Masons, of ^Milford, and
also of the Milford Golf Club. He married, in Mil-
ford, October 6. 1886, Annie L. Epps, born in
Francestown, November 9, 1862, daughter of Henry
D. and Cynthia A. C. (Hardy) Epps, of Frances-
town. They have four children : Edna G.,
born .^ugust 16, 1887; Emory D.. .-Vpril 4, 1890;
Hermann L., March 13. 1S96; and Mary E., .A.pril
20, 1900.

(IV) Ephraim, sixth son and eighth child of
John (3) and Mary (Chandler) Heald, was born
February 19, 171 1, in Concord, Massachusetts, and
reared a family of seven children.

(Mention of his son John and descendants forms
part of this article).

(V) Ephraim (2), eldest child of Ephraim (i)
and Eleanor Heald, was born September 29, 1734,
and died September 12, 1815, in Temple, New
Hampshire, where he was a pioneer settler. He
was married November 17. 1757, to Sarah Conant,
and they were the parents of eleven children.

(VI) Nathan, youngest of the eleven children
of Ephraim (2) and Sarah (Conant) Heald, was
born April 25, 1779, in Temple. He married (first)
Annie Stickney.

(VII) Emily, twin of Eleanor, daughters of
Nathan and .'Vnnie (Stickney) Heald, was born
August 26, 181 1, and became the wife of Gustine
Marshal. (See Marshal VI).

(V) Deacon John (5), son of Ephraim and
Eleanor Heald, was born September 11, 1741, and
died in Shirley, September 13. 182T, aged eighty.
He married and became a resident of Shirley. Mas-

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sachusetts. in May. 1776, and was settled on a farm
in the northernmost part of the town. "He was a
man of standing and influence, and was appointed a
deacon in the church, September 13, 1790, during
the ministry of Whitney. At a subsequent period,
while !Mr. Tolman was minister, the deacon became
dissatisfied with the doctrines of Mr. Tolman, which
were of a severe Calvinian stamp, and utterly at
variance with the Arminian faith, which had be-
come the accepted belief of the worthy deacon. He_
therefore, with his daughter. Eleanor Bowers, took
himself from Mr. Tolman's church and ministry,
and they became connected with the IMethodist
Church at Lunenburg, where his Arminian ideas re-
ceived cordial fellovvship and sympathy." He mar-
ried, December 8, 1763, Rachel Tuttle, of Littleton,
and they were the parents of six children : Lucy,
Abigail, Rhoda, Esther, John and Eleanor.

(VI) John (6), fifth child and only son of
Deacon John (5) and Rachel (Tuttle) Heald. was
born in Shirley, February 28, 1773, and died July I,
1798. He married, December 4, 1794, Polly Gasset,
of Townsend, published October 19, 1794, and they
had two children: Brigham, and Benjamin Harvey,
whose sketch follows.

(VII) Benjamin Harvey, second son and child
of John (6) and Rachel (Tuttle) Heald, was 'born
in Shirley, September 20, 1797, and died in Ash-
burnham. March 12. 1867. He was a farmer and
carpenter, and resided successively in Hinsdale,
Lanesborough, Royalston and Ashburnham. In
Royalston he operated a saw mill and was engaged
in manufacturing various kinds of lumber until 1844,
when he removed to Ashburnham, and settled on
the old Kibling estate, where he resided until his
death. He married, November 9, 1826, Susan
Kibling, who was born December 27, 1799. and died
March 27, 1865, eldest child of Captain Henry and
Sukey (Hobart) Kibling, of Ashburnham. Henry
Kibling was a captain of the militia company in
Ashburnham in 1801, and in the War of 1812 was
in the service in a Vermont regiment. The children
of Harvey and Susan HeaLd were : George, New-
ton, Henry, Susan, Charles Harvey, and Lewis
Brigham, next mentioned.

(VIII) Lewis Brigham, si.xth and youngest
child of Harvey and Susan (Kibling) Heald, was
born in Royalston, Massachusetts, March s. 1839.
He was educated in the common schools of Ash-
burnham, and after leaving school became a worker
in wood, and was emploj'ed in his native town until
he was twenty years of age. He then went to
Louisville. Kentucky, and soon after to New Al-
bany, Indiana, where he was employed by Howard
& Cash, inanufacturers of sashes and doors. He
remained there until i860, and then returned to
Louisville, where he engaged in the same line of
business in the employ of Minot. Lewis & Company,
the senior partner being a native of Manchester.
New Hampshire. He remained with this firm until
after the election of Lincoln to the presidency, when
the disturbed condition of business forced the clos-
ing of the mill. In April, 1S61, Mr. Heald enlisted

at New Albany, Indiana, in Company C, Eleventh
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three
months in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.
September 5, 1861, he re-enlisted in Company C,
First United States Fusileers, and was stationed at
Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, until February,
1S62, when the regiment was mustered out by order
of the secretary of war. Mr. Heald then enlisted a
third time in Company H, Fifty-ninth Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry, and took part in the campaigns
about Corinth and Vicksburg, accompanying Sher-
man in his famous march to the sea and through
the Carolinas. He was discharged at Raleigh, North
Carolina. April 26, 1865, after serving in all forty-
four months, and soon after went to Vermont,
where he resided in various places during the fol-
lowing thirty years. In the fall of 1895 he removed
to Littleton, New Hampshire, where he was later
commissioned justice of the peace and in quorum,
and in 1897 was' made special justice of the muni-
cipal court of Littleton, in which office he has since
served. In 1896 he became clerk to Judge James
W. Remick, and discharged the duties of that office
until February I, 1899, when he was made deputy
collector of internal revenue. He is still serving in
the last named office.

He married, in West Concord, Vermont, October
12, 1867. Mary Sophia Remick, who was born in
Hardwick. Vermont, February 25, 1847, daughter of
Samuel K. and Sophia (Cushman) Remick, of
Hardwick. They have four children : Harry Lewis,
mentioned below. Hattie May, born in St. Johns-
bury, Vermont. October i, 1869. Walter Nelson,
Lawrence, Massachusetts. October 7, 1876. Nellie
Sophia. St. Johnsbury, November 11, 1879.

(IX) Harry Lewi.«;, eldest child of Lewis B.
and Mary Sophia (Remick) Heald, was born in
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, August 2, 1S68. He was
educated in the common schools and at the acad-
emy in his native town. In February, 1888, he be-
gan the study of law with Albro F. Nichols, and
continued until December, 1890. when he went to
Littleton, New Hampshire, and entered the office of
Hon. James W. Remick, where he continued his
studies until March, 1892, when he was admitted to
the bar at Concord. He soon afterward opened an
office for himself and practiced in Littleton until
1895. In that year he removed to Topeka, Kansas,
where he devoted himself to his profession until
1901, and then returned to Littleton, where he has
since practiced. He is a Republican, and has been a
member of the board of health since 1904. Mr.
Heald married, in Bolton, June 19, 1899, Mary E.
Mooney, who was born in Bolton, province of
Quebec. Canada, July 21. 1S64, daughter of George
and Eusebia Mooney, of Bclton. They have one
child. Mary, born in Topeka, Kansas, July 21. 1900.

(IX) Hattie May, for the past five years has
conducted the Woman's Store in Littleton, carrying
an up-to-date line of ladies' and children's furnish-
ings.

(IX) Walter Nelson, married Fannie Isabel
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10, 1905. She was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts,
July 15. 1882, of parents, Myron L. and Martha E.
(Fulhim) Billings. He has been connected with
the New England Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany for a number of years, and is now (1907) in
charge of a large district of the northern division.

(IX) Nellie Sophia was married November 17,
1902, to John Billings Nute. He was born in Rox-
bury, Massachusetts, August 14. 1876. He is as-
sistant superintendent of the Littleton Shoe Manu-
facturing Company. Three children have been born
to them: Paul Billings, December 11, 1903. Ralph
Cushman, September 3. 1905. Mary Isabel, June 8,
1907.

The name in the early records appears
HALE as Heale, Heales, Hailes, Held, and

Heald. For several generations a ma-
jority of the descendants have written the name
HcaJd, while a few branches of the family have
written the name Hale and are sometimes erron-
eously supposed to have been descendants of Robert
Hale, of Charlestown, or Thomas Hale, of New-
bury.

(I) The first generation in America is de-
scribed above, under the title as there spelled,
Heald.

(II) Israel, son of John and Dorothy Heald,
was born in Concord, Massachusetts, July 30, 1660.
He was a fanner and one of the substantial citizens
of the town of Stow, Massachusetts, to which he
removed from his native town. His wife, Martha
Heale, bore him, among other children, Oliver, see
forward; and Israel, born December 2, 1687, who
was the father of Samuel Heale, who was known as
Samuel Hale, of Leominster, Massachusetts.

(III) Oliver, son of Israel and Martha Heald.
born September 8, 1686, resided in Stow, Massa-
chusetts. His wife, Hannah Heale, was the mother
of eight children, born in Stow between the years
1714-1730, but a record of the marriage has not been
discovered. Their children were : Dorothy, Beza-
leel. Dorcas, Oliver, Jacob. Joseph. Hannah and
Mary.

(IV) Oliver Hale, son of Oliver and Hannah
Heald, born in Stow, Massachusetts, January 22,
1720, removed from his native town to Leominster
in 1742, accompanied by his wife, Sarah Hale. He
was a captain of militia, and for many years a
prominent and influential man of that town. His
first wife, Sarah Hale, was the mother of seven
children. She died April 13. I7S6. His second
wife, Catherine Hale, wdio survived him, dying July
16, 1821, was the mother of five children. Oliver
Hale died May 7. 1799. Their headstones are to
found in an old cemetery in Leominster.

(V) Oliver (3), son of Oliver (2) and Sarah
Hale, born in Leominster, Massachusetts. April 15,
1750, removed to Jafifrey, New Hampshire, in 1772,
where he served as town officer several years, and
as selectman in the year 1786. He married, in Leo-
minster, Massachusetts. December 25, 1771, Mary
Wheclock. He died about 1807. They had five

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sons: Luke. Oliver, Josiah, Luther and Thomas;
and six daughters, four of whom married residents
of Henniker, New Hampshire, two died unmarried.

(VI) Josiah Wheclock, third son of Oliver and
Mary (Wheelock) Hale, was born in Jaffrey, New
Hampshire, November 23, 1783, educated at Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, read medicine in Grafton,
Vermont, attending lectures at the medical depart-
ment, University of Vermont, Burlington. He set-
tled first in Salisbury, Vermont, removed to Bran-
don, where he practiced nearly forty years. He
was not only an eminent physician, but a man
prominent in public affairs ; he represented his town
in the legislature for several years, and was a mem-
ber of the convention for the revision of the con-
stitution. He was an active abolitionist, and was
nominated for state senator by the Liberty party ; a
member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in
Brandon of heart disease at the doorstep of a
patient's house, JMarch 12, 1851. Dr. Josiah
Wheelock Hale married (first) Rhoda Green,
Marcli 12, i8ii. She died in Brandon. July 24,
1820. They had five children, two died in infancy.
Pie married (second) Marcia Tracy, daughter of
Solomon and Phoebe (Hudson) Tracy. She was
born in Prandon. April 14, 1797, was educated at
the Emma Willard School, then located at Middle-
bury. Vermont, later the famous school of Troy,
New York. She died March 22, 1863. Solomon
Tracy was a native of Norwich, Connecticut, served
through the war of the Revolution, being at Valley
Forge. He married Phoebe Hudson, of Walpole,
New Hampshire. He died in Brandon, Vermont,
August 17, 1819, aged sixty-four years. His wife
died January i, 1843. aged seventy-six.

(VII) Charles Stuart, only child of Dr. Josiah
and Marcia (Tracy) Hale, was born in Brandon, Ver-
mont, April 30, 1835. He was educated at Brandon
Academy and Trinity College, Hartford. He read
theology with Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins,
bishop of Vermont, by whom he was ordained
deacon and priest. He was commissioned chaplain
of the Fifth Vermont Volunteers, April 24. 1S62 ;
was mustered out of service September 15, 1864.
He has been rector of the following parishes : St.
James Church, Arlington. Vermont ; Emmanuel
Church, Bellows Falls : St. Mary's on the Hill,
Buffalo ; and assistant minister of St. Paul's Church,
Buffalo; rector of Christ Church, New Bern, North
Carolina ; and Trinity Church, Claremont, New
Hampshire. He has been deputy to the general
convention from the diocese of Vermont, a member
of the standing committee of the diocese of western
New York, and a chairman of the committee on
canons of the diocese of North Carolina. He mar-
ried (first), at Buffalo, July 6, 1875, a widow,
Louise (Weed) Stevens, daughter of Thaddeus and
Louise Chapin Weed. She died at Asheville, North
Carolina, July 25, 1880. One child, Harry Tracy
Hale, died in infancy. He married (second), in
Claremont. New Hampshire, October 2, 1884, Clara
Farwell Blodgett. She was born in Claremont,
April 1.9, 1852, the daughter of George Weston and

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Martha Carey (Farwell) Blodgett. and was de-
scended from the earhest settlers of the town. She
was educated in the public schools and Stevens high
school in Claremont. They have four 'children, all
born in Claremont: i. Edward Stuart, born Jan-
uary 31, 1S86, educated in Stevens high school and
St. Paul's, Concord, entered Harvard, class of
igoS. 2. Charles Stuart, Jr.. born November 4,
1888. 3. Mary Deming, born June 19, 1890. 4.
George Blodgett Stuart, born December 24, 1S91.
(Second Family.)

The representatives of this family in-
H.ALE elude men of high standing in various

walks of life, who inherit in a marked
degree the characteristics and traits of their illus-
trious forefathers, who left behind them a reputa-
tion for honesty, integrity and probity.

(I) Thomas Hale, the first American ancestor
of this branch of the family, was the son of
Thomas Hale, of Watton-at-Stone in Hertfordshire,
England, and Joan Kirby, his wife. No record of
the American Thomas's birth has been found, but
his baptism is recorded in the parish church at
Watton, June 15, 1606. He was the only son, but
there were four daughters, one older than himself.
Dionis, and three younger, Mary. Dorothy and
Elizabeth. Thomas Hale with his wife, Thomasine,
came to Newbury, Massachusetts, and he heads the
list of the selectmen chosen there in 1646. In 1647
he was appointed to try small cases, and in 1648 to
keep a ferry. In 1659 his name appears on a list of
glovers in Salem, Massachusetts. Thomas and
Thomasine (Hale) had four children: Thomas,
whose sketch follows. John, born in England, April
19, 1635. Samuel, born in Newbury, Massachusetts,
February 2, 1639-40, married Sarah Ilsley. Apphia,
born in 1642, married Benjamin Rolfe, November 3,
1659. Thomas Hale died December 21, 1682, aged
seventy-eight; and his wife died January 30, 1683.

(II) Thomas (2), eldest son and child of
Thomas (i) and Thomasine Hale, was born in
England, November 18, 1633. He came to New-
bury, Massachusetts, with his parents, and seems to
have always lived there. He was selectman, 1665,
1675 and 1678. He was fence viewer, trial juror,
tything-man, highway surveyor, way-'warden and
on various town committees. At his death at the
comparativey early age of fifty-five he left an estate
of over five hundred pounds. His homestead had
been deeded to his son Thomas before his death.
His house, a large and substantial structure of two
stories and an attic, was built about 1661, and in
1889 was still standing at Newbury. He was evi-
dently a prosperous man who stood well with his
townspeople. Thomas Hale married at Salem, May
26, 1657, Mary, daughter of Richard and Alice
(Bosworth) Hutchinson, of Salem, Massachusetts.
They had nine children, all of whom but the eldest
survived their father. The children were : A son,
born February 17. died a few days later. Thomas,
born February 11, 1658-59, married Sarah Northend.

Mary, born July 15, 1660, married Jcwett.

Abigail, born .\pril 8, 1662. married Henry Poor.

Hannah, born November 29, 1663, married William
Peabody. Lydia, born April 17, 1666, married
James Platts. Elizabeth, born October 18, 1668,
married Samuel Pickard. Joseph, born February
20, 1670-71, married (first) Mary Watson, and (sec-
ond) Widow Joanna Dodge. Samuel, whose sketch
follows. Thomas Hale died at Newbury, Massa-
chusetts, October 22, 1688. His widow married
William Watson, of Boxford, Massachusetts, Feb-
ruary 5, 1694-95, who- was father of her son Joseph's
wife. William Watson died June 27, 1710, at Box-
ford. Massachusetts, and Mrs. Mary (Hutchinson)
(Hale) Watson died December 8, 1715, also at Box-
ford. ■

(III) Samuel, fourth son and ninth child of
Thomas (2) and Mary (Hutchinson) Hale, was
born at Newbury, Massachusetts, June 6, 1674. He
became a resident of Bradford. Massachusetts, about
1699, and lived in what is now Groveland ; the
corners wherfe his house stood is still called "Hale's
Corners." He was a man of property and local
standing, and a farmer of superior order, especially
in fruit growing. He v!a.s twice married, and had
six children, all by his first wife. He married, No-
vember 3, 1698, Martha Palmer, daughter of Samuel
and Mary (Pearson) Palmer, of Rowley, Massa-
chusetts. She was born April 24, 1677, at Rowley,
and died June 14, 1723, in the forty-ninth year of
her age, and was the first person buried in Grove-
land cemetery. Six months later, December 30,
1723, he married Mrs. Sarah, widow of Edward
Hazen, of Newbury, and daughter of John Perley,
of Boxford, Massachusetts. His children, all by
his first wife, were: Samuel, born October 23, 1699,
married (first) Hannah Hovey, (second) Sarah
Hazeltine. Tonathan, whose sketch follows. Mary,
born May 17, 1705, married George Carleton.
Martha, born January 15. 1709. married Moses
Jevvett. Jane, born August i, 171 1, married Deacon
Philip Teimey. David, born September 30, 1714,
married Sarah Bond. Samuel Hale died December
13. 1745, aged seventy-one years. His widow Sarah
(Perley) (Hazen) Hale, probably survived him
several years, as her will was not proven till July
24, 1769.

(IV) Jonathan, second son and child of Samuel
and Martha (Palmer) Hale, was born in Bradford,
Massachusetts, January 9, 1701-02. He was a
farmer. After 1747 his name disappears from
Bradford and Essex records, and he probably then
removed to Sutton, Massachusetts. He married at
Ipswich, Massachusetts, November 10, 1729, Susan-
nah Tuttle, "Jr." They had six children, all prob-
ably born in Bradford: Elizabeth, born 1730, mar-
ried Moody Chase. John, born October 24, 1731,
mentioned in the next paragraph. Abigail, born in
1733. married Colonel William Prescott, the hero of
Bunker Hill. Samuel, married Mindwell Tillotson.
Jonathan, married Silence Goddard. Martha, mar-
ried Rev. Peter Powers, of HoUis, New Hampshire.
It is not known when Jonathan Hale died, but in
May. 1770, intentions of marriage were published at
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Hale" and John Pitts, l}oth of Ipswich. She died
March 22, 1787.

(V) John, eldest son and second child' of Jon-
athan and Susannah (Tuttle) Hale, was born in
Bradford, Massachusetts. October 24, 1731. About
1747 he removed with his father to Sutton, Massa-
chusetts. John Hale became a physician, and about
1754 settled in Hollis, New Hampshire, near his
distinguished brother-in-law. Colonel William Pres-
cott, who lived in Groton, afterwards Pepperell,
Massachusetts. He was a leading citizen of his
town and state, both in military and civil affairs, and
may well be called the foremost resident of Hollis
during his day. He served at three different times
during the French war. In 1755 he was assistant
surgeon in Colonel Joseph Blanchard's regiment
against the French at Crown Point. In 1757 he en-
listed as a private for the defense of Fort Edward.
In 1758 he was commissioned surgeon in Colonel
John Hart's regiment for defense of the western
frontier. In 1767 he was lieutenant-colonel of the
Fifth New Hampshire militia, which office he held
till 177s, when he became colonel of the same regi-
ment. He took part as a volunteer at the battle of
Bunker Hill, serving under his famous brother-in-
law. Colonel Prescott, between whom and himself
there appears to have been a close friendship. In
1777 Colonel Doctor Hall was commissioned sur-
geon of the First Regiment of the New Hampshire
Continental troops. Dr. Jonathan Pool, the assistant
surgeon of- the regiment, afterwards became Dr.
Hale's son-in-law. Dr. Hale continued as surgeon
till June, 1780. Three of his sons, John, David and
William, served actively in the Revolution, the
latter enlisting at the age of fourteen for a term of
three years. Dr. Hale was representative to the
New Hampshire legislature from 1762. .0 1768, and
again in 1775, in which latter year he was also rep-
resentative to the New Hampshire Provincial con-
gress. He was repeatedly moderator of the town
meetings and chairman of important committees ;
he was also selectman, town clerk and justice of
the peace. In 1779 he was put in charge of the
smallpo.x hospitals at Hollis. He- was a member of
the church at Hollis from before the breaking out
of the Revolution. After the war he continued to
live in Hollis in the active practice of his profession.
Dr. John Hale married in Sutton, Massachusetts,
about 1755, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Dr. David
and Elizabeth (Prescott) Hall, who was born in
Sutton, February, 1734. Her father. Rev. David
Hall, was a graduate of Harvard in 1724, and was
fourth in descent from John Hall, who settled in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1630. John and
Elizabeth (Hall) Hale had children: John,
born September 8, 1756, married Lydia Tillotson.
David, born June 8. 1758, married Elizabeth Holden.
Elizabeth, born September 28, 1760, married (first)
Jonathan Pool, and (second) James Woodward.
William, born July 27, 1762, married Esther Pool.
Rebekah, born March 26. 1765, married Moses
Ames. Jonathan, born in 1767, married Eunice
Mo.sher. Susan, married Deacon Dewey. Aaron,

died at about si.xtcen years of age. All of these
children were born in Hollis, New Hampshire. Dr.
John Hale died in Hollis, New Hampshire, October
22, 1791, aged sixty years. His grave in the old
central burying ground at Hollis has a quaint in-
scription worth quoting :

"How soon our new-born light attains to fnll-
agcd noon :
And that how soon to gray-haired night :
We spring, we bud, we blossom and we blast.
Ere we can count our days, they fly so fast."

Dr. Hale's record is also inscribed on the Sol-
diers' Monument in the village common. Mrs.
Elizabeth (Hall) Hale, who seems to have been a
woman of superior character and ability, survived
her husband many years. She died at Hollis, Octo-
ber 2. 1830, aged ninety-six years.

(VI) David, the second son and child of Dr.
John and Elizabeth (Hall) Hale, was horn at
Hollis. New Hampshire, June 8, 1758. He married
Elizabeth Holden, of Hollis. June 3, 1787. They
had twelve 'children: David H., born May 31, 1789;
Aaron. April 10, 1791 ; William, April 18. 1793;
Betsy, February 19, 1797: the record of the fifth
child is unknown; Susannah, March %o, 1799; John,
October 21, 1800: Sarah. May 3, 1803; Anna, May
25, 1805: Artemas, whose sketch follows; Luke, Oc-
tober 13, 1809; Rebecca, September 18, 1812.

(VII) Artemas, fifth son and tenth child of
David and Elizabeth (Holden) Hale, was born No-
vember 26, 1807, at Hollis, New Hampshire. He
was a farmer in his native town, and died at the
comparatively early age of forty-nine. On January
18. 1836, he married Mary .■Xnn Wheat, daughter of
Solomon Wheat. They had three children : Sarah
C. born April 30, 1841, died June 3, 1S57 ; Charles,
September 10, 1844. lives in Hollis ; and George
Franklin, the subject of the next paragraph. .Arte-
mas Hale died March 25, 1853.

(VIII) George Franklin, second son and
youngest of the three children of Artemas and
Mary Ann (Wheat) Hale, was born June 30. 1847,
at Hollis. New Hampshire. He had a common
school education. He first drove a baker's cart in
Cambridge. Massachusetts. Later he traveled
through New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a
cracker company in Somerville. Massachusetts. He
then bought out a milk route in Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, and managed that for one year and six
months. He then returned to his native town of
Hollis where he now lives. He has been selectman
for three years, and in 1904 and 1906 was chairman
of the board. He joined the Knights of Pythias in
1870. and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
in 1868. In the latter order he has been through all
the chairs twice. He also belongs to the Grange.
March 28, 1876, he married Addie L. Ruston, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Beck) Ruston. They
had four children : Carrie E., born April 12, 1S79,
died September 22, 1879. Maud A., born .April 24,
18S2. Fannie Isabellc. .August 31, 18S4, died July

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22, 1S87. Arthur, born August Ji, 1SS8. Mrs. Hale
is active in the Grange, being secretary (1907), and
is president (1907) of the Woman's Relief Corps.
(Third Family.)
This name was originally spelled Hales.
HALE It was borne in England by three dis-
tinct families, those of Hertfordshire,
Gloucestershire and Kent. The Hales of Kent are
known to have existed as early as the reign of
Edward HI. Sir Robert Hales, son of Nicholas
Up Hales, was prior of the Knights of St. John
and lord high treasurer of England. He was killed
in Wat Tyler's insurrection on Tower Hill, London,
in 13S1. The latter's brother. Sir Nicholas de Hales,
was the progenitor of three branches of the family
known as the Kent, Coventry and Essex Hales.

(I) Some of the Hales of New Hampshire de-
rive their origin in America from Robert Hale, who
was born about the year 1609, emigrated in 1632,
settling first in Boston. Shortly after his arrival
he removed to Charlestown, where he united with
the First Church. He was a blacksmith by trade,
but seems to have devoted much of his time to the
public service, as he held several positions of trust
including that of surveyor of new plantations, to
which he was appointed by the general court. He
died July 19, iSsg. The christian name of his wife
was Jane. She survived him and married for her
second husband Richard Jacobs, of Ipswich. Her
death occurred in July, 1679. The children of
Robert Hale were; Rev. John, JNIary, Zachariah,
Samuel and Joanna.

(II) Rev. John Hale, eldest son and child of
Robert and Jane Hale, was graduated from Harvard
College in 1657, and was ordained the first minister
of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, re-
taining that pastorate for the remainder of his life.
He was one of the three chaplains of the regiment
which was sent to Canada in 1690 and was captured
by the French, but shortly afterwards was released.
During his Beverly pastorate occurred the famous
Salem witchcraft excitement, and he appears to
have been a believer in the -delusion until an accu-
sation was made against his wife, whereupon he
renounced his belief, and wrote an able work de-
fending with spirit his change of view. For his
first wife he married Rebecca Byles, daughter of
Henry Byles, of Sarum, England, and she died April
13. 1683, aged forty-five years. March 3, 1684, he
married Mrs. Sarah Noyes, of Newbury, whose
death occurred JNIay 20, 1695, at the age of fortj'-
one, and on August 8, 1698, he married for his third
wife Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, of Newbury, who sur-
vived him. His children were : Rebeckah, Robert,
Rev. James, Samuel, Joanna and John.

(III) Samuel, third son and fourth child of
Rev. John and Sarah (Noyes) Hale, was born in
Beverl)', August 13, 1687. For many years he re-
sided in Newburyport, and all of his children were:
born in that town. Late in life he removed to
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and died there about
the year 1724. He was married August 26, 1714,
to Apphia Moody, who was born June 23, 1693,

and the children of this union were : Joanna, Rich-
ard. Samuel. Hannah and John. (N. B. Richard
Hale, son of Samuel, was the father of Captain
Nathan Hale, whose capture and execution as a
spy by the British was one of the most unfortunate
episodes of the American Revolution).

(IV) John, youngest son and child of Samucl
and Apphia (Moody) Hale, was born in Newbury-
port, January 16, 1722. He resided in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, and died there about the year 17S7.
The maiden name of his wife does not appear in
the records at hand. It is known, however, that he
was the father of Samuel, John, Benjamin, Eben-
ezer, Jane, Sally and Hannah.

(V) Samuel, eldest son of John Hale, of Glou-
cester, entered the legal profession and was prac-
ticing law in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during
the agitation which culminated in the American
Revolution. He was loyal to the crown, and just
prior to the commencement of hostilities went to
England, where he remained until the close of the
W'ar. Upon the resumption of diplomatic relations
between the mother country and the United States,
he was appointed consul at one of the American
ports, but died on the passage over. Prior to his
departure for England he married Lydia Parker,
daughter of Hon. William Parker of Portsmouth.
Her grandparents were William and Zerviah (Stan-
ley) Parker, the latter a daughter of the Earl of
Derby, and they were married in England, Feb-
ruary 26, 1703, against the wishes of the bride's
father. They immediately came to America in order
to escape the vengeance of the Earl, who was an
arbitrary and vindictive man, and thenceforward
lived a secluded life in Portsmouth. William Par-
ker was a gentleman of education and refinement.
Hon. William Parker, Lydia Parker's father, was
admitted to the bar in 1732 ; was clerk of the com-
missioners who settled the boundary line between
New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1737; was
appointed register of probate by Governor Belcher;
afterwards became judge of admiralty and was for
many years the only notary public in the province.
From 1765 to 1774 he was a member of the general
assembly. In August, 1771. he was appointed a
judge of the superior court, and held office until
the end of British authority. In 1763 the cor-
poration of Harvard College conferred upon him
the degree of Master of Arts (honorary). He died
April 29, 1781, aged seventy-seven years. His chil-
dren were : Zerviah, Stanley, William, John, Eliz-
abeth, Mary, Lydia, Catherine, Samuel, Sarah and
Matthew Stanley. Lydia married Samuel Hale, as
previously stated, and was the mother of one son.
She died in September, 1878, at the age of forty-
seven years.

(VI) John Parker, only child of Samuel and
Lydia (Parker) Hale, became a lawyer and prac-
ticed in Rochester, New Hampshire. He married
Lydia O'Brien, of Machias, Maine, daughter of
William O'Brien, who participated in the capture
of the British ship "Margaretta" during the Revo-
lutionary war. Among their children was Hon.

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John Parker Hale, for sixteen years United States
senator from New Hampshire, and afterwards min-
ister to Spain.

(VH) Hon. John Parker Hale (2), second child
of John Parker (i) and Lydia (O'Brien) Hale,
was born in Rochester, March 31, 1806, and died
November 19, 1873, aged sixty-seven years. When
but thirteen years of age he was left fatherless, but
by the efforts of his mother who was equal to the
duty imposed on her, the family was kept together,
and the son who was destined to play so prominent
a part in his country's history was able to obtain
an education commensurate with his mental powers.
After receiving the training the schools of his
native village afforded, his mother's exertions en-
abled him to prepare for college at Phillip's Exeter
Academy under Principal Abbot, who remarked
years afterwards that he had live of his boys in
the United States senate, "and pretty good boys,
too," Webster, Cass, Hale, Dix and Field. He en-
tered Bowdoin College, passed through the course
of study with ease and graduated in 1827, with a
high reputation for general scholarship and extem-
poraneous oratorical ability. At this time he was
twenty-one years of age.

His natural mental trend, his aptness to grasp
and manipulate ideas and his manifest fitness for
the law, all indicate that profession as his vocation
in life. Accordingly on leaving college he entered
upon his legal studies. His first reading was in
the office of J. H. Woodman, Esq., of Rochester.
Later he had an opportunity to complete his course
with Daniel M. Christie, Esq., for many years the
honored head of the New Hampshire bar. In the
three years during which he was preparing himself
for his profession, he was developing a breadth and
power of mind and character that none who knew
him could mistake. As a law student he displayed
all his character in his traits of quickness, aptitude,
ease of acquisition and tenacity of memory, so that
his future eminence was conlidently foretold. To
natural ability he joined an activity of intellect and
a love of literature that led him to read extensively
and with great pleasure the classics, in both prose
and poetry, and to peruse with marked satisfaction
the speeches of the great orators of ancient and
modern times. Thus equipped, in 1830, John P.
Hale was admitted to the bar, and opened an office
at Dover. With his qualifications and already ex-
tensive local acquaintance his was not the fate of
the patient plodder who must take years to win a
clientage; he at once took high rank at the bar,
and soon had a profitable practice. In his case he
showed great perspicacity in discerning the point
at issue, and adroitness in handling thepi. In the
examinations of witnesses he exhibited consummate
skill and tact, and in his addresses to juries he
showed that he had inherited from his maternal
ancestors that power of eloquence that has made
many an Irish lawyer famous. In civil and crim-
inal practice he was equally skillful. The class of
business to which he was introduced as leading
counsel often pitted him against such men as Mr.

Christie, his old preceptor, and other hardly less
distinguished men, but equipped as he was with wit
and humor, and a consummate master of the art of
oratory, he knew his powers and won success
second to none of those with whom he contended.
His practice was not long confined to Strafford
county, but extended into the adjoining counties
of Belknap, Carroll and Rockingham.

As a man INIr. Hale "felt a sympathy for mankind,
for the masses against the classes, as it is now ex-
pressed. This sentiment showed itself early and
was ever manifest in his action on great public ques-
tions. He believed the people have rights, and never
faltered in support of them, regardless of whoever
or how many opposed him. In the early years of
his professional life he had a spirited contest with
Chief Justice Porter in the supreme court of New
Hampshire over his claim of right of the jury to
be judges of the law as well as the facts in criminal
cases. In support of his theory on this question, he
published a pamphlet which an eminent authority
has said "contains well-nigh all the learning on a
question of the deepest importance in its day, which
has been substantially settled at last by the amel-
iorations of the criminal law, the progress of so-
ciety, and the growth of institutions of liberty. Al-
though Mr. Hale was not distinguished for re-
condite learning, this publication exhibited too com-
plete a mastery of authorities to be dashed off at
a sitting, too profound an argument to have been
prepared in a day. This debate is chiefly interest-
ing to-day as a proof that Mr. Hale had unquestion-
ably devoted time in his early years to the study
of the great books of the common law, to the history
and development of English liberty, and was deeply
grounded in its leading principles." Judge Parker's
reply is contained in the report of the case of Peirce
and others against the State in volume 13 of the
New Hampshire Reports.

Mr, Hale's reputation as a lawyer soon spread
beyond the limits of his own state. When Shad-
rach, a fugitive slave, was rescued in 1851 from
the courthouse in Boston by Lewis, Hayden and
others and sent to Canada, great excitement arose
all over the country, and when the leaders in the
rescue, Hayden and Scott, were brought to trial,
Mr. Hale was their leading counsel. The character
of the testimony was strongly against the defend-
ants, as was also the charge of the presiding judge,
but Mr. Hale's masterly speech for his clients, one
of the most noted efforts of the times, so influ-
enced the jury that they failed to agree, and the de-
fendants were discharged. Three years later the
case of Anthony Burns in Boston created still
greater excitement. Theodore Parker, hearing of
the arrest, with difficulty got access to the man,
procured counsel for him and obtained a continu-
ance of his case in order to allow him opportunity
to make a defense. An immense meeting was held in
Faneuil Hall to consider what the crisis required,
and while it was in session a party stormed the
jail where Burns was confined and attempted his
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marshal having Burns in charge was killed. Public
excitement over this act was at the highest tension ;
the President ordered the adjutant general of the
army to Boston, and United States troops in New
York were kept under marching orders, ready to
act in case they were needed to quell further riot-
ous disturbances. Theodore Parker and others were
indicted, some for murder, and others for assault
and riot, mainly for the speeches made at the meet-
ing at Faneuil Hall. Mr. Hale was called to take
the place of leading counsel for the defendants, and
under his management the indictments broke down,
and the case was never called for trial. Theodore
Parker prepared a "defense" in the case, and as
there was no opportunity to avail himself of it in
court, he published it with a dedication to his law-
yer, John P. Hale.

It is usual for young men who possess the gift
of oratory and a power to influence their fellowraen
to enter the political arena, and John P. Hale was
no exception to the rule. His sympathetic nature
and his love of justice and a square deal led him to
became a candidate for the legislature in 1832, on
a workingman's ticket. He was elected, but his
position did not permit of his distinguishing him-
self at that time. He soon afterwards became a
supporter of the Democratic party, and in 1834,
when twenty-eight years of age, was appointed by
President Jackson United States district attorney.
This position he filled with distinction until he was
removed for political reasons by the Whig ad-
ministration in 1841.

Hitherto Mr. Hale had made the practice of
law the chief aim of his life, and by his skill had
won in the legal forum laurels that might well have
been coveted by older and more experienced prac-
titioners; but henceforth his time and his efforts
were to be devoted to the solution of the great
national problems that convulsed the commonwealth.
His record to this time as a lawyer justifies the opin-
ion that he would have been the peer of any law-
yer at the American bar had he continued to prac-
tice his profession. But he" chose another, and per-
haps more useful course. Not only as a lawyer,
but also as an orator, Mr. Hale's development had
been rapid, and having now identified himself with
the Democratic party his ability and his eloquence
were called to its aid, and he became one of its most
able supporters. In 1843 he was elected to the
national house of representatives. In the opening
days of the session, he entered freely into the debates,
taking a very prominent stand as an advocate of
Democratic principles, and attracting wide and ad-
miring attention by his oratorical powers. Such
was the character ' of his oratorical power that he
was referred to as the "Democratic Boanerges,"
the "Granite State Cataract," and by other like ex-
pressions. He proposed measures of retrenchment
in regar.d to West Point, the army and the navy, and
advocated the reduction in postage rates, and the_
abolition of corporal punishment in the army. June
3, 1844, he moved the abolishment of flogging in
the navy, and by his eloquence the measure was car-

ried in the house, but it was lost in the senate.
When congress assembled in December an exciting
debate arose upon the question of continuing what
was termed the gag rule, which required "that every
petition, memorial, resolution, proposition or paper
touching or relating in any way, or to any extent
whatever, to slavery or the abolition thereof shall,
on presentation, without any further action thereon,
be laid on the table, without being debated, printed
Or referred." This rule suppressed the right of
petition if it in any way touched slavery and
during the debate Mr. Hale, with Mr. Hamlin, of
Maine, and a few other Democrats, avowed their
opposition to it. Here appeared Mr. Hale's dis-
position to think for himself, and act, when he saw
fit, in opposition to party dictates. This was the be-
ginning of his anti-slavery action in congress, his
declaration of independence of the rights of any man
or set or men to require him to act in opposition
to the dictates of his conscience. The pursuit of
this course brought him conspicuously before his
fellow citizens as a national character.

In the presidential campaign of 1844 Mr. Hale
gave his efforts for the success of his party, and
distinguished himself as a political speaker. The
extension of slavery was a thing necessary for the
continued political supremacy of the South, and
the pro-slavery element of the Democratic party
in that section led by John C. Calhoun and aided
by President Tyler were using every effort to effect
the annexation of the young republic of Texas to the
United States, as slave territory. When this scheme
fully developed it found opposition in the North.
All the newspapers of New Hampshire opposed the
extension of slavery, and in this they were in-
dorsed by the leaders and by the masses of the
party. But when, by the election of 1844, the South
obtained complete control of the national councils
and patronage, its influence was such that the Dem-
ocratic newspapers and party leaders in New Hamp-
shire obeyed the dictation of the dominant element
in the South and ceased their opposition to the
measure they so recently had condemned. The domi-
nation of the slaveholders was so complete that at
their dictation the Democratic party of New Hamp-
shire reversed its course, and the legislature in
December, 1844, passed resolutions instructing the
state's senators and representatives in congress to
vote for the annexation of Texas. Mr. Hale's op-
position to the admission of Texas had been known
at the time of his election, but as "obey or resign"
had long been the Democratic doctrine in New
Hampshire, it was expected he would act in accord-
ance with the wishes of his his constituents. Con-
gress assembled in December, 1844, and the advo-
cates of annexation submitted several schemes for
the consummation of their designs. On the loth of
Januarj', 1845, Mr. Hale, evidently with no idea of
breaking with his party, proceeded to act in accord-
ance with the opinions he had all along entertained,
and moved a suspension of the rules to enable him
to introduce a proposition to divide Texas into
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ever prohibited, but though this motion was carried
by a majority it failed for want of a two-third vote.
Mr. Hale was not following the instruction of
his party in New Hampshire, and in order to vin-
dicate himself, under date of July 7, 1845, he ad-
dressed to his constituents his famous letter in
which he justified his course, laid bare in no meas-
ured terms the Texas scheme of annexing territory
to perpetuate slavery, stigmatizing the reasons given
by its advocates in its behalf as "eminently calcu-
lated to promote the scorn of earth and the judg-
ment of heaven," and thus appealed to the patriotic
traditions of the men of the Granite State : "When
our forefathers bade a last farewell to the homes
of their childhood, the graves of their fathers, and
the temples of their God, and ventured upon all
the desperate contingencies of wintery seas and a
savage coast, that they might in strong faith and
ardent hope lay deep the foundations of the temple
of liberty, their faith would have become skepti-
cism, and their hope despair, could they have fore-
seen that the day would ever arrive when their
degenerate sons should be found seeking to extend
their boundaries and their government, not for the
purposes of promoting freedom, but sustaining
slavery," and added that if his constituents were
favorable to such a measure, they must choose an-
other representative to carry out their wishes. Says
Hon. Jacob H. Ela in his article on Hale in the
Granite Monthly : "It was a great step to take and
a less daring spirit would not have ventured it.
Poor in property, with a family to support, tlie most
popular man in his party, with power to command
and ability to adorn anj' public position his am-
bitions might seek on the one side, with alienation of
social and political friends, ostracism in business and
politics, by a party which had for sixteen years had
unbroken sway and remorselessly cut down every
man who dared to oppose its declared will on the
others, were the alternatives. Few men have shown
such greatness of soul and loyalty to convictions
under such temptations. While most men would
have yielded, Mr. Hale did not falter, but sent
his letter which for a moment paralyzed political
movements in New Hampshire, but was soon fol-
lowed by a storm of condemnation and denuncia-
tion from the party leaders. The Democratic state
committee issued a call for the reassembling of the
Democratic convention, February 12, 1845, and every
Democratic paper that could be influenced to do
so joined in denouncing Mr. Hale, and asking the
convention to rebuke and silence him. The oppo-
sition to him by officials seemed to be almost un-
animous. Franklin Pierce, his college companion,
and long time political associate and personal friend,
toured the state to organize the opposition. At
Dover, Portsmouth and Exeter, the Democratic
papers and almost every one of the party leaders
renounced all allegiance to John P. Hale and his
anti-slavery principles. Mr. Hale had not taken
this step without foreseeing the probable conse-
quences, and now prepared to enter upon the prac-
tice of his profession in New York. The convention

met, the nomination of John P. Hale was rescinded,
his name struck from the ticket and another sub-
stituted. But his friends, of whom there were still
a few among the leaders of the party, organized the
first successful revolt against the slave power.
While the election was pending Texas was annexed
as slave territory, not in the usual manner by a
treaty of annexation, the ratification of which would
have required a two-thirds majority of the houses
of congress, which the slave-holding element knew
could not be got, but by joint resolution, which re-
quired only a majority of votes, and was carried
in the house by a vote of one hundred and thirty-
four to seventy-seven, John P. Hale and Hannibal
Hamlin alone among the Northern Democracy re-
fusing to support the measure. This proceeding
had a grave and sobering influence upon the minds
of many of the more thoughtful and far-seeing
Democrats of New Hampshire, and when the elec-
tion was held, John Woodbury, who had been sub-
stituted on the ticket for Mr. Hale, failed of elec-
tion. Another election was necessary to fill the
vacancy, and it was called. During the campaign
just closed Mr. Hale had remained at his post in
Washington. When the second canvass was opened,
he appeared on the scene and by his magnetic pre-
sence and convincing oratory infused a vigor and
excitement into the contest that was felt in every
hamlet throughout the state. The last election had
come off March 11, 1845; this campaign opened at'
Concord, in June following, on the week for the
assembling of the legislature in the old North
Church. An unusual assemblage of people was in
town in attendance upon various religious and
benevolent anniversaries. The Democrats, fearful
of Hale's eloquence upon an audience so intelligent
and conscientious, decided that he must be answered
on the spot and selected Franklin Pierce as the only
man at all fitted for such an encounter. The size of
the audience taxed the capacity of the church to the
utmost."

The eloquent Colonel Hall in describing this
event in his oration at the unveiling of the statue
of Hale at Concord, August 3, 1892, said : "Mr.
Hale spoke two hours, making a calm, dignified and
effective vindication of his principles and conduct.
Occasionally rudely interrupted, he never lost his
temper, nor that splendid equanimity which availed
him on so many occasions in debate. He rose to
surprising eloquence in denunciation of slavery, and
at the end it w'as manifest that whether they agreed
with his conclusions or not, all were convinced that
he had been actuated by pure motives and a high
sense of public duty. Mr. Pierce was himself a
nervous, energetic and brilliant orator, but. for the
task set before him, he was handicapped by the in-
consistencies of the Democratic record, and by
Hale's glowing appeal to the nobler sentiments of
humanity, lifting the plane of discussion entirely
above the ordinary dead level. He replied to Mr.
Hale in a passionate and imperious, not to say in-
solent manner, accusing him of ambitious motives,
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for its efforts to extend the area of the republic by
bringing the vast territory of Texas under its sway.
The advantage in temper was very manifest, and
wlien Mr. Hale had rejoined with a triumphant
vindication of his own motives and purposes, he
closed with this magnificent appeal: '1 expected to
be called ambitious ; to have my name cast out as
evil. I have not been disappointed. But, if things
have come to this condition, that conscience and
a sacred regard for truth and duty are to be publicly
held up to ridicule, and scouted at without rebuke,
as has just been done here, it matters little whether
we are annexed to Texas or Texas is annexed to us.
I may be permitted to say that the measure of my
ambition will be full if, when my earthly career
shall be finished and my bones be laid beneath the
soil of New Hampshire, when my wife and children
shall repair to my grave to drop a tear of affection
to my memory, they may read on my tombstone,
"He who lies beneath surrendered office, place and
power, rather than bow down and worship slaveo'-" '
In the opinion of Mr. Hale's friends, his victory
was indisputable. No debate in New Hampshire
ever had such interest, and none results at all com-
parable with it in importance. Beyond all doubt Mr.
Pierce's efforts that day made him president of the
United States, and Mr. Hale's led to the triumph
of his party, whereby he became the first anti-
slavery senator and the recognized pioneer cham-
pion of the Free Soil movement. On the 23rd of
September, 1845, t'^e third trial was held for the
representatives in congress, resulting in a Demo-
cratic defeat by about the same vote as before, the
Hale men holding the balance of power between
them and the Whigs. November 29, 1845, a fourth
trial left the Democrats in a still more decisive
minority, and then the final struggle for mastery
in the state was postponed to the annual election,
March 10, 1846. During the winter, Mr. Hale can-
vassed the state again, everywhere the admired
champion of a cause now manifestly advancing to
certain triumph. The result was a complete over-
throw of the party in power in New Hampshire,
the Whigs and Independent Democrats together
having both branches of the legislature, and a con-
siderable majority of the popular vote, though there
was no election of governor or congressman by
the people. ^Ir. Hale was chosen a representative
from Dover, and, by a coalition of Hale men and
Whigs, was made speaker of the house, and on the
gth of June, 1846, was chosen United States senator
for the full term of six years, commencing March
4, 1847."

Mr. Hale's election was not merely a personal
triumph of the man over his opponents, it was a
great moral victory marking the beginning of the
overthrow of the slave power. The ideas of Mr.
Hale were now known to the intellegent people of
the nation, and many advanced thinkers embraced
the doctrines he advocated, and zealously propa-
gated them. The state of New Hampshire was re-
moved from the ranks of the supporters of the slave
power and forever set in array against it. He took

his seat in the senate, December 6, 1847, and for
two years worked and struggled alone as an anti-
slavery independent. In 1849 his principles bore
fruit in Ohio, and Salmon P. Chase was sent to
join him, and in 1S51, Charles Sumner, of Massa-
chusetts, became the third of the trio of intellectual
giants whose voices no power could silence, and
whose influence no opposition could control. He
entered into the business of the senate as he had
that of the house, boldly, as one having a right to
be there and a mission to fulfill. He stood alone.
"Every means of silencing him was resorted to,
threats, insults, sneers, ridicule, derision. He was
treated with studied contempt by the South, and
with cold neglect by the North.'' He was denied,
says Colonel Hall, "the common courtesy of a place
on senatorial committees, being told publicly by a
senator who was afterward expelled from the body
for disloyalty, that he was considered outside of
any healthy political organization in the country.''
But in the face of all this he persevered as one
conscious of the greatness of the work he now
seems to have been specially appointed to execute.
In 1848, when the question of the admission of
Oregon was under discussion, he proposed as an
amendment the '.vdinance of 1787 excluding slavery,
which brought up a fierce debate. He was accused
of provoking a "useless and pestiferous discussion."
To this he good naturedly replied that he was "will-
ing to stand where the word of God and his con-
science placed him, and there bid defiance to conse-
quences."

A mob demonstration against the office of the
National Era in Washington was the occasion of a
debate in the senate, during the progress of which
Mr. Hale introdiiced a resolution copied from the
laws of Maryland, providing for the reimburse-
ment of persons whose property should be destroyed
by mobs. In the controversy which followed Sen-
ator John C. Calhoun said he "would as soon argue
with a maniac from Bedlam as with the senator
from New Hampshire on this subject." INIr. Hale's
reply to Mr. Calhoun's attack was spirited, as would
be expected, and in closing he said to Calhoun that
his was "a novel mode of terminating a controversy
by charitably throwing the mantle of a maniac's
irresponsibility upon one's antagonist." In this debate
Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, after many insulting ex-
pressions, and denouncing j\Ir. Hale's bill as "ob-
viously intended to cover and protect negro steal-
ing," turned to Mr. Hale and said: "I invite him
to visit the good state of Mississippi in which I have
the honor to reside, and will tell him beforehand in
all honesty, that he could not go ten miles into the
interior before he would grace one of the tallest
trees of the forest with a rope around his neck,
with the approbation of every virtuous and patriotic
citizen; and that, if necessary, I should myself as-
sist in the operation." To this Air. Hale replied:
"One senator invited me to visit the state of Missis-
sippi, and kindly informs me that he would be one of
those who w^ottld act the assassin, and put an end to
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able invitation, I can only express the desire that he
should penetrate into one of the 'dark corners' of
New Hampshire, and, if he do, I am much mistaken
if he would not find that the people in that 'be-
nighted region' would be happy to listen to his
arguments, and engage in an intellectual conflict
with him, in which the truth might be elicited."
The nobility of this reply was in great contrast to
the ruffianism of the assault, which consigned Sen-
ator Foote to the pillory of history with a nickname
bestowed upon him by the public which will never
be forgotten while he is remembered.

Believing with Daniel Webster that the war with
Me.xico was "an iniquitous war made in order to
obtain, by conquest, slave territory," he opposed
all the measures pursued in prosecuting it. In
December, 1849, Mr. Foote introduced a resolution
declaring it to be the duty of congress to provide
territorial government for California, Deseret and
New Mexico. Mr. Hale offered an amendment
that the ordinance of 1787 should be applied. Dur-
ing the debate which followed, Daniel Webster
made his 7th of JNIarch speech. Mr. Hale occupied two
days in an elaborate argument, vindicating the
principles, measures and acts of anti-slavery men.
This is said to have been the most powerful of his
senatorial efforts. In it he analyzed in a masterly
manner Mr. Webster's speech, grappling resolutely
with its morality, statesmanship and policy. Among
other things he said : "The senator declares he
would not re-enact the laws of God. Well, Sir,
I would, when he tells nic the law of God is
against slavery. It is a most patent argument why
we should incorporate it in a territorial bill." His
peroration was a brilliant presentation of the prin-
ciples and aims of the Free Soil party.

In the midst of his struggle to abolish slavery,
he did not lose an opportunity to ameliorate the
condition of the nation's defenders. While in the
senate he introduced a bill for the abolition of
flogging in the navy similar to the bill he had pro-
posed in the house. After repeated defeats his
measure was carried as a part of the appropriation
bill in 1852. Twelve years later he secured the
abolition of the spirit ration. For each cf these
measures his name deserves much honor. Senator
Hale's position as the sole representative of the
Free Soil party in the American senate, where the
contest over slavery waged so fiercely fo.r years,
has made that part of his life of greatest interest
to the student of history. The record of his un-
daunted, persistent and ultimately successful on-
slaught upon the slave power, possesses an interest
to the friends of human freedom second to that in
another epoch in the history of the constitutional
period of America. His manliness, courage and
nobility of character entitled him to respect and
compelled attention; and with logic, wit, ridicule,
sarcasm, humor and brilliant repartee he maintained
himself against all opponents, and saw his cause
daily grow stronger, where a man of ordinary ability
and less fertile in expedient would have been over-
whelmed. When his term expired the Democratic
party had obtained control of New Hampshire, but

in 1855 the death of Charles G. Atherton left a
vacancy in the senate, to which Mr. Hale was elec-
ted, and he served the remaining four years. In
1858 he was again re-elected for a full term.

He was nominated as a Free Soil candidate for
the presidency in 1847, but declined after the nomi-
nation of Martin Van Buren by the Democrats in
1848. He was again nominated for president by
the Free Soil party with George W. Julian for vice-
president, at Pittsburg, in 1852, and received at
the election one hundred and fifty-five thousand,
eight hundred and fifty votes. He closed his sena-
torial career in 1865 and was appointed by Mr.
Lincoln minister to Spain, where he served five
years, much of the time in ill health. In 1870 he
returned to his home and never afterwards held
official position. He had lived to see the efforts suc-
cessful which he had made for the emancipation of
a race of slaves. With so great a triumph he had
reason to be satisfied.

John P. Hale married Lucy H. Lambert, a
daughter of William T. and Abigail (Ricker) Lam-
bert, the former of Rowley, Jilassachusetts, and the
latter of Somersworth. They had two daughters,
one of whom married Edward V. Kinsley, of West
Point, New York, and the youngest, Lucy L. Hale,
married William E. Chandler, of Concord, New
Hampshire. They have one son who is named John
P. Hale Chandler, and is now a senior of Harvard
University.

The name of Williams is of ancient
WILLIAMS Welsh origin, and has become one

of the most prolific names in Great
Britain and America. In Wales it was formerly Ap
Williams, and it is worthy of note that Morgan ap
Williams, of Glamorganshire, gentleman, married
a sister of Lord Thomas Cromwell, afterward Earl
of Essex, who was an ancestor of the famous Pur-
itan reformer, Oliver Cromwell. The family now
in hand is the posterity of the Glamorganshire Wil-
liamses just mentioned, and Roger Williams, the
founder of Providence, Rhode Island, was also
descended from the same source.

(I) Richard Williams, who was born in Gla-
morganshire, Wales, about the year 1599, emigrated
to New England in 1632, and went to Taunton,
Massachusetts, as one of its original settlers in
1637. He became one of the original proprietors of
Dighton, and was also among those who made the
North Purchase (so called), which included the
present towns of Easton, Norton and Mansfield,
and a part of Attleboro. He was deputy to the
general court of the Plymouth colony in 1646-48-50-
51, and several years subsequent, and he outlived
the Plymouth government, his death having oc-
curred at Taunton in 1692. He left a good estate,
which is still in the possession of his descendants.
In local history he is sometimes referred to as the
"Father of Taunton." He married Frances Dighton,
a native of Somersetshire, England, and a sister
of the first wife of Governor Endicott. She was the
titular founder of the town of Dighton. Richard

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Williams was tlie father of nine children. (N. B.
The posterity of this emigrant is numerous and
among the more notable of his descendants were
Hon. John Mason Williams, an eminent jurist of
Massachusetts ; General Seth Williams, of Augusta,
Maine, a graduate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point and a distinguished officer
in the Mexican war; Hon. Reul Williams, of Au-
gusta; and Hon. Lemuel Williams, member of con-
gress from Massachusetts).

(H) Benjamin, son of Richard and Frances
(Dighton) Williams, resided in Easton, Massachu-
setts.

(III) Jacob, son of Benjamin Williams, settled
in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

(IV) Seth, son of Jacob Williams, was born in
Bridgewater, May 21, 1722. At the age of eighteen
years he went to Easton, where he acquired title
to one thousand acres of land from the Colonial
government, and he erected a substantial dwelling-
house which is, or was recently, still in a good
state of preservation. May 21, 1750, he married
Susannah Forbes, born in Bridgewater, May 26,
1732.

(V) Edward, eldest child of Seth and Susannah
(Forbes) Williams, was born in Easton, January 28,
1751. He inherited the homestead and occupied it
for the remainder of his life. His wife, whom he
married December 3, 1772, was Sarah Lothrop, born
at Bridgewater, in November, l/SS-

(VI) Lieutenant Seth Williams, son of Edward
and Sarah (Lothrop) Williams, was born at the
homestead in Easton, January 29, 1776. He suc-
ceeded to the possession of the homestead in turn,
and in connection with farming carried on a tannery.
He served in the War of 1812-15. His death oc-
curred at Easton, in November, 185 1. In the year
1800 he married Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Col-
onel Abial Mitchell, a native of Bridgewater, who
participated in the Revolutionary war and for
several years represented Easton in the Massachu-
setts legislature. She became the mother of eight
children.

(VII) Hon. Charles Williams, third son of
Lieutenant Seth and Sarah (^Mitchell) Williams,
was born in Easton, August i, 1816. His educa-
tional opportunities were confined to the district
school system then in vogue, but his subsequent
business career discloses the fact that he made good
use of his limited advantages for study. When
eighteen years old he began an apprenticeship at
the iron-moulder's trade in the foundry of the
Easton Iron Works, then owned and operated by
General Shepherd Leach, and was to receive as
compensation twenty-five dollars the first year, fifty
for the second, and seventy-five for the third, and
one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the fourth
year. This contract was subsequently annulled by
the death of General Leach, but young Williams
continued with the succeeding proprietor, Lincoln
Drake, until the financial panic of 1837 caused a
general suspension of industrial activities through-
out New England. .Attracted by the inducements

oft'ered by the middle west, he went to Illinois and
purchased several hundred acres of land in the im-
mediate vicinity of Springfield with the intention
of engaging in farming, but owing to the long
distance to market, together with the inadequate
means of transportation existing prior to the advent
of railroads, he at length became convmced that the
outlook for agricultural prosperity in that section
was discouraging and accordingly returned to Mass-
achusetts. Resuming his trade in North Chelms-
ford he remained there some years, and for the en-
suing three years was employed at the Amoskeag
foundry in Manchester, New Hampshire. His am-
bition for advancement was, however, unchecked
by his western experience, and with full confidence
in his ability to attain success in the iron industry,
he diligently sought for the most desirable location,
which he ultimately found in Nashua. In 1845 Mr.
Williams and his elder brother, Seth, became asso-
ciated under the firm name of S. & C. Williams,
and erecting a building in Nashua one hundred feet
long by eighty feet wide, they engaged in the
foundry business, commencing with a force of
twenty-five workmen and making an excellent start.
Four years later, July 2,- 1849, the foundry was de-
stroyed by fire, causing a t(>tal loss of forty thou-
sand dollars, which was not covered by insurance,
and although the blow was a severe one, the young
men displayed their courage and energy to a re-
markable degree by taking steps on the very day
of the fire to replace the demolished wooden
building with a substantial brick structure. In 1859
Mr. Williams became sole proprietor of the estab-
lishment through the withdrawal of his brother
from the firm, and he conducted the business alone
for the remainder of his active life. In addition
to the iron works, which continued to e.xpand un-
der his energetic management until an average force
of one hundred and twenty-five men was necessary
in order to adequately keep pace with constantly
increasing demands, he was quite extensively in-
terested in financial affairs, having been instru-
mental in organizing the Second National Bank,
of which he served as vice-president for many years.
Shortly after the incorporation of Nashua as a
city (1853), Mr. Williams was chosen a member
of the common council. In 1876 he was elected
mayor, and his administration of the city's public
business was of such a character as to cause his
re-election by a much larger majority than that
which had been accorded him the previous year.
During his term of office he was called upon to
receive and entertain, in behalf of the city, President
Hayes and the members of his cabinet, which he
did in a most cordial and hospitable manner, and
the public reception held by Mrs. Hayes at the
mayor's residence was an elaborate and exceedingly
interesting function. As a progressive business
man and public-spirited citizen, he participated ac-
tively in developing the natural resources of
Nashua, and he lived to see the city attain the impor-
tance as an industrial center which it now enjoys.
His death occurred May 9, 1894. Mr. Williams

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was a Master Mason and a member of Rising
Sim Lodge. In liis religions belief he was a Con-
gregationalist.

He married, September 21, 1846, Eliza A. Wes-
ton, born May 15, 1824, wlio survives him. She is
a daughter of Captain Southwick and Sarah (Mc-
Cauley) Weston, of Antrim, this state, and is widely
known as a lady of culture who has devoted much
of her life to charitable work and to the interests
of the First Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs.
Williams reared three children, namely: Seth Wes-
ton, M. D., deceased, see succeeding article; Charles
Alden, born August 18, 1851, died March 11, 1887;
and Marion Eliza, born March 4, 1854. Charles
Alden Williams, who was a graduate of Phillips
(Andover) Academy and of the Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology, succeeded to his father's
business. He married, October 26, 1881, Kate N.
Piper, who died January 4, 1885, leaving one son,
Charles, born December 13, 1884, a graduate of
Princeton. Marion E. Williams, who was gradu-
ated from the Nashua high school and from Madam
Porter's school for young ladies in Farraington,
Connecticut, was married, November 8, 187S, to
Herbert Allen Viets, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
they have one daughter, Edith Marion, born No-
vember 8, 1883. She married, June 10, 1907, Harold
Bowen, of Newton, Massachusetts. John Weston,
an ancestor of Eliza A. (Weston) Williams, born
1630, came from Wing, England, where he mar-
ried Marie Sanders. Mrs. Williams is a descendant
of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick (on the
grandmother's side), who were among the first per-
secuted Quakers.

(VIII) Seth Weston Williams, A. B., M. D.,
eldest son and child of Hon. Charles and Eliza a!
(Weston) Williams, was born in Nashua, April
15, 1849. His early education "was acquired in the
public schools of Nashua, including the high school.
He was prepared for college at Phillips (Andover)
Academj^ took his bachelor's degree at Yale Uni-
versity, with the class of 1873, and received that
of Doctor of Medicine from the Bellevue Hospital
Medical School, Nev/ York City, in 1876. These
professional preparations were supplemented by
post-graduate studies abroad, including courses in
the German classics and microscopy at the Uni-
versity of Heidelberg, the latter in the laboratory
of Professor Arnold, and he studied with Virchow
in Berlin, and was for a time a student in the gen-
eral hospital at Vienna. At Bellevue he won the
Flint prize in physiology and successfully competed
for the Sayre prize, presenting an unusually bril-
liant and scholarly thesis on "The Etiology and
Pathology of Potts Disease." At the conclusion of
his senior services at Bellevue Hospital, in 1879, he
was assigned to the third medical division and was
to have begun his duties as regular house physician
on October i, of that year, but while visiting friends
m Portland, Maine, he was stricken with a severe
attack of congestion of the brain, which resulted
fatally on September 20, 1879, at Portland, Maine.
The untmiely end of a professional career so full of

promise for immediate success was the cause of gen-
uine regret among his instructors and classmates, and
his bereaved parents received many touching mes-
sages deploring the sad event. That from Phillips
Academy, Andover, states that "Seth's fine mental
and moral culture, his lofty character and splendid
attainments led us to expect great things of him."
Professor Louis Sayre's feelings were expressed
thus : "I was grieved beyond the power of language
to express, to learn of the death of your brilliant
son. I had formed a most profound professional
regard for him, and looked forward with pleasure
to his distinguished promotion. Life and health
were all that he required to reach the highest dis-
tinction in his profession." The record of the class
of 1873 at Yale contained the following: "To his
preparation of his life work Mr. Williams brought
a capacity and zeal which gave ample promise of
success. Purity of thought and action were the
silent forces that drew about him a large number of
friends."

(Second Family.)

(I) William Williams, the immigrant ancestor,
came from Wales as early as 1637, when, according
to Felt, he was a grantee of land at Salem. In
1641 he was in the employ of John Humphrey, at
Lynn. Soon afterward he removed to Oyster Bay
River, or Dover, New Hampshire. He had a grant
of land in Dover in 1653 and bought land there of
John Goddard in 1659. He was a taxpayer of
Dover from 1657 to 1668. He had one son, Will-
iam, mentioned below.

(II) William (2), son of William (i) Will-
iams, was born about 1640. He married Margaret
Stevenson, daughter of Thomas Stevenson. Chil-
dren, born at Dover : William, born December 22,
1662; John. March 30, 1664; Elizabeth. October 25,
1665: Samuel, mentioned below; perhaps others.

(III) Samuel, son of William (2) Williams,
was born in Dover, New Hampshire, about 1670.
He married Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter of
Bartholomew Stevenson. Children : Samuel, Jr.,
born about 1700, mentioned below. Probably others.

(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Williams,
was born about 1700. in Dover or vicinity. He re-
sided in Barrington, New Hampshire, and late in
life probably at Enfield. He married Anne Bum-
ford: children: William, taxed at Enfield in 1790;
Robert, mentioned below ; Asa, was taxpayer in
Enfield in 1790.

(V) Robert, son of Samuel (2) Williams, was
born about 1740-50. He lived at Barrington. New
Hampshire, at the time of his marriage. Before
1790 he removed to Enfield, New Hampshire, and
when the national census was taken Robert. .Asa and
William Williams had families in Enfield. Robert
had three sons under sixteen and one daughter in
1790. He married, January 13. 1777, Sarah Pink-
ham, also of Barrington. Among their children was
Stephen, mentioned below.

(VI) Stephen, son of Robert Williams, was
born in Canaan or Enfield, New Hampshire, in
17S9. and died November 6, 1S53. He married
Elizabeth Longfellow, born June 10, 1785, at Byfield,

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Massachusetts, and died March 12, 1S43, at Canaan,
where he was a farmer. She was a direct de-
scendant of William Longfellow, of Byfield, a dis-
tinguished soldier of the Revolution. Children,
born in Canaan : Lorenzo, William, Abraham, Sam-
uel, mentioned below ; Stephen, Susan, Marj-.

(VII) Samuel, son of Stephen Williams, was
born in Canaan. May iS. 1820, and died at Enfield,
February 4. 187S. He married, in 1848, Ursula
Day, born in Enfield, November 6, 1829, died Feb-
ruary 9. 1904. He was brought up on his father's
farm, and his early education received in a small
district school supplemented by a few terms at
Canaan Union Academy. He taught in the district
schools of Canaan and adjoining towns for several
terms. When he was twenty-five years old he went
to Utica, Mississippi, to teach in the public schools
and remained two years. He returned to Canaan
and settled down on the homestead after his mar-
riage in 1848. In 1857 he sold the farm and re-
moved to Enfield, again following the profession of
teaching, also conducting a farm. In March, 1861,
he was elected chairman of the board of selectmen
of Enfield and filled the position with credit and
efficiency until he resigned in the fall of that year
to enlist as a private in Company C of the Seventh
New Hampshire Regiment. His company was mus-
tered into the service of the United States and he
was commissioned second lieutenant, dating from
November 15. 1861 ; was promoted to first lieuten-
ant April 29, 1862. The severe service and debilitat-
ing climate of Florida and South Carolina, where
the regiment had been stationed, caused a heart
trouble to develop which finally resulted in his death.
He had to resign his commission July 23, 1862, and
return home. He partly recovered in 1865 and was
able to engage in business in the firm of Dodge.
Davis & Williams, in Enfield, in the manufacture of
flannels and hosiery. The firm occupied the old
Shaker Mills at Enfield. In 1875 he retired from
active business. He was a Republican in politic*
and prominent in public life. In 1870 he repre-
sented the town in the state legislature, and in 1871
and 1S72 was chairman of the board of selectmen.
He died February 4, 1878. Children of Samuel and
Ursula (Day) Williams; Abbie Jeanette, Lewis
Melville, Miriam Elizabeth, Susan Augusta, Henry
Herbert, and Frank Burton, mentioned below.

(VIII) Frank Burton, son of Samuel Williams,
was bcrn in Enfield, New Hampshire, November
29, 1864, He was educated in the district schools
of Enfield, at the a,gricultural college at Hanover,
New Hampshire, and at the New Hampton Acad-
emy. New Hampton. New Hampshire. He was a
clerk in a store in Enfield for a time, and later
bought out the business, which he has conducted
under his own name since, with uninterrupted suc-
cess. He has a stock of general merchandise in
connection with a drug store. He is a Republican
in politics ; is serving his second term as postmaster
and is town treasurer. He is a prominent Free
Mason. He married, June 23, 1897, Grace Elwin
Parker, daughter of Captain John Parker, of

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Children, born in En-
field: John Parker, born June 2, 1898; Samuel
Longfellow, April 24, 1902.

This family is descended from Philip
STORRS du Storrs, who accompanied William

the Conqueror into England in 1066.
as the records in the College of Archives in London
show. A village near Sheffield, England, is said to
be named from the family, as is also the celebrated
Storrs Hall, in Lancashire, near Lake Windermere,
this being an ancient stone castle- held by the repre-
sentative of the Storrs family since the fifteenth
century. The family has produced several distin-
guished members. Admiral Johtu Storrs. com-
mander of the red squadron of the British navy, in
the Mediterranean sea. was buried in Westminster
Abbey in 1733. Emory A. Storrs, of Chicago, was
one of the most distinguished lawyers at the Amer-
ican bar. Nearly all of the name in America have
descended from the immigrant Samuel. From him
have descended a line of clergymen to this day.
Twelve members of the Storrs family were in the
Revolution, which was a large number then, as the
family was small in America. Members of this
family gave six hundred acres of land to Dartmouth
College.

(I) William Storrs was a resident of Sutton
CHiii Lcund. Nottinghamshire. England. His wall
was proved at York, October 6, 1557. His wife's
name is not given. He had one or more children.

(II) Robert, son of William Storrs, raised a
family of children, among whom was "Cordall."
Robert's will was proved at York, February 5, 1588.

(III) Cordall Storrs seems to have followed
the same occupation and lived in the same place as
his father, as is the custom in the old settled coun-
tries of Europe. His will was proved October 10,
1616, at York.

(IV) Thomas Storrs and his wife. Mary, who
resided at Sutton-cum Lound. Nottinghamshire,
England, in the first half of the seventeenth cen-
tury, had at least four children and perhaps more.

(V) Samuel, sometimes called Sir Samuel,
fourth son and child of Thomas and Mary Storrs,
was baptized at Sutton, December 7. 1640. a year
made memorable in history by the opening of the
famous long parliament, wherein developed the op-
position of the Commons to the arbitrary acts of
King Charles the First, which culminated in the
trial and execution of that monarch. In 1663 he
emigrated to New England, settling first at Barn-
stable on Cape Cod, where he remained for thirty-
five years, and in 1698 he removed to Connecticut.
He and his only son, Samuel, were among the first
proprietors of Mansfield, which was originally a
part of Windham, and records show that the first
recorded title to land in the new settlement of Mans-
field was given in the year 1700 by parties in Nor-
wich to Samuel Storrs. .\llusions to him in the
early town records make it quite clear that he was
both prominent and influential in civil and religious
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remains were interred in the South Parish hurial
ground, which was laid out in i6g6 at wdiat was
then known as the "Ponde- Place," and is the oldest
cemetery in Tolland county. Tradition asserts that
he was large of stature and exceedingly prepossessing
in his personal appearance. His first wife, whom
he married. in Piarnstable, December 6, 1666, was
Mary Huckins. horn March 29, 1646, daughter of
Thomas Huckins, and she died September 24, 1683.
December 14, 1685, he married for his second wife,
Estlier Egard, who was born in 1641, and died .^pril
13- 1730. The children of his first union were:
Mary. Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Samuel and Lydia.
Those of his second marriage were : Thomas.
Esther and Cordial. (Thomas and descendants are
mentioned in this article).

(VI) Samuel (2), fifth child and only son of
Samuel (l) and IMary (Huckins) Storrs, was born
in Barnstable, May 17, 1677. He was a prominent
resident of the South Parish of Mansfield, an indus-
trious, capable and useful citizen, and a member of
the First Church. He died August 9, 1727, and on
his footstone, in addition to his name, is the follow-
ing Latin inscription : "Mors Omnia Vincit." Oc-
tober 31, 1700, he married Martha Burge, who was
born in 1671, and died September 3, 1728. Their
children were: Samuel, John, Huckins, Joseph,
Martha, Elizabeth and Mary,

(Vn) Major Joseph Storrs, fourth son and
child of Samuel (2) and Martha (Burge) Storrs,
was born in Mansfield, March 8, 1711-12. Being
but sixteen years old when his father died the Rev.
Eleazer Williams was. at his request, appointed his
guardian. He eventually acquired a substantial for-
tune, becoming the largest real estate owner in the
North Parish, where he established his residence,
and he erected, just east of the Congregational
Church, the most pretentious dwelling house in
North Mansfield, using in its construction timber
of unusual size and strength, a fact whi'ch came to
light when the building was torn down. He was
not only active and influential in the affairs of his own
town, but rendered valuable aid in establishing new
communities, being one of the original proprietors
of Hanover, New Hampshire, and the first gather-
ing of the Mansfield proprietors of that town took
place probably at his house, in 1761. He was one
of the early benefactors of Dartmouth College, hav-
ing contributed to that institution one hundred and
ten acres of land, and in other ways he emphasized
his interest in the advancement of civilization and
education. He too possessed a large well-developed
figure, and his statuesque appearance was made still
more attractive by a quiet, unaflfected manner,
which upon all occasions retained its accustomed
dignity and complacency. Major Storrs died Octo-
ber 5, 17S5. He was first married May I, 173S. to
Haimah Porter, probably a daughter of Deacon Ex-
perience Porter, and she died August 29. 1741. Of
this union there v.as one child, Hannah, w'ho died
in infancy. He was again married in 1743 to Ex-
perience Gurley, who was born in 1725, daughter of
Samuel Gurley, then of Coventry, Connecticut, but

later of Mansfield. Her deatli occurred June 9,
1767. She bore him nine children, namely: Eunice,
Mary, Hannah, Experience, Joseph, Cordial, Wil-
liam. .Augustus and Royal.

(Vni) Augustus, fourth son and eighth child
of Major Joseph and Experience XGurley) Storrs,
was born in Mansfield, December 18, 1762. Instead
of availing himself of the privilege of entering
Dartmouth College oflfered him by his father, he
declined in favor of his brother William, and
turned his attention to agriculture. Accompanied
by his wife he journeyed on horseback from Mans-
field to Hanover, and settling there as a pioneer
cleared a large farm, which in due time became ex-
ceedingly productive. He was prominently identi-
fied W'ith the early growth of the town and the de-
velopment of its agricultural resources, was for
many years a leading spirit in its public affairs,
serving as a selectman, and acting as a justice of
the peace, and for a period of elcveti years repre-
sented Hanover in the state legislature. Naturally
energetic and persevering, scrupulously honorable in
his dealings, and possessing the requisite amount of
courage and intelligence to conquer the numerous
emergencies which invariably obstruct the progress
of a pioneer, he was eminently fitted for the task of
building up a community, and his efforts in that di-
rection are worthy of the highest commendation.
In addition to the striking personalities of his an-
cestors he inherited many of their most coinniend-
able characteristics as well, and it has been said of
him t^iiat although he was a man of few words, those
he chose to utter always had a meaning, and while
in his outward appearance he was somewhat stern
he possessed a tender heart, which not unfre-
quently prompted him to kindly acts of generosity
and benevolence. .Augustus Storrs died in Han-
over, August 7. 1838. He was married March 6,
1788. to Emma Forbes, who was born July 8, 1764.
She was in every way a model housewife, and al-
though constantly occupied with the many duties
devolving upon her, including the spinning and
weaving of woolen and linen cloth with which the
family were clothed, and tlie making of butter and
cheese, in which she was an expert, she, neverthe-
less, found time to seek out those in need of assist-
ance and dispensed her charity with a liberal hand.
Mrs. Emma Storrs was the mother of children,
namely: Libeus, Augustus, Lucy (became the wife
of John Goodell, of Lyme, New Hampshire), Nancy
(married Eli Barnes), Fanny, Percy (died in in-
fancy), Polly (became the wife of Agrippa Dow. of
Hanover), Daniel, Adna, and Laura (who married
David Hurlbert, of Hanover). Libeus settled in El-
bridge. Ohio. Augustus became largely interested in
trade between Missouri and Mexico early in the last
century, and in 1825 furnished the LTnited States sen-
ate, at the request of Hon. Thomas Benton, soine val-
uable statistics relative to our commercial inter-
course with that country.

(IX) .-Xdna, fifth son and ninth child of Augus-
tus and Emina (Forbes) Storrs. was born in Han-
over, O'ctolier 6. iSOt. Succeeding to the owner-

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ship of the homestead propert3-. containing three
hundred and twenty acres, he devoted his energies
almost exclusively to agriculture and was for many
years one of the substantial farmers of Hanover.
He was an upright, conscientious man, a useful cit-
izen and an earnest supporter of religious and
benevolent work, being a member of the Church of
Christ at Dartmouth College. He was quite largely
interested in the Hanover National Bank, and at
the time of his death, which occurred March S, 18S4,
he was one of the oldest directors of that institution.
In politics he was originally a Whig and later a Re-
publican. October 28, 1835, he married Asenath
Goodell, a native of Lyme, daughter of Luther and
Martha (Waterman) Goodell. The children of this
union are : Augustus, born August 25, 1836, mar-
ried Fanny D. Clark. Helen Frances, born April
17, 1838, became the wife of Rev. E. J. Alden. Ed-
ward Payson, who will be again referred to. Laura
Asenath, born December 12, 1850. became the wife
of J. H. Foster, of Hanover.

(X) Edward Payson, second son and third
child of Adna and Asenath (Goodell) Storrs, was
born in Hanover, May 18, 1842. He was educated
in the public schools, including the high school in
Lyme, and at the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
New Hampshire. His business training was began
in a country store at East Lyme, and continued in
the store of Major L O. Dewey, in which the post-
office was located. Going to Ohio he was employed
as a telegraph operator on the Marietta & Cincin-
nati Railroad for a year, at the expiration of which
time he became a conductor and continued in that
capacity some three or four years. Returning to
Hanover in 1865 he opened a general store in part-
nership with H. H. Clough, which under the firm
name' of Clough & Storrs was carried on for some
time, and in 1S72 he succeeded by purchase to the
business of the Claremont Stationery Company,
which necessitated his removal to that town. In
1878 he again sought for a business opening in Han-
over and established the Hanover Stationery Com-
pany which he conducted for six years, or until sell-
ing out in 1884. He then inaugurated his present
business known as the Dartmouth Book Store and
has built up a profitable trade in books, stationery,
etc.. employing three clerks and transacting a busi-
ness of from thirty to forty thousand dollars an-
nually.

Mr. Storrs is one of the leading Republicans of
Hanover, and an active participant in local public
affairs, having served as a selectman for fifteen
years and chairman cf the board for ten years: was
representative to the legislature in 1902-03, being
assigned to the committee on insurance, and for the
past three years has been precinct commissioner.
Besides these valuable public services he has filled
for many years the position of trustee and auditor
of the local savings bank, was one of the pro-
moters of the Hanover Water Works Company and
is now its superintendent. He is well advanced in
the Masonic Order, belonging to Franklin Lodge
and St. Andrews Chapter, of Lebanon, and Sullivan

Coniniandery. Knights Templar, of Claremont. He
attends the Church of Christ.

On June i, 1869, Mr. Storrs married Juliette
English Steele, who was born in Lyme. May 12,
1845. daughter of David and Harriet (Southard)
Steele, both of whom were natives of that town.
Mr. and Mrs. Storrs are the parents of six children,
namely : Mary Louise, a graduate of Abbott Acad-
emj', Andover, Massachusetts, and now a teacher in
the high school at Medford, that state. Caroline,
also a graduate of .Abbott Academy and now the
wife of Dr. George H. Parker, of Wells River, Ver-
mont. Adna, wdio attended Kimball Union Acad-
emy, Meriden, spent two years at Dartmouth Col-
lege-and is now assisting his father in business.
Edward Payson, Jr., who was graduated at Dart-
mouth in 1900, pursued a post-graduate course there
and is now with Sears, Roebuck & Company, Chi-
cago. Harriet A., a graduate of the Hanover high
school and Mount Holyoke Seminary. Harry C,
a student at Dartmouth, class of 1907, who will also
pursue the regular course at the medical depart-
ment. Mrs. Storrs is an active member of the
Church of Christ.

(VI) Thomas, eldest son of Samuel and Esther
(Egard) Storrs, resided in Mansfield and died in
that town, April, 1755. He married, March 14. 1708,
Mehitable (surname unknown), who died March
10, 1776. Their children were: Mehitable. Rebecca,
Zerramiah, Cornelius, Thomas. Prince. Josiah,
Judah, Lemuel, Amariah and Anna.

(VII) Judah. eighth child and sixth son of
Thomas and Mehitable Storrs, was a resident of
Mansfield, where he died May 29, 1791. He mar-
ried, December 3, 1744, Lucy, daughter of Henry
Cleveland. They were the parents of these chil-
dren: Asahel, Lucy, died yoiing; Olive, Justice,
Henry, Justus, William Fitch, Lucy, Bezabel, Fred-
erick and Chester.

(VIII) Asahel. eldest child of Judah and Lucy
(Cleveland) Storrs, was born in Mansfield, May 3,
1745. He married a Miss Bliss, and they were the
parents of one child, John, mentioned next below.

(IX) John, son of Asahel and (Bliss)

Storrs, was born at Mansfield, July 29, 1768, and
died November 25, 1814. He moved to Vermont in
early life and settled at Royalton. where he died.
John Storrs married (first), at Lebanon, New
Hampshire, April, 1791, Betsey Lathrop, who died
-Vugust I. 1794, leaving one child, Asahel. He mar-
ried (second), at Canterbury, Connecticut, June 8.
1795, Thankful Spaulding, of Plainfield, who died
in 1S55. They were the parents of seven children,
all born at Royalton, Vermont. They were: John
Spaulding, Dan. Constant, Reuben. William. Charles
and Marrilla.

(X) Constant Williams, third son and child of
John and Thankful (Spaulding) Storrs, was born
April 7. 1801. His father died when he was thirteen
years old, and he was placed in the family of a Mr.
Williams, whose treatment of the boy was so kind
and considerate that Constant, as a mark of esteem
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his own Christian iinnic. He became a large mer-
chant m Montpelicr, Vermont, where he died March
2,^, 1872. He was a deacon of the Congregational
Church, and a highly respected and useful citizen of
the town.

Constant Williams Storrs married, September
10, 1827, Maria C. Cadwell, born at Montpelier. Ver-
mont, February 14, 1803, daughter of Wyllys and
Betsey (White) Cadwell. Betsey White (mother of
Maria C. Cadwell), born at Hatfield, Massachusetts,
married, at Hartford, Vermont, was a descendant of
Elder John White, who came to Massachusetts in
the ship "Lion" in 1632, and was a member of Rev.
Hooker's famous expedition to Connecticut. Wyllys
J. Cadwell entertained the Marquis de La Fayette at
his house in Montpelier, when he visited Vermont
in 1825. All the children of Constant and Maria
Storrs except one died without issue, and most of
them in infancy or childhood.

(XI) William Williams, the only child of Con-
stant W. and Maria C. (Cadwell) Storrs who left
issue, was born in Montpelier, Vermont. July 21,
1835. There he spent his early life, and was edu-
cated in the public schools and academy. He lived
several years in Concord, New Hampshire, then in
Illinois, and later again in Montpelier. where he
died September 2, 1883.

He married, at Joliet, Illinois, November 2, 1857,
Lizzie A. Roberts, born in Vernon, New York, July
22, 1833, daughter of Ebenezer and Martha A.
Roberts. She now resides in Concord. Ebenezer
Roberts, father of Lizzie A. Storrs, was the son of
Rev. John Roberts. Ebenezer married Martha Ann
Griffith, daughter of John Griffith and his wife Mary
Morgan. John Griffith and Mary Morgan were
born probably at or near Bala, county Marioneth.
South Wales, where they were married. They
came to the United States in 1800, and settled in
Utica, New York. He was a carpenter by trade,
and built there the first Presbyterian Church
(which was Welsh), and in it Rev. John Roberts
preached the gospel. William Williams and Lizzie
-A. (Roberts) Storrs were the parents of: John W.,
William C., Nellie R., and Jennie M., who married
Herbert D. Whitney, of Concord.

(XII) John Williams, eldest child of William
Williams and Lizzie A. (Roberts) Storrs, was born
it; Montpelier. Vermont, November 24, 1858, and
was educated in the public schools of Concord. New
Hampshire. He spent the greater part of si.x years
as a clerk in the service of several grocery firms in
Concord, but employed a considerable part of his
time as a member of an engineer corps. He learned
practical civil engineering under the instruction of
Charles C. Lund, a well known civil engineer of
Concord, who had charge of a great deal of work
for the city of Concord, and for the railroad enter-
ing Concord. He also engaged in the grocery busi-
ness for himself two years in Concord. In 1890 he
entered the employ of the Concord & Montreal as
assistant civil engineer, and has since continued in
the service of that road and its successor, the Bos-

ton & Maine. In April, 1903, he was appointed
state engineer by Governor Batchelder, and served
in the office for the two years following. Mr.
Storrs is a member of Rumford Lodge, No. 46, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows ; of Tahanto En-
campment, No. 18; and of Canton Wildey. No. i,
and while L. S. Richardson was colonel of the
Patriarchs Militant, served with the rank of captain
on the staff of that officer.

John W. Storrs married, in Concord, April 29,
1885, Carrie E. Dow, born in Concord, June 27, 1858,
daughter of Edward and Lavinia D. (Colby) Dow.
Edward Dow was born in Lemington, Vermont,
July II, 1820. and died in Concord, July 31, 1894.
He came to Concord in 1845, and soon took high
rank as an architect, and had charge of the con-
struction of many buildings, the college buildings at
Durham being perhaps the finest monument to his
skill as a constructor. He was a soldier in the war
of the Rebellion, and served as second lieutenant in
Company G, New Hampshire Battalion, Second
United States Sharpshooters, and was afterward
prominent as a member of E. E. Sturtevant Post,
Grand Army of the Republic. He was a Thirty-
second degree Mason ; was master of Eureka
Lodge, in 1872-73, and high priest of Trinity Chap-
ter in 1874-75 : commander of Mount Horeb Com-
mandery in 1873-74. I" 1877-78 he was representa-
tive in the legislature from ward five of Concord,
and in 1881 and the three following years alderman-
of Concord.

He married, at Auburn. New Hampshire, Octo-
ber 21, 1849, Lavinia D. Colby, born at Canandaigua,
New York, February 3, 1822, daughter of Abner
and Deborah (Gunnison) Colby. Abner was a son
of Abner Colby. John W. and Carrie Etta Storrs
have one child : Edward Dow Storrs. born February
20, 1886, now employed in the engineer's office of
the Boston & Maine Railroad.

The name Bradford is one of the
BRADFORD most distinguished in the early

Colonial history of Massachusetts,
and the record of the Bradford family from the es-
tablishment of the Puritans in Holland to 1657 in-
cludes a great part of the history of the Puritan
colony. Frorti this family have sprung a great part
of the Bradfords of New England.

William Bradford, the "Mayflower" Pilgrim, was
born or baptized, Thursday, March 19, 1590, at Aus-
terfield, a village which may have taken its name
from lying in the extreme south of Yorkshire, Eng-
land. After having acquired some, education from
William Brewster and John Robinson, he left Eng-
land at the age of eighteen lo seek freedom of wor-
ship in Holland. Constant in his devotion to the
cause of the religion he had espoused, he suffered
the trials and tribulations incident to the wanderings
of the little colony, crossed the Atlantic in the
"Mayflower," and settled with the others of his
faith at Plymouth in 1620. He was chosen governor
after the death of Carver, early in 1621, when

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thirty-one years of age. and until his death. May
9, 1657, the date of his nuncupative will, he was an-
nually elected to the gubernatorial office, except
three years, when Edward Winslow, and two, when
Thomas Prence. took the burden. His piety, con-
stancy, courage, wisdom and tact were more than
once called into action to save the colony from
ruin, but they never failed him. He married (first),
at Leyden. November 30, 1613, Dorothy May, who
accompanied her husband to America only to be
drowned at the anchorage in Cape Cod Bay, Decem-
ber 7, 1620. He married (second), August 14, 1623,
Alice, the widow of Edward Southworth. Her
maiden name was Carpenter, and Governor Brad-
ford had known her in England. She came to
America in the ship "Ann," and was married a few
days after her arrival. She survived until March 26,
1670, and died at the age of seventy-nine. There
was one child, John, by the first wife. The chil-
dren of the second wife were : William, Mercy, and
Joseph.

John Langdon Bradford, a descendant of Will-
iam Bradford, the immigrant, was born in the year
1813. died February 19, 1882. His wife, born 1813,
died in 1903.

Charles Henry, son of John Langdon Bradford,
of Pelham, New Hampshire, was born in Man-
chester, 1S43. and died January 7, 1888. He learned
the carpenter's trade when a young man and worked
at it until he was about thirty-five years old. He
then engaged in business as a grocer, in Manches-
ter, and conducted a large and profitable business
until 1878, when he retired. About 1856 he bought
a tract of five acres of land then covered with pine
timber on what is now Union street. There he
cleared away the timber, pulled the stumps, set out
an orchard, and built a large house tc^ether with
other buildings at what is now 1009 Union street.
Here his widow- and son now live. He was a Con-
gregationalist in religion, and a Democrat in politics.
He was a member of but one secret fraternity, the
Passaconoway Tribe of the improved Order of Red
Men. He married Julia Hatch, born June 16, 1843,
daughter of Hatch, of Norwich. Connecti-
cut. They had but one child, Arthur C, whose
sketch follows.

Arthur Clinton, only child of Charles H. and
Julia (Hatch) Bradford, was born in Manchester,
February 28, 1871. He attended school until eigh-
teen years of age, and at twenty-one became a fire-
man on the Concord Railroad, later a part of the
Concord & Montreal, and the Boston & Maine Rail-
road, and has ■ been in their employ since. Mr.
Bradford is an intelligent, faithful, and reliable
railroad man. and enjoys the confidence of the com-
pany he has served for seventeen years. In politics
he is an independent Democrat. He is a member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and of
Rock Rinnion Lodge, No. 44. Knights of Pythias.
He married, June 17. iSgo, Belle Person, daughter
of James R. and Nancy (Richards) Person, of
Dunbarton. They have one child. Ruth, born
August 16, 1892.

Warren has been a distinguished
WARREN name in both Great Britain and

America for generations. Sir Peter
Warren, born in 1703. was an Irish admiral; Sir
John Borlase Warren, G. C. B., born 1754. was a dis-
tinguished English naval commander and M. P. ;
Henry Warren, born 1798. painter and author, and
Samuel Warren, novelist, born 1877, w-ere English-
men : James Warren, born at Plymouth, Massa-
chusetts, 1726, was a prominent American patriot ;
and Major-General Joseph Warren, who fell at
Bunker Hill, is said to have been the ablest and
most prominent man in New England at the time of
his death.

(I) James Warren, founder of the line herein
traced, is said to have come from Berwick, Scot-
land. He settled in the parish of Whitney, Kittery,
Maine, and July 15, 1656, a lot of land was laid out
for him "by the w-aterside." His wife, Margaret,
was a native of Ireland. He died in 1702, and his
wife sur\-ived him about eleven years, dying in 1713.
The children were : Gilbert, Margaret. Grizel, Jane
and James.

(IT) James (2), youngest child of James (l)
and Margaret Warren, w-as often one of the select-
men of Kittery and was otherwise prominent in
town affairs. He died about the beginning of the
year 1725, and on July 6 of that year his wife was
appointed administratrix of his estate. He was
married in 1691 to Mary Frost, daughter of John
and Elizabeth Frost, of Dover. Their children
were : Mary, Margaret, James. Rachel, Gilbert and
John.

(III) James (3). eldest son and third child of
James (2) and Mary (Frost) Warren, was bom
June 8, l6g8, in Kittery. and resided in that town.
He married Mary, daughter of Moses and Abigail
(Tailor) Goodwin, of Kittery. She was born Sep-
tember 18, 1699. Their children were : Sarah, Ben-
jamin. Elizabeth. Moses. James, Samuel, Chad-
bourne. William and Martha.

(IV) Moses, second son and fourth child of
James (3) and Mary (Goodwin) Warren, resided
in Kittery, where his will was probated in 1802. He
was married November 27, 1765, to Mary Cooper,
daughter of John and Mary (Goodwin) Cooper, of
Kittery. She was born March 21, 1747. Their
children were : Moses, John, Daniel. James and
Eunice.

(V) Daniel, son of Moses and Mary (Cooper)
Warren, was born in Kittery, and was a farmer for
many years in York count}', Maine, whence he re-
moved to Rochester, New Hampshire, where he
died in 1844. aged seventy-six years. He married
Sally Lord, of Maine, who died in i8s7, aged eighty-
nine years, and they were the parents of five chil-
dren : James, Joseph, Emily, born 1796, died 1861 ;
Hannah and Mary.

(VI) Rev. James Warren, eldest child of
Daniel and Sally (Lord) Warren, was bom in
Lebanon, Maine. March 13. 1802. He was educated
in the public schools of Maine, where he spent his
early life, was converted and joined the church.

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"His life as a preacher began in the old Northfield
circuit, where he was widely known and respected.
He was one of the pioneers of the Maine Confer-
ence, an earnest co-laborer with the heroes of Meth-
odism in early times. He acquired a wonderful
familiarity with the scriptures and the sacred songs
of the Wesleys, so that his sermons and exhorta-
tions had the solid foundation of God's Word, and
his songs of triumphant joy w-ere only excelled by
those he now sings in Heaven. After his active
life was over, he returned to Rochester, where he
died February 5, 1880," aged seventy-eight.

He married, May 28, 1835. at Alfred, Maine,
Lydia Perkins, of York, Maine, who was born in
Sanford. Maine. November 13. 1812. Their chil-
dren were : Horatio. Arethusa K.. Osman B., Wil-
bur Fisk. Melvin F., and Frances, the last two dying
in infancy.

(HI) Osman B.. tliird son and fifth cliild of
Rev. James and Lydia Perkins Warren, was born
in Rochester. September 15. 1845. As soon as he
was old enough he entered the public schools, which
he attended until he was thirteen years of age. He
then went to work in the Rochester Woolen Mill,
where he continued two years, and then took
service with George Johnson & Company, shoe man-
ufacturers. He afterward left this firm and went
into the employ of E. G. & E. Wallace, shoe manu-
facturers, with whom' he remained until August.
1862. He enrolled his name as a soldier from
Rochester. August i, 1862, for a term of three
years, and was mustered in at Concord, August 13,
1862. as a private in Company H, Charles W. Ed-
gerly, captain. Ninth Regiment. New Hampshire
Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Enoch
Q. Fellows. This regiment was recruited in May
and June. 1862. and was mustered into the United
States service from July 3 to August 23, at Camp
Colby, Concord. It left the state on the 2Sth, and
proceeded to Washington, D. C., arriving on the
27th. and the next morning moved to Camp Chase
near .\rlington Heights, where it was assigned to
General Whipple, commander of the defence of
Washington. September 6 it was transferred to the
First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.
It joined the Corps at Lisbon. Maryland, and moved
forward to check Lee's advance, September 14.
Within twenty days after leaving the state, it was
engaged at the battle of South Mountain. Though
a new regiment and under fire for the first time, it
took a creditable part in the action, alone charging
a rebel brigade, driving it from the crest of the
mountain. Three days later it fought at Antietam,
Maryland, remaining there a few days. It then en-
camped at Pleasant Valley until October 27, when it
marched to Falmouth. Virginia, and encamped on
Stafford Heights. December 13 it took part in the
battle of Fredericksburg, after which it returned to
camp, and suffered greatly from sickness and de-
privation. February 9. 1863. it was ordered to
Newport News, Virginia. March 25 the Ninth
Corps moved to Kentucky, and was stationed at
various points of the state. In June it joined
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Grant's army then besieging Vicksburg. Mississippi.
After the fall of that place it pursued Johnston's
retreating forces to Jackson, ^lississippi, where they
were engaged, tlien returned to camp at Milldale,
near Vicksburg, and in .August returned to Ken-
tucky, remaining until April 2, 1864. It was en-
gaged in guarding the Kentucky Central Railroad
until January 15. 1864. then moved to Nicholasville,
then to Camp Nelson, thence. January 25, to Camp
Burnside. and on February 27 was sent to Knox-
ville, Tennessee, as an escort to the First Ohio
Heavy Artillery, returning to Camp Buniside March
27. Thence it moved to Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
April 2 it proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland, where
the Ninth Corps was reorganized, and was assigned
to the First Brigade, Second Division. April 2t, it
moved to join the Army of the Potomac, and par-
ticipated ;.i the following engagements, viz. : Wild-
erness. Spottsylvania. North .Anna, Totopotomoy,
Bethesda Church. Cold Harbor, Siege and .Assault
of Petersburg, Mine Explosion, Weldon Railroad,
Poplar Spring Church, Hatcher's Run, and the Fall
of Petersburg, all in Virginia. It also took part in
the grand review at Washington, D. C, May 23,
1863, and was mustered out near Alexandria. Vir-
ginia. June 10. 1865. O. B. Warren was promoted
to corporal. January. 1864. and to' first sergeant,
March i, 1864. for meritorious service. He was
constantly with his command, and during its service
as above until the battle of Spottsylvania Court
House. Virginia. May 12. 1864. when he was c.ip-
tured by the enemy and held prisoner at Danville,
Virginia ; Andersonville, Georgia ; Charleston and
Florence, South Carolina, until February 27, 1865.
when he was paroled and sent to the hospital at
Annapolis. Maryland. He rendered brave and ef-
ficient service to his country in its time of need,
service for which it must ever be his debtor. He
received an honorable discharge at Concord. New
Hampshire, June 15. 1S63, by reason of the close of
the war.

On returning to civil life he resumed his em-
ployment in the shoe business and continued to
work at that until he was appointed postmaster by
President Hayes. March 25. 1878. He served that
term out and was re-appointed by President Arthur,
March 31. 1882, and served faithfully in that posi-
tion until September i, 1886, when he retired with
tlic incoming of Cleveland's administration. He was
next engaged in the express business until after the
election of President Harrison, when he received
the appointment of revenue storekeeper at Ports-
mouth, a position he held four years, until the ad-
vent of another Democratic administration. He
then went to Biddeford, Maine, where he managed
a sanitorium for a year. He was then clerk of the
Hotel Thatcher, at Biddeford, Maine, a year, and
returned to Rochester, and for two years was en-
gaged in the insurance business. In i8g8 he was
elected city marshal, and held that office for eighteen
months, resigning to accept the postmastership to
which he was appointed by President McKinlcy,
and which he has ever since held. In 1875-76 lie

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was representative to the general court, and again
in 1898-99, and in 1900 was messenger to convey
the electoral vote of the state to Washington, D. C.
He is a charter member of Sampson Post. No. 22,
Grand Army of the Republic, instituted in Roches-
ter, February 3, 1870, and was post commander in
1871 and 1872, and is now (1906) department com-
mander of the state. He is a charter member of
Kennedy Lodge, No. 57. Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, which was instituted August 24, 1875, and
is one of its past grands. He is also a member of
Humane Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons,
of which he has three times served as worshipful
master ; Temple Royal Arch Chapter ; Orient Coun-
cil. Royal and Select Masters ; and Palestine Com-
mandery. Knights Templar.

He married, at Norway, Maine, April 20, 1870.
Luella J. Brown, who was born in Norway, Maine,
1844, daughter of Ephraim and Jane (Lander)
Brown. They have had three children : Frank S.,
deceased; Fannie C, and Alice, died in infancy.

This name is derived from the
WEY:M0UTH seaport at the mouth of the Wey

in Dorsetshire. England. Immi-
grants named Weymouth appear in New England
history at Kittery as early as 1652. Plymouth. 1656,
and Dover, 1662, and they have been closely identi-
fied with the business, professional, political and
musical interests of this section of the country.

(I) Shadrach Weymouth was probably born as
early as 1728, perhaps in Rye, New Hampshire, where
his life was spent, but the records with regard to
him are very imperfect, as is the case in many
other families. It is to be presumed that the maiden
name of his wife was Cotton, as that name occurs
frequently in the subse{|uent records of the family.
His children were: George (see forward). Eunice,
Thomas Cotton, James and Samuel.

(II) George, presumably the eldest son of
Shadrach Weymouth, was born in Rye, New
Hampshire, August 29, 1749; He settled in Gilman-
ton, now Belmont, Belknap county. New Hamp-
shire, where he died in August, 1811. His chief oc-
cupation was that of farming, and his religious af-
filiations were with the Quakers. He married
Huldah Folsom, born in Epping. New Hampshire,
1753, died in 1841. She had a brother, George, born
in Kittery. who lived and died in Gilmanton, and
two of whose sons — John and Dudley — died there
more than sixty-five years ago. The children of
George and Huldah (Folsom) Weymouth were:
Elizabeth, born 1774, died 1856: Abigail, born 1776.
died 1864; Anna, born 1777, died 1865; Hannah,
horn 1779. died 1864; James, born 1781. died 1866;
Huldah. born 1783, died 1832; John, born 1785, died
1864; George, born 1787, died 1S44: Joseph, born
1789. died 1867; Polly, born 1790: Daniel (see for-
ward) ; Sally, born 1794, died in infancy: Sally, born
1797. died 1834. (Daniel and descendants receive
mention in this article).

(III) James, fifth child and eldest son of
-George and Huldah (Folsom) Weymouth, was born

and spent his entire life in Gilmanton. He was a
farmer in moderate circumstances, a member and
deacon of the Free Will Baptist Church and a man
much respected in the community in which he lived
so long. His wife, Polly (Chase) Weymouth, was
a daughter of Colonel John Chase, and a descendant
of one of the highly respected families of New Eng-
land. James and Polly had four children : Maria,
born 1808, died 1845 ; married John F. Lambrey and
had three children. George W., born 1812, died
1890; married Sally Norris and had three children.
James Sherburn, see forward. Mary Swain, born
1823, married John T. Dudley (deceased) and now
lives in Belmont. New Hampshire.

(IV) James Sherburne, third child and second
son of James and Polly (Chase) Weymouth, was
born in that part of Gilmantown which now is Bel-
mont, November 6, 1819, and by principal occupa-
tion has been a farmer in that town and also in
Andover, having lived twelve years in the latter
town. He was educated in the common schools
and Gilmanton Academy, and after completing his
studies engaged in teaching for about ten years. In
1897 he took up his residence in Laconia, and has
since lived in retirement in that city. He became a
member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Bel-
mont in 1839, and served as deacon in that church
for eighteen years. He served for five years as
selectman in Belmont, as moderator of the town
meeting several times, as tax collector for two
years, and as a justice of the peace for fifteen years.
He is one of the honored, respected citizens of
Laconia. He married. February 5, 1843, Sarah B.
Dearborn, born September 7, 1818, died August 30,
1891. daughter of David and Mary (Bracketl)
Dearborn, and granddaughter of Samuel Dearborn,
of an old Northampton family. Children of James
and Sarah B. (Dearborn) Weymouth: Herman
Cassius, of Lajconia, superintendent of the Belknap
county farm. Frances Ella, born June 10, 1848,
died March 28, 1851.

(V) Herman Cassius. only son of James Sher-
burne and Sarah E. (Dearborn) Weymouth, was
born in the town of Gilmanton (Belmont), Febru-
ary 9, 1845, and has been in some useful and prom-
inent manner identified with the business and poli-
tical history of Belknap county for several years.
He was educated in district schools and Gilmanton
and New Hampton academies, and at the age of
twenty years went to Boston and for the next three
years engaged in a meat and provision business in
that city. He then returned to New Hampshire and
settled in Belmont, lived there until 1880 and then
opened a summer boarding house in Meredith.
Later on he engaged extensively in farming in con-
nection with his other enterprises, and in 1885 pur-
chased a large farm in Andover and carried on
dairying in connection with his summer boarding
house. In 1896 he built a large and modern resi-
dence in Laconia and has since lived in that city,
although since 1898 his official duties as superinten-
dent of the county farm have made it necessary
that he live temporarily at that institution. While

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Hiving in Belmont Mr. Weymouth held the offices of
superintendent of schools and selectman, and in
Andover served as selectman and road commis-
sioner. In politics he is a firm Republican. He is
a member of Aurora Lodge, No. 408. Knights of
Honor, a former member of Highland Lake Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, of East Andover, and in
religious preference is a Free Will Baptist. Mr.
Weymouth married, November 9, l86g, Abbie Smith,
born June 6. 1851, daughter of Daniel P. and Abi-
:gail (Doloflf) Smith, and granddaughter of Joseph
C. Smith, a native of Corinth, Vermont, and an
■early settler in Meredith, New Hampshire. Two
-children have been born of this marriage : Maude.
Tiorn February 14, 1872, married, February 14, 1907,
Ellsworth H. Rollins, of Alton, New Hampshire,
and a descendant of an old family of the state.
Mr. Rollins is serving his third term as a commis-
sioner of Belknap county. He is engaged in lumber
"business at Alton, New Hampshire. Blanche, born
September 18, 1873.

(HI) Daniel, fifth son and eleventh child of
■George and Huldah (Folsom) Weymouth, was born
in Gilmanton. now Belmont, New Hampshire,
August 17, 1792, died in Andover, New Hampshire,
September 20, 1877. He was educated at the Gil-
manton Academy, and supplemented this education
with diligent home study, later becoming a teacher
in the district schools, and following this occupa-
tion for some time. He subsequently devoted his
time and attention to farming exclusively until the
€nd of his days. His religious connections were
with the Free Baptist Church, and he was a member
of the anti-slavery and Republican parties. He took
an active part in the military affairs of his time and
rose to the rank of captain. He married Honor
(probably Honora) Hall, born in Exeter. New
Hampshire, April 7. 1790, died February 22, 1864.
She was a member of a family noted in the musical
circles of those times, all of her brothers and sisters
being well-known singers. She was the daughter
of Kinsley and Honor (Randlett) Hall, the former
born in Exeter in 1759, died in the same place in
1838; the latter died September 8, 1845. The
paternal grandfather of Mrs. Weymouth was Sam-
uel Hall, of Exeter ; the maternal grandfather, Cap-
tain Charles Randlett, was of Exeter. Among the
children of Daniel and Honor or Honora (Hall)
Weymouth was Henry Augustus (see forward).

(IV) Henry Augustus Weymouth, M. D., son
of Daniel and Honor or Honora (Hall) Weymouth,
was born in Gilmanton, now Belmont, Belknap
county. New Hampshire, October 14, 1820. His
preliminary education was acquired in the acad-
emies at Gilmanton and Meredith, and he then
commenced the study of medicine in his native
town, under the able preceptorship of Nahum
Wight, M. D., and attended lectures at Dartmoutli
College and in Woodstock, Vermont, being grad-
uated from the latter place in June, 1843, with
honors. He immediately settled in Andover. and
commenced the active practice of the profession of
medicine and surgery, with which he has been con-
tinuously and beneficially occupied up to the present

time (1907), and in which he has achieved more
than a merely local reputation. He has kept well
abreast of the times in every direction, all his spare
time having been devoted to diversified reading. In
addition to his professional work he has found time
to attend to many other matters of importance — is
a trustee of the Savings Bank of Franklin, and
trustee of the Proctor Academy. His political affil-
iations have always been with the Democratic party,
and he has been one of its most stanch supporters.
He. has taken an active part in the public affairs of
Andover. and held a number of public offices with
great benefit to the community. Among them may
be mentioned : Member of the legislature 1869-70,
1879-S0, 1899; justice of the peace since 1870; town ^
clerk four years; member of the school committee;
moderator, fifty times; and physician to the board
of health since that office was created. He is a
member of the Unitarian Church , and has con-
tributed liberally to the support of that institution
as well as to the Proctor Academy. He is also a
member of the following organizations : Free and
Accepted Masons, New Hampshire State Medical
Society, and National Medical Society. For many
years director of the East Andover Free Baptist
Church choir. He married, in Gilmanton, January
I. 1844, Louisa Young, who died June 13, 1890.
She was the daughter of Bailey and Polly (Rand-
lett) Young, and granddaughter of Ebenezer Young.
Most of the members of the Young family were en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits. Mrs. Weymouth
had two brothers- — Ansel and Alfred — the former
of whom died in battle, and both were in active
service during the Civil war. The children of Dr.
and Mrs. Weymouth were:

1. Hattie Elizabeth, born in Andover, New
Hampshire, January 18, 184S, died December 21,
1889. She was educated in and graduated from the
Andover Academy, and taught in the district schools
for a number of years. She married, in 1870, Will-
iam A. Walker, at present employed with the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad as assistant superintendent of
the Concord & Petcrboro Division, and resides in
Concord. New Hampshire. Their children were:
Henry Weymouth, horn at Andover. March, 1873,
died in infancy. Alma Louise, born in Danbury,
New Hampshire, November 20, 1874, resides at
present with her grandfather in Andover. She is
a pianist and organist of note, and has given in-
struction in music in Andover and Franklin, New
Hampshire; and in Pennsylvania, Kansas and Ar-
kansas. Leon Willard, born in Andover in 1880,
died at the age of five months.

2. Daniel Bailey, born in Andover, New Hamp-
shire. August 25. 1852. Acquired his education in
the New London Academy in New Hampshire. He
is at present one of the successful merchants of
Bristol. New Hampshire, where he is highly re-
spected. He is a stanch supporter of the Dem-
ocratic party, and was assistant postmaster and town
treasurer for ten years at Andover. He was for a
time engaged in business in Penacook, New Hamp-
shire. He married Ida Edmunds.

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3. George Weare, born in Andover, New Hamp-
shire, August 24, 1856. He obtained his prepara-
tory education at the New London Academy, from
which he was graduated, and then matriculated at
Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated
in 1878 as A. B.. and in 1881 as M. D. Later he at-
tended lectures in the city of New York. He has
devoted much time and attention to literature and
music, which were favorite studies with him, and has
also taken an active interest in the political affairs
of his town, affiliating with the Democratic party.
He is now a physician in excellent practice in Lyme,
New Hampshire. He married Minnie Morgan, of
Maine, and they have 'had children : Louise Morgan,
bom Anril, l888, now studying music in Boston,
Massachusetts. Henry Gerry, born August 11,
1890, attends school at Wellesley Hills. Massa-
chusetts. A child which died in infancy.

Henderson is a name derived
HENDERSON from Henry— Henry's sou— or
from Hendrick — Hendrick's
son ; in time it became Henrison, Hendrickson, Hen-
derson. The name is an old one in Scotland, and
the family has been living in Fife four hundred
years and over. The chief seat is at Fordell ; "Hen-
derson of Fordell" is a term of distinction, and well
known throughout the United Kingdom.

The Hendersons have been well represented in
all the wars of this country. Captain Timothy
Roberts, father of Margaret, wife of William Hen-
derson, Sr., of Rochester, New Hampshire, was a
captain in the French and Indian war. His son,
Timothy, Jr., was captain of New Hampshire troops
during the war of the Revolution. Timothy Hen-
derson, his grandson, w-as a soldier in the War of
1812. John Henderson, a descendant of Richmond,
who was a brother of Captain Howard, served in
the Mexican war. Major Thomas A., son of
Samuel Hoyt Henderson, was a distinguished of-
ficer in the Civil- war. (See Henderson V).

One progenitor was Robert, a man of promi-
nence in the reign of James HL James of Fordell
was a great figure in the time of James IV, Lord
Justice and King's Advocate, and he received a char-
ter under the great seal. Accompanying James in the
unfortunate expedition into England, both he and
his eldest son lost their lives, with their royal
leader, at the field of Flodden.

George Henderson, of the next generation, was
granted lands fn the shires of Fife and Edinburgh
by Queen Mary of Scotland, and his wife was one
of her maids of honor. He, too, gave his life for
his country.

James Henderson, son of George Henderson,
married Jean, daughter of William Murray, Baron
of Tullibardine. James Henderson was a man of
parts, and in great favor with James VI, who con-
ferred a singular favor upon him. on terms of great
honor both to himself and his family. "James Hen-
derson of Fordell is hereby excused from attending
the wars all the days of his life, in consideration
of the good, true and thankful services not only

done by himself, but also by his predecessors, to
us and our predecessors, of worthy memory, in all
times past, without defection at any time, from the
roj-al obedience, that becomes good and faithful
subjects. Dated at our palace of Holyroodhouse,
February 27, and the twenty-first year of our reign."

Signed by the King.

Gallant officers in Danish and French wars were
of Henderson stock, and Sir Francis, a colonel un-
der the Prince of Orange, like so many of his race,,
was slain in battle.

One of the great names in the history of Scot-
land is Alexander Henderson, and next to Knox,
the most famous of Scottish ecclesiastics. The
Presbyterian body in Scotland largely owes to him
its dogmas and organization, and he is considered
the second founder of the Reform Church. Of the
assembly of 1641, sitting at Edinburg, he was mod-
erator. Here he proposed that a confession of faith,
a catechism, and a form of government should be
drawn up. Afterwards he was one of those
sent to London to represent Scotland in the as-
sembly at W'estminster. He was chaplain to King
Charles, when he visited Scotland, and was more in
sympathy with his religious views, perhaps, than^
his friends liked to believe. While nominally pro-
fessing respect for the royal office, the covenant pre-
pared by Henderson was entered into, for "the de-
fense of the true religion, as reformed from Po-
pery." The spirit in which it was signed was that
of great fervor. Many subscribed with tears on
their cheeks, and it was commonly reported that
some signed with their blood. Those were the days
when men died for their religion, and when women
did not possess their souls in patience. At a church
service, where a certain ritual was introduced, un-
popular with the people, its use provoked an uproar,,
of which the stool flung at the dean by Jenny Ged-
des was the symbol.

A scholar of great linguistic attainment was-
Ebenezer Henderson, Scottish missionary, living
at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Before the Revolution Hendersons found iheir
way from Scotland to New Hampshire, Virginia
and North Carolina and were prominent in the
Continental army.

Leonard Henderson, son of Richard Henderson,
was chief justice, and a man of national reputation.
His brother, Archibald Henderson, of Salisbury,
North Carolina, was also a great lawyer. A monu-
ment was erected to his memory by the bar of the
state.

A partner of Daniel Boone, in the purchase of
Kentucky from the Indians, was Richard Henderson,
son of Samuel Henderson, who was born in Vir-
ginia, 1700, and married Elizabeth Williams, of
Wales. Samuel Henderson, brother of Richard
Henderson, married Elizabeth Calloway, who had
a romantic career, like the heroine of a novel. She
was captured by the Indians and rescued by her
lover, Samuel. Their daughter Fanny was the
first white child born in the present state of Ken-
tucky.

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James Henderson, of the sonthern liranch of
the family, was one whom his state and his country
-delighted to honor. He was secretary of state
■of Texas in 1837, having removed early in life from
North Carolina, where he was horn, to Texas. He
was minister to England to procure the recognition
of Te.xan independence, and a few years later he
was special minister to the United States to secure
the annexation of Te.xas. He was member of the
state constitutional convention, and afterwards
chosen governor. His was also United States sen-
ator.

The Hendersons ever proved themselves patriots.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Henderson was in the
Revolution, throughout the war, and in every battle
fought in South Carolina. He was popular with his
soldiers, requiring nothing of them not shared by
liimself. The roster also includes Sergeant-Major
Pleasant Henderson, Captains Thomas and Samuel
Henderson.

The family were among the principal founders
■of the state government at the close of the war. .■\s
a family they have ever been distinguished for in-
tellectual endowments. We find a great number of
■college graduates, and the women, even in early
days, were educated as well as the men. Other
characteristics are hatred of effeminacy and scorn
■of cowardliness and physical pain. Marriage con-
nections include the families of Governor Alexander
]\Iartin. of North Carolina; the Wallaces, the Dal-
tons of Mississippi, and the Brodauz family of
North Carolina, the latter armigers from the time
of Henry VI, of England. The Scottish branch
inter-married with the families of Bruce, Stuart,
Balfour of Burleigh, and Sir John Hamilton, Lord
Chief Justice.

The arms reproduced, that of the Hendersons
of Fordell, and taken from the Baronage of Scot-
land, is gules, three piles issuing out of the sinister
side argent, and on a chief of the last, a crescent
azure, between two spots of ermine, with the baro-
nets' badge in the center. Supporters, two matrices
ermine. Crest, a hand holding a star, surmounted
by a crescent. Motto, Sola Virtus Nobilitat.

(I) William Henderson, the pioneer ancestor
of the family, came from Glasgow, Scotland, at an
early date, and was known to be in Dover, New
Hampshire, in 1650, and perhaps earlier. He was
a ship carpenter and builder, constructing ships
for himself as well as for others. That he was a
man of excellent standing in the community is evi-
denced by the fact that he received grants of land
from the town, and was one of the larger tax-
payers. A further evidence of his good standing is
shown on the tax list of July 3, 1677, where he is
recorded as Mr. William Henderson, as during that
period of the history of New England no one was
called Mr. unless he were a man of high standing
in the community, and more especially in the Con-
gregational Church. It may be of interest to re-
■cord in this place an extract from the Massachusetts
archives: "October 15, 1679, Isaac Walderne of
Boston complains of \\'illiam Henderson of Dover

for not working on a ship according to agreement,
he having paid said Henderson in advance." There
are no. further particulars recorded, so the business
was presumably settled out of court to the satis-
faction of all parties concerned. The probability
is that Mr. Henderson had more work than he could
accomplish in the allotted time, and was unable to
finish the ship for Mr. Walderne when he expected
it to be done. William Henderson married Sarah
Howard, and from that time these two names —
William and Howard — are to be found in each gen-
eration down to the present time. They had chil-
dren: I. William, born about 1670, married Sarah
Fernald, daughter of Thomas Fernald, of Kittery,
Maine, who resided on Seavey's Island in the Pis-
cataqua river, now (1907) a part of the Portsmouth
navy yard. They were married in 1700, and as
a dowry Mr. Fernald gave his daughter a part
of the island, which from that time and for a period
of two hundred years was known as Henderson's
Point. It projected into the river just below the
navy yard, and was removed by the government of
the United States in 1905-06 to widen the river
and make the approach and new entrance to the
new dry dock easier and safer. One million dol-
lars was expended on this piece of work, and Mr.
Henderson's name is preserved in that section only
by the point, as he left no children. 2. Howard,
see forward. There may have been daughters,
but there is no record of them.

(II) Howard, second son of William and Sarah
(Howard) Henderson, was born about 1672. He
had his residence on Dover Neck, as his father had
before him, and also like his father was a ship
carpenter and builder. He was noted as a sailor,
and the tales of his courage and ability in that call-
ing have come down to the present day with un-
diminished splendor. One tradition is that he served
in the British Navy for a while and took part in
the siege of Gibraltar, which resulted in its sur-
render to the English in 1704, and it is probable
that this story is authentic. He never held any
public office. He died at the home of his son. Cap-
tain Howard Henderson, on Dover Point, in 1772,
at the advanced age of one hundred years. His
grave is in the old cemetery on Dover Neck, near
where are interred his son Howard, and his grand-
son Thomas. Until about the year 18S0 there was
a slate stone at the head of his grave with his name
and age inscribed thereon. Nobody seems to know
what has become of this stone, but the spot is per-
fectly well known, and in this connection it may be
well to note that in this, the oldest grave yard in
Dover, are the graves of many of the older settlers.
In the northeast corner is the grave of Thomas
Roberts, Sr., and his wife, the immigrants. In the
yard are the graves of the jNIillet family, the Nutters,
Clements, Halls, Dames, Tibbetts, Canneys, Tuttles,
Pinkhams, Wentworths and others. Ordinary field
stones are the only markers, so that but few graves
can be identified at the present time.

Howard Henderson, Sr., married, June 8, 1704,
Sarah Roberts, daughter of either John or Thomas

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Roberts, of Dover Neck, and granddaughter of
Thomas Roberts, Sr., who settled at Dover Point
with Edward Hihon in 1623, coming with him
from England when Dover was first settled. Rev.
John Pil<e, pastor of the First Parish of Dover,
officiated at the marriage. They had children : i.
Howard, Jr., see forward. 2. Richmond, born about
1712, settled in Rochester, New Hampshire, and left
many descendants there. There is no record of
any daughters of this marriage. The house in which
this family lived for generations stood on the site
of the present Dover Point Hotel. It was probably
built by Howard, Sr., and his son and grandson in
succession inherited and resided in it. It was re-
moved to make room for the present hotel, and the
spot is one of the most beautiful in that section
of the country.

(Ill) Howard, Jr. (2), eldest child of Howard
(i) and Sarah (Roberts) Henderson, was born
about 1710. Like his father and grandfather he
was a ship carpenter and builder, but he advanced
a step farther and became a ship owner and a sea
captain, building ships and sailing them himself on
the Atlantic Ocean to ports in Europe, Africa and
the West Indies. In addition to this he was also
engaged in the New England coasting trade. From
middle age until his death he was a well known
figure, and his name has come down in history.
There was another reason why he was invariably
addressed by his title of captain, and that
was that although he attained the advanced
age of eighty-two years, his death preceded
that of his father by but ten years, and
to distinguish the two, the older man was al-
ways called Howard, and the son Captain Howard
Henderson, when spoken of. Captain Henderson
not alone built ships and sailed them, but also op-
erated the ferry from Dover Point to Bloody Point
in Newington, which was one of the main routes
of travel from Massachusetts to Maine before the
war of the Revolution, as well as from Portsmouth
and the towns along the coast to the country north
of Dover. He owned Negro slaves, whom he prob-
ably bought in Africa and brought home with him
on some of his voyages, for it was the custom of
that day for captains to carry cargoes of New Eng-
land rum to Africa and sell it to the chiefs of
tribes in that country in exchange for Negro slaves,
which were carried to the West Indies to be there
exchanged for sugar, molasses and salt for the
home voyage. Sometimes some of these slaves
were brought to New England, and thus slavery
was introduced into New Hampshire and JNIassachu-
setts. A number of the best families of Dover had
Negro slaves down to the close of the war of the
Revolution, and a still larger number were held in
slavery in Portsmouth. Captain Henderson was a
man of importance in the public affairs of the town
as well as in matters of business. He was select-
man in 1758-59-60-61, representative from Dover
in the general court of the province from 1756 to
1765, and took a prominent part in the proceedings,
so it is evident he was a very capable man. He was

baptized November 19, 1758, by Rev. Jonathan'
Gushing, pastor of the First Church from 1717 to
1769. The inscription of Captain Howard Hender-
son's tombstone reads that he died "November 4,
1791, aged 75 years." This is incorrect as he died
November 14, 1792, aged eighty-two years. This
is proven by two facts. He made his will in 17S9,
and it was not probated until the first Wednesday
in February, 1793. Had he died in November, 1791,
they would not have waited until February, 1793,
before presenting it for probate ; dying in Novem-
ber, 1792, just the proper time would have elapsed
for the presentation in February. Another proof
is the record kept by Deacon Benjamin Peirce, whO'
had known Captain Henderson for many years and
recorded the time of his death and his age. Captain
Henderson made his will December 4, 1789, and the
copy, which is well written and preserved, is in
the possession of his great-grandson, John Henry
Henderson, of Dover, New Hampshire. Following,
is an extract of its contents and provisions :

To his widow, Elizabeth Henderson, he gave

outright one-third of his estate, real and personal.

To William Henderson, his son, five shillings

which, with what he already had received made his

full share.

To grandson, Benjamin Henderson, five shill-
ings, and my late son Benjamin's share of ray estate.
To son, Daniel Henderson, after the death of
his widow Elizabeth, thirty acres of land on the
west side of Dover Neck at Back River, "which I
purchased of Rudfield Plummer," also my right in
the homestead dwelling house and farm of Thomas
Millet, late of said Dover, deceased, provided my
son pay to my daughter. Love Tripe, the sum of six
pounds. Also to Daniel one-half of all the stock,
of cattle I shall leave at my decease and one good
bed of bedding.

To his son, Thomas Henderson, on the death
of his widow Elizabeth, "The house wherein I now
live, and all my land at Dover Neck (below the gate)
with the buildings thereon ; also the privilege of
the Ferry and Ferry Ways, provided my said son
Thomas shall pay to my daughter Betty the sum.
of six pounds. Also to Thomas one-half of the
stock of cattle and one good bed and bedding.

To his daughter. Love Tripe, one-half of the .
household furniture after the death of his widow
Elizabeth.

To his daughter Betty, one-half of the house-
hold furniture after the death of his widow Eliza-
beth, also one room in the homestead at Dover
Neck, and one cow, both winter and summer dur-
ing the titne she remains single and unmarried.
Also six pounds of lawful money.

To his negro servants, "Caesar and Fortune."
he gave their freedom from the time of his death,
"but if they choose to still continue in my family,
in the manner they have heretofore done, it is my
will that they be supported out of my estate, and I
hereby order my executrix and my sons Daniel and
Thomas that they support them accordingly."

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ecutrix. Dated December 4, 1789. When the will
was probated the widow refused to serve, and the
court appointed Daniel and Thomas in her place.
Captain Howard Henderson married, about 1750,
Elizabeth Millet, born in 1727, baptized by Parson
Gushing, December 4, 1737, daughter of Thomas
and Love IMillet, of Dover Neck. Captain Millet
was a noted ship builder, merchant and public of-
ficial, and took a high rank in the councils of the
province of New Hampshire. He was a man of
much importance in his time and held numerous
public offices, among them being representative in
the general court, councillor and judge of
the superior court. His daughter Elizabeth in-
herited his excellent executive ability, and it is
said by those who knew her that she could super-
intend the building of a ship as intelligently as her
husband, and frequently did so in his absence on
his many voyages. Captain and Mrs. Howard Hen-
derson had a number of children all of them but
one, Betty, being baptized by Rev. Jonathan Gush-
ing, and this ceremony was usually performed when
the child was three to four weeks old. The names
of the children are as follows: l. and 2. Benjamin
and Lovey, who were baptized on the same day as
their father, November 19, 1758. 3. Thomas, bap-
tized August 17, 1760. 4. Stephen, baptized April
25, 1762, the only one of the children who did not
marry, died at sea, August 16, 1785. 5. William, see
forward. 6. Daniel, baptized June 3, 1766. He was
the last ship builder of Dover ; married and left chil-
dren : Howard of New York, Henry, of Baltimore,
and William, of New Orleans, Louisiana. The
latter was a very prominent man and the owner of
the only dry dock in the city. 7. Betty ("Elizabeth),
baptized October 4, 1769, by Rev. Jeremy Belknap.
8. Thomas, see forward.

(IV) William, fourth son of Captain Howard
and Elizabeth (Millet) Henderson, was baptized
September 25, 1763, died November 14. 1834, aged
seventy-two years, four months. He was the orig-
inal settler on the proprietary lot of land granted
James Durgin in what is now the town of Roches-
ter. This farm or lot of one hundred acres passed
to Captain Thomas Millet, and in the distribution
of his estate to his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of
Howard Henderson. It was conveyed by Elizabeth
and Howard to William Henderson, who settled
upon it. The farm is still in the possession of the
Henderson family, being owned by Daniel F. Hen-
derson. Five generations of Hendersons have lived
or are living upon the old homestead farm. Wil-
liam Henderson married Margaret Roberts, daugh-
ter of Captain Timothy Roberts, Sr.. of Rochester,
who was an officer in the French and Indian war.
Eleven children were born to William and Margaret
Henderson, as follows: i. Stephen, born 1785, died
March 5, 1862. He married Sarah Roberts, and had
four daughters who married and left descendants.
2. Sally, born 1787, died May 19, 1861. She married
Colonel Eliphalet Willey, and had six children, one
of whom, Mrs. Betsey Brown, lives in Dover, aged
ninety. 3. Timothy, born 1789, died 1867. He mar-

ried Olive Burnham, and had four sons and two
daughters. 5. Betsey, born 1794, died 1872. ?\lar-
ried James Pickering, left no children. 6. Mary,
born 1797, died July 15, 1876. Married Abel Peavey,
left one son and three daughters, one of whom is
living, Mrs. Maria Amazeen, of Farmington. 7.
Abigail, born November 23, 1800, died October 20,
1882. She married (first) John Place, May 7, 1826;
married (second), March 17, 1833, Jonathan Place,
twin brother of her first husband. By her first
marriage there was one son; by the second two
daughters, now living, Mrs. Mary E. Roberts and
Mrs. Sarah Hurd. 8. Susan, born 1801, died 1879.
Married William Willey, and had nine ' children,
four sons, William Henry, Howard B., Joseph F.
and James H., all prominent business men of New
Hampshire. 9. William, see forward. 10. Margaret,
born June 23, 1808, died September 30, 1889. Mar-
ried Benjamin Canney, and had five children, the
only survivor being Thomas Canney, of Farmington,
New Hampshire, ir. Daniel M., born March 20,
1812, died October 8, 1894. Married Ruth Mc-
Duffce, born August 30, 1815, died October 8, 1902,
daughter of Thomas JNIcDuffee, of Rochester, fami-
liarly known as "Selectman jMcDuffee." They were
married November 8, 1835. Their children are :
Hannah ^I., Daniel F., who owns the old homstead
before mentioned, where five generations of Plen-
dersons have lived; Charles IT. and George !M.

(IV) Thomas, sixth son of Captain Howard
and Elizabeth (Millet) Henderson, was baptized
October 4, 1771. He resided at Dover Point, his
house standing on the present site of Dover Point
Hotel. He followed the business in which his
father and grandfather had been so successful, but
was not a sea captain. He branched out into a new
line of business, about 1810, that of brick making,
which has since that time been engaged in so ex-
tensively in that section of the country. His first
brickyard was on the east side of Dover Neck, about
one mile above Dover Point, on Fore river. In
order to be nearer his place of business, he erected
his later residence on the Neck, which is still oc-
cupied by the Henderson family, and removed to it
in 1812. His son Thomas, and his grandson. John
Henry, lived in it until they moved to the more '
thickly populated section of the city a few j-ears ago.
As a manufacturer Mr. Henderson was noted for
the excellent quality of the brick he turned out.
His ships loaded directly from his yards and car-
ried the brick to Boston, Massachusetts, and all
the towns along the coast. His death occurred April
10, 1863. He was a man of medium height, active,
vigorous and a hard worker until the end. He took
no active part in political affairs. He was a devout
and consistent Christian and a regular attendant
with his family at the First Parish jNIeeting House.
He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence,
and formed his own opinions. He was inclined to
be liberal in his views, especially in religious mat-
ters, and when dissension arose in the First Church
by the doctrine of Unitarianism, which was intro-
duced, he went with tlie liljeral party which organ-

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ized Unitarian Society and built the brick house
of worship in Locust street, in 1829. His family
went with him, and the larger part of the descend-
ants have adhered to the new doctrine. He married,
1793, Elizabeth Hoyt, born in Newington, August
9, 1770, died June 12, 1872. Her ancestors were
among the first settlers in Newington, the Hoyts
being one of the noted families of the town. The
graves of I\Ir. and Mrs. Henderson are in the old
cemetery in Dover Neck, and are suitably marked
with white marble slabs. Their children were :
Lydia, born November 13, 1794; Samuel Hoyt. Oc-
tober 4. 1798; Elizabeth. December 31, iSoo; How-
ard Millet, August 17, 1S03; jNIary P., July 5, 1807;
Thomas, see forward; William, born February 21,
1813.

(V) William Millet, known both as William M.
and William, Jr., fourth son and ninth child of
William and Margaret (Roberts) Henderson, was
born on the homestead farm, April 30. 1805, and died
in Dover, November 4, 1891. At the age of sixteen
he was indentured to learn the cabinet-maker's
trade. At twenty-one he went to Boston, Massachu-
setts, where he was employed by Chickering & Com-
pany in the manufacture of fine piano cases. He
next became pattern maker at the Lowell machine
works. After his marriage, in 1830, he settled in
Dover. In 1831, at the age twenty-six, and without
outside assistance, this farmer's son purchased from
the Cocheco Manufacturing Company one hundred
and eighty-nine feet frontage at the corner of Third
street and Central avenue, built a residence on Third
street and a block of stores on Central avenue. This
lot is now occupied by the Morrill Block. He later
purchased the property and furniture business of
Stephen Toppan and continued there in trade until
the panic of 1837. He afterwards removed to Ro-
chester, but returned to Dover, engaging in various
ventures until his death. He w'as a man of most
generous impulse, and freely extended a helping
hand to those less fortunate. Were each one to
whom he has shown some -loving kindness to lay
a single flower on his inanimate dust he would
sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. He was a
^ member of the Masonic fraternity, and a lifelong
Democrat. He married July 4. 1830, Maria Diman,
daughter of Captain Samuel and ^lercy W. (Kenn-
iston) Diman, and a lineal descendant of Rev.
James Diman, for fifty years pastor of the First
Church of Salem, Massachusetts. Captain Samuel
Diman died of yellow fever in the West Indies,
and Mercy W., his wife, born June 8, 1780, died in
Rochester, May 22, 1873. The children of William
and Maria (Diman) Henderson were: i. Sophro-
nia Ann, born October 4, 1831, married September
18, 1855, Alexander Frazier, of Dover, born Feb-
ruary 14, 1824, died August 17. 1893, had five chil-
dren: Isabella. Mrs. Clarence Wendell, of Roches-
ter; Fanny, Mrs. Charles S. Kingman, of Madbury.
who has a daughter Lotta S; Harriet ^1.. !Mrs. E.
J. Purinton, of Dover, who has children : J. Wilbur,
Helen and Charles; William Henry; and Daniel W.,
of ^Massachusetts, who has si.x children. Mrs. Fra-

zier resides in Dover. 2. Eliza J., born December
19. 1833, died ]May 25. igo6. She never married.
She was highly educated and became a noted and
expert mathematician. She was a graduate of Mt.
Holyoke Female Seminary. She was a woman of
great benevolence and fine character. She was pos-
sessed of means and generously educated several
young women of her acquaintance. 3. Amanda A.,
born March 14, 1836, died December 14, 1867. She
married Albert Bradwick, of Dover, and had one
child, Lizzie A. (Mrs. Frank Manock), born July
24, 1866, died December 16, 1889, leaving a daughter,
Bessie Manock, now living in Lawrence, Massachu-
setts. 4. James William, see forward. 5. Harriet
M., who died October 3, i860, at the age of sixteen
years, ten months and tw-enty-five days, just budd-
ing into beautiful young womanhood, and was a
great favorite with all. 6. Sarah F., born August 19,
1846, married Alvin Haynes, of Maine, and had two
children : Alvin and Sarah. They lived in Somer-
ville, Massachusetts. 7. George Henry, died De-
cember 17, 1861, aged twelve years, nine months
and three days. Mrs. Maria (Diman) Henderson
was for fifty-four years a devoted member of the
Methodist churches of Rochester and Dover. She
died November 12, 1875, of a paralytic stroke, aged
seventy years, two months, nine days.

(V) Samuel Hoyt, eldest son and second child
of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Henderson, was
born October 4, 1798. He was one of the foremost
business men of his day in Dover. He erected the
large brick block at the corner of Chapel and Main
streets, in 1833, and at that time this was the finest
block in the town. He married (first), April 12,
1827, Delia Paul, of Somersworth. by whom he had
six children, one of whom was Thomas A., born in
Dover, 1833, who was a graduate of Bowdoin Col-
lege, and a distinguished ofiicer in the Union army
during the Civil war. He was appointed adjutant
of the Seventh Regiment of New Hampshire Vol-
unteer Infantry, November 4, 1861, and was mus-
tered in on the same day. He was advanced to the
rank of major, August 26, 1862, and lieutenant-col-
onel, July 2, 1863. Haldirnen S. Putnam, of the
United States Engineer Corps, a West Point gradu-
ate, was the colonel. This regiment served three
years, and was in some of the most hard fought
battles of the war. It was actively engaged at i\Ior-
ris Island, Fort Wagner, Fort Sumter, Drury's
Lane, Bluff, Bermuda Hundred. Petersburg, and
Deep Bottom, Virginia, where Lieutenant-Colonel
Henderson was wounded, August 16, 1864, and
soon after succumbed to the effects of his injury.
He was one of the bravest and most gallant officers
New Hampshire sent to the war, was a highly
accomplished scholar, and a gentleman as well as
soldier of the first rank. Samuel H. Henderson
married (second), after the death of his first wife
in 1S37, July 5, 1838, Sarah Ann Guppey, of Dover,
by whom he had six children, among them : Charles
T., a member of the present board of aldermen of
the city of Dover; William C, is the head of the
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(V) Howard Millet, s-econd son and fourth child
of Tliomas and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Henderson, was
born August 17, 1803. He was a college graduate,
was well known as a teacher, and distinguished in
educational matters in Kentucky, where he founded
a seminary for the education of girls and young
women, the first institution of the kind that had
been established south of Mason and Dixon's line.

He married , who was descended from one of

the best families of Kentucky, and among their
children were: Rev. Howard Millet Henderson, a
clergyman in high standing in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Ohio.

tV) Thomas (2), third son and sixth child of
Thomas (l) and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Henderson, was
born March 25, 1810. He was engaged in the brick
making industry, and when old age compelled his
father to retire from active participation in business
matters, he carried on the work with the assistance
of his son. There are at present (,1907) time under
their management two yards on the Back river and
three on the Fore. This business has now been
under the personal management of four generations
in a direct line. Mr. Henderson did not devote
much time to political matters, but he was a stanch
Jeflfersonian Democrat, all his life, as had been his
father before him. He was elected a member of
the first board of aldermen when Dover became a
city in 1856, and helped organize the new city gov-
ernment. He was kind and courteous in his manner,
and a most superior man of business. He took an
active interest in all matters of public importance
until his death, which occurred September 16, 1894.
He married February 28, 1843, Olive Bickford, born
in 1820, died April 3, 1891. She was a descendant
■of the Bickford family of Dover, who were among
the earliest settlers after the immigration of 1633.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson were: i.
John Henry, see forward. 2. Edwin, born August
19, 1S45, died unmarried March 19, i88i.

(V) William, youngest son and child or Thomas
and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Henderson, was born Feb-
ruary 21, 1813. He was also a college graduate,
and was associated with his brother in the conduct
of the Female Seminary, in which he held a pro-
fessorship. He died unmarried September 4, 1839.

(VI) James William, eldest son and fourth child
of William and Maria (Diman) Henderson, was
born in Rochester, February 18, 1840. He was edu-
cated in the public schools and academy of his
native town, Dover public schools, and Franklin
Academy. He read law in the office of George W.
Stevens, of Dover. He taught for several terms in
the schools of Rochester and Farmington, and in
the office of the Dover Inquirer learned the trade
of printer, and worked at the same for several years
in the Massachusetts state printing office and on the
columns of the Boston Journal. He returned to
Dover and was connected with the Morning Star
and other papers of the town. During the years
1S71-72-73-74-75 he was a member of the Dover
board of education. During these years he had
thoroughly prepared for the profession of law, and

in 1877 removed to Florida, where he commenced
the practice of law and became a distinguished and
influential member of the bar of that state. He was
admitted to the Florida supreme court bar, June 20,
18S9. to the United States district court, and De-
cember 17. 1894. to the supreme court of the United
States. His first admission to the circuit court was
March 14, 1882. His office in St. Augustine, Florida,
is in a brick block bearing his name, where he con-
ducts a successful and profitable general practice.
He served the state as acting states attorney. Mr.
Henderson has large realty interests in Florida,
Chicago, Illinoi.s, and in Dover, and resides in these
localities alternately attending to his varied interests.
He is an ardent Democrat. He is a Free Mason of
Apollo Lodge, Chicago, and an Odd Fellow of
Wecohanet Lodge, Dover.

James W. Henderson married. May 18, 187S,
Ellen Compton, born at Lockport, New York,
daughter of Jacob Compton, of Chicago. Two sons
have been born to them. William H., born in
Dover, May 27, 1879, died in St. Augustine, ^iLirch
14, 1880. J. Compton, born at the Clifton House,
Niagara Falls, Canada, July 8, 1880. He was grad-
uated in the St. Augustine, Chicago and Dover
public schools, and Phillips Exeter Academy. He
graduated from the South Division high school,
Chicago, and from Southwestern University, Jack-
son, Tennessee, with the degree of LL. B. He was
prominent in the debating and literary clubs, and
while at Jackson, Tennessee, was president of the
Law Club of the college. On reaching his majority
he was admitted to the state courts of Tennessee,
and later to those of Florida. He is the junior part-
ner with his father in the law firm of Henderson &
Henderson, St. Augustine, Florida. He is a lover
of athletics, and all through his preparatory and
college life was a valuable member of the various
athletic teams.

(VI) John Henry, youngest and only surviving
son and child of Thomas and Olive (Bickford)
Henderson, was born April 2, 1849. He devotes all
his time and attention to the atifairs connected with
his business, and has large holdings of real estate
in Dover. He takes no active part in political mat-
ters, except in so far that he attends the elections
and votes for whom he considers the best men. He
married, April 24, 1871, Maria Roberts, born May
30, 1854, daughter of Aaron and Ann Eliza
(Arnold) Roberts. Mr. Roberts was a lineal
descendant of the Thomas Roberts, previously men-
tioned, who settled in Dover in 1623. Anu Eliza
(.\rnold) Roberts came from Rhode Island, and
was descended from one of the prominent families
in that state. Her mother was the daughter of
Thomas Williams, a great-great-grandson of Roger
Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson were: Harry
Preston, see forward. IMaud Olive, born Decem-
ber 25, 1876, died March 6, 1894. She was a most
amiable young woman, intelligent and intellectual,
beautiful in person, and charming in manner.

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ing child of John Henry and Maria (Roberts)
Henderson, was born October 30, 1872. He is en-
gaged with his father in the brick manufacturing
business, and also has an office for the transaction
of insurance business in the city of Dover. He is
a graduate of the Dover high school, and takes a
lively interest in educational matters. He is a mem-
ber of Moses Paul Lodge, No. 96, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, and has served as its secretary four
years ; is a member of Belknap Chapter, Royal Arch
Mason; Orphan Council, Royal and Select Masters;
St. Paul Commandery; the Knights Templar, in
which body he is at present captain general. He
married June 10, 1895, Alberta Parker, born October
7, 1870, daughter of Dr. Henry Rust and Ella
(Thompson) Parker, of Dover. Dr. Parker is one
of the eminent physicians of Dover, and has been
mayor of the city. He is a descendant of William
Parker, of Portsmouth, who was one of the early
settlers in that town, and has had many distin-
guished descendants. Mrs. Parker is the daughter
of Moses Thompson, of Wolfboro, and had illus-
trious ancestors, among them being the historian.
Major Richard Walderne. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Henderson are : Maud Olive, born September
23, 1896; Ella Parker, born July 8, 1900.

This name appears very early in New
COPP England, and was prominent in the first
settlement and development of Boston.
The connection, if any, between these pioneers and
the Haverhill family has not been discovered. The
name appears in Haverhill, Massachusetts, before
the close of the seventeenth century and has numer-
ous representatives in that region.

(I) Aaron Copp was in Haverhill as early as
1698, and was married there December 30 of that
year to Mary Heath. She was born May 8, 1672. a
daughter of Josiah and Mary (Davis) Heath, and
granddaughter of Bartholomew Heath, one of the
original proprietors of Newbury and Haverhill.

(H) Moses, son of Aaron and Mary (Heath)
Copp, married, in Haverhill, July 17, 1732, Mehitabel
Griffin, widow of Peter Griffin, and daughter of
Stephen and Elizabeth (Dustin) Emerson. Soon
after his marriage he removed to what is now
Hampstead, and his wife was admitted to the Hamp-
stead church by letter from the Haverhill church,
June 3. 1752.

(HI) Joshua, son of Moses and Mehitabel
(Emerson) (Griffin) Copp, was married Septem-
ber IQ, 1758, by Rev. Henry True, to Sarah Poor,
of Rowley, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Searl) Poor. Joshua Copp and wife owned the
Covenant at the Plampstead church, November 28,
1761. Their children were: Molly, Elizabeth,
Moses, Eliphalet, Sarah. Joshua. Susanna, Mehita-
bel, George Washington, Benjamin Little and Na-
thaniel Peabody.

(IV) George Washington, fourth son and
ninth child of Joshua and Sarah (Poor) Copp, was
born August 26, 1776, in Hampstead, and settled in

Warren, New Hampshire, where several others of
his family also located. He died there December
9, 1822. He cleared up a farm in the wilderness
and engaged in its cultivation throughout his life.
He married ]\Iary Abrams, born February 2. 1775,
in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and died October 6,,
i860, in Warren, New Hampshire, having lived a
widow almost thirti'-eight years. Their children
w«re: Joseph M., William (died young), Louisa,
Nancy, George W. and Benjamin S.

(V) Joseph M., eldest child of George W. and
Mary (Abrams) Copp, was born October 15. iSoi,
in Warren, New Hampshire, and settled in the town
of Nashua, where he lived retired and died No-
vember 2r, 1887. He married, in Warren. October
30, 1828, Hannah H. Brown, born 1.S08, and died in
1851. She was the mother of six children, five sons
and one daughter. Mr, Copp married (second), in
1887, Martha S. Russell, of Greenfield, New Hamp-
shire. She became the mother of one child, Frank
F., who died aged about sixteen years.

(VI) Colonel Elbridge J. Copp. youngest son
of Joseph M. and Hannah H. (Brown) Copp, was
born in Warren, July 22, 1844. His education was
obtained in the common and high schools of
Nashua. In 1S61, when a little above sixteen years
nf age, he enlisted as a private in Company F. Third
Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. The following
year he was appointed sergeant major of the regi-
ment, and a short time after was promoted to sec-
ond lieutenant. In 1863 meritorious conduct
brought him a commission as adjutant of the regi-
ment. At that time he was eighteen years of age,
and the youngest commissioned officer in the service
who had risen from the ranks. For a time he served
as assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Col-
onel and Acting Brigadier General Louis Bell, who
was killed at Fort Fisher, and held his commission
until he was mustered out, on account of disaliility
from wounds, in October, 1864. During his term
of enlistment he participated in many important en-
gagements. While in the service he acted upon the
theory that to fight is the province of a soldier, and
was present at every battle in which his regiment
took a part, unless so seriously disabled as to be
prevented from doing so. He was wounded in the
shoulder at Drury's Bluffs, in front of Richmond, and
for a time was compelled to remain away from the
firing line, but before his wound was fairly healed
he was again in the saddle and was in his place
when the advance upon Richmond was made. In
that frightful and fruitless charge, General Haw-
ley's brigade entered the fortifications of the enemy,
and there the young adjutant was shot through the
body and was rescued during the battle by General
Hawley, who upon finding him sent an aid to bring
him across the line. One hundred or more of the
Third were wounded in this battle, and nearly all
were captured. Adjutant Copp thus escaped what
would have been almost sure death in a rebel prison,
had he lived to reach one. He was taken to Chesa-
peake Hospital, Fortress Monroe, where he was
skillfully treated, and in October of 1864 was able
to be removed to his home. He has never recovered

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from his injuries, and often suffers from them for
long periods.

After regaining his strength to some extent,
Colonel Copp traveled for some time for a Chicago
and Indianapolis book-publishing house. Later he
settled in business in Nashua, with his brother,
Charles D. Copp, late captain in the Ninth New
Hampshire Volunteers. Colonel Copp was ap-
pointed register of probate for Hillsborough county
in 1878, and from that time till the present (1907)
has had no opposition for re-nomination and has
been biennially re-elected to that position for a per-
iod of twenty-eight years. His interest in military
affairs has never abated, and to his efforts and in-
fluence many noteworthy steps in the military mat-
ters of New Hampshire should be credited. In
1878. after the military spirit which had waned for
some years following the war was revived. Mr.
Copp was commissioned captain of the Nashua
Guards, which through his tireless efforts in drill-
ing and disciplining attained a standing above that
of any other militia organization in the state. In
1879 he was commissioned major of the Second
Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, and
soon after was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In
1884 Colonel D. M. White was made brigade com-
mander, and Lieutenant-Colonel Copp was advanced
to the colonelcy of the regiment. In i88g. upon the
expiration of his commission, Colonel Copp was
urged to accept a new commission, but this he de-
clined to do, as he did not regard such action as
just to deserving officers who had earned promo-
tion. The colonel's regard for the welfare of the
military of the state did not expire with his com-
mission, but directing all his energies to local im-
provement and advancement, he organized a stock
company with a capital of $30,000 for the con-
struction of an armory in Nashua. In this he was
completely successful. The money was raised, the
plans drawn, and the building erected under the
colonel's supervision ; it is one of the sights of the
city and a source of much local pride. Colonel
Copp is a member of John G. Foster Post, No. 7,
Grand Army of the Republic; of the Massachusetts
Commandery of the Loyal Legion ; of Pennichuck
Lodge, No. 44, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ;
and of Ancient York Lodge. Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons. In political faith he. adheres to the
principles advocated by Abraham Lincoln, and was
chairman of Nashua Republican City Committee for
eight years. Colonel Copp is one of the best known
and most respected citizens of Nashua. He is a
true-hearted friend, a generous comrade, and a good
neighbor. His long and honorable record as a gen-
tleman and as an official is a monument to his mem-
ory. He married, June 9, i86g, S. Eliza White, born
December. 184.3, daughter of James and Rebecca
(McConnihe) White, of Nashua. She died Decem-
ber, 1893, leaving two daughters : Charlotte Louise,
wife of Frederick B. Pearson, of Maiden. Massa-
chusetts; and Edith Alice, married Dr. Harrison
P. Baldwin, of Manchester. One child, Robert
Copp, has been born to Mrs. Pearson.

(II) Jonathan, who was perhaps a son of Aaron
Copp, above mentioned, was a resident of Ames-
bury, Massachusetts, where he married Elizabeth
Dow. She was probably a daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth (Colby) Dow, and was born October 12,
1702. in Amesbury, a great-granddaughter of
Thomas Dow, the ancestor of a numerous family
of that name.

(III) Solomon, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth
(Dow) Copp, was born March 3, 1720, in Ames-
bury, Massachusetts, and resided in that town until
1752. Five of his children were baptized in that
town. He removed from Amesbury to Canterbury,
New Hampshire, and subsequently removed to San-
bornton, becoming one of the early settlers of that
town, and building his house on the Bay shore. He
died there May 8. 1796. He was survived for more
than twenty-four years by his wife, who passed
away October 21, 1822, at the age of ninety-nine
years, nine months and twenty-eight days. He was
married in Amesbury to Elizabeth Davis, born there
August 29, 1723, a daughter of Jonathan and
Martha (Dow) Davis. Their children were:
Elizabeth, Jerusha, Irene. Eleanor, Ruhama, Thomas,
Lois, Mary, Solomon. Hannah and Judith.

(IV) Thomas, sixth child and eldest son of
Solomon and Elizabeth (Davis) Copp, was born in
1754. died July 3, 1824. He was a soldier during
the war of the Revolution, and the following inci-
dent is declared to be authentic : While serving at
the head of the guard he stopped the coach of Gen-
eral Washington because the countersign was not
forthcoming, and for this action was "warmly com-
mended at headquarters." He married. March 6,
1783. Alice Kimball, of Meredith, who died October
7. 1S54, and their children were : Alice Elsie, David,
Solomon, Elizabeth, Thomas, see forward ; John,
Charles, died in childhood ; Mary, Jacob, Amos.
Abigail, David, Charles (second), Peter and
Luther.

(V) Thomas, fifth child and third son of
Thomas (2) aud Alice (Kimball) Copp, was born
July 20, 1790. His earlier years were spent in New
Hampton. New Hampshire, and he later removed ta
Gilford, in the same state, where he died May 13.
1S74. He was a cooper by trade and a man of in-
fluence in the community. In politics he was a
Democrat, and in religious affiliations a member of
the Congregational Church. He married, March J,
1815, Dorothy Rowen, daughter of John and Sarah
(Hancock) Rowen, and they had children: Hazen,
see forward ; Jason, who follow-ed the sea in the
merchant service for a period of twelve years, and
was a soldier in the Mexican war; Polly; Abigail;
Sarah ; Edmund, was a soldier during the Civil war
in the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment, and died
while in service; Orrin P. and Clarinda.

(VI) Hazen. eldest child of Thomas (3) and
Dorothy (Rowen) Copp. was born in Sanbornton,
Belknap county. New Hampshire, August 6, 1816,
died January 8, 1901. He went to New Hampton
when a young lad. and when he attained his ma-
jority removed to Bristol, where he engaged in the

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lumber business and remained six years. He re-
moved to Gilford. New Hampshire, in 1849, con-
tinuing in the same line of business until 1876, when
he removed to Tilton. where he became the proprie-
tor of the grist mill and the woolen factory on the
Northfield side opposite. He built a new factory
helow his grist mill in 1877. He was a very suc-
cessful man of business, accumulated a considerable
amount of property, and was influential in the com-
munity in many directions, holding a number of
public offices. He was at one time a representative
in the legislature. In politics he was a Republican,
and in his religious affiliations a member of the
Methodist Church. He was a Thirty-second degree
Mason, a member of the grand lodge, and was the
treasurer of his council chapter for twenty-two suc-
cessive years. He was also a member of the Order
of Odd Fellows. He married, January 17, 1834,
Betsy Glover, of Compton, province of Quebec,
where she was born July 14, 1818. still survives and
resides in Tilton. New Hampshire. Their children
were: i. Gust Aulando, see forward. 2. Abbie Ann,
■born in Bristol, December 22, 1845, married (first)
Freeman F. Elkins, of Gilford: married (second)
Thomas Mark Hill, of Laconia. 3. Lizzie Etta,
■born in Gilford, June 10, 1S52, married William
Philip Blaisdell. of Gilford.

(VH) Gust Aulando. eldest child and only son
■of Hazen and Betsy (Glover) Copp. was bom in
Bristol, New Hampshire, July 12. 1839. He was
educated in the public schools of his native town
and in the New Hampton Academy, and was well
equipped for his business career. He succeeded to
the lumber business of his father, and was also a
contractor and builder. During the winter he
operated a saw mill, doing custom work, and had
six men constantly in his employ for this purpose.
Mr. Copp was a man of enterprise, progress and
executive ability. He built forty-eight cottages at
Lake Shore Park, Gilford, and owned a farm of
ninety acres, part of which is heavily timbered. He
■enlisted in Company F, First New Hampshire Regi-
ment, Heavy Artillery during the Civil war." and
was in active service until the close of the war. He
was in Company G. in the above mentioned regi-
ment, in 1864. and engaged in the defence of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia. He was a Republican,
and took an active and beneficial interest in the
political affairs of his township, having served in
the legislature in 1895. been surveyor of highways,
and overseer of the poor. He was a member of
Mount Lebanon Lodge. No. 32. Free and Accepted
Masons, of Laconia. He married. March 31. 1S61,
Sara Jennie Thurston, born in Gilford, February
29, 1844, daughter of Benjamin G. and Sallie M.
(Goss) Thurston; no children.

Benjamin P. Thurston, father of Mrs. Gust. A.
Copp. was the only child born to Miles L. and
Sarah (Perkins) Thurston, and was born in Gil-
ford on the homestead farm, July 16. iSoi. He ac-
quired a fair education in the common schools of
that time, and his entire life, was spent in a.gricul-
tural pursuits. He died .April 24. 1863. He mar-

ried, in Gilford. Sallie M. Goss, daughter of John
and Abigail Goss, who was born in Gilford, New
Hampshire, August 8, 1809, and died December 6,
189S. Their children are : Roxanna S., born Sep-
tember 9, 1836, widow of Francis P. Rand, and has
two sons, Oscar V. and Fred A. 2. Mrs. Copp,
widow of Gust. A. Copp ; no family.

Originally spelled Rosseter, this
ROSSITER name is of undoubted Saxon or

Norman origin, and probably was
carried into England with the conquering army of
William the Nonnan. It is still a conspicuous one
in England, as well as in the United States, and
has borne its part in developing this country in the
various branches of progress.

(I) Sir Edward Rossiter, the founder of the
family in the United States, came from a good, sub-
stantial family of the English gentry, and owned
quite an estate in the county of Somerset, England.
He was commissioned in London in 1629 as one ol
the assistants to Governor Winthrop. and embarked
for the colonies from Plymouth, England, March
20, 1630, in the ship "Mary and John," commanded
by Captain Syuet, with one hundred and forty per-
sons aboard. Their original destination was the
Charles river, but the captain decided to land them
at Dorchester Neck, at the end of a two months'
voyage. In the histories of the colonies Edward
Rossiter is spoken of as a "godly man of good re-
pute." who left England for the sake of religion.
He lived to fill his position but a few months after
his arrival in this country. He died October 23,
1630. There is no mention of Sir Edward's wife,
and it is supposed that she had previously died.

(II) Dr. Brayard Rossiter, son of Sir Edward,
was the only member of his family who came with
him. He was accompanied by his wife. ^Elizabeth
(AIsop) Rossiter, whom he married in ' England.
Dr. Rossiter is spoken of in history as a finely edu-
cated man from the best schools in England. He
was one of the principal men who commenced the
settlement of Windsor, Connecticut, in 1636, where
he was a magistrate for eighteen years and where
he became widely known as a physician. In 1652
he moved to Guilford, Connecticut. On March 11,
1662, he performed the first post-mortem in the
Connecticut colony, and history has it that it was
the first autopsy of which there is any record in
New England, and antedating by a dozen years the
one in Boston, in 1674, an account of which is given
by Dr. Greene in his "History of Medicine." Dr.
Rossiter died in Guilford, September 30, 1672. He
had six children, but the only son who had descend-
ants was Josiah.

(III) Josiah was born in Windsor, Connecti-
cut, and went with his father to Guilford. In 1676
he married Sarah Sherman, daughter of Hon. Sam-
uel Sherman, of Stamford and Woodbury, Con-
necticut, from whose grandfather descended Roger
Sherman of Declaration fame. General William
Tecumseh and Senator John Shemian. Josiah
Rossiter became a man of prominence in the col-

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onies. He was judge of the New Haven colony
courts and one of the assistants to the governor for
ten years. He was the first naval officer of the port
of Guilford. He died in Guilford. January 31. 1716.
Josiah and Sarah (Sherman) Rossiter had seven-
teen children, who married and inter-married with
the old Guilford and New Haven families.

(IV) Theophilus, son of Josiah and Sarah
(Sherman) Rossiter, was born in Guilford, Febru-
ary 12, 1696. He married Abigail Pierson, of
Bridgehampton. Long Island. She was the niece of
the first president of Yale College. Theophilus
Rossiter was one of the founders of the first church
at North Guilford, and was deacon at the time of
his death, which occurred April 9, 1770; no further
record appears concerning him. There were twelve
children, the name of only one, William, being
given.

(V) William, son of Theophilus and Abigail
(Pierson) Rossiter, was born in North Guilford,
February II, 1740. He married Submit Chittenden,
a direct descendant of Major William Chittenden,
one of the signers of the covenant of Guilford and
the principal military man of the settlement. His
estate — purchased from the Indians at that time — ■
has been and still is owned by his descendants, who
occupy it during the summer. William Rossiter
died December 28, 1820. He had a family of eleven
children, one of whom was Sherman Rossiter.

(VI) Sherman Rossiter was born in North
Guilford, April 20, 1775, and became the progenitor
of the New Hampshire Rossiters. He came to
Claremont in 1800 and entered quite extensively
into the lumber business. In 1804 he married, in
Guilford, Connecticut, Olive Baldwin, who on her
mother's side was a direct descendant of Theophilus
Eaten, first governor of the New Haven colony, and
of William Jones, one of the later governors of the
colony, and on her father's side she was a descend-
ant of Mary Bruen whose royal ancestry marked
her as one of the aristocrats of the early New
Haven colony. He returned to Claremont with his
bride, where he settled on a fann in the eastern part
of the town. Here he reared and educated a large
family, and by dint of hard work and careful man-
agement accumulated quite a large property for
those times. Being one of the early settlers of the
town his life was necessarily harder and more primi-
tive than it had been in old Guilford, which had
nearly two centuries' start of Claremont, but which
today in the modern march of progress has fallen
far behind the enterprising New Hampshire town.
Sherman Rossiter died October 2, 1838. His wife
survived until August 5, 1863. Memorial windows
for both adorn the Congregational Church in Clare-
mont, which they helped to found. They had nine
children : William, Luzerne S., Stephen J., Timothy
B., Chittenden. Lorette C, Pomeroy M., Submit C.
and R. Van Ness Rossiter. (Mention of Timothy
B. and descendants appears in this article).

(VII) \\Mlliam (2). eldest child of Shemian
and Olive (Baldwin) Rossiter, was born on a farm
in Claremont, September 24, 1805, and died in his

native town. Febr\iar>- 29, i860. He was educated
in the public schools and very early displayed
marked business talent ; he settled in Claremont
Village and engaged in general mercantile business
which he followed for a number of years ; he later
became active in the manufacture of woolen goods
and operated the Sullivan Woolen Mills in company
with Thomas Sanford for several years ; he was
also for a short time connected with a cutlery com-
pany.

William Rossiter held at different times nearly
every office within the gift of his towm ; he was a
representative in the New Hampshire legislature in
1847-48, and was a member of the constitutional
convention. He was one of the promoters of the
Sullivan Railroad from Windsor, Vennont, to Bel-
low's Falls and one of the first directors. Mr. Ros-
siter was a very genial man, was public-spirited and
generous to a high degree, and appeared to have a
much greater interest in w'hatever would promote
the welfare of his town than in the accumulation of
a large property. Although an attendant and a
liberal supporter of the Congregational Church his
giving was not confined to the narrow limits of
one denomination, and it is recorded that when the
Baptists started a subscription for a bell for their
church Mr. Rossiter headed the paper with a larger
sum than given by any other, with a single excep-
tion. Although he was for many years a great suf-
ferer from asthma, he did not yield to the infirmity
and his energy, a strong characteristic, carried him
through many a struggle in which one less endowed
must have yielded. September 20, 1834, William
Rossiter married Lucy Barrett, daughter of Joseph
and Lucy (Damen) Barrett, of Windsor, Vermont
(see Barrett). Their children, all born in Clare-
mont, were : Sarah Baldwin. Adelaide, born June
ID, 1838, died December, 1899. William Henry,
born October 5, 1841, died in Faribault, Minnesota,
November 5, 1862. Albert, born May i, 1843. Al-
bert Rossiter was educated in the public schools of
his native town, in Meriden, and at Kimball L'nion
Academy ; he took high rank in mathematics, be-
came an expert in figures and naturally w-as inter-
ested in banking. He was assistant cashier of the
Claremont Bank for thirty-two years, and was for
a long time treasurer of the Sullivan Savings Insti-
tution ; he has now retired from business and re-
sides in Claremont. He is an attendant of the Con-
gregational Church, and is a Republican in politics.
(VIII) Sarah (Baldwin) Rossiter, eldest child
of William and Lucy (Barrett) Rossiter, was born
July 31, 1836. She was educated in the public
schools and at Kimball Union Academy. May 3.
1858, she married Darius Shaw White, who was
born in Mt. Holly, Vermont, and removed from
that town to Claremont. about 1845. He operated
a stage line from the Claremont & Pullman Rail-
road station and one from the village square to
Claremont Junction. He was also proprietor of the
old Vermont House, then a leading tavern (as it
w^as then called) of the town. Mr. White removed
to Northfield, Minnesota, in 1856. and resumed the

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hotel business. He was afterward associated with
his brother in the same business at Hastings, Minne-
sota. He died in 1883, aged sixty-one years. Mrs.
White returned to her native town after the death
of her husband, and has since made her home in
the fine old Colonial house in Mulberry street,
Claremont, a gift to her from her father.

(VH) Timothy Baldwin, son of Sherman and
Olive (Baldwin) Rossiter, was born in Claremont,
September iS, 1807. He married. May 30, 1836.
Elvira Dustin, a direct descendant of Hannah Dus-
tin, of Indian fame. Starting out in life with a
mortgaged farm, by economy, honest toil, and rare
judgment, he accumulated quite a fortune, being
the largest individual taxpayer in the town of Clare-
mont at the time of his death, which occurred Jan-
uary 16, 1893. They had three children : George
Pomeroy. Edward Augustus, born March 16, 1844,
who later in life became quite prominent in the
clothing business in Albany, New York ; Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania ; and Hartford, Connecticut. He died
at the age of thirty-four, leaving no heir. Ellen,
died at the age of ten years. Elvira (Dustin) Ros-
siter died February 5, 1898.

(VIH) George Pomeroy, eldest son of Tim-
othy Baldwin and Elvira (Dustin) Rossiter, was
born in Calremont, May 6, 1840. He was educated at
the old academy at Claremont, and at Kimball
Union Academy. April 27, 1865, he married Caro-
line Lewis Gleason, whose grandmother, (maiden
name) Lucy Scott, was the first white woman to
spend the night in the town of Plainfield, coming
as a bride on horseback from Connecticut. George
P. Rossiter served the town of Claremont as select-
man in 1864, representative at the legislature in 1891,
and was a member of the constitutional convention
in 1902. He resides in Claremont, in relig^ion is a
Congregationalist, and in politics a Republican.
Children: I. Charles Timothy, born December 21,
1869, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1904 ; in
consequence of poor health he took up farming,
conducting the same on a modern scale ; he married
Gertrude Rindlaub, February' 17, 1906. 2. Edward
J. 3. Robert Gleason, born June 13. 1875. After
attending the Claremont schools he conducted a
lumber business in the town of Claremont.

(IX) Edward J., second son of George P. and
Caroline Lewis (Gleason) Rossiter, was born in
Claremont, April 29, 1871, graduated at Dartmouth
College in 1895, after which he engaged in banking
and real estate in his native town ; a Congrega-
tionalist, Republican, and Mason. On August 22,
1899, he married Sarah Edith Jones, daughter of
Thomas and Sarah (Bill) Jones, of Worcester.
Massachusetts. Sarah Edith (Jones) Rossiter was
born in Burten Head, near Liverpool, England, Oc-
tober 20, 1871, and came to America with her par-
ents when very young. She was educated in the
schools of Worcester. Her father, Thomas Jones,
has been a large stone contractor, having erected
stone buildings all over New England and the mid-
dle west, and is still living in Worcester, Edward
J. and Snrah Edith (Jones) Rossiter have two chil-

dren, Olive, born December 6, 1900. and Brayard
Thomas, May 16, 1902.

The name of Lamson is often spelled
LAM SON Lambson or Lampson, but the earliest

form appears to be Lambton. Robert
de Lambton, feudal lord of Lambton castle in the
county of Durham, England, died in 1350, and the
estate is still in the possession of his descendants.
Like many other ancient British families they are
said to have been of Danish origin. William, the
first American ancestor, came from Durham county,
and his name first appears as Lambton. This soon
underwent modifications in the early records. In
1834 two bearing the name of Lamson or its allied
forms had graduated from Harvard, and four from
other New England colleges.

(I) William Lamson, or Lambton. came from
Durham county, England, to Ipswich, Massachu-
setts, in 1637. He came over in the fleet with Win-
throp. He settled in that part of Ipswich now called
Hamilton, and w'as made a freeman there on May 17,
1637. His wife was Sarah Ayres. He died February
I. 1659. leaving a w'idow, Sarah Lamson, and eight
children. She married. April 10, 1661, Thomas
Hartshorn, of Reading, Massachusetts.

(II) John, son of William and Sarah (.\yres)
Lamson, is found in the list of those entitled by law
to vote in town affairs in 1679. He was one of the
trial jury in the superior court at Salem in 1693 for
the trial of those charged with witchcraft. He mar-
ried Martha Perkins, who was born in 1649, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Phoebe (Gould) Perkins.

(III) William (2), son of John and Martha
(Perkins) Lamson, was married, in 1706, to Lydia
Porter, daughter of John and Lydia (Herrick)
Porter.

(IV) Jonathan, son of William (2) and
Lydia (Porter) Lamson. was commissioned ensign
in the Revolutionary war. He married Anna Dane.

(V) William (3), son of Jonathan and Anna
(Dane) Lamson, was a native of Ipswich, and re-
moved from that town to .Amherst, New Hampshirfe,
in 1783, being the first of the family to remove to
this state. He settled in the northwest parish of
.'Vmherst, which became Mont Vernon twenty years
after he located there. He signed the association
test in .Amherst in 1776, and was chosen by the town
two years later to provide for the families of sol-
diers in the war. In the last year of the war he
was one of a committee to hire soldiers. He was
active in securing the incorporation of the tow-n of
Mont Vernon, and was in every way a useful citi-
zen. He married Mary Lummas.

(VI) William (4), son of William (3) and
Mary (Lummas) Lamson, resided through life in
Mont Vernon on the farm that he inherited from
his father. He married Sebinh Jones, and they had
six children : William O., Mary. Seviroh, .Augusta,
.■\daline. Nancy E.

(VII) William Osborn, son of William (4)
and Sebiah (Jones) Lamson, was born September
It, 1808, in Mont Vernon, He w-as a farmer and

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lived on the old homestead originally owned by his
grandfather. He was captain of the state miHtia
for a number of yeajs. He was a Republican in
politics, but he never cared to hold office. He at-
tended the Congregational Church, and was a man
of excellent standing in the community. On Jan-
uary 10, 1849, he married Orindia Felton Odell,
■daughter of Luther and Betsey (Green) Odell.
She was born in Amherst. New Hampshire, Feb-
ruary 16, 1819, and died in ]\Iont Vernon, Novem-
ber 24, 1874. Captain Lamson died July 12, 1896,
at the advanced age of eighty-eight. Their chil-
dren : Harriett P., born April 6, 1850. Marriett A.,
April 6, 1850. Ella T., December 4, 1851. Ellen
O., December 4. 1851. Ida H., September 20, 1853.
Frank O., October 20, 1858.

(VHI) Frank Osborn, son of Captain William
O. and Orindia F. (Odell) Lamson, was born at
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, October 20, 1858.
He was educated in the public schools, and has
been a farmer all his life. He owns about four
hundred acres of land, of which he keeps sixty
acres under cultivation. He makes a specialty of
the raising of Holstein cattle. He is a Republican
in politics, and active in the interests of his party.
He has held many town offices, has been a select-
man since 1903, and representative in 1906. He
served on the school board for twelve years. He is
a member of the Grange Lodge. Mr. Lamson is a
man of pleasing personality and progressive ideas.
He belongs to the Congregational Church. Onl
January 9. iSgo, Frank O. Lamson married Marcia
Ellen Batchelder. daughter of Deacon George Gage
and Mary Elizabeth (Horn) Batchelder, of Mont
Vernon, New Hampshire. She was educated in the
schools of her native town. Her father was a cur-
rier and farmer. He served as selectman, belonged
to Prospect Grange, and was a deacon of the Con-
gregational Oiurch. Mrs. Batchelder came from
Dover, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Frank O.
Lamson have four children : Albert Batchelder,
born July 31, 1891 ; Ella May. March 5. 1895; Will-
iam Osborn, July 29, 1900, and Frank H., October 7,
1906.

According to Cogswell's History of
WOOD Henniker, New Hampshire, Eliphalet

Wood was the fifth in descent from Wil-
liam Wood, who came from Matlack. Derbyshire,
England, in 1638. and settled in Concord, Massa-
chusetts, where he died May 14. 1671. aged eighty-
nine years. But no Eliphalet of that generation is
mentioned in the Wood genealogy, nor are the
names of his descendants indexed in that work;
hence, the line cannot be traced farther back than
his record.

(I) Eliphalet Wood lived in Concord. Massa-
chusetts, afterwards in Westboro, where his chil-
dren were born. The name of his wife is unknown.
They had eight children : Jonathan, born April 13,
1753: Joshua, mentioned below; Jesse; Jabez ; Lucy ;
Molly, married John Harthorn : Betty, married
Joshua Whitney; Patty, married W. Adams.

(H) Joshua, second son and child of Eliphalet
Wood, was born in 1756, in Westboro, Massachu-
setts. On December 25, 1777, he married Elizabeth
Bradish, and settled upon the farm which after-
wards descended to his grandson, Joseph. He died
October 22, 1836, and his wife died October 28,
1827. They had seven children : Patty, born July
27, 1780. married Elisha Rice. Levi, mentioned be-
low. Betsey, born July 22, 1785, died August 7,
1807. Eunice, born July 9, 178S, died July 13, 1866,
unmarried. James Bradish, born April 17, 1791.
Elijah, born September 10. 1795. Lucy, born
August 24, 1798, died October i, 1873, unmarried.

■ (HI) Levi, eldest son and second child of
Joshua and Elizabeth (Bradish) Wood, w-as born
April 15, 1782. He married Prudence Chamberlain,
February 26, 1S07, and they lived on the homestead.
He died March 14, 1866, and his wife died Novem-
ber I. 1863. They had four children: Imri, born
April 25, 1808. Alanson, mentioned below. Ly-
man, born November 7, 1813, married Zylphia A.
Gould, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, became a
carpenter, and died in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Hannah H., born October 3, 1816, married C. P.
McAdams.

(IV) Alanson. second son and child of Levi
and Prudence (Chamberlain) Wood, was born at
Henniker, New Hampshire, May 3, 1810. He lived
in Henniker all his life, and was a miller and
farmer. He was a Democrat in politics, and at-
tended the Methodist Church. His first wife, the
mother of his children, was Mary Colby, daughter
of Silas Colby, whom he married January 13, 1834.
She died May 13, 1865. In June, 1866., he married
his second wife, Mrs, Poor. The si.x children of
Alanson and Mary (Colby) Wood were: Levi, born
1834, died July 31, 1S37. Lenora A., born October
17, 1836, married Jason H. Whitney. Silas F., born
April 17, 1S40. Horace H., mentioned below.
Marietta, born February 9. 1849, married George M.
Poor, vv'ho served in the Civil war in Company C,
Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. Ida
F., born January 17, 1S54. Alanson Wood died
November 13, 1873.

(V) Horace Hanson, fourth son and fifth child
of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Wood, was born in
Hillsboro, New Hampshire, April 21, 1842. For
three years he was a farmer in Hillsboro, then went
to West Concord. New Hampshire, and worked in
Holden's mills for about a year. He removed to
Manchester, New Hampshire, and stayed in the
mills there for one year. He then came to Laconia,
New Hampshire, where he worked in the mills for
twenty-five years, starting as second hand, and be-
ing promoted several times. He then started a
shoddy mill in the adjoining town of Lakeport, which
he managed for two years. For the next five years
he was overseer in the Gilford Hosiery Mills. In
1880 he started large woolen and hosiery mills on
the west side of the river in Lakeport. In 1903,
when fire swept Lakeport. both mills were burned.
He immediately started to build again, and in the
meantime he managed a mill on the otiier side of

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the river. In 1906 his new mills were running.
Mr. Wood is a Republican in politics. He is a
Thirty-second degree Mason. He is a member of
Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 36, Free and Accepted
Masons; Union Chapter, No. 7. Royal Arch Ma-
sons; Pythagorean Council, No. 6, Royal and Select
Masons; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar,
all of Laconia ; New Hampshire Consistory, Nashua,
and Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Concord. Mr.
Wood married Mary J. Lovejoy, daughter of David
and Melinda (Chase) Lovejoy, of Meredith. New
Hampshire.

A casual glance into the origin of the
WOOD Woods in America discloses the fact
that the majority of them are descended
from two immigrants: William, who came over in
1638, settling in Concord. Massachusetts, and John
(see Atwood), who arrived at Plymouth, same
state, in 1643. Both came from England. The
New Hampshire Woods are undoubtedly the poster-
ity of the first-named immigrant, through the lat-
ter's only son Michael, but the writer has thus far
been unable to identify with certainty the ancestors
prior to those herein mentioned.

(I) Joshua Wood, who was born in Pomfret,
Connecticut, in 1755, went to Keene in the latter
part of the eighteenth century and was actively
concerned in the early development of the town,
where he died in 1S20. Joshua Wood was one of
the valued and valuable citizens of the early yeans
of Keene, and is said to have owned the first wagon
in that town. He contributed in many ways to its
substantial and moral development. He and his
wife w-ere among the early members of the First
Congregational Church of Keene, and the family
identification with this church embraces a period of
one hundred years. Joshua Wood and his son
Amos were soldiers in the War of 1812. He mar-
ried Esther Estey, and his children were: Esther,
Hannah, Polly, Judith, Daniel. Amos, Sally. Lucy,
Nathan. George, Isaac and David. All of these
children save one. George, who died at sea, lived to
be over fifty years of age.

(II) Nathan, son of Joshua and Esther (Es-
tey) Wood, was born in Keene, May 31, 1800. He
acquired his education in the district schools. Hav-
ing learned the blacksmith's trade he established
himself in business on what is now Mechanic
street, which he carried on with unusual prosperity
until injured by a horse, and finding himself in
comfortable circumstances he determined to gratify
his long cherished ambition of becoming an inde-
pendent farmer. From his properties in Keene Mr.
Wood gave to the city the land now occupied by
Woodburn, Davis and Mechanic streets. Mr. Wood
was thus an important factor in the development of
Keene, the streets named containing much of the
best residential and some of the leading manufac-
turing properties of the city. Going to Walpole,
New Hampshire, in 1850. he purchased a piece of
agricultural property located on a bluff overlooking
the entrance of Cold river into the Connecticut, and

he remained there some three years, at the expira-
tion of which time he returned to Keene. There he
continued to follow agriculture with success, and
was one of the most prominent citizens of his day.
Prior to relinquishing his business in Keene he had
purchased the land lying between the General Wil-
son homestead and the Elliot residence and extend-
ing to the river. The farm, which he purchased
upon his return, comprised the land now bounded
by Court street, Portland street and the Ashuelot
river. Mr. Wood lived a life of generally' rec-
ognized usefulness, and died a Christian gentleman.
Mr. Nathan Wood was an ensign in the Twentieth
Regiment of Fifth Brigade of New Hampshire
Militia. His honorable discharge bears date of April
16. 1822. His death occurred December 4, 1861.

He married Lorinda Ruggles, of Rutland, Ver-
mont, born April 4. 1804, died August 18, 1841.
She became the mother of four daughters, namely :
Julia R., born August, 1825, died in Washington,,
D. C., February 16, 1905, the widow of Levi Potter.
Susan E., born May 22, 1828, married Hon. J. J.
Allen. Jr., whom she survived. She died in Keene,
August 20. IQ02. Sarah L., born May 20, 1833. now
residing in Keene. Mary L., born June 20, 1841,.
died March 16, 1846.

(I) Gardner Wood was born in Orange,_ Mass-
achusetts, December 27, 1806, and died in Athol,
same state. April 15, 1873. His wife was before
marriage Joan Dunbar.

(II) Wright, son of Gardner and Joan (Dun-
bar) Wood, was born in Orange, Jime 18, 1835. At
an early age he entered mercantile business as a
clerk in a general store in his native town, from
whence he went to Richmond. New Hampshire,
where he occupied a similar position for about five
years, and from the latter place he removed to
Ashuelot in order to accept a clerkship with Messrs.
Hammond and Weeks, general merchants of that
town. In company with A. W. Ball he later pur-
chased the store vVhich was carried on under the
firm name of Ball & Wood for the succeeding
twelve years, when Mr. Wood became sole proprie-
tor of the business and conducted it successfully
for the remainder of his life. He died in Ashuelot,
February 24, 1895. He married Augusta M. Bar-
den, of Winchester. New Hampshire, and reared
two sons, Herbert W. and Garry D.

(III) Herbert Wright, elder son of Wright and
Augusta M. (Barden) Wood, was born in Rich-
mond. December 14, 1861. He was educated in the
Ashuelot public schools, and at the age of seven-
teen years entered his father's store as a clerk. He
continued to assist his father until the latter's de-
cease, when he took charge of the business and has
ever since managed it with profitable results. In
politics Mr. Wood supports the Republican party.
He married Lizzie H. Wood, daughter of Eben and
Hannah (Patten) Wood, of Cherryfield, Maine.

Houghton was a very common

HOUGHTON name in Massachusetts in the

Colonial times, and one hundred

and sixteen Houghtons are mentioned in the list of

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Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolu-
tionary war. Ralph Houghton, one of the earlier
of this name in New England, was born in England
in 1623, and died April 15, 1705. He immigrated
from England between 1635 and 1647, and was one
of the founders of Lancaster, Massachusetts. He
removed to Woburn in 1675, to jMilton in 1682, and
returned to Lancaster in 1685, and to Milton in
1690. He built in Milton a homestead in which
seven generations of his descendants were born.
He was the first town clerk of Lancaster, Massa-
chusetts, about 1647. and representative in 1673 and
1689. He married Jane (surname unknown), born
1626, died January 10, 1701. Tradition says he was
the son of Sir Richard Houghton. Baronet, of
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England, and fought
against Charles I. although his family fought for
the king. The Houghtons of Hoghton Tower are
descended from Roger de Busli, one of the follow-
ers of William the Conqueror, A. D., 1066.

(HI) Henry Houghton, who was probably a
grandson of Ralph, resided in Lancaster, and was a
soldier in some of the expeditions against the In-
dians. The records of Sergeant Thomas Buckmin-
ster. of Framingham, show that he served in his
command one week and six days but the character
of the services is not indicated. He was married
in Watertown, Massachusetts. Januar>' 2, 1700, to
Abigail Barren.

(IV) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) and Abi-
gail (Barren) Houghton, was baptized in Lancaster,
April 19, 1702, and lived in that part of the original
Lancaster, which is now Harvard. He was a prom-
inent citizen, active in town affairs, and died De-
cember 23, 1777. The records show that Henry
Houghton served in Captain Josiah Willard's com-
pany from June 3 to November 10, 1725. This was,
no doubt an expedition against the Indians, and the
Henry Houghton here referred to is probably
Henry (2). as his father at that time would be
somewhat advanced in years. He was married, No-
vember 24, 1725, to Elizabeth Rand, of Stow, and
their children were : Asa, Joseph, Aretas, Elizabeth,
Abigail, Sarah and John.

(V) Asa Houghton, son of Henry (2) and
Elizabeth (Rand) Houghton, was born January 20,
1727. in Lancaster, and was a captain in the militia
in 1774 during the Revolutionary war. He was a
member of the committee of safety in Lancaster.
A few years after that struggle his homestead was
annexed to Boxborough. He was married January
4, 1750, to Elizabeth Rand.

(VI) Asa (2), son of Asa ii) and Elizabeth
(Rand) Houghton, was born February 14, 1758, in
Harvard, and lived in that town, where he was cap-
tain of the militia and a useful and active citizen.
He was married December 9, 1779, to Dorcas
Moore, of Bolton. Their children were : Levi, Jacob,
Reuben. Asa, Jabez. Thirza, Obed and Oliver.

(VII) Jacob, second son and child of Asa (2)
and Dorcas (Moore) Houghton, was born January
21, 1782, and lived in Boxborough, perhaps all the
time on the same home.stcad. Hi's wife's name was

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Sarah and their children were: Lucy, Jane, Sarah,
.■\lvin W., Whitcomb, Mercy, Abel and George W.

(VIII) Alvin W., eldest son and fourth child
of Jacob and Sarah (Whitcoinb ?) Houghton, was
born February 28, 1813. in Boxborough, Massachu-
setts, and died in San Francisco, California, Octo-
ber 8, 1899, aged eighty-five. He was employed for
some years in the cotton factories of Lowell. When
he left there he removed to Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, where he became overseer in the spinning de-
partment of the Amoskeag mills. He gave up this
employment to go into the furniture business, which
he carried on foT five years. In the early days of
excitement over the discovery of gold in California
he went there and engaged in mining for some time.
He made three visits to California, on one of which
he took his son, and rounded Cap€ Horn. He
finally returned to California, and from that time
until his death was successfully engaged in the
furniture business. He married, in Lowell, Esther
H. Runnells, who died in Manchester, 1892, aged
seventy-four. Five children were born of this mar-
riage : Wealthy Maria, Sarah, Alvin Oscar,
George Albert and Revilo Gardner. Sarah died in
infancy, and Alvin Oscar and George Albert were
drowned in Stevens Pond, in June, 1865. both being
grown young men.

(IX) Revilo Gardner, youngest and only sur-
viving child of Alvin W. and Esther H. (Runnells)
Houghton, was born in Manchester, August 15,
1S57. After leaving the common schools he be-
came a clerk in the dry goods store of Joseph Wes-
ton, where he worked from the time he was fifteen
until he was seventeen years old. Then entering
the Amoskeag machine shop he worked two years
at the tinner's trade. Afterward he learned the
plumber's trade, while in the employ of Thomas A.
Lane, and later took service with the People's Gas-
light Company of Manchester, where he has been
employed for twenty years, and for a number of
years has been foreman of repairs. He is an able
and faithful employe. For the past thirty years he
has been a call member of the Manchester Fire
Company. He is also a member of Wildey Lodge,
No. 45, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He
married, 1877, Theresa Gillis. daughter of Michael
Gillis. He married (second), in Wolfboro, June,
1901, Blanche L. Chase, daughter of Charles F. and
Sarah (Getchell) Chase. By this first marriage
there was one child, Maud E., who married H. W.
Caswell, and lives in Gardner, Massachusetts.

The Garvins or New Hampshire are
GARVIN of Irish extraction, and descended

froiTi an ancestor who came to the
state in the first half of the eighteenth century.
Many of both the earlier and the later generations,
like the immigrant, have shown their liking for
salt water by becoming seafarers.

James Garvin, the immigrant, was born in Ire-
land, and came to America, it is said, as a stow-
away after 1700. He was a sailor and finally a sea
captain. He settled in Rollinsford (then Soniers-

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worth), probably before 1740, and built a store at
what is now known as the lower landing, and be-
came a trader in West India goods. He was a
man of substance and influente, and lived until
1787, perhaps. He married Sarah Hobbs, and they
had seven children: James, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ra-
chel, John, Thomas and Paul.

(I) Benjamin F., youngest son and .child of
Jacob and Margaret (Watts) Garvin, was born
in Litchfield, February 16, 1820, and died in Derry,
June, 1904. He learned shoemaking and followed
that occupation for a number of years. In 1861 he
became station agent at Londonderry, for the Man-
chester & Lawrence Railroad. During the Civil
war he owned and conducted a store in London-
derry near the railroad station, and also dealt in
ship timber. He was a good business man and a
member of the board of selectmen. He married,
1842, Nancy Spinney, who was born in Manchester,
January 9, 1824, and died 1904, daughter of Alex-
ander and Zila (Dow) Spinney, of Manchester.
They had seven children: Augustus F., Eldora J.,
George Spinney, Norman (died young), Clarence
Norman, Elwin W. and Arthur O.

(H) Captain George Spinney, second son and
third child of Benjamin F. and Nancy (Spinney)
Garvin, was born in Londonderry, March 18, 1845.
He was educated in the district schools, and at the
age of sixteen left home, and in November, 1861, en-
listed at Boston, Massachusetts, in an independent
company for service in the Civil war. In six months
he was discharged from this organization and be-
came a member of Company B, Third Maryland
Infantry. After seeing six months service in Balti-
more, Maryland, he was glad to be discharged at
Washington, and returned home. April 9, 1864,
he again left home and soon after shipped at New
Bedford, Massachusetts, on board a vessel called
the "Aurie Taft," for a whaling voyage. The ship
returned after a voyage of eighteen months with a
cargoe of one thousand barrels of oil, having visited
Hudson Bay, where they were frozen in one winter.
He continued to follow the" sea and passed through
the grades of boat steerer, third mate, second mate,
first mate, and finally was made captain of the ship
"Isabella" in 1878. He sailed out of San Francisco
twenty-two consecutive years, and during his life
as a mariner made thirty-seven voyages and never
experienced a wreck or serious accident. He has
visited almost all the maritime countries of the
world. The ships he commanded were "Isabella"
spoken of above, and the steam whaler "Orca"
owned by the Pacific Steam Whaling Company of
San Francisco, and this was the largest vessel en-
gaged in whale fishing in the Arctic Ocean. In
1891 he built a handsome residence and outbuildings
at Londonderry Depot, New Hampshire, v.-hich has
been his residence since. In 1903 he forsook the
ocean and returned to Londonderry, where he has
since resided.

He married in Londonderry, October 26, 1877,
Laura Furbcr, who was born in Massachusetts, and
died in 1895, daughter of John S. and Laura J.

(McQuestion) Furber, of Manchester, New Hamp-
shire. They had one son, George Oliver, now a
resident of Salem, Massachusetts. Captain Garvin
married (second) Sarah C. Field, of Saco, Maine.
Mrs. Garvin's mother now resides with her, and is
healthy and active, although aged ninety years.

(II) Clarence Norman, fifth child and fourth
son of Benjamin F. and Nancy (Spinney) Garvin,
was born in Londonderry, January 7, 1854. He re-
ceived his education in the public schools, and at
the age of fifteen years began to learn shoemaking,
and for nearly thirty years has worked at that busi-
ness continuously for the Pillsbury Shoe Company,
except a period of four or five j-ears when he was a
clerk in iNIanchester. He resided in Londonderry until
1898, when he removed to West Derry, where he
now lives. In 1903 he was appointed postmaster at
West Derry, and after serving four years was re-
appointed January i, 1907.

He married, in Manchester, February 9, 1873,
Abbie D. Wilson, who was born in Londonderry,
December 28, 1855, daughter of John P. and Adaline
(Auris) Wilson, of Londonderry (see Wilson IV).
They have three children : Fred E., Lilla B. and
Chester A. Fred E. married, July, 1894, at Derry,
Emma Provencher, who was born in Canada. They
have two children: Florence, born May 11, 1S95,
and Beatrice, August 7, 1900.

That the Peavey family was not
PEAVEY among the first three generations of
settlers in New England seems to
appear from the absence of any mention of it in
Savage's work; from the limited number of persons
of that name now living; and from the few soldiers
of that name in the Revolutionary war, of whom
only one went from Massachusetts and eleven from
New Hampshire. Thomas Peavey, of Andover,
Massachusetts, was a private in Captain Joshua
Holt's (Fourth Andover) Company, which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge. Major
Peter Peavey, of Andover, Massachusetts, settled
in Wilton, New Hampshire, where he had a son
Peter, born in 17S8. Edward Peavey died in the ser-
vice of the Revolutionary war, and his children were
early pioneers of Tuftonborough. Charles Peavey
was born in Newington, December, 1790. The early
seat of the family in New Hampshire seems to
have been in or about Hampton Falls, since we find
in the records of that town the record of the birth
of Anthony Peavey, born November, 1856, son of
Anthony and Mary (French) Peavey, residents of
Hampton Falls. Anthony Peavey was a private
in Captain Richard Sinclair's company. Colonel
Thomas Bartlett's regiment, raised about Exeter
and Portsmouth. He engaged July 8, 1780, and
was discharged October 28, 1780, after serving
three months and twenty-one days, the company
went to West Point. He also appears by another
volume to have been in the service January i.

(I) Anthony Peavev was a resident of Farm-
ington, where he died. (An Anthony Peavey was
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of New Durham, to Sally Knight, both of Farm-
ington.)

(II) Anthony (2), son of Anthony (i) and
Sally (Knight) Peavey, was born in Farminston,
February 28, 1822, and died there March 31, 1871.
He was a shoemaker. He married, Deceniber 2,
1849, Lizzie Edgerly, who was born September 8,
1828, daughter of John and Tamson Dowe; she
died Deceniber 17, 1868. Nine children were born
of this union : Warren E., deceased. Florence E.
(Mrs. Charles R. Bragdon), of Woonsocket, Rhode
Island, one daughter, Minnie. Isidore E., of Farm-
ington, unmarried. Ernest E., of Farmington, a
shoecutter, married (first) Minnie Banfield, one
daughter, Elsie; married (second) Pansy Wallace,
one son, Carroll. Selvin D., deceased. Elwin E.,
shoeworker at Chelsea, Massachusetts. Infant, not
named. Will Lincoln, see forward. Fannie M.,
deceased.

(III) Will Lincoln, eighth child and sixth son
of Anthony (2) and Lizzie (Edgerly) Peavey, was
born in Farmington, March 31, 1865, and was left
without a father at the age of six years. From that
time until he was sixteen years of age he lived in
the family of George Plummer, a farmer of West
Milton, attending school a part of each year. In
1882 he took a commercial course at New Hampton,
and in 1884 became a clerk in the store of Emerson
& Garland, druggists, at Farmington. In 1889 he
bought a half interest in the business and the tirm
became Roberts & Peavey and continued until 1897,
when Mr. Peavey sold his interest and became an
equal partner in the dry goods business with S. A.
Leavitt, the firm taking the style of S. A. Leavitt
& Co. Three years later he bought out his partner
and has since conducted the business alone. He is
a Republican, but prefers the profits of commerce to
the laurels of politics, and has filled no public of-
fices. He is a member of the Free Baptist Church
at Farmington and one of its wardens. He is also
a member of Woodbine Lodge, No. 41, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and Cocheco Lodge, No. 14,
Ancient Order United Workmen. He married,
December 20, 18S6, Alice Leavitt, who was born in
Farmington, daughter of Almon and Ellen Jones
Leavitt, of Farmington. They had one child, Mer-
tonL., born July 21, 1891, and now a student in
the Farmington high school.

Graf is a German word and means count.
GRAF Its use as a surname is probably derived

from the title of a character in one of the
religious plays of some centuries ago, rather than
from the aristocratic birth of the first bearer. The
later generations of Grafs are proving that practical
business ability is better than a title.

(I) Johann Michael, second son of Carl Graf,
Lutheran minister, was born in Banzenweiler, Ba-
varia, February 17, 1808, and received a good edvi-
cation at Anspach, Bavaria. After learning the trade
weaver he went to Asch, Bohemia, Austria, where
he resided until deadi, 1S90. He was a successful
manufacturer of textile goods, and a leading citi-

zen of Asch. He took an active interest in the
afifairs of the laboring people, and was one of the
promoters of the first savings bank in Asch. In
religious faith he was a Lutheran, and a liberal sup-
porter of the church. Fle married, in 1835, Anna
Maria Gocpel, born at Asch, January 24,
181 1, only daughter of Carl Gocpel, born
in Saxe-Weimar, and his wife Maria Gries-
hammer, who was born in Schcenwald, Ba-
varia. The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
Graf was celebrated in a notable manner in 1885.
Eleven children were born of this union.

(II) Johann Adam, sixth son and ninth child of
Johann M. and Anna M. (Goepel) Graf, was born
in Asch, September . 29, 1848. He obtained a very
practical education in the public schools of Asch,
supplemented by private lessons after school hours,
at noon and in the afternoon of each day. At
thirteen years of age he began to learn hand and
power loom weaving and manufacturing at Hof,
Bavaria. He continued to follow that occupation
until 1866, when he came to America, and on May
19th of that year settled in Manchester. There he
went to work as a weaver under the supervision of
Captain Mason, an overseer of the Amoskeag Man-
ufacturing Company. In 1868, under direction of
Mr. Canis, he started the first two hundred gingham
looms ever operated by the Amoskeag Company.
Faithful attention to business and good work
brought him promotion to second hand in 1874, a^d
in 1883 he was appointed overseer, and now has
charge of one of the weave rooms of No. 11 Mill,
where two hundred and sixty hands are employed.
He has been as careful with his earnings as he has
with his work, and has invested in real estate. Mr.
Graf is a Republican in politics, and has been re-
peatedly honored by election to office by the men of
his party. He was councilman from his ward in
1893-94, and alderman in 1895-96, and as chair-
man of the committee on land and buildings he
built the High, Straw, Wilson and the Parker
school buildings. He has been trustee of Pine
Grove cemetery since 1895, and moderator of
ward 7 since 1898. In 1897-98 he served as repre-
sentative, and was elected state senator and served
the seventeenth district in 1895-96. He was ap-
pointed by Governor Chester B. Jordon commis-
sioner to represent the textile industries of the state
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis,
in 1904, and was sent by the commission to St.
Louis to accept a lot for New Hainpshire in 1892.
Mr. Graf is a man of many good qualities of mind
and heart, and is highly respected by a large circle
of friends. He is an active member of the Frank-
lin Street Church (Congregational), and has been
an Odd Fellow for thirty-seven years, and is a
member of Hillsborough Lodge, No. 2.

He married, January II, i86g, at Manchester,
Emma M. Cooley, eldest daughter of Charles and
Mary Minerva (Crandal) Cooley, of Landsafif. They
have two sons : Harry Charles and Edwin Adam.

Harry C. Graf, born in Lakeport, New Hamp-
shire, March 3, 1873, was educated in the public

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schools of Manchester and at the Philadelphia Tex-
tile School. Since 1900 he has been a postal clerk.
He married June 28, 1895, Flora B. Folsom of
Somersworth, New Hampshire, and resides in Man-
chester. One child, Kenneth Folsom, born April
22, 1906.

Edwin A. Graf, born September 15, 1882, was
educated in the public and high schools of Manches-
ter. He is a second hand in the Amoskeag ]\Iills.
He married, September 12, 1906, Lena Bower, of
Manchester.

The original seat of this family
CONVERSE was in Navarre, France, from
which place removed to England
Roger de Coigniers, near the close of the reign of
William the Conqueror. He was appointed con-
stable of Durham by the bishop of Durham. Among
his descendants Conyers of Horden, Durham, was
created a baronet, July I, 1548. Sir Humphrey of
the eighth generation wrote the name Coigners, and
Sir Christopher of the twentieth generation adopted
the form Cornyers. Those bearing the name in
Navarre were Huguenors or French Protestants
and in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's day in
1572, many of this family fell victims. At this time
Pierre Coigniers, who was attached to the court of
Henry IV of France, made his escape with his wife
and two infants and settled in the county of Essex,
England. In England the spelling of the name was
quite naturally changed to correspond with its pro-
nunciation of Conyers. Some of the descendants
now spell it Convers and it took this form for some
general:ions after coming to America.

(I) The immigrant ancestor was Deacon Ed-
ward Convers, who came to New England in the
fleet of Governor Winthrop in 1630, and settled in
Charlestown, Massachusetts. In 1631 a grant was
made to him of the first ferry between Charlestown
and Boston, and of this he retained control for sev-
eral years under the favor of the general court. In
the same year he was admitted a freeman, and was
selectman from 1635 to 1640. His name is first on
the list of seven commissioners appointed by the
church in Charlestown to arrange for a settlement
at Woburn. With others he removed to the new
town and ably assisted -in its settlement and organ-
ization, and after its incorporation he became one
of its most useful and honored citizens. He was
selectman of the town from 1644 until hi's death,
and was one of the commissioners for the trial of
minor causes. He was also one of the founders of
the Woburn Church and a deacon for many years.
His residence was in what is now a part of Win-
chester, and there he died August 10, 1663, aged
seventy-three years. He was accompanied on his
journey to America by his wife Sarah and several
children. She died January 14, 1662, and he was
married (second) September 19, following, to
Joanna, widow of Ralph Sprague. He had three
sons and a daughter : Josiah, James, Samuel and
Mary.

(II) James, second ?on of Deacon Edward and

Sarah Convers, was a native of England, born 1619-
20, and came to America with his father when a
child. He resided in Woburn and according to the
history of that town "through long life he was a
very valuable and highly esteemed citizen and was
repeatedly honored by the town with the principle
offices." He died May 10, 1717, aged ninety-five
years. He was married October 24, 1643. to Anna
Long, daughter of Robert Long, of Charlestown,
and they were the parents of ten children.

(III) Major James (2) Convers, eldest son of
Ensign James (i) Convers, was born October 16,
1645, in W'oburn, and died there July 8, 1706, in the
sixty-first year of his age. He was a man of con-
siderable prominence in civil affairs, and also won
distinction in the war with the French and Indians.
His daring and successful defence of Storer's Gar-
rison at Wells in the year 1691, and during the war
usually styled "King William's War." earned him
promotion to the rank of major. He was ten years
a member of the general court, and was three times
elected speaker of the house. He was married Jan-
uary I, 1669, to Hannah Carter, who was born Jan-
uary 19, 1651, a daughter of Captain John and
Elizabeth Carter, of Woburn. They had nine chil-
dren, only five of whom survived the period of
youth.

(IV) John, son of Major James (2) and
Hannah (Carter) Converse, was born August 22,
1673, in Woburn. and resided in that town until
after 170S. when he was absent about twenty years.
It is probable that during this time he lived in
Dunstable, as he was a resident of that town sub-
sequently. He was married May 22, 1699, to Abi-
gail Sawyer, who was born March 17, 1679. daugh-
ter of Joshua Sawyer, of Woburn. The births of
two of their children are recorded in Woburn
previous to 1708, and his next appearance in the
records of that town is at the birth of his son John,
July 31, 1728. The older children were Joshua and
Patience, and there were probably others between,
the record of whose births has not been discovered.

(V) Joshua, eldest son of John and Abigail
(Sawyer) Converse, was born June 3, 1704, in
Woburn, but was early a resident of Dunstable. In
the year 1729 he removed to lot number four, within
the .present town of Merrimack, New Hampshire,
then constituting a part of the tract lying on both
sides of the river known by the name of Naticook,
or Litchfield. He was frequently elected to office,
serving as moderator, assessor and selectman, and
upon several important committees. He was
drowned in the Merrimack river in 1744. In the
return of his estate found in the probate records it
is shown to have been valued at one thousand, two
hundred and five pounds, fourteen shillings and
four pence. His property included an interest in a
saw mill and in other lands besides his homestead.
His personal property was valued at nearly one
hundred and forty-five pounds, outside of bonds,
notes and book debts, which nearly trebled that
amount. He was married July 31, 1729. to Rachael
Blanchard, who was born March 23, 1712, in Dun-

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stable, seventh daughter and eighth child of Joseph
and Abiah (Hassel) Blanchard. (See Blanchard
III). This marriage is recorded in Woburn and
both parties are described as at Dunstable. The
births of two of their children, Joseph and Jesse, is
found upon the records of the ancient town of
Litchfield, and the third, Zebulon, is recorded in
Merrimack, which was in 1744. There were no
doubt other older children which do not appear of
record. Joseph's birth is recorded as occurring in
November, 1739.

(VI) Robert, who was undoubtedly a son of
Joshua and Rachae! (Blanchard) Converse, was
born in 1735. The History of Amherst says he
was born in Woburn and this might easily has been
true during a visit of his parents to that town. It
is more probable.- however, that he was born in
Litchfield. In 1783 he settled in the town of Am-
herst, adjoining the town where he was reared, and
there died Marcih 30, 1826. He was married in
1778 to Mary Lamb, who died December 15, 1827,
aged eighty-seven years. For a time they resided
in Stoneham, Massachusetts, where their eldest son
was born. Their children were : Josiah, Ebenezer
and Rebecca.

(VII) Ebenezer, second son and child of
Robert and Mary (Lamb) Converse, was born Feb-
ruary 25, 1779, in Stoneham. Massachusetts, and
died in South Merrimack, New Hampshire, August
25, i86t. It is probable that the family home was
on the border of Amherst and Merrimack and prob-
ably included land in both towns. He was married
in November, 1805, to Rhoda Bowtell, who was
born in Amherst, July 14. 1875, aged ninety-four
years. Their children were: Ebenezer, Joseph
Earner. George, Mary, Luther, Abigail, Charles,
Rufus, Rhoda and Robert.

(VIII) Rufus, sixth son and eighth child of
Ebenezer and Rhoda (Bowtell) Converse, was born
May 23, 1819, in Amherst, and died in Milford, New
Hampshire, March II, 1906. He was a successful
lumber dealer for the long period of forty years,
conducting his operations in Amherst and Milford,
New Hampshire, and in addition to this he also
conducted agricultural pursuits. He married. Sep-
tember 6, 1849, Eliza Ritterhush. daughter of Chris-
topher Columbus Ritterbush, who was of German
descent. Four children were the issue of this mar-
riage, two of whom are living, namely : Carrie and
Mary Lizzie. George died aged four years, Ellison
A. died aged about six years. The younger daugh-
ter is a member of the Woman's Club and both are
eligible to hold membership in the Daughters of
tlie .\merican Revolution.

New England ancestrj- has produced
TOLLES some of our best soldiers, and the New

England family of Tolles would ap-
pear to have descended from a warlike race. Some
of the members of the family fought for the cause
of the colonies in the war of the Revolution, and
Jason Elbridge Tolles, of this review, reached the
rank of major-general of New Hampshire state

militia, February 28, 1899. and was reeommissioned
February 28, 1904.

(I) The New England branch of the Tolles
family traces its ancestry to Henry Tolles, who set-
tled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1668, later re-
moing to Saybrook, Connecticut. He was twice
married. By his first -wife he had a son Henry.

(II) Henry (2). son of Henry Tolles "(i),
settled in New Haven, Connecticut, April 13, 1693.
He married Dorothy Thomas, daughter of Daniel
and Rebecca Thomas, of New Haven, Connecticut.
They had seven children: Henry, born 1694; Rachel,
1696; Samuel, 1698; Daniel, 1700; Ebenezer, 1703;
Dorothy, 1705; Experience, 1708.

(III) Henry (3), son of Henry Tolles (2), was
born in 1694, in New Haven, Connecticut, from
whence he removed to Weathersfield. Windsor
county, Vermont. He was an active participant in
the Revolutionary war. He married Deborah Clark,
February 15, 1727. They had ten children : El-
nathan, born December 15, 1729, died in infancy;
Dorothy, September 17, 1731 : Francis. December
30. 17,3,3; Henry, August 8, 1736; Mabel, August 21,
1738: EInathan, January 9, 1741 ; Dorothy, Septem-
ber 3, 1743; Rachael, December i, 1745: Del)orah,
July 27, 1751 ; Philamon, May 8. 1753. He died at
New Haven, Connecticut, 1772; his wife died same
place. 178S.

(IV) Henry (4). son of Henry Tolles (3),
married Hannah Clark, of Milford, Connecticut,
November 25, 1757, daughter of John and Rebecca
Clark. Her ancestry is notable as lineal descendants
of William Gibbard, secretary of the New Haven
Colony; Henry Tolles (IV) and Hannah (Clark)
Tolles had children : Clark, born August 25,
1758: David, August S, 1760; Amarillis. January 14.
1764; Jane. July 7, 1766; Henry, August 29,
1768; Benjamin, baptized May 10, 1778;
Philemon, baptized May 10, 1778. He re-
moved with his family to New Haven, Con-
necticut, to Weathersfield, Vermont, about 1779 or
80. He was a member of Captain Upham's militia
company during the Revolutionary war. He died
in Weathersfield, 1810; his wife in 1801.

(V) Clark, son of Henry Tolles (4), liorn in
New Haven, Connecticut, August 25, 1758, also took
part in the Revolutionary war. He married Sally
Proctor, and had these children : Henry, born April
10, 1782; Sarah, July 21, 1785; Clark, September 22,
17S7; Levi, September 23, 1792; Betsey, June 2,
1795; Lucy, September 10, 1796; Hannah, July 12.
1799: Gershom Hiram, June 7, 1S02.

(VI) Henry (5), son of Clark Tolles, was
born in Weathersfield, Windsor county, Vermont,
and died November 21, 1849. He married Azubie
Nichols. They had seven children : David N., born
January 3. 1S09; Horace Clark. May 31, 1811; Ira
Franklin, September 24, 1813 : Henry Proctor, De-
cember 22, 1815; Hiram Harkness, November 14,
181S ; John Warren, August 5, 1823 ; Lucy Ann,
June 25, 1829.

(VII) Horace Clark, son of Henry Tolles, born
in Weathersfield. Windsor county, Vermont, May

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31, iSll, removed to Nashua, New Hampshire, when
eighteen years of age. and there followed the occu-
pation of farming. He held many public offices,
namely, alderman, councilman, assessor and street
commissioner, which latter he filled for a number
of years, and during his incumbency of office dis-
charged his duties with credit to himself and to the
satisfaction of all concerned. He married Sophia
Ann Wright, December 10, 1835. of Westford,
Massachusetts, born August 31, 181 1, who bore him
nine children : i. Horace W., of Nashua, born
August 26, 1838, died March 7, 1907. 2. Franklin
N., born July 25, 1830. died November 20. 1902 ; he
followed farming in Dunstable, Massachusetts. 3.
Henry Joel, born August 24, 1841, of Dunstable,
Massachusetts 4. Willard Clark, born May 8, 1843,
of Nashua, New Hampshire. 5. Hannah Sophia,
born February 6. 1845, died March 10, 1866. 6.
James H., mentioned at length below. 7. Sarah A.,
born November 30, 1848, died November 10, i86g.
8. Jason Elbridge, January 5, 1852, see forward, g.
Zcnophon D., born March 23, 1858, of Nashua, New
Hampshire. Horace Clark Tolles attended the Con-
gregational Church. He died February 21, 1878,
and his wife died April 13. 1888.

(VHI) General Jason Elbridge Tolles, son of
Horace Clark and Sophia Ann (Wright) Tolles,
was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, January 5,
1S52. He was educated in the public schools, and
resided on the farm until nineteen years of age.
He then came into the city proper and accepted a
position as salesman in a clothing store, remaining
for a period of five years. The eleven succeeding
years he was engaged in business for himself, after
which he associated with Howard & Company in
the furniture business, which relation was continued
for fifteen years. He then became the first treas-
urer for the Citizens' Institution for Savings, in
which capacity he is serving at the present time
(1907). He is the secretary of the board of trade,
and served as trustee in a number of estates, this
fact testifying to his integrity and the esteem in
which he is held by his fellow citizens. He was
m.ayor of Nashua for four years, 1897-98-99-1900;
was senator from the twentieth district in 1903-04;
represented ward eight in 1905 ; and was a member
of the board of education for thirteen years. He
was elected city treasurer of Nashua. January I,
1907. He is a Democrat in politics. He affiliates
with the First Congregational Church ; is a member
of Rising Sun Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ;
of Pennichuck Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows ; the Guards Club ; and is treasurer of the
Odd Fellows' Building Association.

General Tolles has been an efficient member of
the New Hampshire National Guard for the long
period of twenty-seven years. He enlisted as
private in Company F. Second Regiment, New
Hampshire Guards, October 16, 1877; was promoted
to corporal. May 10, 1878; and to sergeant, August
I, 1879. He was commissioned captain. May 3,
1881, and resigned May 16, 1883. He again joined
his old regiment, the Second, and was appointed ^

adjutant, \vith the rank of first-lieutenant, July i,
18S4. He was promoted to major. May 15, 1885;
lieutenant-colonel, August I, 1889; and colonel,
August 31, 1894. He was coinmissioned brigadier-
general, New Hampshire National Guard, Febru-
ary 28, 1899, and was recommissioned February 28.
1904. July 13, 1900, was breveted major-general.
During the Spanish-American war General Tolles
was extremely anxious to lead his regiment into
active service, but as the quota for New Hampshire
was only one regiment of infantry, and as he at that
time was the junior colonel of the two New Hamp-
shire infantry regiments, the senior colonel claimed
the prerogative, and went to the front. General
(then Colonel) Tolles, loyal and faithful soldier as
he was, acquiesced. During his long period of
service with the military establishment of the state.
Colonel Tolles has made for himself a splendid
record, reflecting credit and honor on his name, and
enjoys the confidence and esteem of both superiors
and subordinates.

General Tolles married. August 11, 1874. Sadie
S. Chase, daughter of Daniel S. Chase, of Nashua,
New Hampshire, and now of Kansas City, Kansas,
and their children are: Louie Ethel, born Decem-
ber 29, 1S75, married E. Ray Shaw, June 9. 1904;
and Alice May, born October 4, 1878. married John
Prescott Kimball, September 11, rooG.

(VIII) James Harkness, sixth child and fifth
son of Horace C. and Sophia A. (Wright) Tolles,
was born in Nashua, October 17, 1846, and was edu-
cated in the common schools. He was employed in
a country grocery store in Dunstable. Massachu-
setts three 3'ears, and subsequently was a clerk in a
dry goods store in Nashua three years. In 1872 he
became a partner with John Cross in the firm of
Cross & Tolles, and they were successfully engaged
in the lumber and manufacturing business twenty-
seven years. In May. 1S99, Mr. Cross withdrew
and since that time Mr. Tolles has carried on the
business alone under the firm name of J. H. Tolles
Company. Fie conducts a large planing mill and
box factory, and is also connected with various
financial institutions and organizations of public
utility. He is a director of the Indian Head Na-
tional Bank, the Nashua Light, Heat and Power
Company, the Pennichuck Water Works Company,
the Nashua Building and Loan Association, and
trustee of the Citizens' Institution for Savings. He
is also connected with other enterprises and organ-
izations similar to those above mentioned, and has
for years filled many important offices of trust. In
political faith he is a Democrat, and as such was
elected to the mayoralty in 1886-87-88. He has the
peculiar distinction of being the only person ever
elected to this office a third term in Nashua. He
is a member of the board of education, and has
filled that office efficiently for years. He is a past
grand of Pennichuck Lodge, No. 44, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Nashua, and is now
(1907) grand treasurer of the Grand Commandery
of the United Order of the Golden Cross of New
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years, and liis nieniljership is with Merrimack River
Commandery, No. 33. He is also a director of the
First Congregational Church Society. He was mar-
ried in Nashua, July 8, 1872, to Mary E. Cross, who
was born in Hudson, !March 8, 1848, daughter of
John and Sarah Ann (Sargent) Cross, of Hudson.
They have one child, Marion E., born August i,
1875. She married James L. Bickford, and resides
in Nashua.

The Giffin family was established in

GIFFIN New Hampshire nearly one hundred

and' fifty years ago, and its founder.

like the majority of Granite State settlers of that

period, left the old country solely for the purpose of

reaping the benefits of civil and religious liberty.

(I) Robert Giffin emigrated from the north of
Ireland in 1768, and settled in Londonderry, New
Hampshire. The maiden name of his wife was
Agnes Taggett.

(H) Patrick, son of Robert and Agnes (Tag-
gett) Giffin, was born in Bedford, New Hampshire,
September 3, 1768.

(HI) David, son of Patrick Giffin, was born
in Marlow, this state, May 30, 1798.

(IV) Henry, son of David Giffin, was born in
Sutton, Vermont, October 29, 1832. When a young
man he engaged in teaming, and for five or six
years was employed by Samuel Archer, of Chester.
Vermont, in hauling ship keels. He then went to
Foxboro, Massachusetts, where he was an operative
in a straw-hat manufactory for about two years, at
the expiration of which time he purchased a farm
in Marlow, New Hampshire, and for the ensuing
six years was engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Farm life, however, seems to have been uncongenial
to him. as he eventually resumed his former occupa-
tion, that of teaming, and he continued to follow
it for a number of years, or until 1872. when he es-
tablished himself in the retail coal trade in Keene.
FroiTi that time forward until his death, which oc-
curred April 27, 1904. he transacted a profitable
business, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of a
wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He mar-
ried Harriet Tinker, daughter of Elijah and Esther
(Lewis) Tinker, formerly of Lempster and latterly
of Nashua, New Hampshire, where they died. Mrs.
Harriet (Tinker) Giffin resides in Keene.

(V) George Henry, only child of Henry and
Harriet (Tinker) Giffin. was born in Marlow,
August 28, 1862. died suddenly of neuralgia of the
heart, December 18, 1906. His studies in the public
schools were supplemented by a commercial course
at the Packard Business College, New York City,
and after its completion he became associated with
his father in the coal business'. He continued in
partnership with the elder Giffin until the latter's
decease, when he became sole proprietor of the
business and at the time of his death was in the full
tide of success, having a large and constantly in-
creasing trade. Mr. Giffin had an ideal wood plant,
said to be one of the best in New England, and was
the largest dealer in wood and coal in southwestern

New Hampshire, his operations including the neigh-
boring territory in his own state and the states of
Vermont and Massachusetts. He was interested in
local civic affairs, served upon Keene council, and
in politics supported the Republican party. In ad-
dition to holding membership in the First Congre-
gational Church he was earnestly interested in out-
side religious work, and was the building committee
treasurer of the Young Men's Christian Association,
which beneficiary institution he was largely instru-
inental in founding.

April 19, 1894, Mr. Giffin married Ella M. Shel-
don, daughter of Albert and Frances (Pond) Shel-
don. Their children are: Paul S., born May 24,
1S98; and John H., born January 31, 1902.

This is among the conspicuous
BR.MNARD names in the history of Connecti-
cut, and it has furnished several
pioneers in the settlement of northern New Hamp-
shire. The family patronymic receives various
spellings in the New England records (including
Brainerd, Braynard, Braynerd, etc.), and is still
widely used in the first of these three, as well as
that at the head of this article.

(I) Deacon Daniel Brainard was brought from
England by the Wyllys family when he was eight
years old and brought up in Hartford, Connecticut,
remaining with the people who brought him until of
legal age. He was among the proprietors and ori-
ginal settlers of Haddam, in that colony, about
1662, and became one of the prosperous and most
influential members of that settlernent. He was a
deacon of the church, also served as justice of the
peace and became a large landholder. In a letter
received from his mother in England, soon
after his settlement at Haddam, the name is spelleQ
Brainwood, but it had been universally called
Brainard by people on this side of the water, and he
made no effort to change it. Deacon Brainard was
tvv'ice married. His first wife was Hannah, daugh-
ter of Gerrard Spencer, of Lynn. Massachusetts,
later of Haddam. Tradition says his second wife's
maiden name was identical with that of his first.
When he married her she was a widow, bearing the
name of Hannah Saxton. The first wife was the
mother of his children, namely: Daniel, Hannah,
James, Joshua, William, Caleb, Elijah and Hczekiah.

(II) Elijah, seventh child and sixth son of
Deacon Daniel and Hannah (Spencer) Brainard,
was born 1677 in Haddam and made his abiding
place there through life. He was married Septem-
ber 28, 1699, to Mary Bushnell. of Norwich, Con-
necticut, who died September 11, 1735. and he was
married (second), September 6, 17,38, to Margaret
(surname not preserved). His children, born of
the first wife, were: Ma-ry, Abigail, Joseph. Elijah.
Thankful, Rachel, Jabcz, Esther and Phineas.

(III) Jabez. third son and seventh child of
Elijah and Mary (Bushnell) Brainard. was born
February 19. 1715, in Haddam, and lived in that
part of the town now known as East Haddam. He
was married there October 15, 1739. to Hannah

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Clark, probably of Chatliam. She survived him
and died October 5, 1806, aged ninety-three years.
Their children were : Abigail, Jabez. Hannah, Anne,
John (died young), Daniel, John and Caleb.

(IV) Daniel, sixth child and third son of Jabez
and Hannah (Clark) Brainard, was born January
9. 1752. in East Haddam, and was among the
pioneer settlers of Rumney, New Hampshire, com-
ing thither when a young man. He first appears in
the records on the occasion of his marriage, Jan-
uary 22, 1777, to Rebecca Blodgett, both of Rumney.
The vital records also give the births of a part of
his children, namely: Rebecca, Dorothy, Sarah,
Lydia, Hannah and "Kata."

(V) Barzilla, undoubtedly a son of Daniel and
Rebecca (Blodgett) Brainard. was a native of Rum-
ney, but the only record of this fact appears in the
record of his marriage, with no date. He was
probably born about 1790, and was married (first),
January 22, 1811, to Sally Dunning, of Canaan, New
Hampshire, who died leaving a daughter, Almira,
born October 27, 1812. No record appears of Bar-
zilla's second marriage, but the wife's name appear?
as Mehetable, and they had children born from 1814
to 1826, namely : Asahel, John M., Persis, Sally,
Nelson and Phebe. He was married (third), De-
cember 27, 1824, to Lucy Beecher, both of Stewarts-
town, the latter a native of Southington, Connecti-
cut. From this it appears that Mr. Brainard settled
in Stewartstown before 1824. The children of the
last marriage were: Madeline. Ira Y., Jeremiah F,
and Dolly A.

(VI) Ira Y., ninth child and fourth son of
Barzilla and Lucy (Beecher) Brainard, was born
July 5, 1828, in Stewartstown, New Hampshire. He
grew up on a farm, and at twenty-one years of age
went to Canaan, Vermont, w-here he continued to
follow agriculture. In 1862 he removed to Pitts-
burg. New Hampshire, where he remained until
1899. He then removed to North Weare, w'here he
now resides. He married, July 4, 1851, at Stewarts-
town, Mary Hilliard, who \y,as born in 18,32. daugh-
ter of James and Susan (Bailey) Hilliard. of
Stewartstown. Eight children were born to them :
Charles, deceased; Minnetta, deceased; Etta, de-
ceased ; Charles I., w-ho is mentioned below ; Carrie,
who resides in Lancaster : Jennie ; Frank, deceased ;
and an infant.

(VII) Charles Ira. fourth child of Ira Y. and
Mary (Hilli.ird) Brainard, was born in Canaan,
Vermont, November 2, 1859, and was taken by his
parents to Pittsburg, New Hampshire, in 1862. He
was a farmer boy and when he grew up he had a
farm of his own which he cultivated with success
until 1899, when he removed to Stewartstown and
with J. W. Baldwin formed the firm of Brainard &
Baldwin, dealers in general merchandise, in which
business he is at the present time. In politics he is
a Democrat, and whertver he has resided has been
a party leader and a popular man. He was a mem-
ber of the school board, road agent, collector and
selectman of Pittsburg, and is town clerk of
Stewartstown, which office he has now ( 1907) held

four years. He married, April 5. 1888, Emma Gene
Blodgett, who was born in Canaan, Vermont, June
8, 1S66, daughter of Edward C. and Lucy (Fellows)
Blodgett, of Canaan. Vermont, and Pittsburg, New
Hampshire. They have three children : Stella,
born December 31, 188S; Alpha, July 23, 1890;
Grace, July 15, 1892.

The name of Hayden is said to be
HAYDEN derived from the town of Heydon,

in Norfolk, England. The original
meaning was "high down, or plain on the hill."
The town lies about fourteen miles north of Nor-
wich, the shire town of Norfolk county. Heydon
Hall, in 1829, was the seat of William Earle Lytton
Bulwer. the elder brother of the novelist. The
English family of Heydon is ancient but not numer-
ous. The family first comes into notice during the
reign of Henry III. Thomas de Heydon, resident
of Heydon. was "a justice itinerant in Norfolk in
1221," and from him the different lines can be
traced. There are various coats of arms belonging
to branches of the family, but the earliest and most
constant emblem appears to be the engraved cross,
which would indicate that some of Thomas de
Heydon"s ancestors had been in the crusades.

(I) John Hayden. emigrant ancestor of a
numerous family, was early in America. He was
found living in Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early
as 1634, in which year he was admitted a freeman.
The second entry in the record of births was that
of his son Jonathan. He died previous to July 26,
1684, the day on which his will was proved, and
was survived many years by his wife, Susanna, who
was living in 1695. Their children were : John,
Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, Hannah, Ebenezer and
Nehemiah.

(II) John (2). eldest child of John (i) and
Susan or Susanna Hayden, was born in 1635. in Dor-
chester, and settled in Braintree. At the time of
the settlement as pastor of Rev. Samuel Niles,
John (2) Hayden was a member of the Middle
Precinct Church. He was married April 6. 1660, by
Governor Endicott, to Hannah Ames, who was born
May 13. 1641, a daughter of William Ames, of
Braintree. She died of smallpox, July 3, 1689, and
was survived nearly twenty-nine years by her hus-
band, who died May 20, 1718. His will is on file in
Suffolk county. Their children were: Hannah,
Sarah. Elizabeth, Joseph, Josiah. Lydia, John and
Abigail.

(III) Josiah, second son and fifth child of
John (2) and Hannah (Ames) Hayden, was born
January 19. 1669, in Braintree, and settled in Sud-
bury, where he was undoubtedly engaged in agricul-
ture. He was married March 6, 1691, to Elizabeth
Goodnow, o'f Sudbury. She was born November 6,
1672. a daughter of John and Mary (AxdcU) Good- .
now. of Sudbury. In the record of his marriage he
is called "of Braintree," so that his settlement in
Sudbury must have succeeded that event. His
youngest son was appointed executor of his will in
connection with the widow. The children were :

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Josiah, Uriah, John. Elizabeth, Abigail, Edmund,
Phineas, Nathanial and Ruth.

(IV) Josiah (2), eldest son of Josiah (i) and
Elizabeth (Goodnow.) Haydcn, was born before
1700, in Braintree, and was an infant when his par-
ents moved to Sudbury. He passed his life in the
last named town, where he was an honored citizen.
No record of his marriage has been discovered, but
the christian name of his wife is known to have
been Sarah, Their children, born from 1722 to
1739. were: Sarah. Thomas, Elizabeth. Josiah, Sam-
uel, Daniel and Bezeleel. The fourth son settled
in Hollis, New Hampshire, and the fifth in Marl-
boro, Massachusetts

(V) Thomas, eldest son and second child of
Josiah (2) and Sarah Hayden, was born March i,
1725. in Sudbury, and resided there through life.
He was married November 27, 1755, to Mary Ball,
daughter of Daniel and Sybel Ball, of Southboro
and Framingham. In 1770, Mary (Bell) Hayden
was a legatee in the will of her mother, Sybel Ball.
Thomas Hayden's children, born from 1756 to 1765
in Sudbury, were : Mary, Sally, David, Josiah and
Bezeleel.

(VI) Josiah (3), second son and fifth child
of Thomas and Mary (Ball) Hayden, was born
January 13, 1763. in Sudbury. At the age of about
five years he was committed to the care of his uncle,
Samuel Hayden,' of Hollis, New Hampshire, and
there he subsequently lived. In 1760 Samuel Hay-
den purchased of John Taylor land in Hollis, which
became his home and on which Josiah (3) was
reared. The latter was a farmer and passed his life
in Hollis, where he died. He was married April 19,
1797, to Mary Patch. (See Patch). They were
the parents of nine children: Mary. Samuel, Josiah,
Sarah. Daniel, Lydia, Thomas W., Willard and
Susan.

(VII) Samuel, first son of Josiah and Alary
(Patch) Hayden, was born March 13, 1800, in
Hollis, New Hampshire, where he was an active and
useful citizen. He was a farmer by occupation and
captain in the state militia, and an active member
of the church. Henry Oilman Little in his "Hollis,
Seventy Years Ago," says of him : "At the age of
thirty-five he was one of the best specimens of man-
hood, both morally and physically, that Hollis ever
produced. He was one of the last tithing-men,
this office being abolished in 1850." He used to be
prominent at the old country fairs. Captain Hay-
den lived in the old-fashioned house once occupied
by his father, and now descended to his son. As
illustrating the qualities of the two families, it may
be mentioned that the Baileys were neighbors of the
Haydens of Marlborough. Massachusetts, and when
the latter family moved to Hollis, the Baileys fol-
lowed and took an adjoining farm. Five genera-
tions have lived side by side, and there has been no
quarrel between the two families. Captain Samuel
Hayden married Harriet Needham, daughter of
Stearns and Hannah (Bailey) Needham, of And-
over, Massachusetts. They had six children : Sam-
uel F., who lives in Hollis. Emily, who married

Eben J. Rideout, and lived in Brookline, New Hamp-
shire. Daniel W., mentioned below. John W.
David N. Lizzie H., who married John L. Woods,
of Hollis. The third son, John W., enlisted in
Company H, Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers,
and died in the service February 8, 1862. Captain
Sanntel Hayden died March 23, 1880. at Hollis. His
widow died in Hollis, January 9, 1869.

(VIII) Daniel Webster, son of Captain Samuel
and Harriet (Needham) Hayden, was born at
Hollis, New Hampshire. June i. 1840. He was edu-
cated in the public schools. He studied civil en-
gineering, and did surveying till the Civil war broke
out, when he enlisted in Company H, Seventh New
Hampshire Volunteers, October 21, 1861. He
served under Captain Ames, and was in the Florida
expedition, and at the Siege of Charleston, South
Carolina. He was wounded in the mouth at the
assault on Fort Wagner. South Carolina, July 18,
1863. He was wounded in the head at the battle of
Olustee, February 20, 1864. At this time he was
reported dead ; but he was helped off the field by a
negro and a wounded Union soldier, and recovered.
He was discharged April 28, 1864, on account of
wounds. He was made corporal, October 21, i86r,
and was promoted to sergeant, February 3. 1864.
After the war Mr. Hayden was unable to continue
his surveying on account of his wounds, and he en-
gaged in farming for a while. Then, in company
with his brother, David N., he built a saw mill,
which they have managed successfully ever since.
When the brothers removed the mill-dam on Bailey
brook, which they replaced by , the present stone
dam, they found the hemlock timbers as perfect as
when first placed there, seventy-five years before.
The two brothers have a home farm of one hundred
and ten acres, and other land which in all amounts
to seven hundred acres. In politics Mr. Hayden is a
Republican. He has served as selectman three
years, has been chief of police, and represented the
town in the legislature of 1901. He is a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and has held all
the local offices.

Daniel W. Hayden married, April ig, 1S66, Ann
E. Talbot, who was born in Brookline, December
22. 1844, daughter of Samuel and Eliza G. (Hodg-
man) Talbot, of Brookline. They had two children:
Willard B., born September g. 1871. died April 17.
1887 ; Bertha M.. born February 4. 1879, who lives
at home. Miss Hayden is a member of the school
board, and is active in the Woman's Club, and has
written various books, one of which is "Hollis To-
day." Mrs. Hayden was president of the Woman's
Relief Corps one year.

This is one of the early English
HOLCOMBE families planted in Massachusetts
and is numerously represented to-
day throughout the United States. It has contributed
its share in the settlement and development of New
England and of New Hampshire. Many are physi-
cians, and some of them became famous. William
F. Holcombe studied abroad, and was the first eye
specialist in the United States.

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(I) Thomas Holcombe. the founder of the
family in America, came with the Dorchester party
in 1630, and was made a freeman at Dorchester in
May, 1634. The next year he sold his house and
lands to Richard Jones and removed with the Rev.
John Warren to Windsor, Connecticut. In 1639 he
settled in the northern part of that town in the dis-
trict now known as Poquonock. In the same year
he represented Windsor and Hartford in the con-
stitutional convention. He died September 7, 1657.
He was a possessor of considerable property. He
was a member of the Dorchester church and of
Windsor church, and was much respected. The
christian name of his wife was Elizabeth, and they
had four sons and six daughters, three of whom
died young. All the others married into good fami-
lies and themselves had large families of children.
After his death the widow married (second), in

1658, James . Two of his children were born

in Dorchester, and the others in Windsor, namely :
Elizabeth, Mary, Abigail, Joshua, Samuel, Benager,
Deborah (died young), Nathaniel, Deborah and
Jonathan.

(II) Nathaniel, third son and seventh child of
Thomas and Elizabeth Holcombe, was born Novem-
ber 4, 1648, in Windsor, and resided in Simsbury,
and for a time in Springfield, Massachusetts. After
the burning of Simsbury in 1667, and the return of
the settlers in 1670, he removed thither and repre-
sented that town in 1703-04-05-06, in 1720 and 1722.
By occupation he was a farmer. He was granted
land at Soundbrook, now Granby Center, and was
prominent in all the movements of the town, besides
being for many years a deacon of the church. He
was married February 27, 1670, to Mary Bliss, of
Springfield, daughter of Nathaniel and Katherine
(Chapen) Bliss, of that town. Their children were:
Nathaniel, Mary, Jonathan, John, Esther, Katherine,
Sarah and Benjamin.

(III) Nathaniel (2), eldest child of Nathaniel
(i) and Mary (Bliss) Holcoijibe, was bom June 11,
1673. in Springfield, JNIassachusetts, and resided in
what is now Simsbury, which town he represented
at the general court in 1748-49-50-51-52 and 53. He
was trusted with various prominent appointments,
and like his father was deacon in the church. It is
said that his character was beyond reproach. His
death occurred September 29, 1766, at the close of
a well rounded career. He married Martha Buel,
daughter of Peter and Martha (Coggins) Buel.
Their children were: Nathaniel, Benjamin, Eliza-
beth, Martha, Judah, Daniel, INIary, Sarah and Peter.
(Mention of Judah and descendants appears in this
article).

(IV) Captain Nathaniel (3), eldest . child of
Nathaniel (2) and Martha (Buel) Holcombe, was
born October 25, 1696, in Simsbury, and was bap-
tized on the fifth of December of the following year.
He settled in North Granby, where he acquired con-
siderable property, and both he and his wife were
active members of the church. He was married
October g, 1717, to Thankful Hayes, daughter of

George and Abigail (Dibble) Hayes, of Granby.
Their children were: Hannah, Nathaniel, Ephraim,
Thankful, Ruth, Joseph, Amos, Elijah, Elizabeth,
Sarah, Mercy and Rodger.

(V) Elijah, fifth son and eighth child of Captain
Nathaniel and Thankful (Hayes) Holcombe, was
born j\Iay 26, 1734, in Granby, and died June 2,
1789. He was a cooper by trade, and worked at
that to some extent in comiection with farming.
He settled in that part of Granby which is now
Southwick, Massachusetts, at what was and still is
known as Gillett's Four Corners. He was mar-
ried November 15, 1756, to Violet Comiske, daugh-
ter of Captain James and Amy (Butler) Comiske.
Their children were: Elijah, Violet, Ladoce, Amasa,
Jabez, Clymena and Abijah.

(VI) Elijah (2), eldest child of Elijah (i) and
Violet (Comiske) Holcombe, was born 1757, in
Granby, and died October 5, 1841. He was three
times married and reared a large family. His first
wife, Lucy, was a daughter of Lieutenant Silas
Holcombe (see Silas, V), and bore him eight chil-
dren. His second wife, Betsey (Post) Holcombe,
was the mother of two children, and the third wife,
Betsey (Ives) Holcombe, bore him five children.

(VII) Amasa, son of Elijah ('2) Holcombe, was
born June 18, 1787, in Southwick, Massachusetts,
and died February 27, 1875. He was a prominent
man of his day in Southwick, where his life was
passed. He was married (first), November 10,
1808, to Gillette Kendall, who was the mother of
his eight children. He was maVried (second), Jan-
uary 23, 1862, to Maria Holcombe, daughter of
Lieutenant Daniel and Hepsibah (Griswold) Hol-
combe. She was born November 13, 1804, at what
is now Tariffville, Connecticut, and died April 29,
1874. His children were: Sophia, Milton, Candace
(died young), Alfred C, Candace, Henry C, Amasa
and Franklin.

(VIII) Franklin, youngest child of Amasa and
Gillette (Kendall) Holcombe, w^as born September
22, 1827, in Southwick, Massachusetts, and resided
throughout life in that town. He was educated in
the public schools of his native town, and engaged
there in farming. He enlisted in 1861 in a regiment
recruited in Springfield, and went to the front. He
soon after died in a hospital at Annapolis, Mary-
land, of disease brought on while in the service.
He married (first) Mary Givens, who was the
mother of one son Frank, who was born December
25, 1852. He married (second) Eliza Givens, a
sister of his first wife, and died without issue. He
was married (third) to Sarah Jane Robinson, and
they were the parants of two children: Charles
Henry and Newton F. The latter died June 29,
1900.

(IX) Charles Henry Holcombe, M. D., elder
of the two sons of Franklin and Sarah Jane (Rob-
inson) Holcombe, was born November 12. 1859,
and was educated in the local schools of Milford,
New Hampshire, and at McCoUom Institute at
Mont Vernon. He also spent four years at West-
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University in 1886, taking tlie medical course. He
immediately located in Brookline, New Hampshire,
where he has since been actively engaged with his
profession, with satisfaction to his patients and him-
self. His regular standing is attested by his mem-
bership in the New Hampshire Medical Association
and in other professional societies. He is chair-
man of the Brookline board of health, and a deacon
in the Congregational Church of that town. He
is also identified with the local Grange of the Vet-
erans of Husbandry, and is a trustee of the Public
Library. He is a genial and cultivated man, and
takes a warm interest in all that pertains to the
development and welfare of his home community.
He was married June 23, 1S88, to Clintina A. Bur-
ton, daughter of J. E. and Olive A. (Robinson)
Burton, of Temple, New Hampshire. They have
one child, Marion C. Holcombe.

(IV) Judah, third son and fifth child of Na-
thaniel (2) and Martha (Bucl) Holcombe, was
born June 12, 1705, in Simsbury, and died January
5, 1802, in his ninety-seventh year. On his tomb-
stone at Salmon Brook is inscribed: "Death is a
debt to Nature due; this I have paid, and so must
you." He married Hannah Buttolf, and at his
death he left nine children, fifty-seven grandchildren,
one hundred and twenty-nine great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.

(V) Lieutenant Silas, son of Judah and Hannah
(Buttolf) Holcombe, was born November 27, 1734.
in Granby, Connecticut, and died October 6, 1806.
He married Mary Post, and they were the parents
of four children.

(VI) Lucy, daughter of Lieutenant Silas and
Mary (Post) Holcombe, was born in 1764, in North
Granby, and became the wife of Elijah Holcombe,
as hereinbefore noted. She died August 30, 1800.

This name is spelled in the Revo-
SPENCER lutionary records, Spancer, Spansor,
Spencor, Spencur, Spenr, Spensor,
Spincer, and Sponcer. Sixty-eight of the name
served in the Revolutionary war. A large number
of Spencers were among the pioneer settlers of
Massachusetts, One of the earliest was Jared Spen-
cer, of Cambridge, 1634, who removed to Lynn,
and became a freeman March 9, 1637. He removed
to Haddam before 1660, and was propounded for
freeman of Connecticut in 1672, and was ensign of
militia, anid representative 1674-75. By his wife
Hannah they had John, Thomas, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, Timothy, Hannah, jMehitable, Alice, Re-
becca and Ruth. Not all of their descendants can
be traced.

(I) Joseph G. Spencer was born about 1793, in
Norwich, Vermont, and died September i, 1829.

(II) Joseph Gates, son of Joseph G. Spencer,
was born in Norwich, Vermont, July 8, 1829, and
died in Enfield, New Hampshire, March 28, 1892.
He was brought up on a farm from which he re-
moved to Enfield, where he was employed in a grist
mill a few years. From that he went to the P. C.
Cambridge bedstead factory, where he was employed
the remainder of his life, filling the position of over-

seer in later years. He was interested in all public
enterprises, took a leading part in town affairs, and
was chairman of the board of selectmen. He was
a Democrat in politics, and he and his wife were
members of the Universalist Church, in whose choir
he sang for many years. He married Angeline Boyn-
ton Clough, born in Enfield, New Hampshire, May
17, 1830, and died May 16, 1905. She was the
daughter of Theophilus Clough, born in Enfield,
New Hampshire, June I, 1803, died April 23, 1849,
in Panama, and Hannah G. (Boynton) Clough, born
in Tamworth, New Hampshire, October 2, 1808,
died in Enfield, August 30, 1839. Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer were the parents of two children: Mabel,
who was born in 1S60, and died in infancy; and
Fred A., whose sketch follows.

■ (HI) Fred Ashton, only son of Joseph G. and
Angeline Boynton (Clough) Spencer, was born in
Enfield, May 25, 1862. He attended school until
eighteen years of age, and then took a position in
the store of his uncle, W. C. Clough, in Enfield, and
later in a dry goods store in Lebanon, filling the
latter place about four years. In April, 1885, he
went to Bristol, where he is now assistant treasurer
and salesman of the Dodge-Davis Manufacturing
Company, and a director of the First National
Bank of Bristol. In political faith he is a Demo-
crat. He is a past master of Union Lodge, No.
79, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and a mem-
ber of St. Omar Royal Arch Chapter, and Mt.
Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar. He is also
a member of Bektash Temple, .A.ncient Arabic Or-
der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He married, Feb-
ruary 9, 1887, Grace Leone Stanley, who was born
in Enfield, January 27, 1862, daughter of Horace
Burns and Emeline Almeda (Gates) Stanley, of
Enfield. The parents of Mr. Stanley were Joseph
Stanley, born 1799, and Hepzibah (Burnham) Stan-
ley, born March 20, 1800. Their children were:
Joseph B., E. G., Horace B., Marcia A., Ellen F.
and Imogene A. Emeline A. Gates was the daugh-
ter of Americus and Esther (Hume) Gates. Their
children were: Emeline A. and Mary. Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer have one child, Stanley Ashton, born in
Bristol, May 11, 1891.

The Fiskes in America are descended
FISK from an- ancient family of that name
which for centuries and until a recent
period had its seat and manorial lands in Laxfield,
in the county of Suffolk, England. Members of the
family in America for centuries have been promi-
nent in private and public Hfe as clergymen, lawyers,
physicians, financiers, soldiers, merchants, teachers
and professors in colleges, farmers, philanthropists
and patriots. Rev. Perrin B. Fiske, of Lyndon,
Vermont, has written of them :

" Ftische. Fisc. Fiske. Fisk (spell it either way)
Meant true knighthood, freedom, faith, eood qualities that

stay.
Brethren, let the ancient name mean just the same for aye.
'Forward, every youth ! to seek the highest good to-day :' "

(I) Lord Symond Fiske, grandson of Daniel,
was Lord of the Manor of Standhaugh, parish of

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Laxfield, coiintj' of Suffolk, England. lived in the
reign of Henry IV and VI (1399-1422). He mar-
ried Susannah Smyth, and after her death he mar-
ried Katherine — . Simon Fiske, of Laxfield,

will dated December 22, 1463, proved at Norwich,
February 26, 1463-64, died in February, 1464. He
was survived by five children : William, Jaffrey,
John, Edmund and Margaret.

(II) William (i), eldest son of Siraond Fiske,
born at Staiidhaugh, county of Suffolk, England,
married Joann, of Norfolk. He was of Standhaugh,
and lived during the reign, of Henry VI, Edward
IV, Richard III and Henry VII. He died about
1504, was survived by his wife, who died in 1505,
and left seven children : William, Augustine, Simon,
Robert, John, Margery and Margaret.

(HI) Simon (i), fourth son of William and
Joann (Lyme) Fiske, was in Laxfield, date un-
known. He married Elizabeth , who died in

Halesworth, June, 1558. In his will made July
10, 1536, he desired to be buried at the chancel end
of the Church of All Saints, in Laxfield. He died
in that town in June, 1538, leaving (living or dead)
ten children : Simon, William, Robert, Joan, Jeffrey,
Gelyne, Agnes, Thomas, Elizabeth and John.

(IV) Simon (2), child of Simon (i) and Eliza-
beth Fiske, was born in Laxfield. The name of his
wife and date of his marriage are not known. He
died in 1505. His children were : Robert, John,
George, Nicholas, Jeffrey, Jeremy, William, Rich-
ard, Joan, Gelyne and Agnes.

(V) Robert Fiske, the eldest of the eleven chil-
dren of Simon (2) Fiske, was born in Standhaugh
about 1525. He married Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Bar-
ber. For some time he was of. the parish of St.
James, South Elmham, England. Sybil, his wife,
was in great danger in the time of the religious per-
secution, 1553-58, as was her sister Isabelle, origin-
ally Gould, who was confined in the Castle of Nor-
wich, and escaped death only by the power of her
brothers, who were men of great influence in the
county. Robert Fi.ske fled from religious perse-
cution in the days of Queen Mary to Geneva, but
returned later and died in St. James in 1600. His
sons were : William, Jeffrey, Thomas and Eleazer.
The latter had no issue, but the progeny of the
other three sons, in whole or in part, settled in
New England. Besides these sons there was a
daughter Elizabeth who married Robert Bernard ;
their daughter married a Mr. Locke, and was the
mother of the celebrated John Locke, the English
philosopher.

(VI) William (2), eldest child of Robert and
Sybil (Gould) Fiske, was born at Laxfield, in 1566.
He married Anna Austye, daughter of Walter, of
Fibbenham, Long Row, in Norfolk. After her death

he married Alice . He is described as of

St. James in South Elmham, and it is said of him
that he fled with his father from religious perse-
cution. He died in 1623. Of the first wife Anna
there were children: John, Nathaniel, Eleazer, Eu-
nice, Hannah and Esther (sometimes called Hes-
ter). The Youngest child, Mary, seems to have
been of the second wife, Alice.

(VII) John, eldest child of William (2) and
Anna (.A.ustye) Fiske, was born at St. James. He
married Anna, daughter of Robert Lautersee. She
died on board ship in 1637, which was bound for
New England. John Fiske died in 1633. Their
children were: John, William, Anna, Martha,
Martha and Eleazer.

(VIII) Hon. William (3), second son and child
of John and Anne (Lautersee) Fiske, was born in
England about 1613. He married at Salem, Massa-
chusetts, in 1643, Bridgett jMuskett, of Pelham, Eng-
land. After his death she married (second) No-
vember, 1661, Thomas Rix, of Salem, surgeon. He
came to Salem with his brother, the Rev. John
Fiske, in 1637. He had a grant of land the same
year, was made freeman May 18, 1642, and mem-
ber of Salem Church July 2, 1641. He soon after
removed to Wenham, where he was the first town
clerk or clerk of the writs from 1643 to 1660 (?).
He was elected representative to the general court
of the commonwealth in 1647, and continued in
that office until the year 1652, being annually re-
elected. He enjoyed to a large extent the esteem
and confidence of his fellow citizens. He died quite
suddenly in 1654, having served his townsmen in all
the offices of the town. For several years subse-
quent to 1643 he kept an ordinary (public house).
He left five children : William, Samuel, Joseph,
Benjamin and Martha.

(IX) Deacon William (4), eldest child of Hon.
William (3) and Bridgett (Muskett) Fiske, was
born at Wenham, Massachusetts, June (January)
4, 1642-43. He married there, January 15, 1662,
Sarah Kilham, born 1649, died January 26, 1737,
aged ninety-eight years. William Fiske was a
weaver by trade. He held a number of town of-
fices; was representative in 1701-04-11-13-14; mod-
erator in 1702-03, 1712-13-14. He w'as also called
lieutenant. He was elected deacon of the Congre-
gational Church in 1769. He died universally es-
teemed and lamented. He and his wife were the
parents of fourteen children, ten of whom attained
years of maturity and had families, and of these
seven were sons. The names of the children are
as follows: William, born 1663; Samuel, 1670;
Joseph, 1672; Benjamin, 1674; Theophilus, 1676;
Ebenezer, 1679; Jonathan, 168 1 ; Sarah, 1664; Ruth,
1666; Samuel, 1667; Martha, 1668; Joseph, 1669;
Ebenezer, 1677, and Elizabeth, 1684.

(X) William (5), eldest child of Deacon Wil-
liam and Sarah (Kilham) Fiske, was born at Wen-
ham, Massachusetts, January 31, 1663. He was a
grandson of William Fiske, the emigrant, who ar-
rived in New England in 1637, and settled in Wen-
ham. In 1710 he removed from Wenham to An-
dover, Massachusetts, where he died December 10,
1710. The Christian name of his wife was Alarah
or Mary, and his children were : William, Joseph,
Ebenezer, Jonathan, Sarah, Ruth (died young),
Lydia, Mary and Ruth.

(XI) Ebenezer, third son and child of Wil-
liam (5) and Mary Fiske, was born in Wenham,
August IS, 1703. He married in January, 1730, to
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that he died in 1737, as his son Ebenezer was ap-
pointed guardian of the minor children March 20
of that year. His wife died in Tewksbury, Massa-
chusetts, lilarch 28, 1754. She was the mother of
Ebenezer, Ephraim, Benjamin, Jonathan, and two
others who died in infancy.

(XII) Ephraim, second son and child of Eben-
ezer and Susanna (Bock) Fiske, was born about
1732. He resided in Tewksbury for a time, and in
1772-3 went to Concord, New Hampshire, where
he died about the year 1825. He married i\Iehi-
table Frost, a miss of twelve years of age, born
about 1744, and in connection with this early mar-
riage the following unique anecdotes were related.
Her first child having been born when she was but
thirteen and a half years old, she was in the habit
of asking her mother to tend her baby while she
went out to play with the children. A person once
asked her how old she was when her first child
was born. She replied "thirteen and a half years
old, and what is that to you?" She 'became the
mother of twelve children: Ephraim, Solomon (died
young), Mehitable, Ebenezer, Sarah, Lydia, Daniel,
Solomon, Jonathan, Betsey, Rebecca and Joseph.
Ephraim Fiske, Sr., and his son Ephraim were both
soldiers in the Revolutionary war and participated
in the battle of Bennington.

(XIII) Joseph, youngest son and child of
Ephraim and Mehitable (Frost) Fiske, was born in
Concord about 1779- At the age of nine years he
went to Hopkinton, and subsequently learned the
blacksmith's trade. He died October 18, 1869. He
married Lucy A. Burnham, who was born October
22, 1790, and died April 17, 1871. The children of
this union were: William B., Rachel, Lucy M.,
Daniel and Ella.

(XIV) Daniel, second son and fourth child of
Joseph and Lucy A. (Burnham) Fiske, was born
in Contoocook, February 3, 1828, and resided there.
March 22, 1856, he married Lydia A. Conner,
daughter of James and Lydia (Kimball) Conner,
of Hopkinton, the former of whom was born in
Henniker, and was a farmer. The children of this
union are: Jennie, born January 9, 185S (married
first David Bohannon, and second George Chase of
Hopkinton) ; Daniel F., (who will be again referred
to); Ida M., born December 5, 1861 (died July 11,

1879).

(XV) Daniel Frank, only son of Daniel and
Lydia A. (Conner) Fisk, was born in Contoocook,
October 22, 1859. He was left fatherless at the age
of three years and was thus dependent wholly upon
the care of his mother. After concluding his at-
tendance at the district school he engaged in farm-
ing, but later turned his attention to lumbering and
has ever since followed that business with success.
He is one of the most protninent business men in
that section of the state. In politics he is a Republi-
can and in 1902 was a member of the lower branch
of the state legislature. April 30, 1883, IMr. Fisk
married Delia E., daughter of Horatio J. and Susan
Vilona (Currier) Chandler. Her father followed
agriculture in Hopkinton. Mr. and Mrs. Fisk have
two children : Mabel, born December 9, 1885 and

Lida, October 23, 1888. Mabel, is the wife of Henry
Russell Davis, son of Henry C. Davis, of Davisville,
and now a lumber dealer. Both children reside
with their parents.

In the early part of the eighteenth
McXEIL century there was a great immigra-
tion of the Protestant Scotch-Irish to
this country. It was estimated that in the year 1730
at least a thousand people from the north of Ire-
land had settled in the province of New Hampshire.
Many of them located at Londonderry, this state,
which they named after the town in Ireland that
sustained the terrible siege of 1689. After a time
the Irish settlers began to push up the Merrimack,
and as early as 1724 they had built a fort at Pena-
cook, now Concord. But when that town was
granted the next year to the proprietors from Mass-
achusetts, they chose to have their own people from
Haverhill and Andover, and the Irish were form-
ally excluded. This restricted the latter to a loca-
tion farther down the Merrimack. Among those
who settled in the neighborhood of what is now
Manchester were John McNeil and Archibald Stark.
Both were men of strong force of character, whose
descendants were destined to win renown in all the
future .American wars, and wdiose families were to
be joined in marriage one himdred and fifty years
later.

(I) John McNeil came from Ireland in 171S,
probably from the neighborhood of Hillsborough.
He was a lineal descendant of Daniel McNeil, one
of the council of the city of Londonderry, who
with twenty-one others placarded the resolution on
the market-house, which led to the successful de-
fence of the city. John McNeil inherited much of
the moral and physical courage of this ancestor.
He settled first in Londonderry, but about 1733
moved to what is now Manchester. He doubtless
chose this location on account of the excellent fish-
ing at Amoskeag Falls. At that time the river
abounded in salmon, shad, alewives and eels; this
fishing was of the greatest importance to the early
settlers. It is said that the Rev. Mr. McGregor,
the Presbyterian minister at Londonderry, was the
first person to visit the Falls, and discover their
value as a food supply; and from this fact arose
the custom of each person presenting the minister
with the first results of the fishing season. John
McNeil moved upon the gore known as Harrytown,
and is said to have been the first white settler in
what is now the thickly populated part of Man-
chester. His house stood near McNeil ^trect, about
midway between Elm and Canal. John McNeil was
a man of great courage and physical strength. He
was six feet and six inches in height, and famed for
his skill in wrestling. It is said that no man on
the border, either red or white, dared risk a hand-
to-hand encounter with him. This anecdote illus-
trates his bodily vigor. One spring, when attempt-
ing to cross the Merrimack, after the ice had be-
come thin and weak, he fell in near a rock west of
where now stands Amoskeag Mill, No. i. This
rock is about four rods from the east bank of the

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river. With great presence of mind ^McNeil waded
toward the shore until he could touch both the
bottom and the ice, then bracing his broad shoulders
he raised the ice by almost superhuman strength,
and succeeded in getting out on the firm ice. For
many years the rock near which he fell in was
known as "old McNeil," and it was a noted guide
for the rivcrmen. When "old McNeil" was out of
sight, six or eight "shots" of lumber could be run
over Merrill's Falls. When he^ showed his head
three, inches, four "shots" could be run, and when
his read was out of the water six inches, but one
"shot" could be run. John McNeil's wife. Christian,
seems to have been the equal of her husband in phy-
sical vigor and in the qualities fitted to endure
pioneer life. In later days John McNeil moved a
little farther up the river to Suncook. because his
name is found attached to a petition there in 1747.
It is probable that he lived there with John Knox,
who had married his daughter, and that he died and
was buried in Suncooic.

(II) Lieutenant Daniel, son of John and
Christian McNeil, was born in Derryfield, now Man-
chester, New Hampshire. He moved to Hills-
borough, New Hampshire, in 1771. The town was
incorporated in 1772, and named for Colonel John
Hill, of Boston, the original proprietor, who died
in 1776. Daniel McNeil was elected one of the
selectmen of Hillsboro at the time of its incorpora-
tion. The first bridge over the Contoocook at
Hillsboro was built of wood in 1779. Some years
later Daniel MtNeil was employed by the town to
rebuild this bridge. Daniel McNeil's wife was called
Jeanie, but her maiden name is unknown. He died
by accidental drowning in i/go.

(III) Lieutenant John, son of Lieutenant
Daniel and Jeanie McNeil, was born in Derryfield,
now Manchester. New Hampshire, in March, 1757,
five years after the incorporation of the town. He
moved to Hillsboro with his father. Lieutenant John
McNeil served several years in the Revolution, and
was a private at Bunker Hill in Captain Isaac
Baldwin's company under Major Andrew McClary,
of Epsom. McNeil helped to carry Captain Bald-
win from the field when that officer was mortally
wounded, and he also served at the battle of Ben-
nington. He married Lxicy, eldest daughter of
Deacon Isaac and Lucy (Perkins) Andrews, of
Hillsboro. Her father was a leading man of his
day. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and for
tnany years held the office of justice of the, peace
whence he gained his title of 'Squire. He was the
first town clerk of Hillsboro, and served on the
first board of selectmen. John and Lucy (An-
drews) McNeil liad four children : Mary, born July
6. 1779, married James Wilson; General Solomon,
whose sketch follows ; General John, born March
25. 1784; and Lucy, born in April. 1786, who died in
inf.ancy. Lieutenant John McNeil died in Hills-
boro. September 29, 1836, aged seventy-nine years.
General John McNeil, his second son, served with
distinction in the War of 1812. He was appointed
captain of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment,

March 12, 1812. He was soon promoted to major,
and he received two brevets in twenty days. July 5
and July 25, 1814, for intrepid behavior at Chip-
pewa, and distinguished valor at Lundy's Lane. He
was afterwards brevetted brigadier-general. Gen-
eral John McNeil remained in the service till 1830,
when he retired on being appointed supervisor for
the port of Boston. His right leg was badly shat-
tered at the battle of Lundy's Lane. He was a man
of striking appearance and commanding height, be-
ing six feet, six inches tall, like his grandfather, the
original immigrant. General John McNeil married
his cousin, Elizabeth A. Pierce, only daughter of
Governor Benjamin and his first wife, Elizabeth
(Andrews) Pierce. They had four children, two
sons and two daughters. Their elder son. Lieuten-
ant John Winfield Scott McNeil, was mortally
wounded wdiile leading an attack upon an Indian
ramp in Florida, and died September 11, 1837. agei'
twenty years and six months. General John Mc-
Neil died in Washington, February 23, 1850.

(IV) General Solomon, elder son of Lieuten-
ant John and Lucy (Andrews) McNeil, was born
January 15, 1782. His home was in Hillsboro, New
Hampshire. He married Nancy M. Pierce, eldest
daughter and second child of Governor Benjamin
and his second wife, Anna (Kendrick) Pierce. She
was the eldest sister of President Franklin Pierce,
and a half sister of the wife of Solomon McNeil's
brother, General John. She died April 27, 1837.
aged forty-four years and five months.

(V) Colonel John, son of General Solomon
and Nancy M. (Pierce) McNeil, was born in Hills-
boro, New Hampshire. November 6, 1822. During
his life in Hillsboro he lived in the homestead
which had been owned by the McNeils for several
generations, and which adjoined that where his
uncle. President Franklin Pierce, was born and
reared. Colonel McNeil was an inspector in the
Boston Cu?tom House, and was the only relative of
President Pierce, who held office during the admin-
istration of the latter. He remained in this position
until 1861. In 1864-65 Colonel McNeil was repre-
sentative from the town of Hillsboro, which office
he filled with ability and uprightness. In 1S68 he
removed to Concord. New Hampshire, and was the
adviser and close friend of the former president
till the close of Pierce's life. Later he removed to
Chelmsford, and then to Winchester, Massachusetts.
At one time he was connected with the Boston &
Lowell Railroad, and for several years was the
agent of Dartmouth College in the care of a large
property which had been given to the college by
Colonel McNeil's brother-in-law, Hon. Tappan
Wentworth. of Lowell. At one time he read law
with Mr. Wentworth. Colonel McNeil was a gen-
tleman of social and genial disposition, which en-
deared him to his family and a large circle of
friends and acquaintances. Colonel John McNeil
married Cynthia Morse, daughter of Amos and
Sarah (Sawyer) Morse, who was born at Methuen,
Massachusetts. November 17. 1820. They had two
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who married General John M. Corse, for many
years po-stmaster of Boston. Colonel John JMcNeil
died April 7, 1SS5, at Winchester, Massachusetts.

(VI) Annie, elder daughter of Colonel John
and Cynthia (Morse) McNeil, was born in Lowell,
Massachusetts. She was educated at a convent in
Montreal. Canada. On February 26, 1878, she mar-
ried Charles F. M. Stark, of Dunbarton. New
Hampshire. (See Stark, VI).

This family was early found in New

L.'VKE England, and has become very widely

scattered throughout the United States.

It has representatives in every state and most of

them have proven worthy citizens.

(I) Henry Lake was born about 1660, and mar-
ried. May 9, 1681, Priscilla Wildes. He lived in
Topsfield, Massachusetts, where three of his chil-
dren were born.

(II) Eleazer, only son of Henry and Priscilla
(Wildes) Lake, was born July 9, 16S6, in Topsfield,
and lived in that town where he probably died April
9, 1771. He married, December 7, 1708, Lydia Ford,
who died May 29, 1743; he married (second), Jan-
uary 12. 1744, Mary Bixby, who died in 1775. His
children, all born of the first wife, were : Lydia,
Priscilla, Abigail. Eleazer and Daniel.

(HI) Daniel, youngest child of Eleazer and
Lydia (Ford) Lake, was born June 22, 1726, in
Topsfield, and lived in that town until 1767, when
he removed to Rindge, New Hampshire. He was
an honored and prominent man in the affairs of that
town, and served as town clerk and justice of the
peace. In the Revolution he was an active and
earnest patriot. He served through two enlist-
ments', and four of his sons were also in the service.
Late in life, about 1805, he removed to Rockingham,
Vermont, where some of his children were residing,
and there died September 26. 1810. He married,
November 30, 1749. Sarah Bixby, who- was born
1726, daughter of Deacon George and Mary (Por-
ter) Bixby. She died February ig, 1815. Their
children were : George, Daniel. Enos, Henry, Jon-
athan, Nathan, Sarah and Mary.

(IV) Henry (2), fourth son and child of
Daniel and Mary (Bixby) Lake, was born Septem-
ber 19, 1759, in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and was
but a child when his parents removed to Rindge,
New Hampshire. He remained in that town until
1792, when he removed to Rockingham, Vermont,
and was a farmer there. He was a soldier of the
Revolution, participating in the battle of Benning-
ton, and the capture of General Burgoyne's army.
He was the representative of Rockingham in the
Vermont legislature in i8r2 and 1814, His wife's
name was Prudence Lovejoy. They had five chil-
dren born in Rindge, New Hampshire, and six in
Rockingham, Vermont, namely : Silvanus. Sarah,
Henry, Leonard. Luther. Calvin, Esther, Nathan,
Riel, Daniel Bixby and Maria.

(V) Henry (3), second son and third child of
Henry (2) and Prudence (Lovejoy) Lake, was
born April 27. 1786. in Rindge, New Hampshire,

and died at Saxtons River, in the town of Rocking-
ham, Vermont. He was representative from that
town in 1820-21. He married Abigail Stevens,

(Vn Clark Sylvanus, son of Henry and Abi-
,gail (Stevens) Lake, was born in Saxtons River,
November 19, 1826, His active years were devoted
to farming in his native town, and he is still resid-
ing there, having retired from active business pur-
suits some fifteen years ago. He married Mary
Campbell and reared a family of four children,
namely: Henry E., Edwin R,, Colin C. and Clara A.

(VII) Henry Edward, eldest son and child of
Clark S, and Mary (Campbell) Lake, was born in
Saxtons River, December 11, 1852, From the pub-
lic schools of his native town he went to the Kim-
ball Union Academy at Meriden, New Hampshire,
and he later attended the Black River Academy in
Ludlow, Vermont, After devoting some two or
three years to teaching in the public schools of
Rockingham and Londonderry, Vermont, he de-
termined to cultivate his talent for music, and re-
linquishing educational pursuits he went to Boston,
where he spent considerable time in voice culture,
initially at the New England Conservatory of
Music, and subsequently under private instruction.
His permanent settlement in Keene resulted from
his having been secured by the Second Congrega-
tional Church as its tenor singer and chorister in
1882, and for nearly a quarter of a century he has
retained that position, laboring assiduously to pre-
serve a high standard of excellence in the musical
portion of the service, and occupying a prominent
place in the musical circles of the city. In 1883 he
established himself as a dealer in pianos, organs
and other musical instruments, and has built up a
large and profitable business in that line of trade.
.•\s a thoroughly conscientious artist, an excellent
teacher and an expert in the selection of an instru-
ment, he is widely and favorably known through-
out his field of operation, which embraces a broad
section of New Hampshire and Vermont, and he is
a recognized authority in all matters relative to his
profession. Mr, Lake's high standing in the com-
munity is not alone the result of his professional
ability, but is in no small measure the outcome of
his sterling integrity as a business man.

He served as a selectman for three years, and
for the years 1892, '93 and '94 was a member of the
city council. For nine years he was vice-president
of the New Hampshire State Music Teachers' As-
.sociation ; was first president and one of the
musical directors of the Keene Choral Union, and
chairman of the executive commitee of the Cheshire
County Musical .Association, Mr. Lake was actively
identified with the founding of the Keene Chorus
Club, a musical organization that has won for the
city a reputation second to none in the state for the
high order of talent and general excellence of the
concerts given under the auspices of the Society.
Mr, Lake is president of this club, Mr, Lake was
for thirteen years identified with the board of di-
rectors of the Keene Young Men's Christian As-
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the period in which their present handsome building
was erected. His society affiHations also include
the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, the
Order of the Golden Cross, and Patrons of Hus-
bandry.

On September 14, 1876. ;\Ir. Lake married Vir-
ginia I. Wilkins, daughter of Mathew and Lucy
(Johnson) Wilkins, of Londonderry, Vermont.
Mr. and Mrs. Lake have three children : Henry C,
born February 20, 1883 ; Clarence R., born July 20,
1886: and Christine M., bom January 15, 1895.
Messrs. Henry C. and Clarence R. Lake are asso-
ciated with their father in business.

The family of Tewksbury,
TEWKSBURY Tewxberry, Tuksbery or Tux-
bury, as the name has been
spelled, might trace their ancestry, if the records
were coniiplete, back to the borough of Tewk or
Tuck in England. Henry Tuxbury or Tewksbury,
weaver, of Newbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts,
removed to Boston, where he married, November
10. 1659, Martha Cobb, widow of William Harvey.
He took the oath of fidelity at Newbury in 1669.
In the same year he sold his place there and re-
moved to Amesbury. where he took the oath of
allegiance in 1677. He was one of the petitioners
of 1680. a freeman in 1690, tithingman in 1693, and
was living in 1697. His children were : Elizabeth.
Hannah. Henry, Naomi. Ruth, Mary, Martha and
John.

(I) Lieutenant Henry Tewksbury removed
(probably from Hampstead) to Weare about 1772.
He was a soldier in the Revolution. He enlisted
July 8. 1775, in Captain John Parker's company,
where he served as a private until his discharge De-
cember 16, a term of five months and seven days.
He was described as a husbandman and credited to
Weare. September 28, he was reported with his
company at St. Johns, Canada, which was besieged
about that time. Corporal Henry Tucxbury's name
appears on the roll of soldiers in Captain Timothy
Clement's company. Colonel David Oilman's regi-
ment, into which he was mustered April 15, 1776;
also in the same company in Colonel Pierce Long's
regiment at New Castle, where he was mustered out
August 7, as ensign after sixty-three days' service.
He was in the same company and regiment in the
Continental service from December 17, 17/6, to
January 7. 1777, at New Castle, and is named sec-
ond lieutenant. He married Sarah Calfe, of Hamp-
stead. He died November 28, 1806; and his wife
died January 11, 1832. Their ten children were:
Mary, Judith, Sarah, Hannah, David, Naomi, John,
Dolly, Henry and Nancy.

(II) David, son of Lieutenant Henry and
Hannah (Calfe) Tewksbury, of Weare, was born
in Weare, September 12, 1776, and died in New
Boston, March 22, 1855. aged seventy-nine years.
In 1800 he settled in New Boston, where he was a
lifelong farmer. He married (first), April 29, 1798,
Betsey, daughter of Moses Lull, of Weare. She

died May 30, 1809, and he married (second), Octo-
ber 27, 181 1, Sarah F. Hogg, who was born July 26,
1785, and died December 17, 1842, daughter of Ab-
ner and Rosamond (Person) Hogg, of New Bos-
ton (see Hogg II). He married (third), Novem-
ber 5, 1844, widow Abigail George, daughter of
James and Mary McMillen. His children by his
first wife were: Amos Wood, Nancy, James, Bet-
se}', David, who died young: and Dorothy. By the
second wife he had : Eliza, Rozeanna, Mary An-
drews, Hannah Bennett, Jane Andrews. Harriet
Newell, and David A. Dorothy, born January 28,
1808, married, March 11, 1830, Daniel Jones, of
Merrimack (see Jones VII), and died 1836.

This does not appear to be a very an-
SLOANE cient family in New England. In the

early records the name is spelled
without the final letter now used by this family.
There are meager traces of the family at various
points in Massachusetts, and it is impossible to de-
termine whether records of the same name pertain
to the same person in all cases.

(I) It appears that there was a David Sloan re-
siding in Shirley, Massachusetts, previous to the
Revolution. He was among the patriots who re-
sponded to the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775,
and was subsequently in the Revolutionary service
with his son and namesake among the eight
months' recruits. It also appears that David Sloan
(probably the son) enlisted December 2, 1777, for
three years' service in Captain Sylvester Smith's
company, of Shirley.

(II) The records of Shirley show that the mar-
riage intention of David (2) Sloan was pubjished
October 17. 1774, the prospective bride being
Rachael Gould, of Shirley. The vital records of
Pelham, Massachusetts, show marriage of David
Sloan to Elizabeth Scott, on June 2, 1774, and the
following children of this couple appear on the town
records: James, Garner, Jonathan, Andrew and
David.

(III) David (3) Sloane, youngest child of David
(2) and Elizabeth (Scott) Sloan, was born January
9, 1790, in Pelham, Massachusetts. He w^orked his
way through college and graduated from Dartmouth
in 1806. Among his classmates were Governor and
Judge Matthew Harvey, of New Hampshire, and
Governor and Judge Albion K. Parris, of Maine.
Mr. Sloane studied law with Judge W. H. Wood-
ward, of Hanover and George Woodward, of
Haverhill, New Hampshire, and began practicing in
the latter place where he continued till his death.
He is said to have been an astute lawyer and a
shrewd and successful business man. David Sloane
married Anna Johnson, daughter of Captain
Thomas Johnson of Newbury. Vermont, and they
had six children: Thomas C, Edward, David Scott,
William H., Henry and Elizabeth A. David Scott
Sloane graduated from Dartmouth in 1836, became
a teacher, and died at the age of forty-one. Wil-
liam H. Sloane graduated from Dartmouth in 1841,

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became a lawyer, and died at the age of thirty-five.
David Sloane died at Haverhill, New Hampshire,
June 7, i860.

(.IV) Ihomas Carlton, eldest child of David and
Anna (Johnson) Sloane, was born at Haverhill,
New Hampshire, and was educated in Haverhill
and at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden. He
•was in the furniture business in New York City
for many years. He was a Democrat in politics.
He married Mary Williams.

(V) Scott, son of Thomas Carlton and Mary
(Williams) Sloane, was born in Montreal, Quebec,
June 16, 1853, where his parents were residing tem-
porarily, and received his early education at Haver-
hill, New Hampshire. Leaving home at the age
of thirteen, he went to school in Montpelier, Ver-
mont, attended the high school in Newport, Rhode
Island, and for four years was a pupil at a private
school in Newport. He worked his way through
school, and began studying law in Boston in 1879.
While studying law he worked as an assistant book-
keeper in a wholesale house in Boston. In 1880
he went to Haverhill, New Hampshire, and studied
law with George F. Putnam for two years, finishing
his studies in the office of E. W. Smith, with whom
he formed a co-partnership, having offices at Wells
River, Vermont, and Woodsville, New Hampshire.
This partnership continued till 1899, after which
Mr. Sloan remained alone in the practice of law at
Woodville, until October, 1905, when he came to
Lebanon, New Hampshire, and opened offices, where
he is still in practice. Mr. Sloane attends the Con-
gregational Church. He is a Republican in politics,
and was a delegate to the constitutional convention
in 1902. He belongs to the Order of Elks. Scott
Sloane was married June 16, 1885, to Annabel M.
Nelson, daughter of W. H. and Margaret M. Nel-
son, of Haverhill, New Hampshire. There are no
children.

This name has undergone so many
GURNSEY changes in its orthography that it

is now quite impossible to deter-
mine its original spelling. In the early records of
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, the names of the progen-
itors of the Gurnseys now in hand are spelled Garn-
sey.

(I) John Garnsey, of Rehoboth, married Judith
Ormsbv, October 14, 1714.

(II) John, son of John and Judith Garnsey,
was born in Rehoboth, January 4, 1720. On May
13, 1742, he was married by the Rev. John Green-
wood to "Lidia" Healey.

(III) Deacon Amos, eldest child of John and
Lidia (Healey) Garnsey, was born in Rehoboth,
March 31, 1743. About the year 1766 he migrated
to Richmond, New Hampshire, where he acquired
possession of lot No. 13, range 11, and the farm
which he cleared and improved was afterwards oc-
cupied by John Scott and others. His death oc-
curred in Richmond, February 12, 1813. He was
married in Rehoboth or vicinity to Merriam Pike,
who died December 12, 1S14. Their children were :

iii — 18

Cyril, Amos, Cyrus, Lucy, who married Nchemiah
Bennett ; Darius and Moses.

(IV) Cyril, eldest child of Deacon Amos and
Merriam (Pike) Garnsey, was born in Rehoboth,
April 30, 1764. He grew to manhood in Richmond,
where he resided for the major part of his life, but
about 1823 he moved to Whitefield, this state, and
in company with his son Darius acquired four hun-
dred acres of government land, which he cleared
for agricultural purposes. He died at Whitefield,
in 1836 or S7. He married, November 14, 1784,
Salome Garfield, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire,
born in Richmond, May 31, 1769, died about 1840,
and he was the father of John, who died young;
Merriam, who married Solomon Gage ; John, Aaron,
who also died young; Darius, who will be again
referred to; Mary, who married John Scott; Rachel,
who married Lemuel Scott ; Anna, who became the
wife of Jedediah B. Howe ; Naomi, who married
Thomas Eastman ; Phebe, who became Mrs. Baker ;
Ruth, who died young; and another Aaron, who
did not live to Jiiaturity.

(V) Dr. Darius, third son and fifth child of
Cyril and Salome (Garfield) Garnsey, was born in
Richmond, August 28, 1795. He studied medicine
under the direction of John Parkhurst, M. D., and
in 1823 located for the practice of his profession
in Whitefield. He possessed the knowledge, intui-
tion and enthusiasm necessary for the making of an
able physician, but was prevented by his untimely
death, which occurred in 1830, from realizing his
cherished ambition in his chosen field of usefulness.
His marriage took place February 8, 1818, to Abi-
gail, daughter of Lemuel Scott. She survived her
husband nearly fifty years, her death having oc-
curred in 1877. The children of this union were:
Norris, born in 1819, died in 1822; Sanford, born
June 23, 1820; and Norris G., the date of whose
birth is recorded in the next paragraph.

(VI) Norris Greenleaf, youngest son of Dr.
Darius and Abigail (Scott) Gurnscy, was born in
Whitefield, March 18, 1826. He attended school
in Richmond and on account of his father's death
was thrown upon his own resources at an early
age. Prior to his majority he went to Charlemont,
Massachusetts, and worked at the cooper's trade
some three years. He then turned his attention to
farming in Richmond, first alone and then with his
brother Sanford. From Richmond he went to Win-
chester, where for a time he acted as general over-
seer of the farm and other interests of S. W. Buf-
fum, and he next purchased a gristmill, which he
operated successfully for about five years. Disposing
of that property he became proprietor of the
stage line from Brattleboro, Vermont, to Winchester
and Richmond, and upon relinquishing that business
some two years later he took charge, for one year,
of the highways and bridges for the town of Win-
chester. In 1859 he purchased the restaurant privi-
lege in the railway station in Kecnc, and has ever
since resided there. During the succeeding fifteen
years he carried on the restaurant business with
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of refreshment at one time during the war period.
In 1874 he succeeded Peter B. Hayward in the
cracker manufacturing business. He was for some
years engaged in a large way as a reliable dealer
in horses ; was at one time engaged in the coal
trade ; for a time Mr. Gurnsey w'as associated with
his sons in the cracker manufactory, and subse-
quently a grandson, but the younger men are now
deceased and the business is still being conducted
by the elder gentleman, who also conducts a hotel,
restaurant and wholesale and retail tobacco establish-
ment at Main and Railroad streets. Mr. Gurnsey has
contributed in a material way to the development
of Keene by the erection of two of the most substan-
tial business blocks of the city and of a number of
dwelling houses; Mr. Gurnsey was one of the orig-
inal stockholders and directors of the Citizens' Na-
tional Bank, of Keene, and is one of the board of
trustees of the Cheshire County Savings Bank. He
was one of the public spirited citizens who early
came to the front in securing the establishment
of the local trolley Hues. In numerous ways Mr.
Gurnsey has manifested his interest in the develop-
ment of the business interests of his home city-,
contributing to the establishment of a number of
the manufacturing plants.

In politics Mr. Gurnsey was in early life a Whig,
but with the majority of that element he joined the
Republican party at its formation. He has served
.with ability in the common council one year, the
board of aldermen two years, and also as water
commissioner twenty-six years. At the present time
he is chairman of the building committee connected
with the local lodge of Odd Fellows, wliich he
joined thirty-five years ago, and for twenty years
he has been a member of the local tribe. Improved
Order of Red Men. His religious affiliations are
with the Unitarians.

In 1847 he married iliranda A. Pickett, daughter
of Hosea Pickett, of Winchester. She became the
mother of six children, namely : Everett, Grace,
Edward J., Charles P., Frank N., and a child who
died in infancy. Of these tlie only survivor is Grace,
who married L. J. Ellis, of Waverley, Massachu-
setts. After a period of fifty-eight years of con-
jugal happiness JNIrs. Gurnsey passed away July I,
1905, and was laid to rest beside her children.

The ancestor of this line of the Beat-
BE.ATTIE tie family was of Scotch origin, and

came to America and became the
progenitor of a race of useful and influential citi-
zens.

(I) John Beattie was horn in Edinburgh, Scot-
land, and died in Ncwburg, New York, where he
'resided many years. He was the father of four chil-
dren: James, Joseph. Israel and Susan.

(II) Rev. James Milligan, son of John Beattie,
was born in Colenham, New York, September 2,
jSii. and died in Ryegate, Vermont, March 12, 1884.
He graduated from Union College, and studied for
the ministry in Scotland, taking his degree from
Edinburuh Universitv. Returning to New York he

was a private tutor several .years : again went to
Edinburgh, where he took a post-graduate course,
and returning to .Vmerica, was ordained pastor of
the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Old School of
Ryegate. Vermont, in 1844. He sustained a suc-
cessful ministry there forty years, was an efBcicnt
promoter of schools, and was president of the trus-
tees of Peacham Academy. He married, in 1S56,
Margaret Sophia Nelson, daughter of John and
Mary ("Finlay) Nelson, of Ryegate. She was born
April 15, 1830, and died August 18, 1907, aged
seventy-seven years. The children of this marriage
were : Elizabeth, John, William Johnston, Joseph,
James and Mary.

(HI) William Johnston Beattie, M. D., third
child of Rev. James M. and Margaret S. (Nelson)
Beattie, was born in Ryegate, Vermont, September
6, 1865. He took his early education in the schools
of Ryegate, and at Peacham and St. Johnsbury
academies, and then took a four years' medical
course at Belleviie Hospital Medical College, New
York, from which he graduated in 1888. The fol-
lowing year he spent at Bellevue Hospital as sur-
geon, and in 1889 settled in Littleton, New Hamp-
shire, where he has since gained a handsome prac-
tice. He is medical referee of Grafton county, sur-
geon to the Boston & Maine Railroad, and founder
of the Littleton Hospital, and is president of its
board of trustees. He is a member of the New
Hampshire State Medical Society, the Grafton
County Medical Society, and the New Y'ork and
New England As.sociation of Railway Surgeons.
In political faith he is a staunch Republican, and is
now (rgo7) chairman of the Littleton Republican
committee. In 1900 he represented the town in the
legislature. He was surgeon-general on the staff
of Governor Chester B. Jordan. He is a member
of Burns Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons,
and of Cheswick Lodge, Knights of Pythias'. He
married. May 29, 1890, Elizabeth Arnold Tuttle. who
was born in Littleton, July 27, 1866, daughter of
Charles M. and Luthera Moulton Tuttle, of Little-
ton. She graduated from the Littleton high school
in 1884, and the following year attended St. Johns-
bury ."Xcademy. She is a member of the Unitarian
Church. They have four children : Margaret, born
January 18, 1891 ; Barbara, December 28, 1897;
Elizabeth, February 5, 1901 ; and Catherine Gray,
.August 7, 1905.

The name of Starrctt is not
STARRETT numerous in this country, but it

stands for the strong qualities of
Scotch-Irish, who have contributed so many val-
able citizens to America.

(I) William Starrett was born in the High-
lands of Scotland. .April 15, 1694. When he was
two years of age his parents fled from the country
and took refuge in the north of Ireland to escape
persecution on account of their religious belief.
PIc. with his parents, is said to have been concealed
in a cave for tliree months previous to their escape
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born in the county of Derry, Ireland, in 1699. The
Gambles were among the earliest of the Scotch fam-
iHes to take refuge in Ireland. William Starrett
and his wife came to this country in 1728, and set-
tled first at Pemaquid. Maine: and in 1735, at Up-
per St. George's, now Warren, Maine. On the
breaking out of King George's war, they removed
to Woburn. Massachusetts, and finally to Dedham,
where he died March 8, 1769. His widow returned
to St. George's, Maine, where she died April 12,
1786. They had five children : Margaret, married
(first) Hugh Scott, (second) Dr. D. Locks, (third)
Stephen Peabody. lived and died at Warren^ Maine.
Hugh, born in Ireland, lost at sea. David, married

MeClintock, lived and died at Francestown, New

Hampshire. Colonel Thomas, born in Warren,
Maine, in 17,38, married Rebecca Lewis, and died
January 31. 1822. William, whose sketch follows.

(II) William, fourth son and youngest of the
five children of William and Mary ^Gamble) Star-
rett, was born in Warren, Maine, May 4, 1743. He
lived for a time in Dedham, Massachusetts, where
he married. He and his wife left Dedham for New
Boston, New Hampshire, where they arrived May
12, 1770, after a journey of three days. They rented
the Carson place for three years, and on February
21, 1773, they removed to Francestown, New Hamp-
shire, which became their permanent home. They
lived in the south part of the town on the farm
afterwards owned by their grandson, James Howard
Starrett. William Starrett served in the Revolu-
tionary war. He was one of the founders of the
Congregational Church in Francestown. and for
forty-eight years served as deacon. He held many
town offices. He died in Francestown, August 3.
1829, from an attack by a savage bull. He married,
December 10. 1767, Abigail, daughter of David and
Deborah Fisher, of Dedham, Massachusetts. She
was born in Dedham, June 15. 1749. and died in
Francestown. September 21, 1S21. They had thir-
teen children, all I)orn in Francestown except the
eldest, who was born in ' Dedham. The children
were: Mary, born May 12, 1769, died November 30
of that year. William, born November 4, 1770,
married Lucy Baldwin, in September, 1797, lived in
Antrim, New Hampshire, and in Washington,
Maine, where he died .August 25, 1S17. Hugh, born
August 12, 1772, died June 14, 1773. David, whose
sketch follows, .'\bner, born September 28, 1776,
married Elizabeth Dane, of New Boston, New
Hampshire, and died in Harlem, Maine, August 14.
1819. Nabby, born October 22. 1778, married Gerry
Whiting, September 9. 1798, died in New Boston,
April I, 1831. Hannah, born January 2, 1781, died
in Francestown, October 24, 1830. Deborah, born
December 26, 1782, married Samuel Burge. of
Francestown, February 5, 1822, and died in Frances-
town, October 24, 1830. Polly, born January 29,
1785, died in Francestown. September 29, 1862.
Luther, born January 8. 1787. died in Francestown,
May 24, 1815. Sevella, born June 12, 1789, married
Cynthia Gay, of Francestown, February 13, 1816,
succeeded to his father's farm, v.ns n -Tlcrinirn, rind

for twenty-four years a deacon of the church, and
died in Francestown, April 14, 1875. Lee. born
June 12, 17S9, married Isaac Heaton, of Putnam,
Maine, January 23, 1815, died there May 24, 1822.
Calvin, born July 28, 1791, married Betsey Clark,
October 7. 1S17, removed to Putnam, now Wash-
ington, Maine, where he died March 17, 1876.

(III) David, third son and fourth child of
William and Abigail (Fisher) Starrett, was born
m Francestown, New Hampshire, April 21, 1774.
He married Nabby E. Appleton. of North Brook-
field, Massachusetts, in September, 1803, and died
in Arkansas, June. 1819.

(IV) Joseph .'\ppleton, son of David and Nabby
E. (Appleton) Starrett, was born at Hillsborough,
August 3, 1804. At the age of nine years he moved
to Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, where he was a
tanner and currier. He was a deacon in the Con-
gregational Church, and he represented his town in
the legislature. He married Maria Jane, daughter
of John and Dolly (Durent) Bruce, of Mont Ver-
non. There were five children: Henrietta M., born
September 29, 1834; William S. A., whose sketch
follows; Mary J., June 17. 1840; Emily J., Decem-
ber 14, 1846; John B., November 25, 1858. Deacon
Joseph A. Starrett died May 22. 1894, at the ad-
vanced age of ninety years aVid nine months.

(V) William Sullivan Appleton, son of Joseph
Appleton and Maria J. (Bruce) Starrett, was born
at Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, June 4, 1838.
Be was educated in the common schools, and later
settled on a farm containing seventy acres. He
married Frances Ellen McCullom.. daughter of
Milton and Sophronia (Trow) McCulIom, of Mont
Vernon. There were two. children : Emilie Cutter
Appleton and Henrietta Maria. The latter married
Frederick Aureansen, of New York. He is a civil
engineer and assistant bridge engineer of the Long
Island Railroad. They have one child, Elizabeth,
born June 11, 1905.

Among the early settlers of the coast
ALGER of Maine were Andrew and Arthur
Alger, brothers. Though one authority
says they came from Dunston, Somersetshire, En.g-
land. it is more probable they were from' Dunston,
Norfolk county, as it is certainly known that a
family of that name was for a long time settled
there. Andrew was living in Saco, Maine, in 1640.
He was styled a "surveyor," and 1644-45 liad a
company of men on Stratton's Island engaged in
fishing. In 1651 he and his brother Arthur bought
a tract of land containing nearly a thousand acres
of the Indians in what is now Scarborough, Maine,
They gave the place the name of Dunston in
memory of their old home in England, which is
still borne by a flourishing village there. They set-
tled there in 1654, and Andrew was constable and
selectman of the town in 1668. In October, 1675,
the Indians attacked their garrison house, but failing
to captiire it, after destroying the empty houses of
.Andrew's sons-in-law, they retired to the woods.

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Andrew, however, in ,tlie attack was shot dead and
Arthur mortally wounded, dying at the house of
William Sheldon in Marblehead, October 14, 1675.
Andrew's family fled to Boston, and his widow mar-
ried Samuel Walker. Arthur was a constable in
Scarborough in 1658, grand juror in 1661, and repre-
sented the town in the general court in Boston in

1671 and 1672. Andrew married Agnes , by whom

he had John, Andrew, Matthew, Elizabeth, who
married John Pahiier, Joanna, who married (first)
Elias Oakman, and (second) John Mills, of Boston,
and a daughter who ma,rried John Ashton, or

Austin. .Arthur married Ann , by whom he had

children, but their names have not been learned.
From one or the other of these brothers the present
line of Algers has doubtless descended.

(1) Alexander Alger was born in Maine. His
occupation was that of a mason. He married and
had a son Alexander.

(H) Alexander (2), son of Alexander Alger,
was probably born in Maine. Like his father his
occupation was that of a mason. He came to Man-
chester, New Hampshire, in 1844, and took up his
residence there. Politically he is an Independent.
In i860 he married J. Rose, daughter of Jlartin
Conner, of Ireland, who was educated in the paro-
chial schools and for a- time was teacher. His wife
is a inember of the Catholic Church. Twelve
children have been born to them, ten of whom died
in infancy. Among them were William Francis,
and Frederick, born September, 1862.

(Ill) William Francis, eldest son of Alexander
and J. Rose (Conner) Alger, was born in Man-
chester, July 21, 1861. He was educated in the
parochial and public schools. He has been con-
nected with the weaving department of the Amos-
keag Mills for thirty-six years, and as second hand
for five years. He bought the place in Goffstown
where he now resides, and has erected thereon new
buildings. Politically he afiiliates with the Repub-
licans. Mr. and Mrs. Alger are both members of
the Catholic Church. He married, ]March 10, 1885,
Kate E., daughter of John and Catherine (Mc-
Derby) Gavin, of Montreal, Canada. His wife was
educated in the public schools. Their children are:
Arthur, born October 16, 1886; William, November
6, 1887 ; Leonard, February 18, 1S89, died the same
day; Silvia, October 3, 1890; Annie, December 30,
1891 ; Rosa, March 11, 1894; Walter, February 9,
1897; Leonard, 2d, born and died February 2, 1898;
Jenevieve, July 18, 1899, who died young; Robert,
January 5, 1903; and Katie, August 20, 1905.

This old French name, which was
BL'SHEY originally spelled in quite a different

form, was brought into New Hamp-
shire from the province of Quebec by Isaac Wilkes
Bushey, now a successful and respected citizen of
Concord. His parents were Louis and Rebecca
Bushey, of Richmond, province of Quebec, natives
respectively of Montreal and of Yorkshire, England.
The name of Louis Bushey's parents are not now
obtainable, but it is known that his mother lived to

a great age. He learned the trade of carpenter in
^Montreal, and settled at Richmond, province of
Quebec, where he was extensively engaged in build-
ing operations, and died at the age of more than
seventy years. He was a very active and rapid
worker, and accomplished more in a day than most
carpenters of the present day in this section would
attempt to perform in two days. Both he and his
wife were members of the Methodist Church. The
latter was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann
Boast, who came from England and settled in Rich-
mond, where they lived and died, the father being
a blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Bushey lived as man
and wife for more than fifty years, and the latter
survived her husband some years. They were the
parents of ten sons and two daughters. Elizabeth,
the eldest, died unmarried, at the age of about
twenty-four years ; Joseph and William are
farmers, residing in Iowa ; Isaac W., is the fourth ;
Louis died in Boston in May, 1905 ; Alfred died,
a young man, at Richmond; Robert died in Butler
county, Iowa ; Edward Henry died in Lancaster,
New Hampshire, November 11, 1904; the ninth
and tenth died in infancy ; Thomas George is a
resident of Toronto, Canada ; and Emmeline, the
youngest, who is married, resides at Melbourne in
that province.

Isaac W. Bushey was born November 8, 1842,
in Richmond, province of Quebec, and left home
at the age of twelve years to live with his grand-
father, Joseph Boast, who conducted a blacksmith
shop in Richmond, and from whom the grandson
acquired the trade. They made a specialty of the
manufacture of agricultural implements, and did a
general blacksmithing business. Having decided to
try his fortune in the United States, he arrived in
Concord the first day of August, 1865, and here he
completed his trade with Harvey, Morgan & Co.,
where he perfected himself in carriage ironing.
This occupied his time in Concord until the inhala-
tion of coal gas at his .forge caused the breaking
of his health and he was compelled to abandon the
work. In the meantime the business had changed
hands, and he had long been in the service of the
Abbott-Downing Company, which he left in 1873.
He then located on Pleasant street, and for eleven
years conducted a successful livery business, which
he sold out in 1884. Having developed much skill
in the handling of horses and a great love for these
noble animals, he has since been steadily employed
in breaking colts and the care of horses for others.
In 1893 he bought a farm on South street in Con-
cord, and in the following j'ear built thereon a very
handsome home and commodious and convenient
barns for the care and handling of horses. In this
connection he tills nearly forty acres of land. Mr.
Bushey accepts the faith of the Methodist Church.
Though not a member of any organization, he was
a regular attendant during the life of his wife of
the Baptist Church in Concord. He is a member
of Capital Grange, of which he has served as
steward, and in which he received the largest vote
ever given for the office of overseer, but declined

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to accept the office. In political affiliations he is a
Democrat. He married, November, 1S69, Elizabeth
Maria Morrill, of Danville, province of Quebec, who
died in May following. He married, December 25,
1878, Henrietta M. Carr, born November 26, 1839,
in Unity, New Hampshire, daughter of Harris and
Leah Thurber, and widow of Hial Carr. Mrs.
Bushey had a daughter, Ida Jane Carr, who died
at the home of Mr. Bushey at the age of twenty-six
years, and one daughter is the fruit of the second
union, namely, Elizabeth Etta Bushey, now aged
twenty-five years. The mother died September 16,
1905, and was buried in Blossom Hill Cemetery,
Concord.

The Babbs of New Hampshire are prob-
BABB ably descended from Philip Babb, who

was of Kittery, Maine, in 1652, and the
next year was associated under the commissioners
from Massachusetts, with Major Bryan Pendleton,
Nicholas Shapleigh, and others in the government of
the Isle of Shoals, and a few years later lived there.

(I) William Babb was born in Barrington, New
Hampshire, in 1765, and died in Strafford in 1846.
He settled on a farm in Strafford which is still in
the family name. He worked at his trade of mason
and built the first chimney in Strafford above the
Blue Hills. He married Sarah Leighton, and they
had James, Sampson, Dennis, \\'illiam and Isaac.

(II) Sampson, son of William and Sarah
(Leighton) Babb, was born in Strafford in 1790,
and lived on his father's homestead. He was a
farmer and mason. He married Hannah Mills,
and they had tive children : Daniel L., Sarah J.,
Mary Ann, and two children who died young. Sarah
J. married Nathaniel Brewster, and iMary Ann
married Ebenezer H. Holmes.

(III) Daniel L., son of Sampson and Hannah
(Mills) Babb, was born in Strafford, October i,
1810, and died April 14, 1888. He lived on a farm
in the Strafford Blue Hills, and was a brick and
stone mason. He was a man of good business
ability and common sense and was for some time a
member of the board of selectmen. In religion he
was a Free Will Baptist. He married Mehitabel B.
Lyford, who was born August 27, 1816. Five chil-
dren were born of this marriage: John (died
young), Nancy L., Hannah A., John L. and Eliza
M. Nancy L. married (first) Asa Clark, and
(second) William Clough. Hannah A. married
Jaincs Whitmarsh. John L. is mentioned below.
Eliza M. married Henry Lord.

(IV) John Lyford, son of Daniel L. and Mehit-
abel B. (Lyford) Babb, was born in Strafford. April
17, 1842. He followed the industrial lines of his
ancestors, resided on the old homestead and in addi-
tion to carrying on farming worked at the mason's
trade. He married (first) Mary A. Nutter, by
whom he had two children : an infant, died young ;
and Arthur C, born March 31, 1869, who is a mason
in Strafford. He married (second) Abbie Ham,
who was born in Rochester, daughter of Downing
and Mary Ham, of Rochester. By her he had three

children: Frank H., mentioned below; Mary A.,
who died young; Hattie E., who married William
J. Moore. He married (third) Jennie L. Jones,
daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Jones, of Barn-
stead.

(V) Frank Ham, son of John L. and Abbie
(Ham) Babb, was born in Strafford, May 7, 1872,
and educated in the public schools of that town. He
is the fifth in line of descent in this family to fol-
low the mason's trade, which he learned of his
father. At the age of twenty-one he settled in
Rochester, where he has since become a prosperous
mason contractor, and has erected some of the
largest and finest buildings in the county, among
which are the Dodge Block, Hotel Hayes, Sal-
niger's front, and the Gonic shoe factories. He also
built the library of the State Agricultural College
at Durham, the pulp mill at West Derby, Vermont,
and is now (1907) erecting the brick work of the
city hall at Rochester. He is a Republican in poli-
tics, and was a member of the city council in 1906.
He is a member of Montolina Lodge, No. 18, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Rochester. He
married, June 28, 1893, Lillian M. Wentworth, who
was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, December
31, 1863, daughter of Alonzo P. and Lydia A.
(Sanders) Wentworth (See Wentworth VII).
They have three children: Tilford F., Raymond S.
and Everett W. Two others died young.

This name is one of those which
McELWAINE do not occur in the early history

of New England. The immi-
grant ancestor of this McElvvaine family was one of
those who came to America almost a century ago
and helped to lay the foundations of the present
prosperity of this nation.

(I) Joseph McElwaine was born in the county
of Derry, Ireland, about 1780. He emigrated to
America about 1830, and settled near Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. After residing there about five years
he returned to Ireland and spent the remainder of
his life there. He died in May, 1866. He married
Charlotte Lenox, who came to America after the
death of her husband with her daughter, and died
in Philadelphia in 1888, aged eighty-four years.
The children of Joseph and Charlotte (Lenox) Mc-
Elwaine were : Sarah. Ellen, who married William
Anderson, of Philadelphia. Robert, who died soon
after coming to America. Mary Ann, who married
Michael Hanney, of Philadelphia. Elizabeth, who
married a Mr. Sweeney. Margaret, wife of Wil-
liam Balbirnie. George B., mentioned below. Ma-
tilda, who married William Sheppard, of Phila-
delphia. John of Lawrence, ^Massachusetts. Char-
lotte, deceased. Helena, deceased.

(II) George Balbirnie, second son and seventh
child of Joseph and Charlotte (Lenox) McEl-
waine, was born in county Derry, Ireland, Septem-
ber 5, 1838, and in July, 1862, came to America and
settled in Buxton, Maine, where he was employed
for a time as a laborer. Later he took a place in
the woolen mills of that place, learned the dyer's

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trade, and remained tlicrc live years. He then re-
moved to Great Falls where he worked as foreman
of the dyeworks until i88g. In the latter year he
removed to Gonic, New Hampshire, and became
overseer in the dyeing department of the Gonic Man-
ufacturing Company's mill, and has since held that
position. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and
has been a member of that Order since 1873. He
is a member of Libanus Lodge, No. 49, of Somers-
worth; Edwards Royal Arch Chapter, No. 21, of
Somersworth; Orient Council, Royal and Select
Masters ; Palestine Commandery Knights Tem-
plar; and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, of
Nashua. He married (first), in iS6r, Nancy Hammill,
who was born in county Tyrone, Ireland. Three chil-
dren were born of this marriage : Thomas, now in
California. David, born in 1864, died in 1906. Etta,
born in 1867, married S. Grant, and lives in Van-
couver, British Columbia. He married (second)
Maria S. Lee, who was born in England, July 14,
1843. Of this marriage there is one child : Wiilia'.n
L., born in 1S69, who is foreman of the dye works
in North Berwick.

Owing to the fact that the
SPRINGFIELD name of Springfield was se-
lected and legally adopted by
the grandfather of the representative of tha family
in the present generation, in preference to his legiti-
mate cognomen, information relative to their genea-
logy and early history cannot be ascertained. For
considerably more than half a century they have
been actively identified with the woolen manufac-
turing industry of New Hampshire and J.Iaine, and
they have also been prominently associated with
agricultural, political and other important interests
of the Granite State.

(I) Hon. Isaac Woodbury Springfield was born
in Rochester, New Hampshire 1824. After conclud-
ing what may be termed a good practical education
■ he learned the weaver's trade, serving his appren-
ticeship in the mills of the ,old Mechanic's Corpor-
ation at Rochester, and in 1S47 established himself
in the woolen manufacturing business at East
Rochester. Commencing operations with one set
of looms he gave his attention to the production of
blankets and flannels, and continued on that modest
scale for a period of ten years, or until his factory
was destroyed by fire. Removing to Wolfboro he
established the Wolfboro Mills, installing four sets
and employing an average force of seventy oper-
atives. Here he continued to manufacture blankets
and flannels of a superior quality for over forty
years, and realized excellent financial results. He in-
vested quite extensi\-ely in real estate, including val-
uable wild lands from which he cut and hauled large
quantities of timber annually and manufactured it
at his own saw-mills. He was also interested in
agriculture, owning a well equipped farm, to the cul-
tivation of which he devoted considerable time and
energy, and he made a specialty of raising tliorough-
bred horses. He was one of the organizers of the
Rochester Agricultural and Mechanical Association,

was chosen its first president and continued in office
through successive re-elections for more than twenty
■years. Politically he supported the Republican
party and rendered his share of public service by
representing his district in the state legislature with
marked ability. In his younger days he affiliated
with the ^Methodists, but during his latter years
his conception of religious matters became more
liberal, and he favored the Unitarian belief, con-
tributing generously toward the support of that
church. He was a prominent Mason, Odd Fellow
and Granger. He was one of the charter members
of Temple Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and was
one of the first four initiated into Montolina Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the first
master of the Rochester Grange; was one of the in-
corporators of the Rochester Savings Bank, and a
director of the Lake National Bank of Wolfboro,
and for four years was president. He married Clara
Nutter, daughter of Isaac Nutter, a well-to-do
farmer of Rochester and a representative of one of
the pioneer families of that town. She became the
mother of five children, three of whom are living,
namely : Charles W., Jennie E. and Hattie L. The
latter is now the wife of Thomas L. Thurston, of
Wolfboro, and has two daughters, Clara Louise and
Violet. Mr. Springfield died January 7, 1900, sur-
viving his wife, whose death occurred January 13,
18S8, at the age of sixty-four.

(II) Charles Woodbury, son of Hon. Isaac W.
and Clara (Nutter) Springfield, was born in Ro-
chester, April 18, 1844. His preliminary studies
were pursued in the public schools of his native
town, and he completed his education at the academy
in West Lebanon, Maine. Entering the office of the
Rochester Review as an apprentice he remained
there until l86l, when he relinquished the printer's
trade in order to engage in mercantile pursuits, and
after spending a year as a clerk in a Rochester dry-
goods store established a general country store in
Wolfboro. A year later he disposed of his mer-
cantile business and entered his father's factory as
an operative, mastering in turn every detail of the
woolen manufacturing industry from the loom to
the counting room, and being thus equipped he
engaged in business on his own account in Crafts-
bury, Vermont, in 1S64, having a mill with three
sets and producing besides flannels other woolen
cloths for custom trade. After remaining in Ver-
mont some two and one half years he sold his plant,
and returning to Wolfboro became superintendent
of his father's mill, in which capacity he continued
for a number of years. Going to Alfred, Maine, in
1879, he leased a woolen mill which was equipped
with improved machinery of the most modern type,
and lor over twenty years he gave his attention
exclusively to the manufacture of the finest grade
of woolen blankets, employing an average force of
forty operatives and attaining profitable results. The
death of his father necessitated his removal from
Alfred and for the past seven years he has given
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as a side speculation, entering the firm of J. H.
Littlelield & Company.

In politics Mr. Springfield 'is a Republican. He
is a member of Kennedy Lodge, No. 57, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows; Rising Sun Lodge,
No. 7, Knights of Pythias ; Runnawitt Tribe, No. 9,
Improved Order of Red Men; and the Daughters
of Pocohontas Association, all of Rochester; and
of Carroll Lodge. No. 7, Ancient Order of United
Workmen of Wolfboro. On September 6, 1863, he
married Mary E. Cate, daughter of Hon. E. R. Cate,
of East Alton, New Hampshire. INIr. and Mrs.
Springfield are broad-minded and their religious
ideas are optimistic. The greater part of their mar-
ried life has been spent in Rochester, where they
still reside.

Ridel, Riddell, Riddle, the latter spell-
RIDDLE ing having been adopted by the Bed-
ford branch about 1790, is an old name
derived from Ryedale, that is, the dale or valley of
the river Rye, whence the family first took the name,
that being the place of residence of the stock at the
time the name was assumed. The family was
Scotch and a branch of it settled in the north of
Ireland.

(I) John and Janet Gordon RiddcU lived in
Ballymeath, county Londonderrj', Ireland, and were
the parents of Gawn, Hugh, Robert, John and
Margery.

(II) Gawn, oldest child of John and Janet Gor-
don Riddell, was born May 16, i683 (Ballymeath
record) and died irf Bedford, December 22, 1779,
aged ninety-one. With his three brothers and one
sister above named, he came to Londonderry, New
Hampshire, and from there all except Robert re-
moved to Bedford about 1738. Gawn settled on
and improved a piece of land, and his name appears
upon the town records as tytliingman, constable,
selectman, clerk of market, committee to build
meetinghouse, and so forth. He married Mary
Bell, who was born in 1724, and died January 7,
1813, aged eighty-nine. She was the daughter of
John and Katherine Bell, who immigrated from
Ireland to Bedford about 1736. Gawn and Mary
had six children : John, David, Susannah, Hugh,
Isaac and William.

(III) David, second son and child of Gawn and
Mary (Bell) Riddle, was born in Bedford, March
16, 1757, and died in the same town December 18,
1839, aged eighty-two. He was a soldier of the
Revolution, and a pensioner. The name of David
Riddle is on the return dated Boxford, Massachu-
setts, of men mustered by John Gushing, Muster
Master for Essex county to join the Continental
army for the term of nine months, agreeable to the
resolve of June 9, 1779; also on the descriptive list
of men raised to serve in the Continental army for
the term of nine months, returned as received of
Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Captain James Tis-
dale, at Springfield, Massachusetts, August 23, 1779,
Colonel Hutchinson's Regiment. He is described
as twenty-two years of age, five feet, ten inches

high, of light complexion, and as engaged for the
town of Salem, but whether of Massachusetts or
New Hampshire, is not certain. His name is also
on Company receipt for equipments, given to Cap-
tain James Tisdale, dated Springfield, August 22,
1779; also Captain Webb's Company, Colonel Shep-
ard's (Fourth) Regiment, entering the service Au-
gust 17, 1779. He was discharged May 17, 1780,
after a term of nine months. He and his brotlier
Hugh bought land together, and he afterwards built
and resided nearby. He held offices of trust in tlie
town, poundkeeper, selectman, and so forth. He was
noted for his originality, and differed in his views
on political matters from his brothers. He married
in 1798, Mary Dunlap, daughter of Major Dunlap,
of Bedford. Their children were; Jolni Dunlap,
Hugh, Martha, and Gilman and Mary, twins.

(IV) Martha, third child and oldest daughter
of David and Mary (Dunlap) Riddle, was born
December 16, 1806, and died April 4, 1878, in Bed-
ford. She married, January 29, 1829, Daniel Barn-
ard (See Barnard VI).

(HI) Captain Isaac, fiftli child and fourth son
of Gawn and Mary (Bell) Riddle, was born in
Bedford, June 10, 1762, and died in Quincy, Mas-
sachusetts, January 26, 1830, aged sixty-eight. He
was buried with Masonic honors in the family
tomb at Bedford Center. He was a soldier in the
Revolutionary army, being a private in Captain
Jonas Kidder's Company of Colonel JMoses Nich-
ol's Regiment of Militia, which was raised to join
the Continental army at West Point, serving from
July s to October 23, 17S0, and receiving for ser-
vices, mileage, etc., the astonishing sum of five
hundred and seventy-seven pounds five shillings in
the depreciated currency of the time. He also was
one of those who enlisted to fill up the Continental
army in 1781, and served from July 20 till Decem-
ber 21. In each case he is credited to Bedford. The
following account of him is given by his descendant,
John A. Riddle, in his genealogy of the family:
"About 17S2 he bought the land, built and lived at
No. 27, until about 1820,' when he removed to
Quincy, Massachusetts. After the Revolutionary
war, having saved a small amount of money, mostly
earned in the military service, he went to Newbury-
port, Massachusetts, and purchased a stock of
goods, which was brought to Bedford by team, and
placed in the front room of his mother's house, No.
6s, which was used as a store. Business increased,
and he commenced the manufacture of potash from'
the heavy growth upon the land he had bought.
The ashery was located in the field immediately
across the road from his house, and is still known
as the "potash field," No. 19. The potash was 'taken
to Boston by ox teams, and bartered as an article
of export for imported goods. He was extensively
engaged in the lumber business, and was one of the
first proprietors of navigation on the Merrimack
river. He superintended the building of the locks
and canals of the Union Lock and Canal Company,
the funds for whicli were procured by lottery au-
thorized by the State of New Hampshire. In com-

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paiiy with Colonel Caleb Stark, he built and owned
the first canal boat that ever floated on the waters
of the Alerriniack. It w'as named the Experiment,
was built at Bedford Center, and drawn three miles
on wheels by forty yoke of oxen to "Basswood
Landing," so called, where it was launched, in the
presence of the townspeople," who had gathered to
witness the novelty of the day. It was loaded and
sailed for Boston, and the following notice is taken
from the Boston Centinel of 1813 ; 'Arrived from
Bedford, New Hampshire, canal-boat E.vferiincnt,
Isaac Riddle, Captain, via Merrimack River and
Middlesex Canal.' Upon her arrivel at Boston she
was received amid cheers and the firing of cannon.
From this commenced a large and extensive inland
navigation on the Merrimack, which rendered Man-
chester and other manufacturing places possible.
Mr. Riddle was the instigator and large owner in
the Souhegan Nail, Cotton, and Woolen Manufac-
turing corporation, which carried on operations at
Riddle's Village, on the Souhegan river, until the
destruction by fire of its works in 1829. Its prod-
ucts were sold to the country traders, the balance
being shipped to Boston, by boats via river and
canal. Mr. Riddle also instituted stores, with his
sons, William P., James, Isaac, and Davis, at Pis-
cataquog village, Bedford, Souhegan, and Boston.
He filled many places, having been civil magistrate,
representative to the legislature, etc. In 1814, dur-
ing the war with Great Britain, a public call by the
governor of the state was made for volunteers,
from citizens exempt from military duty, to form
themselves into companies for home defence, in
case of sudden invasion ; about sixty responded,
under the command of Captain Isaac Riddle. About
1817 i\Ir. Riddle was returning from Pembroke
muster when a ferry boat crowded with people was
about to plunge over Hooksett Falls. Mr. Riddle
sprang from his chaise, plunged into the stream,
caught the rope attached to the boat, and thus
saved about thirty lives."

He married (first),, June 5, 1778, Ann Aiken,
who was bom November 12, 1764, daughter of
Captain James and Margaret (Waugh) Aiken. She
died April 6, 1804. At her own door she fell from
her horse and dislocated her neck, when about to
visit her brother-in-law, William Riddle, who had
broken his leg in a saw mill. He married (second),
March 6, 1806, Margaret McGaw, who was born
May 25, 1776, and died December 19, 1816, daughter
of Jacob McGaw, of ^Merrimack. Hemarried (third).
May 1819, Mrs. Mary Vinal, of Quincy, Massa-
chusetts, who was born January 27, 1760, and died
April 5, 1837, sister of Captain Amos Lincoln of
the tea party in Boston harbor, in 1773. She kept
among her relic treasure the axe with which her
brother opened the memorable chest of tea. The
children of Isaac Riddle were : William Pickels,
James, Isaac, Gilnian, David, Jacob jNIcGaw, Mar-
garet .Ann and Rebecca; the last three by the second
wife.

(IV) James, second son and child of Criptain
Isaac and Ann (Aiken) Riddle, was born in Bed-

ford, June 26, 1791, died November 24, 1840. in
Merrimack, and was buried in the family toinb at
Bedford Center. He was one of the firm of Isaac
Riddle & Sons, and after its dissolution he remained
at Riddle's Village, Merrimack, leading a very busy
life being largely interested in staging before the
days of railroads ; also carrying on a tavern, store,
luinber, and grist mill, fulling mill, blacksmith shop,
etc. He married (first), 1816, Charlotte Farmer,
sister of John Farmer, the distinguished his-
torian and antiquarian. She was born July 20,
1792, and died in 1828. He married (second), 1829,
Laura, daughter of Solomon Barker, of Pelham ;
she was born January 11, 1802. and died March 4,
1831. He married (third) Eliza Hunt, born May 6,
1807, died July 24, 1884. He had two children by
the first wife, and one by the third : Charlotte Mar-
garet, Mary Ann, Lincoln and Eliza Frances.

(V) Charlotte Margaret, daughter of James
and Charlotte (Farmer) Riddle, was born in Mer-
rimack, February 20, 1817, and died October 22,
1S59. She married, 1837, Nathan Parker, banker
of Manchester (see Parker VI).

(I) Eli Dort was born in Surry. New
DORT Hampshire. He was an industrious

farmer, and resided for many years on
West Hill in Keene. His last days were spent in
his native town and he died there in 1869.

(II) Eliphalet, son of Eli Dort, was born in
1790. In early life he was a wheelwright and wood-
worker in Surry, but he later settled upon a farm
located about a mile north of* the village, and his
death occurred in that town in 1869. 'He married
Lois Bemis, of Poultney, Vermont, and had a family
of seven children: George D., David B., Eli, Cyrus,
William, Obed G. and Mary E.

(III) Obed Gilman, sixth child and youngest
.son of Eliphalet and Lois (Bemis) Dort. was born
in Surry, January 25, 1828. After concluding his
attendance at the Keene Academy he learned the
carriage-painter's trade, and at the age of about
twenty years became associated with his brother,
George D., in the paint and wall paper business at
Keene. under the firm name of George D. Dort &
Company. Purchasing his brother's interest some
three years later he added a line of drugs to his
stock and continued in business alone for twelve
years, at the expiration of which time he admitted
Clark Chandler to partnership. At the breaking
out of the Civil war he raised a company of nearly
one hundred men, which was attached to the Sixth
Regiment. New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, as
Company E, and he went to the front as its captain.
After leaving the national capital the Sixth rendered
meritorious service at Fortress Monroe, Hatteras,
Roanoke Island. Culpepper Court House and other
points in Virginia, and participated in the san-
guinary battle of Antietam. Just previous to that
memorable struggle he received a visit from his
wife and son, but this happy meeting with his loved
ones was almost immediately followed by the sad
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"West Point" with another steamer on the Potomac
while on their return north. This shock so disabled
him as to necessitate his retirement from the army.
He had previously been promoted to the rank of
major, and he resigned as such in 1863, after the
battle of Antictam. Upon his return to Keene he
resumed business and continued in company with
Mr. Chandler until 1880. In 1875 he organized the
Citizens' National Bank and was its first cashier,
serving in that capacity until 1880, when he was
chosen its president, and has ever since retained
that position. His interest in the mercantile and
financial affairs of Keene have proved exceedingly
beneficial to the community, and he is highly es-
teemed both in business and social circles. He is a
member of the Masonic order and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1851 Major Dort married Julia Wakefield, of
Marlboro, New Hampshire, whose accidental death
has already been referred to. He subsequently mar-
ried Sarah Jane Hale, daughter of ex-Governor
William Hale. Of his first union there were three
children: Arthur W., who was lost in the accident
above mentioned ; Frank G. : Mary E., who died in
infancy. Mr. Frank G. Dort is the Boston repre-
sentative of Henry K. Wampole & Company, of
Philadelphia. He married Kate Cobb, and has
three children : Robert G., Frank and Norman
Perry Dort.

"The Odiorne name, originally
ODIORNE written Hodierne," says James
I Creighton, the genealogist of the

Odiorne family, "is supposed to be derived from the
Latin hodicrnus. from hodie, of this day. Hence,
also, the English word hodiernal, and the' Italian,
odierna, of this' day. This name is extremely rare,
but occurs occasionally in French and English an-
nals, and has been traced back to the eleventh cen-
tury. On the northwest part of France, which the
Romans called Armorica. lie the bay and town of
Hodierne, or Audoerne. Hodierne, as a personal
name, was first baptismal, and given to daughters.
This is shown by early and very frequent instances
on record. Afterwards this appellation was given
to sons, and eventually became a surname. It was
to be found, with some variations, in Bretagne and
other northern ports of France, also in Jersey and
the isles of the northern coast. In English annals
the name appears later than in French. This makes
it more probable that it was introduced into Eng-
land from France, and that the family bearing it is
of French origin. Records show its use in England
as a surname in the fourteenth century. In English
records, as in the French, the family name appears
in its etymology under several variations, as Hod-
yern, Hodierne, Odierne, Odierna, and Odiarne.
The form Odiorne, as used in the United States,
has not been discovered in any foreign country.
The records show the name has been known in
England about six hundred years. Previous to 1657
the ancestor of the Odiorne family joined the
colonists at Rye, New Hampshire, and it is possible

ihcy came from Rye, England, for which place Rye,
New Hampshire, seems to have been named by set-
tlers from the English Rye.

(I) John Odiorne was born about 1627, and
died at Newcastle, New Hampshire, in 1707. John
and Philip Odiorne, who tradition says were broth-
ers, came to Postsmouth and settled there about the
year 1650. All the Odiornes of America trace their
lineage to this John. January 13, 1660, public lands
were allotted at Portsmouth to those who were in-
habitants there in 1657. A grant of forty-two acres
on Great Island, lying at the entrance of the har-
bor, was made to John Odiorne. A few years later
he received a second grant, which probably included
that section of land at the mouth of the Piscataqua
river which has since been known as Odiorne's
Point. From 1658 to 1671 his name appears on the
town records on subscriptions for the support of
religious worship. In 1686 he was a member of the
grand jury. He resided at Sandy Beach, now Rye,
then a part of Portsmouth. In 1706, the year be-
fore his death, he gave a deed of his homestead to
his son John. Administration on his estate was
granted to his widow, February 4, 1707. His wife
was Mar>', daughter of James and Mary Johnson,
whom he probably married when about middle age,
as his children whose names are here recorded,
were not born until he was past forty-five years of
age. Their names as far as discovered are Jona-
than and John.

(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary
(Johnson) Odiorne, was born about 1675. His
home was on Odiorne's Point, on the estate he de-
rived from his father, which estate has remained in
the family to this date. There are records of con-
veyances of real estate made by him and his wife as
late as 1725. In these he styles himself "farmer."
He had the title of deacon, but of what church can-
not be known as the records of the church at New
Castle, the nearest to his residence, and to which he
probably belonged, are lost, and with them the
names of its early officers. His wife's name was
Catherine. Their children, as far as know'n, were:
Ebenezer, Samuel, Nathaniel, and John.

(HI) John (3), son of John (2) and Catherine
Odiorne, died in 1780. He was a farmer by occupa-
tion, and lived at New Castle. Nothing is known
of his character or condition in life. All that has
come down to the present respecting him is but a
record of his family afflictions. Two of his sons,
captured in the Revolutionary war, died in British
prison-ships. He lost a beautiful daughter just
blooming into womanhood, by drowning: and of
his other children several died before him. His
wife's name is not known. Their children were:
Lydia, Catherine, John, Benjamin, Abigail, Jo«eph,
Deborah, and Samuel, whose sketch follows.

(IV) Samuel, youngest child of John (3)
Odiorne, was born about 174S, and died about 1779.
He was a warrior and was captured by the British
in the Revolutionary war, and taken to a foreign
prison. In those days little compassion was shown
to prisoners of war, and he died there imdcr the

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severity of his trentment. He left a wife and one
child, Samuel, who is the subject of the next para-
graph.

(V) Samuel (2), only son of Samuel (i)
Odiorne, was born in 1776, and died June 2, 1840,
aged sixty-four years. He was a farmer and lived
near the creek which .separates Rye from New Cas-
tle. He married, in June, 1801, Olive Thomas, of
Durham, who survived him and lived with a son
at IJttle Harbor, until her death, in July. 1870.
Their children were : Samuel. Joseph, Charles,
Blunt, Sarah Holbrook, Hannah Smith and Ellen
Thomas.

(VI) Charles Blunt, third son and child of
Samuel (2) and Olive (Thomas) Odiorne, was
born about 1804, and died when he was seventy^-
five years. He was a farmer and lived on a beauti-
ful spot at the mouth of Sagamore Creek in Ports-
mouth Harbor, opposite the ancient mansion of Ben-
ning Wentworth, once governor of the state. He
married, September 27, 1840. Mary Sheaf Yeaton,
of New Castle, daughter of Philip Yeaton. She
died February 13, 1905, aged eighty-one years. Their
children were: Olive Ann, Marietta, Sarah Willard,
Charles Woodbury, Frank Pierce, Maria Adelaide
and Samuel.

(VH) Sarah Willard, third daughter and child
of Charles Blunt and Mary Sheaf (Yeaton) Odi-
orne, was born in Rye, Jidy 14, 1844- She married,
September 28, 1871, John Sheldon Treat. (See
Treat VHI).

A branch of the family of this name
SAVAGE removed from- England to the district

of Maine before the Revolutionary
w-ar. and from tho:e pioneers comes the present
family.

(I) Jacob Savage, a resident of North Anson,
Maine, was for many years a sea captain, but spent
the last years of his life in Anson, where he had
seven sons born to ^lim : Jacob, Esau, Isaac, Abram,
John, and Perez.

(II) Isaac, third son of'j^icob Savage, was born
in North Anson. Maine, in Januarj', 1795, and died
in Kingfield, Maine, July 13, 1S67, aged seventy-two.
For some years after attaining his majority he lived
in Anson, and then removed to New Portland,
where he lived a few years. Removing to King-
field Village he bought and operated the saw and
grist mills at that place for about fifteen years, and
then -moved out and settled on a farm which he had
purchased, and there spent the last fifteen years or
more of his life. He was a man wdio could adapt
himself to his environment, and did equally well as
a miller or a farmer. In politics he was a Dem-
ocrat, and in religious belief a Methodist. He mar-
ried Selina Moore, born in Madison. Maine, in 1797,
died aged eighty-two years. She was a daughter of
Goff Moore, a Revolutionary soldier (see Moore.
III). Mrs. Savage was a woman of many domestic
accomplishments, kind and sympathetic, and loved
by her children, and a welcome visitor among her
neighbors, especially among the sick- and the needy.

The children of this union were : Martha, Alvah,
Marcia, Susan, Gyrene, Asenath, Elery, Elizabeth,
Goff, Abram. and Isaac M., next mentioned.

(Ill) Isaac Milton, son of Isaac and Selina
(Moore) Savage, born in Kingfield, February 5,
1841, was educated in the common schools of King-
field, which he attended until he was twenty-one
years old. He taught one term of school, and the
following summer became a soldier for the Union.
He enlisted at Kingfield in September, 1862, and
was made a corporal of Company D, Twenty-eighth
Maine Infantry. The connnand to which he be-
longed was transported by sea from New York to
New Orleans, Louisiana, wdiere he arrived in Jan-
uary, 1863. He as subsequently stationed at Pensa-
cola (Fort Barancas), detached at Plaquemine,
Louisiana, to guard the village, and taken prisoner
there by a division of Texas Rangers, June 18, 1863.
The following day he and about fifty others who
had been captured with him were paroled, and made
their w-ay to Baton Rouge, whence they were trans-
ported to New Orleans, Algiers, Louisiana, and
finally to Ship Island, where they stayed in the camp
of paroled prisoners until discharged in August,
1863. The same year he w-ent to Concord, New
Hampshire, and entered the employ of Lewis Barter
& Company, dealers in flour and grain, with whom
he remained five and a half years, and then filled
for two years a similar position with Forbes &
Lane, at Hillsborough Bridge. He then opened a
grocery store at the corner of Main and Bridge
streets. Concord, where he sold goods ten years.
Afterward he was located on South Main street
eleven years, and in the Odd Fellows block on
Pleasant street till he sold out and retired from
active life, in March, 1903. Since i8gS Mr. Savage
has been treasurer of the Concord Building and
Loan Association. He is one of the substantial and
respected men of Concord, whose business reputa-
tion is unsullied, and whose character and standing
are of the best. He has a large circle of friends
won by his good character and genial manner. He
is a member of E. E. Sturtevant Post, Grand Army
of the Republic, of Concord, and attends the Uni-
versalist Church. He is a Democrat and has been
nominated for local offices, but men of his political
faith cannot be elected in w\ards so strongly Repub-
lican as his.

He was married December 29. 1866, at Concord,
to Jennie E. Davis, born in Warren, New Hamp-
shire. October, 1838, daughter of James and Ma-
linda (Bixby) Davis. They have one child, Goff
Savage, born at Hillsborough Bridge, 1868, who
married Florence Towle, and now resides in Hart-
ford, Connecticut.

Ancestors of the New England
PROCTOR Proctors were early arrivals in Bos-
ton and participated in the original
settlement of several important outlying districts.
Descendants of the original immigrants penetrated
into remote regions, becoming original settlers in
territories which afterward acquired dignity of state-

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hood, and not a few of them went beyond the limits
of New England into the great west, where their
posterity are still to be foimd. The Proctors were
patriotic during the Revolutionary war and that of
1812-15 ; loyal to the Union in the memorable civil
strife of 1861-65; and in addition to their honorable
military services they have acquired distinction in
civil life. The family is of English origin, and the
name is first met with in the records of Norfolk,
where as early as the fourteenth century they were
closely allied by intermarriage with the celebrated
Beauchamps, which was the family name of the
earls of Pembroke. Among the land-holders men-
tioned in these records are Sir William Bcaitchamp
Proctor and his son George, who inherited in turn
an estate which had been granted originally by John,
earl of Pembroke, to his cousin, William de
Beauchainp, who died in the year 1378. In search-
ing for Proctors in other parts of England we find
it recorded in "A History of Northumberland,"
published at Newcastle-on-Tyne by Andrew Reid
& Company, that a family of that name was estab-
lished at Shawdon in Yorkshire at the beginning of
the sixteenth century, through the marriage of Wil-
liam Proctor, of Nether Bordlc)', to Isabel, daugh-
ter of John Lilburn, of Shawdon. Early in the emi-
gration period which began about the year 1629,
four of this name are known to have come to New
England. They were John, Richard, George and
Robert. Whether they were near relatives or not is
now impossible to determine, but there is some evi-
dence to show that they were descendants of the
abovementioned William, of Nether Bordley, and it
is quite reasonable to infer that the latter was de-
scended from old Sir William Beauchainp Proctor
of Norfolk. These immigrants landed in Boston
between the years 1635 and 1643. John Proctor,
aged forty years, sailed from London in 1635 on the
"Sarah and Ellen," with his wife and two children,
settling first in Ipswich and sivbsequently in Salem.
His son John and the lattcr's wife were both con-
victed of witchcraft in 1692, and the husband was
executed, but the wife escaped the death penalty.
Some of their descendants are now residing in Bos-
ton. Richard Proctor settled in Yarmouth, Massa-
chusetts, and there disappears wholly from the
records. George Proctor located in Dorchester,
and there reared a family. The branch of the fam-
ily coming directly within the province of this
sketch, is a line of descent from Robert, through
the latter's son James.

(I) Robert Proctor, the earliest American an-
cestor of the families mentioned in this sketch, first
appears in this country at Concord, Massachusetts,
where he was made a freeman in 1643. In 1653
Robert Proctor, in connection with Richard Hildreth
anid twenty-seven other.s, petitioned the general
court for a grant of land six miles square "to begin
at Merrimack river at a neck of land next to Con-
cord river, and so run by Concord river south, and
west into the country to make up that circumfer-
ence or quantity of land as is above expressed." The
petition was granted. In 1654, Mr. Proctor removed

to the new plantation which was organized Novem-
ber 22, of that year, as a town under the name of
Chelmsford. The first four or five of his children
were born in Concord, the others in Chelmsford.
He died in Chelmsford, April 28, 1697, leaving lands
to some of his children, and having already granted
other lands to si.x sons. His widow administered
on his estate. He married. December 31, 1645, Jane,
the oldest daughter of Richard Hildreth, of Concord
and Chelmsford, the ancestor of the Hildreths in
America, who died at Chelmsford, in 1688. The
children of Robert and Jane were twelve in num-
ber: Sarah, Gcrshom, Mary, Peter, Dorothy, Eliza-
beth. James, Lydia, John, Samuel, Israel and
Thomas.

(II) James, third son and seventh child of
Robert and Jane (Hildreth) Proctor, born in Con-
cord, January 8, 1658, removed to Woburn about
1696, and died there January 11, 1709. He married
(first), December 3, 1691, Esther Parker, who died

December 6, 1693; and (second) Plannah .

His children, all by the second wife, were as fol-
lows: James. Jonathan, Thomas, John, Hannah,
and Esther.

(III) James (2), eldest child of James (l)
and Hannah Proctor, was born in Woburn, April
2, 1696, resided in Woburn, and owned a large
amount of real estate. He married, April 17, 1717,
Judith Nichols, of Reading, and they had six chil-
dren. Elizabeth, Judith, James, Jonathan. Hannah
and Mary.

(IV) James (3), eldest son and third child of
James (2) and Judith (Nichols) Proctor, was born
in Woburn, June 18, 1722, and removed to Kings-
ton, New Hampshire, about 1750. From "New
Hampshire State Papers," it appears that he was at
Crown Point, September 30, 1762, a soldier in the
company of Captain Jeremiah Marston. of Hamp-
ton, in Colonel John Goflfe's regiment. He served
also in the Revolutionary war, having been mus-
tered in August 10, 1776. He died on his way
home from Ticonderoga, November 11, 1776. He
married, 1743, Abigail Whitmore, born June 7, 1722,
died May 3, i8r2. They were the parents of twelve
children, as follows: James. John, Thomas, Jona-
than, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, died young; Ebenezer,
Judith. Esther, Mehitable, John and William.

(V) Thomas, third son and child of James (3)
and Abigail (Whitmore) Proctor, born in Woburn,
July 28, 1748. was a blacksmith, and lived in
Loudon. New Hampshire, where he died March 28,
1836. He married. May 2r. 1776, Fanny Kimball,-
born February 2, 1756, died June i, 1830. They
had eleven children : Lydia. Fanny. Sally, Thomas,
Rebecca, Peter, Joseph, William, James, Benjamin
and Priscilla.

(VI) Thomas, fourth child and eldest son of
Thomas and Fanny, was born in Loudon, June 12,
1783. When a" young man he located in Barnstead,
New Hampshire, and resided there for the re-
mainder of his life, which terminated June 25, 1856.
His first wife, whom he married in 1807, was
Martha Drew, who was born July 25, 1774. and died

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October 2, 1825. In 1831 he married for his second
wife Comfort Ayers, who was born February 19,
1781, and died April 2, 1847. He was again married
in 1848 to Mrs. Betsey Clark, nee Priest, whose
birth took place January 11, 1794. She died Feb-
ruary 15, 1S75. His children, all of his first union,
were: John, born June 22, 1808; Thomas K., born
April 15, 1810; Fanny W., mentioned below; Joseph
D., born May 12, 1814; Jane D., born June 27, 1817
(married Moses L. Mace,, of Barnstead for her first
husband, and Jacob D. Osgood, of Loudon, for her
second husband) ; Mary, born February i, 1819,
married first, John R. Kaime, and second, Brad-
bury Clark, of Barnstead; Samuel, born Januai'y I,
1822 ; and William, born May 30, 1824.

(Vli) Fanny Wilson, eldest daughter and third
child of Thomas (2) and Martha (Drew) Proctor,
born in Barnstead, April 16, 1S12 ; married, May 13,
1830, George L. Nutter, of Barnstead, who settled
in Concord, and died September 8, 1897. (See
Nutter VII).

(Second Family.)
(I) John Proctor, who was born
PROCTOR in England about the year 1595, was
registered with his wife Martha and
two children April 12, 1635, to embark at London
for New England in the "Susan and Ellen," Ed-
ward Payne, master. He first settled in Ipswich,
Massachusetts, but prior to 1665 removed to Salem,
and November 29 of the following year he peti-
tioned the selectmen for liberty to "sett up A house
of Entertainment to sell Beare, sider Liquors and
ctr. for ye Accommodation of Travel lours." He
died in Salem in 1672, and his will, which bears the
date of August 28, was probated November 28 of
that year His children were : John, Mary, Martha,
Abigail, Joseph, Sarah, Benjamin and Hannah.

(II) Joseph, second son and fifth child of John
and Martha Proctor, was born in Ipswich and re-
sided in that part of the town which was then called
Chebacco, and is now Essex. He served in King
Philip's war, and was one of the very few survivors
of Captain Lothrop's company, known as the
"Flower of Essex," nearly all of whom were slain
in the famous Bloody Brook massacre, September
18, 1675. His will was made October 4, 1705, and
proved November 12 of that year, showing that his
death must have occurred some time during that in-
terval. He married for his first wife Martha Wain-
wright, daughter of Francis Wainwright of Ipswich;
she died in 1683. His second wife was Sarah,
widow of Richard Ingersoll, of Salem, the latter a
son nf John and Judith (Felton) Ingersoll, and of
her first marriage there was one son, Richard In-
gersoll, Jr. Joseph Proctor was the father of
twelve children. Those of his first union were:
Daniel, Joseph, Jacob, Martha, Mary, Abigail,
Francis, Elizabeth, Simon and Jonathan. Those of
his second marriage were: Thomas and Sarah.

(III) Jacob, third child of Joseph and Martha
(Wainwright) Proctor, was born in Chebacco. Jan-
uary 25, 1679, and was still residing there in 1756.
The Qiristian name of his wife was Mary. She

was born in 16S9, and died at Chebacco, January 17,
1777. Their children were: Joseph, Isaac and
Mary.

(IV) Joseph, eldest child of Jacob and Mary
Proctor, was a lifelong resident of Chebacco, and
his death occurred sometime between July 23 and
October 27, 1766, the dates of the making and pro-
bating of his will. He was married April 9, 1741,
to Sarah Leatherland, who was 'born in 1727 and
died September i, 1797. She was the mother of
Sarah, Abigail, Mary, Jacob, Joseph, Francis and
William.

(V) Joseph (2), second son and fifth child of
Josepli (i) and Sarah (Leatherland) Proctor, was
born in Chebacco prior to October 6, 1751, the date
of his baptism. In company with his brother Jacob
he settled in that part of Londonderry which is now
Derry, and resided there for the rest of his life.
His first wife was Hannah Brown, of Ipswich, and
for his second wife he married her sister, Eunice.
Hannah was the mother of the following children:
Sarah. Joseph and John, Eunice, Lois, Benjamin,
Charlotte and Olive. (Benjamin and descendants
are mentioned in this article).

(VI) Joseph (3), second child and eldest son
of Joseph (2) and Hannah (Brown) Proctor, was
born April 3, 1777, probably in Ipswich, and was
taken to Londonderry. New Hampshire, in child-
hood by his parents. He first settled in Derry, New
Hampshire, but afterward bought the "woods" on
John Hopkins' farm, in Windham, about 1815, and
there lived till his death, February I. 1826. He mar-
ried, in 1802, Mary Hughes, daughter of John and
Mchitable (Buzwell) Flughes, of Windham. Her
father, a British soldier, deserted in Boston, went to
Windham, and afterward did faithful and efficient
service in the Patriot <■ army in the Revolution.
She died April 23, 1847. The children of this union
were : Anna C, James H., Abner B., Hannah B..
Moses B., Ebenezer G., Samuel W., Joseph B., and
Thomas T.

(VII) Joseph Burnham. eighth child and sixth
son of Joseph and Mary (Hughes) Proctor, was
born in Windham, February 12, 1817, and died in
Nashua, May 2, 1896. He received a common
schocl education, and lived on the home farm until
1855, when he sold that and bought the original
Nesmith farm where he lived the nine years
following. His chief business was that of
manufacturing ship lumber. He sold that in
1865, and removed to Nashua, where he en-
gaged in the lumber business, which he conducted
successfully for a number of years. He was a
member of the First Congregational Church, and
in politics a Republican He married, November 27.
185 1, Sarah J. Ga.ge, who was born February 26,
1829. daughter of Frye and Kezia (Cutter) Gage,
t>f Pelham, New Hampshire They had one child,
Mary C born August 29. 1853. and married, June
7, 1S81, Ira F. Harris, of Nashua. (See Harris).

(VI) Benjamin, sixth child and third son of
Joseph and Hannah (Brown) Proctor, was born
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spent in Dcrry and liis death occnrrod there Feb-
ruary 10, 1848. His first wife was Rachel Camp-
bell, of Bedford, New Hampshire, and his second
wife was Eleanor Wilson, of Derry. He was the
father of seven children, natnely : William, John
Reed, Louis, Nancy, Olive and Alexis, by his first
wife. By his second wife he had one daughter,
Margaret, who was educated at Kingston Academy,
and married Edward F. Noyes. afterwards governor
of Ohio and- Minister to France during tlie adminis-
tration of President Hayes.

(VII) Alexis, youngest child of Benjamin and
Rachel Proctor, was born in Derry, March 4, 1826.
After concluding his studies at the old Pinkerton
Academy he turned his attention to educational pur-
suits and taught school continuously for over
twenty years. During these years, like his father
before him, he was often employed as a land sur-
veyor and auctioneer in Derry and adjoining towns.
In 1864 he removed to Franklin, where for the suc-
ceeding ten years he occupied the position of clerk
and paymaster at the woolen mill (successively) of
Messrs. Griffin & Taylor, Taylor & Co'., M. T.
Stevens & Co., and he has henceforward devoted
his energies exclusively to the banking interests of
Franklin. In 1869 he with others organized the
Franklin Savings Bank, of which he has been treas-
urer from 1874 to the present time (1906), and he
was also one of the incorporators of the Franklin
National Bank. In politics he is a Republican.
For the years 1857-58-63-64 he represented Derry
in the lower house of the state legislature, and he
served as an assessor in Franklin for twelve years,
during which time the town profited by his ex-
cellent judgment in the valuation of property. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic Order.
In his religious belief he is a Unitarian. He was
married May 30, 1850, to Miss Emma G. Gage,
daughter of Joseph and Adaline (Hamblet) Gage,
of Pelhani, New Hampshire. The children of this
union are : Frank, who will be again referred to.
Mary Adaline, born 1859, graduated from Smith
College in iSSr ; since 1893 she has been secretary
of the board of education in Franklin, where she
resides with her father and elder brother. John
P. Proctor, who is treasurer and superintendent of
the Franklin Light and Power Company, There
were also three children who died in infancy,

(VIII) Frank Proctor, eldest child of Alexis
and Emma (Gage) Proctor, was born in Derry,
September 18, 1856. His collegiate preparations
were concluded at the Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, and he was graduated from Dartmouth
College with the class of 1878. He was subse-
quently for one year a law student in the office of
Messrs. Barnard and Barnard, Franklin, and in 1879
was appointed the first cashier of the Franklin Na-
tional Bank, in which capacity he has ever since
served with ability and faithfulness. In addition
to his regular duties at the national bank he is
serving as a trustee and member of the investment
committee of the Franklin Savings Bank ; as treas-
urer of the Franklin Falls Company, a corporation

which lias been largely instrumental in developing
the natural resources of that locality; and since the
incorporation of Franklin as a city he has held the
office of city treasurer, administering the financial
affairs of the municipality in a most careful and
judicious manner. In politics he is a Republican.
Aside from the business, financial, industrial and
political interests of Franklin, he devotes his
cp.ergies when opportunity permits to other fields of
usefulness, particularly that of local histor3-, and is
a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society.
Mr. Proctor is a member of the Unitarian Church.

The Worcesters are of English
WORCESTER descent and were early settlers

in New Hampshire. They were
civilizers and patriots, and their name appears in the
muster rolls of both the French and Indian and the
Revolutionary wars. The various town records
show conclusively that citizenship and duty have
always been synonymous terms with this family;
that they have borne their part "each in their gen-
eration" in the public affairs of the community in
which they have lived. The long list of clergymen,
the graduates of Harvard College and other institu-
tions of learning, are evidences of their scholarly at-
tainments; and the muster rolls of the anny and
navy from the earliest settlement of our country to
the present time, prove their patriotism to have been
of the order that counted not the cost when their
country's flag was assailed,

(I) Rev. William Worcester, with his wife
Sarah and four children, namely : Samuel, William,
Sarah and Susannah, came from England and was
settled pastor of the church first gathered in Salis-
bury, Massachusetts. No production of his pen has
been transmitted to posterity to indicate his in-
tellectual attainments, but Cotton Mather in the
Magnalia enrolls his name in the list of the "Rever-
end, learned and holy divines, arriving such from
Europe to America, by whose evangelical ministry
the church in America have been illuminated."
Sarah, wife of Rev. William Worcester, died at
Salisbury, April 23, 1650. He married (second)
Mrs. Rebecca Hall, by whom he had six children,
namely: Sarah, (died young), Timothy, Moses,
Sarah,' Elizabeth (died young), and Elizabeth,
(Moses and descendants receive extended mention
in this article).

(II) Samuel, eldest child of Rev. William
Worcester, accompanied his father from England
and settled in Salisbury, where he was operating a
saw-mill as early as 1658. At the first recorded
meeting of the Merrimack people he was chosen
overseer, and he Avas the first representative from
Bradford to the general court, taking his seat Jan-
uary 16, 1679-S0. He was re-elected the ensuing
year, but died while on his way to Boston to re-
sume his seat.

(HI) Francis, son of Samuel Worcester, was
born in Rowley. Massachusetts, and became an inn-
keeper in Bradford, where his death occurred De-
cember 17, 1717. He possessed an amialile disposi-

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tion and was a general favorite in the coinnuinity.
He married Mary Gheney. (Mention of their son,
Francis, and descendants forms part of this article).

(IV) Benjamin, son of Francis Worcester, was
born in Bradford, August 25, 1709. He went to re-
side in Windsor, Vermont, and engaged in farming.

(V) Asa, son of Benjamin Worcester, was
born in Haverhill. Massachusetts, January 27, 1738.
At the age of sixteen years he enlisted for service in
the French and Indian war, and during the struggle
for national independence he served as a scout with
the rank of sergeant. He followed the cooper's
trade. He resided at the homestead in Windsor.

(VI) Asa, son of Sergeant Asa Worcester, was
born in Groton, Massachusetts, April 26, 1771. He
acquired possession of the homestead farm, and the
active period of his life was devoted to its cultiva-
tion. His wife was before marriage Mary Delano.

(VII) Chauncey, son of ."^sa and Mary (De-
lano) Worcester, was born at the family homestead
in Windsor, May 18. 1S12, and died there August 13,
18S4. He inherited and carried on the homestead
property, wliich was located in West Windsor, six
miles west of the village of Windsor. He married
Adeline Waldron, who bore him five children,
namely: Frank D., Inez Maria, Mary, George W.
and Susan D.

(VIII) Frank Delano, eldest child of Chauncey
and Adeline (Waldrcn) Worcester, was born in
West Wind.sor, February 4, 1852. His early educa-
tion was acquired in the public schools of West
Windsor and continued and completed at the Green
Mountain (Perkins) Institute, South Woodstock,
Vermont. For a period of ten years immediately
thereafter he taught school successfully in Windsor
county, and he was subsequently for four years em-
ployed as a clerk in Boston. Deciding to prepare
for the medical profession he chose the Homeopathic
School, and entering Hahnemann Medical College,
Chicago, he pursued a four years' course, graduating
with the class of 1885. He also acquired much val-
uable experience and observation in the Chicago
hospitals, and upon hi.^ return to Vermont entered
upon the practice of his profession in Springfield.
In i8g6 he removed to Keene, New Hampshire,
where he has built up a large and lucrative practice,
and is now a member of the board of health. Dr.
Worcester is a member of the American Institute of
Homeopathy, the Homeopathic Medical societies of
Vermont and New" Hampshire, the Masonic fratern-
ity and the Improved Order of Red Men. On
August 15. J 876, he married Belle Hubbcll, daugh-
ter of George and Phcobe (Ccffin) Ilubbell, of
Lake George. Dr. and Mrs. Worcester have a
daughter. May Worcester.

(II) Moses, second .son and third child of the
second wife of Rev. William Worcester, was born
in Salisbury, November 10. 1643. He removed to
Kittery in 1661, and was living in T731. He v.-as a
noted Indian fighter in his day and familiarly known
as "Old Contrary." He owned extensive tracts of
land in that part of Kittery now known as Berwick.

He was twice married and by his first wife had
three children: Thomas, William and Elizabeth.

(III) Thomas, son of Moses Worcester, was
l>orn in Salisbury, Massachusetts, or Kittery, Maine,
and received a grant of land in that part of Kittery
in which his father's property was located, and died
in Berwick (Kittery) in 1718. By his first wife
(name unknown) he had three children: Thomas,
William and Elizabeth. He married (second).
April 4, 1695, Mrs. Sarah Soper.

(IV) John, son of Thomas Worcester, was
born in Kitterj', and resided in Berwick and Leb-
anon, Maine. He married Lydia Remick, July 15,
1731, W whom he had .five children, Polly, John,
Lydia (who married General John Sullivan, Dur-
ham, New Hampshire). George and Lemuel.

(V) George, second son of John and Lydia
(Remick) Worcester, was born in Berwick, Maine,
lived in Berwick and Somersworth, New Hamp-
shire ; married Margaret Clements, by whom he had
nine children : Betsey, Ezekiel, Mark, Thomas,
Lemuel, Alexander, John, George and John.

(VI) Major Alexander Worcester, son of
George and Margaret (Clements) Worcester, was
born in Berw'ick, moved to Lebanon, Maine, and
January 25. i/q6, married Molly Libbey, by whom
he had six children : Ebenezer, Sally, Lemuel,
Hiram, "killed at the battle of Lake Erie," Mary
and George. He was major in the militia and a
man of standing and influence in the community.
In the War of 1812 he wras first lieutenant in Cap-
tain Bartholomew Thompson's company. First Regi-
ment, "Nowells" Massachusetts militia.

(VII) Lemuel, son of Alexander and Molly
(Libbey) Worcester, was born in Lebanon, Maine,
When a boy he served with his father in Captain
Thompson's company, and received disabilities for
which he received a pension from the United States
government. He married Margaret Pray, daughter
of Chadbourne Pray and Bracket, direct descendant
of John Bracket, of whom mention is made in his-
tory of Boston, Massachusetts, as giving material
aid to the city at time it was besieged by the British.
They had four children : Mary A., born March I,
1844, married Mark F. Wallingford. of Lebanon,
j\lair,e ; Horace L. and two who died in their in-
!':-.r.cy.

(\"1II) Colonel Horace L. Worcester, son of
Lemuel and Margaret (Pray) Worcester, was born
in Lebanon, Maine. March 28, 1846-. When six
years of age his parents moved to the town of
North Berwick, Maine, where he received his edu-
cation in the district schools, leaving home at the
age of sixteen to learn the trade of shoemaker. At
the breaking out of the war in 1S61, he was a boy
of fifteen years attending school. From its earliest
inception he was constantly soliciting his father's
permission to enlist. Not being successful after re-
peated attempts, in 1864 he went to Portland and
enlisted aboard the frigate "Sabine" in the navy,
giving his age as twenty-one. and "thus evading the
necessity of parents consent." From the "Sabine"

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he was sent to receiving ship "Ohio" at Charlestown
navy yard, Massachusetts. From the "Ohio" he
was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squad-
ron under Farragut. He was placed ahoard the re-
ceiving ship "Potomac" at Pensacda navy yard, and
from there assigned to the United States steamship
"Lackawanna," aboard of which he served until the
close of the war. It was stationed on the blockade
off Mobile and Galveston, interspersed with cruis-
ing. In the spring of 1865 he took part in the cap-
ture, or rather destruction, of .the rebel ram "Will-
iam H. Webb." which attempted to escape from
Red River past New Orleans, where the "Lacka-
wanna" with other men of war was laying at an-
chor. He was aboard the "Lackawanna" when she
was ordered to cruise in search of the formidable
ram" "Stonewall"; said cruise was not successful, as
the "Stonewall" surrendered to the Spanish author-
ities at Havana and was turned over to our gov-
ernment by them.

At the close of the war he returned home and
engaged in shoemaking and farming. In 1867 he
came to Rochester and worked in the shoe shop of
Messrs. E. G. & E. Wallace. June 27. 1872, he
married Millie A., daughter of Charles Greenfield,
one of Rochester's wealthiest and most respected
citizens. (See Torr-Grcenficld V). Later he
worked in Farmington, Dover. New Hampshire, and
in Natick, Massachusetts, cutting upper leather.
About 1877 ill health compelled him to seek out-of-
. doors employment and he served as baggage mas-
ter at the Great Falls & Conway Railroad depot in
Rochester three years. In 18S0, with his brother-
in-law, Frank Greenfield, he purchased the busi-
ness of A. T. Cotton, and for twelve years they
carried on the business of stationery, blank books,
variety store, papers and magazines. At the end of
twelve years, upon the desire of Mr. Greenfield to
.go west, Mr. Worcester purchased his interest and
continued the business until iSgg, when he sold out
to Edward Miles and retired from business.

With the exception of four years, 1S80 to 1884.
during which time he was town clerk, Mr. Worces-
ter absolutely refused to have his name used for any
political office although often importuned to do so.
Upon his retirement from business he was elected
mayor, serving two terms, and one term in the
legislature, resigning his seat in that body to accept
.the office of United States consul at Saltillo, Mex-
ico, to which office he had been appointed by the
president. After ei.ght months of pleasant duty
in Mexico, upon the death of Mr. C. W. Brown,
city clerk of Rochester, he was elected city clerk,
and clerk and collector of Rochester Water Works,
in 1903. whereupon he returned to Rochester and
resigned the office of United States consul. In
190S he was appointed by Judge McGill. clerk of the
police court, to fill vacancy caused by the death of
Henry F. Walker, the former clerk.

In 1867, when twenty-one years of age, he joined
Unity Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Union,
New Hampshire, later joining Humane Lodge at
Rochester by demit. He is a member of Temple

Chapter of Masons at Rochester, and St. Paul Com-
mandcry, Knights Templar, at Dover, New Hamp-
shire, a member of Samp,son Post, Grand Army of
the Republic, serving as quartermaster and com-
mander of his post, also as chief mustering ofilcer
of the department twice, council of administration,
aide de camp on staff of department commander,
junior and senior vice and commander of depart-
ment of New Hampshire, and aide de camp on
staff of commander-in-chief. He is a member of
Kearsage Association Naval Veterans at Ports-
m.outh, New Hampshire. A member of the Far-
ragut Association, a body composed of those only
who served under Farragut in the Gulf, and a mem-
ber of the Order of Sons of American Revolution,
a member of the National Veteran Association, and
vice-president of the New Hampshire Veteran As-
sociation at The Weirs ; trustee of the Norway
Plains Savings Bank (oldest in years of service on
the board), and some years since, upon death of
President Charles Greenfield, was elected its presi-
dent, which office he held for several years, until
business interests demanding his attention in the
west for an indefinite time, he resigned the presi-
dency. He is one of the trustees of the Rochester
Public Library, and takes great interest in its wel-
fare and progress.

(IV) Rev. Francis (2), second son and fourth
child of Francis (i) and Mary (Cheney) Worces-
ter, was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, June 7,
169S. Fie lived in Bradford until 1722, and then in
Concord and Littleton, Massachusetts. In both of
the latter places he worked as a blacksmith. In
172S he was one of the selectmen of Bradford. He
then went to Boxford, Massachusetts, where he
was licensed to preach, and on June 18, 1735, he
was ordained over a Congregational church in Sand-
wich, Massachusetts, where he remained ten years
as pastor. One year after his dismission he re-
moved to New Hampshire, going first to Exeter and
then to Plaistow, and in 1750 to HoUis, where his de-
scendants have lived ever since. For the remain-
ing thirty-three years of his life he was employed
as an evangelist in preaching the gospel in the desti-
tute sections of New Hampshire and other parts of
New England. In the sixtieth year of his age he
wrote a series of "Meditations all in verse," which
was published in Boston in 1769. He was evidently
a devout man and a faithful student of the Bible,
though he lacked the education which was vouch-
safed to his great-grandson, notably the editor of the
Dictionary, in such plentiful degree. Rev. Fran-
cis Worcester married, April 18, 1720, .Abigail
Carlton, of Rowley, Massachusetts. There w-ere
five children : Francis^ born in Bradford, Massa-
chusetts, March 30, 1721, married, October 28, 1741,
Hannah Boynton, of Newbury, Massachusetts, and
died at Plymouth, New Hampshire, October 19,
1800. a representative and senator to the general
court of New Hampshire. Jesse, born in Bradford.
Massachusetts. September S, 1722, m.arried Patience

■ — ; w-ent to the siege of Oswego, and died

W'hile a prisoner in Montreal in 1757. Hannah,

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born in Brndford. Massachusetts. October 7, 1724,

married Churchill, and died March 2.

1S08. Samuel, born in Boxford, Massachusetts, May
7, 1731, drowned in Squaw Harbor in 1750. Noah,
whose sketch follows. After a wedded life of fift}--
four years Mrs. Abigail (Carlton) Worcester died
July 25, 1774. aged seventy-eight years. Her hus-
band subsequently married a Mrs. Martin. He died
October 18, 1783, at Hollis. New Hampshire, where
a tombstone records his life.

(V) Noah, fourth son and fifth and youngest
child of Francis and Abigail (Carlton) Worcester,
was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, October 4,
1735, moved with his father to Hollis, New Hamp-
shire, and succeeded to the possession of the home-
stead where he lived until his death at the age of
eighty-two. In the winter of 1775-76 he was cap-
tain of a company which marched to Cambridge,
Massachusetts, to re-inforce Washington's troops.
For forty years he was a justice of the peace, and
for sixty years an active member of the church.
He was a member of the convention which framed
the constitution of New Hampshire. "His strong
mind, sound judgment and strict integrity, gave a
value to his counsels, which was proverbial among
his fellow citizens. He was twice married. His
first wife was Lydia, daughter of Abraham Taylor,
of Hollis, New Hampshire, who was born
October 11, 1733, married, February 22, 1757, and
died July 6, 1772, leaving seven children. In less
than three months Captain Worcester married, Sep-
tember 29. 1772, Hepzibah Sherwin, who was born
in Boxford, Massachusetts, April 30, 1746. She was
the mother of nine children. Of Captain Worces-
ter's seven sons who lived to maturity, four be-
came clergyman : the eldest daughter of his second
wife married a clergyman, and another married a
deacon.

The eldest of the seven children of Noah and
Lydia (Taylor) Worcester was Noah, who was
born in Hollis, New Hampshire, November 25, 1758.
Upon the outbreak of the Revolution he enlisted as
fifer in the anny, being only, sixteen years old at the
time. He served more than a year in all. and was
present both at Bunker Hill and Bennington. He
was settled as pastor of the Congregational Church
at Thornton, New Hampshire, October 18, 1787,
where he remained twenty-two years. In May, 1813,
he moved to Brighton, Massachusetts, to assume
charge of a new periodical. The Christian Disciple.
He was the author of several religious essays. He
received the honorar3' degree of Master of Arts
from Dartmouth in 1791, and that of Doctor of
Divinit}' from Har\'ard in 1818. Dr. Worcester was
twice married. His first wife was Hannah, daugh-
ter of Moses Brown, -of New'buryport, Massachu-
setts. She was born May 6, 1760. married Novem-
ber 25. 1772, and died November 16, 1797, just after
the birth of her tenth child. Six months later he
married Hannah, datighter of Jeremiah Hunting-
ton, ot Norwich, Connecticut. Dr. Worcester died
at Brighton, Massachusetts, October 31, 1838. The
other children of Noah and Lydia (Taylor) Wor-

cester were : Jesse, whose sketch follows. Lydia,
born November 8. 1762, died January- 16, 1789.
Sarah, born March 24, 1765, married, May 27, 1782,
John Fox, of Dracut, Massachusetts, and Hardwick,
Vermont, had ten children, and died September
23, 1859. Leonard, born in Hollis. January i, 1767,
became editor and publisher of The Massachusetts
Sfy at Worcester, Massachusetts, pastor of the Con-
gregational Church at Peacham. Vermont, Octo-
ber 30, 1700, preached there thirty-eight years ;
married (first) Elizabeth Hopkins, of Hadley, Mas-
sachusetts, (second) Eunice Woodbury, of Salem,
Massachusetts, died at St. Johnsbury. Vermont,
May 28, 1846. Thomas, born in Hollis, November
22, 1768, ordained over the Congregational Church
at Salisbury, New Hampshire, November 9, 1791,
dismissed April 24. 1823: married, March 11, 1792,
Deborah Lee. of Manchester, Massachusetts, and
died at Salisbury, December 24, 1S31. Samuel, the
youngest of the seven children of Noah and Lydia
( Taylor) Worcester, was born in Hollis, New
Hampshire, November i, 1770, graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1795, ordained pastor of the
Congregational Church at Fitchburg, Massachu-
setts, September 27. 1797, and dismissed, September
8. 1802. He was installed pastor of the Tabernacle
Church in Salem, Massachusetts, April 20. 1803. At
the first meeting of the A. B. C. F. M. he was
chosen corresponding secretary. He performed the
duties of these two offices, receiving the help of an
assistant pastor in 1819, until his death, June 7, 1821,
at Brainard, East Tennessee. He was honored by
the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Princeton
College in 1811. He married, October 20, 1797,
Zervia. daughter of Dr. Jonathan Fox, of Dracut,
Massachusetts, and they had eleven children.

The nine children of Captain Noah Worcester
and his second wife, Hepzibah (Sherwin) Wor-
cester were : Hepsibah, born June 12, 1773, married,
January i, 1795, Rev. David Smith, of Hollis and
^.leridith, New Hampshire, died January 14, 1827.
William, born December 11, 1774, died January 10,
1775- William, born November 29, 1775, died Jan-
uary 13, 1776. Abigail, born June 29, 1777, died
November 30, 1778. David, born April 30, 1779,
died March 22, 1782. Ebenezer, born April 30,
1781, was a master carpenter; married (first) Mary,
daughter of William Punchard, of Salem, (second)
Mrs. Elizabeth Gerrish, of Salem, died in Stoneham,
Massachusetts, September 18, 1844. Hannah, born
March 17, 1783, married (first) Deacon Stephen
Thurston, of Bedford, New Hampshire, and
(second) Jonathan Ireland, of Dunbarton, New
Hampshire. David, born March 25, 1785, died
March 13, 1808. James, born February 23, 17S8,
lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and various
other places, a teacher and painter; married (first)
Mary, daughter of Daniel Lawrence, of Hollis,
New Hampshire, and (second) Prudence, daughter
of Joseph Blood, of Har^'ard, Massachusetts, died
May 3, 1833. Captain Noah Worcester died in
Hollis, New Hampshire, August 13, 181 7. His
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(VI) Jesse, second son and child of Noah and
Lydia (Taylor) Worcester, was born in Hollis,
New Hampshire, April 30, 1761. In 1776. at t'le
age of fifteen, he accompanied the expedition to
Ticonderoga, and was afterwards repeatedly en-
rolled in the Continental army. He moved to Bed-
ford, New Hampshire, in 1782, where he spent the
first twelve years of his married life. In 1794 he
came back to HoIIis and succeeded to the homestead,
where he Uved until his death at the age of seventy-
three. In 180J he and his wife united with the
church at Hollis. On the same day they presented
their twelve children, six sons and six daughters,
for baptism; three sons were subsequently born
to them. Jesse Worcester was an occasional con-
tributor to the public prints, and an author of an
unpublished work, "The Chronicles of Nissitissit."
He married in 1782, Sarah, daughter of Josiah
Parker, of Hollis. She was born April 24, 1762,
and died April i, 1847, aged eighty-five years. Jesse
Hollis died January 20, 1834. Of the fifteen children
born to this couple, all but the eldest, who died
at the age of twenty-seven, married and lived to
mature years. The children were : Jesse, born No-
vember 30, 1782, died September 25. 1809. Joseph
Emerson, born August 24, 1784. Sarah, born March
12, 1786, married Daniel French, and lived in Hard-
wick, Vermont. Lydia, born February 22, 1789,
married, January 18, 1809, Deacon Samuel Taylor,
and lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. Abigail,
born December 15, 1790, married Lemuel Snow,
and lived in Utica, New York. Hannah, born June
22, 1792, married Francis Fuller, October 11, 1825,
lived in Hardwick, Vermont, and died June 6,
1853. Leonard, born March 22, 1794. Deborah,
born May 22, 1796, married Rev. Jacob N. Loomis,
September 6, 1822, and lived in Craftsbury, Ver-
mont. Martha, born October 24, 1797, married
Francis Fuller, February 30, 1S19, and died Sep-
tember 9, 1824. Taylor Oilman, born April 6, 1799.
John Newton, whose sketch follows. Henry Aiken,
born September 25, 1802. Samuel Thomas, born
August 30, 1804. Frederick Augustus, born Jan-
uary 28, 1807. David, born April 13, 1808.

The nine sons of this family present a remark-
able record for erudition, which it is believed can-
not be equalled by any other family in the state.
The eldest died just as he was about to enter Dart-
mouth. Of the other eight, six were college men,
two belonging to Yale and four to Harvard. The
second son, Joseph Emerson, was the author of the
world famous Worcester's Dictionary. He was
born in Bedford, New Hampshire, was graduated
from Yale College in 181 1, taught several years at
Salem, INIassachusetts, and after 1820 lived at Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, where he produced the geo-
graphies, histories and dictionaries that have made
his name a household word. When in his fifty-
seventh year, in June, 1841, he married Amy Eliza-
beth, daughter of Dr. Joseph McKean, professor of
Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard College. Dr.
Worcester died October i"/, 1S65. Leonard Wor-
cester was a machinist and yeoman. He lived in
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Rochester, New York, Worcester and Shrewsbury,
Massachusetts. He married, June I, 1823. Sarah
Sternes, of Worcester. Taylor Oilman, of the young-
er Worcesters, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire.
He was graduated from Harvard College in 1823
and from the Andover Theological Seminary in
1827, was engaged for a few years in teaching and
in translating "Swedenborg's True Christian Re-
ligion," and in 1833 retired to the farm in Hollis
which had been occupied by three earlier genera-
tions of the family. He married, February 13, 1837,
Lucy S., daughter of James Bell, of Walden, Ver-
mont. They had six children : Mary Jane, born
December 20, 1837. Lucy E., February 22, 1839,
and who now lives on the old Worcester homestead.
William', November 7, 1840, father of William W.
Worcester, member of the junior class at Dart-
mouth (1907). Henry, April 8, 1844. Hariett E.,
July 14, 184s. Francis J., November I, 1848.
Henry Aiken Worcester, the sixth son of Jesse,
was graduated from Yale College in 1828, became
a Swedenborgian minister and preached at Abing-
ton, ]\Iassachusetts, and at Bath, Gardiner and Port-
land. !Maine. He married, August 26, 1838, Olive,
daughter of Rufus Gay, of Gardiner, Maine, and
died at Portland, Maine, May 24, 1841. SamueJ
Thomas Worcester, the seventh son of Jesse, was
graduated from Harvard College in 1830, was a
lawyer at Norwalk, Ohio, from 1835 to 1867, wheii
he removed to Nashua, New Hampshire. He was
a member of the Ohio senate in 1849-50, was elected
district judge in the tenth Ohio district in 1859,
and while holding that office was electe'd to the
LTnited States congress in 1861. He was the author
of many text-books and other publications, includ-
ing the History of Hollis, New Hampshire, I\Iay
12, 1825. He married Mary C. F. Wales
daughter of Samuel Wales, of Stoughton, ^ilassa-
chusetts. Frederick Augustus, eighth son of Jesse
Worcester, was graduated from Harvard College
in 1831. He practiced law at Townsend, Massachu-
setts, and was a member of the Massachusetts legis-
lature in 1856. He married, January 21, 1854,
Jane Vl., daughter of Charles Kellogg, of Amherst,
Massachusetts. David, ninth son, and youngest of
the fifteen children of Jesse and Sarah Worcester,
entered Harvard College in 1828, left during the
junior year, and taught school in China, Farmington
and Bangor. Maine. He was principal of the Ban-
gor high school for about ten years. He married.
June 6, 1832, Ellen, daughter of Joseph Scwall. of
Farmington.

(.VII) John Newton, fifth son and eleventh child
of Jesse and Sarah (Parker) Worcester, was bom
in Hollis, New Hampshire, February 7, 1801. He
was a farmer and lumberryan. He served as select-
man of his native town, and was a member of Gov-
ernor Berry's council in 1861-62. In politics he was
an independent. He married, December 26, 1826,
Sarah E., daughter of Phineas Holdcn, of Charles-
town. Massachusetts. She was born July 19, 1801,
and died January 4. 1874. They had nine childre;!
of whom four only are living in 1907. The cliildreii

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were Sarah Caroline, born October lo, 1827, married,
September 13, 1855. Jabez Augustus Sawj'er, and lived
in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Frances Ellen, born
July 4, 1830, married August 18, 1852, Charles S.
Farrar, of Pepperell, Massachusetts, and lived in
Elmira. New York. Martha, born May 12, 1833,
married Samuel W. Fletcher, December 6, 1868.
Abby Elizabeth, born April i, 1835. Charles Henry,
born January iS, 1837, a soldier in the war of 1861-
65. John Howard, born January iS, 1839, enlisted
in Company H, Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers,
was wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner where
he was captured, but was soon exchanged and died on
the boat coming from Charleston, South Caro-
lina, to the North. Samuel Augustus, whose sketch
foUous. Frederick, born August 2, 1842. Franklin,
who-e sketch follows. John Newton Worcester
died March 5, 1884.

(VHI) Samuel Augustus, third son and seventli
child of John Newton and Sarah E. (Holden) Wor-
cester, was born June 29, 1840, in Hollis, New
Hampshire. He attended the public schools and the
academy at New Ipswich. New Hampshire. He is
a luiTiberman and farmer. He is also interested,
with his brothers, Franklin and Frederick, in the
furniture business in Cambridge, ^Massachusetts.
He has charge of the large farm which the brothers
own in Hollis. In politics he is a Republican. He
married Elizabeth B. Day, daughter of Rev. Pliny
Butts Day, D. D., a noted divine of Hollis. They
have two children : Charles Fred, born September
6, 1872. lives at home; and Carrie, born October 18,
1876. died January 21, 1892.

(VIII) Franklin, youngest of the nine children
of John Newton and Sarah E. (Holden) Worcester,
was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, October 27,
1845. He attended the schools in Hollis and fitted
for college at the Academy of New Ipswich, New
Hampshire. He was graduated from Dartmouth
in 1870. He then studied a year in Harvard Law
School, taking the two years' course in one. Upon
leaving school he was admitted to the bar of Jilid-
dlese.x county, Massachusetts. He then went to
Minneapolis and was about to enter into partner-
ship with Judge Atwater and the brother of Gen-
eral Joseph Hooker, but he returned home for his
books and was persuaded to stay by his parents.
He represented his town in the state legislature of
1875. and was state senator in 1887. While in the
legislature he was chairman of the railload com-
mittee when the Hazen-Atherton bill was intro-
duced. Mr. Worcester has always been a hard
worker for the interests of his section, in the
legislature and out. During the sessions of 1895
and 1897 he labored earnestly for a charter for a
railroad front Manchester to IMilford, New Hamp-
shire, but the Boston & !Maine corporation defeated
the movement. Later they were compelled to build
the road through the force of public sentiment.
His opposition to the railroad interests in behalf
of the people defeated Mr. Worcester for the nomi-
nation by the Republicans for governor in the year
1898. He was practically sure of the nomination
until within a week of the convention. Mr. Wor-

cester is a busy man, looking after his own varied
enterprises. In partnership with his brothers
Frederick and Samuel Augustus, under the firm
name of Worcester Brothers, he operates a furni-
ture store with an upholstery department employing
about forty hands at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The brothers do a large luinbering business in New
Hampshire, operating one saw mill of their own,
and renting a nuinber of others. They also carry
on a large farm at the home place in Hollis.

This is a name found early in the New
BIGELOW England records with a great vari-
ety of spellings. In some places it
is written, Biglo. Another wide variation is Begu-
lej', and various forms are given by various writers
of the Colonial days. The name has been well repre-
sented, both as to numbers and in the character of
citizenship throughout the country. It is from the
Anglo-Saxon biggan (big) and hlaew, hl.-tw (a hill,
or barrow) ; the place of residence of the person
who finally took it as a surname.

(I) John Bigelow was baptized in England, Feb-
ruary 16, 1617, and came to Watertown, Massachu-
setts, very early. He died July 14, 1703. at the age
of eightj'-six years. He married, in Watertown,
October 30, 1642, Mary Warren, who was also a
native of England. She died October 19, 1691. He
married (second), in 1694, Sarah Benis. He had
six sons and six daughters, and was the ancestor
of numerous families of the name throughout New
England. His sons were: John, Jonathan, Daniel,
Samuel, Joshua and James.

(II) Samuel, fourth son of John and ^lary
(Warren) Bigelow, was born October 28, 1653, in
\Vatertown, and was an innkeeper there from 1702
to 1716. He was admitted to full communion March
4. 1688, and was made a freeman April 16, 1690,
and represented the town at the general court in
1708-09-10. He married, June 3, 1674, Mary Flagg
who was born June 14, 1657. and died September 7,
1720, a daughter of Thomas and iNIary Flagg. They
had ten children, nine of whom are given as fol-
lows : John, Mary, Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Martha,
Hannah, Isaac and Deliverance. (Mention of
Thomas and descendants forms part of this article).

(III) John (2), eldest child of Samuel and Mary
(Flagg) Bigelow, was born May 9, 1675. in Water-
town, and settled in ^Marlboro, Massachusetts. In
1705 he was at the garrison house of Mr. Thomas
Sawyer, and with Sawyer and his sons was taken
captive by the Indians and conveyed to Canada.
Bigelow and Sawyer were both ingenious mechanics
and they proposed to the governor of Montreal to
erect a saw mill, and thereby ransom themselves
from captivity. This was accepted, and after they
had fulfilled their part with some delays, they were
permitted to return with their friends. In token
of his gratitude for deliverance from captivity, Mr.
Bigelow nained the daughters born after his return
Comfort and Freedom. He died September 28,
1769. more than ninety-four years old. He married,
June 12, 1696, Jerusha Garfield, who died January
16, 175S. Their children were: Jcruslia. Thankful,

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Joseph, John, Comfort. Freedom, Anna and Gersh-
om (twins), Jotham. Benjamin and Sarah.

(IV) Gershom, third son and eighth cliild of
John (2) and Jerusha (Garfield) Bigelow, was born
November 13, 1714, in Marlboro, and died in that
town, January 3, 1812, in his ninety-eighth year.
He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Howe. She
died June 9, 1802, aged eighty-four years. Their
children were : Timothy, Ivory, Mary and .Anna.

(V) Ivory, second son of Gershom and Mary
(Howe) Bigelow, was born October 7, 1741, in
Marlboro. Massachusetts. He was a lieutenant of
the militia of that town, where he died February

14, 1804. He married, .lugust 13, 1763, Sophia
Banister, daughter of John and .'\bigail Ban-
ister. She survived her husband more than
twenty-si.x years, and died August 13, 1830, at the
age of eighty-three. Their children were ; Wil-
liam, Christopher, Solomon. Gershom, Martha, .Abi-
gail, John, Sophia, Phoebe, Mary, .Anna, Ivory and
Benjamin.

(VI) William, eldest child of Ivory and Sophia
(Banister) Bigelow, was born, 1764, in Marlboro,
and died there December 30, 1807, in his thirty-
fourth year. He married, May 14, 1786, Catherine,
daughter of .Antipas Brigham. She survived him
more than twenty-three years, and died February
2.?. 1831, at the age of si.xty-four. Their children
were: John. Edward, .Asa, .Abigail, Jotham, .Arti-
mus, Levi, .Adeline, Luther and William.

(VII) John, eldest child of William and Cather-
ine (Brigham) Bigelow, was born October 25, 1786,
in Marlboro, and died in 1824. He married, Sep-
tember 3, 1809, Hepzabeth Barnes, daughter of Col-
onel Lovewell Barnes, of Marlboro.

(VIII) Isabella, daughter of John and Hep-
zabeth (Barnes) Bigelow, was born December 28,
1809, in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and married,
April to, 1828, David (2) Trull. (See Trull V).

(III) Lieutenant Thomas, fifth child and third
son of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, was
born in Watertown. October 24, 1683. He married
and settled in Marlboro. He afterwards moved to
Waltham, where he was selectman 1738-40-41. and
representative 1738 and 1741. He died in Waltham,
October 6, 1756. His will was proved November

15, same year. He married, July 12, 1705, Mary
Livcrmore, born .April 11, 16S4, daughter of Lieu-
tenant John and Hannah Livcrmore, of Watertown.
She died .August 14, 1753. Their children were:
Thomas. Mary, Grace, Uriah, Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Sarah and Josiah, whose sketch follows.

(IV) Lieutenant Josiah, sixth son and ninth
and youngest child of Lieutenant Thomas and Mary
(Livcrmore) Bigelow, w-as born in Waltham. July
3, 1730, and died in Waltham July IS, 1810, aged
eighty years. He lived for a time in Waltham, and
afterwards in Weston. He was prominent in town
affairs and was a military man, being lieutenant of
Captain Israel Whittemore's artillery company. He
marched with this company on the alarm of .April
I9> ■775. at which time the company was in service
four days. He married, July 27, 1749, Mary Har-
rington, born March 8, T730, daughter of Jonas and

.Abigail (Stearns) Harrington of Watertown. Their
children were : William, Anna, Uriah (died
young). Converse, Eunice, .\lphcus. Mary, Uriah,
Tliomas and Sarah.

(V) Deacon Thomas (2), ninth child and sixtli
son of Josiah and Mary (Harrington) Bigelow,
was born in Waltham, .August 11, 1768, (probably)
and died in Weston, January 23, 1856. He lived
for several years in Waltham ; about 1802 he moved
to Weston, where he was deacon of the church for
many years. He married, November 3, 1791, Mir-
iam Hager, who died in Weston, August 21, 1818.
He married (second), 1819, Mrs. .Abigail Hastings,
who died Novenrber 5, 1862. The children, all by
the first wife, were :. Thomas, Maria, Orilla, Wash-
ington, Isaac, Charles and Marshall.

(VI) Isaac, fifth child and third son of Deacon
Thomas (2) and Miriam (Hager) Bigelow, was
born in Weston. Massachusetts. ]\Iarch 19, 1802,
and died in Charlestown, May 8, 1849. He mar-
ried, October 2, 1823, Harriet Warren of Lincoln,
who died February 18, 1852. The children were:
Isaac Alqnzo, Harriet Maria, Mary Caroline. Susan
E. and Thomas Henry. Isaac .A., born March 21,
1825, married Nell C. Munroe. Harriet M., Sep-
tember 29, 1827; married, January 4, 1848, Henry
P. Hall of Chelsea. Mary C.. August 10, 183 1 ;
married, December 13, 1853, Hiram Rollins. Susan
E., -April 26, 1837, married, November i5, 1861,
Hon. Joshua G. Hall of Dover, New Hampshire.
(See Hall \T). Thomas H., October, 1839; en-
listed May 2^, 1861, in the First Regiment, Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Infantry, and served as ser-
geant of Company H, was wounded at the battle
of Chancellorsville, Virginia, and died from his
injuries, June 2, 1863.

Tliis name is first found at Lynn,
DIMONU Massachusetts, and is soon trans-
ported to New Hampshire, where it
has had worthy representatives in various localities
down to the present daj-. It has always been nu-
merously represented in southern Maine and along
tlie New Hampshire coast.

(I) Israel Dimond w-as a resident of Amcsbury,
Massachusetts, where he married, January 5, 1691,
.Abiell Prowse, daughter of John and Hannah
(Barnes) Prowse. He is recorded as of Boston in
1690, and died November 13, 1716, in .Amcsbury.
His will was dated nine days previously, and was
proven in May following. His widow married, No-
vember II, 1718, Richard (3) Bartlett, of .Ames-
bury. Israel Dimond's children were : Hannah,
Reuben and Elizabeth.

(II) Reuben, only son of Israel and .Abiell
(Prowse) Dimond, was born February 8, 1695, in
-Amesbury, and married, December 20, 1721, Dorothy
Worthen, daughter of Thomas, and granddaughter
of Ezekiel Worthen, of .Amesbury, Her mother was
Hannah (.Annis) Worthen. She was born October
5, 1700 (.Amesbury records say 1699). When the
province line between Massachusetts and New
Hampshire was located in 1741. many residents of
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the organization nf the town of South Hampton in
1742, Reuben Dimond was elected town clerk, and
the records bear frequent repetition of his name. It
is not probable that he was a member of the church,
as no records appear in the archives of that body
pertaining to him or his children. At that date
people were growing liberal, and one might be a
voter and hold office who was not a church member.
In April and May, 1746, he was a soldier in a
company of scouts under command of Captain John
Gofife, and he served as selectman, as well as clerk,
of South Hampton. He died about 1770. His will,
on record at Concord, was dated April i. 1764. and
the bond of the executor is dated December 26, 1770.
This instrument shows him to fiave been in posses-
sion of large tracts of land. To his son Israel, of
Kingston, he gives land in that town ; to son Eze-
kiel, land in Concord ; and son Isaac, of Exeter,
received land in that town. There were four daugh-
ters living in 1764, namely: Hannah, Dorothy, Ju-
dith (wife of Joseph French) and Miriam (Mrs.
Benjamin Tewksbnry).

(Ill) Ezekiel. second son of Reuben and Dorothy
(Worthen) Dimond, was born in South Hampton
(then Amesbury, Massachusetts), about 1725, and
continued to reside there until about 1750. His wife,
Miriam (Fowler) Dimond, was born about 1727,
and was baptized in the South Hampton Church,
January 15, 1749. In the following year Mr. Dimond
settled at Concord. He was the first settler on the
farm now owned by Isaac N. Abbott, on what has
ever since been called Dimond Hill, and became an
extensive land owner. He built a log house on the
brow of the hill. During the period of Indian
alarms he and his family often lived in the
garrison around the house of Rev. Mr. Walker in
the village of Rumford (Concord). As these
alarms were frequent they often moved back and
forth between the farm and the fort. Once when
alarmed by Indians Mrs. Dimond had a well in
her loom, and she took out the yarn beam and
wound the reed and harness about it and carried it
to the fort and wove it there. Ezekiel Dimond was
surveyor of highways, 1768 to 1777, inclusive: tyth-
ingman, 1772 to 1775: constable, 1778; petit juror,
twice in 1779: and selectman in 1779. Mr. Dimond
and his wife were well educated for the times, and
taught their children so successfully that they could
read, write and cipher well. Some of the older
children never went to school over six weeks. They
learned to write lying on the cabin floor, using pitch
pine knots for candles and birch bark instead of pa-
per. Ezekiel Dimond and his wife were members
of Parson Walker's Church. Mr. Dimond died Feb-
ruary 22, 1800, aged seventy-five: and his wife
April, 1809, aged eighty-two. The first person bur-
ied in the burying ground at Millville is said to
have been Mrs. Sally, first wife of John Dimond,
about 1797. Ezekiel Dimond was the second.

Ezekiel and Miriam Dimond were the parents
of ten children— seven sons and three daughters;
two of whom died in infancy. Four of the sons were
in the Revolutionary war: one of them was out
three years, and the others out a few montlis at

a time. All the sons except one lived to be over
seventy years of age, and two were between eighty
and ninety. Their second child, a daughter, lived
to be over seventy-five. The names of eight of
the children are given as follows: Ezekiel, Isaac,
John, Reuben. Abner, Miriam. Israel and Jacob.
(Mention of Reuben and descendants appears in
this article).

(IV) John, third son of Ezekiel and Marj-
( Fowler) Dimond, was born 1764, in Concord,
where he died .-Kpril 14, 1S30. He married (first)
Sarah Emerson, who died April 4, 1798, and her
body was the first deposited in the cemetery at
Millville. Concord. He married (second) Mary
Quig Stevens. His children, all born of the first
wife, were: David, Dolly, Miriam, Sarah, Isaac,
John, Samuel, Elizabeth. Oiildren by second wife
were Ruth, .\bigail, Mary and Benjamin.

(V) Samuel, fourth son and seventh child of
John and Sarah (Emerson) Dimond, was born
July 29. 1794, in Concord, and was reared on his
father's farm in that town. He learned the cooper's
trade wdiich he followed for some years, and sub-
sequently engaged in merchandising, having a store
at West Concord. After a successful year he sold
out and removed to a farm which was long occu-
pied by his descendants. He married, August 17.
1822, Susan Blanchard, born March i, I795. widow
of Samuel Blanchard, and daughter of Reuben and
Mary (Currier) Dimond. (See Reuben IV). He
died" in 1866. and was survived by his widow for
eleven years. She passed away December 23, 1877.
Their children were: George, Esther (died young),
Oral John S.. A. LuciUa, Esther F., Reuben O.,
Clara A.. William R., Mary S., Susan and Ellen H.

(VI) George, son of Samuel and Susan (Di-
mond) (Blanchard) Dimond, born at West Con-
cord 182^. married, January. 1851, Mary Chandler,
of Saco Elaine. Their children are: i.
Thomas C, born January, 1852, died unmar-
ried in Brooklyn, New York, 1884. 2. Susan J
born June, 18^3. married, April 29. 1885, Howard
I ^iken of Portsmouth, New Hampshire: no
fimilv ^ Samuel G.. born October. 1855. unniar-
ried ■ 4 Oral H., born 1857. died December, ibpi^
S Mary Elizabeth, born April 10, i860, married
George S. Lovcioy, of Boston, have tvvo sons,
George H.. born September, 1885; Wilham M., born
November, 1886.

(VI) Oral has not been heard of since 1844,
was then in California.

(VI) John S., son of Samuel and Susan (Di-
mond) (Blanchard) Dimond, born February 25,
1828. married, 1853. Eliza Williams, of Georgetown,
Maine Thev have one son, William T., born
December, i860, married, in 1888. Jennie Hunkins :
they have one daughter, Ina Esther.

'(VI) A. Lucilla, daughter of Samuel and Susan
(Dimond) (Blanchard) Dimond born Janu.yy 25.
,830, married, January 21, .859. W. \\ . Hunt, who
died 1893. They had one child. Mary S., born
Februai-y 10. i860. , , c

(VI) Esther F.. daughter of Samuel and :?usan
(Dimond) (Blanchard) Dimond, was born Aprd

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24. 1S32, in Concord, and married, November 21,
1866, Albert P. Morrison, of Boston, Massachusetts,
•whom she survives, and now resides in Salisbury.
(See Morrison).

(VI) Reuben O., son of Samuel and Susan
(Dimond) (Blanchard) Dimond, born in Concord.
Jlay i6, 1834, married (first) Mary Boothby, of

Maine. Married (second) Margaret , and

reside.^ in Elmira. New York.

(VI) William R., son of Samuel and Susan
(Dimond) (Blanchard) Dimond, born December
22, 1837, married. November 10, 1869. Emma A.
Donger. He served in the Sixteenth New Hamp-
shire Volunteers in the Civil war. Died at New-
ton, Lower Falls, Massachusetts, September, 1896.
No family.

(VI) Mary S., daughter of Samuel and Susan
(Dimond) (Blanchard) Dimond, born November
10, 1840. married, March 22. 1865, Charles G. Green-
leaf. Their children: Anna L., born March 19,
1868. Carl D.. born July 27, 1876.

(VI) Ellen H., daughter of Samuel and Susan
(Dimond) (Blanchard) Dimond, born June 29,
1845. married Fred. A. Horr. No family.

(IV) Reuben, son of Ezekiel and Miriam (Fow-
ler) Dimond, was born on Dimond Hill, about
1755, and died November 17, 1825. He was a mem-
ber of Rev. Mr. McFarland's First Congregational
Church, but not at first a supporter of the pastor.
He was a quiet citizen, devoting most of his time
and attention to his own business ; was a farmer
and passed the greater part of his life in Concord,
on a farm west of Long Pond He married, 1780,
Mary Currier, born about 1757, died March, 1846,
at Concord, New Hampshire. Their children were :
Sarah. Esther. William, Daniel, Hannah, Jacob,

Molly, Judith, Susan, Zilpha and Oral. The young-
est of these died at the age of fifty, while the
■others lived to be from seventy to ninety years of
:age. Susan became the wife of Samuel Dimond
(see Samuel).

(V) Jacob, sixth child and third son of Reuben
and Mary (Currier) Dimond, was born in Con-
cord. September s, 1789, and died April 15, 1879,
aged almost ninety years. He lived on a farm on
West Parish road, which contained about seventy
acres, .\fter attending the common schools, Jacob
Dimond went to Boscawen and learned the trade
of wheelwright. For years he had a small
shop on his farm where he made wheels for spin-
ning flax, until their manufacture by machinery
ruined his business, when he turned his attention
to the making of carriage wheels. He was indus-
trious and thrifty and gradually added to his landed
property, till at the time of his death he was the
proprietor of a goodly number of acres. In politics
he was a Whig, and served one or two terms in the
legislature. He was a member of the North Church
and a charter member of the West Concord Church.
He married Rose Abbot, daughter of Ezra Abbot,
of Concord, and they had one child, Elbridge.

{\V) Elbridge, only son of Jacob and Rose
(.■\bbot) Dimond, was bom .August 4, 1818. and
-died on his farm. December 24. 1902. He acquired

a common school education and lived on the farm
with his father, w-hich he assisted in cultivating,
and also learned the wheelwright's trade from his
father. In 1863 he came into possession of the
paternal homestead, to which he added by various
purchases. There the remainder of his life was
spent. He was a life-long member of the Congre-
gational Church. He was a Republican after the
rise of that party, and was selectman one term ;
alderman in 1857 and 1858, and represented ward
three of Concord in the legislature in 1859-60. He
married. April 11, 1843, Jeannette Hoit, daughter
of Enoch and Mary (French) Hoit, born January
24, 1823, died September 23, 1895. Mr. Hoit was
the owner of a large fami a short distance from the
Dimond farm on "Horse Hill." The children bom
of this marriage were : Gilman Hoit, born May 31,
1844. and Frank E.

(VII) Frank Elbridge, son of Elbridge and
Jeanette (Hoit) Dimond, was born September 21,
i860, and was educated in the common schools and
academy at Penacook. He then returned to the
paternal homestead where he has since resided.
This farm contains two hundred acres, has good
buildings, is well improved and well stocked. The
house was built in 1858 and the barn in 1894. Mr.
Dimond is an energetic, prosperous farmer, and
takes an active part in public matters. He was select-
man for his ward for two years, served two years
each in the common council and the board of alder-
men, for ward three. He is a Republican, and is a
member of the Congregational Church. He was one
of the constituent members of Penacook Park Grange,
No. 84. Patrons of Husbandry, at West Concord, in
which he still retains his membership. He was its
second master, and many years secretary. He married,
June 14, 1883, Mattie E. Carter, daughter of Au-
gustine and Sarah E. (Restieaux) Carter. She was
born in Hopkinton, March 3, 1861. (See Carter,
VII). They have one son: Oliver Carter, bom
October l, 1888. graduated in 1906, at Durham, in
the two years course.

The frequent appearance of tliis name
^^TGGIN in the records of Rockingham county

indicates that it was borne by im-
portant and useful citizens, but the meagreness of
those records renders it very difficult to follow any
line of descent with certainty or satisfaction. The
following, however, can be relied upon as accurate,
a record of the careers of worthy people.

(I) Captain Thomas Wiggin, came from
Shrewsbury, England, and settled in New Hamp-
shire in 16,30. He had a large grant of land which
lay outside of any organized territory, and was
known as Squamscott, an Indian name. From 1656
to 1692, he paid taxes in Hampton, and was regarded
as attached to that town. The territory is now a
part of Stratham, and the records of this town
show that a large portion of the inhabitants bore the
r.ame down to a very recent date.

In 1631 he was appointed agent and superintend-
ent of the Dover plantation. Whether or not he came
over W'ith Winthrop has not been definitely determined,

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but he was very intimate vvitli the ^lassachusetts
Bay governor, who wrote in the highest terms of
his ability and worth. That Wiggin was considered
a man of more than ordinary account is evidenced
by the fact that he was placed in charge of the Up-
per Plantation (so called), which embraced Diver,
Durham and Stratham, with a portion of Newing-
ton and Greenland. In the records he is referred
to as governor and evidently exercised the full
power of a colonial chief magistrate. In 1632 he
was sent to England in the interests of the colony
and "did much to avert the evils that threatened it
from the enmity of Gorges and Mason." Upon his
return he was accompanied by several families, in-
cluding people of some account, and, as another
record adds, others "of no account." He retained
his office until 1636, when he was succeeded by
George Burdette, but for a number of years after-
wards he was closely identified with the public
affairs of the colony, and upon its union with Mas-
sachusetts he was appointed a magistrate. In 1645
he was deputy to the general court from Dover,
and from 1650 to 1664 was one of the assistants
to the governor of Massachusetts, being the only
one frorn New Hampshire. His death occurred
about the year 1667. The Christian name of his
wife was Catherine, and it was supposed that he
married her in England during his visit there in
1632 and 33. They had children baptized September
26, 1641, under the names of Andrew, Mary and
Thomas. Descendants of Governor Wiggin are
quite numerous in New Hampshire as well as in
the other New England states, and not a few of
them possess to a more or less degree the strong
characteristics of their sturdy Puritan ancestors.

(II) Andrew, the elder son of Governor Thomas
and Catherine Wiggin. was born about the year
l63S' At the time of his marriage his parents gave
him a deed of "all our land called or known by the
name of Quamscott, being three miles square or
thereabouts," in the neighborhood of Exeter, this
state. Andrew does not appear to have been much
in public life ; in fact the most interesting thing
about his career was his marriage, which took place
about the year 1659 to Hannah Bradstreet, daughter
of Governor Simon Bradstreet, of' Andover, Massa-
chusetts. Hannah Bradstreet's mother was Ann
Dudley, a daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley,
who was celebrated for her accomplishments and
practical gifts. A small volume of her verse was
published, probably one of the first offerings to the
mass, issued in this country. The deed of the tract
of land called "Quamscott," was given to the newly
married couple by Governor Wiggin and his wife,
June 4, 1663. Andrew and Hannah (Bradstreet)
Wiggin had nine children : Thomas, Simon, men-
tioned below; Andrew, Jonathan Bradstreet, Abigail,
Mary, Dorothy, Sarah, and another daughter whose
christian name is unknown, but who became the
wife of Samuel Wentworth. (Mention of Brad-
street and descendants appears in this work), An-
drew Wiggin died in 1710 at the age of seventy-five,
and his wife died about three years earlier.

(HI) Simon, second son of Andrew and Han-
nah (Bradstreet) Wiggin, was born April 17, 1664.

The name of his first wife, the mother of his three
children, is unknown. His second wife, the widow
of Robert Tufton, was his first cousin, originally
Catherine Wiggin, daughter of Thomas and grand-
daughter of Governor Thomas Wiggin. Prior to
the second marriage Captain Simon Wiggin made a
marriage contract with his cousin Catherine. In
this document, dated October 29, 1703, he agrees to
take her "out of pure love and without anything be-
side her person." This would seem to indicate that
her first husband might have left her considerable
propeny, as Catherine Wiggin formally relin-
quishes any claim upon it. Mrs. Catherine Wiggin
in her will speaks of her daughter Elizabeth, wife of
Walter Philbrick, and also of three grandsons, two
of whom bore the name of Tufton, indicating that
she had a married son. The children of Captain
Simon Wiggin were: Hannah, Deborah, mentioned
below, and Lieutenant Simon. Captain Simon died
about the year 1720, and his widow, Mrs. Catherine
Wiggin, survived him about eighteen years.

(IV) Deborah, second daughter and child of
Captain Simon and his first wife, was born about
1700. and married Nathan Goss, of Slratham, New
Hampshire. (See Goss I).

(III) Bradstreet, fifth son of Andrew (2) and
Hannah (Bradstreet) Wiggin, was born in 1676, in
Squamscott and resided in that district. He was
married in Hampton, August 25, 1697, to Ann Chase,
who was born January g, 1678, in Hampton, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Rachel (Partridge) Chase, and
granddaughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Philbrick)
Chase, of Hampton (see Chase, V). Their eldest
child was born at Exeter, and all are recorded at
Hampton, namely: Chase, Thomas, Elizabeth and
Joseph.

(IV) Joseph, youngest child of Bradstreet and
Ann (Chase) Wiggin, was born March 30, 1707, in
Stratham, and resided in that town. The baptismal
name of his first wife was Susanna, and their chil-
dren are recorded in Stratham as follows : Joseph,
David, Benjamin, Chase and Martha. His second
wife was named Patience, and their children were :
Paul, Noah, Susanna, Anna, Jonathan, William,
Elizabeth, Thomas and Patience. No record of
either marriage appears. The first wife died before
1754, (probably before 1753), as the first child of
the second wife was born in February, 1754.

(V) Benjamin, third son of Joseph and Sus-
anna Wiggin. was born February 14, 1743. ■"
Stratham and made his home in his native town.
No record of his marriage can be found but it is
shown that his wife was Hannah Parsons. N&
children are found in public records, but it is a
matter of family knowledge that they had a son
Mark.

(VI) Mark Wiggin, son of Benjamin and Han-
nah (Parsons) Wiggin, was born in Stratham. He
married, August 5, 1807, Huldah Swett, at Moulton-
borough. Both are registered as Tuftonborough.
Tlieir children were: Hannah, Zorada, Mary,
Charles, Ann, William, John, Julia and Emily.
Zoroda married Benjamin Abbott (see Abbott, II) ;
Mary .married Charles Edgerly ; Charles M. mar-
ried a Miss Piper ; John T. married Mehitabler

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Wiggin : Julia l)ecame the wife of Jonathan L. Mor-
rison ; and Emily, wife of Augustus Mclntyre.

(VII) William, sixth child of Mark and
Huldah (Svvett) Wiggin, was born in Tuftonborough
and was a farmer. William Wiggin and Dolly
Snell, of Tuftonborough. were married December i,
1814, by Rev. Isaac Townsend, of Wolfboro. Their
children were : Woodbury, Abigail, Elizabeth. Wil-
liam, Polly. John L., Vesta, Isaiah S., George Dana
and (twins), and Joseph A.

(VIII) William (2). fourth child of William
(i) and Dolly (Snell) Wiggin, was born in Tufton-
borough. and was a lifelong farmer. Like his an-
cestors he was a diligent laborer, a good citizen and
the father of a goodly family. He inarried Ann
Wiggin, a daughter of Mark and Huldah (Swett)
Wiggin. and thej- had : Edward, deceased ; Louise,
now j\Irs. Benjamin Lucas; Laura, unmarried, a
resident of Wolfborough ; Rev. Frederick A., pastor
of Unity Church. Boston ; and Elizabeth, who mar-
ried Charles Johnson.

(I) Daniel Wiggin was a native of Stratham
where he >pcnt his life in farming. He was mar-
ried to Deborah Wiggin by Rev. James Miltimore,
of Stratham, .August 7, 1794. Their children were:
John A.. Daniel, Thomas Jefl'erson, James Madison.
Nancy, Maria and Eliza, all of whotu are buried in
Lakeview cemetery. Wolfborough.

(II) James JNIadison. fourth son and child of
Daniel and Deborah (Wiggin) Wiggin, was born
and died in Wolfborough, where he was a successful
farmer and a respected citizen. James M. Wiggin.
of Wolfborough, and Carolina B. Wiggin. daughter
of James and Ruth (Varney) Wiggin, of Tufton-
borough. were married by Thomas Rust, justice of
the peace, of Wolfborough, December 15. 18,^1.
They were the parents of George Wiggin. of Tufton-
borough, and Eliza C. Wiggin, who married Benja-
min K. Webster (see Webster, III).

(I) Henry Wiggin was married. March ,ii. 1765,
to Lydia Shute, daughter of ^lichael Shutc. whose
wife's maiden name w'as Welthon. Lydia (Shute)
Wiggin died July 22, 1784. Her children were :
Michael, born 1765; Henry, 1767; Lydia (died
young), Welthon, Susanna, Elizabeth and Lydia.

(II) Henry (2), second son of Henry (i) and Lydia
(Shute) Wiggin, was born January 5, 1767. He
was married June 29, 1797, in Wakefield, New
Hampshire, to Betsey Clark, who was born Decem-
ber 31, 1770, and died November 25, 1836.

(III) Levi Barker, son of Henry and Betsey
(Clark) Wiggin, was born March 10, 181 1, in
Wakefield, and went from that town to Jackson,
where he was an industrious farmer. He was a
descendant of Governor Thomas Wiggin through
the latter's son Andrew, and therefore belonged
to the Stratham branch of the family. The maiden
name of his wife is not at hand, neither is a list
of his children, of whom there were nine.

(II) Henry, son of Barker Levi Wiggin, was
born in Jackson in 1845. He was a stone-mason by
trade, and followed that occupation in connection
with farming for a greater part of his active life.
A kind-hearted, generous man, he was a universal
favorite in Jackson, and his death, which occurred

there in 1901, was the cause of sincere regret among
his large circle of friends and acquaintance.-. He
married, October 25, 1863, Mary B. Trickey, daugh-
ter of Captain Joshua H. Trickey, and reared a
family of three children, namely: Martha F-., .-Mice
T. (who is now the wife ■ of Brackett Hurling,
manager of the General Wentworth estate), and
Henry M., M. D., of Whitefield.

(Ill) Henry Mayhew, M. D., youngest child anil
only son of Henry and Mary B. (Trickey) Wi.ggin,
was born in Jackson, December 14, 1868. From
the public schools of his native town he went to
the Bridgton (Maine) Academy, and although
forced to earn the sum necessary for his tuition
and expenses, thereby being obliged to absent him-
self one term each year, he pursued the re.i^ular
course in three years. He subsequently pursued a
scientific and a commercial course, and decided to
enter the medical profession as a homoeopath he
became a student in the medical department of the
Boston University, graduating in 1895. ■'^ f^w days
after graduating he went to Whitefield. where for
the ensuing six years he was attached to Dr. Mor-
rison's Hospital and in connection with the position
on the regular stai^ of that institution he has prac-
ticed his profession in that town, doing a genera!
practice. Since leaving the university his profes-
sional progress has been both rapid and substantial
and in addition to being a skillful operator he has
attained a high reputation as an expert in the diag-
nosis of diseases. Dr. Wiggin is a member of the
New Hampshire State Homeopathic and the Coos
County medical societies, and the American Insti-
tute of Homoeopathy. For a period of five years he
has served as state medical examiner. He affiliates
with the jNIasonic order, the Knights of Pythias
and the Benevolent Order of Elks. He married,
November 6, 1895, Georgiana I. Russell, daughter
of George A. Russell, of Dorchester, ilassachusetts,
and his two sons, Chester Henry and Rus>ell Mor-
rison.

This Wiggin family, which is of Eng-
WIGGIN lish origin, went to Bedford from East

Boston some forty years ago. and has
ever since been identified with the dairying industry
of that town.

(I) John Thomas Wiggin resided in North
Chelsea (now Revere), Massachusetts. He was a
farmer. The maiden name of his wife was Mary
Ann Hatch. Their children were : Sarah, (ieorge
H. and John T.

(II) George Hatch, second child and cUle-: -on
of John Thomas and Mary Ann (Hatch) \\'i,ggin,
was born in North Chelsea, May 22. 1S30. When a
young man he became a section hand on the Grand
Junction railway, over which is transported all of
the freight from the various lines entering Boston
to the East Boston terminal, and he rose to the
position of road-master. He was also employed for
some time in the warehouse connected with the
foreign steamship lines. In 1866 he moved his fam-
ily from East Boston to Bedford, where he pur-
chased jointly with his brother-in-law, Henry Tay-

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

lor, the old Bedford Poor Farm, and was thence
forward engaged in the milk business for some
years. He lived on the farm until his death, which
occurred October 28, 1891, He was quite active in
political affairs, serving as a delegate to the Republi-
can state convention in 1S88. but was best known
as an amateur musician, playing the flute with un-
usual ability, and sang in the church choir for
many years. He was past master of Hammet
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of
several other Masonic bodies, and a charter member
of Narragansett Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
September 28, 1855, he married Mary Ann Taylor,
who was born in England, June 30, 1828, daughter
of William and Emily (Harper) Taylor, the former
of whom served in the British army for a period of
twenty years and participated in the famous battle
of Waterloo. She became the mother of seven chil-
dren, five of whom were born in East Boston,
namely: Sarah Elizabeth, born August 12, 1S56;
George Henry, the di.te of whose birth will be given
presently: Charles Hatch, born August 12, i860;
William Lawrence, born August 14, 1862 (died
September 20, 1863) ; and Walter Cleveland, born
June 2, 1865 (died August 21, 1874). The others
were Charlotte Taylor, born in Bedford April 6,
1868 (died August 15, 1869) ; and Albert, born in
Bedford July 4, 1872 (died January 23, 1873).

(HI) George Henry, second child and eldest
son of Geogre H. and Mary A. (Taylor) Wiggin,
was born in East Boston, June 23, 1858. He was
educated in the public schools of Boston and Bed-
ford. He acquired a knowledge of dairy farming
while assisting his father, and still carries on the
homestead farm. Some twenty years ago he became
associated with his brother, Charles H., in the milk
business, which they are now conducting on an ex-
tensive scale, owning eight hundred acres of land
and handling the product of eighty cows. His po-
litical affiliations are with the Republican party.
He is a member of Narragansett Grange, in which
latter he has held some of tlK important offices. He
attends the Presbyterian Church. April 30, 1887,
he was united in marriage with Mary Florence
Minot, who was born in Manchester, September I,
1867. daughter of William Henry and Mary Ella
(Walker) Minot. The children of this union are:
Alice Elizabeth, born December 14, 1888 ; Ralph
Minot, born July 16, 1890; Charlotte Mary, born
November 26, 1892; George Taylor, born July 26,
1895 ; Charles Arthur, born October 16, 1897 ; Ruth
Louise, born October 27, 1899; and James Walker,
born August 23, 1901.

Charles A. Wiggin, who is in company with his
brother George H., was married April 7. 1802, to
Annie Mabel Farley, born in Bedford, August 12,
1871, daughter of Charles Parker and Elizabeth
Ann (Shepard) Farley. She died April 2, igor.
They had one daughter, Ruth Taylor, who was born
January 26, 1894, and died February 22, 1895.

The original of Preston was Priest-

PRESTON ton. that is, priests' town, from a

religious establishment around

W'hich the town grew' up. There are seven Prestons

in England. Some emigrant took the name of his
native place as a surname, and it has thus been
handed down to succeeding generations. A number
of Prestons, among whom were several Johns, not
known to be related, settled in Massachusetts before
1700. Who was the immigrant ancestor of the Pres-
tons of this article is not known. Several men of
this name were in Andover, Massachusetts, before
1692.

(I) Samuel Preston, whose name survives in
the local name Preston's Plain, near Ballardvale,
in Andover, was a pioneer settler of that town. His
name appears on the list of those who took the
oath of allegiance, February 11, 1678.

(H) John Preston, probably a son of the above,
resided in Andover, where he took the oath of alle-
giance February 11, 1678. John Preston is one of
those named in the "rate made for the minister
in the year 1692. for the North End of the town
of Andover." John Preston, of Andover, was one
of the twelve men taken from Andover in No-
vember, 1675, for an expedition into the country of
the Narragansetts, who had joined King Philip,
and was present at the famous swamp fight where
the Indians were completely destroyed.

(HI) Captain Samuel (2), a descendant, prob-
ably, a son of John Preston, was a commander in
the French and Indian war. He and his wife
Hannah settled in Littleton, Massachusetts, about
1728. He was an active and influential man in the
town before the revolution, and besides serving in
his military capacity, was town treasurer, and in
other offices. His children were : James, Hannah,
John, Mary and Peter.

(IV) Dr. John (2), third child and second son
of Captain Samuel (2) and Hannah Preston, was
born in Littleton, Massachusetts, September 22,
1738, and died in New Ispwich, New Hampshire,
February 17, 1803, in his sixty-fifth year. At the
age of eighteen years he served one campaign at
least as a soldier in the company of his father in
the French war of 1756. His early education was
probably what the common schools of the time
afforded. In 1760. when twenty-two years old, he
settled in New Ispwich, New Hampshire, and began
practice of medicine. The science of medicines in
these days was a simple matter as compared with
the complex system and elaborate theories of to-
day, but then, as now, the most successful physician
got the practice. Dr. Preston became skillful and
popular in his profession, and for more than forty
years retained exclusive possession of the ground,
except that in the latter part of his life he took his
son into partnership, and at his decease left the
whole practice in his hands. As a citizen he was
zealous, active and influential in all matters of gen-
eral and political interest in the town. During the
Revolution he was one of the most ardent Whigs,
and did much to encourage the people to make the
great exertions which they did in the aid of the
common cause. After the incorporation of the town
in 1762 he was elected one of the first board of
selectmen, and in 1771 served as town clerk, and in
177S and 1786 as representative in the general court.
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Judge Timothy Farrar, he was chosen a member
for framing the state constitution. Anecdotes of
his wit and humor as a legislator have come down
to our time, and the records of the town still pre-
serve memories of that trait in his character. He
■was one of 'the founders of the new Ipswich Acad-
emy, and for many years its secretary, his son-in-
law, John Hubbard, being its first preceptor. He
married, in New Ipswich, November 29, 1764, Re-
becca Farrar, who was. born in New Ipswich, Au-
gust 13, 1743, fifth child of Deacon Samuel and
Lydia (Barrett) Farrar, of Concord (now Lincoln),
JNIassachusetts, and a descendant of Jacob, the im-
migrant, who was one of the original proprietors of
Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1653. She survived
her husband more than twenty-six years, and died
April I, 1S29, in her eighty-sixth year. Their
eleven children vv'ere : Rebecca, John, Lucy, Lydia,
Hannah, Mary, Samuel, Stephen Farrar, Timothy
Farrar, Peter and Nancy.

(V) Dr. John (3), second child and eldest son
of Dr. John (2) Preston, was born in New Ipswich,
February 15, 1770, and died in 1828, aged fifty-eight.
He graduated from Dartmouth College with the
c!a-3 of 1791, and became a physician. He read
medicine with his father and later with Dr. Holyoke,
of Salem. He opened an apothecary shop and be-
gan practice as the associate of his father in Decem-
ber. 1794, and after his father's death in 1803 he
succeeded to the general practice of the town. His
standing as a physician and a citizen was good.
After the turnpike was built he erected on that street
the first dwelling house, into which he moved his
stock of drugs, and resided there vmtil his death.
Like his father, he took a lively interest in town
affairs, and filled public offices, and was secretary of
the academy. In 1802 he was elected town clerk,
and filled that office for seventeen consecutive years,
and was selectman for several years. He wrote a
good round recording hand, and the records bear
ample evidence of his capacity as a clerk, and oc-
casionally of his personal feelings and predilections
as a townsman. He married, January 21, 1798,
Elizabeth Chanipney, who was born in New Ipswich,
February 6. 1779. daughter of Judge Ebenezer and
Abigail (Parker) Champney, a descendant in the
fifth generation from Richard Champney, of Lin-
colnshire, England, the ancestors of the family of
that name who settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
in 1635. She died 1867, aged eighty-eight years.
Their ten children were : Ebenezer C, Rebecca
(died young), John, Eliza. Lucy. Abigail, Maria,
AVilliam Henrj-, Thomas, Bancroft and Rebecca.

(VI) Hon. John (4), third child and second son
of Dr. John (3) and Elizabeth (Champney) Pres-
ton, was born in New Ipswich, April 12, 1802. and
died March 5, 1S67, aged sixty-five years. When
he was about ten years of age the store of John
Batchelder, which stood a few rods from his father's
house, caught fire one cold winter night, and John
left his bed, and without waiting for shoes or
stockings ran through the snow to awaken the
neighbors. This exposure was followed by a severe
illness which caused permanent disease and lameness,

from which he suffered acutely for more than fifty
years. He fitted for college at the New Ipswich
Academy, and in 1819 entered Harvard College,
from which he graduated in 1823. In order to make
his way through he had to practice the closest
economy, and one year he earned by writing and
teaching school, all but eighteen dollars of the
money necessary to pay the year's expenses. The
eighteen dollars he received from his father. He
was a member of the Institute of 1770, of the Hasty
Pudding, a noted society which was founded the
year before he entered, and in which he was a
leading member by his ready wit, and of the Medi-
cal Faculty. After completing his college
course he studied law with George F. Farley, Esq.,
then at Ipswich, and later with Judge Samuel Hub-
bard, in Boston, having as a fellow-student John
Appleton, afterwards distinguished as the chief jus-
tice of the supreme court of the state of Maine.
In 1828 he was admitted to the bar and began prac-
tice in Townsend, Massachusetts, but removed in
1831 to New Ipswich, and bought the house in the
Center Village once owned by his grandfather. Judge
Champney, where he ever afterwards resided. Mr.
Preston was a lover of nature, with which he was
always in close touch, and the streams and woods
and fields always had an attraction for him. Partly
to have an opportunity to gratify his love for these
things, perhaps, he purchased his grandfather's
farm, lying along the river, where some of the hap-
piest days of his life were spent. He was fond of
agriculture, and being an intelligent man he adopted
those methods of sound practical agriculture which
made him a successful farmer, and by setting an
example to his neighbors taught them lessons that
made his influence felt by others. He had not been
back in New Ipswich long before the questions of
temperance and anti-slavery began to be agitated,
and in a few years took precedence of all other
public questions. To a man of Mr. Preston's moral
sentiment, both slaver}- and intemperance were ab-
horrent, and he early became a member of the
party of progress, and championed the reforms it
contemplated. Early in 1835 he introduced and
secured the adoption of resolutions in town meet-
ing to suppress the sale of liquor. He was presi-
dent of the first total abstinence society in the town,
and his zeal for the cause ended only with his life.
In politics he was a staunch Whig, and to ally
himself with the new party meant social ostracism
and insult, but he did not falter in what he be-
lieved to be the line of his duty and in performance
of what he thought to be right. Turning away
from his former associates he joined in 1844 the
Free Soil party, at the head of which was John
Hale, one of New Hampshire's greatest sons, and
worked unceasingly for the measures of that party
which he lived to see completely successful at the
close of the war of the rebellion. He was elected
to the legislature in 1S33 and 183S and 1843, and
by successive elections served four more consecu-
tive terms. He was senator from district No. 9,
when he was the only senator not a Democrat, and
was the Free Soil candidate for congress in 1848,

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and was supported by the Free Soil party in the
legislature for United States senator in 1852. For
eleven years he was a member of the board of
trustees of the New Hampshire Insane Asyluin, and
like his father and grandfather, was for many years
secretary of the New Ipswich Academy. One who
knew him well said of him : "You ask me to de-
scribe Mr. Preston. A pen picture at first seems
easy, — there is his figure, rather below the middle
height, but broad-shouldered and muscular; quick
and alert in his movements, with a smile almost
always playing around his features, with a warm
and impulsive nature, unable to harbor resentment
against his bitterest foe if he saw him sick and in
want. Not an orator like Gough, yet one of the
readiest and most effective speakers in the legis-
lature. Not so deep a law-yer as Bell, Parker, or
Perley, but mentioned by a judge of the supreme
court as being a dangerous opponent. Not such a
classical scholar as Everett, but helping his son with
an ode of Anacreon that he hasn't seen for thirty
years, or reading French or Spanish to his wife.
Not a professional philanthropist but at the time
of the famine in Ireland, leaving the table, unable
to eat till he had packed a bo.x with articles for the
starving Irish ; and seen one bitter day in winter
toiling through the drifts to find if a poor family
were warm. Very fond of a cigar, but giving up the
habit for nearly forty years that his example might
be good for others. So fearless that there may be
a doubt if it should be called bravery or insensi-
bility to peril. College-bred, as were his ancestors,
but thoroughly democratic in his sympathy with
the poor and ignorant, of whatever race or country,
and with food and shelter for the slave on his way
to Canada. Taking great pride in his town and its
history, and especially beloved" and revered in the
domestic circle. In saying all this, while few salient
points are presented, it seems to me that Mr. Pres-
ton exhibited a well-rounded and wonderful sym-
metry in all those points W'hich go to make up a
man in the highest and nobjest sense, — such a type
as, I fear, may be growing rarer every day. in view
of the present craze for specialists."

Mr. Preston's sufferings finally became so in-
tense that as a last resort he had an amputation
performed, which for more than a year left him in
the enjoyment of vigorous health and without pain,
a condition he had not enjoyed for more than fifty
years; but his disease returned and terminated in
a fatal illness in 1S67.

He married, October 27. 1828, Elizabeth Smith
French, who was born in Boston, March i, 1808,
and died December 20, 1882. She was the daughter
of Abram and Elizabeth (Kidder) French. The
children of this union were seven ; John Lorenzo,
born November 10. 1829, died June 19. 1836; Eliz-
abeth A., born September 8, 1831, died February 28,
1837; William A., born January 31, 1834. died De-
cember 5, IQ03 ; Maria A. F., Iiorn February 10,
1836, died March 15, T83T ; Frank W.. whose sketch
follows; Sarah E., born July 30, 1840, died Mar''
6. 1842; Mary Anabelle, born May 11, 1844, died
February 15, 1869.

(VII) Frank W,. third son and child of Hon.
John (4) and Elizabeth S. (French) Preston, was
born in New Ipswich, February 17, 1838, and died
.A-Ugust 29, 1905. He was educated at the Academy
of New Ipswich, and took a course .in the Law-
rence Scientific School, from which he graduated
as a civil engineer in the class of 1S58. He was a
teacher of mathematics in Appleton .■\cademy. and
for a number of years was treasurer of the New
Ipswich Savings Bank. He was a progressive pub-
lic spirited citizen, and always alert for measures
of advantage to the town. For twenty-five years
he was town treasurer, and for many years clerk of
the school district, and was representative in 1873,
and again in 1874. He was a member of the Bethel
Lodge No. 24, Free and Accepted Masons, of New
Ipswich, and of Peterboro Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons. He married first, in Ithaca, New York,
February 19, 1862, Harriett F. Coy. who was born
October 3. 1840. daughter of John H. and Cather-
ine (Granger) Coy. Of this marriage there was
one daughter, Katherine, born December 15, 1862.
He married second. May 13, 1867, at New Ipswich,
Mary Frances Murphy, who was born at New
Ipswich, August 17, 1845. She was a daughter of
Daniel G. and Randilla (Fanner) Murphy, of New
Ipswich. Three children were born of this mar-
riage: I. William A., born August 2, 1873. 2.
Frank H.. born October 17. 1874. He married
February 5, 1900. Mabel L. Thayer; they have one
child. Frank Whipple, born June 6. 1904. 3. Her-
bert F., born .August 11, 1882. graduated from New
Ipswich Appleton Academy with class of 1904.

(Vim William Arthur, oldest child of Frank
W. and Mary F. (Murphy) Preston, was born in
New Ipswich, August 2, 1S73. He attended the
local schools, prepared for college in the Nev\' Ips-
wich Academy, and entered Harvard University
in 1891. He took a position with the Electrical
Construction Company of Providence, Rhode Is-
land. He returned to New Ipswich in 1898, and
has since resided on the ancestral homestead. In
politics he is a Republican. He married, in Boston,
Massachusetts. December 27, 1905, Bertha P. Ames,
daughter of Henry and Sarah (Preston) Ames.

This name is supposed to be derived
VIRGIN from the cult of Saint Mary, perhaps

the most generally known in this
countrj-. From Ebenezer Virgin, first ancestor in
America, is supposed to have sprung all of this
name in the United States. Among the most fa-
miliar names of Virgin in this country is first and
foremost that of Hon. William Wirt Virgin, asso-
ciate justice of the spreme judicial court of Maine.
Other prominent members of the name are ; Judge
Daniel W. Virgin, of Douglas; county. Nevada;
Hon. John W. Virgin, of Illinois, commissioner of
the state of Illinois to be the World's Columbian
exposition, Chicago, importer and breeder of hor-
ses ; Hon. George Virgin, president of the National
Bank of Virginia. Illinois; Rev. Samuel H. Virgin,
D. D.. LL. D., thirty years pastor of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church. New York City.

I

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I II :

(I) Ebonczer Virgin, founder of families of
this name in the United States, came from Salis-
bury, England, probably to Salisbury, Massachu-
setts, in 1722. From there he went to that part of
Dunstable, Massachusetts, now called Tyngsboro,
and thence went in 1726 with seven men sent by the
Massachusetts Bay Colony to lay out a township
on the Merrimack river, then called Penny Cook,
later Rumford, and now Concord. He was an
original proprietor, a cabinet maker by trade, a man
of enterprise and a highly useful citizen. He built
and occupied the house (still standing. 1907) occu-
pied by Deacon G. H. Curtis, in 1731, now the old-
est house standing in the city. He served from
April 24, to October 21, 1755, in the expedition to
Crown Point, in Captain Joseph Eastman's com-
pany, Colonel Joseph Blanchard's regiment. Eben-
€zer Virgin was the person who first came into
possession of the gun of the Indian chief Peora-
warrah, who eloped with the squaw of another
Indian who shot and killed them both at one tirpe
as they were paddling up the Merrimack in a canoe
early in the morning, after spending the night at
Sewall's Island. Both bodies and Peorawarrah's
fine gun fell into the river. The gun was
recovered by Mr. Virgin, and is now in the
possession of Colonel Jonathan Eastman Pecker,
of Concord. Ebenezer Virgin died at Concord,
in I/Wj, and was at that time serving as
selectman. He married, according to Dr. N.
Bouton. Hannah : according to Peter Chand-
ler Virgin (his grandson, and father of Judge
Wirt Virgin, and more probably correct) Mary
Oiandler, of Andover, Massachusetts, and so con-
nected with the Chandler family from which sprang
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire. The chil-
dren of this marria,ge were: Phineas, Ebenezer,
William, Jonathan, Miriam, Elijah and John.

(II) Ebenezer (2), second child and son of
Ebenezer (i) Virgin, was born May 25. I7,;5. at
Penacook (now East Concord), and married Dor-
cas Lovejoy, daughter of Henry Lovejoy, who
built the first grist mill in Concord. Their children
were: Jonathan, Molly, Elijah, Hannah, Daniel,
Phebe, Henry, Simon and Peter Chandler.

(III) Jonathan, eldest child of Ebenezer (2)
and Dorcas (Lovejoy) Virgin, was born Novem-
ber 23, 1758, in Penacook, and died May 9, 1813.
He lived on what is known as the Virgin road, in
the northern part of the town, and his last resi-
dence, built considerably more than a centurj- since,
is still standing and in use as a dwelling. He built,
in 1812, for his youngest son the house adjoining
his on the east, and which is now the home of his
great-grandson, Pales P. Virgin. He married
Sarah Austin, and they had the following children :
Patty. Hazen, Aaron and Isaac.

(IV) Isaac, youngest child of Jonathan and
Sarah (Austin) Virgin, was born July 14, 1789. on
Virgin road (then called Penacook) and died Jan-
uary 12, 1870, on the farm where he began house-
keeping in 1812, a part of the patenial homestead.
WHien his father proposed to build him such a

house as he might desire, he said he did net want
anything better than his father lived in, so the
house was made only one story in height. To his
wife this afterwards proved a great trial and in-
convenience, but they lived happily, reaching a good
age. He was married November 13, 1812, to Susan
Batchelder (see Batchelder, VII), who was born
March 8. 1790. and died November 20, 1876. Their
children did not remove from their native town.
Susan C, the eldest, was married to Rev. Caleb
Fales, and died about a year after her marriage.
Eliza Jane, born September i, 1816, married Wil-
liam K. Holt, and died April 7, 1841, in East Con-
cord. Rufus is the subject of the succeeding para-
graph. William Harrison died before attaining his
majority.

(V) Rufus. elder son and third child of Isaac
and Susan (Batchelder) Virgin, was born on the
homestead of his father, where his son now re-
sides (on the Virgin road), January 7. 1818. He
continued to reside there most of his life, though
the years from 1856 to i86g were spent on a farm
one-half mile east, which he purchased, which is
still a part of his estate, and where his youngest
child was born. He was a prosperous farmer and
a prominent citizen of the town, taking active part
in public affairs. He was a Methodist in religious
belief, and a Democrat in politics. He represented
his ward in the city council, the board of aldermen
and the state legislature, and lived past his eightieth
birthday anniversary, dying January 26, 1899. He
was married January 4, 1840. to Mary Ann Stevens,
who is five. days his junior, and is still hale and
clear-minded, at the age of eighty-nine years. She
was born January 12, 1818, in Canterbury, daughter
of Jesse and Abigail (Sherburne) Stevens of
that town (see Stevens, VII). Jesse was a son of
Simon and Elizabeth (Boynton) Stevens, who were
pioneer settlers of Canterbury. Their children were
Otha. Edmond, David. Betsey, John, Jesse. Polly,
Abyah. ]Moses, Abigail, Thomas, David and Simon.
The children of Rufus and Mary Ann (Stevens)
Virgin, are not removed very far from their native
home. Ellen A. has her home with her aged mother
en the paternal homestead. Emma became the wife
of Nathan Pingree, and resides in Rochester, this
state. Esther is the widow of Frank P. Batchelder,
residing in Laconia. Frank P. died in the place of
his birth, at an early age. Fred P. and Fales P.
receive extended mention below.

(VI) Fr^d Peaslee Virgin, second son and fifth
child of Rufus and Mary Ann (Stevens) Virgin,
may truly be numbered among the self-made men
of New Hampshire, and a credit to the old and
honored name he bears. He was born January 25,
1853, on the paternal homestead on Virgin road,
where most of his father's life was passed, and ob-
tained his education in the public schools and Pen-
acook and Pinkerton academies. He was always
active and useful about the home farm, and early
set out to make his own way. At the age of six-
teen years he went to Boston, and there entered
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• sale grocers. His first Avork was clerical, and his
pay was small. Later he was promoted to the posi-
tion of traveling salesman, and by strict attention
to 1jn?iness and careful use of his earnings, he was
enabled in 1883 to become a member of the firm.
This establishment was founded in 1831 and is now
the largest wholesale grocery house in New Eng-
land. Mr. Virgin has shown himself a capable
business man, and has risen to the position of head
of the firm and its general manager. He is also
interested in various kindred lines of business,
which receive successful impetus from his able
management. He is vice-president of the Gary
Maple Sugar Company, of St. Johnsbury, Ver-
mont, with large plants in Vermont and Canada, and
which does a business amounting to half a million
dollars annually, and ships sugar and syrup to all
parts of the world. He is a director and vice-
president of the Wholesale Grocery Association of
Boston, member of the executive conmiittee of the
New England Wholesale Grocers' Association, and
director of the Faneuil Hall National Bank of
Boston. Mr. Virgin attends the South Congre-
gational Church of Concord, of which his wife is
a member, and is ever ready to further any inter-
ests of his native town. He follows the footsteps
of his father in politics, but gives no time to prac-
tical politics of office-seeking. He is a member of
the Wonolancet and Passaconoway clubs of Con-
cord ; the Boston Athletic and New Hampshire
clubs of Boston ; and the Florida club. He is very
fond of travel, and accompanied by his family has
visited many of the most interesting parts of the
world. Their winters are usually spent in Florida
■or California. Mr. Virgin started in mercantile
life in 1S70, with a fair education and a stock of
liope and energy, and by fidelity and constant atten-
tion to business has attained a handsome" compe-
tence. While so doing, he has found time for the
pleasures of travel and observation in other lands.
He was married June 13, 1876, to Ada L. Batch-
elder, daughter of Samuel and Eliza J. (True)
Batchelder (see Batchelder, VI). Mrs. Virgin was
horn September 20, 1852, in Loudon, and is the
mother of two children. Arthur Russell, born May
2. 1S77, graduated from Dartmouth College with
the class of 1900, and is now in the banking busi-
ness in Concord. Leila Stevens, born September
24, 1879, resides with her parents.

(VI) Fales Perley Virgin, youngest child of
Rufus and Mary Ann (Stevens) Virgin, is among
the most progressive and successful farmers of the
state. He was born October 31, 1856, on the second
farm of his father, about one-half mile east of his
present residence, which is on the ancient seat of
the Virgin family in East Concord. He was early
accustomed to be his father's aid, and the culti-
vation of the home farm and support of his par-
ents fell to him naturally. Until about nineteen
years of age he gave considerable attention to
study, being a student of Loudon Academy, after
leaving the district school adjacent to his home.
He was thirteen years of age when the family re-
turned to his present location, on Virgin road, and

here he has since resided. For the last twenty-
five years he has given much attention to the breed-
ing of fine Holstein stock for breeding purposes,
and has supplied many farmers with the foundation
for herds of this strain. He keeps from ten to
fifteen cows, mostly thoroughbreds, and produces
some fine veal for the market. Mr. Virgin's farm
is model of neatness, and his fine farm barn is one
of the most complete and convenient to be found
anywhere. With complete tool houses, and other
necessary or desirable farm appurtenances, he is
able to dispose of his work advantageously and
with much satisfaction to all concerned therein.
The paternal acres are well tilled, and have not
been allowed to deteriorate in productivity, and
their owner may be congratulated. His home is
hospitable, his family bright and interesting, and
the head of the house is among the influential citi-
zens of his town. He attends the Congregational
church of East Concord, and supports Democratic
policies in public affairs. He has served as ward
supervisor and member of the city council, and was
a member of the constitutional convention of 1903.
ISIr. Virgin was married December 24, 1879, to
Rose Ella Johnson, who was born September 12,
1858, in Concord, a daughter of Matthew Harvey
and Hannah (Sargent) Johnson, of Concord.
Matthew H. Johnson was a son of John Johnson,
whose name was changed by legal enactment from
Hoag to Johnson. Hannah Sargent was a daughter
of Wells Sargent (see Sargent, VII). Mr .and
Mrs. Virgin are the parents of three daughters.
Bessie Ella, the eldest, was born February 21, 1881,
and is the wife of Roy Walker INIaynard, a large
farmer and milk dealer of Loudon. Belle Fiorina,
born December 26, 1883. Bernice Johnson, August
16, 1S89, remains at home.

The ancient English family of Norrey
NORRIS or Norreys is mentioned in records

as early as the year 1311, when Sir
Henry Norreys married Joan, daughter of Sir
Henry Molyneu.x, and acquired the manor of Speke,
in Lancashire. For many centuries the family
flourished in Sutton and Lancashire. Famous fami-
lies of the name of Norris are now found in Speke,
Lancaster, and Ryecote, in Berkshire. From
Thomas Norreys, of Speke, descended in a direct
unbroken line five generations of Norreys whose
forename was Nicholas, the same as that of the
immigrant ancestor of the family of this sketch.
Early some of the English Norrises settled in Ire-
land and among them were members of note.

(I) Nicholas Norris, the settler, was born
probably about 1640. The tradition in regard to
him is that he was of English extraction, being a
descendant of one of the English who had settled
in Ireland where he was born. He was "a stow-
away" in an emigrant ship, and reached America
at the age of fourteen. He first appears of record
in the town of Hampton, "limo. 21st day, 1663," O.
S., or January 21, 1664, new style, when he mar-
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his brother-in-law, "JNIy Iiouse Lott, three acres
more or less, with my dwelling house being &
standing upon .ye same." That same year he ap-
peared in Exeter. In 1677 he took the oath of
allegiance, desired the jurisdiction of Massachusetts,
in 1690, and was a soldier in garrison from August
3 to August 31, 1696, in the commanding of Kinsley
Hall. His home was near Meeting-house hill in Exe-
ter village. One hundred acres was granted him by
the town of Exeter, January 31, 1681 ; three acres,
February 3, 1698; twenty acres the lirst Monday of
April, 1705; and thirty acres in 1725. It is also
stated that on March 8, 1721, ten acres of land
were laid out to him by the town of Exeter, on the
"North side of a Masteway leading from Col. Hil-
ton's to Pawtuckawage Mills." He deeded away
land June 10, 1721. He was a resident of Exeter
about fifty-seven years, but the date of his death
is not known. From the record it may be inferred
that he was an active and prosperous citizen. A
large progeny has sprung from him. His children,
all but the first born in Exeter, were : Sarah,
died young; Sarah, John, Moses, Jonathan, Abigail,
Sarah, James and Elizabeth.

(II) Moses, fourth child and second son of
Nicholas and Sarah (Coxe) Norris, was born in
Exeter, August 14, 1670, and always lived in Exeter.
He received from his father sixteen acres on the
"road to Hampton Farms," April 9, 1698, and on
the same date he received land from his father-in-
law. He was a soldier from August 31, 1696, to
September 28, 1696. February 2, 1721, he deeded
land to his children to the possession of which they
were to come after the death of himself and wife.
He lived a number of years after making this deed,
but how long is not known. He married, March 4,
1692, Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Robey)
Folsom, and granddaughter of John Folsom, the
immigrant to Exeter. Their children were : Samuel,
John, Moses, Nicholas, Joseph, Jonathan, James
and Ruth.

(III) Samuel, eldest son of Moses and Ruth
(Folsom) Norris, was born in Exeter, probably
about 1693, and always lived in Exeter. By the
terms of the deed his father made, February 2,
1721, he was to receive one-half of the homestead,
the land "to be on that side and adjoining Joseph
Robinson's land throughout both upland and
swamp," and also one-half of the land lying "on
the east side of the road leading from Hampton
Town to Exeter." His brother Joseph had the
other half of the homestead and his father's house.
The land owned by them remained undivided, and
after the deatli of Samuel was sold by his widow
Ruth, son Samuel, and Joseph Norris, October
30. I7S4- Samuel Norris inherited from his father
one-eighth of a saw mill at Petuckaway. He dealt
somewhat in real estate. His last recorded sale
was made May 18, 1753. ' He died before October
30, 1754. He .married Ruth, whose surname is un-
known. They were the parents of one child, Samuel,
who is further mentioned below.

(IV) Samuel (2), only child of Samuel (i)

and Ruth Norris, was born in Exeter. New Hamp-
shire, probably about 1714, and died before Febru-
ary 27, 1765. He deeded away his patrimony as
stated in the preceding paragraph. He lived in
Epping and dealt more or less in real estate. Octo-
ber 26, 1758, he bought seventy acres of land of
Enoch Clark, a part of which he left to his son,
Samuel Norris, by will. His will was executed
November 21, 1764, and probated March 26, 1766,
but for some unexplained reason his estate had
been administered upon by his wife Mary, who was
appointed administratrix, February 27. 1765. She
is said to have been a half blooded Indian, and her
surname is not known. Their children were: Benja-
min, Samuel, Zebulon, JMercy, Mary, Ruth and
Deborah.

(V) Samuel (3), second son and child of
Samuel (2) and Mary Norris, was born in Epping,
New Hampshire, June 17, 1734. Like several of his
ancestors he dealt much in land. He lived in
Epping until October 21, 1769, when he sold the
place upon which he then lived and immediately
moved to Deerfield, where he resided for a few-
years. He lived for a time in Sandwich, New
Hampshire, and finally went to Corinth, Vermont,
in 1779, 3"d there spent the remainder of his life.
He married (first) Huldah (Bartlett probably),
who was born April 24, 1734, and died in Corinth,

Vermont. November 2, 1780; (second)

Burleigh, perhaps of Sandwich, New Hampshire.
He died in Corinth, Vermont, May 16, 1816, and
w-as buried there. His children, all by his first wife,
were: David, Huldah, Samuel and Zebulon
(twins), Jonathan, Moses and David (twins),
John, Taylor, Polly and Josiah.

(VI) John, eighth child and seventh son of
Samuel (3) and Huldah Norris, was born in Deer-
field, July 29, 1770, and died in Washington, Ver-
mont, September 16, 1865, aged ninety-five years.
He was a farmer by occupation, and a Free Baptist
in religious faith. He resided in Deerfield, New
Hampshire, and Corinth, Vermont. He married
Sally Currier, who was born April 4, 1770, and
died February, 23, i860, aged ninety. They had
four children : John, David, March and Sabrina.

(VII) March, third son and child of John and
Sally (Currier) Norris, was born in Corinth, \'er-
mont, August 15, 1800, and died in Colebrook, New
Hanipsliirc. .August 20, 1879. He resided for some
years in Corinth, Orange county, Vermont. He
was a Free Will Baptist in religion, and a Demo-
crat in politics. He married Polly (Marshall)
Sleeman, who was born in Corinth, Vermont, Janu-
ary I, i8oo, and died in Colebrook, Vermont, July
18, 1889, daughter of Moses and Dolly (Maloon)
Marshall. Six children were born to them: Lu-
cinda Screpta, Clark Currier, Heman Russell,
George Sleeper, Mary Lovilla and Sabrina Lodina.

(VIII) Mary Lovilla, fifth child of March and
Polly (Marshall) (Sleeman) Norris, was born
August 27, 1839, and died January 18, iSSi, aged
forty-two years. She married (first) Dr. Stephen
Hurd; married (second) James Sawyer, of Cole-
brook, New Hampshire. By the first husband there

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was one child, Iva H., -who is next mentioned.
(IX) Iva Hortcnse Hurd, only child of Dr.
Stephen and Mary Lovilla (Norris) Hurd, was
born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, 1861, and mar-
ried jNIarch 15, 1883, at Colebrook, Walter Drew,
(See Drew).

Although Thomas Seward, the pro-
SEWARD genitor of this branch of the Seward

family in America, reached these
shores more than a century after the first settle-
ment by the English in Massachusetts, neverthe-
less he became the ancestor of those who suffered
the privations and hardships, and performed the
labors necessarily incident to the founding of the
town and the development of civilization in a new
country, and left descendants whose services in the
memorable conliict for free government reflect honor
on their names and upon their descendants who
have founded societies to perpetuate the memory
of a noble line of ancestors. Thirt\--four Massa-
chusetts men bearing the name Seward fought in
the Revolution. Inter-marriage with members of
Revolutionary families have been frequent, and
some Sewards of the present generation trace back
to four or five forbears, who took part in the great
struggle for liberty.

(I) Thomas Seward came to America from
England, in the middle of the eighteenth century,
and settled in Pepperell, Massachusetts, where he
died, August 19, 1757, at the early age of twenty-
eight, having been born in 17J9, in England. His
wife was Hannah, her maiden name having prob-
ably been Martin. She was also born about 1729,
and died at the house of her son, Josiah, in what
is now Sullivan, New Hampshire, March 23, 17S7.
When Thomas Seward died, he left his young
widow with three little boys, neither of whorh could
walk, the eldest being a cripple, the second too
young to walk, and the third a new born babe.
With a courage and perseverance, characteristic of
the woman of that time, she supported her children
and brought them to maturity with such assistance
as they were able to render. Their names were
Thomas, Josiah and Samuel. The eldest, crippled
from birth, lived and died at Pepperell, the other
two bought farms in that part of Stoddard, New
Hampshire, which later became a part of the newer
town of Sullivan.

(II) Deacon Josiah Seward, second son of
Thomas and Hannah Seward, was born at Pepperell,
Massachusetts, February 22, 1756, died at Sullivan,
New Hampshire, July 10, 1828. He married, February
22, 1781, Sarah Osgood, then of Raby (now Brook-
line), New Hampshire. She was born in Billerica,
Massachusetts, January 31 (Old Style), 1749-50,
died at Keene, New Hampshire, July 2, 1S35 ;
daughter of Joseph and S.irah (Pierce) Osgood.
She was a first cousin of Benjamin Pierce (father
of ex-President Franklin Pierce). Josiah Seward
was at work in his mother's field, at Pepperell. when
he was summoned, as a minute man, to march with
others, among them his younger brother, Samuel,

under the lead of their famous townsman. Colonel
Prescott, to Cambridge. He worked all the night of
June 16, in helping to throw up the famous earth-
works on the hill where, upon the 17th of June,
1775, was fought the battle of Bunker Hill. The
coat which he wore was long preserved in the
family, pierced with several bullet holes, although
he was not injured during the engagement. On
June 17, 1825, he was one of the surviving vete-
rans who participated in* the exercises attending the
laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment, on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. The
veterans were hospitably entertained in Boston, in-
troduced to Lafayette, and honored with seats upon
the platform. INIr. Webster's graceful allusion to
them, in his memorable oration was an eloquent
exhibition of oratory. On October 17, 1792, he was
one of the covenanters of the First Congregational
Church in Sullivan. He became a deacon of that
church in 1798, and held the office for thirty years,
until his death. He was a successful farmer, acquir-
ing a competence for the time in which he lived.
He purchased the farm in 1781, and portions of it
still belong to Rev. J. L. Seward, D. D., of the
fourth generation from him. Deacon Seward had
eight children : Hannah, Josiah, Jr., Sarah, Abigail,
Thomas, Betsey, Fanny and Rebecca.

(III) Josiah (2), elder son of Deacon Josiah
Seward (i), was born on the old Sullivan home-
stead (while it was still a part of Stoddard), Octo-
ber 30, 1783, died in Sullivan, September 14, 1831,
of typhus fever, a malady rarely known in later
years. Six members of his own and his father's
families were ill of that serious fever at the same
time. His oldest son, also named Josiah, just fitted
for college, died a few days before him of the same
disease. Josiah, Jr., purchased and lived upon his
father's farm, surviving the latter only three years.
He married February 22, 1807, Polly Wilson, born
at Keene, March 23, 1784, died there September 19,
1864, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Morse) Wil-
son. She was a woman of marked intellectual
power, a first cousin of Hon. James Wilson, Sr., of
Keene. Her grandfather was one of the well-
known Scotch-Irish immigrants. He settled at
Townsend, Massachusetts, while the most of them
settled in or near Londonderry, New Hampshire.
The three children of Josiah and Polly were Josiah
(3), Daniel, and David. Mrs. Seward's grandfather,
Thomas Morse, was the first English settler of
Dublin, New Hampshire.

(IV) David, youngest of the three children of
Josiah Seward (2), was born in Sullivan, Septem-
ber 14, 1816, died at Keene, November 3, 1886. He
married, October i, 1840, Arvilla Matthews, born
in Hancock, New Hampshire, December 26, 1818,
died at Keene, January i, i88r, daughter of James
and Abigail (Keith) ]\Iatthews. David's father
died on the former's fifteenth birthday. From that
time he managed the old homestead farm in Sulli-
van, for his mother, and later purchased it with
other land. He was a successful farmer. He was
a justice of the peace and settled many estates,

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wrote deeds, mortgngcs. and wills, and "sqnircd
together" man}" couples in marriage. He later be-
came interested in the meat business and, still
later, in the wood and lumber business. His last
days were spent in Keene. He had only three chil-
dren who lived to maturity : Josiah L., Emily Nor-
manda, w'ho was educated at Miss Hall's school in
Keene, and died unmarried ; and James Byron
Seward, a merchant in New York City.

(V) Josiah Lafayette, son of David Seward,
was born in Sullivan, New Hampshire, April 17,
1845. After leaving the district school, he was a
student at the Westmoreland Valley Seminary, then
under the instruction of Rev. (now Rev. Dr.) S.
H. McCollester, 1859-60; graduated at the Phillips
Exeter (New Hampshire) Academy, in 1864;
graduated at Harvard University, with degree of
Bachelor of Arts, in 186S; taught school at Frank-
ford. West Virginia. 1869; taught a private school
in Boston, Massachusetts. 1869-70; was the first
principal of the Conant Free School (now Conant
High School) of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1870-71;
took the degree of Master of Arts at Harvard in
1871 ; graduated from the Harvard Divinity School,
with the degree of B. D., in 1874; ordained over the
South Congregational (Unitarian) Church, at
Lowell, Massachusetts, December 31, 1874; remained
the pastor of that church fourteen years, until July
31, 1888; pastor of the Unitarian Church at Waler-
ville, Maine, August I, 1SS8, to November 25. 1893;
pastor of the Allston Unitarian Church, Boston,
Massachusetts, November 26, 1S93, to October 8,
1899; pastor of the First Congregational (L^ni-
tarian) Church, of Dublin, New Hampshire, from
May II, 1902. to the present, with residence at
Keene, New Hampshire. He has been much inter-
ested in Freemasonry, having received all the de-
grees of the York and Scottish Rites, including the
Thirty-third and Last Degree. He has been master
of a council of Royal and Select Masters at Keene,
master of a chapter of Rose Croix Masons at Lo-
well, and is now (1907) master of Social Friends
Lodge at Keene. He has held for twenty years
the office of grand prior in the Supreme Council
for the Thirty-third and Last Degree, for the North-
ern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States. The
Massachusetts Council of Deliberation has, for
many years, published the discourses which he has
annually delivered before that body. He has written
a "History of Sullivan. New Hampshire, to the
Twentieth Century." and is re-editing, and bring-
ing to date, the "History of Dublin, New Hamp-
shire." In 1898, Colby University (now Colby
College) gave him the honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity (D. D.). He is a member of the New
Hampshire Society Sons of the American Revolu-
tion as being a descendant of five Revolutionary
soldiers, also the local Chapter Keene, No. i. Dr.
Seward has for many years taken much . interest in
genealogical and historical research and has for
many years been a valued and valuable correspond-
ing member of the New Hampshire Historical

Society, and has contributed extensively to journal-
istic and magazine literature. He is unmarried.

Tradition and probability identify
COGSWELL the name Cogswell with the old

English town of Coggeshall, the
ancient Canonium of the Romans, which is located
forty-four miles from London, in the county of
Esse.x. It is the family tradition of the Cogswells
now holding the ancient Cogswell possessions in
Westbury, county of Wilts, England, that their
ancestors came from the county of Essex, and were
known as Coggeshall, with the various spellings
appearing in the forms Cogshall, Coggeshall, Cogge-
shale, Cogesholl, Cogeshole, Coggashael, Cogshol,
Coxhall, Cockshall, and Coggshale. Beside the
family tradition the experts in such matters say that
Cogswell and Coggeshall in England have the same
origin. But while Coggeshall and Cogswell have
the same origin in England, they are distinct names
in America, the Coggeshalls of this country descend-
ing chiefly from John Coggeshall, the first governor
of Rhode Island, while the Cogswells are descended
as stated below.

(I) Robert Cogswell, as appears from his w'ill,
was a manufacturer of woolen cloths, and lived in
Westbury, Leigh, county, of Wilts, England. The
register of the parish gives the date of his burial
June 7, 1581. His wife, Alicia, survived him, and
was buried August I, 1603. Their children were :
Robert, Richard, Stephen, Joane, Margaret, Mar-
gery, Edith, and Edward, next mentioned.

(II) Edward, eighth child and fourth son of
Robert and Alicia Cogswell, was born in West-
bury, Leigh, county of Wilts, England, and there
resided. He was a clothier, and carried on the
business with his father and forbears for genera-
tions before him. He died in 1616. His estates
were designated Ludborne, Horningsham, and
Ripond Mylls. His widow Alice survived him but
a few weeks. Their children were : Margaret,
Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth, John (died
young), Robert (died young), Andrew and Robert
(twins), John, Margery, Anthon (died young),
Anthony, Geoffrey, Lienor and Walter.

(III) John, eighth child and lifth son of Ed-
ward and Alice Cogswell, was born in Waterbury
Leigh, in 1592, and died in Essex, Massachusetts,
November 29, 1669. He married, September 10,
1615, Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Rev. Wil-
liam and Phillis Thompson. The parents with
eight children embarked May 23, 1635, at Bristol,
England, on the "Angel Gabriel" for New England.
Mr. Cogswell took with him his three sons, Wil-
liam, John and Edward, and five of his six daugh-
ters. One daughter was left in England, who after-
ward married and resided in London. Mr. Cogs-
well took with him several farm and household
servants, an amount of valuable furniture, farming
implements, housekeeping utensils, and a consider-
able sum of money. On account of calm weather
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coast of America, the "Angel Gabriel" lay off Pema-
quid, Maine, when the great storm of August 15 of
that year struck them. The storm was frightful,
the vessel became a total wreck, passengers, cattle,
goods and all were cast upon the angry waves.
Some were drowned. Among those who reached
the shore was the Cogswell family. Mr. Cogs-
well's loss by this wreck was five thousand pounds
sterling. Mr. Cogswell had brought from England
a large tent which was got ashore, and in this with
such things of theirs as the family could gather
they began life in America. As soon as possible
Mr. Cogswell went to Boston and chartered a
small barque which transported his family and
goods to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where a settle-
ment was made. In 1636 John Cogswell was
granted three hundred acres of land at the further
Chebokoe; also a parcel of eight acres, upon which
he had built a house. Some time in 1636 Mr. Cogs-
well put up a log-house and removed to "further
Chebokoe," now Essex, where he spent his last
days. His descendants for eight generations,
through a period of two hundred and fifty years
have continued to cultivate those ancestral acres. In
the house of this place are now treasured many
relics and articles of household use which were
brought over in 1635, and survived the wreck of
the "Angel Gabriel."

John Cogswell was the third original settler in
that part of Ipswich, now Essex, Massachusetts.
His comparative wealth, intelligence and piety gave
him an acknowledged prominence in the town and
church. On the records of Ipswich his name often
appears. It is uniformly distinguished by the hon-
orary prefix !Mr., which in those days was a title
given to but few, who were gentlemen of some dis-
tinction. There were only about thirty of the three
hundred and thirty-five original settlers of Ipswich
who received this honor. iNIarch 3, 1636, by act of
the court, John Cogswell was admitted freeman.
He distributed much of his property among his
children while living. The inventory of his estate
made December 27, 1669, was one hundred and
fifteen pounds, nineteen shillings. He died Novem-
ber 29, 1669, aged seventy-seven years. His wife
died June 2, 1676.

(IV) William, eldest son of John and Eliza-
beth (Thompson) Cogswell, was born in West-
bury, Leigh, county of Wilts, England, in 1619. He
was sixteen years old when he came with his
parents to America. He settled on the home place
in Ipswich, and spent his life there. He had many
of his father's traits, and was one of the most in-
fluential men of that part of Ipswich. It was
largely through his efforts that the gospel ministry
was established at Chebacco. He gave the land
on which the first meeting house in Chebacco was
built. He was a subscriber to "Denison's Compen-
sation" in 1648; a surveyor of the public ways in
1663; a commoner in 1664; a tithingman in 1667; a
voter in town affairs in 1679, and was often chosen
selectman and moderator of the parish meetings.
He made his will August $■ 1696. and died Decem-
ber 15. 1700. The inventory of his estate amounted

to three hundred and forty-one pounds, ten shil-
lings. He married, in 1649, Susanna Hawkes, born
in 1633, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and died
prior to 1696. Her parents were Adam and Mrs.
Anne (Hutchinson) Hawkes. The children born
of this union were : Elizabeth, Hester, Susanna,
Ann, William, Jonathan, Edmund, John, Adam and
Sarah.

CV) Lieutenant John (2) Cogswell, eighth
child and fourth son of William and Susannah or
Susanna (Hawkes) Cogswell, was born in Che-
bacco, Ipswich, May 12, 1665, and died there in
1710. He was a member of the church, and filled
various public offices in the town. He died, intes-
tate at the age of forty-five years, leaving a prop-
erty appraised • at eight hundred and eighty-nine
pounds, two shillings. He married Hannah Good-
hue, daughter of Deacon William, Jr., and Han-
nah (Dane) Goodhue. She was born July 4, 1673,
in Chebacco, where they resided. She married
(second), in 1713, Lieutenant Thomas Perley, and
died December 25, 1742. The children of John and
Hannah Cogswell were : Hannah, William, Su-
sanna, John, Francis, Elizabeth, Margaret, Xa-
thaniel, Bethiah and Joseph. (Mention of Na-
thaniel and descendants forms a part of this article).

(VI) John (3), second son and fourth child of
Lieutenant John (2) and Hannah (Goodhue)
Cogswell, was born December 2, 1699, in Che-
bacco, parish of Ipswich, and resided in Marble-
head and Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was a sad-
dler by trade and was a storekeeper and farmer.
In deeds and other documents he was "gentleman."
He died December 18. 1780. He w^as married Octc-
ber 28, 1720, to Susanna Low, who was born Janu-
ary 12, 1698, and survived him over three year?,
dying January 14. 1784. Their children were :
Susanna, Sarah and John.

(VII) Susanna, eldest child of John (3) and
Susanna (Low) Cogswell, was born in 1722, in
Marblehead, and was married December 13, 1744.
to Dr. James Pecker, of Haverhill. She died March
13, 1761. (See James (3) Pecker, IV).

(VI) Nathaniel, eighth child and fourth son
of Lieutenant John (2) and Hannah (Goodhue.)
Cogswell, was born in Chebacco, January 19, 1707,
and died in Atkinson, New Hampshire, March 23,
1783. He was three years old when his father dted.
While yet a boy he entered a store in Haverhill,
and eventually became a prominent citizen and
leading merchant in the town. He was a man
of integrity and business capacity. He was a de-
voted and efficient member of the church from the
time he united with it. June i, 1746, till his death.
After a successful business life he retired in 1761..
and settled upon a farm in Atkinson, New Hamp-
shire, and at once became active in establishing
religious and educational institutions in the town.
He gave the land and contributed freely toward
the first meetinghouse, which was erected by pri-
vate subscription in 1768-69. Prior to the comple-
tion of the church public worship was conducted in
Mr. Cogswell's house.

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was declared by large loan^ lo provide equip-
ments and provisions for the soldiers. These loans
o£ money, by reason of the depreciated currency,
proved almost a total loss. Besides providing
money Mr. Cogswell gave eight sons to the army,
who served with distinction, and filled an aggregate
term of service of more than thirty-eight years,
said to be the longest rendered by any family in the
country. It is said that those eight sons were of
such height that in the aggregate they measured
about fifty feet, making a large amount of soldier
lineally, as well as in other respects. They all
survived the war, and became prominent in profes-
sional and civil life."

Nathaniel Cogswell married, January 31, 1740,
Judith Badger (See Badger), who was born ni
Haverhill, Massachusetts, February 3, 1724, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Hannah (Peaslee) Badger. She
married at the age of sixteen years, united with
the church at the age of twenty, March 18, 1744,
and died May 7, iSlo. She was a person of com-
manding figure and cultured manners. The nine-
teen children of this marriage were : Nathaniel
(died young), Jeremiah, Joseph (died young),
Thomas, Joseph (died young), Hannah, Judith
(died young), Amos, Judith (died young), Na-
thaniel Peaslee, Joseph (died young), Moses, a
daughter (died young), William, John. Ebenezcr,
Joseph, Francis, a daughter (died young).

(VH) Dr. Josepli Cogswell, twelfth son and
seventeenth child of Nathaniel and Judith (Badger)
Cogswell, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
April 16, 1764. and died in Tamworth, :\Iarch 17.
1851. When a mere lad he served in the army of
the Revolution. He studied medicine with his
brother, Dr. William Cogswell, and was assistant
surgeon at West Point. In 1787 he established
himself in the practice of medicine in Warner, New-
Hampshire, where he united with the Congrega-
tional Church in 17S9. The next year he removed
to Durham, where he remained until 1797, when
he removed to Tamworth, where he resided and
practiced medicine upwards of fifty years. He died
at the age of eighty-seven years, and in the sixty-
second year of his married life. He married, De-
cember 27, 1788, Judith Colby, daughter of Thomas
Elliott and Judith (Sargent) Colby, of Warner,
New Hampshire. She was born September 25.
1771, in Amesbury. Massachusetts, and died No-
vember 5, 1857. The children of this union were :
Judith, Joseph Badger (died young), Hannah
(died young), Ebenezcr, Ruth Badger (died
young), Thomas, Ruth, Hannah, jMary Sargent,
Joseph, Emily, and Elliott Colby, whose sketch
follows.

(VIII) Rev. Elliott Colby Cogswell, twelfth
and youngest child of Dr. Joseph and Judith (Col-
by) Cogswell, was born in Tamworth. June II.
1814, and died in Rye. New Hampshire, August 3!,
1887. He graduated from Dartmouth College in
1838. and from the Gilmanton Theological Seminary
in 1842. His first pastorate was at Northwood.
where he was settled over the Congregational
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Church November 3, 1842. In 1848 he removed to
Newmarket, where he was pastor of the church
eight years. From that place he removed to New
Boston and remained until October 31, 1865, as
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. He then
returned to Northwood as pastor of the church,
and founded Coe's Northwood Academy, of which
he was principal for ten years, until June, 1876.
He published in 1864 a History of New Boston, in
1878 a History of Nottingham, Deerfield and North-
wood, and was the author of several miscellaneous
works, including the life of the Rev. Samuel Hid-
den. He married, August 12, 1842, Sophia Ann
.Adams, wlio was born in Gilmanton, January 24,
1819, and died March 12, 1901, daughter of Deacon
Thomas and Sophia G. (Kimball) Adams. Of this
marriage there were born nine children : Edward
Elliott (died young), Mary Upham (died in 1902),
Ellen Sophia (died young), Martha Ellen, Eliza-
beth G., William Badger, Thomas Herbert (died
young), Ephraim Bradford (died voung) and Henry
Burr.

(IX) }\Iary Upham Cogswell, second child and
eldest daughter of Rev. Elliott C. and Sophia Ann
I Adams) Cogswell, was born in Northwood, Sep-
tember 6, 1S45, and was married. November 19,
1865, to George W. Bingham (See Bingham, VIII).
She was an intellectual woman of rare culture. She
died March 4. 1902.

(IX) Elizabeth Greenleaf Cogswell, fifth child
and fourth daughter of Rev. Elliott C. and Sophia
Ann (Adams) Cogswell, was born in Newmarket,
March 5, 1S52. She graduated from Coe"s Academy,
Northwood, in 1871. For years she was a successful
teacher of music, first in the west, and afterward
at Pinkerton Academy, at Derry, New Hampshire.
She married (first), February 28, 1877, Charles H.
Prescott, who was born in Deerfield, July i, 1853,
son of Winthrop T. and Martha Prescott. One
child was born of this union, Edward Cogswell,
who died in infancy. She was married (second),
August 3, 1905, in Stratford, Connecticut, to George
W. Bingham, principal of Pinkerton Academy. (See
Bingham, VIII).

One who has carefully studied the
DUNSTER history of the Dunster family says

this name was originally written
Dunstonc, that it was occasionally so written in the
time of Henry VIII and in the time of President
Dunster. The name is an ancient one in England,
especially in Lancashire. As early as Henry VIII
there are records in the parish of Middleston of the
burials of Hugh, Katherine, Johannes and Georgius
Dunster, all written the year 1543. The name Dun-
ster is of Saxon origin, and may signify a dweller
upon a dun, down, or little hill. There is a market
town in Somersetshire, England, and a castle there
by that name. It seems most probable that the ori-
ginal Dunster took his name from the town. There
are several families of Dunster in this country.

(I) Henry Dunster, the father of President
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ably) at Balehoult (sometimes called Billyholt)
which is supposed to have been a private gentle-
man's residence in Bury, Lancashire, England. He
had four sons, Henry, Richard, Thomas and Robert,
and two or three daughters, only one of whom is
mentioned by name. Richard came to this country
in 1640. but nothing further is definitely known of
}iini.

(II) Rev. Henry (2) Dunster, the first of the
name in this country, and the first president of
Harvard College, was born in England, and came
to Massachusetts in the year 1640. The only known
reference to the place of his birth is found in a
letter of his own, dated February, 1648, in which he
says: "Ego enino Lancastreusis sum" (for I am
from Lancastire). He was educated at Magdalen
College, Cambridge, England, from which he was
graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1630, and Master of
Arts in 1634. Among his contemporaries at Cam-
bridge were Jeremy Taylor, John Milton, Ralph
Cudworth, John Pearson, John Harvard and others
■who subsequently became more or less distinguished.
He was trained for the ministry, but there is im
evidence that he ever took orders in the church, and
after a few years spent in teaching he came to
America. He was a man of retiring disposition,
and probably left England to avoid taking part in
the acrimonious strife then beginning in England
which culminated in the execution of King Charles.

He arrived in Boston toward the latter end of
the summer of 1640. and resided for a short time
"on his own estate at the North East Corner of
Court Street and Washington Street." His reputa-
tion as a ripe scholar had evidently preceded him,
for "immediately upon his arrival he was waited
on by the Governor, magistrates, elders and Minis-
ters" and asked by a sort of acclamation and gen-
eral consent "to remove to Cambridge and assume
the presidency of the college" — a work which proved
ie be his life occupation. According to his contem-
poraries he was finely equipped both by nature and
education for the position thus offered him. John-
son in his "Wonder-Working Providence of Zion's
Saviour in New England," says he "was fitted from
the Lord for the work, and by those that have skill
in that way, reported to be an able proficient in
Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages." Prince says
he was "one of the greatest masters of the Oriental
languages that hath been known in these ends of the
earth," and much more testimony to the same effect
is given by others, his associates or biographers.
The college which he undertook to conduct had
been established, but it was little more than an ad-
vanced school, and the task which he assumed was
one requiring great skill and ability to bring it to a
successful issue. In a short time after removing to
Cambridge he united with the church there on con-
fession of faitli. He frequently supplied the pulpit
in Cambridge and vicinity during his presidency,
took a prominent part in founding the church at
Woburn, and manifested great interest in the edu-
cation and conversion of the Indians, and joined
heartily with John Eliot and the Mayhews in the
work. The second charter of the college, obtained

in 1650 on his express petition, declares its object is
to include "the education of the English and Indian
youth of this country in knowledge and godliness."
President Dunster's office seems to have been no
sinecure, for besides the instruction and discipline
which largely devolved on him, he was charged
with the administration of the college matters, even
down to such particulars as the direction of the
commons, the keeping of the student's account, the
construction of the college edifice and the presi-
dent's house, the collection of his salary, etc. The
requisites for admission into college, the details of
the course of study, and the rules and precepts for
the government of the students, were prepared by
him ; and Quincy says that the principles of educa-
tion estalilished by him were not materially changed
during the whole of the seventeenth century. In
college discipline it seems he took advantage of the
common belief in the active agency of evil spirits,
and there is a tradition in the family of his having
formally exorcised the devil, whom the students had
raised, but had not the power to allay; President
Dunster's administration of affairs was prosperous,
tlie expectations of his patrons were realized, and
his school "soon acquired so high a reputation that
in several instances youth of opulent families were
sent over to receive their education in New Eng-
land." The first .printing press in North America
was set up in Cambridge in 1639, "as an appendage
of Harvard College"; and for more than a hun-
dred years it was kept under the supervision of the
general court. In 1641 it was put under the man-
agement of President Dunster, and transferred to
his house, where it was keot until 1655. Among
the earlier issues from this press were two editions
of the Book of Psalms — 1640 and 1647.

President Dunster administered the affairs of
the college for twelve or thirteen years with great
success, and probably had more influence in perpe-
tuating its existence and shaping its policy than any
other person. But just then a public avowal by him
of sentiments of opposition to infant baptism created
great excitement in the colony and raised a violent
spirit of opposition toward him. The authorities
exerted their influence to have him recant, or at
least keep silent \Yith regard to his belief, but this
he refused to do, and sent in his resignation of the
presidency of the college to the general court. This
was not at first accepted, but when he sent in a
second resignation, October 24, 1654, that was ac-
cepted. The further treatment of President Dun-
ster by the government of the colony was harsh and
undeserved, growing out of the intolerant disposi-
tion of the Puritans of that day

In July, 1654. President Dunster made another
public declaration of his sentiments, on the Sabbath
day. in the church at Cambridge. For this ofl^ense
he was some time later indicted by the grand jury,
the presentment being "for disturbance of the
ordinances of Christ upon the Lords daye." He
was tried, convicted and sentenced according to the
ecclesiastical law, "to be publiquely admonished and
give bond for his good behavior." Subsequently, a
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the grand jury and tried by the county court, the
presentment being "for not bringing his child to tlie
Holy Ordinance of Baptisme." He was again con-
victed, solemly admonished of his dangerous error,
and ordered to give bond for his appearance at the
next court of assistants of Boston. The bond was
executed but there is no record of any further pro-
ceedings in the case. The public officials at first
refused to allow Mr. Dunster to remain in the pres-
ident's house, but when they realized that it was not
only for the convenience of Mr. Dunster and his
family, but greatly to the interest of the college in
order that he might properly assist his successor to
a proper understanding of his position and the per-
formance of his duties, they retracted their heart-
less decision, and he was permitted to remain some
three months.

Soon afterward he removed to Scituate. in
Plymouth colony, where the inhabitants were much
tnore tolerant in religious matters than were the
people of Massachusetts Bay. The indignities and
persecutions from which he had suffered had al-
ready attracted the attention of the Baptists of the
Mother country, and on July 10. 1656. he received
an invitation to make Dublin, Ireland, his home and
informing him that fifty pounds had been granted
by Lord Deputy Henry Cromwell, son of the Pro-
tector, for the transportation thither of himself and
family. But this invitation he declined. Notices
of his ministry in Scituate continue until about the
time of his death, February 27. 1660. The place of
his burial is in the old cemetery opposite the college
ground, a few rods northwest of the church now
standing therein. He was president of Harvard
College from August 27, 1640, to October 24, 1654.
He married (first). June 21, 1641. Elizabeth,
widow of the Rev. Jose, Josse or Joseph Glover.
She died without issue. August 23, 1643. He mar-
ried (second) Elizabeth, who was a woman of su-
perior mind and good education. She died Sep-
tember 12, i6go. The children, all by the second
wife, were : David, Dorothy, Henry, Jonathan and
Elizabeth.

(HI) Jonathan Dunster, fourth child and third
son of Rev. Henry (2) and Elizabeth Dunster, was
born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 28 or
October 27. 1653 ; both dates appear on the town
records. He died in Cambridge in 1725, aged about
seventy-two years. He was a farmer, and inherited
lands lying on both sides of the division line be-
tween that part of Cambridge called IMenotomy
(now Arlington) and Charlestown (now Somer-
ville). In the Charlestown Records, December 30.
1706. is the entry : "Ordered, Also to Warn
A Negro Man and A Negro woman at Mr. Jona.
Dunster's, to remove forthwith out of this Town
and also to Warn sed Dunster that he Entertain
them No Longer at the peril of the law." He was
tithingman for the year beginning jMarch 5. 1716.
His estate was a long time unsettled. He marrie<l
(first). December 5, 1678, Abigail Elliot. She died
and he married (second), April 5. 1692. Deborah
Wade, daughter of Major Jonathan Wade, of !Med-

ford. and granddaughter of Governor Thomas
Dudley. She died, and he married (third)
(contract dated November 23, 1719) Ruth, widow
of Joshua Eaton, of Reading. She survived him
and married, November 22, 1732, Lieutenant Amos
Marrett, of Cambridge, and was published Septem-
ber 30, 1742. to Peter Huges, of Stoneham. His
children by the first wife were : Henry, and Eliza-
beth, died young. By the second wife, Deborah
(Wade) Dunster: Jonathan, Elizabeth, Thomas
and Dorothy. "

(IV) Henry (3) Dunster, eldest son of Jon-
athan and Abigail (Elliot) Dunster, was born in
Cambridge, July 17, 16S0, and died January 28, 1753,
aged seventy-three. He owned the covenant and
was baptized February i, 1708. He married, Feb-
ruary 25, 1708. Martha Russell, daughter of Jason
and Mary (Hubbard) Russell, of Cambridge, and
l)orn May 2, 1691. She died in Menotomy, June
-7, 1771. aged eighty-one years. She had owned the
covenant and was baptized February 13. about two
weeks before their marriage. They were both ad-
mitted to full communion in the First Church, Cam-
liridge, March 11 or 16, 1711. They w-ere both con-
stituent members of the Second Church in Arling-
ton. To the first pastor of their church, Rev. Sam-
uel Cooke, he gave wood gratis for seven years.
He resided on what was then known as Menotomy
Field, later Charlestown. nov/ Arlington. After the
death of her husband Henry, Martha (Russell)
Dunster became the second wife of Francis Locke,
March 15, 1759. The children of Henry and Martha
were eleven in number : Martha, Mary, Abigail,
Elizabeth. Isaiah. Henry, Elizabeth, Jason, Eunice,
Jonathan and Ruth.

(V) Jason Dunster, the eighth child and third
son of Henry (3) and Martha (Russell) Dunster.
was born in Cambridge, "July ye 14, O. S., July 24.
1725-6, N. S.." and baptized July 18, 1725. He lived
on the old Dunster homestead, bounded northerly
Py the "Gilboa road" and easterly by the Concord
road. After living there eighteen years he removed
to Mason. New Hampshire, where he was taxed for
the first time January 28, 1768. His homestead of
one hundred and eighty-five acres and another piece
of five acres cost him one hundred and twenty-one
pounds, six shillings and eight pence. He was a
consistent member of the church established in
Mason, October 13, 1772. In 1773 he was highway
surveyor, and in 1774 w-as constable, that is collector
of taxes, and in that year his private tax was two
farthings, equal to one-third of a cent. In 1780,
during the Revolutionary war, "his beef rate." that
is ta.x to raise money for the Continental army, was
riue hundred and thirty-one pounds, fourteen shill-
ings, ten pence and three quarters, in the depreciated
currency of the time. In 1798 Mr. Dunster sold his
farm to his son Samuel, and with his wife spent the
remainder of his life with his son, Jason Dunster,
in the west part of the town, afterward called
Mason Village.

He married. October 26. 1749. Rebecca, daughter
of Samuel and .\nne (Harrington) Cutter. She

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was born in Cliarlestown, March 3, 1732, and died
in Mason, New Hampshire, February 16, 1806, in
the seventy-second year of her age. They had eight
children: Ruth, Rebecca (died young), Henry, Re-
becca, Martha, Isaiah, Jason and Samuel, all bap-
tized in Cambridge. (Jason and descendants re-
ceive mention in this article).

(VI) Martha Dunster, the fifth child and
fourth daughter of Jason and Rebecca (Cutter)
Dunster, was born in Cambridge (Precinct),
August 28, 1758. She removed with her father's
family, in 1769, to Mason, New Hampshire. She
married, September 7, 1783, Oliver Wright, who
was born September 14. 1758, and died September
3, 1847, aged eighty-nine years. He had land in
Monadnock. No. 6, then called Packer's field, now
Nelson, where they settled and lived and died. She
died September 2, 1838, in the eighty-first year of
her age. They had ten children : Oliver, Kendall,
Abiel, Jason, Patty, Henry, Anna. Lucy, Ira and
Myra.

(VII) Patty Wright, fifth child and eldest
daughter of Oliver and Martha (Dunster) Wright,
was born in Nelson, March 28, 1794, and died
August 19. 1854. She married Oliver Heald, of
Milford, New Hampshire. (See Heald VII).

(VI) Jason (2) Dunster, the seventh child of
Jason (i) and Rebecca (Cutter) Dunster, was
born at Cambridge (now Arlington), March 27,
and baptized April 3, 1763, by Rev. Samuel Cooke.
It is very probable that his father took him to Ma-
son, New Hampshire, in 1769, but no evidence is
found of his being there until after the Revolution-
ary war. There is a tradition that he was bound out
or given to a man in Lexington, Littleton or Groton,
with whom he remained until he enlisted in the
Continental army. This occurred in April, 1780,
when he enlisted for six months service, and was
mustered in at Concord, Massachusetts. He did
duty in Boston until his enlistment in the three
years' service. When he left the six months' service
for that purpose, he received no pay nor any cloth-
ing. When the Massachusetts regiments were re-
duced he was placed in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Brooks, Captain Lincoln and ISIajor William
Hull. When the regiments were again reduced, he
was transferred to the Fourth Massachusetts Regi-
ment, from which he was discharged as above
stated. When Lord Cornwallis surrendered in 1781,
he was in the Northern Department of the army
under General Heath. While in the winter en-
campment at Valley Forge, he had the smallpox.
He was fond of telling his experiences in army life.
and told on winter nights and summer days many a
tale of marches through the "Jarseys," and daring
exploits with the marauders about the Hudson, who
were designated "Cow Boys." They were a horde
of "Tories," commanded by Colonel Delancy, who
made their stronghold at Morrisania, and scoured
the fertile valleys of the Hudson, sweeping off
forage and cattle for the British army in New York.
He was discharged from the army at "Pickskill
Hiths" (Peekskill Heights). New York. When he

was discharged he was paid in "Continental money."
Of this he kept a thirty-dollar bill as a souvenir,
often remarking in later life that when he came
back from the army he could not get a breakfast
with it, else he would have spent it.

After his discharge from the army he returned
to Lexington, Massachusetts, and at twenty-three
years of age was taxed in Mason, New Hampshire.
In that year he bought a lot of land in Hancock,
New Hampshire, and in 1800 he purchased lot No.
10, in the eighteenth range in Mason. He lived on
this lot from the time of his marriage till his death.
He owned several other tracts of land in the vi-
cinity, most of which was woodland, which he
cleared for the lumber and cordwood. In 1816 he
and his son Jason bought an undivided one-third
interest in the saw and grist mills at the Upper
Falls on the Souhegan river, a quarter of a mile
from his residence. This mill privilege was the
first in Mason. Jason Dunster was selectman for
three successive years, and performed the town
business promptly and efficiently, though his pen-
manship was worse than Horace Greeley's, and
what it lacked in legibility had to be made up from
the writer's memory, which was unfailing.

In 1821 Mason Village was erected with a sepa-
rate school district, and it was suggested that the
schoolhouse should be paid for by subscriptions.
Deacon Dakin, between whom and Mr. Dunster
an opportunity for banter was never missed, took
this plan of Mr. Dunster rather jocularly, and turn-
ing to him said : '"Well, Dunster, I will give as
much as you will." Dunster instantly replied, "I
will give one-half of the whole cost; now Deacon,
don't back out." The Deacon was as good as his
word, and Jason Dunster and Deacon Dakin built
what was for that day a splendid brick schoolhouse.
a credit to them and a means to aid in the education
of the youth of the village for years afterward.
After one or two ineffectual attempts, Mr. Dunster
succeeded in getting a pension for his Revolutionary
services of eight dollars per month, commencing
May I, 1818. This was paid until his death, and
afterward his widow was pensioned. He died
Riarch 21, 1828, aged sixty-five, w'as buried at Ma-
son Center, in the Dunster group, and a suitable
stone placed over his grave by his widow.

He married, at Mason, April 18. 1793, Mary
(Polly in the records) Meriam, who was born at
Concord, Massachusetts, October 28, 1768, daughter
of Joseph and Mary (Brooks) Meriam. She was
an early member of the Mason Congregational
Church, and was a woman of truly christian char-
acter, a candid disposition, and it is said and be-
lieved that no one saw her out of temper. She
died May 5, 1858, in the nintieth year of her age,
and was buried beside her husband in Mason Cen-
ter cemetery. The seven children of this marriage,
all born in Mason, were : Jason, Mary, Isaiah, Bet-
sey, Samuel. Rebecca and Julianna.

(VII) Mary Dunster, the second child of Jason
and Mary (Meriam) Dunster, was born in Mason,
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the common school, and was considered well edu-
cated. She was an industrious girl, and of great
service to her parents as a spinster and weaver in
those days when all clothing was made from the
raw material at home. At the time of the great
gale, September, 1815, she was engaged in prepar-
ing her marriage outfit, when the roof of the new
house the family then occupied was lifted so as 'to
show at the top a wide opening, but fell back and
remained firm, and she received no injury. She
married. December 28, 1815, Benoni Cutter Kimball
(see Kimball VIII).

This family, which is a branch of the
C.-VRBEE Carbee family of Massachusetts, is
descended from Revolutionary stock,
and most of its members reside in Vermont.

(I) Joel Carbee was a soldier in the Revolu-
tion. His record on the rolls of the state of Massa-
•chusetts is as follows : Joel Carbee of Dedham,
private. Captain Abial Richard's company. Colonel
Mclntish's regiment. March 23 to April 6, 1778, at
Roxbury and Boston. Joel Carby of Dedliam served
five months, twenty-five days, 1780. Also enlisted
for three years March 29, 1781, and served till the
end of the war. These are believed to be one and
the same person with Joel Carbee of Dedham and
Newbury. He removed to Newbury, Vermont,
about 1789, and settled on Wallace Hill, and owned
and tilled a farm. He died there February 19, 1834,
in the seventy-first year of his age. He married
Lois Downer, by whom he had several children.

(II) Joel, son of Joel . and Lois (Downer)
Carbee. was born in Newbury, Vermont, .\pril 24,
179s, and died in Ryegate, Vermont, April 18, 1865.
He was a farmer. In religious belief he was a
Universalist, and in politics an ardent Republican.
He married, August 24, 1823, Dorcas Johnson, who
died in Ryegate, January 23, 1874. Their children
were: Lois, Sarah, Joel, Mary. Jennie, John, Henry
C, Francena, Marcia.

(III) Henry C, son of Joel and Dorcas (John-
son) Carbee, was born in Ryegate, October 12, 1842,
and was broug'ht up on his father's farm. His edu-
cation was obtained in the public schools of his
native town. In 1875 he removed to Hooksett, New
Hampshire, and bought a farm in this region justly
celebrated for its fertility. This property is in the
northern part of the town. Later he purchased sixty
acres of land upon which he now resides, called the
Pinnacle. On this property is the widely known
Pinnacle Rock, on the summit of which is a tower
sixty feet high, the rock and the tower rising three
hundred and ninety feet above the surface of the
lake in the park and commanding a very extended
prospect over the surrounding country. The lake
is a handsome body of water, the park is well
stocked with wild animals and is arranged as a
place of general entertainment with suitable accom-
modations for outdoor sports. Mr. Carbee is a Re-
publican and has more than a passing interest in
politics. His party has honored him with the office
of selectman, which he held ten year?; of deputy

sheriff, which he held ten years; and of chairman of
the board of selectmen seven years. He is inclined
to fraternal and social organizations, and is a mem-
ber of Jewell Lodge, No. 94, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of Suncook; Friendship Lodge, No.
19, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Hook-
sett ; and of Granite Lodge, No. 3, Knights of
Pythias, of Manchester, New Hampshire. His re-
ligious affiliations are with the Universalists. He
enlisted January 5, 1864, in the Second Vermont
Battery. Light Artillery, in Newbury, Vermont, and
served till the end of the war; mustered out August
3r, 1864: he was stationed at Port Hudson.

Mr. Carbee married (first) Lucy (Jordan) Rand,
daughter of Oscar P. Jordan, of New York state.
One child, Lily, born August i, 1870. He married
(second). December 6, 1877, Martha A. (Rowell)
Fuller, of Hooksett, born November 7, 1S58, daugh-
ter of Peter B. Rowell, farmer and stonemason of
Hooksett. Children: Edgar S.. born October 21,
1878; Lina A., September 13. 1880: Jennie May,
September 8, 1885, died July 16, 1887; Benjamin
Levi, July 22. 1887, died May 28, 18S8; Earl
Thomas, October 2, 1894; Pearl Rowell. October 2,
1894.

This old Colonial family, though
CRESSEV not a large one, is scattered over most

of the states of the Union, and has
furnished many men of energy, activity and
courage.

(I) Mighill Cressey landed in Salem with his
brother William, probably in the year 1649. He
w^as thirty years old in 1658. He lived for a time
in the family of Lieutenant Thomas Lathrop, after-
wards Captain Lathrop, who with sixty of his sol-
diers fell in the battle of Bloody Brook, in Deer-
field. September 18, 1675. From June. 1652, to
May. 1663, he lived in the family of Joshua Ray at
"Royal Side," Salem, now Beverly. He married,
1658, Mary Bachelder, born in Salem in 1640, daugh-
ter of John and Elizabeth Bachelder, of "Royal Side."
She was baptized at Salem, April 19, 1640, and died
in childbed, August, 1659. He then moved to Ips-
wich, and married, April 6, 1660. Mary Quilter, born in
Ipswich, May 2, 1641, daughter of Mark Quilter.
He died in Ipswich, April, 1670. He had by his
first wife one child, John; and by the second three
children: Mighill. William and Mary. Mary, his
widow, with her three children moved to Rowley,
Massachusetts, April, 1671, and died in that town.
May 7, 1707. This christian name is sometimes
spelled "Michael" on old records, but Mighill Cres-
sey, the immigrant, spelled his own name "Mighel
Cresse." On various records the surname (Cres-
sey) is spelled twenty-three different ways.

(II) John Cressey, only child of Mighill and
Mary (Bachelder) Cressey, was born at "Royal
Side," in Salem, August, 1659, and after the death
of his father lived with his grandfather Bachelder.
In 1675 he chose in court his uncle, Joseph Bach-
elder. to be his guardian. He was a tailor and re-
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belonging to his grandfather Bachelder. He was a
deacon of the Second Church of Beverley. His
grave is marked by a slatestone, inscribed as fol-
lows : "Here lyeth the Body of Deacon John Cresy
who died July ye 22(1 1735 In ye 76th year of his
age." His will was dated June 12, 1734, and ap-
proved August 18, 1735. He married Sarah Gaines,
born in Ipswich, November 23, 1665, daughter of
John and Mary (Tredwell) Gaines, of Ipswich.
She died at "Royal Side," April 4, 1751. They had
eleven children: Mary, John, died young; Sarah,
John. Joseph, Daniel, Job, Benjamin, Hannah, Abi-
gail, Noah.

(III) Daniel Cressey, sixth child and tliird son
of John and Sarah (Gaines) Cressey, was born in
Salem, July ir. 1698, and was a yeoman. He mar-
ried, October 20, 1720, Sarah Ingleson (probably
daughter of John and Mary Ingleson). of Salem.
About 1740 he moved to Connecticut, and nothing
further is as yet known of him. Their eleven chil-
dren were : John, Ruth, died young ; Mary, Ruth.
Sarah, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Richard, Ebenezcr
and Anna.

(IV) Daniel (2) Cressey, second son and sixth
child of Daniel (i) and Sarah (Ingleson) Cressey,
was baptized in Beverly, October 11, 1730. He
lived for some time in Salem. New Hampshire,
whence in 1779 he went to Bradford. New Hamp-
shire, where he was the third settler, and died
there in 1817, aged eighty-three. He was a Revolu-
tionary soldier and served in Captain I.=aac Bald-
win's company. Colonel John Stark's regiment, en-
listed April 23, 1775, and serving three months and
sixteen days in the campaign about Boston. He
married Abigail Allen, of Beverly, and they were
the parents of .■\ndrevv. Bartholomew, Mary, and
probably John and Edward, and perhaps others.

(V) Edward Cressey, son of Daniel" (2) and
Abigail (Allen) Cressey. was born about 1766, in
Salem, New Hampshire, and died about 1820, in
Bradford, this state, aged fifty-four years. He was
a farmer, and kept a hotel one and one-half miles
west of Bradford Village. He married (second)
Sarah Sawyer, of Bradford, who bore him seven
children, namely : Margaret, Oliver, Lucinda, Ed-
ward, William Plumer, Louise and Mary.

(VI) William Plumer Cressy. second son and
fifth child of Edward and Sarah (Sawyer) Cressey,
was born January 31, 1812, in Bradford, and died
December 23, iSgo. He grew up on the old home-
stead, and received a common-school education.
He was always engaged in farming, and in addition
to that industry engaged in breeding fine horses.
He was a lover of the noble animal, and had a
widely-extended reputation as a trainer of horses,
of which he broke hundreds and perhaps thousands,
and trained for the Boston market and for Boston
owners. He dealt in lumber and converted many
great trees into mast and spar timber, which was
taken to the sea via the Merrimack canal. In politics
he was a Democrat, and in his later life a member
of the Free Soil party of New Hampshire's great
leader, John P. Hale. He was school committee-

man, and for many years selectman, and lieutenant
of the troopers. He was one of the busiest and
most energetic citizens of Bradford, influential and
respected. He married Mary (jould, born 181 1,
daughter of Colonel Enoch and Sarah (Rowell)
Gould, of Hopkinton (see Gould). She died in
November, 1897. They had three sons : Warren G.,
Frank and Willis E. The first and last went to
Independence, Oregon, after the Civil war, and died
there.

(VII) Frank Cressy, second son and child of
William P. and Mary (Gould) Cressy, was born in
Bradford, October 21, 1840, and being a healthy,
strong and nimble boy, took an active part in the
interests his father carried on, farming and lum-
bering, each coming in for a share of his attention.
He attended the common school until 1859, when
be began a course at the New London Academy.
He worked on the farm summers and taught school
winters, taking a term at the academy each spring
and fall. After teaching in the common schools for
three years he was employed in village schools,
finally teaching in the high school at Bradford. In
1865. si.x years from the time he began teaching, he
took a position as mail clerk on trains between
Bradford and Manchester. From this he went to
Wasiiington, District of Columbia, where he was
employed as a clerk in the office of the sixth auditor
of the treasury. Here he served from November,
1865. to August, 1873, during which time he was
twice promoted. Returning to New Hampshire he
became local agent in the railway mail service at
Concord. Two years later he was transferred to
the train service, where as a first-class clerk he
made the runs of two hundred and sixty-five miles
between Boston. Massachusetts, and St. Albans,
Vermont, for the ensuing five years. The mono-
tony of long hours of strenuous work was varied
by several train wreck.s^ some of them badly damag-
ing the car he occupied, from all which Mr. Cressy
escaped without injury. On the election of Grover
Cleveland in 1884. Mr. Cressy resigned his place in
the government service and became a traveling
salesman for the firm of Blanchard & Company,
flour and grain dealers, Concord. Two years later
he exchanged into a similar position for the firm of
Moseley & Company, of Concord, and traveled for
them over the states of New Hampshire and Ver-
mont fourteen years. At the end of that time
{ 1898) he bought out the business and has since
carried it on with marked success, doing a business
of four hundred thousand dollars annually. Mr.
Cressy is industrious, energetic, alert and successful.
His native good judgment, executive ability and
lively genial temperament have made work easy and
prosperity a certainty. He is a respected citizen of
Concord and a man of influence. He is a staunch
Republican, has been president of the Republican
Club of the sixth ward for ten years, and alderman
of the sixth ward for two years and member of the
house of representatives two years. He is a prompt
and liberal supporter of the Unitarian Church, on
the prudential conmiittee of which he has served

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for years. He is a member of the Wonolancet Club,
and of the White Mountain Travelers' Association,
the largest social organization of traveling men in
New England. He has served as president of this
association two years, and as treasurer for the past
ten years.

Mr. Cressy married. March 30, 1862, at Bradford,
Annette M. Ring, born at New London, May 5.
1841, daughter of Edmund J. and Miriam (Nelson)
Ring. They have three children : Will Martin, a
well-known actor and playwright ; Harry Ring,
traveling salesman, having an interest in the flour
and grain business of his father, and May Florence.

The surname Ingalls is believed to
INGALLS be of Scandinavian- origin and de-
rived from Ingialld. The etymology
of the name is "By the power of Thor." "Dooms-
day Book" records a Baron Ingald. a tenant of King
William at Rersbi and Elvestone, Leicestershire, A.
D. 1080, who came from Nomiandy. "During the
ninth century the Scandinavian pirates often de-
scended on the east coast of Great Britain, and in
after years many of this nationality made settle-
ments there, especially in Lincolnshire. These peo-
ple were a hardy, seafaring race owing to the na-
ture of their country, but under changed conditions
of environment, settled down to tilling the soil.
The earliest record found is that of Henry Ingalls,
grandfather of Edmund (the ancestor), and made
iu 1555, lie probably iiaving been born about 14S0.
The next record is that of Robert the father (of
Edmund) and made in 1617. The name is still
common in England."

(I) Edmund Ingalls was born at Skirbcck,
Lincolnshire, England, about 1598, and came to
Salem. Massachusetts, with Governor Endicott's
company in 1628. With his brother Francis and
four others he began the settlement of Lynn in
1629. He was a man of good report, although the
town records of Lynn show that on one occasion
he was fined for bringing home sticks in both his
arms on the Sabbath day from Mr. Holyoke's rails.
In March, 1648, while traveling on horseback to
Boston, he was drowned in the Saugus river, owing
to a defective bridge, and his heirs recovered dam-
ages from the town. The christian name of his
wife was Ann, but her family name and the date of
their marriage is unknown. They had nine chil-
dren: Robert, born about 1621, married Sarah
Harkcr. Elizabeth, born 1622, died June 9, 1676,
married Rev. Francis Dane, of Andover. Massachu-
setts. Faith, born 1623. married Andrew Allen, and
moved to Andover. John, born 1625. married Eliza-
beth Barrett. Sarah, born 1626. married William
Bitnar. Henry, born 1627, married (first) Mary
Osgood, (second) Sarah Farnum. Samuel, born
1634, married Ruth Eaton. Mary, married John
Eaton. Joseph, died young.

(II) Henry Ingalls. son of Edmund and .\nn
Ingalls, was born in Skirbeck. in 1627, and died in
Andover, Massachusetts, February 8, 1718-19. He
owned land in Ipswich, which he sold in 1652. and

was one of the first settlers in Andover, where he
bought land from the Indians, paying for it in
clothing and trinkets. He was made a freeman by
the general court in 1673, and took a prominent
part in town affairs, holding many offices of trust.
He married (first), July 6. 1653, Mary, daughter of
John and Ann Osgood, of Andover. She died
May 6, 1686. He married (second), August i, 1687,
Sarah Farnum, widow of George Abbott. She
died May 12, 1728. His children, all by his first
marriage, were : Samuel, born October 3, 1654, mar-
ried Sarah Hcndrick. Henry, December 8. 1656,
married Abigail Emery. Mary, January 28, 1659,
married John Stevens. John, May 21, 1661, mar-
ried Sarah Russell. Stephen, May 21, 1661, mar-
ried Dinah Elson. Francis, September 3, 1663, died
December 9, 1690. Moses. June 6, 1666, died Sep-
tember 28, 1667. James, September 24, 1669. mar-
ried Hannah Abbott. Sarah, September 7. 1672,
probably died young. Joseph, March 24. 1675. died
young. Josiah, February 28, 1676, married (first)
Mary Holt, (second) Esther Frye. Sarah, January
22, 1679, married Joshua Swan. (Mention of Henry
.iiul descendants appears in this article).

(III) Samuel, eldest child of Henry and Mary
(Osgood) Ingalls, was born October 3, 1654. in
Andover, and lived his life in that town, dying
.\ugust II, 1733. On the records he is given the
title of sergeant. He was married June 4, 1682. to
Sarah, daughter of Daniel Hendrick. She was born
August S, 1661. Their children were: Samuel,
Sarah. Moses, Daniel (died young). Deborah (died
young). Eldad, Deborah, Daniel, Ruth, Nathaniel
and Mary.

(IV) Captain Samuel (2), eldest child of Sam-
uel (i) and Sarah (Hendrick) Ingalls. was born
May 7, 1683, in Andover, and moved from that town
to Haverhill in 1717. He was one of the original
proprietors of Chester, New Hampshire, where he
was prominent in civic affairs, and built the first
frame house in that town in 1732. Captain Ingalls
was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1721 he was
granted a mill privilege in Chester, on his agree-
ment to build a saw mill in one year. In the same
year he was a member of the committee appointed to
erect a church. He was captain of the militia and
served as clerk and as selectman. His death oc-
curred about 1760, at about the age of seventy-seven
years. He married Mary Watts, who -was born
June 27, 1687, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Ayer) Watts. Their children were born in And-
over and Haverhill, namely : Elizabeth, Sarah. Sam-
uel, Mary, Ruth, Timothy, Mehctable. Abigail and
Nathaniel.

(V) Samuel (3), eldest son and second child
of Samuel (2) and Mary (Watts) Ingalls. was born
September 15. 1712, in Andover, Massachusetts, and
died October 6, 1747, in Hill. New Hampshire. He
lived in early life in Sandown, New Hampshire,
and passed his last days in New Chester (now
Hill), where two of his sons, Ebenezcr and Jona-
than, resided. He married Susanna Jose.

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(Jose) Ingalls. was in Bristol as early as 1771, but
removed to New Hampton about 1777. He served
in the -war of the Revolution one term, and was a
member of the board of selectmen of Bristol in
1776. The name of his wife does not appear, nor
the date of his death.

(Vn) Gilman, son of Ebenezer Ingalls. was
born in Bristol, February 4, 1775, and died May 23,
1855, on the farm first settled by his father in that
town. He married Abigail, daughter of Timothy
Emerson, of Alexandria. She was born there April
iS, 1778, and died in Bristol, October 9, i860. Their
eleven children were : Gilman, Abigail, Josiah
Emerson, Lydia, Phebe, Mary Jane, Harvey Nichols,
Timothy, Luther. George Washington and Nancv B.

(Vlil) Gilman (2), eldest child of Gilman'(i)
and Abigail (Emerson) Ingalls, was born in New
Hampton, January 29, 1798. He removed to
Bristol, where he died July 6, 1862. He married
(first) Nancy Bowen, who lived but a short time;
(second). October 9, 1823, Sarah, daughter of Dr.
Thomas Roberts, of Alexandria. Dr. Roberts was
a skillful practitioner of his time, and it is stated
on good authority that he had a specific of his own
with which he treated successfully cancerous pa-
tients. Unfortunately he died without divulging the
formula. Gilman Ingalls lost his first home in Bris-
tol by fire. He then moved to the farm which had been
in the family since 1771. Sarah (Roberts) Ingalls
died January 24, 1862. Their children were: Gus-
tavus Washington, Amanda Jane, Lucinda Hibbard,
Mahala Plumer, George Harvey, Mary Philbrick,
Ann Maria, Horace Langdon, John Henry, Frances
Amelia and Alfretta Augusta.

This large family of children is worthy of more
than casual mention. With hardly an exception they
were endowed with more than ordinary musical talent,
and naturally were prominent in the social circles
of their town and its vicinity. All of the sons, four
in number, were in the Civil war, two as musicians.
Gustavus Ingalls, the oldest child of Gilman (2)
and Sarah (Roberts) Ingalls, was born May 21,
1824, in Bristol. He was 'a fine musician, and be-
came one of the early band leaders in that part of
the state. August i, 1861, he enlisted from Con-
cord as musician in the Third Regiment with which
he remained until August 31, 1862. In January.
1863, he recruited a band that did service mainly at
Hilton Head, South Carolina. It was known as
the Second Brigade Band of the T«nth Army Corps,
otherwise as the Hilton Head Post Band, and which
under his superior leadership attained a wide repu-
tation. Mr. Ingalls later, settled in Worcester,
Massachusetts, where he engaged in the manufac-
ture of organ reed boards. He died in that city
November 6, 1903. George Harvey, second son of
Gilman (2) and Sarah (Roberts) Ingalls, was born
in Bristol, February 5, 1832. He very early dis-
played marked musical ability, and it is claimed that
he was a leader of one of the choirs in his town at
twelve years of age. He was a member of the Hil-
ton Head Post Band, after its organization by his
brother Gustavus. until the close of the Civil war.
He flicd in Warner, February 8, 1899. Horace

Langdon. third son of Gilman (2) and Sarah
(Roberts) Ingalls, was born August 31, 1838, in
Bristol. He was one of the first to enlist in the
war from that town, on April 23, 1861. He served
in the First Regiment until it was mustered out
August 9 following. December 2, 1861, he enlisted
for three years in the Eighth Regiment, and served
in the Department of the Gulf until May 2, 1863,
when he was discharged. December 16. 1864, he en-
listed in Company G, Eighteenth Regiment, for one
year, and was mustered the same day as sergeant,
and appointed commissary agent. He was mustered
out July 29. 1865. Mr. Ingalls resides in Concord,
and has served several terms as doorkeeper of the
house of representatives. John H., youngest son of
Gilman (2) and Sarah (Roberts) Ingalls, was born
April 16. 1841. He enlisted in the Twelfth New
Hampshire Regiment, August 19, 1862, and was
mustered as sergeant. April 16, 1863, he was dis-
charged by reason of illness, and died at his home
in Bristol, December S following.

(IX) Mary Philbrick. sixth child and fourth
daughter of Gilman (2) and Sarah (Roberts) In-
galls. was born January 3, 1834. She married, Jan-
uary 25. 1861, Lewis F. Pattee (see Pattee, VII).

(III) Henry (2) Ingalls. second child and
second son of Henry (l) and Mary (Osgood) In-
galls. was born in Andover. Massachusetts, Decem-
ber 8, 1656, and died there February 8. 1698-99. He
married, June, 1688, Abigail, daughter of John, Jr.,
and Mary (Webster) Emer\-, of Newbury. She was
born January 16. 1669, and died July 12, 1756. Their
five children : Henry, born April 2, 1689. married
Hannah Martin. Mar\-, February 25, 1691, not men-
tioned in her father's will. Abigail, January 15,
1693, died unmarried. August 11, 1742. Francis,
December 20, 1694, married (first) Lydia Ingalls.
Joseph. April 17. 1697. married Phebe Farnum.

(IV) Joseph Ingalls, youngest child and son of
Henry and Abigail (Emery) Ingalls, was born in
Andover, Massachusetts, and died there December
29. 1757. He married, December 29, 1720, Phebe,
daughter of John Farnum. She survived her hus-
band a little more than two years, and died Febru-
ary iS. 1760. Their ten children: Joseph, born 1721,
died February 20. 1721-22. Joshua. February 22,
I7_'2, died February 15, 172S-29. Joseph, August
22. 1723, married Sarah Abbott. Phebe, July 7,
1725, married Joshua Abbott, lived at Amherst, New
Hampshire. Tabitha, March 23, 1727, died March
13. 1728-29. Jobihua. August 13. 1752, -married
Elizabeth Steel. Tabitha. March 14, 173S, married
Solomon Kittredge. Stephen, April 23, 1737. Eliza-
beth. August 21, 1739, died May 13, 1752. Peter,
October 28, 1741, died December 10, 1741.

(V) Joseph Ingalls, third child and son of
Joseph and Phebe (Farnum) Ingalls, was born in
.Andover. Massachusetts, August 22, 1723, and died
at his home in Pomfret, Connecticut, October 18,
1790. He married. May 24, 17—, Sarah, daughter
of Paul and Elizabeth (Gray) Abbott. She was
born October 15. 1730, and died January 30. 1810.
Their children : Phebe, born August 22, 175°. died
September 20. 175.;. Peter. February 19. 1732, mar-

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ried Sarah Ashley. Darius, June 27, 1754, married
Loderma Lee. Dorcas (twin with Darius), born
June 27, 1754. Asa. February 29, 1756, died Decem-
ber 25, 1775. Luther, August 24, 1758, married Lucy
Utley. Calvin, November 22, 1760, married (first)
Catherine Terrington, (second) Mary Horton.
Chester, August 9, 1762, married Sylvia Stevens.
Joseph, August 24, 1764. died September 6, 1786.
Sarah, December 18. 1766, died April 24, 1833, mar-
ried Abraham Ford. Hannah, July 7, 1769, mar-
ried Josiah Ingersoll. Har\-ey, July 7, 1775, died
December 30, 1833.

(VI) Luther Ingalls. sixth child and fourth
son of Joseph and Sarah (Abbott) Ingalls, was born
in Pomfret, Connecticut, August 24, 1758, and died
in Hanover, New Hampshire, July 4, 1855. He was
a soldier of the Revolution from Pomfret. He mar-
ried, June 25, 1781, Lucy, daughter of Joseph Utley.
She was born May 18, 1760, and died January 7.
1831. They had eight children: Royal, born March
26, 1783, died October 11, 1793. Sylvester, April 25,
1785. married Mary Turner. Lucy, May 30, 1787,
died January 3. 1S05. Sarah, August 27. 1789, mar-
ried Timothy Owen. Elizabeth, October 26, 1794.
Polly, April 8, 1797. died March 9, 1880, married
Silas T. Vaughan. Luther, May 5, 1799. married
Mary A. Levering. George, May 20, 1805. died Jan-
iiary 2, 1843. ■

(Vil) Polly Ingalls. daugliter of Lutlier and
Lucy (Utley) Ingalls. was born April 8, 1797, and
died March 9, 1880. She married Silas T. Vaughan,
whose father, Captain Jabez Vaughan, is believed
to have been born in Middlebury, Massachusetts, in
October, 1763, and served with credit during the
Revolutionary war. He died June 16, 1813. His
son, Silas T. Vaughan, was born August 28, 1797,
and died April 20, 1862. The children of Silas T.
and Mary (Ingalls) Vaughan were: Orsino A. J.,
Alvin. Silas Orcasto, Sophronia, Elizabeth, Phineas,
Mary. Ellen. Orville, Royal, Myra and William
Vaughan.

Elizabeth Vaughan was born in Hanover, New
Hampshire, September 27, 1825, and died May 4,
1872. She married, April 17, 1845, Edwin Perry
Knight (see Knight III), who was born in Han-
over. August IS, 1816, and died October 22, 1857.
Their children are : Edwin F., William Franklin,
Charles E., Emma E., and Myra V. Knight.

America for centuries has been
LINEHAN the land sought by the poor and

oppressed of all nations, and that
their coming here results in the betterment of
their condition is seen in almost every instance,
and in many cases such is the influence of our
free institutions that the poor immigrant of a few
years ago is the man of rank and standing of to-
day. The following account is illustrative of what
is brought about by energetic industry directed by
quick intelligence in a free land.

(I) John Linehan was born in Macroom,
county of Cork, Ireland, December 16, 1816. His
immediate ancestors were Cornelius and Hanora

(Vaughan) Linehan and John and Mary (Riordan)
Linehan. His mother died soon after his birth.
His grandfather, for whom he was named, took
him when this event occurred and he made his
home with him until he reached manhood. He re-
ceived a good education in a noted private school
kept by a man named Burden. Several generations
of the family has been engaged in the grain and
milling business. On the death of his grandfather
he inherited his property and business. At the
age of twenty-one, in 1837, he married Margaret
Foley, the daughter of a well known farmer in the
adjoining parish of Kilmichael.

The terrible experience of the famine period
taught him, as it taught thousands of others, that
there was no earthly hope of success for either him-
self or family in Ireland ; so like so many of his
race he turned his face towards the west, and came
to the United States in the fall of 1847. He landed
in New York City. A little later he came to New
Hampshire, where he entered the employ of Super-
intendent Lombard of the Northern Railroad. His
family, consisting of his wife and five children,
followed him in the fall of 1849. From their arrival
until May, 1852, they made their home in Dan-
bury. In May of the latter year he removed to
Penacook, where practically a home was made per-
manently. For some years he was foreman of the
Penacook section, and later was in the employ of
Barron, Didge & Company, at the tlour mill. Still
later he was in the cabinet shop of H. H. Amsden
& Sons. He died July 7, 1897, in his eighty-first
year, and his body was laid beside that of his
wife, whose death had preceded his, as she had
departed this life October 14, 1891, aged seventy-
six. Both rest in Calvary cemetery, Penacook. He
was well versed in the history of his native land, and
sympathized with every movement for the advance-
ment of its people. He was a good citizen and a
public-spirited man. He was fully naturalized five
years after his arrival here, and never failed to
cast his ballot for the candidate of his choice.
Politically he was a Democrat, but independent;
his first presidential ballot was cast for James
Buchanan, his last for William McKinley.

In religion he was a Catholic — a loyal adherent
to the faith of his fathers. He was one of the
pioneers of his creed in Penacook, and while in
life one of its most liberal supporters. He was
a faithful husband, an affectionate, indulgent father,
and a kind neighbor. He was blessed in his wife.
She was one of the most devout as well as one of
the most modest of her sex — a perfect type of the
race of women whose piety and love of virtue have
given their native land a world wide reputation.
Eight children, five sons and three daughters,
blessed their union. Their names are : Mary, John
Cornelius, Annie, Joanna. Timothy Patrick, An-
drew, George Henry, and Michael Joseph, the last
three being born in America.

(II) Hon. John Cornelius Linehan. second
child and eldest son of John and Margaret (Foley)
Linelian, was born in Macroom, county of Cork,

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Ireland, February 9, 1S40, and died in Penacook,
September 19, 1905. He came to this couiUry with
his mother, his brother Timothy and two sisters,
in October, 1S49. Another sister followed a year
later. His father had emigrated two years before,
settling temporarily in Danbury, New Hampshire,
where his family joined him. In 1852 he removed
with his people to Fisherville, now Penacook,
making his home there permanently. His opportu-
nities for securing an education were limited ; he
attended school in Ireland two years, and in
America one. He studied hard at home under the
direction of his father who, more fortunate, had
been able to acquire a good education in his native
land. At the age of twelve he went to work in the
Penacook cotton factory, which was then owned
and operated by H. H. and J. S. Brown. He labored
there from 1852 to 1857, five years, beginning as a
doffer in the spinning room and ending as a loom
fixer in the weaving room. At the latter date he
entered the employ of Rolfe Brothers, sash, blind,
and box manufacturers, and remained there nearly
five years, being foreman of the box department
for the greater part of that period. He be came a
member of the Fisherville cornet band in i860.
On August 15, 1861, with six of his associates, he
enlisted in the band of the Third New Hampshire
Volunteers for service in the Civil war. He did
his duty as a musician, and at the battles of James
Island and Sccessionville he and the other mem-
bers of the band laid aside their instruments, and
devoted their energies to bringing off the wounded.
Many of these soon afterward expired. To
those about to die he offered the comforts
of religion. Among the many pathetic inci-
dents of the war there were few more
touching than that of the youthful Linehan
repeating the litany at the request of a soldier who
had received his death wound and was dying far
away from his own regiment and from any con-
fessor of his faith. On his discharge August 31,
1862, he again re-entered the employ of Rolfe
Brothers, but closed his connection with them in
December. During the year 1863 he had charge of
the packing department of the flour mill. In Janu-
ary, 1864, he was engaged by Caldwell & .\msdcn,
then owners of the cabinet shop. He worked for
this iirni until April 10, 1866, being for the greater
part of the time one of the shipping clerks. On
the last date mentioned he entered into co-partner-
ship with Moses H. Bean, who was engaged in the
mercantile business. A month later Henry V.
Brown, one of his tent mates in the army and a
lifelong friend, bought out the interest of Mr.
Bean, and under the firm name of Brown & Line-
han the business was continued until May, 1869,
when he purchased Mr. Brown's interest in the
firm, operating alone until he finally sold out in
January, 1891. He was located for nearly twenty
years in the Exchange block on Washington square.
During his business career he acquired a repu-
tation for honesty and integrity not confined to
Penacook. In religion he was a Catholic, and

through life loyal to his faith. Like his father he
was a liberal contributor towards the support of
the church, and for forty years one of the most
active member in Penacook. For twenty-five years
he was superintendent of the Sunday school con-
nected with the Penacook parish. The best proof
of the efficiency of his labors is the fact that while
under his supervision not a Catholic child in Pena-
cook was an absentee except in case of sickness
from the Sunday school. In 1867, at the earnest
solicitation of Rev. J. E. Barry, whose pastorate
included Penacook, he negotiated for the purchase
of the building occupied for many years as a place
of worship by the Methodists. To secure a note
given for payment, he and John Thornton, another
member of the congregation, mortgaged their
houses to John L. Tallant, from whom the money
was borrowed, as additional security, as he was
unwilling to accept the mortgage on the church
alone. When additional land was secured for
Woodlawn cemetery, of which he was one of the
trustees, he made an appeal to his associates to
set aside a part of it for a cemetery for the Catholics
of Penacook. His request was granted, and the
land deeded to the bishop of the diocese in trust for
the Catholic congregation in the village.

When Brown's band was organized in 1865 he
was one of its first members, and during its exist-
ence, until igo2, was its secretary and treasurer.
He was president of the Fisherville Lyceum Associ-
ation during the greater part of its existence. This
was founded shortly after the war, and was the
means of providing some of the best speaking talent
in the United States for the people of the village.
He afliliated with the Republican party from early
manhood, and was honored by being elected or
appointed to various positions of honor and trust
within its gift. He filled nearly every office in
ward one. He was a member of the common coun-
cil in 1872-73, and a member of the board of alder-
men from 1877 to 1878. He was chosen a member of
the executive council of the state of New Hampshire
to serve during the term of Governor Charles H. Saw-
yer in 1887-88 and during his term of office was chair-
man of the committee on state prison. He was ap-
pointed trustee of the Industrial School by Governor
Samuel W. Hale in 1884, and except for a brief inter-
val of a few months served continually until the
time of his death. He was secretary of the board
for several years, and from 1897 until his death
he was its president. He was also one of the com-
mittee chosen to build the Penacook public school,
and was one of the connnittee to select the location
for the Concord soldier's monument, as well as to
select its design and inscription.

He was appointed insurance commissioner of
New Hampshire for three years by Governor David
H. Goodell, on September 28, 1890. He was re-
appointed in 1893 by Governor John B. Smith, in
1896 by Governor Charles A. Busiel, in 1899 by
Ckjvernor Frank W. Rollins, in 1902 by Governor
Batchelder, and 1905 by Governor McLane. The
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the death of Mr. Linehan, at a special meeting of
governor and council at Portsmouth. His record
as insurance commissioner is well known. He was
fearless and conscientious in the performance of
his duties, and received the commendation of his
superiors, the governors and councils, as well as
the people of the state. Circumstances when he was
first appointed obliged him to face a situation re-
quiring courage as well as discretion. How well
it was done the records of the insurance depart-
ment, as well as the press of the state, bear witness.
A leading journal of the state commenting on his
course in office speaks of him as follows: "When
he was called to the important oflSce of commis-
sioner he has a right to feel, as others did, that he
had won it by his merits. This good opinion he
justified during all the years he had the supervision
and to a large extent the control of the vast in-
surance interests of the state. No suspicion of cor-
ruption or unfaithfulness of any kind ever touched
his administration. No favoritism ever shaped his
policy or dictated his oflicial acts. For whatever
he believed was for the good of the honest com-
panies and tlie policy holders of the state, for what
his judgment and his conscience approved, he stood
fearlessly and unflinchingly; and with the univer-
sal grief over the loss of the man and the friend
goes the feeling tliat his place as a public servant
can hardly be filled."

He was one of the charter members of William
I. Brown Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and
its first commander, filling the position for over
two years. He always took an active interest in
the welfare of his own post, and before its forma-
tion had been partly instrumental in the formation
of the Fisherville Memorial Association, wliich was
composed mainly of Brown's band and several pub-
lic-spirited citizens, for the object of observing
Memorial Day. With a few exceptions he was the
president of the day on Memorial Days every year
after the institution of the post. He was chosen
to represent the department of New Hampshire,
Grand Army of the Republic, at the National En-
campment at Albany in 1878, and a member of the
national council of administration in i88o-8r. He
was elected department commander of New Hamp-
shire in 1883-84, and appointed a member of the
national pension committee, serving until 1887, when
he was unanimously chosen junior vice-commander-
in-chief. Grand Army of the Republic. He was
president of the New Hampshire Veterans Asso-
ciation in 1885-86, and from its institution, with
the exception of a few years, its musical director.
He was a trustee of the Loan and Trust Savings
Bank of Concord, a member of the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society, Knights of Columbus,
Charitable Irish Society of Boston, and the Amer-
ican-Irish Historical Society. He was the treas-
urer and one of the founders of the latter.

Although a busy man through life he found time
to study, became a fine scholar, especially strong in
history, and wrote much for publication. In con-

junction with his lifelong friend and comrade, D.
.\rthur Brown, he wrote a memorial history of Pen-
acook in the Civil war. The book contains a sketch
of every person, so far as known who served in that
great contest from Penacook, and also of the com-
rades of William I. Brown Post who came to re-
side in Penacook or vicinity since the close of the
war. When completed the book was placed for
preservation in the New Hampshire state library.
The type-written sheets Mr. Brown had bound in
book form, for the use of the post room.

He was a steady contributor to weeklies and
periodicals. He contributed a chapter "The Irish
in New Hampshire," to McClintock's History of
New Hampshire, also a chapter to the History of
the First New Hampshire, on "The Irish of New
Hampshire in the Civil War," and a chapter to the
History of the Seventeenth New Hampshire, on
"Alusic and Songs of the War." He also wrote
many sketches on the early Irish settlers in tlie
thirteen colonies, which have been published in
papers and magazines. For his services in this line
he received a degree from Dartinouth College, in
1887. He was a witty, eloquent, and convivial
speaker, and an interesting lecturer, and spoke more
or less during every political campaign from 1884
till 1904. He was a great reader and had a wonder-
ful memory, and any story he came across was
stored away for future use, but he very rarely told
a story, even an old one, unless it was to illustrate
a point. He had a keen sense of humor and a genial
disposition, and with these he liked to make the
world happier, and everybody went away from his
presence with a smile. He was much sought after
as an after dinner orator and did not require the
sparkling glass to beget brilliant wit, for all his life
he was a total abstainer.

When the movement to mark the regimental
positions on the Gettysburg battlefield was first
mentioned in 1880 at the national encampment,
Grand Army of the Republic, in Dayton, Ohio, he
warmly advocated it. In 1885 he was appointed
one of the directors of the Battlefield Association,
holding that position until 1895 — ten years. The
government then assumed charge of the field, and
psesented each of the retiring directors a beautifully
engraved testimonial for the services rendered.
While serving on this board of directors he was
largely instrumental in securing appropriations from
the New Hampshire state legislature for the placing
of monuments marking the positions held by the
New Hampshire organizations on that great battle-
field. In response to the invitation of the surviving
veterans of the Second and Fifth New Hampshire
Regiments, and the New Hampshire batallion of
sharpshooters, he accompanied them to Gettysburg in
the summer of 1887, and received from them, on behalf
of the directors, the monuments of the three organiz-
ations. By special request he also received the
monument of Meagher's Irish Brigade, which was
dedicated at the same time. As a recognition of
his labors his name is cut with that of the other
directors on (he high water mark monument lo-

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cated near the historic copse of trees which was the
objective point of Pickett's men in their celebrated
charge on July 3, 1862.

Colonel Lineham was perhaps the most promi-
nent Ainerican citizen of Irish birth in New Hamp-
shire. He was an ardent advocate of all measures
for the betterment of his native land, and had a part
in the varioiis Jrish movements, his interest for
the well-being of those whom by birth he peculiarly
represented making him the selfsacrificing friend of
Ireland, to whose voice and pen her cause is much
indebted. He was a devout Catholic, and his name
deserves to be remembered by future generations
of Catholics in New England as one who did not
conceal his faith, minimize its meaning or require-
ments, or fail to practice it. Few laymen did more
according to their opportunities for the spread of
the faith than he, and yet there was no man in New
Hampshire more openly honored or more sincerely
respected by men of all creeds and parties. The old
soldiers who had carried guns in hard fought cam-
paigns, loved him for what he was, and bestowed
upon him the highest honor they had in their power
to bestow as commander of their state department.

In politics, unlike most men of his faith and
race, he cast his lot with the Republican party. It
was his conviction of right, and he was a sincere
and disinterested advocate of his party's principles.
He was influential in his political party and held
some of the most important state offices in its gift,
because he was a strong man and willing to help
in all honorable ways, and filled well all places he
occupied. In private life he sustained an unblem-
ished character, and his oldest acquaintances were
his best friends. His marriage and his home life
were ideal.

He was wedded on January 2, 1864, to Mary E.
Pendergast by the Rev. John O'Donnell at the par-
ochial residence in Nashua. She was born in
Dracut, Massachusetts. Of the children born to
them four survive— Margaret Ann, born October
2, 1864; John Joseph, October 9, 1866; Timothy
Patrick, December 7, 1869; Henry Francis, June
2-/, 1877. The eldest is known as Sister M. Joseph
of the Sisters of Mercy of Portland Maine. The
second is engaged in mercantile business in Wor-
cester, Massachusetts. The third resides in New
'^'')rk. The fourth resides in Penacook.

The Winkleys (also properly
\VL\KLEY spelled Winckley) of New England,

never a numerous family, but emi-
nently respectable and highly connected, are de-
scendants of the ancient English family of that
name, with arms : an eagle displayed countercharged,
argent and gules, moth spes. The family in Amer-
ica dates from about the year 1680.

(I) Samuel Winkley came from Lancashire,
England, about 1680, and landed at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. He settled first at Kittery, Maine,
where in 1684 he married Sarah, daughter of
Francis Trickey, and lived at Crooked Lane estate,
which was granted to Trickey by the town af Kit-

tery in 1656 "in honor of gallant deeds." They after-
wards moved to Portsmouth, where Samuel was en-
gaged in trade and commerce, and where he died
m 1736, aged about seventy years. His children
(.according to "Old Kittery and Her Families")
were Samuel, Michael, William, Francis, Nicholas,
Sarah, Elizabeth and Samuel, the latter the second
child so named.

(.11) Francis (i), fourth child of Samuel and
Sarah (Trickey) Winkley, was born at Crooked
Lane, Kittery, Maine, in 1689, and died April 2},,
1776, aged eighty-seven years. He was a boat
builder. He married, November 12, 1724, Mary,
daughter of Rev. John Emerson, of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. She died March 17, 1745, aged
forty-one years. Their children were John, Eliza-
Ijeth, Samuel, Francis, Mary, Emerson and Sarah
Winkley.

(III) Francis (2), son of Francis (i) and Mary
(Emerson) Winkley, was born at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, October 25, 1733, and died October 9,
1818. He married Martha, daughter of Mark Hunk-
ing, of Barrington, New Hampshire. She was born
1734, and died January 16, 1807. They lived in Bar-
rington, and had children : Mark H., Mary, John,
Martha, Francis and Sarah Winkley.

(IV) Mark Hunking, eldest son and child of
Francis and Martha (Hunking) Winkley, was born
October 28, 1763. He married Tamson, daughter
of Paul Hayes, Esq., of Alton, New Hampshire,
and their children were Mary, Francis, Martha,
Paul and Dennis Winkley.

(V) Francis (3), son of Mark H. and Tamson
(Hayes) Winkley, married Sarah Lougee of Straf-
ford, New Hampshire, and liad a daughter, Tamson
Hayes Winkley.

(VI) Tamson Hayes, daughter of Francis and
Sarah (Lougee) Winkley, married John P. Clough,
of Gihnanton Iron Works, New Hampshire. (See
Clough VII).

This name, which was originally
KELLEY spelled Kelleigh, can be traced back

to a period prior to the Norman con-
quest, and its bearers are undoubtedly descended
from the ancient Britons. It has been claimed that
the name is of French origin, but there seem to be
little or no conclusive evidence to substantiate this
belief. The principal manoral seat of the family
in England has been for many centuries located in
the small parish of Kelly in Devonshire, but whether
the community derived its name from the family,
or vice-versa, cannot be determined. Burke and
Shirley both agree as to its great antiquity, and the
latter asserts that the Kellys have been lords of
tlie manor at Kelly from the reign of Henry II.,
(1154-11S9). In Ireland. Kelly has for centuries
been one of the most common surnames, and in the
Irish language is called Ceallach, signifying strife,
or war. K family of the name of Kelly has pos-
sessed a free hold in the Isle of Man from time
immemorial. The English Kellys furnished their
share of early colonists in New England.

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(I) Ricliard Kelly resided in Exeter, Devon.

(II) John, son of Richard Kelly, the immi-
grant ancestor of the New Hampshire Kellys now
under consideration, arrived at Boston in the ship
"Hector" in 1633, and is said to have come from
Newbury, England. He settled in Newbury, Massa-
chusetts, in 1635, and was one of the early grantees
there, receiving a four acre house lot, and was
later (1639) assigned four acres of planting land on
the marsh. The house lot he evidently did not use
for the purpose intended, and when ready to erect
a dwelling-house he secured a location on Oldtown
Hill, some distance from the original settlement on
the shores of Parker river. Coffin's "History of
Newbury," contains a story based upon tradition
that this immigrant's father went from Ireland to
Newbury, England, but this cannot be corroborated.
Another tradition which is probably a more truthful
one is, that John the immigrant was a native of
Exeter, in the county of Devon, and was connected
with a family that took its name from the parish
of Kelly, already referred to. In reference to
this ancestor the Hon. John Kelly, a reliable anti-
quarian, of Exeter, New Hampshire, states that he
must have possessed some wealth as he brought
with him goods in two chests, which fell to his
grandson Richard. His death occurred at New-
bury in 1644. The maiden name of his wife does
not appear in the records. His children were:
Sarah and John.

(III) John, only son of John the immigrant, was
born in Newbury, July 2, 1642. He took the free-
man's oath in 1669. In addition to the land owned
by his father he was granted by the town five acres
more of the great marsh, and prior to 1690 he built
a house at the foot of Graves Hill, on the west side
of the road. About the year 1694 he moved from
Oldtown Hill to the upper woods (now West New-
bury), and he was authorized to maintain a ferry
at Holt's Rocks. He died March 21, 1718. On May
25, 1663, he married Sarah Knight, who was born
March 23, 1648, daughter of Deacon Richard
Knight, and a full list of members of the Second
Church made June 20, 1714, at which time the Rev.
Mr. Tufts was ordained pastor, contains the names
of John Kelly and Sarah his wife. The latter died
shortly after that date, and on March 15, 1716, he
married for his second wife Lydia Ames, of Brad-
ford, Massachusetts. His children were : Richard,
John, Sarah, Abiel, Rebecca, Mary, Jonathan,
Joseph, Hannah and Abigail.

(IV) Jonathan, fourth son and seventh child
of John and Sarah (Knight) Kelly, was born in
Newbury March 20, 1681. In 1702 his father con-
veyed to him twenty-five acres of the homestead
upon which he resided until 1726, when he pur-
chased for two hundred and twenty pounds of
Jeremiah Dow, of Amesbury, forty acres of land
in what is now Merrimack, and in the following
year he sold his West Newbury property to Abel
Merrill, Jr., receiving, according to the deed, which
was signed jointly by himself and his wife Hester,
the sum of five hundred pounds. About this time

Jonathan and his wife were demitted from the
church in West Newbury to that of the Rev. Mr.
Wingate, at West Amesbury (Merrimack), whither
they removed and resided for the rest of their lives.
March 5, 1754, he settled accounts with his son
Timothy Harvey, who had carried on his farm for
seven years. He lived to become a nonogenarian,
and is described at that period as being "low in
statue, thick set and of a ruddy countenance." His
marriage took place July 6, 1702, to Hester, daugh-
ter of Deacon Benjamin Morse. She bore him these
children, namely: Ruth, Esther, Jonathan, Benjamin,
-Anna, Sarah, Samuel, Martha and Thnothy Harvey.

(V) Jonathan, third child and eldest son of
Jonathan and Hester (Morse) Kelly, was born in
West Newbury, October 10, 1709. He married
Hannah Blaisdell, and for many years resided in the
immediate vicinity of the homestead in West Ames-
bury. Indications point to the fact that he was a
weaver as well as a farmer. April 23, 1778, he sold
to one John Kelly his homestead, together with
a piece of woodland in Kingston, New Hampshire,
and removed to Hampstead, that state, where his
death occurred in January, 1780. His children were:
Hannah, Esther, Jonathan, John, Mary, Ebenezer,
Moses and Richard,

(VI) Jonathan Kelley, third child and eldest
son of Jonathan and Hannah (Blaisdell) Kelley,
was born in West Amesbury, December 24, 1736.
With the second military company of Amesbury he
responded to the alarm caused by the capture of
Fort William and Henry, and he was drafted into
the colonial service August 15, 1757. November 22,
1760, he filed in Amesbury his intention to marry
Mrs. Sarah Whicher (nee Foot), who died early
in or prior to 1778, and on September 12 of that year
his intention was published in Amesbury to marry
Judith Eastman, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
For short periods he resided in Rochester, Vermont,
and Hopkinton, New Hampshire, and he finally
settled in New Chester, New Hampshire, which is
now Hill. He was the father of Timothy, Enoch,
.•Abigail and Ebenezer.

(VII) Dr. Timothy, eldest child of Jonathan
and Sarah (Foot) (Whicher) Kelley, was born De-
cember 12, 1761. He was led by a spirit of patrio-
tisiTi into the continental service during the Revo-
lutionary war, and he subsequently became a phy-
sician, practicing first in Candia, New Hampshire,
whence he removed to Bristol in 1790, and he after-
wards located in Hill,, where he died February 19,
1845. He was a man of superior intelligence and
nuich natural ability, and these gifts became well
developed in spite of his imperfect and irregular
educational opportunities. December 28, 1783, he
was married in Newbury, Massachusetts, to Joanna
Newcomb, who was born on Cape -A.nn (probably
in Gloucester) in June, 1762, and her death occurred
in Hill the same year as that of her husband. She
was the mother of eight children, namely : Charlotte,
Horatio, Clarissa, Drusilla, Launcelot, .Alfred, Mary
Ann and Joanna.

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child of Dr. Timothy and Joanna (Newcomb)
Kelley. was born in Bristol, November 13, 1795.
When a young man he engaged in mercantile busi-
ness, keeping a general country store for some time,
and after relinquishing trade he purchased a small
farm of about forty acres situated some two miles
north of Hill village on the Pemigewasset. There
he resided for the remainder of his life, which ter-
minated September 28, 1845. He took a profound
interest in the moral and religious welfare of the
community, and was a deacon of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Politically he acted with the
Whig party. On June 30, 1829, he married Mary
Currier, who was born in Plymouth, New Hamp-
shire, Augu?t 27, 1805. daughter of Daniel Currier.
The children of this luiion are : Harriet A., born
April 19, 1839, married William Foster ; Mary E.,
born August 16, 1832, married Samuel W. Cutter
of Carlton ; William C, who will be again referred
to; and Martha J., born May 22, 1840, died Novem-
ber 12, 1858. ■

(IX) William Currier, second cliild and only
son of Deacon Alfred and Mary (Currier) Kelley,
was born in Hill, June 6, 1834. At the age of
eleven years he was left by his father's death wholly
to the care of his mother, and his- educational oppor-
tunities were bonlined to the primitive public school
system then in vogue. When of sufficient age he
took the management of the homestead farm, but
relinquished it temporarily in 1862 and enlisted as
a private in Company D, Twelfth Regiment New
Hampshire Volunteers, for service in the Civil war.
He participated in the battles of Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, etc., was transferred from
the Army of the Potomac to the Department of
the Gulf under General Benjamin F. Butler, and at
the termination of hostilities was honorably dis-
charged and mustered out with his regiment. Re-
suming the management of the homestead farm in
Hill, he resided there for the succeeding forty years,
cultivating it with gratifying success and adding
to his property as opportunity permitted until own-
ing two hundred and fifty acres. He gives con-
siderable attention to the dairy industry, keeping
an average of fifteen cows, and is also quite largely
interested in the cultivation of apples, raising from
seventy-five to one hundred barrels annually. In
1905 he partially relinquished the activities of life,
and is now residing with his son, Alfred M. Kelley,
in the village, but he still retains a general over-
sight of his property. In politics Mr. Kelley is a
Republican, and was formerly a leading spirit in
local civic aftairs, having served as a selectman for
a period of seventeen years, twelve years of which
he was chairman of the board; was la.\ collector
five years, represented his district in the lower
branch of the state legislature in 1877 and has
served as inspector of ballots ever since the inau-
guration of the Australian system of voting. On
May 28, 1867, he married Ruth Anna Merrill, born
July 9, 1844, and daughter of Clark and Elizabeth
(Crowell) Merrill, of Hill. She died February 22,
1905. leaving four children, namely: Alfred M., born

January 29, 1869, married Mabelle Call, and has one
Dana; Mina J., born January 4, 1873, who is the
wife of Harry F. Prescott, and resides in Lebanon,
having three children— Francis, Harry and Roscoe;
Elizabeth, born April 20, 1881, is now the wife of
George Bucklin, of Bristol, and has one son, Vernal ;
and Arthur W., who was killed in a railroad acci-
dent January ig, 1901.

The descendants of Walter
WOODWORTH Woodworth, the settler of

"Scituate, in New England," in
1635, have had among them many persons of prom-
inent worth. In the time of the Colonial wars they
were well represented among the fighters. In later
years there have appeared among them several who
have been made famous by their poetry, notably,
Samuel Woodworth, who wrote the exquisite poem
•'The Old Oaken Bucket;" Francis Chandler Wood-
worth, who wrote the bird song "Chick-a-dee-dee ;"
and Nancy Adelia Woodworth, who composed the
feeling poem entitled "The Old Homestead."
Among those of recent generations who are well
known in commercial circles are William Wood-
worth, inventor of the Woodworth cylinder planing
machine; Chauncey C. Woodworth, of Rochester,
New York; Artemus B. Woodworth, of Lowell,
Massachusetts; Edward B. and Albert B. Wood-
worth, of Concord. New Hampshire.

(I) Walter Woodworth came from Kent county,
England, to Scituate. Massachusetts, in 1635. He
was assigned the third lot on Kent street, which
runs along the ocean front, at the corner of Meet-
ing House Lane, and there he built a house. In
that year he secured other land, a tract on the first
Herring Brook, not far below Stockbridge Mill,
where afterward stood the residence of the poet
Samuel Woodworth, and another tract on Walnut
Tree Hill, just west of the present Greenbush or
South Scituate railroad station, which was in early
times called Walter Woodworth's Hill, and in 1666
he became a purchaser of sixty acres at Weymouth.
In 1640 Walter was assessed nine shillings for pub-
lic use, and March 2, 1641, became a freeman.
June 4, 1645. he was appointed surveyor of high-
ways in Scituate, and again in 1646 and 1656. His
name appears frequently in the town records of
Scituate as juror, etc. In 1654 he was a member of
the First Church, which ordained Charles Chauncey
as its minister. From a record of his will in the
Plymouth county probate office, dated 1685, it ap-
pears that he was a man of considerable substance,
for in it he disposes of his dwelling house and barn,
marshland, upland and commons in Scituate and
Seconet, and other property. He died in 1685. His
wife, whose name is unknown, seems to have died
before him, as she is not mentioned in his will.
He had ten children, six of whom were daughters,
and all were alive when his will was made. Their
names are: Thomas, born 1636: Sarah, 1637; Ben-
jamin, 1638; Elizabeth, 1640; Joseph, 1648; Mary,
March 10, 1650, married Aaron Symonds, Decem-
ber 24, 1667 ; Martha, 1656, married Lieutenant

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Zacliary Damon, June. 1679: Isaac, 1650: Mcliitable,
August 15. 1662; Abigail, 1664.

(II) Benjamin, second son and tliird child of
Walter Woodvvorth, born in Scituate, 1638, died
April 22, 1728. In 170.^ he bought for two hundred
and fifty pounds from Philip Smith a large tract
of land in Lebanon, Connecticut, where many Scit-
uate people settled. He moved soon after to Leba-
non with his family, and was admitted inhabitant
December 22, 1704. In deeds of lands at Lebanon
he is described as Benjamin Woodwortb, of Little
Compton. Rhode Island. Benjamin's farm was in
the northeast part of the town. In 1714 he was one
of twenty-four signers, five of whom were Wood-
worths, for a new church. Benjamin's will was
executed January 21, 1727, and proved June 20.
1728. Badge's "King Philip's War" describes Ben-
jamin of Scituate, Massachusetts, and Benjamin, his
son, of Lebanon, Connecticut, as serving in the Co-
lonial Wars. Lands were assigned to him in 1676.
as he applied to be paid in lands. Benjamin Wood-
worth married (first) Deborah . by whom he

had three children : Elizabeth. Deborah, and Mary.

He married (second) Hannah , by whom he

had eleven children: Benjamin. Jr.. Ichabod, Eben-
ezer, Amos. Ezekiel. Caleb. Hannah, Ruth, Judith,
Margaret and Priscilla. In all he had fourteen chil-
dren.

(III) Ebenezer, son of Benjamin and Hannah
Woodworth, was born in Scituate, March 12. 1691.
Further particulars of his life are not known.

(IV) Ebenezer (2). son of Ebenezer (i) Wood-
worth, was born at Lebanon, Connecticut, Septem-
ber 26, 1 7 18.

(V) Sylvanus, son of Ebenezer Woodworth, Jr..
was born at Lebanon, Connecticut, January 2, 1748,
and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He
fought under General Putnam at Bunker Hill.

(VI) George Woodworth. son of Sylvanus Wood-
worth, was born in Dorchester, New Hampshire,
October 5, 179.^. and died at Hebron, New Hamp-
shire, in 1864. He was educated in the public schools
of the town, and his occupations were farming and
shoemaking. He served the towMi of Hebron as
selectman for some years, and was a justice of the
peace and quorum. In politics he was a Whig, and
later a Republican from the formation of that party.
He was a great reader of the best literature, especi-
ally the Bible, Shakespeare and Gibbon's Rome, and
was a man of much inflnence in the town and greatly
respected. In religion he was a Congregationalist,
and a deacon in the Congregational Church for many
years. He married Louisa Hovey, daughter of Ab-
ner and Lois (Tucker) Hovey, and granddaughter
of the Rev. Samuel Hovey, born at Lyme, New
Hampshire, May 24. 1806. She w-as possessed of a
fine mind, and was a school teacher for two years
before her marriage. The children born to this
couple were twelve in number: Leigh Richmond,
born August 7. 1826: William Henry, January 14,
1828; Esther Jamcsin, December 14, 1829; John
Ball, January 25, 7832: George Thornton, August 2.
1834; Sarah Frances, June 2, 1836; Elizabeth Kim-

ball, .\pril 2, 1839: Artemas Brooks, .^pril 15. 1841 ;
.•\lbert Bingham, April 7. 1843 ; Grace Lowella, June
14, 1845; Edward Baker, March 27, 1847; Louise
Maria, May 17, 1850. '

(VII) Albert Bingham, son of George and Lou-
isa (Hovey) Woodworth, was born at Dorchester,
New Hampshire, April 7. 1S43, and obtained his
education in the public schools of Hebron and at
Boscawen Academy. When a young man he was
employed in a country store at Orford, for four
years. Going from that place to Warren he had
charge of a store for Asa Thurston, of Lyme for a
time, and afterwards engaged in business for him-
self. He went to Bristol in 1867, but stayed there
only a year, and then removed to Lisbon where he
remained five years, carrying on a store of general
merchandise including a tailoring department. In
1873 he removed to Concord, and with his brother
Edward B., engaged in the retail grocery business,
wliich they conducted for two years, when they pur-
chased the wholesale business of Hutchins & Co. and
from that to the present time. Mr. Woodworth has
been engaged in the wholesale business in Concord,
dealing in flour, groceries, feed, lime and cement,
and covering the territory between Concord and
Canada. The business w'as incorporated in 1901 as
Woodworth & Company, and Mr. Woodworth was
made its treasurer. He has been conspicuously suc-
cessful in the mercantile line, and has become inter-
ested in other enterprises. In 1883 he was one of
the incorporators of the Parker & Young Company,
(■I Lisbon, New Hampshire, manufacturers of piano
sounding boards, of which he has been a director
from the first, and president since 1895. This com-
pany has now grown to be the largest manufacturer
of sounding boards in the United States. Mr. Wood-
worth has been connected with the corporation of
the Moosilauke Mountain Hotel Company, summit
of Mt. Moosilauke. from its beginning in 1880.

He is a Republican and has been active and
conspicuous in local politics. He served as alder-
man of the Fifth ward in Concord from 1885 to 1889;
representative in the New Hampshire legislature,
1893-94, and mayor of Concord, 1897-99. He is a
member of St. Paul's Church (Episcopal), and has
been one of its vestrymen for twelve years. He was
president of the board of trustees of the Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital from 1899 to 1904; and
has been a trustee of the Holderncss School for
Boys for several years, and is also trustee of the
Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. In 1872 he
was made a Mason, and since that time has been a
member of Kane Lodge, No. 65, Free and .Accepted
Masons, of Lisbon, New Hampshire. He is also a
member of the Concord Board of Trade, the Wono-
lancet Club, the New Hampshire Club of Boston,
the .\ppalachian Mountain Club of Boston, and the
Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Woodworth
is a man of action. His custom of i>ever putting
off till tomorrow what he can do today has made his
life successful and placed him among the leading
citizens of Concord. His fair dealing and active
participation in public business and the management

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of public institutions have given him an enviable
place among the benevolent and public-spirited citi-
zens of the state.

He married, in Lisbon, New Hampshire, Septem-
ber 30, 1873, Mary Angeline Parker, daughter of
Charles and Amelia E. (Bennett) Parker, born May
3, 1849 (see Parker VII). Mary A. Parker was grad-
uated from Vassar College in 1870. She was a mem-
ber of the Concord school board for nine years and
is an active member of the Woman's Club, having
served as its president from 1897 to 1899, and she
has twice filled the presidency of the Boston Branch
of Vassar alumnse. She is a prominent member
of St. Paul's Church. The children of Albert B. and
Iilary A. (Parker) Woodworth are: Edward Knowl-
ton, born August 25, 1875 ; Grace, born October 5.
1S79 ; Charles, born July 8, 18S5. All were born in
Concord. Edward K. was graduated from Concord
High School in 1893 ; from Dartmouth College in
1897, and from Harvard Law School in 1900. and is
now connected with the law firm of Streeter & Hol-
lis. He married, June 25, 1903, at Claremont, Xew
Hampshire, Clara Farwell, daughter of Hernion and
Clara Elizabeth (Farwell) Holt of that town. They
reside in Concord. Grace was educated in the Con-
cord common and high schools, and the Gilman
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charles P. was
graduated from Concord High School in 1903, and
is now a student in Dartmouth College.

The Bcckwiths of America trace
BECKWITH their ancestry to the valiant old

Norman Knight, Sir Hugh de
Malebisse (i) who held lands under William the
Conqueror, and who in 1066 stood upon the shores
of England with his warrior companions and vowed
to carve with his good sword an earldom as a
narrow resting place which even England could not
refuse her valiant invaders.

(II) Sir Hugo de Malebisse. son of Sir Hugh
lived in the reign oi King Stephen, 11 38; he had
four sons and one daughter.

(III) Sir Simon de Malebisse, son of Sir Hugo,
was Lord of Cowten. in Craven.

(IV) Sir Hercules de Malebisse, son of Sir Si-
mon, married, in 1226, Lady Dame Beckwith Bruce,
daughter of Sir William Bruce, Lord of Uglebarley,
which lordship he had inherited from his ancestor.

' Sir Robert Bruce, of Skelton Castle, the progenitor
of the royal Bruces of Scotland. It is from this
marriage the name of Beckwith is first derived. Lady
Beckwith Bruce possessed by inheritance an estate
called Beckwith (in old Anglo-Saxon, Beckworth).
With a view evidently of the perpetuation of the
name, she required her husband to assume the name
of Beckwith by a marriage contract dated 1226.

(V) Sir Hercules de Beckwith de Clint married
the daughter of Sir John Ferrars, of Tamworth
Castle, who by marriage into the house of Marmion
inherited by terms of the Castle of Tamworth the
high office of Champion of England.

(VI) Nicholas Beckwith de Clint.

(VII) Hamon Beckwith, son of Nicholas.

(MIT) William Beckwith, oldest son of Sir
Hamon.

(IX) Thomas Beckwith, of Clint.

(X) Adam Beckwith, of Clint, married Eliza-
beth de Malebisse, and thus reunited the two
branches of the family after a separation of over
three hundred years.

(XI) Sir William, oldest son of Adam Beck-
with, of Clint.

(XII) Thomas Beckwith, of Clint, died in tenth
year of reign of Henry VII.

(XIII) John Beckwith, third son of Thomas of
Clint, married the daughter of Thomas Radcliif, of
Mulgrave ; they had one son Robert.

(XIV") Robert Beckwith succeeded to his father's
estate in the eighth year of the reign of Edward IV.

(XV) John (2) Beckwith inherited the manor
of Clint and Thorp and lived in the eighth year of
King Edward IV. He left an only son Robert.

(XVI) Robert (2) Beckwith, of Clint and Thorp,
had two children : Robert, died young, and Mar-
maduke.

(XVII) Marmaduke, of Dacre and Clint, married
twice. By his first wife he had eleven children.
Thomas, the eldest, had three sons, one of whom,
William, emigrated to America in 1607 with Captain
John Smith, and landed at Jamestown. He married,
in 1616, and had one son, Henry, who settled in
Dorchester county, Maryland, and there founded a
familj% many of whose members have been prom-
inent in the political, civil and military history of
that country, and where descendants are still living
in the old homestead.

(XVIII) Mathew, eleventh son of Marmaduke
of Dacre and Clint, was born in Ponterferact, York-
shire, England, about 1610. He emigrated to New
England in 1635, residing a brief time at Saybrook
Point, Connecticut. He was one of the first settlers
of Hartford, but was in Lyme in 1651. He was of
that class known as planters, many of whom were
men of means, placing their vessels in charge of
competent mariners, who also attended to the mer-
cantile transactions. He died by accident, Decem-
ber 13. 16S1, leaving an estate vaued at £393. Mat-
thew Beckwith and his wife Elizabeth had seven
children, one of who was Nathaniel.

(XIX) Nathaniel Beckwith was born in New
London. Connecticut, in June, 1642.

(XX~) Nathaniel (2) Beckwith was born at
Lyme. Connecticut, May 28, 1671. He married
Sarah . born in East Haddani, Connecticut.

(XXI) Nathaniel (3) Beckwith was born at
Lyme, Connecticut, January 6, 1707, He had two
sons, Niles and Jabez. Niles was born in Lyme, in
1753. He removed to Lempster, Nqw Hampshire.
He was a soldier in the Continental army, and died
at Unity, New Hampshire, in 1821.

(XXII) Jabez, second son of Nathaniel (3)
Beckwith, was born at East Haddam, Connecticut,
1768. He married Elizabeth Hurd, of East Haddam.
He removed to Gilman, Connecticut, and then to
Lempster. The family came on horseback through
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trees, bringing their bedding and other tilings for
the log cabin, and with them their two year old
daughter Sally. They drove their cow along, w^hich
furnished an important part of the family suste-
nance. Jabez Beckwith was a surveyor, county clcrk_
state representative from Sullivan county twelve
years, and was appointed colonel of militia. He died
November to. 1871 ; his wife died November 6, 1849.

(XXIII) Nathaniel (4), eldest son of above, was
born in Lcmpster, New Hampshire. He married
Eunice Parkhurst. They died within one week of
each other, at Unity, New Hampshire, in 1830.

(XXIV) Ransom Parkhurst, son of Nathaniel
and Eunice (Parkhurst) Beckwith, was born in
Unity, New Hampshire, about 1817, where he resided.
He married Emily L. Parker, ]May 13, 1849. She
was born in Lempster, New Hampshire, daughter of
Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker (see Parker,
second family, VII). He was a farmer, a man of
good education, served in various town offices and
as a member of the state legislature. Both Ransom
Beckwith and his w^ife had been school teachers.

(XXV) Walter P., eldest son of Ransom P. and
EiTiily (Parker) Beckwith, was born in Lempster,
New Hampshire. August 27, 1850. He attended the
town schools for two terms each year, and in addi-
tion to this was a student at a private school for a
year or two until he had attained the age of sixteen
years, when he taught his first term in an adjoining
town, with a marked degree of success. At the age
of eighteen years he attended the high school at
Claremount for a short period. He entered Kim-
ball Union Academy at Meriden in 1869, and was
graduated from this institution at the head of his
class in 1871. He was admitted to Tuft's College in
the same year, and was graduated from this with the
highest honors of his class in 1876. During his
attendance at this college he was obliged to devote
one year to teaching in order to earn enough to
enable him to complete his college course. Upon the
completion of his college studies Mr. Beckwith
accepted the principalship of the Chickopee (Massa-
chusetts) high school, and held this for two years,
and was then superintendent of the public schools
of Adams, Massachusetts, for a period of more
than eighteen years. He was elected principal of
the State Normal School in Salem, Massachusetts,
June 13, 1896. a position w'hich he held until his
death, which occurred October 13, 1905. Mr. Beck-
with was a voluminous writer and a forceful lec-
turer, mainly upon subjects connected with educa-
tional matters. The degree of Master of Arts was
conferred upon him by Tuft's College in 1883, and
this was followed a few years later by the degree
of Doctor of Pliilosophy. He was a man of great
vigor of both mind and body, and was of the stern-
est integrity. While principal of the State Normal
School he gave his best time and energy to the
broadening and upbuilding of the school course and
his influence in these directions cannot be overes-
timated. No higher tribute can be given to the
efficiency of his work, than the fact that the many
successful graduates of the school turned to their

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alma mater, and to him personally for inspiration
and information as to improved methods and ad-
vanced ideas. In the death of Dr. Beckwith, Mass-
achusetts has lost one of her strongest men and
ablest educators. In religion he was a Universalist.
and in politics a Democrat, "both by inheritance and
disposition." When a boy of fifteen years he printed
with his pen a weekly paper, Democratic and liter-
ary, whose editorials showed a wonderful grasp of
the subjects of the day, and about two years later,
he delivered a political address before the citizens
of his native town in reply to Mason W. Tappen,
at that time one of the leading Republican lawyers
of the state. In later years he followed a more lib-
eral line in politics, and although always a Demo-
crat, he placed loyalty to truth and integrity in prin-
ciple before oarty adherence in both state and nation.
Mr. Beckwiih married, December 2^. 1S79, Mary L-
Sayles, who was a successful teacher in Adams,
Massachusetts. They have had one child : Frances
S., graduated from Vassar College, class of 1904.

(XXV) Hira Ransom, son of Ransom P.
and Emily (Parker) Beckwith, was born Sep-
tcnilier 28, 1852, in Lempster, New Hamp-
shire. After receiving the usual district school
advantages of his town he attended the
Stevens high school in Claremont one term,
and Marlow Academy two terms. He early mani-
fested marked talent for draughting, and studied one
year with O. F. Smith, architect, of Devonshire
street, Boston. He later opened an office in Clare-
mont Mr. Beckwith as architect and builder has a
very extensive business, having erected a large num-
ber of public and private buildings in New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Massachusetts. He is clerk
and director in Union Block Company, and one of
the three owners of Union Block. He was also
active in raising money to build Hotel Claremont,.
and was a charter member of the Claremont rail-
way and light company. In addition to this he was-
one of the executive committee tO' raise money tO'
build the street railroad, and has been the president
and a director of the company since its organization.
Mr. Beckwith is an attendant of the Universalist
Church, and is a Democrat in politics. He is con-
nected with various Masonic bodies — Hiram Lodge,.
Webb Chapter, Sullivan County Commandery, Clare-
mont, and is a member of Bektash Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Concord.

Hira Ransom Beckw'ith married, January 29.
187S, Libbie A. Martin, daughter of David A. and
Nancy E. (Brown) Martin, of Springfield. Ver-
mont. She was a graduate of the Springfield high
school, and later attended Goddard Seminary at
Barre. Vermont. She died in Claremont, Februarj-
13, igo2.

The name of Gile, Guile and Guild are
GILE doubtless of one common origin, and the

variation in their orthography is not a
modern innovation. Three immigrants of this
name, Samuel and John, brothers, and their sister
.Ann, arrived from England in 1636. Samuel s[)clkcl

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his name Guile, while John wrote it Guild, and it is
quite probable that the latter, meaning a society or
corporation, was the ancient or original form of
spelling. The above mentioned immigrants settled
in Massachusetts, and the branch of the family now
under consideration is descended from Samuel
Guile. In the early town records the name appears
to have been spelled according to the judgment or
fancy of the town clerks or recorders, and the
changes which it was subjected to at their hands
are given here precisely as found in those records.
From the two Guild brothers, men noted for their
modest and retiring dispositions, a numerous pro-
geny have descended, some of whom have held
prominent positions in public life, and many have
made enviable reputations in humbler but' no less
honorable places.

(I) Samuel Guile, his brother John and sister
Ann, all supposed to have been born in England,
not later than 1620, came to America in the year
1636, and settled in Dedham, jNIassachusetts. Sam-
uel 'was for a brief period at Dedham, and seems
soon to have been one of the first settlers of New-
bury, but did not remain long, for in 1640 he was
one of the twelve who settled Pentucket, now
Haverhill. He became a freeman by permission of
the general court in 1642, but careful examination
of the records fails to show that he took any part
in town or church affairs. In 1650, Samuel Gild
made choice of land at Little river ; in 1652 received
ten acres of the second division ; in 1658 Samuel
Guile enters into a contract for the support of a
blacksmith, and receives land in the third divi-
sion. Samuel Gilde, senior, built a cottage about
1660, and in 1663 received land in the fourth divi-
sion. He died February 21, 16S3. Part of his
homestead remains in the possession of his descend-
ants. By the terms of his last will and testament,
dated February 16, 1683, he disposes of his property,
in the inventory of which are mentioned : eight neat
cattle, ten sheep, twenty-two acres of oxe common
land, twenty-five acres of pond plain, eighteen acres
of pond meadow, a dwelling house, barn and or-
chard, three acres by the orchard, six commonages
or common rights, one hundred acres of third divi-
sion, upland and meadow, the fourth division to be
laid out one hundred and eighty acres, loom, etc.,
one bible, appraised value £336, 6s. He married,
September i, 1647, Judith Davis, daughter of James
Davis, one of the original settlers, and an emigrant
from Marlborough, England. Their children, all
born at Haverhill, were: Samuel, Judith, John,
Hannah, Sarah, James and Ephraim.

(II) Ephraim Gile, eighth and youngest child
of Samuel and Judith (Davis) Guile, was born in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 21, 1662. He re-
sided at Haverhill, and in 1711 was "one of the
soldiers supplied with snow shoes for emergency
in case of attack by Indians." He was probably
the Ephriam Gile who cut the first way to Cheshire,
and was admitted an inhabitant of Chester in
1720. He married, January 5, 1686. Martha Bradley,
by whom he had nine children : Marj-, Hannah, Me-

hitable, Sarah, Daniel, Judith. Samuel, Ephraim
and Ebenezer. (The last named and descendants
receive mention in this article.)

(III) Samuel Guile, second son and seventh
child of Ephraim and Martha (Bradley) "Gile,"
was born in Haverhill February 13, 1702-3. He was
of Chester in 1723, of Haverhill in 1731, and died
in the last named town December i, 1775. He mar-
ried Sarah Emerson, probably a daughter of Ben-
jamin and Sarah (Philbrick) Emerson, and she
died in 1S04. She was the mother of eleven chil-
dren, all of whom were born in Haverhill, namely:
Hannah, Ephraim, Benjamin, Asa, Samuel, John,
Reuben, Abigail, Anne, Amos and James.

(IV) James Gile, seventh son and youngest child
of Samuel and Sarah (Emerson) Guile, was born
in Haverhill, June 10, 1749. He married Ruth
Foster, daughter of Moses Foster, of Pembroke,
New Hampshire, and having sold his homestead in
Haverhill he settled upon a farm in Pembroke. His
children were : Timothy, Rhoda and Moses F.,
who were born in Haverhill ; Ruth, Daniel and
Mary, who were born in Pembroke.

(V) Deacon Timothy, eldest child of James and
Ruth (Foster) Gile, was born in Haverhill, Septem-
ber 27, 1788. He became a prosperous farmer in
Pembroke, owning in all some two hundred and fifty
acres of land, seventy-five acres of which constituted
his homestead farm, and he also carried on lumber-
ing operations to some extent. His death occurred
in Pembroke, January i, 1867. He married Lydia
Gushing, who was born in Halifax, Massachusetts,
March 21, 1790, and had a family of five children —
Mar}-, Foster, Brainerd, Elizabeth Boardman, Jer-
ome Gushing and Abraham Burnham. The father
of .these children was a leading member and a deacon
of the Congregational Church.

(VI) Deacon Brainerd, second child and eldest
son of Timothy and Lydia (Gushing) Gile, was
born in Pembroke, September 6, 1820. He was
graduated from the Pembroke Academy, and taught
school for a time prior to engaging in agricultural
pursuits at the homestead, which he inherited. His
intellectual attainments and natural ability in other
directions made him eligible to public office, and
in addition to serving as town treasurer and as a
member of the school board he rendered valuable
services in other ways, being always called upon
to agitate and secure the enactment of any ordi-
nance or improvement desired by his fellow-towns-
men. Like his father he participate actively in the
affairs of the Congregational Church, and was for
many years a deacon. On November 21, 1861, he
was married at Brighton, Massachusetts, to Mary
Newell Kimball, who was born in Pembroke, Jan-
uary 10, 1825, daughter of John Carlton and Pa-
melia (Hutchinson) Kimball. Deacon Gile died in
1900, and is survived by a widow and five children:
Charles Abraham, born April 2, 1863, and now
occupies the homestead; John Martin Gile, M. D.,
who will be again referred to; Lottie May, born
December 3, 186S, is now the wife of Harry Head,
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1873, became the wife of Augustus Clough, of Lis-
bon, New Hampshire, and Henry Brainerd, born
December 5, 1874, now residing in Concord.

(VH) John iNIartin Gile, M. D., second son and
child of Deacon Brainerd and Mary N. (Kimball)
Gile, was born in Pembroke, iVIarch 8, 1864. He was
graduated from the Pembroke Academy in 18S3,
from the academic department of Dartmouth Col-
lege in 18S7, and from the Dartmouth JMedical
School in 1891. After spending six months as as-
sistant physician at the State Hospital in Tewks-
bury, Massachusetts, he went to Idaho Springs,
Colorado, where he practiced medicine for a year,
and returning to the State Hospital at Tcwksbury
as assistant superintendent he retained that posi-
tion for the succeeding five years. In 1896 he was
chosen instructor in medicine at Dartmouth, was
two years later appointed professor of the theory
and practice of medicine, also taking the chair of
■clinical surgery, and has ever since retained these
posts. His private practice is devoted exclusively
to surgery, and he makes a specialty of gynaecology.
From 1896 to the present time he has served as
surgeon to the JMary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital,
Hanover. Professor Gile is an ex-president of the
White River Valley Medical Society and the New
Hampshire State Surgical Club, and is now vice-
president of the New Hampshire Medical Society,
and is a member of the Massachusetts State Medical
Society, and the American Medical Association. He
has been a delegate from the County to the State
Medical Society, and is at the present time serving
in a similar capacity from the latter to the American
Medical Association. As an undergraduate at Dart-
mouth he affiliated with the K. K. K. fraternity.
Politically he is a Republican, and has served as a
delegate to district and state conventions. On June
8, 1892, Professor Gile married Vesta Grace Fow-
ler, who was born at Epsom, this state, in Feb-
ruary, 1S65, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah M.
(Brown) Fowler. Professor and ]\Irs. Gile are both
members of the Congregational Church in Pem-
broke. They have four children, namely: John
Fowler, Archie Benjamin, Madelaine and Dorothy.
(Ill) Ebenezer Gile, youngest child and fourth
son of Ephraim and Martha (Bradley) Guile, was
born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, September 11,
170S, and died in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, about
1775- He moved from Haverhill to Hampstead,
New Hampshire, in 1740; thence to Henniker in
1765; thence to Hopkinton where he died. In 1743
he signed a petition to be set off from Kingston to
Hampstead. He was a speculator in lands, and in
deeds is called a "trader." He married, June 6,
1731, Lydia Johnson, whose father and mother were
both killed by the French and Indians at the attack
on Haverhill, August 29, 1708. When the mother
was slain she held in her arms her only child, Lydia,
a year and six days old, born in the second year of
her marriage. The child, concealed perhaps within
the folds of her mother's dress, escaped the toma-
hawk, grew to womanhood, and in her twenty-fifth
year married Ebenezer Gile. She died at Enfield

in 1781, aged seventy-four. Their children were :
Timothy, Ruth, Thomas, Anna, Abigail, Joshua,
Noah, Lydia and Johnson.

(IV) Noah, seventh child and fourth son of
Ebenezer and Lydia (Johnson) Gile, was born at
Hampstead, New Flampshire, about 1743. He w'as
a soldier of the Revolution, a member of Captain
Adam's company from Henniker, in 1776. From
Henniker he removed to Enfield and several other
places in New Hampshire. He married Elizabeth
Howe. Their children were: John, Nathaniel,
Susan, Timothy, Peter, Jesse, Aaron, Elizabeth,
Polly and Lydia.

(V) Timothy, third son and fourth child of
Noah and Elizabeth (Howe) Gile, was born in En-
field, December 30, 1785- He was a farmer in
Bethlehem, Wentworth, and Littleton, and died
December 27, 1862. He removed from Wentworth
on horseback with his wife on a pillion behind him,
and located in Bethlehem, where he spent eight
years in clearing land. He then returned to Went-
worth, where he was a farmer and lumberer for
ten years. In 1833 he removed to Littleton where
he farmed until the end of his life. He married,
January 10, 181 1, Dolly Stevens, who was born in
Wentworth, May 18, 1790. After the death of her
husband she lived with her son Nelson in Kansas,
but desiring to spend her last days in New Hamp-
shire, she returned and died in Littleton, December
25. 18S6, aged ninety-six years. Their children were:
Nelson, George, Timothy and Dolly.

(VI) Captain George, second son and child of
Timothy and Dolly (Stevens) Gile, was born in
Wentworth, September 27, 1824. He was a farmer
in Littleton, where he, served as selectman 1873,
chairman of the' school committee, surveyor of
highways 1870-1-3, and captain in the Fifth Com-
pany, Thirty-second Regiment, New Hampshire
Militia, commissioned May 1849; commission va-
cated, May I, 1852. He removed to Glover, Ver-
mont, where he resided several years, and then
returned to Littleton, where he has since lived. In
political faith he is a Republican, in religious belief
a Methodist, and is a trustee of the Methodist
Church. He married, in Lyndon, Vermont, De-
cember 21, 1850, Rozilla Janett Randall, who was
born March 8, 1831, daughter of Daniel and Ruth
(Burleigh) Randall of Lyndon. They have one
child, Ray T., next mentioned.

(VII) Ray Timothy, only child of George and
Rozilla J. (Randall) Gile, was born in Littleton,
May 27, 1852. He received his primary education
in the public schools of Littleton; prepared for col-
lege at Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massa-
chusetts, graduated from the Chandler Scientific de-
partment of Dartmouth College in 1877, and from
the Thayer School of Civil Engineering in 1879.
After completing his school life he was in the em-
ploy of the Bell Telephone Company in Rockingham
and Stafford counties for a year. In i88i he re-
turned to Littleton where he has since been engaged
much of the time in surveying and engineering
work. From 1891 to 1896 he was employed as the

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surveyor for the state of New Hampshire to ascer-
tain and establish the true jurisdictional boundary
line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He is a Republican and a Methodist, a member of
the Thayer Society of Engineers and of the Beta
Theta Pi Society. He married. October 23, 1S79,
Hattie E. Titus, who was born in Bath, October 8,
1848, daughter of Jereny and Cynthia (Ward)
Titus, of Bath. They have an adopted child, Annie
Peterson, who was born in Lyndeborough, New
Hampshire, July 21, 1878.

The Spragues of New Hampshire
SPRAGUE are of English origin, and their an-
cestors were among the founders of
New England.

(I) Edward Sprague, of Upway, England, was a
fuller by trade, and died in 1614. His children were :
Ralph, Alice, Edward, Richard. Christopher and
William.

(H) William, youngest child of Edward
Sprague, was born in Upway, and with his two
brothers, Ralph and Richard, emigrated to New
England, settled in Salem in 1632. He was residing
in Charlestown in 1636, and subsequently removed
to Hingham. He married Millicent Eames, and had
a large family.

(HI) Anthony, eldest son of William and Milli-
cent (Eames) Sprague, was baptized in Charles-
town, 1636, and resided in Hingham. He was a se-
lectman in 168S-92-1700. His house was burned by
the Indians, April 19. 1676. He died September 3,
1719. He married, December 26, 1661, Elizabeth
Bartlett, daughter of Robert and Mary (Warren)
Bartlctt, of Plymouth. She died in Hingham. Feb-
ruary 17, 1712-13. His children w-ere : Anthony,
Benjamin, John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah, James,
Josiah, Jeremiah. Richard and Matthew, all of whom
were born in Hingham.

(IV) Richard, eighth son and tenth child of
Anthony and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Sprague, was born
in Hingham. April 10, 1685. He settled in Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, and was an ancestor of the
Spragues of that state.

(VI) Obadiah, probably a grandson of Richard
Sprague, was born in Providence, August 22, 1770.
He married Betsey Mann on April 10, 1794. She
was born in 1764, daughter of Gideon Mann. He
settled in Richmond, New Hampshire, and resided
upon the farm now owned by his grandson, Hiram
C. Sprague. His first wife died April 17, 1815, and
he married for his second wife. Widow Anna God-
dard, a sister of Thomas Mallard, of Warwick. She
died March 2, 1848. Obadiah died in 1858. at the
advanced age of eighty-eight years. The children
of his first union were : Enoch, Hannah, Samuel,
Sarah. Mercey, died young ; and another Mercey.
Those of his second marriage were : Nathaniel and
Obadiah.

(VII) Sanniel. second son and third child of
Obadiah and Betsey (Mann) Sprague, was born in

Richmond, November 22, 1797. In December, 1822-
he married Melinda, born in May, iSoi. daughter of
Benjamin Kingman, and resided on the farm until
recently owned by Lysander Ballon. He removed to
Winchester, about 1850. and died September 28, 1881.
He was the father of five children : Leander, born
June 4, 1S24. Obadiah, who will be again referred
to. S. Angela, born January 25, 1830, married Dar-
ling S. Swan. M. Juliette, born October II, 1832,
married (first) George B. Kelton, and (second)
J. W. Herrick. S. Henry, born March 2, 1841, died
August 18, 1863, during the Civil war. He was on
General Nagle's staff in charge of the commissary
department. He died of malaria at Vicksburg Land-
ing.

(VIII) Obadiah, second child and son of Samuel
and Melinda (Kingman) Sprague, was born in
Richmond, May 21, 1826. He attended the public
schools, and clerked thereafter for a year with
Uberto Bowen, Richmond. He then entered and was
graduated from Winchester high school. Subse-
quently he accepted a position as clerk with Messrs.
Humphrey and Kingman, of Winchester. He was
ne.xt engaged for a period as a traveling salesman,
representing palm-Ieaf hat manufacturers, and was
still later in Bridgman's grocery store, Keene. For
five years he held the responsible position of cashier
of a bank in Winchester. Seeing a good opportunity
to engage in the manufacturing business, he pur-
chased the Stratton Woollen Mills at West Swan-
ze\'. which he enlarged and refitted, and operated
the plant successfully for twenty-seven years, at
the e.Kpiration of which time he retired from active
business pursuits. Mr. Sprague has had quite ex-
tensive operations in lumbering. He also established
at what is known as Spragueville a woolen mill
and a box manufacturing plant. In politics Mr.
Sprague is a Democrat, and was formerl}- a leading
spirit in local public affairs, having represented
Swanzey in the state legislature in 1870-71. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic Order.
He attends the Baptist Church, and takes an earnest
interest in the moral and religious welfare of the
community.

On January 3, 1877, ^Ir. Sprague married Martha
Elizabeth Mason, born in Alarlboro, New Hamp-
shire, March 18, 1841, daughter of Clark and Elmira
(Towne) Mason. The children of this union are:
Bernice A., deceased. Bertha E., married, Septem-
lier I. 1903, Harold Foster. They have a son Paul
Sprague Foster, born July 3, 1904. Florence JiL,
deceased. Marv M.

The first mention of Upham as a sur-
UPH.-\M name is met with in a deed of lands to

the church of Saint JNIaria de Braden-
stock. which was a small monastery in Wills, England,
founded by Walter, son of Edmund, of Salisbury. The
document bears the name of Hugo de Upham, date
1208. Upham as the name of a place occurs in records
previous to the introduction of surnames. That
Hugo, the fir^t of this name, is designated Hugo de

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XJphani (of Upham) naturally indicates that he de-
rived liis name from his estate, but the lands belong-
ing to him are expressly referred to in the same doc-
ument as bearing the name of Upham. The "de" was
early dropped, and the name passed through various
forms of spelling. Although many documents have
been found in which the name appears, three cen-
turies pass from the time of Hugo before the advent
of Richard Upham, from whom an unbroken line is
traced to the present day. The Upham family held
a copyhold estate at Gettington, in the parish of
Bicton, in the eastern division of the county of
Devon, and were associated with this parish for up-
ward of three hundred years.

(I) Richard (i) Upham (spelled Uppam), the
first of the name found mentioned at Bicton, was
living there in 1523. No date of his birth is given,
but according to the records he died in 1546. As he
left no will there is little information concerning his
immediate family, but from other sources it is con-
clusive that he left three children, one of whom was
John.

(II) John, son of Richard Upham (no date of
birth) died in Bicton, in 1584. Only the first name
of his wife is given, Joan (or Johan). The names
of three children appear : Richard, his successor at
Bicton, Katherine and Thomas.

(III) Richard (2), yeoman, son of John and
Joan Uppam, date of birth not given, died in Bicton,
in December, 1635. His wife, Maria, died in July,
1634. Children : Thomas, his successor at Bicton ;

Joan, married Robert Martin, and both immigrated to
Xew England with her brother John ; John, the im-
migrant ; Sara,, who also accompanied her brother to
New England, and may have become the wife of
Richard Webb ; Judith, Frances and Jane. The will
of Richard Uppam is a lengthy an^ interesting docu-
ment in which there is mention of certain conditional
bequests to his daughter Sara and son John.

(IV) John Upham (again spelled Upham), son
of Richard (2) and Jilaria Upham, was the first to
bear the name in America, and so far as is known
was the ancestor of all who have since borne the
name in this country. He was born in Bicton, county
of Devon, England, probably in 1600. He married,
at Bicton, November i, 1626, Elizabeth Slade. The
names of six children are given in the following or-
der: John, Nathaniel. Elizabeth, born in England;
Phynchas, Mary and Priscilla, born in New England.
John Upham, accompanied by his wife, three chil-
dren and two sisters above mentioned, emigrated to
New England with the Hull colony, which set sail on
the 20th of March, 163S. from Weymouth, in old
Dorset, for the lands of the Massachusetts Bay
colony. The ship cast anchor before Governor
Winthrop's infant city of Boston, May 6, but it was
not until July 2 that the colonists, with the per-
mission of the general -court, finally settled in Wessa-
guscees as their future home. On September 2, 1635,
John Upham was admitted freeman, and on this date
the name of the place was changed to Weymouth.
It was made a plantation, wuth the privilege of a

deputy to the general court, and this company be-
came an important element in the community. In
1642 John Upham was one of six who treated with
the Indians for the lands of Weymouth, and ob-
tained a title from them thereto. After being
closely identified with the town for thirteen years
he removed to Maiden, becoming one of the early
settlers, and continued through life a leading citizen
of that place. He was repeatedly elected to its var-
ious offices, and the general assembly appointed him
six times commissioner to settle the lesser legal mat-
ters of Weymouth and Maiden. He w'as also ac-
tively interested in the settlement of Worcester (Lin-
coln's "History of W"orcester"). John Upham held
the office of deacon in the church for at least twenty-
four years. Through his long life he retained his
vigor of mind and body. He sustained himself well
as an efficient collaborator among those who in time
of great peril laid the foundation of a free state. He
died in Maiden, February 25, 168 1. His grave-stone
may still be seen in the old burying ground at
Maiden. There is no record of the death of his wife
Elizabeth, but it is suggested that she must have lived
to be sixty-four years of age. In 1671 John Upham
married (second) Katherine Holland.

(V) Phineas (l) was the only son of John Up-
ham that left posterity, consequently he, as well as
his father, was the ancestor of all the American Up-
hams. He was born in Weymouth, probably in 1635.
He married, April 14, 1658, Ruth Wood. Nothing is
known of her ancestry. According to an inscription
on her gravestone, which has been identified in the
old burying ground above referred to, she died Jan-
uary 18, 1696-7. There were conveyances of land to
Phineas Upham in 1663, 1664 and in 1672. In 1673
he was appointed with three others to survey a road
from Cambridge to Maiden, and as early as 1672 he
was interested in the settlement of Worcester. It ap-
pears that he possessed in a high degree the energy
and activity that characterized his father. In the
military serivice of his country it is manifest that he
was esteemed an efficient officier. He held the rank
of lieutenant, and rendered important service in the
war with King Philip. He was at the storming of
Fort Canonicees, December 19, 1675. and was wound-
ed in the battle, from the effects of which he never
recovered. The government was not unmindful of
his great sacrifice, and bore testimony upon the
records to his long and good service for his -country.
His death is recorded as having occurred October 8,
1676. Children : Phineas, Nathaniel, Ruth, John,
Elizabeth, Thomas and Richard.

(VI) Phineas (2), eldest son of Lieutenant
Phineas (r) and Ruth (Wood) Upham, was born in
Maiden, May 22. 1659. He married Mary Mellins.
or Melien, probably in 1682. He appears to have
been a prominent man in his community. He held
the office of selectman for many years, was town
treasurer from 1697 to 1701 inclusive, and during the
time settled many estates, was five times chosen rep-
resentative to the general court. He died in Maiden,
in October, 1720. His wife survived him, and there

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is no record of her death. They had eight children.

(VII) Phineas (3), eldest son of Phineas (2)
and Mary (Mellins) Upham, was born in Maiden,
June 10, 1682. He married, November 23. 1703,
Tamzen Thomasen Hill, daughter of Isaac and Sarah
(Bicknell) Hill. She was born December 10, 1685,
died April 24, 1768. He is early mentioned as yeo-
man, and soon after his marriage he removed from
what was known as Maiden Center to North Maiden,
of which place he was one of the first inhabitants.
In the year 1707-8 he is mentioned as Ensign Phineas
Upham. He was repeatedly chosen to fill town
offices. It is probable that he died in 1766. The old
Upham homestead, still standing in Melrose, form-
erly North Maiden, has been occupied by descendants
of Phineas (3) to this day. There were thirteen
children. (Mention of Jacob and descendants ap-
pears in this article).

(VIII) Jabez, fifth son of Phineas (3) and
Tamzen Thomasen (Hill) Upham, was born Jan-
uary 3, 1717. in Maiden. He married Kathcrine
Nichols, also of Upham blood, a great-granddaughter
of Lieutenant Phineas Upham. He settled in Brook-
field, studied medicine, and became distinguished in
the practice of his profession. He was captain of the
company from Brookfield which marched for the re-
lief of Fort William Henry during the French and
Indian war. He represented Brookfield in the gen-
eral court from 1756 to 1760 inclusive. He died No-
vember 4, 1760. His wife died March 12. 1774. Dr.
Jabez Upham and wife Katherine had eleven chil-
dren, all born in Brookfield. Joshua, the second son,
graduated at Harvard College in 1763. He was a
loyalist and an officer in the British army during the
revolution. After the war he went to New Bruns-
wick, where .he became a judge of the supreme court.
His brother Jabez served in the Continental army,
and later removed to New Brunswick.

(IX) Phineas (4), oldest son of Dr. Jabez and
Katherine Nicholas Upham, was born in Brookfield,
October 4. 1739, married (first) Susanna Buckmin-
ster. May 20, 1762. She. died March 23, 1802. He
married (second) in November, 1802, Elizabeth Sher-
burne. In the Brookfield records the following, evi-
dently militia, titles are applied to him by the dates
given — second lieutenant. 1761 ; captain. 1774; colo-
nel, 1775. Although it does not appear in the rec-
ords, a note in the "History of Worcester" indicates
that he also bore the title of major. He was captain
of a company of cavalry in the battle of Saratoga.
He was representative to the general court from
Brookfield for the years 1781-1782-1785 and 1797. He
died June 24, 1810. There were ten children.

(X) George Baxter, of Claremont, third son of
Phineas (4) and Susanna Buckminster Upham, was
born December 27, 1768, in Brookfield. Massachu-
setts. He married, December 31, 1805. Mary Dun-
can, of Concord. She died September ir, 1S66, aged
eigthy-one years. George Baxter Upham was grad-
uated from Harvard in 1789. and studied law with
his brother Jabez, in Claremont. Succeeding to the
business soon after being admitted to the bar, he ac-

quired a lucrative practice and was considered a safe
and able counselor. He was a member of congress
in 1801, and from 1817 to 1821 ; speaker of the house
in New Hampshire legislature, 1809, and state sena-
tor 1814-15. He was president during its existence
of the first Claremont Bank, was for many years a
member of the Episcopal Church. He died Febru-
ary 19, 1848. Children of George Baxter and Mary
(Duncan) Upham: i. George Baxter, married Fran-
ces Ewing, lived in Newark, Ohio. 2. Robert Har-
ris, supposed to have died in Texas. 3. Frances,
married General Dwight Jarvis, of Canton, Ohio. 4.
Mary Ann. 5. Jabez Baxter, graduated at Dartmouth
and Harvard Medical College, was a surgeon in the
army, 1862-3 '■ married Catherine Choate Bell. 6.
Harriet Harris, married John S. Walker, of Clare-
mont. 7. James Henry, died in infancy. 8. James
Phineas. 9. Edward Buckminster, married Mary
Hursthall. lived in Massillon, Ohio.

(XI) James Phineas, the fifth son of George
Baxter and Mary (Duncan) Upham, was born in
Claremont, October 27, 1827. He married, Novem-
ber 5, 1851, at South Berwick, Maine, Elizabeth
Walker, daughter of Captain Samuel Rice (formerly
of Portsmouth) and Ruth Foster Brewster. She
was born December 24, 1831, and died in Claremont,
April II, 1876. It is observed that she was gifted
with singular beauty and rare graces of mind and
manner, and that her domestic virtues and christian
lite and example were none the less conspicuous and
endearing. James Phineas Upham was graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1850. Soon after his
graduation he acquired an interest in the iron foun-
dry and machine shop, later the Sullivan Machine
Company, which he organized in 1869, and of which
he was president for twenty-five years. He was a
representative in the New Hampshire legislature in
1865-6, and was warden of Union Church (Episco-
pal), West Claremont. He died April 8, 1895. Chil-
dren, all born in Claremont: i. James Duncan, born
November 7, 1853, married Katherine Deane, of
Claremont. He graduated at Cornell University, in
1874; is treasurer of the Sullivan Machine Company.
Two children — Katherine and Elizabeth. 2. George
Baxter, born April 9. 1855, married Cornelia Alice
Preston, daughter of E. C. Preston, of Dover, New
Hampshire. He was graduated from Cornell Uni-
versity in 1S74, and Harvard Law School in 1876;
admitted to the Suffolk county bar in Boston, Feb-
ruary, 1877. In 1890 he engaged in the practice of
law, firm of Upham & Proctor, Equitable Building,
Boston. Two children, Margaret Ruth and Preston.
3. Ruth Brewster, bom February 24. 185S, married
Robert Upham, and resides in New York. 4. Sam-
uel Rice. 5. Elizabeth, born September i, 1868, mar-
ried (first) Henry C. Radford: (second) Richard
Dana, lives in New York.

(XII) Samuel Rice, third son of James Phineas
and Elizabeth Walker (Rice) Upham. was born Oc-
tober 9, 1861. He was educated in the public schools
of Claremont, in Stevens high school, two years, and
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New York. Studied medicine in the University of
Vermont Medical College, at Burlington, and the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city,
and was for over two years in the Rhode Island Hos-
pital, at ProvideiTcc. He opened an office in Clare-
mont in 1892, where he has since practiced. He
makes a specialty of surgery and has achieved dis-
tinction in his profession. Dr. Upham is vice-presi-
dent of the New Hampshire board of trustees for the
establishment of a sanitorium for tuberculosis. He
is a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society, an
Episcopalian, and in politics a Republican. Novem-
ber 7, 1905, Dr. Upham married Marguerite Bailey,
daughter of Herbert and Alice (Sulloway) Bailey.
She was born in Claremont, February 23, 1878, was
educated in the schools of Claremont, Bellows Falls,
and at Mrs. McDuffec's School, in Springfield, Mas-
sachusetts.

(VIII) Jacob, seventh son and thirteenth child
of Phineas (3) and Tamzen (Thomasin) Upham,
was born in Maiden, April 30, 1723. His name is in
the list of voters in Reading in 1771 ; also among the
names of pewholders in the First Baptist meeting
house, where he had Nos. 38 and 39. He died Sep-
tember 30, 1775, and his will was proved in 1779. He
married in Reading, January 19, 1748, Rebecca Bur-
nap, who was born January 18, 1727, and died March
14, 1779. Their children were: Rebecca, died young;
Rebecca, Sarah, died young: Sarah, Mary, Tamzen,
Ruth, and Jacob, whose sketch follows.

(IX) Jacob (2), youngest child of Jacob (l)
and Rebecca (Burnap) Upham, was born in Reading,
Massachusetts, May 16. 1766, and died April i, 1S49.
He moved from Reading to Amherst, New Hamp-
shire, in 1792, the year following his marriage, and
there purchased from John Damon the farm two
miles southeast of the village, upon which his grand-
son, Jacob Upham. afterwards lived, and for which
he paid seventy pounds and eighteen shillings, the
deed being dated November 13, 1792. He was a
farmer and continued to live on this place until his
death. He married (first), November 17, 1791,
Sarah Pratt, of Reading, who was born April 20,
1759, and died November 17, 1826. He married (sec-
ond), April 15, 1827, Sarah Whittemore, of Charles-
town, who was born July 25. 1775, and died April
28. 1849. The children, all by the first wife, were:
Sally. Jacob, and another who died young.

(X) Jacob (3), only son of Jacob (2) and
Sarah (Pratt) Upham, was born in Amherst, Octo-
ber 29, 1798. and died there of consumption, Octo-
ber 14, 1859. aged sixty-one. One of his sons said
of him ; "He w-as born, lived, and died on the same
farm in Amherst, which had been his father's. He
was an honest, industrious, cheerful, hopeful and con-
tented Christian man, unambitious for rank or
wealth. In appearance, slender, and rather tall;
somewhat delicate in health during the greater part
of his life. In religious faith he was a Congrega-
tionalist, and in political preference a Whig, later a
Republican ; but he never held or aspired to any con-
spicuous office. He brought up a large family, nine

of whom reached mature years, and renienibered
their father with sincere love and gratitude." He
married, November 20, 1822, Sarah Hayward, who
was born in North Reading. Massachusetts, August
31, 1804. and they had ten children: Jacob Burnap,
Same Tamzan. Mary, Emily Dorcas. Susan, John
Henry, Ruth Elizabeth, Jesse Hayward, George Wil-
liams, and Warren.

(XI) John Henry, si.xth child and second son
of Jacob (3) and Sarah (Hayward) Upham, was
born in Amherst. November 21, 1835. He was
brought up on a farm and attended the district school
until seventeen years of age, and then spent two
years farming, and the next three years in peddling
through the country. Buying a farm in Amherst, he
occupied it over four years, Spending a portion of the
time in buying furs, which he sold in Boston. He
sold this place and resided a year or two in Merri-
mack, and then removed to Amherst and bought a
farm on which he lived twenty-three years. In l8go
he sold that property and removed to Merrimack and
settled on the farm of his father-in-law. Mr. 'up-
ham's life was one of continuous industry until his
retirement from active employment a few years ago.
He has always taken a hearty interest in agriculture,
has been an exemplary citizen, and has tried to do
his part toward the promotion of morality and good
government in his neighborhood. For thirty-five
years he has been a member of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, and for many years a member of the Con-
gregational Church of .-Amherst, of which he has
been deacon for ten years past. He is a progressive
Republican, and has been road surveyor and lumber '
surveyor. He married, April 22, 1862, at Reed's
Ferry. Catherine E. Colburn, born at Merrimack, No-
vember 28, 1840, daughter of John H. and Elizabeth
(Fields) Colburn, of Merrimack, and granddaughter
of John Fields, who served seven years in the Revo-
lutionary war. She was educated in the common
schools at Mont Vernon, and at Magaw Institute,
and taught school before her marriage. She is a
member of the Congregational Church of Merrimack,
and has been a member of the Grange for many
years. Their children are: Charles Henry, George
F., and Osgood F. Charles H. is a farmer in Merri-
mack. He was born March 27, 1863, and married,
June 27, 1890, Isabel Woodward. George F., born
September 9, 1865, married. September 25. 1891. Ella
S. Hodgman, and lives in Merrimack. Osgood F. is
the subject of the next sketch.

(XII) Osgood Fifield, youngest of the three sons
of John H. and CatheriiTe E. Colburn, was born in
Amherst, August 29, 1869. He was educated in the
common schools, and at Magaw Institute, and Bryant
& Stratton's Business College in Boston. .'Kt fifteen
years of age he began his life's labors driving a
lumber team for his father. For ten years he was a
farmer. In 1902 he bought the grocery store of A.
B. Colby, of Merrimack, which he has since success-
fully conducted. He is a man of energy and good
judgment, and has served one term in the office of
selectman, to which he was elected by the Republican

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party, of which he is a member. He is a member of
the Congregational Church, and of the Patrons of
Husbandry. He lias belonged to the latter order
twenty years, and has filled the chairs in Thornton
Grange, No. 31. He is a member of Pennichuck
Lodge, No. 45. Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Nashua. He married, June 18, 1902, Cora Gid-
dings, of Thornton's Ferry, born in Bow, 1870,
daughter of Edward P. and Mary J. (Morgan) Gid-
dings. She was educated in the Concord schools and
Magaw Institute, and taught school after leaving the
latter institution. She is a member of the Congrega-
tional Church, and for eighteen years has been a
member of Thornton Grange. No. 31, of which she
is now (1907) assistant steward.

The free institutions, equality of all
SIKORSKY men before the law, and great op-
portunities for advancement are
among the chief attractions that brought Dr. Sikor-
sky to this country.

Vladimir Nicholas Sikorsky, :M. D., was born in
the city of Kieff, Russia, June 14, 1867. His father
was a member of a noble family and an officer in the
Russian army. He married Vasilisa Alexandroff,
and they had five children, Vladimir N. being the
only one in this country. Vladimir N. attended the
gymnasium (high school) of Kieff, and graduated
from it June g, 1889. receiving the highest honors.
In January following he entered the Imperial Uni-
versity of Moscow, from which he received in 1895
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Subsequently he
took post graduate courses in medicine in France and
Germany, thoroughly fitting himself for the practice
of his profession. In 1897 'i'^ came to America, and
located at Manchester. New Hampshire, where he
practiced until 1901, when he removed to Salem Cen-
tre, where he has a large patronage. While in Eu-
rope he made a special study of nervous diseases,
and has been highly successful in the treatment of
them since coming to this country. In 1906 he took
a special course in general surgery in the Harvard
Medical School under Drs. Monroe and Bottomly.
He is medical examiner for the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of New York, the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Connecticut, and others. He has
been financially fortunate, and has valuable property
in Salem and in Haverhill.

He is a member of the New Hampshire Medical
Society, the Gynecological Society of Boston, and
the American Medical Association. He was made a
Mason in LTnion Lodge, No. 79, Free and Accepted
Masons. September 29, 1899 ; is a member of Bell
Royal .\rch Chapter, No. 25, of Derry; Nashua
Council. Royal and Select Masters, of Nashua ; St.
George Commandery, Knights Templar; Edward A.
Raymond Consistory, thirty-second degree. Sublime
Princes of the Royal Secret, of Nashua ; and Bektash
Temple, .\ncient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, of Concord. He is also a member of
the Pilgrim Fathers. New England Order of Pro-
tection. No. 26, and the Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, of Salem.

He was married in IManchester. November 20,
1897. hy the Rev. Mr. Colby, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Cliurch, to Maria Kushch Ignatieff, who was
born June 10, 1S77, daughter of John and Olga
(Kushch) Ignatieff, of Russia. They hav<; two chil-
dren : Lucy Nina, born January 13, 1899, and Jean-
nette Vera, February 9, 1901.

Tradition has said that all of this name
ROLFE in the United States were descendants

of two brothers who came from Eng-
land and settled in Newbury. Massachusetts, in 1635,
but records show several others at other points in
Massachusetts and in Connecticut in the early Puri-
tan days. New Hampshire has been the home of
several branches of the family, who have lost none
of the vigor of the colonial forebears. Those located
in Boscawen and Concord are the posterity of one
of the Newbury brothers. John and Henry. These
brothers came from "Melchitt Parke," Wiltshire,
England, and sailed from Southhampton in the
ship "Confidence," in 1638. Melchet Park is about
nine miles southeast of Salisbury, England, in the
Hundred of Alderbury.

(I) Henr\', the younger brother, supposed to
have been born in 1590, was in Newbury before 1642,
with his wife. Honour. He died March i, 1643,
and his widow died at the house of Thomas Blanch-
ard in Charlestown, Massachusetts, December 19,
1630. Their children were: Anna (wife of Thomas
Blancliard), Hannah, John and Benjamin.

(II) Benjamin, youngest child of Henry and
Honour Rolfe, was born about 16,^8, probably in
England, and was a weaver of Newbury, where he
was a freeman in 1670. He was married November
3, 1659, to Apphia Hale, only daughter of Thomas
Hale, a pioneer of Newbury and ancestor of a nu-
merous progeny scattered over the United States.
Benjamin Rolfe and wife were admitted to the
church at Newbury in 1674. She died December 24,
170S. and he passed away August 10, 1710. Their
children were: John. Benjamin, Hannah. Apphia,
Mary (died young). Samuel. Mary, Henry, Eliza-
l)cth, Nathaniel, Abigail and a daughter that died
in infancy. (Henry and descendants receive men-
tion in this article).

(III) John, first child of Benjamin and Appliia
(Hale) Rolfe. was born October 12. 1660. in New-
bury, and subscribed to the oath of fidelity there in
1678. He was married in 16S9-90 to Dorothy Nelson,
and both were admitted to the church in 1698. They
had cliildren : John, Apphia and Jonathan.

(IV) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and Dor-
othy (Nelson) Rolfe, was born March 24, 1691, in
Newbury, and was married October 7, 1713, to Ju-
dith Dole. Their children were: Richard, John,
Hannah, Enoch and Benjamin. Hannah, born De-
cemlier 2,=;. 1720. became the wife of Nathaniel
Rolfe, mentioned elsewhere in this article (see IV of
other line).

(V) Benjamin (2) Rolfe, son of John Rolfe,
born December 25, 1731, came from Newbury, Mas-
sachusetts, and settled in Concord on High street.
He died in 1823. He married Lydia Pearsons, De-
cember 25, 1760. They had six children : I. John,
l.iorn July 27, 1762. 2. Elizabeth, February 20. 1765.
3. Silas, January 28. 1767. 4. Judith. December
31. 1769. 5. Amos, died in infancy. 6. Benjamin,
born January 20. 1773.

(VI) Benjamin, si.xth child and youngest son
of Benjamin and Lydia (Pearsons) Rolfe, was born
January 20, 1773. and died January 19, 1857. He
succeeded to the homestead of his father. He had
a fondness for mechanical work, and in addition to
the care of the farm, employed himself making
wood aqueducts and pumps. Nearly all that kind of
work in the east part of the town was done under
his direction. Many of the pumps made from the

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old white pine are now in use, and are preferred
by some perions to the modern inventions. He
married ]Mar8arct, daughter of Rev. Jonathan
Searle, of Salisburj-, and they had six children, of
which three died young. Those who grew up were :
Enoch S., born May 12, 1819: Henry P.. February
13, 1821 ; Charles B. born April l, 1823, died 1851.

(VII) Henry Pearsons, son of Benjamin and
Margaret (Searle) Rolfe, was born in Boscaw'en,
February 13. 1821, and died in Concord, May 30,
iSoS. He was educated in the public schools, at
New Hampton Institute, and at Dartmouth College,
graduating from Dartmouth in 1848. After pursu-
ing a course of legal study in the office of Hon.
Asa Fowler, of Concord, he was admitted to the bar
in iS5t. He immediately opened an office in Con-
cord, and maintained himself with credit, advanc-
ing in professional reputation and influence, and
winning in 1S69 an appointment as United States
■district attorney under President Grant, holding this
office five years. During the years 1852-53 he was a
■member of the board of edircation, serving as chair-
man one year. He was a representative in the New
Hamp.shirc Legislature as a Democrat in 1853, re-
turning as a Republican, during the years 1863-64,
when the war of the rebellion was raging its hottest ;
he was appointed by President Johnson as postmas-
ter of Concord, but was not confirmed by the senate.
He also served on the lake coinmission in 1878-79,
by appointment of Governor Prescott. He was
Democratic candidate for state senator for the term
1859-60, and candidate for the electoral college on
the Douglas ticket of i860. He was always a strong
Prohibitionist, and never used either tobacco or
liquor. In the midst of a very busy professional
career he found time tq devote to literature, and in
his spare time he wrote the history of Salisbury,
New Hampshire. Mr. Rolfe was in his later years
one of the oldest practitioners at the New Hampshire
bar. His practice extended over a period when in-
tellectual giants stood before the tribunals of the
state, and among those men he easily maintained
himself with credit. In all branches of his profes-
sional life he won great success, and stood in the
front rank of the eminent practitioners of the bar of
the "Granite State." As a counsellor his sagacity
was unerring, as an advocate his career was marked
with triumph.

He was married, November 22, 185S, to Mary
Rebecca, daughter of Robert H. Sherburne, of
Concord, and they were the parents of five children.
IMarsliall D.. the eldest, died at the age of eight
years. Margaret T., the second, died in infancy. Hen-
rietta M., died in her second year. Robert Henry
is mentioned at length in the succeeding paragraph.
George Hamilton also receives extended notice in
this article.

(VIII) Robert Henry, second son and fourth
child of Henry Pearsons and Mary R. (Sherburne)
Rolfe, was born October 16, 1863. in Concord. His
early education was secured in the public schools,
and he graduated from the Concord high school,
and entered Dartmouth College, from which he
graduated witli the class of 1884. After studying
law for a tiine he entered the railroad service. In
1889 he removed to Zylonite, Massachusetts, where
he engaged in business, but soon returned to Concord
and became connected with the Monitor and States-
man, first in the circulation department and later as
cashier. In 1883 he joined Company C, Third Regi-
ment, New Hampshire National Guard, as a private.

Twice he was an enlisted man. returning to the
ranks after having a captain's commission, wdiich
his removal from the state compelled him to relin-
quish. For two years he was sergeant-major of the
Second Regiment, and his first commission was as
first lieutenant in Company C. Subsequently he be-
came senior major of the Second Regiment, in com-
mand of the First Battalion, Major Rolfe was ap-
pointed in 1893 a member of the committee to re-
vise the military law of the state of New Hamp-
shire, When the Spanish-.\merican war broke out
he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-second
Regiment, and went to Chickamauga and remained
with his command until the close of the war. when
it returned to Concord and was mustered out. Fol-
lowing this he went to Cuba as inspector-general,
and served under General Brooks and later under
General Wood, He also acted as deputy-quarter-
master. In 1901 he came to Washington, and thence
went to San Diego, California, where as quarter-
tnaster he built Fort Rosecrans, From there he
was ordered to Nagasaki, Japan, where he is now
(1908) quartennaster, with the rank of captain,
United States .Army, He married, Grace

Stearns, daughter of Governor Onslow Stearns, of
New Hampshire, (See Stearns VII). They are the
parents of three children, namely : Onslow Sher-
burne, Mary Rebecca, and Grace Stearns,

(VIII) George Hamilton, fifth and youngest
child of Henry P, and Mary R, (Sherburne) Rolfe,
was born December 24, 1866, in Concord, in the public
schools of which he received his primary education.
Subsequently he attended Holderness School for
Boys at Plymouth, New Hampshire, and fitted for
Dartmouth College, but did not pursue the collegiate
course. He entered upon his business career as a
clerk in one of the offices of the old Concord rail-
road, in 1886, and continued in this employ until
March, 1903, wdien he resigned the position of freight
cashier for the Boston & Maine railroad at Con-
cord. He then became a partner with B. H. Orr in
the heating, plumbing and electrical business in Con-
cord, and has helped to build up the leading estab-
lishment of its kind in the city. The number of
men in their employ has increased with the develop-
ment of their business from eight to thirty, and the
firm's contracts extend over all the New England
states. Mr. Rolfe is a Thirty-second degree Mason
and a charter tnember of Bektasli Temple of the
Mystic Shrine, in Concord. He is a member of the
Wonalancet and Passaconaway clubs, and of the
Capital Grange, and is ex-governor of the local
colony of Pilgrim Fathers. He is a communicant
of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. Po-
litically Mr. Rolfe is a staunch Republican. He has
served as councilman in the city government from
i')03 to 1905 and as alderman from 1905 to 1907. -At
present (19&?) he is a member of the general court
from Ward 5, serving as chairman of the Merri-
mac county delegation, also as meml)er of the New
Hampshire state hospital committee.

He was married September 11, 1893. to Bertha
Olive Cawley, of Hill. New Hainpshire. a daugh-
ter of William B. Cawley, a lumber manufacturer of
that town. She is a talented musician and her fine
contralto voice has made her for many years past a
very welcoine addition to the church choirs of Con-
cord and Manchester. They have one son, Hamil-
ton Cawley Rolfe, born, December 6, 1894, in Con-
cord.

Mr. Rolfe is a man of genial nature and cordial

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and affable manners, and has the faculty of mak-
ing and retaining friends. His interest in the af-
fairs of humanity has led him to an affiliation with
the church and various fraternal bodies, and he is a
citizen in whom his fellows repose confidence and
esteem.

(III) Henry, fourth son and eighth child of
Benjamin and Apphia (Hale) Rolfe, was born Oc-
tober 12, 1677, in Newbury, where the early years of
his life were passed. He was among the original
proprietors of Penny Cook (Concord), where he
died. He mirried Hannah Tappan, and their chil-
dren were: Ecnjamin, Nathaniel, Henry, Betsey,
and Mary.

(IV) Nathaniel, second son and child of Henry
and Hannah (Tappan) Rolfe, was born January 6,
1713, in Newbury, Massachusetts, and died in (Ton-
cord, New Hampshire, in 1808, in his ninety-sixth
year. " He lived on what was subsequently the poor
farm, in West Concord, and reared a large and re-
spectable family. He married Hannah, daughter of
John and Judith (Dole) Rolfe. his cousin (see John
(2), IV of other line), and they had the following
children : Hannah, Nathaniel, William. Judith, Ben-
jamin, Polly, Jane, Henry and Elizabeth.

(V) Nathaniel (2), eldest son and second child
of Nathaniel (i) and Hannah (Rolfe) Rolfe, was
born August 29, 1744, in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
and died November 15, 1829, in Concord. He set-
tled on the land now occupied by his descendants,
in the present village of Penacook, and was a large
farmer. His land extended from the Boscawen line
one and one-half miles southward, and from the
Merrimack river to the present Main street. Pena-
cook, including more than a square mile. The rail-
road station at Penacook is on this land, and the
several handsome residences in the neighborhood
shelter his great-grandsons and their offspring. One
of these was built by him about 1775-80. He mar-
ried Judith, youngest daughter of Rev. Timothy
Walker (See Walker, V) and widow of Captain
Abiel Chandler (see Chandler, VI). His eldest
child, Abiel, born April 6, 1781, was long a deacon
of the church and died, unmarried, in 1840. Jane,
the second was the wife of Nathan Chandler of
Boscavv'en.

(VI) Henry, second s,on and youngest child of
Nathaniel (2) and Judith (Walker) Rolfe, was born
August 31, 1785, in Concord, on the paternal home-
stead, passed all his life there, and died, May 29,
1857, in the house built by his brother in 1834. He
was an extensive farmer and lumberman, and in
1825 built a saw mill, the first on the estate, on
the south side of an island in the Contoocook river,
where his grandsons now operate a wood-working
shop. He was an active member and one of the
stays of the Congregational Church of Penacook, in
which his elder brother was a deacon, and was a
leading citizen of his district. He was married in
1808 to Deborah Carter, daughter of Ezra awd Phebe
Carter (see Carter, VI). She was born April 18,
1786, and died January 11, 1S49. Their children
are accounted for as follows : Judith Walker, mar-
ried Jacob Whidden and died in Concord. Jane,
died unmarried. Rhoda became the wife of David
Farnum, son of Stephen Farnum (see Farnum IV),
and lived in West Concord. Nathaniel is mentioned
further below. Phebe Whittemore married Hora-
tio Harvey and died in 1S62 at Ottawa, Canada.
Timothy Carter, receives further mention in this
article. Henry died in Winchester. Massachusetts.

Deborah was the wife of John A. Holmes, and died
in Beloit, Wisconsin. Abiel died in 1902, at Pena-
cook. Lydia died at the age of twenty-three years.
Martha Farnum died at Manchester, Iowa, while the
wife of Rev. .Anson A. Baker, a Congregational
clergyman.

(VII) Nathaniel (3), eldest son and fourth child
of Henry and Deborah (Carter) Rolfe, was born
January I. 1814. on the homestead at Penacook, and
died in his eighty-seventh year, April 26, 1900. He
received a fair education for his time, attending
the local school and Franklin Academy. At the age
of twenty-one years he went to live with his bach-
elor uncle, Abiel, with whom he was associated in
manufacturing articles made of wood, especially fit-
tings for dwellings, thus founding the industry now
conducted by his sons, who have greatly extended
it. He resided over fifty years in the house built by
his uncle, the first south of Penacook railroad sta-
tion, and was active in church affairs. He was a
strong Democrat, and was honored with numerous
offices in the gift of his townsmen. He was
married January i, 1839. to Mary Jane Moody,
daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Foster) IMoody.
She was born January 21, 1817, in Canterbury and
died August 8, 1876, at her home in Penacook. The
eldest child of Captain Nathaniel and Mary J.
(Moody) Rolfe, Charles Moody, receives further
mention hereinafter. Joseph Henry resides in Pena-
cook. Abiel Walker is the subject of a succeeding
paragraph. John Holmes is a resident of Pena-
cook. Mary Lancaster died when ten years old.
Arthur Foster resides in Boscawen. The maternal
grandfather of these, Joseph Moody, was a son of
William and Sarah (Kimball) l\Ioody. Joseph
Moody was born May 20, 17S8, in Newbury, Massa-
chusetts, and was in his sixth year when his par-
ents came to Canterbury, this state. He was en-
gaged in farming in Canterbury and Concord until
1862, and represented Canterbury in the legislature
in 1828. He was married November 22, 1815. to
Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Foster of Canter-
bury: she was born April 26, 1784, and died Decem-
ber 3. 1873. He died at Penacook, March 2. 1S79.

(VIII) Charles M. Rolfe, eldest child of Cap-
tain Nathaniel (3) and Mary J. (Moody) Rolfe,
was born August 18, 1841, at Penacook, and was
educated in tlu- local schools and Kimball Union
Academy at Meriden. At the age of twenty-one
he left sehool and thereafter devoted his encgies
to the mill business of his father, to which h", suc-
ceeded in part ownership March 8. 1866. His me-
chanical genius and business ability have contributed
to a great enlargement of the business, which now
covers all sorts of interior fittings for buildings, as
well as sash, blinds and doors and kindred wares.
Mr. Rolfe has not given much attention to public
affairs, though he entertains settled convictions and
adheres to Democratic policies, which are not m
majority in his tow'n. He has served on the board
of education, but prefers business environtnent to
public life. He is a member of the Pennconk
Congregational Church and of Contoocook Lodge,
No. 26, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He
was married February 3, 1869, to Maria Louisa,
daughter of Leonard and Sally (Cole) Morrison, of
Boscawen, and has three hving children. The
eldest. Mary Louise, is the widow of Samuel H,
Farnum, and is a successful medical practitioner at
Penacook. Harlow Foster and Henry Chandler are
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Concord and tlic latter in Boscawen. Ben Morrison,
the youngest, died at the age of twenty-five years.
Harlow F. has a son, Franklin Prescott. At the
time of his marriage, C. M. Rolfe took up his resi-
dence on the north side of Contoocook river, on
Water street, and is thus a citizen of Boscawen. In
1884 he purchased his present homestead, with
house built over sixtv vears ago, bv Calvin Gage.

(VIII) Abiel W., third son and child of Na-
thaniel and Mary J. (Moody) Rolfe, was born
January 21. 18,(4. on the farm, where he still re-
sides, and has lived since about seven years old in
the same house, near the railroad station at Pena-
cook, built in 1834. He attended the local school
and Ehnw-ood Academy in Boscawen, and bade
adieu to the schoolroom at the age of twenty years.
His entire business life has been associated with
the sash and door mills now owned and operated
by C. M. & A. W. Rolfe, who purchased them of
their father and uncle March 8, 1866. Long before
he was through with school, young Rolfe was
accustomed to make himself useful in the mill, and
he was familiar with many details of its operation
before his majority. He is still to be found actively
engaged in the same occupation every business day,
and his habits of industry have contributed in no
small way to the success of the brothers in operating
and extending the business founded by their fore-
bears. They employ over fifty people on an average,
and contribute largely to the prosperity of their
home village. His public services have been numer-
ous, and he takes an active interest in every move-
ment for progress. As a member of the board of
e6ducation, he has shown a desire to foster schools,
and he is now assistant engineer of the fire de-
partment. In 1891-92 he represented ward I in the
legislature. He is a member of the Congregational
Church ; of the Veteran Firemen's Association ; of
Horace Chase Lodge, No. 72, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons ; of Contoocook Lodge, No. 26,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows : and Hannah
Dustin Lodge. No. 49, Daughters of Rebekah. Like
his fathers, he adheres to the Democratic party in
politics. He was married February 17. 1S70, to
Georgiana Judith Gage, who was born January 16,
1848, in Boscawen. daughter of Isaac Kimball Gage
of that town (see Gage, XVI). Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe
are the parents of three sons. Harry Gage, the
eldest, born July S, 1872, resides at Penacook. He
was married June 15, i8g8, to Mary Florence
Symonds, who died April 7, 1904, aged twenty-
eight years, and left a son, Richard Symonds, born
October 16, 1899. Herbert Wilson, the second,
married Lucy E. Huflf, and has two daughters,
Helen Louise and Mary Florence. Frederick Isaac
resides with his parents.

The immigrant ance.=tors of this
COFFIN family came early to the colony of

Massachusetts Bay, and many of their
descendants have been leading men. Their revolu-
tionary war record is an honorable one.

(I) Peter Coffin, of Brixton, near Portledge,
died in 1628. His widow, Joanna Thember Coffin,
with her children — Tristram, Mary, and Eunice —
emigrated to Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1642. and
settled in Newbury, whence they finally removed
to Nantucket. She died in May. i66r. aged seventy-
seven. She was a woman of remarkable strength
of character.

(II) Tristram, eldest child of Peter and Joanna

(Thember) Coffin, was born in Bri.xham or Briston
parish. Plymouth, Devon, England, about 1605 or
i6og, and died in Nantucket, October 2, 1681. He
removed to Salisbury, thence to Haverhill the same
year, thence to Newbury about 1648, thence in 1654
or 1655 to Salisbury again, where he signed his
name "Commissioner of Salisbury." He was ta.xed
in Salisbury in 1652 and 1659. In 1659 a company
was formed which purchased nineteen-twentieths
of Nantucket Island, whither he removed in 1660
with his wife, mother, and four children. He mar-
ried Dionis Stevens, of Brixton. Their nine chil-
dren were: Peter, Tristram, Elizabeth, James, John
(died young), Deborah, Mary, John and Stephen.

(III) Tristram (2), second son and child of
Tristram (r) and Joanna (Thember) Coffin, was
born in England in 1632, and came to America with
his parents at ten years of age. He died February
4, 1704, aged about seventy-two. He was the
ancestor of all the Coffins originating from New-
bury. He married, March 2, 1653. in Newbury,
Judith Grcenleaf, daughter of Edmund Greenlcaf.
the emigrant, and widow of Henry Somerby, of
Newbury. She died December 15, 1705. They had
ten children.

(IV) Nathaniel, tenth and youngest child of
Tristram (2) and Judith (Grecnleaf) Coffin, was
born in Newbury, ^larch 22, 1669. He resided in
the house erected by his father, which wis still
standing a few Vi-.irs ago. He married Sarah,
widow of Henry Dole, whose name before marriag(;
vias Sarah Brocklebank, of Rowley. They had
eight children : John, Enoch. Apphia, Samuel
Brockelbank, Joseph, Jane, Edmund and Moses.

(V) John, eldest child of Nathaniel and Snrah
(Brocklebank) Coffin, was born in Newbury, June
I, 1694, and died September 30, 1762, in the si.xty-
ninth year of his age. He married Judith Green-
leaf, of Newbury, and they were the parents of ten
children: Richard, Nathaniel, .\bigail, Mary, Peter,
Apphia. William, Samuel, Judith and Sarah.

(VI) Captain Peter, third son and fifth child of
John and Judith (Greenleaf) Coffin, was born in
Newbury, Massachusetts. May 11, 1722, and died
in Boscawen. New Hampshire. December 15, 1789
He moved to Concord in 1766. and to Boscawen
in 1768-69. He settled on Water street, erecting the
house occupied through life by his son Thomas.
The following account of Captain Coffin and his
wife is taken from Charles Carlton Coffin's "nist9ry
of Boscawen."

"At that time (1769) there were but two or at
most three houses in what is now the town of
Webster. His house became the convenient stopping
place for all new settlers. Captain Coffin soon had
corn to sell : and no matter how scare the grain,
or how high the current price, he never made a
man's necessity his own opportunity. He was known
as the poor man's friend. He had no desire for
public office, and when chosen constable, when the
town would not accept his declination, hired Bcn'a-
min Eastman to perform his duties. He was an
ardent patriot during the revolution, and although
there is no record of his election to the provincial
congress held at Exeter. April 21. 177.S. yet his
name appears on the list as a member of that all-
important body. He served in the campaign of
1777. upon the approach of Burgoyne. He was
ever ready to support the religious institutions of
the day, was a liberal, large-hearted man. respected
and beloved. He died suddenly, December 15, 1789.

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He married, in the fall of 1768, Rebecca Haseltine,
wlio was born in Chester.

"During the summer (of 1768) Captain Coffin
had erected the frame of a house now occupied
(187S) by Mr. Colby, on Water street. The masons
had constructed the chimney, the boards and
shingles were on the sides and roof, and the
southwest corner room had been partitioned ofif,
when the young bride, seated on a pillion behind
her hufhand, reached her future home. Their
house was on the frontier of civilization. Possibly
two individuals had gone beyond them, to Corser
hill and Blackwater, but the only road was a cart
path over the rocks and hillocks, corduroyed upon
the marshy places. The newly married couple
were beginning life. They had few household arti-
cles— a bed, kettle, frying-pan, wooden or pewter
plates, a knife and fork each, and a few other house-
hold articles — all of which were packed upon a
led horse ; but they had strong hands, and were
undaunted by the hardships and trials before them.

"While the husband was making the woods bow
before his sturdy strokes, the wife kept the wheel
humming or the loom in action from morn till
night. She was a thrifty woman, looking ever after
the savings as well as the earnings. She was at
the same time liberal and kind, relieving the wants
of those who were having a hard time in life.
Deacon Enoch Little, who often when a boy ate a
TdowI of bread and milk at her house, was
accustomed to say that if it had not been for the
kindness of Captain and Mrs. Coffin his father's
family would have found it hard to get through the
first year in Boscawen.

"Mrs. Coff.n was intensely patriotic, and when
the stamp act imposed a duty on tea she resolutely
put away the few ounces in her caddy, and would
not have any of it used until the act was repealed.
In 1777. when the order came for Captain Peter
Kimball's company to march to Bennington, there
were two soldiers who had no shirts to wear. Mrs.
Coffin had a web partially woven in the loom.
Seizing the shears, she cut out what she had woven,
sat up through the night, and made two shirts ; and
in the morning the soldiers, thus provided for, took
their places in the ranks. That was the morning
of July 4th. On the isth'of the .same month she
gave birth to her second son Thomas. A month
passed. On the i6th of August the victory of
Bennington was won. Messengers brought the glad
news, and Captain Coffin, who had been out in
the previous campaign, started once more, leaving
his energetic wife with five children — the oldest a
"boy of seven years, the youngest an infant of five
weeks. The wheat was dead ripe ; the birds were
devouring it; the winds were scattering the grains.
It must be gathered ; but who could gather it, Avhen
nearly every able-bodied citizen was hastening to
drive back the enemy? She remembered that Enoch
Little, who had moved to the Little hill a few
months before, had several sons, for she ha.-I sup-
plied them with bread and milk the prev'OUs sum-
mer, while Mr. Little was rearing his cabin. Possi-
bly she might obtain one of the boys. She leaves
the four oldest children at home, in care of the
eldest, Enoch (Peter?), the boy of seven years,
mounts the mare, takes her infant of five weeks
in her arms, rides througli tlie forest, along the
blazed path fording Beaver dam brook, climbing
Corser hill, fording the Blackwater, making her

way to the log cabin ot Mr. Little, to linri that the
three eldest sons are in the army — that the only
boy who can aid her is Enoch, fourteen years old.
'Enoch can go, but he has no clothes,' is the answ'er
of Mrs. Little to Mrs. Coffin's request. 'The boy
has no coat, vest, hat, stockings, or shoes. His
only garments are a ragged pair of tow-and-linsey
pants, and a ragged shirt.' T can provide him with
a coat,' is the reply. The boy leaps upon the pillion,
and the mother, with the infant in her arms, rides
back through the forest to her home. Enoch Little
is no ordinary boy. He hears the birds in the woods,
but he has work to do. and plies the sickle, while
Mrs. Coffin in the house is making him a coat. She
has no cloth, but she has a meal-bag: and cutting a
hole for his head, two holes for his arms, and
sewing on the legs of a pair of her own stockings
for sleeves, the garment is complete ! Then going
to the field, she lays her infant beneath the shade
of a tree and binds the sheaves ! So she serves
her country ; she does what she can for human free-
dom. She survived her husband many years. She
was a woman of great energy of character ; and
trained her sons to prize character above every-
thing else. All honor to her memory."

The children of Captain Peter and Rebecca
(Haseltine) Coffin were: Peter. Rebecca, Joanna,
Abigail, Thomas, Moses and Apphia.

(VII) Captain Moses, sixth child and third
son of Captain Peter and Rebecca (Haseltine)
Coffin, was born in Boscawen, July 22, 1779, and
died in Boscawen, September 5, 1S54, aged seventy-
five. He w'as a farmer, and lived in a house which
he erected east of Water street, on the road lead-
ing to Boscawen plain. He was an energetic citi-
zen, respected, and a consistent member of the
Congregational Church. He married Susannah
Farnum. of Concord, who died May 4, 1843. Their
children were: Rebecca. Lucy, Peter. Judith, Far-
num, Nehemiah Cogswell, Susannah and Esther.

(VIII) Farnum, fifth child and second son of
Moses and Susannah (Farnum) Coffin, was born
in Boscawen, March 13, 1813, and died September
21, 1S55, aged forty-three. He resided on the home-
stead, and was a prosperous farmer and a re-
spected citizen. He married Judith Gerrish, who
was born in Canterbury, May 21, 1824, daughter of
Captain Joseph and Sarah (Church) Gerrish, the
latter a daughter of Deacon John Church of Dun-
barton. (See Gerrish VI). At the age of thirty-
two Mrs. Coffin was left a widow with four chil-
dren, the eldest only ten years old, but with that
capacity for management that marked some of her
ancestors, she assumed full charge of her late
husband's property until her son Henry was old
enough to take charge of it, and now, though eighty-
three years of age, she has a personal knowledge
of the work done and the results obtained. The
names of the children of this marriage are : John,
Clara A. and Joseph and Henry (twins). John,
born June 9, 1846. married. March 21, 1872, Nellie
Sleeper, of Bristol, who died May 24. 1890. John
Coffin died at Fort Pierre. South Dakota. Novem-
ber iS. 1905. leaving three children : Lura ; George
H.. who married Anna E. Sadler, of Rockwell,
Iowa : and Frank J. Clara A.. January 18. 1850.
died April 16 1881 ; Joseph, February 4, i8=;3, died
June 6. 1858.

(IX) Henry, fourth child and third son of
Farnum and Judith (Gerrish) Coffin, was born

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February 4, 1853. on the farm on Water street,
where he always resided. He was a hard-working,
honest man, and had made many improvements on
the estate, one being a large apple orchard which
has proved the wisdom of his foresight by supplying
a profitable source of income for some years past.
He also had other fruits in abundance, besides
keeping a good stock of cattle. Mr. Coffin was
always ready to help those who were in need, and
many times assisted the sick to an extent almost
beyond his strength. He was 'a popular man with
his farm help, all of whom had a good word for him.
He was a kind-hearted father and a worthy citizen.
He was a Republican in politics, and never sought
office, but his vote was always intended to be on
the side of right and to advance what was best
for his fellow men. At the time of his death
he had been for forty-two years a member of the
Congregational Church, and for eight years had
held the office of deacon. He married, December g,
1S8S, Loie Grace Crosby, daughter of James J.
and Emiline E. (Buell) Crosby, of Hebron, New
Hampshire, and their children were : Cora Grace,
born November 16, i8Sg; Alice V., born June 14,
1893 : and Charles Carlton, born January 13, 1S95.

Mr. Coffin died very suddenly, of heart failure,
August 29. 1907. The funeral was held at the house
and was largely attended by relatives and friends.
The Rev. J. H. Bliss conducted the services in the
absence of the pastor of the church at Boscawen,
assisted by the Rev. Arthur Little, D. D. Singing
was by a local quartette, and the bearers were
Frank L. Gerrish, George H. Folsom, Frank B.
Folsom. and George P. Chadwick. Interment was
in the Beaver Dam cemetery. Mr. Little spoke very
feelingly of the one who was gone, referring to his
long acquaintance with the families represented,
and to the many years that their names had been
household words in the two towns of Boscawen
and Webster. The character of Mr. Coffin can,
perhaps, be best described by the following extract
from a tribute to his memory, written by one of
his intimate friends and published in a local paper:

"His native town lost one of its most sub-
stantial, enterprising and useful citizens ; his neigh-
borhood lost an accommodating, social and sympa-
thetic neighbor ; the local Congregational Church
lost a liberal supporter ; his immediate family lost a
self-sacrificing head who knew no limit in efforts
to add to their bountifully supplied necessities all
privileges, comforts and luxuries possible, and his
death removed a model son, husband and father,
while a large circle of associates lost a consistent
friend and agreeable companion."

This name can be traced to Sir Guy
BRYANT De Briant. who lived in the time of

Edward HL and whose descendants
had their seats in the castle of Hereford, in Wales,
Xo connection has been established between this
family and the first of the name who came to
America, but there is little doubt that there is
such connection which might be revealed by de-
termined effort. About the year 1640 the Plymouth
Colony contained four families of the name, all
of whom spelled it Briant. There is no documen-
tary evidence that these families were related to
each other, except as shown by a deed which indi-
cates that Lieutenant John Briant, of Plimpton,
was a son-in-law of Stephen Briant, of Plymouth.

Tradition declares that Stephen, of Plymouth, and
Jolm Ci) of Scituate were brothers.

(I) John Briant was a resident of Scituate,
and was a prominent person in the early history
of the Plymouth colony. Throughout his life he
was active in public affairs, was a land owner, and
was actively engaged in the survey of public lands.
He was a member of the general court at Plymouth
in 16C7, and again in 1677-7S. The date of his
arrival in America has not been discovered, but
tradition says that he came from Kent, England,
in the ship 'Ann." It is known that he lived in
Barnstable previous to removing to Scituate. The
first appearance of his name in the records of the
colony appears in the list of one himdred and five
men of Scituate who were able to bear arms. He
was married three times. His first wife Mary was
a daughter of George and Mary (Jenkins) Lewis,
of Barnstable, to whom he was married November
4, 1643, and by whom he had seven children. She
died July 2, 1665, and he was married (second)
to Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. William Witherill,
of Scituate. He was married (third) .^pril i, 1664,
to Mary, daughter of Thomas Highland, of the same
town. He died November 20, 1684, sixteen days
after making his will. His children, born in Scitu-
ate, were: John, Hannah, Joseph (died young),
Sarah, Mary (died young), Martha, Samuel. Eliza-
beth, Daniel, Mary, Benjamin, Joseph, Jabez, Ruth,
Thomas, Deborah, Agatha, -Ann and Elisha.

(H) Thomas, eighth son and fifteenth child
of John Bryant, was born July 15, 1675, in Scituate,
and died in that town in 1748. His will was proved
December 23 of that year. From this will it is
estimated that his estate must have been worth
more than ten thousand pounds. He was a dis-
tinguished man of his time, served as selectman,
justice of the peace, and was representative to
the legislature in 1725. 1730 and 1733-34. He was
married August 28, 1707, by Joseph Otis, justice
of the peace, to Mary, daughter of Gershom Ewell,
of Scituate, and granddaughter of Henry Ewell, a
soldier in the Pequod war. Their children were:
Benjamin, Mary. Seth, Thomas, Peleg, Hannah,
Lemuel and Nathaniel, all born in Scituate.

(HI) Seth. second son and third child of
Thomas and Mary (Ewell) Bryant, was born
February 12, 1714, in Scituate, and moved to Marsh-
field about 7736. He died there in 1772. his will being
proved August 7 of that year. In this document he
is called "gentleman," and the inventory of his
estate placed its value at one thousand fifty-nine
pounds. He was married August 17, 1736, to Eliza-
beth, daughter of Ebenezer and Deborah (Randall)
Barker, of Scituate. She was a great-granddaugh-
ter of Robert Barker, of Pembroke, and great-great-
granddaughter of William Randall, of Scituate. She
died February 7, 17&8. Their children, born in
Marshfield, were : Ruth, Nathaniel, Seth, Joseph,
Charles and Vashti.

(IV) Charles, fourth son and fifth child of
Seth and Elizabeth (Barker) Bryant, was born
July 20, 1751, in Marshfield. He probably settled
in INIaine, or southeastern New Hampshire. His
wife, who belonged in Newcastle. Maine, was named
Jerusha. There is a large settlement of people of
this name in southwestern Maine, but the records
in that state as well as in New Hampshire are very
defective on this name and fail to establish the
lineage of the family herein traced. It is probable,
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descended either from this family, or from those
of the Saco Valley, in Maine.

(V) Micajah Bryant is said by family tradition
to have been born in New Durham, New Hamp-
shire. The vital records of the state show that he
was born May 14. 1798, and recorded in the ad-
joining town of Middleton; the same record taken
from the town of Middleton shows that his wife,
Tryphena Perkins, was born September 19, 1799.
Mr. Bryant was a farmer in New Durham, and
died there about 1866. No record of his marriage
to Tryphena Perkins appears, but that is a matter
of family knowledge and can be taken as reliable.
They had three children : Charles Dudley, Sarah
and John.

(\T) Charles Dudley, eldest child of Micajah
and Tryphena ( Perkins) Bryant, was born at New
Durham, December, 1S23. After leaving the com-
mon schools he learned the shoemaker's trade in
the neighboring city of Dover, New Hampshire, and
worked there about eight years. He then came to
the Winnepesaukee region, carried on the shoe
business for ten years at Belmont, and for thirty
years in Laconia. After that he bought a farm and
retired to Northfield, where he died in 1892. He
was a Democrat in politics, and belonged to the
Odd Fellows. He married IMeribah T. Cotton,
daughter of Simon Cotton. She was born at Gil-
ford, September, 1S22, and died at Tilton, -May 24,
1906. They had seven children : Charles Albert,
born November, 1S43 ; Emma Frances, born Sep-
tember, 1846 ; John Fred, mentioned below ; George,
born November, 1S52; William Curtice, born Oc-
tober, 185s; Edward Heard, mentioned below; and
Marietta, born 1859, died aged four years.

(VH) John Fred, third child and second son
of Charles Dudley and Meribah (Cotton) Bryant,
was born at Laconia, February 5, 1850. He was
educated in the common schools of Belmont. He
bought the Dexter House at Tilton, New Hamp-
shire, and managed it for twelve years. He then
remodeled the house, and conducted it for several
years as the Lovering Hotel. He took a position
as traveling salesman for C. I. Hood &: Company
until 1904, when he went into the meat and grocery
business with his brother Edward in Tilton. In
politics he is a Democrat. _ He belongs to the
Grange, and is a member' of Doric Lodge, No.
78, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Tilton, and
Mt. Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, of Con-
cord. He attends the Episcopal Church. He mar-
ried, January i, 1907, Mary A. Parker, born in
Leeds, Province of Quebec, July 28, 1856.

(Vn) Edward Heard, fifth son and sixth
child of Charles Dudley and Meribah (Cotton)
Bryant, was born June 30, 1857, at Belmont, New
Hampshire. He was educated in the common
schools of Belmont. In 1904 he went into business
with his brother John, at Tilton. He married Ella
Flora Dow, daughter of True Perkins Dow. of
Moultonboro. They have two children : Hellen
Richmond, born February, 1887, and Morris Per-
kins, born February, i8go.

(I) Hubbard Winslow Bryant, son of Wil-
liam Bryant, was born in Dorchester, Massachu-
setts, and now resides in Portland, Maine.

(II) Edwin Scanton Bryant, son of Hubbard
W. Bryant, was born in Portland, July 24, 1876.
He attended the public schools of Portland, pre-
pared for college in the high school, entered the
University of Maine in 1S94, and was graduated in

189S. Having a thorough knowledge of civil en-
gineering, he at once went to Berlin, New Hamp-
shire, and for two years was assistant city engineer
of that city. The following year he was in the em-
ploy of the Berlin Mills Company. In 1901 he was
elected city engineer and inspector of buildings of
Berlin, and has since filled that position by annual
re-election. In addition to the city's business he
does a large amount of engineering and surveying
for patrons in and about Berlin. He is a member of
the Episcopal Church.

This name is of ancient Scotch origin,
AIKEN and during the religious agitation which
so violently disturbed the peace and
tranquility of Scotland in the seventeenth century,
its bearers were identified with the Covenanters.
With others they went to Ireland in order to escape
the controversial strife, which interfered with their
religious rights to such an extent as to seriously
jeopardise their personal liberty, and many of these
sturdy zealots afterwards came to New England.
Among the latter were the founders of the Aiken
family of New Hampshire. The family as a whole
are noted for their industry, thrift and progressive
tendencies, and, as will be seen later on. some of
them have won national distinction as mechanical
geniuses and inventors.

(I) Edward Aiken emigrated from the north of
Ireland early in the eighteenth century, and settled
in Londonderry in 1722. He was accompanied to
this country by his two brothers, James and Wil-
liam. His wife's name was Barbara. It is reason-
ably certain that Edward and Barbara Aiken had
three children, although one account says that they
had only one son.

(II) Nathaniel Aiken married Margaret Coch-
ran and lived with his father at Aiken's range in
Londonderry. Whatever conflict of authority there
may be regarding other facts of Nathaniel's life
and family connections, all writers agree that he was
born May 14. 1696, and married, December i, 1726,
^Margaret Cochran ; and that he had twelve children,
among whom were his sons James and John. James
Aiken, brother of Nathaniel and second son of
Edward and Barbara, married Jean Cochran, and
among his children were sons James and John.

(III) Thomas, son of Nathaniel Aiken, was
born in Londonderry, and in early manhood settled
in Deering, New Hampshire.

(IV) Matthew, son of Thomas Aiken, was
born in Deering, March 21, 1766. He resided for a
time in Peterboro, New Hampshire, and probably
went from there to Pelham, this state, where he
followed the saddler's and harness-maker's trade, and
was considered a workman of the first rank. He
died in Pelham, September 8, 1812. July 8, 1794,
he married Sally Hackett, who was born in Ports-
mouth February 3, 1771, daughter of Colonel
Hackett. who constructed the first frigate for the
federal government during the revolutionary war.
She survived her husband many years, her death
having occurred March 18, 1848. The children of
this union were : James Oilman, Herrick, Sally,
Emma and Alfred.

(V) Herrick, second son and child of Matthew
and Sally (Herrick) Aiken, was born in Peterboro,
June 8, 1797. He was a mechanic of unusual ability
— ingenious, resourceful and creative — and was
awarded several medals for his inventions, which
included a spiral brush, a leather-splitting machine,

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and other valuable appliances. He first established
himself in business as a manufacturer of machinery
at Dracut, Massachusetts, but removed to Franklin,
New Hampshire, in 1838, and in addition to carry-
ing on quite an extensive enterprise he found
ample opportunity for experiments in developing his
ideas. He was the first to conceive the practicability
of the cog-rail for use on mountain railways, made
the ascent of Jilount Washington on horseback for
the purpose of familiarizing himself with the exact
grade and the other difficulties to be overcome, and
constructed a working model of his plan, but was
unable to convince railroad men and capitalists of
its feasibility. His plan was afterwards adopted,
however, but not in his lifetime. He alsj con-
structed a screw propeller some years before that
appliance came into general use. He died November
7, 1S66. On February 5, 1830, he married Ann
Matilda Bradley, who was born in Saco, Maine,
August 28, 1810, daughter of Isaac Bradley, of
Dracut, and a descendant in the fifth generation
of the renowned Hannah Duston, whose thrilling
adventures as a captive among the Indians forms
an interesting episode in the early history of Haver-
hill, Massachusetts. Ann Matilda become the
mother of five children, namely : Walter, Jonas.
James, Francis Herrick and Charles Lowe.

(VI) Walter, eldest son of Herrick and Ann
M. (Bradley) Aiken, was born in Dracut, October
5, 1831. His early education was pursued in the
public schools, and these preliminary studies were
supplemented with courses at educational institu-
tions in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and Tilton.
At an early age he became an apprentice in his
father's machine shop, where his genius for me-
chanical invention was fully developed, and when
twenty-two years old he secluded himself in a pri-
vate laboratory occupying a portion of the upper
part of the establishment for the purpose of en-
gaging exclusively in creative work. Here he turned
his attention to the application of machinery to
knitting, and as a pioneer in that field he continued
to develop his ideas, which at length culminated in
the production of an automatic knitter capable of
producing a completed seamless stocking in less
than five minutes. These wonderful machines he
put to a practical demonstration in a hosiery fac-
tory operated by himself, and with them was able,
together with a small force of operatives, to turn
out two hundred and twelve thousand dollars' worth
of goods annually. Having placed his manufactur-
ing enterprise in good running order, his attention
was diverted to other important undertakings in
the line of improvements, and in due time had
the gratification of putting into operation his father's
scheme for a cog-railway to the summit of JNIount
Washington. In collaboration with Sylvester Marsh
he developed the original plans, designed the loco-
motive, placed the line in successful operation, and
gave his personal attention to its management for
the remainder of his life. He also erected the
Summit House and the United States Signal Ser-
vice Station on jMount Washington, and for a
number of years owned and managed the Hotel
Hamilton, at Hamilton, Bermuda. In politics Mr.
Aiken was a Democrat. During the civil war he
went to the front in a New Hampshire regiment,
and subsequently represented Franklin in the lower
branch of the state legislature several terms. He
was made a Mason in Meridian Lodge, Franklin,
in 1863, and passed upward through the various

subordinate bodies to Mount Horeb Commandery,
Knights Templar, Concord, which he joined in 1867.
His residence in Franklin was one of the hand-
somest and most conspicuous family seats on the
Sanbornton side of Winnipiseogee river, and is
now occupied by his son James.

In 1853 Mr. Aiken married for his first wife
Susan Colby, daughter of John Colby, of Warner.
His second wife, whom he married January I,
1867, was Mary Dodge of Hampton Falls. His busy
and useful life terminated December 12, 1893,
and he was survived by a widow and two sons —
James, who will be again referred to; and Fred-
erick, born November 4, 1855.

(VII) James, eldest son of Walter and Susan
(Colby) Aiken, was born in Franklin, February 15,
1854. His preliminary studies were concluded in
New London, New Hampshire, and he completed
his education at Dartmouth College. He shortly
afterward went upon one of the large western cattle
ranches, where he remained some two or three
years, and after his return to New England he
served an apprenticeship at tne machinist's trade in
Connecticut. Subsequently to his father's death he
and his brother succeeded to the manufacturing
business in Franklin, under the firm name of Walter
Aiken's Sons, and conducted it successfully until
1904, when they sold the enterprise to Messrs. M.
T. Stevens & Sons. Although practically retired
from active business pursuits, he is interested in
various industries and financial enterprises, being
a director of the Mayo Knitting Machine and Needle
Company, the Franklin Light and Power Company,
and the Franklin National Bank. Politically Mr.
Aiken acts with the Republican party, and was
chosen a member of the first city council in Frank-
lin. He is a Master Mason, affiliating with Meri-
dian Lodge, also the Independent Order o'f Odd
Fellows, and Walter Aiken Council, American
Mechanics, named in honor of his father.

On May 20, 18S0, he w^as united in marriage with
Myra Cole, daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Sanborn)
Cole, of Hill. The children of this union are :
Bertha, born October 24, 1884; Annie B., born July
5, 1890; and Frank, born December 16, 1892.

James Aiken and his brother John, the latter of
whom died in 1756. went from Londonderry, New
Hampshire, with Hugh Riddle, who had married
their mother, Ann Aiken, and settled in Bedford,
New Hampshire, on lands deeded to him in 1756
and in which he was described as "James Aiken,
Tanner, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay." In Bed-
ford he carried on his trade and farming and filled
many important town oflices. There is reasonable
ground for the belief that this James Aiken was
the son of Nathaniel Aiken and grandson of Ed-
ward and Barbara (Edwards) Aiken, although the
relationship cannot be traced with certainty. Ed-
ward Aiken emigrated from Ulster in the north
of Ireland, his ancestry being previously from Scot-
land, and settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
He was born in 1660 and married Barbara Edwards
about 1719.

The James Aiken who went with Hugh Riddle
from Londonderry to Bedford married and had
eleven children, the second of whom was named
Margaret Cochran, which was the name of the
wife of Nathaniel Aiken and also the family name
of the wife of James .-Mken, Nathaniel's lirother.
Again, it appears that Hugh Riddle married the

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widowed mother of James and John Aiken, and she
was the Ann Aiken, of Concord, New Hampshire,
whereas Margaret Cochran was the name of the
mother of James and John Aiken who were Na-
thaniel Aiken's sons. Wherefore, in view of the
difficuUies which have been encountered in con-
necting these early branches of the Aiken family,
this narrative must begin with James Aiken, of
Londonderry and Bedford, and who is referred to
by the family genealogist and historian as "Aiken
No. 2."

(I) James, presumably a son of Edward and
Barbara Aiken, was born probably in 1732 in Lon-
donderry, New Hampshire, and died in Bedford,
New Hampshire, May 13, 1787. He became one of
the prominent men of Bedford, filling many import-
ant public oflkes and served as captain in the Ameri-
can army during the Revolutionary war. He en-
listed as a private in Captain Joshua Abbott's com-
pany of Colonel Stark's regiment, on June 13, 1775,
and served ni the same company as late as No-
vember S, 1776. He vi-as with his company in the
battle of Bunker Hill. Li that battle Stark's regi-
ment was opposed to the British Twenty-Third
Regiment, well known as the "Royal Welsh Fusi-
liers." Prince Albert in 1848 presented to this
regiment a new stand of colors, and said : "In the
American war the Fusiliers were engaged in the
first unhappy collision which took place at Lex-
ington. It also fought at Bunker Hill and Brandy-
wuie. At Bunker Hill its loss was so great that it
was said only one officer remained to tell the story."
When Captain Aiken enlisted in June his crops
were in the ground and he left the farm to the
care of his wife and children, the oldest of whom
was eleven years and the youngest eight months old,
and they did all the work, including the harvesting
of the crops in the fall. In August, 1778, Captain
Aiken went to Rhode Island as captain of a com-
pany in Colonel Moses Kelley's regiment, under
General Sullivan. In June. 1780. he went to West Point,
New York, in command of a company in Colonel
Thomas Bartlett's regiment, and was there when
the fort was betrayed by Arnold. He enlisted June
29 and was discharged October 24, 1780. ( From
Harry W. Gilchrist's sketch of the revolutionary
services of Captain James .Aiken.) Captain James
Aiken married, November 17, 1763, Margaret
Waugh, born September 23, 1741, died in Bedford,
New Hampshire, September I, 1838. She was a
daughter of Robert Waugh who sailed from Port
Rush, Ireland, July 22, 1737, and landed at Boston,
Massachusetts, November i of the same year.
Their children were: Ann, Margaret Cochran,
Robert, Sarah, Andrew, Ruhamah, James, Mar-
garet, Hannah, Jane and Achsah.

(II) Andrew, fifth child and second son of
Captain James and Margaret (Waugh) Aiken, was
born in Bedford, New Hampshire, December 26,
1770, and died in Newport, New Hampshire, July
28, 1856. The early part of his business life was
spent in Bedford, and after his marriage he lived
on a farm near that of his father. He was one of
the committee on ministry in Bedford parish. In
1813 he went with his family to Newport, where he
secured a "fine old mansion" with two hundred
acres of land overlooking the village. The land
is still owned in the family. He married in Bed-
ford, December 29, 1797, iMartha McAllaster. born
December 25, 1774, a twin, daughter of William

and Jerusha (Spofiford) McAllaster (see McAUas-
ter), and in the year in which he went with bis-
family to Newport, William, Benjamin and Apphia
S. McAllaster also removed to that town. Andrew
and Martha (McAllaster) Aiken had nine chil-
dren, viz. : Frederick, born in Bedford, December
28, 1798, see forward. William jNIcAllaster, born
December 10, 1800, died January 19, 1866 ; married
(first), in 1826, Elizabeth Locke; married (sec-
ond) Margaret Nichols. Sarah, born June 24, 1803,
died August 15, 1842; married, August 21, 1827,
Jeremiah Newell, who died in Newport, February
IS, 1838. Ann Riddle, born September 5, 1805,
died January 21, 1871 ; married, November 3, 1824,
Naylor Starbird. Martha Mary, born Bedford, No-
vember 29, 1807, died in Washington, D. C, Janu-
ary 6, 1866; married, July 19, 183 1, Saw^yer- Bel-
knap, parents of Admiral George Eugene Belknap,.
U. S. N., now retired. David, born December 12,
1810, died January 3, 1820. JNIargaret Ann, bora
September 20, 1S13, died January 25, 1893; married
(first), May 22, 1838, Jonathan W. Clement; mar-
ried (second), October 7, 1851, Leonard M. Kim-
ball; married (third), February 19, 1865, Frederick
N. Bissell. Caroline, born January 13, 1816, died
September 24, 1816. James Breck, born June 23,
1819. died, Boston. May 6, 1879; married, November

27, 184s, Mary Jane Perkins.

(III) Frederick, eldest son and child of An-
drew and Martha (McAllaster) Aiken, was born in
the town of Bedford, New Hampshire, December

28, 1798, and died in the town of Newport, New
Hampshire, December I, 1S75. For many years
he was prominently identified with the best inter-
ests and history of New-port, for several years en-
gaged in mercantile pursuits in the store of James
Breck. He eventually acquired the old Aiken
homestead farm on Pine street and lived there in
comfort until the time of his death. He w'as a man
of excellent character, superior business capacity
and was greatly respected in the town and county.
He married, January 31, 1856, Elniira Carr, born
October 18, 1820, daughter of David and Sarah
(Severns) Carr, and granddaughter of Thomas
Carr, first of Boscawen and afterwards of New-
port. Frederick and Elmira (Carr) Aiken had
two children : Addie Jane, born November 15, 1S57,
died November 30, 1875. Frederick W.. born
February 17, 1862, now living in Newport. New
Hampshire.

(IV) Frederick \\'illiam, second and only sur-
viving child of Frederick and Elmira (Carr) Aiken,
was born on the old homestead farm in Newport,
and received his education in the Newport high
.school. In business life his principal occupation
has been farming, and besides his considerable
interests in that direction has been and still is some-
W'hat of a public man in the town and otherwise
closely identified with various enterprises of the
locality. He served three terms as selectman and
was chairman of the board of selectmen in igoO'
and 1901. In 1902 and 1003 he represented New-
port in the general assembly of New Hampshire.
He is a stockholder and director of the Newport
Savings Bank. On February 24, 1S91. Frederick'
W. Aiken married Katie E. Herrick. born in New-
port, May 14, 1869, daughter of Timothy and Maria
(Hoban) Herrick. both of whom were born in
county Mayo, Ireland (see Herrick, II). Mrs.
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decided literary tastes and a thorough student of
history and the Hves of all great American states-
men, scholars and philanthropists from the time of
Franklin and Washington. Her studies in the di-
rection indicated are for the mutual welfare of her-
self and her children, especially the latter, to whom
she is entirely devoted. Her collection of books
and pictures of Newport alone is fextensive and
interesting. She was born in the brick house now
occupied by her mother and lives in the house which
was the first parsonage in Newport. Frederick
William and Katie E. (Herrick) Aiken have three
children: Charles Francis, born February 13, 1892;
William Frederick. August 22, 1893; Arene INlay,
November 25, 1902.

The various religious wanderers or
PALMER solitary recluses, though belonging to

a system long faded from the modern
Engli>h life, find a perpetual epitaph in the direc-
tories of to-day. The name Palmer relates dis-
tinctly the manner in which the first of its owners
derived his title to it, for forlorn and weary he
had battled against all difficulties, and trod the path
that led to the Holy Sepulcher— "The faded palm
branch in his hand showed Pilgrim from the Holy
Land."

(I) Walter Palmer, tradition says, was born ui
some town or village in Nottinghamshire, England,
and died in Stonington, Connecticut, November 19,
lOOi. The first authentic record nt him is found
in Charlestown, INIassachusetts, ISIay 14, 1634. Abra-
ham and Walter Palmer, both citizens of Charles-
town, were made freemen by the great and general
court of Massachusetts Bay. In the "Book of
Possessions," compiled in 1638, "The Possessions of
Walter Palmer within Charlestown are given as two
acres of land in the East Field putting south on
the Back street," with a dwelling house and "other
appurtinances, five acres of arable land, milch cow
commons six and a quarter, four acres, more or less,
in the line field, eight acres of meadow lying in the
Mystic Marshes, four acres of meadow lying in the
Mystic jMeadows, five acres of woodland in Mystic
field, five acres of meadow on the west of Mount
Prospect, three acres of meadow on the northeast
of Mount Prospect, thirty acres of woodland, eighty-
six acres of land scituate in the waterfield." In
the first division of lands on the Mystic side, Walter
Palmer and his son John received their proportion
about 1643. On the 24th day of the eighth month
the men who had agreed to found a new town met
in Weymouth to prepare for the settlement of a
place which was to be at Seacunke. Walter Palmer
and William Cheseborough, who were thereafter
closely associated, were of these. In 1645 this
settlement was assigned to jurisdiction of Plymouth
Colony, and Walter Palmer was its representative
in the general court. The name Seacunke was
changed to Rehoboth. At this time Walter gave
the value of his estate as four hundred and nine-
teen pounds. In 1653 Cheseborough and Palmer
removed to the newly selected place of Wequeto-
quoc. afterward called Southerton and now Ston-
ington, Connecticut. Here Palmer became the
owner of about twelve hundred acres of land, part
of which lay on the eastern slope of Togwonk..
crossing Auguilla brook. Walter Palmer made his
will Mav 19, 1658 (o. s.), which was approved by
the genernl court May II. 1662. He married (first ), in
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England. .-Xiin

wlio is said to have been called

Elizabeth, to distinguish her from her mother. He
married (second), probably in Roxbury, Massachu-
setts, Rebecca Short. She had been admitted a
member of Rev. John Eliot's First Church. She
and her husband and his daughter, Grace Palmer,
together joined the First Church of Charlestown, in
1632. The children by the first wife were : Grace,
John, William, Jonas and Elizabeth. By the sec-
ond: Hannah, Elihu, Nchemiah, Moses, Benjamin,
Gershom and Rebecca.

(II) Jonas, fourth child and third son of Wal-
ter and Elizabeth (or Ann) Palmer, whose date
of birth is unknown, died in Rehoboth, June 22,
1709. By the terms of his father's will he in-
herited one-hall of the farm in Rehoboth. then in
Plymouth county, now in Bristol county. Massachu-
setts. He married (first), in Rehoboth, May 3,
1655. Elizab^ih, daughter of Francis Grissell (Gri>-
wold), of Charlestown, formerly of Cambridge,
Massachusetts. She was buried in Rehoboth.
February II, 1692, and he married (second), No-
vember 9. 1692, Abigail (Carpenter) Titus, widow
of John Titus. She died in Rehoboth, March 5,
1709. The children by the first wife were: Hannah,
Samuel, Jonas, Mary, Elizabeth, !\Iartha and
Grace.

(III) Samuel (i). eldest son and st'Cond child
of Jonas and Elizabeth (Grizzell) Palmer, was born
in Rehoboth. November 20, 1659. and died in Wind-
ham, November 18, 1743, aged eighty-four year>.
He served under J\Iajor William Bradford in the
Narragansett Swamp fight, in 1676. In 1701, with
John Ormsby. Daniel and Nathaniel Fuller, all of
Rehoboth, he bought land in that part of Windham,
Connecticut, called "Scotland." ^larch 17. 1702, he
sold his house, barn and orchards, home lot, all of
forty-three acres, together with six and one-half
acres of his west pasture, sixteen acres at Watcha-
moeket Neck, two and a half acres of salt marsli.
and one acre of swamp land. His will, dated July
II. 1728 (0. s). is on record in Willihiantic. He
married in Rehoboth, December 29. 1680, Elizabeth
Kinsley, who was born in Rehoboth. January 29.
1662, daughter of Eldad and Mehitable (French)
Kinsley; she died in Windham, May 16, 1717: lie;
married (second), December 6, 1727, Ann Durgy.
w-ho died February 17, 1761, aged eighty years.
Samuel and Elizabeth had twelve children named
as follows: John (died j'oung). Samuel, John
(died young). jNIehitable. Nehemiah. Benoni, Mary.
Seth. Elizabeth. Ebenezer. JNIercy and Eleazer.

(IV) Samuel (2). second son and child of
Samuel (i) and Elizabeth (Kinsley) Palmer, was
born in Rehoboth, Bristol county, Massachusetts.
January 4, 1683. December 7, 1741. Samuel Palmer.
Jr.. with his son. Samuel Palmer (3rd), sold eighty
acres of land in Windham. December 17, 1745,
Samuel Palmer sold for one hundred and tw-eiuy
pounds one-half of his lot of land in Windham, to-
gether with his dwelling house, to his son, Aaron
Palmer. January g, 1743, Samuel Palmer. Jr.,
sold to his father for two hundred pounds the
south half of the land he bought of Daniel Stougli-
ton. April 7, 174S, he sold for one thousand five
hundred and fifty pounds one hundred and fen
acres of land in Windham and Canterbury. Samuel
Palmer married, in Windham, April 8, 1707, Hepse-
heth Abbe, who was born in Salem village, now
Danvers, Massachusetts, February 14, 1689, daughter

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of Samuel and Hannah (Silsby) Abbe. They had
eleven children : Sarah, Iklartha, Samuel, Ebeiiezer,
Ichabod, Zebulon, John, Aaron, JNIoses, Elizabeth
and Ann.

(V) Samuel (3), third child and oldest son
of Samuel (2) 'and Hcpsebeth (Abbe) Palmer, was
born in Windham township, September 18, 1711.
On December 7, 1741, he, with his father, sold
eighty acres of land in tlie township to Philemon
Wood, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Together with
his father, his uncle Seth Palmer, and their many
relations who had lived in that part of the town-
ship which had been incorporated as the South or
Third Parish of Windham, he embarked m what-
ever projects were advanced for social, political and
financial prosperity. When the great colonization
scheme was started in the state he seems to have
been among the foremost in embracing it. Novem-
ber 23, 1837, the general assembly of New Haven
ordered the sale of the townships bordering on the
Housatonic river, in the western part of Connecti-
cut. In that portion of this territory lying along
the banks of the "great river in Kent," where the
country was fertile and beautiful, Ebenezer Palmer,
on November 9, 1750, bought for one hundred and
twenty-two pounds ten shillings, lot thirty-nme, in
tlie first Division of the Remarque Reserve, which
was the beginning of the family migration. !March
27, 1754, Samuel Palmer, of ilansfield (another
strip set off from old Windham township), bought
from his brother, Ebenezer, one hundred acres of
land in Kent. February 4, 1754, Ichabod Palmer,
of Kent, sold to Samuel, of Windham. By 1756
he was settled in Kent, and on January 21, 1761,
Samuel Palmer, of Kent, bought land of various
persons and sold all to Francis Tracy, of Preston.
A great deal of his land lay along mountain slopes,
and was rich in soil, bearing much timber, and
containing various quarries, later opened. Here he
spent his last years. Samuel Palmer married, in
Windham, January 13, 1739, Lydia Silsby, who was
born in Windham, April 11, 1716. and died in iNIans-
tield, in 1753, aged thirty-seven. She was the
daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Allen Silsby. He

married second, probably in Warren, Tabitha .

The children, all by the first wife, were : Elijah,
Nathaniel, Ezekiel, Lydia, Elnathan and Stephen.

(VI) Elnathan, fifth. child and fourth son of
Samuel (3) and Lydia (Silsby) Palmer, was born
in .Mansfield, Windham county, Connecticut, August
20, 1750, and died August i, 1823. aged seventy-
three. In 1772 he bought a tract of land in Plain-
field, Connecticut. January 13, 17S9, he bought for
three hundred pounds the tract of land where his
father, Samuel Palmer, then lived in Warren. El-
nathan then lived in Orford, Grafton county, New
Hampshire. On the same date Elnathan, for twenty
poimds paid by his father, gave a deed of the house
where the latter then lived, tigether witli one-half
the orchard and of a sixty-acre lot in Warren, and
bound himself to leave his father in quiet pos-
session thereof during his natural life, and that of
his then wife Tabitha, if she survive him, and as
long as she remained a widow. April 2, 1793, El-
nathan Palmer, of Warren. Connecticut, sold lots
4, 24 and 25 of land, reserving two acres for his
daughter Lucy. He was one of the proprietors of
the town of Richmond, New Hamp.shire. when the
general court gave them as an equivalent the town
of Turner, JNIaine, but lie does not seem ever to

have been a resident of either place. April 7, 1803,
Elnathan Palmer, of Warren, gave a deed of one-
half of his farm to his sons, Jesse and Samuel,
"for their settlement in life." He is said to have
removed to Ohio. He married, while in New Hamp-
shire, Jemima Strong, of Lyme, New Hampshire,
who died June 28, 1815. Their children were:
Jesse, Samuel, jNIadison and Lucy.

(VII) Samuel (4), second son and child of El-
nathan and Jemima (.Strong) Palmer, was born in
Deering, February 13, 1799, and died in Grafton,
jMassachusetts. He earned on farming and stock
raising in Deering nearly all his life. A few years
before his death he removed to Grafton, Massachu-
setts. He married, in Deering, New Hampshire,
Rhoda Chase, who was born in Loudon, April 13,
1805. died in Worcester, Massachusetts, March,
1900, aged ninety-live years. Their children were :
Isaac D., Alfred, Alvida, Levi, William, Elizabeth,
Callista, Louisa M., Amentha C., and iNIinerva C.

(VIII) Levi, fourth child and third son af
Samuel (4) and Rhoda (Chase) Palmqr, was born
in Deering. March 5, 1830. He obtained his edu-
cation in the common schools, and remained on the
farm until he went to Grafton, 2^Iassachusetts, where
he entered the mills. After three ye^rs he began
shoemaking, which he followed about fifteen years.
He then removed to Manchester, and engaged in the
plumbing business in 186S, in which he continued
until 1897, when he sold out and retired to a farm
at Dunbarton. where he still resides. In politics
he is a Democrat. He married (first), at Grafton,
b ranees Hildreth, who died in JManchester, in 1884.
He married (second) Mary Hoyt. By his first
wife he had nine children : Edward, deceased ;
George, deceased; Frederick, deceased; Jennie;
Charles Edward, deceased; Florence; Walter L. ;
Frank; and Eva, deceased. These living all reside
in Manchester.

(IX) Walter L., seventh child and fifth son
of Levi and Frances (Hildreth) Palmer, was born
in Manchester, July 19, 186S. He was educated
in the common schools of that city, and at the
age of twenty-two took the position of clerk in the
Windsor Hotel, which he filled for two years. The
following year he was clerk in Clarke's Hotel in
Boston, which he left to take a similar position in
the Manchester House, Manchester, four years. In
1S87 he went to Concord, and for six years was
clerk at the Eagle Hotel, from which he returned
to iNlanchester, and look his old place at the JMan-
chester House. He is a Republican in politics. He
is a member of the Eureka Lodge, No. 70, Free
and Accepted Masons, of Concord, and also of
Agavvam Tribe, No. 8, Improved Order of Red
I\Ien, of Manchester. He married, in Manchester,
111 1895. Katherme Alice Gafiigan, born in Shelburne
Falls, Massachusetts, December 26, 1872, and they
have one child, Francis, born February 8, 1896, in
Manchester,

This name is in all probability of Eng-
APPLIN lish origin, and it has been asserted

that it was formerly identical with
that of Appleton, but this belief seems to have been
erroneous. The family has been identified with
Swanzey for nearly one hundred and fifty years,
and is therefore one of the oldest in that town. Its
representatives have been chiefl}' farmers and me-
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in tiic defense of the nnion (hiring the civil war.

( I ) The first ancestor in America of whom there
is any authentic record was John Apphn, but
whether he was an immigrant or not has never
been ascertained. He was residing in Watertown,
JNIassachusetts, in 1671, in which year he married
Bethusa Bartlett, born April 17, 1647, daughter of
Ensign Thomas and Hannah Bartlett, the former
of whom was an original proprietor. He was a
schoolmaster, and therefore a man of prominence.
An entry in the records of Groton, Massachusetts,
made in April, 1703, states that John Applin was
requested by the town to "keep a school" there,
but there is no further mention of him in these
records. It is known, however, that he \yent to
reside in Littleton, jNlassachusetts, and an item in
the Watertown records states that John Applin, an
-aged man, arrived there from Littleton in 1725,
showing that he was living in that year. His wife
died October 8, 1692. Their children were: John,
died at the age of eighteen years ; Bethusa, Mary,
Hannah. Thomas and Edward (twins), Abial,
Martha, Mehitabel, and another John.

(H) John (2). youngest child of John (i) and
Bethusa tBartlett) Applin, was born (probably)
in Watertown, May 3, 1692. He was a blacksmith,
and in 1727 went from Watertown to Palmer, Mas-
sachusetts, where he followed his trade for many
years. He was married in Watertown, and the
Christian name of his wife was Rebecca. His chil-
dren were : Thomas, Edward, John, Ebenezer,
Sarah and Rebecca. In January, 1738, three of his
sons — Edward, John and Ebenezer — died during an
epidemic of throat distemper (probably diphtheria)
which prevailed in Palmer that winter, and the
fatalities were many.

(.Ill) Thomas, eldest child and only surviving
son of John (2) and Rebecca Applin, w^as born in
Watertown, and went with his parents to Palmer.
In 1764 he removed to the then newly settled town
■of Swanzey, New Hampshire, accompanied by his
family and his youngest sister Rebecca, and he
resided there for the remainder of his life, which
terminated June 24, 1804. He was a leading spirit
in organizing the town of Swanzey, and also in
establishing the first church there, to which he was
admitted by letter from the Presbyterian Church
in Palmer. He was one of the most able, ener-
getic and useful among the original settlers. No-
vember 19, 1752, he married Mabel Brown, who
was born in 1733 (died March 2, 1799), and had a
family of five children : John. Anna, Sarah,
Thomas and Timothy.

(IV) John (3), eldest child of Thomas and
Mabel (Brown) Applin, was born in Palmer, No-
vember 27, 1753. He was married February 8,
1776, to Mary Sabin, born in 1754, died February
29, 1812, daughter of Thomas Sabin, of Uxbridge,
Massachusetts. Their children were : Thomas,
John. Ephraim, Israel. Mary and Lucy.

(V) Israel, fourth child and youngest son of
John (3) and Marv (Sabin) Applin, was born in
Swanzey, July 31, 1787. His marriage took place
January 24, 1816. to Lucy Fessendon, who was
T)orn June 26, 1795, daughter of Nathan Fessendon.
He died November i, 1861, surviving his wife,
whose death occurred March 21, 1841. She bore
liim nine children, namely: Sumner. Celinda (died
young), Benjamin. Henry Sabin. Lucy Ann, Sarah
Celinda, John, Mary Sabin and Nancy Maria.

(VI) Henry Sabin, third son and fourth child
of Israel and Lucy (Fessendon) Applin, was born
in Swanzey, October 27, 1821. In early life he be-
came connected with the pail manufacturing in-
dustry in Swanzey, and for a number of years was
in the employ of G. G. Willis. In 1S61 he enlisted
as a private in Company E, Sixth Regiment New
Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, with which he
served in the civil war with credit for three years,
and he lost his life at Fredericksburg, Virginia,
.\ugust I, 1864. On Fel)ruary 15, 1847, he married
Louisa Alzina Corey, born in Fitzwilliam, New
Hampshire, daughter of Abraham Corey, of Marl-
borough, this state. She died in Swanzey, leaving
but two sons: Charles tienry and Eugene, the lat-
ter born July 8, 1851.

(VTI) Charles Henry, eldest son of Henry S.
and Louisa A. (Corey) Applin, was born in East
Swanzey, July 18, 1849. After the conclusion of
his studies in the public schools he learned pail-
making, and has ever since been identified with
that industry, which is an important one in Swanzey.
He is now in the employ of Wilder P. Clark, and
is, one of the most able and reliable workmen in
that locality. He served with ability as constable,
and also as foreman of the fire department. Po-
litically he is a Republican. His fraternal affilia-
tions are with the Masonic order. On December
22, 1871, Mr. Applin married Lucy Ann Woodward,
who was born in Swanzey, July 28, 1853, daughter
of David and Lucretia (Alexander) Woodward. Mr.
and JNIrs. Applin have two children : Charles Leon,
born November 14, 1877; and Leila May, born De-
cember iS, 1881.

Among the early names of New
ALURICH England this has contributed no lit-
tle to worthy annals in that section,
as well as throughout the Union. In divinity, in
law, and in all reputable walks of life, it has borne
honorable part, and its representatives are still tak-
ing share in the promotion of progress and the moral
and material welfare of the nation.

(I) George Aldrich, the founder of the family
in this country, arrived in 1631, and resided first at
Dorchester, ]\lassachusetts, whence he removed to
Braintree, in the same colony. He was among the
pioneer settlers of Mendon, Massachusetts, in 1663,
and passed the remainder of his life there. His
wife's name was Catherine. The following speech
from his own lips was amply verified in his ex-
perience : "God brought me to America from Der-
l)yshire, England, November 6, in the year 1631."

(II) Jacob, son of George and Catherine Aid-
rich, was born February 28, 1652, in Braintree,
Massachusetts, and was a farmer in IMendon, same
colony, where he died December 22, 1695. He was
married, November 3. 1675, to Huldah, daughter of
Ferdinando and Huldah (Hayward) Thayer, of
Braintree and jNIendon. (Mention of their son
David and descendants appears in this article.)

(HI) Moses, son of Jacob and Huldah
(Thayer) Aldrich, was a celebrated preacher of the
I'^riends' denomination. He was born April, 1690,
in Mendon, and united with the Friends about the
time of his majority. Some four or five years later
he entered the work of the ministry, "in which he
was well approved." For many years he resided
in Smithfield, Rhode Island, where he was a

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preacher to the Friends. In 172J he visited Bar-
badoes and in 1730 most of the colonies of the
continent, going as far south as the Carolinas. He
again visited Barbadoes in 1734 and in 1739 crossed
the Atlantic and spent nearly two years in Great
Britain and Ireland. He was "A man of cheerful
mind, pleasant in conversation, of exemplary life,
and endowed with sound understanding as a man."
When upon his deathbed he said to his children :
"Mourn not for me, but mourn for yourselves ; it
is well with me, and as well to depart now as to
live longer." He retained his senses to the end,
and died September 9, 1761, and was interred in the
Friends' burying ground at Mendon. His wife
was Anna (White) Aldrich.

(IV) Caleb, son of Rev. Moses and Anna
(White) Aldrich, was born January 13, 1725, and
died November 8, 1809, in Smithfield, Rhode Island,
where he was a very prominent citizen. Fie was a
ber of the town council from 1769 to 1777, and
its president from 1780 to 1784. He was justice
of the common pleas from 1784 to 1787, and repre-
sentative in the general assembly in 1763, 1769-70-
71, and 1777-7S-79. He was married, January 1,
1747, to Mary Arnold, who was born 1732 and died
1816. Five of their sons married sisters, named
Arnold. Their children were : Susannah, Thomas,
William, Hannah, Naaman, Joel, Augustus, Mary,
Caleb, Moses, Lydia and Arnold.

(V) Naaman, third son and fifth child of Caleb
and Mary (Arnold) Aldrich, was born May 6, 1756,
and passed his life in Smithfield, where he died
October 19, 1824. He was a large farmer, and had
large real estate holdings in Mendon, which led
to the settlement of some of his sons there. He
was married, June 6, 1776, to Mary Arnold, daugh-
ter of Stephen and Rachel (Arnold) Arnold. She
was born August 4, 1757, in Smithfield, and died
February 25, 1S26. Her children were : Mark,
Luke, Lucy, John, Peleg, Alpha, Dan, Lewis, Marie
Antoinette, and two sons and a daughter who died
in infancy.

(VI) John, third son and fourth child of Naa-
man and Alary (Arnold) Aldrich, was born June
20, 1785, in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and become
a farmer in Mendon, Massachusetts, whence he
removed to Boscawen, this state, in 1830. He pur-
chased a farm on High street, near the Salisbury
line, and continued to reside there until 1850, when
he moved to Concord. There he remained until
his death, which occurred March 19, 1865, at the
home of his daughter in Concord. He was married,
January 18, l8io, in Smithfield, to Harriet, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Doten) Smith, of
that town. She was born there February 21, 1795,
and survived her husband seven years, passing away
May 13, 1872, at the home of her daughter in Con-
cord. They had two children, Armenia Smith and
John. The former is the widow of Nathaniel White,
residing in Concord (see White, VIII), and the
latter resides in Vineland, New Jersey. Coffin's
History of Boscawen says : "Through life Mr. and
Mrs. Aldrich manifested the frank, honest, sincere
traits of character which are inculcated by the
Friends. They were progressive in their religious
views, earnest in their efforts to do good, ever ready
to help the poor, guided by a simple faith and trust
which ever led them to a higher spiritual life. They
were industrious and frugal, simple in all their
tastes, and patterns of neatness. Tluy lived quietly

and unostentatiously, beloved and respected by their
friends and neighbors."

(III) David, son of Jacob and Huldah (Thayer)
Aldrich, was born in Mendon, May 23, 1685, and.
died March 15, 1771. He married, in 1710, Hannah
Capron, of Attleboro, Massachusetts. They had ten
children.

(IV) Edward, son of David and Hannah
(Capron) Aldrich, was born in Mendon, Septem-
ber 7, 1713, and died March, iSoo. He married
(first), July 17, 1732, Dinah .\ldrich, his cousin;
and (second), about 1761, widow Ann Chamberlain.
There were nine children by the first wife, and
five by the second.

(V) John, son of Edward and Ann (Chamber-
lain) Aldrich, was born in Mendon, Massachusetts,
1765, and died in New Hampshire, 1841, aged seven-
ty-si.x years. .A.t the age of fifteen he went from
Douglass, Massachusetts, to Lisbon, New Hamp-
shire. He drove a pair of o.xcn hitched to a sled,
and found his way by means of spotted trees. His
brother Rufus had preceded him a year and the
previous summer had felled two acres of the forest,
and in this clearing had built a log cabin. John
removed to Franconia, where he was one of the
pioneer settlers. He married Sally Taylor, who was
born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1761, and died
in Franconia. They had si.x children; Isra, John,
Bets}', Caleb, Sally and Edward.

(VI) John (2), son of John and Sally (Taylor)
Aldrich, was born in Franconia, March 23, 1797,
died in Laconia, December, 1859. He married Han-
nah Cole.

(VII) John (3), son of John (2) and Hannah
(Cole) Aldrich, was born in Franconia, June i,
1824. His education was acquired in ten weeks'
attendance in the common schools of his native
town. The remainder of his life from the time he
became old enough to work until he was twenty
years of age was spent in assisting his father on
the farm. In 1844 he removed to Lakeport and was
in the employ of the Cole Foundry and Machine
Company, and for ten years he filled the position
of clerk for this company. In 1853 he became sta-
tion agent for the Boston, Concord & Alontreal
Railroad Company. He was a clerk and also oper-
ated the first telegraph on the road in 1856. About
1857 he formed a partnership with P. J. Cole under
the firm name of P. J. Cole & Company, which
continued until 1864. In 1862 Mr. Aldrich
enlisted in the United States service, and was made
captain of Company A of the Fifteenth Regiment,
New Hampshire Volunteers, and was later promoted
to major. He served until August, 1865, taking
part in the siege of Port Hudson, where he was
under fire forty-seven days and nights. During
this time he was wounded in the hip by a shell, but
continued to perform his duties. On his return
home he engaged in the grocery business for six
years, and then became one of the founders of the
Wardwell Needle Company, of Lakeport, New
Hampshire. In 1890 he sold his interest in this con-
cern and became treasurer and subsequently presi-
dent of the Lake Village Savings Bank, filling those
positions until 1902, when he retired from business.
Major Aldrich was a business man for fifty-^even
years. Wherever he has been he has taken an
active part in the business afTairs of the towns in
which he has resided. His judgment and execu-
tive ability have been good, and in his later year-

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iie has enjoyed a liberal share of this world's goods.
In politics he has been a Republican, and was a
member of the legislature in 1855 and 1856 from
Gilford. He was also selectman of the same town
in 1865-66-67 and 1883. He has been a member of
the Order of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
for over fifty years, and is the oldest past master
of Mount Lebanon Lodge. He is also a Royal Arch
;\lason. He has been an Odd Fellow since 1869,
and 1^ a member of Choconia Lodge, No. 61. He
has been an attendant since early life of the Free
Will Baptist Church. He married, April 12, 1846,
JNlary E. Cole, who was born in Franklin, August
5. 1826, daughter of John A. and Mary (Ryan) Cole,
early settlers of Plymouth. She died .March 23,
1907 ; no family.

This family of Aldrich is descended,
ALDRICH like the others mentioned in this

work, from George Aldrich, the
immigrant, who landed on American soil in 1631.
It has contributed notably to the credit of New
Hampshire, both at home and abroad.

(I) Silas Aldrich was born about 1743, and
resided in Vermont, where he died November 28,
iSii. He performed military service in 1759, in the
time of the French and Indian war. He married
Alice Collins, who died in 1823, aged seventy-three
years.

(II) Ephraim Collins, son of Silas and Alice
(Collins) Aldi-ich, was born probably in Bradford,
Vermont, and died in Pittsburg, New Hampshire,
Oct.iher 15. 1859, aged sixty-five years. He settled
in what was then the Indian Stream Territory, now
Pittsburg, New Hampshire. He married Sarah
Hilliard, whose death preceded his several years.
They had six children : Jeremiah B. H. Aldrich,
Soplironia, Ephraim C. Aldrich, Jr., Diana, Lucy and
Sarah H.

(III) Ephraim Collins (2), son of Ephraim
Collins (l) and Sarah (Hilliard) Aldrich, was born
in Bradford, Vermont, February 4, 1818, and died
in Pittsburg, February 25, 1880. He accompanied
his father on his removal to Pittsburg, and speiit
the principal part of his life there. He became a
prominent and influential citizen, and was conspicu-
ous for many years in the affairs of the town, was
a de])Uty provost marshal, and largely instrumental
in raising men and money for the Union service in
the, war of the rebellion. He organized and was
manager of the Upper Coos River & Lake Improve-
ment Company.

He married, in 1S40, .'\daline Bedel Haynes, who
was born in Pittsburg. New Hampshire, daughter
of Clark J. and Adaline Bedel Haynes, of Pitts-
burg, and granddaughter of General i\loody Bedel,
a soldier of the revolution and of the war of 1812
(see Bedel, II); was one of the early settlers of
the Indian Stream Country. She is still living at
the age of eighty-six, and resides at Pittsburg. Six
children were born of this union : Frank, Isabel,
who died in infancy, Fred, Edgar, Almon and Isa-
bel. Frank, who was a prominent and successful
business man and a member of the firm of Eustis
& Aldrich, wholesale dealers in starch, Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about
four years ago. Fred died December 24, 1877. and
Almon died May 8, 1862. Edgar is the subject of
the next paragraph, and Isabel, who married Justus
AV. Baldwin, of Pittsburg, are the onlv survivors.

Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have three children: Ida A..
who married the Rev. George W. Farmer, a
Methodist minister, now located at Portsmouth;
Frank W., a prominent merchant and business man
operating in Northern New Hampshire and Canada;
and Lucy, now a promising school girl of thirteen
years.

(I\') Judge Edgar Aldrich, fourth child and
third son of Ephraim C. (2) and .'\daline (Bedel)
Aldrich, was born in Pittsburg, February 5, 1848.
He attended the common schools until he was four-
teen years of age, and then entered upon a course
of study at the academy at Colebrook, which he
continued for about two years. Subsequently he
began the study of law in the office of Ira A. Ram-
say, of Colebrook, where he read one year. In 1S67
he entered the law department of the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he was
graduated with. the degree of LL. B., in 1868.

On his return to Colebrook he was admitted to
the bar in August, 1868, and though not twenty-
one at the time he attained his majority before the
next sitting of the court. He opened an ofhce in
Colebrook and began practice, continuing alone un-
til Januarv i, 1882, when he accepted as a partner
William H. Shurtleff, the firm of Aldrich & Shurt-
leff continuing four years. Subsequently he was
for three years a partner with James I. Parsons.
He was then alone in practice until he removed to
Littleton, January i, 1S81. He then became the
partner of George A. Bingham, and in May of the
following year Daniel C. Remick became a membef
of the firm, which was continued under the style
of Bingham, Aldrich & Remick, until the latter
part of 1884, when Judge Bingham was appointed
a second time to the supreme bench of New Hamp-
shire. The two remaining partners, under the firm
name of Aldrich & Remick, practiced together until
January, 1889. Aiter that tune Mr. Aldrich was
alone until his appointment as judge of the United
States district court. Mr. Aldrich's ability as a
lawyer recommended him to Governor Straw, who
in 1872 appointed him solicitor for Coos county.
He served in this oftice two years, and in 1876 was
again appointed by Governor Cheney, and filled
the office until June, 1S79. His conduct of the office
was in every respect creditable and satisfactory. In
1884 he was elected to the legislature, and was
made the nominee of the Republican caucus for
speaker of the house, and elected to that position.
The election of a man without previous legislative
experience to the office of speaker of the house is
unusual, as a successful performance of the duties
of that office usually require experience as well as
natural fitness, but Mr. Aldrich acquitted himself
in such manner as to justify fully the confidence of
his friends in his capabilities and to reflect credit
upon himself. Mr. .4ldrich's relish of the activity
and excitement of legal trials has always been keen,
and during the first twenty years of his life he
found little in office work to entertain him, and he
devoted his energies almost exclusively to the trial
of causes. His success gave him a wide reputation
and a correspondingly large practice, not only in
Coos and Grafton counties, but throughout the
state. "One of the most important and interesting
causes in which he was engaged, and one in which
he greatly added to his reputation for ability and
research, was that of the Connecticut River Lumber
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he was associated with Hon. Irving W. Drew, of
Lancaster, as counsel for the plaintiff, the de-
fendant's counsel being the late Hon. William S.
Ladd, of Lancaster, and Hon. Jeremiah Smith, of
Dover. This was a bill in equity to regulate the
respective water-rights of the plaintiff corporation,
using the Connecticut river for navigation pur-
poses in floating its logs, and of the defendant mill
owners at Olcott Falls. The right of trial by jury
was claimed by defendant's counsel, under Article
20 of the Bill of Rights, which guarantees the right
of trial by jury in all controversies concerning prop-
erty, "except in cases in which it has been hfereto-
fore otherwise used and practiced.' The question
involved in this contention was one of constantly
recurring interest, and one which had long been
the subject of much attention and research, with
no definite result. Mr. Aldrich devoted his entire
energies to the work in hand, his able and exhaus-
tive oral argument in reply to Judge Smith, at the
December law term 1S89, was regarded by the court
as so worthy an effort as to warrant its publication
in full in volume 65, New Hampshire Reports. He
secured a favorable .determination of the question,
the court holding that no such right as the defend-
ant claimed, existed."

February 21, 1891, Mr. Aldrich was commissioned
judge of the L^nited States district court for New
Hampshire, which office he still holds. For some time
previous to his appointment this office had been con-
.sidered practically a sinecure, as the work in the dis-
trict was light, and the judge was called upon to do
but little work in the other three states which, with
New Hampshire, constitute the First Judicial Cir-
cuit. But about the time of the appointment of
Mr. Aldrich, the act of congress, approved March
3, 1891, went into effect. This act created the
circuit court of anneals, for the relief of the su-
preme court, to which questions of law are taken
from the various district and circuit courts, and it
provides that the court shall consist of the associate
justice of the supreme court assigned to the cir-
cuit, the circuit judges in attendance (an additional
judge having been provided in each circuit), and
the district judges within the circuit, presiding in
the order of rank and seniority of their commis-
sions. This act largely increased the labors of all
the Federal judges, so that ever since his appoint-
ment. Judge Aldrich has been busy with the duties
of his position, as his services have been frequently
rendered in the Massachusetts courts. It is now
(1907) sixteen years since Judge Aldrich assumed
his place on the Federal bench, and in that time
by his courteous demeanor, thorough and discrimi-
nating knowledge of law, rigid adherence to the
principles of justice and conscientious discharge of
his duties he has made for himself a very flattering
reputation, not only wath the bench and bar, but
ainong the people as well.

The duties of lawyer and judge have not en-
grossed all his time, and many valuable contribu-
tions to literature have emanated from his pen. As
a public speaker he is widely and favorably known
and he has delivered several notable addresses
upon special and anniversarj- occasions. Among his
literary contributions are a lecture on the life and
services of General Lafayette in America; an ad-
dress before the Grand Army, May 30, 1S81 ; an
address before the Grafton and Coos Bar .-Kssocia-
tion, in 1886, upon the question "Shall the Law and

Trial Courts be Separated?''; an address before the
court at the September term, 1890, upon the death,
of Judge Frederick Chase; a eulogy of General
Gilman Marston before the Grafton and Coos Bar
Association in 1891; an address before the same in
1894 upon "Our Jury System"; an address before
the Southern Bar Association in 1893 upon the "De-
lays incident to the Removal of Causes from the
State to the Federal Courts"; an address before the
New Hampshire Historical Society in 1894 upon
"Our Nortliern Boundary"; an address before the
New Hampshire Historical Society on "The Affair
of the Cedars and the Services of Colonel Timothy
Bedel in the Revolution" ; a biographical review of
the life and services of Chief Justice Alonzo P.
Carpenter, before the Southern Bar Association,
1899, and later an oration upon the "Life and
Character of the Hon. Harry Bingham." Judge
Aldrich was a member of the New Hampshire con-
stitutional convention of 1902, and among the
speeches which he delivered before that body was
one on Trusts, which attracted widespread atten-
tion. Official duties require Judge Aldrich to spend
much of his time in Boston, but he continues to
reside in Littleton, where he has a fine residence
which commands a wide view of the White Aloun-
tains and the romantic valley of the Ammonoosuc.

Judge Aldrich has not deviated much from
strictly legal and judicial work. In early life he was
captain of a militia company in the Third New
Hampshire Regiment, and in later life his recre-
ation has been chiefly upon the lakes and mountain
streams. He has an attractive and comfortable
camp at the Connecticut Lakes in his native town,
where he spends a considerable portion of each
summer.

Since his appointment to the courts he has acted
as referee in important litigation, like the case of
the State of New Hampshire vs. the Manchester
and Lawrence Railroad, Dartmouth College vs. The
International Paper Company, and, more recently,
as master in the Mary Baker G. Eddy litigation,
which has considerably attracted public attention.

Edgar Aldrich was married October 7, 1872, to
Louise Matilda Remick, who was born in Hard-
wick, Vermont, January i. 1845. daughter of Samuel
K. and Sophia (Cushman) Remick, of Colebrook,
(see Remich, VIII). They have two children:
Florence May, who was born at Colebrook. July

I, 1874, and educated in the public schools, at Til-
den Seminary, West Lebanon, St. Mary's School,
Concord, and Abbott Academy, Andover, ^lassa-
chusetts ; and Ephraim Fred, born at Colebrook,
June 9, 1878, wdio w-as educated in the public schools
at Littleton, the Carleton School, Phillips Andover
Academy, Dartmouth College and the Boston Uni-
versity School of Law. He w'as admitted to the
bar in Boston in 1902 and is now a practicing
lawyer in that city. Miss Aldrich was married in
Littleton, September 17, 1904, to Howard .Summers
Kniffin, of New York City, and their home is now
at Lawrence, Long Island.

(I) Lewis Clarence Aldrich married, September

II, 1826, in Whitefield, New Hampshire, Lucinda
A. Quimby, of that town, and resided in Carroll,
New Hampshire.

(II) William Frank, son of Lewis C. and Lu-
cinda (Quimby) .-Mdrich, w'as born in Carroll about
the year 1856. In his younger days he followed
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photograplicr and barber. He has for the greater
part of his active life been engaged in the carriage
business at Whitefield, this state. As a Democrat
he is more or less active in local politics, but has
no aspirations for public office. His fraternal atfilia-
tions are with the Knights of Pythias. He married
Nellie E. Burbank, daughter of Paul Burbank, of
Lisbon, and has reared a family of four children,
namely : Emniett C, a prosperous farmer in Car-
roll ; Harry, who is in business with his father
in Whitefield ; Lewis C, who is referred to _ in the
succeeding paragraph ; and Mattie L., who is now
the wife of Henry Whedon, of Manchester.

(HI) Lewis Clarence, third son and child of
William F. and Nellie E. (Burbank) Aldrich, was
born in Whitefield, November 29, 1879. He at-
tended the public schools of his native town in-
cluding the high school, and after leaving the latter
institution was for some time a student in electrical
engineering, which he abandoned for the study of
medicine. He was graduated from Maryland Medi-
cal College. Baltimore, Maryland, in 1902, was an
interne at the Franklin Square Hospital. Baltimore,
for some time, and pursued a post-graduate course
at Johns Hopkins University. Upon his return to
Whitefield he entered into partnership with _ Dr.
Morrison and continues as one of the staff of the
Morrison Hospital, and was associated with that
well-known physician until 1906, wdien he removed
to Jefferson. Dr. Aldrich specializes in diseases
of the blood, throat, ear and nose, and is rapidly
acquiring a high reputation both as a specialist and
general practitioner.

He is a member of the New Hampshire State
and Coos County Medical societies, also the Ameri-
can Medical Association; the Masonic (Blue) Lodge
at Whitefield. and Chapter and North Star Com-
mandery at Lancaster: the Knights of Pythias at
Whitefield, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows at Jefferson. He is unmarried.

The Whipple family is one of the
WHIPPLE oldest in this country. The present

branch can be traced through eight
generations to one 'of the earliest English immi-
grants, and is apparently unrelated to' the line de-
scended from Jacob Whipple, whose history has
previously been written.

(I) Matthew Whipple was born in England
about 1605. With his brother John he came to
Ipswich, Massachusetts, before 1638. John Whipple
was the ancestor of William Whipple, a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, whose mansion is
still standing in Portsmouth, this state. In 163S
Matthew Whipple had land granted him in Ipswich,
situated in that part of the town then called the
Hamlet, but which has since been named Hamilton.
He held public offices, and though but forty-two
when he died, he was evidently a man of proniin-
ence in the community. He was twice married.
The name of his first w'ife is unknown, but she
without doubt came from England, because his
eldest son. Lieutenant John, was baptized in Essex,
that country. Matthew Whipple's second wife was
Rose Chute, and there were six children, possibly
some by each marriage. According to one record,
the three eldest children were born in England.
The children were: John, Mary, Matthew, Ann,
Elizabeth, and Joseph, wdiose sketch follows. Mat-
thew Whipple died September 28, 1647, leaving a
widow, Rose.

(II) Joseph, youngest child of Matthew Whip-
ple, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1645.

His first wife was Sarah , who'died July

16, 1676; and the name of the second wife is un=
known. According to one record there were twelve
children: Joseph, died young; Joseph, Margaret,
Sarah, Captain Matthew. Bertha. Mary, John, Dea-
con James, whose sketch follows ; Jonathan, Ruth
and Anna. The births of these children range from
1665 to 1695, and it is thought the last four be-
longed to the second marriage, though the records
vary somewhat as to the order. Joseph Whipple
died in 1708-09.

(III) Deacon James, son of Joseph Whi]iplc,
and probably the eldest child of his second wife,
was born in 1681. About 1730 he removed to Graf-
ton, Massachusetts, where he and Samuel Cooper,
an ancestor of the Coopers of Croydon, New-
Hampshire, were chosen the first deacons of the
first church organized there January 21, 1732. He
was a man highly esteemed in the community.
Deacon Whipple, his son-in-law. Joseph Whipple,
and his grandson, Moses Whipple, were among the
original grantees of Croydon, this state. On Janu-
ary 12. 1704. Deacon James Whipple married Mary
Fuller (one record says JNIargaret), of Salem, Mas-
sachusetts. There w^ere four children : James,
Jacob, whose sketch follows ; Daniel, and Mary, who
married her third cousin, Joseph Whipple. Deacon
James Whipple died November 3, 1766.

(IV) Deacon Jacob, second son and child of
Deacon James and Mary (Fuller) Whipple, was
born at Ipswich, Massachusetts. May 26, 1707. He
moved to Grafton, that state, from which town he
served in the French and Indian war from 1757
to 1760. He w-as chosen deacon of the first Baptist
Church in Grafton in 1780, and also served as se-
lectman, constable, and member of the school com-
mittee. On January 6, 1729. Deacon Jacob Whipple
married Jerusha Leland, daughter of James and
Hannah (Earned) Leland, who was born in 1710.
.According to one record there were ten children :
James, Jerusha, David. Captain Moses, wdiose
sketch follows; Hannah, Prudence, Elizalielh. Su-
sannah. Susannah and Jemima. Another record
gives but nine children, omittin.g David. The date
of the death of Deacon Jacob Whipple is unknown,
lint his wife died in 1789.

(V) Deacon and Captain Moses, son of Deacon
Jacob and Jerusha (Leland) Whipple, was born at
Grafton, Massachusetts, j\Iay 13. 1733. He served_
Grafton in Captain James Whipple's company of
Colonel .\rtemus Ward's regiment wdiich marched
to the relief of Fort William Henry, August 16,
1757- He was one of the original grantees of Croy-
don, New Hampshire, to which place he came with
his wife and four children in 1766. He lived there
till 1809, wdien he removed to Charlestown. New
Hampshire, where he spent the last five years of
his life. He served Croydon in the revolution as
captain of a company, and was also chairman of the
committee of safety during the war. He was
chosen first deacon of the first Congregational
Church in Croydon, in 17S4. He served as modera-
tor of that town seventeen times, as town treasurer
five years, selectman nine years, and town clerk ten
years. Deacon Whipple was the first justice of the
peace in Croydon, and was chosen and appointed
March 11, 1779. After the death of Moses Leland
(2) in the spring of 1770, Deac(^n Whipide wa.s for
manv vears the leading man in town, and all offices

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of trust and responsibility were conferred upon him.
So great was liis wisdom and discretion tliat he
was wcll-wortliy the appellation of '"Father of the
Town." In 1753 Tyloses Whipple married Catherine
Fnrbush, and they had fourteen children, the first
four of whom were born in Grafton, Massachusetts.
Tlie children were: Thomas, born June 16, 1759;
Aaron, mentioned below ; Jerusha, Moses, Cather-
ine, James, Hannah, Jacob, Jacob, Joseph, Benja-
min, Susanna, Abel, and an infant who died un-
named. Deacon Whipple died at Charlestown, New
Hampshire, in 1814, and his widow died in 1829.

(.VI) Aaron, second son and child of Deacon
i\ loses and Catherine (Furbush) Whipple, was born
at Grafton, Massachusetts, March 23, 1761. In 1766
he came to Croydon with his parents, and that place
remained his permanent home. On November 4,
17S4, Aaron Whipple married Matilda Cooper,
daughter of Deacon John and Mary (Sherman)
Cooper, of Croydon (see Cooper, IV). They had
nine children : David, Solomon, Huldah, Harvey,
Aloses, whose sketch forms part of this article ;
Solomon, Experience, Martin Griswold and Ruby.
Aaron Whipple died at Croydon, May 18, 183S.

(.VII) David, eldest child of Aaron and Ma-
tilda (Cooper) Whipple, was born in Croydon, New
Hampshire, in 1785. He was a farmer, a man of
good judgment and of excellent memory. He was
well informed on local matters, and took much
interest in the history of the town in which his
ancestors had played so prominent a part. David
Whipple married Sarah Cutting, and they had eight
children : Ormu.=, born 1806, died in infancy ; E.x-
perience, 1808; Adeline, 1810, married Benjamin
Barton (2); Laura, 1813; Orasmus, 1S15; David,
1817, married Clementine Chandler ; Solomon M.,
whose sketch follows ; Barnabas C, 1822. All of
these children lived in Croydon, except Dr. Solo-
mon M., who migrated to New London. David
Whipple died in 1837.

(VTII) Dr. Solomon M., fourth son and seventh
child of David and Sarah (Cutting) Whipple, was
born July 28, 1820, at Croydon. New Hampshire.
He studied in the district schools and at home, at-
tended a few terms in the academies in Unity and
Lebanon, New Hampshire, and entered the colle-
giate department of Norwich University, Vermont,
from which he was graduated in 1846. He pur-
sued his medical studies at Dartmouth College and
at the Woodstock JNIedical School at Burlington,
Vermont, being graduated from the latter institu-
tion in 1849, and beginning practice in New London,
New Hampshire, that same year. For more than
a generation he was a skillful physician and a
valuable citizen of his adopted town, and he was
unceasing in his devotion to an arduous profession.
He struggled long and hard to obtain his education,
and he suffered for many years from a physical
weakness that finally caused his death, but he met
all difficulties with unwavering courage, and strove
to forget his own sufferings in ministrations to
others. Dr. Whipple joined the New Hampshire
Medical Society in 1852, and served as its president
in 1876. He was an occasional contributor to the
literary and medical journals of his day, and his
published articles bear testimony to his literary cul-
ture and mature judgment. '

On June 9, 1850, Dr. Solomon M. Wliipple mar-
ried Henrietta Kimball Hersey, daughter of .Amos
K. and Dorothy (Hersey) Hersey, who was born

at Sanbornton, New Hampshire, October 10, 1830.
Like her husband, Mrs. Whipple comes from a
long line of pioneers, being fourth in descent from
Ja'nies Peter Hersey, one of the first settlers of
Sanbornton, whose wife, Polly (Sheafe) Hersey, of
Portsmouth, belonged to one of the oldest families
in the country. Dr. and Mrs. Whipple had three
sons, all of whom became distinguished in their
respective careers : Ashley Cooper, whose sketch
follows ; Amos Hersey and Sherman Leland. Amos
H. Whipple was born June 21, 1856. and early in
life developed marked business ability. The de-
velopment of New London as a summer resort is
largely due to his energy and foresight. In 18S2-83
he bought out the New London and Potter Place
stage line, and soon became noted for his skill
in driving the big tally-ho coach. In l886 he opened
the Heidclburg, which was modeled from the ladies'
dormitory of the old New London Academy, and it
speedily became a popular summer resort. Mr.
Whipple also projected the annual New London
coaching parade, which proved an excellent adver-
tisement for the region. In 1893 his fame as a
landlord caused him to remove to Boston, where
he has taken charge of the Nottingham, Winthrop,
Thorndike and other standard houses. Sherman L.
Whipple, born March 4, 1862, was graduated from
Colby Academy, New London, at the age of fifteen,
and four years later from Yale University, the
youngest member of the class of 18S1. He was
one of the eight commencement speakers chosen by
the faculty for high scholarship. In 1884 he was
graduated with the highest rank from the Yale
Law School, and after spending one year in the
oflSce of Judge Cross, at Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, began practice in Boston, in JNIay, 1885. He
now ranks as one of the leading members of the
Suft'olk county bar. On December 27, 1903, Sher-
man L. Whipple married Louise Clough, of Man-
chester, New Plampshire, and they have three chil-
dren : Dorothy, Katharyn Carleton and Sherman
L. Dr. Solomon L. Whipple died at New London,
from pneumonia, January 18, 1884, after a long and
wearisome illness which he bore with great forti-
tude. His widow still lives in that town where
their married life was spent.

(IX) Ashley Cooper, eldest of the three sons
of Dr. Solomon M. and Henrietta K. (Hersey)
Whipple, was born at New London, New Hampshire,
Feliruary 4, 1852. He was graduated from Colby
Academy in that town; class of 1870, and at once
began the study of medicine with his father. In
1871 he had charge of a ward in the State Asylum
for the Insane at Concord, and in 1872 took his
first course of lectures at Dartmouth JNIedical Col-
lege. He also studied at the University of New
York, where he passed a successful examination in
1874, but he took his degree of Doctor of Medicine
from Dartinouth. He established himself at Ash-
land, this state, where he soon achieved a high
reputation as a practitioner, both on account of his
skill and his untiring devotion to the welfare of
liis patients. It was this fidelity to the interests
of others regardless of his own that caused his
early death. Dr, Granville P. Cann, of Concord,
in an address before the New Hampshire jNIcdical
Society, said of Dr. Ashley C. Whipple : "In his
death the profession and the society have lost an
enthusiastic member. * * * W'hen admonished
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■not endure a constant strain any more than other
people's, he never seemed to have a thought that
such reasoning in any way applied to himself, hut
lahored on as one who never knew fatigue." Dr.
^\'hipple was held in the highest esteem as a citi-
zen. He was a staunch Republican in politics.
He belonged to the New Hampshire Medical Asso-
ciation, to Mount Prospect Lodge, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, Ashland, to Pemigawasset
Chapter, Plymouth, and to Crafton Lodge, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Ashland, of which
he was a charter mcnihcr.

On December 24, 1876, Dr. Ashley Cooper Whip-
ple married Frances Anna Hoyt, daughter of George
and Frances Moody (Smith) Hoyt, who was born
in that part of Holderncss. now Ashland, New
Hampshire. June 75. 1857. (See Hoyt, VHI). They
have had two children : George Hoyt and Ashley.
George Hoyt Whipple, born at Ashland, August 28,
1S78, was graduated from Phillips Academy, An-
dover, Massachusetts, in i8g6; from Yale Univer-
Mty in 1900; and from Johns Hopkins University,
medical department, in 1905. Following in the foot-
steps of his father and grandfather he became a
member of the medical profession, and he fully
sustained the reputation of the family for brilliant
scholarship and energy of character. Dr. George
H. Whipple is now (1907) instructor of pathology
at the Johns Hopkins Medical College in Baltimore.
Ashley Whipple was born July 9, 1880, and was
educated at Abbot Academy and Mount Ilolyoke
College. Dr. Ashley Cooper Whipple died of typhoid
fever at Ashland, New Hampshire, April 4, 1880.
His lamented death at the age of twenty-eight years
was caused by unremitting zeal in the care of his
patients. Mrs. Whipple lived at Andover, Massa-
chusetts, while her children were being educated,
but now makes her home in Ashland. She married.
April 25, 1904, Charles Gavin Piatt, of Greenfield,
England.

(VH) Moses (2), fourth son and fifth child of
Aaron and Matilda (Cooper) Whipple, was born in
Croydon, New Hampshire, February 19, 1795. He
had a cominon school education and was a farmer
by occupation. He attended the Baptist Church,
and was a Republican in politics. On April 30,
1829. Moses (2) Whipple married Heiress Cooper,
of Cornish, New Hampshire. They had nine chil-
dren, of W'hom the first four and the sixth all died
under the age of five years. The children were :
Horace D., Baron Stowe, Oilman Cooper. Baron
Stowe, Oilman Cooper, whose sketch follows;
Horace, Dellavan Marsh, Lois M. and Edwin M.
Dellavan M. Whipple was born in 1841, married
Ella L Cook, June 2, 1869, and died February 23,
1876, leaving no children. Lois M. Whipple was
born in 1843, and married Wallace L. Dow, a suc-
cessful builder and arcliitcct of Newport, New
Hampshire. Edwin M. Whipple, born in 1846, was
drowned near the bridge at Croydon Flat on a
dark and stormy night, November 2, 1861. Moses
(2) Whipple during the last of his life went to live
nilh his daughter, Mrs. Lois ]\L Dow. at Newport,
where he died August I, 1876. The wife of Moses
Whipple died July 9. 1899, in Lebanon. New Hamp-
shire, at the home of her son. Oilman Cooper Whip-
ple, at whose home she spent the last six or eight
years.

(\TII) Oilman Cooper, fifth son and child of
Moses and Heiress (Cooper) Whipple, was born

March 18. 1837, at Croydon, New Hampshire. He
was educated in the district schools of his native
town, at the high school at Newport, and at Colby
Academy, Now London, New Hampshire. For
thirty years he was a successful merchant at Leb-
anon, New Hampshire, dealing in dry goods and
clothing. He retired from active business in 1889,
but is still a silent partner in the firm of Richardson
& Emerson, of Lebanon. Although released from
the daily exactions of mercantile affairs. Deacon
Whipple leads a very active life, and probably no
man in Lebanon hold's more positions of trust. He
is a director of the National Bank of Lebanon,
president of the Savings Bank trustee of the
Lebanon Public Library, and also of several estates.
He is chairman of the school board, and clerk and
director of the Lebanon Electric Light & Power
Company. He is also business manager of his alma
mater. Colbv Academy, at New London. Deacon
Whipple belongs to the Baptist Church in Lebanon,
and has been a deacon, for many years, and church
treasurer since its organization. He is a Republi-
can in politics, and represented his town in the legis-
latures of 1887, 190S and 1907. On October 17. 1864,
Oilman Cooper Whipple married Clara P. Wood,
daughter of Samuel Wood, of Lebanon. She died
June 7, 1890, and on August 26, 1891, Mr. Whipple
married his second wife, Georgie M. Dudley, daugh-
ter of True Dudley, of Hanover, New Hampshire.
who died November 22, 1899. There are no chil-
dren.

(Second Family.)
A serious mistake has been made by
WHIPPLE various commentators in assuming
that the Whipples of New England,
and indeed of America, are descended from a com-
mon ancestor of English origin, and this error be-
ing promulgated in various publications has led to
much confusion. It is not the design of the present
chronicle to correct past mistakes, but merely to
record something of the history of a single branch of
the now widely separated American family of Whip-
ples. This too is difficult in many respects on ac-
count of frequently broken links in the chain of
descent and the further fact that in New Hampshire
there arc several families of the surname and in
some generations of each the same christian name
frequently occurs. The Grafton county and Bris-
tol Whipples of the line here under consideration
are descendants of Matthew Whipple, of Ipswich,
Massachusetts.

(I) Jacob Whipple, of Grafton, Massachusetts,
was a descendant in the fourth generation of Mat-
thew Whipple, of Ipswich.

(II) Moses, son of Jacob Whipple, of Grafton,
was one of the first three settlers in the town of
Croydon. New Hampshire, and one of its most in-
fluential men during the period of his residence there.
He was a soldier and patriot of the Revolution, and
in June, 1777, led a company to Ticonderoga just
before its surrender to the British, and was captain
of a company in Colonel Chase's regiment which
aided in compelling the surrender of Burgoync at
Saratoga. On the reorganization of the New Hamp-
shire militia at the close of the war he was com-
missioned colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment. Cap-
tain Whipple was born at Grafton, Massachusetts,
hi 1733. and removed from that town to Croydon,
New Hampshire, in 1766, with three of his sons —
Thomas, Aaron and piloses— and one daughter—

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Jenisha. "Having a complete mastery of his pas-
sions," says Wheeler, "well educated, intelligent,
distinguished for energy and decision of character,
warm-hearted, hospitable and generous to all, he was
well calculated to be — what he indeed was — a father
of the town. It is said of him that, so great was the
respect entertained for him by his townsmen, his
word was law in all local matters. He was elected
to more offices than any other man who ever lived
in Croydon." He was chairman of the committee
of safety throughout the period of the revolution,
giving freely of his time and means toward provid-
ing men for the service ; and he was deacon of the
church for thirty years. In 1809 he removed to
Charlestown, New Hampshire, and spent the re-
mainder of his years with his eldest son. He died
in 1S14, aged eighty-three years.

Captain Whipple was by occupation a millwright
and land surveyor. In 1762 he was appointed by
the governor of Massachusetts an officer in the mili-
tia, and in 1774 received from Governor Went-
worth his comtnission as captain. He was a dele-
gate to one of the early conventions held at Exeter,
and for several years was representative in the state
legislature. In 1786 he was appointed one of the
"conservators of the peace" to quell the spirit of
insurrection which threatened the safety of the
state legislature during the period of what is known
in history as "Shay's Rebellion." His wife was
Catherine Furbush, who shared with her husband
all the toils and privations of early settlement. The
next summer after their arrival in the town she
called all the children to her house and established
a school, and continued it for a long time without
any compensation for her work. The mother of
fourteen children, she died in 1829. (Frorn the
centennial address of Thomas Whipple, Esq.)

(HI) Aaron, son of Captain Closes Whipple,
lived in the south part of the town of Croydon, on
the fartti afterward owned and occupied by his son
Moses. Aaron Whipple married JMatilda Cooper,
and among their children was David Whipple.

(IV) David, son of Aaron and Matilda
(Cooper) Whipple, was by occupation a farmer,
and in business life and his associations with men
and affairs iji the town he was regarded as a man of
excellent judgment. He" was born in the town of
Croydon, October 24, 1788, and died there June 12,
1867. He married, September 5, 1806, Sally Cutting,
who bore him nine children : i. Orsamus died in
infancy. 2. Experience C, born November 22, 1808,
died December i, i88g; tnarried November 30. 1828,
Daniel C. Paul of Newport, New Hampshire. 3.
Adeline, born September i, 1810, died October 12,
189s; married February 9, 1834. Benjamin Barton.
4. Laurey. born April 22, 1S13, died April 4, 1882,
unmarried. 5. Orsamus A. born June 6, 1815, died
November 25, 1897 ; married ]\Iay 23, 1849, Diantha
Batchelder. 6. David C, born June 14, 1817, died
November 5, 1852. 7. A child, born June 15, 1819,
died in extreme infancy. 8. Solomon M.. born July
28, 1820. died January 16, 1S84; married January g,
1851, Henrietta K. Hersey of Sanbornton. New
Hampshire. He was educated for the profession
of medicine at Dartmouth Medical College and the
Woodstock Medical School, Woodstock, Vermont,
and graduated from the latter institution in 1849.
The scene of his professional life was laid at New
London, New Hampshire, where he gained an envi-
able reputation as a practitioner of medicine and

as a contributor to various political and medical
journals, g. Barnabas C. born January 21. 1823,
married, September 12, 1S49, Sarah J. Whitney,
and became a successful farmer in Croydon.

(V) David C. Whipple, sixth in the order of
birth of the children of David and Sally (Cutting)
Whipple, was born on his father's farm in Croydon,
New Hampshire, June 14, 1817. and attended school
and did work at home until he attained the age of
manhood. He then learned the trade of a cabinet-
maker at Croydon Flats and was a practical work-
man in that line for several years. From cabinet-
making he turned to carpenter and jouier work
and eventually became a building contractor at
Mill Village, now Etna, in the town of Hanover,
New Hampshire, with every prospect of success
in business life when his career was cut off
by the hand of death, at the untimely age of thirty-
live years. Mr. Whipple is remembered as a man
of excellent business qualities, thorough, reliable
and energetic in whatever , he undertook to do. He
died November 15, 1852. His wife was Clementine
Chandler, whom he married January i, 1845. She
was born at Hanover, New Hampshire, November
12, 1818, second daughter and fifth child of Henry
H. and Anna (Wright) Chandler of Hanover, (see
Chandler. VHI), and by whom he had two children,
Henry Chandler and Margaret Perritt Whipple.

(VI) Henry Chandler, only son of David C. and
Clementine (Chandler) Whipple, was. born at Han-
over, New Hampshire, June 25, 1846, and for more
than twenty years has been closely identified with
the business and social life of Bristol, New Hamp-
shire. As a boy he received a good common school
education and at the age of sixteen years was em-
ployed as clerk by his stepfather, John Wright
Dodge, of the old firm of Dodge, Davis & Co. In
1873 he went with Mr. Dodge and his family to En-
field. New Hampshire, and became connected with
the firm just mentioned. In 1884 he went to Bris-
tol to fill the position of assistant superintendent
of the mills acquired in the preceding year by pur-
chasing the interest of the firm of Holden & Co.,
manufacturers of shaker flannels at that place. In
October, 1887, Dodge, Davis & Co. incorporated
under the name of Dodge-Davis Manufacturing
Company, and on its organization Mr. Whipple be-
came treasurer and resident manager. This posi-
tion he held until February, 1897, and then was elect-
ed president and treasurer, in the former capacity
succeeding Mr. Dodge, then recently deceased. Be-
sides his connection with the extensive works of
the Dodge-Davis Manufacturing Company, JNIr.
Whipple has been and still is in many other respects
identified with the best interests of Bristol. He
has been a member of the board of trustees of Bris-
tol .Savings Bank since 1890; was one of the or-
ganizers of the First National Bank of Bristol,
in 189S, and its president since that time;
member of the first board of directors of
the Bristol Electric Light Company in 18S9 ; trustee
of Minot-Sleeper library since 1901, and in 1902
was a member of the special commission appointed
to select a site for a public park in Bristol in con-
formity to the provisions of the will of the late
William G. Kelley. Mr. Whipple married, June 2,
1875, Lilla Josephine Plummer. She was born in
the town of Canaan, New Hampshire, August I,
1852, a daughter of Abel P. and Harriet (Jones)
Plummer, of Canaan. Of this marriage five chil-

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dren have been born : Harry Dodge, born in En-
field, May 30, 1876: died March 1.3, 1893. Fay. born
in Enfield, June 22, 1880; married, September 17,
1903, Grace Mae Louise Barrett. .Anna Clementine,
born in Enfield, April 21, 1884; died in Bristol, Sep-
tember 2, i887.» Inez Margaret, born in Bristol.
July 20, 18S6. .A.shley Plummer, born in Bristol,
April 16, 1891.

(Third Family.)
The Whipple family is a numerous
WHIPPLE one, especially throughout New-
Hampshire. Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, and in some of its branches cer-
tainly an influential one, intellectual, industrious,
self-respecting and patriotic. It was in Massachu-
setts as early as 1632, John Whipple locating at
Dorchester at that date or earlier. He was a car-
penter by occupation, and received a grant of land
on Dorchester Neck in 1637. In 1658, however, he
sold his estate there and removed to Providence,
Rhode Island, where he ever afterwards resided, re-
ceiving there an allotment of land July 29, 1659.
He and his son John took the oath of allegiance
in 1666. He married Sarah in Dorchester about
1640, and died May 16, 1685, aged 68. The Rhode
Island branch are his descendants.

Another John Whipple was one of early settlers
of Ipswich, Massachusetts, made a freeman May 13,
1640, and represented the town in the general
court in 1640-42, 1646, and 1650-53. He married,
Sarah, by whom he had John, probably born in
England : Sarah, Susanna, Mary and Elizabeth.
His son John married (first) Martha Reyner, and
(second) Elizabeth Paine. His children were John,
Susanna, Joseph, Sarah and Matthew. The Goffs-
tovvn family are doubtless the descendants of John
Whipple, of Ipswich.

(I) Benjamin Whipple w-as born and died in
Beverley. Massachusetts. He was a farmer by
occupation, and afliliated denominationally with the
Baptist Church. He married Sarah Tuttle and had
four sons: Charles, Benjamin, Samuel and John.

(II) Charles, eldest son of Benjamin and Sarah
(Tuttle) Whipple, was born in Beverly, Massachu-
setts. In course of time he removed to Goffstown,
and followed farming as an occupation. He there
identified himself with the Republican party and
the Baptist Church. He died in Goffstown. March
29, 1S63. He married, in 1S08, Betsey Brown, of
Manchester, by whom eleven children were born to
him: John, May 16, 181 1; Charles; Israel Brown,
August 13, 1813; David H., April 28, 1817; Wil-
liam A., April 5. 1820; Sarah A., March 25. 1822;
Cynthia B. and .Achsah (twins), February 5. 1825:
Clara Logan, April 7, ^827 ; Benjamin, October 20,
1829, and Mary.

(III) John, eldest son and child of Charles
and Betsey (Brown)) Whipple, was born in Bow,
New Hampshire, May 16, 1811. He was educated
in the district schools, and took up his residence
m Gofif,stown in 1835. As an occupation he fol-
lowed general farming. Politically he was a Demo-
crat. Religiously he identified his interests with the
Methodists. He died in Goffstown. February.
1871. He married Margaret Jane, daughter of
Samuel and Polly (Stark) Annis, of Salem. His
wife was educated in the public schools, was a
member of the Methodist Church, and died Novem-
ber 13, 1888. Eij-ht children were born to them.

as follows: William Stark, born December 3. 1836;
Charles A., born March 14, 1839; Amos Wood-
bury, born May 15, 1842; John Logan, born January
2, 1844, married April 3, 1871, F. .\ugusta Little;
Thomas L., born October 8, 1845. died young ;
Henry L., born January 20. 1848, died young: Mary
F., born .August 30, 1850; and .Andrew N., born
March 6, 1852. Israel Brown Whipple brother of
John Whipple, married, September 30, 183S, Lydia
Mclntire, by whom he had the following children :
Edwin Everett, born June 9, 1838, married Carrie
P. Smith, March 4, 1861 ; David Harraden, born
January 9, 1841, died; Sarah Melissa, born October
28, 1842; Joseph Henry Gilmore, born August
15, 1S44; Mary Etta, born February 13. 1846; and
David Edwin, born June 30, 1852. Israel B, died
in Dunbarton, February 2, 1890.

(IV) Amos Woodbury, third son and child
of John and Margaret (.Annis) Whipple, w-as born
in GofTstown, May 15, 1842, He received his edu-
cation in the district schools. For a time he worked
on the home farm, but in 1869 bought the Salt
Marsh place, where he now resides, and for sixteen
years has been engaged in the milk business and
general farming. Politically he is a Democrat,
and religiously a Methodist. He is also
a member of the Grange. He married. May
28, 1865, Olive, daughter of Job and Eme-
line (Pollard) Kidder, of (GofTstown. His
wife was educated in the public schools, and is also
a member of the Grange. Their children are: I.
George H.. born February 26. 1868, a farmer
resides in Goffstown ; he married Genevieve Case,
of Canada ; they have three children : Earl Case,
born August 18, 1896: Stanley Irving, born Decem-
ber 19, 1897; and Olive Ellen, born February 18,
190a. 2. Emma L., born October 29, 1S70, married
Fred Corey, a mechanic, of Manchester ; they have
one child, Norris, born June 21. 1893. 3. Bertie .A.,
born .April 10, 1876. married Ethel Wickerson.

William Stark Whipple, eldest brother of .Amos
W^oodbury Whipple, was born in Goffstown, De-
cember 5, 1836. He married, .August 30. 1856,
Lydia Richards, daughter of True and Sophia
(Wright) Richards, of Goffstown, who was born
June 20, 1837. Their children were : Emma J.,
born March 13. 1858, died July 23, i860: Willie
Everett, born .April 13, 1861 : Charles H., born
September 5, 1863; Fred S.. born June 2. 1S66;
Warren H.. born October 4, 1868, married Mrs. M.
Befle !\IcLane. November 29. 1894: Dora E., born
Tanuarv 28. 187^ : Herman M., born October 10,
"1877.

This name appears in the early
PITM.AN records of New Hampshire when Pit-
mans were inhabitants of Dover.
November 29, 1653. William Pitman, of Dover,
married at Boston, Barbara Evans ; in 16S3 Ezekicl
Pitman or Pitnam. was in New Hampshire : and
Joseph Pitman, of Dover, in the service of William
Tasket, w^as discharged by the court in 1656 for
cruelt.v to his master. He was killed by the Indians,
-August 19, 1704. From the fact of the early resi-
dence of Pitmans in New Hampshire, it would seem
that those of the state might have sprung from a
common ancestor, but family tradition has it other-
wise.

The Pitmans were early settlers in what is now
Belknap county. New Hampshire, and have been

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conspicuous in the historj' of that region and otlier
sections of the state from a very early period to
the present day. Many of the family have been
Quakers, and kept aloof from the public records.

(I) John Pitman was born in Lee, May 7,
17,^2, and in March 1789, settled in Barnstead, as
did also his brother Samuel. His lands were in
the east part of Barnstead, where no clearing had
been previously made and no public road had been
opened in that neighborhood. He begun by culti-
vating one acre at a time. The bears and wolves
troubled his flocks and crops. He had many diffi-
culties to contend with, yet by industry and fru-
gality he overcame all obstacles. He was a man
of stern integrity, and trained his children to be
faithful to their friends, honest in their dealings,
and charitable to the distressed. May 7, 1832, on
his one hundredth birthday, Mr. Pitman still en-
joyed good health. On that day he sent for his
pastor. Rev. Enos George, who baptized him and
partook of the sacrament with him. It seemed to
the old man like the beginning of a new life. About
that time he procured a set of teeth, white, strong
and fashionable, which was in truth a wonder in
the neighborhood and he began to look young
again. He lived to the age of one hundred and
one years, nine months and twenty-one days, dying
February 28, 1834, and was buried in 'the field
where a plain stone bears record of his name and
age. His wife, Susannah, died March 6, 1835, aged
ninety-five. His descendants to the fifth generation,
still occupy the homestead.

(H) John (2), a son of John (l) and Susan-
nah Pitman, was born in 1770, and died in Barn-
stead in 1856, aged eight3--six. He lived and died
on his father's farm. He married Shuah Lougee.
who died in 1859, aged seventy-nine. They had
John, Lougee, Daniel, Henry, Thomas C, and
George.

(HI) Henry, fourth son of Jolm (2) and
Shuali (Lougee) Pitman, was born in Barnstead
December 22, 1808, and died March 20. 1S82. aged
seventy-four years. He, like his forefathers, was
a farmer. He married Drusilla Miles, whose father
was a soldier and died in the war of 1812. She
was born July 28. 1873, and died January 16, 1895.
They had four children : Melissa A., Sarah A.,
Charles H., and Vienna.

(IV) Charles H., third child and only son of
Henry and Drusilla (Miles) Pitman, was born
in Barnstead, July 13, 1844. He was educated in
public and private schools and at Pittsfield
Academy. At the age of twenty-five he left the
paternal homestead and went to Farmington and
entered the employ of J. E. Fernald as a clerk in
a general store, and remained there three years.
He then started in business for himself in the same
line. Three years later he gave up business and
returned to Mr. Fernald and took general charge
of the office and publication of the Fannington
News. He continued this work until 1887, and
then opened a job printing establishment and in-
surance office which he has since conducted, and
later added real estate business. By industrious
labor and a reasonable degree of economy Mr. Pit-
man has made these enterprises successful. His
political sentiments are Democratic and his efforts
in behalf of that party have been rew^ardcd by
elections to the offices of town clerk, which he has
filled si.x years, and tax collector, which he held

in the years 188S-89 and 1900, and was on the town
board of education six years. He has a strong
regard for fraternal organizations, and is a mem-
ber of Fraternal Lodge. No. 71, Free and Accepted
Masons: and Columbian Royal Arch Chapter. No.
18; Woodbine Lodge, No. 41, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows; Mad River Encampment. No. 22;
and Flarmony Lodge, No. 11, Knights of Pythias, in
all of which he has been a member more than
thirty-five years.

In July, 18S4, he enlisted as private in Company
F, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Natioi.al
Guards, wdiich was organized at that time in Farm-
ington, and at the first encampment, held in Con-
cord in September of that year, he was elected
second lieutenant, and the following year was pro-
moted to first lieutenant, and Februa:y, 1887, was
commissioned as captain o-f the company, which
position he held eight years, having been recom-
missioned February, 1892. In 1894 he was elected
major, but having decided to leave the service cu
account of business, he declined to ac.cpt the posi-
tion, and INIarch 20, 1895, he was honorably dis-
charged by his own request, being at that time
the oldest captain, in point of service, in the state
militia, with one exception. He was also a veteran
fireman, having served continually as a member of
Hercules Fire Company for over twenty-five years,
the most of the time as clerk, treasurer or foreman.

He married (first), June, 1872, Emma J. Crosby,
who was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, in
1856: and (second) Carrie L. Pearl, who was born
September 16, 1867, daughter of Charles L. and
Elizabeth (Burnham) Pearl, of Farmington. He
lias by the first wife one child, Minnie L., born May
26. 1874. married Fred Holmes. They have one
child. Charles Leslie, born October, 1892.

(HI) John (3), probably a son of John (2)
Pitman, was reared to agricultural pursuits, and
went from Barnstead to Alexandria, this state,
where he tilled the soil industriously and with
prosperous results. He died in Alexandria, at the
age of ninety-seven. In politics he supported the
Democratic party, and in his religious faith he was
a Cnngregationalist. He married Fanny Miles, a
relative of General Miles, the retired commander-
i;i-chief of the United States army. One of their
children died at eighteen years of age; the others
were : Warren, Ira, Henry, Fanny, Susan and
George T.

(IV) George T.. youngest son and child of
John and Fanny (Miles) Pitman, was born at
.Alexandria, in 1833. He completed his education
at the Barnstead high school, and when a young
man turned his attention to mamifacturing, be-
coming an operator in a bobbin mill in Nashua. Re-
turning to Alexandria he purchased a farm which
he carried on for a number of years until 1833,
when he removed to Barnstead and engaged in the
real estate and lumber business and farming. His
death occurred February 26, 1895. He took an
interest in all matters pertaining to the moral and
religious welfare of the communities in which he
lived. Politically he was a Democrat. In 1865 he
married Aurilla M. Brock, daughter of John and
Maria (Scruton) Brock, of Stratford, New- Hamp-
shire. She bore him three children, namelv: Arthur
J., .Mbcrt G. and Eva M.

(\") Arthur J., eldest son and cliild of George
T. and Aurilla M. (Brock) Pitman, was born in

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Alexandria, July 4. lS6S. His early education was
acquired in the common schools of Alexandria, the
high school in Pittsfield, and the Austin Academy.
He was a medical student at Dartmouth College,
graduating in 1891, pursued a post-graduate course
at the Harvard University Medical School, and
these professional preparations were augmented by
much valuable experience and observation at the
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the
States Alms House at Tewksbury. His profes-
sional career was inaugurated at .'Vuburn, New
Hampshire, in 1892, and after remaining there about
a year and a half he removed to Candia, where he
has ever since been engaged in the general practice
of medicine, with gratifying success. In 1903 he
took one year in post-graduate work in Boston,
Philadelphia and New York, also taking a post-
graduate degree from the Post Graduate School of
New York City. He is a member of the Rocking-
ham County and the New Hampsliire State Medical
societies, and tlie .\mcrican Medical Association ;
the Masonic fraternity. Order of the Eastern Star,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Re-
bekahs.

On April 24, 1S92, Dr. Pitman was united in
marriage with Ida M. Bunker, daughter of Mile
W. and Mary E. (Pendergast) Bunker, of Barn-
stead. She was educated in the common and high
schools of Farmington and Plymouth Normal
Scliool, and for a period of six years prior to her
marriage was a successful teacher. Dr. and Mrs.
Pitman attended the Congregational Church.

(I) Joseph Pitman, says report, was born in
London, England, about 1759, and emigrated to
New England a short time prior to the American
Revolution, in which he took part as a privateers-
man. After the war he went to Bartlett and be-
came one of the original settlers of the town, taking
up land on Stark's location. From the time of his
settlement to the time of his death he was a most
valued and useful citizen. He was moderator of
the first town meeting, and early held the office of
selectman. He married .^lice Pendexter, and they
had eleven children : William, Samuel, John,
Joseph, Walter A., Sally. Rebecca, .\lice, Dorcas A.,
Susan and Polly. Dorcas and Polly died young.
Sally married Joseph Philbrick. Rebecca became
the wife of A. D. Gardner. Alice married Wood-
man Carlton, and Susan married J. T. Wentworth.

(II) Joseph (2), fourth son and child of
Joseph (i) and Alice (Pendexter) Pitman, was
born in Bartlett, July 25, 1788, and died October 23,
1875. aged eighty-seven. He was a lifelong farmer,
residing for some years on the old homestead,
and then settling on a farm in the east part of
the town, where he resided the remainder of his
life. He was a man of broad and liberal ideas,
strong in his own convictions and considerate of
the opinions of others. He was a Democrat, a
local party leader, and the holder of various offices.
He served in the principal town offices, was a
representative of the general court, and in 1851 was
a member of the state senate. He was a member of
the Universalist Church, and was staunch in his
religious tenets, as he was in his political ideas. He
married Joanna Meserve, who was born August 15,
1786, and died May 12, 1862. They were the
parents of six children: Ezra M., born December
12, i8t2. Jonathan M.. .-Xnguat 19, 18:4. who served
in the various town offices, and was twice a repre-

sentative to the general court ; Dorcas .'\., Septem-
ber ID, t8i6, who married Joseph K. Garland;
George W. M., whose sketch follows ; Joseph, Octo-
ber 24, 1823 : and Frances A., February 6, 1826,
who married Edward C. Sinclair.

(III) George Winthrop Marston, fourth child
and third son of Joseph (2) and Joanna (Meserve)
Pitman, was born in Bartlett. May 8, 1819 and died
December 2, 1899, aged eighty years. He lived with
his parents until the age of twelve, and then went
to the tavern of his cousins, Stephen and Ezra
Meserve, where he remained three years, and then
returned home. He was educated in the public
schools of Bartlett and in the academies of North
Conway and Fryeburg, and after leaving school
taught five or six years. Turning his attention to
surveying he made many of the original surveys
of the locality about him, and probably did more
surveying and platting than any other man in the
state, and so fully demonstrated his ability that he
was frequently called as an expert. After com-
pleting a course of law reading he began practice
in 1855. and made law the principal business of
his life thereafter. For many years he was a leading^
lawyer of Carroll county. From 1850 to 1888 he
was engaged to some extent in mercantile pursuits,
but his commercial business was secondary to his law
business. He was a staunch Democrat in politics,
active and influential, and was elected to many
offices. He filled various town offices, including
chairman of the board of selectmen for twenty
years ; was county commissioner from 1856 to 1859,
inclusive: judge of probate, 1874 to 1S76; member
of the general court twelve terms, from 1853 to-
1869 ; state senator from 1870 to 1872, and presi-
dent of the senate during his second term ; and
three times delegate to constitutional conventions,
the only citizen of the state thus honored. Judge
Pitman was a man of quick perceptions, strong
natural abilities, unblemished integrity, ripe judg-
ment, and large experience: which qualities, coupled
with a dignified demeanor and an affable and genial
nature, made him a favorite among the people and
a strong man in any position he was called to fill.
He married in the fall of 1840, Emeline Chubbuck,
who was born in October. 1822, and died March i,
1889. daughter of Levi and Ann M. (David) Chub-
buck, of Bartlett. Eleven children were born to
them : John M., Mary A., ."Vngevine, Winthrop M.,
Lycurgus, .'\dnah, Levi C, William, Joseph H.,
Enuiia and Andrew J.

(IV) Lycurgus, fifth child and third son of
George W. M. and Emeline (Chubbuck) Pitman,
was born in Bartlett. April 0. 1848. After availing
himself of the school privileges his native tow'n
afforded, he turned his attention to the study of
music, for which he had a fine taste and a marked
natural aptitude, with a view to becoming a teacher
of vocal music. For the purpose of taking a
thorough course in voice culture, he placed himself
under the instruction of the distinguished professor.
S. B. Ball, of Boston, and received a good musical
education. On his return to Bartlett he taught
several terms with marked success, but throat
trouble developing he was compelled to relinquish
his chosen vocation and seek other employment.
In tS/O he engaged in business as a druggist at
North Conway, and has since carried on that busi-
ness there successftdly. Besides caring for his
private business he has promoted various improve-

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ments and conveniences of a public nature at North
Conway. In 1883 he organized the North Conway
Water Works Company, and through his energy
and enterprise the project was brought to a success-
ful completion. He was the originator of the North
Conway & l\It. Kearsarge railroad, and for years
one of the directors and clerk of the corporation.
He was also the promoter of the North Conway
Loan & Banking Company, organized July 5, 1900,
of which he was president from the time it was
instituted until 1905. He has given much time
and attention to developing the attractions of the
village where he resides, and twenty years ago Pit-
man's Arch, a striking piece of natural scenery,
received its name in his honor. Fond of the ex-
citement and activity of political campaigns, he
has found pleasure in shaping party measures and
legislation for many years. A staunch Democrat,
he aspired to and soon attained a position of leader-
ship. He was a delegate to every state convention,
numerous times to district conventions, and to the
national convention at Cincinnati in 1880. In 1886
he was made the candidate of his party for state
senator in district No. 2, embracing a part of Car-
roll and Grafton counties, and was elected by a
plurality of six hundred and seventy-three. It is
worthy of note that he was the third member of his
family who had sirccessively filled the position of
senator, his father and grandfather having been
previously honored by election to this office. He
served on the committee on military affairs, claims,
asylums for the insane, and judiciary. In 1896, when
the questions of free trade and silver coinage be-
came prominent features in the Democratic plat-
form, Mr. Pitman repudiated them and embraced
the principles in the Republican platform of that
year promulgated at St. Louis. In i88g he was a
member of the constitutional 'convention ; in Janu-
ary. 1901, w-as appointed aide-de-camp on Governor
Jordan's staff, with the rank of colonel, and in
1904 was an alternate delegate of the Republican
national convention at Chicago. In 1870 Mr. Pit-
man became a Free J\Tason. and since that time has
done much to promote the prosperity and usefulness
of that ancient and beneficent order. He is a mem-
ber of Mt. Washington Lodge, No. 87, of North
Conway, of which he has been three times worship-
ful master. He was twice grand district lecturer
for the sixth Masonic district, and twice deputy
grand master. He was made a member of Oriental
Royal Arch Chapter. No. 13. of Bridgton, Maine,
and was first high priest of Signet Chapter. No. 26.
of North Conway. He is a member of Portland
Commandery. No. 2. Knights Templar, of Portland.
Maine; Orphan Council. No. i. Royal and Select
Masters, of Dover ; New Hampshire Consistory,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, of Nashua, in
which he took the thirty-second degree : and
Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. He is also a mem-
ber of Saco Valley Lodge, No. 25, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, since its re-establishment :
and also a member of Highland Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, of North Conway, in which he has served
two terms as depufy. and the Knights of the Macca-
bees.

Lycurgus Pitman married Cfirst) December 25,
1870. at Jackson, New- Hampshire. Lizzie I. Merrill,
who was born August, 1852, and died November.
189T. daughter of Caleb and Emeline B. (Kenney)

^Merrill, of Conway. Three children were born to
this union: Minnie E., Lena E. and Millie I. Min-
nie E. married George T. Barnos, and died leaving
two children : John L. and Ruth M. Lena E. re-
sides with her father. Millie I. married Winfield S.
Wood, of Portland, Maine. He married (second),
1902, Anna C. Bragdon, widow of Dr. W. H. Brag-
don, and daughter of Stephen and Asenath Mndgett.
of Intervale.

(IV) William, son of George W. M. and
Emeline (Chubbuck) Pitman, was born in Bartlett,
October 31, 1855. and educated in the common
schools and at Fryeburg Academy. At twenty-one
years of age he opened the East Branch Hotel at
Lower Bartlett, which he managed with success
until it w-as destroyed by fire, in May, 1898. While
keeping hotel he was also in the insurance business,
which he still carries on. He is a director of the
North Conw-ay Loan & Banking Company. He also
deals largely in real estate, and owns and cultivates
a farm. Politically he is a Democrat, and takes
a prominent part in public affairs. He has served
as selectman ten years, and has been chairman of the
board since 1899. He was superintendent of schools
two years : member of the school board si.x years :
district school treasurer ten years ; deputy sherif?
of Carroll county six years ; and member of the
legislature, 1906-07. Fraternally he is a member of
Mt. Washington Lodge, No. 87, Free and -\ccepted
Masons ; of Signet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
No. 26. He married, November 16, 1879, Jennie O.
Eastman, daughter of Rev. Benjamin D. and Nancy
F. Eastman. Mr. Eastman was formerly pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of North Conway.
Four children have been born of this union: Jennie
Pillsbury, Leah Curtis, Doris Emeline, and Rhoda,
w-ho died young.

(I) The Pitman family has been w-ell and
favorably know-n in Belknap county from the time
of the first settlement of this region. At the first
town meeting held in the town of Meredith, Ebene-
zer Pitman w-as one of the officers elected to serve
the young municipality, and he afterward served as
representative and town clerk.

(II) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i) Pit-
man, was born on his father's farm in Meredith,
and resided in that town all his life. He was a
prominent man in colonial days and served the town
as clerk for many years, and also as representative in
the legislature several terms. He was a man of
high integrity and well versed in legal matters and
law forms, and for many years wrote most of the
legal documents for his fellow townsmen. He

married Abigail , and they were the

parents of these children : Hannah. Ebenezer,
Reuben M., Betsey, Nancy, Joseph P., John JI. and
Abigail.

(HI) Joseph Prescott. third son and child of
Ebenezer (2) and Abi,gail Pitman, born on the
ancestral homestead in Meredith, January 12, 1809,
died in Laconia, February 16, 1883. His early
life was passed on the farm and in attending the
public schools ; he also attended the academy at
New Hampton. His education w-as considered good
for that place and time, and before he attained
his majority he had taught several terms of school
and served two years as a clerk in a general store
in Concord. Returning to IMeredith Bridge (now
Laconia) he began business there at the age of
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■Gale in the genera! trade, and later with his brother,
John ^I. Pitman, and still later with Daniel A.
Tilton, who had entered Mr. Pit^ian's employ as a
clerk in 1845. Mr. Pitman's ability as a business
man was developed and recognized by the time
he was twenty-five years of age, and about that
time ( lSj5) he was made agent and treasurer of
tlie Winnipesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manu-
facturing Company, a place he filled till 1841. As
agent of the Lake Company, he was superinteiKlent
and manager of all the mills at Lake Village, and
sold all the goods they manufactured. The owner of
the mills at that time was David Pingree. Dur-
ing a part of the time Mr. Pitman was agent for
the mills he was also engaged in business at Lake
Village in company with John V. Barron.

About the year 1853 Joseph P. Pitman and
Daniel A. Tilton. who for some years had been
a clerk for Mr. Pitman, formed a partnership under
the name of Pitman & Tilton and long continued
the business under that name. In 1868 these part-
ners as Pitman, Tilton & Company began the manu-
facture of knit goods. The venture was well con-
ducted and prosperous and furnished employment
to a large number of operatives, and in 1875 was in-
corporated as tlie Pitman Manufacturing Company,
J. P. Pitman, the principal owner, becoming presi-
dent, and holding that position until his death, and
D. A. Tilton becoming treasurer, and filling that
position till he died. November 25. 1889. Mr.
Pitman was a director of the Winnipesaukee
Bank, and of the Belknap County Bank. In 1876
lie became a trustee of the Belknap Savings Bank,
and held that office as long as he lived. His
well known financial ability made Mr. Pitman a
conspicuous figure in railroad affairs in this state.
He was a director of the Winnipesaukee Steam-
boat Company, of the Concord railroad, and presi-
dent of the Pemigewasset railroad, and at the time
of his death was senior director of the Boston,
Concord & Montreal railroad, his position in the
directorate having been continuous from his elec-
tion to the place in 1S58. It was his connection
with this last that afforded him an opportunity
to show his foresight, resourcefulness and financial
tact, and restore to prosperity a corporation whose
failure seemed almost certain.

In politics Mr. Pitman was a believer in the
principles advocated by Andrew Jackson, for whom
when a young man he voted. Although not desirous
of place and political honors he was elected to the
legislature, and represented Meredith in that body
in 1851-52. He was prominently identified with
church affairs, and for forty-three years was a
member of the Congregational Church. When its
new house of worship, one of the finest church edi-
fices in New Plampshire, was rebuilt in 1S74 he was
the chief member of the building committee having
charge of the work.

Mr. Pitman saw the development and growth of
the railroad sy.stems of New Hampshire ; he also
saw a great development in the manufacturing in-
terests and financial institutions of his native state,
especially in the region where he was born and
where his life was spent. With his foresight he
was able to realize the coming of these things
soon enough to take advantage of circumstances
and make them profitable. His very steady habits
and persistence coupled with honesty and ability
made the realization of his financial hopes and

desires easy. No man in Laconia made fewer mis-
takes than he. As a citizen he held an enviable
position; as a business man he filled a commanding
place which he used in many instances for pro-
moting the growth and prosperity of the town
and the betterment of tlie condition of its people.
He was a christian gentleman, a man upon whose
w'ord all relied, and whose virtues arc still pleasant
memories.

He married. May 9, 1841. Charlotte Abby Par-
ker, daughter of Charles and Abigail Parker, a
woman of strong character and many estimable
qualities, who in her youth was noted for her
beauty. They were the parents of five children :
Elizabeth W., married Hon. Charles U. Bell, of
■ Lawrence, Massachusetts, associate justice of the
superior court of ^Massachusetts ; Helen M., de-
ceased, was the first wdfe of Mr. Bell ; Charles F.,
mentioned below : Joseph W. ; and Walter H., whose
sketch follows.

(IV) Charles Frank, eldest son and third child
of Joseph P. and Charlotte Abby (Parker) Pitman,
was bcrn at ]Meredith Bridge (now Laconia). Octo-
ber 6, 1847. His youth was spent in attending the
schools of his native village, in assisting in his
father's store, and at the New Hampton and the
Phillips Andover academies. On his return from
school he entered the store of Pitman & Tilton,
with which he was connected from 1865 to 1870.
In the latter year he entered the hosiery manufac-
turing business and was with The Pitman Manu-
facturing Company for. four years where he was
manager. When the firm became a corporation in
1874, he was made general manager, and on the
death of his father he became president of the
corporation, which carries on one of the most im-
portant industries of Laconia, furnishing employ-
ment to a large number of operatives and producing
a larger output of both cotton and woolen hosiery
than any other factory in the city. JNIr. Pitman's
management of this plant has proved him to be
.•1 very competent man and a worthy successor of
his father. He is a Republican and takes a lively
interest in all matters affecting the good of the
general public, but has never accepted a public
office for profit. He is vice-president of the La-
conia National Bank, trustee of the Belknap
Savings Bank, trustee of the Gale fund for a city
library and park, one of the managers of the La-
conia Hospital, president of the Congregational
Society, and a deacon of that church, and a mem-
ber of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial
Wars.

He married, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Octo-
ber IS, 1890, Grace A. Vaughn, a native of La-
conia, daughter of Hon. Osina A. J. and Mary
E. (Parker) Vaughn, of Laconia. Mrs. Pitman
is a member of the Congregational Church, of the
Woman's Cli'.l). of the Colonial Dames, and of
the Laconia City Hospital Aid Society. They have
had two children: Ruth Marion, died in infancy,
and Charles Joseph, born January 22, 1895.

(IV) Walter H. Pitman, youngest child of
Joseph P. and Charlotte .\bby (Parker) Pitman, born
in Laconia. August 28, 1856. received his education
in the public schools of his native town, and at
Tilton Seminary. After leaving school he took
his place in the store of Pitman & Tilton and from
that time he has always been engaged in mercantile
business, .^fter the death of his father Mr. Pitman

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and his brother Joseph ^Y. succeeded Pitman & Til-
ton, under the firm name of J. P. Pitman & Com-
pany, carrying a large line of hardware, mill sup-
plies, cutlery, small wares, and so on. Mr. Pit-
man has an interest in the Pitman Manufacturing
Company : possesses large real estate interests in
Laconia, has an elegant residence, and owns and
rents numerous cottages in the city. He is a Re-
publican in politics, and in religion a Congrega-
tionalist, being a member of the North Church,
and quite active in all the affairs of the church
and church society. He married, in Laconia, Octo-
ber ID, 1SS9. Flora E. Jackman, daughter of Hum-
phrey and Emma (Nichols) Jackman. They have
had five children : Helen Elizabeth, born July 29,
1890. died February 27, 1898; Joseph Prescott, May
9, 1892; Florence Ruth, .August 5, 1894; Richard
Jackman. October 7, 1901 ; Stanley Herbert, No-
vember 12, 1906.

This name has been traced to an earlier
P.VINE period than it is possible to trace most
names. Because of the general lack of
surnames among the English people it has been ex-
tremely difficult to trace any line for any consider-
able period previous to the emigration of the Puri-
tan settlers in .\mcrica. In the "Visitation" of
Suffolk county, a work originally compiled in 1561.
and subsequently extended, is found considerable
matter treating upon old families and upon this
family. .According to the various writers, they were
residents in Leicestershire, npon the famous field of
Bosworth, where the last great battle of the Roses
was fought, being one of the places where Pagen
of Domesday fame had land. The identity of the
lineage is made practically certain by the continued
use of the coat of arms by the family in Bosworth,
and afterward in Suffolk, by two generations of the
original .American families.

(I) The first of the family according to the list
in the "Visitation"' was Sir Thomas Payne, knight
of Market Bosworth. who married Margaret, daugh-
ter, of Sir Thomas Pultney, knight. He must have
been born in the early part of the fifteenth cen-
tury, and had three sons, Roljcrt. William and
Edmund.

(H) Edmund, youngest son of Sir Thomas
Payne, was alive in 1540. the thirty-second year
of the reign of Henry VIIL His place of residence
was undoubtedly at his place of birth, Bosworth.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Walton,
of Lester icounty, and had several sons.

(HI) William, eldest son and heir of Edmund
Paine, removed to Suffolk county and took up his
residence at Hengrave in that shire. He carried
with him the use of his grandfather's coat of arms
and which came to be known in heraldic history
as a coat or crest of Lester and Suffolk county,
and is especially known as belonging to "Payne of
Hengrave." He was bailiff of the manor in the
service of Edward Stafford. Duke of Buckingham.
After the death of the latter he retired to private
life. He mawied Marjorie. daughter of Thomas
Ash. and had twelve children: Henry, John,
Thomas, George, Nicholas. Edward. Anthony, Aga-
tha. Elizabeth, Agnes, .Anna and Frances.

(IV) .Anthony, seventh son of William and Mar-
jorie (.'\^h) Paine, lived at Bury Saint Edmunds
at the manor of Nowton, settled upon him by his
eldest brother who never married. He was buried

at Nowton, March 3, 1606. In his will made in the
previous month he disposed of various properties.
He married Martha Castell. who died June 28,
1603. They had four children: John, Thomas,.
William and .Ann.

(V) \Villiam (2), third son of Anthony and
Martha (Castell) Paine, was baptized December 2,
155s, at Saint Mary's Church, Nowton. He lived
at Nowton, parish of Saint Edmunds, Bury, one of
the principal towns of Suffolk county. He purchas-
ed the manor of Nowton for three thousand pounds
and thus became lord of the manor, and as such
held his first court there. October 6. 1609, in the
sixth year of James I. His last court was in 1621,
after which he sold out to Sir Daniel DeLigne.
The public records show that he was buried Novem-
ber 21, 1648, and that his wife was buried on the
twenty-ninth of the .April previous. He must have
been at the time of his death eighty-three years of
age. The records do not establish the fact that the
.American ancestor was the son of this William
Paine, but every circumstance points to that fact.
.Among the most conspicuous of these is the use of
the coat of arms which belonged exclusively to his
line.

(I) William Payne (3), with whom the .Amer-
ican history of the family begins, was born in Suf-
folk, England, in 1598-99, probably in the parish
of Nowton. He was presumably the son of William
Payne, lord of the manor of that place as has been
already stated. He came to .America in the ship
"Increase." Robert Lee, master, which .sailed from
London in April. 1635. Fie was then thirty-seven
years of age, and his wife. Ann, forty years of age.
They were accompanied by five children, the eldest
eleven years of age and the youngest eight weeks
old. They landed at Boston and at once took up
their residence in Watertown, where he was one
of the earliest inhabitants and was allowed land
July 25, 1636. This allotment consisted of sevent)'
acres which was the common share of each of the
one hundred inhabitants. His location was on the
present Washington street, about one-half mile west
of Fresh pond. He soon acquired other tracts of
land and became a large landholder. On July 4.
1639. with his brother, Robert, and some others, he
procured a .grant of land at Ipswich, with leave to
settle a village, and they immediately removed
thither and he continued to reside there about six-
teen years, aiding largely in building up the village
and town. He was admitted freeman of the colony.
May 13, 1640, and had the title of Mr. which
was rare among the colonists in those days. His
name is found upon the legislative record of the
colony from this time. In that year he was elected
one of the tax 'commissioners. In 1642 he was ap-
pointed to establish the limits of Northend, and
about the same time to settle the bounds of Hamp-
ton and Colchester. In 1643 he was on a commit-
tee to determine the bounds of Exeter and Hamp-
ton, and in 1646 and 1651 to settle matters in the
latter town. In 1652 he w'as on a committee to set-
tle the line of Dover and Exeter, and in 1655 be-
tween Hampton and Salisbury. In 1645 he w-as a
member of the company incorporated by the gen-
eral court, known as the "free adventurers" for
the purpose of advancing the settlement of various
sections. This enterprise he prosecuted throughout
his life and it was afterward fostered by his son,
Tohn. .At it's beginning a grant was made to the

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conip;iny of a lowiisliip of land about fifty miles
wc^t of Springfield, near Fort Crania, on the Hud-
son river. The Dutch then held possession of the
fort and river, and one of the last acts of Payne's
life was a petition to the legislature to open nego-
tiations with the Dutch government for free navi-
gation of the river to New York. William Payne
was very intimate with the governors, Winthrop
and Dudley, fathers and sons of Massachusetts and
Connecticut, and a numerous correspondence be-
tween him and the Winthrops is preserved. After
the death of Governor Dudley. Air. Payne became
the principal owner of the mills at Watertown,
which had been tiie first milling enterprise in New
owner of three-fourths of the Lynn Iron Works
England. It was at first a corn mill only but \yas
afterwards enlarged so as to embrace also a fulling
mill. In course of time Mr. Payne became the
owner of three-fourths of the Lynn Iron Works
through his connection with Governor Winthrop.
This was the first undertaking of the kind on this
continent. He was also interested in a similar en-
terprise in Braintree. and the inventory of his es-
tate showed he died in possession of three-fourths of
it. He was also interested in the Iron Works at
New Haven, of which Governor John Winthrop.
Junior, was an ownei-. While Air. Payne did net
become an owner he was for many years interested
in the operation of its business. He was also a
part owner in five vessels at the time of his death,
and in the lead mines at .Sturbridge. He -was an
extensive owner of lands in various parts of the
country, including the famous Thompson Island,
in Boston Harbor, now the location of the farm
school. He Avas interested in trade at Portsmouth
and other points, and his farm lands were exten-
sive in Topsfield, Rowley, Salem and a mill privilege
in Exeter. He was not only interested in manufac-
turing and farming but during the last few years of
his life was an active merchant in Boston, having
a large credit and conducting business on a very
extensive scale. The inventory 'of his estate shows
that he carried an immense stock of every variety
of goods that could be desired in the new country.
He appears to have been very liberal in giving cred-
it to his neighbors and customers, and his estate
at death included many doubtful or worthless ac-
counts. It is not alone as a business man that Mr.
Payne was distinguished. He was a sincere profes-
sor of religion as indicated both by his character
and his writings. Plis property was ever treated
as a iTieans of advancing public weal and it would
seem that his investments were made with an eye
to that object. He was public-spirited and a liberal
contributor to the cause of education. In the pro-
motion of this he was one of the inost active of the
small number of men, who at that early day took
measures to establish and endow a free school at
Ipswich. This has continued to exist and is to-
day working upon the fund thus established two and
one-half centuries ago. In his will he made a be-
quest of a lot of land at the- mouth of Ipswich to
be held inalienable forever, and this land is still oc-
cupied by an old school house on Payne street,
which has for more than two centuries been devoted
to education. Mr. Payne died October 10. 1660.
leaving a will executed about one week previously.
He was evidently very weak at this time as the sig-
nature i^ scarcely legible. In it a donation of i20 is
made to Harvard College, and various bequests to
clergymen in the vicinity of Boston. His wife. Ann.
survived him hut he outlived all his children except
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one. They were, namely: Susan, William, John
and Daniel.

(II,) John, second son of William (3) and Ann
Payne, and the only one who left posterity, was
born 1632 in England, and was three years old
when he accompanied his parents to America. He
resided many years in Boston, and carried forward
the enterprises begun by his father. He was active in
promoting commerce, and received large grants
of land for his service in seeking open navigation
of the Hudson river and for other public services.
These lands were on the Hudson river. His serv-
ice to the English government in rebuilding Fort
James at the foot of Manhattan Island secured him
great favor with the local governor and the powers
at home, in expression of which he was made sole
owner and governor for life of Prudence Island,
in Narragansett bay, with courts and other ma-
chinery of a free state, in which religion was made
free. This grant was alleged to conflict with pre-
vious Indian grants, and he was arrested by the
Rhode Island authorities and convicted of setting
up a foreign government, but was allowed his liberty
on giving up his claim. He died at sea in 1675. It
is probable that he lost his property in litigation,
as no record of an estate is found. Lie was married
in 1659 to Sarah, daughter of Richard Parker, and
received a tract of land from the last named as
portion of his bride. She probably died before her
husband. Their children were: William, Sarah,
Hannah. Anna, and Elizabeth.

(III) William (4), only son of John and Sarah
(Parker) Payne, was born March 15, 1664, prob-
ably in Boston, and passed most of his life in Mai-
den, where he died April 14, 1741. He was married
March 9, 1691, to Ruth Grover, who was born in
1667, and died April II, 1722. They had two sons,
William and John.

(IV) William (5). elder son of Williatn (4)
and Ruth (Grover) Payne, was born November 16,
1602. presumably in Maiden, and died January 29,
1784, in Norton, Massachusetts. He was a man
of strong constitution and great vigor of mind, de-
termined and obstinate. Some authorities give him
credit for living one hundred and five years, and the
date of his birth is not absolutely certain, but the
above is approxiinately correct. When Washington's
army was stationel in front of Boston he was
eighty-three years old. and when asked why he
visited camp, he replied : "I come to encourage my
son and grandsons and see that they do their duty
to their country." He resided in that part of Nor-
ton which is now Mansfield, at a time when it was
infested with wild animals, and slaughtered many
wolves. He was married (first) April 18. 1717, to
Tabitha Waite, who was born 1692. and died April
7, 1721. leaving a son, William. He was married
(second) November 6. 1722, to Elizabeth Sweetsir,
a widow. Three of their children are recorded in
Maiden, namely Elizabeth, Edward, Thomas, the
latter born 1726. No record appears of the others,
except that family tradition gives two, Ruth and
Susannah. It is probable that there were others,
and there is good reason for believing the next-
mentioned was their child.

(V) Phineas Paine, born in 1742, in Norton,
Massachusetts, lived for sometime in that vicinity
and about 1800 moved to Concord, same state,
where he died May 31, 1S03. and was buried. He
married Nancy Babcock, who survived him and
died February 18, 182.S, aged seventy-three years.

(VI) Benjamin, son of Phineas and Nancy

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(Babcock) Paine, was Ijorn July 8. 1770. and lived
a few years in Pembroke, New Hampshire, whence
he removed to Concord. Massachusetts, and died
there July 8, i8n. He was married May 14. 1797,
to Hannah Dearborn, who was born February 14,
1777. in Chester, daughter of Deacon John Sher-
burne and Mary (Emerson) Dearborn. She was
married (second) to Deacon Moses Sargent, of
Hopkinton, and died in that town March 11, 1S60.

(VH) John B., son of Benjamin and Hannah
(Dearborn) Paine, was born probably in Concord,
Massachusetts, and died in Pembroke, New Hamp-
shire, in 1880. aged seventy-nine, and was buried
in the old Pembroke cemetery. In early life he was
a shoemaker. Later he owned a farm and also
manufactured Bucklin's patent lead-lined pumps
with a wooden stock, for which he owned the coun-
ty-right. In later life he was a member of the Re-
publican party. In religious faith he was an Ad-
ventist. He married Hannah Emery, who was born
in Pembroke, June 8, 1803. and died May i, 1888.
She was a daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Noyes)
Emery, of Bow. Thev had eight children: John K.,
Elizabeth A., Charles L.. Rufus H.. William D.,
Mary S., Joseph H. and Charles H. John K..
born December i,^, 1829, died in Illinois in 1905;
Elizabeth A., December 23. 1831. died in Pem-
broke, in April. 1855; Charles L., May 12, 1834,
died at the age of six years; Rufus H. is mentioned
below: William D.. March 13. 1838, died in Illi-
nois; !Mary S.. February 13. 1859: Joseph H., July
2. 1843. died November 9. i860; Charles H., Octo-
ber 7, 1848, married Emma Edgelev, and lives in
Derry.

(VI ID Rufus H., fourth child and third son
of John B. and Hannah (Emery) Paine, was born
in Pembroke, .-^pril 8, 1836. He remained on his
father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. and
then worked a year for Rixford & Bunker, sash and
blind manufacturers, of Concord. He then went to
Somonauk. Illinois, where he took up land and be-
gan a farm and also worked at carpenternig. The
ill health of members of his father's family caused
him to return to New Hampshire, in less than a
year, and for snme time after his return he assisted
his father. In 1864 he established himself as a
jeweler in Suncook, where he was engaged in busi-
ness for thirty-three yea'rs. July 17. 1863, Mr. Paine
enlisted in the First Company, New Hampshire
Volunteer Heavy Artillery, was mustered into the
United States Service on July 18, as a private, and
served until mustered out September 11, 1865. He
was stationed in forts in \'irginia and Maryland,
and was in the defense of Washington when that
city was attacked by Genera! Early. Mr. Paine is
a man of excellent character and reputation, and
his services have often been required by his fellow
citizens in public office. He is a Republican, and
as such has been elected and served as town clerk
several years, and member of the board of super-
visors of the check list six years, a portion of which
time he was chairman of the board. He is an Odd
Fellow, a member of Howard Lodge. No. 31, of
Suncook, of which he is a past grand; he is a
Mason, member of Jewell Lodge, of Suncook. and
is a past master; also of Hildreth Encampment, of
which he is a past chief patriarch, of Canton Gea-
eral Slark. of which he is past commandant, and of
Rebckah Lodge. He is also a member of Louis
Bell Post. No. 3, Grand .-Xmiy of the Republic, of
Manchester. He married Mary V. .-Mdrich. who was
born in Barnston, Province of Quebec, March 17.

1837, daughter of Guy and Chloe (Locke) .\ldrich.
They are the parents of five children : Jesse R.,
Elizabeth A., Marv N.. Clara Locke and Clara.

(IX) Jesse R.'. eldest child of Rufus H. and
Mary V. (Aldrich) Paine, was born in Pembroke.
July 12, 1S60. He was educated in the town school
and the academy of Pembroke, and learned the
jeweler's trade in his father's store, where he as-
sisted until 1897. when he succeeded his father in
business. He is a Republican, but takes no great
interest in politics. He is an Odd Fellow, and is a
member of Howard Lodge, No, 31, of Suncook, and
James H. Osgood Camp, No. 22, Sons of Veter-
ans, of Pembroke. He married Hattie L. Tennant,
who was born in Allenstown. May 11, 18(56. daugh-
ter of William L. and Hattie (Libby) "Tennant. They
have three children : Howard T., born -August 25,
1893; Helma. June. 1898, died June, 1899; and
Marian S., .April 23, 1903.

(Second Family.)

The name of Payne is an ancient and
P.WNE honorable one, both in this country

and England. Scholars have claimed
to trace its origin from Persia. The Latin form is
Paganus. unbeliever, and from this comes our
modern word, pagan. In England it early assumed
its present form, although it 'could not be strictly
termed a surname. The records refer to the son
of Payne and daughter of Payne, in times when
men had not surnames. One of the name, a Nor-
man, owned land in England before the conquest
by William the Norman. A map still e.xtant shows
his possessions from 1041 to 1086, lying in fifteen
counties and touching the ocean at four points.
He was the progenitor of Hugh de Payne, the Cru-
sader. Various descendants locate the origin of
the American ancestor at dififerent places in Eng-
land, the most placing it in Kent, and one claim-
ing Northern England as his native place.

(I) Thomas Payne is said by tradition to have
come to JNIassachusetts in 1624. He may have
been the Thomas Payne who settled at Yarmouth
in 1639. and was the first representative from that
ti'vvn at the general court in Plymouth. He brought
with him his only son, who was ten years old on
arrival and had previously lost an eye by an ar-
row.

(II) Thomas (2), only son of Thomas (i)
Payne, was born about 1614, and settled at Eastham,
Massachusetts, when there were only nineteen fam-
ilies there. He was a cooper by trade and a very
ingenious man. and built numerous mills in the
colony. Being admitted a freeman at Plymouth,
June I. 1658, he early took prominence in the af-
fairs of the community. In 1662 he was surveyor
of highways and two years later a juror. He was
chosen deputy to the old colony court, June 8,
1664, and again in 167 1 -72-73-76-78-80-81 -90. In
16(39 tlie court allowed him a tract of land which
he had previously purchased from the Indians. In
1670 he was appointed a committee to visit the "or-
dinaries." and see tha-t they were conducted in an
orderly and proper manner, and on June 5, 1771. he
was made water bailiff, an office created to regu-
late fishing in the adjoining waters and which he
held for many years. He was also many years a
selectman, and was constable in 1674. In 1676 he
was a conmiittee to superintend the building of the
meeting house. In 1677, with others, he purchased
the fishing privilege at the cape and held this seven
years, paying thirty pounds per year. From 1674
to 1(394 1 liomas Payne was town treasurer and dur-

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ing sonic of these clerk. In 1696 he represented
Eastham at the general conrt in Boston, and in
that year pnrchased a Iiouse and land in Boston,
for one hundred and thirty-five pounds. The next
vcar he sold the property for the same price and
returned to Eastham to reside, and died there .Au-
gust 16, 1706. He was married about 1650 to Mary,
daughter of Nathaniel and Constance (Hopkins)
Snow, of Eastliani. She was a granddaughter of
Stephen Hopkins, tlic Mayflower Pilgrim, aild died
.iKpril 28, 1704. Her children were: Mary. Sam-
uel. Thomas, Eleazer, Elishn, John, Nicholas, James,
Joseph and Dorcas.

(in) Elisha. fourth son and fifth child of
Thomas (2) and Mary (Snow) Payne, was a na-
tive of Eastham, and settled at Barnstable. Mas-
sachusetts, about 1690. He subsequently resided in
Eastliam, and settled at Canterbury. Connecticut,
in 1700. He died in that town February 7, I7.?5-
During his residence in Canterbury he was one of
its most prominent citizens, and was the first town
clerk upon the organization in 170,?, and selectman
in 1706. Upon the organization of the church in
1711 he was one of the first seven members, and in
the same year was deputy to the general court iii
Hartford. Three of his sons were ministers of the
gospel. He was married January 20. 1685. in East-
ham, to Rebecca, daughter of John (2) Doane.
Their children were: .\bigail, .\brabam, Elisha,
Mary, Solomon, Dorcas. Constance. Rebecca. Han-
nah and John.

(IV) Elisha (2), third child and second son of
Elisha (i) and Rebecca (Doane) Payne, was born
December 29, l6g,?, in Eastham and fitted for the
practice of law, becrming one of the most talented
attorneys in Connecticut. Becoming interested in
religious matters, he abandoned the law and began
preaching. Disliking the Saybrook Platform, by
which all Connecticut churches were governed, he
began advocating greater religious liberty and thus
attracted the enmity of the church authorities. He
was arrested at Woodstock for preaching witlicut
authority and cast into jail at Worcester. Feb-
ruary 19. 174.3. He was not released until May 11.
following. Nothing dismayed by this experience
he continued as an itinerant, and visited Bristol.
Providence, Boston, Caiubridge, Dunstable and Lan-
caster, preaching two hundred and forty-four ser-
mons from July to December. Returning to Wind-
ham, Connecticut, he was again arrested and im-
prisoned for preaching without being "an ordained
and settled minister." Public opinion soon com-
pelled his release, and be soon after settled (May.
1752) at Bridgehampton, Long Island, where he
continued preaching to an adoring flock until fifteen
day; before his death, .August 26. 1775. He was
married September 25, 1720. to Mary Johnson, but
her nativity or the names of their children have not
been made a matter of record, excepting that the
birth of a daughter appears among the records of
Orange. New Hampshire.

(V) Elisha ( t,) . son of Rev. Elisha (2) and
Mary (Johnson) Payne, was born in Canterbury,
Connecticut, and became a pioneer settler at Orange,
New Hampshire. No record of his marriage has
been found, but the cliristian name of bis wife was
Elizabeth. Their children, born in Orange, were :
Elisha. John. Zenas, Bertha and William.

(VD Elisha (4). eldest child of Elisha (p,) and
Elizabeth Payne, was born March 24, 176,?, in
Orange, and settled in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
He was married in the latter town, September 23.

1792, to one of the natives of the town, Lydia Col-
lins. Their children were : Elisha, Peter Pratt,
(ieorge. Edward, Jaiues Ralston. Catherine Hav-
ens and Zenas.

(\TI) James Ralston, fifth son and child of Col-
onel Eli^ha (4) and Lydia (Collins) Payne, was
born June .^, 1801, in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
He was a carpenter by trade, and lived for a few
years in East Lebanon, afterward moving to Runi-
uey. New Hampshire, where he bought a farm,
which be carried on in connection with his trade.
James Ralston Payne married February 3, 1830,
.Annie Flanders, born in Plymouth, New Hamp-
shire, and they had eight children: George. James,
Orilla, Elisha, Annie, Mary, Lyiuan C. and New-
ton, James R. Payne died, i88r, at Rumney.

(VHI) Lyman Cole, fourth son and seventh child
(if James Ralston and Annie (Flanders) Payne,
was born May 15, 1846, at Rumney. New Hamp-
shire. He was educated in the schools of bis na-
tive town, and afterwards learned the tinsmith's
trade with E. and M. Cobb, of Boston, He stayed
with them until he was twenty-six years of age
when he came to Plymouth. New Hatnpshirc. where
be engaged in the stove and tinstriith's business
which he conducted about eight years. After that
he moved to Lisbon, New Hampshire, which became
his permanent home. Mr. Payne established a house
furnishing business, which he conducted about twen-
ty years, and then in company with H. B. Moulton,
purchased the Lisbon Water Works Company, of
which he is now superintendent and treasurer. Mr.
Payne is also actively identified with other business
interests of the town and county, being vice-presi-
dent and director of the new electrical works, and
director of the Lisbon Savings Bank and Trust
Company. In politics he is a Democrat and has
served as selectman. He is a member of the Con-
cordial Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Lislion. Lyman Cole Payne married, November
30, 1880. Eliza Osgood, daughter of William and
Eliza Osgood, born in East Lebanon. There are
no children. Mr. and ^Irs. Payne attend the Meth-
odist Church.

To the credit of this name is the fact
P.-MNE that one of the greatest thinkers and

reasoners of this country bore it. .An-
other bearing this cognomen is prominent in finan-
cial circles, and numerous others are distinguished
in professional, military and educational lines.

(I) Henry Paine was born in Standish. Maine,
.August 20, 1802. and died in Milan. November 20,
1862. He married Eliza Parker, of Standish. Maine,
ami they had eleven children : Cordelia, .Aroline,
Edwin. Henry. Gardner. Samuel Eaton, Elden, Clin-
trin. Eliza. .Augusta and Sarah.

( II ) Samuel Eaton, si.xth child and fourth son
of Henry and Eliza (Parker') Paine, was born in
Sweden, Maine. October 15, 18,1^7. In early life he
spent four years lumbering in the forests of Pennsyl-
vania. From the time of his return to New Hamp-
shire until 1870, he resided in Milan and since the
latter date has resided in Berlin. For a time he con-
ducted a boarding house and butcher shop: then
continuing the vending of meat he dropped the
lioarding house and took up farming and carried on
those lines of industry till 1888. For twenty years
past he has been engaged in a.gricidturc and now
thiuigb advanced in vears, he still tills some ground.
He married in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. Nancy
Sparks, who died in November, 1863. Misfortune

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and grief fell heavily upon Mr. Paine at this time ;
his father, his wife and two children died, and he
was drafted for service in the army, and lost
twelve hundred dollars — all the money he had —
all within three months. Three children were born
of this marriage, but only one, William H., the
subject of the next paragraph, survived childhood.
Mr. Paine is a man of good judgment, energetic
.ind active, and has been prominent in the councils
of the Democratic party, of which he has been a
member since he became a voter. He has been
a member of the board of selectmen of Berlin, and
moderator for many years of the town meetings
and in 1877 and 1886 w-as representative in the gen-
eral court, and in 1S87 was state senator, acquit-
ting himself with credit.

(Ill) William Henry, only surviving child of
Samuel E. and Nancy (Sparks) Paine, was born
in Milan, February 23, 186,?, and attended the pub-
lic schools of Berlin and Exeter Academy and in
1885 entered Harvard Law School. In 188S he
was admitted to the New Hampshire bar and worked
for Marstow & Eastman in Exeter, a year and a
half, and subsequently moved to New Market, New
Hampshire. In 1805 he settled in Berlin, where he
has a well-established and constantly increasing
practice. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been
moderator and for many years member of the school
board, and was member of the constitutional con-
vention in 1892. While in New Market he was so-
licitor of Rockingham county for years. He is a
member of Lodge No. i. Knights of Pythias, of
which he is a past chancellor. He married, in Som-
ervillc, June 25. 1890, Laura L. Beckley, who was
born in Clinton, (Connecticut, February 26, 1867,
daughter of Henry and Polly E. Beckley. of West
Somerville, Massachusetts. She is an active member
of the Episcopal Church, president of the guild, and
treasurer of the Berlin Woman's Club. They have
one son, George R.

It is doubtful if many names in New
" PORTER England can show so many early
American ancestors as Porter. No
less than eight men bearing this surname emigrated
to America before 1653, all but one being here by
1640 or earlier. Richard Porter settled in Wey-
mouth, Massachusetts, in 1635. John Porter was
at Hingham, Massachusetts, three miles distant that
same year year. It is thought they were brothers,
but this is not positively proven. John Porter set-
tled at Windsor, Connecticut, in 1638; previous to
this, he is said to have been in Worcester. Massa-
chusetts. Robert and Thomas Porter, brothers,
were among the eighty-four proprietors of Farm-
ington, Connecticut, in 1640. This branch of the
family is especially noted. Robert was ancestor of
President Noah Porter, of Yale College, and his
distinguished sister. Miss Sarah Porter, who for
many years had the most noted private school for
girls in the country at her home in Farmington.
There was also a Daniel Porter, surgeon, of Farm-
ington, Connecticut, who was there before 1653.
Abel Porter was admitted to the church in Boston,
Jantiary 23, 1641. John Porter was made freeman
of Roxbury, Massachusetts. November 5, 1633. He
was a follower of Rev. John Wheelwright and Ann
Hutchinson, and was campelled to remove to Rhode
Island. The David Porter family, of whom five
generations served in the navy, reached the climax
of its distinction in .'\dmiral David Dixon Porter,
whose historv is too well known for further mention.

The origin of the name of Porter is interesting.
The ancestry of John Porter, of Windsor, Connect-
icut, has been traced through sixteen generations to
William de la Grande, a Norman knight, who came
to England with William the Conquerer, and ac-
quired lands near Kenilworth in Warwickshire. His
son, Ralph or Roger, became "Grand Porteur" to
Henry I during the years from 1120 to 1140; and
from this circumstance came the name Porter.

(I) 'John Porter, a descendant of William de
la Grande in the sixteenth generation, was a mem-
ber of the Windsor Church, which was organized
at Plymouth, England, by people from Devon,
Dorset, Somerset and Warwick shires, in March,
1630, and under the guidance of the Revs. John
Maverick and John Warham, pastor and teacher
respectively, this little company of worshippers set
sail in the ship "Mary and John," arriving in Bos-
ton Harbor the following June, and settling in
Dorchester. In 1635 a portion of these settlers
went to Connecticut under the leadership of Rev.
John Warham, and founded the town of Windsor.
Among the latter was John Porter. There is, how-
ever, a possibility that he did not go to Windsor
with the first party of settlers, but went there later
with the Rev. Ephraim Hewett, who was summoned
to assist Pastor Warham in 1639. He established
his residence near the Little river in Windsor, and
he died there April 22, 1648. His will denotes
him to have been quite well-to-do. The christian
name of his wife vv-as Rose, and her death occurred
in July of the previous year. Their children were:
John, Sarah, Anna, Samuel, Rebecca, Mary, Rose,
Joseph, James, Nathaniel and Hannah.

(II) Samuel, second son and fourth child of
John and Rose Porter, was born in England, in
1626. He became one of the first settler of Hadley.
Massachusetts, and was engaged in trade. He died
September 6, 1689. In 1659 he married Llannah
Stanley, who accompanied her father, Thomas Stan-
ley, in the ship "Planter," from England in 1635.
(N. B. Thomas Stanley was made a freeman in
the Massachusetts Colony in 1635, joined the .A-U-
cient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston
in 1640, subsequently went to Hartford, Connecti-
cut, and thence to Hadley, where he died in 1663.)
Mrs. Hannah Porter died December 18, 1702, having
been the mother of ten children, namely : Samuel,
Thomas, Hezekiah, John, Mehitable, Experience,
Ichabod. Nathaniel and Stanley.

(III) Hezekiah, third son and child of Samuel
and Hannah (Stanley) Porter, was born January
7, 1665. About the year 1707 he settled in East
Britain, Connecticut, and resided there until his
death, which occurred, January 3, 1752. He mar-
ried (first), May 20, 1686, Hannah Coles, born No-
vember 14, 1668, died September 5. 1701, daughter
of John and Deborah (Bartlett) Coles, who came
from England on the ship "Lion" in 1632, and set-
tled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Married (sec-
ond) in 1703, Hannah Merrifield. born December 6.
1670, daughter of Henr}' Merrifield. Married
(third) Esther Dickinson. His children were: Hez-
ekiah, Timothy. Hannah, .Abigail. James, Isaac. Jon-
athan, Mary, Joseph, David, Sarah, Mabel and Na-
thaniel.

(IV) James, third son and fifth child of Heze-
kiah and Hannah (Coles) Porter, was born Feb-
ruary 24, 1696, and died in 1759. The christian
name of his wife was Experience, and he had a
family of six children, whose names were Mary,
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majority of these children settled in Charlestown,
New Hampshire.

(V) Lieutenant James (2), second child and
eldest son of James and Experience Porter, was
born April 21, 1728. He was a lieutenant in the
French war, and as an oflficer of the Charlestown
minute-men, at the breaking-out of the American
Revolution, he marched with his company to Win-
ter Hill under General Stark, and participated in
the battle of Bunker Hill. His wife, whose christian
name was Elizabeth, bore him ten children, name-
ly: Molly, Nathan, died young; Susanna, Noah,
Nathan, Chandler, James, Joel. Sabra and Miriam.
Mrs. Elizabeth Porter died September 28, 1778,
aged forty-eight years.

(VI) Chandler, fourth son and sixth child of
Lieutenant James and Elizabeth Porter, was born
in Charlestown, September 20. 1769. At the age of
sixteen years he accompanied his father to the
seal of war with Stark's minute-men and fought
at Bunker Hill and in other engagements during
the war for independence. After the close of the
war he became the proprietor of Porter's Inn at
Charlestown, and for many years subsequent to his
death, which occurred March 18, 1795, that hostelry
retained its original name. He married Jerusha
Downer, who survived him, and on December 3,
1797. she became the wife of his lirother Noah.
Of lier first union there were four children : Abel,
James. Warren and Nancy. The children of her
second marriage were. Noah and Clara.

(VII) Warren, eldest son of Chandler and Jer-
usha (Downer) Porter, was born in Charlestown,
June II. 1792. He learned the blacksmith's trade,
which he followed as a journey man in Littleton for
some years, and early in the last century he set-
tled in Lancaster, where he became a manufacturer
of edge tools. He was not only a good mechanic
but possessed much natural ability in other direc-
tions, acquiring among other useful things a good
knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and he was
frequently called upon to assist in the settlement of
estates. Having settled in Lancaster when there
were but two white houses in the town, he witnessed
its development into a large, prosperous and wealthy
community, and was deeply attached to the place,
participating actively in its political affairs, holding
some of its important public oflices and in various
other ways assisting in its advancement. In politics
he acted with the Whig party, later a Republican,
and in his religious belief he was a Unitarian. He
died in Lancaster, April 4, 1878. He married (first)
Salinda Cram, by whom he had three children : Chan-
dler. Mary and Edward. Married (second) Jane
Blanchard, daughter of Captain Bezia Blanchard,
of Cumberland. Maine, and reared two sons, Arthur
Weston and Lorin Barnstead. Jane (Blanchard)
Porter was a highly educated woman : she was a
school teacher and a woman far above the ordinary.

Arthur Weston Porter, who was an unusually
bright and intelligent child, but of an exceedingly
nervous temperament, received at the age of about
three years a severe mental shock, which caused
him to permanently lose control of his mind. He
had mastered the alphabet, could name the dififerent
colors and the various birds, and in other ways
displa}-ed extraordinary precocity.

(VIII) Lorin Barnstead, youngest and only sur-
viving son of Warren and Jane (Blanchard) Por-
ter, was born in Lancaster. November 30. 1839. He
began his education in the public schools, and after
■completing his studies at the Lancaster Academv

engaged in farming. For many years he conducted
agricultural operations upon quite a large scale,
but some time since he reduced his acreage by
selling a considerable portion of his land, retain-
ing sixty acres, which he continued to cultivate as a
pastime rather than from necessity. In politics he
is a Republican and has served as member of the
board of selectmen. Mr. Porter married (first),
September 3, 1864, Sarah J. Copp, who died Sep-
tember 26, 1865. Married (second), September 20,
1866, Luseba B. Webb, daughter of Edward H.
Webb, of Central Hall, Vermont. Of this union
there are two children, Jennie A., wife of James
Leon Dow, of the firm of P. J. Noyes & Com-
pany, druggists in Lancaster, and Edwin L., a
druggist in Bootli Bay Harbor, Maine. Mrs. Por-
ter died February 26. 1905. and the bereaved hus-
band, who now resides with his daughter, finds it
exceedingly difficult to reconcile himself to the
loss of one who had been his affectionate and in-
separable companion for nearly forty years.

This family is one of the most an-
POTTER cient and numerous in America. No

less than eleven different immigrants
of the name came to New England during the iev-
enteenth century. They were Anthony Potter, of
Ipswich. Massachusetts; George, of Portsmouth,
Rhode Island ; George, of Lancaster, England ;
Ichabod, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island; John and
William, of New Haven, Connecticut; Martin, of
Soutli Shields. England; Martin, of Philadelphia;
Nathaniel, of Portsmouth. Rhode Island; Nicholas,
of Lynn, Massachusetts ; Robert, of Warwick, Rhode
Island. So far as known none of these immigrants
was related to any other, though it is conjectured
that the Rhode Island settlers, George, Nathaniel and
Robert, might possibly be connected.

(I) Nicholas Potter, born in England, migrated
to Lynn, Massachusetts, before 1650. He had three
wives : Emma, whose maiden name is unknown ;
Mrs. Alice Weeks, widow of Thomas Weeks, who
died in 1658-59; and Mary Gadney, daughter of
Jchn G. Gadney. of Salem, Massachusetts. There
were two children by the first marriage ; Robert
mentioned below, and Elizabeth, who were born at
Lynn, Massachusetts. It is thought the second wife
lived only a short time; hence the remaining twelve
children probably belong to the third marriage. They
were born at Salem, the home of Alice Gadney.
Nicholas Potter died October 18, 1677.

(II) Robert, eldest child of Nicholas Potter and
his first wife, Emma, may have been born in Eng-
land. The only date we have in' connection with
iiim relates to his second marriage, which took place
on January 25, 1660, to Ruth Driver. They had
ton children: Robert (2). mentioned below; Na-
thaniel. John. Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Ruth. Joseph,
Bcnjamii;. Samuel and Thomas, all born in Lynn.
The name of his first wife is unknown.

(III) Robert (2). eldest child of Robert (i) and
Ruth (Driver) Potter, was born at Lynn, Massa-
cliusetts, March 18, 1661. He married Martha Hall,
January 9, 1681-82. There were ten children: Eph-
raim. mentioned below ; Martha. Sarah, Ruth, Eliz-
a'DCth, Robert, Rebecca, Mary, Nathaniel and Eliza-
lieth all born in Lynn.

(IV) Ephraim. eldest child of Robert (2) and
Martha (Hall) Potter, was born at Lynn, Massa-
chusetts, April 5, 1683. He married Sarah Witt,
November 23, 170S. and they had eight children:
Mary. Martha. Joseph, Persis, Ephraim. Sarah, The-

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Dphiliis, mcntioncH below ; and Elizabeth, all born
in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Ephraiin Potter
died March 19. 1731.

(V) Theophilus, third sou and seventh child o£
Ephraim and Sarah (Witt) Potter, was born Jan-
uary 26, 1725, at Marlborough, Massachusetts. In
1748 he married Lois Walker, wdio died in 1798.
There were twelve children : Silas, Ephraim. Barn-
abas, Hannah, Thomas, Abijah. mentioned below;
Lois, Thaddeus, Esther, Elizabeth. Luke and Aaron.
The fourth eldest were born in Marborough : the
others in Brookfield, Massachusetts. Theophilus
Potter died September 1,3, 1814, aged eighty-nine.

(VI) Abijah. fifth son and si.xth child of Theo-
philus and Lois (Walker) Potter, was born in
Brookfield, Massachusetts, January 23. 1780. He
married ]Mary Tower on February i. I7.S4. There
were eight children: .\bijah, Mary (Polly), Mark.
Charlotte, Lurania. Aaron, Justus and Leonard.
The three eldest were born in North Brookfield ; the
other in Brimfield, Massachusetts, Abijah Potter
died July 17, 1842,

(VII) Justus, fourth son and seventh child of
Abijah and Mary (Tower) Potter, was liorn in
Brimfield. Massachusetts, May 28, 17QQ. In 1819
he married Elizabeth Miles, daughter of Daniel
Miles, wh.o was born in 1800. They had twelve
children : Justus M., Olivia, Mary, Charles, Daniel,
Hannah, Aaroai A.. Naomi. Narelia. Lovina, .'\bijah
and Hor.",ce, all born in Stark, New Hampshire.
Justus Potter was the first of his family to move to
this state, settling on a farm in Stark, where he
died May 20. 1880. His wife died in 18S5.

(Vlin Justus M.. eldest child of Justus and
Elizabeth (Miles) Potter, was born at Stark, New
Hampshire, November 15, 1819. He was educated
in the common schools and was a farmer all his
life. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
and his beautiful and natural tenor voice was heard
in the choir for forty years. He was a Democrat in
politics, November 19. i8-|0, Justus M. Potter mar-
ried Hannah Dodge, daughter of David and Rachel
Dodge, of Stark, who was born in 1817. They had
seven children : Louisa, who is the widow of .\aron
S. Cole, of Groveton, New Hampshire; Olive, who
married Henry W. Lunn. of Stark ; Lucinda, who
married W. H, V^azie, of Groveton ; Lafayette, wdio
died in infancy ; Elizabeth A., who married Hazen
Merrill, and is deceased ; .A.donno A., and ."Kugusta
Emma (twins). The last child died in t86i. The
sketch of .^donno A. is given below. Justus M.,
Potter died in IQ05, and his wife died in TS92.

(IX) Adonno Aaron, sixth child and second
and only surviving son of Justus M. and Hannah
(Dodge) Potter, was born at Stark, New Hamp-
shire, October 2. 1856. He is a farmer, and has
lived for a quarter of a century on his present place.
He recently sold about si.x hundred acres to the
Percy Lumber Company, and is now w'orking on
the farm for th.em. He was road agent for a num-
ber of years, and has served two terms as select-
man, the last time being in 1904, and has also rep-
resented his native town in the legislature of 1907.
He attends the Methodist Church, and has sung
bass in the choir for thirty years. He belongs to
the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men and to the
Grange. Mr. Potter has been thrice married, and
has two children, both by his second wife. He mar-
ried, April 20, 1885, Emma De Etta Growe, daugh-
ter of Alroy W. and Miriam T. Growe. who was born
in 1858, She died in 1889. without children. Mr.
Potter married (second), in 1892, Florence Skibb,

daughter of .\ustin and Maria Skibb. She died Jan-
uary 17, T902, leaving two children; Sybil E. and
Ruth M. Mr. Potter's third wife was Adelaide M.
Powell, daughter of Henry C, and Mary A. Powell,
of Paxton, Massachusetts, who was born December
-.^. 1SS.3. There are no children by the last mar-
riage.

(Second Family.)

This is among the pioneer names of
POTTER East Concord, and is traced to the

early settlers of Ipswich, Massachus-
etts. It has been 'chiefly identified in Concord with
agriculture, but the family has included many not-
ed ecclesiastics and professional men of all classes.
The records of Vale, Harvard and other New Eng-
land colleges show many of the name among grad-
uates. Concord has sent out some of the name who
have done honor to it among whom may be men-
tioned; Judge .-Mva Kimliall Potter, of Niagara
county, New York ; General Joseph Hayden Potter,
of the United States A.rmy; Honorable Chandler
Eastman Potter, author of the "History of Man-
chester" and widely known as editor, scholar and
historian; and Jaeob .^verill Potter, judge of the
court of conmion pleas of jNIerrimack county.

(I) The first to wdiom the New Hampshire
family is definitely traced was Anthony Potter, of
Ipswich, Massachusetts, wdiere he is found of rec-
ord in 1648. He was born 162S. in England. It
is claimed by some authorities that he was a son of
Robert Pf>tter, of Lynn, but no records are found to
bear out the claim. His first home was on the north
side of the river, near the stone mill, in a house
liuilt and occupied at first liy Major-General Daniel
Dennison. In 1664 he was owner of a share and a
half in Plum and other property, and the records
show sales of land by him in 1660 and 1661. In
July, 1653, he was "presented"' because his wife
wore silk, but was able to prove himself worth
two himdred pounds and discharged. This and his
various purchases and sales of land show him to
have been a man of means. He had a farm on the
Salem road, about one mile southwest of the vil-
lage of Ipswich, one of the best in town, extending
north to the river, and was .successful in the culti-
vation of fruit. He died early in 1690. his will being
dated December 28, 1689. and proved March 26. fol-
lowing. His wife. Elizabeth Whipple, was born
1629, daughter of Deacon John and Sarah Whipp''"
She survived her husband until March 10, 1712.
In 1699 she presented to the First Church of Ips-
wich a silver cup which is still among it possessions.
The inscription on her tnmbstone includes this
brief verse ;

.1 tender motiier
a prudent wife
at God's command
resigned iier LIhE

Her children were; John. Edmund. Samuel,
Thomas, ,\nth.ony. Elizabeth and Lydia. (Thomas
and descendants receive mention in this article,)

(II) Samuel, third son and child of Anthony
and Elizabeth (Whipple) Potter, was born in Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, about 1656, and died in 1714,
in that town. He was three times married; (first)
to Johanna Wood, who was born 1661, daughter of
Isaac and Mercy (Thompson) Wood, His second
wife was Ruth Dunton, to whom he was married
.-\pril 18 1692. She died before December 4, 1705.
on which date he was married to Sarah Burnett,
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maniasjc were: David. Sarah, Johanna, Sannicl.
Thomari. Elizahi-tli and Henry. Of the second
tliere wo -e three children, namely: .Anthony, Esther
.-ukI Eze'del. The second died in infancy as did
probably the first since he is not mentioned in his
lather's will. The children of the third marriage
were: Esther. Lydia and .Abigail.

(III) David, eldest child of Samuel and Johan-
na (Wood) Potter, was born March i^, 1&85, in
Ipswich, ^iassachusetts. and died after 1714. He
was married in 1710 to Mary Mcrriam, of Lynn,
and their children w-ere : Ale.xander, James and
William.

(IV) William, youngest child of David and
Mary (Merriani) Potter, was born about 1715, in
Ipswich, and resided in Topsham. Maine, where he
died March g. 1747. He married Catherine Mustard,
and their children were: James, Alexander. John.
David, Joseph, Matthew, Samuel and William.

(V) David (2), fourth son of William and Cath-
erine (Mustard) Potter, was born about l/.it^. in
Topsham, Maine, and probably resided in that town.
He married Ruth Curtis, daughter of David Cur-
tis, and they were the parents of: David, .\Ic.x-
ander, Miriam. Catherine and Daniel.

(VI) David (3), eldest child of David (2). and
Ruth (Curtis) Potter, resided in Fryeburg, 2^Iaine,
where he died before 1885. He married Nancy Frye.
daughter of Captain Joseph Frye. of Fryeburg,
Maine (see Frye. V). Soon after his death the wid-
ow. Nancy, married Dinsmore. with whom she

removed to Conway, New- Hampshire.

(VII) Frederick Frye. only child of David (3)
and Nancy (Frye) ' Potter, was born .April 6, iSoi.
in Fryeburg, Maine, and when only four years old
went with his mother and step-father to Conway,
New Hampshire, where he grew up. He received
the ordinary educational training of youths of that
time and ultimately graduated from the medical de-
partment of Dartmouth College. He began practice
at Rumney. New Hampshire, and was later located
at Pembroke. He died in the latter place .\ugust
29. 1862. He was a Congregationalist. and a man
wno was highly respected for his character and his
skill as a pliysician. In political principles he was
a Democrat. He was married February 19, 1832, in
Rumney, to Calista Lucas, born November 13,
1810, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Elsie (Bev-
erly) Lucas, the latter a native of Nottingham. They
were the parents of seven children, namely: Dr.
Alonzo Frye, the eldest, died in California, whither
he went in pursuit of health, at the age of twenty-
eight years. Normanzo. the second, died at eight
years of age. Frederick Eugene is the subject of
the succeeding paragraph. Crace A. became the
wife of A. B. Johnson and died in 1905. .Arabella
\.. now deceased, was the wife of Varnum -A.
Holmes, of Wilmington, Delaware. .Alice C. is Mrs.
Joseph L. Hosmer. residin,g in Manchester. New
Hampshire. .Alma Elizabeth died when a child.

(VHI) Frederick Eugene, third son and child
of Frederick F. and Calista (Lucas) Potter, was
born July 3, 1839. in Rumney, and grew up in Sun-
cook. New Hampshire. He attended the public
schools and remained at Suncook until he was eight-
een years of age, when he entered the medical
school of the LIniversity of Vermont and gradu-
ated in 1859 at the age of twenty years. Immediate-
ly after his graduation he went to New ^'ork and
became a resident, and entered the King's County
Hospital, where he was at the beginning of the
Civil war. He was among the first to offer his

services in behalf of the nation's integrity. He en-
tered the United States navy in the medical de~
partment and was aboard the ship "Monticello"
when the attack was made upon Forts Hatteras
and Clark, and participated in their capture. He \yas
soon after transferred to the naval forces operating
on the Misj-issijipi river, and was a participator in
the famous campaign against Vicksburg. He also
saw active service on the Cumberland and Tenne-
see rivers, and was subsequently a participator in
the unfortunate Red River Expedition. Thearditous
labors and exposure incident to these campaigns
greatly impaired bis health, and to relieve him from
service in the field he was appointed as president
of the board of examiners for admission to the
naval medical corps, which was at that time sta-
tioned in Cincinnati. Ohio. His nature, however,
did not permit him to avoid labor wdierever any-
thing was to be done and it was found necessary to
give him a year's leave of absence in order that he
might regain his health. This year was passed in
bis native town, and having been restored to health
and strength he again returned to active service and
was sent into Mexican waters at the time when
France was attempting to establish Maxmilian on
a throne in that country. Dr. Potter served seven
years on naval squadrons that visited Mexico and
South American ports. He applied for an assign-
ment nearer home and was ordered to Portsmouth
navy yard, where he served four years. In 1876
he resigned his commission and began the practice
of his profession in Portsmouth. He continued
there more than a quarter of a century w^ith great
success. He enjoyed the esteem and confidence of
his contemporaries and was held in high regard by
the public as a man and a citizen. He had a com-
manding presence and a most pleasing personality
and his cheerful presence in the sick room was often
of greater avail in healing the sick than were any
other remedies which he administered. He was
known as one loyal to every duty and he possessed
power to discharge his' duties efficiently. He was
a member of the Masonic order and of the Massa-
chusetts Connnandery, Loyal Legion. He was a
regular attendant of the Unitarian Church, and in
politics was an ardent Democrat. In 1900, without
any solicitation on his part, he was placed in nom-
ination by his party for the high office of governor
of the state. He died November 18, 1902. Dr. Pot-
ter was married October 2. 1873, to Harriet, daugh-
ter of Jeremiah H. and Mary (Thompson) Wilkins,
of Pembroke, (see Wilkins. VI I).

(II) Thomas, fiiurth son and child of Anthony
and Elizabeth (Whipple) Potter, was born at an
unknown date and died in 174.S. He was married
(publication made June 16, 1695), to Mary, born
1671. daughter of Caleb and .Anna (Hazeltine)
Kimball. Their seven children, born at Ipswich,
were : Mary. Thomas, .Anna, Lydia. Robert, Jacol),
and Jabez.

(HI) Thomas (2). eldest son and second child
of Thomas (i) and Mary (Kimball) Potter, was
l)orn in Ipswich. .August 17, 1698. and died June 7.
1749. He married. 1721, Sarah Wallis. daughter of
Samuel Wallis. She died in 1749. Their children
were: Samuel (died young). Samuel. Joanna, Jo-
seph and Sarah.

(IV) Samuel, second son and child of Thomas
(2) and Sarah (Wallis) Potter, was born in Ips-
w-ich, November 15. 1724. The date of his death is
unknown. He married. 1748 (publication January
14). Lucy Bn wn. Their eight children were:

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Thomas (died young), Samuel. Thomas, Lucy (died
young), Joseph, Sarah. Lucy and Israel.

(V) Joseph, fifth child and fourth son of Samuel
and Lucy (Brown) Potter, was born in Ipswicli,
February 25, 1756, and died November 29, 1827,
aged <^eventy-t\vo. He married Nancy Gihnan, born
in 1760, died in 1818. aged fifty-eight. Their chil-
dren were: Mary, Joseph, Susan and Lucy.

(VI) Joseph (2), second child and only son of
Joseph (i) and Nancy (Oilman) Potter, was born
in (jilnianton. June 5, 1787, and died January 15,
1862, aged seventy-six. He grew up on his father's
farm, a part of which he inherited. He was pros-
perous, and besides his farm owned a saw mill \vith
which lie cut lumber off his own land. He was a
member of the Baptist Church, and a Democrat.
He married Polly Martin, born in 1786, and died in
1852, aged sixty-six. Their children were : Marv
r,.. Clarinda B., John M., Joseph B., Rhoda M',
Sarah J., William M., Susan O., and Betsey A. D.

(VII) William M., seventh child and third son
of Joseph (2) and Polly (Martin) Potter, was born
in Gilford, May 31. 1822. and died February 28,
1895, aged seventy-three. He inherited the home-
stead and spent nearly all his life there. He was
a Democrat and a Baptist. He married first, De-
cember 17, 1S46, Julia B. Batchelder, who died Oc-
tober 22. 1852 ; second, March ,30, 1854, Margaret
Buchanan, wlio died February 8, 1895. The chil-
dren of the first wife were: Mary G. and Joseph
N- ; and by the second wife. Araminta J., Cora J.
Franlc W. and Fred J,

(VIII) Frank W., first son and third child of
William M. and ^largaret Buchanan Potter, was
bnrn in Gilford. March 20, 1862, and was educated
in the common schools and at Gilmanton Academy.
After teaching school in his native town for three
years he left home for mercantile life in Mas.'a-
chusetts. He married, January 12, i8g8, Nella F.
Sanborn, who was born in Gilford, November 5,
1866, daughter of George W. and Ann Roberts
Sanborn, of Gilford. They have two children, both
born in Melrose, Massachusetts : George W., born
February 22, 1899; and Margaret F., September 26,
1901.

(VIII) Fred J., second son and fourth child of
William M. and Margaret (Buchanan) Potter, was
born in Gilford, December 2,^, 1864, and was edu-
cated in the common schools and at Gilmanton.
He tills the acres his forefathers cleared and im-
proved and is of the fourth generation on this
farm. He was a supervisor of Gilford, and wa~
selectmen, and in 1903 and 1904 represented the
town in the legislature. He married, December
25. 18S7. Nellie I. Watson, who was born in Gil-
ford December 25, 1867, daughter of William W.
and Mary E. Watson, of Gilford. They have three
children: Lelia E., born December 14, 1888: Flor-
ence M., April 27, 1894: and Lois L, July 29, 1900.

(II) Thomas, fourth child of Anthony and
Elizabeth (Whipple) Potter, was a lifelong resi-
dent of Ipswich, JNIassachusetts, and his death oc-
curred in 1745. In 1695 he married Mary Kimball,
who w-as born in 1671, daughter of Caleb and Anna
(Hazeltine) Kimball. His children were: Alary,
Thomas, Anna, Lydia, Robert, Jacob and Jabez.

(III) Thomas, second child and eldest son oi
Thomas and Mary (Kimball) Potter, was born in
Ipswich, August 17, 1698. He married Sarah Wal-
lis, (laughter of Samuel Wallis, and was the father
of Samuel (who died young), another Sanniel.
Joanna, Joseph and Sarah.

(IV) Samuel, second child of Thomas and
Sarah (Wallis) Potter, was born November 15,
1724. He was married in 1748 to Lucy Brown,
and had a familv of eight children, namely : Thomas
(who died in infancy), Samuel, Thomas, Lucy (died
young), Joseph, Sarah, Israel and Lucy.

(V) Samuel, second child of Samuel and Lucy
(Brown) Potter, was born April 20, 1751. He re-
sided in Pittsheld, New Hampshire. The maiden
name of his wife does not appear in the records
examined. His children, all born in Pittsheld, were:
Samuel, born December 9, 1782; Lucy, August 12,
1784; Sally, April 2, 1786; John, the date of whose
birth is recorded in the succeeding paragraph ;
Lydia, June 7, 1791 ; Betsey, April 15. 1793; Molly,
December 13, 1795; and Joseph Wallis, December
20, 1798.

(VI) John, second son and fourth child of
.Samuel Potter, w'as born in Pittsfield, ]\Iay 6, 1789.
He was a prosperous farmer of that town and re-
sided on the Gilmanton road. He married Abigail
Ross, daughter of Jonathan Ross, of Gilmanton,
and reared four children, namely : John Henry,
born August 29, 1825; Joseph M., who will be again
referred to; Mary Elizabeth (deceased), wdio mar-
ried James Flint; Martha Jane (also deceased),

who married Mansfield, residing in Dan-

vers, Massachusetts. John Henry Potter was mar-
ried. May 17, 1854, to Lydia R. Curtis, of Bristol,
Maine, and is now residing in Maiden, Alassachu-
setts. The}' have tw'O sons, two daughters and two
grandsons. The golden anniversary of their wed-
ding (1904) was made the occasion of much re-
joicing by their neighbors and church associates,
who arranged a most appropriate celebration, and
the aged couple pronounced it the most important
event of their lives.

(VII) Joseph Marion, second child of John
and Abigail (Ross) Potter, was born in Pittsiield,
November 22, 1835. He became an able and suc-
cessful farmer, and resided in Pittsfield his entire
life, which terminated October 12. 1897, at the age
of si.xty-one years and ten months. He married
Hannali B. Berry, who was born in Chichester,
New Hampshire, October 24, 1S41, and died in Pitts-
field. Alarch I, 1896. She was a daughter of
Thomas and Olive (Gove) Berry, the former of
whom was born in Pittsfield. October 18, 1805,
died in 1895, and his wife was born September 9,
1810. The latter, wdio is now a nonogenarian re-
siding in Chichester, retains possession of her
faculties to a remarkable degree and is exceedingly
briglit and active. She is a member of the Con-
gregational Church as was also her husband. Her
daughter, Hannah B., became Mrs. Potter, as pre-
viously stated.

(VIII') Howell Alvah, son of Joseph M. and
Hannah Brown (Berry) Potter, was born in Pitts-
field, November 20, 1866, and spent his boyhood
and youth at the old Potter homestead on the Gil-
manton road, which remained in the possession of
the family for about one hundred years. His pre-
liminary studies in the district school were augmented
liy several terms at Pittsfield Academy and with a
commercial course in New- Hampton : and he also
pursued a scientific course at the New Hampton
Institute, defraying the greater part of his tuition
expenses by working upon musical instruments. At
an early age he developed a natural genius for
mechanics and has ever since specialized in that
neld of usefulness. After, the completion of his
studies he taught in a district school, and at the

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same time deriving considerable pecuniary re-
muneration as a teacher of peiuiiansliip, in which
he is also an expert. Relinquisliing educational
pursuits he learned the jeweler's trade and ere long
became an expert gold engraver. Establishing him-
self in the jewelcry business on Main street, Pitts-
field, he carried it on successfully for twelve years,
at the expiration of which time he sold out, going
to San Diego, California, where he engaged in the
real estate business. Upon the death of his mother
he returned to his nat've town, and turning his at-
tention to the cultivation of the homestead farm
he adopted scientific methods, which he applied
with e(|ual success to planting, stock breeding, and
the raising of fine poultry. Some three years ago
he fold the property with which the Potter family
had been identified for so many years, and once
more engaging in the real estate business he is now
meeting with gratifying success in handling New
England farm properties. From his youth to the
present time he has devoted his leisure time to the
pro<luction of artist's violins, and having made an
exhaustive study of the fundamental principles
which guided Stradivarius, the Aniati, Guarnerius
and other famous Italian makers, he possesses a
good knowledge of the essential elements of volume
and tone so absolutely necessary in the construction
of instruments of quality. He has produced a num-
ber of violins of superior quality. Politically Mr.
Potter is a Republican. In 1903 he was elected a
selectman, was in igo6 chosen chairman of the
board, and is keenly alive to the general interests
of the town. He is an Odd Fellow and a member
of Suncook Lodge. No. 10. On November 26,
1891, he married Bertha Butman, of Bradford. New
Hampshire, daughter of Dexter and Lucy (Hadley)
Butman. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are the parents of
three children, namely : Waldo Butman, Alice
Berry and John Alvah.

Although several genealogies of va-
PORTER rious branches of the Porter family

have been written, the ramifications
are «o numerous that complete records are not ob-
tainable : hence it has been impossible to trace the
present line to its original source.

(I) Vine Porter lived at Crow-n Point. New
York. He married Sarah Burroughs, who w-as born
at Alstead. New Hampshire. They had six children:
Ephraim, Calvin. Samuel, Theda, John and Vine.

(II) Vine, fifth son and youngest son of Vine
and. Sarah (Burroughs) Porter, w'as born at Crown
Point, New York, September 22, 1801. In early
lift he was bound out to a man in Morristown,
Vermont, where he lived until about 1830. He then
moved to Alstead. New Hampshire, where he re-
mained a year or so. and in 1834 he came to Wal-
pole. New Hampshire, which was his home during
the remainder of his brief life. He was a farmer,
and perhaps practiced medicine a little during the
latter part of his life, though it is not known where
hi< medical education was obtained. While living
at Morristown, Vermont, he married Hannah Pike,
Vfho was born at Brookfield. Vermont, January 27,
1801. She was the daughter of Seth and Mary Pike.
There were five sons: Winslow B., whose .sketch
follows: Samuel R.. William R., James H., and
George P. Of these five sons, Winslow B. and Wil-
liam H. became physicians, one at Walpole and one
at Surry, New Hampshire ; Samuel H. lives at
Rensselaer, Indiana : James H. went to Chicago
and became general passenger agent of the Great

Western Railroad: George P. lives at Walpole,
New Hampshire. Their father. Vine Porter, died at
Walpole, September 24, 1843, at the early age of
forty-two years, leaving a widow and five chil-
dren, whose ages at that time ranged from nine to
twenty years. By their own industry and ambition,
aided by the counsels and sacrifices of a judicious
mother, all the boys ac(|uired a good education and
became highly respected members of society.

(HI) Winslow B., eldest son and child of Vine
and Hannah (Pike) Porter, was born at Morris-
town, Vermont, November 21. 1823. He attended
the common school at Walpole, New Hampshire,
and lectures at Harvard Medical College, then went
to Worcester. Massachusetts, where he graduated
from the Eclectic College, and began the practice
of his profession at Alstead, New Hampshire, where
he remained thirty-five years. During his practice
he also attended lectures at Dartmouth College.
In 1875 hs came toi Walpole, wdiere he practiced
until his death, sixteen years later, December 12,
1898. He was a Whig and a Republican in early
life, but became a Democrat after Greeley ran for
the presidency. He held the offices of representative
and selectman. He was a IMason, belonging to the
Blue Lodge in Alstead, which he helped to organize.
He was very religious in his views, and took an
active interest in the Universalist Church, which he
regularly attended. On October 27, 1847, Dr. Win-
slow B. Porter married Laura M., daughter of Lu-
ther and Irene (Dunshcr) Burt, of Walpole, New
Hampshire. They had five children : Walter Flo-
rain, Flora Rosella. JNIary Rowena, Wallace F"or-
rester, and Warren Winslow, whose sketch follows.
Three of the children died under the age of five
years. Mary Rowena, wdio was born in Decem-
ber, 1853. married John G. Shedd, May 15, 1878.
Their home is in Chicago, where Mr. Shedd is a
leading member of the great dry goods house of
Marshall Field & Company. Dr. Winslow B. Por-
ter died November 3, 1891, at Walpole, New Hamp-
shire.

(IV) Warren Winslow, third son and youngest
child of Dr. Winslow B. and Laura M. (Burt)
Porter, was born at Alstead, New Hampshire, Sep-
tember 27, i860. He attended the public schools
in Alstead and Walpole, and also went to business
college for a short time. He then entered the em-
ploy of G. P. Porter & Company of Walpole, where
he remained for eight years, or until he became a
member of Perry & Porter. The senior member
of this firm was Horace A. Perry, wdiose daughter
Mr. Porter married. The firm of Perry & Porter
continued in business for twenty-three years, final-
ly selling out on November I. 1906. They still hold
the agency of the American Express Compan}',
which they have had ever since they began business.
Mr. Porter is a Republican, but has always declined
to hold office. He is a member of the Unitarian
Church, of which he has been treasurer since 1898.
On September 6, 1883. Warren W. Porter married
Carrie A. Perry, daughter of Horace O. and Sarah
Jane (Bridgman) Perry, of Walpole (see Perry
genealogy). They have two children: Rena C,
born April I, 18S6; and Margaret P., June 30, 1901.

This is an important name in New
PAGE Hampshire, having been among the earli-
est English names planted within the
limits of the present state, and also having been
borne by distinguished citizens down through the
generations to the present time.

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(I) Robert Page and his wife Margaret lived
in Ornisby, in the county of Norfolk, England,
where they died.

(II) Robert, son of Robert (l) and Margaret
Page, was born about 1604, in Ornisby, England,
and was there married, his wife's name being
Lucy. This is shown by the record of their exami-
nation preparatory to their leaving England. April
II, 1637, when his age is given as thirty-three
years and hers as thirty. They had three children :
Francis, Margaret and Susannah, and two servants:
William Aloulton, aged twenty years, and Anne
Wadd, tifteen years, and were "desirous to passe
into New England to inhabitt." In 1639 Robert
Page settled in Hampton. New Hampshire (then
Massachusetts), and received a grant of ten acres
of land for a house lot, abutting on the meeting
house green on the south and on the other lands
of his on the north. It was between the house lots
of William JIarston on the west and Robert ^larston
on the east, and this land continued to be occupied
by his descendants down to the sixth generation.
For six years Robert I'age served as one of the
selectmen, and for years represented the town in
the general court of Massachusetts. He was at one
time marshal of the old county of Norfolk. He also
served on various committees for transacting busi-
ness of the town from time to time. In 1660 he is
on record as one of the deacons of the church,
and from the deatn ci his colleague in 1671 to his
own death, September 22, 1679, he appears to have
been the only deacon. His wife died November 12,
1665, aged tifty-eight years. Their children were:
Margaret, Francis, Susannah, Thomas, Hannah,
!Mary and Rebecca. (^Mention of Thomas and de-
scendants forms part of this article.)

(III) PVancis, elder son of Robert (2) and
Lucy Page, was born about 1633, in England, and
resided in Flampton, on the homestead of his
brother-in-law, William Marston. He was married
December 2, 1(369, to Jleribah, daughter of Robert
and Susanna Smith of Hampton, and they had chil-
dren named : Samuel, Lucy, Susanna, Francis,
Meribah, Rebecca and Joseph.

(IV) Samuel, eldest child of Francis and Aleri-
bah (Smith) Page, was born March 3, 1671, in
Flampton, and lived at -"Drake Side," on the old
road through the meadows. He was styled lieuten-
ant, probably from militia service. He was mar-
ried (lirst), January 9, 1696, to Hannah Williams,
who died December 24, 1701. He was married
(second), November 18, 1702, to Anne Jlarshall of
Oyster River (Durham'), and (third), March 8,
1726, to widow !Mary Thomas, daughter of Joseph
Smith of Durham. There were three children of
the first wife, and tliirteen of the second, namely :
Hannah, Samuel (died young), Meribah, Samuel,
Hannah. Prudence, Elizabeth. Benjamin (died
young), Solomon, Jeremiah, John, Benjamin, Ste-
phen. Joseph. .\nna and Simon.

(V) Samuel {2), second son of Samuel (i)
Page, and eldest child of his second wife, Anne
Mar.shall, was born October 3, 1703, in Hampton,
and lived the greater part of his life in Kensington.
He was married, July 2, 1729, in Hampton, to Mary
Clark who was probably the mother of his first five
children. No record appears of his second mar-
riage, but his children recorded in Kensington had
a mother whose maiden name was Mary Johnson.
The first five were: Stephen, Simon, Elizalicth,
Ann and Mary. Those recorded in Kensington
were: Mercy, Sarah, Enoch (died young). Pati-

ence, Eliphalet, Enoch. Johnson. Dow also gives
the names of Simon and Robert, who may have
been born in Hampton.

(VI) Enoch, son of Samuel (2) and Mary
(Johnson) Page was born June 6, 1764. in Ken-
sington, and settled about 1800 in Weare, whither
he was doubtless attracted by the fact that many
of the inhabitants of that town were Quakers.
There were others of the same name in the town
who wore descendants of John Page of Haverhill,
Massachusetts. Until recently, Enoch was supposed
to belong to the same line, but a thorough search
compels the conclusion that the above line of de-
scent is correct. After 1810 and before 1820, he
moved to Vermont, probably Sharon, and died in
that state. He was married, October 31, 1799. to
Thcodate Chase, daughter of John and Lydia
(Green) Chase, of Weare. She was born July 6,
1773. in Kensington and survived until 1S62, when
she died in Weare, in her eighty-ninth year. After
the death of Mr. Page she married Aaron Foster
of Sharon, Vermont, with whom she returned to
Weare. He died in that town in 1856, aged ciglity-
nine years. The children of Enoch and Theodate
(Chase) Page were: Samuel, Ruth and John
Chase.

(VII) Samuel, eldest child of Enoch and
Theodate (Chase) Paige, was horn 1800, in Weare.
and continued to reside there. He operated a tan-
nery at Clinton Grove and died there 1870. He wa-
an active member of the church and a prominent
abolitionist. He married Abigail Paige, daughter
of Enoch and !Mary (Johnson) Paige, of Weare.
She was born April 13, 1807, and died April 4, 1S62.
Their children were: Caroline E. and Alfred F.
The daughter has been all her life a teacher and
retired in 1906.

(VTll) Alfred I'oster, second child and only
son of Samuel and Abigail (Paige) Paige, was
born May 22, 1841. in Weare, and received a com-
mon school education. When a young man, having
acquired the tanner's trade with his father, he served
an apprenticeship in Townsend to learn the currier's
trade. In 1S73 he removed from his native place.
Clinton Grove, to North Weare, where he built
a tannery which he operated for several years.
Since that time he has given his attention to farm-
ing and lumbering in connection with his son,
Ernest Paige. He was married in 1S71 to Eliza
Gillis, of Weare. She died in February, 1902.
Their children are: Herman D., in Boston, engaged
in real estate; Ernest A.; Clarence G., express mes-
senger in Manchester : and Ralph S., at home. He
married (second), ]\lrs. Abigail Corey.

(IX) Ernest Alfred, second son and child of
.Alfred Foster and Eliza (Gillis) Paige, was born
-\ugust 5, 1875, at North ^\'care, and completed his
education at the Nashua high school. On leaving
school he engaged in the lumber business at Weare
in connection with his father and soon bou,ght the
place on which he resides and is altogether the
possessor of a thousand acres of land. Besides lum-
bering he engages in agriculture on what is known
as the old Baker homestead. Mr. Paige is a Repub-
lican in politics, member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of North Weare. Mrs. Paige is a
member of the Grange of North Weare. He was
married. October 20, 1903, to Ida Belle Hazen,
daughter of John Hazen. of Mount Vernon, and they
ha\e two daughter.-: Catherine E. and Edna
May.

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Robert (2) and Lucy Page, was bom abmit 16.TO.
probably in Hampton, and lived on tlic paternal
homestead. He married, February 2, i6f)4, Mary,
daughter of Captain Christopher and Theodate
(Bachilcr) Hussey (see Hatchelder, 1). She was
baptized April 2, i".?.?. After the death of Thomas
Page she married Henry Green, and after his death
Henry Dow. Children of Thomas and Mary (Hus-
sey.) Page were: Mary. Roliert, Christopher. Johii,
Stephen, Theodate and Bethiah. (Stephen and de-
scendants are noticed in this article.)

(IV) Christopher, second son and third child
of Thomas and Mary (Hussey) Page, was born
September 20. 1670, in Hampton, New Hampshire,
and lived on the homestead, where he was a farmer.
He married, November 14, i68g, Abigail, daughter
of Daniel and Meliitable (Sanborn) Tilton. She
was born October 28. 1670, died October 18. 1769.
Their children were: Robert, Abigail, Mary, Lydia,
Jonathan, David, Shuahel, Jeremiah and Tabitha.
(David and descendants receive mention in this
article.)

(V) Jonathan, second son and iifth child of
Christopher and Abigail (Tilton) Page, was born
on Christmas Day, 7700. He settled in that part
of North Hampton which is called Page town and
was there engaged in farming. He married, June
4. 1724. Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mehitable
(Hobbs) Towle, the former the emigrant of Hamp-
ton (see Towle, I). She was born March 11, 1701,
in Hampton, died November 14, 1783. Tlieir chil-
dren were: Mehitable, died young; Lieutenant
Jonathan, Mary. Simon, Stephen, Joseph and Me-
hitable.

(VI) Stephen, third son and fifth child of
Jonathan and Mary (Towle) Page, was born .^pril
8. 1735, and resided through life in North Hamp-
ton, where he died June 18, 1805. He married
Mary, fourth daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah
(Taylor) Dearborn, of Hampton. She was born
March 23, 1740, died February 7. 1828. Their chil-
dren were: IMehitable, Dudley, Dearborn and
Odiin.

(VII) Dearborn, second son and third child of
Stephen and Mary (Dearborn) Page, was born in
North Hampton. New Hampshire. .August, 1766.
died in North Hampton, December 20, 1844, aged
seventy-four years and four months. His wife,
Betsey (Greene) Page, died December 15, 1852,
aged eighty-one years and eight months. They were
the parents of two children: Elizabeth (called Bet-
sey) and Stephen.

(VIII) Stephen, only son of Dearborn and
Betsey (Greene) Page, was born in North Hamp-
ton in the latter part of 1791, died March 30, 1866,
aged seventy-four years and si.x months. He mar-
ried (first) Eliza Dow, of North Hampton, who
died February 8, 1822, aged thirty-two years. Their
children were : George. Simon, Dow, Eliza D.,
married Enoch P. Creasey. Mr. Page married (sec-
ond) Eliza Worthen. of Candia, New Hampshire.
There were no children of this marriage. Mr.
Page was a farmer by occupation.

(IX) Captain Simon Dow, second son of Ste-
phen and Eliza (Dow) Page, was born November
14, 1815, in North Llampton, died June 16, iSyo, in
North Hampton. He married, November 2, 1S42, Ju-
dith Rollins, of Loudon, born October 19. 1S14, in
Loudon, died in North Hampton, TNlny 21, i8q8.
Their children were: Calvin, Margaret D., deceased,
married Thomas L. Philbrook, of North Hampton.
New Hampshire; Isadora, wife of George L. Gar-

land, now residing in North llampton; Cora E.,
widow of Edward E. Knowlcs, now residing in
North Hampton. Captain Simon D. Page was a
farmer, captain in state militia, attended the Con-
gregational Church, and was a Democrat in politics.

(X) Calvin, eldest son and child of Captain
Simon D. and Judith (Rollins) Page, was • born
in North Hampton, New Hampshire,. August 22,
1845. His early days were spent on his father's
farm, like many boys of his time and locality. He
first attended the old district .school and later Phil-
lips Exeter Academy. In 1864 he entered the
sophomore class of Harvard College, but after a
short period of time, owin,g to lack of funds, was
obliged to abandon his studies and return to the
farm, where he farmed during the summer and
chopped cord wood during the winter. He came
to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 19, 1865,
and entered the law office of Hon. Albert R. Llatch,
keeping his books, and doing general work around
the office for his board, while studying law. He was
admitted to the bar at the October term of court
in 1868, and has since practiced his chosen pro-
fession, with marked success. Of late years he has
discontinued general practice, devoting his time and
attention to large corporations, and at the present
time (1907) devotes his time chiefly to the care
and management of the large estate of the late
Hon. Frank Jones, of which W. Whitterman, of
Newton, Massachusetts, and Judge Page are the
trustees and executors. He is also one of the
.\merican committee of management of the Frank
Jones Brewing Company. He is president of the
New Hampshire National Bank of Portsmouth,
Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Compan}-, Granite
State Fire Insurance Company, Portsmouth Fire
Association, Piscataqua Fire Insurance Company,
Manchester & Lawrence Railroad, Laconia Car
Company Works of Laconia, New Hampshire, and
president and director of many other corporations
of minor importance.

Judge Pa.ge has supported the political principles
in which he believes and has been prominent in the
Democratic party for many years, displaying the
same characteristics which brought to him promi-
nence and renown in his professional career. He
served in the capacity of city solicitor for two
years, judge of the police court six years, mayor
of Portsmouth in 1884-85. and again in 1899-1900,
member of board of water commissioners four years,
member of board of instruction twenty-five •years,
chairman of high school committee ten years, mem-
ber of the New Hampshire constitutional conven-
tion in 1889, senator, representing district No. 24.
1893-94, and again in 1903-04. collector of internal
revenue for the district of New Hampshire, em-
bracing the states of Elaine, New Hampshire and
Vermont for eight years under the adminis-
tration of President Cleveland. He is an honorary
member of the New Hampshire Veterans' Associa-
tion, member of St. John's Lodge, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, and De Witt Clinton Commandery,
Knights Templar, being the oldest living past com-
mander of the latter named. He is a Unitarian in
religious belief. Beginning life without the aid of
capital or influential friends. Judge Page has
steadily advanced along the lines chosen for his life
work, and by his persistence, energy and determina-
tion has attained a place for himself among the
honored and influential men of his adopted city,
and his native state. His career should serve as
a source of encouragement and inspiration to others.

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showing what can be accomplished by individual
effort. Of an honored family, his own record casts
no shadow upon the family escutcheon, but has added
brilliance to the family history that has been honor-
able and commendable from early days to the pres-
ent time.

Judge Page married, January 7, 1S70, Aribcla
J. JNIoran, and has one child, Agnes, born August
21, 1S71, who married John II. llartlctt (see Bart-
lett, X).

(V) David, sixth child and third son of Chris-
topher and Abigail (Tilton) Page, was born No-
vember I, 1703, in Hampton, and resided in that
part of North Hampton called "Pagetown." He
was married (first), June 27, 1728. to Ruth Dear-
born, daughter of John and Abigail (Batchelder)
Dearborn, of Hampton. She was born May 21,
1705. in Hamptoii, and died January 8, 1741. He
was married (second), April 5, 1742, to Ruth,
daughter of Captain John and Abigail (Shaw)
Smith, of Hampton. She was born April 3, 1703, in
Hampton, and died July 3, 1769, at North Hampton.
There were six children of the first wife, and four
of the second, namely: John, Robert, Deborah.
David, Benjamin, Abigail (died young), Abigail,
Christopher. Ruth and Josiah.

(VI) Robert, second son and child of David
and Ruth (Dearborn) Page, was born April i,
1731. in North Hampton, and settled in Ravmond,
New Hampshire, where he died December 31", 1816.
He was married November 12, 1755. to Sarah Dear-
born, daughter of Simon and Sarah (Mar.'ton)
Dearborn, of Hampton. She was born April 18,
1736, in Hampton, and died January 12, 1831.
Their children were: Ruth, Sarah, Simon, David
(died young), Mary (died young), Mary and
David.

(VII) David (2), youngest child of Rybert and
Sarah (Dearborn) Page, was born about 1769. in
Raymond, and settled in Lisbon, New Hampshire,
where he was a farmer and passed his life. The
vital records of the state are almost silent concern-
ing him. There is no record of his marriage or of
the name of his wife. The archives of Lisbon give
the liirths of his children, namely : David, Stephen,
William (died young), Joseph, "Xaby," Lydia, Amos
and William.

(VIII) William, youngest child of David (2)
Page, was born in Lisbon, January 5, 1810, where
he resided until a young man. In 1833 he was united
in mSrriage to Jane Quimby, daughter of Joseph
and Lydia Quimby, of Lisbon. In 1834 they moved
to Whitefield. where Mr. Page purchased a farm
and followed his trade of brick mason in that and
surrounding towns. In politics he was a strong
Republican, and in religion he belonged to the Ad-
vent faith, being a deacon in tlu Advent Church in
Whitefield. They had fourteen children, i. Eliza
Jane, married Perkins Morse, now deceased, who
lives in Littleton, New Hampshire. 2. Samantha,
married Lewis English, of Lisbon, died May 21,
1907. 3. JIarinda, married William J. Whedon,
and lives in Whitefield. 4. Martha, married J. W.
Kelso, and lives in Whitefield. 5. Mary, married
F. J._ Aldrich, resides in Lisbon. 6. Abbie, married
S. T. Moffctt, lives at Sonierville, Massachusetts
7. Lydia, married N. J. Holmes, lives at Riverton,
New Hampshire. 8. John, who is at the Mt. Plea-
sant Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. 9. Ira,
live: at Casco. Missouri. 10. Betsey, died in in-
fancy. II. Carrie, married Henry M. Leonard, re-
sides at Whitefield. 12. Edmund, lives at iNIeredith,

New Hampshire. 13. Ada, married Oscar .\. Brown,
now deceased, lives at Whitefield. 14. Frank David,
whose sketch follows. William Page died October
31, 1881. His wife died April 10, 1895. aged seven-
ty-nine years.

(IX) Frank David, fourth son and fourteenth
child of William and Jane (Quimby) Page, was
born at Whitefield, New Hampshire, July 20, 1S57.
He was educated in the public schools of his native
town, and for several years was in the horse busi-
ness for L. T. Hazen. After a time he purchased
the old homestead where all of his father's family
were reared. This is a fine estate of two hundred
and fifty acres, and his farm speaks of thrift and
enterprise from every nook and corner. He is
up-to-date in all his methods, looks after every de-
tad of the work himself, and is successful because
he is progressive. Mr. Page is a large milk pro-
ducer. He attends the Baptist Church, and is a
Republican in politics. He served as selectman from
1895 to 1899 and again from 1903 to 1907. He
represented his town in the legislature of 1901-02.
He married Lura Conner, daughter of Harlow and
Orra Ann (Cloughs) Conner of Whitefield. There
are no children. Mr. Page is a selfmade man, and
by his own industry and exertions has accumulated
a good property which he uses to the best advan-
tage in surrounding himself and family with all
the comforts of life, and he assists all worthy ob-
jects.

(IV) Stephen, fourth son and sixth child of
Thomas and j\lary (.Hussey) Page, was born Au-
gust 14, 1677, in Hampton, in which town he re-
sided. He was married, January 3, 1701, to Mary
Rawlings (Rollins), and their children were
Thomas, Hannah, John, Rachel and Mary.

(V) John, second son and third child of
Stephen and Mary (Rollins) Page, was born Oc-
tober 19, 1706, in Hampton, and settled in Kensing-
ton. He was married, February 27, 1729, to Flepse-
bah, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (.Bordwell)
Towle, of Hampton. She was born October 2, 1706.
Their children were: John, Benjamin (died young),
Daniel (died young), James, Rachel, Benjamin,
Daniel. Abraham, Aaron, Mary and Sarah.

(VI) Aaron, sixth son and eighth child of John
and Hepsebah (Towle) Page, was born Septem-
ber 7, 1745, probably in Hampton, and resided in
Danville, New Hampshire.

(VII) John (2), son of .\aron Page, was born
November 23, 17S8, probably in Danville, and died
December 3, 1873, in Dunbarton, New Hampshire,
at the age of eighty-five years and ten days. In
early manhood he settled on Wcod hill, in the town
of Bow, where he purchased a farm and which he
cleared by his own labor. He was a member and
long a deacon of the Baptist Church in that town.
He was a firm opponent of home slavery, and was
among the first and most enthusiastic members of
the Republican party upon its organization. His
lirst wife was Nancy Colby. He married (second)
Betsey Elliott. Of his children, the eldest, Benja-
min, resided for some time on the homestead. He
receives further mention below. Enos, the second,
lived and died in Manchester. John resided and died
in Dunbarton. Hannah married Stevens Hoyt and
resided in X^ewton, New Hampshire. Am^js was
drowned in the Black river in Wisconsin while raft-
ing lumber. Lewis settled and died in the town
of Bow. There were six others who died in in-
fancy.

(\TII) Benjamin, eldest son of John (2) and

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Nancy (Colby) Page, was born April i8, 1814, in
Danville, New Hampshire, and died April 22, 1885,
in Dunbarton. He was reared in Bow, receiving
such education as the common schools of that town
afforded, and was early engaged in farming and
lumbering. He bought a small farm and subse-
quently purchased the paternal homestead, and was
a very successful farmer. He was an industrious
and fore-handed man, and was soon able to extend
his interests. About 1869-70, in coinpany with five
others, he bought a large tract of land with a mill
in Dunbarton, and during the remainder of his life
was extensively engaged in lumbering. At one
time he sold five thousand cords of wood to the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester,
which then consumed this sort of fuel in its boilers.
He engaged in lumbering on a large scale, gradn-

ially purcliasing the interest of his partners, until
for many years only himself and his brother Lewis
were the proprietors, and at last the latter sold
his interest and Benjamin became the sole pro-
prietor. He was a member of the Bow Baptist
Church and was for many }-ears its treasurer. He
was an ardent Republican and took an active part
in the conduct of local affairs, being many j'ears
a school officer of Dunbarton, and also representing
the town in the legislature. He was married, Janu-
ary, 1837. to Mary, daughter of James and Betsey
(Stewart) Sargent, of Bow, who was born May
25, 1820 (see Sargent, VH). She died April i,
1897. Their children were ; Larkin, who died in
Dunbarton, leaving two children, Carrie L., wife of
Edward Cheney, and Benjamin; Nancy Jane, the
wife of Samuel Parker, who died in Concord; Mary
Elizabeth, the wife of Charles F. Hoyt, resided in
Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Willie F., mentioned
at length in the following paragraph. Besides these
one child died in infancy.

(IX) Willie Franklin, second son and fourth
child of Benjamin and Mary (Sargent) Page, was
born January 19. 1858, in Bow, and was reared in
that town, receiving most of his education in the
home school. He attended three terms at the
grammar schools in Manchester, and one term at
New London Academy. He was early accustomed
to the labors of the farm and saw mill, and so was
his father's able and competent assistant before at-
taining his majority. He succeeded to the owner-
ship of the farm and mill property and is now the
owner of more than five hundred acres of land and
does considerable farming. He is also an active
dealer in wood and lumber, and continues to turn
out these products during the winter season. His
mill is situated at the foot of Kimball's pond, in
the southern part of Dunbarton, and the water is
allowed to run off during the summer season, on
account of the flowage on the lands above. Mr.
Page raises cattle and horses and carries on mixed
farming. He is an intelligent observer of men and
events and endeavors to keep abreast of the times.
He attends the Baptist Church of Bow. For many
years before tlie adoption of the town school sys-
tem, he was moderator of his district, and he served
four years as selectman, refusing to accept on the
fifth election. In 1889 he represented the town in
the state legislature. Like his father and grand-
father he is a supporter of Republican principles,
and is respected and esteemed by his townsmen as
an upright citizen. He was married June 29, 1890,
to Laura A. Hammond, who was born April 3,
1864, in Bow, daughter of Charles F. and Fanny J.
(Lord) Hammond (see Hammond, VIII). Mr. and

Mrs. Page had one child, Willie Franklin, who died
at the age of five years.

( Second Family. )

This name, which is a later ortho-

PAIGE graphy of Page, was first taken as a

surname by one who was page to some

royal or noble person. Among the descendants of

the inunigrant, John Page, are many persons of

wealth and local influence.

(I) John Page, the immigrant progenitor of this
family, lived several years in Hingham, Massachu-
setts. The Page bridge and Page meadows are
ancient names in Hingham, perpetuating the memory
of the ancestor of a numerous family. In 1052 he
removed from Hingham to Haverhill, where he
died November 23, 1687. He married in Huigham,
Mary I\Iarsh, daughter of George INIarsh. who sur-
vived him, dying February 15. 1697. They were
the parents of ten children : John. Onesiphorus,
Benjamin, Mary, Joseph, Cornelius, Sarah, Eliza-
beth. Mercy and Ephraim. The sons lived in Ha-
verhill. (Cornelius and descendants receive notice
in this article.)

(II) Benjamin, third son and child of John
(l) and Mary (JNIarsh) Page, was born in Hing-
ham, and baptized July 14, 1644. His father's
family moved to Haverhill when he was about
eight years old. He was admitted freeman 1677.
He married, September 21, 1666, Mary Whittier,
daughter of Thomas Whittier. She died July 29,
1698. Their children were: Jeremiah. IMary. Ruth,
Benjamin. Susannah, Abiah, Benjamin, Abraham,
Caleb and Rachel.

(III) Jeremiah, eldest son and child of Benja-
min and ]\Iary (Whittier) Page, was born in Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, September 14, 1667. He mar-
ried, June 2. i6g6. Deborah Kendrick, of Newbury-
port, and they had seven children : Mary, Ruth,
Jeremiah, Joshua, Caleb, Abigail and Daniel.

(IV) Captain Caleb, third son and fifth child
of Jeremiah and Deborah (Kendrick) Page, was
born August 16 or 26, 1705, and died in Dunbar-
ton, New Hampshire, July, 1785. He resided in
Haverhill for a time, and about 1749 removed to
Atkinson. There he owned land extending a mile,
more or less, in every direction from the site of the
academy. He sold this property for the weight of
his wife in silver. The price amounted to about
five thousand dollars. In lyqi he removed to Dun-
barton, New Hampshire, then a wilderness. Captain
Caleb Page may be considered as a principal char-
acter among the forefathers of the town. He,
with other individuals from Hampstead. Haverhill,
and their vicinity, were among the early settlers
of Derryfield. He was one of the grantees of
Starkstown (now Dunbarton), and was in the
charter of incorporation in 1765, named as the per-
son authorized to call the first meeting of the in-
habitants, under that instrument. He was a large
proprietor in the township, in the northern part
of which upon lot No. 18, in the third range,
a fort was erected, and his permanent residence
established. The locality still bears the name of
"Page Corner," and the road leading to it from
the east is called the "Page Road." Along this
road there are now many well-built and tastily
arranged dwelling houses, which exhibit much more
the appearance of a "city" than the same locality
did when thus termed in former days. The house
of Captain Page and that of Israel" Clifford were
the first frame buildings erected in that vicinity.

Captain Page was one of the most efficient co-

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operators in advancing the progress of the settle-
ment. At the proprietors' meetings he acted fre-
quently as moderator, as general agent, chairman
of the most important committees, and for several
years as proprietors' clerk. In 1753 Captain Page
was with Colonel Zacchens Lovewell and Major
John Talford appointed by the general court of
New Hampshire, commissioners "to survey and
make (or mark) a road to Coos," in which ser-
vice he acted as surveyor as well as commissioner.
The road was located from Stevenstown (Salis-
bury) to Haverhill. John Stark (afterwards gen-
eral), who had been conveyed over the route as an
Indian captive the previous year and was acquainted
with the wilderness, acted as pilot. For his services
as commissioner on this occasion, twenty-two days
at thirty-five shillings a day, the captain received
thirty-eight pounds and ten shillings, and for the
same time as surveyor, at si.xty shillings a day,
sixty-si.x pounds, and for attendance one day to
appoint the day and prepare for the march, five
pounds and five shillings, making a total of one
hundred pounds and five shillings or about four
hundred and ninety dollars, "old tenor." The gov-
ernor and council sent Captain Page a commission
as one of His Majesty's justices of the peace, but
he declined being qualified as such, and requested
the appointment for his son Jeremiah, by whom it
was accepted. In 1758 Caleb Page was appointed
by Governor Benning W. Wentworth a captain of
provincials. Captain Page possessed a noble and
benevolent spirit, with ample means to carry out his
generous intentions. His bank, which contained his
treasure of golden guineas, silver crowns and dol-
lars, was a half bushel measure constantly kept
under his bed. One of his guineas was turned up by
the plow about 1825, in his field, where it has been
dropped and lost when paid to the captain many
years before by a person who had bought a cow of
him. The coin is still in possession of the family.

His house was the abode of hospitality, and the
scene of many a joyous festival, in "ye olden times,"
where good cheer was supplied in bounteous pro-
fusion. There at all times the traveler, although
a stranger, found welcome, refreshment, and re-
pose. One of his adventures is as follows: Having
a quantity of fresh beef to dispose of, he conveyed
it to Newburyport for market, and there, finding
a vessel about to sail for Louisburg, then in pos-
session of the English, he took passage with his
stores for that fortress. A contractor of the British
fleet eagerly purchased his supplies at high prices,
but delayed payment. Ascertaining that the fleet
was under "sailing orders" for the ne.xt day. Cap-
tain Page went on board the flagship, and stated
his case to the admiral. The latter, a good humored,
prompt, and justly deciding son of Neptune, ordered
the contractor to appear before him. Upon his
appearance the admiral said to him. "Do you owe
this man {so muchl. Sir?" naming the amount. He
answered affirmatively. "Then pay him, or you
swing at the yard arm." The amount was instantly
paid, and Captain Page returned home with the pro-
ceeds of a profitable venture.

In his time black slaves were possessed by every
opulent family. He owned several of either se.x.
whose condition his own, and the benevolence of
each of his wives, rendered comfortable in every
respect. They were by their servants honored and
revered rather as indulgent parents than as tnaster
and mistress. He was a firm patriot and was in
1775 elected j delegate to the Provincial congress,

the first from that town. Toward the close of his
life he attended the funeral of a friend at the meet-
ing house burial ground, in the spring. Water had
risen in the grave as is generally the case at that
location. When he returned home he declared that
"he would not be drowned after death," and on
the next day purchased a small burial lot in the
adjacent town of Bow, on the Concord road, where
after his death his remains were laid to rest, July
1785, in the eightieth year of his age.

Captain Page married (first), in 1729. Ruth
\\'allingford, of Boston, Massachusetts, who died
in 1740; he married (second) !^Irs. Carleton, who
died in October, 1785. She was a large person
weighing three hundred and fifteen pounds. She
was conveyed to meeting on an ox sled, and when
she visited a friend her large square arm chair
with circular back, was conveyed with her. Captain
Page had four children, all by the first wife. His
eldest son, Caleb, Jr., born 1729, was an ensign of
rangers, and fell in the bloody contest between
Ticonderoga and Crown Point, January 21, 1757.
The second son Jeremiah is more fully mentioned
below. The elder daughter, Elizabeth, born 1736,
married General John Stark (see Stark, II). She
went to Dunbartoii in 1752, and often stood sentmel
at her father's fort for hours, with a loaded musket,
watching for Indian enemies. Mary, the younger
daughter, born 1738, married James Russell, of
Bow.

(V) Judge Jeremiah (2), second son and child
of Captain Caleb (1) and Ruth (Wallingford)
Page, was born in August, 1730, and died Novem-
ber 29, 1807. He was a well educated man of busi-
ness. He bought of Samuel Smith lot No. 17,
third range, where he lived and died a farmer, at
the age of seventy-seven. He was one of the com-
mittee of safety, with Hogg and Sargent, in the
Revolution. He was chosen a delegate to the state
convention in 1778 to form a constitution, but he
received so much opposition from the Tories that
his election was not effected until ten days pre-
vious to their assembling. He was the first mem-
ber from Dunbarton to the general court, and was
re-elected many years; was justice of the peace
and quorum, and judge of the court of common
pleas of Hillsborough county. He was the king's
surveyor, and as such performed much of the busi-
ness of the state and county, and laid out most of
the early town and other roads. He was the third
proprietor's clerk of Dunbarton, and made his last
record in that capacity of their meeting which was
dissolved on the second Tuesday of September,
1802. He was an astronomer, and in 1804 calcu-
lated the total eclipse of the sun which happened
in 1806. Judge Page married, 1752, Sarah Merrill,
of Billerica, Massachusetts, born 1732, died Sep-
tember 5. 1807. Their children were; Caleb, Sarah,
Jeremiah, Achsah, Elizabeth, John and Ruth. The
last named became the wife of Joseph (2) Sawyer
(see Sawyer, VI).

(VI) Caleb (2). eldest child of Jeremiah (2)
and Sarah (Merrill) Page, was born in Dracut,
Massachusett-;, in 1753, and died in Dunbarton, June
3, 1816. After his parents removed to Dunbar-
ton he and his sister Sarah were left in Dracut till
1756, for fear of Indians. Caleb Page received a
share of the estate of his grandfather. Captain
Caleb Page, and lived and died upon his homestead
at Page's Corner. Pie married ^lary Carleton, of
Haverhill, Massachusetts, and they were the parents
of seven children, including sons, Caleb, John and

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Peter Carletoii. (Mention of John and tlescendants
appears in this article.)

(VII) Peter Carlcton, third son of Caleb (2)
and Mary (Carleton) Page, was born July I, 1783,
in Dunbarton, and died October 15, 1858. He was
a farmer in that town throughout his life. Mr.
Page was active in the support of the Baptist
Church and aided in building the church in his
town, having formerly attended worsliip in Hopkin-
ton. In politics he was a Democrat. He was mar-
ried to Lucy Smith, daughter of Moody Sinith, of
Hopkinton. She w-as born November 26. 1792. Their
children were: Caleb, Harrison C, Sainuel S. and
George W.

(VIII) George Washington, youngest son of
Peter C. and Lucy (Smith) Page, was born April
9, 1825. in Dunbarton, and was educated in the
Hopkinton and Pembroke academics. He learned
the trade of shoemaker and followed this for a short
time, and subsequently turned his attention to farm-
ing, fie died August 20, 1894. He was a member
of the Baptist Church, and was a Democrat in poli-
tics. He was married, October 2,5. 1857, to Martha
A. Farnuni, daughter of Simeon Farnum, of East
Concord (see Farnum, VI). She was born April
8, 1835, and died September 14, 1906. Their chil-
dren were as follows : Caleb, who died at Page's
Corner; (Tiara, wife of George Heath, of Dunbar-
ton; George \V.. of Dunbarton; Mary Elizabeth,
wife of Eugene E. Dunbar, of Hopkinton; Harrison
P., mentioned below ; John F., deceased, and Nellie,
of Dunbarton.

(IX) Harrison Peter, son of George W. and
Martha A. (Farnum) Page, was born December 5,
1867, in Dunbarton, in which town he tiow resides.
His education was supplied by the common schools,
and he has always given his attention to agricul-
ture. He is a progressive citizen and endeavors
to keep abreast of the times. He is one of the
substantial members of Stark Grange, No. 42. of
Dunbarton. and of the Baptist Church of Hopkin-
ton. In politics he adheres to the traditions of his
fathers and is unswerving in his allegiance to the
Democratic party. He was inarried. December 9.
1897. to Edith S. Caldwell, daughter of Horace and
Sarah (Waite) Caldwell, of Dunbarton, and their
children are Martha S. and Clara C.

(VII) John (2), son of Caleb (2) and Mary
(Carleton") Page, w-as born in Dunbarton, Febru-
ary 28, 1793, received his education in the com-
mon schools and was a farmer. He removed to
Hopkinton in 1826. and resided there till his death,
November 11, 1874. He represented the town at the
general court in 1845, and 1847, and was generally
prominent in the councils of his town. He married
^Nlarch 28. 1821, Rachel Drake, daughter of Major
James and Hannah (Ward) Drake, of Pittsfield.
Their children were: John W. and Mary B.

(Vni) John William, only son of John and
Rachel (Drake) Paige, was born in Dunbarton,
January 10, 1822, and was taken to Hopkinton by
his parents in 1826, when he was four years old,
where he afterward resided. He acquired his edu-
cation in the country school, and was engaged in
agricultural pursuits in Hopkinton. where he was
one of the most prosperous farmers of the town.
In 18S0 he removed to .Millville and bought a large
farm upon which he lived till his death. December
15, 1900. He was a member of the Baptist Church,
and affiliated in politics with the Democrats. He
married, April 16, 1844, Elizabeth J. Berry, born
.Augu.-t 26, 1822, died February, 1890. She was

taken by her parents, Joshua and Abigail (Drake)
Berry, from Hopkinton to Millville, when a child,
on their removal to the latter place. The children
of this union were : Mary. Abbie, Georgia D. and
Frank W. In 1892 Mr. Paige married Soijhronia
.Adams, widow of Daniel Adams, and daughter of

Pierce, of Springfield, New Hampshire.

She now resides in Holderness.

(IX) Frank William, son of John W. and
Elizabeth J. (Berry) Paige, was born in Hopkin-
ton, December 29, 1852. He worked on his father's
milk-farm a part of the year, and attended school
the remainder until he was nineteen years old,
when he quit school and devoted himself exclusively
to farm work for his father for a number of years.
In 1892 he removed to Concord and bought a farm
of seventy acres of fertile land, situated on South
Street, and formerly run as a milk farm, where he
now resides. Mr. Paige also owns a one hundred
and twenty acre farm in Millville, two farms on
Beech hill. Concord, a two-hundred-acre pasture in
.Sutton and about two hundred acres of woodland
in Hopkinton. He is a man of influence in the
community and in the councils of the Democratic
party of which he is a member. He was a select-
man of Hopkinton two years 1880 and 1881. In re-
ligious matters he affiliates with the Baptists. He
married at Hopkinton, October 6, 1875, Kate Al-
\ira Currier, born in Hopkinton. September 2, 1855,
ilaughter of George W. and Hannah (Flanders)
Currier, of that town. They have two children:
Maud Emma, born July 16, 1877. and Ethel May,
May 29, 1882, residing at home.

(Third Family.)

This family seems to be distinct from
PAGE those previously treated, but is probably

related in some w'ay. It is often impos-
sible to establish the relationship of the pioneers
in the lilassachusetts Bay Colony, though it is evi-
dent that in some cases such relationship exists.
(I) John Page was born 1586, in Dedhani,
England, and came to New England with the Gov-
ernor Winthrop Company in 1630. He settled in
Watertown, Massachusetts, and died in that town
December 18, 1876. at the age of ninety years. He
was the first constable of Watertown, being ap-
pointed in September, 1630. by the general court.
He was admitted a freeman of that town May 18,
1631. His house was burned April 21 of that
year. His wife Phoebe, who accompanied him
from England, survived him and died September
25. 1677, aged eighty-seven years. Their children
were: William, Phoebe. Daniel, John and Samuel.
(ID John (2), third son and fourth child of
John (I) and Phoebe Page, was born in 1639. and
took the oath of fidelity in 1652. About 1662 he
removed to Groton, Massachusetts, and in that year
sold land in Watertown, wdiich he had bought of
his father. The next year, when he sold forty
acres of land in Watertown, he was described as
of Groton. Between 1700 and 1703 he sold eight
lots of land in Groton to his son Jonathan, and in
170S he sold land in that town. He did not con-
tinue to live in Groton, but returned to Watertown,
and he was probably the John Page who represented
Watertown in the legislature in 1700. He died soon
after March 14, 1711. He was married in Groton,
May 12, 1664, to Faith Dunster. She died -April 3,
1C99. and a marriage contract is on record which
he signed with Widow Emery Lamb, of Boston,
agreeing to be married that day, September 5, 1699.
This marriage evidently took place, as they jointly

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signed papers Tune 6. 170J. The children of John
(2) Page were: John (^), Samuel, !Mary, Jonathan
and Joseph.

(Ill) Samuel, second son and child of John
(2) and Faith (Dunster) Page, was born June 4,
1672, in Groton. Massachusetts, and was the lirst
settler in Lunenburg, that state. For several years
he and his family constituted the only inhabitants
of that town, and because of this sole occupancy
and presumed control of the territory, he received
the title of governor. Among his grandchildren were
Nathaniel and Joseph, who settled in Rindge, New
Hampshire.

(V) Lieutenant Nathaniel, son of "Governor"
Samuel and JNlartha Page, was a pioneer settler in
Rindge, New Hampshire. He was one of the origi-
nal proprietors under the Masonian charter of the
town. In the distribution of the lots he drew num-
bers twenty-one and twent}--two in the tenth range,
and number eleven in the eighth. About 1760 he
settled upon the two lots first named, which are in
the extreme northwest corner of that town. He was
a man of character and intluence, and was frequently
named upon important committees in the town. His
will was dated August 26, 1779, and was probated
within a short time, showing that he died in that
year. December 25, 1773, he married in Lunenburg,
Mercy Gould, daughter of Thomas and Mercy
(Sumner) Gould, who was born January 17, 1712,
in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She outlived him, but
the date of her death is not recorded. Their chil-
dren were: Nathaniel (died young), John, Moses,
Aaron, Samuel, Sibyl, Rachael, Prudence, Reuben
and Caleb.

(VI) Reuben, eighth son and twelfth child of
Lieutenant Nathaniel and Mercy (Gould) Page,
was born February 3, 1754, in Lunenburg, Massa-
chusetts, and was a child when his parents removed
to Rindge, New Hampshire. He served through
five enlistments in the Revolutionary army. His
first service was in Captain Nathaniel Hale's com-
pany that went out on the Lexington alarm, April
19. 1775- He was in Captain Philip Thomas's com-
pany in Colonel Reed's regiment, enlisting April
23, 1775, and serving to August I of that year. In
common with others of the company he received
for this service seven pounds, two shillings and
ten pence. During this" time he was given a nine
days' furlough, during which he just missed the bat-
tle of Bunker Hill. He made the journey to his
home, and arrived there in such a state of desti-
tution that the women were obliged to make him
clothes before he could return. In July. 1776, he
joined Colonel Isaac Wyman's regiment of the New
Hampshire militia, under Captain Joseph Parker,
which joined the Northern army under General
Gates. He served in Captain Salmon Stone's com-
pany in Colonel Nicholas's regiment in General
Starke's brigade, during July, 1877, joining the Con-
tinental army at Bennington and Stillwater. In his
last service he was one of the thirty-three men from
Rindge in Captain Cunningham's company of
Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment, which joined the
Continental army in Rhode Island in August, 1S78.
After the close of the Revolution he married and
settled in Corinth, Vermont, where his descendants
are still numerous. Like all early settlers he en-
dured great hardships. He moved his goods into
the wilderness on an ox-sled. The Indians were
numerous, and often surrounded the cabin. After
the region became populated he used to go to Boston
every fall with his ox-sled. He carried to the city

dressed hogs, raised by himself and his neighbors,
and he brought back rum and provisions. He mar-
ried, January 29, 1784, Betsey Stevens, of Haverhill,
New Hampshire, who was born January 16, 1769,
and was consequently but fifteen years of age when
she moved across the river to make her new home
in the wilderness. They raised one of the good
old-fashioned families of twelve children: John,
Betsey, Daniel. Abigail, Lewis, Polly, William, Reu-
ben, Charles, Ephraim, Orange and Betty. Reuben
Page died .\ugust 2, 1843, and his wife died .-Vpi-il
2, 1849.

(VIE) Colonel Reuben, fifth son and ninth
child of Reuben (i) and Betsey (Stevens) Page,
was born March 6, 1803, at Cormth, V'ermont. He
was educated in the district schools. He spent all
his days in his native town where he carried on a
large farm. He held most of the town offices, and
served in the state legislature. He was active in
the state militia, which gave him his title. On
September 25, 1S25, he married Viola Tillotson, who
was born January 8, 180S. They had five children:
John, Sophronia, Mary Adelaide, Arabella and Den-
nis. The two youngest daughters were the only
ones to live and raise families. Colonel Reuben
Page died March 25, 1883, at Corinth, Vermont;
and his widow outlived him more than a quarter of
a century, dying March 11, 1SS9, at Manchester,
New Hampshire.

(VIII) Mary Adelaide, second daughter and
third child of Colonel Reuben and Viola (Tillotson)
Page, was born at Corinth, Vermont, October 7,
1832. She was married October 19, 1852, at Man-
chester, New Hampshire, to Arad Stebbuis Corliss.
He was the son of Alfred and Mary (Stebbins)
Corliss, and was born in Bradford, Vermont, Febru-
ary 12, 1823. He was a lineal descendant of George
Corliss, who was born at Devonshire, England, in
1617. .'\rad S. and Mary A. (Page) Corliss had
one daughter, Addie B. Corliss, who was born at
Bradford, Vermont, October 20, 1847. She was
married, October 19, 1871, to George F. Way, a
traveling salesman. They have one son. Dr. George
F. Way (2), of Lincoln, Alainc. Dr. Way married,
October ig, 1898, Florence Libbey Hackett, of Wake-
field, Massachusetts, and they have one son, George
F. Way (3).

(VIII) Arabella, third daughter and fourth
child of Colonel Reuben and Viola (Tillotson)
Page, was born August 24, 1839, at Corinth, Ver-
mont. She was married, June 21, 1859, to Dr.
George Wentworth Downes, who was born July
14, 1830. He practiced in Madison, Wisconsin, and
after marriage practiced in East Corinth, Vermont,
where he died. For more than twenty years (1907)
i\Irs. Downes has been the manager of a large
boarding house on Market street, Manchester. New
Hampshire, rented from the Amoskcag Corporation,
This establishment, winch is noted for its cleanli-
ness and home cooking, is conducted in the best
manner, and has entertained many prominent peo-
ple as guests. The large dining room accommodates
about two hundred guests at each meal. Transients
as well as regular boarders are received. Dr.
George W. and Arabella (Page) Downes had one
child, Georgia Downes, born February 25, 1862.
She married, November 26, 1891, Fred Parnell, of
Manchester. Mr. Parnell is a member of Parnell
Brothers, leading grocers in that city. Mrs. Georgia
(Downes) Parnell died April 17, 1900, leaving five
children: Carroll .'\bbott, George Downes. .Arabella-
Nelson. Thomas, and Frederick, who died in infancy.

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(.1) James Fullerton was boni
FL'LLERTON in Scotland, and was a soldier;
he is buried on the Fullerton
estate at Lunlash. He was a member of the Pres-
byterian Church, married, and the father of: Flora,
Christena, James Alexander, see forward; Marv and
Neal.

(II) James Alexander, eldest son and third
child of James Fullerton, was born in Scotland,
1798, and was a blacksmith all his life. He emi-
grated to Canada in 1829 and took up one hundred
acres of land in New Brunswick, which had been
granted him by the government. He was a Liberal
in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian
Church. His death occurred in 1S70. He married
in Scotland, 1S21, Janet Murcha, also a native of
that country, and there their elder children were
born. The children were named : James, see for-
ward; Archibald, .-Mexander, Neal, Peter, Charles,
John. Mary, Jane, Janet and Christena.

(HI) James, eldest child of James and Janet
(Murcha) Fullerton, was born in Scotland, .\pril
2. 1822. In that country he went to school in his
early childhood. He came to America w'ith his
parents, and for seven years cut timber in the
forests of St. Johns, New Brunswick. He removed
to Bedford, New Hampshire, in 1848, and resided
there until his death, November 5, 1906. When go-
ing to Bedford, he walked all the way from Ver-
ness, Canada, to Concord. For three years he W"as
engaged in farming, attending school during the
winter months. Mr. Fullerton ow-ned one hundred
acres in Bedford, acquiring the Adams homestead,
on which his family now live, and he made a num-
ber of valuable improvements to this property. F"or
thirty years he carried on a dairy business in con-
nection with his farm, and personally superintended
the delivery of milk. He was a Republican in poli-
tics, and like his ancestors, was a member of the
Presbyterian Church. He was a inember of the
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; Hillsborough
Lodge, No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
of Manchester; Social Lodge, No. 10, Daughters of
Rebekah, and he and his wife were charter mem-
bers of Mistletoe Lodge of West Manchester. He
married (first), January 8, 1849, Mary ISIc^Millan,
a member of the Presbyterian Church, daughter of
Neal McMillan, of Verness, Province of Quebec.
They had children : James Hadley, resides in
Woodville, New Flampshire; Janet; Margaret, de-
ceased ; three who died in infancy ; and Neal E.
Mrs. Fullerton died in Goffstown, 1868. Mr. Ful-
lerton married (second), Harriet F. Adams, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Sally (Worthley) Adams, of
Bedford, on whose homestead the Fullertons now
live. Mrs. Fullerton was educated in the schools
of Bedford and Manchester, and is a member of
the Presbyterian Church. She is also a member of
the Grange and Daughters of Rebekah. After the
death of her husband, she undertook the manage-
ment of the farm, employing a number of men to
do the work, and has been very successful in this
enterprise. The farm was settled originally by the
Voses but was purchased from them by i\Irs. Ful-
lerton's father in 1S25, and he located upon it in
the following year. He was a cooper by trade and
had followed this occupation until his coming to
the farm, where he died in 1866. He and his wife
had seven children, one of them, Rosina, married
John Fullerton, of Manchester. Mrs. Adams died
at the age of sixty-nine years. The entire family
were members of the Presbyterian Church,
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Like many other patronymics this name,
FELCH which is in all probability of Welsh
origin, has passed through several
forms of spelling, such as Felcks, Falch, McFalch,
Feltch and Felch. There is strong evidence to prove
that the Felches are descended from David, Prince of
North Wales, and his princess, Mary, granddaugh-
ter of King Henry the First of England, daughter
of Geoffrey Fulk. Count of Anjou, and therefore
a sister of Flenry the Second. It is claimed that the
name Plantagenet, borne by sovereigns of England
for more than three hundred years, originated with
this Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, who wore in his bon-
net a sprig of broom (Plantagenista).

(I) Henry Felch, the first of the name in. New
England, came from Wales, and first appeared in
the records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1641.
It is thought that he had two wives, and that the
lirst one accompanied him to America, as there is
a record of the death of Margaret, wife of Henry
Felch, June 23. 1655. The Christian name of his
second wife was Elizabeth, and she survived him
some tw^elve years. His will was probated Sep-
tember 27, 1670, and he probably died in August of
that year. He was the father of at least two daugh-
ters and one son.

(H) Henry (2), Jr., son of Henry (i) and Mar-
garet Felch, undoubtedly accompanied his parents
from Wales, and settled in Reading, ^Massachusetts,
where he served as a seltctman in 1647-48-50-51,
and was called sergeant. He died in Reading, No-
vember II, 1699. The Christian name of his wife
whom he probably married in Wales, was Hannah,
and she died December 15, 1717. aged nearly one
hundred years. His children were: John, Joseph,
Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth. Daniel and Ruth.

(HI) Dr. Daniel, third son and si.xth child of
Henry and Hannah Felch, was born in Reading
about the year 1669. He settled in Seabrook, New
Hampshire, and was the progenitor of the Felches
of this state. He died October 5. 1752. According
to tradition he was first married Alay 6, 1702, to
Deborah Dean, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, who
died January 7, 1715. His second wife, who was
christened Sarah, died prior to 1730, and the Chris-
tian name of his third wife was Hepzibah. She
survived him. Of the first union there was one
son, Daniel, who died in childhood. His second
wife bore him another Daniel, born in 1718, and
Deborah, born January 13, 1720. His third wife
bore him : Curtis, Joseph, Sarah and Samuel.

(IV) Joseph, second child of Dr. Daniel and
Hepzibah Felch, was probably born in Seabrook, from
whence he went to Weare, where about the year
1779 he purchased of Stephen Rowell tw^o hundred
acres of land lying about one and a half miles north
of the present village of East Weare, and this he
improved into a good farm, which has since that
time remained in the possession of his descendants,
and is now owned by Hiram M. Felch, (see for-
ward). His death occurred in Weare in 1S03. In
1756 he married Mary Hoyt, of English descent, who
died in 1804. Their children were: Annie, Jabez,
Curtis, Molly, Jonathan, John and Benjamin.

(V) Jonathan, fourth son and sixth child of
Joseph and Mary <Hoyt) Felch, was born in Weare
in 1768. and died there in 1852. He was a tanner
and shoemaker, and an excellent farmer, as well.
Politically he was a Democrat, and his religious
aftiliations were with the Universalist Church. He
married Abigail Favor, a descendant of an immi-
grant from the Island of Jersey, who was probably

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of French origin. She died in 1862. aged eighty-
four years, having been the mother of six children :
John, Betsey, Olive, Leonard, Nancy and Abigail.
The latter attained an age of over ninety-six years.

(VI) Leonard, fourth child and youngeft son
of Jonathan and Abigail (Favor) Felch, was born
in Weare. May 21, i8or. He succeeded to the pos-
session of the homestead, which he cultivated until
1857, when he sold the property to his son Hiram
M., and removing to Hopkinton, New Hampshire,
died there February 17, 1878. In politics he was
a Democrat, and in his religious belief a Free Will
Baptist. Flis first wife was Katherinc Blodgett. of
Plymouth, New Hampshire, daughter of Ebenezcr
Blodgett, a Methodist minister, and of Scotch-Irish
ancestry. She died inlSsi.and he married (second),
Mrs. Sarah (Danforth) Palmer, who survived him.
By his first wife he had children: I. Lydia Ann,
wdio died at the age of two and a half years. 2.
John H.. born July 24, 1834, who resides in Han-
cock, New Hampshire, has served as a selectman
and representative to the legislature. He married
Abigail Tuttle and has had children : Lucinda Kath-
erine, died in 1890; Edgar B. and Arthur T. 3.
Hiram Moody.

(VII) Hiram Moody, second son and third and
youngest child of Leonard and Katherinc (Blod-
gett) Felch, was born in Weare. July 31, 1836. His
educational opportunities were limited, but he made
excellent use of the small amount of time allotted
him for his school attendance, and supplemented
this by earnest hotue effort. Upon attaining his ma-
jority he purchased the homestead farm, paying for
it as circumstances W'ould permit, and has since
made large additions to his real estate holdings. He
now owns one thousand acres of land and four
houses in the village of East Weare, acquiring the
means for the purchase by his industry and frugal-
ity. He established himself in the meat business
at Weare in 1S66 and built up a profitable trade,
later admitting his son, .\sa E.. into partnership.
He collected and drove fortnightly to Lowell, Mas-
sachusetts, from 1868 to 1876, large numbers of
cattle and sheep for sale in that city. On his farm
in East Weare he keeps from thirty to forty head
of cattle, froin one hundred to one hundred and fifty
sheep, and has had on hand at one time as manj' as
five hundred new milch cows. His average
crop of hay amounts to about one hundred and fifty
tons. His farm buildings were destroyed by fire
May 20, 1895, and he removed to the village, pur-
chasing of A. B. Johnson the residence in which
Judge Cross, of Manchester, was born. (See Cross
Family). A portion of his land is devoted to the
growing of valuable timber. During the early days
of the Civil war he was drafted, but not feeling
strong enough to withstand the hardships and ex-
posure of army life, he furnished a substitute, the
expense of which proved a serious drawback to him,
as at that time he was struggling to pay for his
farm. Up to the present time the purchase of this
substitute has cost him over five thousand dollars.
His ability and perseverance, however, enabled him
to clear his property from debt prior to the close
of the war, and his remarkable energv' is one of the
most prominent features of his character. Politi-
cally Mr. Felch was a Democrat up to the time of
the assassination of President Lincoln, since which
time he has been a stanch supporter of Republican
principles. He has served with credit as a select-
man. He is a member of Aurora Lodge. Free and
.Accepted Masons, of Henniker ; Woods Chapter,

Royal .\rch ^Masons ; !Mount William Lodge No. 37,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; and is a charter
member and formerly steward of the local Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, which was organized in 1873.
He married (first), in i860, Maria E. Simonds. of
Hancock, daughter of Asa Simonds. She died in
1895. He married (second). Achsa N. Buswell,
widow of Hiram Buswell, who died September 23,
1893. She was born in Boston. Massachusetts, but
came to Weare as a child and has always lived in
that city. Her father, William Matthews, was born
in Germany, went to California and was engaged
in gold mining, and later lived in Lowell. Massachu-
setts, where he died at the age of fifty-two years.
Her mother, Olive (Philbrick) IMatthews, born in
Weare. was the daughter of Ei)ln'aim and Achsa
(Nicholds) Phillirick. ;Mr. and Mrs. :Matthews had
four children, of whom the only ones living are:
Achsa and Olive; Olive married Mr. Canfield, and
resides in California. Hiram M. and Achsa (Bus-
well) Felch had children: i. Emma Katie, born
.\ugust 16, 1862; died February 3, 1864. 2. Asa E.,
born December 2, 1865. He was educated in the
common schools and Hancock Academy. He as-
sisted his father on the homestead farm and on the
meat business, and later purchased a steam mill,
and extensively engaged in farming and the lumber
industry and employs some fifteen men. He married
Jennie Bl.ack. and has children : Hazel M., mar-
ried Charles Stafford, of Weare. and has one daugh-
ter, Genevra : and Harold W., now twelve years of
age. 3. Willis S.. born May 7. 1871 ; died February
t). 1883. 4. Jennie M., born .August 28, 1879; died
January 28, 1905.

The annals of New Hampshire abound in
TODD accounts of the early pioneers who set-
tled the state. The early settlers seem
to have possessed all the requisites necessary to the
conquest of the wilderness and the founding of a
.great nation. The history of this state without an
account of the Scotch-Irish would be very incom-
lilete. They came before much of the state had been
improved, and contributed largely to its growth and
prosperity. They were industrious toilers. Iionest
citizens, and when it became necessary, hard fighters.
To those hardy pioneers belong the family of Todd.

(I) The first known ancestors of the Todd fami-
lies of Peterboro, Antrim, Francestown and New
Boston, New Hampshire, were James Todd and his
wife. Rachel (Nelson) Todd, natives of Scotland.

(ID Andrew, son of James and Rachel (Nel-
son) Todd, was born in Ireland. 1697. Fie there
married Beatrix Moore, whose father. John Moore,
was murdered in the massacre of Glencoe. Scotland,
1692. Andrew Todd came to Londonderry in 1720,
and soon became a leading man in that town. He
was often chosen moderator of public meetings,
was selectman fourteen years, and representative
of the town in the provincial legislature. He was
an officer in the French war of 1744, also in the war
of 1755, during which he rose to the rank of col-
onel. The last year of his life he spent with his
daughter Jane, in Peterboro, where he died Septem-
ber 15, 1777. He was the father of the following
named children : James, horn in Londonderry, .Au-
gust I, 1720. Samuel, born June 3, 1726. Mary,
Iiorn July 31. 172S. Alexander, born June 2, 1730,
captain in the French war. Rachel, born April 14,
17.^3- John, born .April 18. 1735. Jean, born March
9, I7.'^6. Andrew, born January II, 1738.

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and Beatrix (Moore) Todd, was born June 3, I72(j.
He went from Londonderry to Peterboro in 1749,
built a camp in the forest, and commenced to clear
land for a farm. He carried his grain to Townsend,
Massachusetts, to be ground. On one occasion when
he was there "to mill," some Indians stole all his
provisions except what he had concealed by bury-
ing. He was a hardy, fearless young man, and when
he was about to reach a competence was killed by
a falling tree, March 30, 1765. He married (first),
Hannah, daughter of John and Margaret (Wallace)
Morrison, who died November, 1760, leaving two
children : Betty, born 1754, died August 24. 1826,
and John, born April 9, 1757, died October 27, 1846,
at Peterboro, who was a soldier in the Revolution-
ary war. He married (second), in 1762, Ann Coch-
ran, by whom he had two children : Jane, horn 1763,
married John Morrison, and died in 1820; Janic.^,
born in Peterboro, about 1764.

(IV) James, youngest child of Samuel and Ann
(Cochran) Todd, was born in Peterboro, prob-
ably about the close of the year 1764, and died in
Francestown, December 8, 1841. He settled on what
is known as the Todd place, about the year 1785.
He married (first), Unity Paige, of Goffstown.
Married (second), Sarah (Miller) Duncan, cousin
of General James Miller, of Peterboro. His second
wife died in Francestown, October 3, 1849. All of
his children except the eldest were born in Peter-
boro. They were : Nabby, married Nathaniel Coch-
rane. Samuel, born November 14, 1787. William,
born March 12, 17S9. Anna, born July 13, 1791,
married John Sargent. Nathaniel, born March 23,
1793. Mary P., born May 6, 1795, married Daniel
Bixby. Jane, born November 28, 1796, married Ben-
jamin Deane. Robert, born October 20. 1800. James,
born July 8, 1802. Eli, born July 19, 1804. Roxana.
born September 8, 1806. John, born in 1812. Sarah,
born in 1812.

[\) Samuel, second child and eldest son of
James and Unity (Paige) Todd, was born October
14, 1787. He married, June 7, 1814, Betsey Starrett,
of New Boston, born March 20, 1793, and settled
in that town upon the farm now owned by Deacon
James Paige Todd, where he raised a large family
and where he died October 6, 1880. She died June
23, 1880. Their children were: Infant, born October
27, 1815, died December 17, 1815. Mary Starrett,
born September 28, 1816, died August 22, 1841.
Harriet Atwood. born September 14, 1818, died Au-
gust 19, 1900. Mark, born September 16, 1820, died
August 8, i860. James Paige, born November 24,
1822. David Starrett, born October 25, 1824, died
August 19, 1899. Caroline Starrett, born September
20. 1827, died November i. 1855. John Miller, born
November 29, 1829. died September 6, 1832. Sarah
Elizabeth, born August 9, 1833. John Miller, born
September 6, 1835.

(VI) James Paige, son of Sanuiel and Betsey
(Starrett) Todd, was born November 24, 1822, in
New Boston, on the farm purchased and partly
cleared by his ancestor, Samuel Todd. Here he
grew up, attending the common school winters and
working on the farm the remainder of the year.
He attended high school taught by David Cross,
afterward Judge Cross, and also taught school
winters later on. July 4, 1850, he sailed from
New York for California in the steamer "Tennes-
see," in company with his brother-in-law, David
Gregg, and John E. and Aaron F. Loring, whose
sister he later married. In all there were about one
hundred passengers bound for California. The pas-

sa.ge of eight daxs to Chagres, Central .America,
was rough. From there to Cruces it was a trip of
three days up the river in a "dugout" or log boat.
Then a day and a half on foot brought them to
Panama. Here they took the steamer "Cherokee,"
and fifteen days later landed in San Francisco.
Thence they ascended the San Joaquin river to
Stockton, and later to Jamestown in a sailing vessel.
They took up a claim on Shaw's Flats and worked
the placer diggings with pick and spade and a con-
trivance then well known to miners, and called a
"long tom." Ilere they wintered, and in the spring
went to Soiiora diggings and then to Columbia, Cali-
fornia. In those days California was the newest
country on earth, and many of its denizens were the
roughest men in the world, gathered from the four
quarters of the globe. Gambling and crime were
rampant. Air. Todd knew one gambler who remit-
ted to his family each week $1,000. as the profits
of the play for the w^eek. He saw two Mexicans
hanged for the murder of Captain Snow, of Alaine.
.•\t another time the miners, angered by the daily
thefts of the Digger Indians, attacked their village
on Table Mountain and killed one hundred and fifty
of them. Mr. Todd did not take part in this. .At
Columbia he and his partners built two log cabins
with cellars, which they afterward sold. Later the
purchasers discovered very rich deposits of gold
only four feet deeper than the cellars were dug. Mr.
'iodd returned via Nicaragua in the spring of 1852,
and arrived in New York on May i. Returning to
his home in New Hampshire he made the cultiva-
tion of the homestead farm his principal occupa-
tion, but was also engaged in cutting and sawing
lunibcr, and also operated a cotton carding mill,
which was burned. He has been selectman several
terms, and deacon in the Presbyterian Church for
lliirty-five years. Mr. Todd married Desire Abigail,
daughter of John and Desire (Fuller) Loring, of
New Boston. (See Loring). Their children : Mary
.Alice, married Moses A. Dane, of New Boston;
.Arthur James, see forward; George Loring. see
forward : Caroline Elizabeth, married G. W. Bridges
111 Brookline, New Hampshire; Frank Paige, a
lihysician, residing in Danielson, Connecticut;
John, died in infancy; Perley .Aaron, at home;
Emma Desire, married Walter H. Spaulding, of
Peterboro. New Hampshire; Sarah Abigail, mar-
ried Edwin E. Stevens, in Boston, .Massachusetts;
Blanche .A., married Sidney A. Pratt, of Goft'stown.
(VII) .Arthur James Todd, M. D., son of Dea-
con James Paige and Desire L. (Loring) Todd,
was born in New Boston, December 6, 1856. His
earliest years were spent on his father's farm and
in attending the public schools. Later he attended
the Francestown .Academy, from which he gradu-
ated in 1880. Following this he took the four
years course at the Boston University School of
Medicine, graduating June 4, 1884. He began prac-
tice in Weare, with Dr. J. P. Whittle, in whose
office he had previously read medicine. May I,
1885. he removed to Francestown. where he prac-
ticed until January i, 1896, when he settled in Man-
chester, where he has since built up a large and lu-
crative practice. Dr. Todd is a member of the New
Hampshire Homoeopathic Society, was president of
the State Medical Society in 1900, censor and mem-
ber of the legislative committee, and member of the
Board of Medical Examiners of New Hampshire.
He is a member of the United Order of Pilgrim
Fathers, James E. Shepard Colony, No. 118, of
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ber of Pacific Lodge, No. 45, Ancient, Free and
Accepted Masons. Francestown : and of King Solo-
mon Royal Arch Chapter of Miltord. He was su-
perintendent of schools of his native town before
goins: to Francestown. He is a Presbyterian in
sentiment. He married. May 7, 1885, Susan C. P.
Whittle, of Weare, born September 14, 1863, in
Manchester. They have two children : Laura E.,
born October 7, 1887 ; and George Whittle, born
August 23, 1892.

(VTI) Rev. George Loring Todd, D. D.. second
son and third child of Deacon James Paige and
Abigail Desire (Loring) Todd, was born in New
Boston, June 19, 1859. He received his early edu-
cation in the public schools, prepared for college
at Francestown Academy, and served as superin-
tendent of schools in his native town. He was
graduated from Amherst College in 1SS5 with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 188S received
the Master's degree from the same institution. He
studied theology at Auburn, New York, and was
licensed and ordained by the Boston Presbytery on
April 13, 1887. He labored for two summers in
Pickford, Northern i^Iichigan, under the auspices
of the Presbyterian Home Missionary Board. During
that time he organized a church of sixty members,
and a church building was erected. He was elect-
ed director and treasurer of the Bolivian National
Institute at LaPas, Bolivia, and assumed charge in
February, 1SS8. The same year he was commissioned
United States vice-consul general in Bolivia. He
was also cashier of the Empresa Titicaca, a large
silver mining corporation. On returning to the
United States he was called to the pastorate of
the Congregational Church in Brookline, New
Hampshire, where he remained two and one-half
years, when he was called to the Congregational
Church in Merrimac, Massachusetts. He served
the latter church eight years, during which period
it prospered spiritually and financially, and at the
close of his pastorate it numbered four hundred
and thirty members. Mr. Todd formed the largest
normal Bible class in the state. He made a special-
ty of Old Testament history and Normal Bible
study, and delivered many addresses and lectures in
Massachusetts and out of the state. He was elected
vice-president of the International Sunday School
association in 1895. During the last year of his
Merrimac pastorate he also conducted a Bible nor-
mal class of two hundred and four members in
Fall River, Massachusetts, and a large class in
Haverhill, same state, as well as the one in his
home church. He wrote the editorials for the lo-
cal paper, and took an active interest in the public
schools and in the general w'elfare of the town.
He was called in 1900 to the work of the Congre-
gational Home Missionary Society in Cuba, and
went to Havana in October of the same year. He
was appointed by General Leonard Wood to an
important position in the Department of Hospitals
and Charities under the United States government
of intervention, where he served with success. On
April 1st, 1902, he again took up the active work
of the Home Missionary Society, at the urgent re-
quest of the executive board. In September, 1903,
he was appointed superintendent of the society's
work in Cuba. In addition to his other duties he
was served as United States commissioner in the
adjustment of the war claims under the Spanish
Treaty Claims Commission. He has traveled ex-
tensively in the interests of his work, and has spoke
from national and slate platforms. He has studied

broadly in history, philosophy arid law, and is more
or less conversant with twelve different languages.
He received tlie honorary title of Doctor of Divin-
ity from Wheaton (Illinois) College in 1904.

Dr. Todd was married, December 20, 1887, to
Miss Alice A. Gould, of Antrim, New Hampshire,
who has proven a faithful and able helper in all
his work. They have seven children : Elizabeth
Jacobs, born in LaPas, Bolivia, October 10, 1888;
Alice Loring and Mildred Evelyn, born in Brook-
line, New Hampshire, August 9, 1890 and March
22, 1892, respectively ; George Loring, Jr., and
James Fuller, born in Merrimac, Massachusetts,
January 28, 1894, and May 10, 1895, respectively;
Emily Gould and Elena Mercedes, born in Havana,
Cuba, November 17, 1902 and October 3, 1904, re-
spectively.

The pedigree of tlie Bowdoin family
BOWDOIN m.ay be traced to Baldwin, the

chivalrous king of Jerusalem. A.
D. 1 143, and still farther back to Baldwin, Count of
Flanders, A. D. 862. The name is familiar through
many honorable associations in New England.

(I) The emigrant ancestor to America was
Pierre Beaudouin. a worthy Protestant Huguenot,
a popular and influential citizen, and a good physi-
cian of La Rochelle, France. He was living in
that city in 1685 with an income of seven hundred
louis d'ors per annum. On the revocation of the
Edict of Nantes he was obliged to hastily flee
from his native land, with his w-ife and four chil-
dren. He went first to Ireland, where he remained
two years, and in 1687 came to America and
landed first at Casco Bay, New Portland, where
Governor Andross granted him ten acres of land
at the foot of Barberry creek. After remaining
two years and a half in the locality he removed to
Boston. Within twenty-four hours after his de-
parture the Indians made a general massacre of
the settlers and destroyed the place. Pierre Beau-
douin adopted at once the English mode of spelling
his name, as appeared by original signatures, 1699
(Willis' "History of Portland"). The descendants
of Pierre Beaudouin in several generations made
this Huguenot patronymic a distinction in America.
Peter Bow-doin. according to his English name,
died in Boston, in 1706. His wife Elizabeth died
in 1729.

(II) James Bowdoin, son of Peter, rose to
first rank among the merchants of Boston. He
was a member of the colonial council for several
years, and an influential man in his times. On
his death he left the largest estate that had ever
been procured by one person in the provinces. He
married first Sarah Campbell ; second, Hannah
Portage. He left two sons, William and James.

(HI) James (2), son of James (i) and Han-
nah (Portage) Bowdoin, was born in Boston, Au-
gust 8, 1727, and died in 1790. He graduated at
Harvard College, class of 1745. He represented
Massachusetts as president of the council in the
first congress in 1755. and was elected governor
of Massachusetts in 1785. just one hundred years
after his grandfather, Peter Bowdoin, fled from
France. Shay's Rebellion, which he suppressed,
occurred during his administration. By the death
of his father he inherited a large fortune. His son
James, a graduate of Harvard and later a student
at Oxford, returned to Boston w-hen hostilities
commenced with England, and served in the civil
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tion. He was a hciiefactor of Bowdoin College,
named in honor of James Bowdoin, and his son
made large bequests of land and money, with his
father's valuable library.

(IV) William, son of James (2) and Sarah
(Campbell)- Bowdoin, was born in Boston, June
14, 1713, and graduated at Harvard College in
1735- He was a merchant, and owned large estates.
He married Phoebe Murdock. They had three
daughters, the names of only two being given :
Sarah and Elizabeth. William Bowdoin died in
Ro.xbury, Massachusetts, February 25, 1773. Many
of the Bowdoin family are buried in the old Gran-
ary burying ground, Boston. At the entrance of the
tomb may be seen the Bowdoin family Arms.

(V) Elizabeth, daughter of William and
Phoebe (Murdock) Bowdoin, was born in 1740.
She married Samuel Kelley, of Exeter, a son of
Darby Kelley, who emigrated from Ireland in the
early part of the eigliteenth century, and settled
in Exeter. Samuel Kelley removed with his family
to New Hampton. .Among their nine children was
Betsey Bowdoin Kelley. who married Nathaniel (2)
Plumer (see Plumer, III).

Colony is a name prominent in the

COLONY liistory of Cheshire county, where
the ancestor of the Colonys of
America settled in the beginning of the civilization
of that part of the state of New Hampshire, when
the savages with his aid had been finally driven
from the places they so long held as their
own and had terrorized when the white men at-
tempted to settle them. The vigor of the ancestor
seems to be the heritage of the family, and many
of its members to-day are among the foremost
citizens in the social, financial, manufacturing and
religious circles of Cheshire county.

(I) John Colony, a native of Kilkenny, Ire-
land, was born in 1730, and came to Wrentham,
Massachusetts, about 1740. When the French and
Indian war broke out in 1755, he enlisted and be-
came a member of that famous corps of men known
as Roger's and Putnam's Rangers ; was at the
battle of Fort Edward and served nearly throughout
the war. For his military services he received a
grant of land in Maine, which he exchanged for
a tract on Saxton's river near the village of Graf-
ton, Vermont. In 1761 or a little later he re-
moved to Keene. New Hampshire, and bought the
farm in the west part of the town, which still re-
mains in the possession of his descendants — his
great-granddaughter, Martha Colony, and her hus-
band, W. H. Woodward, now occupying the home-
stead.

The name of John Connolly (Colony) is found
On the "Alarm" list belonging to Keene, dated
August 7, 1773: and on the test oath of March 14,
1776, showing that he supported the patriot cause.

Many incidents might be narrated, illustrating
the sturdy virility and daring courage of John
Colony. At one time, during the French and
Indian Aar, the enemy besieged a fort in which
the settlers had talcen refuge. John Colony was
one of the garrison's defenders. The small chil-
■dren wanted milk and he volunteered to get it for
them. Taking a pail in his hand and throwing his
trusty flintlock over his shoulder, he called his
dog and started for the cows that were grazing
just beyond the enemy's pickets. He reached them
safely and secured a pailful of milk, and set out
on his return, but had not covered more than half

(lie distance, when the barking of his dog announced
the presence of an Indian. Turning round he faced
his enemy and shot him dead. The noise of the
dog and gun called the enemy's attention to him,
and only instant action and rapid flight could save
him from certain capture and almost certain death.
Seizing the pail which he had set down in prepara-
tion to shoot the Indian, he made all speed, fol-
lowed by the savages, and soon reached tlie fort
and delivered his pail of milk intact, although
tliree buckshot had penetrated his back. On a cer-
tain occasion, after his settlement in Keene, he
lieard a bear in the night breaking down and feast-
ing on the corn in his field, a little southwest of his
log cabin. Taking the same musket with which he
had killed the Indian, he went out and shot the bear,
which proved to be a large one, whose skin he
kept as a tropliy of the occasion and a warm cover
for his bed. John Colony was one of those hardy
men of the frontier who seemed to be specially
created to bear the fatigues and hardships and
brave the dangers of those troublous times. He
faced many enemies and passed through many
vicissitudes, and yet lived to be si.xty-seven years
old, dying in 1797.

He married in Grafton. Vermont, in 1761. Mela-
tiah Fisher, a sister of Ichabod Fisher, one of the
early settlers of Keene, They had children: Han-
nah, Timotliy, Melatiah and Josiah.

(II) Timothy, son of John and Melatiah
(Fisher) Colony, born in Keene, April 5, 1764,
lived on the paternal homestead, and died there
.August 29, 18,^6. at the age of seventy-two. The
town records show that John and Timothy Colony
and others were set off by vote of the town into
a separate school district. August 27, 1792, an evi-
dence of the fact that even in those early days
tlie citizens of Keene had schools and were as
anxious for the enjoyment of school privileges and
conveniences as they are to-day. Timothy Colony
is mentioned as a licensed tavern-keeper one hun-
dred years ago. The family of Mr. Colony at-
tended church at West Keene, and were usually
drawn there by a certain horse which had a re-
markable knowledge of Sunday observances. "One
Sunday morning the horse ready harnessed, stood
at the door, the family was a little behind time,
and at the ringing of the bell, the animal started,
and trotted to the church door, leaving the family
to walk." Timothy Colony married. October 10,
^7^7. Sarah Dwinnell, daughter of Benjamin and
Mary (Estes) Dwinnell. She was a descendant
of the parents of Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, who
was hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts, in
1692. Their children were Josiah, Polly, John,
Joshua and three other children.

(HI) Josiah, oldest child of Timothy and
Sarah (Dwiimell) Colony, born in Keene. April 8,
17QI, was brought up on his father's farm. He
attended the common schools and there obtained
his primary education, which he supplemented in
the years following by a comprehensive course of
reading and study, thereby making himself a man
of unusual general intelligence. He was healthy,
h.-ird)- and athletic and displayed a remarkable
aptitude for mechanics. He was employed in early
manhood in running the saw and grist mills where
the Faulkner and Colony mills now stand.

In 1S15 he formed a partnership with Francis
Faulkner, cloth manufacturer, and under the firm
name of Faulkner & Colony they bought all the
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except those owned by Azcl Wilder, west of the
sawmill (subsequently purchased by Faulkner &
Colony), and established and carried on a success-
ful business, which their descendants still continue,
greatly enlarged. The original dam and mills
where Faulkner & Colony's mills now stand were
built by Elisha Briggs in 1775 ; afterward ow-ned
by Luther Smith, and by him sold to Hale & Kise,
in 1806. The property was next owned by John
McGuire (1814), and by him sold to Faulkner &
Colony. This firm, although prosperous from the
start, did not succeed without effort or carry on its
business without losses. Early in the year 1823 fire
destroyed the mills, which were immediately re-
built with brick, and in September the firm adver-
tised "that their new mills are so far completed
that they are ready to receive Wool to Card and
Cloth to Dress."

"In August. 1838, Faulkner & Colony's brick
factory, built in 1823, with dyehouse and other
buildings connected, was destroyed by fire. The
main building was thirty-six by seventy-three feet,
two stories high, and contained the grist mill, with
three sets of stones, corncracker and stump mills.
The sawmill ocmpied the west end and the clothing
works the east, with a low building running sixty
or eighty feet to the south. 'The valuable brick
hot house on the east was saved.' Loss $12,500,
insured for $7,500." The firm immediately rebuilt,
on a larger scale a brick mill for making flannels,
heated by steam, and separately, to the west of it,
their saw and grist mills. In 1859 the brick factory
was enlarged, and again in igoo. The company
organized in 1815 was incorporated January 19,
1889, as the Faulkner & Colony Manufacturing
Company, with a capital stock of $100,000. Of this
company Horatio Colony was the first president.

Mr. Colony was a man of action; all his facul-
ties were keenly alert and he was peculiarly adapted
to the line of business he followed. .A man of the
highest character and unspotted reputation, he
merited success and achieved it. In the list of
highest taxpayers of Cheshire county, in 1850, Josiah
Colony comes first. The eensus of the year i860
puts him third in the list of fifteen highest tax-
payers. He was not only a business man and one
of the main financial pillars of the town, but he
was also a patriotic American, a public spirited
citizen and a moral, upright church attendant.
While employed at the mil! in 1814. he enlisted
in the company of Captain James 3.1. Warner, of
Acworth. in the regiment of Lieutenant-Colonel
John Steele, of Peterboro. of the detached militia
sent to Portsmouth in September to defend that
town pnd h.trljor from an attack of the British,
then threatened. After a service of sixty days, when
the danger was passed, he was discharged with his
company. He never sought oflice, but has often
held prominent places on committees where matters
of general interest were concerned. He was one
of the standing committee of the Keene Thief De-
tecting Society in 1839, when the "pursuers" were
the leading men of the town ; was one of the vice-
presidents of the day. May 26. 1853, on the cele-
bration of the centennial anniversary of the organi-
zation of the town under the New Hampshire
Charter, and was one of the incorporators of St.
James' Episcopal Church parish.

Mr. Colony married, in 1817. Hannah Taylor,
born November 16. 1794, in Stoddard, New Hamp-
shire, and died June .^o, 1846. in Keene. She was
a daughter of Danforth Taylor, of Stoddard, New-

Hampshire. After her death he married (1853)
Mrs. James (Briggs) Buell. Mr. Colony died June
5, 1867, aged seventy-six. The children by the first
marriage were : Timothy, George D., Henry, Mary
A., Alfred T.. John E. and Horatio ; and by the
second marriage, one son, Josiah D. Colony. (Ho-
ratio and Alfred T. receives mention elsewhere).

(IV) Timothy, eldest son of Josiah and Han-
nah (Taylor) Colony, was born in Keene, July 19,-
1818, and died October 30, 1882, aged sixty-four.
After obtaining such education as the institutions
of the vicinity afi'orded he left the paternal home-
stead, and at the age of nineteen engaged in the
grocery business in Westmoreland. After spend-
ing two years at that place he returned to Keene.
The firm of Keyes & Colony dissolved about this
time (1844) and Timothy Colony became a partner
in a new firm composed of himself and his Uncle
Joshua, under the name of J. D. & T. Colony, which
succeeded Summer, Wheeler & Company, carrying
on the leading store of its kind in this section of
the state, in Perry's block, on the east side of the
square, where Colony's block now stands. They
afterward took in Timothy Colony's brother Henry,
and as J. D. Colony & Company added to their
business the manufacture of window glass at the
old works on the site of the present jail, the last
of glass-making in Keene. They were the last
occupants of the old glass factory which was burned
December 21, 1855, after being an important land-
mark for nearly half a century. This firm dis-
solved in 1850, and Timothy Colony then became
one of the proprietors and treasurer of the Cheshire
Mills Corporation of Harrisville, the other sons of
Josiah Colony also being interested in the enter-
prise. Early in the sixties Mr. Colony retired from
active participation in the management of the mills,
which from the start were prosperous. The Colonys
put up a handsome building w'ith an iron front
on the cast side of the square, called the Colony
Block. On the night of the 19th of October, 1855,
the entire group of buildings between the Cheshire
House and the town hall, of which this was one,
was destroyed by fire. Mr. Colony w-as a very
successful man in business and accumulated a
very handsome property. In 1870 he was one of
the fifteen highest ta.xpayers in Keene. Brought up
and schooled to know the value and u?e of money,
he succeeded where one less resourceful would have
failed. One element in his success, and that not
the least, was his tenacity of purpose. Once con-
vinced that a certain course of action was the
proper one he pursued it until the truth or falsity
of his position was demonstrated, and he was
hardly ever found in the wrong. He was a mem-
ber of Beaver Brook Lodge, No. 36, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, being one of ten candidates
initiated at the date of the installment of that lodge,
March 17. 1851. Immediately afterward he w'as ap-
pointed right supporter to the noble grand.

He married, June 15. 1839, Eunice Jane Hooper,
who was born in Westmoreland, N'ew Hampshire.
January i. 1820, and died June 30, 1800. Her
mother's maiden name was Molly Pierce. The chil-
dren of this union were: Josiah T. and George
Henry.

(V) George Henry, second son and child of
Timothy and Eunice Jane (Hooper) Colony, was
born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, July 11,
1842. He obtained his education in the common
schools at Keene and at Thetford Academy. Thet-
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trade of currier and tanner in the employ of
Francis Foster, of Kecnc. In 18M-62, he worked
in tlie armory at Windsor. Vermont, as a mcclianic.
and later in the Bay State .\rmory, Northampton,
Massachusetts, and the United States Armory at
Springfield, Massachirsetts. Returning to Keene
he was employed in his father's grocery store about
a year. Subsequently for some years he was net
in any business. After the death of his father the
management of his estate was divided between the
two sons, who have continued that relation to the
present. George H. Colony owns the Central
Pharmavy in Kccne. is a large real estate owner
and a director in the Cheshire Mills. He married.
April 7, 1875, Mary, daughter of William and Mary
(Frost) Westney, of England. The children of
this marriage are : Eunice J., Horace W. and
George T. Colony. The daughter is deceased.

(VI) Horatio W., eldest son and second child
of George H. and Mary (Westney) Colony, was
born in Keene, September 26. 1877. He w'as edu-
cated in the public schools of Keene. at Holderness.
New Hampshire, the Burdett Business College of
Boston, and the Textile School in Lowell, Massa-
chusetts. After filling a term of service of about a
year with the Sawyer Manufacturing company of
Dover, he returned' to Keene, and shortly after-
wards took a position in the Harrisville Mills,
where he has since been engaged.

(VI) George T., second son and youngest child
of George Henry and Mary (Westney) Colony,
was born in Keene, June 24, 1882. He received
his education in the schools of Keene and at the
Norfolk School for Boys, at Leominster, and at
Brown University. Soon after leaving the last
named institution he went to Mexico for experi-
ence and adventure, and is now assistant superin-
tendent of the Hacienda Bella Vista Juanita de
Vera Cruz, a rubber plantation.

(IV) .Alfred T., fifth child and fourth son of
Josiah and Hamiah (Taylor) Colony, was born in
Keene. May 7. 1828, and died December 15, 1876,
aged forty-eight. He got his education in the com-
mon schools. He went to Harrisville, where after
acquiring a knowledge of cloth-making he became
superintendent of the Cheshire Mills. He held this
position until 1873. giving up active work at the
latter date, but retaining bis finan:ial interest there.
He lived in Harrisville thirty years, then removed to
Keene and built a residence on property his father
had owned. He married Fanny Hawkins, who was
born in Troy. New York. September 9. 1832 and
died May IT, t8So. aged forty-seven years. Three
children were born of this marriage: -Mfred. Harry
H,, and Lawrence D.. llie subject of the next para-
grapli.

(\') Lawrence Dana, youngest of the three sons
of .\Ifred T. and Fanny (Hawkins) Colony, was
born in Harrisville. New Hampshire. July 14, 1872.
His education was obtained in the public schools of
Harrisville and Keene. and at Wor^-ester, Massa-
chusetts. He resides in Keene. in the house built
by bis father. He is a member of the Masonic Order
and fraternally connected with the Lodge, Council
of Royal and Select Masters, and Commandery of
Knights Templar. He is also .n member of the
Wentvvortb Club. He married. September 11. 180.?,
Laura May Maxham, daughter of Henry C. and
Lilla J. (Perry) Maxham, of Berlin. \"ermont. They
have one child. Lawrence Dana, born .^ug. 17. 1004.

(IV) Horatio, youngest child of Tosiah and
Hannah (Taylor) Colony, born in Keene, No-

vember 14. 1835, received his early education in
the public school and Keene Academy, studied un-
der a private tutor, read law in the office of Hon.
Levi Chamberlain in Keene, and attended the Al-
bany Law School, from which he graduated in
i860. He was admitted to the New York bar at
Albany and to the bar of New Hampshire in the
same year. He i)racticed law successfully until
1S67. Having a short time previous to his father's
decease acquired an interest in the manufacturing
firm of Faulkner & Colony, he abandoned his pro-
fession in 1867 to devote his time to manufacturing,
and upon the incorporation of the company he be-
came its first president and treasurer. Subsequent-
ly he became interested in the Cheshire mills of
Harrisville, and has since been president and treas-
urer of the company that owns them. He is a direc-
tor in the Cheshire and Citizens' National banks of
Keene, and of Winchester National Bank, and is
president of the Keene Steam Power Company. Al-
though he has a large volume of private business
to transact, yet he has found time to fill public po-
sitions. He was a inember of the board of labor
statistics under Governor Weston, was the first may-
or of the city of Keene, was re-elected at the
close of the first term, was a delegate to the Demo-
cratic National Convention in 1868, when Horatio
Seymour was nominated for the presidency, was
a representative to the legislature from ward S,
Keene, in 1877, at which session he was the Dem-
ocratic candidate for speaker of the house, and
served on the judiciary committee. Mr. Colony
was named by Mr. Thayer for trusteeship in Thayer
Public Library, and is now (1907) president of
the board of trustees. He was president of the
Cheshire of the County Humane Society of which
he was an incorporator, and a member of several
Mascftiic bodies, including Social Friends Lodge,
Hugh de Payen Commandery, Knights Templar, etc.
He married, December 10, 1S63, Emeline Fames
Joslin, born November 28, 1842, daughter of Elias
and Maria (Eames) Joslin, of Keene. They have
three children: John Joslin, born November 14,
1864; Charles Taylor, born April 20. 1867: and
Kate, born March 31, 1871, wife of Adjutant
General James -A. Frye, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Charles Taylor Colony married Ellen Luctera War-
ren, of Keene, and they have a son Horatio, born
September 22, igoo.

This name was originally used
BL.\CKWOOD to designate a dark or evergreen
forest. In the days before sur-
names, "atte the Blackwood" was added to the name
of some man to^ denote his place of residence.
Still later descendants of that man took the name
Blackwood as a surname, which has been handed
down from generation to generation for probably
four hundred years.

(I) James Blackwood was a native of Maine.
He lived most of his life in Pembroke, in that
state, and died there. His wife's Christian name
was Hannah.

(II) Josiah. son of James and Hannah Black-
wood, was born in Pembroke, about 1808. He in-
herited a large farm from his father, which he
cultivated a part of the time and at other times
worked in saw mills. He lived and died in Pem-
broke. He married (first) Hannah Smith, and (sec-
ond) Mary Norwood, and had by the fir>t two
sons : Benjamin L. and Ira.

(III) Benjamin Lufkin, eldest child of J^i-iah

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and Hannah (Smith) Blackwood, was born in
Pembroke, Maine, June 15, 1841, and got his edu-
cation in the common sdiools of that town. He
was left an orphan at an early age, and went to
Eastport and entered the employ of his uncle.
Andrew Jackson, who was the proprietor of a fish
market. After a short service there he apprenticed
himself to a blacksmith, whose trade he learned and
followed as a vocation until 1S61, when he enlisted
and served two years in the war of the rebellion as
a private in Company B, Tenth Maine Volunteers.
Subsequently he pursued his calling as a smith
one year in Boston. From that place he removed to
Nashua. New Hampshire, where he became a manu-
facturer of furniture. In 1869 he gave up business
and became the general manager of the state prison
workshop at Concord, which place he filled twenty-
five years. In 1897 he engaged in the manufacture
of plumbers' woodwork supplies at Concord, under
the name of the Penacook Manufacturing Com-
pan}', which after some reverses of fortune contin-
ued the business under the style of the Plumbers'
Woodworking Company. Some years later other
changes occurred, and the style of the concern
was changed to the Concord Woodworking Com-
pany, which is still in business, and occupies the
site of the original plant on North State street.
Mr. Blackwood is general manager. He is a
Democrat, and attends the Unitarian Church. He
is a thirty-second degree Mason, and belongs to
the following named Masonic organizations : King
Solomon Lodge, of Charlestown, ^Massachusetts :
Trinity Chapter, No. 2, Royal .\rch Masons ; Hor-
ace Chase Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters :
IMount Horeb Conimandery, Knights Templar, all
of Concord ; and Edward A. Raymond Consistory,
of Nashua.

He married, .\pril 5, 1S66, Ellen J. Pettengill,
born in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 18, 18,^8,
daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Currier) Pet-
tengill. They have three children: John Aldine,
"norn January 8, 1867. in Nashua : is in business with
his father. Frederick Irwin, born in Concord, June
18, 1874, is claim agent for the Boston & Maine
Railroad Company ; George Thomas, born in Con-
cord, November 10. 1876, married Gertrude Hop-
kins, and thev have a daughter, Eveline Pearl.

The surname Corser or Courser, as
COURSER it was originally spelled, is of inter-
esting origin. The word is evident-
ly of Latin derivation from currcre, to run, whence
cursor, a runner. The Cursores are mentioned by
Livy. One of these was five times consul and after-
wards dictator. The name passes through various
Italian and French forms. In middle-English the
word means a war-horse or a horse-dealer. There
is an allied Danish Korsor and a similar Scotch
Corsar and Cossar. It is conjectured that the fam-
ily in England is of Norman-French origin, but
the first coat of arms is recorded at Edinboro. The
distinguished feature of this device is three horses'
heads, sable with white bridles, on a white field. On
the crest is a white Pegasus with black wings. The
motto is Recta Ciirsu. which may be freely ren-
dered. "On the right track."

The earliest known use of the Corser name in
England was in r547. The Corser family is not
numerous in England, Scotland or .\merica. In
England the name is chiefly found in Salop or
Shropshire county. The first known .'\merican
ancestor of the familv is William Courser, of Bos-

ton, who was born in England in 1809, and came
over in the bark "Elizabeth and Ann," which sailed
from London in May, 1635. He purchased a house
near Boston Common. He was a cordwainer by
trade, and at one time of the first town-meetings
in Boston was chosen sealer of leather. It is
thought that the New Hampshire Coursers are de-
scended from this immigrant, but positive proof
is lacking. The authenticated ancestor of the
family is John Corser, who came to Boscawen, New
Hampshire, about X7o4-36. His son John settled
on Corser Hill (now in Webster), which has been
the dwelling place of six generations of the fam-
ily. With the first John Corser this record begins.

(I) John Corser, who came to Newbury. Mas-
sachusetts, in his boyhood, was born, according to
family tradition, in Scotland about 1678. He mar-
ried Tabitha Kenney, of Newbury, March 8, 1716-
17. He came to Boscawen, New Hampshire, in the
early settlement of the town, probably about 17,^6.
There he tended a sawmill, near what is now the
head of King street, till 1745, when he was dis-
abled by a frightful accident which deprived him
of his sight, .\fter that he went to live with his
son John on Corser Hill, where he died in the fall
of 1776. He was buried in the old cemetery on
Boscawen Plain near his son Willis, who had
been drowned a few years earlier. John and Ta-
bitha (Kenney) Corser were the parents of eight
children : John, Nathan, Tabitha, Elizabeth, Polly,
Sarah, Williatn and Hannah. William was a mem-
ber of Captain GofJe's company, raised in 1754 to
protect the inhabitants of Contoocook and its ncigh-
borliood from the Indians. William, with his son
William, was drowned in Great Pond, Boscawen,
in 1767, by the bursting asunder of a birch bark ca-
noe. .-Another son, .\sa. who was with them, escaped.

(II) John, eldest child of John (i) and Tabhha
(Kenney) Corser, was born in Newbury. Massa-
cliu-etts. about 1718. He settled on a farm in King-
ston. New Hampshire, and afterwards moved to
the west part of Chester, now Auburn. He did
not come to Boscawen till 1764. many vears after
his father. He settled upon Corser Hill . (which
was named for him) in the west part of the town
now Webster, where he died about 17OT, aged sev-
enty-three. He was twice married: First to Jane
Nichols at Newbury, Massachusetts, on November
24. 1742. Thev were the parents of nine children.
His second W'ife. whom he married in 1780, two
years before his death, was Mrs. Hepzibah Chase,
of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, who survived him.
The children of John and Jane (Nichols) Corser
were Thomas, Samuel, Jonathan, John, David, Jane
William, .\bbvneezer (a girl, who married Lieuten-
ant Edward Fitz Gerald and became the mother of
fifteen children) and Molly.

(Iin Thomas, eldest of the nine children of
J( hn and Jane (Nichols) Corser. was born in 1743.
He first settled on a farm at Corser Hill in Bos-
cawen. now Webster, and later removed to a farm
on Pond Hill. He served four and one-half months
in the Ticonderoga campaign, receiving twelve
shillings per month for his services. He was
drowned December 11. 1829, in Long Pond, Bos-
cawen, while attempting to cross the ice during a
dark and rainy night. He was twice married. His
first wife was Ann Dunlap, of Chester, and their
nine children were: James, Polly, Jane, Jona-
than, .^nna or Nancy. Thomas. Sarah, Tabitha and
Moses. His second wife was Mrs. Mary Downing,
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survived her husband eleven year?, dying May S,
1&40, aged ninety-five. The four cliildren of the sec-
ond marriage were: Elsey, Caleb, Dolly and Miriam.
There is an interesting fact connected with the
Pond Hill farm upon which Thomas Corser lived.
There was a division of the land between Thomas
and his brother David, and the former sold a
portion of his lot to their brother Samuel. A dis-
pute arose as to the boundary line between Sam-
uel and David Corser. The result was suit at law
with David as plaintiff. The case was tried before
Judge Ebenezer Webster, father of Daniel, at the
term of court held at Hopkinton in September. 1805.
Parker X'oyes, of Salisbury, now Franklin, appeared
for David Corser; and Daniel Webster, who that
year had opened an office in Boscawen, was counsel
for Samuel. This is believed to be one of the first
two causes argued by Daniel Webster before a
jury, and he lost the case.

(IV) Moses, youngest of the nine children of
Thomas and Ann (Dunlap) Corser, was born in
Bo.scawen, September 25. i/Sr, and lived in that
town on "White Plain," so called. He moved from
there to Vermont, but returned to Boscawen, where
he died .'\pril 19, 1830. at the early age of forty-
eight. In 1798. when trouble with France was im-
minent, he enlisted in the army with seven other
from Bos-cawen, but was discharged when the war
cloud blew over. Like his father and his grand-
father, he was twice married. His first wife was
Ruth Clough, of Warner, New Hampshire, to
whom he was united in 1804. They had si.x chil-
dren: Mittie, Martha. Sally. Roxena, William
B., and Charlotte. His second wife was Betsey
(Burgess) Corser. of Chelsea. Vermont. Their
four children were: Benjamin, Betsey, Mercy and
Benjamin F.

(V) William Barnard, who spells his name
Courser, was the fifth child and only son of Moses
and Ruth (Clough) Corser. He was born in 1814
and was a farmer at Warner, New Hampshire. He
was thrice married. His first wife was Nancy
(Morey) Courser, who died young, leaving two
children — Thomas Jefferson and Nancy. His sec-
ond w'ife was Mary .^nn (Whipple) Courser, of
Lisbon, New Hampshire. She had five children:
William M., James H.. Mary F., Ella J. and Anna.
William B. Courser's third wife was Ellen (Thomp-
son) Courser.

(VI) Thomas Jef?erson. eldest child of William
Barnard and Nancy (Morey) Courser, was born
in Wilniot. New Hampshire, July 20, 18,37. He
was educated in the common schools of Warner,
and attended a few terms of school at Contoo-
cook Academy. He began at the age of nine years
to earn his own living. He undertook farming, and
when he was twenty-one entered the employ of Dr.
Robert Lane, of Sutton, remaining there for eight
.vears. Mr. Courser in time laid by a little money
and moved to Webster, where he engaged in farm-
ing on his own account. In this he was very suc-
cessful, and he became also an extensive dealer in
lumber and irattle. For the year preceding June,
iSS,^, he shipped twenty full car-loads of cattle out
of the state, paying the farmers in the neighbor-
hood over $12,000 for the stock. Mr. Courser has
been justice of the peace for many years. He was
Democratic candidate for county commissioner in
1884. and was elected in 1886 and 1888. He was
a member of the New Hampshire legislature from
Webster in 189,3, and was for two years deputy sher-
iff of Merrimack countv.

Thomas Jefferson Courser has been twice mar-
ried. His first wife was Sarah E. (Tcdd) Courser,
daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Nelson) Todd, of
New Lebanon. New Hampshire. They were inar-
ried May I, 1865 ; she died March 8, 1876, leaving
four children — Emma Jeanette, George Woodbury,
Fred William and Sarah Abby. His second wife
was Addie E. (Marden) Courser, daughter of Jon-
athan and Eliza (Norton) Marden, of New Boston,
New Hampshire. They were married October 24,
1876. and have one child — Charles Henry. Mrs.
.•\ddie E. (Marden) Courser belongs to the Daugh-
ters of Rebekah. and for five years has been treas-
urer of the state assembly and for sixteen years
treasurer of the home lodge. Mr. T. J. Courser
has been master of the Grange. They attend the
Congregational Church.

Airs. Addie E. (Marden) Courser's genealogy
lias been traced through three generations. (I)
Lemuel Marden was born .\ugust 26, 1743, and came
from Bradford, INIassachusetts. to New Boston,
New Hampshire, about 1786. He married at Brad-
ford, in 1769, Hannah Greenough, the youngest of
six daughters. She was born May 21, 1750, and
died October 20. 1823, aged seventy-three. They
had nine children : Hannah, Greenough, Solomon,
Nathan, Francis, Samuel, Mehitabel, Jonathan and
Sarah. Lemuel Marden died January 9, 1819, aged
seventy- four.

(II) Jonathan, eighth child and youngest of the
six sons of Lemuel and Hannah (Greenough) Mar-
den, was born July 5, 1788. and married Sally Fos-
ter, December 31. 1815. She was born at Ashby.
Massachusetts, February 8, 1793. They had seven
children : Elizabeth Foster, John Foster, Jonathan,
Harriet Newell, Alfred, Cliarles and George Water-
man.

(III) Jonathan, second son and third child of
Jonathan and Sally (Foster) Marden. was born
September 26, 1820. He married Eliza Jane Nor-
ton, of Canada, March 9. 1S47. They had two
children : Addie E. and General H. ; the former
married Thomas Jefferson Courser, October 24,
1876. She was born September 12. 1848. _ (See
Courser.) Jonathan Marden's second wife was
Louisa E. (Moore) Marden. who died Jan. 4. 1864.

(VII) Emma Jeanette, eldest child of Thomas
Jefferson and Sarah E. (Todd) Courser, was
born October 30, 1867. She was graduated from
New Hampton Academy, became a nurse and is
located in Concord. New Hampshire. George Wood-
bury, their second child, was born April 7, 1S71.
and died January 16, 1886. Fred William, their
third child, was born in Webster, September 19.
1872. He was educated in the common schools and
at the high school. He owns three thousand acres
of land, and is a large farmer. He conducts a big
cattle business, and has extensive lumber interests.
He married Lora E. Brown, of Concord, Newr
Hampshire, -April 30, 1901. They have one child,
Edith Jeanette, born July I. 1004. Sarah Abby, their
youngest child was born February 22, 1876. She
was graduated from the Simonds Free High School
in Warner, receiving the first honor. For several
years she w-as bookkeeper in Harry G. Emmon's
dry goods store of Concord, New Hampshire. She
w-as married September .^. 1904. to William D.
Alurray. of Concord. New Hampshire. They live in
Los .-Vngeles. California, and have one child, Thom-
as Courser, born April 7, igo6.

Charles Henry, only child of Thomas Jefferson
and Addie E. (Marden) Courser, was born in

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Webster, April T4, 1878. He attended the Simonds
Free High School at Warner three years and grad-
uated from the New Hampshire State College at
Durham in 1901. He was chief engineer for tlie
Wheelwright Racer Company, of Wheelwright,
Massachusetts, for three years. He married May
Robbins, daughter of Henry and Betsey Marden
of Concord. New Hampshire. They liave two chil-
dren : Ruth, born October I, 1903 ; Thomas Jeffer-
son, November 22, 1905.

Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Montpelicr,
Vermont. He has been twice married, and his first
wife, who was before marriage Emeline Huggins,
daughter of O. B. Huggins, of Pittsburg, bore him
three children, namely: Everett E., a graduate of
Dartmouth College, class of 1904. and a civil en-
gineer, Alice, and Blanche. Mr. Avery married for
his second wife Miss Elsie Dollof, daughter of
Daniel Dollof, of Lancaster.

The first of this name in New England
AMEV was William Amey (or Amce) of Lynn,

Massachusetts, who with others was
given liberty to begin the settlement of Sandwich
in 1637. John Amey, who may have been a rela-
tive of William, was a resident of Woburn in 1049,
and in 1653 removed to Boston, where he followed
the trade of ship -carpenter. He married Martha
Johnson, daugliter of Edward Johnson, the histor-
ian, and was llie father of J\lary, John, Martha and
William. It is reasonably certain that William of
Lynn and Sandwich and John of Woburn and
Boston were the progenitors of all who bear tlie
name of Amey on this side of the ocean.

(I) John Tillotson Amey, who was born at
Randolph, Vermont, in 1823, acquired a good edu-
cation, and in his younger days he taught school.
About the year 1853 he settled in Pittsburg. New
Hampshire, where he engaged in farming, and be-
came quite prominently identified with public affairs
in that town, serving as a member of the board of
selectmen, also as town clerk, and represented his
district in the lower house of the state legislature
for two years. Politically he acted with the Repub-
lican party. He was an ardent believer in the Sec-
ond Advent doctrine, and a leading member of that
church. His death occurred in 1880. He married
Emily Hayncs. daughter of Timothy Haynes, of
Pittsburg, and reared six sons, namely : Charles
Henry, who died in 1894: John T., who will he
again referred to; Edward C, who is residing at
Island Pond. Vermont; Alfred E... who is now liv-
ing on a farm in Pittsburg; Harry B., a member of
the law firm of Dale, .'\mey and Hunt of Island
Pond, and Thomas E., a farmer in Clarksonville,
New Hampshire.

(II) John .\mey, second son of John T. and
Emily (Haynes) .''imcy, was born in Pittsburg, Oc-
tober 16, i8.s8. He attended school in his native
town and resided at home until eighteen years old,
when he entered the employ of the Hilliards as
sun-eyor and bookkeeper, reinaining wath that con-
cern some three years. He was next employed in
a similar capacity- by Charles Weeks for two years,
and for the ensuing five years was in charge of the
Turners Falls Company, l)uying lands, exploring,
and performing other duties of a responsible char-
acter. He has ever since been actively connected
with the lumbering interests of northern New
Hampshire, and from 1902 to the present time he
has occupied the position of agent of tlie Connecti-
cut Valley Lumber Company, and also manages
some of Mr. Ymi Dyke's personal lumbering inter-
ests. Mr. Amey resides in Lancaster. He is one
of the most prominent Democrats in New Hamp-
shire, having served as chairman of the state com-
mittee for a period of eight years, and from 1892
to 1895 was sheriff of Coos county. He is also well
known in Masonic circles, hcin.g a member of North
Star Lod.ge. North Star Chapter, and North Star
Con.mandery, all of Lancaster, and of Mt. Sinai

Many New Hampshire people bear in
GREER their veins the sturdy Scotch blood

which has contributed no little to the
stability of character, industry and thrift of her
citizens. While not as early in this country as some
of^ the immigrants, they have taken quite as con-
spicuous places in the development of the coun-
try, especially since the Revolution, and their de-
scendants may well be proud of their ancestry.

(I) The first of this line, John Greer, of whom
record is found was probably born in Scotland. Like
many of the name he was a mariner, and he was
first found on record in Marhlehead, Massachusetts,
in 1757. In that year, on July 14, he was married
at Boston, to Margaret McKay. They lived in
Boston seven years, ;..nd their four sons, John,
Willliam, Matthew and David, were born there.
In 1764 the family rentoved to Charlestown, Mas-
sachusetts, and a few years later to Londonderry.

(II) David, fourth son of John and Margaret
(McKay) Greer, was horn about 1762, in Boston.
Massachusetts, and i-cttled in Goffstown, New
Hampshire. He was married in that town in 17S5
by Rev. Cornelius Waters, of Goffstown, to Rachel
Richards, daughter of Benjamin Richards, of that
town. Tlicir children were: John, Susannah Ea-
ton, and Benjamin Richards.

(III) John (2), eldest child of David and Ra-
chel (Richards) Greer, was born September 22,
1786. in Goffstown, and was a merchant in San-
bornton, and was an active and successful business
man. He was prominent in local affairs, and held
several town offices. He was a member of the
Baptist Chnrcli.

(IV) Benjamin, son of John (2) Greer, was
born in iSn, in Goffstown. He was educated in
the district schools, early acquired the occupation
of stone cutting and was employed some three
years in this way at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Re-
turning to Goffstown he engaged in farming and
lumbering, and also dealt to some extent in real
estate. He was a member of the Baptist Church,
always sang in the choir, and was one of the first
seven men in Goffstown to vote tlic Republican
ticket. He held nearly all of the town offices, and
was a representative to the legislature. He was a
member of the Amoskeag Veterans, one of the
strongest and most popular independent military
companies in the New England states, and one of
the oldest and most influential, composed of the
best men of the state. He was a lilieral luan and
highly respected, and a man of sterling integrity
who took an active part and intercut in all the af-
fairs of his day and time. During the early days of
the Republican party the Democrats carried mat-
ters witli a high hand and refused to recognize the
minority party. Mr. Greer, who was a warm per-
sonal friend of Governor Smith, went to Manches-
ter and invoked the aid of the governor to protect
the ballot box, and give the minority party their
just riglits. As a result the governor sent up a
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salutary effect, and assisted materially in maintain-
ing tlic rights of the Republican party.

Benjamin Greer was married in 1853 tn Sarah
Norman Davis, of Gloucester, Massachusetts,
daughter of Joseph Davis, of that town. Their
children were: Abigail Davis, deceased, was the
wile of Eben Colby, and resided in Goffstown. Sa-
rah Jane, became the wife of John Roberts, and re-
sided ni Springfield. INIassachusetts. Mary .Ann. de-
ceased; was the wife of George Eaton, of Goffs-
town, and resided in that town. Elizabeth F., wife
of Richard Kimball, now residing in Manhattan,
Kansas. Benjamin, died in the army, September 3,

1863, in Covington, Kentucky, in his twenty-second
year. John, died in 1892. Rebecca P., married Dr.
Charles F. George, residing in Goffstown. Lucy D.
became the wife of .A.aron Crosby, of Centreville,
Massachusetts, and died in 1905. Henry, resides
in GofTstown. Victoria, became the wife of Edgar
Poore, of Goffstown. Josephine, married George
Poore. deceased, late of Goffstown, and married
(second) Ethan Spencer, now deceased. Frank A.,
resides in New Boston, New Hampshire. The
mother of these children died in February, 1861,
and Mr. Greer was married (second), January 16,
1862, to Elizabeth M. Fuller, daughter of John ana
Thankful (Story) Fuller, of Dunbarton. She was
educated in the high school of Dunbarton and Mc-
Gaw Institute at Reed's Ferry, and taught thirty
terms of school. During this time she taught many
of the most prominent men of this section, includ-
ing such men as the present United States senator,
Henry E. Burnliam, Henry M. Putney, railroad
commissioner, and many others of equal prominence.
She died May 20. 1907. and not only is she greatly
missed by Mr. Greer but by all who knew her. as
she was beloved by all who came in contact with
her, and is remembered by Mr. Greer with great
veneration as one of the important factors of his
success. She was the mother of two children :
Harry, deceased, and Benjamin Fuller.

(V) Benjamin Fuller, son of Benjamin and
Elizabeth M. (Fuller) Greer, was born January 20,

1864, in Goffstown. where he has always resided.
He attended the district .school, and was subse-
quently a student at Pinkerton .Academy. Return-
ing home he remained on the farm until he was
twenty-one years of age. A store and stock of
goods at Grasmere being offered for sale, he pur-
chased the goods while his father purchased the
buildin.g. After continuing the store for nine years
he sold out the business. The next two years he
was employed as manager in a packing house, and
then for some months was on the road for E. Frank
Coe Company, of New York. Later he opened a
general store at .-Xmoskeag, also re-opcned and con-
ducted the store he had previously had at Grasmere,
After disposing of the .Amoskeag store, he contin-
ued to operate the one at Grasmere till igo6, when
he sold out. From 1887 to Alay, 1906, he was
postmaster in connection with his other business,
Iiolding this from the administration of President
Harrison, nearly twenty years in all. He has
been engaged in the lumber business for many years,
and has always dealt more or less in real estate.
tor the past ten years lie has dealt extensively in
lumber. He is a successful business man. and en-
joys the respect and esteem of his townspeople. He
is an attendant and supporter of the Baptist Church ;
member of the ]\Lasonic Order, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of Goffstown, and also of
the Local Grange. In politics he is a staunch Re-
publican. He has been prominent in the manage-

ment of town affairs, holding a number of offices,
and in 1891 was representative at Concord, serving
as member of the coinmittee on corporations.

Mr. Greer was married June 8, 1892, to Florence
Chappel, daughter of Hiram C. and Ellen (Gray)
Chappel, of Alanchester. She was educated in the
Lincoln Grammer School of Manchester, and grad-
uated in 1890. For two years sh.e was a bookkeeper
and proof reader. She is an attendant of the Bap-
tist Church and of the Grange, of which she has
filled official stations, and for three years served
as a member cf the local school board. She is a
woman highly esteemed by all who know her, and
a social favorite with all ; a woman of rare degree
of intelligence and cultivation, beloved by all. Mr.
and Mrs. Greer are the parents of three children :
Benjamin Fuller, born January 20, 1894; Bernice
F.. horn January 15, 1895, deceased, and Raniiond
Chase, born Octolier 30, 1896.

The early records give tliis name
EOWKER numerous spellings such as Honker,
Bouckcr, but the usual spelling in
modern times is that given as the heading of this
article. The name is quite probably of French ori-
gin, and the attempts of the unlettered Puritans to
anglicize the spellin.g resulted in changes in its
pronunciation. The family does not seem to be very
numerously represented in England, but the male
memliers of the race have usually been prosperous
merchants or farmers, and several in other walks of
life 1-iave accumulated respectable fortunes.

(I) The immigrant ancestor of the family, Ed-
mund Bowker. lived in Dorchester, Massachusetts,
and removed thence to Sudbury, in the same colony
where he died in 1666. The records show tlie fol-
lowing children born in Dorchester: John. Eliza-
beth and Edmund, born from 1651 to i66r. There
were pro])ably others, but there seems to be no rec-
ord showing name of his wife or time of his death.

dl) John, elder son of Edmund Bowker. was
born in 1651, in Dorchester, and had nearly attain-
ed maturity when the family removed to Sudl)ury.
He went from there to Marlboro, Massachusetts,
and was there married, February 8, 1678, to Mary
Howe, a native of that town, who was born in 1659,
a daughter of Abrahaiii and .•\nna (Ward) How-e.
He served as selectm.m and was ensign in the mili-
tia, and died August 27, 1729. His widow survived
him a little more than two years, passing away
September 29. 1731. Seven children are recorded,
namely: John. Martha, Mary, Asa, Ezekiel. Han-
nah and Rachel.

(III) John (2). eldest child of John (i) and
Mary (Howe) Bowker, was born in 1679, in Marl-
boro. There seems to be no record of his mar-
riage or of his death.

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Bowker, lived
in that part of Marlboro, which is now Westboro
until 1741 (when he removed to Shrewsbury, Mas-
sachusetts. He was married June 7, 1731, to Free-
dom Bigelow. who was born February 14, 1710, in
Marlboro, daughter of John and Jeru-ha (Garfield)
Bigelow. They had eight children, namely: Silas,
Elizabeth, John, Sarah, Benjamin, Solomon, Persis
and Ezekiel.

(V) Silas, eldest child of John (3) and Freedom
(Bigelow) Bowker, was born May 29, 1733, in
Marlboro, and was eight years old when his par-
ents moved to Shrewsbury, immediately after
his marriage he settled in Petersham, Massachusetts,
and removed late in life to Royalston. where he died
April I, 1820. He was married November 29. 1759,

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to Bethia Ward, who was born February 26, 1736,
in Marlboro, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (.Bige-
low) Ward. They had five children born in Pet-
ersham, namely : Samuel Ward, Sarah, Nabby,
Francis Bernard and Nancy.

(VI) Samuel Ward, eldest child of Silas and
Bethia (Ward) Bowker. was born December 16,
1760, in Petersham, and lived in Royalston, Mas-
sachusetts, in Marlboro and Dublin, New Hamp-
shire, and finally in Ashby, Massachusetts, where he
died jNIay 29, 1835. He was married (first) July
31, 1794. to Sarah Locke, daughter of John and
Beulah (Newton) Locke. She was born Novem-
ber 19, 1768, in Ashby, and died January 13, 1799.
He was married (second) June 30, 1803, to Char-
lotte Locke, who was born December 17, 1771, a
sister of his first wife. She survived him about
seventeen years, and died after 1852. There were
three children of the first and four of the second
marriage, namely: Stephen, Samuel (died young),
Samuel, Sarah, Elizabeth, Alfred AL and John.

(VH) Alfred M., fourth son of Samuel W.
Bowker, and third child of his second wife, Char-
lotte Locke, was born February 6, 1S07, in Royals-
ton, and resided in Templeton, Massachusetts, where
he died September 10, 1841, at the age of thirty-two
years. He married Caroline L. Damon, who was
born April 5, 180S, in Lancaster, Massachusetts,
daughter of William and Abigail (Willard) Da-
mon, of Lancaster, and died in July i, 1905. They
had six children, namely : Sarah Jane. James Al-
fred, George Warren, Annah Mariah, Charles Hen-
ry and Andrew Mason,

(VHI) James Alfred, eldest son of Alfred M.
and Caroline L. (Damon) Bowker, was born in
Templeton, January 12, 1840, and died in jNLinches-
ter. New Hampshire, November 4, 1893, aged fifty-
three years. He began life as an employe in the
Lancaster mills. Subsequently he worked in the
Merrimack mills of Lowell, and still later removed
to Manchester, and was employed, with the excep-
tion of eight years when he lived in Lowell, in the
Manchester mills till his death, a period of thirty
years, all of which time he was second hand in the
mule spinning room. He was an Odd Fellow, and
for many years was a member of the Wildey Lodge,
No, 45, of Manchester. He married, in London-
derry, New Hampshire, March 10, 1861, Ella M.
Colby, who was born March 11. 1842, and died in
Manchester. September 28, 1870, aged twenty-eight
years. Two children were born, William H., and
Frank E.. the latter of whom died young.

(IX) William Henry, son of James A. and Ella
M. (Colby) Bowker, was born in Londonderry,
New Hampshire, March i, 1862, In 1870 his par-
ents removed to Lowell, where they lived until
1878, and there he was educated, graduating from
high school in 1879. He had prepared himself for
mercantile business, and the six years following his
graduation was a clerk in a Lowell dry goods
house. From there he went to New York City and
filled a similar position the ensuing three years.
His employe!- went out of business and he went
west and spent a fi.w m..'nths at Springfield, Illinois,
and Saginaw, IMich'gnn, but finding himself the
victim of climate, he went to Manchester, New
Hampshire, where he obtained work in the worsted
finishing department of the Manchester mills. Here
he has since remained. Ten years of the time he
was second hand, and in 1897 was appointed over-
seer of the worsted finishing department, which po-
sition he has since held, and has charge of two
hundred operatives. He married, in Manchester,

September 2, 1S85, Mary M. Wat j en, who was born
in Seehausen, Prussia, January 9, 1862, daughter of
Henry and Dorothy Louise Watjen, who came to
Manchester with her parents when nine years old.

The name of Burt is very ancient in
BURT England, being recorded there as early
as 1 199. In that year a manor in the
lordship of Homingtoft was granted to Sir Hamo de
Burt. The surname Burt is derived from the Sax-
on "beort," which signifies bright in the sense of
illustrious. Traces of it are found in many chris-
tian names like Albert. Egbert, Ethelbert and Ber-
tha. The English family contains many honorable
names among the landed gentry, the army, the
clergy and men in public life. Perhaps the most
notable Burt of recent years was Thomas, who,
originally a working coal miner in Northumber-
land, was elected to parliament in 1874, was made
parliamentary secretary and of the board of trade
by Gladstone, and is one of the most influential
of English Liberals. It is not generally remembered
that the wife of the great German field marshal Von
Moltke was Marie Burt, daughter of Jonathan Hevli-
ger Burt, of Colton House, Staffordshire, England,

(I) Henry Burt, the first American ancestor,
came to Roxbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1638.
He must have been a householder or owner of
liuildings, because of a session of the "Generall
Corte" held in Boston in 16,39 is this entry : "The
Treasurer was ordered to allow £8 to Roxberry for
Henry Burt's losses by fyer." In 1640 Henry Burt
was one of the several Roxbury neighbors who fol-
lowed William Pynchon to the new settlement at
Springfield, Massachusetts. That year he was
granted leave to seek out for his use "cannoe
tree." He was given a larger allotment of land than
the other settlers because of the size of his family.
Henry Burt was one of the first selectmen, serving
from 1644 to 1655 with the exception of one year,
but the most important office was that of "ye
Clarke of ye Writs," which he held from 1649 to
his death in 1662. This indicates that he must have
lieen a man of education and his signature, which is
still extant, is a most creditable piece of penman-
ship. Long before he mi.grated to this country

Henry Burt married in England, Eulalia , or

as her will gives it Ulaliah. There is an interesting
tradition concerning this woman. It is said that in
England she was on the point of being buried alive,
but at her funeral signs of life appeared. She lived
to bear eleven children, to migrate to America and
to remain a "relict" for twenty-eight years after
her husband's death. The children were: Sarah,
.Abigail, Jonathan, Mary. Elizabeth, David, whose
=ketch follows ; Dorcas, Nathaniel, Hannah, Pa-
tience and Mercy, The youngest child, Mercy,
married Judah Wright, of Springfield, and became
the ancestress of Cjeneral Ethan Allen, of Revo-
lutionary fame, and Silas Wright, the statesman.
Henrv Burt died at Springfield. Massachusetts, April
,W, 1662, being about ninety years of age. His wid-
ow, I'laliah, died August 29, 1690.

(ID David, second son and fifth child of Henry
and Ulaliah Burt, was born in England, about 1634.
He was one of the first settlers of Northampton,
Massachusetts, was a farmer and land surveyor, and
in 16S5 was one of the commissioners to straighten
the boundary line between Northampton and Spring-
field. David Burt married Mary, eldest daughter
nf Deacon William Holton. and this was the first
wedding that ever took place at Northampton. The
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the ancestress of President Dwiglit, of Yale Col-
lege. Another sister, Ruth, married Thomas Ly-
man, and became the ancestress of the Beecher
family. David and Mary (Holton) Burt had thir-
teen children: David, Jonathan, Henry, Mary, Sa-
rah, Hannah, David, Jonathan, Joseph, whose sketch
follows; Mary. Ruth, Benjamin and John. Several
of these children died young. Two of the sons,
the second David and John, were killed by the In-
dians. Another son, Benjamin, with his wife, was
carried into captivity. David Burt died at North-
ampton, September g, 1690, surviving his mother by
about three weeks. His widow afterwards married
Joseph Root, of Northampton, and died in 171S.

(HI) Joseph, fifth son and ninth child of David
and Mary (Holton) Burt, was born September 26,
1673. He was a cordwainer by trade, and after
his marriage lived at Hatfield. Massachusetts, till
1717, when he became one of the first settlers of
Northfield, where he spent the greater part of his
life. He took a prominent part in the affairs of the
town and in the defence against the attacks of the
French and Indians. He went with his company
on the Crown Point expedition. He accumulated
a large property for the times. On April 16, 1702,
he married Sarah, daughter of John Cowlcs, of
Hatfield. They had eight children : Sarah, Es-
ther, Mary, John, Eleazer, Miriam, Asahel, and
Aaron, w-hose sketch follows. One of the sons.
Asahel, was killed by the Indians, April 15, 1747.
Joseph Burt died at Northfield, Massachusetts,
June 19, 1759, aged eighty-six, and his widow died
May 21, 1772, aged ninety-one.

(IV) Aaron, fourth son and eighth and young-
est child of Joseph and Sarah (Cowles) Burt, was
born in Hatfield, Massachusetts. September 17,
1717. He settled at Northfield, where he built the
first grist mill in 1765. He also had stores and peo-
ple used to go down the Connecticut in boats and
canoes to trade with Aaron Burt, and some of
his customers came from places as far north as
Charlestown, New Hampshire. Some of his ac-
count books showing his excellent penmanship are
still preserved. Aaron Burt married Miriam, daugh-
ter of Hezekiah Elmer, of Northfield, Massachusetts.
They had fifteen children, of whom twelve are re-
corded : David, Jonathan, Sarah, Mary, Mary,
Hannah, Ruth. Asahel, Moses and Aaron (twins),
Miriam and John. Aaron Burt died in 1792.

(V) Moses, fourth son and ninth child of Aaron
and Miriam (Elmer) Burt, was born in Northfield,
Massachusetts, Februai-y 14, 1759. His birth was
ten hours in advance of that of his twin, Aaron,
and they were very unlike in physical appearance.
Moses lived with his father till he was about twen-
ty years of age, when he went up the river and set-
tled in Walpole, New Hampshire. Moses Burt and
his brother-in-law, Samuel Wier, bought a large
tract of meadow land, the confiscated estate of a
Tory. When the Revolutionary war was over the
heirs of the Tory came back and set up a claim
for the land. After twenty years of litigation the
claim was established, entailing a heavy loss on
Burt and Wier. Burt was not discouraged, how-
ever, and set about his other lands, making a fine
farm which descended to his grandchildren. On
August 16, 1777. when Moses Burt and his men were
harvesting wheat in the fields of Walpole, they
heard the booming of cannon at the battle of Ben-
nington. He enlisted in the army for three months
and went to Ticonderoga, but owing to Stark's vic-
tory at Bennington, there was no action there.
Moses Burt was a pioneer farmer of sterling hab-

its of iutegrily and industry. He was liberal in
his religious views, fond of reading and firm in
his conclusions. He was a staunch Democrat of
the Jeffersonian type. In 1783 he married Submit-
tey Ross, and there were ten children : Roxana,
Abiatha Ross. Moses (2). Luther, whose sketch
follows; Submittey. Hannah, Sophronia, Charlotte
and Sophia. Mrs. ]Moses Burt died September 12,
1828, after a lingering illness from consumption.
Moses Burt died October 29, 1S43, aged eighty-four
years.

(\T) Luther, third son and fifth child of Moses
and Submittey (Ross) Burt, was born August 8,
1792, at Walpole, New Hampshire. He lived on
the homestead all his life, and ministered to his
aged parents and several maiden sisters. He was
one of the town's model farmers, and a man of the
highest character. By industry and frugality he ac-
cumulated a handsome property. In iSii Luther
Burt married Irene, daughter of Hugh and Cyn-
thia Dunsher, of Walpole. They had eight children :
Levi, Mary. Irene, Curtis D., Laura M., mentientd
below ; Amasa, George Henry and Andrew J. Of
these children, George went to Lawrence, Kansas,
where he was accumulating a handsome property,
when he fell a victim to the Quantrell raid, August
20, 1853. He was deliberately shot by an outlaw
after the city had been burned. Luther Burt died
November i, 1866, and his wife died ^larch 2, 1877,
aged eighty-two years.

(Vin Laura M., second daughter and fourth
child of Luther and Irene (Dunsher) Burt, was born
jMarch 31, 1820, at Walpole. On October 12, 1847,
she married Dr. Winslow B. Porter, of Alstead,
New Hampshire. (See Porter Family III).

This name has been conspicuous in the
CROSS annals of Massachusetts and New

Hampshire, and is still ably represented
in various parts of this state. The family has been
noted for the longevity of its members as well as
for sturdiness in character and mental and physi-
cal qualities. In the records of the early Colonial
days the name is spelled with a final "e" but this
form has not been sanctioned by recent usage. The
Puritan fathers were not all lettered men, and sur-
names were of recent establishment among ordi-
nary people at the time of their immigration. Be-
side, there seemed to be no settled rules of spelling,
especially as applied to proper names, so that it is
not rare to find a man signing his name with va-
rious spellings at dift'erent times.

John Crosse, of record as a landholder in Ips-
wich. Massachusetts, in 1633, was a prominent citi-
zen in that and nearby towns during the remainder
of his life. He died at Ipswich in 1652, without
male issue.

(I) Robert Crosse, was of record at Ipswich, as
a landholder in 1637 and was, without doubt, a
brother of John. In 1639 he was granted laud as
a reward for services in the Pequod war. He was
a "commoner" in 1641, and is again referred to in
1664 as possessed of rights in the common property
of the town, and is found among the list of voters in
1679. There is no record of his first marriage. He
was married February 19, 1665. to Martha,
youngest daughter of Thomas Treadwell. She died
October 29, 1677. His children were born as fol-
lows: Ralph, February 15, 1658-59; Robert, Jaim-
ary 21, 1665; Timothy. November 29, 1667; Martha,
Alarch 13, 1670 (married William Durgin) : Abiel,
April 5, 1676: Stephen, April 27, 1678.

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record as liolding a scat in the meeting house at
Ipswich ill 1/00-02. His widow, Mary Cross, was
appointed August 17. 1711, to administer his es-
tate, which was valued at £39, lis., 3d.

(III) Thomas Cross w-as born in 1695-96, in Ips-
wich, and died November 22. \y72, in Bradford,
where he had long resided, in his seventy-seventh
year. It is probable that he resided for some years
in Haverhill, as his name' appears on several pe-
titions to the general court from that town, one
being for the creation of a separate parish at what
is now Plaistow, New Hampshire, dated February
28, 1749. His son and namesake was prominent in
Bradford, being one of a committee to hire soldiers
to serve in the Continental army in March. 1779. and
was selectman in 17S3. He and his wife. Lucy, w'ere
admitted to the church in Bradford. March 12,
1769. and his sister Sarah was received in the same
communion September 20, 1767. Sarali, wife of
Thomas Cross. Sr.. died one week after her consort.

(IV) .-Vbiel, son of Thomas and Sarah Cross,
was born 1736-37, in Bradford. Massachusetts, and
died April 20, 1772, in S.alem, New Hampshire,
where he was a farmer, at the age of thirty-five
years. He had sons, David and Jesse.

(V) David, son of Abiel Cross, was born June
17. 1772. in Salem, New Hampshire, and died ISIarch
7, 1756, in Weare. He was reared in Salem and At-
kinson, and went to Pembroke at the age of twenty-
one years. 1'here he was associated with William
Hasclton in the operation of a cloth-dressing and
wool-carding mill, .^bout 179S he moved to Weare,
and engaged in the same business in partnership
with John Gibson, and also cultivated a farm. He
was married in 1799, to Olive Kimball, daughter
of Thomas (t,) Kimball, of Pembroke. New Hamp-
shire, ("see Kimball, VI). She was born June 19,
1782, died April 3, 1871. Their children were:
John, born September, iSoT, died September 3,
1869; Harriet, wife of Enos Merrill; Horace K.,
who died at the age of seven years: Da\id. subject
of the following sketch.

(VI) David, son of David and Olive (Kimball)
Cross, was born in Weare, New Hampshire, July 5.
1817. He prepared for college at Hopkinton Acad-
emy. New Hampshire, and at Philips .\cademy,
Andover, Massachusetts, and was graduated at
Dartmouth College in 1841, which conferred upon
him the degree of LL. D., in 1891. He studied law
in the offices of Willard and Raymond at Troy,
New York. Sidney Bartlett, of Boston, Massachus-
etts, and at the Harvard Law School, and was ad-
mitted to the Hillsborough. New Hampshire bar in
1844. He began the practice of law in Manchester
at a period in the history of the Hillsborough bar
jiroductive of eminent legal talent, having as con-
temporaries of the older generation Franklin Pierce,
George Y. Sawyer, George W. Morrison. Mark
Farley. Daniel Clark and among those of his own
age, Aaron F. Stevens, Aaron Sawyer, of Nashua,
Bainbridge Wadleigh, of Milford. Samuel N. Bell,
of Manchester, John H. George, of Concord. Gil-
man Maeston, of Exeter, J. S. H. Frink, of Ports-
mouth. He was a member of the common council
on the organization of the city in 1846, and is the
only survivmg meniber of this city government. He
was city solicitor for 1852-53, member of the leg-
islature for 1848-49-56-76 and 77 ; was a member of
the constitutional conventions of 1889 and 1903, was
judge of probate for the county of Hillsborough
from 1856 to 1874; United States pension agent
from 1865 to 1872, performing the duties of this

oflice mostly through clerks, but attending closely to
the practice of law which he never for a moment
neglected or forsook. He was one of the directors
of the old Merrimack River State Bank from 1855
to 65 ; was vice-president and director of its suc-
cessor, the First National Bank, until 189S, and since
that has been its president. He has been one of
the trustees, vice-president and counsel for the
Merrimack River Savings Bank from its organiza-
tion to the present time. He has been president of
the Hillsborough County Bar Association for the
past tw^enty-tive years, was president of the Southern
New Hampshire Bar .■\s-ociation for two years.
He was a member of the Republican National Con-
vention as a delegate from New Hampshire at Bal-
timore, wdiich nominated Lincoln for the second
lime for president.

In 1858 he married Anna Quackenbush East-
man, daughter of Hon. Ira Allen and Jane Eastman.
Of their children Clarence was born January 22.
i860, and died a member of the junior class in Dart-
mouth College in 1881, and Edward Winslow, born
January 21, 1875, graduated at Amherst in 1897,
and died while a member of the Harvard Law
School. April 23, iSgo. Allen Eastman Cross was
born December ,30, 1S64, graduated at Amherst Col-
lege in 1886, studied theology at Andover, Massa-
chusetts, and from 1890 until the fall of 1900 was
settled at Cliftondale, Massachusetts, and Spring-
field, Massachusetts, as minister of Congregational
Churches. In the fall of 1900 was installed over
the Old South Church of Boston, as assistant pas-
tor. Dartmouth College in 1906 conferred upon him
the degree of D. D. He was married to Ethelyn
Marshall, daughter of Moses R. and Emily Mar-
shall, in 1896, and they have one daughter, Louise
Marshall.

The main part of Judge Cross' life has been de-
voted to the law, and the records of tne courts
show that he has been one of the leading lawyers
of the state in cases before juries, and in legal
(|uestions before the supreme court. For more than
sixty years he was a hard working lawyer, and at
the time of this writing, December, 1906. in his
ninetieth year, he is found in his office daily, in-
terested in law and business affairs, although for
the past year withdrawing almost entirely from the
courts. He has for more than thirty years been
counsel for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company,
in eases of taxation, accidents to employees, flowage
and flowage rights, etc. While his business has been
to a considerable extent for corporations, he has
also been constantly engaged in the trial of cases
and questions of law upon many of the most im-
portant cases that have been heard before the court
during a large part of his professional life.

Judge Cross has taken much interest in Dart-
mouth College and everything pertaining to its pros-
perity, and it is said that he considered his invita-
tion to speak in 1901, upon the one hundredth anni-
vers^iy of Daniel Webster's graduation, the most
complimentary that has ever been offered to him.
Thi men who were invited to speak during the three
days of celebration were President Tucker, Profes-
sors Richardson and Lord durin.g the first day. and
Samuel Walker McCall and Ex-Governor Black
during the second day, and at the banquet the gov-
ernor of New Hampshire, Edwin Webster San-
born, a relative of Daniel Webster, Professor Fran-
cis Brown, George Frisby Poor, Edwin Everett
Hale, William Everett, and Chief Justice Fuller
of the Lhiitcd States supreme court. During that

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cek-bratioii Judge Crciss nindc an address to llie
alumni and also an address in tlic evening upon
Mr. Webster's training at the New Hampshire bar.
TIic proceedings of Ihis Webster Centennial are pub-
lished in book forni and it was one of the great
events in the history of Dartmouth College.

(V) Jesse, son of Abiel Cross, was born in
Salem, New Hampshire, died in Newbury, and was
buried there. He married Annie Dow. Their' chil-
dren were: Nathaniel B., born in New Salem, in
1800, and resided in Newbury, Wilmot and Clare-
mont, dying in the last named place in 190,5. Jesse,
mentioned below. Hannah, married Elien Eaton,
lived and died in Newbury. Belinda married Thom-
as Dustin. David was killed in the Civil war.

(VI) Jesse (2), son of Jesse (i) Cross, was
born in New Salem in 1802. died December 24. 1889.
He was educated in the "old district school house,"
and was an excellent scholar for his oi)portunities.
He was a champion speller, could spell all the words
in any spelling book and make a very commendable
showing on the words in the dictionary. Early in
his "teens" he walked from Newbury, New Hamp-
shire, to Boston and entered the employ of John
Quincy Adams, -where he remained some time. In
his later years he was pleased to tell that while in
Mr. Adams's service he opened a gate for General
Lafayette, who was then visiting Mr. Adams, to
pass through. He settled in Wilmot Flat, New
Hampshire, and his first independent occupation
was the manufacture of custom shoes. He was a
Democrat until the slavery issue was raised, and
then he became an Abolitionist, was one of the
eairliest adherents of the Republican faith and
voted that ticket as long as he lived. He was very
loyal to his party and interested in all matters of
a public nature, but of a retiring turn of mind and
was never an aspirant for office. A very conscien-
tious man and of strong religious convictions, he
became a staunch member of the Free Will Baptist
Church. In middle life, on a certain occasion, he
heard a stirring sermon condemning the evils of
the tobacco habit. Returning to his home, he threw
away his pipe and tobacco and never used tobacco
again. He would never receive money for the pay-
ment of a bill on Sunday.

He married, about 1827. Mary Abbott, born in
tSo8, died in 189,3. Their children were: Benja-
min C. mentioned below : Myrtle, November 27,
18,55. died March 27, 1S43 ; George A., June 13, 1844,
died February 6, 1852.

(VH) Benjamin Gay, son of Jesse Cross, born
at Wilmot Flat. July 29. 18,50. spent his boyhood
in his father's home, and was educated in the dis-
trict and private schools of the town. He learned
the tailor's trade, and started in business for him-
self in Canaan. New Hampshire, where he was
successfully engaged until the second year of the
Civil war. He then enlisted in the Tenth New
Hampshire Volunteers, served as sergeant until the
evacuation of Richmond and the troops were dis-
charged. Finding his health impaired and thinking
outdoor life would be beneficial, he subsequently
bought a large farm on the western slope of Mount
Kearsarge. near Wilmot Flat. He remained a farm-
er until failing health obliged him to give up w'ork.
Mr. Cross has always been a loyal and active Re-
publican, and like his father has shunned office. He
married at Concord. 1856. Sarah P. Loverin. of
Springfield. New Hampshire, daughter of Daniel
and Sarah (Russell) Loverin, born in 18,30. Daniel
Loverin was born in Springfield, and his wife in
Manche-ter. this state. The children of Benjamin

G. Cross are .Alvin B. and M. Rose. The latter, wife
of John H. Greeley, resides at Wilmot Flat.

(VHI) Alvin Benton, only son of Benjamin G.
and Sarah P. (Loverin) Cross, was born July 4,
1858, in Wilmot, and has grown up amid the inspir-
ing scenes and atmosphere of his native state. His
primary education was obtained in the public schools
of his native town, and he was subsequently tutored
by Professor Baldwin, of Meriden Academy, a noted
educator and skilled mathematician of his day, and
al.so attended the School of Practice in Wilmot. He
taught school for some years in Wilmot and other
towns, and in Penacook Academy. At the age of
twenty-one years he was elected without opposition
as superintendent of schools in W'ilmot, always a
Democratic stronghold, while Mr. Cross has ever
been an enthusiastic Republican. In 1882 Mr. Cross
became an employe of the National State Capitol
Bank of Concord, and soon after was elected assis-
tant cashier of that institution, which position he
continued to hold until his resignation, January i,
1904, to become New Hampshire and Vermont rep-
resentative of A. B. Leach & Company, bankers of
New" York and Chicago. This concern does not
handle speculative accounts, but deals solely for
cash in high class securities as investments. L^pon
the occasion of his leaving the State Capitol Bank,
the Concnrd !\fonitor said :

"Mr. Cross's citizenship here has extended over
a period of twenty-one years and during all that
time, his has been a familiar and welcome face to
the patrons of the National State Capitol Bank,
and to our citizens generally. From the first day of
his employment there he has been a popular and
trusted employe, and his relations with other offi-
cers of the liank and its business friends have been
pleasant and amicable to a degree. He has been
one of the magnets which have drawn large local
and outside business to its doors, until today it is one
of the soundest banking institutions in the State."

Mr. Cross maintains an office in Concord, and is
found every Saturday at the banking house of A.
B. Leach & Company in Boston. Cinder the tu-
toring of Professor Baldwin, his natural mathe-
matical bent was developed, and his mind has al-
waj-s shown an aptitude for financial aft'airs, in
the administration of which he has been remark-
ably successful. As a handler of high-grade invest-
ment securities, he sustains an enviable reputation,
and his sales to banks and individual investors
throughout the state are constantly increasing.
During the year 1905 his business aggregated over
one million dollars. With pleasing personality
and manner, of unfailing good humor, he makes
and holds warm friendships, and exerts a wide in-
lluence in the community where he lives and in the
state. Mr. Cross is a director of the Mount Wash-
ington Railway, of the Concord Light & Power
Company, director and president of the Concord
Building & Loan Association, and has been treas-
urer and clerk of the Concord Street Railway Com-
pany for many years. He was elected city treasurer
in 1902 and served two years in that capacity. In
iqo6 he was elected representative of ward five in
the legislature, and at the session opened in the fol-
lowing January was made chairman of the commit-
tee on banks, a handsome recognition of his ability
as a financier. He is a trustee of the John H. Pear-
son estate, which distributes approximately eighteen
thousand dollars annually for charitable and educa-
tional purposes in New Hampshire, and is also a
trustee of the Franklin Evans estate, whose in-
come is devoted to charitv in Concord. He is a

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trustee under the will of the late William B.
Durgin, of Concord, and is treasurer of the Pisca-
taqua Missionary Society of the Congregational
Church, which has a fund for the benefit of churches
in southern New Hampshire, and since igoi has
been treasurer of the New Hampshire Home Mis-
sionary Society, which expends for religious pur-
poses twelve thousand dollars per year. For some
years he served as clerk of the Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital of Concord. Mr. Cross has long
been a member of the South Congregational Church,
was its treasurer for years, and has taken a prom-
inent part in its work. He was made a Free Ma-
son in Blazing Star Lodge, No. 70, Ancient. Free
and Accepted Masons, of Concord ; and is a member
of Trinity Chapter. No. 2, Royal Arch Masons;
of Horace Chase Council, No. 4, of which he is
treasurer; of Mt. Horeb Commandery, Knights
Templar: a member of Bektash Temple of the
Mystic Shrine of Concord.

He was married November 28, 1882, to Lizzie
May Gage, daughter of John Chandler and Hannah
C. (Stevens) Gage, of Boscawen. Mrs. Cross is
a member of the Christian Science Church, Con-
cord, is treasurer of the Woman's Club, and active
in many religious and charitable, enterprises.

The family of Durrell has been long
DURRELL a prominent one in southeastern

New Hampshire, and has furnished
many valuable citizens to the commonwealth. It
has-been noted in law and letters, in the ministry,
in "the leading business avocations, and in every
worthy walk of life. One of its most conspicuous
representatives to-day is a leading clergyman of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, who has served as pre-
siding elder.

(I) The pioneer in America of this family,
Philip Durrell, is supposed to have come from
the Isle of Guernsey, in the English Channel, and
was of French blood, and in religion a Protestant.
He is known to have been in the Piscataqua region
as early as 1679, and ten years later was a soldier
in the Exeter garrison. In 1697 he received a grant
of fifty acres of land in Exeter, and removed in
1700 to Kennebunkport; Maine. In 1703, while he
was absent from home, his family was carried off
by the Indians. The prisoners, his wife and their
two daughters and two sons, one of whom was an
infant, were carried as far as Peywacket, or Frye-
burg, when Mrs. Durrell persuaded the Indians to
allow her to return with her infant. After the
breaking up of his home Philip Durrell moved back
to his New Hampshire farm. In 1714 he again
went to Kennebunkport, and in 1723 the same lot
which has been previously laid out to him was
again granted him. In 1726 his family was again
taken by the Indians, and his wife and daughter
and infant granddaughter were slain.

(II) Benjamin, son of Philip Durrell, was born
about 1710, in Exeter, and died in September or
October, 17S4. Fle served in the militia at Saco,
in Lieutenant John Bean's detachment, in 1750, and
in 1754 was selectman of Am-undel, now Kennebunk-
port. In 1758 he was moderator of the Aurundel
town meeting. In 1774 he was chairman of the
"committee of inspection" of that town, appointed
in harmony with the advice of the provincial con-
gress. In 1775 he was lieutenant of a company of
militia for that town, and the following year was
made captain. On April 21, 1775, three days after
the battle of Lexington, Benjamin Durrell was

chosen chairman of a committee to borrow money
and provide ammunition for the military needs of
the town. On May 22, more than a month before
the Declaration of Independence, the town of
Aurundel voted that, in case the colonies declare
their independence, the inhabitants of Aurundel
would support them in the measure. To carry out
this policy a committee of correspondence, inspec
tion and safety was chosen, of which Benjamin Dur-
rell was chairman. In this year he was representa-
tive to the general court. In 1778 he was referred
to as major, and styled a member of the committee
of safety. His wife, Eunice Perkins, was a daugh-
ter of Ensign Thomas Perkins, who came from
Topsfield, Massachusetts, to Aurundel, in 1719, and
became town clerk. Her mother was Mary Wilder,
granddaughter of Sarah (Averill) Wilder, who was
hung as a witch on Boston Common, July 16, 1692.
Her son, Ephraim Wilder, was the father of Mary
(Wilder) Perkins.

(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i) and
Judith (Perkins) Durrell, was born December 26,
1748, and died April 9, 1836, in his eighty-eighth
year. His wife, Hannah Kimball, was born July 22,
1752, and died June 12, 1844.

(IV) Thomas, son of Benjamin (2) and Hannah
(Kimball) Durrell, w'as born August 5. 1786, and
died I'ebruary 24, 1852. He married Esther Towne,
who was born March 28, 1789, and died November
7, 1867, nearly seventy-nine years of age.

(V) William Henry, son of Thomas and Esther
(Towne) Durrell, was born October 12, 1812, and
clied September 14, 1872. He was a blacksmith by
trade in early life. Soon after his marriage he moved
from Kennebunkport to Boston. His wife, Sarah
Averill, of Kennebunkport, was born in 1813 and
died in Boston, November 15, 7873. William Dur-
rell settled at the North End of Boston, where
he was an edge tool maker rather than blacksmith.
Subsequently he went into the provision business at
the corner of Hanover and Salutation streets. The
last quarter century of his life he was connected
with the police department, and died as the indirect
result of injuries received in the discharge of his
official duties. He received the meager training of
the district schools of Kennebunkport, but was a
thoughtful reader, and had a well selected library
on historical, religious and literary lines. He was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; a
class leader of the society on North Bennett street
in Boston, and subsequently, after it removed to
more commodious quarters on Hanover street. In
politics he was a liberal Democrat. He came over
from the Free Soil movement, and soon became an
Abolitionist. He voted for John C. Fremont in
1856, and was an ardent Republican from thence until
his death. He was a plain man, of good sense,
honest convictions, and diligent application, and did
not care for any public position. His courage in
the discharge of duty was proverbial.

(VI) Jesse Murton, son of William Henry and
Sarah (Averill) Durrell, was born June 26, 1843,
in Boston, and was educated in the Eliot grammar
school and the Mayhew school of his native city.
He was awarded a Franklin medal upon graduating
from the former in 1859. and in the fall of the same
year he entered the Boston Latin School, then
under the care of Francis Gardner. After three years
in the Latin school he commenced the study of
dental surgery, and three years from that time he
began the practice of dentistry in the South End,
Boston. After three years of practice he felt a
call to the ministry and sold out his office, furniture

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and practice, and entered Tilton Seminarj-, then
under the presidency of Dr. L. D. Barrows, to pre-
pare for his new duties, and was graduated in 1869.
In the fall of 1S70 he entered the School of The-
ology, Boston University, and graduated therefrom
in the class of 1873. In the spring of that year
he left for a year's study abroad, making art the
principal subject of his study. In 1882 he again
went abroad, lieing this time accompanied by his
wife, and made an extensive study of Egyptology
and Eastern Antiquities. After nearly a year abroad
he took a post-graduate course in Hebrew under the
late Professor William R. Harper, afterwards
president of Chicago University. Becoming inter-
ester in summer schools, in connection with Dr. O.
S. Bakete], he organized a summer school at Hed-
ding Camp Ground, in Rockingham county, New
Hampshire. For a number of years he was a mem-
ber of the council of the Chautauqua Sunday School
Nonnal Department at Chautauqua Lake, New York.
For the five years from 1891 to 1895 inclusive, he
was president of the New Hampshire Conference
Seminary and Female College, afterwards reorgan-
ized as Tilton Seminary. For the four years from
1897 to 1900 he was a member of the school
board for the city of Nashua, New Hamp-
shire. In the summer of 1904 he was appointed
field agent for the Tilton Seminary, which po-
sition he continues to hold. During all these years
he has been most of the time an active pastor in
his church, serving the following societies : East
Tilton, New Hampshire; Rumney, New Hampshire;
Allen street, New Bedford, iSIassachusetts ; Bristol,
New Hampshire; First Church, Haverhill. ]\Iassa-
chusetts; Rochester, New Hampshire; St. John's,
Dover, New Hampshire; Garden Street. Lawrence,
Massachusetts ; St. Paul's, Manchester ; Main Street,
Nashua, New Hampshire; Keene, New Hampshire.
He was appointed presiding elder of the Dover
District, New Hampshire Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, for the years of 1903
and 1904. He has served on the following commit-
tees and commissions of the General Conference :
Two terms of four years each on the general mis-
sionary committee, general committee of church ex-
tension, general committee of Freedmen's Aid and
Southern Education. During the eight years that
he served on these three general committees, they
appropriated for disbursement the sum of nearly
fourteen million dollars. By the General Conference
,of 1900 he was appointed as a member of the board
of control of the Epworth League, to serve four
years. By the General Conference of 1904, he was
appointed a member of the commission to con-
solidate benevolences. This commission has carried
out a plan for uniting several organizations and di-
viding the missionary society into two branches,
home and foreign, and reorganizing the whole under
new charters. It will make its final report to the
General Conference in 1908. In the Masonic order,
Mr. Durrell is a member of Olive Branch Lodge of
Plymouth, of Temple Royal Arch Chapter, of
Rochester; Israel Hunt Council, of Royal and Se-
lect Masters, of Nashua; St. Paul's Commandery,
Knights 'Templar, Dover ; Aaron P. Hugh's Lodge
of Perfection, fourteenth degree, Nashua; Oriental
Council, Princes of Jerusalem, sixteenth degree,
Nashua ; St. George Chapter of Rose Croix, eight-
eenth degree, Nashua ; Edward A. Raymond Con-
sistory, thirty-second degree, Nashua. Lie is a
member of the 'Veteran's Association of Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons of New Flampshire,

Concord ; and Peabody Chapter Order of Eastern
Star, Tilton. For several years he has been chap-
lain of the grand chapter and also of the grand
council for New Hampshire. He is a member of
the Society of the Colonial Wars. In politics Mr.
Durrell is an ardent Republican, He has held no
office of a political nature except as a member of
the school board of Nashua.

He was married, July 23, 1878, to Sarah Irene
Clark, daughter of Hiram and Betsey D. (Drake)
Clark (see Clark, IV).

The founder of this family in New
BRIDGMAN England was an early settler in
the Connecticut valley, where
many of his descendants are still residing, and they
have assisted in the building up of three states,
namely : Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hamp-
shire. They were among the first settlers of Han-
over, and have therefore been identified with its
developnient from a frontier settlement to the posi-
tion of importance it now occupies as an agricul-
tural and educational centre.

(I) The Bridgmans of Hanover are the de-
scendants of James Bridgman, probably of Winches-
ter, in the county of Hants, England, who emigrated
prior to 1640 and was one of the original proprietors
of Hartford, Connecticut. He was a carpenter by
trade, which he probably followed in Hartford anil
also in Springfield, Massachusetts, whither he re-
moved in 1643, and he was granted lands on both
sides of the Connecticut river, His house lot \va^
on Main street. During his eleven years residence
in Springfield he held some of the town offices, such
as constable, highway surveyor and fence-viewer.
In 1654 he with others removed to Northampton,
where he was chosen constable in 1659, and he is
supposed to have resided there for the remainder
of his life, as his death occurred in that town in
March, 1676, tradition says on the night of the birth
of his grandson Deliverance, which was March 17.
The Christian name of his wife was Sarah, and it
is thought that he married her in Springfield. She
died August 31, 1688. Their children were: Sarah,
John, Thomas, Martha, JNIary, James, Patience and
Hezekiah.

(H) John, second child and eldest son of Janie-
and Sarah Bridgman, was born in Springfield. July
7, 1645. He was made a freeman in 1676. He in-
herited his father's property in Northampton, and
occupied the homestead on Hawley street until his
death, which occurred April 7, 1712. On December
II, 1670. he married INIary Sheldon, who was born
at Windsor or Hartford, in 1654, eldest daughter
of Isaac and Mary (Woodford) Sheldon, who were
of Windsor Connecticut, prior to 1655, arid after-
ward of Northampton, Alassachusetts, John and
Mary were the parents of fourteen children, namely:
Mary, an infant, died unnamed; John, Deliverance,
James, Isaac, Sarah, Ruth, Ebenezer, Thomas]
Martha, Hannah, Dorothy and Orlando. The
mother of these children died in Northampton, Anril
29, 1728. . i- - 1

(III) Isaac, sixth child of John and :vlarv
(Sheldon) Bridgman, was born in Northampton,
JNIarch 29, 1680. Prior to 1706 he doubtless went to
reside in Wethersfield, Connecticut, as three of his
children were born in that town, and he subsecjuently
resided in Coventry, Connecticut, where he held
various town offices, He died in Coventrv. June JJ.
1756. April II, 1706. he married Dorotbv Cuni^!
daughter of Sergeant John Curtis, of Wethersfield!

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Her death occurred in Coventry, November 26,
1757. Their children were: Lydia, Gideon, Dorothy,
Abigail, John and Isaac.

(IV) Isaac (2), youngest child of Isaac and
Dorothy (Curtis) Bridgman, was born at Coventry,
in 1718. He was one of the pioneers of Hanover,
New Hampshire, which was settled largely by people
from Connecticut, and he resided there for the re-
mainder of his life. On June 10. 1741, he inarried
Elizabeth Hatch, of Coventry. His death which oc-
curred February 25, 1781, was caused by a cancer,
and, driven insane by grief, his wife committed sui-
cide in the following August. She was the mother
of thirteen children, namely : Clara, Elizabeth, John,
Anna, Olive, Gideon, Dorothy, Isaac, Abel. Eunice,
Salome, Joseph and Asa.

(V) Abel, fourth son and ninth child of Isaac
and Elizabeth (Hatch) Bridgman, was born in
Coventry, April 15, 1750, and died in Hanover,
September 23, 1800. He was married October 29.
178,5, to Anna Fowler, a cousin of Professor O. S.
Fowler, of New York, the distinguished phrenolo-
gist. The eight children of this union were: Jemima,
a son who died in infancy; Orlando, Abel, Erastus,
Anna, Esther, and another child who died in infancy.

(VI) Abel (2), third son and fourth child of
Abel and Anna (Fowler) Bridgman, was born in
Hanover, September i, 1790. He was an able and
industrious farmer, and resided in Hanover his en-
tire life, which terminated January 19. 1874. His
wife was before marriage Ruth Ladd, and their
wedding took place May 2, 1815. She was born in
Haverhill, January 18, 1789, daughter of John and
Hannah (Eastman) Ladd, of Boston, and died in
Hanover, February 16, i86g. She bore him four
children : Emeline JSIaria, John Ladd, George Wells
and Eliza Ann.

(VII) John Ladd, second child and eldest son
of Abel and Ruth (Ladd) Bridgman, was born in
Hanover, November 2, 1817. At the age of eighteen
years he entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell
railroad as a clerk in the freight office, and his
ability and faithfulness won him rapid advancement
in the company's service. He was for a time con-
ductor of express trains, but was fmally given a very
responsible position in the general freight office, his
duties including the nionthly settlement with sta-
tion agents and the preparations of the annual re-
port for the stockholders' meeting. .\t the expira-
tion of twenty years service he resigned his position
although offered an increase of salary to remain,
and returning to Hanover he engaged in farming
and stock-raising. For twenty-four years he served
with ability as chairman of the board of selectmen ;
was selectman in all thirty years; was county com-
missioner three years, deputy-sheriff si-xteen years,
and representative to the legislature in 1876-7. He
was not only one of the most prosperous farmers
of Hanover, but took an active interest in local finan-
cial affairs, being for a number of years vice-presi-
dent of the Dartmouth National Bank and a trustee
of the Dartmouth Savings Bank. In his latter years
he was assisted in his farming operations by his sons.
His death occurred February 8. t8q8. On October
TO, 1844, he married Hortencia A. Wood, who was
born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 14,
1823. daughter of Augustus and Sophronia (Smith)
Wood. She became the mother of three children :
Emma Hortencia, born July 24. 1847, became the
wife of Charles H. Waterman ; Don Seavey, the date
of whose birth is recorded in the succeeding para-
graph ; and Adna Augustus, born August 16, 1857,

died May 9, 1889. The latter married Anna Jvlaud
Scott, daughter of Wilber and Ann L. (Jiloulton)
Scott, of Glover, Vermont.

(VIII) Don Seavey, second child and eldest son
of John L. and Hortencia A. (Wood) Bridgman,
was born in Hanover, April 4, 1856. Having fitted
for college at a preparatory school in Norwich, Ver-
mont, he entered Dartmouth with the class of 1880,
but shortly afterward withdrew and going to Mi-
nooka, Illinois, he conducted a farm for a short time.
Returning to Hanover, he remained at the homestead
until 1880, when he again left his native state and
entered the employ of J. M. Tilden, a wholesale
junk dealer in Watertown, New York. Four years
later he again resumed farming at the homestead,
and has ever since resided in Hanover. For the
succeeding twenty years he devoted his energies to
dairy-farming, stock-raising and the breeding of
fancy poultry. The Bridgman farm, comprises three
hundred and fifty acres of well located land, was,
noted for its fine thoroughbred Jersey stock, and its
dairy products commanded a high price in the Bos-
ton market. Having succeeded to the ownership of
the property at his father's death, he continued to
carry it On until 1904, when he sold it advantage-
ously, and removing to the village is now engaged
in the real estate business.

Mr. Bridgman occupies a prominent position
among the well-to-do residents of Hanover, and is
a director of the Hanover National Bank. Politi-
cally he is a Republican, and takes an active part in
local civic affairs, having served as a selectman for
the past nine years, and as a member of the school
board for an equal length of time. He is an ad-
vanced Mason, belonging to the lodge, chapter and
council at Lebanon, the commandery at Claremont,
and the temple of the Mystic Shrine ai Concord.
He is past noble grand of Good Samaritan Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hanover,
also affiliates with the Rebakah Lodge and the Pa-
triarchs Militant of that town, and the encampment
at Lebanon. In addition to these he is an active
member of the Patrons of Husbandry, having twice
served as master of Grafton Star Grange, Hanover,
was for two years master of the Mascomie Valley
Pomona Grange, was for one year Pomona deputy
for the southern district of New Hampshire, and has
served as .general deputy of the state grange. He at-
tends the Baptist Church.

On October 30, 1882, jNlr. Bridgman was rnarried
in Norwich, Vermont, to Jennie May Burton, who
was born in that town June 25, 1S60, daughter of
Ira B. and Emily D. (Waterman) Burton, Mrs.
Bridgman is past master of the Rebekah Lodge, sec-
retary of the Pomona grange, and a member of the
Eastern Star.

This unusual name has been found
PURMORT in very few places in New Hamp-
shire, and is not very numerously
represented. The time of its arrival in this country
seems clouded somewhat in mystery, owing to the
meager records about Newcastle, and other sections
of Rockingham county, where it is found, A dili-
gent search of the vital records of the state has
given the following information. Its connection
with others of the best families of the region would
indicate that its members were people in good stand-
ing and of some moral and intellectual worth.

(I) The first record supplied by the archives
of the state shows that John Purmort, of Newcastle,
New Hampshire, was born July 13, 1715, but the

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place of his birth or his parentage does not appear.
He was a resident of Newcastle, later of Exeter, and
presumably reared a large family there, as was the
•custom of his time. No record of his marriage
appears, but the records of his children's births in-
dicate that his wife was Hannah Sinclair. ^ Their
children were : Anne. Hannah, Joseph, Richard,
Abigail (died young), Mark, Abigail and iNIary, the
last two being twins.

(H) Joseph, second son and fourth child of John
and Hannah (Sinclair) Purmort, was born July 18,
1749, in Exeter, and resided in that town. He was
married, February 28, 1775, to Mercy Dolloff, who was
born December 6, 1752, and was a member of an
excellent pioneer family. She died October 31, 1784.
Their children included: ^Miriam, Hannah, Abuer,
and John. The records of the name are very meager,
and it is probable that Nathaniel Purmort was their
fourth child and third <fon.

(HI) Nathaniel Purmort was born in 1781,
probably the latter part of that year, and became an
early settler in Enfield, New Hampshire. He died
in 1856, and was survived about seven years by his
widow, who died in 1863. He married Phoebe Dol-
loff, who was born in 1785, and they had five chil-
dren John. Jaspar, Hiram, Elmira and Dicy.

(IV) John, eldest child of Nathaniel and Phoebe
(Dolloff) Purmort, was born in Enfield, New Hamp-
shire, about 1801. He had a common school edu-
cation, and was a farmer till the age of fifty, when
he started a machine shop and foundry at Lebanon,
New Hampshire. He conducted this establishment
till 1865, when he sold out the business and retired.
He attended the Baptist Church, and was a Repub-
lican in politics. He married Elizabeth Farnum,
and they had four children : INIartin Van Buren,
whose sketch follows ; Polly, Sarah and Lydia.
The three daughters are not Hving.

(V) ?ilartin Van Buren, youngest child and only
son of John and Elizabeth (Farnum) Purmort. was
"born in Enfield, New Hampshire. November 9, 1840.
When about nine years of age his parents moved to
Lebanon, where the boy was educated in the public
schools. When a young man he was engaged in
the manufacture of scythes, and in 1869 he began
the manufacture of wood-working machinery. He
employs a dozen or more men, and the product of
the factory is sold largely in New England. He
attends the Congregational Church, and belongs to
Franklin Lodge, No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted
^lasons of Lebanon. He is a Republican in politics,
and has served in the legislature two terras. In 1863
Martin Van Buren Purmort married Mary Sargent,
daughter of John Sargent, of Plainfield, New Hamp-
shire. His first wife died soon after marriage, and
in 1864 he married Mary Bean, daughter of Alvah
and Cynthia Bean, of Plainfield, New Hampshire,
■who died October, 1894. There are no children.

the name of one of the families, evi-
L.\NDON dently of French extraction, whose
membership is mainly confined to
New England.

(I) Frank Landon was born in Hinesburg, Ver-
mont, July 6, 1816, was educated in the common
schools, and afterward worked for a number of
years on a farm in Hinesburg. From that place he
removed to Essex Junction, where he was employed
. as a switchman on the Central Vermont railroad for
about twenty-si.x years. He owned a small farm on
which he died October 23, 1900. He was a member
of the Congregational Church, and a Republican. He

married, April 19, 1840, Fidelia Bcttis, born July 21,
1817; died at Essex Junction, August 13, 1875,
daughter of John and Eliza (Vancor) Bettis. The
children of this marriage were: Fidelia, died young;
Frank, born November 7, 1842, now on the Central
Vermont railroad ; Ellen, born August 3, 1844, mar-
ried Emily Vancor; Jed, born March 13, 1846, mar-
ried Clara Gilmore ; Lewis, born February 6, 1850,
conductor on the Boston & Maine railroad, married
Mary Culley, and lives in Concord ; Clara, born
April 6, 1853, married Jarvis Newcomb ; and Fred
W., the subject of the next paragraph.

(II) Fred Weston Landon, born at Essex Junc-
tion, April 13, 1856, was educated in the common
schools of his native place. In 1877, after having
worked in a paper mill in Bellows Falls one year,
he went to Concord, New Hampshire, where he was
employed as a telegraph repairer two years, and
where he has since made his home. From 1879 to
l88r he was in the telephone business, and put in
the first telephone installed in Concord. Since the
latter date he has been in the electrical contract and
supply business, from doorbell to town system of
electric lights, throughout New Hampshire and Ver-
mont. Formerly a Democrat, he now abstains from
voting. He is a member of the People's Church.
He married. May 18, 1876, Cora Rock wood, born in
Springfield, Vermont, July 5, 1858, daughter of Dan-
iel and Esther Ann (Hoyt) Rockwood. They have
three children : Cora, born at North Walpole, New
Hampshire, December 14, 1877, married Harry
Shrieve, and they live on a farm at Bow ; Carrey,
in Bellows Falls, August 25, 18S0, is an electrician;
Gretchen in Concord, March 16, 1894, is at home.

Two brothers, James and John,
BOUTWELL whose surname is variously

spelled Boutell, Boutwell. Bou-
telle, or Bowtell, settled in Massachusetts about
i6,?2. By some it is claimed that their ancestors
migrated from Normandy to England with William
the Conqueror; other.s, say the French ancestor was
a Huguenot. John settled in the New Haven colony
in 1636. From James has sprung a large progeny,
including several of prominence, among whom were
Timothy Boutelle, and George S. Boutwell, former
governor of Massachusetts, secretary of the United
States treasury, and LInited States senator.

(I) James Boutell, of Salem and Lynn, 1635,
w'as made a freeman March 14, 1639, and died in
1651. In his will of August 22, proven November
26 of that year, he names "wife Alice." sons James
and John and daughter Sarah.

(II) John Boutwell, son of James and Alice
Boutell, of Lynn, was born in 1645. and died in
1719, aged seventy-four. He married, in 1669,
Hannah, daughter of George Davis. Their children
were : John, Hannah, Sarah, James, Mary, Eliza-
beth, Sarah. Susanna and Thomas.

(III) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Hannah (Davis) Boutwell. was born February 26,
1O70, and was a soldier in the Narragansett war.
His wife's name was Sarah, and they had seven
children: John, Thomas (died young), Thomas,
Sarah. Jacob. Jonathan and Bethiah.

(IV) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and
Grace (Eaton), or of John and Sarah Boutwell,
confused and mutilated records make it difficult to
tell which, -was bom in 1695. He married Rebecca
Knight, and lived in Wilmington. One of the sons
of this marriage was James.

(V) James (2), son of John (3) and Rebecca

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(rinight) Boutwcll, was born in Wilmington. Mas-
sachusetts, in 1736, and died in Lyndeborough, New
Hampshire, February 6, 1804, aged sixty-eight.
After his marriage he removed to Amherst and
thence to Salem, Canada, now Lyndeborough,
where he settled in 1767 on a farm which has been
the homestead of families of his descendants ever
since. This farm which is' situated on gently rising
ground at the south end of what is called the middle
of town was probably partly cleared, and upon it a
log house may have been already erected at the
time of his settlement. There in the forest home
James Boutwell, an ambitious and industrious man
spent the remainder of his life in preparing for his
descendants a homestead whose fertile fields, now
shaded in places by beautiful fruit and ornamental
trees and fitted with handsome and commodious
buildings, commands a view in which natural
scenery and human improvements have combined
to form one of the handsomest pictures to be seen
in the Granite State. From this point of view
appear the elevations of Pinnacle. Winn, Peter-
borough. Pack Monadnock. and the range of moun-
tains to the south, with valleys between, making a
picture so fair that once seen it is never forgotten.
James Boutwell soon took a leading place
among the pioneer settlers of Lyndeborough. In
1768, the year after his settlement, he was elected
a member of the board of selectmen, and again in
1771, and was state senator from the seventeenth
district. So far as traced he did no direct military
service in the Revolution. He was a member of
the Lyndeborough committee of safety, its chairman,
and he was also custodian of the town's stock of
ammunition, which at that day was kept in the
meeting-house loft. He was therefore performing
duties of great importance to his country's cause,
though not personally in the field. He married,
probably in Wilmington, Mary Johnson, and they
had seven children: Asa, Mary, Abigail. Judith,
James, Nehemiah and Alice. The three older chil-
dren were 'probably born in Amherst, and the others
in Lyndeborough.

(VI) Nehemiah, sixth child and third son of
James and Mary (Johnson) Boutwcll, was born
November 20, 1774. and .died October 3, 1855, aged
eighty-one. He was one of the busiest, most active
and most ambitious men in the town. He cultivated
his farm, carried on potash-making in a factory
which stood west of his house, owned and operated
a tannery, and even made the nails used in the
construction of his new house. In town affairs
he was no less energetic. He was for many years
moderator, represented the town in the legislature
in 1821 and 1828. was town treasurer nineteen
years, was on many important committees, and
was drum-major in the state militia. In his later
years he lived in the enjoyment of the fruits of his
early toil. He married, June 28. 1796, Elizabeth
Jones, who was born December 18, 1776, and died
July 3, 1856, aged eighty. She was the daughter
of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones,
of Lyndeborough. In the last years of her life
she was blind. Their eleven children were : Nehe-
miah, Betsey, Benjamin J. (died young). William
Thurston, Clark Crombie. Newton, Benjamin
Jones, Rodney Cleaves, James. Mary .\nn and
Sarah Jones.

(VII) Rodnev Cleaves, eighth child and
seventh son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones)
Boutwcll. was born in Lyndeborough, July 14. xSn,
and died in Mcdford. Massachusetts, August, i.

1891. He succeeded to the ancestral acres which
he tilled throughout the active portion of his life,
giving his entire attention to agriculture. He
married, January 31, 1833. Nancy J. Barnes, who
was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, October
23, 181 1, and died April 19, 1892, daughter of Na-
than and Ann (Remick) Barnes, of Bedford. She
was of a family noted for their acumen and in-
fluence, and was herself a person of imposing pres-
ence, refined and intellectual. Husband and wife
were members of the Congregational Church, and
constant in their attendance at divine service. They
knew and fully appreciated the value of education
and moral training, and gave each child a good edu-
cation. Frequently on Sunday they attended church
with their family. They were the parents of twelve
sons and daughters, all of whom attained adult
age. strong, healthy and active. The names of the
children of this union are: Clarissa Barnes, Na-
than Barnes. Ann Elizabeth. Abigail Jane, Benja-
min Jones. William Thurston, Sarah Jones, Charles
Rodney, Henry Winslow, George Sumner, Roland
Hill and Roswell Murrav.

(VIII) Clarissa Barnes, eldest child of Rod-
ney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell, was born
November 20. 1833, married Samuel G. Colley, and
reinoved to Beloit, Wisconsin. He died October 21.
i8go. She is a woman of resolute courage, and
once while her husband was sheriff and jailor, a
jail delivery was attempted. With revolver in hand
she held at bay the desperate prisoners until help
arrived. Nathan Barnes is mentioned below. Ann
Elizabeth was born May 4. 1837, and married, Octo-
ber 3r, 1S5S, Daniel B. Whittemore, a prosperous
farmer of Lyndeborough. Abigail Jane, born De-
cember 13, 1838. married, January i, 1878, Robert
Hawthorne, of Newton Centre, ^Massachusetts. He
died April i, 1892. Sarah Jones, born September
9. 1844, died January 12, 1S64. Sketches of each cf
the sons follow.

(VIII) Nathan Barnes, second child and eldest
son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Bout-
well, was born July 31. 1835. He enlisted August
29. 1S62. in Company B, Thirteenth New Hamp-
shire Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army
of the Potomac. He was appointed second lieu-
tenant September 27, 1862: appointed adjutant
March 24. 1863; wounded severely June 15. 1864, at
Battery Five, Petersburg, Virginia ; and was dis-
charged for disability May 5, 1865. After his re-
turn from the war he entered the employ of E. C.
Hazard & Company, of New York. In 1876 he re-
moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and four years
later was appointed to a position in the L^nited
States custom house in Boston, where he has ever
since been employed and now has charge of the
appraiser's stores. His residence is at Winchester,
Massachusetts. He married (first), November 25,
1S58, Lizzie Llawkins. whc was born in Troy, New
Hampshire. June 13, 1836, and died November 3.
1865, daughter of Oliver and Susan (Foster)
Hawkins; (second), Em.ily Beard, who was born
in Wilton. July 20. 1846. daughter of Luke and
Hannah W. (Perkins) Beard. Fie had by the first
wife a son. Leslie Barnes, and by the second wife
a son, Horace Keith.

(VIII) Benjamin Jones, fifth child and second
son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Bout-
well, was born December 25. 1840. and died at.
Mcdford. Massachusetts. January i. 1896. He en-
listed in Company B. Thirteenth New Ilamp.shire
\'nluntcer Infantry, August 16, 1862. and was dis-

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charged May 20, 1863. He was engaged in the re-
tail grocery business in Boston for a number of
years, and afterward at Worcester, Massachusetts.
In 1882 he returned to New Hampshire and settled
on the old homestead wdiich he had owned for a
number of years. • During his residence in Lynde-
borough he. took an interest in public affairs and
filled several public offices. He was postmaster of
Lyndeborough for a time, was a member of the
board of selectmen, and of the board of education.
He was a leading member of the Congregational
Church, and for more than a year, while the church
building was being rebuilt, he conducted church
services. He married, April, 18S2, Louisa Elizabeth
Knight, who was born in Milford, June 16, 1854,
and died at Amherst, February 2, 1S90. She was
the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Keeley)
Knight, of Milford. The children of this union
were: Mary Elizabeth, Roswell Knight and
Paul W.

(VHI) William Thurston, sixth child and
third son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes)
Boutwell, was born September 13, 1842, and died
at Guffy, Colorado, August 2, 1904. August 16,
1S62, at the age of twenty, he enlisted in Company
B., Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,
and served until August 4, 1864, when he was trans-
ferred to Company F, Thirteenth Veteran Reserve
Corps, w-here he did duty as a private until the end
of the war, being discharged June 28, 1865. He
returned from the war and lived on the home farm
until 1S80, taking an active part in church work
and local ^ public affairs. In 1880 he removed to
Afton, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farm-
ing for some ^-ears. He was married in Lebanon,
December 6, 1865. by Rev. J. H. Edwards, to Eliza
J. Cummings, of Lebanon, who was born in Nor-
wich, Vermont, June 14, 1844, daughter of Francis
and E. J. Cummings. She died Marcli 24, 1883,
and he married (second), April 12, 1884. Mary E.
Haskell, of Afton, jMinnesota, who was born May
3, 185:. and died May 28, 1895. To Mr. Boutwell
were horn eight children — five by the first wife and
three by the second— as follows: Sarah Kimball,
William R.. George B., Howard P.. Edward B.,
Joseph H.. Mary J. and Philip K.

(VIH) Charles Rodney, eighth child and
fourth sou of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes)
Boutwell, was born August i, 1846, and died Janu-
ary 18, 1904. For some years he was engaged in
the produce business in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Following that he was appointed inspector of cus-
toms at Boston, which position he filled for fifteen
years. In 1888 he bought of his brother Benjamin
J. the old homestead in Lyndeborough. upon which
he settled, and lived there the remainder of his life.
He remodeled and enlarged the buildings, and made
the place one of the most commodious and attrac-
tive country residences in southern New Hamp-
shire. He married, October 23. 1867, Lucy S. Kim-
ball, who was horn in Hillsborough, June 4, i8-i9,
daughter of Leonard I\r. and Abigail (Kendall)
Kimball, of Hillshoro.

(VIII) Dr. Henry Winslow, fiftli son and
nmth child of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes)
Boutwell, was born August 2, 1S4S. He received
his literary education in the connnon schools and
at Francestown .\cademv. and graduated from
Harvard Medical School in 1882. In 1882 he
settled in Manchester, where he has since success-
fully practiced his profession. He is one of the
leadmg physicians of Manchester, is surgeon to

Amoskcag Manufacturing Company, and is presi-
dent of the medical staff of the Sacred Heart Hos-
pital. He is a trustee of the New Hampshire State
Industrial School and of the Manchester Public
Library; and was surgeon on the staff of Governor
N. J. Batchelder. In politics he has been active for
years, has served in the constitutional convention,
and is now (1907) a member of the slate senate,
and chairman of the judiciary committee. 'He
married (first). May 3, 1873, Clara L. Gerrish, who
w^as born m Franklin, June 28, 1842, daughter of
Milton and Hannah (Dimmick) Gerrish. She died
May 15, 1S94. One daughter, Edith Gerrish, born
July 16, 1875, married Selwyn B. Clark, of Worces-
ter, Massachusetts, July 2, 1901 ; one child Elizabeth
Boutwell Clark, born May 4. 1906. He married
(second), November 5, 1895, Mary Stanton, who
was born in Sandwicli, July 7, 1861, daughter of
Levi W. and Annie (Burleigh) Stanton.

(VIII) George Sumner, sixth son and tenth
child of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Bout-
well, was born August 25, 1850. and is with the
firm of Boutwell Brothers, Of Boston, Massachu-
setts. He resides at Worcester, Massachusetts.
He married. May 21, 1872, Sophia Mclver,
of Worcester, Massachusetts, a daughter of Charles
Chamberlain.

(VIII) Roland Hill, seventh son and eleventh
child of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Bout-
well, was born May 2. 1853. With his brother Ros-
well M. he established, September 15, 1876, the
firm of Boutwell Brothers, incorporated, of Lowell.
Massachusetts, dealers in iron and steel. He has
been very successful in business, and is president
of the Portland Iron & Steel Company, of Port-
land. Maine, manufacturers of iron and steel, and
president of the Standard Horse Shoe Company of
South Wareham, Massachusetts, manufacturers of
horse shoes. He resides in Boston. Mr. Bout-
well married (first), October 29, 1879, Minnie E.
Butters, of Aledford, Massachusetts, who was born
November i, 1853, daughter of Albert H. and Ann
(Ager) Butters. She died October i. 1S83, and
he married (second), October 28, 1885, Sarah
Blake, daughter of George S. and Jane (Skinner)
Blake of Belmont, Massachusetts. She died Feb-
ruary 27, 1891. He married (third), November 16,
1904, Jennie Crosbie Oilman, of Exeter.

(VIII) Roswell IMurray. twelfth and youngest
child of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes') Bout-
well, was born May 22, 1855, and resides in Bos-
ton. He is a member of the firm of Boutwell
Brothers, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and treasurer
of the Portland Iron & Steel Company of Port-
land, Maine. He is also treasurer of the Standard
Horse Shoe Company of South Wareham, Massa-
chusetts. For a number of years he resided in
Lowell, where he took a leading part in politics,
was a member of the city council from 1886 to
1889. and was chairman of the board of aldermen
m 18S9. He married. May 22, 1883, Jeannie C.
Russell, of Louisville, Kcntuckv, who was born
February 28, 1S59. They have three children:
Elsie Russell. Roswell Murray and Roland Hill.

The name of Curtis is one that is
CL^RTIS frequently met with in the early an-
nals of our country, and it is most
proliablc that the particular branch with which this
narrative is concerned is descended from the pioneer
settlers of the New England states. The history of
the earlier members of this family cannot be traced

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with any degree of certainty, as the records of
the culonies at that time were frequently destroyed
during the hostihties with the Indians, and by
various other causes-.

(I) The earliest to be found on this line in
the vital records of New Hampshire is James Cur-
tis, who was born August 28, 1748 (recorded in
Strafford), and married Sarah Barlow. No
account of her birth or date of their marriage
appears. Their children, born in Strafford, were:
Abigail, Stephen, Joseph, Eunice, Nathan, Hannah
and Thomas.

(H) Thomas, youngest child of James and
Sarah (Barlow) Curtis, was born July 7, 1793, and
was married in 1S16, to Sally Patch, of New Castle.
She lived but a short time, as his marriage is re-
corded November 19, 1819, to Catherine G. Perry.
He evidently resided in New Castle, New Hamp-
shire, as the births of all his children are recorded
there; They were: Benjamin B., Elison, Thomas I.,
Isabella M., Catherine M.. Moses R., Howard M.,
Levi Woodbury and Hamilton.

(III) Elison Oliver, second son and child of
Thomas and Catherine G. (Perry) Curtis, was born
November 14, 1822, in New Castle, New Hamp-
shire, and became a well known business nian, en-
gaged in the manufacture of shoes, and highly re-
spected in the community in which he lived. The
greater part of his life was spent in Farmington,
Strafford county, New Hampshire. He married
Matilda Ann White, and had the following chil-
dren : James Clinton, see forward ; Melinda M.,

who married Ethridge, deceased ; Lucy

Ella; and Harriet Z., who married Wal-
lace : she died July 13, 1907. .

(IV) James Clinton, eldest child and only
son of Elison Oliver and Matilda Ann
(White) Curtis, was born in Newcastle, Rocking-
ham county, New Hampshire, September 8, 1848,
died in Farmington, Strafford county, same state.
November 30, 1892. He was educated at New
Hampton, New Hampshire, and was well and
favorably known in commercial circles. During'
his business career, his time was generally occupied
as a bookkeeper, as he had a preference for occu-
pation of this kind. He and his wife were members
of the Protestant Church, and his political affilia-
tions were with the Democratic party. He married
Lizzie Ellen Leighton, born in Farmington, New
Hampshire, September, 1852. a descendant of a
family which had resided in Fannington for many
generations. She is the daughter of Samuel J. and
Mary Elizabeth (Sherburne) Leighton; grand-
daughter of Richard and Rachel (Kimball) Leigh-
ton ; great-granddaughter of George Leighton ; and
great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Leighton.
Either the Jones or Pinkham family is descended
from the Indians, but the exact line of descent has
been lost. Among the children of James Clinton
and Lizzie Ellen (Leighton) Curtis, is a daughter
named Wihna, of whom see forward.

(V) Wilnia Curtis, daughter of James CHiiton
and Lizzie Ellen (Leighton) Curtis, was born in
Farmington, Strafford county, New Hampshire.
February 15, 1S81. She enjoyed the advantages of
an excellent education, and supplemented this by
systematic and conscientious home study, which
has enabled her to take a foremost position in the
ranks of the teachers of her native state. She is
a young woman of much energj' and force of char-
acter, united with a natural amount of executive
ability, and she has been most undoubtedly success-

ful in her particular field of labor. While resolute
and firm in her attitude toward her pupils, these
traits are united with an amount of kindness which
has endeared her to the hearts of all who have
been fortunate enough to have the benefit of her
tuition. She is a member of the Congregational
Church, in whose works she takes a great interest,
and she has the respect and affection of all who
know her.

(Second Family.)

This is an ancient surname, and has

CURTIS been long known in the United

States. It may have been derived

from the French Courtois, a surname taken from

a district in France. It may also have been derived

from "Courteous," referring to the polite address of

the person on whom the name was bestowed.

Names from both sources are in use in this country.

(I) Tlje first of this family of whom we have
continuous record was Samuel Curtis, a tobacconist
of Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was married
by Rev. John Andrews, October 8, 1795, to Sally
Coffin, and died in Newburyport, June 4, 1804. His
children were : Stephen, Samuel and Sally. Sally
Coffin was born April 17, 1775, in Newburyport, a
daughter of Abel and Nanny Coffin. She was mar-
ried (second). September 16, 1805, to Ebenezer
Chase. He was born July i, 1775, in Newburyport,
son of James and Abigail Chase. With his wife
and step-children, Ebenezer Chase removed to
Concord, New Hampshire, early in the nineteenth
century.

(II) Stephen, eldest child of Samuel and Sally
(Coffin) Curtis, was born July 21, 1796, and was
but a child when he accompanied his mother and
stepfather to Concord. He learned the cooper's
trade and followed that occupation for many years
in New Hampshire. In 1843 he purchased a farm
in East Concord, on which his descendants now re-
side, and died there in 1884, at tlie age of eighty-
eight years. He became a member of the East
Concord Congregational Church about 1842. He
was a Democrat in politics, and was an intelligent
and well informed man, and felt an active interest
in the progress of the schools. He acted for several
years as prudential school committee. He married
Sally Chase, who was born about 1800, a daughter
of James (2) Chase. The latter was a son of
James (i) Chase and Abigail Chase, a brother of
Ebenezer before mentioned, and was born February
2, 1771, in Newburyport. The children of Stephen
and Sally (Chase) Curtis are accounted for as
follows : John, the eldest, died on the farm in East
Concord. Adeline was the wife of David T. Green,
ancf died in Weare; Samuel resides in North
Georgetown, Massachusetts. Edmond S. is living
in East Concord, as is also George H. William
Webster died in infancy. Moses P. resides in Fort
Reno, Oklahoma. Mary L. is the wife of Willard
Frost, of Concord, and Caroline B. of John C.
Hutchins, of the same place.

(III) Edmond Sylvester Curtis was bom in
Pembroke, July 6, 1829, and educated in the com-
mon schools. He learned the carpenter's trade, but
after following carpentry for a time he bought a
farm of one hundred acres in East Concord, which
he carried on as long as he was active, finally re-
tiring to live with his son, William. He is a
member of the East Concord Congregational
Church. In political belief he is a Democrat, and
as such has held many ward offices. He married
Esther G. Clark, daughter of Daniel G. and Lydia

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Clark, of Concord. They are the parents of three
children: Jennie, married Charles Cook, of Con-
cord; William P.. mentioned below; John B. a
ranchman in Wyoming.

(IV) William Pecker, elder of the two sons
and second child of Edmund S. and Esther G.
(Clark) Curtis, was born in Concord, January 22,
1857. He learned carpentry, and worked at that
most of the time until recently. He inherited a
farm of four hundred acres four miles from the
city of Concord, where he is now engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, and keeps cows and supplies city
customers with milk. He also deals in lumber and
wood. He is a Democrat, and a supporter of the
East Concord Congregational Church Mr. Curtis
married, January. 1876. Clara W. Wiggin, born
November 10. 1861. daughter of Samuel and Ellen
Wiggin. of Pembroke. She died July 24, 1896;
and he married (second). 1901, Caroline Redford,
born April 18, 1S80. daughter of Cassius and Mary
Redford of Concord. Four children were born of
the first wife: Everett, of Concord; Philip, married
Emily Stanley, of Pittsfield, who died in i8oi •
Ethel, and Ruth.

With the aid of a French fleet
MATTHEWS and a French army, the thirteen
colonies won their independence
from England. Many soldiers who -came to these
shores to fight, remained to become citizens of the
great republic. Of these was the founder of this
Matthews family.

(I) What his occupation in peace was or from
what port of la belle France he came, we do not
know. His surname was Matthieu, or Matthews,
as the later generation spelled it. After serving
through the revolution he is said to have served
some years in the .American army, being stationed
in Vermont, in the vicinity of Burlington near
which he settled after he left the army. He'secms
to have been married before coming' to America,
his wife and eleven children coming to this country
after the war. The first wife died, and Mr. Mat-
thews won for his second wife a Miss Benedict, in
Connecticut, by whom he had two children. He
died in the vicinity of Burlington, well advanced in
years.

(H) Jeremiah Matthews, thirteenth and young-
est child of the immigrant ancestor, was left niother-
less at the age of three years, and was given by
his father to Linus .Atwater, tavernkeeper. at Wil-
liston, Vermont, with whom he lived till he was
twenty-eight years old. He then became a partner
with his brother William in a retail hat and fur
store in Burlington. Two or three years
later he withdrew from the hat business and en-
gaged in farming for the remainder of his life,
living in Essex and Underbill. Vermont. He died
at the age of sixty-six. in January, i860. At the
age of twenty-eight he married Nancy Farnum. by
whom he had nine children: Albert Atwater,
Mary, Rachel. George Benedict. Bvron Dexter. Jane
E.. Lyman. Ellen M.. and Martha.

(Ill) George Benedict, son of Jeremiah and
Nancy (Farnum) Matthews, w-as born at Willis-
ton, Vermont, two miles from Burlington College,
November 24. 1829. He acquired his education "in
the common schools and at Bell Institute in Undef-
hill. Leaving school at twenty, he worked two
years at farming, and then went to Worcester,
Massachusetts, and the two following years drove
a wagon through the country, as was done in those

days, supplying stationery and notions to country
merchants at wholesale. He clerked in a book
store in Worcester, and later engaged in the book
and stationery business for himself. Disposing of
this business he went to Minnesota and jireempted
government land near what is now Greenleaf. in
Meeker county. In 1859 he received what he con-
ceived to be an advantageous ofi'er from Joseph
Sweet, of Franklin, New Hampshire, which he
accepted, and in December of that year he settled
near Webster Place, where he has since lived.
He now has several valuable lots of land in that
vicinity, among them being a parcel of land on
which Ebenezer Webster, the father of the Great
Daniel, built a tavern when the future statesman
was only three years old. Mr. Matthews is a
prosperous farmer, and has lived on his present
farm forty-six years. In politics he is a Demo-
crat, with a strong inclination to be independent.
He was selectman in 1S79, 1880, and 1885, and was
a member of the legislature in 1883. He has held
other ofifices, among them that of justice of the
peace. He is a member of the Episcopal Church
at Tilton, and of Lodge No. 709, Knights of Honor,
of Franklin. He married in 1854, at Jericho, Ver-
mont. Emily Howard, born in Shelburn, Vermont,
November 22. i8,u, daughter of Ezekial and Nancy
( Burbank) Howard. They have one child, Joseph
Swett.

(IV) Joseph Swett. only child of George B.
and Emily (Howard) Matthews, was born in
Franklin. December 21, 1861. He graduated from
the Franklin high school in 1879, and from Dart-
mouth College with the class of 1884. He studied
law in the office of Judge Reuben E. Walker, of
Concord, was admitted to the bar in 1891, and has
since been in practice at Concord. He was associ-
ated in business with William H. Sawyer from
1898 to 1905 when the partnership was dissolved.
Mr. Matthews is a lawyer of ability, and
endowed with a large share of executive and
financial ability. He was elected alderman from
ward four Concord, on the Republican ticket,
in igo2. and again in 1904, and was a member of
the house of representatives from the same ward,
at the session of 1907, when he served as chairman
of the committee on ways and means. He is a
trustee of Merrimack County Savings Bank, treas-
urer of the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in New Hampshire, a member of St. Paul's
Chun h, and of the Wonolancct Club. He married,
Dec. 10, 1890. Clara Helen Webster, daughter of
John F, and Mary Cutting Webster, of Concord
(see Webster VHI). Tliey have two children:
Emily Webster, born August 27, 1S92, and Jane
Webster, May 23. 1896.

The name of Grossman is unusual
CROSSM.-\N in this country, appearing but once
among the early emigrants. There
seems to have been two distinctive branches in Eng-
land. One family lived at Crosse, in Cornwall, who
traced their descent from John Crcseman. of the time
of Henry VIII. Their arms \vere a sable field with
chevron, or. between three goats' heads erased,
argent. .Another family of Grossman, living in
Somer?elsbire, had arms : Argent, a cross ermine
between four escallops, sable. Crest, a demi-lion
ermine, holding an escallop sable. The scallop shells
indicate that their ancestors had made a pilgrimage
to the Holy Land. The ermine cross w-ould seem :o
have some connection with tlic patronymic.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Ezra Crossnian was born at Plymouth, Vermont,
in 1835. He. has lived in that town most of his
life. In 1855 he married Martha Spear, born in
Plymouth, Vermont, and they had five children : Ida
J.. JMyron E., Frank S., Mary and Edgar O., whose
sketch follows. Mrs. Grossman died at Ludlow, Ver-
mont in 1866.

Dr. Edgar Orrin, youngest of the five children of
Ezra and Martha (Spear) Grossman, was born
December 15, 1864. at Ludlow, Vermont. He was
educated in the schools of Plymouth, Vermont, at
Plymouth Union academy. New Hampshire State
College, and the medical school of the University of
^'ermont, graduating from the latter institution in
1S77. Upon the completion of his studies he was ap-
pointed assistant surgeon to the Chateaugay Iron &
Ore Company, in the Adirondack-, \ew York, where
he continued one year. Dr. Grossman then came to
Kew Hampshire, practicing one year at Bath, and
since then in Lisbon, where he permanently estab-
lished himself. Dr. Grossman was on the medical
staff of the Clifton Springs Sanitorium for three
years, and afterward had charge of the IMarkelton
Sanitorium at Markelton, Pennsylvania, for four
years, keeping his residence in Lisbon all the time.

Dr. Grossman was appointed collector of internal
revenue for the District of New Hampshire in May,
1904, and is holding that office at the present time.
Dr. Grossman belongs to the Grafton County Medi-
cal Society, the New Hampshire State Medical So-
ciety, and the American Medical Association. He
is a member of Kane Lodge. Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons ; Franklin Chapter. Lisbon ; of St.
Gerard Commandery, Knights Templar, Littleton ;
and of Bektash Temple Shriners, at Concord, New
Hampshire. He belongs to Concordia Lodge, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lisbon. He
is a strong Republican, is a member of the state
committee, and represented Lisbon in the legisla-
ture in 1903. He has been a member of the school
board of Lisbon, and was the first president of the
White Mountain Board of Trade. He is a member
of the board of health at Lisbon ; trustee of the New
Hampshire State Hospital at Concord, and was
formerly medical referee of Grafton county.

On -June i, 1888, Dr. Edgar Orrin Crossmrtn mar-
ried Florence A. Gibson", daughter of John and So-
phronia (IMason) Gibson, who was born at Guelph,
Canada. They have one child. Edgar G., born April
I, 1895. Both Dr. and Mrs. Grossman are members
of the Congregational Church in Lisbon.

Too much prominence is often given to the of-
ficial and social positions held by public men. The
life work of Dr. Grossman is founded upon the
"Good Physician," something that permeates every
effort and thought of the man, and not dependence
upon the favor of an often fickle political clientage.
Such success to a young man in his profession sel-
dom if ever came to one before, as the subject of this
sketch brought home to New Hampshire after con-
ducting the sanitoriums in New York and Pennsyl-
vania. As a law-maker the ruling spirit was not
smothered in politics. The betterin.g of some con-
ditions that poor humanity has fallen to is noted
particularly in the enactment of the law providing
for the state care of the insane heretofore supported
at the New Hampshire county farms. Nearly four
hundred persons were removed 1 3 state institutions,
thereby providing better surroundings for these un-
fortunates. This was due largely to Dr. Grossman's
eft'ort-. Dr. Grossman's experiences among the rug-
ged conditions of his early Vermont life especially

fitted him to sympathize with the sick and weak.
His own advancement is due to unaided efforts from
boyhood to school, college and the practice of medi-
cine, with the wide range of professional life indi-
cated above makes the record of a man hardly ar-
rived at middle age.

This name became deservedly famous in
GREEN the military annals of the American

Revolution, and has since that time won
equal distinction in the records of the progress of
the peaceful pursuits of the citizens of the Republic.
It has appeared as the designation of the head of
the greatest telegraphic system in the world, and of
many men wdio have been leaders in the professions
and industries of this country.

(I) Thomas Green, the American ancestor of the
line under consideration, was born in Leicestershire,
England, in 1606. He came to America with his
wife Elizabeth in 1636, and lived in Ipswich or Rox-
bury, Massachusetts, until 1649, when he removed
to Alalden and purchased a farm in that part of the
town which is now Melrose. His second wife was
Frances (Wheeler) Cook, a widow. (Mention of
their son Samuel and descendants appears in this
article).

(II) Lieutenant Harry, son of Thomas and Eliza-
beth Green, was born in 1638. He resided in Mai-
den, and represented that town in the general court
in 1689-94, and 1703-04. He married Esther Hasp
in 1671.

(III) Deacon Joseph, son of Lieutenant Henry
and Esther (Hasp) Green, was born in Maiden,
October 16, 1678. He married Hannah Green in 1700.

(IV) Josiah, son of Deacon Joseph and Hannah
(Green) Green, was born in Maiden, September 25,
1709. He married Esther Thomson, of Woburn.

(V) Stephen, son of Josiah and Esther (Thom-
son) Green, was born August 19, 1738. He was
married in 1759 to Deborah Oakes.

(VI) Nehemiah, son of Stephen and Deborah
(Oakes) Green, was born January 6, 1769. His wife
was Martha (Newhall) Green, of Lynn.

(Vin Stephen, son of Nehemiah and Martha
(Newhall) Green, was born July 25, 1796, and died
in Elliott, Maine, November 2, 1877, aged eighty-one
years. He resided in Elliott, Maine, and Newcastle,
New Hampshire and was engaged in the manufac-
ture of shoes. He married, February 10, 1820, Mary
B. Leighton, daughter of John and Johanna Leigh-
ton. Mrs. Green died July 19, 1849. Their children
were : Frank B., Charles Bishop, John L., Martha
A., Octavia and George.

(VIII) Charles Bishop, second son of Stephen
and Mary (Leighton) Green, was born at Newcastle,
New Hampshire, January 21, 1828, and died in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 9, 1888,
aged sixty years. He learned the trade of carpenter,
and during the greater part of his life followed this
occupation in the city of Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire. In his later years he ceased to be an artisan,
thereafter devoting his attention to the cultivation
of the soil, an occupation from which he derived
considerable pleasure. He was the owner of a small
parcel of land within the city of Portsmouth, which
he cultivated to such a degree of perfection as to
attract attention. He was a member of the Christian
Church. He was a man of quiet, unassuming man-
ner, and by his exemplary life won the respect of
his fellow citizens. He married, in Portsmouth,
October 9, 1856, Susan Olive Locke, born in Ports-
mouth, November 2^. 1837, daughter of Hamilton C.

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and Mary (Rand) Locke, whose marriage occurred
January 2, 1825, Hamilton C. Locke, son of Jere-
miah and Susan (Rand) Locke, was born in Bar-
rington, New Hampshire, December 28, 179S, died
in Portsmouth, June 14, l86o, aged sixty-two. His
wife, jNTary (Rand) Locke, was a resident of Rye,
New Hampdiirc. The children of Charles B. and
Susan O. (Locke) Green were: Charles Edwin,
whose sketch follows, and a child who died in in-
fancy.

(IX) Charles Edward, only surviving child of
Charles B. and Susan O. (Locke) Green, was born
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 20, 1857. He
was educated in the common schools. At fifteen
years of age he began life as a messenger in the
navy pay office at Portsmouth, and after three years
service there became a clerk in an insurance office,
v'ontinuing thus employed for a period of four years.
The following three years he was employed in a
•drug store in Haverhill, Jilassachusctts, and then
became a bookkeeper for Davis & Crafts, shoe man-
ufacturers in Haverhill, becoming a partner in the
concern in 1886. The business was then removed
to Northwood, New Hampshire ; in 1889 Mr. Davis
retired, and the remaining partners formed the new
firm of Crafts & Green. In 1891 the business was
removed to Manchester, New Hampshire, in which
<;ity they conducted a thriving business until 1900,
when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Green then
formed the firm of C. E. Green & Company, he hav-
ing personal charge of the business, and from then
until the present time (1907) has conducted a pros-
perous business in the manufacture of shoes for
women and inisses, giving employment to about two
hundred and fifty hands, thus making it one of the
leading industries of that thriving city. j\Ir. Green's
long experience and executive ability have been
prominent factors in the growth and development
of the business, and has been the means of placing
the firm among the successful shoe manufacturers
of the state. Mr. Green is a man of sterling char-
acter, upright and honorable in all his tran-actions,
and of domestic tastes, his leisure time being spent
in his home. He is a member of the First Churcli
of Christ (Scientist), and the Derryfield Club, of
Manchester.

Mr. Green married. November 24, 1887, Sarah V.
Knowlton, born in Northwood. New Hampshire,
February 8, i860, daughter of George W. and Mary
A. (Virgin) Knowlton, of Northwood.

(H) Samuel, son of Thomas and Frances (Whee-
ler) Green, was born in Maiden, Massachusetts,
where he was made a freeman in 1690. He married.
1666, Mary, only child of Richard Cook, of Maiden,
■who lived until November 24, 1715. He married

(second). S*isanna . He died October 31,

1724, His children were : Samuel, Thomas, John,
■\Villiam, iSIartha, Elizabeth, Isaac, besides I\Iar>%
David and Jonathan.

(III) Thomas (2). son of Samuel and Mary
(Cook) Green, was born in Reading in l66g. He
lived in that part of Maiden that was annexed to
Reading in 1729, now kno^\^l as the village of Green-
wood. He married, in 169S, Hannah, daughter of
John and Hannah (Green) Vinton, of Woburn. He
died in 1725, and his widow married John Pool, of
Reading. His children were: Hannah, Tliomas,
Joshua and Jonathan.

(IV) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Han-
nah (Vinton) Green, was born about 1702, and suc-
ceeded to the paternal acres. He also owned land
m Reading. Maiden. Stoneham. and elsewhere. He

died in 1750, aged fifty-one. He married, about 1726
or 1727, Mary, daughter of Deacon Daniel Green, of
Stoneham. by whom he had Mary, Thomas, Daniel,
Hannah, Sarah, Amos, Nathan (died young), Sarah,
and Nathan.

(V) Captain Thomas (4), eldest son and second
child of Thomas (3) and Mary (Green) Green, was
born in 1731, and died in 1810, aged seventy-nine.
He was a miller and was called Captain Green. He
married, in 1754, Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah and
Sarah Swain. His children were: Lydia. Mary,
Thomas, Jeremiah, Hannah and Judith.

(VI) Thomas (5), son of Captain Thomas (4)
and Lydia (Swain) Green, was born in Reading in
1759. There he married in 1781, Mehitabel Pratt,
and had children born to him in the early part of
the nineteenth century he removed to Albany, in
Oxford county, of the district (now state) of JNIaine.
After residing here a short time he removed to Shel-
burne. New Hampshire, and located on a large tract
of land on the east side of the Androscoggin river.
It was a wilderness, but by industry and hard labor
he made a productive farm and a comfortable home,
and at the time of his death he could have bought
half of the town. He died March, 1835. His wife
was Mehitabel Pratt ; they had five children :
Thomas. Edward, George, Jonas and Eunice.

(VII) Thomas (6), eldest son of Thomas (5)
and Mehitabel (Pratt) Green, was born in Reading,
Massachusetts, in 1783. and when but a lad went with
his parents to Maine, and later to New Hampshire.
He remained with his parents until about the time
he attained his majority, and then built a small saw
mill on Millbrook, in Shelburne. This mill could
not cut the amount of lumber necessary to satisfy
Mr. Green, and he engaged in cultivating a farm on
the west side of the river, where the village of Shel-
burne now stands. After a time he went up into
the wilderness township of Errol, where he built
a camp and began the construction of a mill which
was burned before it was completed, and with it
eight hundred dollars in money which he had taken
there. This was all the money he had. and being iri
no condition to carry out his plans there, he returned
to his Shelburne farm which he cultivated the fol-
lowing eight years with energy and economy. With
his savings he then bought a tract of timber land
from which he cut the timber in two years, and
after burning it. made from the ashes thus obtained
a large quantity of "black salts," potash and pearlash.
About 18 — he opened the first store in the town of
Shelburne. and did a large business furnishing sup-
plies to lumbermen and contractors in a considerable
area in Maine and New Hampshire. In 1826 he
removed to the unorganized town of ]\Iaynes-
borough, now Berlin, and located at the head of the
falls where the mills of the Berlin Mills Company
are now. After he had raised the frame for a large
mill and nearly completed a dam, and while fine
crops were standing on his farm in Shelburne. the
terrible flood of August, 1826. destroyed all. These
misfortunes which would have crushed most men,
seemed only to stimulate Mr. Green to renewed
efTorts. Rendered poor by this calamity, he returned
again to his farm where he had always been able to
make enough to engage in other ventures, and after
working a year he accumulated suflicient money to
begin again. Returning to Berlin, he got out a lar.ge
quantity of logs and the frame for another mill.
In 1827 he bought the mill privilege and land at
Berlin Falls, and there built a house to which he re-
moved his family. He then built a saw mill pro-

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vided with an upright saw and a grist mill of one
run of stones, and carried on business on that site
until 1851. About 1835 he removed the grist mill
up the river, and enlarged it to three runs of stones
and also built a residence. jNIarch 16, 1835, he sold
his saw mill property to Barker Burbank, Dearborn
Lavy, and John Chandler. In connection with his
grist mill he sold flour, feed and grain, and kept
a stock of groceries for sale at his house. February
l> lSS3, he disposed of this mill and property to a
Mr. Gower, but occupied the house until after the
death of his wife, in Jilarch, 1853. He then bought
a farm in Guildhall, Essex county, Vermont, near
the "Lancaster Toll-Bridge," where he lived a few
years and then changed his residence to a place
where he bought about a mile from Lancaster vil-
lage, and there he died in July, 1874, aged ninety-
one. He was a Methodist in religious belief, and
a Democrat in politics. His education was limited,
but he had an amazing amount of energy and did
tnuch to develop the region where he lived. He
married first, Lydia Fairbanks Evans, born 1778,
died in March, 1853. She was the daughter of
Simeon and Eunice (Hayden) Evans. Her father
was a native of Foxborough, Massachusetts, and was
a pioneer of Shelburne. jNIr. Green married second,
Cynthia Stanley, born 1801, died 1884. She was the
daughter of Lieutenant Dennis and Sally (Bishop)
Stanley. His children, all by the first wife, were:
Alpha, Amos, Daniel, Edmund, Aaron and Lydia.
Alpha married Clovis Lowe, and resided in Ran-
dolph, New Hampshire. Amos was a prominent
business man of Berlin. Daniel is mentioned below.
Edmund lived in Stark. Aaron lived in Berlin till
his death, December 26, 1874. Lydia married Paul
Perkins, and lived in Lancaster.

(VHI) Daniel, third child and second son of
Thomas (6) and Lydia Fairbanks (Evans) Green,
was born in Shelburne, December 19, 1808, and died
January 6, 1892, aged eighty-four years. His edu-
cation was limited to a few years schooling, and at
an early age he engaged in the activities of life. In
1829 — he was then twenty-one — he, with his
brother Amos acquired a mill privilege adjoining
the saw mill of their father, and erected a clapboard
mill and shingle machine, which the operated until
April, 1835, when it was-burned, and they sold their
privilege on both sides of the river to Burbank. Lavy
& Chandler. In 1845 Daniel Green built a mill con-
taining a clapboard, a shingle, and a sapping machine
on the Ammonoosuc. in Berlin, on lot 21, range 3,
and carried it on until 1849, when the mill was de-
stroyed by fire, and with it one thousand acres of
the best timber he had. This loss served only to
stimulate his courage and arouse his energies, and
very soon he built a mill at the foot of Cranberry
Meadow containing machinery for making boards,
shingles, clapboards, piano wood, and a lathe for
turning iron, which cost him ten thousand dollars.
At this time he owned about five thousand or six
thousand acres of timber land, mostly pine and
spruce.

August 5, 1859, ^[r. Green was compelled to fore-
close a mortgage on the large mill of Gower & Wil-
son which was valued at eleven thousand dollars,
became its owner, and began business at once, em-
ploying men to get out large quantities of spruce
and pine, which were then manufactured. The
greater part was a fine quality of pine, and made
into doors, blinds, and sash material. September 4,
1862, this mill with a large amount of manufac-
tured lumber was destroved bv fire, with but seven

thousand dollars insurance on the property. June 3,
i86g, the mill at Cranberry Meadow was burned, with
two hundred thousand feet of fine pine lumber, entail-
ing a loss of ten thousand dollars. 15oth mills were re-
built ; the one at the foot of the meadow was swept
away by a flood before its completion, and the one
on the Gower site was burned in the winter of iS8j-
83. During his business career !Mr. Green owned all
the water power along the Androscoggin at Berlin.
The original survey of this section was very faulty,
and any purchaser of land was liable to conflicting
claims of title; and Mr. Green who owned so many
different tracts of land did not escape without much
litigation over lines and boundaries.

Mr. Green began the cultivation of cranberries
in 1S74, a"d at great expense prepared a fine cran-
berry meadow of si.xty acres, which experienced
raisers of the fruit valued at one hundred thousand
dollars, but owing to the change in seasons it later
came to have very little value, as the fruit did not
mature early enough to escape frost. In 1876 he
first visited Florida, and paid five thousand dollars
for an orange grove at Boardman, in Marion county.
His plantation there afterward came to contain three
hundred and fifty acres, on which there was an
orange grove of four thousand trees. During the
later years of his life Mr. Green passed his wmters
in Florida, looking after his estate.

Besides mill privileges, Mr. Green owned a large
amount of other description of real estate in Berlin,
among which were two stores which he rented, and
many tenements and dwellings. He laid out and
sold more building lots in Berlin Falls than any
other person. The house which he and his son
Sullivan D. occupied was built by his brother .Amos,
in 1831. In 1886, A. H. Gerrish and ^Ir. Green con-
structed an aqueduct which supplies about one hun-
dred families in Berlin Falls and numerous business
houses with water.

Mr. Green, like his father, was a man of great
energy and industry, a tireless worker whose sound
judgment coupled to sterling characteristics of head
and heart made him a successful man and principal
factor in the growth and development of Berlin in
its earlier years. For si.xty years he was a conspicu-
ous figure in the town, and in spite of losses by fire
and flood, accumulated a handsome property, which
in his last years he enjoyed in a life of leisure. In
politics he was a Democrat, and being, as he was,
a successful man in his private affairs, he was placed
by his townsmen in official positions of responsibility
and trust. He was town clerk several years, county
commissioner three years, 1855-8, selectman for many
years, and representative in the general court six
years. He was active in the counsels of his party
and seldom failed of being a delegate to county,
senatorial and state conventions. Mr. Green was a
believer in the Universalist faith and gave of his
means to the support of the church of his choice.
He followed the dictates of conscience in his daily
vocations, and tried to do right because it is right.
He was kind and sociable bj' nature, and quiet, un-
assuming and affable in his manners. For many
years he was a member of North Star Lodge, Free
and .Accepted Masons of Lancaster.

Daniel Green married, .August 2. 1831, Polly
Wheeler, who was born in Gilead, Maine, .April I,
1812, and died in Berlin, New Hampshire, June 3,
1873. They had eight children: i. Sullivan D.,
mentioned below. 2. Lucinda Angelina, born De-
cember 6, 1834, died September 4. 1873 : married,
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children. 3. Francis Daniel, born January 14. 1S37;
killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13,
1862, while a member of Company B. Fifth New
Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. He married, 1858,
Roancy F. Blodgett, daughter of Joseph and Mary
Blodgett, of Berlin ; he left two children. 4. Nancy
Berden, born September 3, 1839. died October 28,
iiS6o. 5. Charles Volney, born September 3. 1841 ;
was a member of Company H, Thirteenth Maine
Volunteer Infantry, and died June 10. 1864. in the
hospital at New Orleans. 6. Helen Elizabeth, born
September 25, 1843, died January 10, 1864 ; married
Emerson Cole (second), and had one child. 7.
Persis Georgianna, born January 30, 1847, married
Lewis N. Clark, and had four children. 8. John
Woodman, born June 12, 1850, married Famiie E.
Mason, of Berlin, and had one child. He died Feb-
ruary 7, 1904.

(IX) Sullivan Dexter, eldest child of Daniel
and Polly (Wheeler) Green, was born in Berlin,
September 4. 1832, and was one of the first chil-
dren born in the town. He died December 29,
1889. From early childhood he was brought up to
work, and many times performed the labor of a
man. He worked in saw and grist mills, assisted
in rafting and running lumber, drove a team to
haul goods from Bethel, and when a lad of only
twelve years of age cooked for a gang of men.
In these circumstances he had almost no way to
acquire an education: but after coming of age he
had the much desired- opportunity of going to
school, and for two and a half years he attended
Bethel (Maine) Academy one half of the time.
In 1856 he went to .-Xnii Arbor, Michigan, where he
attended the State University for eighteen months,
and made rapid progress : and during his vacations
learned the printer's trade. Then, in order to
assist his father, he returned to Berlin where he
stayed a year. Then lie went a second time to
Michigan, and settled in Detroit, where he con-
ducted a temperance paper two and one-half years
with valuable results in a general way to the tem-
perance cause, but as far as he was concerned
"for^ nothing, and boarding himself." In 1862 the
patriotic citizens of Detroit decided to raise an
extra regiment of soldiers to meet the pressing
needs of the government. This regiment was
raised in two w-eeks, and became the "Twenty-
fourth Michigan." Mr. Green enlisted in this
organization August 13, 1S62, and was in active
service until mustered out June 30, 1865. The
regiment reached Washington in a season of great
depression, for the demoralized remnants of Pope's
defeated army were crossing the "Long Bridge" on
their retreat. After the "battle of Antietam the
regiment was attached to McClellan's army and
became a part of the famous "Iron Brigade," taking
part in the battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh
Crossing. Gettysburg. Mine Run, and thirteen
others. _ Mr. Green was on duty some months in
the adjutant general's office, and in June. 1864,
he was appointed quartermaster-sergeant, and was
in charge of wagon trains. While he was in the
.■service he was a regular correspondent of the
Detroit Free Press, and his letters were so accept-
able that after the war he became a member of the
local staff of that paper, with which he was con-
nected for nearly eight years, winning laurels all
\ne way. At the time of his retirement the follow-
"ig paragraphs were written bv his associates on
™ ^''f.c Press. "And S. D. Green! Rare old
'Salathiel," quaintest, brightest, and most accom-

plished of all the old reportorial crowd, and of all
men I have known the most 'repugnant to com-
mand.' Journalism lost a superior writer when
Green threw down his pen and went home to New
Hampshire." "S. D. (jreen was a man of much
intellectual power and a writer of ability. Few
soldiers have a better military record. His old
comrades of the Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry
relate with pride his gallantry and coolness in the
face of both armies at the crossing of the Rappa-
hannock, near Fredericksburg, in 1862."

In 1874 he returned to Berlin and made that
his home ever afterward. There he gathered from
the pioneers the early history of the town, and
thus preserved for future generations what without
him would never have been so fully accomplished.
He was a man in touch with the progressive spirit
of the age. kind hearted, sympathetic, and so un-
obtrusive and modest as to disclaim credit even for
what was justly his due. In politics he was a
Democrat. His integrity was unimpeachable, his
business capacity was good, and he was frequently
elected to public office. He was selectman six
years, town clerk seven years and for several years
he was a member of the school committee.

He married, January it. 1866, Catherine E. Car-
harry, who was born in Greenfield. Michigan,
September 18. 1841. daughter of Mitchell and Cath-
erine (Hart) Carbarry, of Greenfield, Michigan.
Of this union were born seven children : Fred D.,
Carrie C, Mary H., Gracie, Harry D., an infant
(died young), and Theodore A. I. Fred Dexter^
born December 22, 1867, in Detroit, Michigan,
graduated from LTniversity of Michigan in the class
of 1892. and is a teacher in the Detroit School for
Boys, He married Mable Preston, of Detroit. 2.
Carrie Carbarry. January 25. 1870, died young. 3.
Mary Helen, May 26, 1871, married Albert B.
Davis, who is secretary of the railroad Young Men's-
Christian Association at Woodsville. 4. Gracie,
December 26. 1874, died young. 5. Harry Daniel,
January 2, 1876, graduated from Trinity College,
Hartford. Connecticut, in 1899, and is a teacher
in Cloyne House School. Newport. Rhode Island.
6. Theodore Albert, August 4. 1884, a teacher in-
Cloyne House School. Newport, Rhode Island.

(IX) Persis Georgiana. seventh child and
fourth daughter of Daniel and Polly (Wheeler)
Green, was born January 30, 1847. She was mar-
ried October 22, iS6g. to Lewis N. Clark, a native
of Canada, who died October 20, 1905. She has
had four children: i. Saidie F.. born February 18.
1S72. married George Steady, of Sherbrook : four
■children ; Louis Clark, born November 3." 1895 :
Gordon and George, twins, born October 24. 1897 ;
Earl Richards, born April 3, 1900. 2. Lewis E.,
born May 30. 1874. died September 14, same year
3. Leon S., born January 2. 1876, died January 2t,
same year. 4. Helen Maud, born October 2, 1877,
married Dr. E. J. Barney, of Berlin, and has a son
George Curtis, born .^pril 21, 1900. Mrs. Clark
resides in Berlin amid the scenes of her father's
industrial enterprises.

This old English name is taken from
GREENE the place at or near which a forebear

lived four hundred or five hundred
years a.go. Every English village has its green,
where the young people enjoyed various sports.
The John, Geoffrey or Henry who lived near the
green might designate himself John, Geoffrey or
Henrv "atte Green." Later he was known as-

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"Greene." and hi? descendants after him hy the
same name. In America the descendants of tlie im-
migrants Greene number among them, both in the
earlier and later years, many men of eminent
ability. The descendants in Pittsfield and vicinity
spell the name Greene.

(I) Henry Greene, councillor, judge, born as
early as 1620, was of Hampton, New Hampshire,
-within a few years after the first settlement of the
town, for in May, 1644, certain lands were granted
to him in exchange for other lands then in his pos-
session. He bought the house lot first granted
Arthur Clarke (on the Perry estate) and perhaps
lived there for a time, but in 1653 he was living on
the south of Taylor's river. He was a millwright
hy trade and a mill owner. He built the first mill
in Hampton Falls, known as Greene's Mill. His
"house stood on the hill on the opposite side of Falls
river. He was also a prominent man in the town and
province. He was twice chosen a commissioner to
settle the Salisbury line; was selectman two years:
assistant of the inferior court: justice of the court
of sessions ; councillor from 1685 to i68g and a.gain
from 1692 to 1698; chief justice of the court of com-
mon pleas, 1697-98. At the council board and on the
"bench his influence was very great, while his sterl-
ing character won the respect of the people, so that
iinportant trusts were consigned to his hands. Be-
ing a justice during the Mason controversy, however,
"he then shared the unpopularity of the courts. His
death is thus chronicled in the town records of
Hampton: "Henry Green, Esqr., Aged above So
years for Seuerall years a member of the Counsill
tmtil by age he layed down that place, but a Justice
till he died which was the 5 August. 1700." His
fir.st wife was Mary. She was the mother nf his
■children. She died April 26, 1600. and he married
(second'), March 10, 1691, widow Mary Page, dau.gh-
ter of Captain Christopher Hussey. His children
were: Abraham. Abigail, Isaac, Jacob, Elizabeth,
Tifary and Hannah. The early descendants of Judge
Henry Greene were Quakers.

(II) Abraham, eldest child of Henry and IMary
Green, married. July 9, 1668. Esther, a daughter of
Captain Benjamin Swett. Their children were:
Abigail, John, Mercy, Henry and Benjamin.

(III) Benjamin, youngest child of Abraham and
Esther (Swett) Green, married, December 17, 1707,
Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Brown. Their
children were: Hannah. Jonathan, Esther, Eliza-
"betb. Sarah and Mary.

(IV) Jonathan, second child and only son of
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Brown) Green, was born
Decernber 12, 1711, died 1788. He lived on his
father's homestead. In his will dated 17S3, proved
1788, he devises one hundred acres nf land in Chi-
chester, New Hampshire, to each of his sons, Abra-
"ham and Nathan. He married, March 20, 174,^,
Margaret Tilton. born March i, 17T2, daughter of
David and Deborah (Batchelder) Tilton, a^nd they
"had seven children : Abraham, Jonathan, Nathan,
Huldah. Phebe, Benjamin and David.

CV) Nathan, fourth son and child of Jonathan
and Margaret (Tilton) Green, was born August 21,
1748. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and among
their children was a son David.

(VI) David, son of Nathan and Elizabeth
Greene, was born in South Pittsfield, June =;. 1791,
died April 6, 1868. He married, about 1814, Ruhama
Sherburn, born April 7, 1795, died June 16, 1S78.
Their children were: Loamni. see forward: James,
married Eunice Tilton; Russell, married Eli.^a Os-

borne ; Cyrus, married Jane Clarke ; David L.. see
forward: Oliver, married Arvilla Fogg; Daniel,
married Lucinda Foss, and lives on the old Greene
homestead ; Julia Ann Mansfield, married Cyrus
True.

(VII) Loamni. eldest child of David and
Ruhama (Sherburn) Greene, was born in Loudon,
JMarch 17, 1815, died September 13, 1879. He mar-
ried. December 5, iS,?9, Hannah C. Osborn, born
April 15, 1816, died June 15, 1885. She was the
daughter of Joshua and Hannah C. (Clough) 0^-
born, of Loudon. Their children were: Charles
H. O., see forward; Clara Ann, married Alvah
Adams, of Pittsfield, and has one son, Lewis Adams ;
Orin P., married Ann Augusta Paige and has two
children: Ernest and Ethel; Sarah, unmarried,
lives in Pittsfield Village.

(VII) David, fifth son and child of David and
Ruhama (Sherburn) Greene, was born in Loudon,
July I, 1825, died in Pittsfield, February 25, 1888.
He was a prosperous farmer and stock raiser. He
was particularly interested in driving horses, and
those which he bred always sold at good prices. He
was also a fancier of fine cattle and kept some choice
animals. He dealt in cattle and horses to quite an
extent, and was successful in that line. He took
some interest in politics, and was tax collector and
road agent. Having a desire for good roads for
driving purposes, he took care to have the highways
in good condition while he had charge of them. He
married, in Pittsfield, about 1850. Hannah C. Tilton,
born May 7, 1827, at Tilton Hill, Pittsfield, young-
est of the thirteen children of Nehemiah and Hannah
(Philbrick) Tilton. Mr. Tilton was a farmer and
mechanic, and resided in Pittsfield. ^Irs. Greene is
still living, and possesses a very retentive memory
of past events. Seven children were born of this
marriage: Abbie Hannah, wife of Horace M. Foss;
David S., see forward ; True, deceased, who married
Nora Davis; Henry, died young; Franklin P., mar-
ried Frances J. Merrill, of Gilmanton : George W.,
died young; Alice, married Walter Ehvood Foss,
born March, 1863.

(VIII) Charles Henry Osborn, eldest son and
child of Loamni and Hannah C. (Osborn) Greene,
was born in Pittsfield, May 13, 1846, and spent his
early life on his father's farm near Shaw's pond.
He acquired his education in the district schools
of Pittsfield and Barnstead, and at Pittsfield
Academy, under the tutelage ol Professor D. K.
Foster, a prominent educator of his time. Having
a fondness for the mechanical arts he learned black-
smithing, shoemaking and carpentry. For twenty
years of his life he worked at the last mentioned
trade, and built by contract many homes and other
buildings in village and country in Pittsfield and ad-
joining towns, prominent among which are the
beautiful home of the Dudleys on Berry Hill, and a
flat of fifty-one rooms where he now lives. He
married (first) Frances B. Hill, born in Gilman-
ton. New Hampshire, May i, 1853, daughter of
Ezra and Fannie (Colbath) Hill. Mrs. Greene died
November 28. 1887. He married (second) Mary
J. Whittier, born March II, 1S43, daughter of
Abner and Sarah (Hoyt) Whittier. They were the
parents of two children : Edith F. ; Harris L., born
December 27. 1876, see forward.

(VIII) David Sherburn, second child and eldest
son of David L. and Hannah C. (Tilton) Greene,
was born in Pittfield, April 23, 1S54, and grew to
manhood on his father's farm, .\fter completing
the course at the district school of Pittsfield, he at-

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tended a private school for a time. At twenty-one
years of age lie began to worlv on farnii for wages.
This he did for about two years, and then bought
a farm of eighty-live acres in what is known as the
"upper city,' Pittslield. Here he resided ten
years and tlien sold out and returned to
Pittsfield, where he engaged in the coal and
wood business, and in 1901 became senior mem-
ber of the tirm of Greene & Wallcer, dealers in
lumber, and is manager of operating depart-
ment of the Pittsfield Lumber Company with which
he is connected. The firm of of Greene & Walker
conduct a large lumber business, cutting annually
from five hundred thousand to one million feet of
lumber, which they haul with their own teams. He
owns the old home place of his father in the upper
edge of the town of Pittslield, on the road to Lou-
don Centre. He has taken an interest m building
up the village of Pittsfield and its industries, and be-
sides a cozy residence he has built for the purpose
of renting a two-story house. Mr. Greene is an
energetic, busy, successful man, and does his part
to keep the commercial, manufacturing, educational
and political interests of Pittstield from stagnating.
He votes the Democratic ticket, and is one of the
selectmen of the town. Lie attends the Free Will
Baptist Church, and though not a member is a
faithful contributor toward its prosperity. By his
first marriage he had a daughter, Maud, wife of John
Lock, of Pittstield, and mother of one daughter,
Nellie Lock. i\lr. Greene married (second) Lura

A. Stearns, daughter of Ira W. Stearns, of Man-
chester. One daughter was born of this union,
Miriam, who married John Davis, of Pittsfield,
and they are the parents of live children : Waldo,
Cora, Lula, Fred and . Mr. Greene mar-
ried (third), August 16, 1906, Nellie M. Fitzgerald,
daughter of the late Dr. Fitzgerald, of Manchester,
New Hampshire.

(Vni) Franklin Pierce, son of David L. and
Hannah C. (Tilton) Greene, was born in Pittsfield,
New liaiiipshire, Alarch 27, 1S60. He acquired his
education in the public school, and Pittsfield
Academy, under the tutelage of Professor D. K.
Foster, a well known educationist, after which he
engaged in agricultural pursuits on the home farm
until 1880, when he entered the shoe factory of C.

B. Lancaster and remained in his employ for over
fourteen years. He entered the cutting department
of this establishment as a novice in the business,
but his aptitude in learning and his general inter-
est in the business was such as to warrant his ad-
vancement grade by grade until he finally became
stock assorter. When the firm withdrew their busi-
ness from Pittsfield Mr. Greene, in connection with
E. P. Hill, engaged in business under the firm name
of Hill & Greene, subsequently John S. Rand ac-
quired an interest in the business, and it was then
incorporated under the name of the Pittsfield Shoe
Company, Mr. Greene being president and general
manager, in which capacities he renders efficient ser-
vice. About three years after Mr. Hill became a
partner in the business, he was obliged to retire on
account of failing health, Mr. Greene purchasing
his interest. This business has rapidly increased
under Mr. Greene's able management, and to-day
over two hundred hands are employed, the average
daily output forty cases of thirty-six pairs each, and
their goods find a ready market throughout the
United States and Europe. In the beginning the
buildings were rented, but in 1905 the company
purchased and now own the entire plant formerly

owned and operated by the C. B. Lancaster Shoe
Company, to which they have made many improved
additions. Mr. Greene is a thoroughly practical
boot and shoe manufacturer, conversant with every
branch of the business, and besides attending to
his duties of president and general manager also
gives his personal attention to the buying and sell-
ing.

In addition to the extensive business above
mentioned, Mr. Greene is actively interested in the
lumber business in connection with his brother,
David S. Greene, and John S. Rand, under the name
of the Pittsfield Lumber Company, this being one of
the leading industries of the town. Mr. Greene is
a man of business ability and acumen, progressive
m all his ideas, and therefore has gained for him-
self an enviable reputation in the commercial world
and ranks high in the estimation of his business as-
sociates. He IS a member of Suncook Lodge, No.
10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, ol Pitts-
field, New Hampshire. He affiliates with the F"ree
Will Baptist Church, and has been a member of the
choir of that church for several years, succeeding
his father m that position. He possesses a ricli
bass voice, and his services are eagerly sought tor
at all musical entertainments in Pittsfield and other
towns. He married, in Pittslield, May 2, iiiS2,
Fannie J. Merrill, of Gilmantoii, New Hampshire,
daughter of Deacon Joseph and Laroiine C. (,\V'ibe;
Merrill.

(IX) Harris Leon, only son of Charles H. O.
and t< ranees B. (Hill) Greene, was born in Pitts-
lield, December 27, 1876. He learned carpentry
under the supervision of his father, and now re-
sides in Pittslield, where he conducts a large and
thriving business as a carpenter and builder. He
marriea Laura E. Brock, of Pittsfield, born July
9, iiS/O, daughter of Walter Brock, and their chil-
dren are : Aiabel F\, born October 5, 1S97 ; Samuel
L., April 20, 1901; Leon H., June 4, 1904; Howard
L., August 14, 1905; Iheodore W., September 23,
1900.

There can be no doubt that the Green
GREEN family nerem traced is an otfshoot ot

the Old Hampton Green family, which
has contributed so much to the development of New
Hampshire. It is quite probable that this branch
IS descended from Richard Green, who resided 111
Rye before 1778.

(I) Thomas Green was born in the year iSii,
in Rye,< and died September 14, 1893, at the age
of eighty-three years. At an early age he ap-
prenticed himself to Johnathan Barker, of Ports-
mouth, with whom he learned the mason's trade. Fie
was employed many years m building operations 111
Portsmouth, and walked to and from his residence
in Rye, ten miles each day. For several years he
was a partner with George Whitehouse in Ports-
mouth, where they carried on numerous building
contracts. He married, in Rye, Elizabeth (Wen-
dell) F"oss, born May, 1811, in Rye, and died June
I, 1868. She was a daughter of Job and Patty
(Berry) Foss (see F'oss, VI). He married (second)
Lizzie A. Ayers. The children born of the first
marriage were : Thomas Otis, iNIariah E., Rosella,
Bracket B., Alexander F"., Alonzo K. W., Mary
Adelaide, Sarah W., Charles and Ella.

(II) Alonzo Knight Warren, sixth child and
fourth son of Thomas and Elizabeth 'W. (Foss)
Green, was born October 14, 1845, in Rye. He was
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December, 1861, went to Portsmouth and was en-
gaged witli Richard Walden in the grocery business
the following ten years. He then learned the wood
calker's trade of Benjamin M. Bailey, of Ports-
mouth, and worked at that trade about ten years.
After the death of Richard Walden he purchased the
grocery store which the latter had conducted, on
Water street, which he has carried on from that
time till the present. Mr. Green is a successful
business man, and a director of the Portsmouth
Trust Company. In politics he is a Democrat, and
was alderman of old ward three, in 1882-S3, and
has served as selectman and overseer of the poor.
He is a member of Piscataqua Lodge, No. 61, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows ; of St. Andrew's
Lodge, No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons; Wash-
ington Royal Arch Chapter, No. 3 ; Davenport
Council, No. 5, Royal and Select Masters; De Witt
Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Ports-
mouth ; Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Sublime
Princes of the Royal Secret, thirty-second degree,
of Nashua; and Aleppo Temple, of the Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Bos-
ton. Also of the Mechanics Fire Society and the
Portsmouth Yacht Club.

He married, February 6, 1868, S. Amanda Wal-
den, born in Portsmouth, November 19, 1842, daugh-
ter of Richard and Sarah T. (Foss) Walden. Mr.
and Mrs. Green have had two children: Bertram
Walden and Grace Knight Green, both deceased.

The Greene family from which the
GREENE subject of this article descended were
early settlers of the Souhegan Val-
ley, an energetic, honest and industrious race of
people.

George W. Greene, son of Francis and Nancy
(Steele) Greene, was born at Nashua, December 20,
1838, and died in Nashua, February 25, 1881. Dur-
ing his childhood his parents moved to Maiden
and resided there a few years. He got his education
in the common schools of his native town, and sup-
plemented it with a good knowledge of business
which he acquired unaided. Soon after attaining
his twenty-first year he went to Nashua, where he
entered the store of Caleb J. Emery as clerk. Sub-
sequently he engaged in the grocery business for
himself,' and from that time till his death he was
one of the most successful business men in Nashua.
He was director in the Indianhead National Bank
for a number of years before his death, and was as-
sociated with other enterprises which in later years
have developed into prominent institutions. In 1880
he was elected superintendent of the Pennichuck
Water Works, and a few months before his death
was elected treasurer of the company. In these po-
sitions he labored early and late for the success
of the enterprise, and in so doing undermined his
health. Pie was a selfmade man, one who put all
his energy into whatever he undertook, and won
success where less energy would have failed.^ He
was emphatically a business man, and though inter-
ested in all public questions, and in no sense a
politician. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge,
No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Meri-
dian Sun Royal Arch Chapter, No. 9; Council No.
8, Royal and Select Masters; and St. George Com-
mandery, Knights Templar. He married, June 14,
186=;, Abby D. Steven^, who was born in Nashua.
August 15. r838, daughter of Francis E. and Hannah
(Colby) Stevens, of Bennington, who survives
him.

Of the Cottons who settled in New
COTTON England in early times the most dis-
tinguished was Rev. John Cotton, of
Boston. His son. Rev. Seaborn, was the minister
at Hampton, New Hampshire, and his son John
succeeded him in the sacerdotal office. The Cottons
of this sketch are probably of this family dis-
tinguished for the number and quality of its college
graduates and ministers of the Gospel.

(I) Thomas Cotton was a resident of Pownal,
Jilaine, where he died aged eighty years. Married
and had Thomas, Jeremiah, Jacob, Asa and Betsey.

(II) Asa, son of Thomas Cotton, was born in
Pownal, Maine, 1793, and died there in 1853, aged
sixty. He was a blacksmith, but as he never en-
joyed sound health he gave up work at his trade at
the age of forty-seven, and spent the last twelve
years of his life retired. He was a man of good
business ability, highly esteemed by his fellow citi-
zens and filled various town offices. In religious
belief he was a Methodist, and in politics a Republi-
can. He married Priscilla Blake, who died in 1884,
aged eighty-one years. Eight children were born
to them : Calvin, Mary Abbie, Mary, Betsey, Susan,
Catherine, Eunice and Henry B.

(HI) Henry Blake, youngest child and second
son of Asa and Priscilla (Blake) Cotton, was born
in Pownal, Maine, February 20, 1840. He attended
school until he was fourteen years of age, and then
became a sailor and followed the sea eleven years.
His first voyage was to Florida in the brig "Lori-
etta" sailing from Freeport to Jacksonville and back
in three months. He afterwards made five voyages
to the West Indies, and at different times was sailor,
carpenter, and mate. In the latter capacity he made
a voyage round Cape Horn from New York to ,
Valparaiso in the ship "Harry of the West," loaded I
with a general cargo. Afterward he sailed to ■
Valencia, Spain, to Liverpool, and back to San
Francisco. California, and around the Horn to New
York, this voyage requiring twenty-four months. In
another voyage he visited Bristol, England, and
Cardiff in Wales, taking out a cargo of wheat and
returning to New York laden with railroad iron.
After the Confederate armies made transportation
in American bottoms a hazardous and unprofitable
business, he quit the sea and worked for the Boston
& Maine railroad, as a carpenter, building sta-
tions. He then carried on a farm in Norway,
Maine, five years, and for nine years cut and manu-
factured lumber in that town. In 1873 he removed
to Conway, New Hampshire, and forming a partner-
ship with Stephen H. Cummings, under the firm
name of Cotton & Cummings, carried on the same
line of business. Soon afterward he became sole
proprietor of the enterprise, which included timber
lands, water privileges, saw mills, a bo.x and heading
factory, etc. For twenty-two years he has made
piano boxes for the Everett Company and other
leading firms, employing from twenty to thirty men
and having his own private line of track connect-
ing his establishment with the Maine Central rail-
road. His business was of such magnitude as to be
credited with being the chief cause of the prosperity
that in the last few years has come to Conway
Centre. He deals largely in flour and feed, is finan-
cially interested in the Kearsage House in North
Conway, is a director and trustee of the North Con-
way Loan and Banking Company, and was a director
of the J. R. Wyman Manufacturing Company in
Fryeburg, and also in the chair factory at Frye-
burg, both now dissolved; is a director in the Frye-

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fcurg electric plant, the Fryebiirg Water Com-
pany of which he is president, all of Fryeburg,
Maine, and director of Conway Aqueduct Company.
He sold out his saw mill interests in the vicinity
of Conway in 1900, but still retains his other manu-
facturing enterprises, the capacity and output of
which are constantly increasing. In the industrial,
financial, political and social circles of Carroll
county, Mr. Cotton is well known and highly
esteemed. By unceasing and well directed energy
he has built up manufacturing enterprises that have
made him an independent fortune and helped others
to better positions and better wages. His command
of capital made him a welcome accession to various
industrial enterprises where he held only minor
interests, and to the financial companies where capital
and influence were needed. Mr. Cotton has been
elected to various municipal offices, as a Democrat.
He has served as selectman five years, town treas-
urer seven years, representative to the legislature
in 1887-88, where he served on the railway com-
mittee, and from 1892 to 1896 was county commis-
sioner of Carroll county. He is a member of the
three great fraternal orders, in the local affairs of
which he takes a deep interest and a prominent part.
He is a member of the Mount Washington Lodge,
No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons, and Signet
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, both of Conway ; and
Portland Commandery, Knights Templar, of Port-
land, Maine, and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewis-
ton, Maine. Also of Saco Valley Lodge, Lidepend-
cnt Order of Odd Fellows, of North Conway, of
which he is a past grand ; and of the Knights of
Pythias, of North Conway.

He married, in 1864, Esther Penley, daughter of
Charles and Sarah Penley, of Norway, Maine. Mrs.
Cotton died at Conway, in 1886, aged forty-two.

The Cooper name has honorable dis-
COOPER tinction among the early settlers of

our country. The most distinguished
member of the family in America is without doubt
James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist, who is de-
scended from James Cooper, born at Stratford-on-
Avon in 1661. This James Cooper came to America
before 1682, in which year he received a grant of
land in New Jersey. In 1683 he bought a lot of land
in Philadelphia, situated on Chestnut street, opposite
the marble custom house. Several generations of
this family were Quakers. Another early immigrant
of note was Thomas Cooper, of Boston, born about
1650, probably in London. He was the founder of
the famous Brattle Street church in Boston, and he
inherited the "Green Dragon Tavern," another land-
mark from Governor Stoughton, whose niece, Al'e-
hitable Minot, he had married. Their son, William
Cooper, born March 20, 1694, was ordained pastor
of the Brattle Street Church in 1716. He was a
graduate of Harvard, the presidency of which he
afterward declined, and he married Judith Sewall,
daughter of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall. The
present branch is descended from a still earlier
settler than either of those mentioned. Probably
no family in New Hampshire can show an unbroken
continuity of deacons through so many generations
or a higher record for probity and public service than
here follows.

(I) Deacon John Cooper, the ancestor of all
the Coopers of Croydon. New Hampshire, was born
in England, in 161S. His father died comparatively
young, ar(d his mother. Widow Lydia Cooper, mar-

ried Gregory Stone. She had two children by her
first marriage : John and Lydia ; and six children
by her second marriage: John, Daniel, David,
Samuel, Elizabeth and Sarah Stone. Tlie whole
family of Stones and Coopers migrated to Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, before 1636. John Cooper
became a man of influence in his new home, serving
as selectman of Cambridge for thirty-eight years,
from 1646 to 1690, and as town clerk from 1669
to 1681. He was deacon of the church there in
1688. Deacon John Cooper married Anna Spar-
hawk, daughter of Nathaniel Sparhawk, of Cam-
bridge, who was born in England, and came to this
country with her parents. They had eight children :
Anna, born November 16, 1643 ; JVIary, John,
Samuel, whose sketch follows ; John, Nathaniel,
Lydia, and Anna, born December 26, 1667. Deacon
James Cooper died August 22, 1691, and his widow
married James Converse, of Woburn, Massachusetts,
and was living in 1712.

(II) Deacon Samuel, second son and fourth
child of Deacon John and Anna (Sparhawk) Cooper,
was born January 3, 1653, probably in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. He inherited the homestead of his
father, was chosen deacon of the church, March
22, 1705, and was selectman twelve years, from 1702
to 1716. On December 4, 1682, Deacon Samuel
Cooper married Hannah Hastings, daughter of Dea-
con Walter and Sarah Hastings, who was born in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 9, 1656. They
had nine children: Hannah, Lydia, Sarah, Samuel
(2), whose sketch follows; Marv, Elizabeth, Walter,
John and Jonathan. Deacon Samuel Cooper died
in Cambridge, January 8, 1717, and his widow died
October 9, 1732.

(III) Deacon Samuel (2), eldest son and fourth
child of Deacon Samuel (i) and Hannah (Hast-
ings) Cooper, was born in Cambridge, Massachu-
setts, March 29, 1689. He inherited the homestead
of his father, which he sold in 1730 to Ebenezer
Frost, and removed to Grafton, Massachusetts.
There he became a member of the first church,
formed December 28, 1731, and about a month later
he and James Whipple, grandfather of Deacon Moses
Whipple, of Croydon, New Hampshire, were chosen
the first deacons of said church. Deacon Samuel
(2) Cooper was moderator of Grafton in 1738, se-
lectman in 1735, 1738 and 1743; school committee-
man in 1738: and town clerk in 1739, the first to
hold that oflice. He was evidently a man of educa-
tion, for the Grafton Records of 1738 contain this
entry: "Paid Deacon Samuel Cooper three pounds,
four shillings for keeping school." On March 29,
1719. Deacon Samuel (2) Cooper married Sarah
Kidder, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Sarah
(Griggs) Kidder, who was born in Cambridge,
August 17, 1690. The children of whom we have
any record were born in Cambridge: Nathaniel,
born July 2r, 1720; Samuel, Joseph, John and Sarah.
The date of the deaths of Deacon Samuel (2)
Cooper and his wife is unknown.

(IV) Deacon John (2). fourth son and child
of Deacon Samuel (2) and Sarah (Kidder) Cooper,
was born at Cambridge, Alassachusetts, March 4,
1725, and moved with his parents to Grafton. Massa-
chusetts, in 1730. After marriage he settled in
Hardwick, Massachusetts, where he lived till 1769.
when he moved to Cornish, New Hampshire, the
first of his line to come to this state. He remained
in Cornish but a year, and in 1770 moved around
Blue Mountain to Croydon. With his wife and
eight children he settled on the farm which after-

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wards descended to his grandson. Deacon Otis
Cooper, Deacon John (2) Cooper and Moses Whip-
ple were chosen deacons of the first church in
Croydon in 1783. Deacon Cooper was tythingman
in 17-3 and 1781 ; town treasurer in 1773; town clerk,
1772, 1773 and 1774; moderator seven times, and se-
lectman nine years. His honorable distinction at
Croydon was but a continuation of his record at
Hardwick, Massachusetts, where he was deacon
twenty years, assessor ten years, town clerk five
years, selectman one year, and schoolmaster many
times. On March 15, 1748, Deacon John (2) Cooper
married Mary Sherman, daughter of Nathaniel and
Mary Sherman, who was born in Grafton, ^Massa-
chusetts, December g, 1726. She was a cousin of
the celebrated Roger Sherman, of Connecticut. They
had ten children, all born in Hardwick. Massachu-
setts: Sarah, Nathaniel, ]\Iary, John, Joel, Huldah.
Sherman, Matilda, mentioned below; Barnabas and
Chloe. Deacon John (2) Cooper died at Croydon,
New Hampshire, August 10, 1805, and his wife died
■there September 4, 1796.

(V) Matilda, eighth child and fourth daughter
of John (2) and i\Iary (Sherman) Cooper, became
the wife of Aaron Whipple, of Croydon (see Whip-
ple, VI).

In "Auld Scotia" this name is
TRUESDELL borne by a vigorous and thrifty
race, whose strong characteristics
have been transmitted through two hundred years
of residence in the United States to descendants
who still show plainly the mental and physical fea-
tures of their honored Scotch progenitors.

(I) Ichabod Truesdell came from Scotland
about 1700 and settled in South Woodstock, Con-
necticut. He had four sons : Asa, Darius, Thomas
and John.

(II) Darius, second son and child of Ichabod
Truesdell. served in the war of the Revolution, and
was at Valley Forge in that time of terrible want
and distress — the winter of 1777-78- He was
wounded in the side, narrowly escaping death from
a ball which struck a large, old-fashioned pocket-
book which he carried in his vest pocket. He died
a few years after the war from the effects of the
wound.

(IV) Thomas, son of John Truesdell, was born
in Woodstock, Connecticut, and died in Hooksett,
July 21. 1788. He was made superintendent of
mills at Newton, of which he had charge forty-
five }'ears. He was a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, is a Universalist in religious
belief, and politically a Republican. He mar'-ied
(first) Mary Borden, wdio died in Boston, IMajsa-
chusetts, in" 1805. They were the parents of chil-
dren: Calvin B.. JNIary E.. Edmund E., Calvin B.
and INIary E. He married (second) Lucinda A.
Chapman, widow of Bradbury Jewell, and mother
of Colonel David L. Jewell, now agent of the China,
Webster, and Pembroke Mills, and Mary C. Botter,
of Pembroke. By this second marriage there was
one child, Oscar B. Truesdell, born in Newton.

(V) Edmund Erskine, son of Thomas and
Mary (Borden) Truesdell, was born in Jewett City,
Connecticut, j\larch 3, 1845. He attended the pub-
lic schools from the time he was five till he was
fifteen years of age, and then began work in a
cotton mill at Newton Upper Falls, IMassachusetts.
While attending school he delivered the daily news-
papers to subscribers, which was a source of finan-
cial aid to him, as he was very successful in that
work. Disposing of this business he took a course

in Connor's Commercial College in Boston. He
then returned to the cotton mill and took the po-

sition of second overseer in the carding department,
where he remained two years. He was then pro-
moted to overseer of the cloth room, where he
also discharged the duties of shipping clerk and as-
sistant superintendent. October 20, 1866, he began
the performance of similar duties on a much larger
scale, at the Webster and Pembroke Mills, in Sun-
cook, New Hampshire, at the instance of the owner
of the Newton Mills, who was treasurer of the
Suncook Mills. The changes and improvements he
made in his new position were highly advantageous
to his employers. The China INlill was started in
1869. and then Mr. Truesdell's duties were greatly
increased, but with a method reduced to its inini-
mum he was enabled, without much extra exertion,
to carry the work incident to the three corporations
— producing twenty-nine million yards of cloth per
annum — with as little effort apparently as he did the
two. In 1870, on the resignation of the agent of
the China, Webster and Pembroke Mills, the super-
intendent was promoted to the vacancy thus formed,
and ]\Ir. Truesdell was promoted to superintendent
and paymaster, a position which be has since filled
with credit to himself and satisfaction to his em-
ployers.

In politics I\Ir. Truesdell is an adherent of the
party of Lincoln and Roosevelt, and for years he
has had the local leadership of his party at Suncook.
He was elected treasurer of the town of Pem-
broke in 1878-78-80-81, raeinber of the house of
representatives of New Hampshire in 1879-80, and
state senator in 1887-88, and each session served on
the committee on manufacturing. His long ex-
perience as, a manufacturer, his familiarity with the
needs of the business of manufacturing, and his
sound judgment on all matters pertaining to it,
made him a valued and leading meinber of the com-
mittee. His stalwart principles and activity as a
politician, made him popular with Republicans, while
his wholesouled geniality and vigorous advocacv of
what he believed to he right made him popular with
both parties. Mr. Truesdell is the senior member of
the firm of Truesdell & Blodgeft, one of the best
conducted and finest stocked stores in the town.
Mr. Truesdell i= a ^lason, a past master of Jewel?
Lodge, of Suncook, of which he is one of the con-
stituent members and which he was mainly instru-
mental in forming. He is also a member of Trinity
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2, Horace Chase Council,
No. 4. Royal and Select Masters, and Mount Hnreb
Commandery, at Concord. He is a member of the
supreme council, having taken all the Scottish Rites-
up to the thirty-third degree, and is an active mem-
Iier of the Massachusetts Consistory Supreme
Prince- of the Royal Secret, thirty-second degree.
Boston. He is a member of the New England
Cotton Manufacturers' .A.ssociation, and of the New
Hampshire Club of Boston. He is an attendant
of the Baptist Church, of which he is a liberal
supporter. He is a lover of home, a constant ex-
ample of one who lives the simple life, is inter-
ested in all that pertains to the welfare of his
town, county and state, a good neighbor, a man
ambitious for success in his business, and a strenu-
ous worker in anvthing be undertake^

Jime II, 1872 he married Mary Wilkins .\u';tin.
daughter of David .^"stin. born in Suncook, and ha-
one child.

The earliest authentic records of the

C.-\RROLL Carroll family show that in the year

1672 Nathaniel and Mary Carroll

were residents of Essex and Norfolk counties, in

the state of Massachusetts. .\t that time each wn-^

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thirty-five years of age. They are known to have
dwelt there from 1672 to 16S2, and probably much
longer. They are supposed to be the ancestors of
all the Carrolls of Croydon, i^ew Hampshire. On
the records of Sutton, Massachusetts, the name was
formerly written "Carriel," but none of the family
use that form at the present day. To Nathaniel
and Mary Carroll was born a son, Nathaniel. Na-
thaniel was the father of two sons — Samuel and
Daniel — who were among the early settlers of Sut-
ton, Massachusetts. The authenticated descent be-
gins with Samuel Carroll.

(1) Samuel, son of Nathaniel and

Carroll, and grandson of the original Nathaniel and
Mary Carroll, was born about 1699. He married,

in 1721, Rebekah , and they had nine

children: 1. Samuel, born 1722, married May 4,
1742, Anna Eastey, and they had four children.
2. Nathaniel, born January 2$, 1724, married October

2. 175^, Jane Dwight, and they had seven children.

3. Abigail, born January 22, 1726. 4. Sarah, born
June 25, 1728. 5-6. Joseph and Mary, twins, born
January 3, 1732; Josepli married, 1761, Judith
Chase. 7. Jonathan, born May 28, 1734, mar-
ried, November 25, 1756, Elizabeth Greenwood.

8. John, born April 13, 1736, married, December 12,

1765, Tamar King, and they had four children.

9. Hannah, born July 10, 1738.

(.H) Joseph, htth child of Samuel and Re-
bekah Carroll, was born at Sutton, Massachusetts,
January 3, 1732. He married, in 1761, Judith
Chase, born in the same town, daughter of
Philip and Jilary (FoUansbee) Chase. Joseph Car-
roll lived in the town of Sutton until his death on
August 9, 1803. They had nine children, all born in
Sutton: I. Mary, born January 17, 1762; married
on her twentieth birthday, Gideon Walker; they
came to Croydon, New Hampshire, in 1792. 2. Jo-
seph, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born January 31,

1766. 4. Lucy, born March 7, 1768; was married
l-ebruary 17, 17S7, to David Woodbury; they came
to Croydon in 1793. 5. Follansbee, born November,
1769, married Sarah Carroll, August 2, 1789. 6. Han-
nah, born March 31, 1773, 7. Deborah, born Decem-
ber 18, 1775. 8. Judith, born August 5, 1781.
9. Nancy, born September 5, 1785.

(III) Joseph, eldest son and second child of
Joseph and Judith (Chase) Carroll, was born at
Sutton, Alassachusetts, December 10, 17C13. He mar-
ried, April 6, 1788, Mary Prince, daughter of
Stephen and Abigail (Perkins) Prince, who was
born in Sutton, August 30, 1763. They came to
Croydon, New Hampshire, in 1792, and settled in
the Ryder Corner district, where Airs. Carroll died
July 10, 1S22. Joseph Carroll died Jilarch 18, 1845.
They had six children: i. Stephen, born at Sutton,
Massachusetts, June 8, 1788. 2. John Prince, born at
Croydon, New Hampshire, September 2, 1793, mar-
ried, November 20, 1817, Rachel Powers. 3-4. Polly
and Nancy, twins, born September 2/, 1797; Polly
married Alpheus Grossman in January, 1816, and
Nancy married George Jackman, June 7, 1820.
5. Sarah, born September 4, 1798, died January 29,
1802. 6. Asenath born April 2O, 1800.

(IV) John Prince, second son and child of
Joseph and JMary (Prince) Carroll, w-as born at
Croydon, New Hampshire, September 2, 1793. On
November 20, 1817, he married Rachel Powers,
daughter of Ezekiel and Hannah (Rice) Powers,
who was born at Croydon, February 27, 1797. She
died Alay 6, 1839, and he removed from Croydon,
but their nine children were born there: i. Susan,

iii — 26

born December 27. 1818. married February 16. 1836,
James B. Wakefield of Croydon. 2. Sophronia, born
October 27, 1820, married January 29. 1840, George
Stockwell. 3. Eliza, born January 12, 1823, mar-
ried j\loody Hook of Cornish, New Hampshire.
4. Celanie, born July 24, 1824. 5. Alonzo Cylon.
mentioned below. 6. Eleanor Jane, born July 19,
1829. 7. .Amanda Alelvinia, born August 6, 18 ?2,
married John G. Brockway. 8. Lysander Herbert,
born October 8. 1835, is now commissioner of labor
at Concord, New Hampshire. 9. Rachel, born 1838.
died 1839.

(V) Alonzo Cylon, eldest son and fifth child
of John Prince and Rachel (Powers) Carroll, was
born in Croydon, New Hampshire, November 24,
1826. He was educated in the common schools of
that town, and then went into the stove business,
which he followed for many years. He came to
Warner, New Hampshire, in 1869, and was a suc-
cessful merchant for the remainder of his life. He
w-as a Republican in politics. He was a Blue Lodge
Mason, and attended the Congregational Church.

He married Lucy A. Hale, daughter of

Hale, of Grafton, New Hampshire. .A. C. Carroll
died .\pril I, 1894. They had two children: Clar-
ence F. and Edward Herman.

(VI) Clarence F., elder of the two sons of
Alonzo C. and Lucy (Hale) Carroll, was born April
I, 1851. in Grafton, New Hampshire. He was edu-
cated in the common schools and at New^ London
Academy. He was graduated from Yale University
111 1S75. He was principal of the high school iii
Oil City, Pennsylvania : principal of the high school
in East Orange. New Jersey, for two years : and was
at Long Island City for two years. He was princi-
pal of the State Normal School of Connecticut for
ten years. He has been superintendent of the
schools at Rochester. New York, since 1902. He
married Julia, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy
Lord Webster of Boscawen. New Hampshire, and
a collateral descendant of Daniel Webster. They
have four children: Stella Webster. Harry. Carl
H.. and Margaret Webster. Clarence F. Carroll
is a member of the Congregational Church. He is
author of several te.xt-books that have had a large
sale.

(VI) Edward Herman, vonnger son of .\lon70
and Lucy A. (Hale) Carroll, was born in Sutton.
New- Hampshire, October 30, 1854. He came to
Warner in his thirteenth year. At the age of eight-
een he entered into business with his father, after
completing his education at Simonds free high school
school in Warner. He was in general merchandise
for twenty-four years. In 1894 he went to Man-
chester, New Hampshire, and was with A. J. Lane
& Company in the real estate and insurance busi-
ness for two years. He was postmaster of Warner
from 1877 to 1S84, w-hen he resigned. He was a
member of the school board from 1886 to 1889. He
was treasurer of Merrimack county from 1890 to
1892. In 1S93 he was representative from Warner,
and while holding this office w-as chairman of the
coinmitlee on incorporations. He was also the
Carroll highway bill, relieving towns and cities
from lialiility for accidents upon highwavs. In iSgS
he w-as appointed national bank examiner, which po-
sition he held till I90.> w-he(i he resigned. He was
on the board of trustees of the Union Guarantee
Savings Bank at Concord. New Hampshire, for
several years. For twenty years he has been more
or less interested in the lumber business as a side
line: and he is now in the lumber and real csiate

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business with his son, Edward Leon. They are also
engaged in the manufacture of lumber on a large
scale and own about ten thousand acres of timber
land. Mr. Carroll is a Mason and has taken council
degrees. He attends the Baptist Church. On tlie
13th of August, 1877, he married Susie C, daughter
of John and Lucinda (Robertson) Putney, who was
born in Lowell, JMassachusetts, in 1858, and is a de-
scendant of Ben Evans and Harrison D. Robert-
son. They have two children : Edward Leon,
born December 11, 1880; and Alonzo, born
February, 1895, and died aged eleven months. Ed-
ward is in business with his father. He married,
June 5, 1900, Edith Emerson, daughter of J. F. and
Harriet (Parker) Emerson, the former of New
Hampshire, the latter of New York. A son was
born to Edward L. Carroll and wife on August
8. 1907, which is named for the grandfather, Edward
H. Carroll second, and a peculiar coincidence in this
birth is that for each twenty-six and one half years
since 1827 there has been a male child born in the
familj'. Mrs. Carroll is an accomplished singer and
player, and is active in church societies.

The origin of the Chapin family and
CHAPIN name is uncertain. Some authorities

would have it Welsh, but later and
more reasonable testimony points to France. Ac-
cording to one investigator, familiar with French
surnames, "it is one of the oldest and best names
in France, dating from the Carlovingian era, going
back at least to tlie tenth century, perhaps earlier."
Again, in 1906, one of the family while in England
failed to find the name in the directories of either
London or Liverpool ; but in Paris he became ac-
quainted with one Georges Chapin, who said that his
father came from Normandy, where the Chapins
were, "as thick as the leaves on the trees." On the
supposition that Deacon Samuel Chapin was born
about 1595, it is fair to assume that the family, be-
ing adherents of the Protestant faith, removed either
to Holland or to England after the night of St.
Bartholomew, 1572; and that the progenitor of the
American family was born in exile.

(I) Deacon Samuel Chaplin, undoubtedly the
American progenitor of all who bear the name in
this country, was among the founders of New Eng-
land, and a leading spirit in sowing the seeds of
civilization in the Connecticut valley. Unfortunately
the place of his birth and the date of his emigration
cannot be found in any colonial record thus far
brought to light, but it is quite probable that he ar-
rived from England shortly after the settlement of
Boston in 1630. He may have been a brother of the
John Chapin, who is mentioned in the records of
Massachusetts Bay in connection with the building
of a moveable fort in T633-.14. It is quite certain that
Deacon Samuel located first in Dorchester. He was
admitted a freeman in Boston June 2. 1641, and
in the following year lie and his familj' made the
perilous journey through tlie wilderness to Spring-
field, thus casting their fortune with the infant set-
tlement established by William Pynchon and others
some six years previously. Being a man of ability
and intelligence,^ he was frequently employed in a
public capacity ; was appointed a magistrate in 1652,
and in 1654 his comniissinn as such was extended
indefinitely. He died November i, 1675. The
Christian name of his wife was Cisily and her death
occurred Februarv 8, 1S63. Their names appear
on the Apostle Eliot's list of members of the
church at Roxbury. Their children were: Japhet,

Plenry, Catherine, David, Josiah, Sarah and Han-
nah.

(II) Japhet, el4est son and child of Deacon
Samuel and Cisily Chapin, was born in 1642, prob-
ably in Dorchester. In 1667 he sold his interest in
the Chapin home lot to his brother-in-law. Deacon
John Hitchcock, and appears to have removed to
Milford, Connecticut, as in 1669, according to a deed
of conveyance on record in Hampden county, "the
worshipful Captain John Pynchon of Springfield
conveyed to Japhet Chapin of jNlilford, in Connecti-
cut Colony, a small strip of land near Connecticut
river in Springfield, bounds east on Deacon Samuel
Chapin's land." Other records show that he re-
turned to Springfield, and in 1673 he received from
his father a deed covering a tract of land lying
in the valley between Chicopee river and William-
sett brook. He built a dwelling-house at the upper
end of Chicopee street. He participated in the
memorable battle with the Indians at Turner's Falls
during King Philip's war, and the following brief
account of this event was written by himself on
the outside leaf of his account book, which is still
in existence : "I went out volenteare against the
injens the 17th of May, 1676, and we ingaged bate!
the 19th of i\lay in the morning before sunrise and
made Spoil upon the enemy and came of the same
day with the Los of 37 men and the Captain Turner,
and came home the 20th of May." Japhet died
February 12, 1712. He was married for the first
time July 22, 1664. to Abilenah Cooley, who died
November 17, 1710, and on jNIay thirt^'-first of the
following year he married for his second wife
Dorothy Root of Enfield, Connecticut. His ten
children, all of his first union, were : Samuel, Sarah,
Thomas, John, Ebenezer, Hannah (who died young),
another Hannah, David, Jonathan (who died in in-
fancy) and a second Jonathan.

(III) Ebenezer, fourth son and fifth child of
Japhet and Abilenah (Cooley) Chapin, was born in
Springfield, June 26. 1677. He was married in De-
cember, 1702, to Ruth Janes, of Northampton, Mas-
sachusetts, and appears to have subsequently re-
sided in Enfield, Connecticut. He died at the ad-
vanced age of ninety-five j'ears December 13, 1772.
His children were: Rachel, Ebenezer, Noah, Seth,
Catherine, Moses. Aaron, Elias, Reuben, Charles,
David, Elisha and Phineas. (N. B. Elienezer
Chapin, son of Ebenezer and Ruth, married Eliza-
beth Pease, daugliter of Jonathan Pease, and their
daughter Elizabeth Chapin became the wife of Abel
Allen in 1756. Abel Allen was born in Wmdsor,
Connecticut, and died in Surry, New Hampshire,
August 13, 1808.)

(IV) Aaron, fifth son and seventh child of
Ebenezer and Ruth (Janes) Chapin, was born in
Enfield, Connecticut, September 28, 1714. He set-
tled in Somers, Connecticut, and died there April
19, 1808, at ninety-four years. He married Sybil
Markham, of Enfield, Avho died March n, 1791,
aged seventy-tw'O years. Their children were : Sybil.
Hiram, Azubah, Aaron, Justus, Gideon, Jeremiah,
Oliver, Delight and Joseph.

(V) Oliver, sixth son and eighth child of Aaron
and Sybil (jNIarkham) Chapin. was born in Somers,
February 26, 1759, and died November 23, 1840.
He served in the revolution. He acquired posses-
sion of his father's homestead in Somers, and de-
voted the active period of his life to general farm-
ing. He married, December 28. 17S5, Elizabeth
Allen of Surry, New Hampshire, an immediate
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jjrevioiisly referred to, and had a family of eight
children : Elizabeth, Oliver, Sybil, David, Persis,
Noah, Lovice and Jesse.

(VI) David, second son and fourth child of
•Oliver and Elizabeth (Allen) Chapin, was horn in
-Somers, June 23, 1793. He resided in Enfield, Con-
necticut. His death occurred July 10, 1S39. On
June 3, 1S17, he married Sarah Powell, who was
born in Sullivan, New Hampshire, Pebruary i,
1798, and died in Bloomheld, July 29, 1S57. She
was a daughter of Thomas and Sally (Baker)
Powell, the former of whom settled in Surry about
the year 1815, coming originally from Sullivan. In
1825 he removed to iMt. Tabor, Vermont, where he
spent the remainder of his life. Plis wife Sally,
born in Kecne. Xcvv Hampshire, April 25, 1778,
•was a daughter of Jonathan Baker and a descendant
■of John Baker, who came from England in the ship
"Rose" and settled at Ipswich, JNIassachusetts, in
1635. Her father, who was born on Cape Ann,
June 15, 1749, went from Topsfield, JNIassachusetts,
to Keene, about the year 1775, and later settled in
Gilsum, New Hampshire. His death occurred in
Sullivan, October 13, 1833. He married Sarah Holt,
born February 3, 1758, and had a family of fifteen
children, of whom Sally was the second born.
David and Sarah (Powell) Chapin were the parents
■of six children : Maria, Oliver, Arvilla. Sarah Ann,
Lyman Rockwood and Densmore David.

(VII) Rev. Densome David, youngest son and
child of David and Sarah (Powell) Chapin, was
born in Enfield, Connecticut, January ig, 1833. He
was a student at Trinity College, Hartford, in the
class of 1856, defraying his expenses by teaching,
and upon leaving college he engaged in educational
pursuits in Chicago. Deciding to enter the Protest-
ant Episcopal ministry, he began his studies at the
Nashotah (Wisconsin) Theological Seminary in
1859. remained there three years, and was ordained
3. deacon by Bishop Kemper in 1S62. In the autumn
of the latter year he sailed from New York for
the Pacific coast, thus braving the danger of being
captured by Confederate privateers which infested
the seas for the purpose of destroying the commerce
of the north during the civil war, but the voyage
terminated without incident, and shortly after his
arrival in San Francisco he went to Sonora, Cali-
fornia, where he was ordained to the priesthood by
Bishop Kip. He began his labors in San Jose, from
whence he went to Grass Valley, and while officiat-
ing in the last-named place he accepted a call to
the rectorship of St. Peter's Church, San Francisco.
He also became edtor of the Pacific Churchman.
Although his regular church duties, augmented by
his editorial work, proved extremely arduous, he
continued his combined labors as long as his
strength would permit, and when at last his health
collapsed under the severe strain, he was reluctantly
compelled to relinquish them. Leaving California,
he finally returned to New England, and is now
residing in Brandon, Vermont. On September II,
1862, Mr. Chapin was united in marriage at Geth-
semane Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with
Elizabeth Sheldon Fitch, daughter of the Rev. John
Ashley and Lucia ^liranda (May) Fitch, of Shel-
don, Vermont, the former of whom ofiflciated at the
ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin have had five
children: Mary, born July 16, 1863 (died May 25,
1864) ; Nelly Pitts, born November 27, 1864 ; David
Densmore, born February 10, 1867 (died in Still-
water, Minnesota, February 14, 1879) ; Elizabeth

Sheldon, born July 4, 1869; and John Ashley. All
were born in California.

(VTII) Rev. John Ashley, youngest son and
child of Rev. Densmore David and Elizabeth S.
(Fitch) Chapin, was born in San Francisco, Septem-
ber I, 1872, and the house in which his birth took
place was destroyed by the recent earthquake. Dur-
ing his boyhood he went to Maysvillc, Kentucky,
where he prepared for his collegiate course, and he
was graduated, from the University of the South
at Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1894. He went to the
General Theological Seminary in New York City,
where he completed the regular course in l8g8, and
having received ordination to the Episcopal ministry
was appointed curate of Calvary Church in the
metropolis. From 1S99 to 1902 he officiated as
curate of Christ Church, Detroit, Michigan, and
for the succeeding two years was in charge of
Epiphany Church in Detroit. In 1904 he accepted a
call as rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist
at Sanbornville, New Hampshire, where he is still
laboring, and his untiring energy and personal
magnetism are proving excellent factors in augment-
ing the membership of that church and increasing
its usefulness. Mr. Chapin is a INIaster Mason, and
a member of Unity Lodge, No. 62.

No information has thus far been
CAPRON gathered relative to the origin and
history of the Capron family prior
to its establishment in America. The numerous
families of this name in New England are all de-
scendants from one common ancestor, and the story
of his secret flight across the ocean, briefly narrated
in the succeeding paragraph, will serve to show that
the stowaway passenger on the trans-Atlantic steam-
ships of the present day is not entirely a modern
innovation.

(I) In 1674 Banfield Capron, probably born in
Chester, England, in 1660, conceived an ardent de-
sire to seek his fortune in America, but the funds
with which to pay his passage, as well as the neces-
sary permit to leave the country, were beyond the
reach of the venturesome youth. He was deter-
mined, however, to cross the sea, and,, in company
with three other impecunious youths secreted him-
self in the hold of an emigrant ship about to sail
for New England. When the vessel was well out
to sea, the quartette of adventurers discovered
themselves to the astonished captain and crew, but
the master was unwilling to disobey the stringent
law against transporting passengers who had failed
to procure the required license, and would have
turned back had not the mate and crew interceded
in behalf of the stowaways with such earnestness
as to cause him to relent and proceed westward.
Soon after young Capron reached Boston a family
named Callender, whom he had known in England,
arrived there, and going with them to Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, remained in their family for a num-
ber of years, eventually marrying one of the daugh-
ters. He subsequently removed to Attleboro, where
he acquired a large tract of land, and this, together
with considerable property which came to him
through his first wife, whose parents, the Callenders,
were in affluent circumstances, made him wealthy.
He resided in Attleboro for the remainder of his
life, which terminated August 20, 1752, at the ad-
vanced age of ■ ninety-two years. His second wife
was Elizabeth Blackington, of Attleboro, who died
May 10, 1735, and his third wife, whom he married

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December i6 of the latter year, was JNIrs. Sarah
Daggett, widow of Deacon John Daggett, of Attle-
boro. His children, all of whom were of his first union,
were: Banfield, Joseph, Edward, Walter, John. Jona-
than, Betsey, Alary, Hannah, Margaret, Sarah, and
another child who died in infancy. To each of his
surviving children he gave a farm of about two
hundred acres.

(.II) Banfield, eldest child of Banfield Capron
the emigrant, was born in Attleboro, July l6, 1683.
He was a mason by trade, and also a weaver, and
for some years resided in Bellinghani. Massachu-
setts, where he is recorded as having served as
a grand juror. His death occurred in Cumberland,
Rhode Island, August 16, 1752. For his first wife he
married Hannah Jenckes, daughter of Nathaniel
Jenckes, Esq., of rawtucket, Rhode Island, and
she died in 1738. His intention to marry Sarah
Brown of Attleboro, his second wife, was published
in Bellinghani, February 2, 1744. His first wife
was the mother of all of his children, whose names
were: Nathaniel, Charles, Philip, Benjamin, Jona-
than, Hannah, Betsey, Lydia, Oliver, Leah. Sarah
and Elizabeth.

(III) Colouel Oliver, sixth son and ninth child
of Banfield, Jr., and Hannah (Jenckes) Capron,
was born in Cumberland, July I, 1736. He married
his cousin, Esther Freeman, daughter of Ralph Free-
man, of Bellinghani, August 21, 1757. and about the
year 1765 settled in Richmond, New Hampshire,
where his death occurred August i, i8t6. His
children were : Nathan, Otis. Oliver, Thaddeus,
Alpheus, Hannah and Elizabeth.

(IV) Oliver (2), third son and child of Colonel
Oliver and Esther (Freeman) Capron, was born
in Cumberland, in 1760 or '61. He grew to man-
hood upon a farm in Richmond. The maiden name
of his wife was Hannah Work. A complete record
of his children is not at hand, but he had a son
Oliver, and a daughter Hannah, who married a Mr.
Cleveland.

(V) Oliver (3), son of Oliver (2) and Hannah
(Work) Capron, was born in Richmond, December
II, 1791. When a young man he located on a farm
in Winchester, this state, but afterwards went to
Chesterfield, and in 1830 he settled in West Swan-
zey, where he died March 4, 1875. He was married
jNIarch 29, 1816, to Lois Wilson, who Avas born April
9, 1794, daughter of Abel Wilson. She died August
31, 1S52. The children of this union are: Adeline,
born October 8, 1818, died November 7, 1836; Lucy,
died September 28, 1825 : Hannah S., born Septem-
ber 14, 1821, died October 20, 1843; Augusta W.,
born July 16, 1823, married Franklin Wheelock. of
Winchester; Lucy, born April 14, 1826, married
Oliver F. Lakin, of Springfield, Massachusetts; Al-
zina, born May 26, 1828, died August r2, 1850;
Sarah W., born August 17, 1830. died October 12,
1834; Martha, born April 18, 1833, died May 22,
1850; and George O., the date of whose birth is
given in the succeeding paragraph.

(VI) George Oliver, youngest child of Oliver
(3) and Lois (Wilson) Capron, was born in West
Swanzey, May 4, 1835. He was reared and edu-
cated in his native town. When a young man he
entered the railway service, and for ab'out three
years was station agent at Newington, Connecticut.
For the succeeding twelve years he was engaged in
farming in West Swanzey, at the expiration of which
time he resumed for a short time his connection
with the railway service as freight agent at Wil-
liniantic, Connecticut. He finally purcha-ed the

old Capron homestead v/here he now resides, and
is still actively engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
was formerly quite prominent in local civic affairs,
having served with ability as a selectman iu 1871
and 1881 ; represented his district in the lower
branch of the state legislature in 1875 and ''(>', has-
served as highway agent, and in various other ways-
has made himself useful to the community. He is
a member of the local grange. Patrons of Hus-
bandry. In his religious belief he is a Universalist.
On November 5, 1856, Mr. Capron married Roselle
B. Francis, who was born in that part of Wethers-
field, Connecticut, which is now Newington, October
9, 1836, daughter of Newman and Octavia (Strick-
land) Francis, the former of whom was born June
24, I793> and died August 13, 1865. Mr. and Mrs.
Capron are the parents of four children, namely :
Carroll F., born January 29, i860; Oliver W., June
II, 1862; Annie L., April 25, 1872; and Lyle H.,.
October 30, 1876.

This name is probablj' of Scotch ori-
DUSTIN gin, as it does not appear among the

early English immigrants, and is first
found in Haverhill. Massachusetts. It is best known,,
perhaps through the heroic exploit of Hannah
Dustin, wife of Thomas Dustin, who receives
further mention in the history of the Emerson
family, to which she belonged. The family
has furnished industrious, intelligent and useful
citizens to New Hampshire, employed chiefly in
agriculture and in the industries. The spelling of
the name varies at present usage.

(I) Thomas Duston is found of record early in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he was married
December 3, 1677, to Hannah, daughter of Michael
and Hannah (Webster) Emerson, presumably also
of Scotch blood (see Emerson. I). Nineteen years
later his house was besieged by Indians and he
succeeded in saving seven of his children, but his
wife was carried away captive. The story has been
too often told to need repetition here. They had
thirteen children. Z

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and I
Hannah (Emerson) IDustin, was born January 5, "
1683, in Haverhill, and there resided. He had four
sons, Thomas, Joshua, Caleb and Obadiah. All ex-
cept Joshua settled in what is now Salem, New
Hampshire. The transition occurred when the re-
gion was so new that record does not seem to have M
been made concerning them in either town. I

(HI) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Dustin,
lived in Salem, where record is found of his second
marriage. The baptismal name of his first wife
was Abiah, and their children were: Thomas (died
young), Moses, Mary, Stephen, Ebenezer, Amos,
Thomas and Abiah. He married (second) in Salem.
Ruth i\Iorse, who bore him : Obadiah, David and
Simeon.

(IV) Ebenezer, fourth son and fifth child of
Thomas (3) and Abiah Dustin, was born September
21. 1756, in Salem, and settled in Hopkinton, New
Hampshire. No record appears in New Hampsihre
of his marriage, and it is presumed that he was
married before removal from his native town to
some Massachusetts woman. Her name was Lois-
Hunt before marriage.

( V ) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer and Lois-
(Hunt) Dustin, born February 19, 1781, in Hopkin-
ton, died in that lnwii. January 14, 1872, aged nine-
ty-one. In early life he removed to Hopkinton,
and lived many years on tlie Dustin homestead, now

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to be seen at the foot of the westerly slope of Put-
ney's hill. He was an influential man and promi-
nent in many public councils. He settled many
estates and was guardian of numerous minor chil-
dren. Ill iSii, and perhaps at other times, he was
a member of the superintending school committee
of Hopkinton, and in 1815 was selectman. He was
a prominent temperance reformer of the earlier days,
and was president of the "Gun Cotton Society,"
organized in Contoocook about the year 1840, and
which was aggressive in the work of suppressing the
liquor traltic. He married Sarah Pierce, of Warner,
daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Marsh) Pierce.
She died December 6, 1850, aged seventy-three years.
Their children were : Cyrus, Daniel P., Ebcn H.,
Sarah, Charlotte, George and Betsey.

(VI) Eben H., third son and child of Ebenezer
and Sarah (Pierce) Dustin, was born in Warner,
and married and reared a family there.

( VII ) George W., son of Eben H. Dustin, was
born in Hopkinton, and obtained his education in the
common schools of that town. Within a few years
after the discovery of gold in California he went
there, making the voyage on a sailing vessel via
Cape Horn. He stayed in California some time and
then returned to the states via the Isthmus of
Panama. He then engaged in railroad construction
and executed contracts for building portions of
various railroads in different parts of the United
States. He was settled at Concord a short time,
and died there in 1877. He married Ruth Sargent,
daughter of James F. and Flora (Gookin) Sargent,
of Concord. She died July i, 1905. They were the
parents of one child.

(VHI) Frank Harvey, only child of George W.
.and Ruth (Sargent) Dustin, was born in Concord,
i860, and educated in the public schools of that city.
In 1880 he entered the railroad service as a clerk
m the general office of the Old Northern Railroad.
After filling that position acceptably for four years
he w-as made traveling auditor of the old Concord
Railroad. When that road became a portion of the
Hoston & JNlaine he retained his position, which he
continued to fill until the autumn of 1905, when
tailing health compelled him to relinquish that
place. He was then transferred to the freight de-
partment, where he is now (1906) employed. Mr.
Dustin is an upright and public spirited ' itizen, an
agreeable companion, and proved his ■efficiency in
l)usiness by his long term of service as .luditor. He
married,' 1892, Ellen AI. Hooper, daughter of George
L. Hooper, of Portland, Maine.

This is one of the English families
CUTTING wliich came to America in the period

following the Puritan emigration but
must nevertheless be credited with enterprise and
energy. The conditions prevailing at the time of the
Pilgrims must seem appalling even to the stoutest
hearts, and one can readily see that it requires much
enterprise at any time for one to cross three thousand
miles of ocean, leaving behind friends and ties of
every association, to make a beginning in a new
world.

(I) Richard Cutting, the emigrant ancestor of
tins line, was admitted freeman April 18. 1690, in
Watertown, Massachusetts, where he settled about
1640. He was a wheelwright by occupation. He
■ hed March 21, 1696, "an aged man." His wife
Sarah died November 4, 1685, aged si.xty years.
In his will dated June 24, 1694, are named sons,
Zachariah and James, and daughters, Susan New-

comb and Lydia Spring. His son John and his
daughter Sarah, the wife of John Barnard, died
before the date of the will.

(II) Zachariah, son of Richard and Sarah Cut-
ting, was born about 1645. i" Watertown, and lived
there many years. He sold land there in 1709. which
indicates that he removed from the town and no
record of his death is found. The name of his wife
was Sarah.

(III) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah (i) and
Sarah Cutting, was born about 1670, in Watertown,
and probably passed his life there. The name
of his first wife is not 011 record. He married (sec-
ond), May 5, 1701, Elizabeth Wellington, who was
born April 27, 16S5, daughter of Joseph and Eliza-
beth (Strait) Wellington, of Watertown. His first
wife was the mother ot Jonas, Sarah (died young),
and Lydia; the second wife of Elizabeth, Susannan
and Sarah.

(IV) Jonas, son of Zachariah (2) Cutting, was
born about 1695, and lived in Watertown until about
1734, when he removed to Shrewsbury, Massachu-
setts. He was married March 6, 1720, to Dinah
Smith, who was born January 24, 1695, daughter of
Jonathan and Jane (Peabody) Smith, of Water-
town. His children were: Jonas, Zachariah, James,
Lydia, Francis, Dinah, Salmon and Eliphalet.

(V) Francis, fourth son and fifth child of Jonas
and Dinah (Smith) Cutting, was born September
24, 1728. in Watertown, and lived in Shrewsbury
for a time. Later he resided in Worcester and
vicinity. He was a soldier of the Revolution and
served in the seige of Boston, 1775, and at Rut-
land, Massachusetts, in 1779, guarding prisoners.
He was married May 11, 1750, to Thankful Warren,
who was born May 29, 1730, in Weston, Massa-
chusetts, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Whit-
ney) Warren. His children were: Jonas,, Zebulon,
Sarali, Jonathan and Benjamin. Zebulon and Jona-
than settled in Newport, New Hampshire.

(VI) Benjamin, youngest child of F'rancis and
Thankful (Warren) Cutting, was born in or near
Worcester, between 1750 and 1760. He was a
soldier in the Revolution, enlisting at Worcester
in Colonel Bradford's regiment and served from
July, 1779, to April, 1780. After the war he settled
m Croydon, New Hampshire, being one of the
first settlers of that town. His marriage intentions
were recorded in Leicester, Massachusetts, March
15. 1779, to .Anna Bemis, of Pa.xton, Massachu-
setts.

(VII) Francis, son of Benjamin and Anna
(Bemis) Cutting, was born May 14, 1794, in Croy-
don, New Hampshire, where he spent his entire life,
reaching the age of seventy-eight years. He was
an extensive farmer and stock raiser, having about
eight hundred acres of land. He was married,
May 4, 1817, to Kesiah Hudson, a native of Goshen,
New FLampshire, born December 19, 1789, and died
September 25, 1865, at the age of seventy-six years,
and he subsequently married Mary Rollins. The
first wife was the mother of nine children, viz. :
Irena, Alfred, Freeman, Elon, Francis M., Shepherd
H., Phihnda, Diantha S. and Addison ; and the
children by the second wife were Joseph and
Julia A.

(VII) Freeman, son of Benjamin and Anna
(Bemis) Cutting, was born July 19, 1821, in Croy-
don. His early life was common to farmer's sons
in the rural districts of New Hampshire in that
day. It was not usual to give farmer's sons a
liberal education, and he received such training as

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was afforded by the local district school. He re-
mained in Croydon until 1857, when he removed to
Newport and after residing there eight years went
to Claremont where he lived seven years. For the
succeeding twenty-seven years of his life he lived
in Newport. Throughout his life Mr. Cutting was
a farmer, and his industry and sound judgment
made him a successful one. His operations were
carried on on an extensive scale, and at the time
of his death he was the owner of more than seven
hundred acres of land. He was widely known as a
judge of stock and was an extensive breeder of
cattle, and for many years kept a large number of
cows, milking more than thirty. The press said of
him at the time of his death: "His judgment and
reasoning powers were of a high order not only
as applied to matters in connection with his voca-
tion but in connection with any subject which he
gave serious attention. He was pre-eminently a man
of practical common sense. Mr. Cutting was also
a man of character and integrity. His word and
honor were to be relied upon and no bad habits or
principles were harbored by him. Industry, frugality,
neighborly kindness and accommodation, regularity
and temperance in all things were with him cherished
virtues." He passed away at his home in New-
port, September 25, 1S99, in his seventy-ninth year.
Mr. Cutting entertained settled convictions and
principles, and was an earnest supporter of the
Democratic party. He was not an olSce seeker
but was called upon by his fellows to serve the town
in those capacities where his sound financial ability
and judgment were of value. During his two years'
service as chairman of the Newport board of se-
lectmen he reduced the town debt more than seven
thousand dollars, and in any place where he was
called upon he performed his duties with similar
competency and success. He also served as tax
collector and overseer of poor several years. He
was married, September 10, 1844, to Emily A.
Hubbard, of Barnard, Vermont. She was born
September 18, 1S23, in Charlestown, New Hamp-
shire, daughter of Oliver Hubbard. She was his
worthy and devoted companion, and died April 17,
1894. They were the parents of the following chil-
dren : Dennison, Emily, John, Bela, Lois, Asher,
Zilpha M., Sarah, Abbie fi. and Viola.

(VHI) Zilpha M., third daughter and seventh
child of Freeman and Emily A. (Hubbard) Cutting,
was born in Newport. She graduated at the high
school in Newport, being salutatorian of her class,
and for four years was a school teacher. She is
a woman of much executive ability and literary
taste, and has been an efficient officer in the King's
Daughters of Newport. She is now guardian of
her little neice, Arlene Bennet, daughter of her de-
ceased sister, and has recently brought the child
from its former home in William sport, Pennsyl-
vania, to her home in Newport, where she will have
the advantages of the fine educational facilities of
the town and the surroundings of a cultured
Christian home.

(VHI) Abbie R., ninth child of Freeman and
Emily A. (Hubbard) Cutting, was born jNIay 11,
1865, in Claremont, and was reared from the age of
eight years in Newport. She graduated as saluta-
torian of her class at the Newport high school in
1882. and for several years she was a successful
teacher in the schools of Newport, Unity and Clare-
mont. Her aim in life was to do good unto others
and she always carried a smiling face even when in
extreme trouble. In 1S85 she united with the

Methodist Episcopal Chuch, was active in every
department of church work, and for more than
fifteen years was one of the most faithful members
of the choir. She was never strong and her zeal
often carried her beyond her physical ability. She
was married June i, 1897, to W. D. Bennet, of
Hornersville, New York, who fully maintains the
reputation of his father in business ability. He is
part owner in the Newport News and also connected
with other business enterprises of that town. Soon
after the birth of her daughter, Arlene, she passed
away March 19, 1899, at the home of her father in
Newport. The old homestead on the Unity road is
now (1907) owned and occupied by Bela and Zilpha
M. Cutting.

(VIII) Elon, third son and fourth child of
Francis and Kesiah (Hudson) Cutting, was born
May 10, 1823, in Croydon, and was educated in the
rural school adioining his home. Throughout his
life he was a farmer, and was interested in the
propagation of horses and dealt largely in those
animals. His farm was located on the Unity road
and he was among the prominent men of his town.
One of the great objects of his life was to provide
his children with good educations, in which lie suc-
ceeded. He was active in promoting the welfare
of the community, but was never an office seeker.
He married Polly Lovilla Hardy, of Croydon, who
was born November 4, 1831, and died August 17,
18, 1895. Mr. Cutting died July 2, 1896, in New-
port. They were the parents of four children :
Mary E., the eldest, became the wife of Frank E.
Wright, and died in 1873. Anna L., resides in New-
port. Francelia M., mentioned further below. Ellen
L., became the second wife of Frank E. Wright.

(IX) Francelia ]\I., third daughter of Elon and
Polly L. (Hardy) Cutting, was born j\Iarch 31, 1857,
in Unity. New Hampshire, and was educated in the
public schools of Newport. She was for nine con-
secutive years a successful teacher and has taught
school in nearly every town in Sullivan county. She
was married, June 2, 1881, to Seth W. Barton (see
Barton, VII).

(VIII) Alfred, eldest son and second child of
Francis and Kesiah (Hudson) Cutting, was born
June 28, 1819, on the Cutting homestead in Croy-
don, and died there May 23, 1892. He was an ex-
tensive and prosperous farmer and a great trader
in horses and cattle, a characteristic which seems
to have been common in the Cutting family. He was
an excellent judge of stock and always had a good
grade of animals on his farm. His home place
comprised three hundred and si.xty acres, and it
was not uncommon for him to produce seven hun-
dred bushels of grain on this farm. He never
aspired to participate in public affairs and was a
stanch Republican in political principle. He took
great pride in his home, his stock and his farm. He
was noted for his tall stature, but was compelled
by failing health to abandon farm work for some .
years. He engaged as traveling salesman for a-
public house, while still retaining his farm, and
while on the road he did much evangelical work
wherever he happened to be. He was an earnest
student of the Bible and was ever active in advanc-
ing the cause of religion. He became a Christian
before attaining his majority and was ever faithful
in the work. The press of Newport and other
points paid him a fitting tribute at the time of hi.s
death. He w-as a devoted member of the First
Baptist Church at Newport, and one of its strong;
pillars and was always ready and willing to work:

^^^s^ ^. /^A^Uf^

FRANCIS MORRILL CUTTING.

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in its behalf. He was first married Marcli 19, 184^,
to Laura Hubbard, of Barnard, Vermont, wlio was
born January iS, 1817, and died October 15, 1858.
She was a sister of the wife of Freeman Cutting,
mentioned elsewhere in this article. She was the
mother of seven children. jSIr. Cutting was mar-
ried (second), January 9, i860, to Susan L. Davis,
of Charlestown, Vermont, who was born June 12,
1838, and still survives. She is a daughter of Ros-
well and Abigail (Dodge) Davis, and a grand-
daughter of Philip and Susan Davis, of Sutton,
New Hampshire. Her maternal grandfather was
William Dodge, of Newbury, New Hampshire. Her
children were nine in number. The children of Al-
fred Cutting are as follows : Laura Jane, Ellen S.,
Harriet H., Charles j\L. Hiram A., Horace, Jeffer-
son, May I., Edmond Burke, Arthur W., Laurence
Fred, Ernest Langdon, Ellsworth, John and David.

(IX) Ernest Langdon, ninth son of Alfred
Cutting and sixth child of his second wife, Susan
L. Davis, was born October 16, 1869, on the farm
on which he now resides in Croydon, New Hamp-
shire, and has there spent all of his life. His edu-
cation was supplied by the district school adjacent
to his home, and he was early accustomed to par-
ticipate in the labors of the home farm. He is now
owner of more than nine hundred acres of land, and
is extensively engaged in stock raising besides do-
ing considerable lumbering. He makes an average
annual cut of two million feet of spruce, hemlock,
and poplar timber and besides buys extensively of
hemlock bark which he ships to Boston. He is
special agent for the De Laval cream separator.
His farm is provided with one of the finest sets
of buildings in the town of Croydon, His barn
had a ground dimension of forty by thirty-four feet
and will hold one hundred tons of hay, and he usu-
ally winters seventy-five head of cattle. He also
accommodates a number of summer boarders, hav-
ing a very sightly place convenient to Long Pond,
only two miles from Lake Sunapee and not far from
Corbin Park. His house stands on an eminence,
commanding a view of the country for miles around.
His dairy includes twenty-seven cows, Durham,
Jersey and Holstein blood, and he does an annual
business of one thousand two hundred dollars in
cream. His wife maintains an extensive stock of
poultry, which adds to the farm income, and takes
a just pride in the place and its operation. She
was reared upon a farm and understands thoroughly
the care of one, besides being an ideal house-
keeper. Mr. Cutting served as tax collector of
Croydon in 1894-95, a"d as selectman in 1896-97.
He was married, August 29, 1892, to Leanna
Crowell. who was born July 28. 1871, in Croydon,
the second child of Peter and Susan A. (Sanborn)
Crowell, and granddaughter of Ira and Harriet
(Richardson) Sanborn. Mr. and Mrs. Cutting have
one son, Asa D. Cutting, born July 7. 1895.

(VIII) Francis JMorrill, son of Francis and
Keziah (Hudson) Cutting, was born in Croydon,
November 28, 1825, and died November 15. 1888.
He was reared upon the homestead farm, and was
educated in the schools of his native town. After
reaching manhood he engaged in farming and cattle .
raising, on land which he purchased in the western
part of Newport. He was successful in large de-
gree, and acquired some five hundred acres of
highly productive farming and grazing land, his
Newport farm comprising about one hundred acres.
He was a man of sterling character, upright in all
the relations of life, and was universally esteemed.

He was a member of the Mcthodi.st Episcupal
Church, and in politics was a Democrat. He was
married, July 25, i8,S5, t" Hannah A. Baker, born
in Meriden, New Hampshire, October 4, 1832, daugh-
ter of Dimmick and Hannah A. (Colby) Baker.
Mrs. Hannah A. Baker Cutting has resided in tlie
village of Newport since 1892. For many years she
owned the farm which her husband purchased and
cultivated, keeping it in possession for sake of old
associations. She is an active and philanthropic
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was
instrumental in making the present parsonage a
part of the church property, and gave the electric
lights used in the church building. She has also
been long active in Sunday school matters, and in
the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she has been
president.

This name, first a forename and later
GEORGE a surname, is derived from two Greek

words and signifies "earth-worker,' or
"farmer." The families of this name are probably
of different ancestors, and are scattered throughout
the United States. The members of the George
family who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony
about the middle of the seventeenth century came
from the southeastern part of England and as tra-
ditions of the family indicate were three brothers,
arriving in America at nearly the same time. For
an account of James see below ; Richard was in
Boston, 1655, and John was in Cliarlestown, Massa-
chusetts, 1657.

(I) James George, one of the above mentioned
brothers, is on record in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
as early as 1652, when he was chosen as "herdsman"
of the town. For this service he received a com-
pensation of twelve shillings and six pence per week,
payable in Indian corn and butter. He was "to
Keep ye heard faithfully as a heard ought to be kept ;
if any be left on the Sabbath when ye town worships
they who keeps are to goe ye next day doing their
best endeavor to find them." Fie was not permitted to
turn his flock into the pasture on the Sabbath until
the "second beating of ye druin.'' He worked for
William Osgood, of Salisbury, as early as 1654.
When the boundary between Salisbury and Haver-
hill was established in 1654, because of it he became
a resident of that part of Salisbury since known as
Amesbury. He was made a "townsman" at the in-
corporation of that town, JMarch 19, 1655. For a
time he served the town as "herdsman" and then
established himself as a planter, receiving a "town-
ship" as a grant in 165,^, and other lands in 165S
and 1666. He is found in the list of "commoner-,"
or owners of common lands, in 1667-68, and sub-
scribed to the oath of allegiance in 1677. His death
occurred in or prior to 1707. The settlement of his
estate was begun in that year and finished in 1709.
He married Sarah Jordan, daughter of Francis and
Jane Jordan, and they had children : James, Samuel.
Sarah. Joseph and Francis.

(II) Francis, youngest son of James George,
was born about 1675 in Amesbury. and made his
home in that town throughout his life. He was a "snow-
shoe" man in 1708. His will was made July 4. 1/35.
and proved the following March 5. His wife Sarah,
whose surname is supposed to have been Hadlock.
is mentioned in this. Their children were: James,
Mary, Benjamin, born October 11, 1704; Sarah, June
2, 1707; John, June c. 1709; Abigail. February 13.
171 1 : I.ydin, November 4, 1713: Humphrey, 1719;
Samuel, and Francis, July 13, 1727.

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(III) James George, eldest child of Francis
and Sarah (Hadlock) George, was born in Ames-
bury, April 27. 1 701, and resided in South Hampton
and Amesbury-Newton, Massachusetts, afterwards
known as Newton, New Hampshire, where his
name occurs frequently in the documents and peti-
tions of his time. He "owned the baptismal
Covenant" in Amesbury First Church, that is, united
with the First Church, February 29, 1736, and six
of his children were baptized there. He married,
in Amesbury, January 18, 1724, Susannah French,
of Salisbury, born November 24. 1705. daughter of
Timothy and Mary (Harriman) French, and grand-
daugliter of Joseph French, (see French HI) and
their children were : Micah ; Susannah, born Sep-
tember 25. 1726: Timothy, 1729: Mary, February
19. 1731 ; James. March 19. 173,?: Joshua. Septem-
ber 19, 1734: Lydia : Annie: and Nathaniel, born
December 19. 1743. (Timothy and descendants are
noticed in this article).

(IV) -Micah, eldest child of James (3) and
Susannah (French) George, was born February 14,
1725, in South Hampton, where he resided. He mar-
ried there August 11, 1746, Mary Favor, baptized in
Amesbury, December 31, 1727, daughter of Cutting and
Mary (Wells) Favor. In the baptismal record of the
children the mother's name is given as Elizabeth,
but as there is no record of a second marriage, this
is apparently an error, Micah and Mary (Favor)
George had children : Enos, see forward : Hannah,
Elizabeth, iMolly, Mary and Miriam.. The first three
were baptized in South Hampton. May 3, 1752. and
the others in 1754, 1757 and 1759, respectively.

(V) Enos, only son of Micah (4) and Mary
(Favor) George, was born in South Hampton, New
Hampshire, in 1747. baptized May 3, 1752, and died
about 1826. He married, June 28, 1768. Dorothy
Jewell, born December 20, 1751, daughter of Barnes
and Dorothy (Hoyt) Jewell (see Jewell IV), and
granddaughter of John and Hannah (Prouse)
Jewell (see Jewell, V). Their children were:
Micah, Moses and Enos.

(VI) Rev. Enos, youngest child of Enos (5)
and Dorothy (Jewell) George, was born in South
Hampton. Rockinghampton county. New Hamp-
shire, June 2, 1781. and died at Barnstead in the
same state, October 20, 1S59. He was educated
at Atkinson Academy, and went to Barnstead in
1803, wdiere he preached his first sermon June 12
of that year. He was ordained pastor of the
Congregational Church, then numbering hut eight
members, and officiated in this church for the long
period of fifty-five years, during which time he
delivered six thousand nine hundred and sixty-five
sermons, solemnized si.x hundred and ninety-three
marriages and officiated at a thousand funerals.
He was elected town clerk for forty-four consecu-
tive years ; was chaplain of the state legislature in
1829 : and a member of that body in 1843-44. He
married. July 10. 1805, Sophia Chesley. born in
Durham. New Hampshire, November 6, 1781, died
February 13. 1858. Their children were: i. Mary,
married Timothy E. Hodgen. 2. Julia, married
Joseph Emerson, of Farmington, New Hampshire.
3. Dorothy Jane, married Charles Hodgen. of Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire. 4. Franklin, graduated
with honors from Dartmouth College, was a prac-
ticing physician, and spent all his life in Georgia,
He was a man of literary ability and noted for his
oratorical powers. He married Emily Holland, of
Georgia, 5. Charles Smith, sec forward. 6. Han-

nah, married Andrew Sherborn. of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.

(VII) Charles Smith, fifth child and second
and youngest son of Rev. Enos (6) and Sophia
(Chesley) George, was baptized September 16,
1S16, died 1S96. He was educated at Pittsfield, the
Gilmanton Academy and in Portsmouth. In the
latter city he read law for three or four years with
William H. Y. Hackett, a famous lawyer of that
section and time. He was admitted to the Belknap
county bar, and practiced his profession in Barn-
stead. He was known as one of the ablest lawyers
in the state, but in advanced life he retired from
legal practice and engaged in farming in Barn-
stead. At various times he occupied all the town
offices, and W2S representative in the legislature
from Barnstead in 1860-61 ; member of the consti-
tutional convention, 1878; and state senator in
188S. He was a brilliant and fluent speaker and
noted for the easy and graceful flow of his
language. In early life he was a Whig and later a
stanch Democrat. In religion he was a Congrega-
tionalist. He married, 1846, Ahnira Waldron, born
in Strafl^ord, New Hampshire, October 19. 1825,
died April. 1893, daughter of Zachariah and Mary
( Willey ) Waldron. and they had children : I.
Mary, died of typhoid fever. 2. Charles, died of
typhoid fever. 3. Enos, resides in Barnstead, New
Hampshire. 4. Henry W., married Lizzie Thomp-
son. 5. Frank C, married Martha Moulton. 6.
.■Mice, married Jonathan Clark. 7. Sophia, married
Fred W. Newell. 8. Edward Smith, see forward.
9. Jane. 10. Myra S.

(VIII) Edward Smith, fifth son and eighth
child of Charles Smith (7) and Almira (Waldron)
George, was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire,
September 9, 1861. He spent his youth on the farm
of his father and in attendance at school, then took
a course of study at the Pittsfield Academy, from
which he was graduated in 1882. Soon after this
he began the study of law in the office of .\aron
Whittcmore, Esq., of Pittsfield, and was admitted
to the bar in 1887. He went to Birmingham, Ala-
liania, the same year, practiced his profession in
that city for one year and then returned to New
Hampshire, where he opened an office in Pittsfield
and was engaged in the practice of law until 1894.
He then removed to Manchester and became the
law partner of Jesse B. Pattee. This connection
was in existence for a period of seven years, dur-
ing one of which C. F. Stone, of Laconia, now Judge
Stone, was a n-,cmber of the firm. Mr. George
was an energetic and successful lawyer, but on
account of many other business demands upon his
time, relinquished his practice in 1904. He became
interested in the Mount Beacon Incline Railway, at
Fishkill on the Hudson, in 1902, of which he was
one of the builders and directors, and in which he
is still one of the principal stockholders. Through
his personal efforts, in 1904. the Uncanoonuc In-
cline Railway, a development company of Man-
chester, w'as incorporated and the money raised
for the construction of the road which was com-
pleted under his superintendence in the summer of
1907, and opened to the public June 8, of that year.
This road cost one hundred thousand dollars and
was financed wholly by Mr. George. It is now
owned by the most prominent men in the state of
New York. Its completion has resulted in the
opening of a beautiful deer park, and a hotel at
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floors command a magnificent unobstructed view
into four states as far as the eye can reach. It
offers special attractions to pleasure seekers and
lovers of natural beauties. In making Manchester
an attractive place and promoting its growth, Mr.
George has been a potent factor. He is careful in
the preparation and successful in the execution of
all his undertakings. As a citizen he is broad-
minded, and interested in seeing the public enjoy
the utilities and conveniences of the latest character,
and to this end directs his energies. He is a cheer-
ful and entertaining companion, and his manners
are courteous and pleasing. In politics he is a
stanch adherent to the principles of the Democratic
party, and has taken a prominent part in its cam-
paigns. He opened the state campaign in a telling
speech at Ossipee, in 1888, and made many speeches
in the following sixty days, during which the issues
were discussed in the various parts of the state.
Mr. George opened the state campaign at Ports-
mouth, in 1900, and has been an active and promi-
nent speaker on the issues of the state for the past
fifteen years. He was made a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1S90, in Sun-
cook Lodge, Pittsfield, and since that time has be-
come a member of Pittsfield Encampment of Man-
chester, in 1907, and of General Stark Canton. He
is also a member of the Granite State Club. He
married, July 20, 1904, May F. Dolan, born in Con-
cord, New Hampshire.

(IV) Timothy, second son and third child of
James (3) and Susannah (French) George, was
born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, afterward known
as Newton, New Hampshire, in 1729. He removed
to Weare, and settled on Barnard Hill in 1775 or
1776- He was a farmer in comfortable circum-
stances, a patriot in the time of the Revolution, and
a man in whom his fellow citizens had the utmost

-confidence. He served in the "Reduction of Can-
ada" in 1759-60, and at Fort William Henry in 1760.
He is found on record as a member of Captain
Daniel Hill's company with Lieutenant Clement in
charge of company. Colonel Johnson's regiment,
April 19, 1775, at the Lexington alarm, and served
five days at that time. He signed the "Association
Test" in June, 1776, and was a member of the com-
mittee of safety in 1777. His name is on the list of
those who paid taxes from 1788 to 1793. inclusive,
and is again on the list in 1810. His sheep and
cattle mark as recorded by the town clerk was a
"Swallow Taile in the right ear, and a Croop off
the left ear." His name is found on the records
as a member of the Congregational Church in 1805.
He married Hannah Hoyt, born in Amesbury, West
Parish, February 20, 1737, daughter of Reuben and
Hannah (Beorter) Hoyt, and they had children-
Moses, see forward; Timothy, Nathan, Rhoda,
Susan and Miriam. He died in Weare, December
20, • 180S.

(V) Moses George,, eldest child of Timothy
(4) and Hannah (Hoyt) George, was born in New-
town or Newton, New Hampshire, in 1762, died
August 14, 1S31. He settled on Lot 5 of Range 2.
He was one of the petitioners in 7786 for a parish
in the east part of the town of Weare. His name
IS on the list of those \\*ho paid taxes from 1788 to
1/93. inclusive; also on the list of 1810 and 1820.
He was a member of the Congregational Church
He married, 178S, Lydia Emersion, who dted Jiilv
4, 1854, daughter of Deacon James and Lvdia
(Hoyt) Emerson, of Weare. They had children-
James, born May, 1789, died July, 1796; Lvdia E

born August, 1791, died November 12, 1832; Betsey
L., born September 10, 1794, died August 29, 1877;
Kelephe, died young; Hannah, born September
iboo died December 24, 1824; Relephe, born No-
vember 13 1803, died May 13, 1885; and Moses E.

(VI) Moses Emerson, youngest child of Moses
(5) and Lydia (Emerson) George, was born in
Weare^, February 5, 1S07, died in Manchester, June
10 1661. He was educated in the common schools,
and was a farmer and lumberer until 1S55 He
settled m -Manchester, March 20, i8s5, then a small
place, and for a number of vears was engaged in
carpentering. Later ho removed to Lebanon,
Maine, returning to Manchester in 1858, and con-
tinued to reside there until his death. He filled
many important offices, among which were those of
overseer of the poor and clerk of the board for
many years. He was an active member of the
Freewill Baptist Church, served as clerk, and was
recognized as a very conscientious person. When
the slavery question began to be agitated he joined
the ranks of the abolitionists, and was one of the
first four men who voted the anti-slaverv ticket
m Weare. He was also among the first resi-
dents of Weare to omit the serving of liquor
at the annual sheep washing and shearing
and was strictly a total abstainer himself. He maF-
ned (first) Betsey Harriman, born in Boscawen
December 11. 1813, died in Jilanchester, New Hamp-
shire, August 30, 1866, daugliter of Rev. David Jr
and Lucy (Eaton) Harriman, of Weare. He mar-
ried (second) Mary E. Tasker, of Strafford, born
January 10, 1825, residing at the present time in
Manchester. New Hampshire. His children, all by
the first wife, were: Hannah, born June 18 18^?
married Rev. Frederick Moulton, died July 28
1901 ; Elizabeth H., born October 14, 1835, married
Andrew J. Locke, of Deering; Arvilla C, born
.•\pril 21, 1839. married Benjamin P. Brooks, of
Hancock; Jasper Pillsbury and Hiram Miller, see
forward. '

(VII) Jasper Pillsbury, fourth child of Moses
Emerson 6) and Betsey (Harriman) George, was
born m W eare, October 10, 1843, and at the age of
twelve years went with his father to Manchester
He w-as educated in the public schools of Weare
aiid Manchester, and Lebanon, Maine, Academy
He enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Wisconsin Vol-
unteer Infantry, December 28. 1863, and shared the
fortunes of tliat organization until his discharge
July 16, 1865. He campaigned with General Sher-
man m Georgia, and the Carolinas, taking part in
the battles of the celebrated march to the sea and
was a participant in the grand review in Washing-
ton, District of Columbia, May 24, 1865. During
his service he was detailed as clerk in the quarter-
master s department at headquarters of the Fourth
and afterward at the Third Division, Seventeenth
Army Corps. At the conclusion of the war he be-
came a clerk for Robert Gilchrist, in a crockery
store in Manchester, where he remained for a pe-
riod of eight years. He opened a store for him-
self m the same line, in 1876, carrying it on until
it>79, when tailing health compelled him to seek
some other occupation. He settled in Bedford in
ibb3, where he was engaged in farming, makin'^ a
specialty of raising small fruits. In politics he" is
an Independent Republican, and he is a strict ad-
herent to the cause of temperance. He represented
the fourth ward of Manchester in 1872 in the lower
house of the state legislature. While residing i„
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and member of Ihe school board for six years. A
public library was instituted in 1893, ^"d he served
as librarian of this during his residence in the town,
being also a member of the board of trustees of the
institution. He united- with the First Congrega-
tional Church in Manchester, in 1870, and served
for several years as treasurer. Upon removing to
Bedford he united with the Presbyterian Church
of that town, and was elected to the offices of
clerk and treasurer, also lo that of deacon, in which
capacity he served until March. 1S95. He then
united with the Congregational Church in West
Manchester, where he was elected deacon and served
as such until his return to Manchester in 1898. He
then again united with the First Congregational
Church, was elected one of its deacons and after-
ward its clerk, an office he is filling at the present
time, having also been honored with the title of
deacon emeritus. He is connected with the follow-
ing fraternal organizations : Member of Washing-
ton Lodge, No. 61, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons ; member of Wildey Lodge, No. 45, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a past grand of
this order ; member of Amoskeag Lodge, No. i.
Ancient Order of United Workmen of Manchester.
He married, in Manchester, September 5, 1867,
Emily A. Brigham, born in Manchester, May 23,
1842. daughter of James A. and Mary (Wheeler)
Brigham, and they have one child : Milton Brigham.
(Vni) Milton Brigham, only child of Jasper
Pillsbury (7) and Emily A. (Brigham) George,
was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, August
7, 1874, and was educated in the public schools of
Manchester and Bedford. He is a carpenter and
resides in Manchester. He is a member of Wash-
ington Lodge, No. 61, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, and the First New Hampshire Battery,
New Hampshire National Guard. He married, in
Bedford. October 12, 1897, Emma L. Turney, born
in Easton, Connecticut, February 25, 1879, daughter
of James B. and Harriet (Sherwood) Turney, and
they have children : Walter Brigham, born Feb-
ruary 12. 1899; Jasper Turney, March 8, 1901 ;
Howard Wakeman. January 26, 1907.

(VH) Hiram Miller, youngest child of Moses
Emerson (6) and Betsey (Harriman) George, was
born in Weare, October 18, 1845. His education
was acquired in the public schools of Manchester,
Lebanon, Maine, Academy, and at Dartmouth Col-
lege.^ He is master of the Roger Wolcott school
district of Boston, with which he has been con-
nected for the past twenty-five years. He has eight-
een hundred scholars, and forty teachers under his
charge at present. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity. He married, in Chatham, Massachu-
setts. November 26, 1873, Nina M. Atwood, of that
town. They have children: i. Ernest A., born
October 9, 1S74; he married Charlotte Liscomb,
and has one child : Amy Marian, born July 23,
1896. 2. Arthur Adams, born June 22, 1876; mar-
ried Janet Browne, has children : Donald B., born
r)ecember 8, 1899: Dorothy, born July 12, 1901.
died February 16, 1903: Kenneth, born October 29,
1902; and Doris, born February, 1904. 3. Nina M.,
born December 28, 1879, married Erwin O. Blair, of
Trinidad. Colorado; they now reside in Boston.
(Second Family.)
(I) Gideon George, from Yorkshire,
GEORGE England, with his wife and son Gid-
eon, sailed for Salem, Massachusetts,
about ifiSo. A son, John, was born during the

ocean voyage, and left a numerous progeny. His
descendants have been active and useful citizens.

(H) John George, second son and child of Gid-
eon George, was born upon the ocean about 1680.
He lived in Haverhill. Massachusetts, and his name
is found in the list of petitioners for a schoolhouse
in the northeastern part of Haverhill, in 1711. He
was drowned while attempting to cross the Merri-
mack river on the ice, February 27, 1715. He mar-
ried, about 1700, Ann Swaddock, who died Feb-
ruary 7, 1763. Their children were : John Swad-
dock, William, Augustin, Elizabeth and Gideon.

(HI) Gideon (2), fourth son and youngest child
of John and Ann (Swaddock) George, was born
in Haverhill, May 27, 1712, and lived in Haverhill
and Bradford, Massachusetts. He married, April
14. 1737. Elizabeth Jewett, born in Rowley, June 18,
1-tS, daughter of Deacon Daniel and Elizabeth
(Hopkinson) Jewett.

(IV) William, son of Gideon (2) and Elizabeth
(Jewett) George, was born in Bradford, November
1^. '^Ti7, and died in Plymouth, New Hampshire,
January 12, 1S20. After his marriage he lived in
Haverhill about four years and then removed to
Hampstead, New Hampshire. From thence he re-
moved to Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1777. In M
the midst of a large and fertile farm he built a ^.
log house, and as he prospered afterward built a
frame house. He was a selectman for four years.

and December 21,' 1784, was appointed a coroner for
Grafton county, an office he resigned December 13,
1792. From the date of this appointment he was
styled William George, Esq., but he was not a jus-
tice of the peace. He was a prosperous farmer and
a respected citizen. He married (first). May 26,
1763, Ruth Hastings, born in Haverhill, Massachu-
setts. August 8, 1742, died June i, 1809, daughter of
Robert, Jr., and Ruth (Sanders) Hastings. He
married (second), February 19, 1811, Abigail Dear-
born, daughter of Benjamin Dearborn. She had
previously been married to Peter Hobart, Thomas
McCulner and Rev. Samuel Currier. She survived
her husband and died April 8, 1839. William
George had eight children, all by his first wife:

Robert, see forward; William . King, Ruth,

Moses, Leonard and Betsey.

(V) Robert, son of William and Ruth (Hast-
ings) George, was born in Hampstead, January 5,
1768. He was a farmer in Plymouth, and built a
house in South Plymouth, where he probably re-
sided. He died by accident in 1S34; while crossing
a brook upon a log he fell and was drowned. He
married, May 5, 1793, Sarah Dearborn, born April
21. 1774, daughter of Samuel and Sarah CClough)
Dearborn. She died January 18, 1851. They were
the parents of children: Gideon, Leonard. Clarissa,
Samuel Dearborn, Hiram, Malvina. Moor Russell,
Mary Ann, see forward ; and Ruth.

(VI) Mary Ann, eighth child and third daugh-
ter of Robert and Sarah (Dearborn) George, was
liorn in Plymouth, November 12, 1812, died in Con-
cord, September 4. 1877. She married Jeremiah
Merrill fsce Merrill. VII).

The name Craig. Craiga, Craigie or
CR.MG Craigus is of .Scotch origin, probably

derived directly from the natural ob-
icct, Crag. There are several early immigrants
bearing this patronymic. William Craig, of Vir-
ginia, came from the North of Ireland in 1721.
The name of Elder Thomas Craig appears on the
rolls of the Synod of Philadelphia in 1731. James

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Craig was in Allen township, Pennsylvania, in
1742. The first New Hampsliire settler of this
name was Alexander Craige, who came from Ire-
land, February 27, 1724-25, in the Scotch-Irish
emigration and settled in Chester. All of these
early immigrants were evidently staunch Presby-
terians. The name has been borne by many men
of talent. Among the American Craigs of note
at the present time are Professor James A. Craig,
lecturer and author, and professor of Semitic
lan.nnages at the University of Michigan ; Oscar
John Craig, president of the University of Montana;
Captain Joseph Edgar Craig, United States Navy ;
and Thomas Bigelow Craig, the artist.

(I) Robert Craig lived in Hebron, New York,
before the Revolution. When a young man he
came there as a pioneer and cleared a farm of four
hundred acres and built a house. He was a man
of prominence, and held the tow'n offices. He
served in the militia and during the Revolution
w-as called to Platt'^burg, New York, but did not
see active service. He was an active supporter of
the Presbyterian Church. He married Elizabeth

. There were two children : James,

whose sketch follows ; and Elizabeth, who mar-
ried White, and lives in Hebron, New

York.

(II) James, only .son of Robert and Elizabeth
Craig, was born in Hebron, New York, in 1824.
He attended the common schools of his native
town, and carried on his father's place, following
agriculture all his life. He conducted a dairy farm
of two hundred acres. He was a Democrat in poli-
tics, and held office of supervisor, which is the prin-
cipal one in that section. Pie was a member of the
Presbyterian Church. He married Elizabeth White,
daughter of Robert White. She was born in Hebron.
Their children were : Robert Henry, now on the
place in Hebron, and James Alexander, whose sketch
follows. James Craig died in Hebron in 1896.

(Iin James .-Mexandcr. younger of the two sons
of James and Elizabeth (White) Craig, was born
March 19, 1847, in Hebron, New York. He attended
the common and high schools of Hebron, and studied
three years at Fort Edward Collegiate Institution,
where he fitted for the University of Vermont. He
was graduated there in 1883, and then took a course
at the Bellevue Hospital (and school). New York
City, where he remained two years. He then re-
turned to the University of Vermont and took a
special course in medicine. As soon as he had fin-
ished his studies he came to Westmoreland, New
Hampshire, and established himself as a physician.
He enjoys a large general practice both at home and
in the neighboring towns of Chesterfield and Wal-
pnle. He belongs to the New Hampshire, Cheshire
County and American Medical associations. He is a
rnember of Great Meadow Grange, No. 138, was
Its master five years, and has been its treasurer since
1902, and has also been district and general deputy.
He was a member of the school board for nine years,
and was on the board of health for a long time. Dr.
Craig has been twice married. In lSS6 he married
Emma Dixon, daughter of Henry Dixon, of .Arg\-le,
New York. They had two children : Meda T., born
August 15, 1888, is a graduate of the Goddard Semi-
nary in Vermont, and Lyle L., horn February 26,
1802, goes to school in Westmoreland. Mrs. Emma
(Dixon) Craig died in 1806. In 1000 Dr. Craig
married Jennie S. Bill, daughter of Willard Bill (2),
of Westmoreland, New Hampshire. They have no
children. Her father has been selectman, county

treasurer, representative and for many years has
been one of Westmoreland's most prominent citi-
zens.

This is one of the Scotch-Irish names
SIMPSON which has been identified with New

Hampshire from a very early Col-
onial period and was active and prominent in the
development of northern Ireland a century be-
fore its transplantation to the Western Continent.
The patronymic is derived from Simeon or Simon,
by which names at least sixteen different personages-
are mentioned in the Scriptures. This name was
conspicuous in the settlement of Londonderry, New
Hampshire, and is found in other sections of the
state. It early appears in that part of ancient Ports-
mouth, which is now Greenland, and representatives
of the family removed from there at an early date
to Windham, New Hampshire.

(I) Joseph Simpson probably came from Green-
land, and settled in Pembroke. He signed the as-
sociation test in 1776. His name is mentioned in
the town records of 1789 when he received an al-
lowance for "a counterfeit dollar;'' and in 1791 when
he and three others were allowed their choice in the
division of the parish into school districts to have
their money or "belong to the Hill Quarter still."
His wife's name was Agnes. They had fifteen chil-
dren : John, Anna, David, Robert, Samuel, Joseph,
James, Jonathan, Mary, Samuel, Calvin, Charles,
Esther, Jennie and Peggy.

(II) Mary, ninth child and second daughter of
Joseph and Agnes Simpson, was born in 1763, and
died July 11, 1841, aged seventy-eight. She married
David Simpson.

(I) David Simpson, of Greenland, settled in
Pembroke before marriage, and died there. He mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Joseph and Agnes Simpson,
born in 1763 (see Simpson, II), and they had chil-
dren : Samuel, Rhoda, Calvin and Charles.

(II) Calvin, third child and second son of David
and JNIary (Simpson) Simpson, was born in 1802,
and died in Pembroke, September 29, 1841. He was
a farmer in Pembroke. His wife, who was a iSIiss
Lord, died September 29, 1841. They had one child,
Henry Thorndyke, whose sketch next follows.

(III) Henry Thorndyke, only child of Calvin
Simpson, was born in Pembroke, July i, 1824, and
died March 7, 1898, aged seventy-four. He resided
on the site of the old Bartlett tavern in Pembroke,
and owned a large and well cultivated farm sur-
rounding it. When a young man he learned the art
of making brick, and afterwards became a very
prominent brick manufacturer. In connection w'ith
his farming and brick making he also carried on mer-
chandising. Subsequently he became the proprietor
of a store in Suncook, which he carried on alone
until 1886, when he accepted George E. ]\Iiller as a
partner, and the business thereafter, during Mr.
Simpson's life, was run under the name of Simp-
son, Miller & Company. After Mr. Simpson's death
his son, Frank H., succeeded to his interests in the
business, which he conducted under the same name
as formerly. Mr. Simpson was a man who suc-
ceeded in all his undertakings, and was popular and
influential in the community of his residence. His
store is the largest and best in Suncook ; his house,
made from brick of his own manufacture, is hand-
some and commodious. In politics he was a Repub-
lican, and as such was elected selectman and repre-
sentative, and he rendered efficient service to his-
constituency. He was deeply interested in the sue-

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cess of Pembroke Academy, and was for many years
a trustee of that worthy institution. In religious
faith he was a Congregationalist, and was ever ready
to help his church when called upon. He married,
November 20, 1850, Eudoxcia M. Colby, w4io was
born in Denmark, ?^Iaine, June 30, 1830, and died in
Pembroke, January 7, 187S. He married (second).
May 14, 1879, Ann Sarah Judkins, of Manchester,
who was born November 24, 1839, daughter of
George .and Caroline (Rogers) Judkins. The names
of the children by the first wife are : George Norris,
Walter Colby, Henry Edgar, Nettie Louise, Lizzie
Frances, Clara Ada, Frank Henry, Freddie, and
Edith ;\Iaria ; and by his second wife : Florence
Augusta, and an infant unnamed. George Norris,
born November 30, 1851, married, November, 1S81,
Josephine Simonds, of Concord, and resides in Sun-
cook. Walter Colby, October 24, 1S54, died unmar-
ried, September 28, 18S2. Henry Edgar, died young.
Nellie Louise, November 11, 1859, married, Novem-
ber, 1878, George E. Miller, of Pembroke, and died
in 1894 (See Miller, VI). Lizzie Frances. April
15, 1864, married, November 5, 1884. Dr. F. H. Wal-
lace. She is now a teacher of music, and resides at
the old homestead. She has two children : Clare
Wallace, born in Boston, August 9, 1887 ; and Elno
C. \Vanace. Boston, July 18, 1890. Clara A., June 17,
1865, married Edward Strand, of Pembroke. Frank
Henry, November 28, 1868, is a member of the firm
of Simpson, jNIiller & Company. Freddie, died
young. Edith Maria, August 9, 1874, married H. P.
Cofran, of Pembroke. Florelice Augusta, May 4,
1880, died September 14, 1S81.

The colonists of New England.
DUDLEY though very democratic in the admin-
istration of their affairs, both civil
and ecclesiastical, had many persons of gentle birth
among them whose worth was always highly ap-
preciated. Governor Thomas Dudley, whose de-
scendants are now numerous — many of them being
prominent, was one of the upper class. Captain
Roger Dudley who flourished in the time of Robert
Dudley, Queen Elizabeth's famous Earl of Leicester,
appears to have been one of the soldiers sent over
by the Queen to aid Henry of Navarre to establish
his throne, and it further appears that Captain Roger
fell in the famous battle of Ivry which Macaulay
describes so vividly in his famous poem. The Dud-
leys of Dudley Castle were ever inclined to be a
military race. Captain Roger Dudley doubtless be-
longed to that branch of the family. Not many of
his name figure among the early dissenters of Queen
Elizabeth's time, but Thomas Dudley, his only son,
whose mother was probably of a religious family,
tecame a noted Puritan.

( I ) Governor Thomas, only son of Captain Rog-
er Dudley, w-as born in the vicinity of Northampton,
England, in 1576. He came to New England in 1630,
and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was a
man of great force of character and ability, and was
deputy governor and later governor of Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony. He died at his home in Rox-
liury. July 31, 1653. He married (first) Dorothy
Yorke, who was buried at Roxbury, December 27.
1643, aged sixty-one years; (second) April 14, 1644.
Mrs. Catherine Hackburn, of Roxbury, widow of
Samuel Hackburn, of Roxbury, and daughter of a

Mr. Dighton; and (third) . By his first wife

he had five children ; by his second, three, and by
Iiis third three.

(II) Rev. Samuel, eldest child of Governor

Thomas and Dorothy (Yorke) Dudley, was born in
England about 1610. He became pastor of the church
in Exeter. New Hampshire in 1650, and resided
there till his death, February 10, 1683. He married
(first) Mary Winthrop, daughter of Governor John
Winthrop, about 1632, and by her had five children.
She died April 16, 1643, at Salisbury, Massachusetts,
and he married, in 1643. Mary Byley, of Salisbury,
who also bore him five children. His third wife,
Elizabeth, (surname unknown) bore him eight chil-
dren.

(III) Stephen, twelfth child of Rev. Samuel Dud-
ley, and second child of his third wife Elizabeth,
was born in Exeter, and was a lifelong resident of
that place, where he died in 1734. His first wife was
Sarah Gilman, daughter of Hon. John Gilman, to
whom he was married December 24, 1684. His sec-
ond wife was Mary Thing, and the third Mercy
Gilman. He had eleven children. (An account of
one of these, James, and descendants will be found
in this article).

(IV) Stephen (2), second child of Stephen (l)
and Sarah (Gilman) Dudley, was born March 10,
1688, in Exeter, and died in that town in 1734. Tra-
dition says that he was a speculator in lands which he
purchased from Indians and sold to Boston mer-
chants, receiving barter which he again traded to
the Indians. He was town major and colonel of
Freetown, a part of Exeter, and wore a scarlet coat,
laced jacket, large wig and ruflled shirt. He was of-
ten called Gaffer, a rustic name for master, lord or
gentleman. He was married in July. 1708, to Sarah
Davison (or Davidson), of Newbury, who was
born 1682. daughter of Daniel Davidson, of Ipswich,
Massachusetts, and they had five children. (Ste-
phen, the third, is mentioned, with descendants, in a
later paragraph.)

(V) Samuel Paul, eldest child of Stephen (2)
and Sarah (Davidson) Dudley, was born in Exeter,
in 1721, and died in .\ndover, January 9, 1789. He
married Jane Hubbard, who died at Andover. July
17, 1814, in the ninetieth year of her age. Their
children were: Jeremy. Hubbard, Jacob and Ste-
phen. (Hubbard and descendants receive mention
in this article).

(VI) Jacob, third son and child of Samuel (2)
and Jane (Hubbard) Dudley, was born in Hawke,
now Danville, in 1756, died in Andover, October 15.
1851. He was a lifelong farmer. He was married
January 17. 1779, by Rev. J. Babcock, to Mehitable
Scrihncr, of Andover, wdio died at Hanover, April
6, 1858, aged eighty-nine years. They removed
from Andover to Hanover in 1815. They had
seven sons and three daughters, all born in .Andover.
as follows: Sarah C, Polly or Mary, Betsey H.,
Jacob, Jonathan, Abner True, David P., Nathan
W., Amos P. and Jason.

(VII) Jonathan, fifth child and second son of
Jacob and Mehitable (Scribner) Dudley, was born in
Andover, February 18, 1800, and died February 28,
1872. He was a farmer and resided at Hanover.
He was active in politics, was a Democrat, and held
many town offices. He married (first), October
20. 1824, Delight Snow, of Hanover, who died No-
vember 20, 1827. He married (second) January
26. 1829, Minerva Armstrong, of Norwich. Vermont,
daughter of William Armstrong, who died in 1842.
She died August 30, 1904. By his second wife
be had ten children. Allen Samuel, Byron Jacob,
William Henry (died young). Jason (died young).
Jason H.. .Albert, Minerva Delight, Sarah. Fred
W. and Charles (died young).

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(VIII) Jason Henry, sixth child and fifth son of
Jonathan and Minerva (Armstrong) Dudley, was
born in Hanover. November 24, 1842. He attended
the public schools of Hanover and the education he
acquired there was supplemented by private tutors.
In 1858, he entered Chandler Scientific School, and a
year later matriculated at Dartmouth College, from
which he graduated in class of 1862. In the fall of
1861 he taught a select school at Cornish Flats. Af-
ter graduation he became principal of Colebrook
Academy, which at that time was not in a prosper-
ous condition. - Into the work of developing this
institution to a more flourishing condition he gave
his best energies, and by faithful and enthusiastic
labor increased the number of pupils from forty to
nearly one hundred. While principal of the academy
he began the studv of law under the supervision of
the Hon. William" S. Ladd. In the fall of 1865 he
went to Danville, Vermont, and had charge of Phil-
lip's Academv for a vear, continuing his legal studies
with Hon. Bliss N.' Davis. In the fall of 1866 he
conducted the academy at West Randolph, Vermont,
pursuing the study of law -while there with
Hon. Edmund Weston. He was admitted to
the bar at Chelsea, Vermont, in December, 1867,
and then returned to Colebrook, where he associated
himself in the practice of law with James I. Par-
sons, the two forming the firm of Dudley & Parsons
and taking the business of Judge Ladd who had re-
moved to Lancaster. This partnership continued
two years and then Mr. Parsons disposed of his in-
terest to Mr. Dudley, who has since practiced alone
with the exception of four years from April, 1878,
to May, 1S82, when he and D. C. Remich were as-
sociated under the style of Dudley & Remich.

Natural ability, hard study, a generous but vig-
orous and efficient action have enabled Mr. Dudley
to become not only a leading lawyer of Coos county,
but a representative tnan of his profession in the
state of New Hampshire. While he is an able
lawyer and fights his cases with a vigor which com-
mands all respect and taxes the energy of his op-
ponents, he is far from being one who encourages
anj-thing that stnacks of unnecessary litigation. In
fact he is a peace maker instead of a promoter of
strife. He is interested in all of those movements
which tend to a broader plane of citizenship, and
is always willing to bear his just proportion
in all public movements. In politics he is a
Democrat, and has been honored by his party with
the election to various offices of trust and responsi-
bility, and in the discharge of the duties of his posi-
tion has given unstinted use of his fine intellectual
powers, and to-day stands as an honored representa-
tive of his party and of his fellow citizens of Cole-
brook and Coos county. It has been written of
him, "Mr. Dudley is square, genial, approachable,
faithful to his friends, one who has made the best
of his opportunities and a man of sagacity in af-
fairs, and a wise judge of character." These qual-
ities he has combined with well directed industry.
He has taken a prominent position in public affairs
on his merits, and he has maintained himself in
prominent positions in northern New Hampshire,
and more recently in the general concerns of the
state, by proving himself a man who is always true
to the trust confided to him, and he is all this with-
out ever losing a friend by any false word or un-
fair act. These qualities have made him conspicu-
ous and popular in social, political, business and pro-
fessional circles. He is capable of graceful and ap-
propriate expression in prose and verse, on occa-

sions where these qualities are in demand. His ef-
forts in verse are often commended ; at the same
time in serious argument he is skilful in marshalling
facts, and forcible and effective in their presenta-
tion before any tribunal. He was superintendent of
schools at Colebrook for several years ; was elected
county solicitor in 1S78 and re-elected in 1880-82-
84-86, holding this important office longer than any
other man^ in the state under the elective system.
In 1890 his efifective services in the lower house
and in other positions led to his nomination as sen-
ator from the first district, wdiich was followed by
his election to that office by a handsome majority.
.Although a member of the minority party he was
made chairmaiT of the committee on the revision of
laws and discharged his duties in that position with
credit. As an exponent of the principles of his party
he is zealous, energetic and fearless, and stands in
the front rank of the active workers of the Demo-
cracy in the northern district. He was one of the
trustees of the State Normal School at Plymouth,
and was appointed to the board of trustees' of the
New Hampshire Agricultural College and after serv-
ing one year, believing that he could not afford the
time to discharge the duties of the position, he re-
signed. In i88g he represented Colebrook in the
legislature, and took a conspicuous and leading part
in the debates in that body, and was a member of
the constitutional convention of 1903, at Concord,
New Hampshire. He is a member of the Grafton
and Coos Bar .Associations and of the Dartmouth
Alumni .Association. He is a member of Excelsior
Lodge, No. 73, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and of Colebrook Lodge. No. 38, Knights of
Pythias, of Colebrook. Jason H. Dudley was
married September 22, 1869, at Randolph. Ver-
mont, to Lucy A. Bradford, of Vergennes, Vermont,
a descendant in the eighth generation from Governor
William Bradford, of Plymouth colony. She is the
daughter of Dr. Austin and .Aurelia (Bissell) Brad-
ford, of Vergennes, and was born .April 6, 1843.
Two children have been born to them : .Allen B..
June 18. 1871, and William H., .April 13. 1873, who'
died July 2, 1876. .Allen Bradford married '.Alice
Drew, of Colebrook, who was born December i.
1867. daughter of Edwin W. Drew, and died at the
age of twenty-seven, leaving two children : William
.Allen and Bessie Mildred.

(VI) Hubbard, second son of Samuel Paul and
Jan.e (Hubbard) Dudley, born February 18. 1764,
in Hawk, now Danville. New Hampshire, was mar-
ried January 8, 1789, to Sarah Ingalls. ' They had
seven children, and moved to Dunham, Lower Can-
ada, in 1816, and he died there December 13, 1841.

(VII) Peter, son of Hubbard and Sarah (In-
galls) Dudley, was born .August 22. i8ot. in Bridge-
water (or Bristol), New Hampshire. He was a
pioneer stage man of the state and operated lines
from Hanover to Boston and other points in this
state for many years before the advent of the rail-
road. He moved in 1838 to Concord, where he re-
sided until his death in T871. He was well known
and respected throughout the state, was a trustee in
two or more banks, was connected with the South
Congregational Church and always identified with
those things that make for the betterment of the
town. He was married in 1832 to Elizabeth Bassett
of Derry, New Hampshire, a descendant in the
fourth generation of Rev. James McGregor, first set-
tled minister at Londonderry. They were the par-
ents of three children. .Ann Elizabeth, the eldest,
became the wife of J. Warren George, and resided

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Thomas Hubbard, the
succeeding paragraph.

in Lawrence. ^Massachusetts.

second, is the subject of the

Helen Miranda Walker resides in Concord.

(VHI) Thomas Hubbard, only son of Peter and
Elizabeth (Bassett) Dudley, was born June 19, 1836,
in Derry, and was educated in the public schools and
the academies at Pembroke and Hopkinton, New
Hampshire. When the Civil war broke out the Dud-
ley military spirit showed itself and he enlisted,
November 29, 1861, in Company I, Sixth New
Hampshire Infantry. He received the rank of lieu-
tenant, and was 'with General Burnside at Cape Hat-
teras. where he contracted disease which resulted in
his discharge. Returning to his hime in Concord, he
died in March, 1S63, in the twenty-seventh year of
his age. He married Antoinette Gordon, daughter of
John Gordon, of Concord. They had two children,
namely: Elizabeth, who is the wife of Hon. Harry
G. Sargent, of Concord (see Sargent, VHI), and
Harry Hubbard, mentioned below.

(IX) Harry Hubbard, only son of Thomas Hub-
bard and Antoinette (Gordon) Dudley, was born
June It. 1859, in Concord, and graduated from the
high school of that city in the class of 1878. For a
year subsequently he received private instruction
"from Professor Amos Hadley. He began his busi-
ness career as clerk in the freight office of the Con-
cord Railroad, and was afterward for four years a
clerk .in the First National Bank of Concord, from
which bank he went to the banking house of E. H.
Rollins & Sons Company, of which he was treasurer,
with an interest in the business. He accompanied
this concern upon the removal of its offices to Bos-
ton in 1893, ''"d served as one of its directors until
January, 1906, when he resigned. In the year 1894,
' at the personal solicitation of the president of the
Mechanics' National Bank, he returned to Concord
to take the position of cashier of that bank, which he
still holds (1906). He is a man of excellent finan-
cial a')ility and has a lar.ge influence in the monetary
circles and financial institutions of New Hampshire,
being a director and treasurer, respectively, of the
New" Hampshire Spinning Mills. Home Realty Com-
pany and Beccher Falls Company. He was for many
years a vestryman of St. Paul's parish of Concord,
of which he is now treasurer, is treasurer and_ a
member of the board of managers of Diocesan Mis-
sions, and warden of St. Andrew's Church, Hopkin-
ton, where he has a summer home. In civic af-
fairs he has ahvays taken a deep interest, has been
a member of the board of aldermen of Concord,
was a member of the New Hampshire house of rep-
resentatives one term,, and in 1904-05 was senator
from the tenth district. During Governor Rollins'
administration Mr. Dudley was. by nomination of
the governor, elected by the legislature as commis-
sary general upon the gubernatorial staff. Mr. Dud-
ley is of social disposition, fond of the society of
good men, and naturally is a member of many so-
cial organizations, including the Wonolancet and
Snowshoe clubs of Concord and the New Hamp-
shire Clul) of Boston. He inherits from father and
grandfather a love of fine horses, and is the posses-
sor of some excellent specimens of this noble friend
of man. Tie i's president of the Concord Driving
Club, which encourages road driving, among horse-
men of Concord and vicinity. He is a charter mem-
ber and was president of the Wonolancet Club at the
time of the erection of its present handsome home.

Mr. Dudley was married October 30, 18S3. to
Anne Minot. daughter of Charles and Sarah (Tilton)
Minot. the former of the well known banking house

of Minot & Company of Concord. Mrs. Dudley is
an active and influential member of church and social
circles and a member of the Colonial Dames. She
is the mother of three children, namely: Dorothea
]Minot. Charles Hubbard and Thomas Minot Dudley.
Dorothea Minot Dudley, died December, 1902, nearly
fourteen years of age.

(IV) James, ^on of Stephen and Sarah (Gil-
man) Dudley, of the fourth generation from Gover-
nor Thomas Dudley, of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
was born June it. 1690. at Exeter, New Hamp-
shire, and died in the same town September 4, 1746.
He married Mercy Folsoni, who was born about
1691, at Exeter and they had eight children.

(V) Samuel, son of James and Mercy (Folsom)
Dudley, was born at Exeter in 1720. He married
(first) Mrs. Ladd. (second) Mrs. Sleeper, and
(third) ;Mrs. Clark and was the father of ten chil-
dren.

(VI) Micajah, son of Samuel Dudley, was born
November 27. 1751, at Brentwood, and died May,
1798, at Durham, Maine. He was approved Septem-
b'?'' 3, 1795. as a minister of the Society of Friends,
and continued in the Society in that relation during
his life, and some of his descendants have followed
after his example and have been more distinguished
as teachers than he, and are honored members of
the sect in different states and countries. It is
thought that in early life he was a Baptist, but was
led to change his belief by David Sands and Aaron
Lancaster, noted members of the Friends' Society.
Friend C. W. Webber remembers when he lived in
Durham, on the south east tier of lots, nearly oppo- .
site his house. There are some remains of the old '
cellar yet to be seen, and flow-ers still bloom there,
and in his pasture is a fountain called the Dudley
Spring. Micaiah's children were all Friends except
Lydia and William. He married Susannah Forster,
born March 16. 1751, at Attleboro. Massachusetts,
died in China, Maine, January 8, 1838, daughter of
Timothy and Sybella (Freeman) Forster. They
had eleven children.

(VII) John, son of Micajah and Susannah (Fors-
ter) Dudley, was bom in Winthrop, Maine, No-
vember 5. 1775, and died in China. Maine, October
27, 1847, and was buried in the Friends' cemetery
at China. He was a bright and intelligent man. He
married Eunice Winslow, and they had eight chil-
dren.

(VIII) Matthew Franklin, son of John and Eu-
nice (Winslow) Dudley, was born at Harlem, Maine,
September 9. 1813, and died at China in i86t. He
w-as a fanner and belonged to the body of Friends
at the head of which was Eli Mayo. He married
Patience A. Hutchins, and they had four children,
of whom only one, David F. Dudley, is living. The
children wee : Cynthia J., married Johr
R. Meder, of Durham, New^ Hampshire : Charles,
who died 1865. at Saco. IVIaine: Joseph, 1861, and
David Franklin.

(TX) Davi''. Franklin, fourth and youngest child
of Matthew F. and Patience A. (Hutchins) Dudley,
was born October 17. 1857. in China. Maine, and was
educated in the public schools and Pembroke Acad-
emy. After the death of the father, the support of
the family devolved upon the m.other. who succes-
sively lived in Berwick and Biddeford. Maine, and
Newmarket, this state, where she was employed in
llie cotton mills. The brave spirit of the mother
seems to have been inherited or imbibed by the
youngest child, who began to aid her at the age of
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at Newmarket, witli the exception of two summers
spent on a farm in Scarborough, Maine. During this
time he saved sufficient to maintain himself at school
a part of the time. While at work in the mills he
often found a few moments to devote to study, and
none of this time was ever squandered in the sports
usually enjoyed by youth of his age, but was faith-
fully employed in extending his range of knowledge.
He also studied at evening, and so contrived to keep
up with many others who enjoyed the adva_ntage of
instruction at school. After leaving the mill he
worked at shoemaking in Newmarket and in Hav-
■erhill, Massachusetts, which he followed during va-
cations and while a student at Pembroke Academy,
earnnig enough m this way to defray his expenses. Be-
fore entering Pembroke, he taught school in Ep-
som. New Hampshire, and immediately following his
graduation in 1879 he taught a year in Deerfield. He
then took up the study of law in the office of Leach
& Stevens, in Cqncord, and was admitted to the bar
in 1883. Since that time he has been continuously
engaged in practice at Concord .and has succeeded,
through habits of industry, combined with legal abil-
ity and a pleasing personality. It may be truly said
that Mr. Dudley carved out his own fortune, and his
example may be commended to any ambitious youth.
He is an active supporter of Republican principles,
and has been elected to various offices on the ticket
of his party. In 1SS5 he was a member of the com-
mon council of Concord, and in 1895-96 served in the
board of aldennen. In 1900 he was elected county
solicitor, and re-elected in 1902, and was elected a
delegate to the state constitutional convention in
1903. He is a member of Horace Chase Lodge,
No. ~2. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Con-
cord, and of Contoocook Lodge, No. 26, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Penacook, in which he has
filled the principal chairs. Since 18S7 he has been a
member of Ezekiel Webster Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry.

Mr. Dudley was married in 1S79 to Blanche L.
Fowler, born February 29, i860, a daughter of True
worthy L. and Catherine (Sargent) Fowler, of Pem-
broke (see Sargent, IX). She is active in various
church and social societies of Penacook. They have
bad four children, namely: Gale Dudley, born 18S0;
Trueworthy L., died when two years old ; True-
worthv L., born 1R88: Roy, 1890;' and Ethel May,
1892. ■

(V) Stephen, third child of Stephen and Sarah
(Davison or Davidson) Dudley, and of the fifth
generation in descent from Governor Thomas Dud-
ley, of Massachusetts Bay Colony, was born at Exe-
ter, October 14, 1724, and died at Gilmanton. New
Hampshire, August 22, 1811. He took part in the
French and Indian war, and in 1758 served in the
expedition against Crown Point. In 1763 he went
to Gilmanton and was one of the petitioners for the
first town meeting. He was one of the original
members and a deacon of the church founded
there. He was also selectman and one of the com-
mittee of safety. He married Hannah, daughter
of Benjamin Sanborn. She was born February 3,
1724. An account of their son, John, and descend-
ants forms part of this article).

(VI) Nicholas G., first child of Stephen and
Hannah (Sanborn) Dudley, was born 1746. in Exe-
ter, and died in Barnstead in t8i8. He bought a
large tract of land in Barnstead and Alton, and set-
tled upon it with his sons.

(VII) John, first child of Nicholas G. Dudley,
was born 1769, and died 1833, in Barnstead.

(VI) Lieutenant John, second son and child of
Deacon Stephen and Hanna (Sanborn) Dudley, was
born at Exeter, September 15. 1748. He removed
with his father to Gilmanton, and died October 2,

1837, aged eighty-seven. It is said that he assisted
in the construction of the first grist mill at Gilman-
ton, and, October 28, 1762, received cash for his
labor, £41, James Dudley being the builder of the
mill. John Dudley was a prominent citizen of
Gilmanton, and held many town offices. He and his
brothers, Daniel and Stephen, all signed the agree-
ment in 1776, to oppose the B;-itish fleets and annies,
and he served in the Revolutionary army, as the
muster rolls' of New Hampshire show. He married,
October 17, 1771, Olive Kimball,' of Exeter, daughter
of John Kimball. She was born July 12, 1746, and
died April 23, 1841, aged ninety-five years. They
had six children : Hannah, married John Dudley,
son of Major Nicholas Dudley, and located in Barn-
stead ; Sarah, John, Ann, Nathaniel and Mary Light.

(VII) Nathaniel, second son and fifth child of
John and Olive (Kimball) Dudley, was born April
3. 17S0, and died JMarch 24, 1870. aged eighty-nine.
He married, November 22. 1803. Mary Smith, daugh-
ter of William Smith, both of Gilmanton.

(VIII) William, second child of John Dudley was
born in Barnstead, .August 20, 1805. He was a farm-
er in Barnstead, and a member of the Congregational
Church at Gilmanton. New Hampshire. In politics
he was a Whig until the dissolution of that party and
then he followed the natural trend of opinion and
became a member of the Republican party. He died
December 10, 1889. He married Harriet Dudley,
born in Alton. New Hampshire, February 23, 181 1,
daughter of Oilman Dudley, son of Stephen, broth-
er of Major Nicholas G., so she was the second cous-
in to her husband. Their children were as follows :
T. John Henry, born February 5, 1834, married
Mary A. Flodgdon. January i, 1859, and settled in
.'Mton, New Hampshire, and in 1885 removed to Con-
cord where he still resides. 2. Mary Ellen, born
January 15, 1836, married. November 25, 1858. John
L. Piper, and located in Gilmanton. He served as
a sergeant in Company B, Tw^elfth New Hampshire
Regiment, United States Volunteers. After the close
of the war he removed to Barnstead, where he died
July, 1903. 3. Cbailes Van Buren, born J:uiuary 2,

1838, (see forward). 4. Ann Maria, born July 4,
1840, married, January i, 1861. Perley P. Prescott ;
she died in Farmington, New Hampshire. January,
1897: her husband still survives at this date (1907).
5. George 'Washington, born October 7, 1844, see
forward. 6. Harriet Adeline, born March I, 1851,
married Charles G. Thibets ; she died in Franklin,
New Hampshire, June, 1S85. 7. William, born
January, 1854.

(IX) Charles Van Buren, second son and third
child of William and Harriet (Dudley) Dudley,
born in Barnstead in 1838. was educated in the com-
mon schools. After attaining his majority he left
the farm and went to Concord where he obtained a
position in the New Hampshire Hospital for the In-
sane, where he spent twelve years between 1862 and
1874. After leaving that institution he was engaged
for a time in other lines of business until February,
1879. when he became superintendent of the Brook-
lyn hospital in Brooklyn, New 'York, which position
he filled twenty years, severing his connection with
it in June, 1899. Returning to his native state he
settled on the Fair View road, in Pittsfield, where
has a new house with modern improvements, beauti-
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field. Mr. Dudley is a gentlemen of culture, up-to-
date in his ideas, and is now living a quiet life in
close touch with nature, after years of useful service
in public positions. He married, May 8. 1865. Diana
P. Miller, born in Hartland, Vermont, May 8, 1841,
daughter of William and Diana (Palmer) Miller.
She died January 26, 1881. They had one son,
Charles Miller Dudley, born August. 1870. died Oc-
tober. 1870.

(IX) George Washington, son of William and
Harriet (Dudley) Dudley, was born at Barnstead,
October 7. 1844, and educated in his native town. He
came to Concord in 1870 and engaged in the pro-
vision business in which he continued twenty-five
years. He is a member of the Republican party, and
of the Pleasant Street Baptist Church, in Concord.
He married, March 2, 187,^, at Barnstead, Sarah Eliz-
abetli Locke, daughter of Enoch and Martha B.
Locke, and they have had three children : Fred
Wharton : Carolyn Augusta, born at Concord, June
2.S, 1876. educated in the schools of Concord and at
Vassar College, at present a teacher ; and Arthur
Dean, born at Concord, May 21, 1878, educated in
Concord and at Brown Lhiiversity, now in the em-
ploy of the Lfnited Gas Lnprovement Company, of
Philadelphia.

(X) Fred Wharton, elder son of George W. and
Sarah (Locke) Dudley, was born in Concord, Au-
gust 27, 1873. After completing his education in the
public schools, he took a place in his father's store
W'herc he remained until October, 1888, when he was
appointed agent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company of New York. After five years patient and
energetic work he was appointed. May, 190,3, super-
intendent and general agent of the Concord district
which includes the greater part of New Hampshire.
This position he continues to fill, and under his ad-
ministration the business of the company in this field
has steadily increased. He is a Mason, member of
Eureka Lodge, of Concord. He married, November,
1895, Sarah Clark, daughter of Charles W. and
Oara F. (Brown) Clark, of Concord.

This line comes of one of the pioneer
LOCKE families of New' Hampshire, which

still afTords many useful and worthy
citizens of the state. "They have been active in
clearing and setting the wilderness, and have borne
excellent reputations.

(I) John Locke was born in Yorkshire, Eng-
land, and served his time at the carpenter's trade.
He left England about 1630. came into New England
and settled at Dover. New Hampshire, and there had
a right of land. He left Dover and went to Ports-
mouth, and framed the first meeting house in that
town. In the year 1640 he went to Newcastle and
settled on land called Fort Point. About 1655 he
"squatted" on lands claimed by Hampton, where he
continued to reside until killed by Indians .August
26, i6g6, at the age of about seventy years. He had
incurred the enmity of the Indians by his activity
in frustrating their attempts to murder settlers, and
a party of eight made an excursion for the express
purpose of taking his life, after which they retired
without inflicting further damage. He had been
granted eight acres by Portsmouth January i, 1656,
and eight acres more in 1660. He was finally accept-
ed as an inhabitant by Hampton on March 8, 1668.
His lands in Portsmouth were sold soon after. He
was a subscriber to the support of the ministry there
in 1656. He was married about 1652 to Elizabeth,
dau.c;hter of William Berry, and their children were:

John, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Alice, Edward, Try-
phena, Rebeckah, Mary, William, James and Joseph.
(Mention of William and descendants appears iix
this article). The place of settlement in Hampton
was at Josselyn's Neck, since known as Locke's
Neck. The widow was living in February, 1707.

(II) Edward, fifth child and third son of Cap-
tain John and Elizabeth (Berry) Locke, lived at
Rye, and proliably died there at an advanced age.
He married Hannah Jenness, who was born March
26. 1673, the daughter of Francis Jenness. Their
children were : Francis, Samuel, Edward, Prudence,.
James and Thomas (the last named and descendants
are mentioned in this article.)

(HI) Edward (2), third son of Edward (i) and
Hannah (Jenness) Locke, was born May 28. 1701,
and lived at Kensington. He married. De;ember 17,
1724. Hannah Blake, who was born December 18,
1704, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Smith)
Blake, granddaughter of Timothy and Naomi
(Sleeper) Blake, of Hampton, and great grand-
daughter of Jasper and Deborah ( Dalton) Blake.
The children of Edward and Hannah w-ere : Lydia
(died young), Abigail (died 3'oung). Moses, Tim-
othy. Lydia, Abigail, Edward and Hannah.

(IV) Moses Locke, third child and eldest son of
Edward (2) and Hannah (Blake) Locke, was born
at Kensington, July 8, 1733. and died in Epsom. He-
responded to the first call for troops in the Revolu-
tion, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. His
name is thirty-first on the roll of Captain Henry
Dearborn's company. Colonel John Stark's regiment,
August I, 1775, showing that he enlisted in that com-
mand May 3, 1773, and had served three months
and six days. In the same year, October 6, Moses
Locke, of Deerfield, is found in Colonel James Frye's
regiment, and in 1781 Moses Locke is in Colonel
Cilley's regiment. Fifty-nine bushels of corn was
delivered to the family of Moses Locke "soldier in
the Continental Army 1780." "As a supply for the.
year by the town of Epsom." May 20, 1782, we find
the record : "Received the above contents in full,
(signed) Moses Locke." He married, March 12,
■755' Marj' Organ, by whom he had : Mehitable,
Ann, Jonathan, Hannah, ^lary and Elijah.

(V) Ann, second daughter and child of Moses
and ilary (Organ) Locke, was baptized February
13, 1760, and married, 1787, Hon. Josiah Sanborn,
of Epsom, who was born October 4, 1763, and died
June. 1842.

(VI) Captain James Sanborn, son of Hon. Jo-
siah and Ann (Locke) Sanborn, was born in 1791.
and died in 1874. He married a Miss Parsons, and
they had a daughter Sophia, who married, Novem-
ber 29, iS.^g. Moses G. Lane. (See Lane VI.)

(III) Thomas, fifth son and youngest child of
Edward and Hannah (Jenness) Locke, was born in
Rye. June 10, 1713. He was probal)ly of Rochester,
in 1740, and of Barrington in 1740-41, and sold lands
at those dates. Benjamin and Levi, sons of a Thom-
as Locke, were baptized at Kensington, August 25.
1743, says one authority; another states that Thomas
was the father of Benjamin: Levi B., born in Kings-
ton, 1745: and Thomas, born October 14. 1731.

(IV) Levi Locke, born in 1743, married Rachel
Fuller, and they were the parents of Benjamin. Ra-
chel and .Abigail.

(V) Benjamin, eldest child of Levi and Rachel
(Fuller) Locke, was born in Sandown, April 10,
1770. and died in Bristol, .April 9. 1858, aged exact-
ly eighty-eight years, the day of his death being in
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of age (17S5) Iio went to Bristol and resided witli his
uncle. At eighteen he took his ax and pack of pro-
visions, and went into the wilderness seven miles
further, and htiill a hut and cleared land for a home
on Bridgcwater hill. He lived there two years, con-
stantly annovcd by bears and other \vild animals. He
then sold and located in the neighborhood which
subsequently took his name. He married in 1796,
and began life in a log cabin of two rooms, near
where the present schoolhouse now stands. He after-
ward built a larger house on another site, wliich with
its contents was totally consumed by fire in the ab-
sence of the family, ]\iay 27, 1822. He immediately
erected a fourth domicile, but this was not so com-
modious as its predecessor, though it was a home.
Mr. Locke was a typical pioneer, a man of marked
individuality, energetic, and a leader in thought and
infli^ence in the town. He and his wives were prom-
inent Methodists, and their home w-as always a
stopping place for itinerant preachers. He was a
J man of great piety and great lung power, and at a
meeting in the schoolhouse when thirteen persons
were converted, his shouts were beard more than a
mile distant. He married first, November 17, 1796.
Hannah Favor, born August 6. 1776, daughter of
Cutting Favor. She died November 15, 1825, in the
fiftieth year of her age : and he married, second. July
23, 1826. Nancy Gurdy, who was born March II,
178S. daughter of Jacob Gurdy. She died April 15,
1866. aged seventy-eight. His children were : Fa-
vor, Ro.xy, Shcrburn, Lavina. Joanna. Philcna. Benj-
amin, Hannah, Sally D., Levi, Dorothy Sargent.
Harriet, and Susan, the youngest being the child of
the second wife.

(VI) Favor, oldest child of Benjamin and Han-
nah (Cutting) Locke, was born in Bristol August
21, 1797, and died July 10, 1S82, aged almost eighty-
five years. He was a farmer through life, living
first on the farm of his father-in-law, when, after liv-
ing for a time on another farm, he removed in 1S52
to a place on North Main street, where he died. He
was a deacon of the Free Baptist Church. He mar-
ried, January 30. 1821, Sally Clough. born May 30,
1798. daughter of Abraham. She died in the family
of her son, Favor, May 29. 1894, just completing
ninety-six years. Their children were: Jane, Orrin,
Abram Dalloff and Favor.

(VII) Orrin. eldest son and second child of Favor
and Sally Clough (Dalloff) Locke, was born in
Bristol, January 13, 1826, and died in Bristol. Feb-
ruary e,. 1S98. aged seventy-two. He was a carpen-
ter, and workman in a paper mill, and resided on
Lake street. In political sentiment he w'as a Re-
publican, in religious faith a Baptist and was a mem-
ber of Cardigan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He luarried, April 19. 1849, Nancy Jane
Favor, who was horn in Hill, February 26. 1825.
daughter of Daniel Favor. M. D. Their children
were: Mary Ann and Sarah, born December 31,
1857, who married (first) Hadley B. Fowler. M. D.
He died January 13, 1893. and she married (second)
C. G. Hodgdon of Grinnell. Iowa.

(VIII) Mary Ann, elder daughter of Orrin and
Nancy J. (Favor) Locke, was born September 21.
1850. in Bristol, and became the wife of Burley 51.
Ames (see .^mcs, IV).

(II) William, fourth son of John and Eliza-
betli (Berry) Locke married Hannah Knowles.
Children : Jonathan. William. Abigail. Hannah. Pa-
tience. Sarah, Elijah. Eliphalet, Jemima. Hannah.

(III) Jonathan Locke married Sarah Haines,
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Children : Sarah, Patience, Jonathan, Mary, David,
Abigail, William, Margaret, Abncr, Sarah, Hannah,
John.

(IV) David Locke married Annah Loverin.
Children : Reuben, Simeon, Sarah. Mary. David,
Jonathan, Levi, John, Annah, William, Abigail.
Benjamin, Nancy.

(V) Simeon Locke married Abigail Blake. Chil-
dren : Anna, Samuel B., David. Simeon, John, Jo-
siah. James, Sarah, Reuben, Joseph, Abigail.

(VI) Samuel B. Locke married Betsey Philbrick.
Children : David, John P., Simeon, Reuben B., Dan-
iel P., Samuel M., Elizabeth F., Mary E., born Sep-
tember 19, 1830; Margaret A., S. Amanda, Abigail
A.. Helen S.

(VII) Mary Emery Locke married William True
Cass (sec Cass, VII). Children: Alfred L., Mary
Addie, Arthur T., William D.

(Second Family.)
This name was early established in New
LOCKE England, and has contributed many val-
uable citizens to all parts of the United
States. It has been identified with progress in every
department and is still borne by worthy and repu-
table citizens.

(I) William Locke was born December 13, 1628,
in Stepney parish, London, England. He crossed
the ocean to Massachusetts, leaving England, in
March, 1635, and settled in Woburn, Massachusetts,
where he was married. December 27. 1655, to Marj',
daughter of William and Marjorie Clarke. He was
chosen a deacon of the church about 1700, and lived
to be over ninety-one years old, his death occurring
in Woburn, June 16, 1720. His wife was born De-
cember 20, 1640, in Watertown, Massachusetts, and
died in Woburn July 18, 1713. Their children were:
William (died young), William. John. Joseph, Mary,
Samuel, Ebenezer, James and Elizabeth.

(II) Joseph, son of William and Mary (Clarke)
Locke, was born March 8, 1664, and settled in that
part of Cambridge which is now Lexington, Massa-
chusetts, and there he died in 1754. aged ninety years.
The only record of his first wife is that of her
christian name, Mary, and her death in April, 1707.
He married (second), Margaret, daughter of Israel
}ilead of Woburn, and his third wife was Hannah
Pierce of Weston, Massachusetts, whom he married
November 5, 1743. and who died April 10, 1747.
There were seven children of the first marriage and
four of the second. They were : Mary. Abigail,
Lydia. Sarah. Joseph. Elizabeth, Huldah. Margaret,
Joannah. Ruth and Stephen.

(III) Stephen, youngest child of Joseph and
Margaret (Mead) Locke, was born January 26,
171S, and succeeded to his father's homestead in
Lexington, where he died April 22, 1772. His wife,
Mehitable, daughter of Jonathan Raymond of Lex-
ington, died October 29. 1815. aged ninety-four years.
Their children were : Mehitable, Reuben, Stephen,
Elizabeth and Benjamin.

(IV) Stephen (2) son of Stephen (i) and Me-
hitable (Raymond) Locke, \vas born March 29. 1750,
in Lexington, and in 1781, moved from there to Wo-
burn. About 1783-84. he removed thence to Deering,
New Hampshire, and settled upon a farm there,
where he died November 4, 1822. In 17S0 he mar-
ried Sally Hopkins, who was born in 1756, in
Charleston, Massachusetts, and died in Deering May
14, 1839. surviving her husband more than sixteen
years. Their children w^ere : Sarah. Stephen (died

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young), Susan. Nancy, Lucy, Stephen and James.

(V) Stephen (3) son of Stephen (2) and Sally
(Hopkins) Locke, was born 1792, in Deering, New
Hampshire, and succeeded his father in the owner-
ship of the homestead there. He occupied this un-
til his death, which occurred February 13. 1841. He
was married February 8. 181 5, to Sarah Peaslee,
who was born in 1792, in Deering. She moved to
Manchester in 1846, and died there. Her children'
were : Stephen. Irena, Sabra, Lewis N., Ira D., Nancy
E., Lorinda and Lovina.

(VI) Nancy E., daughter of Stephen and Sarah
(Peaslee) Locke, was born March 31, 1827. in Deer-
ing, and was married in 1848, to Oilman Clough of
Manchester (see Clough VII).

(I) Samuel Packard, wife and child,
PACKARD came from Windham, near Hing-
ham, England, in the ship "Dili-
gence," of Ipswich, John Martin, master. There
were one hundred and thirty-three passengers. He
first settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638, and
from thence removed to West Brigewater. He was
a constable and tavern keeper. Children: Eliza-
beth, Samuel. Zaccheus. Thomas. John. Nathaniel,
Mary, Hannah, Israel, Joel, Deborah and Deliver-
ance.

(II) Zaccheus Packard married Sarah Howard.
Children: Israel (1680), Sarah. Jonathan, David,
Solomon, James, Zaccheus, John Abiel.

(HI) Israel Packard married Hannah .

Children: Seth (1703), Mehitable, Sarah, Eliphalet,
Hannah, Zeruiah, Israel.

(IV) Seth Packard married Mercy Bryant. Chil-
dren: Sarah, Lncy, Mehitable, Mercy. Isaac. Mary,
Seth, Joshua, Abigail, Abner, Jonathan (1750),
Joshua.

(V) Jonathan Packard married Susanna Alger,
Children: Israel (1779), Reuel, Othneil, Asa. Albe,
Isaac. Betsey.

(VI) Israel Packard married Susanna Edson.
Children: Josiah, Melvin, Sidney, Liberty (180S).
Arrilla, Israel. Alpheus, Henry, died April 4, 18S5 ;
Susanna. David.

(VII) Liberty Packard married Mary Dodge, of
Damariscotta. Maine, , October 31, 1830. Children:

1. Liberty Dodge, born Septemljer 13, 1831, died
January 5,' 1895. 2. James Wallace, born March 23,
1833, died November 15, 1898. 3. Eliza Mary, born
October 25, 1835, died September 30, 1837. 4. Henry
Walter, born March 26. 1840. died August 5. 1840.

5. Ruth Mary, born December 22. 1841. deceased.

6. Susie Eliza, born September 30, 1844. 7- Frances
Gibbs. born December 21, 1848.

(VIII) Liberty Dodge Packard married Lucy
Ann Kingman, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, Septem-
ber 15. "1853. Children : Ernest Kingman, born
June 23. 1S56, died July 2. 1877 ■- Lillie Mansfield,
born December 16, 1S63 : Nellie Hall, born Decem-
ber 16, 1S63; Mary Wallace, born September 10,
1869.

Liicv Ann Kingman's ancestry is as follows:
Lieutenant Kingman of Easton was killed in the
Revolutionary war : Henry Kingman, born in Fas-
ten, 1791. died February 22, 1874, married Nancy
Carpenter, born in Norton, 1790, died January 18.
1870. Children: I. Henry William, born October

2, 1815, died June 2, 1896. 2. Edward Augustus,
born November 27, 1817. 3. Lewis Erastus. born
March 13. 1820, died March, :892. 4. George Fred-
erick, born February 17, 1822, died April 4, 1898. 5.

Nancy Carpenter, born February 27. 1S24. 6. James
Harrison, born February 13, 1826. died 1850, in Cali-
fornia. 7. Jane Harrison, twin of James Harrison,
born February 13. 1826. died January 25, 1870. 8.
Fraiiklin Billings, born July 22, 1828. 9. Lucy Ann,
born in Mansfield, November 10, 1830. 10. Gardner
Miller, born November 16, 1833.

(IX) Marv Wallace Packard married Arthur
True Cass, May 16. 1S94 (see Cass, VIII).

This is one of the early New Eng-
CRO\\'ELL land families, and has been hon-
orably identified with Massachusetts
and New Hampshire from a very early period. It
has spread over the United States and has contrib-
uted its proportion to the development of the na-
tion.

(I) John Crowell was born June 25, 1764, in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, and settled in Newport,
New Hampshire, in 1800. He was an industrious
farmer and was accordingly successful. He mar-
ried Annah Corless, of Haverhill, who was born
March 9, 1764. Their children were : Betsey, Nancy,
John. Samuel, Sally. Jonathan, Peter, Polly, Eleanor,
Hazen and Lavina.

(II) Samuel, second son and fourth child of
John and x\nnah (Corless) Crowell. was born De-
cember 17. 1789, in Haverhill, and died February 13,
1S57, in Newport. He married Hannah Emery, of
Newport. New Hampshire, and lived on Coyt Aloun-
tain in the town of Newport. His children were:
Samuel, Amanda, Harriet D.. James W., William E.,
Jonathan. Peter, John B., Hannah E. and Amos E.

(III) Peter, fifth son and seventh child of Sam-
uel and Hannah (Emery) Crowell, was born Sep-
tember 21, 1827, at the homestead on the south •
slope of Coyt Mountain, and made his home there
most of his life. He served nearly three years as a
soldier during the Civil war. He was married Sep-
tember 21, 1854. to ]Melita A. Huntoon, who died be-
fore 1870. He was married (second) January 2,
1870, to Susan .\. Sanborn. His children were:
George W.. Fred W., Lois O., Archie F.. John
Ralph, Josie INI.. Leanna H., George T., May, Alice
Carrie, Jennie, deceased ; Clinton. Irma, Shirley. Roy,
Minnie. Eva and Hazel, deceased. Josie M. married
Patrick Sullivan. Alice Carrie married Frank H.
Reed. George T. married Cora Powell and May
married Randolph Moulton.

(IV) Leanna H.. third daughter and seventh
child of Peter Crowell. and his second wife. Susan
A. Sanborn, was born July 28, 1871, in Croydon, and
became the wife of Ernest L. Cutting of that town.
(See Cutting, IX.)

The Conant family appears to be
COX.\NT primarily of Celtic descent, for Conan,

or Conon, from which the name is
derived, is found at a very early period among va-
rious races of Celtic origin, including the Britons,
Welsh, Irish, Gaels and BreT:ons. Records show that
the name Conant. in very nearly its present form, has
existed in England for over six hundred years. _ The
orthography has varied considerably, the variation
being principally due to the ignorance of the clerks.
In England thirt^'-two v\-ays of writing the name
have been found, and in America eighteen ways. In
Devonshire, the old home of the family, though the
name is written Conant: the common pronuncia-
tion is Connet, or Cunnet. All the descendants of
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the form Conant, pronounced Co-nant. with the ac-
cent on the first syllable. The signification is thought
to be chief, or leader.

(I) John Conant, with whom the first authen-
tic genealogy of the family begins, lived in the par-
ish of East Budleigh. Devonshire, England, but was
probably born about the year 1520, at Gittisham,
some ten or twelve miles northeast. The life of
Dr. John Conant, written about the year 1700, states
that John Conant, of East Budleigh, "was descend-
ed from ingenious parents of Gittisham. near Honi-
ton, whose ancestors for many generations had been
fixed here, but were originally of French extraction."
In 1577, John Conant was a church warden in East
Budleigh. He was buried at this place March 30,
1596.

(II) Richard, son of John Conant, was probably
born in the parish of East Budleigh. about the' year
1548. In 158S, he was assessed for lands in East
Budleigh of the yearly value of £4. Richard Conant
was a church warden of the parish in 1606. and in
1616 again filled the otSce. In the year 1600 he paid
a "malt rate" of four shillings. In 1630 he is rated
at 2s. 6d., his rating being next to the highest in
the parish. The inventory of the estate of Richard
Conant was £129, 14s., 4d. Richard Conant married,
February 4, 1 5/8, at Colyton. The parish record
reads : "Rychard Counnett, the sonne of John
Counnett, of East Budlaye, was wedded unto Agnes
Clarke, the daughtr of John Clarke, senior, of Colly-
ton, the iiij daye of ffebruary 157S." Richard and
.■\gnes Conant were buried on the ^ame day, .Septem-
ber 22, 16,30. The children of Richard and Agnes
(Clarke) Conant were: Joan, Richard, Robert,
John and Roger.

(III) Roger, youngest of the eight children of
Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant, the immi-
grant ancestor of most of those bearing the name in
America, was baptised at All Saints Church, in the
parish of East Burleigh, April 9, 1592. As his father
was one of the leading men of his parish and evi-
dently in good circumstances, and as his mother's
father was the leading merchant of a neighboring
parish, and as one of his brothers was educated at
Oxford, it would seem reasonable that Roger re-
ceived a good education for the times, for he was
frequently called upon to survey lands, lay out boun-
daries, and transact public business. It seems that
Roger Conant went to London about 1609 and served
an apprenticeship of seven years with the Salters'
Company, and that he was afterwards a Salter in the
parish of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London, and that
iie remained in London until he emigrated to New
En.gland in 1623. He probably came in the "Ann,"
which arrived at Plymouth July, 1623, and in which
his brother Christopher was a passenger. He did not
remain long in Plymouth, owing to a difference of
religious belief between himself and the Pilgrim Fa-
thers, they being Separatists and he a Nonconform-
ist, or Puritan, but went to Nantasket (Hull) and
joined Oldham and Lj'fford. who had started a col-
ony there. It was probably while at Nantasket that
he made use of the island in Boston harbor, now
called Governor's island, but then and for some time
after known as Conant's island. Roger Conant be-
ing reported as "a pious, sober and prudent Gentle-
man," was chosen, in the winter of 1624-25, by the
Rev. John White, of Dorchester, and his associates,
under the name of the Dorchester Company, to
manage or govern their affairs at Cape Ann. Late
in the fall of 1625 he took charge of the Cape Ann

settlement, located on the west side of what is now
Gloucester harbor, near Stage Head. On this point
may still be seen the remains of a rude fort, now
called Stage Fort, but named Fort Conant by its
constructors. In 1625-26 he had charge of about
two hundred persons, and very faithfully performed
the duties of his office, which, under the circum-
stances, was of a very responsible character. In 1626
the colony was removed to a better location at
Naumkeag (Salem). Here his influence prevented
the abandonment of the settlement, Rev. John Lyf-
ford leaving at that time and trying to take the col-
ony with him. After Conant had been governor of
the colony upward of three years, a new patent was
granted, and under changes that followed Conant
was superseded by John Endicott. In the troublous
times that followed, Conant maintained the rights of
the first settlers against the unjust act of the new
management, but loyally refused to do anything to
retard the prosperity of the colony to further his
own ends, preferring to use his influence for har-
mony. "Although he is not universally recognized as
the first governor of Massachusetts, Roger Conant
is fairly entitled to that honor; for the colony of
which he was the head made the first permanent set-
tlement in the Massachusetts territory, and was the
germ from which the Massachusetts Bay Colony
sprung," says his biographer.

Mr. Conant became a freeman May iS, 1631.
About this time he formed a partnership for trade
with the Indians along the coast, he and his part-
ners maintaining a station or truck house, as it was
called, at Blue Point, near Saco. He was fre-
quently called to offices of honor and trust by his
fellow townsmen and the general court, as is shown
by the records. November 7, 1632, he was one of
four appointed to "sett down the bounds between
Dorchester and Roxbury." In 1634 he was one of
the twenty-four deputies elected by the freemen to
the general court which met at Boston on May 14.
This was the second representative assembly which
met in this country, that of Virginia being the first.
Mr. Conant was elected from Salem. He thus as-
sisted in laying the foundation of that form of
government which remains to-day our noblest heri-
tage. In l6.i7 he was foreman of jury trials. The
same year he was chosen by the general court to be
one of the justices of the quarterly court at Salem,
and held this office three years. November 20. 1637,
he and three others were chosen "to certify the
bounds between Salem and Saugust." In 1642 he was
one of the grand jury; in 1645, he was one of the
"ratters" (assessors of taxes) ; and in 1646 he was
on the jury of trials and also the grand jury. He
was one of the "eleven men," "seven men," or se-
lectmen, in each of the following years : 1637-38-
39-40-41-51-52-5.3-54-57 and 58.

Both he and his wife were among the original
members of the first church at Salem, and in 1637
both signed the renewed covenant. When a new
church was forme:! at Beverly he was one of the
first to be enr."lled as a member. He was possessed
of considerable land, and the inventory of his es-
tate after his death showed a total valuation of prop-
erty ?mo'.mt;ng to ^258. He died November 19,
1679, in the eighty-eighth year of his age ; the place
of his burial is not known. He married, in the parish
of Saint Anns, Blackfriars, London, November 11,
1618. Sarah Holton, who probably died before her
husband. Their children were: Sarah, died young;
Caleb, Lot, Roger, (the first white child born in Sa-

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Icm. Massaclr. setts), Sirali, Joshua. Mary, Eliza-
beth, and Ext-rcise. (Mention of the last, with de-
scendants, forms a part of this article.)

(IV) Lot. second son and third child of Roger
and Sarah (Holton) Conant, was born about 1624,
either at Nantasket or Cape Ann, and died Septem-
ber 2g, 1674. at Beverly. He seems to have lived at
Marblehead as early as 1657 ; was selectman in 1662 ;
had one cow's conmionage in 1667 ; and on May 23,
1674, is recorded as one of the one hundred and
fourteen house-holders. On November 20, 1666, his
father gave him the homestead at Beverly with thir-
ty-two acres adjoining and seventy-two acres in
other parts of the town. On the same day Lot leased
the homestead with three acres adjoining, compos-
ing the southern part of the home farm, to his father
and mother for an annual rent of "one Indian corn."
He is entitled yeoman in conveyances made at this
time. About this time he probably moved to
Beverly, and built a house near his father's. On
July 4, 1667, he was one of those dismissed from the
First Church of Salem to form a church at Bass
River, or Beverly. He married Elizabeth Walton,
baptised October 27, 1629. daughter of Rev. William
Walton, who took his degrees at Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, England, in 1621 and 1625. He was set-
tled at Marblehead as early as 1639, and was pastor
there until his death, in 1668. Elizabeth, widow of
Lot Conant, married January 10, 1682, as her third
wife. Andrew, son of Robert and Elizabeth Mans-
field, of Lynn. The ten children of Lot and Eliza-
beth (Walton) Conant were: Nathaniel, John, Lot,
Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Sarah, William. Roger,
and Rebecca. (Mention of Roger and descendants
forms part of this article).

(V) Lot (2), third son and child of Lot (i) and
Elizabeth (Walton) Conant, was born February 16.
1658. in Beverly, where he lived till 1717, when he
moved to Ipswich. At seventeen years of a.ge he
was a soldier in Captain Joseph Gardiner's com-
pany in King Philip's war, and took part in the at-
tack on Fort Narragansett. December 19, 1675. He
was admitted to the First Church in Beverly, March
I, 1702, and to full communion July 19, 1702. He
was a farmer, and records of several land trans-
actions he made are registered. May 28. 1717, Lot
Conant. of Beverly, yeoman, in consideration of
£186 13s, conveyed to Joseph Herrick, Sr., a parcel
of land and marsh or meadow lying in Beverly, con-
taining twelve acres and one hundred and thirty-
five poles; and on the same day he conveys to Henry
Herrick. Jr., a cjuarter of an acre of land in Beverly.
July 30, 1717, he buys for £460 the homestead of
Daniel Foster, of Ipswich, contining ninety acres of
upland and seventeen acres of fresh meadow ; "also
one old commonright in the common land of Ips-
wich." A committee on the part of the town of Ips-
wich sell Lot Conant and others, May ir, 1721, one
hundred and eleven acres of land on Turner's Hill.
On April 18. 1735, Lot Conant was one of the grant-
ees of the Narragansett townships. His will was
probated in January, 1745. He married (first) Abi-
gail, whose surname is unknown: (second) Eliza-
beth Pride, who was baptized December 12. 1686,
daughter of John and Mary Pride. She was admit-
ted to the church February 23, 1707. Fifteen chil-
dren were born to Lot Conant. Those by the first
wife, Abigail, were: Samuel, Abigail, Jonathan, Sa-
rah, Roger ; those by the second wife, Elizabeth,
were: Joseph, Ruth, Joshua (died young). Eliza-
beth (died young), Joshua, Joanna, Bartholomew,
Elizabeth. Samuel and William.

(VI) Deacon Jonathan, second child and eldest son

of Let (2) and Abigail Conant, was baptized Oc-
tober 16, 1692, and died June iS, 1749. He was a
currier, and resided on the old Roger Conant home-
stead, in Cabot street, Beverly. In 1713 he was the
largest contributor towards building the second par-
ish meeting house, paying £25 13s., 3d. March 31,
1 716. he bought for £20 one and one-ciuarter acres of
land, with the house and barn standing on it. Feb-
ruary 18. 1719, Jonathan Conant. of Beverly, cur-
rier, with the consent of Abigail, his wife, for a
consideration of £85 sells Jonathan Herrick, of Bev-
erly, practitioner, one acre and forty poles of land,
with dwelling house and barn thereon. March 16,
1719- Jonathan and Abigail Conant were admitted to
the Second Church, of which he was afterwards
chosen deacon. His will was dated June 17, 1749;
and the inventory of his estate amounted to £962
i8s. He married. December 25. 1715. Abigail Wood-
bury, who was baptized September 16, 1694, and died
February i. 1750. daughter of Peter and Mary Wood-
liury. Their children were: Sarah (died young),
Abigail (died young). Lot, Mary, Nercy, Lydia, Sa-
rah and Abigail (twins), Joanna, and Jonathan,
whose sketch follows.

(VII) Jonathan (2), tenth child and second son
of Jonathan (i) and Abigail (Woodbury) Conant,
was born in Beverly, August 9, 1737. and was a farm-
er and currier. He lived in Beverly, on the Roger
Conant homestead, till about 1783, when he removed
to a farm on Cherry Hill. In 179: he sold the "Cher-
ry Hill" farm and removed to that part of Amherst,
New Hampshire, which is now Mount Vernon. He
was the last of the name who lived in the original
Roger Conant house. He bought and sold various
pieces of real estate. On March 17. 1759, Jonathan
Conant and Mercy his wife sell twenty acres of land
in Beverly to Joshua Dodge, 2d. On the same day
Edward Raymond, of Beverly, gentleman, in con-
sideration of £250. sells Jonathan Conant, of Bev-
erly, currier, twent}--five acres of land in Beverly.
January 25. 1770, Jonathan and Mercy Conant sell
Ebenezer Francis eight acres of land. On April 15,
1774. Jonathan Conant, currier, sells to Benjamin
Beckford six acres and one hundred and twenty-four
poles of land. On May 29, 1783, Jonathan and
Mercy Conant sell Richard Quarterman, "a parcel of
land in Beverly, containing 11 acres of land, with
dwelling house, barn and all out buildings thereon,
and also one-fourth of a pew, in the Second Parish
Church." On .April 11, 17S3, Jonathan Conant. Es-
quire, of Beverly, buys of George Dodge one hundred
and fourteen acres, with the buildings thereon, for
the consideration of £1378 1.7s. Various other sales
by Jonrthan Conant are of record. At the outbreak
of the Revoluticn he was chosen one of the "Com-
ii.ittee of Correspondence and Safety." At the Lex-
i:igton alarm he marched to Boston under command
of Captain Peter Shaw. He was afterward pay-
ni.ister in Colonel Francis's regiment, and then in
Colonel Tupper's regimtnt. serving four years or
more. He was in the battle of ]Monmouth. Jona-
than Conant an J Larkin Thorndike were the first
reprcsenlalives frcm Beverly after the adoption of
the constitution. In 17S7 he w-as one of the select-
men of Beverly, end scon after moved to Mont
Vernon. New Hampshire, where he died. He mar-
ried, January 30, 1758, Mercy Lovett. and they had :
Jonathan, Lot, Jcscph, Israel, Sarah, Josiah. and per-
haps Joanna.

(VIII) Jonathan (3), eldest child of Jonathan
(2) and Mercy (Lovett) Conant, was born in Bev-
erly, April II, 1760, and moved with his parents to
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■faer 28, 1829, aged sixty-nine. His name appears in
a list of inhabitants of Amherst in 1803. In 1811 he
settled in Antrim, New Hampshire, where he re-
mained till 1816. when he returned to Mont Vernon.
He married Polly Baker, of Wenham, Massachusetts,
who died April 26, 1S34. Their seven children were :
Israel Elliot, Mehitable, Ruth, Nancy, Mary, Wil-
liam and Fanny.

(IXj Deacon William, sixth child and second
son of Jonathan (3) and Polly (Baker) Conant, was
born in Mont Vernon, then a part of Amherst, New
Hampshire, October 31, 1802, died in Somerville,
Massachusetts, February 20, 1890, aged eighty-seven
years. He was a deacon of the Congregational
Church. He married Hannah Fornis, of Beverly,
and thev had nine children : William Henry. Albert,
Charles^ Edwin, Walter Scott, Harlan Page, Mar-
tha Ellen. Fanny Lovctt and Marcella Eliza.

(X) Deacon William Henry, eldest child of Dea-
con William and Hannah (Fornis) Conant, was born
in Mont Vernon, June, 5, 1829, and died there May

3, 1903. He was a successful business man. a promi-
nent citizen of the town, and a deacon of the Con-
gregational Church. He married, May 25, 1854, Sa-
rah Emeline Cloutman, who was born May 6, 1834,
daughter of Thomas and Nancy Cloutman. of Mont
Vernon. Their children were: Ellen Francos. Ada
Emeline, Willie (died young). Cecil Franklin (died
young). Mar)- Grace, Albert Fornis, Freddie (died
young), and Ruth Stevens. Deacon William Henry
Conant was a man of fine literary taste, and indulged
a talent for poetry by producing occasional poems of
rare merit. For more than twenty years he was an
active and leading deacon of the Congregational
Church until ill health compelled his retirement. A
feature of his religious character was his mildness
and tolerance. The harsh dogmas of Calvinism
found scant favor with his liberal spirt. He was
enthusiastically fond of sacred music, and a mem-
■faer of the church choir, the greater part of his life.
He was one of the earlv promoters of Appletou
Academy, afterwards McCollom Institute, and trus-
tee and treasurer for a long term of years.

(V) Ro.ger, fifth son and ninth child of Lot and
Elizabeth (Walton) Conant, was born in Beverly,
March 10, 1669. He lived in that part of the town
known as the "precinct of Salem and Beverly," and
was admitted to the Second or North Church, May

4. 1718. In March. 1720, he bought land at Concord,
Massachusetts, and soon after moved there with his
family. On May 6. 1721, Roger Conant of Concord,
sells John Conant. weaver, Daniel Conant, mason,
and Benjamin Conant, tailor, all of Beverly, sixteen
acres of land for £90. On March 8, 1736. he gives
four acres of meadow land to his son, Israel, and
durin.g the same year he gave land to his son, Eb-
enezer. He lived in that part of the town called
"Concord Village." now Acton. He died in 1745.
The inventory of his estate was taken May 26, 1746,
and amounted to £355 14s. 7d. He married .April 25,
1698. Mary, daughter of Captain Thomas and Mary
Raymond, or, as then frequently written, Rayment.
She was admitted to the First Church of Beverly,
November 8, 1702, and dismissed to the Second
Church .April 22. 1716. The ten children of this un-
ion were: Ebenezer, Roger, Mary, Abigail. Israel.
Lydia. Josiah. Sarah, Mehitable and Thomas.

(VI) Josiah. fourth son and seventh child of
Roger and Mary (Raymond) Conant. was born in
Beverly, December 12, 1711. He settled in West
Dunstable, afterwards incorporated as HoUis. New
Hampshire, as early as 1744, when it was a wilder-

ness. At the second town meeting, held in June,
1746, it was "voted" that the selectmen provide
"stocks." and at a town meeting the January follow-
ing "Voted to Accept the Account of Josiah Conant
for making the Stocks." In 1736 he drew lot No.
1 9 at a meeting of the proprietors of township No.
3. (Walpole, New Hampshire) but it does not ap-
I}car that he ever lived there. On January 20, 1746,
he bought land in Dunstable, of Daniel Emerson, for
which he paid idy los., August 27, 1747, Josiah
Conant "housewright" of Hollis, deeded twenty acres
of land in Concord, for i20, to his brother Thomas,
"it being part of a farm which my honored father,
Mr. Roger, Conant. deceased, bequeathed to me in
his last will, bounded by land given him, the said
Thomas." On March 7. 174S, he was chosen "tyth-
in.gman," and in 1751 selectman; the latter office he
held five years. He died at Hollis, December 17,
1756. He married, February 9. 1746, Catherine Em-
erson, born December 20, 171S, died August 2, 1809.
She was the daughter of Peter Emerson, of Reading,
son of Joseph and grandson of Thomas, the immi-
grant. She married (second), December iS, 1777,
Moses Thurston. The four children of Josiah and
Catherine (Emerson) Conant, were: Josiah. Cath-
erine, died young: Catherine, and Abel.

(VII) Josiah (2), oldest child of Josiah (r) and
Catlierine (Emerson) Conant. was born in Hollis,
New Hampshire. October 7, 1746: and died August
21, 1807. He settled in Hollis, was a farmer, a mem-
ber of the church, and deacon from 1787 till his
death. He was town treasurer in 17S0. In 1774 he
paid a tax of 7s. 6d. Only one person in the town
paid more. This was the last tax collected under
the king. He enlisted. December, 1775, in Captain
Worcester's company, and was at Cambridge three
months. On August 6, 1778, he enlisted in Captain
Emerson's company, of which he was ser,geant. for
service in Rhode Island. He married (first), Jan-
uary 9, 1769, Elizabeth Elliot, of Mason, New Hamp-
shire, who died July 23. 1788: and (second) De-
cember 16. 1788, Zerviah Fox, of Hollis, born Deccm
ber 3, 1755. died February 12, 1816. By the first mar-
riage he had eight children : Josiah, Elizabeth, Cath-
erine. William. Mary, Abigail, Ruth and Elias, who
died young ; and by the second marriage, six : Sa-
rah. Joseph. Elias, Hannah. Sophia and Elizabeth.

(VIII) William, second son and fourth child of
Josiah (2) and Elizabeth (Elliott) Conant. was born
January 16, 1776, in Hollis, New Hampshire. When
a young man he went to Peacham. Vermont, where
he worked a few years, then came thence to Greens-
boro, bought a farm, and being a carpenter, built
principally with his own hands a house and such
farm buildings as necessity demanded. He was a
strong man physically, intellectually and morally.
Being born in 1776, his educational advantages were
limited, but what he lacked in intellectual culture
was made up to him in common sense, sound judg-
ment and noble sentiments, in advance of his time.
His son, who never lived away from the home farm
except while a student at the academies of Peacham
and Craftsbury, fully sympathized with him in his
advanced opinions, and like many other pioneers in
a noble cause they were for a time very unpopular
on account of their outspoken views on the subject
of slavery, then e.xisting in the southern states. For
several years before his death he was so deaf as to
be unable to hear common conversation and too near-
ly blind to read the papers, and the writer well rec-
ollects when with considerable trouble she had made
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Run, with a flash of his former vigor he replied,
"I am glad of it ! They do not deserve success un-
til they have abolished slavery." Probably months
after, Abraham Lincoln entertained the same idea. E.
Tolman Conant. to whom he had in 1850 given up
the care of his farm, died in 1862, aged forty-eight,
leaving his father childless and lonely, there being
no one in the family whom he had known fifteen
years before; but he took up bravely the burden of
life. His attention, which had for many years in
the winter season been given to making furniture,
then turned to caring for the sheep, of which there
were from two to three hundred on the farm. When
objection was made to this on account of his ex-
posure to the cold, he said, "If I am careful I can
do it. These sheep need the care of some one who
has an interest in them. If I need any help that the
children cannot give me, I will call on the hired
man," and for five winters he took the best care of
them, often climbing to the high beams to pitch
down hay for their food. Early in the winter which
completed his ninety-second year, he began losing
strength, gave up labor, and waited the last sum-
mons. He was able to sit up in his chair the most
of the day until within a week of his death. During
this winter he gave himself up with the docility of
a child to the care and guidance of his daughter-in-
law, Mrs. E. T. Conant. and never seemed happy
when she was not present. He died in April, 1868,
aged ninety-two years, and three months. He was
chosen deacon of the Congregational Church in mid-
dle life, and served nearly fifty years. Deacon Ba-
ker, who had shared that service with him for thirty
years, died within twenty-four hours after, and their
funerals were held together at the Congregational
Church.

William Conant married, about 1809. Betsey Tol-
man, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Tolman. Dr. Tol-
man was brother to Thomas Tolman, who was one
of the early settlers of Greensboro, Vermont, and
who was grandfather of Henry S. Tolman. at pres-
ent living in Greensboro. William and Betsey
(Tolman) Conant, had two children, Mary E., born
181 1, who married C. M. Bailey; and Ebenezer Tol-
man.

(IX) Ebenezer Toln;an, only son of William
and Betsy (Tolman) Conant, was born in Greens-
boro, Vermont, in 1814. He was educated in the
common schools of the tow-n and in Craftsbury and
Peacham academies. He was a farmer by occupa-
tion and lived upon the farm which had been cleared
by his father. He gave much time and attention to
the growing of wool, particularly to the raising of
merino sheep, and was very successful in this indus-
try. Like his father, he was a strong Abolitionist.
He was a man of strong and deep-rooted convictions,
and when fince thoroughly convinced of the justice
of his belief there was no turning him aside in order
to win pulilic favor. It is related that in open meet-
ing he prayed for the slaves, and was threatened with
discipline in consequence of his action. He. how-
ever, still continued a leading member of the Con-
gregational Church until his death, which occurred
in 1862. He did not live to see his desires gratified
■ — the abolition of slavery. He married JNIary Jane
Fisher, February 5, 1850, (see Fisher. HI), and they
had eight children, all born in Greensboro, Vermont :
I. Jane Elizabeth, born January 3, 1851, died at the
age of sixteen years. 2. Harriet Beecher, born June
10, 1852, was educated at Barre, Vermont, and St.
Johnsbury Academy. She taught school for a num-
ber of years, and w'as for a long time principal of

the St. Johnsbury Union schools. Subsequently she
studied medicine in the State Medical College of
Minnesota, and became assistant physician in the
State Hospital for the Insane, South Dakota. She
married, June 12, 1900, J. Henry McCloud, and they
reside in Hardwick, Vermont. 3. Henrietta Ham-
lin, twin of Harriet Beecher, died at the age of nine-
teen years. 4. Helen Maria, born March 30, 1854,
married, August 2, 1884, Frederick B. Wright, and
resides in Minneapolis. Minnesota. 5. Ann Orr,
was an invalid and died at the age of twenty-four
years. 6. William Fisher, born February 14, 1858,
died at the age of twenty-five years. 7. Charles Sum-
ner, see forward. 8. Alice Tolman, born July 29,
1862, married. December 26, 1885, George W. Simp-
son, and, resides at East Craftsbury, Vermont.

(IV) Charles Sumner, second son and seventh
child of Ebenezer Tolman and Mary Jane (Fisher)
Conant (3), was born July 2, i860. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of his native town and in
St. Johnsbury Academy. He early showed a marked
talent for music, and commenced its study in St.
Johnsbury, where for five years he was employed in
the Fairbanks Scale Works. Later he went to Bos-
ton and New York, studying with the best teachers,
and finally spent some time in London, England,
under the tuition of William Shakespeare. Mr.
Conant was but sixteen years of age when he di-
rected a church choir, and since that time with the
exception of a very few months he has been con-
nected with church choirs. He was director of the
choir of the South Congregational Church in Con-
cord for eighteen years, and instructor in music in
the public schools of the same city for twenty years.
It is due to his efforts that the instruction of music
was introduced into the public schools of Laconia,
where he was supervisor of music for four years.
He has been president of the New Hampshire State
Music Teachers' Association for three years, and di-
rector of the Concord Oratorio Society for six years.
His religious affiliations are with the Congregational
Church, and in politics he is a Republican. He is a
member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons.
He married, January 22, 1884, Martha Burnliam,
daughter of Buckminster D. and Mary Jane (Carl-
ton) Eurnham, both natives of Franconia, New
Hampshire. They removed to St. Johnsbury, Ver-
mont, where their daughter Martha was born Sep-
tember 28, 1858, and received her education at the
St. Johnsbury Academy. Mr. Conant and his wife
have one child : Roy William, born May 4, 1885, edu-
cated in the Concord high school. He is following
the profession of music and resides in Concord,
New Hampshire. He married. July 9. 1907, Eugenia
Baptist Crockett, of Mexico, Missouri.

(IV) Exercise Conant, who was baptized De-
cember 24, 1637. (Salem First Church Records),
bought a house and lot at Windham Center, from
which he later removed to Lebanon, Connecticut,
being one of the earliest settlers of that place. In
or about 1700 he sold his property in Lebanon and
went to Boston, returning about 1718 to Windham,
where he died in 1722. His wife Sarah bore him
children as follows: Sarah, born February 14, 1668,
married John Moulton ; Abiah, born June 21, 1672,
married Joshua Wallis ; Jane, born June 20, 1675,
married William Moulton; Elizabeth, born July 29,
1677, married Richard Hendee ; Josiah, born July 4,
1680, married Joanna Dimmick ; Caleb was born in
April, 1683.

(V) Caleb Cnnant settled in Windham, where
he purchased a right of land of his brother Josiah in

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1703. He was a member of the First Church of
Windham, and died in April, 1727. Hannah Crane,
who became his wife August 23, 1714. was a daugh-
ter of Ensign Jonathan Crane, and she died October
II, 1726. To them were born the following children :
Malachi; Benajah, married Jemima Bosvvorth : Sarah
died unmarried : Ruth married Shubael Conant ;
Mary died in childhood ; Josiah married Ann Ames ;
and Hannah.

(VI) Malachi Conant, who was born June 12,
1715, settled in Windham, about a mile and a half
south-east of the present site of Gurleyville, and
followed farming all his life. His death occurred
January 23. 17S3. Sarah Freeman, who was born
in Sandwich. >.Jassachusetts, January 18. 1720, a
daughter of Edmund and Keziah (Presbury) Free-
man, became the wife of Malachi Conant, February

15, 1738-9, and she died May 7, 1791. She was the
mother of a large family, of whom the seventh child
and third son was Sylvanus.

(VH) Sylvanus Conant, who was born Febru-
ary 10, 1750, in Mansfield, lived on the homestead of
his father, and died September 2. 1843. He was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was engaged
in the battle of Bunker Hill. His first marriage was
on October 22, 1778, when he became the husband of
Anna Royce, the daughter of James Royce. She
died May 5, 1802, at the age of forty-two years. On
April 12, 1807. he married Elizabeth Utley, of Ash-
ford, who died January 5, 1836. at the age of seventy-
two years. To his first wife were born: Abigail;
Sarah ; Sylvanus ; James ; Abiah : Kezia : Chester :
Joseph ; Edmund ; Lueius ; and Lois. To the second
wife was born Roxa. Sylvanus Conant was a mem-
ber of the Congregational Church.

(VHI) Lucius Conant was born September 29,
1799, in Mansfield, Connecticut, w^hcre during the
earlier part of his life he followed the business of
manufacturing steelyards and augers. In his later
years he operated a grist mill in Gurleyville, and in
1845 lie went into a silk mill as an overseer. His
connection with the silk industry continued during
the remainder of his active life, and his death oc-
curred in Mansfield, Connecticut, November 10. 1869.
Mr. Conant was a modest man of reserved disposi-
tion, and was much respected for his substantial
qualities and sterling worth. His religious associa-
tions were with the Methodist Church, of which he
was a member. Mr. Conant was married December
6. 1821, to Marietta Eaton, who was born in 1801, at
Mansfield, Connecticut, a daughter of Jeduthan and
Lydia (Campbell) Eaton. She died in November,
1859, and was buried in the Gurleyville cemetery.
Mr. Conant married for his second wife Mrs. Julia
(Hanks) Conant, the widow of John W. Conant
and daughter of Rodney Hanks. Lucius Conant was
the father of the following children, all born to the
first wife: Harriet Marilla, born June 30. 1823, mar-
ried William H. Atwood, who died in Mansfield in
187S, and she now lives in Stonington, Connecticut :
Lydia Amanda, born February 27. 1825, is the wife
of John E. Atwond, a member of the Atwood-Morri-
son Company, of Stonington, Connecticut : JIary
Jane, born April 25, 1827, married Asa P. Squires,
and died March 24, i860: John Ashbel, born August

16, 1829; David Philo, born August 29, 1833. resides
in Canton, Massachusetts, where he was several
years in charge of a silk mill (he has one son,
Lucius); Willliam L., died in infancy; Hiram Ells-
worth, born September 13, 1839. w^ts a silk throw-
ster, and died in Contoocook, New Hampshire, Au-
gust 4, 1893, leaving two sons, Frank E. and Dwight

E. : and Juliette, born December 7, 1843, married
James L. Merrick, and lives in Springfield, Massa-
chusetts.

(IX) Hiram Ellsworth, third son and sixth
child of Lucius and Marietta (Eaton) Conant, was
born September 13, 1839, iu Mansfield, Massachu-
setts, and grew up there, receiving his limited edu-
cation in the common schools. At a very early age
he was employed in a silk mill with his father, and
for many years was an aid to the latter. About 1875
he went to Willimantic. Connecticut, with his cousin,
Albert A. They there began the operation of a silk
mill, in partnership, and thus continued some seven
or eight years. Hiram E. Conant then removed to
Stonington, Connecticut, where he operated what is
known as a "throwing'' plant. From there he re-
turned to Willimantic, and soon after, in connection
with James L. Merrick, established the Merrick &
Conant Manufacturing Company, at East Hampton,
Connecticut. He then removed to Conantville and
operated a mill for some years. This he sold out,
and again went to Stonington, where he was engaged
in a throwing plant. He was subsequently at Peters-
burg as superintendent of a silk mill. In 1S91 he
came to Contoocook. New Hampshire, and with his
sons established the plant which they still operate
under the name of the Conant Manufacturing Com-
pany. This is what is known as a "throwing" mill.
which prepares silk for the weavers. Here Mr.
Conant died, August 4, 1893, and his body was_ in-
terred in Willimantic. He was a very industrious
man and was active within six months of the time
of his death. He was a leading member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a Knight
Templar Mason. In politics he always acted with
the Republican party. He was a man of quiet tastes,
and preferred to give his time to his business rather
than to public affairs, and so took no active part in
politics, though his principles were firmly established.
He was a reliable man in every situation, and was
respected and esteemed in every eommunity where
he lived. He w-as married, November 28. 1865, to
Lena Shattle, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany,
born April 6, 1S43. daughter of Jeremiah and Mag-
delina (Mitchell) Shattle. There were two sons of
this marriage — Frank Ellsw-orth and Dwight Eugene.

Frank Ellsworth Conant, elder son of Hiram E.
and Lena (Shattle) Conant, was born August 12,
1867, in Mansfield, Connecticut. Fle was educated in
the Natchaug high school at Willimantic, Connecti-
cut, from which he graduated in 1885. He spent
one year in a business college at Hartford, and then
took up business in association with his father, in
the silk mill at Stonington. He subsequently re-
moved to Fredericksburg. Virginia, where he was
employed for a time, and joined his father on the
latter's removal to Contoocook. Here he has re-
mained since that time, and is secretary and treas-
urer of the Conant Manufacturing Company, and
manages the business department of that concern,
which is a most successful one and has grown and
developed under the management of Mr. Conant and
his brother. He attends the Methodist Church, and
is a Republican, but gives his first attention to busi-
ness. As a result of this condition his business is
prosperous, and as there are plenty of people who
are anxious to serve in public capacities the welfare
of the community is not injured. Mr. Conant was
married, October 17, 1889, to Alice S. Burns, of
Stonington, Connecticut, daughter of Michael and
Mary J. (Dunn) Burns, natives respectively of Ire-
land and Connecticut. Michael Burns was a rail-

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road man, and was killed while in the performance
of his duty on the railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Conant
are the parents of one child, Paul Winfield, born
September 15, i8g6, now a student in school.

Dwight Eugene Conant, younger son of Hiram E.
and Lena (Shattle) Conant. was born, April 21, 1S72,
in Willimantic, Connecticut, and graduated from the
Stonington High School in 1889. In the meantime,
he had given some attention to the w'orkings of a .
silk mill, and after graduating was employed one
3'ear in charge of the spinners in the shop operated
by his father, operating the first belt spinners. From
Stonington he went to Petersburg and was assistant
superintendent of the mill operated by the John N.
Stearns Company. He removed with his father to
Contoocook, and is now president of the Conant
Manufacturing Company and superintendent of its
mill. He is familiar with every detail of the work,
and his competent management of the mill has con-
tributed greatly to its success. The brothers co-
operate with the utmost harmony, and are thus
building up one of the most successful enterprises of
Merrimac county. Mr. Conant was married, Janu-
ary 26, iSgs, to Blanche L. Kemp, a native of Con-
toocook, daughter of Frank P. and Jennie S. (East-
man) Kemp. They are the parents of four chil-
dren ; Hiram A., born August 12, 1895 ; Dwight
Lucian, born August 25, 1S96; Lena Mabel, born
May 2, 1898 ; and George Elmer, born December ip)
1900.

There were numerous immigrants of
\VILLIS this name who arrived from England
in the colonial period, and the founder
of the family now in hand was perhaps the first.

(I) Deacon John Willis, a Puritan of great re-
spectability and considerable distinction, arrived in
New England in or prior to 1637, and settled in
Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he entered with
spirit into the early public affairs of that town. In
1657 he sold his property to William Pabodie. and
went to Bridgewater as one of the original proprie-
tors. He was one of the organizers of the town
government, held various tow-n offices, was appointed
to solemn marriages and administer oaths, and
served as representative to the general court for
twenty-five years. He was the first deacon of the
church in Bridgewater. His will was dated in 1692
and proved in 1693. He married Mrs. Elizabeth
Palmer, nee Hodgkins, widow of William Palmer,
and his children were: Deacon John, Nathaniel,
Joseph, Comfort, Benjamin, Hannah, Elizabeth and
Sarah.

(II) Benjamin, fifth child of Deacon John, Sr.
and Elizabeth Willis, was born in 1657. and died
May 12, 1696. He married Susanna Whitman,
daughter of Thomas Whitman. She lived to be
ninety-eight years old. Their children were :
Thomas, Benjamin, Susanna and Elizabeth.

(III) Thomas, eldest child of Benjamin and
Susanna (Whitman) Willis, was born at Bridge-
water in 1694 and resided there his entire life. He
was a selectman there in 1760. In 1716 he married
Mary, daughter of Samuel Kingsley, and was the
father of Susanna, Thomas, Jonah, Mary, Rhoda,
Betty. Zcphaniah and Nathan.

(IV) Thomas Willis, second child and eldest
son of Thomas and Mary (Kingsley) Willis, was
born at Bridgewater in 1721. In 1741 he married
Susanna Ames, daughter of Thomas Ames, and went
from Bridgewater to that part of Taunton which is

now Easton. His children were : Lemuel, Jedediah,
Thomas, Susanna, Asa and Mary.

(V) Lemuel Willis, eldest child of Thomas and
Susanna (Ames) Willis, was born in Easton, June 4,
1742. That he was active in the stirring events
which transpired prior to and during the Revolution-
ary war is attested by the facts that he was a mem-
ber of the committee on correspondence and safety
at Fasten in 1771 ; that he served as sergeant in
Captain Randall's company of Colonel George Will-
iams' regiment in 1776; and in 1778 and 1780 he
served in Rhode Island. He subsequently went to
Windham, Vermont, and died there in 1819. The
maiden surname of his wife was Ames, and she was
of Easton. He had two sons and several daughters
but an authentic list of his children is not at hand.

(VI) Lemuel (2), son of Lemuel (i) Willis,
was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, June 29, 1771,
and died in Windham in 1849. Information at hand
fails to give the maiden name of his wife or the
names of his children, but it is certain that he had a
son Lemuel.

(VII) Rev. Lemuel (3), son of Lemuel (2)
Willis, was born in Windham, April 24, 1802. After
pursuing the regular course at the Chesterfield (New
Hampshire) Academy, he studied theology and, en-
tring the ministry, he held pastorates in Lebanon.
New Hampshire : Troy, New York ; Salem and
Haverhill, i\Iassachusetts, and other places. He was
a pleasing speaker, was noted for his clear and
forcible sermons and his ministry extended through
a period of fifty years. His death occurred July 23,
1S77. He married Almanda R. Simons, who was
born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, January 23,

1803, daughter of Edward and • (Witherell)

Simons (?). She died September 23, 1S46. They
were the parents of five children: i. Lemuel Mur-
ray, sec forward. 2. Otis W., born 1826. 3. Alger-
non, born July 28, 1833 ; now a merchant in Con-
cord, New Hampshire. 4. Mary L.. born 1835 ; mar-
ried Philip C. Bean, of Warner, New Hampshire ;
died .Xugust 20, 1869, leaving one son, L. Willis
Eean. who is now an employe of the United States
government in customs, at Portland, Maine. 5.
Harlon Simons, see forward.

(\TII) Dr. Lemuel Murray, eldest child of Rev.
Lemuel and Almanda R. (Simons) Willis, was born
in Lebanon, New Hampshire. October 7. 1825. Very
early in life he developed an unusual interest in
books, music and languages. While pursuing his
studies he taught in the public schools of Elliot,
INIaine. For a time he studied medicine, then took
up classical studies, and was finally graduated from
Dartmouth }vledical College in the class of 1847. He
then went to France and continued his studies in the
hospitals of Paris for one year, being occupied with
special work under the auspices of several famous
professors, and this experience was of great service
to him in his later medical practice. For a time he
practiced his profession in Elliot, Maine, then in
Canton and Chelsea, settling in Charlestown. Massa-
chusetts, shortly after the close of the Civil war,
and there resided until his death, January 17. 1893.
Throughout the Civil war Dr. Willis served as a
surgeon in the Union army. He was assistant sur-
geon, July. 18C2, in the Twenty-second Massachu-
setts Volunteers, under General Butler, at New Or-
leans, and was later appointed surgeon of the Seven-
ty-fourth Regiment. LTnited States Volunteer Infan-
try. He served at Ship Island and Fort Pike until
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medical societies, and was a Knight Templar and
Mason. He was not only a successfi:! medical prac-
titioner, but was also widely known in scientific cir-
cles, having been one of the founders of the Boston
Microscopical Society, and its first president. He
was a great lover of the beautiful in nature, charac-
ter and art, and an expert violinist and pianist. He
had ever been an admirer of books, and from youth
to ripest age an earnest student. He was a frequent
contributor of original and translated papers to scien-
tific and medical literature.

Dr. Willis married (first), July 15, 1849, Paulina
H. Fogg, daughter of John and Mary (Staples)
Fogg. Mrs. Willis died March 23, 1858, leaving one
son : John L. M., born in Chelsea, Massachusetts,
February 11, 1856. He was educated in the public
schools of Elliot, Maine, and in Berwick Academy,
and was graduated from the Medical Department of
Bowdoin College in 1S77. He was appointed house
surgeon to the Maine General Hospital, and after a
service of one year in that institution he took a post
graduate course in the New York University. For
many years he was a general practitioner in Elliot.
Maine. He was interested in and connected with
the public schools of that town as a teacher and
superintendent, and has been a trustee of Berwick
Academy. He is an ex-president of the York
County Medical Society ; chairman of the Maine
Medical Board of Registration; member of the
American Medical .Association ; member of the Strat-
ford County Medical .A.ssociation ; member of the
Maine Historical Society, and of the Warwick Club,
of Portsmouth. He is an Odd Fellow, a Thirty-sec-
ond degree Mason, and a noble of the Mystic Shrine.
He is a trustee of the William Fogg Library, presi-
dent of the Elliot Hi-torical Society and for several
- years edited a historical magazine called "The Old
Elliot." He married Carrie Estella Ham, daughter
of Freeman C. and Ella J. (Cooper) Ham, and they
liave children : Elizabeth Gail and Hanlon Parker.
Dr. Lemuel Murray Willis married (second). .Abbie
A. Neal, who died November 2T, 1903, daughter of
Eben and Priscilla (Hutchins) Neal. of Lynn, Mas-
sachusetts. They had children: Harold N.. and
Edith G.. now Mrs. Rideout.

(\Tn) Harlon Simons, youngest child of Rev.
Lemuel and ."Mmanda R. (Simons) Willis, was born
in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. July 18, 1843. He
was educated in the public schools of Haverhill,
Massachusetts, and Warner, New Hampshire, and
upon the completion of his studies, entered the serv-
ice of the government as a postal clerk, serving be-
tween Boston and St. Albans, Vermont. Shortly
prior to his appointment he had enlisted in Company
E, First Regiment. New Hampshire Volunteers
(Burden's Sharp Shooters), and was engaged in con-
siderable active service during the Civil war. He
subsequently entered the railroad service, but in 1884
accepted the appointment as a postoiBce inspector,
and in that capacity has visited almost every part of
the L'nited States. .'\t the present time his special
territory includes the state of New Hampshire. He
is a Republican in politics, and in 1882 and iS34 was
a member of the legislature of New Hampshire. He
affiliates with the Masonic order and is a comrade of
the Grand Army of the Republic. He attends the
L'niversalist Church. He married, September 17,
1870, Susan A, Sawyer, daughter of Joshua and
Lavinia (Foster) Sawyer, of Warner and Aliens-
town. They have had children : Arthur h.. sec for-
ward: Edward S., born December 22. 1881. is em-
ployed at the Page Belting Works. Concord ; and

Florence C, born November 21, 1883, is a teacher in
the public schools of Concord, New Hampshire.

(IX) .'\rthur L., eldest child of Harlon Si-
mons and Susan A. (Sawyer) Willis, was born in
Warner, New Hampshire, June 25, 1872. He was
educated in the public and high schools, being grad-
uated froin the latter institution with honor. He
obtained a position in a printing office, and is a
newspaper man of conspicuous ability and exper-
ience. For fifteen years he has been connected with
the staff of the Monitor and Statesman, of Concord.
He was recently appointed deputy secretary of state,
and assumed the duties of this office in August, 1907.
He is prominently identified with the Concord Uni-
versalist Church, being a member of the prudential
committee and president of the Laymen's League.
He married, November 4, 1895, Sarah Mabel Gould,
of Hillsboro, New Hampshire. They have no chil-
dren.

The family of Ayling has but a few
AYLING members in New England, but their

records, especially that of the principal
subject of this sketch, has been of the most com-
mendable character. His service to New Hamp-
shire has been important and valuable.

(I) General Augustus Davis Aylin.g, son of
William L. Ayling, was born in Boston, Massachu-
setts, July 28, 1840. He was edivcated in the public
schools of his native town and at Lawrence Acad-
emy. Groton. At the conclusion of his school life he
entered the employ of J. C. Ayer & Co., chemists, of
Low'ell, where he remained until the outbreak of the
Civil war. April 6, 1861, he enlisted in the Richard-
son Light Infantry, an unattacheil company, named
in honor of Hon. George F. Richardson, of Lowell,
which subsequently became the Seventh Massachu-
setts Battery. January 4, 1862, he was appointed
'■erond lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry, and was made first lieutenant
December 6 of the same year. May 26. 1864, he was
mustered out of serv'ice. April 25, 1S65, he was ap-
pointed a first lieutenant of the Twenty-fourth Mas-
sachusetts Regiment and made adjutant of the regi-
ment. He was also aide-de-camp and judge advo-
cate on the staff of ^lajor-General R. S. Foster, who
commanded the First Division, Twenty-fourth Corps.
January 20, 1866, he was mustered out of service a
second time. In the fall of the same year he settled
in Nashua, New Hampshire, and for three years was
a traveling salesman. Relinquisljing that employ-
ment, he filled for the next ten years the position of
confidential clerk to Charles A. Gillis. During his
residence in Nashua he did not confine himself to
one occupation, but filled some public offices, both
civil and military. He was inspector of the check
lists, assessor, and assistant city marshal. Company
F, Second Regiment, New Hampshire National
Guard, was founded in 1877. and Mr. Ayling was
elected first lieutenant, and succeeded to the com-
mand of the company, which he retained until July
i.> 1879, when under the going into effect of the new
law he w'as commissioned by Governor Head ad-
jutant-general of New Hampshire, a position he held
until 1907, being by virtue of his long service the
ranking state adjutant of the United States. To his
earnest and intelligent efforts much of the improve-
ment in the National Guard of New Hampshire is
due. By direction of the legislature the "Revised
Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hamp-
shire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-186.;." was
prepared by General Ayling, and published in T895.

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This work in five quarto volumes contains a record
of each soldier and sailor from New Hampshire as
far as it is possible to get it, who served in the Re-
bellion. The plan of the work w'as a new one and
far superior to any upon which previous works of
the kind had been based. The names of the members
of each regiment were alphabetically arranged in-
stead of by companies, and a short sketch of each
organization preceded the list of names of its mem-
bers. Great care was used to secure the correct
spelling of each name, and to obtain the information
necessary to the compilation of the work all the
authorities on the subject were consulted. In order
that the record of each individual should be correct
nearly fifteen thousand records were sent to Wash-
ington to be corrected from the books there. By
much care and effort many cases where soldiers ap-
pear on the old reports as deserters through informa-
tion from the war or navy department they were
found to have been regularly discharged, and thus
many names were cleared of dishonor. In addition
to this, revised and corrected lists of the engage-
ments in which each regiment took part were in-
serted. This grand work, which for comprehensive-
ness, thoroughness, and ready reference is unexcelled
and perhaps unequalled by any other work of the
kind, will ever remain a monument to the industry,
intelligence and fidelity of General Ayling.

General Ayling is a member of John G. Foster
Post, G. A. R., of Nashua, of which he was senior
vice commander, and for a long time was mustering
officer for the department of New Hampshire. He
is a member of the Loyal Legion and of several
military and social organizations. He is proficient in
Masonry and a member of the lodge. Royal Arch
Chapter, Royal and Select Masters, Knights Templar.

(II) Charles Lincoln, son of General Augustus
D. Ayling, was born in Somerville. Massachusetts,
January 22, 1875. He attended the common and high
schools of Concord, New Hampshire, where he lived
from the time he was four years old, and graduated
from the latter in 1892. He then entered the em-
ploy of E. H. Rollins & Sons, bankers, in Boston,
Massachusetts, where he was employed until 1900,
when he and Montgomery Rollins organized the firm
of Rollins & Co., bankers, and carried on the busi-
ness under that name until 1O03. when a Mr. Baker
succeeded to the interests of Mr. Rollins, and the
firm became Baker. Ayling & Co., under which name
the business has since been continued. Mr. Ayling
is an alert financier, ..and has been unusually success-
ful in business. He married Margaret Robertson,
daughter of John Robertson, of Chicago. They have
one child.

The name Racine will be remembered
RACINE as long as the works of the great

French dramatic author, Jean Racine,
are read. It has been brought into the United States
by Canadians who are descended from French ances-
tors and feel pride in that cognomen.

(I) Augustin Racine was born in Saint Marc,
province of Quebec, and died at St. Pie. He was a
carpenter by trade. He married Emelia Tachereau,
also a native of St. Marc.

(II) Elic, son of Augustin and Emelia (Tacher-
eau) Racine, was born in St. Marc, and died in Ab-
botsford, province of Quebec, in 1878. He was a
carpenter. He married Esther Bousquet, who was
born in St. Pie. and now resides in Concord, New
Hampshire. They were the parents of twelve chil-
dren, of whom six grew up : Dorita, Arthur A.,

Grazilla, Achille, Josephine, and Arthur Joseph, the
subject of the next paragraph.

(HI) Arthur Joseph, youngest child of Elic and
Esther (Bousquet) Racine, was born in St. Pie,
province of Quebec, January 9, i860. He attended
school in St. Hyacinthe, and at the age of twenty
years came to the United States and was employed
in Worcester nearly two years, and then removed to
Suncook. New Hampshire, where he was employed
by E. F. Baker & Company, grocers, for eight years.
In 1890 he bought out McAfee & Otterson, grocers,
of Hooksett, and engaged in trade until April, 1906,
when his store and contents were totally destroyed
by fire. Mr. Racine is a Republican, and has held
the office of supervisor. He is a member of various
societies, among which are the Order of Foresters
and the Associated Canadio-American. He married,
September 22, 1885. Denise Parant, born in L'Abbe
Le Fevre, province of Quebec, daughter of Josephine
and Philomene (Martcl) Parant. They have four
children : Eva H., Frederick A., Philip and Rachel.
Four others died in infancy.

Little is a name that was given to a
LITTLE man on account of a personal charac-
teristic, and became a surname, when
surnames became fixed, and hereditary among the
middle and lower classes, about the middle of the
fifteenth century or a little later. To the individual
first assuming it, probably it was appropriate, but
like all names of a descriptive character it very soon
ceased to be appropriate to the descendants of the
person so named. It has been spelled in various
ways, the principal forms being Littell, Littel, Litel,
Lytel, Lytell, Lyttelle, Littelle, Little, Lytic. Lyttle.
These earlier forms have nearly all disappeared, and
the form Little is the one almost universally used
at the present day.

The family has never made claims to greatness,
but the hardy courage, persistent energy and good
character of the immigrant ancestor have been
present with generations of descendants, wdiether in
making farms as pioneers, and fighting Indians in
the Colonial days in New England, or on the west-
ern borders of the Union. The records show that
as soldiers, as men of peaceful pursuits, or students,
lawyers, doctors, preachers, artisans, the Littles
have not been behind their neighbors in the average
of achievement. Of this family of Littles, six served
in the French and Indian wars ; sixteen in the Revo-
lutionary; fifteen in the War of 1812; one hundred
and fourteen in the Civil war. Twenty-two have
graduated from Harvard College; thirty-five front
Dartmouth, and many more from other colleges in
the different states of the LInion.

(I) George Little, the founder of the Newbury
family of this name. came, according to long current
and probably reliable tradition, from Unicorn street,
near London Bridge, England. He migrated to
Massachusetts and settled in Newbury, where he
worked some years for Mr. Woodbridge, who had
advanced money for his passage from England to
America. He was a tailor by trade, but is was
probably that like others in that day and region he
gave much of his attention to agriculture. This is
made evident by the fact that he purchased land in
September, 1650, acquiring the freehold right of
John Osgood, who moved to another town. He
subsequently made numerous purchases and became
an extensive landholder, one of his farms including
three hundred acres. He was often appointed ap-
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had a reputation for judgment and integrity. With
his wife he joined the First Baptist Church at Bos-
ton, and subsequently united witli a small congre-
gation of that faith in Newbury. He built a house
in 1679, which stood until 1851, when it was taken
down. He had five children bj' his first wife, Alice
Poor, and none by the second. (Mention of Aloses
and descendants appears in this article).

(H) Joseph, second child and eldest son of
George and Alice (Poor) Little, was born at New-
bury, Massachusetts, September 22, 1653, and died
in what is now Newburyport, September 6, 1740,
in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Captain Jo-
seph was much more prominent in town afi'airs than
was his father. He was tythingman in 1685, and
selectman in 1692-3, 1700, 1704-5. He seems to have
always been connected with tlie Establislied (Con-
gregational) Church, of which he and his wife were
members. It was then the custom to seat the con-
gregation according to their rank in the community,
and in the allotment of seats after the erection of a
new house of worship in 1700 a quite prominent one
was given to him. He had valuable holdings of real
estate which he later largely increased by inheritance
and numerous purchases. He is believed to have
lived at Turkey Hill from his marriage until about
1730, when he removed to the part of Newbury,
now Newburyport, where several of his sons were
engaged in trade. He distributed his real estate
among his sons before his death, and in his will,
dated January 27, 1737, and proved October I, 1740,
divides his household goods and part of his estate
among his daughters and others. He married, Oc-
tober 31, 1677, Mary Coffin, who was born Novem-
ber 12, 1657, and died November 28, 1725. She was
a daughter of Tristram Coffin, born 1632 in England,
and his wife Judith, who was the' widow of Henry
Somerby and daughter of Captain Edmund Green-
leaf. Tristram Coffin was a merchant tailor, and re-
sided in Newbury, where he died February 4. 1704.
He was a son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens)
Coffin, who came from Plymouth, England, in 1642,
the former a son of Peter and Joanna Coffin. The
children of Mr. and Airs. Joseph Little w-erc as fol-
lows: Judith; Joseph; George; Sarah; Enoch; Tris-
tram; Moses; Daniel and Benjamin. (Enoch and
descendants are noticed at length in this article).

(III) George, third child and second son of
Joseph and Mary (Coffin) Little, was born in New-
bury, January 12, 1682, and died July 2, 1760. In
1709 he bought of William Ilsley a riverside lot on
the Merrimack, and probably lived in that part of
Newbury. He was a lieutenant in the militia. His
name occurs among the proprietors of Boscawen,
New Hampshire. Some time after the birth of his
children he removed to Haverhill and Plaistow,
New Hampshire. In his will, dated April 4, 1754,
he calls himself yeoman. He married (iirst), Feb-
ruary 22, 171 1, Edna, dau.ghter of Captain Thomas
and Sarah (Northend) Hale, of Newbury. She was
born November 21, 1684, and died October 15, 1732.
He married (second), October 19, 1736, Widow ^le-
hitable Clement, of Haverhill. She died November
3, 1734 (?). Their children were: Thomas; George;
Oliver; Edna; Alice; Ezekiel ; Bartholomew and
Joseph. (Mention of the last named and descen-
dants forms part of this article).

(IV) Thomas, eldest child of George and Edna
(Hale) Little, was born in Newbury. October 27,
171 1, and died November 8, 1766, in Plaistow, New
Hampshire. He early moved from Newbury to
Haverhill. In 1746 he and his brother Joseph were

appointed by Governor Wentworlh to make a plan of
Timberlane, now Hampstead. He was a tanner and
farmer, and his land with that of Captain George
Little formed the western boundary of Hampstead
when its charter was given. His descendants have
as a whole been noted for their size of body and phy-
sical strength, especially those in the line of his son
Bond. In his will dated November 5, 1766, he calls
himself of Plaistow, and makes bequests to all his
surviving children. In it there also occurs this para-
graph : "Item — I give to my well beloved wife my
servant boy Lot." He married, January 12, 1738,
in Haverhill, New Hampshire, i\Iary Bond, of that
town, who was born October i, 1721, and died June
29, 1801. The children of this marriage were: Bond
(died young), Bond, Elizabeth, Alice, Thomas,
Mary and Sarah.

(V) Bond, eldest child of Thomas and Mary
(Bond) Little, was born in Haverhill, November
II, 1741, and died in Hatley, Stanstead county,
Canada, July 10, 181 1. He served under Captain
John Hazen in the expedition against Crown Point
in 1758, and not long after settled in Weare, New
Hampshire. About 1775 he removed to the adjoin-
ing tow'n of Deering, where he held several town
offices and cleared a large tract of land. In 1786
he went to Newbury, New Hampshire, where he had
made extensive purchases of land. He was a promi-
nent citizen there, held the commission of justice of
the peace, and solemnized numerous marriages.
About 1801 he removed with several of his children
to Hatley, Stanstead county, Canada, where he died.
He was a man of great energy, and, writes one of
his descendants, "Noted for his wit and mirthful-
ness." He married, March 16, 1762, Ruth Atwood,
who was born May 20, 1742, and died May 14, 1814.
She was of a sedate disposition, a pious and excel-
lent woman. Their children who lived to mature
age were: Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Ruth, Alice,
Taylor, Abijah, Ezekiel and Bond.

(VI) Thomas (2), third child and second son
of Bond and Ruth (Atwood) Little, was born in
Weare, New Hampshire, September 16, 1768, and
died in Newbury, August 11, 1803. He was a farmer
and lieutenant in the militia. He married, jMarch 26,
1795. Jenny JNlacMaster, of Fishersfield, now- New-
bury. His widow married, second, June 19, 1806,
Jonathan Ewins, by whom she had six children and
died July 18, 1858, aged eighty-one. The children of
Thomas and Jenny (MacMaster) Little were: Sally,
Ruth Atwood, Jane, Thomas and William.

(VII) Ruth Atwood, second child and daughter
of Thomas and Jenny (MacMaster) Little, was born
in Newbury, Septemlier 24. 1797, and married De-
cember 22, 1S19, Lothrop Shurtleif. (See Shurtleff
VI).

(VII) William, youngest child of Thomas and
Jennie (AlacMaster) Little, born December 5, 1803,
was a farmer of Newbury, New Hampshire, where
he died February 19, 1840. He married Eveline,
daughter of Stephen and Ruth (Osgood) Kinsman,
who was born at Landaif, New Hampshire, June 1,
1808, and died at Cambridge, Massachusett.=, Septem-
ber I, 1866. She was a descendant in the eighth
generation from Robert Kinsman, who sailed from
Southampton, England, in jNIarch. 1634. and settled
at Ipswich, Massachusetts. This couple had four
children— Hiram Kinsman, Cyrus Baldwin, William
and Thomas. Of these, Cyrus Baldwin was born
December 21, 183 1, and died August 23, 1853. He
graduated at Franceslown Academy, and commenced
the study of medicine. A very promising young man.

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lie was cut down in early manhood. William was
born January 31, 1836, and is now a resident of
Warner, New Hampshire. Thomas was born June
15, 1838, and resides at Peterborough, New Hamp-
shire.

(Vni) Hiram Kinsman, the eldest of these four
children, was born May 27, 1830. He was a farmer
by occupation, and was a popular and highly re-
spected citizen of Sutton. New Hampshire, where he
was several times elected a member of the board of
selectmen. jNIany of the older Republicans of the
state who recall the stirrino; events connected with
the birth of that party in New Hampshire, remem-
ber him as one of its pioneers in Merrimack county,
who rendered it valuable service. He recruited over
thirty men in the town of Sutton, who served in
Company F, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers,
in the Civil war. He went to the front as second
lieutenant of that company, being commissioned Sep-
tember 4, 1862, and was promoted to the rank of
first lieutenant January 30, 1863. He took part in
the battle of Fredericksburg and in the Mississippi
and East Tennessee campaigns, and was in all the
battles from the Wilderness to Petersburg. On June
20, 1864. in front of Petersburg, he was mortally
wounded, the bullet penetrating his neck and ren-
dering him speechless. After that terrible slaughter,
with some eight or nine hundred wounded men, he
was carried on board the United States floating hos-
pital, "New World," tlien lying at Point of Rocks
on the Appomattox river, and taken to the govern-
ment hospital at David's Island, New York harbor,
where he died July 4, 1S64. His body was subse-
quently carried to his old hom; at Sutton, and there
buried with military honors. Colonel Walter Harri-
man said of him, "He was one of the most efficient
and valuable officers in the service, and died a pa-
triot's death." He married, in 1856, Susan Harvey
Woodward, who was born October 8, 1835, and died
September 4, 1864. They had one child, Cyrus Har-
vey, who was left an orphan at the early age of livo
years. Mrs. Little was a daughter of Jonathan and
Dorothy (Harvey) Woodward, of Sutton. Her
grandfather. Stephen Woodward, was an early settler
of that town, coming there from Sandown, New
Hampshire. On her mother's side she was connec-
ted with the Harvey family of New Hamp>hire. of
which the late Congressman Jonathan Harvey and
Governor Matthew Harvey were members.

(IX) Cyrus Harvey Little was born August 14.
1859, in Sutton, and was educated in the public
schools of his native town, and prepared for Bates
College at New Hampton Literary Institution. He
received the degree of A. B. from Bates in 18S4,
and after leaving college was engaged for several
years in mercantile business. He afterwards com-
menced the study of law in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, with Hon. James F. Briggs and Hon. Oliver
E. Branch. From there he entered Boston Uni-
versity Law School, where he graduated after a
three years course, in which he distinguished him-
self as one of the finest students in his class. Im-
mediately upon his admission to the bar of New
Hampshire he began the practice of law in Man-
chester, and has attained an unusual degree of suc-
cess.

He takes an active interest in all matters per-
taining to the public welfare, and has served witli
ability in various offices of trust and responsibility.
While a resident of Sutton, he was a member of
the school board for four years from 1885 to 1889.
He is one of the board of overseers of New Hamp-

ton Literary Institution. In 1896 he was elected to
the legislature from ward three, Manchester, and
during tlie session of 1897 served on the committees
on judiciary and journal of the house. Re-elected
in 189S, during the session of 1899 he served on the
committees on judiciary, national affairs and rules.
He took an active part in the discussion upon the
floor of the house, and never failed to exert a strong
influence in all matters which he advocated or op-
posed. He was again re-elected in 1900, and upon
the opening of the session of 1901 was nominated
by the Republicans as their candidate for speaker,
receiving the solid vote of his party, and was elected
to that position. As a presiding officer he was ready,
painstaking and efficient, making a record that com-
pares favorably with those of a long line of dis-
tinguished predecessors. In 1902 he was a member
of the constitutional convention, where he rendered
excellent service, especially when called upon to
direct the course of debate as chairman of the com-
mittee of the whole. Since March 27, 1903, he has
served as chairman of the state board of license
commissioners. In the arduous and perplexing
work of this position he has acquitted himself with
credit and maintained his reputation for ability,
honesty and fearlessness.

INIr. Little is a graceful orator, and is often in-
vited to speak before Grand Army posts, and at
fairs, political meetings, etc. He has delivered several
Memorial Day addresses which have been much
admired. In all political campaigns, state and na-
tional, of recent years, he has taken an active part
and contributed greatly to the success of his party.
In religion he is a Congregationalist. He is a mem-
lier of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, of
^lanchester; of the New Flampshire Society, Sons
of the American Revolution; and of the Massachu-
setts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal
Legion.

(IV) Joseph (2), youngest child of George and
Edna (Hale) Little, was born June 22, 1727, in New-
l)ury, and died in 181 1, in Goffstovvn. He engaged
in farming in Plaistow and Henniker, New Hamp-
shire, where his children were born. About 1770
lie removed to Goffstown, and was there the first
deacon of the church and was prominent in town
aft'airs. He was known as Captain Little, doubtless
on account of his service in the militia. He was
married (first), to Elizabeth Ingalls, who died De-
cember 6, 1764, aged thirty-nine years. Captain
Little •married (second). March 19, 1766. Sarah
Mills, who was the mother of his youngest child,
James. There were ten children of the first wife,
namely : Hannah, Edna, Elizabeth, John. Abiah,
Ruth, George. Caleb, Sarah and Eliphalet. (Men-
lion of the last named and descendants is made in
lliis article.)

(HI) Enoch, third son of Joseph and Mary
(Coffin) Little, was born December g, 1685, and died
April 28, 1766. His residence was in West New-
bury. Fie married. May 19, 1707, Elizabeth, daughter
of John and Elizabeth (Webster) Worth, born Au-
gust 17, 1688; and died December 28, 1766.

(IV) Edmund, son of Enoch and Elizabeth
(Worth) Little, was born September 5, 1715; and
died August 29, 1803. West Newbury was his resi-
dence. He married (first), March 18, 1736, Judith,
(laughter of Dr. Matthew and Sarah (Knight)
.\danis. born April 2. 1716; died September 7, 1784;
(second), November 2, 1789, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith,
daughter of John Noyes of Newbury, born 1731,
died September 22, 1817. He had ten children.

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(V) Enoch (2), son of Edmund and Judith
(Adams) Little, was horn June 7, 1748. and died
August 15, i8jo. He also resided at West Newhury.
He married Mary, daughter of Ezekiel and ^lary
(Sargent) Hale, born 1751 ; died August 15, 1820.
They had three children.

(VI) Enoch (3), son of Enoch and ^Mary (Hale)
Little was born May II, 1773, and died March 23,
1816. Like his ancestors for generations before,
he resided at West Newbury. He married, Septem-
ber 15, 1796, Mary Brickett, born May 12, 1771 ; died
September 12, 1855.

(VH) Dr. Elbridge Gerry Little, son of Enoch
and Mary (Brickett) Little, was born in Bradford,
August 5, 1807 ; and died in New Lisbon, Wiscon-
sin. He studied medicine with Drs. Eddy and Mc-
Collom, at Lewiston, New York, and later graduated
from a medical college. Going west in 1844, he set-
tled in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, and there spent
the remainder of his life in the practice of his pro-
fession. In religious views he was a Presbyterian,
and in politics a Whig until the organization of the
Republican party, when he became a Republican.
He married Sophronia Phelps Peabody, daughter of
Thomas and Judith (Dodge) Peabody and sister
of George Peabody, banker and philanthropist, born
in Danvers, Massachusetts, November 4, i8og; died
in New York, 1869. They had six children, the
first born in Pembroke : Sophronia, George Peabody,
Jeremiah Russell, Allan Fitch, Henry Clay and Mary
Gaines.

(VHI) George Peabody, second child and oldest
son of Dr. Elbridge G. and Sophronia P. (Peabody)
Little, was born in Pembroke, Genesee county, New
York, June 20, 1834. He was educated in the com-
mon schools and at Lew-iston (New York) and Pem-
broke, (New Hainpshire) academies, and at
the Military Institute at Pembroke, a branch
of the NorW'ich Military Academy of Vermont.
At the age of eighteen he taught school. The
following year he went to Portland, Maine, where
he was engaged in mercantile business six years.
He then went to Boston where he stayed for a
short time. The ten years next following he spent
at Palmyra, New York, where he had charge of a
photograph gallery. In 1868 he returned to Pem-
broke, purchased the present homestead and engaged
in farming over seven hundred acres of land and mak-
ing the raising of Jersey cattle a specialty for a time. In
1866-67, wdiile in Palmyra, Mr. Little was deputy
collector of United States revenue. He was town
treasurer of Pembroke in 18S1-2, selectman 1885-6-7,
representative in the house of representatives of New
Hampshire, in 1876-7, when the elections were an-
nual, and in 1890; was a member of the constitu-
tional convention in 1888; was county treasurer four
years; member of the state senate 1901, and justice
of the peace twenty-five years. He is trustee of the
Guaranty Savings Bank of Concord, and also of the
Peinbroke Academy. For many years he was chair-
man of the e.xccutive committee of the latter, and has
been its secretary and treasurer. He is a member
of the Concord Flistorical Society, and the New
Hampshire Club of Boston. He is a member of
Jewell Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
Trinity Royal Arch Chapter No. 2, Horace Chase
Council No. 4, and Mt. Horeb Commandery, Knights
Templars, all of Concord, and of Edward A. Ray-
mond Consistory, Nashua, having attained the thirty-
second degree, and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine.
He is also a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and of the Encampment at Suncook.

He is a lifelong Republican. He is a member of the
Congregational Church, and has been deacon since
1890. !Mr. Little is a leading citizen not only in his
town but in the county and state. He has long been
identitied with the agricultural, financial, legislative
and educational institutions of New Hampshire, and
has stood with the progressive members in all the
bodies with wdiich he has had relations. He has
always been prompt to act, and he has never put off
till tomorrow matters of importance he could dis-
pose of to-day.

He married, August 22, 1854, Elizabeth Ann
Knox, daughter of Daniel McClintock and Eliza-
beth Mary Knox, born August 22, 1S36, in Quincy,
Massachusetts. They have had the following named
children : George Willard, born in Pembroke, Oc-
tober 9, 1855, died March 25, 1859. Clarence Belden,
born November 18, i8;7, educated at Dartmouth
College ; read law with General Frank Streeter, of
Concord, and Judge William M. Chase, and studied
in Howard Law School ; commenced the practice
of law at Bismarck, North Dakota ; is president of
the First National Bank of Bismarck. North Dakota,
and has been a state senator since Dakota became a
state; married Caroline Gore Little. Mary Georgi-
anna, at Palmyra, New York, born January 16, i860,
married Rev. John E. Odlen, of Lynn, jSIassachu-
setts. Elizabeth Ellen, born at Palmyra, New York,
July 13, 1862, wafe of L. F. Thurber, of Nashua.
Nettie Knox, born at Palmyra, New York. Sep-
-tember 14, 1865, married June 20, 1894, Frank Emory
Shepard, of Concord. Lucy Bowman, born at Pal-
myra, New York. February 28, 1868. Clara Frances
born November 16, 1870, in Pembroke, married Sep-
tember 5, 1894, Harmon Schultz Suit, of Brooklyn,
New York.

(V) Eliphalet, fourth son of Joseph (2) Little,
and youngest child of his first wife, Elizabeth (In-
galls) Little, was born December $, 1764, in Hamp-
stead. New Hampshire, and died February 28. 1798.
He settled in that part of Boscawen, which is now
Webster, previous to 1791. His residence was on
Battle street near Corser Hill. He had a fair edu-
cation and engaged in teaching school. He was
married November 25, 1790, to Dolly Hunt, of San-
bornton, New Hampshire, who was born l\Iay 25,
1770. After the death of Mr. Little she became the
wife of Timothy Eastman, of Boscawen, and sur-
viving him married Douglas Stackpole, of that town.
She died in Webster, January 2. 1852. The children
of Eliphalet Little were: Sarah Mills, John and
Eliphalet.

(VI) Eliphalet (2), second son and third child
of Eliphalet (l) and Dolly (Hunt) Little, was born
August 10, 1798, in Boscawen, New Hampshire,
died July 2, 1884. He was a boot and shoe maker
and continued to follow that occupation until old
age compelled him to retire from active labor. About
1823 he moved to Coos county and lived four years
in Stewartstown, and a like pe^iod in Colebrook.
Here he owned some land, and in 183 1 sold out and
removed to Salisbury, New Hampshire, where the
remainder of his life was passed. This move was
partly induced by the desire to provide his children
with good educational opportunities. He played the
snare drum as a member of the Twenty-first Regi-
ment, New Hampshire militia, and was especially
skillful as a performer on that instrument. He was
a Universalist in religious faith, and as there was no
church of that sect in his neighborhood he was a
regular attendant of the Congregational Church of
Salisbury. He was married (first), in 1823, to

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Meele, daugliter of Moses and Sarah (Stevens) Fel-
lows, natives of Kingston, New Hampsliire, who
resided in Salisbury. She was born April 3, 1802,
in the latter town, where she died October 20, 1853.
Mr. Little was married (second), April 15, 1855,
to Amanda B., daughter of Daniel and Susannah
(Stevens) Pressey. She was born April 3, 1804.
Mr. Little's children, born of the first wife, were:
Moses Fellows, Salome Fellows, John Pierce, Sarah
Elizabeth and Ebenezer Langdon.

(VII) Moses Fellows, eldest child of Eliphalet
and Meele (Fellows) Little, was born August 31,
1823, in Boscawen, now Webster, New Hampshire.
His educational advantages were excellent and he
was fitted for college at Salisbury Academy. He
never, however, entered upon a college course but
determined to see something of the world and en-
gaged in business. His first undertaking was a four
years voyage on the whaling vessel, "Arnolda," of
New Bedford. Massachusetts, which went in pursuit
of sperm whales, and in this voyage he visited many
of the ports and islands of the Pacific. Returning
to his native place he was employed for several terms
as a school teacher in Davisville. During one winter,
1848-49, he conducted a store in Salisbury, In
March, 1S49, he joined the "Sagamore Trading and
Mining Company" consisting of fifty persons, with
headquarters at Lynn, Massachusetts, whence he
proceeded to Booneville, Missouri. The company
was divided at that point and started for the Pacilic
coast with ten si.x-mule teams, in September, 1849,
a part going by way of Salt Lake. jMr. Little was
a member of the party going by way of the head
waters of the Sacramento river in Washington ter-
ritory. The Salt Lake party never succeeded in get-
ting there. iSIr. Little's party went down the Sacra-
mento and he was one of the eight who succeeded in
completing the trip. For a time he was engaged in
mining on the American river, and then engaged in
ranching in partnership with Jonas Call, of Bosca-
wen, about a mile from San Francisco. They were
the first Americans to sell milk in that city. For this
they received three shillmgs {,ZlV-^ cents) a pint, and
they gradually increased their stock from one cow
to a dozen. Previous to this all milk sold in the
city had been brought , in by Spaniards in water
skins on the backs of mules. Mr. Little also kept a
number of hens and sold eggs for twenty-five cents
a piece. In 1853 'le returned to New Hampshire
expecting to be married, but his fiancee could not be
induced to go so he settled up his affairs in Cali-
fornia and returned to Salisbury. After his marriage
he settled in Hill and for twelve years conducted a
store there. He subsequently entered the employ
of the Northern Railroad, and was express and sta-
tion agent at Hill until he retired in 1900. He was
assistant postmaster during Franklin Pierce's ad-
ministration. Previous to the Civil war he was a
Democrat, but became a Republican upon the organ-
ization of that party. He was several years select-
man of Hill and also town clerk. He is a member
of the Christian Society of Hill, of which he is
secretary, and belongs to Hill Lodge, No. 51, In-
dependent Order of Good Templars, of which he is
secretary. He also served several years as secre-
tary of the Pemigewasset Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, of Hill. He w-as married (first), February
19, 1852, to ISIary Caroline, daughter of Dimond and
Rachel (Dresser) Shaw, of Salisbury (see Shaw,
VII). She was born January 6, 1828, and died Jan-
uary 22, 1856, in Hill. l\Ir. Little was married
(second), to Lucy Jane, daughter of Sanborn and

Nancy A. (Sherburn) Shaw, a cousin of his first
wife (see Shaw, VII). She was born November 22,
1833, and died February 17, 1869. Mr. Little was
married (third), October 4, 1S69, to Mary Turrill
Payne, daughter of Adonijah and Polly (Fitzgerald)
Fellows, of Livonia, New York. She was born Oc-
tober 29, 1824. The first wife was the mother of
two children and the second of five, namely : Carrie
Louisa Maria is the wife of John Hickey, and resides
in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her children are:
Minnie, Edith, Joseph J., John James, Mabel. Flor-
ence, Mary Amelia and Etta. Mary Amelia died in
infancy. Carroll Eliphalet, born October 5, i860,
resides in Baltimore, Maryland, where he is super-
intendent in a toy manufacturing company. Fannv
j\lay, born October 2, 1862, is the wife of Daniel
Wright, and their children are : Lucy Amy, Carroll
S., Raymond D., Amie E., Elsie C, and Bernice L.
Moses E. S., born December 23, 1864, conducts a
store in Hill, New Hampshire. Lucy Anna Meele,
born May 8, 186S, widow of Hadley P. Foster, has
one child, Dolly Anna.

(VIII) Carroll Eliphalet, dldest son of Moses F.
Little and eldest child of his second wife, Lucy Jane
(Shaw) Little, was born October 5, 1S60, in the town
of Hill, New Hampshire.

(II) Moses, third son and fourth child of George
and Alice (Poore) Little, was born March 11, 1657,
in Newbury, and lived on the parental homestead in
that town. He served as a soldier in the King
Philip's war, and is said to have been town collec-
tor. He died of smallpox, March 8, 1691, and was
buried in the vicinity of his home. It is a family
tradition that he was infected with the disease while
passing a house where clothes were exposed from the
windows, and that his physician was intoxicated at
the time and administered medicine that hastened
his death. According to the practice of that time,
during his illness he was kept in a room so heated
that one's hand could not rest on the walls w'ithout
discomfort. At the time of his death he was execu-'
tor of the estate of Joseph Morin. His estate was
appraised at £1,065, 7 shillings. He married Lydia,
daughter of Tristram and Judith (Greenleaf) Coffin,
who was born April 22, 1662. She married (second),
^larch 18, 169s, John, son of John and Mary Pike,
by whom she had five daughters and one son. Moses
Little's children were : John, Tristram, Sarah, Mary,
Elizabeth and Moses. (Mention of the last named
and descendants forms part of this article).

(HI) Tristram, second son and child of Moses
Little and his wife Lydia Coffin, was born December
6, 1681, in Newbury, and died November II, 1765,
in that town. He was a farmer and built a portion
of the house subsequently occupied by his descen-
ant, William Little, of Newbury. There he resided
until his death. He was married October 30, 1707,
to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Brokle-
bank) Dole of Newbury. She was born February
12, i6go, and died about 1780. Their children were:
Sarah, Henry, Samuel, Apphia, Jane, Elizabeth, Na-
thaniel, Richard, Enoch, Mary and John.

(IV) Enoch, fifth son and ninth child of Tris-
tram and Sarah (Dole) Little, w-as born May 21,
1728, in Newbury. He was a weaver by trade, and
also learned to make shoes. He lived near the up-
per green at Newbury, and removed thence in 1766
to Hampstead, New Hampshire, .\fter remaining
in that place eight years he removed in 1774 to
Boscawen, where he died October 21, 1S16. On his
removal to Boscawen he settled in the virgin forest, '
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dent to a pioneer life. When he came to Boscawen
he had a large family and built a log house on land
which he had set out to clear. He moved into this
September 2, 1774. The house had no floor and the
fireplace was probably made of such stones as could
be conveniently obtamed in the vicinity. Only two
other houses had been erected west of the Black
Water river. The site was in the present town of
Webster. In the midst of this dense forest Mr.
Little went to work to clear up a farm and provide
for his family. Some of his sows were old enough
to aid, and as the family grew up they were able
to make rapid progress in clearing the soil and
preparing it for cultivation. At the age of eleven
years he was converted under Whitefield's preach-
ing at Newburyport. and while living at Hamp-
stead joined the old South Church at Newbury-
port. After he removed to Boscawen it was
not until the feebleness of age prevented that
he failed to be present in Newburyport every year at
the August communion. A large proportion of his
descendants have been ministers or wives of
ministers. He married (first), February 19, 1755,
Sarah Pettingell, who was born September 6,
1731, and died March 10, 1758, in Newbury. He was
married (second), June 5, 1759, to Hannah, daughter
of Samuel and Mary Hovey, of Newbury. She was
born February 27, 1734, and died March 15, 1801.
There were two children of the first wife and ten of
the second, namely: Friend, Mary, Benjamin, Joseph,
Enoch, Hannah (died young), Noah, Jesse, Phoebe,
Sarah, John Hovey and Hannah. (Mention of Enoch
and descendants appears in another paragraph of
this article).

(V) Benjamin, second son and third child of
Enoch Little and eldest child of his second wife,
Hannah (Hovey) Little, was born April 13, 1760,
in Newbury, Massachusetts, and died August 30,
1847, in Boscawen. He was a soldier in the Revo-
lution and took part in the battle of Bennington,
being only seventeen years of age at that time. He
was known by the title of captain which probably
arose from subsequent services in the militia. He
lived upon the homestead in Boscawen (Webster),
and was a man of high character, possessing the con-
fidence of his fellow citizens. He was the fifth nian
in the. town to receive a magistrate's commission,
and was often called upon to act as referee and to
settle estates. He was chosen selectman eight years,
and was four years representative of the town in
the legislature. He continued to act as a rnagistrate
for a period of forty years, and his sound judgment
and upright character made him a valuable citizen
in the community. He was married (first), Novem-
ber 25. 1790, to Rhoda, daughter of Simeon Bart-
lett. She was born April 13, 1768, and died August
27. 1S14. Mr. Little married (second), IMarch 5,
1816, Persis Herbert, of Concord. All the children
were born of the first wife, namely: Richard, John,
Simeon Bartlett, Rhoda and Charles Herbert.

(VI) Simeon Bartlett, third son and child of
Benjamin and Rhoda (Bartlett) Little, was born
December 16, 1797, in Boscawen, and died Decem-
ber 29, T874, in that town, having attained the age
of seventy-seven years. His education was acquired
in the common schools and in early life he was a
news carrier. In those times the postal facilities
were very poor and he carried the Concord Cuseltc
to the people of Hopkinton, Salisbury, Boscawen and
Andovcr. It was his custom to start from home
early on the morning of its publication, traveling on
horseback to Concord, where he filled his saddle
bags and was able to deliver in Hopkinton the same

day, reaching home at night. On the second day he
made the rounds of Salisbury and Andover. In
cold or stormy weather the distribution required
three days. At the same time he executed various
errands and commissions for his customers, and by
this means earned his first money. His character
was such that he became a leader in the community,
and he was chosen for ten years as selectman of the,
town, was two years a member of the legislature
and was a delegate to the convention for revising
the constitution. He was elected moderator of the
town meetings from 1839 to 1858 inclusive with
but two exceptions. Through his active life he held
a magistrate's commission, and he was the admin-
istrator of more than thirty estates and was con-
cerned in the settlement of nearly as many more.
He was frequently appointed as guardian for minors
or insane persons, and held large amounts of funds
in trust. He was frequently called upon for counsel
by those desiring to make their wills. It was his
wont when complaints were brought before him for
litigation to act the part of peacemaker, and he was
able to say near the close of his life "My docket had
but one criminal and but two civil cases." He often
served as a juror and was frequently chosen either
by the parties or by the courts as referee. He early
learned surveying and was often employed in that
capacity, surveying many farms. For about' fifteen
years he was president and director of the Granite
Fire Insurance Company, and for a like period was
either director or secretary. He was one of the
leading members of the church, and gave of his
means and his time to the service of what he consid-
ered vital interests to the community. From 1828
to i860 he was elected by ballots more times than
there were years, and he never either directly or
indirectly solicited a nomination or a vote. He was
a diligent reader, became an excellent master of Eng-
lish, and was a frequent contributor to the press on
a great variety of subjects. His contributions were
noted for their strength, clearness and incisiveness.
He greatly deplored his lack of education. His at-
tendance on the district school ended when he was
seventeen years old, and he had but eight weeks at-
tendance at an academy. He was naturally conser-
vative, and was a Puritan of the eighteenth century.
Such men make mistakes, but they are errors of the
head and not of the heart and are easily overlooked
by discriminating observers. Those who opposed
him politically always acknowledged his integrity
and respected his sterling worth. He was married
(first) September 16, 1824, to Harriet, daughter of
Deacon James and Fanny (Baldwin) Boyd. She
was born September 17, 1798, and died October 3,
1S50. Mr. Little was married (second), October 20,
1851, to Phoebe, daughter of Deacon Eliphalet and
Mary (Thorla) Kilburn. She was born September
26, 1801. His children, all born of the first wife,
were : George, Alice, Narcissa, Evelyn, Sherman,
Arthur and Luther (twins).

(VH) Sherman, second son and fifth child of
Simeon Bartlett and Harriet (Boyd) Little, was
born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, February 6,
1S35. He married, September 8, 1859, Mary A.,
daughter of Deacon Eldad Austin, of Webster.
Their children: Harriet B., born September 30, i860;
Arthur C, April 22, 1862 ; Ellen A., August 19, 1863,
married, October 23, 1883, Irvin Abram Burbank,
of Webster (see Burbank, V) ; Myra A., June 14,
1865; John E., March 2, 1867; Charles S., February
12, 1869; Clara M., June 6, 1872.

(HI) Moses (2), youngest child of Moses (i)
and Lydia (Coffin) Little, was born Fcbruarj- 26,

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1691, in Newbury, and remained at his father's home
until 1730, when he purchased of his uncle Joseph
the Turkey Hill farm, on which he resided the re-
mainder of his life. The farm has since remained
in the hands of his descendants. He passed away
October 17, 1780, in his ninetieth year. The inscrip-
tion upon his tombstone says, "He was temperate in
all things, industrious, hospitable, yet frugal, a kind
husband and kinder father, a good neighbor and
citizen, and while living justly sustained the first of
characters, an honest man." He was married, Feb-
ruary 12, 1716, to Sarah, daughter of Sergeant Ste-
phen and Deborah (Plummer) Jenks. She was born
September 23, 1697, and died November 12, 1763.
Her epitaph reads as follows : "She truly answered
ye Wisemans character of a virtuous woman, lived
beloved and died lamented and hath left her friends a
good hope that at the resurrection this dust shall
spring to life with sweet surprise and in her sa-
viour's image rise." Their children were : Lydia,
Stephen. John. Moses, Joseph (died young), Sarah
died young), Joseph, Benjamin, Sarah, Mary, Paul
and Elizabeth.

(IV) John, second son and third child of Moses
(2) and Sarah (Jenks) Little, was born November
16, 1/21. in Ncw'bury, and left his father's farm at
an early age. He began life as a teamster, but was
industrious and frugal, and accumulated a handsome
property. He lived at the corner of iMiddle and
State streets, in New'buryport, and was said to be the
handsomest man in town. He was married in
1745, to Temperance, daughter of William and Abi-
gail Ripp, of Newburyport. She was born August
10, 1725, and died January 7, 1762. His second wife
was named Apphia, and died October 22, 1791, in
her fifty-ninth year. His children, born of the first
wife, were: William Coffin, John, Francis, Abigail,
Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary.

(V) William Coffin, eldest child of John and
Temperance (Ripp) Little, was born November 17,
1745. in Newburyport, and died December 16, 1816,
in Salisbury, New Hampshire. He was a silver-
smith, and lived in Salisbury until 1790, when he re-
moved to Amesbur}'. Eleven years later he went
to Salisbury, New Hampshire, where the remainder
of his life was spent in tilling the ground. He was
married in December, 176S, to Mary, daughter of
Thomas Rowell, of Newburyport. She died October
18, 1840, aged ninety-five years. Their children were :
Thomas Rowell (died young), William, John, Abi-
gail, Francis, Mary, Thomas Rowell and Valentine;

(VI) Thomas Rowell, fifth son and seventh
child of William C. and Mary (Rowell) Little, was
born May 23, 1786, in Newburyport, and died Jan-
uary I, 1861, in Salisbury, New Hampshire. His
principal occupation was farming, and he remained
upon the parental homestead. He was also by trade
a wheelwright, and in September, 1834, he invented
a machine which he operated by horse-power in the
construction of wagons. He was one of the most
prominent and enterprising citizens of Salisbury,
and was highly esteemed. He was married, Decem-
ber 27, 1814, to Nancy Webster, daughter of Ensign
John and Rebecca (Dearborn) Webster, of Salis-
bury. She was born December 25. 1788, in Salis-
bury, and died September i, 1868. Ensign John was
a son of Captain John, w'ho w'as a son of John Web-
ster of Kingston. Their children were : John Web-
ster and Thomas Dearborn.

(VII) Thomas Dearborn, youngest son of
Thomas Rowell and Nancy (Webster) Little, was
born August 14, 1823, in Salisbury, where most cf

his life w-as passed. He died November 6, 1906.
His early education was supplied by the common
schools of his native town, and he subsequently
pursued a full course at Salisbury Academy, of
which he was a charter member and a trustee. He
served as librarian of both societies connected with
the school. For two years he engaged in teaching
in Franklin and Danbury, and was employed during
the years 1850 and '51 as a teacher in western New
York. Returning to his native town he was em-
ployed as a teacher there for three years. He had
a taste for mechanics and mathematics, and studied
civil engineering with Rev. Valentine Little. When
the north railroad was constructed he was employed
upon the preliminary surveys, and subsequently acted
as town surveyor. In 184S he began the manufacture
of drag rakes, getting out the material by hand.
From this small beginning he built up a large busi-
ness which employed much machinery and several
people. In 1868 he patented an appliance for secur-
ing the handle to the rake, and this has been exten-
sively used. In December, 1859, he substituted steam
for horse-power, and in 1882 this was increased
. because of the growth in the business. In 1849 Mr.
Little united with the Congregational Church, and
in i860 was made deacon. In 1857 he was elected
clerk of the church, and was always one of its main
supports. He w-as ever a liberal contributor for
charitable objects and ever ready to advance the
progress of his town and state. He was postmaster
for eight years from l86r to 1869, during which time
he was a member of the firm of C. E. Foote & Com-
pany, merchants of Salisbury. He w-as a member of
Bartlett Grange, No. 104, of which he w-as master
tw-o years, 1886-7. He was always lecturer and chap-
lain of the grange, holding the latter position up
to the time of his death. He was made treasurer
upon the organization of the Merrimack County
Pomona Grange and continuously held that posi-
tion. In politics he was a Republican. He served
on the board of selectmen in 1S70-71 w'ith satisfac-
tion to the tow'n. jNIr. Little w-as married (first),
November 27, 1S51, to Susan E., daughter of Dr.
Robert and Susan (Fifield) Smith of Salisbury.
She was born October 2, 1828, at Amesbury, Massa-
chusetts, and died January 21, 1875. Mr. Little
married (second), November 30, 1876, Lucy L.,
daughter of Andrew Davis, of Rutland, Vermont.
His children, born of the first wife, were: Thomas
Rowell, Charles W., Susan P., John W., Alice M.,
William D. and Robert S. The only child of the
second marriage. Edwin D., is mentioned below.

(VIII) Thomas Rowell, eldest child of Thomas
Dearborn and Susan E. (Smith) Little, was born
September 19, 1853, in Salisbury, where his life has
been passed. His education was completed at Kim-
ball Union Academy in !Meriden, New Hampshire.
His occupation has always been farming to w-hich
he was trained from early childhood. Soon after
attaining his majority he purchased a farm of two
hundred acres near the paternal homestead, on which
he has built a shingle mill and is engaged a part of
the time in lumbering. He w-as also an extensive fruit
raiser, and has marketed as high as eight hundred
barrels of apples in a season. He keeps eighteen
cows and does considerable dairying. He is a pro-
gressive farmer and intelligent citizen, and active
in the promotion of progress. He has been largely
employed in conducting the affairs of the town. He
was eight years a selectman, and was one year town
treasurer and representative in 1903-4. He is a
Republican in political principle, and attends the Con-

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gregational Church, and is a member of Bartlctt
Grange, No. 104, of Salisbury. He was married,
April 30, 1S76, to Carrie B., daughter of Lewis A.
and Betsey (Richardson) Hawkins, of Salisbury.
Their children are : Carrie E., Lewis T. and Arthur
S. The daughter is the wife of Bertram Adams,
and lives in East Orange, New Jersey. The elder
son resides in Franklin, and the younger is a stu-
dent at New Hampton Academy.

(VIII) Edniond Dearborn, only child of Thomas
Dearborn and Lucy L. (Davis) Little, was born
September 14, 187S, in Salisbury, where most of his
life has been spent. He attended the di.-itrict schools
and an academy at Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts. He
was also a student at New Hampton (New Hamp-
shire) Academy, and took a two years' course in
mechanics at New Hampshire College. For nearly
a year he was employed by the Concord Axle Com-
pany at Pcnacook, and then returned to his native
place, where he has since been engaged in farming.
He occupies the old homestead and shares his home
with his mother. He is an intelligent and progres-
sive farmer and takes an active interest in the pro-
gress of his state and nation and endeavors to keep
abreast of the times in everything. He is a member
of Bartlett Grange, of which he was steward one
year and three years master. He served the town
one year as tax collector and one year as treasurer,
and is now serving as a member of the board of se-
lectmen. He is an attendant of the Congregational
Church, and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Re-
publican party in public affairs. He was married,
February iS, 1903, to Laura, a daughter of Samuel
Stickney, of Campton, and they are the parents of
one child, Charles Edwin Little, born April 20, 1905.
(Second Family.)
The Littles of Antrim and Peter-
LITTLE borough. New Hampshire, are of Scotch
descent, but as they resemble in per-
sonal appearance the descendants of George Little,
who settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640, and
as the two lines have several favorite names in com-
mon, it is believed by some that the two families are
related.

(L) Thomas Little, with his wife Jean and sev-
eral children, came over from the north of Ireland,
county of Antrim, in 1737, and settled in Shirley,
Massachu'ietts. ,

(H) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (l) and Jean
Little, came from Ireland with his parents, and was
ten years old on his arrival in America. He mar-
ried, probably in the twenty-seventh year of his age.
in Peterborough, Susanna, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Clay land) Wallace, w'ho was born in the
north of Ireland in 1734. The old records speak of
their having lived in Peterborough a short time
several years previous to their permanent ^ set-
tlement in that town. They lived in Shirley.
Massachusetts, from 1756 to 1764 and .^ after
that date in Peterborough. Thomas Little died in
Shirley, Massachusetts, while on a visit there, June
6. 1S08. aged eighty-one. His widow died in Peter-
borough, March 6, 1822, aged eighty-eight. Their
children were: William, Esther. Elizabeth, Susan-
nah, Joseph, Thomas, John and Walter.

(Ill) Dr. William, eldest child of Thomas (2)
and Susanna (Wallace) Little, was born in Peter-
borough, October 20. 1753, during a temporary so-
journ of his parents in that place. He studied medi-
cine with Dr. John Young, the first physician of
Peterborough, and established himself as a physician
in Hillsborough in 1782. He was a social, cheerful
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man, of a genial disposition, who made hearty friend-
ships and had much influence and a large practice.
In the midst of his usefulness he came to a sudden
death, being drowned November 7, 1807, at the age
of fifty-four. He had attended an auction on the
Whittemore place nearby in Antrim ; the evening
came on early, and very dark and cold ; he started
alone to walk back to the bridge, and seems to have
walked over the bank into the river, at the bend close
to the road. Great search was made for him, the
whole town turning out for that purpose, but he
could not be found ; his disappearance was considered
a great mystery, and his body lay in the river all
winter. When the ice broke up in the spring, the
body floated down, and was first discovered in the
north edge of the stream, just above the new factory,
at the bridge. On the following day, which was
Sunday, no minister could be found in that section.
Deacon John Duncan went over and offered prayer
at the funeral, and the body was laid in the grave.
Dr. Little married, first. Betsey Fletcher, of West-
ford, Massachusetts. She soon died, and he mar-
ried, second. May 12, 1787, Ruth Symonds. daughter
of Deacon Joseph Symonds, of Hillsborough. The
first wife left one child, Betsey F., born September
27. 1775. The children of the second wife were:
William, Martha D., Ruth S., Lucy R., and Hiram.

(IV) Deacon William (2), eldest son of Dr.
William (l) and Ruth (Symonds) Little, was born
in Hillsborough. March 10, 1788, and died in Antrim,
December 18, 1869, aged eighty-one. In 1815 he re-
moved to and built the tannery at the Branch, in An-
trim, in which he carried on business more than forty
years. He was a man of strong character, upright
and full of energy, and a leader in the affairs of the
town. He was chosen an elder in the Presbyterian
Church in 1831. and served as such till his death.
He married, first, in 1814. Abigail Wells, of Goffs-
town. She died February i, 1846, aged sixty-eight;
and he married second. Mrs. Lydia S. Dow. who sur-
vived him. His ten children, all by the first wife,
were : Hiram. William P., John, Jane W.. Willis.
Frederick S., Isaac W., Abby, Sylvester and Betsy K.

(V) Svlvester, seventh son and ninth child of
Deacon William (2) and Abigail (Wells) Little, was
born at the Branch Village in Antrim, May 28. 1833.
He was educated in the public schools and at Tubbs
Union Academy at Washington and at Hopkinton.
From childhood he displayed a natural aptitude and
fondness for music, and after leaving school _ he
adopted the teaching of sacred music as a vocation,
which he continued for sixteen years, and for a long
time was leader of the Centre choir. In 1869 he be-
came a salesman for Woods, Dodge & Company,
which firm was later amalgamated with the Goodell
Company. When the change was made Mr. Little
retained his place, and continued as a traveling sales-
man until January. 1907. when he retired. He oc-
cupied the house built by his father in 1824. at the
Branch. This he greatly modernized and improved.
In 1879 he built a residence in the South Village,
where he has since resided. Mr. Little is a man of
sterling character, and influential among the citi-
zens of Antrim. He served on Governor Goodcll's
staff during his incumbency of the gubernatorial of-
fice. In 1S92 he was elected to the lower house of
the legislature of New Hampshire by the Repub-
licans of Antrim, where he made a good record. He
is a member of Harmony Lodge. No. .^8. Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, of Hillsborough. He
and his family attend the Presbyterian Church. He
married. March 20. i860. Mary E. Vo'e. born March
9. 1831. daughter of Dr. Samuel and Ruth (Hanson)

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Vose, of New Portland, Maine. Dr. Vose read med-
icine with Dr. Nathan Smith, of Hanover, New
Hampshire, and graduated from Bowdoin Medical
College, Brunswick, Maine, and was a veteran of the
War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Little are the parents of
three children : Helen L., Harry Hanson, an'd Ruth E.

P"or more than a hundred years
REDINGTON the family of Redington has heen
continuously engaged in the
manufacture of wooden ware and carriage hubs.
Such a record speaks volumes for the quality of
the work turned out and the honorable standing of
the men directing it. The business was first estab-
lished in Wenham, JNlassachusetts, by Adam Red-
ington.

(I) Adam Redington lived in Wenham for sev-
eral years and then removed to Sunapee, New Hamp-
shire, where he built a mill and carried on his work
until his death.

(li) He was succeeded by his son John, who
was born in Wenham, Massachusetts. John went
into the business with his father at Sunapee, after-
wards transferred it to Hopkinton, New Hampshire,
and thence to a mill on the north road in Sutton.
John Redington, for some years previous to the
opening of the railroad from Concord to Bradford,
New Hampshire, kept a public house which he built
midway between Warner and North Sutton village.
It was on the main stage road, and did a good
business till the opening of the railroad diverted
travel. John Redington died in Warner, New Hamp-
shire, in 1883.

(HI) Oliver Patch, son of John Redington,
was born in Sunapee, New Hampshire, January 17,
1821. He was educated in the common schools of
Plo|)kinioii. lie learned the business of his father
in Sutton, then went to Andover, New Hampshire,
and two years later to Roby's Corner in VVarner.
He started a water-power factory on the Warner
river, about three miles ahove Waterloo, where he
continued the inanufacture of carriage hubs and
excelsior. Subsequently he enlarged the premises
and began clothes-pins on a small scale. Within a
few years he acquired such a large trade in hubs
that he devoted himself entirely to their manufac-
ture. He used elm tim"ber, cut into blocks, and
seasoned by a special process — "hubs of logs from
the settler's ellum," as Dr. Holmes puts it. The
Abbot-Downing Company, of Concord, New Hamp-
shire, founded in 1813, whose Rocky Mountain
coaches were famous a generation ago, use the
Redington hubs exclusively. Mr. Redington had a
high reputation for honest dealing, and be supplied
many carriage factories in this country; but a large
portion of the factory's output was exported to
Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and other
distant places. Oliver P. Redington was a well
read and intelligent man. Both he and his brother
John S. were desirous for a college education, but
Oliver gave up his chance to his brother and after-
wards assisted him pecuniarily. John S. entered
Dartmouth, and was a student there when his death
occurred at the dawn of what promised to be a
most brilliant career. By close attention to busi-
ness, Oliver acquired a e(jnipetence. He was a man
of positive opinions, courageous in his convictions,
and a valued member of the Republican party,
which he joined on its formation. He had previously
been a Whig. He was independent in his religious
views. He died May 3, i8gi. Oliver P. Redington
married (first) Olive Morgan, daughter of Thomas
and Nancy Morgan, of Sutton, and he subsequently

married her cousin, Betsie H. Morgan. He mar-
ried for his third wife, Hannah Morgan, a sister
of his second wife. There were four children, all
of the second marriage : Mary Frances, the eldest,
was educated at New London, New Hampshire, and
afterwards was a successful teacher in Ohio, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Rhode Island. She
married Dr. Samuel J. Hayes, of Pittsburg, Penn-
sylvania. The second was Charles Walter, born
August 25, 1848, a sketch of whose life follows.
Annie, the third child, born May 12, 1851, was edu-
cated in the Simonds Free High School of New Lon-
don, New Hampshire, died May 3, 1877, unmarried.
Sarah, the youngest child, born September 13, 1854,
married C. E. Hadley, of Bradford, New Hampshire,
former superintendent of the New Hampshire Fruit
Company, now proprietor of the Electric Light
Work at Bradford, New Hampshire.

(IV) Charles Walter, only son and second child
of Oliver^P. and Betsey (Morgan) Redington, was
horn in Sutton, New Hampshire, August 25, 1848.
He was educated in the common schools and at
Bryant and Stratton's Commercial College, both in
Concord and Manchester, New Hampshire. The day
that he was twenty-one he was taken into partner-
ship by his father in the hub business. He learned
every detail of the work, and is now sole proprietor
of the plant, whose output has a reputation through-
out the world. The factory has been burned out
several times, the last time in 1904. In 1905 Mr.
Redington put up a fine new building with all
the modern equipments. He uses for a store-house
an old tavern at which General Stark stopped for
refreshments after the battle of Bennington. Mr.
Redington also carries on general farming on a
large scale. He has twelve cows, and his dairy
produces more milk than any other in town. He
owns four hundred acres of land in Warner, be-
sides wood lots in Newbury. He is also interested
in the new Merrimack Glove Company of Warner,
and the New Hampshire Fruit Company of Con-
cord, New Hampshire, serving as a director in each
company. In politics he is an earnest Republican,
and usually attends all party conventions in this
section of New England. Like his father, he is
independent in his church views, perhaps leaning
toward the Congregational denomination.

On March 7, 1878, Charles Walter Redington
married Ida J\L Blood, daughter of Albertus and
Eineline (Muzzey) Blood, of Bradford, New Hamp-
shire. There are no children. Mrs. Redington was
born in Newbury, New Hampshire, and educated
m liradford, where her parents lived for some time.
She is a woman of culture, and for several years
taught school in this region. Her great-grand-
father. General Blood, served throughout the revo-
lutionary war, and was a friend of Lafayette. After
the revolution he moved from Maine to New Hamp-
shire, settling on Blood Hill, in Bradford Center.
General Blood's son Lemuel moved from Maine
at the same time as his father, but located in Goshen,
New. Hampshire, taking up a tract of three hundred
acres of wild land from which he redeemed a farm.
He was thrice married, and had twenty-one chil-
dren. His first and second wives were sisters by
the name of Bates. His third wife was Eliza Dodge.
Lemuel Blood died at the age of seventy-three years,
and at his funeral fifteen of the sixteen children
then living were present, five by each marriage.
Albertus Blood, son of Lemuel, and' the father of
IMrs. Redington, was killed September 4, 1894, in
Bradford, New Hampshire, by the falling of a
tree.

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'I'radition states that John Hall, of Dover,
HALL Ralph Hall, of Exeter, and Richard, who
settled near Boston, were brothers (men-
tion of the last named and descendants appears in
this article). The relationship of John and Ralph
seems to be established. From them has descended
a numerous progeny, the greater nttmber of whom
have been like the great majority of the American
people, farmers.

(I) John Hall, a native of England, was born, as
appears by a deposition made by him, about 1617.
John Hall and wife Elizabeth appear first on the
church records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, at
the baptism of their son John in 1645. In 1648 or
1649 he removed from Charlestown to Dover, New
Hampshire, as is shown by the ta.x list of Dover,
dated Marcli 18, 1649. The name continues to ap-
pear until 1677. after which the lists were destroyed.
His name appears on the records as a frequent
grantor and grantee of lands. In 1677 Deacon Hall
received a lot of twenty acres on the west side of
Back river, the same which was laid out to George
Webl) in 1642. In 1652 he" lived on Dover Neck
next to the meeting house lot on the southwesterly
side. This let probably extended to the river,
and included a large and beautiful spring
which is still known as "Hall's Spring." On the
higher land near this spring were found, in 1S52,
the relics of an ancient cellar, over which his house
once stood. This John Hall may have been called
John Hall, Junior, as there were two others of the
same name living in the town.

John Hall was a man of eminent respectability,
good judgment and cominon sense, else he had never
been placed in the positions be filled. He was the
first deacon of the First Church of Dover, to which
office he was raised as early as 1655. It is not cer-
tain that he was deacon in the days of Parson
Moud, but it is certain that lie served through the.
ministries of Parsons Reyner and Pike. The num-
ber of civil offices which he filled, and the class of
public duties he was appointed to discharge are
evidence of his practical sense in matters of pub-
lic business. He .was lot layer as early as 1657
and as late as 1674. In 1658-59 he was one of the
three to lay out the town bounds between Lamprey
and Newichawannock river, and to run the northern
boundary. In 1663 he and Lieutenant Ralph Hall
were deputed to lay out a highway from the Lam-
prey river to the water side. In 1657 and again in
1666 he was one of a committee of three to call the
selectmen to account. He was occasionally "com-
missioner to end small causes" ; was selectman in
1660; grand juror in 1663-66-68; was for a series
of years "clerk of ye writs" for the court; had the
town record in custody in 1665-66: was chosen town
clerk in 1670. His signatures as clerk of the writs
are found in the records of 1663-68-69-71, and also
as town clerk in 1675 and 1679. February i, 1686, he

devised to his son Ralph one-half of his home and
land, the other half to go to Ralph after the testa-
tor's death. This instrument was executed May 4,
1692, and probated in February, 1695, between which
two dates his death occurred. His children were :
John. Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth (died
j'oung), Nathaniel, Ralph and Grace.

(II) Ralph, fifth child and third son of John
and Elizabeth Hall, was born in Dover, but the date
of his birth is not recorded. He succeeded to his
father's estate at Dover, and also had a grant of
twenty acres of land on Fresh Creek, July 11,
1694, which was lost with other grants there in a
suit w-ith Richard Waldron, to whom a grant in-
cluding them had been made at an earlier date.
The town made good these losses to these sufferers
or their heirs. An entry in the records shows
a quit claim deed of a lot of three and a half acres
of land once the "house lot of our grandfather
Thomas Leighton." Ralph Hall received of Richard
Pinkham and his wife Elizabeth the sum of £10.
He was auditor in 1705. An entry in Pike's Jour-
nal. November 13, 1706, reads: "Ralph Hall, sen-
ator of Dover, deceased after six days illness with
grievous pain in his side with the fever." He seems
to hdve married twice, but the name of the first
w-ife is not known. He married (second). May 26,
1701, Mary, daughter of Philip Chesley. In 1713
she joined in a quit claim deed of her father's home
plantation at Oyster river for £45. She married
(second) John Foy, and February 26. 1718, quit
claimed to John Hall, evidently a son of Ralph Hall
by a former wife, all her "rights in lands that my
former husband, Ralph Hall, left me." John and
James, sons af Ralph Hall, were appointed admin-
istrators of their father's estate. March 4, 1707.
The estate was divided among the seven sons, a
double portion being given to the eldest; and £15
were reserved for Jonathan, who was "a weak and
sick child." Ralph Hall had seven sons: John,
James, Jonathan, Isaac. Benjamin, Ralph and Jo-
seph, the last three being by the second wife. (Jo-
seph and descendants receive mention in this article.)
(Ill) Ralph (2), sixth son and child of Ralph
(i) and Mary (Chesley) Hall, was born in Dover,
about 1704, and died in Harrington. He was one
of the petitioners for the incorporation of Mad-
bury in 1743, and from the time of the incorpora-
tion of that town until 1753 his residence was within
its bounds. In 1753 he removed frona the homestead
of his father and grandfather and settled in Har-
rington. In the latter part of his life he lived
with his son Joseph upon lands now, or recently,
occupied by his great-grandson, on the Crow-n Point
road in Strafford, just below the Blue Hill. There
he died, and the graves of himself and wife are
there in the old orchard. He was the owner of
various parcels of land, the titles of which are
recorded in Madburv and Barrington. He married

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Elizabeth Willey, of Lee. Their children were:
Elizabeth, Frances, Solomon, Ralph, Lois, Joseph.
Deborah, Abigail and Sobriet}'.

(IV) Solomon, oldest son and third child of Ralph
(2) and Elizabeth (Willey) Hall, was like his an-
cestors a farmer. He resided in Barrington, where
he died in September, 1818. He married (first) Abi-
gail Davis, (second) Widow Tamson Ayres, and
(third) Charity Johnson. His children were:
Solomon, Asa, Love, Daniel, John. Hatevil. Moses,
Charity, Sally, Mary, Tamson and Abigail.

(V) Daniel, fourth child of Solomon Hall,
was born July 8, 1769, in Barrington, and was mar-
ried there January 19, 1792, to Mary Cato, Their
children w-ere : Daniel, Lydia. Hannah, Doris,
Moses. Stasa, Gilman, INIatilda and ]\Iary.

(VI) Gilman, seventh child and youngest son
of Daniel Hall, was born in Barrington, February
17. 1810, and died ^March iS, 1S70, aged sixty years,
one month and one day. In early life he was a
merchant in Dover, whence he removed to Bar-
rington, where he was a farmer and trader on the
stage road known as the "Waldron Hill" road. He
represented his town in the legislature, and for
many years was a member of the board of select-
men. He married Eliza Tuttle, who was born in
Dover, May 8, 1S03, daughter of David and Esther
(Bunker) Tuttle, and a descendant of John Tuttle,
who was judge of the superior court for many
years prior to the year 1700, residing in Dover.
She died November 16, 18S8, aged eighty-five years.
The nine children of this union were : Daniel,
Lydia, Mary Esther, Clara, Eliza, Gilman, Esther,
David and .\deline.

(VII) Colonel Daniel, eldest child of Gilman
and Eliza (Tuttle) Hall, was born in Barrington,
February 28. 1S32. From his earliest acquaintance
with books he loved them and longed for an edu-
cation which, when he arrived at more mature

.years, he took measures to secure. His father
was a man in moderate circumstances and required
the son's help, which \vas cheerfully rendered.
Young Hall learned all he could in the district
school by the time he was fourteen years old. At
that time he was proficient in his work, and drove
to Dover with a team drawing wood or lumber
which he sold to customers in Central square.
When about si.xteen years old he got two terms of
schooling at Strafford Academy, which amounted
to six months time. In 1849 he went to Northfield,
where he attended the New Hampshire Conference
Seminary one term. By this time he believed in
his own ability suiificiently to return home and pur-
sue alone the study of those branches necessary to
fit himself for college. In the fall of 1850 he
entered Dartmouth College. He was perhaps the
most poorly prepared student in his class but he
was not disconcerted or discouraged by a knowledge
of that fact. He had health, strength and a de-
termined will to succeed— and he did succeed. He
worked diligently, early and late, and graduated
in 1S54, at the head of his class, and was its
valedictorian. Returning home, he gave his atten-
tion to paying up the debts he had been obliged to
make in getting through college— some small ad-
vances made by his father. He taught school in
his native town five winters, and with his first

earnings discharged his financial obligations to the
last dollar. In 1854 he received the appointment of
clerk in the New York custom house. He had
from his youth taken an interest in politics, and
supported the men and measures of the Democratic
party. But he had never endorsed slavery, and
alone, of all the clerks in the custom house, he
denounced President Buchanan's policy in regard
to the Lecompton Constitution of Kansas, and
supported Douglas. His course in this matter re-
sulted in his removal in March, 1858. He returned
to Dover and continued in the offices of the emin-
ent Daniel M. Christie the study of law, which he
had begun in New York. In i860, on motion of
his preceptor he was admitted to the bar, opened
an office in Andover and commenced practice. Mr.
Hall's interest in matters relating to education did
not abate after his departure from the schoolroom,
and in view of his well known qualification? for
the office he was appointed by the governor and
council school commissioner of Strafford county
in 1859, and reappointed in i860. In the spring of
the latter year he felt that he could not entertain
the political sentiments he did and remain in the
Democratic party, so at the great meeting in Dover,
held in view of the great political crisis then im-
pending, just before the state election which was
then held in May, Mr. Hall and Judge Chavles Doe
w'ithdrew from the Democratic party and joined the
Republican party, where his conscience and political
principles alike placed him. and to which party he
has ever since adhered and, says a well known
writer, "it is not improbable that one addition in
later and ^critical years turned the scale in New
Hampshire political destinies."

A committee consisting of Senators John P.
Hale, Andrew Johnson, and James W. Grimes,
was appointed in the fall of 1861 to investigate the
surrender of Norfolk navy yard. Mr. Hall was
made secretary of this committee, and soon after-
ward was appointed clerk of the senate committee
on naval affairs at Washington, of which Mr. Hale
was chairman. In March, 1862, he left this position
to offer his services as a defender of his' country,
and was commissioned aide-de-camp and captain in
the regular army of the United States. He was
first assigned to duty with General Fremont, but
was prevented from joining his cominand by the
retirement of that officer, and was then assigned to
the staff of General Whipple, who then had com-
mand at Arlington Heights of the troops and
works in front of Washington on the south side
of the Potomac. A few days after the battle of
Antietam General Whipple joined the Army of the
Potomac, which he soon after accompanied to its
position in front of Fredericksburg, and on Decem-
ber 13. 1862, crossed the river with the Third Corps,
and took part in the bloody assault on Marye's
Heights. At the battle cf Chancellorsville Captain
Hall w-as in the column dispatched to cut Stone-
wall Jackson's line as he moved in front of the
army. He was also serving as a member of Gen-
eral Whipple's staff in the gallant action of the
Third Division of the Third Corps, and was with
that officer when he fell mortally wounded. He
was next assigned to the staff of General Howard,
who commanded the Eleventh Corps, and accom-
panied him to Gettysburg, where he performed im-
portant service. He was sent by General Howard
to General Reynolds, comnaanding the First O^rps,
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orders, which he did. General Reynolds had met
the enemy in force, and ordered General Howard
to advance as fast as possible. He returned with
this order which he delivered to General Howard.
In passing Cemetery Ridge General Howard recog-
nized the strength of the place and the necessity
for its immediate occupation, and ordered Captain
Hall to take a battery from the leading division
and place it in position on the crest of the hill.
This w^as done, and that battery, the first planted
on Cemetery Hill, remained on that spot through
the three days of the battle, thus proving the mili-
tary capacity of General Howard which some
cities have presumed to impugn. Captain Hall ac-
companied his chief through the battle, and on the
second day was wounded, but not seriously, by a
fragment of a shell. Ill health compelled him to
leave the service in December, 1863, but in June
following he was appointed provost marshal of the
First New Hampshire District, and stationed at
Portsmouth. During his term of service, which
closed in October, 1865, he enlisted or drafted, and
forwarded over four thousand men to the army.
His services in the field gained him the reputation
of a brave and efficient officer, and his conduct of
the provost marshal's office stamped him as a
methodical and incorruptible official.

He returned to the practice of his profession,
but in 1S66 received the appointment of clerk of
the supreme court for Strafford county, and in
1868 became judge of the police court of Dover.
In 1874, however, he was removed from these po-
sitions by a Democratic legislature. Governor
Cheney appointed him reporter of the decisions of
the supreme court of New Hampshire, and in that
position he produced Vols. LVI and LVII of the
New Hampshire reports, in 1876 and 1S77. In
the latter year he was appointed naval officer of the
port of Boston. His conduct of this office was
such that w'hen his term expired in 1881, he was
reappointed without serious opposition for another
four years. During the eight years of his adminis-
tration of this office it was a model of good manage-
ment and efficient service. In 1866 Governor Smyth
appointed Captain Hall judge advocate in the New
Hampshire National Guard with the rank of major,
and in 1867 Governor Harriman appointed him to
the position of colonel on his staff.

The activity in politics of which Mr. Hall's
course before the outbreak of the war gave promise,
has manifested itself through life. He has always
taken a deep interest in party affairs, and has never
been indifferent to principles, which he regards as
above men. For some years he was a member of
the Republican state committee, and in 1873 was
chosen president of the Republican state convention
at Concord. In December of the same year his
abilities as a party leader w-ere recognized in his
election as chairman of the state committee, a place
to which he was annually elected until 1877, and
in which he conducted the campaigns, state and
national, of 1874-75-76. These were years in which
the strength of the two great parties was almost
evenly matched in New Hampshire, but under
Colonel Hall's skillful and spirited leadership the
opposition went down to defeat, and the Republican
party was firmly placed in power, which it has
since held. In 1876 Colonel Hall was chairman of
the New Hampshire dele,gation to the Republican
national convention at Cincinnati. He voted six
times for Secretary Benjamin H. Bristow, and on

the decisive ballot for Rutherford B. Hayes, who
was nominated for the presidency.

Colonel Hall is distinguished as a man of rare
ability, as a public speaker, a ripe scholar, and a
rapid and correct reasoner. He has often responded
to calls to deliver public addresses on subjects
political, military, literary and miscellaneous, orie
of the most notable of which addresses was his
oration at the dedication of the statue of John P.
Hale at Concord, in August, 1892, which has been
characterized as "a most finished logical, and elo-
qucut review of the great statesman's life and work."
A volume entitled "'Occasional Addresses" was pub-
lished by him in 1892.

Colonel Hall has prospered in a financial way,
and has been a trustee of the Strafford Savings
Bank since 1883, and a director of the Strafford
National Bank since 1897. He is also a trustee of
the Dover Public Library and of fhe Berwick
Academy, and trustee of VVentworth Home for the
Aged and Wentworth Hospital. He is a member
of the Bar Association of Southern New Hamp-
shire, of the New Hampshire Historical Society,
and of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He
has always been prominent in Grand Army circles,
is a member of Sawyer Post, No. 17, of Dover, and
was department commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic • in 1892-93, and has been trustee
and secretary of the Soldiers' Home from 1SS9 to
the present time (1907).

He attends the First Church of Dover (Congre-
gational), is a total abstainer, and an outspoken
advocate of the temperance cause. In his boy-
hood his environment imbued him with a love of
nature and of animals, especially of the horse, and
the gratification of this aft'ection affords him no
less pleasure than he experiences in the company of
the books in the large and well selected library
which is a notable feature of his handsome and
beautifully furnished house which he built and now
occupies in Dover. He married, January 5, 1877,
Sophia Dodge, who was born in Rochester, Au-
gust 16, 184s, daughter of Jonathan T. and Sarah
(Hanson) Dodge. They have one son, Arthur
Wellesley Hall, born August 30, 1878, graduate of
Harvard, 1902, admitted to the New Hampshire
Bar December, 1906, and now practicing law with
his father in Dover. He was married at Dover,
October 23, 1907, to Inez N. Bunker, daughter of
Frederick H. Bunker, of that city.

(III) Joseph, youngest son of Ralph and
Mary (Chesley) Hall, was born March 26, 1706,
and died in Dover, November 14, 1782. He mar-
ried, December 19, 1734, Pcniel Bean. Their chil-
dren were : I. Anna, who married (first) Reuben
Daniels; and (second) Philip Kelley, of Wake-
field. 2. Mary, who married Paul Halsey, of
Dover. 3. Joseph, who married Mary Cox.
4. Daniel, who married Patience Taylor. 5. Abi-
gail, who married a Mr. Hawkins. 6. Samuel,
whose sketch follows.

(IV) 'Samuel, youngest son of Joseph and
Peniel (Bean) Hall, was baptized March 19, 1747.
He moved in 1768 to Wakefield, whence in iSoo
he moved to Athens, Maine, where he died .A.pril
ig, 1831, aged about eighty-four. He married
(first), August 26, 1773, Bridget Oilman, who was
born November 4, 1848. dau.ghder of Captain
Jeremy and Sarah (Kimball) Gilman, of Wake-
field (see Gilman, VIII). Married (second) Han-
nah, daughter of Isaac Leighton, of Harrington.

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The children by his first wife were: John. Anna,
who married VVilUam Hight. Joshua G., of whom
further mention is made. The children of the
second wife were: Andrew, Bridget, Jeremy, James
and Ira.

(V) Joshua Gilman, second son and third child
of Samuel and Bridget (Oilman) Hall, was born in
Wakefield, July 19, 1779. He married, September,
1807, Betsey, daughter of Beard Plummer, of jNIil-
ton, and they had children : Sarah, born December
22, 1809. 2. Jay Hamilton, July 7, 1812, who mar-
ried Emily Wiggin, daughter of David Wiggin, of
Brooktield. 3. Susan Plummer, JNIarch 16, 1815,
who married Peter W. Robertson, of Troy, where
she died April 30, 1846. 4. Andrew Gilman, Febru-
ary 28, 1S17, who married Harriet A., daughter of
Charles JMoulton, of 'Wakefield. 5. Joshua Gilman,
who is mentioned below.

(VI) Joshua Gilman (2), third son and young-
est child of Joshua G. (l) and Betsey (Plummer)
Hall, was born in Wakelicld, November 5, 1828,
and died in Dover, October 31, 1898. He attended
school in his native town, fitted for college at Gil-
nianton Academy, and completed his education at
Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in
1851. Soon after graduating he began the study of
law in Dover in the ofiice of Samuel Wheeler, then
the foremost lawyer of the Strafford county bar,
where he read till 1855, when he was admitted to
the bar and began practice. He opened an office
in Wakefield, where he remained a short time;
then went to Union Village, and finally, in 1858,
to Dover. There he became a leading lawyer in
the county, and one of the ablest and most success-
ful attorneys practicing in the New Hampshire
courts. He was a Republican in politics, and was
elected to many positions of honor and trust. He
was solicitor of Strafford county from 1862 to 1S74,
state senator 1871-72, representative from Dover
in 1874, and in his service in the general court was
one of the most influential members in shaping the
course of legislation. He was United States dis-
trict attorney for New Hampshire from 1874 to
1879, inclusive. In November, 1878, he was elected
to congress, and served in the forty-sixth and forty-
seventh congresses with honor to himself and to
his state. He was maj'or of Dover in 1866-67. While
holding these positions of public trust he kept up
his large legal practice, which, added to his public
responsibilities, involved an immense amount of
hard work. He was a deacon of the Dover First
Church, and lived a manly christian life in close
accord with his faith. On November 16, 1861,
Joshua Gilman Hall married Susan Elizabeth Bige-
low, who was born in Boston, April 26, 1837,
daughter of Isaac and Harriet (Warren) Bigelow.
(See Bigelow, VI). Jilrs. Hall died at Dover Sep-
tember 6, 1894. She was possessed of rare strength
and force of character. A member of the First
Church, she was an earnest worker for those objects
that call for the highest and best christian endeavor.
Three children born of this union were: i. Grace
Bigelow, born September 9, 1862, married, Sep-
tember 9, 1S91, William H. Cook, of Pomona,
Florida. 2. Susan Gertrude, October 28, 1866, mar-
ried, November 12, 1890, William Davis Sawyer,
eldest son of former Governor Charles H. Saw-
yer. (See Sawyer, VIH). They had two children:
Jonathan and Elizabeth Bigelow. 3. Dwight, whose
sketch follows.

(VII) Dwi.ght, only son and youngest child of
Joshua G. and Susan l-^lizabeth (Bigelow) Hall,

was born in Dover, April 13, 1871. He obtained
his early education in the common schools, pre-
pared for college at Phillips Andover Academy,
from which he graduated in 1890. He graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1894, and a year later
entered the . law school of the Boston University,
graduating in 1897. Returning to Dover he asso-
ciated with his father, and until the death of the
latter practiced law in that city under the firm name
of Hall & Hall. Since 1898 iMr. Hall has conducted
the large private business of the former firm adding
to his duties those of public office. A -Republican
in politics, he is considered one of the capable rising
young men of the New Hampshire bar. Since his
admission he has been continuously in public life,
and in positions of honor and responsibility has
amply justified the trust and confidence reposed in
him. He was city solicitor of Dover three years —
1899-1901 — United States referee in bankruptcy —
189S-1904, resigning the latter position to accept that
of county solicitor of Strafford county, and is now
serving his second term in that office. Mr. Hall
is a congregationalist, holding membership in the
First Church of Dover.

Dwight Hall married, at Boston, jMassachusetts.
August 15, 1899, Frances Chasse Smith, daughter
of James and Adelaide (Chasse) Smith, of Fred-
erickton. New Brunswick.

(Second Family).
This family inherits from many gcnera-
HALL tions of ancestry the Yankee propensity
for business activity, and the sound mind,
body and principles necessary to usefulness in the
world. The name is one of the oldest in America,
and was established at several points in New Eng-
land at almost simultaneous dates. The origin of
the name has been the subject of much speculation
among its bearers, and three probable sources are
mentioned. The most probable is the fact that bar-
onial seats in England were almost always called
Halls, with some title annexed. When men were
obliged to take surnames, many took the name of
their estates, and thus man}' names were made to
end with Hall. The Norman or Anglo-Saxon usage,
"de la Hall" (translated, of the Hall), accounts for
most of the occasions where this became a surname,
without doubt. One authority attributes it to the
Welsh word for salt, which would be attached to
a worker in salt or svveller near a salt mine.
Again, it is traced to the Norwegian word for hero,
which is liallr, the last letter being silent and only
indicative of the nominative case. As the Norwe-
gians overran England at one time, many of their
words found their way into the language. Hallctt
is a diminutive of Hall, and was probably given
to a dwarfe(l or younger son, only the eldest son
being entitled to the patronymic in earliest usage.

(I) Deacon Richard Hall, of Stratford-on-Avon,
England, with his brother John, came to America
and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, bringing
his family with him. As early as 1673 he settled
in Bradford, Massachusetts, where he was made
freeman in 1676, and was chosen one of the two
first deacons of the church at Bradford, November
2, 1682. and held the office until his death. March
9, 1730. The baptismal name of his wife was
Alartha, but her surname is not known. They had
five children : Sarah, John, Richard, Joseph, and
Joanna. (^Mention of Richard and descendants re-
ceive mention in this article).

(ID John, son of Richard and JMarlha Hall,
was l)orn in Brailford, March 21, 1673, and died iu

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:Metluicii, November 25, 1763. aged ninety years.
He married. December 24, 1706, Mary Kimball,
born July 24, 16S0, died October 6, I7S4. daughter
of Henry and Hannah (Marsh) Kimball of Haver-
hill. They had ten children: John, Nathaniel, Ju-
dith, Ralph, Henry, Jonathan, Joshua and others.

(III) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary
(Kimball) Hall, was born September 27, 1710, and
died May 31, 1789, aged seventy-nine. He moved
to Salem, New Hampshire, about 1736, and was a
long time deacon of the church which was gath-
ered there in 1739. He married (first), in Brad-
ford, June 28, 1733, Sarah Kimball, who died Jan-
uary 29, 1736, and (second). Mary Cross, who was
borii in 1716, and died May 30. 1804. The children
of the first wife were: Sarah, John, Susannah, Eben-
ezcr. Joshua: by the second wife: William, Joseph,
Mary, Enoch and Elijah.

(IV) Joshua, son of John (2) and Sarah (Kim-
ball) Hall, was born in Salem, New Hampshire,
October 18. T743, and died January 17, 1804. He
married Lydia Webster, daughter of Ebenezer and
Mehitable (Kimball) Webster, and they had nine
children : Joseph, Mary. Jilehitable. Jonathan,
Joshua, Lydia, Sarah, Moses and Susannah.

(V) Jonathan, son of Joshua and Lydia (Web-
ster) Hall, was born September i, 1772, and died
January 22, 1814, was an early settler of Salem, New
Hampsliire. Jonathan was born in what is now
called Pleasant street, in Salem, near the former
residence of Charles Kimball. However, his father
did not reside there, because, on account of the
Indians, the settlers were accustomed to come up
from Haverhill or Bradford and till the farms that
had been allotted them, and at nightfall would re-
turn, driving their stock with them. Jonathan's
mother sometimes accompanied the men, and it was
on one of her vi.'^its that Jonathan was born, in a
house lietween Policy Pond (so called) and the
former residence of Charles Kimball. Jonathan Hall
married .'August 10, 1797, Susanna Kimball, a sister
of Joseph Kimball of Salem, New Hampshire. She
was liorn October 26, 1779, and died April 22, 1S50.
Their children were: Hannah, Betsey, Alice. Oliver,
.■\lvah, Lydia, Allen, Susan and Polly, all born in
Salem.

(VI) .*Mvah, fifth child and second son of Jon-
athan and Susanna (Kimball) Hall, was born De-
cemiier 3, 1805, and died February 16, 1885, aged
eighty years. He was a carpenter contractor, and
worked at his trade throughout his life, which was
spent in his native town. He married (first), Jan-
uary 21. 1833, Nancy Coburn, who was born in
Salem, New Hampshire, 1810, and died October 13,
1845, daughter of Simon and Ruth (Eaton) Co-
burn. His children were : Prescott C, Alvah Wal-
lace, Delia .^nn, Adeline Jane, Sarah Euphemia,
Emily Rosclla and Helen Amanda. Alvah Hall
married (second), .^rlette Greeley, October 15, 1847.
She died September 10, 1865. fwo children were
born of this union: Mary K., born June 3, 1850;
Elnora A., born June 9, 1852, died November 27,
i860. Alvah Hall married (third), Sally Kelley,
October 16. 1866.

(VII) Prescott Coburn. eldest child of .Alvah
and Nancy (Coburn) Hall, wai born in Salem,
March 16, 18,34, 3nd died June 9, 1906. He was edu-
cated in the connnon schools and at Tilton Seminary,
spending two years at the latter institution. At
■eighteen years of age he took a place as clerk in a
•store at Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he was em-

ployed five years. At the end of that time lie re-
turned to Salem Depot and began to manufacture
boots and shoes in limited quantities, and carried
"on this industry from 1856 to 1888. His small be-
ginning was unusually successful, and at the time
of his retirement he owned and operated four dif-
ferent factories, one each at Salem, Natick, Lynn,
and Topsfield, and employing fifteen hundred hands
and turned out annually a large quantity of boots
and shoes. In business matters Mr. Hall was alert
and farsighted, always giving his personal atten-
tion to every detail which required it, and slighting
nothing. His success came of good management
and unremitting attention • to business. He was a
Jacksonian DemocraJ, and represented Salem in the
legislature one term. He did niuclr towards build-
ing up Salem Depot, his employees adding materi-
ally to the population of the village. His home is
still among the best and most beautiful in the town.
He also had a handsome home in Boston from 1871,
which is still occupied by the family. He was not
a church member, but no worthy proposition for the
advancement of the church or social interests was
unaided if aid was asked of him. Mr. Hall, with
his wife, travelled extensively throughout this coun-
try, having spent several winters in Florida and the
south, visiting the Island of Cuba shortly after the
Spanish war. In 18S1 he sold his extensive business
to his sons, who conducted it till 1886 with the
success which comes to those who have been born
to an occupation to which they devote their fullest
energies. They also conducted a wholesale store
in Boston from 1886 to 1899, with the exception of
the years 1887-89.

He married, November 30. 1859. >.Iary Ann
INIacurdy, who was born in Dunbarton, December
24, 183S, daughter of Daniel and Betsy C. (Alex-
ander) jNIacurdy, of Dunbarton. Mrs. Hall sur-
vives her husband, and resides at their old home-
stead. Four sons were born of this union : Clar-
ence P., Arthur C, Clifton S. and Lester Wallace.

(VIII) Clarence Prescott, eldest child of Pres-
cott C. and Mary Ann (Macurdy) Hall, was born
at Salem Depot, December 19, 1861, and educated
in the public schools of Boston, Massachusetts, and
in Bryant S: Stratton's Business College. He trav-
eled seventeen years for the firm in all the states
east of Colorado, and was the stock buyer of the
firm all that time.

(VIII) Arthur Coburn, second son and child
of Prescott C. and iMary A. (Macurdy) Hall, was
born February 28, 1863, and received his education
in tlie public schools of Boston, Massachusetts, and
the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College. He-had
charge of the office and financial affairs of the
factory and store. He is now assistant treasurer
and general manager of John ■ Carter & Company
(incorporated), paper jobbers. He married, June
14, 1S83, Lucretia Esther Ward, who was born in
Boston, Massachusetts, October 30, 1865, daughter
of Sylvester L. and Mary Ann (Conant) Ward.
They have had two children : Marion, born August
20, 1894, and Ralph Macurdy, who died youn.g.

(VIII) Clifton Senter, third son of Prescott C.
and Mary A. (Macurdy) Hall, was born .April 22,
1870, and was educated in the public schools of
Boston, Massachusetts, and the Bryant & Stratton
Commercial College, and is now salesman and stock-
holder in the John Carter & Company (incorpor-
ated), wholesale paper jobbers of Boston, Massa-
chusetts. He married, October 31, 1905, Elizabeth

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T. Carter, who was born in Portland, Maine, Oc-
tober 28, 1883. daughter of James W. and Lucy
Woodbury Johnson Carter.

(VIII) Lester Wallace, youngest child of Pres-
cott C. and Mary A. (Macurdy) Hall, was bom
September 7, 1S74, and received his education in the
public schools of Boston, Massachusetts, and grad-
uated from the Boston University with the degree
of LL. B., and is now engaged in the practice of
law in Boston, Massachusetts, and Salem, New
Hampshire. He married, October 24, 1907, Mabel
Gertrude Fisher, who was born in West Peabody,
Massachusetts, July 16, 1876, daughter of Arthur
V. and Abbie M. (Flint) Fisher.

(II) Richard (2), second son and third child
of Richard (i) and Martha Hall, born in Bradford,
February 6, 1676. was an active citizen. Late in life
he removed to Harvard, where he died soon after
1750. He married, April 24, 1699, Abigail Dalton.
She died about 1710, and he married again. The
names of his second wife and her children are un-
known.

(III) Samuel, son of Richard (2) Hall, was
born in Bradford, January 11, 1707, and lived in
Bradford and Billerica. He married (first). January
5. 1728, Hannah Kittridge. He married (second),
April 24, 1751, Hannah Sanders, of Tewksbury.
His children, so far as records are found, were:
William, John, Thomas and Hannah.

(IV) William, son of Samuel Hall, was born in
Bradford, January 29, 1737. After his father's fam-
ily removed to Billerica, he lived there several years,
and was baptized there as an adult, April 6, 1755.
He removed, about 1768, to Brookline, New Hamp-
shire, and there signed the Association Test, 1776,
but probably was not in the military service. He
married, in Billerica, October 30, 1764, Mary Fletch-
er. They were the parents of seven children, of
whom William and Stephen were born in Billerica.
William Hall died July 23, 1794. in Brookline.

(V) William (2), son of William (l) and Mary
(Fletcher) Flail, born in Billerica, 1765, and bap-
tized November 10, was taken by his parents to
Brookline, New Hampshire, when about three years
of age, and resided there till iiis death. He married
Polly McAllister, and' they were the parents of
twelve children.

(VI) Uriah, son of William (2) and Polly (Mc-
Allister) Hall, was born in Brookline, New Hamp-
shire, June 6, 1798, was a cooper, and expert at the
trade. He married Olive Rand, daughter of Tobias
and Mary Rand, born in Allenstown. New Hamp-
shire, in iSog. Their children were : William, Lem-
uel, 'Mary, Uriah, died young; Newell, Lucinda,
Elizabeth. Sarah B. and Charles W., who is men-
tioned below.

(VII) Charles Walker, son of Uriah and Olive
(Rand) Hall, w-as born in Epsom, New Hampshire,
March 31. 1840. and was educated in the schools
of that city. Since April i, 1903 he has been chief
of police of Pctersboro, and deputy sherifif of Hills-
boro and Cheshire counties. For eight years he was
a member of the police force of Concord. In Jan-
uary, 1902, he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and
was in business there for about a year. He is a
member of Curtis Memorial Free Baptist Church of
Concord. In 1882 he was made a Mason, and is
a member of Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, of
Laconia; also of Nathaniel White Council, No. 7,
Order of United American Mechanics ; Winnepi-
seogee Lodge, No. 36, United Order of Pilgrim
Fathers. He married (first), on Thanksgiving eve.

1872, Lorinda Anna Mclntire, born July. 1851, iii
Tuftonboro, died May 9, 1901, daughter of Peletiah
and Hannah (Welch) Mclntire. Married (second)^
in Concord, January, 1903, Electa (Crawford)
Percy, daughter of John and Mary Crawford, of
Newport, Vermont. She was postmistress at New-
port Center, Vermont, eight years during the admin-
istration of President Cleveland. The names of the
children of Charles W. and Lorinda A. Hall are :
Charles Newell, born October 3, 1873. Freddie P.,
July s, 1876, died September, 1877. Mabel Olive,
June 28, 1S77, trained nurse, resides in Concord.
All were born in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire.

(VIII) Charles Newell, son of Charles Walker
and Lorinda A. (INIcIntire) Hall, w'as born in Tuf-
tonboro, New Hampshire. October 3. 1873. His
early education was .gained in the public schools of
Concord and Lake Village (now Lakeport), New
Hampshire. He later attended the Boston Univer-
sity Law School, from which he was graduated in
1897, and was admitted to practice in 1898. He at
once opened an office in Concord, and has since
been engaged in the general practice of law. He is
a Democrat, has been active in the councils of his
party, and held the office of chairman of the Demo-
cratic city committee of Concord from 1902 to 1906.
He was made a member of Granite State Lodge,
No. I, Independent Order of Good Templars, at
Lake Village, New Hampshire, in 1887. and has
since attained high rank in the order. In May. 1903,
he was appointed grand secretary of the order in
New Hampshire, to serve out an unexpired term,
and in the following October was elected to that
office, and has since filled it by successive annual
elections. In 1904 he was elected delegate from the
jurisdiction of New Hampshire to the international
supreme lodge, which met at Belfast, Ireland, in
August, 1905. He is a member of Blazing Star
Lodge, No. II, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
in which he was made a Mason in 1902. He was
one of the incorporators of Curtis Memorial Church,
Concord, of which he is a member. While abroad
in 1905, Mr. Hall visited many places of interest in
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, thus making
his mission not only subservient to the cause of
temperance, but also a source of practical infor-
mation and enjoyment to him. He married (first),
June I, i8g8, Jennie D. Crowell, born near Yar-
mouth. Nova Scotia. She died in Concord. January
26, 1899. -He married (second), June 4. 1903, ;\Iary
A. Laird, born June i, 1871, of Prince Edward's
Island, daughter of Abram and Mary F. (Jenkins)
Laird, now of Concord. Mrs. Hall is assistant grand
secretary of the Grand Lod.ge of the Independent
Order of Good Templars of New Hampshire. They
have one child, Mary L., born July 17, 1904.
(Third Family.)
As the early settlers of Massachusetts
HALL tiay Colony were almost w'ithout excep-
tion of English extraction, it is probable
that the family now under consideration were Eng-
lish and that the name is one of those assumed by
some person from his place of residence — in this-
case the hall, or mansion, of a landholder or wealthy
tradesman.

(I) Widow Mary Hall, of Cambrid.ge. Massa-
chusetts, no record of whose previous life is now
knov,-n to e.xist. had lands given her by that town
in 1662. when she united with the church. Her chil-
dren were all adults then and their names were:
John. Susanna, Stephen, WiHiam. JMary, Hannah
and Lydia.

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(II) John, eldest child of Widow Mary Hall,
was of Concord in 1658 and of Cambridge from 1667
to 1675. He bought lands at Mcdford, June 27,
1675, of Caleb Hobart. which he mortgaged to him
the same day as security, and redeemed May 2, l68r,
for two hundred and sixty pounds. He married
"4 Mo. 2, 1656," Elizabeth Green, of Cambridge, who
was a daughter of Percival and Ellen Green. They
had ten children, named as follows: Elizabeth, John,
Nathaniel, Mary, Stephen, Percival, Susanna. Jon-
athan, Sarah and Thomas.

(III) John (2). eldest son and second child
of John (i) and Elizabeth (Green) Hall, was born
October 13, 1660, probably in Concord. He was of
Medford. where he died November 14, 1720. aged
sixty. He married, December 2, 1687, Jemima Syll,
of Cambridge They had: John, died young; John,
William, died young; William, died young: Eliza-
beth, Andrew, Jemima, Joseph, Stephen, Martha,
and perliaps two others.

(IV) Captain John (3), second son and child
of John (2) and Jemima (Syll) Hall, was born
September 19, 1690, and died August 8, 1746, aged
fifty-six years He married Elizabeth Walker, April
27. 1720. Their ten children were : John. Elizabeth,
Susanna, Timothy, Samuel, Joseph, Gemima, Na-
thaniel, Ebenezer and Zachariah.

(V) Timothy, fourth child and second son of
Captain John (3) and Elizabeth (Walker) Hall,
was born March 13. 1726. There was a company of
militia in Medford before the Revolution, and when
troublous times came they were ready for duty. It
was the eighth company, in the first regiment of the
first brigade of the third division. It belonged to
Colonel Thomas Gardner's regiment. In 1775 it
was commanded by Captain Isaac Hall. Stephen
Hall was ensign, IVIoscs Hall was a sergeant, Tim-
othy Hall was drummer, and Francis Hall was a
private in the same company. "This company came
out," says the Adjutant General of Massachusetts,
"on the 19th of .^pril, 1775, and were in service five
days, and were undoubtedly in the battles of Lex-
ington and Concord." Timothy Hall married, June
29, 1749, Mary Cutter, and had eight children : Mary,
Timothy, died young: Timothy, Susanna, Ammi R.,
Samuel. John, and Sarah.

(VI) Ammi R.. fifth child and tliird son of
Timothy and Mary (Cutter) Hall, was born August
27, 175S, in Medford. and died in Greenland, New
Hampshire, June 9, 1833, aged seventy-five. At the
age of seventeen he served at the battle of Bunker
Hill. The Massachusetts Records state that Ammi
R. Hall was a sailor on the ship "G. Pickering,"
commanded by Captain Jonathan Harraden ; and
that the list of officers and crew was sworn to No-
vember 10. 1780: and that the ship was taken by the
British while on a cruise to the West Indies. He
was confined in Dartmoor prison, in England, and
after the capture of the British ship "Serapis" and
others by Captain John Paul Jones, Mr. Hall was
exchanged and went to France, whence he returned
to America. He afterward en.gaged in business in
Boston and later in Portsmouth, coming to Ports-
mouth about 1790. He finally retired and resided
in Greenland. New Hampshire. He married, in
Boston, Elizabeth Seabury. born in Newport, Rhode
Island, and died in Portsmouth, 1822. She was the
daughter of Captain John Seabury, of Newport, and
niece of Bishop Samuel Seabury. the first Episcopal
bishop in the United States.* The children of this
union were : Catherine H., Eliza D., Mary Ann,
Joshua H., Tirnothy, Mary W., Harriet and Frances.

(VII) Timothy (2), fifth child and second son
of Ammi R. and Elizabeth (Seabury) Hall, was
born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November ir,
1796. and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Feb:
ruary 3. 1880, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
He was a clerk in the employ of Ebenezer Wcnt-
u-orth, a wholesale grocer in Portsmouth, for many
years, and then formed the partnership of J. H. and
T. Hall, which en.gaged in the same business. This
firm afterward became 'known as Hall & Leighton.
In 1848 Mr. Hall disposed of his mercantile interests
in Portsmouth and went to Boston, where he en-
gaged in the wholesale grocery business for himself,
continuing in that line until he retired from active
business about 1850. He married. May 10. 1829,
Mary Wentworth, born .'Kpril 15. 1806, died Decem-
ber II. tSSo. She was the daughter of Daniel and
Mary (Hardy) Wentworth. of Portsmouth. They
had six children : Charles Carroll, Mary W., Frank
S.. Annie C.. Robert M., and George W,

(VIII) Charles Carroll, oldest child of Timothy
(2) and Mary (Wentworth) Hall, was born in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 18, 1S30.
in the old Mark H. Wentworth house, which stood
on the corner of Daniel and Chapel streets. He
was educated in the' common schools of Portsmouth
and the Portsmouth Academy, which was then in
charge of Master William C. Harris. Being of an
adventurous spirit and having imbibed a fondness
for the sea, by the side of which he had .grown up,
he went before the mast in the ship "John Cum-
ming," commanded by Captain William L. Dwight,
with whom he made two European voyages. Dur-
ing bis absence his father moved to Boston, and in
1S48 he entered the counting room of George Cal-
lendcr & Company, shippin,g merchants. In 1861 he
associated himself with Benjamin Brewster, and
formed the firm of Hall & Brewster, foreign ex-
change brokers, with offices in the Alerchants' Ex-
change Building. This business continued for some
years, and then Mr. Hall formed a partnership with
George Gould, and as Gould & Hall, stockbrokers,
this firm was in business for nineteen years. In
iSq8, Mr. ITall, after a busy mercantile life cover-
ing a period of fifty years, relinquished his interest
in business affairs, and removed to Portsmouth to
enjoy amidst the scenes of his youth and in the so-
ciety of a few remaining friends of his younger days
the years that are left him. His life has been a busy
and successful one, and his record as a man and a
citizen is above reproach. His interest in educa-
tional, religious and social matters has always been
keen, and has not been diminished by the passing of
the years. He is a warden of St. John's Church
(Episcopal) of Portsmouth, trustee of the Chase
Home for Children, director of the Portsmouth
Athacucum, and a member of the Federal Fire So-
cictv.

Mr. Hall married (first), February 6, 1S61, Isa-
bella, widow of William Webb, of Portland, Maine ;
she died in Dorchester, September I. 1877. He mar-
ried (second), June 2, 1881, in Boston. Frances
Mary Wentworth. daughter of Ebenezer and Cath-
erine H. (Hall) Wentworth. She died January 15,
looi, in Portsmouth. He married (third), Febru-
ary 19, igo3. Susan Parker Spalding, dau.ghter of
Lyman D. Spalding, of Portsmouth, She died May
7, 1004, in Portsmouth.

(Fourth Family.)
(I) George Hall, the first American an-
H.VLL cestor of this branch of the family, came
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1636-37, and settled in Taunton, Massachusetts. He
was one o£ the original forty-six proprietors of
that town, which was founded in 1639. He held
public office, and was interested in the early iron

works in that region. He married Mary , and

they had six children : John. Joseph, Samuel, who
is mentioned below ; Charity, Sarah and Mary.
George Hall died in Taunton, October 30, 1669.

(11) Samuel, third son and child of George and
Mary Hall, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in
1644. He was a large landowner, and wa"s also
interested in the iron works. He held various public
offices. In 1663 he married Elizabeth White, daugh-
ter of Nicholas White, of Taunton. They had nine
children: Samuel, whose sketch follows; John,
Nicholas, Maiy, Sarah. Ebenezer, Sarah, George and
Hannah. Samuel Hall died in Taunton in 16S9.
His widow married again.

(HI) Samuel (2), eldest son and child of Sam-
uel (i) and Elizabeth (White) Hall, was bom in
Taunton, Massachusetts, December 11, 1664. He
was a farmer, and like his father lived in Taunton
all his life. He was a large landowner, and a mem-
ber of the original church in Taunton. He married
Abigail Pratt, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail
Pratt, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was born
November 2, 1665, and died July 6, 1734, surviving
her husband eighteen years. TJiey had four chil-
dren : Jonathan, mentioned below ; Samuel, Esther
and Hannah, all of whom are mentioned in their
father's will. Samuel Hall died at Taunton in 1716.

(IV) Jonathan, eldest child of Samuel (2) and
Abigail (Pratt) Hall, was born August 22. 1686, in
that part of Taunton which became Raynham. Mass-
achusetts. He was deacon of the First Congre-^
gational Church of Raynham. He was twice mar-
ried. His first wife was Sarah Ockinson, who was
born October 28, 1690. in Dedham. Massachusetts,
and died March 28. 1726. His second wife was
Sarah Smith, daughter of Asabel and Elizabetli
Smith, of Dedham, who was born in August. 1790.
and died in July, 1754. Deacon Jonathan Hall's will
mentions the following children : Jonathan, whose
sketch follows : Sarah, Amos, Rebecca. John and
Mason, all belonging to the first marriage. By the
second marriage there w'ere two daughters : Eliza-
beth and Hannah. Deacon Jonathan Hall died April
10. T750. in that part of Taunton which became
Raynham.

(V) Jonathan (2). eldest child of Deacon Jon-
athan (i) and Sarah (Ockinson) Hall, was born in
Taunton. Massachusetts. May 3, 1716. He lived in
Raynham. where he was a farmer. Like his father
he was deacon of the Congregational Church, and
was selectman and town treasurer for many years.
On December 28. 1738. he married Lydia Leonard,
who died January 26, 1764, aged forty-two. They
had eleven children: Jonathan. Seth. whose sketch
follows: Silas, Prudence. Lydia, Jemima, Jonathan,
Hezekiah. Obed, Ebenezer and Abigail. Deacon
Jonathan (2) Hall married for his second wife Mrs
Hannah (Keith) Hall, widow of Philip Hall, and
daughter of John and Hannah (Washburn) Keith.
There was one child by the second marriage : Linns.
Deacon Jonathan (2) Hall died February 25. 1789.

(VI) Seth. second son and child of Deacon
Jop.athan (2) and Lydia (Leonard) Hall, was born
Octolicr 4- 1740. at Raynham, Massachusetts. He
came to Westmoreland. New Hampshire, April 19.
1793. and bought of a Mr. Siinmcms seven hundred
acres of land at forty coppers an acre. This land
was situated in the northern part of the town, just

west of East Westmoreland, and part of it remained
in the possession of the family until near the end
of the nineteenth century. Seth Hall first came up
alone, but later went back to Massachusetts and
brought his family in an ox-cart. He cleared most of
the land and replaced the log cabin by a frame
house. He also built a saw mill. He was a colonel
in the militia and was commissioned during the
Revolution to recruit men and supplies. It is said
that he carried supplies from Westmoreland over
the Green Mountains to Bennington, Vermont, at
the time of the battle. He gave each of his sons one
hundred acres of land with the exception of Gains,
to whom he gave two hundred acres, as he stayed
with his father and cared for him in his old age.
Many anecdotes are told of Seth Hall. He once
got lost and stayed in a tree over night, and in the
morning he discovered his whereabouts by the bark-
ing of a dog near a neighbor's house. He said he
was troubled only by the lack of tobacco over night.
He was a deacon of the Congregational Church and
a very religious man. Seth Hall married, in 1769,
Diadama Leadi, who was born in Raynham, Mass-
achusetts, in 1751. and died April 30, 1842, at the
age of ninety-one years. There were ten children :
Elijah A., Augustus. Abigail, Lucinda, Joshua,
Gains. Seth, Camillus, Diadama and Lucinda. Dea-
con Seth Hall died at Westmoreland, February 12,
1824, in his eighty-fourth year.

(VII) Gains, fourth son and sixth child of Dea-
con Seth and Diadama (Leach) Hall, was born in
Raynham, Massachusetts. 1781. He lived with his
father at Westmoreland. New Hampshire, and in-
herited the old plaee. He was a Whig, and repre-
sented the town in the legislature in 1829, also in
183S, and was also selectman ; he was a prominent
citizen. He attended and helped to build the church
of the Christian denomination in Westmoreland.
He was twice married. His first wife was Esther
Mason, of Westmoreland, and his second wife
Lucinda Balch, daughter of Andrew Balch, of
Keene. There were four children : Esther M.. who
married Prentiss Daggett : Gains K. ; Lucy S., who
married Elisha Shelley, and Seth C.. whose sketch
follows, all by the second union. Gains Hall died
in 187 1.

(VITI) Seth Chandler, youngest son and child
of Gains and Lucinda (Balch) Hall, was born in
Westmoreland. New Hampshire. October 28. 1822.
He attended the common schools of Westmoreland
and then was employed by the Cheshire railroad for
a few years. In 1852 he bought one hundred and
fifty acres of land near where his father lived and
where his son now dwells. Here he carried on gen-
eral farming till 1882, when he moved to Keene.
New Hampshire. He was a strong Republican, but
was unwilling to hold office, though often urged to
d<i so. He attended the Christian Church, and was
its clerk at one time. Seth Chandler Hall married
Alfreda Patten, daughter of William Patten, who
was born in Pomfret, Vermont. There were five
children : Lucinda E.. William C, George E.. For-
rest W. and Frank P. Lu.cinda E. married Isaac
W. Rawson, and lives in Winchester, New Hamp-
shire. They have one child, Wilson William Chan-
dler, lives in Keene. where he is ticket agent for the
Boston & Maine Railroad. George E. died young.
Forrest W. is the subject of the next paragraph.
Frank Prentiss died TiiJv 8. 1904. in Westmoreland,
where he lived. Seth Chandler Hall died May 4.
1892. at Keene, New Hampshire.

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child of Seth Chandler and Alfrcda (Patten) Hall,
was born in Westmoreland. New Hampshire, Octo-
ber 29, 1855. He attended the common school of
his native town. With his brother, Frank P., he
boiisht the farm owned by tlieir father, and added
to it till he now owns about three hundred acres.
He carries on general farming. The farm produces
a (|uantity of fruit, especially apples, sometimes
yielding one hundred barrels a season ; there are also
pears and plums. F. W. Hall is a Republican in
politics ; he ser.ved as selectman for four tenns at
dififerent times, was representative to the legislature
in 1903, was elected county commissioner in 1906.
He is a member of the Baptist Church, and was
made deacon in 1896. This is an ofifice which seems
almost hereditary in the Hall family, for it has been
held by no less than three of the early generations
of Deacon Hall's ancestors. He is a charter mem-
ber of Great Meadow Grange, No. 138, in wdiich he
lias held ofifice. Forrest Webster Hall married, Sep-
tember 4, 1883. Alice Holman, daughter of David
and Sarah (Hamilton) Holman. both of Chester-
field, New Hampshire. Mrs. Hall was born in
Chesterfield, July 16, 1862, and was a very successful
school teacher before her marriage. They have four
children: George Forrest, born April 15, i88g, died
young. Esther Lucinda, December 28, 1890, died at
the age of three years. ]Murray Frank. January 31,
1897. Gains William, January, 1899.

This branch of the Hall family, whose
HALL members have been and are among the
best citizens of Epsom, is descended from
but not yet traced to one of the early Puritan im-
migrants.

(I)Stacey Hall was a lifelong resident of Ep-
som, where he was engaged in farming. His wife
was Anna Lake, of Chichester.

(II) John C., son of Stacey and Anna (Lake)
Hall was born in Epsom. January 26, 1806, and
died in Epsom, May 31, 1885. in the eightieth year
of his age. He owned a small farm which he cul-
tivated, did carpentry when called on, and also car-
ried on a country store. He was a member of the
Free Will Baptist Church, and in politics was a Re-
publican. He married Martha Rand, who was born
in Chichester, February 25, 1813. and died in Epsom,
1868. aged fifty-five years. Their children were :
Sarah. James W., Martha E., Amanda S.. Deborah
J.. John H.. Georgia A.. Luther T.. and Charles S.,
whose sketch follows. .Amanda S., unmarried, who
was born on the homestead. September i, 1S39, and
Luther T., born September 8, 1857, reside on the old
farm.

(III) Charles S.. ninth and youngest child of John
C. and Martha (Rand) Hall, was born in Epsom, June
3. 1854, and educated in the town schools and in a
commercial college in Manchester. He got a good
knowledge of business in his father's store, and
after his father's death succeeded to the business.
He now resides at Gossville, where he has a place
containing ten acres on which he has erected a fine
bouse and other buildings. He is a partner in Silver
& Hall, grocery and general merchandise, Gossville.
He does a large lumber business, and owns about
four hundred acres of woodland in Epsom, and
operating over two thousand acres of timber in towns
adjoining. He has built several houses in Epsom,
and is known as an energetic business man whose
word is as good as gold, a good neighbor, and a
progressive citizen. He is a member of the Free
Will Baptist Church, and votes the Republican ticket.

He has filled the offices of town clerk, and repre-
sentative. In 1889 he joined Evergreen Lodge, No.
S3, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he
is a past grand. He is also a member of Epsom
Grange, .\'o. 102, Patrons of Husbandry. He mar-
ried, December 17, 1876, Ellen M. Dolbeer. who was
born in Epsom. December 11, 1855, daughter of Cal-
vin and Abbie L. (Goss) Dolbeer. Mr. Dolbeer
was born in Epsom. July 18,. i8t8, and died 1893.
He was a farmer, a member of the Congregational
Church, and a Republican. .Abbie L. Goss was born
in Epsom. 1818, and died in Epsom, 1897.

The family, of this name in New
GEROULD England is descended from "one ini-
Tuigrant ancestor, who was of Hu-
guenot stock, his forefathers being by occupation
silk manufacturers who possessed great wealth,
which was confiscated, by the Catholic authorities
after the revocatioji of the Edict of Nantes. The
immigrant came to the United States not only to
escape the religious persecution to which those of
his faith were subjected, but to find a land of civil
libcrt.v and religious freedom.

Perhaps no better statement of what the people
of this family have been can be made than that of
Samuel .A. Gerould. Sr., who in 1873 wrote of them
in his family record as follows: "It appears from a
general survey of our race in this country, that
those who have gone before us. have acted well
their part in the w'alks of life. In these we notice
the well-to-do farmer, mechanic, merchant, teacher
of youth, and physician, w-hich latter profession
largely predominates : also clergymen of the Congre-
gational order — pursuits composing staininal sup-
port in society, imparting strength and solidity to
the body politic. In re,gard to the present living
race, I can bear testimony in scripture phraseology,
T have been young and new am old (So) yet have I
never seen any of the seed' of our immigrant
patriarch 'begging bread,' or degraded by vice. .All
are above board, so far as ever I have known, and
manv wealthy. In the honorable professions, the
Christian Church, and responsible pursuits of life,
indeed, in most of the departments and vocations of
civilization, the descendants of our common ancestor
arc w-ell represented. Eminent physiologists say
that traits of character descend from generation to
.generation through centuries. May the virtues of
our lincestry descend to their latest posterity."

The spelling of the name of the immigrant an-
cestor was Jerauld. Two of his descendants in the
second .generation, Gamaliel and Stephen, first
chan,ged the "J" to "G," and afterward the "a*" to
"o." Thus the orthography of the name became
Gerould in two branches of his descendants. The
other branches of the family uniformly follow the
snelling of the name like their common ancestor,
viz : Jerauld.

(I) James Jerauld. M. D., one of a family of
twenty-one children, was born in the province of
Lan.guedoc. France, in the year 1678. He acnuired
a knowledge of medicine, and came to .America in
T700. landin.g in Boston, where it is supposed his
first vcar in this country was spent, but he settled in
Afedfield. wdiere he practiced medicine until his
death. .October 25, 1760, at the a.se of eighty-two
years. The house in Medfield, in which he lived and
died, was standing in a .good state of preservation
in 1873. During his voyage to America, Dr. Jeraidd
became ac(|uainted with a family of French Hugue-
nots named Dupee. While on the ocean Mrs. Dupee

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gave birth to a daughter, and Dr. Jerauld was the
accoucheur on that occasion. This daughter was
named Martha, and when she was sixteen years old
she was married to Dr. Jerauld, then thirty-eight
years of age. They were the parents of eight chil-
dren: James, Martha. Gamaliel, Stephen, Dupee,
Marv, Joanna and Susanna.

(11) Gamaliel Gerould, second son and third
child of Dr. James (Jacques) and Martha (Dupee)
Jerauld, was born in Medfield, September 23, lyiQ-
For some reason not stated he and his brother
Stephen, changed the family name to Gerould. and
this form of spelling has been followed by their de-
scendants. Gamaliel was a farmer and resided in
Wrentham, Massachusetts. December 25, 1741, he
married Rebecca Lawrence, w'ho died January 12,
i/Si, and he was again married October II of the
same year to Jerusha Mann, who was born Novem-
ber 12, 1724, and died November 6, 1762. His third
wife, whom he married August 10, 1763, was Mrs.
^^ary Everett, of Dedham, Massachusetts. He died
October 18, 1795. and his widow died Januarys,
1810. The children of his first union were: Gamaliel.
Rebecca (who died young), Katie, Rebecca and
Jabez. Those of his second marriage were : Ebene-
zer, Elias, Samuel, Benona, Jacob, Jerusha and
Theodore. (Mention of the last named and de-
scendants forms part of this article).

(HI) Samuel, third son and child of Gamaliel
and Jerusha (Mann) Gerould, was born in Wren-
tham, July 28, 1755. When twenty-one years of age
he became a soldier in the Revolutionary war, en-
listing for four months in "1776 to "go northward,"
as the records state, and on April 6, 1777, he re-en-
listed for three years in Captain Knapp's company.
Colonel Shepard's regiment, which formed a part of
General Stone's brigade, and was honorably dis-
charged at the expiration of his term of service.
In 1786 he settled in Stoddard, New Hampshire, ar-
riving there May 5 of that year and erecting a log
house on one of the highest eminences. He wit-
nessed the growth of the town from a sparsely set-
tled plantation in the wilderness to a prosperous
farming community, and he died there January 13,
1824. April 30. 1786, he married Azubah Thompson,
who was born in Medway, Massachusetts. March 3,
1763. and died June 13, 1851. Their children were :
Samuel, Clarissa, Cassandra, Roxie, Jerusha, Electa,
Moses. Rhoda. Lyman, and Susan A.

(IV) Rev. Moses, second son and seventh <*hild
of Samuel and Azubah (Thompson) Gerould, was
born in Stoddard. New Hampshire, May 5, 1801.
Having pursued the regular four years' course at the
Kimball L^nion Academy, Meriden, being one of the
first students at that institution, he studied theology
with the Rev. Seth S. Arnold, of Alstead. New
Hampshire, and on May 22, 1828, was ordained pas-
tor of the Con.gregational Church at New (now
East) Alstead, remaining there until 1844, when he
resigned. From the latter year to 1853 he occupied
the Congregational pulpit in Hinsdale, this state,
was acting pastor in Canaan for the ensuing ten
years, and from 1863 to 186.S he preached in
Stoddard. Called to the pastorate of the Congre-
.gational Church at Langdon. New Hampshire, in
1865. he labored there until April, i860, when he re-
tired from the ministry, having devoted more than
forty years of his life to the zealous propagation of
Christianity. His last days were spent in Canaan,
where he died June 21. 1874. He was married, Feb-
ruary 5, 1820, to Cynthia Locke, who was born May
2, 1804. daughter of Calvin and Sarah (Jewett)

Locke, of Sullivan, New Hampshire. She bore him
seven children: I. Sarah Cynthia, died in infancy.
2. Samuel L., born July 11, 1834. married, Decem-
ber 5, 1865, Laura E. Thayer, of Acworth. New
Hampshire, and they have seven children : Mary
Clementine, educated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary;
John Hiram, a graduate of Dartmouth College, now
assistant professor of biology; James Thayer, a
graduate of Dartmouth College, now librarian of
the University of Minnesota; Harriet Dupee, a
graduate of Middleburg College and School of Do-
mestic Science of the LTniversity of Missouri at
Columbia ; Gordon Hall, a graduate of Dartmouth
College and Oxford University. England now pro-
fessor at Princeton University, Princeton. New Jer-
sey ; Marion Locke, a kindergarten graduate, now
engaged in settlement work in I3oston and Washing-
ton, D. C. : Leonard Stinson. educated at Dart-
mouth College and Boston School of Technology,
now in the electrical business in Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania. 3. John Calvin Locke, born August 29, 1S37.
4. Sarah A., who will be again referred to. 5. Mar-
tin Luther, born July 14. 1841, married Helen Bart-
lett. of Auburn, New York. 6. Ann Clementine,
born November 5, 1843, died December 11, 18.SI.
7. Edward Payson. born October 13. 184.:;. John
Calvin Locke, a resident of Texas, entered the Con-
federate army in 1862 and was drowned at Clarks-
ville river, (jctober 8. 1862. Martin Luther served
as acting medical cadet at the Columbia Hospital in
Washington from April to September. 1863 ; as act-
ing assistant surgeon. United States navy, until 1S65 ;
was graduated from the Harvard INIedical School in
t866: practiced medicine in Webster Grove and in
Kirkwood, INIissouri. and died in the latter place
December 4, 1903. Edward Payson, a photographer
in Concord. New Hampshire, married Harriet M.
Proctor, of Portland, Maine; she died in May. 1896.

(V) Sarah Azubah. second daughter and fourth
child of Rev. Moses and Cynthia (Locke) Gerould,
was born in Alstead, April 13. 1839. She was edu-
cated in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, Northficld,
Massachusetts, the Canaan Academy and Mt.
Holyoke Seminary, graduating from the latter insti-
tution in tS.w. Being thus well equipped for an ed-
ucational career, she was at one time associated with
Judge Chase in teaching at Henniker. this state, and
was later connected with a young ladies' school in Con-
cord. On May 24, i86t, she became the wife of Isaac
N. Blodgett, now deceased, a prominent lawver of
Canaan and afterwards a justice of the New Hamp-
shire supreme court (see Blodgett. VIII). !Mrs.
Blodgett is now dividin.g her time between Frank-
lin and Canaan, spending her summers in thelast
named town. She has been interested in philan-
thropic work, and to her the state of New Hampshire
owes the law forbidding the detention of children
at the Alms House, the creation of State Board of
Charities and State Conference of Charities and
Corrections and has been for two years president of
the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She has
one daughter, Anna Geraldine, who was born Au-
gust T3. 1862. and is a graduate of Wellesley College.

(Ill) Theodore, seventh and younscst child of
Gamaliel and Jerusha (Mann) Gerould, was born
in Wrentham. September 11, 1761, and died March 2,
tSj8. aged eighty-six years. He settled near his
father's homestead, where he and his wife lived a
long and hanpv life. He married. February 19. 1788,
Ruth Bowditch. born July 28, 176/. died January 30.
iSrii. aged ninety-three vears. Her parents. Samuel
and Rcbe:ca (Byram) Bowditch. came from Brain-

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tree and settled in Wrcntham, where they lived and
died at advanced ages. The children of Theodore
and Ruth (Bowditch) Gerould were: Rebecca.
Mary, Samuel Allan. Susanna. James Harvey, Joseph
Byram. Jeriisha Mann, and Elizabeth Rowe.

(IV) Samuel Allan, third child and oldest son
of Theodore and Ruth (Bowditch) Gerould, was
born in Wrcntham, July 27, 1793, and died in Keene.
New Hampshire. September 21, 1887, aged ninety-
four years. He was brought up on a farm ; was an
industrious student and reader; bought his time of
his father at seventeen : taught school ; attained the
rank of lieutenant in the militia; came to Keene in
1810 and engaged in trade where E. F. Lane's upper
block now stands; built his brick store, on the west
side of the square, in 1825 ; extended it to the south
in 1835 for George Tilden's store ; and took his son,
Samuel A., Jr., as partner in 18-14 (S. A. Gerould &
Son). In 1857 the firm bought and the next season
rebuilt the south half of the old brick courthouse,
adjoining his block on the north. His brick house
on West street was built in 1861, under the direction
and plans of his son. Mr. Gerould was chairman of
the committee in T867 to ei^tablish the town water-
works which were finally laid in accordance with
the plan suggested by him. He was one of the early
stockholders of the Cheshire Railroad, was interested
in the Cheshire Provident Institution, and was active
in projects for the benefit of the community. He
was in business nearly fifty years. In political
faith he was a Whig while that party lasted, and then
logically became a Republican. His religious faith
was Congregational, and he was one of the committee
having charge of the alterations of the old First
Church. He was mueh interested in obtaining a
knowledge of his ancestry, and when, in 1867, Dr.
Henry Gerould, of Pennsvlvania, began to seek the
facts necessary to compile the genealogy of the
Gerould family in America, he found a warm friend
and an ardent supporter of the project in Samuel A.
Gerould. through whose influence and by whose aid
a very complete genealo.gy of the descendants of
James Jerauld was compiled. He married. May 3,
1820, Deborah, daughter of Hon. Samuel Holmes
Deane, of Dedham. Massachusetts. She was born
June 20, 1790, and died January 15, 1865, aged
seventy-four years. Their children were : Samuel
Allen (2) and Deborah Deane.

(V) Samuel .Allen (2), eldest child and only
son of Samuel Allan (i) and Deborah (Deane)
Gerould. was born in Keene, February i, 1821. and
died in that town, March 26, 1890, aged seventy-
eight years. He was educated in the common
schools and Academy of Keene, early learned the
jeweler's trade in his father's general store, and at
the age of twenty-one became his partner. Samuel
A.. _ Sr., retired in 1S67. and the son continued in
business, as a jeweler, as.sociating with him J. C.
Richardson and A. B. Skinner, under the firm name
of Gerould. Richardson & Skinner. Mr. Gerould
was not a strong man and in 1869, three years sub-
sequent to his father's retirement, he. too, went out
of business. He was a practical jeweler, w^as fond
of mechanical employment and machinery. He made
a watch for himself when a lad, also an electrical
machine which was bought by the academy in
Fitzwilliam. and once having a French clock with
which he was not satisfied, he separated the parts,
removed some and altered others and thus changed
the clock proved to be a valuable timekeeper. He
was a Republican, and as such ser\-ed as councilman
one or two terms. He was a member of the 'Con-

gregational Church, and clerk of the church for many
years. In all the relations of life he was a quiet,
pleasant gentleman, always desirous of being on the
right side and helpful in the community, and seldom
erring in judgment.

He married. November 14, 1850, Susan Fales
Fi.ske, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, born January
II. 1831, daughter of Henry Fiske and Susan H.
(Fales) Fiske. The children were: Frances, Eliza-
beth, Heilry Fiske and Joseph Bowditch.

(VI) Henry Fiske. second child and oldest son
of Samuel A. (2) and Susan F. (Fiske) Gerould,
born in Keene, January ,30, 1853, was educated in
the public schools and at Meriden (New Hampshire)
Academy. When a young man he was employed
for about three years as a clerk in his father's store,
and subsequently took charge of his father's affairs,
which were principally entrusted to his care. He is
a Republican in politics, and a man of quiet and
studious habits.

(VI) Joseph Bowditch. third and youngest
child of Samuel A. (2) and Susan Fales (Fiske)
Gerould. was born in Keene. February 20. 1S56. He
was educated in the common schools, at New Lon-
don Academy. Dartmouth College, and he took the
degree of M.D. at Harvard Medical College in 1881,
He settled in Nortli Attleborough, Massachusetts,
where he has since been successfully engaged in the
practice of his profession. He married. April 16,
1890, Grace Rose Ely. of Westfield. Massachusetts.
She died January 20. 1895, aged twenty-eight years,
leaving one child, Dorothy, born March 15, 1891.
On April 18, i8g6, he married (second) Florence R.
Whiting, daughter of William D. Whiting, who was
a silverware manufacturer in North Attleborough,
Massachusetts, a great many years.

This name was early established in
BINGH^AM New England, and has been con-
spicuous in the annals of New
Hampshire jurisprudence, past and present, and has
contributed to the progress and welfare of the
nation in many localities, especially throughout
New England.

(I) "The first of whom record has been found
was Henry Bingham, who was admitted as a master
cutler of the Cutlers' Company of Sheffield, England,
December 21, 1614, and he was granted a trademark
by that organization. This has now come to be
something of a social organization, but in his day
it was a league of craftsmen. He married July 6,
1631, Anna Stenton. and had children, .\bcl, Steven,
Edward, Robert, Elizabeth, Thomas and Ann.

(II) According to the records in the parish of
St. Peters and Holy Trinity, of Sheffield, Deacon
Thomas, the fifth son and sixth child of Henry and
Ann (.Stenton) Bin.gham, was baptized June $. 1642.
He died January 16, 1730, at the age of eighty-eight
years, in Windham. Connecticut. His father died
when he was small, and his mother married Wil-
liam Backus, Senior, with w-hom she and her son
came to this country. They are first found on
record at Saybrook. Connecticut, whence they re-
moved to Norwich, with three daughters and two
sons of IMr. Backus ; and Thomas Bingham was
among the first proprietors of that town. The
mother died in May. 1670, having survived her
second husband. William Backus, w'ho died before
1664. Thomas Bingham is found among the landed
proprietors of Norwich, as recorded in April. 1660.
He was made a freeman by the General Court, in
1671. His name is found on the list of twenty-two

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approved residents of Windham, Connecticut, ISIay
30, 1693. In 1695. he was sergeant of the militia,
and selectman of that town. He bought, April 21,
i6q3, one thousand acres in the southeast part of
Windham. He was senior deacon of the church on
its organization, December 10, 1700, and so con-
tinued until his death, being Recorded the most
honorable position at the seating of the church,
April 17, 1703. He was married December 12, 1666,
to Mary Rudd. supposed to have been a daughter of
Lieutenant Jonathan Rildd. She was born in 1648
and died August 4, 1726. Two of his children were
born in Norwich and the others in Windham. They
were named as follows : Thomas, Abel, Mary, Jona-
than, Ann, Abigail, Nathaniel. Deborah, Samuel,
Joseph and Stephen. All except the third son had
families, and all lived in Windham except Thomas
and Abigail, who resided in Norwich, and Steven
in Albany, towns adjoining Windham.

(III) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas (i)

and (Rudd) Bingham, was born December

II, 1667, in Norwich, Connecticut, and died April
S, 1 710. He settled in Norwich and succeeded his
father as one of the proprietors of the town. He
was married February 17, 1692, to Hannah, daughter
of Lieutenant William Backus, and all of his chil-
dren were probably born in Norwich, namely :
Thomas, Abel, Jeremiah, Hannah, Mary, Dorothy,
Jabez, Nathaniel and Joseph. (The last named and
descendants receive extended mention in this article).

(IV) Deacon Abel, second son and child of
Thomas (2) and Hannah (Backus) Bingham, was
born June 25, 1669, in Norwich, Connecticut, and
died March 25, 1745, in Windham. He resided in
Stratfield until 1707, when he removed to Windham
and bought land in the south part of the town on
the east side of Memaguage Hill, on May 21. He
was an admitted inhabitant of the town January 12,
1708. and was deacon of the First Church in 1729.
He was selectman and representative in the general
court. He was a pious and honorable citizen, and
his will was made April 25. 1734. He married Eliza-
beth Odell, and their children were: .Abigail. Mary,
John. Elizabeth. Abel, Ann, Jemima, Jonathan and
David.

( V) Jonathan, third jon and eighth child of
Deacon Abel and Elizabeth (Odell) Bingham, was
born August 17, 1712, in Windham, and died Febru-
ary 16, iSoo. He was adopted by and lived with his
uncle, Jonathan Bingham, in VVindham. who was
childless, and he inherited his homestead. He was
married (first). May 9, 1734. to Mary, daughter of
Ebenezer Abbe. She died March 4, 1735, being the
mother of one child. Deacon Jonathan Bingham, who
was born February 20. 1735. Mr. Bingham married
(second), January 17. 17,36. Sarah, widow of Mala-
tiah Vinton, of Stoneham, Massachusetts. She died
March 5, 1803, at the age of ninety-three years. Her
children were : Mary, Malatiah, Elisha, Phoebe and
Naomi.

(VI) Deacon Jonathan (2). only child of Jon-
athan (i) and -Mary .Abbe Bingham, was tiorn Feb-
ruary 20, 1735, and resided for a time in Mansfield,
Connecticut, where he married Elizabeth, daughter
of Elisha Warner, of that town. Subsequent to
1767 he removed thence to Cornish. New Hampshire,
where he cleared up a farm in the wilderness and
continued the remainder of his life, dying March 9,
1812. He was a man of strong influence, and was
very firm in his religious convictions and was sa'id
to be gifted in prayer. In discussing some religious
points with a neighbor he said: "It is planned that

one of us has got to go to Heaven." He is de-
scribed in old age as being somewhat bald, with very
white hair, and venerable appearance. It is evident
that he was married a second time, as the records
show that his wife Abigail died June iS, 1812, in her
seventy- fourth year. They also record the death of
his daughter .Amy on April 5, 1801, in her twenty-
third year. He had two children born in Mansfield,
Connecticut, and two in Cornish (perhaps others),
namely: Elisha W., Erastus (born April I". 1767),
Frederick and Amy.

(VII) Elisha Warner, eldest child of Deacon
Jonathan and Elizabeth (Warner) Bingham, was
born March 23, 1765. in l\lansfield. Connecticut, and
was a small child when he removed with his par-
ents to Cornish. New Hampshire. There he grew
up and engaged in farming. About 1797 he went to
Concord, in Essex county. Vermont, and began the
clearing of a farm. Not long after he settled there
with his family, and while going down the river for
supplies of some sort, he contracted measles, which
caused his death at Concord, March ,30, 1802, at the
age of thirty-seven years. The maiden name of his
wife, who was a native of Pomfret, Vermont, was
Perry. She died at Concord in 1844 at the age of
seventy-seven years. Their children were : Perry,
Warner, Tyler, Robert and Tracy.

(VIII) Warner, second son of Elisha W. Bing-
ham, was born April 10, 1789, in Cornish, New
Hampshire, grew up in Concord, Vermont, and was
for many years a farmer in West Concord. His
latter years were passed in Bethlehem, New Hamp-
shire, where he had a small farm and where he died
February 12, 1872. He was a man of much intelli-
gence and worth, and served as state senator of Ver-
mont in 1842 ; and in 1844 was elected assistant
judge of Essex county. He was married (first) -in
1814. to Lucy Wheeler, daughter of John Wheeler.
She was bom October i. 1794. in Chesterfield, New
Hampshire, and died October 2,3, 18,39. in Concord,
Vermont. Mr. Bingham married (second), in 1840,
Laura H., daughter of John Rankin. She was born
February 20. 1809. in Danville, Vermont, and sur-
vived her husband more than si.x years, dying June
IS, 1878, i" Bethlehem. New Hampshire. The chil-
dren of the first wife were: John. Lorenzo. Harry,
Lucy Ann. George .Azro (mentioned at length be-
low). Edward Franklin and Edith. The children of
the second wife were : Horatio. Lau-ra. and James
Warner, all born in Concord. Lucy Wheeler, first
wife of Warner Bing-ham, was a granddaughter of
Joseph Wheeler, a native of Massachusetts, born
about 1729. He settled in Chesterfield. New Hamp-
shire, where he died about 1805. His son. Captain
John, born May i, 1770, in Chesterfield, died Novem-
ber 19, 1838. He was married in 1791 to Lucy,
daughter of Thomas Holmes. She was born April
28, 1773, and died December ,30, 1861. in Concord,
Vermont. Their daughter Lucy became the wife of
Warner Bingham, as above noted.

(IX) Harry, third son of Warner and Lucy
(Wheeler) Bingham, was born in Concord, Ver-
mont. March 30, 1821. He was prepared for his
collegiate course at the Lyndon (Vermont) Acad-
emy, and took his bachelor's degree at Dartmouth
Col'le.ge with the class of 1843. He was subsequently
a law student in the office of Hon. Harry Hibbard,
of Bath, and was admitted to the Grafton county
bar at Lancaster, in the spring of 1S46. While a
student at Dartmouth, and also during his legal
studies, he earned a consideralile portion of the
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penses by teaching in district schools and academies
at St. Johnsbury, Woodstock, Concord Corners,
Waterford and Wells River, Vermont. In Septem-
ber following his admi.-sion to the bar he established
himself in tlic practice of law at Littleton. New
Hampshire, and resided there ever since. During
the early years of his professional career he had as
contemporaries Henry A. Bellows. Harry Hibbard
and Ira Goodall, all of whom were legal lights of
high magnitude at the Grafton bar, and although
lacking the e.xpericnce of those distinguished attor-
neys, he was otherwise fully equipped to meet them
as opponents in the arena of law. In 1852 his
brother, George A. Bingham, became associated with
him in practice, they together constituting a law
firm that in all probability has never been surpassed
in the Granite State, and their business rapidly ex-
panded into large proportions, calling them into
many important cases, not only in the Northern cir-
cuit of New Hampshire, but also to the federal
courts and those of other states. The Bingham
Brothers practiced together exclusively until 1859,
when the law firm of Woods & Bingham was organ-
ized, with offices in Littleton and Bath, and it con-
tinued until dissolved by mutual consent in 1862, in
which latter year the old firm of H. & G. A. Bing-
ham was re-established. Seme ten years later the
brothers considered it advisable to separate, and dur-
ing the next thirty years Mr. Harry Bingham was
associated at different times with several younger
aspirants for legal fame, whose professional train-
ing was acquired under his careful guidance. At
the present time he is the senior partner in the firm
of Bingham, Mitchells & Batchellor, his associates
being John M. Mitchell, Albert S. Batchellor and
William H. Mitchell, and in addition to the home
office in Littleton the firm maintains a branch office
in Concord, New Hampshire, which is in charge of
John M. Mitchell.

In politics Mr. Bingham is a Democrat, and has
been regarded as one of the most astute and in-
tellectual party leaders in this state for more than a
quarter of a century. For a period of eighteen
years he represented Littleton in the lower house of
the state legislature : was a member of the state sen-
ate from the Grafton district for two terms: was a
delegate to the constitutional convention of 1876, in
which he served as chairman of one of its most im-
, portant committees, that of legislative affairs : and
as such he wielded a weighty influence in the de-
liberations of that body. Upon three different oc-
casions he has been a candidate for representative to
congress ; has many times been presented to the
legislature as his party's candidate for the United
States senate ; has attended as a delegate three Dem-
ocratic national conventions ; and in numerous other
ways has been the recipient of high honors in
recognition of his ability and long-continued service
in the interest of his party. His professional and
political attainments are considered by many who
are competent to judge, as superior to those of most
of his contemporaries, and his labors both at the
bar and in the halls of legislation have done honor
to his state. In 1880 Mr. Bingham received the
degree of Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College.
(IX) George Azro. fourth son and fifth child
of Warner and Lucy (Wheeler) Bingham, was born
in Concord, Vermont, April 25, 1826. His early edu-
cation was obtained in the schools of his native town,
and at St. Johnsbury Academy. When tw-enty years
of age he became a law student in the office of the
Hon. Thomas Bartlctt, Jr., of Lyndon, Vermont, a

leading attorney of his day in that locality, and was
admitted to the Caledonia county bar in December,
1848. Naturally studious and eager to attain speedy
advancement, his legal studies were marked by the
same diligent application to the work in hand .which
ever characterized 'his professional efforts and con-
stituted in no small measure the fundamental prin-
ciple of his success. Soon after his admission to
the bar he went to Burlington, Iowa, w'ith a view of
entering upon the practice of his profession there,
but not being satisfied with the outlook, he returned
to Lyndon in July. 1S49. and entered into a partner-
ship with his preceptor, Mr. Bartlett, under the
firm name of Bartlett & Bingham. Upon the election
of Mr. Bartlett to congress some two years later,
George W. Roberts was admitted to the firm, which
then adopted the style of Bartlett, Bingham &
Roberts. During the absence of the senior partner
the preparation and direction of several important
cases devolved upon Mr. Bingham, who brought
them to a successful termination. Owing to the re-
districting of the state in 1852, Mr. Bartlctt decided
not to seek a re-election to congress, and resumed
his active connection with the firm. Mr. Bingham
then found it advisable to dispose of his interest to
his partners, and going to Littleton, Grafton county,
New Hampshire, he became associated in practice
with his brother Harry, as H. & G. .\. Bingham. In
1859 they formed a law partnership with Hon. .An-
drew S. and Edward Woods, having offices in Lit-
tleton and Bath, the latter in charge of Judge Woods
and George A. Bingham, -while .the Littleton business
was managed by Harry Bingham and Edw-ard
Woods. This copartner.ship expired by limitation
in 18C2, when George A. Bingham resumed the prac-
tice of law in company with his brother in Littleton,
and the firm of H. & G. A. Bingham, which was an
unusually strong legal combination, continued to
transact a prosperous and lucrative business until its
dissolution in 1870. Remaining in Littleton, ^Ir.
George A. Bingham practiced his profession success-
fully until 1876. when he was appointed an associate
justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. His
law business at this time was large and included
about four hundred cases pending in the various
courts. From a financial point of view it w'as cer-
tainly an inducement for him to remain at the bar.
but he accepted the judgeship, for which he
possessed marked qualifications, and remained upon
the bench until 1880, when he resigned. In January.
i88[. he associated himself in practice with Edgar
--Kldrich. In 1882, Daniel C. Reniich was admitted to
the partnership and the firm became known as Bing-
ham. Aldrich & Remich. This firm continued until
December, 1884, when its senior member was again
appointed to the supreme bench. Although his sec-
ond appointment, like the first, necessitated the ex-
change of his lucrative position at the bar for one of
less financial remuneration, he considered it a re-
call to duty and accepted it as such. L'pon the bench
he applied himself just as diligently to the require-
ments of justice and equity as he had formerly done
in the interests of his clients, and as a jurist he not
only interpreted the laws impartially but upheld them
with honor and dignity. As a lawyer Mr. Bingham's
ability cannot be too highly estimated. A detailed
account of the many important cases with which he
was identified during his long career at the bar.
would hardly come within the province of a work
_devoted almost exclusively to family history, but
'the magnitude of some of them makes it impossible
to pass them unncticcd. As early as 1858 he

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was retained to argue before a jury in a civil action
known as Russell vs. Dyer, involving the title to the
famous Fabyan House and adjacent property. An-
other of his many important real estate cases was
that oi Wells vs. The Jackson Manufacturing Com-
pany, commenced in iS6o to recover twelve thousand
acres of land, including the summit of Mount Wash-
ington. He also figured in the famous Dr. Samuel
Bemis contested will case; was for, a number of
years counsel for the Grand Trunk Railway Com-
pany in New Hampshire and Vermont, and for the
Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad.

Politically Judge Bingham was a Democrat, and
was long recognized as one of its most sagacious
leaders in New Hampshire. He was a member of
the state senate for the years 1864 and 65; repre-
sented Littleton in the lower branch of the legisla-
ture in 1S75 and 76; was a delegate to the National
Democratic conventions at Baltimore and Charleston
in i860; and in 1880 was his party's candidate for
representative to congress. From 1874 to 1886 he
served upon the board of education for the Union
School District in Littleton ; was for eight years
(1870 to 1879) a trustee of the State Normal School;
and his services in behalf of public education have
been exceedingly beneficial. He also served the
community both ably and faithfully in various other
ways, including the general business and financial
interests of the town, having for many years been
president of the Littleton Savings Bank, and a di-
rector of the Littleton National Bank. He died at
his home in Littleton, January 22, 1895, in his sixty-
ninth year. Judge Bingham was married (first)
November 2, 1852, to Louise Smith, who was born in
Newbury. Vermont, and died in Lyndon, same State.
September 6, 1856. He married (second), January
6, 1859. Eliza Isabella, daughter of Chief Justice An-
drew Salter Woods. She was born November i,
1838, in Bath, New Hampshire, and died May 6,
1893, in Littleton. The only child of the first wife
is Tracy Perry, who now resides in Lisbon. New
Hampshire. Andrew Woods, eldest of the second
wife's children, now resides in Littleton. George
Hutchins is the subject of the following paragraph.
Helen Eliza, the third, resides in Littleton, unmar-
ried. Katherine, the youngest, is the wife of Fred-
eric T. Walsh, of Lowell, Massachusetts.

(X) George Hutchins, third son of George A.
Bingham and second child of his wife, Eliza I.
(Woods) Bingham, was born August 19, 1864, in
Littleton. New Hampshire, where he grew to man-
hood and attended the public schools. He was at
Holderness School in the fall of 1880, and in De-
cember, 1881, entered St. Johnsbury Academy, where
he completed his preparation for college. He entered
Dartmouth in the fall of 1883 and was graduated
from that institution in 1887, with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. Following this, he remained at
home for a time, engaged in the study of law with
his father. In the fall of 1888 he entered the Har-
vard Law School. Here he remained three years,
completing his course of study in the spring of 1891,
with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In July of
that year he was admitted to the bar at Concord, in
this State. He immediately entered upon the prac-
tice of his profession at Littleton in partnership with
his father, under the firm name of Bingham & Bing-
ham. This arrangement continued until the death
of the senior member in 1895. Their business was
successful and their relations most congenial and
friendly. In the spring of 189S he went to Man-

chester, and formed a partnership with the Hon.
David A. Taggart, which continued until July i,
1901, when he opened an office by himself. In July,
1892. he was appointed an associate justice of the
supreme court. He has inherited the judicial qual-
ities of mind which distinguished his father and his
grandfather, Chief Justice Andrew S. Woods, and
bears his share of the labors of the court in a man-
ner creditable to himself and acceptable to his con-
temporaries. Judge Bingham is one of the most
democratic of men, with genial and alYable manners
which endear him to those with whom he comes in
contact. He is director of the Merchants National
Bank and a member of Grace Episcopal Church, of
Manchester, of which he is a vestryman. He has
never taken any active part in political movements
but adheres to the traditions of his family, affiliating
with the Democratic party. He was married Octo-
ber 21, 1891, to Cordelia Pearmain Hinckley, who
was born January 20. 1866, in Chelsea, Massachu-
setts. Elizabeth, the eldest child ofjudge and Mrs.
Bingham, was born July 22, 1892, in Chelsea, Mass-
achusetts. George Hutchins, the second, was born
January 6, 1S95, in Littleton. Cordelia Pearmain,
July 26. 1896, in Littleton. Sylvester Hinckley, May
22, 1901, in Manchester. Robert Pearmain and
Helen Woods (twins), April 21, 1903, in Man-
chester.

(IV| Joseph, tenth child and sixth son of Dea-
con Thomas and Mary (Rudd) Bingham, was born
in Windham, Connecticut, January 15, 16S8. and re-
sided in the same town, where he died September 4,
1765. The only record of him except as to his
domestic relations is that of a transfer of land by
him to his brother Samuel, of Windham, in 1717.
He married first, December 14, 1710, Abigail Scott,
who died March 30, 1741 ; second, November 30,
1742, Rachel Wolcott Huntington, of Norwich,
widow of Daniel Huntington, of that town. She
survived Joseph Bingham, and married second,
Thomas Welch. The children, all by the first wife,
were: Lydia, Gideon, Abigail, Elijah, and Joseph.
Joseph, the youngest, married Sarah Wheelock,
sister of Eleazer Wheelock, first president of Dart-
mouth College, and Joseph's daughter Jerusha be-
came the wife of Samuel Kirkland, the Indian mis-
sionary, and the mother of John Thornton Kirkland,
for years president of Harvard College.

(V) Deacon Elijah, fourth child and second
son of Joseph and Abigail (Scott) Bingham, was
born in Windham. June I, 1719, and died in Demp-
ster, New Hampshire, March 19, 1798. He was a
carpenter and joiner, and was one of the deacons of
the First Church in Windham, Connecticut. In 1770
he removed with his wife and six or seven children
to Lempster, where he resided until his death. He
married first, March 2. 1739. Theody or Theda Crane,
She was the daughter of Jonathan Crane, Jr.. of
Lebanon. Connecticut, and died April 6, 1751. He
married second, July 19, 1752, Sarah Jackson. His
children by the first w^ife were: Elijah, Silas, and
Abigail. By the second wife: Roswell, Tabitha,
Eunice, James. Nathan (died young), Nathan. Cal-
vin, Harris. Vine, Lucy, Daniel, Truman, and Lydia.

(VI) Harris, eighth child and sixth son of
Deacon Elijah and Sarah (Jackson) Bingham, was
born in Lempster, New Hampshire, November 17,
1763, and died there April 13. 1822. He married
Phebe Rogers, in 17S7. She died August 25, 1824,
at the age of sixty. The children were twelve in
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wife of Allen Warden, of Windsor, Vermont, and
their daughter. Helen Minerva, became the wife of
William Kl. Evarts.

(VII) Conrtney. eldest son and second child of
Harri> and Phebe '(.Rogers) Binghani, was born in
Lempster, January 24. 1790, and died in Claremont,
January 17. 1S63. He married first, Rachel Howard,
who died in 1830, and second, Lovey Ann Lebour-
veau, who survived him and died in Keene, New
Hampshire, her native town, April 16, 1871. The
children of the earlier marriage were three : Samuel
Dexter, born in Swanzey, New Hampshire, January
19, 1817, died in New York City; Mary, born Au-
gust 4, iSig; and Solon P., born August 28, 1820,
died in Lincoln. Nebraska, 1905. The children of
the second marriage were two — Charles H., died in
Claremont, New Hampshire. October 2, 1840, at the
age of four years; and George W., born in Clare-
mont. Octobe'r 23, 1838, and now resides (1907) in
Derry, New Hampshire.

(VIII) George Washington, youngest son and
second child of Courtney and Lovey Ann (Lebour-
veau) Bingham, was born in Claremont, October 23.
18.38. He grew up on his father's farm a strong and
active boy, attending the public schools until he be-
gan to fit for college, and from that time forward
made his expenses by working at farming in sum-
mer and leaching school in winter. He prepared for
college at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New
Hampshire, entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1859,
and graduated in 1863. He was a diligent student
throughout his college course, and was admitted to
the Phi Beta Kappa society at graduation. While in
college Mr. Bingham was a prominent member of
the religious societies of the institution, and took an
active part in them. In the fall of 1863 he became
principal of Gilmanton Academy, and held that posi-
tion two years, doing thorough and acceptable work.
Among the pupils in his graduating class in 1865
was Mary Uphani Cogswell, who was born in North-
wood, New Hampshire, September 6, 1845, daughter
of Rev. Elliott Colby and Sophia Ann (Adams)
Cogswell, of Northwood. Mr. Bingham watched her
career as a student and came to admire not only her
scholarship but also her excellent qualities as an
energetic, active Christian woman. November 19,
1865, they were united in marriage, and Mr. Bing-
ham became superintendent of the public schools of
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, where his excellerit record
as an instructor led, at the end of two years, to his
appointment to the position of principal of an insti-
tution in Pittsburgh.

From 1867 to 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Bingham were
co-workers in the management of the Pittsburgh
Seminary for young ladies, which they built up from
a small school to a large and flourishing institution
which had not room to accommodate all who applied
for admission. The climate proved unfavorable, and
in 1871 they reluctantly gave up their labors there.

They settled at Burlington, Iowa, where Mr.
Bingham became a partner in the firm of Nealley,
Bock & Bingham, nurserymen. There he remained
ilntil 1878, when' Mr. and Mrs. Bingham, having
fully recovered their health, took charge of Den-
mark Academy, at Denmark, Iowa, which they soon
made one of the most popular and successful schools
in the state. For six years they tau.ght with gratify-
ing success in this institution. In 1884, much to the
regret of the trustees and patrons of the school,
they were compelled for family reasons to sever
their connection with the school and return to New

Il.impshirc to reside with Mrs. Bingham's parents in
Northwood. There they remained a year; during
this time Mr. Bingham was principal of Cole's Acad-
emy. He also supplied the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional Church, a considerable part of the time. In
the fall of 18S8 he was elected principal of Pinkerton
Academy at Derry, which has ever since been his
field of labor. Pinkerton Academy is one of the
oldest educational institutions of the state, and has
always maintained a good reputation among New
Hampshire schools. "When Mr. Bingham took
charge its endowment was small, and the school
building was ancient in style and accommodations.
Soon things began to improve ; a member of the
Pinkerton family, dying within a few years, left a
fund of over $200,000 for an endowment and new
buildings. A large and commodious edifice was
soon erected, with all modern appliances for doing
first-class school work; the corps of teachers en-
larged, liberal salaries were secured for all of them,
and the institution stepped to the forefront of high
grade schools in New Hampshire." This great im-
provement in the home of the Academy and the in-
crease of the teaching corps from three to ten, had
a great efifect on the attendance at the school, and
within a short time the number of students was
doubled.

Mr. Bingham's effort has been to raise young
men and women to a higher plane of life. That he
has succeeded is amply proved by the course of those
who have gone out of his schools into life's work.
Mr. Bingham has never been a theorist, has never
wasted time on experiments ; his ideas have been
positive and certain, and his teaching well founded,
direct and successful. Since he took charge of
Gilmanton Academy, forty-two years ago, he has
taught thirty-seven years, and made a flattering
record as an instructor. During his term of service
at Pinkerton he has declined tempting offers to go •
elsewhere, among them the presidency of Oahu
College, in Honolulu, which was formally tendered
him in the summer of 1890.

Mr. Bingham has been an earnest worker in the
Sunday school and temperance causes. Elected
president of the New Hampshire Sunday School
Association in 1888, he represented New Hampshire
in the World's Convention in London, England, in
July. l88g. In the International Sunday School Con-
vention held in Boston in July, 1896, he was elected
to a second term of three years as a member for
New Hampshire in the international executive com-
mittee. Mrs. Bingham accompanied her husband on
his trip to Europe in 1889. and to.gether they visited
many scenes in England, Scotland, and France with
which books had made them familiar. While the
great convention was in session in London. Mr.
Bingham spoke in a Sabbath service from John Wes-
ley's pulpit in the old church in Bunhill Field,
London.

After a long and painful illness. Mrs. Bingham
died March 4, 1902. Through a large part of the
seventeen years she lived in Derry, she was in
charge of the Academy Library, where her wide
reading, fine literary taste, and exalted character
made her service invaluable. Her rare gifts were
freely placed at the command of the students, many
of whom bear testimony to the fact that their right
use and keen enjoyment of books is largely due to
her wise, capable, and enthusiastic guidance.

August 3. 1905' in Stratford. Connecticut, Mr.
Bingham married Elizabeth Greenleaf Cogswell

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Prescott, sister of his first wife, and widow of
Charles H. Prescott (.see Cogswell, IX). She is a
woman of high culture and a teacher of experience.

When the first representatives of the
WYMAN Wyman name reached New England
is not known, but they were in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1640 or before. They
were persons of means, and took a leading part in
the town of Wo'nirn, where they settled. Their
course in religimis matters shows that they were in-
dependent thinkers and not inclined to be coerced.
Most of the men of this family have been of tall
stature, with a military air. John Wyman was a
lieutenant in the militia ; one of his sons was killed
in King Philip's war, and one of the sons of Francis
was wounded in that war. Seth. a grandson of John
Wyman, was killed in Lnvewell's fight at Pequacket
in 1725. In the Revolution the Wymans also did
their part. Their record in civil life is a long and
honorable one.

(I) The first of whom record is found was
Francis Wyman, a resident of Westmill, Hertford-
shire, England, whose will was made September 15,
1658, and proven February 14 following. One of
the items in said will is as follows: 'T do give and
bequeath unto my two sons, Francis Wyman and
John Wyman, which are beyond sea, 10 pounds apiece
of lawful English money, to be paid unto them by
mine executor if they be in want, and come over to
demand the same." (See later paragraph for ac-
count of John).

(II) The above-mentioned sons of Francis (i)
Wyman were among the earliest settlers of Woburn,
Massachusetts, then called "Charlestown Village."
They resided first in Charlestown, where John ap-
pears as a subscriber to town orders for Woburn in
December, 1640. He was taxed at Woluirn, Sep-
tember 8. 1645. In the year 1665 Francis and John
Wyman. of Woburn, purchased for fifty pounds of
Joseph Rock, the Coytmore grant of five hundred
acres, which with a large adjoining farm they owned
inade them the largest proprietors of land in the
town. This land was laid out to him in the westerly
and northwesterly part of what is now Burlington,
in 1667. The leather business was followed in Wo-
burn from the beginning on a small scale. John and
Francis Wyman were tanners, and tradition affirms
that their tanyard was in Wyman Lane. During
King Phillip's war (1665-66) Woburn taxes at one
time were paid partly in shoes, manufactured from
leather prepared in part probably by the Wymans.
In 1671 Francis and John Wyman and eleven other
members "in full communion with the church of
Christ at Woburne" were prosecuted before the Mid-
dlesex county court for publicly manifesting their
contempt for the ordinance of infant baptism, as ad-
ministered in the church of Woburn ; or for with-
draw'ing from the worship or communion of that
church and attending the assemblies of the Ana-
baptists (as they were called), which were not then
allowed by law. Francis (2) Wyman appears to
have always retained his partiality for the sentiments
of the Baptists, and in 1698 bequeathed to the two
elders of the Baptist Church in Boston "twenty
shillings apiece." He died November 30. 1699. aged
eighty-two years. Francis Wyman married (first),
January 30, 1645, Judith Peirce. of Woburn. born
in Norwich, England, daughter of John Peirce. She
died without issue. He married (second), October
2, 1650, Abigail Reed, daughter of William and
Mabel Reed, and sister of George (i) Reed. Their

children were : Judith, Francis, William, Abigail,
Timothy, Joseph, Nathaniel, Samuel, Thomas, Ben-
jamin, Stephen and Judith. (Mention of Timothy
and descendants appears in this article).

(III) William, second son of Francis (2) and
.Abigail (Reed) Wyman, was born about 1656, in
Woburn. and died 1705, in Billerica, ^Massachusetts.
Like most people of his time, he was undoubtedly
engaged in agriculture. He married Prudence,
daughter of Thomas Putnam, and their children
were: William (died young), Prudence, William,
Thomas, Elizabeth (died young), Francis, Joshua,
a daughter unnamed. Edward, Elizabeth, Deliverance
and James.

(IV) Thomas, third son of William and Pru-
dence (Putnam) Wyman, was born August 23,
1687, probably in Billerica, and died in Pelham. New
Hampshire. He married Rachel, \vidow of Samuel
Stearns (maiden name unknown). He disappeared
from the tax list in Billerica in 1739, and probably
removed at that time to Pelham.

(V) William, undobtedly a son of Thomas and
Rachel Wyman, resided in Pelham, New Hampshire,
and had a wife whose Christian name was Phebe.
Their children, born in Pelham, were : Jonathan.
William (died young). William, Joshua, Sarah.
Jesse (died young), Joanna and Jesse. 'J'he father
died in Pelham, April 25, 1785.

(VI) Jonathan, eldest child of William and
Phebe Wyman, was born June 25. 7771. in Pelham,
and settled in the town of Greenfield, New Hamp-
shire, where he cleared up land and reared a family.
He married Ruby Richardson, and among their chil-
dren was a son Ips Wyman.

(VII) Ips, son of Jonathan and Ruby (Rich-
ardson) Wyman, was born in the town of Green-
field. New Hampshire, in 1810, and died in the town
of Hillsborough. New Hampshire, December 17,
1888, aged seventy-eight years. He married Lydia
.■\nn Ward, of Vergennes, Vermont, born 1816. and
died April 22, 1897, aged eighty years and nine
months. About 1843 Ips Wyman and his family left
Greenfield and lived for a time in Nelson, Chesbirc
county. New Hampshire, then removed to Antrim.
New Hampshire, and lived there until 1867, when he
removed to Hillsborough and located at Hillsbor-
ough Bridge. Ips. and Lydia (Ward) Wyman had
the following children : Amos Austin. Ruby B..
Rodney D., Hiram E.. Lydia .A.nn. Amanda O.,
Sarah C*. and one other child who died unnamed.

(VIII) .'\mos Austin, eldest child of Ips and
Lydia .\. (Ward) Wyman. w^as born at Glenville,
.■\pril 20. 1840, and was three years old when his
parents removed from Greenfield to Hancock. New
Hampshire. .\t the age of nineteen years he left
home and went to Woburn, :\Iassachusetts. where
he was at work wdien the Civil war began. In 1862
he entered the service, enlisting July 26 as a private
in Company I. Ninth New Hampshire \'olunteer In-
fantrv. On .August 2.5 the regiment left Concord.
New Hampshire, for the front, and was attached to
the Army of the Potomac. With his company he
took part in the battles of South Mountain, .-^n-
tietam and Fredericksburg. In the latter engage-
ment he received a severe bullet wound in the thigh,
which necessitated his removal to the Lincoln Hos-
pital in Washington, D. C. -All through the follow-
ing winter he lay in the hospital, and in February,
1863. was finally discharged for disabilities.^ After
his "discharge Mr. Wyman wvis brought to his home
in Hancock, New Hampshire, by his father, and it
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recovered sufficiently to undertake any kind of hard
work. He afterward went with his parents to Nel-
son, thence to Antrim, and from there to Hills-
borough, in 1871, where he has since lived. For
nearly twenty-five years he was engaged in business
as dealer in fancy goods and musical instruments and
supplies, and retired from active pursuits in 1895.
Mr. \\'yman married (first), December 3, 1803,
Franceila A. Eaton, of x\ntrim, daughter of James and
Mary H. (Caldwell) Eaton. She was born July 26,
1846. in Antrim, and died April 30, 1S95. The only
child of this marriage, Bestie. died aged four months.
Remarried (?econd) Mrs. Mina Olive Gray, of Wil-
ton, New- Hampshire. She was born October 5, 1856,
daughter of Dr. William Augustus and Harriette
(Cheney) Jones, of Wilton, a descendant of an old
New Hampshire family of Massachusetts origin.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyman have one daughter, Lena,
born January 23. 1899.

(lil) Timothy (i), third son and fifth child of
Francis and Abigail (Reed) Wyman. was born in
Woburn, September 15, 1661, and died in 1709. His
wife's name was Hannah, and they had twelve chil-
dren : Hannah. Timothy, Solomon, Joseph, Eunice,
Anne, Judith, Eli, Ebenezer, Hesther, Elizabeth and
Prudence.

(IV) Timothy (2), oldest son and second child
of Timothy (i) and Hannah Wyman, was born in
Woburn, April 5. 1691, and married, about 1716,
Hannah (surname unknown). They had thirteen
children. The sons wIto survived infancy were :
Timotliy, Amos. Solomon, Stephen and Jesse.

(V) Timothy (3), oldest of the sons of Tim-
othy (2) and Hannah Wyman, was born in Woburn,
September 9, 1721. He lived in Woburn. and from
1759 to 1765 in Billerica. He married, October 11,
1744, Sarah Locke, born in Lexington. 1723, daugh-
ter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Locke. Their chil-
dren were : Timothy, Hamnah, Jonathan, Stephen
and Ebenezer.

(VI) Timothy (4), oldest child of Timothy (3)
and Sarah (Locke) Wyman, was born in Woburn,
Massachusetts, in 1748. He settled first in Hollis,
New Hampshire, but about 1777 or 1778 removed to
Deering, New Hampshire, and lived about a mile
and a quarter from Hillsborough Bridge, where he
died October 31, 1830, aged eighty-two years. He
was a farmer in comfortable circumstances, and a
man of influence in the community of his residence.
He served as a private in Captain William Boyes'
company of volunteers. Colonel Kelley's regiment,
in the expedition to Rhode Island, August, 1778, from
August 7 to August 27, at the rate of twelve pounds
per month, for which he received three pounds
sixteen shillings eight pence, and mileage for one
hundred and twenty-nine miles, amounting to eight
pounds twelve shillings, making a total of twelve
pounds twelve shillings eight pence. He married.
December 17. 1772, EJizaheth Shattuck, daughter of
Zachariah and Elizabeth (Fiske) Shattuck, of Hollis
(see Shattuck, V). She died in Deering, August
I, 1800, in her sixtieth year. Their children were:
Timothy, Nathan, Elizabeth. Ebenezer. Sybil,
Reuben^ Abel, Sally and Polly (twins), Hannah and
Daniel.

(VII) Ebenezer. third son of Timothy (4)
Wj-nian, was born in Deering, Hillsboro county,
New Hampshire. May 23. 1780. and died December
14, 1863. He was a trader and bought anything of
any value that was oflfered which could be handled
at a profit, from household and kitchen furniture
and farm implements and stock to the farms them-

selves. As a judge of cattle he had no superior in
the Granite State, and bought, fed, and sold farm
animals in large numbers. His deals in lands were
considered very large for his day, and he owned
seven farms at one time. He had a large number
of cows and made much butter and cheese, which
he loaded into his wagon and took to market in the
fall, and sold if he could get his price; if not he took
his produce home and kept it until he could get
what he thought was its value. He used to send
great loads of rye and other grain to Charlestow-n,
Massachusetts, drawn by four or six yoke of fat
oxen and sell both the grain and the animals there
for much better prices than he could get nearer
home. He was a man who always had money
enough for his business. At the time of his death
he owed a dollar and a half, and when his estate was
settled it was valued at nineteen thousand dollars,
a large amount for a farmer in those days to possess.
He had no education, and could not read, owing to
feebleness in childhood, yet he could handle figures
mentally with as great rapidity and as much pre-
cision as those who used pencil and paper, and
seldom made a mistake. He married, September 17,
1820, Betsy Stanley, born in Hopkinton. January 19.
1796. died October 31, 1869. Their children were:
Elizabeth S. Mehitable C, wife of Joseph W. Reed,
died in Charlestown, Massachusetts. John S.
Charles, died in Hillsboro. Daniel, died young. Abi-
gail, wife of Samuel Gregg, died in Deering. Dan-
iel. Sibyl. Cynthia, wife of Edwin Perley, died in
Medford, Massachusetts. Almira. Almena. Moses,
residing in Golden City, Colorado. One child died
in infajicy.

(VIII) Daniel, seventh child and fourth son of
Ebenezer and Betsey (Stanley) Wyman, was born in
Deering, September 10, 1829. He was educated in
the public schools, and after attaining his majority
spent four years on the road as a traveling merchant,
selling at wholesale from his two-horse wagon cot-
ton yarn, twine, and wicking, covering four times a
year a territory including parts of New Hampshire,
Vemiont. Maine, and Massachusetts, from 1850 to
1854. He owned and lived on the Webster farm in
Concord at the foot of Dimond Hill, twelve years.
He inherited his father's ability to judge-cattle, and
bought and sold a great deal of stock. He also
owned seven farms. Besides the usual farming
operations he carried on dairying to quite an extent
all the time, and after his removal to Concord sup-
plied fresh meat in large quantities to consumers-
He sold in two years to St. Paul's school twenty-
two thousand dollars' worth of meat. Mr. Wyman has
lived in the suburbs of Concord since 1867. w-hen he
bought twenty-six acres of land on the heights in
tlie western part of the city, one-half of w-hich he
has since sold in small parcels for residence lots, and
many handsome houses have been built upon tliem
For eighteen years after moving into Concord, Mr
Wyman c.-irried on dairying. In 1882 he went to
Leadville. Colorado, w'here he and his brother Moses
conducted a dairy of eighty-five cows. This w-as a
profitable business, but on account of the effect of
the altitude on Mr. Wyman's health he was obliged
to return to Concord at the end of eight months.
Mr. Wyman has ahvays manifested a lively interest
in public affairs, civil and political, and represented
ward seven in the legislature in 1873-74. He has
been a Free Mason over forty years, having joined
Harmony Lodge, No. 38. in Hillsboro, in 1865. He
was a charter member of Capitol Grange. Xo. 11,3.
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He attends the Episcopal Church, and votes the
Republican ticket.

He married, November 30, 1854. at Concord, Ann
Rebecca Webster, born in Concord, October 10, 1830,
died in Concord, January 3, 1897. She was the
daughter of Atkinson Webster, born in Atkinson,
Massachusetts, iSoi, who came to Concord when
two years old. He was an accomplished carpenter,
and is said to have erected the first building in Con-
cord framed by "square rule." He married Rebecca
Smart, born in Hopkinton, in 1800, and they had
three sons and three daughters. Daniel and Ann R.
(Webster) WVnian had six children: I. Clara
Louise, born February 18, 1856, married George L.
Lincoln, and lives in Concord. Their children are:
Wyman F,, born December 20. 1882 ; Robert W.,
January 4, 1892. died November 11, 1901 ; and
Eleanor Louise, born March 15, 1894, died Decem-
ber 18, 1S94. 2. Ida Vanette, born October 9, 1858,
single. 3. Alice Perley. born August 5, i860, mar-
ried Ford T. Sanborn, of Tilton, and has one daugh-
ter, Ethel Sanborn, born January 31, 1886. 4. Lizzie
Luella, born August 26. 1862, died in infancy. 5.
Lizzie Adella, born April 28, 1866, married Alonzo
C. Willis, June, 1905. 6. Anii:ebec Proctor, born Oc-
tober 29, 1868, married Lyman B. Foster, of Farm-
ington. All except the youngest child were born at
Hillsboro Bridge.

(H) John, son of Francis Wyman, and brother
and partner of Francis Wyman, frequently men-
tioned as Lieutenant John Wyman, was a man of
note in the settlement of Woburn. After his trouble
with the council over religious matters, he became
reconciled to the church, and took an active part
in the settlement of Rev. Jabez Fox as colleague of
Rev. Thomas Carter, in 1679; and in his will, dated
March 10, 1684, he left a legacy of forty shillings
to each of them, styling them his "Reverend Pas-
tors." John Wyman, Jr., of Captain Prentice's
troop was killed in the Swamp fight in King Philip's
war. and Lieutenant Wyman petitioned the general
court in 1676 that his servant, Robert Simpson, a
tanner by trade, whom he had "bought on purpose
for the management of his tanyard" but who had
been long in the war, might come home to him,
"so his leather now in the. fatts may not be spoyled."
He married, November 5, 1644, Sarah Nutt, whom
her father, Myles Nutt, had brought with him from
England. Their children were: Samuel, John,
Sarah, Solomon, David, Elizabeth, Bathsheba, Jona-
than, Seth and Jacob. Lieutenant Wyman died
May 9, 1684, and his widow married Thomas Fuller,
August 25. 1684.

(HI) Jonathan, fifth son and eighth child of
John and Sarah (Nutt) Wyman, born in Woburn,
July 13, 1661, died December 15, 1736. He was
known as Cornet Jonathan. He married (first),
July 29, 1689, Abigail Fowle, daughter of Lieu-
tenant James Fowle. She died January 3, 1690,
and he married (second), July 13, i6go, Hannah,
daughter of Peter Fowle. Their children were :
Abigail, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Sarah
and Zachary.

(IV) Jonathan (2), oldest son and fifth child
of Cornet Jonathan (i) and Hannah (Fowle)
"VVyman, born in Woburn, September 13, 1704, suc-
ceeded his grandfather, John, and great uncle,
Francis Wyman, in business, and had a tannery in
the same vicinity as theirs was. He married Martha
Thompson, who was born December 7, 1706, and
died November 24, 1785.

(V) Ezra, son of Jonathan (2) and Martha

(Thompson) Wyman, was born February 2, 1736,
in Woburn, and died May 28, 181 1. He married.
May 3, 1758, Eunice Perkins, who was born Oc-
tober 14, 1739, and died July 7, 1808.

(VI) Nancy, daughter of Ezra and Eunice (Per-
kins) Wyman, became the wife of Asa Holden.
(See Holden, V).

There seems to be no available infor-
PHELPS mation on this side of the ocean rela-
tive to the English ancestors of this
distinguished family. Thus far no Colonial record
has been discovered which mentions their place of
abode or their position in society, but there is some
reason for believing that they were of the gentry.
Three emigrants, Henry, Nicholas and Edward
Phelps, presumably brothers, came to New England
from London in the ship "Hercules'' (Captain John
Kidder), which arrived April 16, 1634, and as each
married and had posterity, three distinct families
were therefore established. Several of this name
in America, both men and women, have acquired
prominence through their intellectual attainments.
Those about to be referred to are a branch of the
family established by Edward.

(I) Edward Phelps, probably the youngest of
the above mentioned emigrants, may have been a
resident of Bolton, in England, but there is no posi-
tive evidence to verify that supposition. He first
located in Newbury, Massachusetts, whence he re-
moved to Andover, and his death occurred in the
last named town October 3, 1689. The Andover
records state that he was made a freeman there in
1678. He was married about the year 1645 to Mrs.
Elizabeth Sharp, nee Adams, daughter of Robert
Adams, and probably the widow of Samuel Sharp,
of Salem, and his children were : Elizabeth, who
became the wife of Joseph Ballard. Samuel, men-
tioned below. John. Eleanor, became the wife of
William Chandler. Edward. All of these were
probably born in Newbury.

(II) Samuel, second child and eldest son of
Edward and Elizabeth (Adams-Sharp) Phelps, was
born in Newbury in 1651. He took the oath of
allegiance in 1678 at Andover, whither he accom-
panied his father, and his occupation was that of
a weaver. He was among the twenty-one residents
of Andover who served in Captain Gardner's com-
pany raised for defence against the Indians in 169S,
and the same year he, his wife Sarah, his brother
Edward and the latter's wife Ruth, conveyed a
piece of property to Thomas Abbott. In March,
1682. he married Sarah Chandler, who was born
in Andover, December 20, 1661, daughter of Thomas
and Sarah (Brewer) Chandler. She united with
the South Church, Andover, in January, 1713, and
died in that town, April 5, 1757, at the advanced
age of over ninety-five years, having been the
mother of ten children whose names were : Sarah,
Samuel, John, Joseph, Hannah, Henry, Thomas,
Elizabeth, who became the wife of Jonathan Lover-
ing; Deborah, became the wife of Stephen Blanch-
ard ; and Anna, became the wife of John Stevens.

(III) John, second son and third child of Samuel
and Sarah (Chandler) Phelps, was born in An-
dover, April 28, 1686. He was a tailor and acquired
considerable property. He died April 23, 1739. His
will was made February 14, 1738-9 and the value
of his estate according to the inventory was eight
hundred pounds, his personal property being reck-
oned at three hundred and twenty-two pounds and
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to Sarah Andrews, and with her joined the South
Chi:rch, 1716. Their children were: Sarah, who
became the wife of Reuben Muzzy. John. Lydia,
■died young. Jonathan. Hannah and Nathan, twins,
the former of whom became the wife of Hezekiah
Lovering. Lydia.

(IV) John (2), second child and eldest son of
John (i) and Sarah (Andrews) Phelps, was born
in Andover, March 12, 1718, and was baptized on
March 16. (Another account states that he was
born May 12, 1718). Prior to 1751 he and his
brother Jonathan went to Hollis, New Hampshire,
as pioneers and settled upon adjoining farms. He
served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He
spent the remainder of his life in Hollis, but the
date of his death is not at hand. The christian name
of his wife was Deborah. He had a family of seven
children, namely : John, Deborah, Sarah and Nathan,
who were born in Andover ; Henry, Samuel and
Abigail, who were born in Hollis.

(V) John (3), eldest child of John (2) and
Deborah Phelps, was born September 12, 1743, in
Reading, Massachusetts, and accompanied his father
and family on their removal to New Hampshire.
He resided for sometime in Amherst, where the
birth of four of his children are recorded, but
removed to Hollis between 1780 and 1783. He mar-
ried Mar}- Lakin and their children were: Polly,
Deborah, Sybil, John Lovejoy, born in Amherst;
Simeon Lakin, Sarah, Luther and Betsej'.

(VT) Luther, youngest son and seventh child
of John (3) and Mary (Lakin) Phelps, was born
June 17, 1787, in Hollis, New Hampshire. He was
styled in the record of his birth, "Luther, Jr." He
settled in Deering, New Hampshire, where he resided
for many years, and was a farmer. He was married,
October 22, 1813, in Hancock, New Hampshire, by
Rev. Reed Paige, to Betsey Brooks, both then styled
as of Hollis. Their children were : Luther, Betsey,
John Lovejoy, born in Hollis. It is apparent that
his first wife died and he had a second wife, Mary,
whose children, born in Deering, were : Mary, Wil-
liam, Almira and Andrew Jackson.

(VII) Andrew Jackson, youngest child of
Luther and Mary Phelps, was born March 23, 1833,
in Deering, New Hampshire, and resided in Goffs-
town. His principal occupation has been working
at his trade of stone mason. In politics he is a
Democrat. He married Almira Pierce, of Goffs-
town, New Hampshire; both are living and they
were the parents of five children : Mary E., wife of
Walter Colby; George A., Charles E., Eugene L.,
Lena J.

(Vni) George Andrew, eldest son and second
child of Andrew Jackson and Almira (Pierce)
Phelps, was born January 23, 1865, in Goffstown,
New Hampshire. He was educated at Goffstown
graded school. He began when very young to work
at the saw mill business, and was a good sawyer
when sixteen years old. At the age of twenty-three
he owned a saw mill, and has been in the saw
mill and lumber business ever since. He is a suc-
cessful business man, conducting a portion of each
year an extensive business, employing on the aver-
age about forty hands. In politics he is a Repub-
lican, and he and his family are members of the
Baptist Church. He was married, November 9, 1892,
to Gertrude Whipple, who was born in Goffstown,
a daughter of Otis E. and Orozina (Heseltine)
Whipple, of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps have
a son. Chase Whipple, born January 11, 1896. Otis
E. Whipple was born October 18, 1844, at Goffs-

town, New Hampshire, and his wife was born -Oc-
tober 30, 1852. Mr. Whipple has followed farming
all his life. They are the parents of five children:
Gertrude, Arthur E., Moses O., Ethel E., died in
infancy; Alice May.

This name appears among the early
POORE names of New England and of New

Hampshire, in which state it has been
honored and is still borne by many worthy citizens.
The line which traces to the early settlement of
Goffstown was located in northwestern Massachu-
setts until the close of the Revolution.

(I) John Poore, emigrant ancestor of those
bearing the name in this country, was born 1615,
in Wiltshire, England, whence he came to America
in 1635. He settled in Newbury, on the south side
of Parker river, on that portion known as "The
Neck." In 1661 he had sixty-one acres assigned to
him, and in 1678 built a house which was still stand-
ing and in possession of his descendants in 1878.
Eight generations were born in it down to that
time, and it had been used at one time as an inn.
He served as juryman in 1654-55-58-61-70-74-78. He
acted as attorney for Daniel Poore, of Andover, (sup-
posed to have been his brother) in an action tried
March 26, 1667, and again in 1681. He subscribed
to the oath of fidelity in 1678, and served on import-
ant committees. In the seating of members he was
assigned to the front seat in the church. He owned
over one hundred acres of land, and was among the
most substantial citizens. He died November 21,
1684, from exposure, while lost on a hunting ex-
pedition. Before the distribution of his property
thirty pounds was reserved for debts and "legacyes."
His widow died December 3, 1702. Their children
were named: John, Hannah (died young), Eliza-
beth, Hannah, Henry, Mary (died young), Joseph,
Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Edward and Abigail. The
last two died in infancy.

(II) Henry, second son and fifth child of John
Poore, was born December 13, 1650, and was made
a freeman, March 7, 1681. He settled in the south-
ern part of Newbury, a part of his farm lying in
Rowley. In 1693 he sold out and purchased a farm
in the western part of Rowley, and his descendants
were still occupying this land in 1879. He was
drafted as a soldier in King Philip's war, Decem-
ber 6, 1675, was often tythingman in Rowley, bought
and sold much land and often assistad in settling
estates. His will was dated April 2, 1741. He was
married September 12, 1679, to Abigail Hale, who
was born April 8, 1662, and died before 1729. She
was a daughter of Thomas Hale, Junior, who was
born in England about 1633, son of Thomas and
Thomasin Hale. His wife, Mary, was a daughter
of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson, and
was baptized December 28, 1630, in North Muskham,
Nottinghamshire, England. Henry and Abigail
(Hale) Poore had the following children: Abigail,
Henry, Jeremiah, Mary (died an infant), Mary,
Hannah, Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Daniel, Sam-
uel and L\-dia.

(III) Samuel, fifth son and eleventh child of
Henry Poore, was born April 28, 1706, in Rowley.
He was a housewright, and had land inherited from
his father, besides some which he purchased. He
seems to have been possessed of sixty-eight acres
and a pew in the upper meeting house in Rowley.
He died September 21, 1748, exactly one week after
making his will, which indicates that he died of
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forty-two years. He was married, November lo,
1730, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Searl. She
was born January 20, 1712, and after the death of
Mr. Poore, married George Little and went to New
Boston, this state, where she died May 28, 1779.
Samuel Poore's children were : Elizabeth, Hep-
zibah, Joseph, Sarah and Eliphalet.

(IV) Joseph, elder son and third child of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Searl) Poore,. was born August 24,
'^727! in Rowley, and settled on the west part of
the homestead of his great-grandfather, John Poore.
He secured the other half by purchase from his
brother, Eliphalet, April 4, 1767, for one hundred
and twenty pounds, and thus had a farm of one
hundred acres. The records show that he pur-
chased many small parcels of land adjoining his
own, and in 1782 purchased one hundred and forty
acres in Goffstown, being lot 3 in the range north
of the Piscataquog river. He was a cordwainer
by trade, but became an extensive farmer, often
served as selectman, and was frequently called
upon to settle estates. He was a soldier in the
French and Indian war, and was at Lake George in
1757. His life was often in peril, and on one oc-
casion he was stripped of his clothing by the sava-
ges. He served in the Revolution, and was captain
of a company that marched to Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, April 20, 1775. He was a deacon of the
Byfield Church, and received a shock of paralysis
while attending divine services February 18, 179S,
from which he died the same day. Deacon Poore
was married April 22, 1756, to Margaret, daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Boynton) Bailey. She
was born January 28, 1738, not far from her hus-
band's birthplace, in the east parish of Bradford,
and was akin to the families of Webster, Trumbull
and Halstead. She died January 28, 1818. Their
children were : Elizabeth, Samuel, George, Ruth,
Jesse, Job, Joseph and John. (Mention of George
and descendants appears in this article).

(V) Samuel, eldest child of Joseph and Mar-
garet (Bailey). Poore, was born December 13, 1758,
in Rowley, in that part of the town which vv-as then
called New Rowley, and eighty years later was in-
corporated under the name of Georgetown. He was
a Revolutionary soldier and served with General
Gates at Saratoga in October, 1774, when he cap-
tured General Burgoyne's army. Samuel Poore set-
tled in Goffstown, New Hampshire, in that part of
the town which is now the southwestern portion of
Hooksett. He was a farmer, and appears to have
been a man of some education as indicated by his
signature which has been preserved. He was mar-
ried October 21, 1784, to Anna Bridges, of Rowley,
who was born February i, 1762, and died April 21,
1853, over ninety-one years of age, having survived
her husband nearly twelve years. He died August
21, 1841. Their children were: John, Samuel, Job,
Benjamin, Peggy, Jesse, Ira, Erie. Asa and Joseph.

(VI) Joseph, youngest child of Samuel and
Anna (Bridges) Poore. was born November 9. 1805,
in what is now Hooksett. He resided on the home-
stead of his father until 1853, when he removed to
Manchester and for eighteen years lived on Orange
and Bridge streets. About 1871 he moved on his
farm about two and one-half miles south of the
Manchester City Hall, and there he died aged about
sixty-five. He was married December, 1832. to
Arria. daughter of Nathaniel and Alice (Parker)
Mitchell, of Hooksett (see Mitchell, VI). She was
born January 8, 1804. in Hampstead, New Hamp-
shire, and was remotely related to her husband

through his grandmother. Their children were:'
Silena, Winter, Julia S., Joseph Augustus and Frank
Pierce. The elder daughter became the wife of
Samuel Alexander, of Hooksett. The second died
before she was four years old. The younger son
died when three months old.

(VII) Joseph Augustus, elder son of Joseph
and Arria (Mitchell) Poore, was born June 26,
1840, in Hooksett, and resided on the homestead of
his father and grandfather in the southwestern part
of that town until 1866, when he removed to the
southern part of Manchester and lived in the vicin-
ity of his father until he died May 14, 1902. His
education was limited to that supplied by the dis-
trict school, but he was an intelligent and well in-
formed man. He became a voter soon after the
organization of the Republican party, and he gave
his allegiance to that organization in matters of
public policy. He was a member of the school
committee in Hooksett a number of years, also a
member of the Amoskeag Grange, in which he took
an active interest. He was married September 15,
1871, to Mary Vienna,' daughter of his cousin,
Samuel Poore, Junior, of Boston. She was born
July 21, 1844, and her children were: Charles Mar-
shall, Joseph Lewis and a son who died in infancy.

(VIII) Joseph Lewis, second son of Joseph
Augustus and Mary V. (Poore) Poore, was born
August 18, 1874, in Manchester. He was educated
in the public schools of the city of Manchester,
and learned the electrical business at Lynn. Massa-
chusetts. He was employed for a time at electrical
work in Manchester, and spent a year on a farm
near San Francisco. California, and six months in
that city following the electrical business. Return-
ing to his native town he went on the home farm
which he is still engaged in cultivating. His chief
industry is market gardening, and he maintains a
hot house in which plants are rapidly advanced for
the early markets. He also owns another farm nearby.
Mr. Poore is a progressive citizen and endeavors to
keep abreast of the times ; he is a member of the
Amoskeag Grange. He is also identified with the
Congregational Church, and is an earnest Republi-
can in political principle. He is occupying the home-
stead where his grandfather lived, and is a worthy
representative of an honorable ancestry.

(V) Lieutenant George, second son' and third
child of Joseph and Margaret (Bailey) Poore, was
born January 22, 1761, in Rowley, and settled in
the northeastern part of Goffstown, that portion
which was set off to Hooksett in 1822. He lived on
several farms in that section and subsequently built
a house at Goffstown Centre. Later he located
on a farm on the plains, one mile southeast of that
village, his land lying on both sides of the Pisca-
taquo,g river. This was sold by his son to Hills-
boro county in 1849. He died there April 20. 1833,
and was survived over sixteen years by his widow.
He was married December 11, 1783, to ^lary, daugh-
ter of Moses and Polly (Stevens) Little. She was
born June 5, 1764, and died September 16. 1849.
Their children were : Moses. Joseph, (jeorge,
Thomas, Stephen, Noyes. Lydia, Polly, David Mor-
rill and Jane Wallace (twins), Ebenezer Parsons
and Betsey. The last died in infancy. The eldest
daughter married (first) David L. Morrill, and
(second) Nathaniel Goodhue. The second daugh-
ter married David- Worthlcy. David Morrill, one
of the twins died when ten years old and the other
bec.ime the wife of Isaac Parker.

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and Mary (Little) Poore, was born June 2, 179S,
and became one of the leading citizens of his town
and county. He was a large farmer and was exten-
sively engaged in lumbering for about forty years.
As his means increased he purchased land adjoin-
ing the paternal homestead, which also became his
by purchase, and had about three hundred acres
at the time he sold to the county of Hillsboro in
3849. He immediately purchased a lot in the village
of Piscataquog. in the town of Bedford, upon which
he erected a home and moved in April i. 1850. This
was subsequently included in the city of Manches-
ter, so that his death occurred in that city, July 6,
1855, He filled many positions -of responsibility,
such as captain of militia, stlectman and justice of
the peace. He was seven years in the state legis-
lature, being representative from Goffstown in 1834-
35 and 1842-43, from Bedford in 1853 and was a
member of the senate in 18.47-48. Mr. Poore was
married April 3, 1S17, to Mary, daughter of Joseph
and Hannah (Kennedy) Chamberlain. She was
born September' i. 1799. in Cavendish, Vermont,
and died May 2, 1862, at the home of her daughter
in Newport, this state. She had only two children,
namely: Harrison, who died at the age of seven
years, and Nancy Frances.

(Vin Nancy F., daughter of Noyes and Mao'
(Chamberlain") "Poore, born June 22, 1819, in the
town of Goffstown. was married June 12. 1838, to
John Little, of Newport, New Hampshire, who
died March 7, 1841. She was married (second)
May 5. 1842. to William Butler Johnson (see John-
son, VI).

(Second Family.)

(I) Samuel Poore, "perhaps a brother of John,"
of Newbury, was one of the early settlers of New-
burv. He bought a house and land of Tristam
■Coffin, April 15, 1652, but the description of the
land is so indefinite that it is now impossible to
locate it. He died December 31, 1683, aged sixty.
The name of his wife is not known. His children
were: Rebecca, Mary (died young). Samuel, Ed-
ward, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah, Benjamin and
Mary.

(II) Samuel (2), third child and eldest son
of Samuel (i) Poore, was born October 14. 1653,
and died November 29, 1727, aged seventy-tour.
He owned a house and land on the west bank of
the Merrimack river, afterward occupied as a ship-
yard. The narrow wav. now Merrimack Court,
was formerly known as Poore's Lane, and is so
designated in deeds written in the eighteenth cen
tury. The records show a sale of land in Newbury
by him to his son, March 9, 1708. His will, dated
January 20, 1726, and proved January i, 1728, gave
all bis real estate and most of his personal property
to his wife Rachel. On the same day the will was
proved, Samuel (3) Poore, Sarah, widow of Jo-
seph Brown. Timothy and Eleanor Putnam, Thomas
and Rebecca Smith, conveyed "to our mother,
Rachel Poore, the w'idow of our father Samuel
Poore, our interest in our father's estate, real and
personal." Samuel Poore married. February 16,
1680, Rachel Bailey, and they had children : Re-

"becca (died young), Samuel, Judith, Sarah, Eleanor
and Rebecca.

(HI) Samuel (3). second child and eldest son
of Samuel (2) and Rachel (Bailey) Poore, was
T)orn in Newbury, June 3, 1682, and died July 11,
1769, aged eighty-five. He lived for several years
after his marriage with his father, in the old
liomestead near the Merrimack river. The deed

records of Newbury show purchases of land by
him. The first land which' he bought in the vicin-
ity of Indian Hill was called the "rate lot." Other
lots were added later, and now constitute what is
known as the "Indian Hill" Fann. The house
formerly standing on this lot was probably erected
during the years 1709 and 1710, and Samuel Poore
and his family were living there in 1729. Some years
later the house was struck by lightning and burned.
A new house was built on the same site, and Samuel
Poore continued to reside there the remainder of
his life. His will, dated December 19, 1768, and
proved August 28. 1769, after making some small
bequests, gave the remainder of his estate, includ-
ing the farm upon which he then lived, to his son
Benjamin. He married, in September. 1705, Han-
nah, daughter of Benjamin Morse, and they had

(IV) Samuel (4) Poor, probably a son of Sam-
uel (3) Poor, born in West Newbury, died in Ray-
mond. New Hampshire. He removed about the
time of the Revolutionary war with his sons Ebe-
nezer and Samuel from the vicinity of Indian Hill,
in Newbury, Massachusetts, to Raymond, New
Hampshire, where he cleared a large tract in the
wilderness in what is called the Branch district,
which on his death went to his two sons. He was
an energetic and industrious man, an upright and
worthy citizen and many of his descendaiits have
lieen local leaders. He married in Newbury, and
had children, two of whom. Samuel and Ebenezer,
settled in Raymond.

(V) Ebenezer. son of Samuel ("4) Poor, was
born in Newbury. Massachusetts, March 2, 1752,
and died in Raymond, New Hampshire, February
16, 1819, aged sixty-seven. He came in young
manhood with bis father and brother to Raymond,
and received from his father half of his land. He
was a thrifty, hard-.w'orking man. and enlarged the
estate he inherited. He married Sarah Brown, who
was born in Poplin (now Fremont), New Hamp-
shire, November 29, 1757, and died January 8,
7852, aged ninety-four, daughter of Captain Nathan
Brown, who was a soldier of the Revolution. She
was a woman of unusually vigorous constitution,
lived to a great age, and was of assistance in as-
certaining dates and facts of ancient times for the
towii history. The children of this union were:
Mary, Nathan. Sally, Ebenezer, Rebecca, Ruth, Ben-
jamin and Dennis.

(VI) Benjamin, seventh child and third son of
Ebenezer and Sarah (Brown) Poor, was born Sep-
tember 24. 1795, and died aged ninety-seven years,
six months. When a boy he had a strong
desire to learn to be intelligent and improved
all his opportunities to get an education. One day
he found a torn copy of the Nezu Hamfshire Pa-
triot, which interested him. and desiring to have
the paper each week he earned money by hunting
musk-rats and selling their skins, and with it paid
the subscription for the Patriot, of which he was
many years a subscriber. He served at Portsmouth
in the war of 1812, and afterward drew a pension
from the L^nited States on that account. Farming
was his occupation through life. He resided all
his life in Raymond, on the farm now occupied by
his grandson, Ben. F. Poor (see sketch below). He
had a substantial estate, and was satisfied w-ith his
calling. He was a cooper and charcoal burner. He
burned considerable charcoal, and took it by ox-team
to the Newburyport (Massachusetts) market, where
he exchanged it for goods he required on the
farm. In 1852 he traveled in the west for the pur-

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pose of locating land claims which he had bought of
former United States soldiers to whom they had
been granted. He was a stamich Democrat, and
once entertained Franklin Pierce as an over-night
guest, while he was a candidate for the presidency,
in 1852. He was active in political affairs and
filled public office for many years. He was elected
and filled tlie office of selectman, 1829-30-31 and
1842; moderator, 1836-42-47; justice of the peace, of
Raymond, in which office he served many years;
road commissioner of Rockingham county, 1843-4.
He married Alice Moore, of Chester, daughter of
Lieutenant William Moore. They had four chil-
dren: Sarah J., married Stephen Moar; Rufus,
Melinda K., and George S., the subject of the
next paragraph.

(VH) George Shepard, youngest child of
'Squire Benjamin and Alice (Moore) Poor, was
born in Raymond, March 28, 1828, and died there
August 4, 1005. He was educated in the common
schools, and when a young man went to Wisconsin,
where he remained a short time. After his return
he resided on the home farm, which contained be-
tween three hundred and four hundred acres. He
was a citizen in good circumstances, a member of
the Congregational Church, and in politics a Demo-
crat. He married Nancy Marden Stevens, who was
born in Chester died in Raymond, aged forty-two
years, daughter of John and Roxanna (Marden)
Stevens. They had one child, Ben Frank, next
mentioned.

(VIII) Ben Frank, only child of George S. and
Nancy Marden (Stevens) Poor, was born on the
old homestead in Raymond, April i, 1867. He at-
tended the common schools in Raymond, and later
in Lowell. Massachusetts, where he lived for a time
with his aunt, Mrs. Moar. He then returned to the
ancestral abode, where Poors .have lived for one
hundred and thirty years, and has since had charge
of the farm. Pie is a Democrat of the school of
Jefferson and Jackson, like his ancestors, but is not
a politician. He has served as chairman of the
board of supervisors, but has steadily refused to
fill any other office. He attends the Congregational
Church. His father's sisters. Sarah J., the widow
of Stephen Moar, and Melinda K., reside on the
same farm.

(Third Family.)

(I) Daniel Poor came from the south of Eng-
land in 1638 as a passenger in the ship "Bevis,"
and joined his older brothers John and Samuel,
who were already residents of Newbury, Massa-
chusetts. Six years later he was one of the first
settlers of Cochichewick, which in 1646 was called
Andover. Massachusetts, after the English town
whence so many of its inhabitants had migrated.
Daniel Poor built a garrison home for his family
on the east bank of the Shawsheen river, a mile
above its junction with the Merrimack. He was an
honest, industrious and deeply religious man, one
of the early selectmen of the town, and a member
of the first military company for protection againt
the savages. Daniel Poor married Mary Farnham,
who had come to Andover from England in 1635,
and they had eleven children, two sons and nine
daughters, among them Daniel (2), whose sketch
follows. Daniel Poor died in 1713, aged eighty-five
years.

(II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel and Mary (Farn-
ham) Poor, lived at Andover, Massachusetts, where
he was born about l6.s6. He married Mehitable
Osgood, and they had nineteen children, including

five sons : Daniel, John, Samuel, Joseph and
Thomas. One of these sons, John, lived to the age
of ninety-four, and ate seventy-two Thanksgiving,
dinners with his wife after their marriage. Daniel
(2) Poor died in 1735, aged seventy-nine years.

(III) Thomas, one of the nineteen children of
Daniel (2) and Mehitable (Osgood) Poor, was
born near the beginning of the eighteenth century,
at Andover, Massachusetts. He was at the siege
of Louisburg under General Phipps. afterwards Sir
William Pepperell. The name of his wife is un-
known, but there were several children, including
five sons. These were Colonel Thomas, who lived
at Methuen, Massachusetts ; General Enoch, whose
sketch follows ; Deacon Daniel, who lived in the
South Parish of Andover; Deacon Joseph, of
Danvers, and Abraham.

(IV) General Enoch, son of Thomas Poor, was
born at North Andover, Massachusetts. June 21,
1736. His early life was that of a farmer's boy of
the time with plenty of hard work and little school-
ing. He served his time as a cabinetmaker, and a
desk which descended to his grandson, the late
Bradbury Poor Cilley, of Manchester. New Hamp-
shire, gives fine evidence of his skill in woodwork.
This desk is elegantly finished in cherry wood, and'
the seven secret spring drawers betoken great pa-
tience and ingenuity. Another priceless relic of
General Poor, owned by Mr. Cilley, is a miniature
portrait of Poor, painted by his fellow-officer,.
Thaddeus Kosciusko. In 1755 Enoch Poor as a
private, and his brother Thomas as a captain, en-
isted in the French and Indian war, joining the ex-
pedition under General Winslow for the subjection
of the French inhabitants of Nova Scotia. About
1760 Enoch Poor removed to Exeter, New Hamp-
shire, and there engaged in shipbuilding, a flourish-
ing business at that time and place. His name ap-
pears in connection with various patriotic petitions
and committees, and in 1775 w-as a member of two
of the Provincial congresses. Upon the breaking
out of the Revolution. Enoch Poor was appointed
colonel of the Second New Hampshire Regiment,
and Joseph Cilley. of Nottingham, two of whose
sons afterwards married Poor's daughters, was ma-
jor. From the receipt of his first commission,
dated May 24, 1775, until his lamented death in
1780, Enoch Poor was always in command of a
regiment or a brigade. Of the New Hampshire
troops only Stark's and Reed's regiments were at
the battle of Bunker Hill, while Poor's soldiers
w-ere assigned the duty of guarding the sea-coast
and Exeter river. During the fall and winter of
1775-76 the New Hampshire regiments were with
the forces near Boston, and after the evacuation
in March they were ordered to New York. Then
came the invasion of Canada and Crown Point and
Ticonderoga. In March, 1777, the Continental
congress made choice of Colonel Enoch Poor for
brigadier-general. Upon this Colonel John Stark
resigned, claiming that the position belonged by
right to him, as senior officer. There has been a
long and bitter controversy over the matter, though
it is said there were never other than cordial and
friendly relations between the two men themselves.
Poor's brigade was in the thick of the fight at
Stillwater, and in the second battle of Saratoga,
most hard fought in the Revolution, Poor and his
men bore a leading part. It was this battle that de-
termined the surrender of Burgoyne, ten days later.
Poor's brigade was then ordered to join Washing-
ton at Philadelphia, and they spent ilie succeeding:

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winter at Valley Forge. The hardships of this
awful time are vividly depicted in a letter, accom-
panied by a stirring appeal for aid. from General
Poor to the authorities in New Hampshire. The
remaining events of his career must be sought in
the histories of the time. In 1779 Poor accompanied
General Sullivan into the wilderness as far as the
Genessce on the expedition against the Five Na-
tions, and in 1780, he commanded a brigade imder
La Fayette. The untimely death of General Enoch
Poor occurred from fever, September 8, 1780, at
Hackensack, New Jersey. He was buried with
full military honors, and his funeral was attended
by both Washington and LaFayette. The eulogy
was pronounced by Rev. Israel Evans, chaplain of
the brigade, who was afterwards the second pastor
of the Old North Church at Concord, New Hamp-
shire. Washington in his announcement to con-
gress says of Poor: "He -was an officer of dis-
tinguished merit, one who as a citizen and a soldier
has every claim to the esteem and regard of his
country." On LaFayette's last visit to America in
1824, he was called upon for a sentiment at Con-
cord. New Hampshire. He rose, and with deep
feeling, gave this toast: "Light Infantry Poor and
Yorktown Scammell." Although Poor was only
forty-four when he died, he seems to have been a
father to his men. and high testimonials to his moral
virtues are on record from Chaplain Evans and
Governor William Plumer. A suitable monument
over his grave, replacing the original sandstone
tablet, has recently been erected with appropriate
ceremonies by the Sons of the Revolution of New
Jersey and New Hampshire.

AlDOut 1761, not long after his removal to Ex-
eter, Enoch Poor returned to his native town of
Andover, Massachusetts, and married Martha Os-
good, daughter of Colonel John Osgood. General
Poor left no sons to continue his name. Of his
three daughters, JIartha or Patty, married Brad-
bury Cilley. of Nottingham, and Harriet married
Jacob Cilley, of the same town. Both these men
were sons of General Joseph and Sarah (Long-
fellow) Cilley, of Nottingham. (See Cilley, V.)
Mary Poor became the wife of Rev. John Cram, of
Exeter, New Hampshire. The vi'idow of General
Poor died at Exeter, in 1830, aged eighty-three
years.

This frequent surname is borne
WOODW.\RD by persons of several different

lineages, in no way connected
by consanguinity. The surname is from the name
of an officer in England, who duty was to protect
the wood, and who was sworn to present all offences
against vert and venison at the forest courts.

(I) Richard Woodward, aged forty-five, with
his wife Rose, aged fifty, son George, aged thirteen
years, and son John, aged thirteen years, embarked
at Ipswich, England'. April 10, 1634. in the "Eliza-
beth." William Andrews, master. Richard Wood-
ward was admitted freeman September 2. 1635, and
his name is on the earliest list of proprietors of
Watertown. In 1642 he had a homestall of twelve
acres, the bounds of which are given in the ancient
records. At the same time he owned another home-
stall of ten acres : also twelve other lots, amount-
ing to three hundred and ten acres. September 8,
1648, Richard Woodward, then said to be of Bos-
ton, bought of Edward Holbrook and wife .^nne
a mill in Boston, which he sold December 26. 1648,
to William Aspinwall. He resided in Cambridge

in 1660. His wife Rose died October 6. 1662. aged
eighty, and he soon after married (second) .'^nn
Gates, born 1603, w-idow of Stephen Gates of Cam-
bridge. The marriage settlement was dated April
iS, 1663. Ann died in Stow. February 5, 1683. He
died February 16, 1665. ( Mention of his son John
and descendants is part of this article.)

(II) George, son of Richard and Rose Wood-
ward, was born probably in England, about 1621,
and came to America with his parents in 1634.
He was admitted freeman May 6, 1646. He died
May 31, 1676, and administration was granted June
20, 1676. to his widow Elizabeth and son Amos. The
inventory of his property amounted to £143 los. His
first wife's name was Alary and by her he had eight
children. He married second. August 17. 1659,
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hammond of New-
ton. Her father in his will, proved November 5,
1675. gave her one hundred acres of land on Muddy
river (Brookline). By this wife he had five chil-
dren. The widow Elizabeth married second,
Samuel Truesdale. The children of the first wife
were : Mary, Sarah, Amos, Rebecca, John, Susan-
na, Daniel and Mary ; and those of the second wife
were : George. Thomas. Elizabeth. Nathaniel and
Sarah. It appears that George Woodward. Sr..
had a daughter Sarah by each wife, and that both
of these daughters were living at the same time.

(III) John, fifth child and second son of George
and Mary Woodward, was born March 28, 1649,
and lived in Newton. He married Rebecca, daugh-
ter of Richard Robbins. of Cambridge. A record
says she died in 1696 ; the date should probably be
1686. He married, July 7, 1686, Sarah Bancroft,
born in Reading, 1665, daughter of Lieutenant
Thomas and Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bancroft, who
died September 22, 1723. The death of John Wood-
ward is not recorded. His will, dated February 26,
1728. mentions tlie following named children: John,
Richard, Daniel, Jonathan, heirs of son Joseph,
Ebcnezer. Rebecca Hunting and Abigail Greenwood
of Sherburne.

(IV) Daniel, son of John (3), w'as born Sep-
tember 24, 1681, in Newton, Massachusetts, and
died there February 27, 1755. He was married in
Newton January 27, 1704, to Elizabeth Grundy, who
died February 4, 1750.

(V) Jonas, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Grundy)
Woodward, was born in Newton. Massachusetts,
February 8, 1712. He left Newton and presumably
removed to Sutton. He was married April 25,
1734. in Ncedham. to Mary Cook, of that town, and
the births of their children occurred in Newton.
Their sons. Solomon, Samuel and Daniel, settled
in Alarlborough. New Hampshire.

(VI) Solomon, son of Jonas Woodward, born
April 12. 17,^8. married in Worcester, Massachus-
sctts. February 3, 1762, Priscilla Holmes, born in
Worcester, ]\Iarch 3. 1742-43, daughter of Jacob
and Ruth Holmes. They lived for a few years in
Worcester, Alassachusetts, and about the year 1770
settled in Marlborough, New Hampshire. He was
a prosperous farmer. He was one of the signers
nf the Association Test in Marlborough. 1776. Late
in life he removed to Keene, New Hampshire, where
his death occurred in the year 1838. The record
of the birth of his eleven children is found in the
History of Marlborough.

(VII) Josiah. son of Solomon Woodward, born
in Worcester, Massachusetts. December 15, 1766,
resided in Marlborough. New Hampshire. Spencer,
Ma^isachusetts, and Roxburj-, New Hampshire. He

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removed to Roxbury, and improved the channel of
the brook flowing from Woodward Pond, and erect-
ed mills, which he conducted for many years. He
was a charter member of the Congregational Church,
and at all times a good citizen. He married Feb-
ruary 20, 1800. Kezia McCoUester, born December
I, 1774, died July 31, 1810, daughter of Isaac and
Hannah Goddard McCoUester. He married (sec-
ond), October 17, 1811, Sally (Mason) Wakefield,
born October 15, 17S3, daughter of Joseph and
Anna (Prentiss) Mason, of Dublin, New Hamp-
shire, and widow of Cyrus Wakefield, of Dublin.

(Vni) Cyrus Wakefield, son of Josiah and
Sally (Mason) Woodward, was born in Roxbury,
New Hampshire. July 4, 1813. He conducted a
saw and grist mill in Roxbury for almost thirty
years, and then moved to Pottersville, now Ches-
ham, and engaged in the same business, also per-
formed some carpentering and building, continuing
along these lines until 1864. He then located in
Keene. New Hampshire, and was employed in the
manufactory now known as that of Whitney &
Company, and continued there until 1877. He re-
tired from active pursuits about five years prior to
his death, which occurred August 22, 1894. He
married Mary H. Gore, and six children were born
to them, two of whom died in infancy ; the surviv-
ing members were : Herbert Ashlev, Albert, Sarah
M., Nellie L.

(IX) Herbert Ashley, son of Cyrus Wakefield
and Mary H. (Gore) Woodward, was born in
Keene, New Hampshire, May 20, 1856. He was
educated in the common schools of Keene, and in
1872 entered the employ of the Spencer Hardware
Company, continuing until the spring of 1887,
when he became a member of the firm and has con-
tinued his interest up to the present time (1906).
Mr. Woodward is a director in the Keene National
Bank. He attends the First Congregational Church
of Keene. He married (first) Mary Robertson and
(second), Matie. daughter of Jason Woodcock.

(II) John, son of Ricliard and Rose Woodward,
born 1626, in Cambridge, died in Watertown, Mas-
sachusetts, February 17, 1696. He lived successively
in Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury and Charles-
town. He married (first) -Mary White, who died in
Sudbury, were : John, Daniel, Isaac, Josiah. Jo-
Abigail (Benjamin) Stuhbs, daughter of John
Benjamin and widow of Joshua Stubbs of Water-
town.

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) and Abigail
(Benjamin) Woodward, was born December 12.
i66t, in Sudbury, and lived in Watertown, and
Sudbury, where he died December 26. 1736. He
married Susannah Grout, daughter of Captain John
Grout. She died April 2, 1727. They had sons :
John and Daniel.

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Susannah
(Grout) Woodward, was born April 17, 1692, in
Sudbury, and was married August i, 1721. to
Saphira Moor, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
Moor. She was born August 4, 1701, in Sudbury,
and died February 9. 1739.

(V) Isaac, son of John (3) and Saphira (Moor)
Woodward, was born April 13, 1732, in Sudbury,
and lived in that town. He was a soldier in the
French and Indian war in 1757. His wife's name
was Susannah Parmcnter, and their sons, born in
Sudbury, were: John. Daniel, Isaac, Josiah, Jos-
seph and Ichabod.

(VI) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) and Susan-
nah (Parmcnter) Woodward, was born Marcli 20,

1762, and removed to Swanzey, New Hampshire,
and was a farmer in the southeastern portion of that
town. He married (first) Polly Brackett, who died
October 28, 1811, and he was married (second) Oc-
tober 15, 1814, to Lucy Whitcomb. She was born
May 10. 1774, in Swanzey, daughter of Elisha and
Johanna (Whitcomb) Whitcomb. Mr. Woodward
died August 12, 1S19, and his widow subsequently
married Ziba Nason of Marlboro. Isaac Wood-
ward's children were : Daniel. David, John, Solo-
mon, Lucy, William and Elizabeth.

(VII) John, third son and child of Isaac and
Polly (Brackett) Woodward, was born July 23,
1792, in Swanzey, and died in that town October
I?.. 1871. He was married January 17, 1822. to
Rebecca, daughter of Ezekiel Osgood. She was
Ijorn March 3, 1797, and died October 12, 1871.
Their chiidren were: Ezekiel P., John B., Elisha
O., Ellen R., Clara S. and Arvilla A. (Mention of
Elisha O. is a part of this article).

(VIII) Ezekiel Page, eldest child of John and
Rebecca (Osgood) Woodward, was born July 7,
1822, in Swanzey, and died March 23, 1897. He was
employed for about ten years in the pail factories
in Swanzey, and subsequently engaged in the man-
ufacture of crickets and knife trays, and his last
years were passed on a farm. He was a stone-
cutter by trade, and w-as a most exemplary citizen.
He was married November 28, 1854, to Mary W.
Bradford of Acworth, who was born February 18,
1824, and died March 22, 1901, in Swanzey.

(IX) Arthur Andrew, only son and child of
Ezekiel and Mary (Bradford) Woodward, was
born December 2, 1858, in Swanzey, New Hamp-
shire, and received his primary education in the
public schools of that town and Marlboro. He sub-
sequently attended the Comer's Business College of
Boston, and prepared himself for the active business
career which has occupied his time. He has been
actively engaged in public affairs for inany years,
and served as postmaster of East Swanzey. eight
years, and also tax collector, three years. He has
served as selectman and representative in the state
legislature, and is justice of the peace. He is a mem-
ber of the Masonic order, and of the United Order
of the Golden Cross. He was married October 17,
1883, to Nancie, daughter of Chiron and Mary A.
(Holbrook) Holbrook. She was born July 27,
1856, in Swanzey, and is the mother of two chil-
dren : Leon Arthur, born April 13, 1891 ; and Mary
Eunice, born June 20, 1890..

(VIII) Elisha Osgood, third son and child of
John and Rebecca (Osgood) Woodward, was born
.■\ugust 15, 1828, in Swanzey, and was educated in
the common schools of that town and Saxton's
River Seminary. Vermont. His first regular em-
ployment away from home was that of clerk in the
stove and tin store of E. R. Osgood, at Saxton's
River, Vermont, and here he continued about two
ye.nrs. Removing to Marlboro, he erected much of
the Protective Union Store, retaining this position
for about four years. At the end of this period he
bought out the propertv and continued the business
as proprietor from. 1858 to 1S74, when he sold out
and retired from .active business for two years.
In 1875 he purchased a farm in Grafton. Massa-
chusetts, and occupied himself with its tillage for
two years. Returning to Marlboro in 1877, in part-
nership with William M. Mason, he bought out a
store and again entered the mercantile business in
wliich he continued until 1886. He spends his
Vi'intcrs in Deland, Florida, where he has a home.

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He takes an active interest in the progress of
affairs and politically is a Republican. He was
•elected town treasurer and clerk in 1858-59, and
continued in this oflSce seventeen years. For six-
teen years he served as postmaster of Marlboro,
and also served one year in the legislature. He
has been a member of the Board of Education and
superintendent of the Sunday school, and is a mem-
her in good standing of the Baptist Church. He
was married April 12. 1852. to Mary C. Wilder, who
was born May 15, 1832, in Ludlow. Vermont, daugh-
ter of Asa and Mary A. (Barry) Wilder. They
have one daughter, Ida M., born February 19, 1858,
in Marlboro.

(Second Family.)

Family tradition makes this
WOODWARD line of Woodwards to be of
Irish extraction, and uncon-
rccted with the early English family of the name
in Massachusetts. They have been active and en-
terprising citizens, ever ready to serve their coun-
try in time of need.

(I) The immigrant ancestor is said to have
come from Ireland before 1750, and settled in
Maine, and to have been in the Revolutionary war.

(II) Stephen Woodward, the son of the immi-
grant, served in the war of 1812.

(HI) Jesse, son of Stephen Woodward resided
in Maine.

(IV) Daniel, son of Jesse Woodward, resided
in Salisbury, New Hampshire, at the beginning of
the last century, and served one year in the war
of 1S12 in Captain Thomas Currier's company, in
Colonel Davis' regiment. He afterward removed to
Maine, where he raised a family.

(V) Daniel S., son of Daniel Woodward, was
born in 180.S. in Maine, and died in Hill. New
Hampshire. January 18, 1892. aged seventy-eight
years. His education was acquired in the common
schools. He grew up on a farm, and was by oc-
cupation a farmer, and stone mason. When a young
man he left ^ilaine and returned to his father's early
home, Salisbury, where he owned land amounting
to one hundred acres, and resided on the south road,
very close to the Webster line. In 1848 he removed
to Penacook. where he resided four years : and while
there was principally engaged in bridge building,
an enduring monument to his skill being the abut-
ments of the "twin bridges" at Penacook. which
he built. In 1852 he removed to Franklin and
worked at his trade, and also kept the old "Hotel
Boarding House."' In 1862 he removed to Hill and
bought a farm of one hundred acres, three miles
west of Hill Center, where he lived until a short
time before his death, when he moved into the vil-
lage. He married in Salisbury, Dorcas Adams, who
was born in Salisbury, July 19, 1797. and died
March TO, 1877, aged eighty years. She was the
daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth (Russell) Adams,
of Salisbury. Enoch Adams was born in Newbury.
Massachusetts. November 29. 1755. He enlisted in
Captain Gerrish's company, of that town, in April,
1775. and afterwards served five other enlistments
during the revolution. .'Vfter the close of the war
he '.-cnt to Salisbury, where he lived the remainder
of his life. He received a government position.
He married Elizabeth Russell, who was born June
27, 1759, and died in August. 1802. He died Feb-
ruary 27. 1842. aged eighty-seven. The children of
Daniel and Dorcas were : Elizabeth. Hannah,
Phebe, Daniel R., Stephen, Alvin A., Dorcas, Diana,

P.-iulina .'\., and Frank R., the subject of the next
paragraph.

(VI) Frank Ross, youngest child of Daniel S..
and Dorcas (Adams) Woodward, was born in
Salisbury, February 9, 1845. His boyhood was
passed with his parents. He attended the district
school in winter, and assisted his father with his
work the remainder of the year. His mother was a
devoted christian woman, and earnestly desired
that should be educated for the ministry, but un-
avoidable circumstances prevented. After a course
of study in the old Noyes school, otherwise known
as Franklin Academy, he began working in the
Taylor mill at Franklin, and contributed his wages
towards the support of the family. In 1868 he went
to Manchester and entered the employ of H. For-
saith. in a needle factory. He made rapid progress
in acquiring a knowledge of the business, and
showed so great aptness in comprehending all the
details of the work that he was appointed super-
intendent, and filled that position with satisfaction
to himself and profit to his employer. In 1870 he
purchased the Ijusiness of Mr. Forsaith and in-
stalled it in Hill, and there carried it on until a
more profitable enterprise developed. In 1872. he
sold out the needle works and devoted himself to
the manufacture of certain novelties in hardware,
especially a rotary steel glass-cutter, axle washer-
cutter, etc., which he had brought to prefection.
In this industry Mr. Woodward achieved great
success, his business constantly increased, and in
the course of a few years his works became the
largest of the kind, and his name became familiar
to the members of the hardware trade throughout
the civilized world, his goods being taken as the
standard of excellence. Mr. Woodward began life
in a small way. and has steadily and swiftly come
into possession of a large property. His success is
not fortuitous, though it depended on an invention.
His ingenious mind conceived an idea which he
developed to perfection by persistent efifort. Then
with an ability to manage an industry and its finan-
cial affairs which is by no means a usual concomit-
ant of inventive genius, he has made a fortune. This
he has not devoted to his own selfish pleasure, but
has expended large sums to beautify the village
vhcre he resides, and contributed to the edification
and enjoyment of his fellow townsmen. After the
death of his daughter. Mary F., a beautiful and be-
loved child, she was laid to rest in Pleasant Hill
Ceiietery, which he laid out as a public cemetery,
and dedicated in her memory. He erected a hand-
some block, thirty-two by sixty-two feet in dimen-
sions, two and one-half stories high, containing a
store sixteen by sixty-one feet, and a room in
which is located the postoffice, eight by twenty-four
feet, and a tenement. In this building is located as
fine a hall as can be found in any country town ;
the size of it is thirty-one by fifty-three feet, fifteen
feet posts, and a gallery, eight by thirty-one, in addi-
tion to which are two fine reception rooms. This
building was destroyed by fire in 1S87. When the
Christian Church at Hill, was being built, he con-
tributed handsomelj', and in many other ways has
contributed to the social welfare of the people of
his town. He is a member of the Christian Church,
in which he is a life director, and is superintendent
of the Sabbath school. He is a Democrat; his party
is in the hopeless minority in Hill, but he has been
elected to various political and non-partisan offices.
He was representative in 1884-5, has been road

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agent, and under the present law relating to elec-
tions has been inspector of ballots. His abiding
interest in education has caused him to be made a
member of the school board. He was appointed
postmaster September 5, 1885, and ser\'ed four
years. He is a Mason, and a member of King Solo-
mon Royal Arch Chapter, No. 22. He is also a
member of Merrimack Lodge, No. 28, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows ; and St. Andrews' Lodge
No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of Franklin. He mar-
ried, (first), Lydia Gordon, of Bristol, and they be-
came the parents of five children; all of whom are
now deceased. They were : Edwin Chase, Mary F.,
Flora A., Lillia, and Eugene S. He married (sec-
ond), in Hill, March 29. 1886, Ella Hilpert, who was
born in Hill, October 16, 1852, daughter of William
H. and Mary F. (Trumlmll) Hilpert, and by this
marriage there is one child, Harold A., born April
29, 1888.

This old English family which takes

YEATON its name from a place in England,

from which probably came the first

Yeaton. was early represented by resolute men in

New England.

(I) Joseph Yeaton. probably one of the New
Castle family, was a resident of Rye. By his first
wife he had two daughters, Mary and Sarah. He
married (second). July 17, 1751, Susannah Lang.
They had William, Joseph, Anna, Elizabeth, John,
Hannah, Susannah. Philip, Susan and Deborah.

(H) William, eldest child of Joseph and Susan-
nah (Lang) Yeaton, was born in Rye, in 1756. died
in Epsom, 18,31. He served in the navy during the
Revolution. He married, September 17, 1780. Han-
nah Towle, born 1762, daughter of Jonathan. Jr., and
Elizabeth (Jenness) Towle, of Rye. (See Towle,
V). They lived on Sandy Beach road in Rye.
Their children were: Sally, John, Hannah, Wil-
liam, Jonathan, Joseph, Samuel Towle, Hopley and
Levi.

(HI) John, eldest son and second child of
William and Hannah (Towle) Yeaton, was born
in Rye. 1780. and died in Epsom, 1861, aged eighty-
one. He was a prosperous farmer, and gave each of
his sons a farm, and h^d ninety acres which he re-
tained til! his death. He was a Democrat, and a
member of the Congragational church. He mar-
ried (first) Rebecca Bickford, who was born in
Epsom, and died when about twenty-five years
old; (second) Betsj' Towle, and (third) the widow
of William Yeaton. The children of the first wife
were: John. Samuel, William and Daniel; and of
the second ; Solomon. Warren and Sallie. There
were no children by the third wife.

(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Rebecca (Bickford) Yeaton, was born in Epsom,
November 29, 1804, and died there in 1881, aged
seventy-six. He was a farmer and lived all his
life on his farm. He was a member of the Free-
will Baptist Church, and in politics first a member
of the Free Soil party and later a Republican. He
married (first), December 25, 182S. Sarah Bickford.
who was born in Epsom in 1806, and died in 1855.
aged forty-nine. She was a daughter of Samuel
Bickford, of Epsom. He married (second), Caro-
line Cilley, the widow of Samuel Cilly, late of
Lowell, Massachusetts, and a sister of his first
wife. She was born January 25., 1824, and died
August 0, 1894. The children by the first marriage
were: William, James, Daniel, Sarah E., Vienna
R., and Betsie A.; and by the second: Estella, born

in Epsom, July lO, 1862, married R. A. Edwards,
and died in Epsom, June, 1896. Frederick W.,
whose sketch follows.

(V) Frederick William, second child of John
(2) and Caroline (Bickford) (Cilley) Yeaton, was
born in Epsom, July 30, 1865. He lives on the farm
of ninety acres which was the homestead of his
father and grandfather, and is engaged in farming
and lumbering. He is a man of sterling character
and correct habits, in whom his neighbors have
much confidence. In politics he is a Republican,
but pays little attention to political matters. He
has been supervisor of the check list. He is an
Odd Fellow, and is past grand of Evergreen Lodge,
No. 53, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Short' Falls. He is also a member of McClary
Grange, No. 102, of which he has been three times
elected master, but never accepted the office. He
married, October II, 1898, Florence L. Fowler,
born in Epsom, May 27, 1879, daughter of William
and Sarah E. (Kelley) Fowler. Mr. and Mrs.
Yeaton are members of the Freewill Baptist Church.
Their children are: Matthew F., Millard J. and
Frederick W.

(III) Samuel Towle Yeaton, seventh child and
fifth son of William and Hannah (Towle) Yeaton,
was born in Rye, 1789, and died in Epsom. 1844.
He followed the example of his ancestors and was
a cultivator of the soil. His religious faith was that
of the Congregational denommation of Christians,
and in politics he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He
married Sallie Cochran, who was born February
8, 1794, daughter of Nehemiah and Joanna (Noyes)
Cochran, of Pembroke. She died in Hooksett,
March, 1873. Their children were : Eliza. Sarah
and James C, whose sketch follows.

(IV) James Cochran, son of Samuel T. and
Sallie (Cochran) Y'eaton, was born in Epsom, Feb- •
ruary 5, 1828, and died June 8, 18S4. He owned
four hundred and fifty acres of land in Epsom,
where he was extensively engaged in farming and
other pursuits. He resided and died in the house
built by his father and in which his sons and
daughters now reside. He was a Democrat, and
filled the offices of highway sur\-eyor and school
committeeman. He married. March 18, 1856, Han-
nah Drake Towle, who was born in Barnstead. No-
vember 28. 1832. She is the daughter of Robcy M.
and Abigail (Nelson) Towle. She died (Dctober
25. 1906. There were five children born of this mar-
riage : Samuel R., Elizabeth H.. Mary A., deceased,
Nettie A., and James H. Samuel R. is the subject
of the next paragraph ; Elizabeth H., born .August

6, i86t, resides in the homestead; Mary A., born
Mav 25, 1865, married Will D. Hutchins, and died
in Concord, January 29, 1900; Nettie A., born Sep-
tember 25, 1866, married William A. Smith, of
Manchester; James H.. born February 14, 1875.

(V) Samuel Robie, eldest child of James C.
and Hannah D (Towle) Yeaton, was born in Ep-
som, October 16, 1857. He received his education
in the common schools and the academies of North-
wood and Pembroke. He is a lifelong farmer, and
a prosperous and highly respected citizen. He has
the large place his father owned, and carries on
farming on a large scale. He is a member of the
Freewill Baptist Church, is a Democrat, and as such
has been elected to and filled the oflSces of select-
man two years, town treasurer one year._ and road
agent four vears, when the town wa^ all in one dis-
trict. He married, in October, 1882. Mabel E. Stew-
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Alenson and Mary A. (Colton) Stewart. They
have SIX children : Florence E., married Charles
Bartlett, December 25, 1906; Josie M., died January,
190S ; Sophronia M., Russell S., George S. and Mau-
rice A.

As the name Veaton does not appear
YEATON in the Colonial Records before the
eighteenth century, and is long time
established in Rochester, it is probable the immi-
grant ancestor first settled in Southeastern New
Hampshire, after the year 1700.

(I) Theodore Yeaton was born Rollinsford,
Strafford county, in 1764, and died there in 1856,
aged ninety-two years. He spent his entire life in
the same town, and was engaged in farming. He
married Su-^an Warren and they had a son Oliver,
and other children.

(H) Oliver, son of Theodore and Susan (War-
ren) Yeaton, was born in Rollinsford, in 1805. and
resided all his life on the old homestead, engaged in
agriculture. He died in 1894, aged eighty-nine. He
was a Republican in politics, and one of the select-
men of Rollinsford for some years. He was known
as Captain Yeaton. He married Caroline Cressey,
who was born in Gorhani, Maine, in 1809, and died
in 1S51. They had eight children; Ebenezer, Wil-
liam H.. John C, Nahum, Mary E.. Arianna, Susan
E., and Caroline.

(HI) Nahum, fourth son and child of Oliver
and Caroline (Cressey) Yeaton, was born in Rollins-
ford, May 17, 1842. He worked on the old home-
stead that has been in possession of the family over
one hundred j-ears, and went to school until he was
nineteen years old. He then enlisted in Company
C, Seventeenth United States Infantry, for three
years, and served until September, 1864. when he
was honorably discharged with the rank of ser-
geant. He saw service with the hard fought Army
of the Potomac, and took part in the siege of York-
town and battles of Gaines Mill. Second Bull Run,
Antietam, Leetown. Fredericksburg, Giancellors-
ville, Gettysburg. Mine Run, Wilderness Spottsyl-
vania, seige of Petersburg, and Weldon Railroad.

Aften another year on the farm he was elected
register of deeds for Strafford county, and by suc-
cessive elections held that office five years, making a
fine record for faithful and efficient service. In
1875 he engaged in the brick and store business
which he carried on until 1899, when on account
of poor health he gave up business for four years.
January i, 190,3. he was appointed postmaster of
Gonic. and has since officiated in that position. He
is a member of Sampson Post No. 22. Grand Army
of the Republic, of Rochester. In politics he is a
staunch Republican, and as such represented
Rochester in the legislature in t88o-8i. He has been
assessor for fifteen years past, and has held the
office of justice of the peace continuously since
1867 — forty years. He married, April 22, 1873,
Helen Sawyer, who was born in Dover, New Hamp-
shire, daughter of Thomas E. and Elizabeth
(Moody) Sawyer, of Dover. They have two chil-
dren : Alice H., born July 24, 1875. who married
James L. Estey and they have a daughter, Helen
Lee Este}', born April 24, 1907 ; and Edward H.,
born October 31, 1877, now of Seattle. Washington.

■'Brewster's Rambles." Captain Hopley Yeaton ,
commanded a company of the Sons of Liberty, just
before the beginning of the Revolution. Captain
William Yeaton a seaman^ was living in Portsmouth
about the year 1800. He married a descendant of
President Channey, of Harvard. Robert Yeaton
owned a pew in the old North Church in Ports-
mouth in 1S12. William Whipple, a signer of the
Declaration and Daniel Webster, were worshippers
there at the same time. On account of the absences
of records it is impossible to connect the present
branch with any of these people or with the lines
whose history has previously been recorded.

(I) John Yeaton was born about 1764, probably
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and died there
September 19, 1838, aged seventy-four years. He
was a tobacconist for many years in that city, and
in his later years conducted a mariner's hotel
there. The baptismal name of his wife was Jane.
She died .\pril 4. 1842, aged seventy-three years.

(II) Richard Carter, son of John and Jane
Yeaton. was born December 25, 1807, in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. He learned the carpenter's trade,
and worked with Thomas Martin many years. He
also worked in the Portsmouth navy yard, doing
cabin ship work, which occupation he conducted up
to the time of his death. May 27, 1881. He was
married August 23, 1S29, to Eliza Frost Bell, who
was born December 8, 1S07, and died December 2,
1882. They had six children ; two infants, who
died young, Eliza. Jane. James Richard, Sarah Car-
oline and George Llenry.

(III) James Richard, fourth child of Richard
and Eliza Frost (Bell) was born August 14. 1836.
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was educated
in the common schools of that city, and afterwards
learned the tin plate trade from Ezra A. Stevens. He
continued in that occupation for about three years,
and in 1858, started in the grocery business, in
which he has been engaged ever since. He has
also been interested in farm lands outside the
town. He is a Republican in politics, a member of
Saint John's Lodge, and a warden in the Christian
Church. On December 7. 1858. James Richard
Yeaton married Susan Emma Tripp, daughter of
Elisha Tripp, of Portsmouth. They had two chil-
dren : Maud and Clarence. Maud married Charles
A. Laighton of Portsmouth. Clarence died in in-
fancv.

Yeaton is one of the old names in
YE.A.TON Portsmouth, and it is found in sev-
eral towns on the east side of the
state. There are many references to the family in

There are numerous descendants of
YEATON tliis old family which appears to

to have originated in Newcastle, New
Hampshire. They are found mostly in southeastern
New Hampshire and southwestern ISIaine. No rec-
ords have been discovered which make it possible
to trace the line herein treated in full.

(I) The first of whom we have any knowledge
was Captain Moses Yeaton, who was a soldier in
the French and Indian war, and died previous to
1770. The records show that on April 7. 1748,
and August 9, of the same year, he was a private
in Captain Job Clement's "gard' for the^ towns of
Rochester and Barrington, New Hampshire.

(II) Captain Moses (2), son of Captain Moses
(i) Yeaton, lived and died in Somersworth, New
Hampshire. He was a hotel keeper probably all of
his life. Two receipts held by Mr. George H. Yea-
ton show that Moses was treasurer of the town of
Somersw^orth. They are signed by George Jaffray,
treasurer of Province of New Hampshire, and are
for £474-2s-9p and i55-l9S-2p, and state for prov-

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■ ince tax of Somersworth for the jear 1756. He
was captain of the state militia, deputy sheriff and
his commission as such, signed by J. W. Parker,
sheriff of Rockingham county, which included what
is now Strafford county is still preserved and bears
the date of 1771. Another similar commission bears
the date of 1765, given by Sheriff Thomas Parker.
Another, dated 1779, appoints him deputy sheriff
of Strafford county by Theophulus Dame, high
sheriff. The following bill of sale shows his pur-
chase of slaves in 1762. "Know all men & soforth.
That I Joseph Pattinson of Newington in province
■of Newhampshire Husbandman Doth Grant bargon
& Sell unto Mr. Moses Yeaton of Somersworth,
Vintener a Sertan Negro woman Named Vilot &
a boy child named Grigg for the full & just sum of
Eleven hundred fifty-five pounds. The receipt here
of I acknowledg this 14 Day of Desember, 1762.
Joseph Pattinson." Many of his papers are now in
the possession of his great grandson, George H.
Yeaton of Rollinsford. The latter also preserves a
mariner's compass and chart, which belonged to
Captain Yeaton, which would indicate that he was
to some extent a seafaring man. The date on the
chart is September 5, 176,^. Captain Yeaton was a
patriot and an officer of the revolution. His official
return to the provincial authorities shows, of date
November 5, 1775, that Captain Moses Yeaton's
company, stationed at Pierce's Island ; and in a re-
turn of the companies of New Hampshire militia in
service in the continental army in December. 1775,
is found the name of Moses Yeaton. He also was
first lieutenant of Captain David Copp's company,
m.ustered by Captain George Turner, November 27.
1775. Of date August, 177S, the pay roll of Captain
Moses Yeaton's company of Colonel Joshua Win-
gate's regiment of volunteers shows that he and
his men marched from the stote of New Hampshire
and joined the continental army in Rhode Island,
serving from August 6 to August 28. On August
S, 1778. Moses Yeaton receipted for ten pounds
lav.'ful money for his bounty claim, as also on the
same date did Moses Yeaton, Jr.

Captain Yeaton was a merchant at Rollinsford,
which was originally a part of the town of Somers-
worth. There he also tfiught school and served as
sheriff. He married and reared a large family of
children, including the following which are known
to have been his : Moses, Frances, Samuel. Na-
hum, Theodore and Ebenezer. He held a commis-
sion from King George for service in the English
army previous to the war of 1776. It was dated
June T, 1772. The great depreciation of currency
immediately succeeding the revolution is shown by
a few items which are here given which appear in
the papers of Captain Yeaton. In 1780, the tax on
Philip Yeaton Right No. 91, in paper money was
£io.'?. los, and 4p. equal to silver to the amount
of one pound and nine shillings.

(Ill) Lieutenant Moses (3), eldest child of
Captain Moses (2) Yeaton, was born October 13,
1753. in Somersworth. New Hampshire, now Rol-
linsford. He was a farmer and took an active part
in town affairs, being prominently employed in
the settlement of estates. He was much looked up
to by the citizens of that town. The present soldier's
monument in Rollinsford is located on what was his
farm. He was commissioned lieutenant and served
as such in the Revolutionary army. He died Feb-
ruary 8, 1842. He married Sarah P. Hill, and they
reared the following chilldren: Lucy Plummer,
1780; Mary Norton, Mahala, Susan, Betsey, Leavitt

and Moses. Three these, Mahala. Susan and
Betsey, all became the wives in succession of Thom-
as Clapnian. who was a widower before having
married two sisters previously from another family.
(Mention of Moses and descendants appears in
this article.)

(IV) Leavitt H., elder son and seventh child of
Moses and Sarah P. (Hill) Yeaton, was born Feb-
ruary 27, 1807, in what is now Rollinsford, New
Hampshire, and there grew up. He was a fanner
by occupation, and was a thrifty and respected citi-
zen. He was a prominent abolitionist and aided in
transferring many negroes from the south to a
life of liberty in Canada. Like all his line of an-
cestry he was a Baptist in religion. He did active
service for his town in various official stations. He
married JIary J. Wentworth, a daughter of George

and (Brown) Wentworth. She was bom

March 4, 1812, in Somersworth, and died June 7.
1894 (see Wentworth). They had a family of
twelve children, namely: Francis H., Cyrus Free-
man, Susan, Arthur Tappan, Elizabeth Stacey,
George Edward. Martha Ann, Sarah Emma. Ma-
halia, Charles Herbert (died young), George Her-
bert, and Mary Adeline. Most of these died in
infancy.

(V) George Herbert, fourth son and eleventh
child of Leavitt H. and Mary (Wentworth) Yeaton,
was born March 24, 1852, in Rollinsford, New
Hampshire, and grew up on the paternal farm
there. He attended the district schools of that
neighborhood. South Berwick Academy in South
Berwick, Maine, and Franklin Academy of Dover,

New Hampshire. For four years he engaged in teaching
in the various divisions of the old town of Berwick,
Maine, and in Rollinsford. After his marriage he
settled down upon the farm, and has since given
his attention chiefly to agriculture. He is a gen-
eral farmer on an extensive scale and makes a spe-
cialty of rearing blooded Ayrshire cattle. His farm,
known as the "Hickory Hill" farm, is the mecca
nf all lovers of the "Ayrshire" and is known to
breeders from the Atlantic to the Pacific. His
herd contains some of the finest and best bred stock
in America, and a list of prize winners in the va-
rious contests held by state agricultural societies
and experimental station reads like a roll call at
"Hickory Hill" farm. In 1902, Mr. Yeaton went to
Scotland and brought home six pure blooded
Ayrshire for breeding purposes. He is a Repub-
lican in politics, and takes an active interest in the
conduct of affairs. In 1877-78 he served as select-
man and represented the town in the legislature
from 1889 to 1891 inclusive. From 1897 to igoi he
was county commissioner. For more than twenty
years he has been director of the Rollinsford Sav-
ings Bank, and for eight years has served as a
member of the local school board. He is a charter
member of Hiram R. Roberts Grange, past master of
the Eastern New Hampshire Pomona Grange, has
served as district deputy of the New Hampshire
Grange, and is now serving his fourth year as a
member of the executive committee of the organi-
zation. Mr. Yeaton's success in farming and his
high standing in the esteem of the community are
the result of his energetic and judicious use of the
.gifts given him by nature. He was married May
24, 1881, to Fanny W. Miles, daughter of Charles
and Carrie (Dockham) Miles of South Berwick,
Maine, where she was born November 2. iS6r.

(IV) Moses (4), youngest child of Moses (3)
and Sarah P. (Hill) Yeaton, was born June 9,

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1813, in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and died in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 31, 1892.
In early life he followed the sea abont three years,
and later learned the carpenter's trade, after which
he settled down and followed bviilding and contract-
ing in Portsmouth all the remainder of his active
life. He was a man of considerable prominence in
town affairs. He was a Democrat up to
the time of the formation of the Republi-
can party, ever after holding to that po-
litical faith. He held various municipal offices,
such as council alderman, and chief of the fire de-
partment. He was married July 24, 1836, to Caro-
line Norton, daughter of John Norton of Ports-
mouth. She was born December 29, 1815, in that
town, and died there September 16, 1891. They had
seven children : John H.. died in Brooklyn, New
York, 1903; Henry A., Susan H. (Mix), died in
Boston, Massachusetts, 1894; Thomas E., lost at
sea, 1865. in early manhood ; Kate P., died in in-
fancy: Moses, at present and for many years a teach-
er in the public schools of Brooklyn, New York.
and Caroline (Hodgdon), died in 1888.

(V) Henry -^ugustus Yeaton. who has been
prominently identified with the civil, political and
business history of the city of Portsmouth and the
county of Rockingham for the last more than
forty years, was born in Portsmouth. New Hamp-
shire. .A.ugust 6, 1840. and has spent almost his entire
life in that city. He was educated in its public
schools, and after leaving school engaged as a
clerk in the hardware store of Hon. John H. Bailey,
leaving this for a few years of sea life, returning
home to learn the trade of a carpenter under his
father's mstruction. In 1864, while working at this
trade rit the United States navy yard at Portsmouth,
he met with an accident that made it impossible
for him to follow his chosen vocation, and he be-
came local agent for the Mutual Benefit Life In-
surance Ccnipany, with marked success. In 1865 he
entered the ofifice of Joshua Brooks, flour and
grain merchant, and became a partner in this busi-
ness the following year under the firm name ot
Joshua Brooks & Co. This was the real beginning
of his career as a business man. and he has con-
tinued such to the present time, although during the
interval of forty years changes have taken place in
the personnel of the old firm as originally estab-
lished. Mr. Yeaton eventually succeeded to the
interest of his former partner, and when his own
own son came to his majority he became junior
partner in the present firm, which for many years
has -been known in all trade circles as H. A.
Yeaton & Son.

Mr. Yeaton is a successful and substantial busi-
ness man. and while his time has been pretty well
occupied witli private affairs he has also taken an
earnest interest in local and state politics, a pro-
nounced Republican, he never has been regarded as
being in any sense a politician. He has served as
selectman and member of the board of aldermen
of Portsmouth, representative to the general court,
and in 1899-igoo was a member of the New Hamp-
shire state senate. He is a member of the Sons
of the Revolution and of Piscataqua Lodge of Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. In religion he is
a Baptist, a member of the Middle Street Baptist
Church and chairman of its board of wardens, a
member of the board of trustees of the New Hamp-
shire Baptist State Convention, and chairman of its
finance committee. For many years he has been a
director in the First National Bank and a trustee of

the Piscataqua Savings Bank, both of Portsmouth ; a
director in the local Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation, and a trustee of the Cottage Hospital and
of the Howard Benevolent Society. Since its or-
ganization in 1891 he has been managin.g director
and treasurer of the Piscataqua Navigation Com-
pany and is credited by his fellow directors as being
largely instrumental in the uniform success that has
attended that company.

In January, 1861, Mr. Yeaton married Ara Abby
Brooks. She was born November 23. 1840, a
daughter of Joshua Brooks, with whom Mr. Yeaton
became associated in business. Of this marriage two
children were born: I. Winifred, who became the
wife of Albert E. Rand, a grocer of Portsmouth ;
of this union four children were born : Margaret,
Norman E., Wallis S.. and Elinor. 2. Harry B.,
who married Mary E. Ferguson, to whom have
been born Ruth A,, Philip O., Dorothy, Donald F.,
Carolyn F., and Frederick T.

This family has furnished a gover-
^VESTON nor to the state of New Hampshire,

as well as many other worthy and
valuable citizens. It is represented in the early set-
tlement of several different points in Massachusetts,
and has been long identified with New Hampshire.
Among the pioneers of Salem, Massachusetts, was
Francis Weston, who was made a freeman there in
1633 and was representative to the general court in
the next year. Soon after he removed to Providence,
and in 1639, was one of the founders of the First
Baptist Church in .America. John Weston came to
Salem in 1644. and Edmund Weston to Duxbury
in 1645. It is presumed that these and Thomas Wes-
ton, mentioned hereinafter, were relatives, but no
certain information in this regard is afforded by the
records. The first of the . name in Massachusetts
was Thomas Weston, a merchant, who came from
London and commenced a colony at Wissagasct,
now called Weymouth, in 1622. This colony was
superintended by Richard Green, a brother-in-law
of Weston, who died very suddenly, and soon after
this Thomas Weston returned to London, and not
long after he died at Briston. England. .A.fter his
death his widow remained in England. It is not
believed by modern genealogists that John Weston,
of Salem, was a relative of Thomas above named,
and we shall therefore begin with the next named
as the first generation. Descendants now use two
forms in spelling the name — Wesson and Weston.
(I) .^bout the year 1644. during the Civil war
in England. John Weston came from Buckingham-
shire, England, to Salem, Massachusetts. He left
his widowed mother, and secured a passage to
.\merica by concealing himself in a emigrant ship
until well out to sea. He was then thirteen years
of age. He was a member of the First Church in
Salem in 1648. and about the year 1652 removed to
Reading. He lived in that part of the town named
Wakefield. He was a large landed proprietor, his
property adjoining the meetin.g house square and
bordering on the southeast part of the Reading
pond, extending thence southerly. He was a man of
great industry and wealth, being the largest tax-
payer in the town, and became distinguished for im-
portant services and active participation in the for-
mation and administration of the Colonial govern-
ment. Deeply interested in religious matters, he
frequently penciled down sermons, in which he ex-
hibited a good degree of skill. He died about
the year 1723, at the advanced age of more than

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ninety-two years. He was married April i8, 1653,
to Sarah Fitch, daugliter of Deacon Zachary and
Mary Fitch, of Reading, and they were the parents
of eight children: John (died young), Sarah, Mary,
John. EHzabeth, Samuel. Stephen and Thomas. (The
last named and descendants are mentioned at length
in this article.)

(II) John (2), second son and fourth child of
John (i) and Sarah (Fitch) Weston, was born
March g, 1661. in Reading, which town was his
home through life. He was married November 26,
16S4, to Mary Bryant, and they were the parents of
fourteen children, namely: John, Abraham, Sam-
uel. Mary, Stephen, Zachariah, James, Benjamin,
Jeremiah, Timothy, a still-born son, Jonathan, Sarah
and John. The first of these, born 1685, was killed
during the French war in an engagement at Casco
Bay, June 11, 1707. The last was born in 1709.

(HI) Samuel, third son and child of John_(2)
and Mary (Bryant) Weston, was born July 10,
1689, in Reading, and settled in that town, where he
died November 6, 1745. He was a tiller of the soil.
He was married April 8, 1718, to Joanna Hill, and
they were the parents of four children as follows :
Samuel, Sarah, Jonathan and Joanna.

(IV) Jonathan, second son and third child of
Samuel and Joanna (Hill) Weston, was born April
13, 17,^1. in Reading, and passed his life in his na-
tive town. He was married December 18, 1753, to
Ruth Flint, and they had eight children, namely :
Ruth, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Samuel, James, Amos.
E.xperience and Louis.

(V) Amos, fifth son and sixth child of Jonathan
and Ruth (Flint) Weston, was born April 21, 1767,
in Reading, and died April, 1843. in Manchester,
New Hampshire. As a young man he located in
what was then Derryfield and had a farm in the
southeastern part of the town. He was a man of
strong character and much influence, and was a
member of the committee of the town, chosen in
March, 1810, to secure the name of Manchester
instead of Derryfield.

(VI) Amos (2), son of Amos (i) Weston, was
a child when he came with his parents to Derry-
field. He located upon land adjoining that of his
father, and cleared up of the wilderness a farm
subsequently known in Manchester as the Weston
place. He was a man of sound judgment and ac-
tive mind, and was often employed in the public
service. For five years he served as town clerk,
was selectman fifteen years, eleven years of this
period being chairman of the board. He represent-
ed Manchester in the legislature three times, and
was a member of the constitutional convention of
1850. He was married to Betsy Wilson, daughter
of Colonel Robert Wilson, of Londonderry, and
granddaughter of James Wilson, the Scotch-Irish
founder of the family in Londonderry. They were
the parents of five children.

(VII) Governor James Adams Weston, youngest
child of Amos (2) and Betsey (Wilson) Weston,
was born in Manchester, August 27, 1827, and died
there May 8, 1895. He passed his childhood and
youth on the homestead, where he assisted his fa-
ther in the labor of caring for the farm, and at-
tended the district school and the Manchester and
Pisataquog Academies. His forte was mathematics,
and he directed his energies to acquiring a practi-
cal knowledge of civil engineering with a view of
making that his vocation for life, meantime teach-
ing school winters. He applied himself assiduously
to his studies, made rapid advancement in them, and

at the age of nineteen secured the position of as-
sistant civil engineer of the Concord railroad. This
was in 1S46, and immediately after receiving his
appointment he took charge of the laying of the
second track of the road. Three years later the
faithful performance of his duties caused his pro-
motion to the position of chief engineer, which he
held for many years. For some time, in addition
to the performance of the duties of his ofiice as
engineer, he also filled the position of road master
and master of transportation of the Concord, and
Manchester & Lawrence railroads. While chief
engineer of the Concord & Portsmouth railroad, he
had charge of the construction of a large part of
the line. In 1S61-62 he superintended the construc-
tion of the Manchester and Candia railroad and the
Hooksett Branch railroad. In 1869 he superintended
the building of the Suncook Valley railroad, and
later made the surveys of the Manchester & Keene
railroad. During the time he was employed on these
public works he was frequently engaged in private
matters of importance, both as a practical and as
an advisory engineer, and in cases where contro-
versy had arisen. Sv,on after being appointed chief
engineer of the Concord railroad he moved to Con-
cord to live, on account of his principal business,
but in 1856 returned to Manchester, where he con-
tinued to reside as long as he lived. Besides rail-
road work he was engaged in other works of a pub-
lic nature, prominent among which was the construc-
tion of the Concord water works which supply Con-
cord with water from Penacook lake.

Mr. Weston was a Democrat. His thoughtful
preparation and thorough way of doing business
made him a successful man. His party in Manches-
ter recognized in him a strong man whose business
methods and well deserved popularity would make
an acceptable candidate for office and a successful
officer if elected. In 1862 he was persuaded to
accept the Democratic nomination for mayor of
Manchester, which up to that time had always been
a Whig or Republican city, and in it the year be-
fore the Republican candidate had been elected by
nearly four hundred and fifty majority. Mr. Wes-
ton ran ahead of his ticket, but was defeated by a
majority of about two hundred and fifty votes. In
1863 he was again induced to become the nominee
for the mayoralty, and although the same intensely
partisan campaign was made by his opponents, and
party spirit ran higher than before, he failed of elec-
tion by only eighteen votes. He was again his par-
ty's candidate in 1867, and although the relative
strength of the two parties was about the same as
before, he was elected over Joseph B. Clark, the
then mayor, by a majority of two hundred and sev-
enty-two, and by a larger vote than had ever been
received by any previous candidate except that of
Mayor Abbott, in 1855. In 1869 he was again the
candidate of the Democrats, and although the Re-
publicans had carried the city for General Grant for
president at the election a few weeks before by
about six hundred majority, the ward returns at
the municipal election gave Mayor Weston a ma-
jority of seven votes over his Republican opponent,
Isaac W. Smith, and it took a carefully revised of-
ficial count to determine the result which was event-
ually declared to be in favor of Mr. Smith by twen-
ty-three majority. In 1870 Mr. Weston defeated
INIayor Smith, and in 1871 was again elected. In
1874 h^ was a third time elected to the mayoralty by
an overwhelming majority. During Mayor Wes-
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in tlic city. An improved system of sewerage was
•eftablished and partly completed ; a general plan
for street and sidewalk grades was arranged ; the
pnblic commons were commenced and carried on as
far as public interests permitted : and a general plan
for systematic ornamentation of the parks and pub-
lic grounds was inaugurated. Of the necessity and
manner of obtaining a plentiful supply of pure
water for the city of Manchester. Mr. Weston had
a comprehensive knowledge which but few if any
of his fellow citizens had. To his theories as a
practical engineer, he added a full practical knowl-
■edge of the situation gained from his own surveys.
After obtaining the necessary legislation, though
opposed by many citizens, he prepared and carried
through the municipal legislature the necessary
orjinances which enabled the enterprise to take
shape, and the plan was placed in the hands of a
board of commissioners. Mr. Weston's clear un-
der.'landing of the needs of the city in regard to
water and his mtelligent handling of his plan result-
ed in the present water works system, which has
been of ine.stimablf benefit to the city. Mayor
Weston was the first city officer to recommend the
erection in Manchwter of a monument to the sol-
diers and sailors of the Civil war, and it was through
his influence that the present design was adopted,
the proposition brought to full fruition and the noble
shaft which commemorates the deeds of the heroes
of thai great strn,ggle was placed where_ it is a
constant reminder to the living of the virtues of
the noble dead.

Mayor Weston's exceptional success as the lead-
er of his party in Manchester, and his wise and
beneficent administration of the city's affairs at-
tracted to him the attention of the leaders of the
Democracy in the state, and he began to be spoken
of as an exceptionally desirable candidate for gov-
ernor : and at the state convention in January,
1871, he was made the nominee of his party for
that position. In the contest which foUow^ed he met
the well organized and determined opposition of the
Republican party, w'hich, however, he would have
overcome had it not been for the introduction into
the political field of a third candidate. This pre-
vented the election by the people by one hundred and
thirteen votes, although Mr. Weston had a large plu-
rality. The election went to the legislature which
was Democratic, and he was elected by that body in
June following and inaugurated on the 14th of that
month. "The governor's administration was char-
acterized by -economy and the , most conscientious
observance of official honor and integrity. ^ Even the
most zealous partisan never questioned his faithful
discharge of duty, and his official term closed with
the highest respect of the whole people." In 1872
the Republican party nominated as their guberna-
torial candidate Ezekiel A. Straw, agent of the
.Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, a man of much
ability, great resources and unparalleled influence
throughout the state. Mr. Straw received the full
support of his party, and was the favorite of the
manufacturing interests which he was supposed to
favor as against other branches of business in the
country, and his election was a matter of no sur-
prise to either party. The following year the same
candidates were nominated and Governor Straw
was again elected. In 1874 Mr. Weston was^ again
the standard hearer of his party, and received a
handsome plurality of votes, and was elected by the
legislature in June following. This election followed
his fourth election as mayor of Manchester, which

office he resigned before taking his seat as gover-
nor. Partisan feeling ran high during Governor
Weston's second administration, but he retained the
respect and esteem of his fellow citizens and his
personal character and official honor were never
called in question." In every instance where Mr.
Weston was the candidate of his party, it was when
his opponent started in the race with a majority,
and with numerous party advantages. He fought
his campaigns against numbers and against prestige.
He contested .the ground with opponents who were
no mean adversaries, and his successes were alike
honorable to him and the party to which he be-
longed."

Governor Weston's success in both business and
political life led to his receiving appointments to
many places of honor and trust, and to many re-
quests to take responsible positions in many local
business enterprises. In 1871 he w-as appointed a
member of the New Hampshire centennial com-
mission, of which body he was chairman, and as
such he worked with great zeal and efficiency to
promote the success of New Hampshire's exhibit.
He was also placed by Congress on the centennial
board of finance. He was chairman of the board of
water commissioners from its beginning; on the
establishment of the state board of health he was
selected one of its members, and retained the posi-
tion up to the time of his death. He was treasurer
of the Elliot Hospital Corporation, chairman of the
trustees of the cemetery fund, treasurer of the Sun-
cook Valley railroad, one of the directors and clerk
of the Manchester Horse railroad corporation,
president of the Locke Cattle Company, but his
main business was bank management. In 1877 he
was chosen president of the City National Bank,
which in October. 1880, was changed to the Mer-
chants' National Bank, and continued at the head
of that institution during his life. On the organiza-
tion of the Guaranty Savings Bank, he was made its
treasurer. These two banks have been successful,
and are second to none in financial reputation. He
was one of the organizers of the New Hampshire
Fire Insurance Company, and had always been its
president and a member of the directorate except a
few of the earlier years of its existence, when he
was the vice-president. He was actively concerned
in the management of this company, and devoted
much of his time to its affairs. In August, 1880,
the supreme court appointed him chairman of the
board of trustees for the bondholders of the Man-
chester & Keene railroad, and he filled that place
till his death.

Governor Weston's life was one that any young
man might select as an example to imitate. Bom
on a farm of parents in only moderate circum-
stances, he began early to make his own way in the
world, and by unceasing industry and the use of
that excellent common sense with which nature
plentifully endowed him, he grew stronger and more
capable with the passing of the years, succeeded in
everything he undertook, gained the reputation of
being a man who knew no such word as fail in busi-
ness, was called to positions of responsibility and
trust because of his unsullied integrity and power to
succeed, went into politics against his own desires,
won where others of his party had failed, and finally
was called to fill the highest office within the gift of
the people of his state, and in the discharge of the
duties of that office added lustre to his already
resplendent reputation.

In recognition of his public services Dartmouth

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College conferred on him in 1S71 the honorary de-
gree of Master of Arts. He was a member of the
Amoskeag Veterans. He was an honored member
of the Masonic fraternity. The divisions of that
body to which he belonged are: Washington Lodge,
No. 61; Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chapter. No. 11;
Adoniram Council, No. 3, Royal and Select Masters ;
Trinity Comniandery, Knights Templar, of which
he was treasurer for thirty-one years. His religious
associations were with the Franklin Street Congre-
gational Church, of which society he was many years
an active member and treasurer. His entire life ex-
cept seven years in Concord, 1S49 to 1856, was spent
in his native town.

James A. Weston married, in Concord. February
23, 1S54, Anna S. Gilmore. who was born in Con-
cord, December 14. 1833, and died in Manchester,
August 20, 1S92, daughter of Mitchel Gilmore, of
Concord. Five children were born of this union:
Herman. October i, 1858. died April 14. 1863. Grace
Helen. July I, 1866, married Frederick H. Fames,
and resides at Somerville, Massachusetts. James
Henry and Edwin Bell are mentioned below : Anna
Mabel. April 26, 1876. died March 26, 1904. Charles
Albert. November i, 1878, is manager of the New
England Telegraph and Telephone Company, and
resides at Concord.

(Vni) James Henry, second child and eldest
son of Governor James A. and Anna S. (Gilmore)
Weston, was born in Manchester. July 17, 1868. He
graduated from the Manchester high school in 1887.
and entered Dartmouth College the same year, and
remained there two years. In March, i88g, he en-
tered the service of the New Hampshire Trust
Company, of Manchester, where he was employed
until the financial depression of 1893. He then be-
came a bookkeeper in the Merchants' National
Bank, where in addition to the performance of his
routine duties, he learned practical banking. On
the death of his father in 1895 he became joint
executor of the estate, with his brother. In the
latter part of IQ03 he took a position as clerk with
the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company, which
he filled until Decemlier. 1905. when he was chosen
cashier of the First National Bank of Derry, which
was organized December 11, 1905. The bank build-
ing was fitted up and furnished under his direction.
Mr. Weston's genial disposition and careful train-
ing have made him a very popular and efificient bank
officer, and lioth banks have proved themselves sub-
stantial and successful financial institutions with a
constantly increasing business. In politics he is a
Democrat, but has never sought or held office. He is a
member of Washington Lodge, No. 61 Free and Ac-
icepted Masons : Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chapter.
No. 11: Mt. Ncbo Council, Royal and Select Mas-
ters : Trinity Comniandery. Knights Templar, of
■which he is treasurer, succeeding his father in 189S ;
and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, thirty-second
degree, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret.

He married, in Manchester, April 16, 1902. Alice
Carey Hathaway, who was born in Morrisville,
"Vermont. April 18, 1873. daughter of Fernando
Cortez and Hattie (Woodbury) Hathaway.

(IX) Edwin Bell, third child and second son
of Governor James A. and Anna S. (Gilmore) Wes-
ton, was born in Manchester, March 15, 1871. For
three years he attended the Manchester high school,
then Phillips .^ndover Academy, graduating in 1889;
and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893. re-
ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He matri-
culated at Boston University Law School in 1894,

took a three years' course and graduated as Bach-
elor of Law with the class of 1897. Soon afterward
he was admitted to the Suffolk County (^Massachu-
setts) bar, and opened an office in Boston, where he
practiced three years, and then removed to Man-
chester, New Hampshire, where he remained till
1903, when he removed to Derry, where he has since
devoted himself to professional business, and has a
good law practice, chief!)' in Rockingham county.
He is a member of Washington Lodge. No. 61,
Free and Accepted Masons : Mt. Horeb Royal Arch
Chapter, No. 11; Adoniram Council, No. 3. Royal
and Select Masters : Trinity Comniandery, Knights
Templar; and also Derry (jrange. Patrons of Hus-
bandry, of Derry. Mr. Weston married. August 8,
1907. Lena A. Ellison, of Randolph, Vermont.

(II) Thomas, youngest child of John and Sarah
(Fitch) Weston, was born in Reading, November
20, 1670, and lived in Reading. His wife, whose
forename was Elizabeth, died Jime 26. 1715. Their
children were : Ebenezer, Elizabeth, and Josiah.

(III) Ebenezer. eldest child of John and Eliza-
beth Weston, was born January 28. 1702. In 1752
he removed to the then backwoods and settled in
Souhegan West, where the remainder of his life
was spent. He married, November 29, 1726, Mehit-
alile, daughter of Isaac Sutherick. who was born in
October, 1706. Their children were: Mehitable,
Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Ann, Daniel, Hepsibah, Sarah,
Judith, Thomas, Isaac, Tabitha, and Sutherick.
( Mention of the last named and descendants is a
feature of this article).

(IV) Isaac, eleventh child and fourth son of
Ebenezer and Mehitable (Sutherick) Weston, was
born in Reading, May II. 1746. and with his father
and brothers moved to Souhegan West, where lie
was a farmer. He married Hannah Cole, who died
June I. 1831. aged eighty. Their children were;
John, Hannah. Betsey, Susannah, Isaac. Luther
(died young), and Luther. Hannah married Daniel
L. Herrick (see Herrick, VI).

(V) Isaac (2), fifth child and second son of
Isaac (l) and Hannah (Cole) Weston, was born
November 27, 1784. and died January 23, 1869, aged
eighty-five. He was a farmer, and resided in Pond
Parish near the great Pond. He married. August
20. 1S12, Mehitable Batchelder, who was born Au-
gust 25. 1788. daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
Thompson (Shirwin) Bacheller. of Amherst. He
died April 18, 1871. aged eighty-three. Their chil-
dren Vk'ere : Isaac Plumer. Luther, and Mehitable J.

(VI) Isaac Plumer. eldest child of Isaac and
Mehitable (Batchelder) Weston, was born in Am-
herst. December 20, 1812. and died January 23, 1S79.
He resided on the ancestral acres left him by his
father. He married Mary J. Howard, who was
born in Amherst, November 25, i8a?. daughter of
Josiah and Mary (Stanley) Howard, of Amherst.
She died April 15. i8qi. Their children were:
Caroline F.. ^lartin P.. Luther, Emeline. Helen M.,
Arabella, George W., Marietta, and Georgianna A.,
who married George S. E&ton, of Amherst (see
Eaton. II).

(IV) Deacon Sutherick. youngest son of Ebe-
nezer and Mehitable (Sutherick) Weston, was born
November 19. 1751, and was about a year old when
his parents moved to Amherst. He was one of the
patriots of the revolution, and suffered many hard-
ships in the course of that struggle. He went from
Amherst to Bunker Hill, and was among those who
crossed the neck and shared in the close of the bat-
tle. At the battle of the Cedars, in Canada, he was

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taken prisoner by tlie Indians and nearly starved.
VVlicn In- appeared nuich rednccd he was given an
opportnnity to run for his life, for the anuisement
of the savages, and not from promptings of mercy.
Being a very muscular man he plunged at once into
a swamp, and succeeded in escaping pursuit. He
was finally discovered and rescued by a scout from
his regiment, in a wretched state of starvation and
laceration from his experience in the wilderness.
Tradition also says that he was once regularly ex-
changed for British prisoners. After the war he
engaged in farming, and moved from Amherst to
Antrim in 17S6. In 1807 he and his son built a
large house on his farm, which is still standing.
He was appointed a deacon of the Presbyterian
Church in iSoo, and was ever an upright and able
man, faithful to every obligation. He died in An-
trim, May II, 1831, over seventy-nine years of age.
He was married January 20, 1779, in Amherst, to
Mary DeLancy, and they were the parents of:
Mary L., Sutheric, Rebecca, Leonard, Sophia and
Lancy.

(V) Captain Sutheric (2), eldest son of Suth-
eric (I'l and Mary (DeLancy) Weston, was born
March fc', 178,3, in Amherst, and lived som^ years
after attaining man's estate with his father. He
subsequently occupied and tilled two different farms
in Antrim, and moved to Nashua in 1836. dying in
that town May 30, 1850. He held a captain's com-
mission in the cavalry militia in 1S19, and was
familiarly called by the title. In 1808 he was mar-
ried to Sally S. McCauley, who died in Holyoke,
Massachusetts, in 1854. Their children were:
Esther M., Sarah, David (died young). Mary D.,
Sutheric J., David M., Rebecca J., Harriet N., Eliza
A., Leonard and Sarah Jane.

(VI) David McCauley, sixth child and third
son of Sutheric (2) and Sally S. (McCauley) Wes-
ton, was born May 29, 1818, in Antrim.

The Weston familv was among the
WESTON early settlers of the New England

colonies, and both those who came
from England as well as those who came from
Scotland, were stanch adherents of the Presbyterian
faith. They were brave and enterprising, and were
prominent in the various generations. Sutheric
Weston was an elder in the Presbyterian Church of
Antrim in 1800, and is mentioned in the history of
the town as a "faithful, able, and good man."

(VI) David McCauley Weston, grandson of
Sutheric Weston, mentioned above, was born in
.'\ntrini. New Hampshire. May 29. 1818. He in-
herited the excellent characteristics of perseverance,
energy and integrity, which were so distinctive of
his ancestors. He was reared in a Christian home,
and although not devoting much of his personal at-
tention to religious matters until later in life, he
was grateful "that he had never fallen into skep-
ticism." He was unusually gifted with mental and
moral rpialities. and these, combined wfth rare
executive ability, enabled him to take a commanding
position in every station of life he was called upon
to fill. From early childhood he displayed re-
markable aptitude as a mechanic, and became ex-
ceedingly skilled in making a practical use of his
attainments in this direction. He made mechanical
art his chosen profession, and held valuable patents
in this country and Great Britain. Among them
was a machine for drying sugar, which was patented
in 1S66, which was almost universally adopted in
this country, and extensively used in Great Britain,
iv— 3

France, Germany, and other sugar producing coun-
tries. This invention has never, up to the present
time, been superseded by any other. The same
principle which was applied to it was also developed
in his "laundry machine," "salt machine." and
"cream separator." He has added considerably to
the wealth of the world, and many are now reaping
the results of his labor and genius. His charities
were many and unostentatious, and always wisely
directed. Among them, the one in which he took
the deepest personal interest, and to which he de-
voted a great part of his time and attention, was the
"Northficld Seminary." With the laying of the
corner-stone of "East Hall" his interest was aroused
toward this undertaking and it never wavered until
his last and most munificent gift toward a perma-
nent fund for its support. He built and furnished
"Weston Hall," which stands among the school
buildings at East Northfield. and is a fitting monu-
ment to his memory. A still more fitting tribute is
the living memorials in the hearts and minds of
those who go forth froTii this institution to fill
places of responsibility in the world and bear witness
to the glorious gospel of the Son of God. In earlier
life Mr. Weston had spent much time in travel, and
introduced his inventions personally in various coun-
tries. He spent considerable time in the Sandwich
Islands. After his return he became greatly inter-
ested in the religious movements of which D. L.
Moody was the head, and became an interested
worker in the evangelistic work of the Tabernacle.
A new world seemed to have opened before him,
and from day to day he grew more and more into
the stature of a perfect man in Christ Jesus. From
that time he sought the society of Christian people,
and in the sanctuary. Sabbath school and meetina
found the rest and recreation w-hich his soul craved.
He was devoted to the teachings of Moody, and at-
tached to him personally by a sincere and lasting
affection. He contributed liberally of his time and
money to home and foreign missions, churches,
schools, ministers and students. He supported a
missionary in Boston and another in northern New
F.ngland, and his last act was the generous gift to
the Northfield schools. His death occurred, April
2". 1890, and many were the tributes of respect paid
to his memory, among them being: Resolutions
adopted b.v the American Tool and Machine Com-
pany. Boston, May 8. 1890: resolutions adopted by
the trustees of Northfield Seminary at their annual
meeting, held June 9, 1890 : resolutions adopted by
the teachers and students of Northfield Seminary,
East Northfield, May 8, 1890: a letter from H. E.
Sawyer, of Mount Hermon School, May 8. 1S90:
resolutions adopted by the faculty and students of
Mount Hermon School : resolutions adopted by the
Evangelistic Association of New England. Boston,
Massachusetts. May 21. 1890: resolutions adopted
by the executive committee of the City Missionary
Society, Boston. May 12, 1890: letter from D. L.
Moody, April 28. 1890 : letter from Mrs. D. L.
Moody, October 2. i8go; letter from Rev. A. T.
Pierson, D. D., July 22, 1890; and many other testi-
monials of respect and affection. Of Mr. Weston it
may well be said that a noble life is ended, a nobler
life begun. He served his generation well, and
entered into that rest and reward which awaits all
those who are found faithful.

Is an English cognomen first bestowed

YOL^NG on its bearer to distinguish him from

someone older having the same

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christian name, the name becoming a fixture in the
next and succeeding generations without reference
to its original signification. The Youngs both in
England and in America are from different for-
bears— but how many is not known. The family
written of in this article have been so far as known
almo>t without exception tillers of the soil, hardy,
industrious, energetic, worthy and upright men,
•whose lives were spent in contributing something
■of value to the world's great stock. J\lany of
them have been church members, and all had the
respect and confidence of their neighbors. Five
succeeding generations of this branch of the Young
family have lived on the same farm, situated about
two miles west of Province Pond, in Effingham.
The house built by the early settler still stands.
The frame, heavy and strong, is covered with wide
pine boards hewed smooth with an adze and fas-
tened perpendicularly to the frame with hand
forged nails. On both the nails and the boards the
blows of the artisan's tools are still visible.

(I) Jonathan Young, born July II, 1729, died
November 2, 1807, is said to have come from
England and settled in Y'ork, Maine. His wife's,
name was Mercy. She was born in 1736, and died
June 29, 1800. They were the parents of seven
children : Lydia, Joseph, Mercy, Dorcas, Jonathan,
Jabez, Timothy, next written.

(II) Timothy, youngest child of Jonathan and
Mercy Young, born April 13, 1776, died April 10,
1841, is supposed to have come from York, Maine.
He settled in what is now Effingham, New Hamp-
shire, on the old homestead where he lived and
died, and where he and his wife were buried. He
cultivated his farm of one hundred and fifty acres
with diligence and skill and made a good living.
In his time Portsmouth and Portland were better
markets than those nearer, and he often took loads
of produce to them, the journey to Portland and
back generally requiring a week's time. He was
an attendant of that branch of the church that the
Rev. .Mr. Bullock, of Maine, established, and was
also an uncompromising Democrat. He married,
April 27, 1802, ]\Iolly D. Hobbs, and they were the
parents of five children: Sally, Jonathan, Eliza-
beth. Mercy. Mary.

(III) Jonathan (2), second child and only
son of Timothy and Molly D. (Hobbs) Y'oung,
born December 21. 1805, died December 10, 1888,
succeeded to his father's homestead and position in
life. He married, January 29, 1835, Sarah Buz-
zell, and they had three children. Amanda,
Timothy B. and Jonathan L.

(IV) Timothy Benjamin, eldest son and second
child of Jonathan and Sarah (Buzzell) Young,
was born on the old homestead, Novemebr 10,
1840. His education was acquired in the common
schools, and at the age of twenty-one he went to
Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he was employed
in teaming for about three years. Returning to
his home he resumed the cultivation of the farm,
which he continued till 1894, when he sold it and
moved to Wolfboro Falls. Subsequently he opened
a store there, and is now engaged in trade. He is
a Republican in political faith, and attends the
Free Baptist Church. He married, November 4,
1872, Sarah Isabel Buzzell, born November 10,
1849, daughter of Joseph and Betsey Y. (Sanders)
Buzzell. They have one child, Oscar L.

Following is the line of descent of Sarah I.
<Buzzell) Young: (l) Joseph Buzzell, born June

5, 1728, married, February 25, 1755, Sarah Evans,
born December 5, 1738. Their children were : Deb-
orah, Robert, Andrew. John, Abigail, Dorothy,
Charitv, Sarah, Joseph, Betsey, Lydia, Jonathan and
David,"

(2) John Buzzell, fourth child and third son
of Joseph and Sarah (Evans) Buzzell, born in
Madbury, New Hampshire, March i, 1762, died
December 25, 1840. He settled in Effingham. He
married (first), 17S3, Elizabeth Randall, born in
Newcastle, December 18, 1763; (second), in 1805,
Betsey Tasker, born 1783; (third), October 7,
iSio, Susan Allen, born February 13, 1768. The
children b\' the first wife were : Mary, Elizabeth,
Benjamin R., John, Charlotte, Joseph, died young,
and Joseph; and by the second wife: William,
Sarah and Lenora.

(3) Joseph Buzzell, seventh child and fourth
son of John and Elizabeth (Rand:dl) Buzzell, born
in Efiingham, New Hampshire, May 3, 1803, died
in Ossipee, iMarch 10. 18&6. He moved to Ossipee
Pocket after 1827. He w'as 3 Democrat in politics,
and in religious belief a Free Baptist. He married,
November 22, 1827, Betsey York Sanders, born in
Straft'ord, May 28, 1805, died February 3, 1878,
and they had six children : Mary Lois, Elizabeth
R., Susan JiL, John M. V., Albina C. and Sarah I.

(4) Sarah I., fifth daughter and youngest child
of Joseph and Betsey York (Sanders) Buzzell,
was born in Ossipee Pocket, November 10. 1849.
She is a member of the Wolfboro Falls Baptist
Church, is (1906) president of the local branch ot the
Woman's Christian Temperance L'nion, and a pnst
grand of Myrtle Rebekah Lodge, No. 48, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows of Wolfboro.

(V) Oscar Lyman, only child of Timothy B.
and Sarah I. (Buzzell) Young, was born at the
home of his maternal grandparents in that part
of Ossipee known as "the Pocket," September 11,
1874. His early life was spent on the ancestral
homestead. After attending the common schools,
Oscar's father removed his family to Wolfboro, so
that the son might have the benefit of the school
privileges there. In 1895 he graduated from
Brewster Free Academy, Wolfboro. In order to
pay his expenses while attending school, he worked
a part of the time at the Wolfboro depot. From
February 11, 1896, until the fall of i8g8, he studied
law in the office of Judge Sewell W. Abbott, of
Wolfboro. At the latter date he entered the Boston
University Law School, from which he graduated
in 1900 with the degree of LL. B. In March pre-
vious he had taken the required examination at
Concord, passed and been admitted to the practice
of law in New Hampshire. Immediately after
graduation he opened a law office at Wolfboro.
and one year later removed to Laconia where he
was associated in practice with Edwin H. Shannon
until April, 1903. Since this last date he has
been alone in the practice. Mr. Young is an ener-
getic and studious lawyer, correct in his habits and
deportment, conscientious and reliable in the con-
duct of cases intrusted to him, and is rapidly ad-
vancing in his profession. Mr. Young is a Republi-
can in politics, and since September 5, 1903, has
been justice of the police court of Laconia. He
is a past grand of Fidelity Lodge, No. 71, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Wolfboro, which he
joined in 1896; a member of Morning Star Lodge,
No. 17, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Wolfboro ; of Myrtle Rebekah Lodge, No. 48, Wolf-

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hoTo; of Mount Washington Lodge, No. 13, Order
of the Eastern Star, Laconia ; ot La'conia Grange,
No. 120, Patrons of Husbandry, of Laconia.

There can be little doubt that this
YOUXG , line is an offshoot of the old family
of which an account precedes this. A
■diligent search in the vital records of New Hamp-
shire has failed to show the connection.

(I) Jonathan Young was born ni Barringtoii,
New Hampshire, in 1777. The lirst of whom his
descendants have knowledge was a Jonathan Young,
who resided in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He
was a farmer by occupation, and resided for a
time in the town of Manchester. He was married
on Christmas day, 1794, at Goffstown, by Rev.
Cornelius Waters, to JNlary (PoUy) Perham, who
was born May 9, 1779, in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, third daughter and fourth child of John
(2) and Hannah (Moors) Perham, of Manches-
ter. John (2) Perham was probably a son of John
(i) and Hannah Perham, of Hudson.

(II) Edward, son of Jonatlian and Mary (Per-
ham) Young, was born in filanchester, New Hamp-
shire, April 6, 1799, and died in Uracut, Massachu-
setts, June, 1881, aged eighty-three. At the age of
thirty he went to Dracut, Massachusetts, where he
was engaged in farming and lumbering. He mar-
ried Edna Emerson, born in Manchester, 1804, and
died in Dracut. 1890, aged eighty-six years. The
children born of this union were: Edward, Jona-
than, John P., Morse, Joseph H., Josiah, Sikes,
Sarah, Mary, Johanna, Velvina.

(IHj Edward (2), elder son of Edward and
Edna (Emerson) Young, was born in Dracut,
Ma.^sachusetts, November 6, 1832. He was edu-
cated in tlie public schools, and at twenty-live
years of age engaged in farming for himself. In
1862 he settled in Pelham, New Hampshire, where
has since resided on a farm. He has been prosper-
ous and has a well cultivated and attractive place.
In political faith he is a Republican. He married,
in Dracut, March 10, 1855. Mary Elizabeth' Wood-
bury, born in Pelham, July 30, 1838, daughter of
Hiram W. and Maria (Webster) Woodbury, of
Pelliam. Three children were born of this union :
Laura, James E. and Amy Effiebell. Laura married
Timotliy Shea, deceased.

(I) Abiathar Young was a farmer
YOUNG in Sunapee, where he settled on virgin
soil and made a farm in the woods.
He was well oft' for the time, was a member of the
Methodist Church and was elected to town offices.
He married Mary Moses, and died January 14,
1827, aged eighty-seven. She died May 10, 1841,
aged eighty-three. Their children were : John,
Sally, Hannah, Abiathar, William and Andrew, next
mentioned.

(H) Andrew, fourth son and youngest child
of Abiathar and Mary (Moses) Young, was born
in Sunapee, November 5, 1799, and died March
14, 1873, aged seventy-four. He grew up on a
farm and for a time was a tiller of the soil, but
the last twenty years of his life were spent in the
village of Sunapee where he owned and operated a
grist mill. For three years previous to his death
he was an invalid, and not able to work about his
mill, though he operated it as did his widow for
a time after his death. He was a Methodist, and
what was almost always concomitant fifty years ago,
a Republican. He married Lydia Ferrin, born 1803,
died December 19, 1883, aged eighty. They had si.K

children : Hannah, Abiatluir, Guy B., Elvira,
George A. and Lydia.

(HI) George Almon, third son and fifth child
of Atidrcw and Lydia (Ferrin) Young, was born
in Sunapee, November 28, 1834, and died in Concord,
November 11, 1904, aged seventy years. He was
educated in the public schools of Sunapee, but
early left the farm to learn the profession of
dentistry. In August, 1861, he removed to Concord,
where he became a partner in the dental business
with his brother-in-law, Dr. E. G. Cummings, under
the firm name of Cummings & Young. This rela-
tion continued about twenty years. Both were
skillful dentists and they had ^ large practice. In
1876 Dr. Young took a course in the Boston Dental
College, and the following spring was graduated
from that institution. He was held in high esteem
by his professional brethcrn in the state and else-
where, and was elected president of the New Hamp-
shire Dental Society, of which he was a charter
member, and served for ten years or more before
his death as treasurer of the socety. Pie was a
popular man and active in politics. For a long
time he was chairman of the Concord Republican
city committee, served a term in the state legislature
in 1878, and was appointed postmaster of Concord,
December 13, 1903. and filled that position until his
death less than a year later. In religion he was a
Congregationalist. He was a Mason of the thirty-
second degree, Edward A. Raymond Consistory,
Select Princes of the Royal Secret, and a mem-
ber of the following divisions of that order:
Blazing Star Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, No. 1 1 ; Trinity Royal Arch Chapter, No.
2 ; Horace Chase Council, and Mount Horeb Com-
mandery. Knights Templar. He was also a mem-
ber of White Mountain Lodge, No. 5, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He married, at Acvvorth,
August 26, 1858, Mary Jane Cummings, born in
Acworth, April 17, 1835, daughter of Alvah and
Polly M. (Grout) Cummings, the father born in
Swansea and the mother in Acworth. They had two
children: Mary Ellen, born in Concord, October
I, 1865, married Fred E. French, of Concord; and
William A., the subject of the ne.xt paragraph.
(IV) William .A.ndrew, only son and second
child of Dr. George A. and Mary J. (Cummings)
Young, was born in Concord. September 25. 1876.
He attended the common schools of Concord, and
was three years under a private tutor, and then
began the study of dentistry, and May 4, 1900,
graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College.
Returning to Concord he was associated with his
father in the practice of his profession until the
latter was appointed postmaster, and since that
time has successfully practiced alone. Dr. Young
is a member of the New Hampshire Dental Society,
of which he has been treasurer, and is now (1906)
president. Also a member of the North Eastern
Dental Society, and a member of the executive
committee for 1906. In political faith he is a
staunch Republican, and in religious creed a Con-
gregationalist. He married, March 4, 1903, Nellie
A. Bailey, born in Belmont, Massachusetts, March
20, 1878, daughter of Milton G. and Olive (Berry)
Bailey.

In the days when naines were being

YOUNG bestowed, a large class referring to

age, size, shape and capacity, embraced

every possible, and well-nigh impossible, feature

of human life. .\ glance over the old records shows

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"Lusty" and "Strong." "Long" and "Short. Iligli"
and "Low," "Big" and "Little." and many more- of
tlie same sort.

(I) William Young was born in Cheltenham,
England, came to this country in 1S44, and settled
in Troy. New York, where he was a furniture dealer
and where he lived until his death at the age of
ninety-three years. He married, in England, Martha
Lane, who was born in the same city with himself,
and to whom he was wed before their coming to
the United States. They were the parents of these
children: James, Mary, Josiah and William Henry.
(H) William Henry Young, son of William
and Martha (Lane) Young, was born in Chelten-
ham, England, June 15, 1834, and came to America
with his parents, when he was ten years old. He
learned the trade of marblecutter in Rutland, Ver-
mont. After working there some years he engaged
in the marble business, and later in private business,
on his own account. In 1885 he discovered the
present quarry property in jSiilford, New Hamp-
shire, which he bought, also continuing his Troy
business in connection therewith. As senior mem-
ber of Young, Sons & Company, granite quarriers
and dealers, he has had charge of a profitable and
constantly growing business. The jNIilford granite
is conceded by experts to have no superior in the
world for the finest of monumental work, of a blue
cast, and very fine in grain and texture. It has
made Milford just celebrated as the producer of
as fine monumental granite as any known to man.
J\lr. Young married Martha J. Stanhope, who was
born in Troy, New York, daughter of Thomas
Stanhope. Ten children have been born of this
marriage, of whom six are living: Minnie E., wife
of E. F. Melzer, of Milford: William H., of Troy.
New York: Martha J., James F., Sarah L., and
Fred J. William Henry Young died February 26,
1907, and his wife died February 17, 1907. Both
w^ere members of the Episcopal Church.

(Ill) James Thorne Young, son of William
H. and ]\lartha (Stanhope) Young, was born in
Brunswick. New York, May 17, 1868. After attend-
ing the Troy Academy he learned marble cutting
and quarrying in his father's establishment, and has
been engaged in those- lines of business ever since,
having become a member of the firm. He is a
member of the Republican party; and is a vestry-
man in the Episcopal Church. He married, Oc-
tober 23, 1896. at Milford, Ethel L. Billings, who
was born in Milford, June 7, 1877, daughter of
Lewis C. and Sarah E. (Foss) Billings, of Mil-
ford. They have a child, ;\Iuriel B., born April 24,
1S98.

(I) Robert Young was born in Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, 1839. He removed to Manchester, New
Hampshire, where he had charge of a brewery for
some time. Afterward he engaged in the retail
liquor business for himself in ^lanchester, continvi-
ing in that line for some years. About 1865 he
removed to Franklin, and for a short time was
in the employ of Thomas Burleigh, with whom he
later formed a partnership, and conducted an eat-
ing house for two or three years. The partnership
was then dissolved, and Mr. Young alone continued
it until 1880. He then bought what is now known
as the Young Hotel, of which he was proprietor
until 1899, when he retired from business. He is
a member of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 21, Knights
of Pythias ; Knights of Honor, and the Improved
Order of Red ]\Ien. He married Mary Jane
Donclly. Two children were born of this mar-

riage: >.Iary Jane, now the wife of W. H. Darling.,
of Newton. ?ilassachusetts ; and Robert J., whose
sketch follows.

(II) Robert J. second child and only son of
Robert and Mary Jane (Donelly) Young, was born
in Manchester, November 8, 1868. ^ He was edu-
cated in the public schools of his native town
and Franklin, and graduated from the high school
of the Litter place. He subsequently took a year's
study at Bryant and Stratton's Business College.
He was a clerk in his father's hotel until the re-
tirement of the latter, and then organized a show
with which he gave entertainments through New
England for three years following. He went to
Lancaster and was employed as a clerk in the-
Lancaster House for about a year, and then engaged
m the retail liquor business for himself a year or
two at Tilton. In the spring of 1905 he took charge
of the Young House at Franklin, w-hich, with a bar
in connection, he has since conducted. Since the
completion of the Franklin Opera House in 1892,
he has been its manager. He is a member of Man-
chester Lodge, No. 146, of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and of St. Andrew's Lodge,
No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of Franklin. He mar-
ried, July 16, 1902, Margaret Devinney, who died
October, 1903.

This name is found among the
WOODMAN earliest in Newbury. Massachu-
setts, with the history of which
it has been more or less identified down to the
present time, thence it spread to other towns in the
vicinity and is now still represented throughout
the United States. It was early identified w'ith the
history of New Hampshire, and is still honorably
connected with the progress of events in that state.
There were two men of this name very early in
Newbury, and they are supposed to have been
brothers, namely: Edward and Archelaus. The
latter was a "mercer," born somewdiere between
161J and 1618. He came from Malford, England,
in the ship "James," in June, 1635.

(I) Edward Woodman, born about 1614, is
supposed to have been a brother of Archelaus, and
to have come from Malford. He settled at Newbury
in 1636, and was made a freeman in that year, and
in the same year was representative to the general
court, as well as the following year and in 1639
and 1643. He was also chosen "commissioner to
end small causes," which was equivalent to the
justice of the peace in later times. He died be-
fore 1694. He and his wife, Johanna, were members
of the Newbury Church in 1678. Their children
were: Edward, John, Joshua, )dary, Sarah. Jona-
than and Ruth.

(II) Edward (2), eldest child of Edward (l)
and Johanna Woodman, was born about 1628. pro-
bably in England, and was married December 20,
1653. in Newbury, ]Massachusetts, to Mary Good-
rich. Both were members of the Newbury church
in 1674. He subscribed to the oath of fidelity
in 1678. His will was made December 16, 1693.
and proved in the September following, which ap-
proximately indicates the time of his death. His
children were: Mary, Elizabeth (died young'). Ed-
ward (did young), a child unnamed, Elizabeth, Re-
becca, Sarah, Judith. Edward, Archelaus, a daughter
died sixteen days old and jNIargaret.

(HI) Archelaus, third son and tenth child of
Edward (2) and Mary (Goodrich) Woodman, was
born June 9, 1672, in Newbury, and died there

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March 17, 1766. He was married, about 1695, to Hannah
(surname unknown), and their children were:
Mary, Edward, Archelaus, Hannah, Judith, Joshua,
John, Elizabeth, Joseph and Benjamin. (.Mention
of John and descendants appears in this article).

(I\') Joshua, third son and si.Kth child of .Arche-
laus and Hannah (, Woodman), was born June 6,
1708, in Newbury, and settled in Kingston, New
Hampshire. He was married in March, 1736, to
Eunice Sawyer.

(V) Samuel, son of Joshua and Eunice (Saw-
yer) Woodman, was born November 19, 17-14, in
Kingston, and resided in Lee, New Hampshire.
Records of that town show that his wife's name w-as
Lydia, and gives the birtlis of the following chil-
dren: Martha, Susanna (died young), Samuel, Ed-
ward. Susanna, Lydia, Mehitable and Sally.

(VI) Samuel (2), eldest son and third child of
Samuel (l) and Lydia (Woodman), was born May
4, 1774, in Lee, and' resided in Durham, New Hamp-
shire.

(VII J Samuel (3), presumably a son of Samuel
(2) Woodman, was born in Durham and resided
in Dover, New Hampshire. He was married Sep-
tember 23, 1835, to Lydia A. Rollins, daughter of
Captain James and Dorothy Rollins, of Somers-
worth. (See Rollins, VII).

(VIII; Theodore W., youngest son and third
of the four children of Samuel (3) and Lydia .\.
(Rollins) Woodman, was born in Dover, New
Hampshire, and has passed his entire life in that
town, and has had much to do with the upbuilding
of the city. He has been for many years a dealer
in real estate, and at the present time over one
hundred tenants occupy his buildings. He has pro-
vided many homes for the poorer classes at low
rental?. In 1898 he built the imposing block wdiich
bears his name, at the corner of Central avenue and
Hale street. He owns the building where the
Merchants' National Bank is located ; and was the
chief organizer of this bank, and has been a director
ever since, and had the same connection with tlie
Merchants' Savings Bank. He has been much in
public life. During the Civil war Mr. Woodman
held a responsible position in connection with the
Freedmen's Bureau at Washington under General
O. O. Howard, and had many men under his charge.
In Dover he has been selectman, councilman and
alderman of ward four, which he represented in the
state legislature for four years. For the last four
years he has been one of the street and park com-
missioners, chairman of executive committee and
is also chairman of tree wardens. Among his other and
varied services to the city of his birth he has been a
member of the board of education, president of the
board of trade, and president of the Bellamy Club.
He was one of the incorporators of the Wentworth
Home for the Aged, of which he is now trustee.
His judgment and foresight were of special service
to the institution when he was chairman of the build-
ing committee, and to him is due in a large measure
the credit of the moderate cost of the fine structure.
Mr. Woodman has been markedly successful in
business, and is one of the leading citizens of Dover.
He is the surviving member of his branch of the
Woodman family, and has never married.

(IV) John, fourth son and seventh child or
Archelaus and Hannah Woodman, was born June
20, 1710, in Newbury, and spent his life in that
town. He was married in 1741 (intention published
November 11), to Abigail Tarr of Georgetown.

Their children were : Abigail, James, Joseph and
Jonatiian.

(V) Joseph, son of John and Abigail (Tarr)
Woodman, was born November 5, 1747, in New-
bury, and died in Newburyport, August 3, 1835, at
the age of eighty-seven years. He was a soldier in
the Revolutionary war. enlisting July 3, 1780, and
being discharged October 10 following. He was
a private in Captain Richard Titcomb's company
of Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment. His first
wife was Elizabeth Plununer, whose children were:
Hannah and Daniel. The former married Solomon
Titcomb and resided in Newburyport. The latter
was a ship master, sailing from that port. Mr.
Woodman married (second), Elizabeth Dole, a
native of Newburyport, who was born i\lay 2^, 1758,
and died .April 27, 1841, near the close of her eighty-
third year. Following is a brief mention of her
children : William was president of the Strafford
County National Bank and treasurer of a savings
bank at Dover, New Hampshire, where he died.
John died in Newburyport, where he was a shoe
dealer. Hannah was the wife of Major Nathaniel
Cochran, of Newburyport, and Phoebe married Cap-
tain Thomas Disney, of the same place. Elizabeth
was the wife of Captain Daniel Lunt, of that port.
Edna j\I. and Abbie died unmarried in Newbury-
port. Joseph resided and died in Boston, as did
also Thomas.

(VI) Daniel, eldest son of Joseph Woodman and
second child of his first wife, Elizabeth Plummer,
was born June, 1800, in Newburyport. He grew
up there and became a painter both of ships and
signs. About 1855 he retired from active labor and
removed to East Concord, New Hampshire, where
he dwelt a few years and thence to Chelsea, }vlassa-
chusetts, where he died at the nge of seventy-two
years. He married Sarah Hall, who was born 1799,
in Canterbury, New Hampshire, a daughter of
Stephen and Nancy Hall, and died December, 1852,
at Newburyport. Mr. Woodman was a Presby-
terian in religious faith, and an old line Democrat.
He had five children. Sarah, the eldest died at the
age of twenty-four years in Newburyport. Caro-
line married Samuel Jones, a merchant of Boston,
and died in that city. .Alfred is mentioned at length
in the following paragraph. Mary and Charles re-
side in Woburn, Massachusetts.

(VII) .Alfred, eldest son and tiiird child of Daniel
and Sarali (Halll Woodman, was born March 9,
1834. in Newburyport, and received his education
in the public schools of that city, including the high
school. He then began to learn the tailor's trade, at
which he continued about two years. In company
with several other adventurous youths he shipped
on board the "Oliver Putnam," bound for Havre,
France. When three days out this vessel inet with
a serious mishap and was towed into the harbor
of New- York. Voung Woodman then proceeded to
Concord, New Hampshire, where he finished his
trade with Lincoln & Shaw, one of his apprentices
at that time being the after governor, Hiram Tut-
tle. of Pittsfield. He soon became seized with a
desire to see the world, and from Newburyport he
•^hipped on board the "Castillian," for a voyage to
Peru. This trip consumed some fifteen months,
:ind he again shipped upon the same vessel for
Liverpool. He made five separate trips to South
-\merica on board the "Castillian."

.At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Woodman
yielded to his patriotic impulses and became a mem-

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ber of Company B, Second Regiment. New Hamp-
shire Volunteers. He participated in the battles of
Bull Run, Drury's Bluff, Williamsburg, Oak Grove,
Yorktown, Fredericksburg, Glendale, Fair Oaks and
Gettysburg. These included many of the most san-
guinary engagements of the Civil war. He was inade
a prisoner and confined in Libby and Belle Isle
prisons, which caused permanent injury to bis
healtli, and he is now in the enjoyment of a pension,
which a liberal and grateful nation has bestowed
upon its defenders.

After the completion of his military service he
shipped as mate on the schooner "Hiawatha," which
was commanded by his cousin. Captain Disney, who
was employed for a time in coasting trips. Return-
ing once more to Concord he embarked in the tailor-
ing business, which he continued successfully for
a period of eight years. The indoor confinement
which this necessitated was irksome and proved
injurious to bis already impaired health, and he once
more sought an open air life as most conducive to
his comfort and enjoyment. About 1877. be settled
on a farm in the town of Plainfield, New Hamp-
shire, which was the property of his wife's family
from colonial times and made his home thereon
about twenty years. He now resides in Richmond,
Virginia. This estate embodies about three hun-
dred acres of land and is one of the most valuable
in the town. It is located on the west bank of the
Connecticut river, in a picturesque location, with
alternating valley and mountain, and is a fruitful
and handsome property. He has given much atten-
tion to the rearing of sheep for wool, and has found
this a profitable undertaking. He occupies a sub-
stantial and handsome brick residence and the farm
is well supplied with commodious and convenient
buildings. I^Ir. Woodmaii is identified with E. E.
Sturtevant Post. No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic,
of Concord. He attends the Baptist Church, and
is a supporter of the Republican party. Though he
has no desire for political preferment, he takes an
active interest in the actions and proceedings of his
party and his voice is sure to be heard in protest
when he deems that it strays from the correct prin-
ciples or the proper practice. His business dealings
are guided by strict principles and he enjoys the
esteem and respect of hi~s fellows. His adventurous
experiences aflford a fund, from which many inter-
esting narratives may be drawn and bis native wit
and descriptive powers make his recitation of events
in his life both interesting and instructive.

Mr. Woodman was married, August 16, 1866, to
Miss Maria F. Gallup, who was born July 19, 18,38.
in Plainfield. New Hampshire, daughter of Captain
Thomas F. Gallup. (See Gallup, VH). Mr. and
Mrs. Woodman w"ere the parents of three children :
Ellen Edna, Frederic T. and Kate K. The first
Is a graduate of Kimball Union Academy and is
tow tbe wife of Roscoe J. Grady, residing in Plain-
field, New Hampshire, on land wdiich was granted
to her ancestors in colonial days by the King of
England. Frederic T. is the subject of the succeed-
ing paragraph. The youngest daughter is also a
graduate of Kimball tjnion Academy and of the
Boston Art School, and is very much interested in
art work. She is now the wife of Edward E.
Leigbton of Claremont, New Hampshire.

(VIII) Frederic Thomas Woodman, oiilv son and
second child of Alfeed E. and Maria T. "(Gallup)
Woodman,_ was born June 28. 1872, in Concord, and
received his primary education in the public schools

of that city. He was a student at Kimball Union
Academy and Norwich University and began the
study of law with Hon. John L. Spring, of Lebanon,
New Hampshire. This was continued in Albany,
New York, and Chicago, Illinois, and he was admit-
ted to tbe bar in 1898, and in that year he began
the practice of his profession in Concord, sharing
an office with Hon. George M. Fletcher, present
city judge of Concord, and this relation has con-
tinued to the present time. Mr. Woodman is in-
dustrious and attentive to the interests of his clien,-,
and is meeting with the success which always corn.-;
to earnest and true effort. He is a student, and
takes high rank among his professional brethern in
Concord. Fle is a member of tbe Wonolancet Club
and other social organizations of his home city,
and of the State Grange of the United Order of
.Xmerican Mechanics. He has filled the principal
chairs in White Mountain Lodge No. S, Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, and is now commander
of the New Hampshire division. Sons of \'eteraiis.
While be w-as commander of the local camp it re-
ceived very great additions in membership, and lia-
ever since indicated a highly flourishing condition.
From the time of attaining his majority Mr. Wood-
man has been very active in political work affiliating
with the Republican party. From the time of his
becoming a voter, he has been a member of every
Republican convention for the nomination of gov-
ernors. He is especially active in ward work in
the sixth ward of Concord, where he resides, and
was elected moderator in November. 1906. In 1902
he was elected as representative of that ward in the
state legislature, and was a member of tbe judiciary
committee and the committee on liquor laws in tbe
succeeding session. He was made clerk of the ju-
diciary committee and chairman of the Merrimack
county delegation. He is destined to be an active
factor in tlie direction of New Hampshire affairs,
and will yet be heard from in the history of the
state.

Tbe name Tracy, wdiich was brought to
TRACY the shores of New England in tbe very

early days of the colonies, originated
in France, where it was borne three hundred years
ago by one of the leading citizens of that country.
The Tracys of America are not all the progeny of
one immi,grant couple.

(I) Richard Tracy, of Stanway, England, was
sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1559, and received from
his father tbe Manor of Stanway, a part of the land
of tlie Abbey of Tewksbury. which be had obtained
by grant from tbe Crown at the time of the sup-
pression of tbe monasteries.

(II) Sir Paul Tracy, a son of Richard Tracy,
was created a baronet by King James I, June 29,
l6ri, being the thirteenth created from the institu-
tion of that order.

(III) Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, born in Tewks-
bury, in 1610, was a son of Sir Paul Tracy, and a
direct descendant of the Saxon Kings of England.
He emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636,
and was a carpenter. He removed soon to Saybrook,
Connecticut, and went thence in a few years to
Wethersfield or Hartford, Connecticut, perhaps
both, but at last took up a permanent residence at
Norwich, of which he was a patentee. He was a
representative in 1662, and was almost always after-
ward ensign or lieutenant. In King Philip's war
he was commissary. He died November 7, 1685.

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The name of his wife is not known. His cliildren
were : John, Jonathan, Thomas, Solomon, Daniel,
Samuel and Miriam.

(IV) Thomas (2), third son of Lieutenant
Thomas (i) Tracy, was born in 1644, i" Connecti-
cut, where he resided throughout his life. He had
eight children.

(V) Jeremiah, second son of Thomas (2) .Tracy,
was born October 14, 1682, and married. October
13. 1713. Mary Witter, who was born jNIarch 2,
1696, daughter of Ebenezer Witter, of Preston, Con-
necticut. They had nine children.

(VI) Andrew, third son of Jeremiah and Mary
(Witter) Tracy, was born February 15, 1721. He
married,' I\Iarch 30, 1743, Ruth Smith, daughter of
Captain Elijah Smith, of Barnstable, Massachusetts.
They had eleven children.

(VII) Andrew (2), son of Andrew (i) and
Ruth (Smith) Tracy, was born March 17, 1750,
and married Anna Bingham, daughter of Lemuel
and Hannah (Perkins) Bingham. She was a de-
scendant on her mother's side from William Brad-
ford, "Mayflower'' pilgrim, and distin.guished gov-
ernor of Plymouth colon3^ Eight children were
born of this marriage.

(VIII") Stephen, third son of Andrew (2) and
Anna (Bingham) Tracy, was born in Lisbon, Con-
necticut, July 2, 1782. He was a cabinet and chair
maker. He removed from Lisbon, Connecticut, tn
Cornish, New Hampshire, and was a farmer, and
for many years a deacon of the Congregational
Church. In politics he was a Whig. He married
(first). Rebecca Tracy, of Lisbon, Connecticut;
(second), Betsey Boardman, of Norwich, Vermont;
and (third), Sarah Alden. who was born Novem-
ber I, 1790, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Alden,
of Lebanon, New Plampshire. She was a direct
descendant of John Alden. who came to Massachu-
setts in the "Mayflower." She died October 14,
1S67. Tliey had three children.

(IX) Stephen Alden, son of Stephen and Sarah
(.\lden) Tracy, was born in Cornish. October 31,
1833, and was educated in the common schools and
at Thctford Academy, Thctford, Vermont. In 1854
he went to Wisconsin and spent three years there
in the lumber business, at Fond du Lac. In 1857
he returned to New Hampshire, and since that time
has been engaged in agriculture, carrying on a farm
of two hundred acres and doing considerable in the
way of cutting and sawing lumber. Being a man of
good judgment, he has been called upon to settle
estates. He was a member of the board of selectmen
five years, was supervisor of the check li't, member
of the school board one year, representative 1875-6,
deputy sheriff several years, and justice of the peace.
Pie is a member of Cheshire Lod,ge. No. 23. Free
and Accepted Masons, of Cornish Flat : and master
of First Grange of Patrons of Husbandry organized
in Plainfield. He married (first"). May 25, 1S59.
at West Lebanon, Emily Elizabeth Norris, dan.ghter
of Philo and Angeline Norris. She died June 19,
1859. He married (second). October 31, 1865. at
Lebanon, New Hampshire, Agnes Bailey, who was
born in Springfield, New Hampshire, February 25,
1843, and died April 27, 1904. daughter of John
and Eliza (Nichols) Bailey, of Grafton. She was
educated in the public schools and at the Academy
at Earre, Vermont. Seven children have been born
to Stephen A. and Agnes (Bailey) Tracy:

I. Franklin Bliss, born Octoiier 15. 1866. edu-
cated in the common schools and at Kimball Union
Academy, is a member of the Stone, Tracy Com-

pany, Windsor, \'ermont. He married Ida Stone
of that place.

2. Emily Norris, born September 12, 1868, re-
ceived her higher education at Kimball Union Acad-
emy and at the Normal School at , Plymouth. She
is a teacher.

3. Evelyn Agnes, born October 2, 1870. received
her education in the comtiion schools of Cornish
and New London, New Hampshire, and at the Busi-
ness College, Worcester, Alassachusetts. She is
a stenographer in an oflice in Claremont.

4. Charles Alden Tracy, fourth child and second .
son of Stephen A. and Agnes (Bailey) Tracy, was
born in Cornish, November 16, 1872. He graduated
from -Kimball Union Academy in 1893, and from
Dartmouth College in 1897. Selecting teaching for
his vocation, he has made it a gratifying success.
He taught at Middletown Springs, Vermont, two
years; at Hillsborough Bridge, New Hampshire,
two years ; was superintendent of schools at Clare-
mont four years : and in 1905 was called to the po-
sition of principal of Kiinball Union Academy, at
Meriden (Plainfield), New Hampshire. He is an
earnest, energetic instructor who loves his profes-
sion, and Kimball Union, like all the other schools
of which he has had charge, shows good results-
from his wise management. He is a inember of
the Congregational Church of Meriden, and is one
of its deacons and treasurer and president of its
board of trustees. In politics he affiliates with
the Republican party. While at Dartmouth he was
made a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Society. He
is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 9, Free and
Accepted ^Masons of Claremont; of Webb Royal
Arch Chapter ; and of Blow-me-down Grange, No;
49, Patrons of Husbandry of Plainfield. He mar-
ried, January i, 1902, at Hillsboro Bridge. New
Hampshire, Grace Powell, who was born in Pena-
cook. New Hampshire, August 8, 1873, daughter of
John and Sarah (Farrand) Powell, of Pcnacook,
New Hampshire. They have two children : Eliza-
beth Alden and Stephen Powell.

5. Ellen Nancy, May 8, 1875, after leaving the
common schools, attended Kimball Union Acadcniy
and the Normal School at Johnson, Vermont. She
married Clarence Bailey, farmer, and resides at
North Charlestown.

6. William Bailey. October 24, 1S77, was educated
in the common schools and at 'Kimball Academy,
and is a carpenter in Cornish. He married Pearl
E. Hadley. of Plainfield.

7. Sarah Eliza, \pv\\ 20, 1881, received her edu-
cation in the conunon schools of Cornish, New
Hampshire, the Windsor. Vermont, high school,
and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She is
a teacher.

(Second Family).

Like the majority of Irish-American-

IRACY families the Tracys are descended from

a long line of sturdv ancestors, whose

origin dates from a very remote period in Irish

history. The family was transplanted in the L'nited

States soine fifty years ago, and has made good

use of its opportunities for acquiring prosperity on

this side of the ocean.

(I) Andrew Tracy resided in Gal way, Ireland.

(II) Michael, son of Andrew Tracy, was prob-
ably a native of Galway. The maiden name of his
wife was Julia Shannon.

(III) John Edward, son of Michael and Julia
(Shannon) Tracy, was born in Galway, Augu?t i,
1844. He emigrated to America in his boyhood, and

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about tlie year 1S60 became an employee in tlie re-
pair shop of the Grand Trunk Railway at Island
Pond, Vermont. He was subsequently advanced
to the position of fireman, and still later was pro-
moted to the stafif of regular locomotive engineers,
in which capacity he served continuously and with
ability for nearly thirty years. Withdrawing from
the Grand Trunk service, in 1902, he engaged in the
grocery business at Lancaster, New Hampshire, as
a member of the firm of Richardson & Tracy, but
their store was destroyed by fire some three months
afterwards and the partnership was dissolved. The
business was almost immediately resumed, however,
under the tirm name of Tracy & Son, and he was
connected with it for three years or until his retire-
ment. He is still residing in Lancaster, and is highly
esteemed by his fellow townsmen. Mr. Tracy mar-
ried Elizaljeth Connary. The children of this union
are: Julia E., Edward A., U. D. ; Arthur E., Martha
H., Zita C, Simon C.,- and Patrick, who died in
infancy.

CIV) Edward Andrew, M. D., second child and
eldest son of John E. and Elizabeth (Connary)
Tracy, was born in Island Pond, Vermont, Septem-
ber 19, 1876. He was prepared for college at the
St. Johnsbury (Vermont) Academy; took his bache-
lor's degree at Yale Lhiivcrsity with the class of
1899; and was graduated in medicine at McGill
College, Alontreal. in 1902. Locating in Keene he
built up a large and prol'itable general praceice. and
is rapidly advancing to the front rank in the medi-
cal profession. Dr. Tracy is a member of the Che-
shire ^ County and the Connecticut River Medical
societies, the New Hampshire State and the Amer-
ican Medical associations, the Knights of Columbus,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Eagles
and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He worships
at St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church.

This old English family was trans-
DAMON planted to Massachusetts at a very

early period, and was active in the
development of the eastern towns of that colony.
Its members have been distinguished for their highly
religious character, and many of the descendants
down through the generations have served as dea-
cons for the various churches scattered through
New England. It is remarkable that the ruling
characteristics of the family have been so well pre-
served and passed on down from father to son in
the midst of all that has taken place to change the
course of men's lives.

(I) The first of whom we have knowledge was
John Damon, of Berkshire county. England, who
rem.'iined in that region and there died.

(II) Deacon John (2), son of John (l)
Damon, was baptized in the parish of Reading, in
Berkshire. England, January 25, 1620. He came to
America in youth and settled in the town of Ly^in,
Massachusetts. His homestead was included in the
town of Reading when the latter was severed from
the town of Lynn in 1634. He was a selectman and
a deacon of the church in Reading, and died in that
town, April 8. 1708. Near the close of his eighty-
eight year he married .Abigail Sherman, daughter
of Richard and Eliza .Sherman. She died in 1713.
Their children were: John (died young), John,
.Abigail, Samuel and Joseph.

(III) Samuel, third t'On and fourth child of
Deacon John and Abigail (Sherman) Damon, was
born July 23, 1656, in Reading, and was among the
stalwart young men of that town who served in

King Philip's war. He was one of the grantees of
lands given for service in that war, and his share
included a right' in the Narragansett township. No.

2, now Westminster, Massachusetts. This land was
subsequently occupied by his heirs, but he lived in
Reading, and died there as the result of a fall from
his horse, June 12, 1724. He married Mary Davis,
who survived him, and died November 29. 1727, aged
seventy-one years. Their children were : Samuel,
!Mary, Ebenezer, .Abigail, Esther, Benjamin, Mercy,
John and Tabatha.

(IV) John, fourth son and eighth child of
Samuel and Mary (Davis) Damon, was born in
1670. in Reading, in which town he passed his life,
and died there in 1755. He was inarried in 1722 to
Rebecca Piatt, who was born in 1698, daughter of
John and Sarah (Batchelder) Piatt. She survived
her husband and spent the last years of her life in
Amherst. New Hampshire," where her death ac-
curred February 15, 1767. Of this union there, were
ten children, whose names were : John, who did
not live to maturity ; Samuel ; Hephzibah ; Timothy,
who died in infancy; Hannah; Rebecca, who died
in infancy: John and Timothy (twins); Rebecca,
and another.

(V) Samuel, second child and son of John and
Rebecca ( Piatt) Damon, was born in Reading in
1726, and resided in that town. In 1754 he married
.\bi,gail Smith, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Pierce)
Smith. She was born 1725, and was the mother of
Samuel. Daniel, Benjamin, Abigail, John and Re-
becca.

(VI) Benjamin, third' child and son of Samuel
and Abigail (Smith) Damon, was born in Reading,
June 4. 1760. He served seven years in the Con-
tinental army during the Revolutionary war. He
afterwards went to Amherst, settling in the easterly
part of the town, near what has since been known
as Damon's pond, and he resided there until his
death, which occurred November II, 1846. He was
married January 16, 1783, to Mary Hosea. who was
horn in Plymouth. Massachusetts, April ,30, 1764,
and died in .\mherst, July 31, 1840. "Their children
were: Benjamin, Mary, Stephen, Sarah, Lucy,
-Anna. Rebecca. Calvin, Carver and Clarissa Harlow.

(\TI) Stephen, second son and third child of
Benjamin and Mary (Hosea) Damon, was born
July 31, 1788. .\lthough his educational advantages
were limited, he made good use of his opportunities,
and when a young man he taught for some time in
the district schools. For many years he was en-
gaged in farming. .In 1849 he came to Bedford,
where his two sons, Charles A. and Stephen ,C.. had
previously come ; here he purchased and operated a
saw mill. In politics he acted with the Whig
party. He was accidentally killed in his mill. May

3, 1854. In September, 1815, he married Nancy
Fisk, who was born June T7, 1794, daughter of Wil-
liam and Eunice (Nourse) Fisk, of ."Amherst. She
was a lineal descendant in the seventh generation of
William Fisk, a native of Suffolk county. England,
who with his wife Bridget (Musket) Fisk, emigrated
i'l 1637, and settled in Wenham. Massachusetts.
\\'illiam Fisk was made a freeman in 1643; was
town clerk in 1644; and represented Wenham in the
general court from 1647 to 1652. William Fisk. of
.\mherst, who was born in Wenham, April 20, 1755.
and died in .Amherst. June 4. 1831. married for his
first wife, October 28, 1774. Eunice Nourse, of Dan-
vers, 'Massachusetts. She died in .\mherst, March
T3. 1819. Their daughter Afary, who became the
wife of Stephen Damon, as previou'^1y mentioned.

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died ill Bedford. Dcccmlier 7. 1854. She was the
mother of six children, namely: Frances S.. Lucy
Ann, WilHam F., Charles .'\., Stephen C. and Sarah
Jane, all of whom are deceased but Stephen C.
Charles A. Damon, who was born August 28. 182,5.
went to Bedford in 1849 with his brother Stephen
C. and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. He
enlisted for service in the Civil war, and was killed
at the battle of Gettysburg, July 4, 1S63. In 1845
he married Mary E. Low. of Amherst, who after-
wards became the wife of Edson Davis, of Nashua.
Charles A. Damon and Mary E. (Low) Damon had
four children, three of whom are living : George,
Frank and Edgar: Frank and Edgar are in Nashua,
and George is in Florida.

(VIID Stephen Churchill, fourth son and fifth
child of Stephen and Nancy (Fisk) Damon, was
bnrn in .\mherst. March 31, 1826. He attended
school in Amherst. Andover and Francestown, and
after completing his studies was for a time engaged
in teaching. In early manhood he turned his at-
tention to manufacturing, and in 1840 he purchased
jointly with his brother (Charles A.) previously
referred to, a paw mill located on Riddle's brook,
in the town of Bedford, near his present residence.
The brothers also acquired possession of another
mill in the immediate vicinity, which they used as
a wheelwright's and wood-turning shop, and thus
laid the foundation of what afterwards developed
into an extensive and prosperous business enterprise.
After the death of his brother, Stephen C. Damon
became sole proprietor of the establishment, and he
carried on the lumber manufacturing business suc-
cessfully and continuously until i8g.3. when the
lower mill (so called) was destroyed by fire.
Shortly afterwards he sold his entire business to
Frederick G. Holbrook, and retired. Politically he
is a Republican. For a period of fortv years he
lias been a deacon of the Presbyterian Church, and
in various other ways has labored earnestly and
effectively in behalf of the moral and religious wel-
fare of the community.

On January 30. 1854. Mr. Damon was united in
marriage with' Mrs. Marv I. McClellan, nee Elliott,
daughter of Richard Elliott, of Bow, New Hamp-
shire. She died Mav 7. 1903. aged seventy-six
years. Of her first union there were two daughters,
Gertrude and Augusta McClellan. neither of whom
are now living. Of her union with Mr. Damon
there are no children.

The name Rollins in the LTnited
ROLLINS States, as a family name, is remark-
able as to the character of the men
who have the Rollins blood in their veins. Historv
furnishes the facts that they were prominent in all
the walks of life — notable as pioneers, mariners,
shipmasters, statesmen, professional men. business
men — and from the first that we know of the name
they have been brave and valiant soldiers, and above
all else worthy and honorable citizens wherever
found. The name was nrobablv Scandinavian, then
Norman, and then English. The Rawlins family in
England is very ancient and numerous, and has
been a well authenticated name, as records show for
nearly six hundred years, and is scattered over Eng-
land. Ireland. Scotland mid .America. It is an old
family name in Cornwall. England, and still more
ancient in Hertfordshire, England.

(I) James Rawlins was born in England, and
was probably of the family of that name in Corn-
wall. England. The arms of the Cornwall family

are Shield Sable : three swords paleways, points in
chief, argent (silver, hilts and pommels, gold crest,
an arm embowed in armor, the elbow resting on
wreath, holding in the gauntlet a falchion, argent,
hilt and pommel, gold). James Rawlins emigrated
to America in the year 1632, and settled at Ipswich,
Massachusetts. He did not, however, remain long
at that place, for two years later he was a resident
of Newbury, Massachusetts. He is next of record
at Dover. New Hampshire, where he was located
as early as 1644, as he received a grant of land from
the town July 10, 1644. Another grant of one hun-
dred acres "was layed out for him" November 26.
1656, and he received grants of land at various
times. He resided in that part of the ancient town
of Dover called Bloody Point (now Newington)
until his death. His will was dated Dover. Decem-
ber t6, 16S5. and gave property to his wife Hannah,
to his oldest son Ichabod, to Benjamin and his other
children not named in the will. The names of his
children were as follows : Ichabod, Thomas. Sam-
uel. James. Benjamin. Joseph, and Deborah.
(Thomas and Joseph and descendants receive ex-
tended mention in this article). The will was proved
July 25, i6gi. Mr. Rawlins was one of the hardy
pioneers of New Hampshire, a sturdy farmer, a
man of practical ideas, one who thinks and acts for
himself, and was truly one of the founders of the
state.

(II) Ichabod Rawlins (or Rollins), the eldest
son of James and Hannah Rawlins, was one of the
early inhabitants of Bloody Point, where he was a
taxpayer in 1665. He married Mary Tibhetts.
daughter of Jeremiah Tibbetts. She died before the
age of thirty, leaving one son. Jeremiah. Mr. Raw-
lins married for his second wife Elizabeth . ,

by whom he had one daughter, Hannah, who was
born July 16, 1706, and who is probably the Hannah
that married Job Hardy, of Bradford. Massachu-
setts. September 24. 1744. On May 22, 1707, Mr.
Rawlins was killed by the Indians, being attacked
by a party of twenty or more while driving a team
in company with John Bunker from Lieutenant
Field's garrison to James Bunker's for a loom.

(III) Jeremiah, only child of Ichabod and Mary
(Tibbetts) Rawlins, was born in the old town of
Dover, in that part which is now Newington, and
resided in that part of Dover which was subse-
quently incorporated under the name of Somers-
worth. He was one of the petitioners in 1729 for
(be incorporation of Somersworth as a separate
parish. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John
and Mary (Heard) Ham, and granddaughter of
William Ham, of Exeter and Portsmouth, who emi-
grated from En.gland. She was born January 29,
1681. Their children were: Mary, horn January
23. 1714: Lydia. March 18. 1716: Deborah, Januan,'
26. 1719 : Ichabod. July 18, 1722 : Sarah, baptized
April 7. 1728, married Edward Walker, of Newing-
ton. July 16. 1761 : and Elizabeth, baptized April 7.
7726. Jeremiah Rawlins died prior to 1768; his
will dated December 7. 1752. was proved June 29,
176S. Ichabod. his son, was principal heir and execu-
tor of his will.

(IV) Hon. Ichabod Rollins, fourth child and
only son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Ham) Raw-
lins was born in that nart of the town of Dover,
New Hampshire, now Somersworth, July tS. 1722.
He resided in that part of Somersworth which was
siil)scauent!y incorporated and named in honor of
him. Rollinsford. He was a member of the revolu-
tionary conventions at Exeter, .April, May and De-

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cember, 1775; one of the committee to prepare and
bring into the convention a plan of ways and means
for furnishing troops, and was also one of the com-
mittee on supplies. On June 20, 1775, he was sent
in company with Hon. Timothy Walker, of Con-
cord, a member of the committee of supplies, to
ascertain the losses sustained at the battle of Bunker
Hill by each of the officers and soldiers of New
Hampshire forces, and in behalf of the colony to
make thetji compensation ; also to secure to them
supplies, and advance a month's pay to such as had
enlisted or might enlist in the continental service.
The action of the provincial congress upon the re-
port subsequently made of their doings affords evi-
dence that their duties were performed to their ac-
ceptance. Mr. Rollins was a member of the con-
vention, Januarj' 5, 1776, when it resolved itself into
an independent state government ; a delegate to the
legislature, October, 1776: and the first judge of
probate under the new government, which office he
held from 1776 to 1784. He was also a member of
the executive council of New Hampshire, 1789.
During his public life he enjoyed the esteem and
confidence of his colleagues, and when he finally
retired to private life it was with the grateful
acknowledgement of his constituents and colleagues
alike that his service had been eminently wise and
useful, and that he had in all things maintained the
standards of an incorruptible public servant. It is
a well established fact that more than one hundred
and fifty of the descendants of James Rawlins were
found in 1861-65 defending the old flag which Judge
Rollins aided in throwing to the breeze in 1775,
and their lives were freely ofifered on a vast num-
ber nf battlefields of the great Rebellion. Judge
Rollins married (first) Abigail, daughter of Cap-
tain Benjamin and Elizabeth Wentworth. of Dover,
New Hatiipshire. She died October 17, 1790. in the
sixty-eighth year of her age. His second marriage
occurred in the summer of 1792, to Margaret (Col-
ton) Frost, widow of Joseph Frost, of New Castle,
New Hampshire. Judge Rollins died January 31,
1800. His widow died at Rollinsford, July 5, 1813.
His children, all of whom were by his first wife,
were as follows: John. Ichabod, James, Daniel,
Elizabeth, Abigail, and Mary. (^Mention of James
and Daniel and descendants appears in this article).

(V) John, eldest of the children of Judge
Ichabod Rollins for whom the town of Rollinsford,
New Hampshire, was named, and his first wife,
Abigail Wentw-nrth, of Dover, was born March 22,
1745. He lived at Soniersworth, New Hampshire.
He represented that town in the state legislature of
1789. He married Mary Carr. daughter of Dr.
Moses Carr, of Newbury, Massachusetts. He died
at Soniersworth, January 23. 1820, aged seventy-
five, and his widow died April 16, 1S23. aged
seventy-eight. They had eleven children: Hiram,
born July 6, 1767; Mary, February 21. 1769, married
Major Andrew Wentworth, son of Colonel John
Wentworth, president of the first Revolutionary
state convention of New Hampshire ; John, January
26. 1771 : Elizalicth, died in infancy: George. No-
vember 5, 1774: James (mentioned with descendants
below) : Elizalicth, October 20, 1778. married
(first) Captain Tilly Wentworth: (second) Benja-
min Pike: and (third) Christopher Howe; Abigail,
married John Dearborn ; Sarah, married Gilbert
Trufant. of Bath. Maine: Paul, died in infancy; and
Paul, born February it, 1787, died .-\pril 2, 1797.

(VI) John (2). second son and third child
of John and Mary (Carr) Rollins, was born in

Somerswortli. Jaiuiary 26, 1771. In August. 1791,
he married Elizabeth Shapleigh, daughter of Elisha
and Elizabeth (Waldron) Shapleigh, and in the
following year he .'cttlcd in Lebanon, Maine. He
was the father of eleven children, namely : Moses,
Elisha, Daniel G.. John, Richard, Paul, David
Legro, Caroline, Elizabeth Waldron, Samuel Shap-
leigh and Andrew Wentworth.

(VII) David Legro, seventh son and child of
John (2) and Elizabeth (Shapleigh) Rollins, was
born in Lebanon, .-\pril 22. 1805. He resided in
Great Falls, New Hampshire, and died in that town
in 1858. On October 25, 1835. he married Martha
Jane Shapleigh. daughter of Elisha Shapleigh, of
Elliot, Maine. She died May l, 1869. They were
the parents of but one child.

(VIID Mary Abbie, only child of David L.
and Martha J. (Shapleigh) Rollins, was born in
Great Falls, .'\pril 9. 1844. March 11. l86g. she be-
came the wife of Dr. John Alfred Hayes, then of
Biddeford, Maine, and now of Soniersworth (see
Hayes. VI).

(VI) James, fourth son and sixth child of
John (i) and Mary (Carr) Rollins, was born on
the same day as our country, July 4, 1776. He lived
at Soniersworth, New Hampshire. He was thrice
married. On August 7. 1S04, he married Dorothy
Folsom. wdio died Septetiiber 13, 1818; on October
24. 1819. he married Sarah Wingate, who- died .\pril
19, 1827; and on September 7, 1828, he married her
sister. Abigail Wingate. The last two were daugh-
ters of Captain Moses and Joanna Gilmau (Went-
worth) Wingate. of Dover, who was great-grandson
of John Winget. of England, one of Dover's early
settlers. James and Dorothy (Folsom) Rollins had
eight children: Harriet, the first born who
died young; Lydia A., mentioned below; Mary B.,
married Hosea Clark, of Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Theodore P.; Charles; Elizabeth, married Richard
Drew, of Dover; Olive P.; Dorothy A., born July
9, 181 7. married Samuel Gault, of Pembroke. New
Hampshire. By his second wife, James Rollins
had one child. James W.. whose birth caused his
mother's death April 19, 1827.

(VII) Lydia A., second daughter and child of
Captain James and Dorothy (Folsom) Rollins, was
born at Soniersworth, New Hampshire, September
17, 1806. She married Samuel Woodman, of Dover,
September 23, 183.=;. They had four children:
Charles S., who lived several years in Lawrence,
Massachusetts, was a dealer in crockery and glass-
ware, .and died unmarried, September 27. 1872.
James Rollins lived at Dover, dealt also in crockery.
glassware and carpets, and died unmarried in Oc-
tober. 1871. Theodore W., whose .sketch follows.
Lizzie C. who died unmarried. Samuel Woodman
died Augu^ r. 1863. and Mrs. Lydia A. (Rollins)
Woodman died December 31. 1866.

(V) James, third child and son of Judge
Ichabod and Abigail (Wentworth) Rollins, was
born in Rollinsford, New Hampshire, between the
years 1747 and 1759. and resided in Soniersworth.
He married (first) Hannah Carr, daughter of Dr.
Moses Carr. of Newbury. Massachusetts. She was
born June 26. 1749. After her decease he married
Lucy Gerrish. of Dover. Of his two marriages
there were in all thirteen children: Nathaniel, born
1780; .\bigail, 1782; Mary, May. 1783; Moses, 1786;
Samuel, 1790; Hannah: Daniel. May 30, 1797;
Lorenzo, 1799 ; Elizabeth : Angeline, 1803 ; James ;
Ellen, died youn.g: and Charles, died young.

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Rollins, was born May 30, 1797, in Rollinsford. New
HampsJiire. He succeeded to tlie homestead, but
later disposed of the same and went to Maine with
the view of makin.a; his home there. He soon re-
turned and repurchased that part of the homestead
lying east of the hisfhway. and erected a dwelling
opposite the old fann'ly mansion, wherein he lived a
life of industry and thrift, and was recognized
among his neighbors as a man of integrity and
probity. He married. November 20, 1823, Mary
Plummer, daughter of Ebenezer Plummer. of Rol-
linsford. They were the parents of six children-
four sons and two daughters — as follows: Edward
Henry, born October 3, 1824 ; James G., January 6,
1827; William A.. October 4. 1829: Lucy G., Sep-
tember 24, 1831; John F., July 4. 183s; and Eliza-
beth, May I, 1837. Daniel Rollins died January 7,
1864. His wife died November 9, 1894.

(VH) Hon. Edward Henry, eldest child of
Daniel and Mary (Plummer) Rollins, was born in
Rollinsford. New Plampshire, October 3, 1824. He
resided at home, laboring upon the farm in the sum-
mer season, attending the district school in the
winter, and getting an occasional term's attendance
at the South Berwick Academy and Franklin. Acad-
emy in Dover, until seventeen years of age, when he
went to Concord, New Hampshire, and engaged as
a druggist's clerk in the well-known apothecary
store of John McDaniel. He retained this position
for some three or four \-ears, industriously applying
himself to the details of the business. He then lo-
cated in Boston. Massachusetts, where he was en-
gaged in similar service until 1847 when, having
thoroughly mastered the business, he returned to
Concord, New Hampshire, and engaged in the
same line on his own account, soon building up a
large and successful business. He purchased and
improved the land on Main street, just north of the
Eagle Hotel.but the great fire of 1S51 destroyed the
building, which he had but recently complete<l. He
rebuilt the stores known ns the "Rollins Block,"
one of which was occupied by his own business for
many years. Mr. Rollins was active in the organiza-
tion of the First National Bank of Concord, a large
stockholder and a member of the first board of di-
rectors. ^ For several years he was connected with
the Union Pacific railroad, contributing his best
ability to its interests. On May 25. 1S69, he was
chosen secretary and assistant treasurer thereof;
in 1S71 he was elected secretary and treasurer and
officiated as such in the office of the company at
Boston, Massachusetts, until March. 1877, altbuugh
retaining his residence at Concord.

In politics Mr. Rollins was originally a Webster
Whig, but cast his vote for Franklin Pierce in 1852,
and for Nathaniel B. Baker, the Democratic candi-
date for governor, in the i\Tarch election in 1853.
The aggressions of slavery, however, culminating
in the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill and the
repeal of the Mi-souri Compromise, dissolved his
brief connection with the Democratic party. Strongly
opposed to the extension of slavery or any measures
rendering its existence possible.' thou,g'h he had
previously taken no active part in politics, he en-
listed in the American, or Know-Nothing movement
in_ the winter of 1854-53, with the hope that it
might, as it did, prove instrumental in the defeat of
the Democracy. From this time Mr. Rollins was
active in politics. He laliorcd effectively in perfect-
ing the new organization, taking therein the liveliest
interest. At the March election, 1S55, he was chosen
to the legislature from Concord, and' served in that

body as a member of the judiciary commitli'C. The
next year witnessed the merging of the American
party in the new Republican party, which object Air.
Rollins was largely instrumental in securing. How
well he acquitted himself in the legislature is elo-
quently attested by the fact that he was re-elected
in March. 1856, was chosen speaker of the house,
ably discharged the duties of the office, and was re-
elected the foUowin.g year. In all legislation af-
fecting industrial and commercial affairs, he was a
firm advocate of those measures most conducive to
their development, and his counsel was frequently
sought in the formulation of acts and means. He
was made chairman of the first state central com-
mittee of the Republican party, a position he held
continuously until after the election in 1861. He
was chairman of the New Hampshire delegation in
the Republican national convention at Chica,go in
i860, having been chosen a delegate at large by the
state convention, with but a single vote in opposi-
tion. In the close contest between Lincoln and
Seward in that convention, the New Hampshire del-
egation under his lead supported Abraham Lincoln
from the first, and was strongly instrumental in se-
curing his nomination.

In 1861 Mr. Rollins was elected to congress from
(he Second District over the Democratic candidate.
He was re-elected in 1863 and in 1S65. His con-
gressional career covered the exciting period of the
Civil war and and subsequent reconstruction. lie
was throughout a zealous supporter of the most ad-
vanced Republican measures, such as the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the
thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the con-
stitution. He was an industrious member of the
committee to which he was assi.gned. serving on the
committee of the District of Columbia, as chairman
of the committee on accounts, and a member of the
committee on public expenditures, which performed
a vast amount of labor. He was also, on account
of his well-known parliamentary knowdedge and
skill, frequently called to the chair to preside over
the house on turbulent occasions. Mr. Rollins was
nonn'nated by the Republican caucus and elected for
the full term of si.^ years commencing March. 7877,
as L^nited States senator from the state of New
Hampshire. He took his seat in the senate at the
extra session in the spring of 1877, and was as-
signed to the committees on the District of Colum-
bia, contingent expenses, and manufactures, being
for a time chairman of the latter. He later served
on the committee on navel affairs, on retrenchment, and
reform in the civil service, on enrolled bills, and
chairman of the committee on public buildings and
grounds. As a congressman and senator he ex-
hibited constantly his peculiar traits of industry,
energy and fidelity to duty. In debate he always
adhered to the business in hand, displaying the ut-
most characteristic force, point and effectiveness.
He was devoted to his state and constituents, and
throughout his entire public career gave ample evi-
dence of statesmanlike ability and the loftiest
patriotism. He was a genius in political organiza-
tion— the very in-carnation of energy and persistent
industry — and his vigor and magnetism surmounted
all obstacles and swept away all opposition.

Mr. Rollins resided in Concord during the
greater portion of the year, spending his summers
at the old homestead in Rollinsford. where he was
reared, and wdiich cam.e into his possession after the
death of his father. Here he made improvements
and brought the land into a superior state of culti-

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ration. Mr. Rollins married, February 13. 1849,
Ellen Elizabeth West, daughter of John West, and
their children were : Edward Warren, born No-
vember 25, 1S50; Mary Helen, September 4, 1853;
Charles Montgomery. February 27, 1856, died June
25. 1861 ; Frank West. February 24, i860; and
Montgomery. August 25, 1S67. The eldest son grad-
uated from the In.stitute of Technology at Boston,
and was for a number of years engineer and cashier
of the Colorado Central railroad ; he is now engaged
in banking at Boston. He married (first) Jessie
Witter, of Denver; (second) Clara Sherwood, of
Alton. Illinois. Mary Helen, the only daughter,
became the wife of Hon. Henry Robinson, a promi-
nent lawyer of Concord. Montgomen.- married
Grace Webster Seavey. of Dover, New Hampshire.

In religious faith Mr. Rollins was reared a Con-
grcgationalist. and when in Rollinsford attended
worship at the old First Parish Church in Dover.
Mrs. Rollins was an Episcopalian, and in Concord
the family attended services at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church. Mr. Rollins was a member and master of
Blazing Star Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of
Trinity Chapter, and commander of Mount Horeb
Commandery, Knights Templar, at Concord. !Mr.
Rollins, after a long and useful life, died July 31,
1889. at the Isle of Shoals. His wife passed away
October 8. 1893. at York Harbor, Maine.

Mrs. Edward Henry Rollins was born in Con-
cord, New Hampshire. September 8, 1827. She was
a descendant of Edward West, who came from
England about 1650 and settled at Newbury, Mass-
achusetts. He married Ellis Leavitt, and they were
the parents of Nathaniel West, born in 1717, died
at Concord, New Hampshire, in 1775. Nathaniel
West married Sarah Burbank, of Hopkinton, New-
Hampshire, and they were the parents of John
West, born in Concord. New Hampshire, in April,
1760, died September i. 1825. He married Susannah
Eastman, who was born in Concord, October, 1759.
died November 8, 1831. and they were the parents of
John West, born in Concord, September 7. 1788,
died October iS, t8,^6. He married Ann Montgom-
ery, daughtec of General John Montgomery, a
prominent citizen of Haverhill. She was born at
Haverhill, April S. 1792, .died January 27, 1876. and
they were the parents of Ellen Elizabeth West, who
became the wife of Hon. Edward Henry Rollins.

(V) Daniel, fourth son and child of Hon.
I'chabod and Abigail (Wentworth) Rollins, was born
in 1759. in Somersworth. and died June 4, 1795,
aged thirty-six years. He married. February .s,
1789, Martha Weeks, of Greenland. Their children
born in Somersworth were: Ichabod, William W..
and .'\nna W.

(VI) Ichabod, eldest son of Daniel and IMartha
(Weeks) Rollins, was born January 12. 1790. in

Somersworth. He removed to Portsmouth, where he
was a merchant for many years, and for a long time
was connected with the Portsmouth Savings Bank
as one of its trustees, and was employed in other
corporate and municipal trusts. Near the close of
a long and useful life, on retiring from the board of
trustees of the Savings Bank, very complimentary
resolutions were adopted bv the board, thanking
him for his long and faithful services, and after his
death, which occurred a few months later. May 9.
1S73, at the age of eighty-three the following
obituary notice appeared in the Portsmouth Joiinia!:
"Mr. Rollins descended from the ancient and highly
respectable family of his name in Rollinsford. He
came to this city early in life, and was for many

years a prominent and successful merchant. Having
acquired an estate commensurate with his wants
and wishes, he many years ago retired from busi-
ness and spent his declining years in retirement,
and in that ease and well-deserved honor which
crown a well-spent life. Mr. Rollins preferred re-
tirement, but he w-as sought by the public for sev-
eral trusts. He was called to fill several positions —
municipal, corporate — in the town, banks, insurance
companies, factories and other organizations. At
the time of his death he was the only surviving di-
rector of the Old Piscataqua Bank, to which trust
he was elected iti 1S25. He was for several years
the president of the Portsmouth Mutual Insurance
Company. He was the oldest trustee of the Ports-
mouth Savings Bank, and for many years a member
of the investment committee of the bank. It will be
remembered that less than a year ago he retired
from this position, and that the trustees upon that
occasion paid an appropriate tribute to his long and
valuable service. No considerable portion of the
.sreat success and blessings of that institution, was
due to the ability, great sagacity and diligence of
Mr. Rollins' life. In all positions and relations of
life he was more anxious to be right than to be
thought so. In the benevolent organizations of the
South Parish, of which he was a member from his
youth, he was an efficient and liberal member, and
at the time of his death he was a director of the
Sunday school. His funeral was largely attended,
and among those present we noticed several of his
associates in early life and the various trusts in
which he had served. The services conducted by
the pastor were especially appropriate, in harmony
with the occasion, the character of the deceased,
bis life of purity, and his quiet and peaceful death,
and the affectionate regard and reverence of those
gathered to pay the last token of respect."

Mr. Rollins was married November 2. 1818, to
Martha A. Hooker, of Portsmouth. Their children
were : Ann M.. died in infancy ; William H.,
Charles H.. Mary B.. died young, and Daniel M.

(VII) William Henry, eldest son and second
child of Ichabod and Martha A. (Hooker) Rollins,
was born in Portsmouth. September 7, 1822, and re-
ceived a thorough preparatory course of education
in the private school of Master William C. Harris.
In 1837 he entered Harvard College, from which he
graduated with the class of 1841. Following his
.graduation from the literary department he entered
the Har\^ard Law School, which he attended one
year, and then returned to Portsmouth and con-
tinued the study of law in the office of Ichabod
Bartlett for two years more, and was admitted to
the bar of New Hampshire at Portsmouth in 1844.
Immediately opening an office in Portsmouth, he
has been a practitioner of the law from 1844 to the
present time (1907), a period of sixty-three years,
and is now one of the oldest lawyers, both in years
and length of professional service in the state. Ac-
tive, energetic, courageous, cautious, a deep thinker
and a logical reasoner. Mr. Rollins entered upon
life with ample means and a host of friends, in every
wav qualified to make life professionally, financially
and socially a success, and he has done so. In-
heriting the characteristics that made his father a
successful merchant and financier and a trusted
citizen, the son was placed in positions of honor
and trust which he has worthily filled. He became
president of the Portsmouth Savings Bank an<l filled
that position many years, resigning in 1S94. For
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chaiiics' and Traders' Bank of Portsmouth. From
1850 to 1869 he was secretary and treasurer of the
Portsmoutli Athencuni, and again filled those posi-
tions from 1894 to 1903. He was also president of
the same institution. For fifty years he has had
charge of the large property known as the Barnes
estate. In politics he is a staunch Republican. For
nine years he was a member of the school com-
mittee, and two years served in the legislature.
Though eighty-five years of age, Mr. Rollins, until
very recently, attended to the duties which devolved
on him with the promptitude and energy of a well
preserved man twenty years younger, and his buoyant
spirit and apparent good health reveal a clear in-
tellect and suggest habits of right living throughout
his life.

He married, in Portsmouth, Elizabeth B. Ball,
who was born in Portsmouth, daughter of John B.
and Elizabeth Ball. Mrs. William H. Rollins died
in Portsmouth, leaving no issue.

(H) Thomas, second son and child of James and
Hannah Rollins, was born (perhaps) in 1643, and
resided at Bloody Point until after 1668, when he
removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, and there
passed the balance of his life. His farm was lo-
cated on the old road leading from Exeter to
Hampton. He was one of the company of Edward
Gove who were found in arms and endeavoring to
overthrow the government of Governor Edward
Cranfield, known as Gove's Rebellion. It is a
matter of history that all except the leader in this
rebellion were pardoned. On one of these petitions
for the removal of Cranfield appears the name of
Thomas Rollins, and his rebellious blood seems to
have been bequeathed to his descendants, for in the
revolution twenty or more of them formed against
the arbitrary government of George III. Rollins
was a justice of the peace in 16S2. He was mar-
ried, about 1670, to Rachael, daughter of Moses and
Alice Co.x, of Hampton. It is probable that' his
death occurred about 1706. as the inventory of his
property was returned to the probate oflice Noveni-
Ijer 3 of that year. His children were: Thomas,
Moses, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin. Aaron, Samuel,
John, Alice and Rachael.

(HI) Samuel, sixth son and seventh child of
Thomas and Rachael (Cox) Rollins, was born
probably about 1682, in Exeter, and resided in New-
market, New Hampshire. He was a soldier of the
French war, serving in Captain Knap Fellows' com-
pany of Colonel Moore's regiment at the siege and
capture of Louisburg. He was married May 21,
1714. to Elizabeth Palmer, of Bradford. He was
probably engaged in farming, and no doubt cleared
up lands in New-market. His children were : Aaron.
Thomas, Benjamin, Samuel. John, James, Elizabeth
and Anna.

(IV) Aaron, eldest child of Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Palmer) Rollins, was born in 1727, in New-
market, and remained in that town until 1763, when
he removed to Brentwood, and seven years later he
settled in Deerfield, New Hampshire. He was one
of the Indian fighters of his time, being a member
of a scouting party of one hundred men raised in the
city of Newmarket, and was stationed forty-one days
at the garrison in Canterbury from April 9. 1746,
under Captain Clough. It is probable that his
service in this way gave him a very good idea of
the nature of the country, and led to his removal
and final settlement in Deerfield. He was one of
the signers of the Association Test in that town in
1776. Two years later he was a member of Captain

Jonathan Parson's company of the revolutionary
service in Rhode Island. He died about 1790, and
was survived by his wife, who jointly administered
the estate with his son Elijah, their appointment be-
ing dated October 28, 1790. He was married. 1738-
39, to Elizabeth Ingals, of Ipswich, Massachusetts,
and their children were: Natlianiel. Elijah, Francis,
.A.aron,- Elizabeth, Jeremy and Susan.

(V) Elijah, second .son and child of Aaron and
Elizabeth (Ingalls) Rollins, was born in 1759, prob-
ably in Newmarket, New Hampshire, as his father,
the Indian fighter, had his home there at that time.
Elijah Rollins lived in Sanbornton, this state. He
was a revolutionary soldier, serving with his elder
brother Nathaniel in Captain Gordon's company.
Colonel David Gilman's regiment. This regiment,
raised in the neighborhood of Exeter in December,
1776. joined Washington in Pennsylvania, and was
at the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Elijah
Rollins, who was a youth of but seventeen at the
time, was probably living with his father in Deer-
field when he enlisted. Elijah Rollins was twice
married. His first wife, to whom he was united in
1779 or 1780, was Mary Prescott, daughter of Jesse
and Sarah (Dearborn) Prescott, of Kensington, this
state. They had si.x children : Ebenezer. born
March 22, 1781, whose sketch follows; Betsey, mar-
ried Eleazer Ladd. of Deerfield: Hannah, married
Josiah Leavitt, and lived in Ohio ; Sarah, married
Simon Smith, of Deerfield ; Ruhamah. married John
Copps. of Northfield, New Hampshire ; Mary, born
September 26. 1799, lived in East Tilton, this state.
About t8oo Elijah Rollins married his second wnfe,
Mary Chase, daughter of Moses Chase, of Deerfield,
New Hampshire. They had five children : Aaron,
born June 29, tSoi ; Chase, who died in his twenty-
fourth year: Mahala, married John Hill, of North-
field: Elmira, married Leonard Sanborn, of North-
field : and Lydia, who died in her sixth year. Elijah
Rollins, the father, was drowned December 19, l8og,
while attempting to cross the ice off Bailey's Point
in Sanbornton Ray. His widow. Mrs. Mary (Chase)
Rollins, died October 25, 1822.

(VI) Ebenezer. eldest son and child of Elijah
Rollins and his first wife, ^lary Prescott. was born
March 22. 1781, probably at Sanbornton. New
Hampshire, where his father settled in early life.
Ebenezer Rollins lived in Grafton, this state. In
February, 1807. he married his first cousin, Betsey
Rollins, eldest daughter and child of Aaron (2)
and Mary (Morse) Rollins, of Deerfield. New
Hampshire. (See Rollins, V). They had eight
children: Sewall M., born November 11, 1807:
Marv M.. mentioned below: Elijah, born December
2. 1812: Gilbert W.. born July 4. 1817: Elizabeth S.,
born October 8, 1820. married Daniel Bean, of Dan-
bury. New Hampshire ; Lyman P., born January iS.
1823 ; Alfred A., born May 14, 1825, postmaster at
Grafton, this state: and Sarah, born January 14,
1829. married Lewis Burrows, of Grafton. Ebenezer
Rollins died September ig, 1S69, aged eighty-eight
years, and his wife preceded him by five months,
dying on .\pril 4 of that year.

(VII) Mary M.. eldest daughter and second
child of Ebenezer and Betsey (Rollins) Rollins, was
]>orn October 28, t8io, probably at her father's home
in Grafton. New Hampshire. About 18.38 she was
married to John Folsom (2) Ladd, of Deerfield,
this state, and they had four children : Mahala E.,
born January 24, iS.to: .■Mphcus J.; George M., and
Mary A. Mary Adelaide Ladd. the youngest child,
born June 20, 1S54. was married July 3. 1873, to

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Jolin Moody Hill of Dcerfield. Xew Hampshire.
(Si-e Ladd, VHI, and Hill, HI).

;,V) Aaron (2), fourth son and child of Aaron
(i) and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Rollins, was born Jtine
14, 1763, probably at Brentwood, New Hampshire,
where his father moved that year from Newmarket.
He lived at Deerfield, this state, and married, about
1788, Mary Morse, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Holgate) Morse, whose people formerly lived at
Newbury, Massachusetts, and afterwards at Deer-
field. Alary Morse was born March 4, 1769. and
was a descendant of Anthony Morse, of Newbury,
who was born at Marlboro. Wiltshire, England,
May 9, 1606. (See Morse, V). Aaron (2) and
Mary (Morse) Rollins had six children: Betsey,
born July 24, 1789; Aaron, born May 20, 1796, mar-
ried Betsey Gerrish, of Deerfield; Sidney M. and
Mahala (twins), born December 17, 1799, died
young; Sally, born March 23, 1S02, died in her
twenty-seventh year ; Harriet, born September 24,
1805 married Jeremy Rollins, of Deerfield, her first
cousin. Of this family. Betsey, the eldest daughter,
in Februar.v, 1S07, married her first cousin. Ebenezer
Rollins, of Deerfield. (See Rollins, VI). Aaron
(2) Rollins, the father, died at Deerfield. January
9, 185S, at the advanced age of ninety-four years
iind seven months.

(H) Joseph, sixth son and child of James and
Hannah Rawlins, was born in Newington, New
Hampshire, about the year 1664, where he resided
and held the office of town surveyor in 1740, and
held other town offices from 1743 to 1748 inclusive.
He was one of the original proprietors of the town
of Barnstead. and owned land in Dover and Dur-
ham ako. His will dated February 14, '1749, vvas
proved Alay 30, 1749. By it he gave to his wife
Sarah, who was executri.x. all the estate during her
life; and after her decease to his son Joseph a
"double portion" and land in Dover, Durham and
Barnstead; to Samuel and Noah the residue
of land, and to Noah the dwelling house
after "the decease of his widow": to his
daughters, Sarah Allard, Mary Dam, Deborah and
Elizabeth, thirty pounds each. Witnesses to the
will were: Edward Rawlins,, Elizabeth Downing
and George Walton. Joseph Rawlins was admitted
to the church in Newington, March 25, 1744; his
wife was admitted May 8, 1727. Their children
were : Joseph, Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Noah, Deborah
and Elizabeth.

(HI) Samuel, second son and fourth child of
Joseph and Sarah Rawlins, lived in Newington.
He was constable of the town in 1726. and highway
surveyor from 1730 to 1734, and was admitted to the
church in Newington, August 6. 1721. He married
(first), May 5, 1720, Alice Dam, of Newington.
She was admitted to the church April 24. 1737.
Mr. Rawlins married (second). May 13, 1744. Esther
Bickford, who died September 23, 1802, aged eighty-
three years. His children were : Hannah. John,
Alice. Lydia, Samuel, Jonathan. Hannah, Paul,
Elizabeth, Sarah Salome, Agnes, Susanna and
George.

(IV) Samuel (2V second son and fifth child
of Samuel (i) and Alice (Dam) Rawdins, was born
in Newington, September 23, 1729. He was a town
officer, and was constable and surveyor in 1749, and
continued to hold these offices almost continuously
until 1770. He died 1799, and his w'ill was proved
January 13, 1800. He married. April 12, 1752, Mary
Huntress. Their children were; Abigail, Joanna,
Mary, Elizabeth and Sannicl.

(V) Mary, third daughter of Samuel (2) and
IMary (Huntress) Rawlins, was baptized August 8.
1762, in Newington. and became the wife of Ben-
jamin Colbath, of Middlcton (see Colbath, III).
(Second Family.)
This name was formerly spelled
ROLLINS Rawlins and is among the early ones
of New England. It has been iden-
tified with the early development of Massachusetts
and of New Hampshire.

(I) Nicholas Rawlins is found as a resident of
Newbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1678, at which
time he took the oath of allegiance. The family
tradition says that he came from Ireland, but there
is nothing on record to show whether this is cor-
rect or not. He settled in that part of the town
which is now West Newbury, above the Artichoke
river and the Bradford road. Soon after his arrival
in the colony. King Philip's war broke out and he
served under Colonel Samuel Appleton, who com-
manded the Massachusetts forces, in defence of his
home. This was a terrible struggle for the infant
colony and about every eleventh family was burned
out and every eleventh soldier in the struggle per-
ished. Some twelve or thirteen towns were entirely
destroyed and six hundred buildings, chiefly dwell-
ing houses, were consumed. Six hundred of the
flower of the New England settlers were killed.
Nicholas Rawlins died at Newbury in June, 1693,
and in September following, his widow was ap-
pointed administratrix of his estate. He married,
October 31, 1679, Rebecca, daughter of Deacon
Robert Long, of New'bury. After his death she
married Richard Ormes. "citizen and freeman of
.\rmour's Hall, London," then a resident of New-
bury. He died between 1712 and 1715. He is re-
ferred to in old deeds as a brazier. The children
of Nicholas Rawlins were : John, Daniel, Mary,
Joseph, Benjamin. Rebecca and Martha.

(II) Benjamin, fourth son and fifth child of
Nicholas and Rebecca (Long) Rawlins, w'as born
March 2. 1686. in Newbury, and resided on the farm
belonging to his father wdiich came into his posses-
sion partly by inheritance, but mainly by purchase
from the other heirs. He w-as a weaver by occupa-
tion and became a large land owner, having prop-
erty in Haverhill and Rowley, the latter at Plum-
mer's Island. He died about 1749, his will being
proved on May 29 of that year. He was married
(first). November 22, 171 1, to Elizabeth Plummer,
of Newbury, who died childless. He was married
(second), in 1716, to Hannah Annis. Her children
were John, Benjamin, Stephen, Hannah, Joseph and
Sarah.

(HI) John, eldest child of Benjamin and Han-
nah (Annis) Rollins, was born June 2, 1717. in
Newbury and resided in West Newbury. In 1768
he removed with his family to Salem, New Hamp-
shire, where he died at an advanced age. He was
married (second), November 23, 1742, to Mary
Carr, of Newbury. His children were: John (died
young), Hannah, Stephen. Benjamin, John. Moses,
David. Abel and Rhoda. (^Mention of Abel and de-
scendants forms part of this article).

(IV) John (2). fourth son and fifth child of
John and Mary (Carr) Rollins, was born in West
Newbury, February 8, 1755. At the breaking out of
the Revolutionary war he was enrolled in the New-
bury company of minute men commanded by Cap-
tain Noyes. He subsequently removed to Salem,
New Hampshire, going there after 1783. and he died
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married Xovember 14. 1776, to Mehitable March, of
Kewbury, and their children were: Polly, Khoda,
Moses and Jonathan March.

(V) Moses, third child and eldest son of John
-and Mehitable (March) Rollins, was born in West
Kewbiiry, July 26, 17S3. He resided in Salem for
the greater part of his life, and died there Novem-
ber 15. 1848. His first wife, whom he married Oc-
tobcr'6, 1808. was Betsey Osgood, who died March
II. 1840. and he was again married December 9 of
the same year to Arethu^a Cross. His children
were: Emily M., Eliza J.. Mary Ann, Jiloses Os-
good. John San'iorn and Charles E.

(VI) John Sanborn, second son and fifth child
of Moses and Betsey (Osgood) Rollins, was born .
in Salem. September 25, 1821. For many years he
was a prosperous farmer and a surveyor of lumber
in Holderness, from wdience he removed to Plymouth
about 1S83, and he died May 22, 1896. He married
Abigail D. Kimball, daughter of Samuel Kimball,
of liolderness, and she became the mother of four
cb.ildren. namely: Charles, born August 31, 184S,
now a publisher in Chicago, Illinois. Frank Her-
bert, who will be again referred to. John and Abi-
gail (twins), born in May, 1861. The mother of
these children died May 16, 1892.

(VII) Frank Herbert, second son and child of
John S. and Abigail D. (Kimball) Rollins, was born
in Holderness, August li,' 1853. He was graduated
from the State Normal School in 1S72 and from the
New- Hampshire Conference Seminary in 1874. Go-
ing to Philadelphia he entered the insurance busi-
ness, and from the Quaker City he went to Chicago,
where he engaged in the wholesale grocery trade.
Returning to his native state in 1879 he located in
Plymouth and turned his attention to the manu-
facture of stoves, building up a large and prosperous
business. He also utilized hi5 knowledge of the in-
surance business previously acquired and became
the local agent of several well-known companies.
In tSSS he withdrew from the active management
of the glove manufacturing business on account of
failing health, retaining, however, his interest^ in the
concern for some time afterw^ards. and accepting the
position of general agent and adjuster of the Peo-
ple's Insurance Company, with headquarters in Chi-
cago, he retained it for two years. In 1893 he
erected Rollins Block on Main street. Plymouth,
and established himself in the^ furniture business.
In public affairs he was a prominent figure, serving
as a selectman, a member of the board of water
commissioners and upon the committee formulated
for the purpose of negotiating public school funds,
and the town received the benefit of his business
ability and sound judgment. Mr. Rollins was a
self-made man; beginning life with only a willing
hand and a strong heart, he forged his way by his
clear brain to a position of affluence and by his
honorable and upright dealings won the confidence
and esteem of all who knew him. He was a promi-
nent member of Olive Branch Lodge. Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, passing through the
chairs: was master for three years of Pemigewasset
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, also past high priest
and a member of the Royal and Select Masters and
the Knights Templar. His death, which was some-
what untimely, occurred January 16, 1904.

On .A.pril 30, 1880, Mr. Rollins married Mary
Ellen Ross, who was born in Bath, New Hamp-
shire. July 24, 1858. daughter of Harvey Putnam
and Eliza Hayes (Balch) Ross. She w^as graduated
from the New Hampshire State Normal School in

1S77. In addition to his widow, who is still residing
in Plymouth, Mr. Rollins is survived by two sons,
Ross Herbert, born October 7, 1S86, was graduated
frcm the Plymouth high school in 1903, from
Phillip Exeter .Academy in June, 1904, and -from
the Stone School, Boston, June, 1907 ; and Frank
Balch, born September 26, 1S90.

(IV) Abel, seventh son and eighth child of
John and Mary (Carr) Rollins, was born June 10,
1757. ill West Newbury, and resided in Salem, New
Hampshire, where he was a farmer. The time of
his death is approximated by the fact that his will,
dated July 3, 1824, was proved September 6, 1825.
He was married, November 29, 1790, to Deborah
Bailey, of Salem, and their children were : Lucy,
Phineas, Charlotte, Robert. John, Hannah and
Richard.

(V) Phineas. eldest son and second child of
.\bel and Deborah (Bailey) Rollins, was born July
16, 1793, in Salem, New Hampshire, and resided for
twenty years at Dedhain, Massachusetts. While a
resident there, he was overseer in a cotton mill. He
returned to Salem and died about 1835, at the age
of forty-two years. Administration of his estate
was granted to John Clendennin, September 10,
1835. He married Elizabeth Jane Pottle, who bore
him three children : Charles Henry, George .Augus-
tine and Lucy J.

(VI) George Augustine, second son and child
of Phineas and Elizabeth J. (Pottle) Rollins, was
born in Dedham, Massachusetts, April 22, 1827.
He was educated in the common schools, and at the
age of fourteen years became an apprentice to the
machinist's trade in Manchester, New Hampshire,
where he w-ent at that time. After working at the
trade six years he took charge of the Josephus
Baldwin shop, in .A.moskeag, and filled the position
of foreman for two or three years, working on the
first engine turned out there. On terminating his
connection with these works, he took a position a?
machinist in the Stark Mills, where he continued
until 1852. when he removed to Nashua. His first
years in that place were spent in the employ of John
Gage, prior to going to Manchester, from whence he
went in 1853 to form a partnership with Josephus
Baldwin and Jesse Oilman, under the firm name 0I
Rollins. Gilman & Company, manufacturers of ma-
chinery. They began work in the shop just vacated
by J. H. Gage & Company, in the Nashua Manufac-
turing Company's building in Water street. In 1854
Mr. Gilman sold his interest to the company, and
the name of George A. Rollins & Company was
assumed. In 1863 George W. Davis, of Milford,
bought Baldwin's interest in the business and re-
luoved to Nashua, and the firm took the name of
George W. Davis & Company. In 1865 a large lot
of land on the line of the Worcester & Nashua rail-
road was purchased, and the shop now occupied by
the company was built. The work up to this time
wa« largely gun machinery and heavy tools. In
1S67 a patent was secured for a steam engine, and
attention was turned toward the construction of
steam engines. In 1879 the company dissolved and
divided the property, including the lot, and the
name of George A. Rollins & Company was re-
sumed. January 23. 1892, the company was in-
corporated as the Rollins Engine Company. Mr.
Rollins at once began to improve what was tben the
most modern pattern of engines, and soon produced
an engine approaching perfection. The workman-
ship on the product of this shop is excelled by no
other in towm. About thirty men arc employed in

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the factory. Mr, Rollins, in addition to his inter-
ests in this company, is also a stockholder in the
White Moinitain Freezer Company, of which he is
vice-president. His long residence in Nashua, his
close connection with its manufacturing interests
and his position as an employer of labor and a pro-
ducer of no inconsiderable output, has drawn at-
tention to his interest in the town and his excellent
business ability, and he has been repeatedly called
into the public service. In politics he is a Repub-
lican, and on the local platform of that party he has
been elected member of the common council, mem-
ber of the board of aldermen, and representative, in
all of which offices he has proved a faithful public
servant. He is past master of Rising Snn Lodge,
No. ,39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is
a member of Meridian Sun Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 9. He married, in May 1850. at Newport, New
Hampshire, Aurilla Maria Kingsley, who was horn
in Watcrbury, Vermont, April 7, 1829. Two chil-
dren have been born of this marriage: Elizabeth
•Jane, who married Daniel J. Flanders, of Nashua;
and Celia Maria, who married Walter Burnett. The
sons-iu-Iaw and two grandsons are associated with
the Rollins Engine Company.

ester. He married, July 4, 1886, Cora Pinkhani, of
Dover.

One account of the origin of this
WILLEY name states that it was anglicized
from De Velley, which was the orig-
inal Norman form of spelling. An English writer
says that the original family may have taken its
name from Willey river, in the county of Wilts.
The first of the name in New Hampshire was
Thomas Willey, who was in Dover as early as 1648,
and it is claimed that most of the Willeys of the
Granite state are his descendants,

(I) Moses Willey, who according to information
at hand resided in Lee, this state, was the father
of William, Mary, Henry and Moses, The latter
may have been the Moses W, Willey mentioned in
the succeeding paragraph.

(H) Moses W., probably the youngest son of
Moses Willey, was born in Brookfield, New Hamp-
shire, August 23, 1803, When a young man he went
to Rochester, where he learned the trade of a dyer,
and was employed in that capacity in the woolen
mills of that town and in Bridgton. Maine, for
the remainder of his life. He married Hannah D,
Meader, and had a family of six children, of whom
the only survivor is J. Henry Willey, who will be
again referred to. The others were: Sarah (who
became the wife of Charles Jenness), George,
Frank. Catherine (wife of Howard Burrowa) and
John W.

(HI) J,. Henry, third son and fifth child of
Moses W. and Hannah D, (Meader) Willey. was
born in Bridgton, Maine, December 3. 185S, He was
reared and educated in Rochester, and as a young
man he followed various occupations. He at length
entered the mercantile business as a clerk for A.
W. Stanley, a well known merchant of Rochester,
and was subsequently employed in the same store by
Mr. Stanley's successor, Isaac Ames, and by the
latter's successor, C, H, Fairbanks, After having
forwarded the mercantile interests of his employers
for some ten or twelve years he determined to
thenceforward labor in his own behalf, and in
IQ04 established himself in the grocery trade on
North Main street, where he has already built up
a profitable business. Mr, Willey is a Master Mason,
and a member of Humane Lodge, No, 21, of Roch-

William Willey. presumably a desccnd-
WILLEY ant of Thomas Willey, of Dover, re-
sided in Somersworth, this state, but
no information concerning his wife and family is
at hand. Tradition states that when eighty years
of age he frequently drove an ox team to Kcnne-
liunk. Maine, then the nearest market town, and that
none of the farmers could get there any quicker
than he,

William, a son of Moses Willey, a farmer of
Brookfield. went from Somersworth to Brookfield,
New Hampshire, walking the entire- distance and car-
rying on his back the scions, or infant trees, which
when planted and matured constituted the first apple
orchard in that town. He cleared and improved what
is now know as the old Willey farm, and resided
there until his death, which occurred December 16.
1852, He married Susan Henderson, of Rochester, and
had a family of nine children: Howard (who died
at the age of four years). Aziah C, (father of J, P,
Willey, of Milton), William Henry (who died
young). Howard. Joseph F,, James H,, Abigail P.,
William Henry (who will be again referred to),
and Susan E., all of whom were born in Brookfield.
Mrs. Su.san (Henderson) Willey died in August,
1880. aged seventy-seven years.

William Henry, seventh son and eighth child
of William and Susan (Henderson) Willey. was
horn in Brookfield, June 16, 1844. At the age of
twelve years it became necessary, on account of
his father's death, for him to take charge of the
homestead farm, and this task he accomplished in
a most creditable manner, performing the regular
duties with the ability and precision of an experi-
ienced farmer, and also attending school. When
a young man he located in Wakefield (Sanborn-
ville) and engaged in the cutting and manufacture
of lumber, establishing a business which rapidly in-
creased in volume and is now one of the most im-
portant industrial enterprises in that locality. Last
year his sawmill turned out considerably more than
one million feet of lumber, and he is planning for
a much larger output during the coming season.
In 1883 be erected for mercantile purposes a spacious
building, wdiich he stocked with general mer-
chandise, including grain, and has ever since con-
ducted it with prosperous results. He has also
ilevoted considerable attention to the improvement
of real estate in Sanbornville, building several
dwelling houses which proved an excellent invest-
ment, and he has been otherwise instrumental in
forwarding the general interests of the town. In
1904 his combined business enterprises had ex-
tended beyond the scope of his own personal atten-
tion, and he accordingly admitted his son to partner-
ship, .Mthough not an aspirant for public oftice
he was chosen by his political associates of the Dem-
ocratic party as representative to the legislature in
1890-91, and in 1905 he served upon the board of
selectmen. He affiliates with the Knights of Pyth-
ias and has occupied all the chairs in Syracuse
Lodge, Sanbornville.

On January i, 1865. Mr. Willey was united in
marriage with Sarah Hayes, of Wolfboro. and of
this union there is one daughter, Ida, wdio is now
the wife of James Hayes, of Milton. Mrs. Willey
died July 6. 1874. His second wife whom, he mar-
ried December 31. 1S77. was Sarah E. Brown, who
bore him two children: Ethel, born January 9.

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1880; and William Henry, see closing paragraph.
Mrs. Willey died August 4, 1901. For his third
wife he married Mrs. Sarah Rand (nee Sanborn).
William Henry (2) second child and only son
of William Henry and Sarah E. (Brown) Willey,
was born in Sanbornville, August S, 1883. He was
graduated from t,he Nute high school with the class
of igoi, and immediately entered his father's employ.
Three years later he was admitted to partnership,
as previously stated, and is now considered a most
able and energetic young business man. In 1905
he served most acceptably as town clerk. Like his
father he has held all of the important offices in
Syracuse Lodge. Knights of Pythias, and is now
captain of the Uniform Rank connected W'ith that
body.

The following f: .Tiily comes of the
B.'\RR famous Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock,
which has furnished some of the best
blood in the amalgamation of races which com-
pose the American people.

(I) James Barr, born in 1704, at Ballymony,
county of Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to America
about 1720. and with three uncles — John, Samuel
and Gabriel Barr — settled at Londonderry, New
Hampshire. The uncle, John Barr, had served at
the famous siege of Londonderry under King Wil-
liam, and endured all the suffering and distress
of that memorable time. On account of his courage
on that occasion his property was exempt from tax-
ation till the time of the .American Revolution.
James Barr soon moved to Gof^stown, New Hamp-
shire. He married Ann McPherson, born in 1708,
at Ballymony, and they had five children : John,
Sarah, James, Samuel, whose sketch follows, and
Molly. James Barr died ]\Iay i, 1788, and his widow
died February 26, 1798.

(II) Lieutenant Samuel, third son and fourth
child of James and Ann (McPherson) Barr, was
born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, 1754. He
was a man of ability and a soldier of the Revolution.
He married, Alargaret, daughter of Thomas and
Ann Boies, of Bedford, New Hampshire. They
lived first at Henniker, but later came back to Bed-
ford, which was their permanent home. There were
seven children : James. Thomas. Ann, John, who
is mentioned below ; Samuel, William and Robert.
Lieutenant Samuel Barr died at Bedford, Septem-
ber 25, 1842, and his widow died April 6, 1845.

(III) John, third son and fourth child of Lieu-
tenant Samuel and Margaret (Boies) Barr, was
born February 8,J78g. His home was at Bedford, New
Hampshire, where he was a prominent and influen-
tial citizen, serving the town several years as select-
man and town treasurer. He was a worthy member
of the Presbyterian Church of that place. John
Barr was twice married and had, eleven children.
His first wife was Nancy Dunlap. of Goff^stown, to
whom he was married in 1814. She died December
19, 1816, leaving one child. Nancy, who afterwards
married her cousin. Ira Barr, of Manchester. In
181S John Barr married (second), Sophia Richard-
son, of Goffstowni, who died May 8, 1828, leaving
five children : John N., whose sketch follows, Mat-
thew, Samuel, Maria and Julia Ann. October. 1828,
he married (third), Clarissa Eaton, of Goffstown,
who had five children : David H., James E., Rufus
C, Clinton and Mary. John Barr died September
30, 1874, aged eighty-five years, and his widow died
December 22. tSgi, at the same age.

(IV) John N., eldest child of John Barr and his
iv— 4

second wife, Sophia (Richardson) Barr, was born
September 22, 1819, at Bedford, New Hampshire.
He was educated in the schools of his native town.
At the age of twenty he went to Nashua and entered
the employ of Merrill & Kimball, dry goods dealers.
He served as clerk for five years and then formed
a partnership with Mark W. Merrill, one of his
former employers. The firm of Merrill &; Barr con-
tinued for ten years, and he later formed a new
partnership with his former partner, Mr. Merrill,
in the flour and grain business. After Mr. Merrill
retired E. F. Knight was taken into partnership,
and the firm name was J. N. Barr & Company.
During all his years of residence in Nashua, Mr.
Barr was a prominent and respected citizen. Was
an active worker in the Pilgrim (Congregational)
Church, and held the office of deacon for many
years. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Barr served
on the board of aldermen in 1861 and 1862. He
was several times called upon to administer large
estates. Deacon John N. Barr was twice married.
His first wife was Mary Annis French, daughter
of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Coburn) French, of Bed-
ford, to whom he w-as united June 18, 1844. There
were four children by this marriage : Henrietta,
born February 11, 1847, died Jiily 30, 1848; John
Llenri, born August 10, 1S48, died July 12, 1906;
Frank, whose sketch follows ; and M. Etta, born
July 19, 1854, who married Edwin F. Knight of
Norway, Maine. INIrs. Mary (French) Barr died
June 15, 1883, and Deacon Barr married (second),
Sarah E. Dodge, daughter of Ira and Sarah (Fitch)
Dodge of Groton, Massachusetts.

(V) Frank, second son and third child of Dea-
con John N. and Mary A. (French) Barr, was born
December 2, 1851, at Nashua, New Hampshire. He
was educated in the public schools of Nashua, and.
began his railroad career March i, 1869, as clerk
in the freight office of the Worchester & Nashua
railroad at Nashua. Later he became ticket clerk,
chief clerk of the freight department and telegraph
operator. From this time on his advancement was
rapid, till he now occupies one of the most promi-
nent railroad positions in New England. On No-
vember I, 1892, he was appointed superintendent of
the Worcester, Nashua & Portland division of the
Boston & Maine; on December i, 1896, he was pro-
moted to assistant general manager of the Boston
&; Maine system ; and on July i, 1903, he was ap-
pointed third vice-president and general manager.
Mr. Barr now lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.
During his residence in Nashua he was a member
of the city council in 1878 and of the board of al-
dermen in 1883. Mr. Barr was initiated an entered
apprentice, June 8, 1887; passed to degree of Fel-
low Craft, November 23, 1887; raised to degree of
Master Mason, January ir, 1888, in Rising Sun
Lodge, No. 39, of Nashua. New Hampshire ; ad-
vanced to degree of ]\Iark Master Mason, ./Kpril 2.
1SS8; passed the chair. May 7, 1888; received and
acknowledged Most Excellent Master, June 5, 1888 ;
exalted to degree of Royal Arch Mason, September
3, 1888, in Meridian Sun Royal Arch Chapter, No.
9, of Nashua, New Hampshire ; created a Compan-
ion of the Illustrious Order of the Red Cross, De-
cember 6, 1S88; constituted a Knight Templar, De-
cember 20, 1888, and a Knight of Malta, December
20. 1888, in St. George Commandery, stationed at
Nashua. New Hampshire; and received the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite degrees, fourteenth in Aaron
P. Hughes Lodge of Perfection, Nashua. April 21,
189S; sixteenth in Oriental Council, Princes 0:

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Jerusalem, Nasluia, April 21, i8g8; eighteenth in
St. George Chapter of Rose Croix, Nashua, April
21, 1898, and the thirty-second in Edward A. Ray-
mond (now New Hampshire) Consistory of Na-
shua, April 21. 1898.

He married. Novemher 11, 1875, ,\lace J. Cooper,
daughter of Warren J. and Elizabeth Cooper, of
Nashua. There were three children, all born in
Nashua : Frank Henri, born September 18, 1877,
died December 9. 1884; Marguerite E., born August
1,3, 1883, and Robert Cooper, born February 3, 1889.

The Barr family of this article descends
BARR from an ancestor who settled in New
Hampshire a short time previous to the
American Revolution. The immigrant was an active
and useful citizen, and every generation of his de-
scendants has numbered among its members persons
prominent as local leaders and social benefactors.

(I) James Barr, a native of Scotland, born De-
cember 16, 1752, and a person of means came to
America in 1774 to make a tour of the New Eng-
land Colonies, for pleasure and the acquisition ot
general knowledge. At New Ipswich he became en-
amored with an attractive young woman, married,
.settled, and raised a large family. He owned lot
2 in the second -range south of the old burying
ground, which had first been improved by Joseph
Bullard. His house was on the street in Central
Village running from the turnpike past the academy
to the house of Judge Farrar.

He brought with him from Scotland the secret
of preparing and hulling" oats for food ; this secret
he imparted to Eleazer Cummings, who for some
time thereafter was the only other person who pos-
sessed it, and he availed himself of his knowledge
• and made oat meal which he sold to the apothecaries
in Boston. Mr. Cummings also had a malt house,
where the process of malting was carried on by
Mr. Barr. James Barr was a useful accession to
the pioneer town of New Ipswich, and besides help-
ing to give tone to its society by his upright conduct
and industrious habits, he added to its wealth by
his knowledge and use of an industrial process
not known in that place until his advent there. He
was an Orthodo.x Christian, and his seat was in the
eastern gallery of the' old church, where he was
iilways to be seen in time of service, unless detained
by sickness.

He married, in 1783, Molly Cummings, born De-
cember 2, 1764, died in February, 1845. Her father.
Captain Eleazer Cummings, son of Eleazer and
grandson of Nathaniel, was born at Dunstable, De-
cember 15, 1740, and settled in New Ipswich, about
.1762. In 1768 he purchased the extensive farm and
the mills erected by John Chandler, which he after-
wards increased by other purchases, until it em-
braced about four hundred acres, covering the whole
Souhegan Village and vicinity. He soon after built
and operated a malt house and oil mill. He was
an enterprising citizen and a leading man. He com-
manded the reinforcements that went to Cambridge
on the alarm given at the battle of Bunker Hill.
He died August 4, 1815, aged seventy-hve. James
Barr died in 1829. The children of James and
Molly (Cummings) Barr were: Nancy Sarah,
James, George, Caroline, Cummings, Robena, Char-
lotte, William, Mary, John, Jane, and two sons,
James and Charles, died in infancy.

(ID Dr. James (2), eldest living son and fourth
child of James (l) and Molly (Cummings) Barr,
was born in New Ipswich, May 2>,. 1790, and died in

Boston, June 6, 1845, aged fifty-five years. He re-
ceived his preparatory education at New Ipswich
Academ}', and studied medicine under the instruc-
tion of Dr. Haskell, of Lunenburg and Dr. Twitch-
ell, of Keene, and attended medical lectures at
Boston and Harvard, at which latter place he re-
ceived his degree. He commenced practice about
1816 in New Ipswich, and having more surgical
skill than any of the neighboring physicians, he
soon became known. His practice was small at
first and his income still smaller, but being a man
of patience and perseverance as well as skill, he
attended to his professional work with conscientious
care, and during the last twenty years of his life had
a large business. For three or four years previous
to his death he suffered severely from pulmonary
disease, but did not suspend his labors and when too
feeble to manage his horse it was driven by his wife
or some one else from place to place. He died
while on a visit to Boston. He was a cautious, skill-
ful and conscientious physician. As a man he was
mode.st, sincere, upright in all his dealings, courteous
to the other practitioners he had occasion to meet,
never engaging in controversial matters eil^her po-
litical or religious, and was universally respected.

He married. April 21. 1824, Laura Livermore
Bellows, born September 17, 1804, and died January
g. 1878, daughter of Colonel Caleb and Mary (Hart-
well) Bellows. Colonel Caleb Bellows, son of Gen-
eral Benjamin Bellows, of Walpole, New Hamp-
shire, was an officer in the Revolution, and his
father was the founder of Walpole, New Hampshire.
The seven children of Dr. James and Laura L.
(Bellows) Barr were: !Mary H., Sarah J., George
L., James W., Caroline F., James H., Ellen M.

(HI) Caroline F., fifth child of Dr. James (2)
and Laura Livermore (Bellows) Barr, was born in
New Ipswich, February 27, 1835, and was educated
in Boston and Mil ford high schools. New Ipswich
and Bradford academies. Professor James Barr
.Ames, Dean of Harvard Law School, is a son of
Mary H., eldest daughter of Dr. James Barr.

The members of this family have
R.\ND.\LL been largely interested in agricul-
ture, the industries and transporta-
tion. The family is of English origin, the .American
founder being a seafaring man, the brother of a
large English shipowner with vessels plying between
England and the American colonies.

( I ) Reuben Randall, the first from whom a
connected line can now be traced in this family, was
born on the Hudson river, in New York. After
feeing something of the world, he married and set-
tled on a farm near Burtonville. province of Quebec,
Canada. He went -west and settled in Ohio, about
the year 1835, taking with him his wife and two
sons, Harry and Reuben. The journey was made
by; water from the point of embarkation on the St.
Lawrence river to Ohio. He settled at Streets-
borough on new land. Later he lived at some dis-
tance from the first place of settlement. He walked
from his home to Streetsborough, thirty miles, in
one day, in order to pay a visit to his son. He re-
tired at night in apparent health and was found
dead in bed next morning. He was about eighty
years of age. His wife had died some years before
at the age of sixty-four. Reuben Randall and his
two sons, Harry and Reuben, were soldiers at the
battle of Plattsburg, in the War of 1812. His chil-
dren were : John, Edward, Reuben, Harry, Schuy-
ler, Betsey, Maria, Oline.

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(II) Schuyler, son of Reuben Randall, was born
February 9, 1806, near Rouse's Point, New York.
He learned the blacksmith's trade at Burlington,
Vermont, vvliere he worked five years, and became
a very skillful mechanic. He opened a shop at
Rouse's Point, which he conducted until 1850, mak-
ing a specially of ironing wagons and sleighs. When
a boy he listened to the roar of the guns at the
battle of Plattsburg, twenty-two miles away. May
13. 1850. he and his family started for Michigan, to
which they proceeded by way of the St. Lawrence
river and the Great Lakes to Detroit, and thence to
Steele's Landing on Grand river by land. Here he
bought a farm and settled. He died at Coopersville
-at the age of eighty-five years. He married Sarah
Stanclift', born in Hoboken, New Jersey, daughter of
George Stanclift'. She died before her husband.
Their children were: Emerson L.. Amelia F.,
Charles E., George A., Sarah Elizabeth, Schuyler S.
and Lucy Ann.

(III) Emerson L.. eldest child of Schuyler and
Sarah (Stanclift') Randall, was born August 2, 1826,
at Rouse's Point, New York. He attended the com-
mon schools from the time he arrived at school age
until 1843, and then put in one year in Champlain
Academy. W'ihen a boy of thirteen he witnessed the
battle between the so-called patriots and the Cana-
dian militia, near his home. From 184,^ to 1848 he
was engaged in learning the blacksmith's trade in
his father's shop. November 22, 184S, he entered
the service of the Northern New York railroad,
now the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain railroad,
which then had fifteen miles of road and one en-
gine. .\fter working a year at his trade he was
given charge of the repairs on all engines on that
part of the road. This place he held till 1856, when
the road had thirty-five engines. April 15, 1856, he
took a position on the road and ran an engines for
almost three decades. Twelve years of this time
he had charge of a "wild train," which hauled lum-
ber in summer and wood aryd ties in winter, wood
being at that time the principal article of fuel there.
He left the service of this road November 18, 1882,
and came to Concord. Here he was in the employ
of the Boston & Maine railroad in the engine re-
pair shop four years. He subsequently returned to
Rouse's Point, where he had charge of the town
water works as engineer and pipe layer eight years.
Since that time he has lived in Concord and been
variously employed.

He married, June 16, 1851, Cynthia Matilda
Weeks, daughter of Joseph and Harriet (Webber)
Weeks, horn at Rouse's Point, August 25, 1824, died
August 19. 1885. They had five children : Purdy
JI., an electrician in New York City. Sarah E..
wife of Frank P. Shattuck, of Concord. Hattie L.,
wife of George Cronkite. Merrill A., of Concord.
Jennie M., who died at the age of of one year.

(IV) Merrill A. Randall, fourth child of Emer-
son L. and Cynthia Matilda (Weeks) Randall, was
born in Rouse's Point, New York, November 2,
1857. He remained at home on the old farm where
he was born till eighteen years of age. attending
public school in term time and cultivating the soil
and attending to farm work the remainder of the
time. He was a clerk in a store a short time, but
not taking to the business, learned telegraphy in
1876. From that time till 1880 he was spare station
agent and operator, and saw much service in various
parts of the United States. Iji 1880 he entered the
service of the Northern New Hampshire railroad,
now a part of the Boston & Maine, and worked two

years as train dispatcher, and was then appointed
chief train-dispatcher, a position he has held from
that time until the present. Mr. Randall is a quick
ob.server, a diligent worker, and closely attentive to
the details of his employment. During all the years
he has been a dispatcher, millions of lives and many
dollars worth of property have been entrusted to his
care, and yet not a life has been lost or a dollar's
worth of property destroyed by an error of his office.

Mr. Randall is a stalwart Republican, but has
never held or sought political office. He has been
a member of the Train Dispatchers' Association of
the Boston & Maine railroad since 1898; was chair-
man of this order one year. He is a member of
Rumford Lodge, No. 46, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and of Fidelity Rebekah Lodge. No. 14.
He is a member of the Knights of the Essenic Or-
der, in which organization he has held the highest
office, that of excellent senator. For two years he
served as governor of Local Colony of the L^nited
Order of Pilgrim Feathers, and was its permanent
representative to the Supreme Colony. He was
elected to the board of trustees of the Pilgrim
Fathers, where he served two years, the most critical
period in the history of the order, a time when an
increase in the rates was necessary, and it was
through Mr. Randall's untiring efiforts that the order
was placed on a most substantial basis. He is a
strong advocate of temperance, has never cared for
club life, and prefers to devote his spare time to his
home and family.

He married, June 30, 1883, Addie Greenleaf,
daughter of Nelson B. and Mary Ann (Horner)
Sinclair, born August 21, 1862. They have one
child, Elmer Sinclair, born February 28, 1888. one
of the finest young pianists in the state.

This name was early transported
WADLEIGH from England to New England,
and is found in the records under
various spellings, including Wadley and Wadlowe.
It has been identified with the settlement and de-
velopment of New Hampshire froin a very early
period in the history of the colony and state and is
still identified with it's best interests. It's represen-
tatives are scattered throughout the United States
and have been everywhere found of good repute.

(I) John Wadleigh was found at Saco, Maine,
as early as 1639, and was of Wells as early as 1647.
He was a juror about 1640. and bought land of the
Indians in 1649. He was to keep the "ordinary" at
Wells, in 1648-49, where he took the oath of alle-
giance and was selectman in 1653. He was living
in 1664, and the inventory of his estate was pre-
sented by his son Robert, September 16, 1671. No
record is found, although the will is referred to in
the inventory. His wife's name was Mary, and they
had children : Robert, Mary and John and perhaps
others.

(II) Robert, eldest son of John and Mary Wad-
leigh, was a citizen of Wells in 1650, when he was
made joint owner with his father of laud purchased
of the Indians. He subscribed to the oath of alle-
giance there in 1653, and received a grant of land
there in 1659. This was sold in the following year,
and he was constable of Kittery in 1662. He' was
still a resident there in 1666, when he sold his house
and land there and purchased land at Lamper-eel
river. Iielween Dover and Exeter. His name first
appears on the Exeter records, in March. 1668, and
he was received as an inhabitant of Dover in 1669.
He was accepted as an inhabitant of Exeter, Sep-

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tember 26, 1676, and he was the justice of the peace
there and a prominent citizen for many years. He
with his wife and son Jonathan, received seats in
the Exeter meeting house in 1698. He died about
1702. In 166S he was dispossessed of certam house
and milne with appurtenances belonging to the farm,
and appealed from the decision. On a full hearing
of the case the court adjudged that he had been
illegally dispossessed, and ordered that he be re-
possessed of the estate and reimbursed for the cost
of the suit. In 1680 he was the largest tax-payer m
Exeter except Moses Gilman, and in 1684 he was
a member of the province council. Three of his
sons— John, Robert and Joseph— were in the Edward
Gove rebellion against the arbitrary power of Gov-
ernor Cramfield, and were tried for treason and con-
demned. One of them died before the time of
execution, and the others were pardoned by royal
instruction. Robert Wadleigh was justice of the
supreme court of adjudication from 1693 to 1697.
His wife's name was Sarah, and their children were
John, Robert, Joseph. Jonathan and Sarah.

(HI) Jonathan, fifth son and child of Robert
and Sarah Wadleigh, was born between 1660 and
1670, and resided in Exeter. In 1701 he was chosen
one of a committee from Exeter to run town hues,
and was also chosen on a committee to build a
bridge over the New Market river.. In 1704 he and
his brother John were witnesses for Samuel Allen
respecting the latter's taking possession of the waste
lands of the province. On October II, 1718, Cap-
tain Jonathan Wadleigh and his wife were peti-
tioners for the rehearing of a suit between them-
selves and George Jeifers. By this suit his estate
was greatly reduced. His first wife was Abigail
Eastman, daughter of Peter Eastman. She was
born July 9, 1756. He married (second), Anna
Wilson, widow of Winthrop Hilton. Both were
living in 172 1. Thev had sons John and Thomas,
and probably other children. John was selectman
of Kingston' in 1773 and also in 1775.

(IV) Thomas, son of Jonathan and Abigail
(Wilson) Wadleigh, was born March 29, 175S, m
Hampstead, which was called Haverhill District,
from which district came thirty-two of the sixty-
three grantees of Sutton, New Hampshire. Pre-
vious to 1 741 a part of Hampstead was called Tim-
ber Lane. After the incorporation of the town in
1749 a dispute arose between Kingston and Hamp-
stead, and it was finally settled in 1764 so that the
estate of Thomas Wadleigh was included m Hamp-
stead. He earlv became a proprietor of Sutton,
New Hampshire (then Perry's Town) and the
records of the grantees show that on July 21, 1763,
he was one of "a committee to clear roads for the
society. In lune. 1769, Thomas Wadleigh, Timothy
Ladd and John Knight were chosen assessors, and
Mr. Wadleigh was also chosen one of a committee
to repair roads. He became one of the proprietors
of Perry's Town (now Sutton) by the purchase
of a right, or perhaps by the purchase of more than
one right. His name appears frequently in the
records of the proprietors, and it appears that he
was a man of sound judgment and practical abil-
ity. He was a soldier in the French war. and was
one of the selectmen of Sutton in 1773. He had
nine adult sons and three daughters, namely: Ben-
jamin, Jonathan. Joseph, Thomas, John, Moses,
Aaron, Ephriam, Henry, Judith. Betsey and Susan.
Four of his sons were tax pjiyers in Sutton in 1779,
and two were soldiers in the Revolution. Thomas
Wadleigh was possessed of remarkable strength.

At one time, with two other men, they set about
lifting a heavy log. he took the small end and the
others the butt end. They did not succeed, how-
ever, in moving it until they changed and Mr. Wad-
leigh took the heavy end.

(V) Benjamin (l), eldest child of Thomas
Wadleigh, was born 1749, and in early life learned
the trade of shoe maker and tanner with the Hon-
orable John Calfe, of Hampstead. Fie moved to
Sutton with his wife and child in 1771. He was
one of the first families that located in the town.
He was appointed by the provincial congress to
take the enumeration of Sutton, then Fisher's Field,
in 1775. At the first municipal meeting, of which
Daniel Webster's fither was principal, in 1777, he
was chosen clerk and selectman, and was the first
justice of the peace in that town in 1786. He took
an active part in all matters pertaining to the pros-
perity of the town, and died August 9, 1817, in the
sixty-ninth year of his age. He was married. 1769,
to Hannah Kezar, who was born in 1750 and died in
1836. She was a daughter of Ebenezer Kezar, of
Hampstead, one of the pioneer settlers of Sutton.
(See Keyser). She lived for many years a widow,
and was tenderly cared for in her old age by her
youngest surviving son. Benjamin Wadleigh's chil-
dren were : jNIehitable, Hannah, Dolly, Jesse, Eli-
phalet (died young), John, Benjamin, Eliphalet,
Judith, Simon, Ebenezer and Susannah.

(VI) Benjamin (2), fourth son and seventh
child of Benjamin (i) and Hannah (Kezar) Wad-
leigh, was born October 8, 1783, in Sutton, and died
in that town June 24, 1864, in the eighty-first year
of his age. He lived on his father's homestead.
He was a prominent citizen of the town, and served
as representative, selectman and clerk, and for
forty years was justice of the peace. He was judge
of the court of common pleas from 1833 until he
was disqualified by age. He is remembered as a
man of fine personal appearance, of a genial nature
and most pleasant gentlemanly manners, and earnest
promoter of universal education and he did not
spare any sacrifice to afford the best educational
advantages of the time to his children. His recog-
nized integrity and sound judgment gave his opin-
ions weight, and his advice was often sought not
only by his own townsmen but by those of neigh-
boring towns. He was frequently called upon to act
as arbitrator in disputes among his neighbors and
friends, sometimes with others, but more frequently,
by mutual consent of the parties in controversy,
he adjudicated their diflferences alone. In speaking
of him some twenty years after his death one of his
intimate acquaintances said, "I remember him well^
I remember his unflinching honesty, and if I were
his worst enemy or he were mine, I would trust
him for honest dealing. He never gave opinions
at random." He was married August 21. 1803. to
Pnlly. daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Gile) Maston.
of Sutton. Jacob was the eldest child of Benjamin
and Elizabeth (Chandler) Maston, who came to
Perry's Town in 1776, from Litchfield. Mrs. Wad-
leigh was born March 18, 1781, and died December
I". 1857. aged seventy-six years. She was a woman
of most excellent character and the devoted and
faithful helpmeet of her husband. Their children
were: David. Eliphalet. Erastus. Milton, Amanda,
Hannah, Lydia F., Benjamin and Gilbert.

(VII) Erastus. fourth son and child of Ben-
jamin (2) and Polly (Maston) Wadleigh, was born
.April 27, 1808, in Sutton, where he died May 21.
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powers wliicli were cultivated and strengthened by
studious hal.iits. and he exercised great influence in
the conuiiunity. In his young manhood he engaged
in teaching, and was superintendent of the school
conunittec and did much to advance the cause of
education, especially in his home town, and was
among the hrst of those who submitted moral sua-
sion and the proper emulation among the students
for the rod and ferrule. It is said by the historians
■oi Sutton, "No man who ever lived in Sutton has
a clearer right to the favorable remembrance of his
fellow townsmen than Erastus Wadleigh, since no
man ever did so much as he had done to rescue
from oblivion the names and memories of others.
He prepared many biographical sketches of deceased
citizens which found their way into the journals of
.the day, and copies of which are still preserved.
In this w'ork he spent many laborious days, but
it was his favorite employment, and many of the
later years of his life were largely devoted to the
■early history of his native tow-n. No one so well as
the writer of this sketch, who labored jointly with
him on that work, can testify to the enthusiastic
interest, the study, the faithful accuracy and pa-
tience, which he brought to bear upon it."

Mr. Wadleigh was active in political affairs, and
as a leader was exceptionally conservative, yet bold
enough to adopt new measures in the place of old
-when circumstances seemed to demand them. He
was a high-minded, honorable gentleman, scholarly,
courteous and hospitable. He was one of those
men whose presence gives character and dignity
to the community where they make their life-long
abiding place. It was with regret that Mr. Wad-
leigh laid down his labor of love upon the history
of his native town when advancing age and the hand
of disease compelled him to do so. Among the
noticeable features of his character was the love of
kindred which grew with his advancing years. He
was an extremely modest man and never sought
distinction or preferment. In his life in his retired
home town he gained the respect and love of all
who knew him and the competence which many
sons of Sutton had sought elsewhere, in vain, to
find. He was married (first), February, 1839, to
Ehnina Chellis, daughter of Timothy Chellis. She
was born October 15, 1815, and died July 14, 1842.
His second wife was i\Iary Flanders, who died
May 4, 1865. His third wife was Olive (Holmes),
widow of Dr. Dimond Davis, who died November
I, 1880. There were two sons of the first marriage,
•only one of whom survived the period of infancy.
There was also an adopted daughter, Mary Elvira,
who was the niece of his first wife, and daughter of
John and Dolly (Chellis) Ellis. She married Charles
C. Holmes, of Salisbury, and died of consumption
at the age of thirty-three years.

(VlII) JNIilton B., eldest and only surviving
son of Erastus Wadleigh and Elmina (Chellis)
Wadleigh, was born December 4, 1839, and has con-
tinued to reside upon the paternal homestead, which
has remained unimpaired and undivided, and has
added thereto. It is considered, today, one of the
finest farms in the town of Sutton.

This family is mentioned in the
W.\DLEIGH early history of Massachusetts,
but the relation of this branch has
not been traced to the pioneer ancestor, who is sup-
posed to be Captain John Wadleigh or Wadley,
who lived in Sallisbury before 1700.

(I) Rufus Wadleigh, son of Elias and Hannah

(Knox) Wadleigh, was born in Dover, New Hamp-
shire, 1803. He received a common school educa-
tion. He was an agricultural laborer, and later
a shoemaker. In early m;mhood he went to Bolton,
province of Quebec, Canada, which at that time was
attracting many immigrants from the United States,
and lived there until a short time before 1840, when
he removed to Weare, New Hampshire, where his
name appears on the tax list from 1840 to 1884.
He died December 21, 1884, aged eighty-one. He
married, December t, 1824, Mary Cram, born in
Unity, New Hampshire, daughter of Samuel Cram.
Nine children were born of this marriage: Olive,
John, Electa, Hannah K., Moses, died young ; James,
died young; Cynthia, Moses C. and Emma R. Olive
married Mansel Blake, of Sutton. John, receives
extended mention below. Electa married (first),
Sumner Beard, and (second), Cyrus W. Flanders,
of Weare. Hannah K. married Alfred Fales, of
Lyme. Cynthia married Lucian B. Richards. Moses
C. married Celia Hall, of Rumney. Enuna R. mar-
ried Loren Durrell, of Laconia.

(ID John, second child and eldest son of Rufus
and Mary (Cram) Wadleigh, was born in Bolton,
Canada, "October 21, 1831. His parents removed
to Weare, New Hampshire, when he was four years
old. Here he grew up, receiving his education in the
country school, and helping on the farm until he
was eighteen years old. Then he went to Boston
and was employed in the wholesale and retail cloth-
ing store of Edward Locke & Company, at 45 Killy
street, for three years. In 1852 he came to Man-
chester, New 'Hampshire, and went to work on a
branch road running from Manchester to Henniker
as a fireman for one year, then as engineer for
another year. He then entered the employ of the
Concord railroad as a fireman and remained about
a year, leaving to go west to work on the Great
Western railroad, running an engine from Spring-
field to Naples and later to Decatur. He ran the
first train over the new division from Springfield
to Decatur, a distance of forty-four miles. Later
he was employed by the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
railroad for two years. After a short visit home he
returned and worked another year for the Chicago,
Alton & St. Louis railroad, but returned to be mar-
ried to Elizabeth M. Barrett, and entered the em-
ploy of the Amoskeag Locomotive Works, remain-
ing for a time. He then changed to the Manchester
Locomotive Works, where he remained until they
closed on account of the panic in May, 1857. He
secured employment in Hinckley's Locomotive
Works of Boston; from there he took an engine to
Alilwaukee, Wisconsin, set up the engine and tested
it, and then returned to Manchester and became an
engineer on the Concord railroad, where he re-
mained until 1861.

He enlisted and went to the war with the First
New Hampshire Battery as second lieutenant, and
served with distinction during the first three years
of the war, taking part in the battles of Rappahan-
nock Station, Sulphur Springs, Second Bull Run,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and
others. He was wounded at Bull Run and returned
home on furlough, and during his stay his only
child, Ella Etta, six years old, died of diphtheria.
He was promoted to first lieutenant in March, 1863.
and served until April, 1864, when he resigned and
came home at the instigation of Governor Gilmore
to organize a new company and act as captain, but
as the company was never organized he returned
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and continued until 1888, a service of forty-five
years or more. After resting for a year he entered
the employ of the American Locomotive Works
and had charge of the tool room until 1907, when
he retired to enjoy a well-earned rest. He was a
brave soldier, and is a genial companion, an ever
reliable friend, and his many years of service proved
his worth as a faithful employee. Mr, Wadleigh
married. January 15, 1S55, Elizabeth M. Barrett,
born February 13, 1836, daughter of Jacob and
Sarah (Favor) Barrett, of Weare, the former of
whom is a farmer. One child was the issue of this
union, Ella Etta, born February 15, 1857, died Oc-
tober 15, 1862.

The immigrant representatives of this
TURNER ancient family were numerous and to
a degree prominent among the very
early settlers of Massachusetts, and many of their
descendants live in New England. The name is well
represented in every section of the United States,
not only as to numbers but in character of citizen-
ship as well.

(I) Humphrey Turner, tanner, came from some
part of England not determined, and settled about
T628 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He brought with
him his wife and eldest son, perhaps also a second
John, and according to tradition two more. The
records show that he was taxed in Plymouth in the
year 1633-34. I" the latter year he removed to
Scituate where he was one of the earliest prominent
men and one of the founders of the church in Jan-
uary, 1635. There he was constable, and representa-
tive in 1640-52-53, and died in 1673. His wife Lydia.
joined the church January 10, 1636. Her death oc-
curred before that of her husband. Their children
were : John, Lydia, Thomas, Mary, Joseph. Na-
thaniel and Daniel.

(H) John, eldest son and child of Humphrey
and Lydia Turner, was born in England, and accom-
panied his parents to America in 1628. He married
November 12, 1645, Mary, daughter of Jonathan and
Lucretia Brewster (sec Brewster, IH). Their
children were: Jonathan, Joseph (died young) Jo-
seph, Ezekiel. Lydia, John and Elisha.

(HI) Joseph (2), third son of John and Mary
(Brewster) Turner, was born 1648, in Scituate,
Massachusetts, where he resided. He married No-
vember 19, 1674, Bathsheba Hobart, who was born
September 28, 1640, in Hingham, Massachusetts.

(IV) Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Bath-
sheba (Hobart) Turner, became the wife of David
Stockbridge (see Stockbridge. H).

This name, which is spelled by other

WADLEY branches of the family "Wadleigh,"

appears in the early colonial records ;

but owing to the loss or destruction of town records

the relationship of the different families has not

been traced.

(I) Henry Wadley was born in Rye, New
Hampshire, and in the year 1787 removed to Gil-
ford, where he lived and died. He was a blacksmith
by trade. He married, October 14, 1800, Sally
Weeks, third child and only daughter of Benjamin
and Sarah (Weed) Weeks, who was born Decem-
ber 3, 1779. She was "a woman of literary taste."
They were the parents of four chilren : Benjamin,
William H., Catherine Elizabeth and Isabella. Ben-
jamin was a blacksmith and stone cutter of Gilford,
a skillful workman, and a useful citizen. He was
living in 1888.

(II) William H., second son and child of Henry
and Sally (Weeks) Wadley, was born in Gilford,
January i, 1812, and died May 7, 1880, aged sixty-
eight. Like his father and brother, he was a black-
smith. He married Betsey F. Gilman, who was born
October 17, iSii, and died May, 1899, aged eighty-
seven years, daughter of Levi and Mary (Folsom)
Gilman, of Gilford. Their four children were:
Laura, Henry W.. John G., Frank A.

(III) John G.. second son and third child of
William H. and Betsey F. (Gilman) Wadley, was
born in Gilford, May 3, 1845. He was educated
in the common schools, and before he was eighteen
years of age responded to his country's call for de-
fenders, and enlisted August 12, 1862, in Company
G, Twelfth New Hampshire Volunteers, and served
until the end of the war. He participated in the
battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the
latter being fought on his eighteenth birthday. May
3, 1863. There he was severely wounded, his right
hand being nearly shot off. He remained with his
command, however, and was promoted to corporal,
and continued in the service until July, 1865, when
he was discharged. Mr. Wadley's conduct in the
war was an exemplification of his true character.
He is an earne-t, serious-minded, loyal citizen, and
an energetic and industrious business man. After
his return from the south he was engaged in mill-
ing twenty years. In 1886 he opened a general store
in the village, which he has since carried on suc-
cessfully. He is a member of Darius .\. Drake Post.
No. 36, Grand Army of the Republic, and votes as
he shot. He is a member of the ^Methodist Church.
For thirteen years past he has been town collector,
and has also been a policeman for many years. He
married in Gilford, June 12, 1880, Nettie A. Rowe,
who was born in Belmont. June 15. 1862. daughter
of Lucian and Sarah (Roberts) Rowe, of Belmont.
They have one child, Bert E., who was born in
Gilford, June 7. 1881, and married Nellie M. Lcavitt,
who was born in Gilford, New Hampshire, daughter
of Dixie and Elmira (Audway) Leavitt. They
have one child, Everett J., who was born January
31. 1903-

Like the maioritv of English
CHURCHILL families of renown" the Churchills
trace their lineage to a follower
of the Norman Conqueror, and in France their
ancestral line goes to a much more remote period.
During the eleventh century Wandril de Leon, a
scion of a noble family and a son of Giles de Leon,
became Lord of Coureil (now Courcelles) in the
province of Lorraine. He adopted Corcil as his
family name ; married Isabella de Tuya and had two
sons : Roger and Rouland. Roger de Coureil ac-
companied William Duke of Normandy to England ;
participating in the conquest, and for his services
was granted lands in Dorset, Somerset, Wilts and
Shropshire. He married Gertrude, daughter of Sir
Guy de Toray, and had three sons : John, Hugh
Fitz-Roger and Roger Fitz-Roger. John de Coureil,
son of Roger and Gertrude (de Toray) de Coureil.
married John de Kilrington. and their son Bartholo-
mew was knighted during the reign of King Stephen
(1135-1154) as Sir Bartholomew de Cherchile. Wil-
liam Churchill, the seventh in line of descent from
Roger de Coureil, of France, was the first to adopt
this form of spelling the name. These gleanings
will serve as a brief summary of the early history
of the Churchills in England.

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the well-kiinwii American novelist, Winston Cliurch-
ill, whose line of descent is now being chronicled,
belonged to one of the branches of the family con-
stituting the posterity of the above mentioned Roger,
but his immediate ancestors are as yet unknown, as
are also the place and date of his birth. According
to a list of the male inhabitants of Plymouth, Massa-
chusetts, between the ages of sixteen and sixty
years, made in 1643, he was then residing there, but
there is no record of his arrival. He purchased a
farm of one Richard Higgins in 1645; was admitted
a freeman of the colony in 1651 : bought another
tract of land in 1652 lying in that part of Plymouth
then called Willingly and in the deed of conveyance
he is styled "Planter." His death occurred in Plym-
outh, January i, 1662-63. December 18, 1644, he
married Hannah Pontus, who was born in either
Holland or England in 1623, daughter of William
and Wybra ( Hanson ) Pontus, who arrived in Plym-
outh as early as 1633. The children of Jolm and
Hannali (Pontus") Churchill were: Joseph, Hannah,
Eleazer. Mary. William and John. Mrs. Churchill
was married a second time, June 25, 16615. to Giles
Richards, and she died December 12, 1600. (Men-
tion of Eleazer and descendants appears in this
article).

(H) Joseph, eldest son ..nd child of John and
Hannah (Pontus) Churchill, was born at Plymouth
in 1647. But little is known of him beyond the
fact that he occupied the farm originally purchased
by his father, and prior to 1700 he erected a dwelling
house, which is still standing. June 13, 1672, he
was married in Plymouth to Sarah Hicks, daughter
of Samuel and Lydia (Doanc) Hicks, and grand-
daughter of Robert Hicks, the first settler of the
name. Their children were: John, Margaret, Bar-
nabas, Alercy and Joseph.

(HI) Barnabas, second son and third child of
Joseph and Sarah (Hicks) Churchill, was born in
Plymouth, July 3, j6Sy. He was married February
5, 1714, to Lydia Harlow, who was born in 1688,
daughter of William and Lydia (Cushman) Harlow,
and granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Cushman. She
became the mother of Barnalias. William, Ichabod,
Joseph, Lemuel, Isaac, Thomas, Eleazer, Lydia and
John.

(IV) Thomas, seventh son and child of Barnabas
and Lydia (Harlow) Churchill, was born in Plym-
outh. April 30, 1730. .About the year 1750 he left
the ancestral home, and coming to New Hampshire
settled at New Market Plains. He was a prosperous
farmer. May 5, 1758, he married Mary Ewer, who
was born at Barnstable, Massachusetts, August 7,
'^737, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Stuart)
Ewer. Their children were : Gamaliel, Polly,
Thomas, Ichabod, Lydia, Joseph, Susanna, Nathan-
iel, John (died young), John and Desire.

(V) Thomas (2), second son and third child nf
Thomas and Mary (Ewer) Churchill, was born
at New Market Plains in 1762. He participated in
the Revolutionary war, enlisting first in 1778 for
three months and receiving from the New Hamp-
shire authorities twenty-five bushels of corn per
month for his services. Re-enlisting September 25,
1781, he served two months and was honorably
discharged November 25. One of these enlistinents
was in Captain Jacob Webster's company. The
remainder of his life was spent in New Market and
he died in 1817. He was married at Stratham, New
Hampshire, in 1786, to Alice Creighton, who was
born October 13, 1767, died April 10, 1850, daughter
of James Creighton. The children of this union

were: James Creighton, Thomas, and Elizabeth II.,
who became the w-ife of Solomon Pendergast, of
New Market.

(VI) James Creighton, eldest son and child of
Thomas and .\lice (Creighton) Churchill, was born
in New Market, April 24, 1787. In early manhood
he was master of a vessel, which would indicate
that he began to follow the sea in his youth, and
he also learned the ship-carpenter's trade. May 13,
1814, he enlisted as a sergeant in the Thirty.-fourth
United States Infantry for service in the second
war with Great Britain, and at the conclusion of
his term of service he re-enlisted, being appointed
quartermaster. He was finally discharged and
mustered out June 15, 181 5. Settling in Portland,
Maine, the same year he engaged in ship-building,
which he carried on with energy for some time,
and was largely instrumental in making that city
one of the most important seaports on the .Atlantic
coast. Perceiving great possibilities in the sugar
industry of the West Indies he purchased a planta-
tion on the northern coast of Cuba, near the city
of Cardenas, and built up a large and profitable
trade between that port and Portland. In addition
to these he served as treasurer of the ".Atlantic and
St. Lawrence Railroad" (now a part of the Grand
Trunk system) : was treasurer of the "Old Portland
Company." which furnished the original rolling
stock of that road ; was chiefly instrumental in or-
ganizing the "Casco Iron Works," of which he was
also treasurer ; and for many years conducted an
extensive insurance business. In 1828 he w-as chosen
a presidential elector, as a Whig, and his solitary-
persistent vote for .Andrew Jackson gained for him
the sobriquet of "the Star of the East." In 1834 he
was the Whig candidate for representative to con-
gress, and in 1844 was elected mayor of Portland.
He was a prominent JMason and attained the rank
of past grand hi.gh priest of the Grand Chapter of
Maine. In his religious belief he was a Lniversalist.
James Creighton Churchill died in Portland, No-
vember 20, 1865. He married in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. January 8, 180Q, to Eliza Walker Os-
borne, daughter of Rev. John Osborne, a Baptist
minister, who officiated at the ceremony. She be-
came the mother of ten children : Jane Alice. Edwin,
Thomas, James Merrill. lohn Osborne, George
.Albert, Henry Hill Boody, Eliza Clara, William
Creighton and Frederick Augustus.

(VII) Edwin, second child and eldest son of
James C. and Eliza W. (Osborne) Churchill, was
born in New Market, New Hampshire, March 15,
1812. He w^as associated with his father in business
in Portland for a time, and then went to Cuba and
established a branch of the firm of Churchill &
Carter, which he afterwards placed in charge of
his brother James M. Returning to Portland he
became the senior partner in the newly organized
firm of E. Churchill & Company, and was promi-
nently identified with the commercial interests of
that city. From 1845 until his death, which occurred
March 15, 1S75, he was a member of .Ancient Land-
mark Lodge. Free and .Accented Ma.sons, of Port-
land. September 29, 1834, he was married in Port-
land to Mary Phipps Carter, who was born May 16,
1812, and died May 3, 1863. His second wife, whom
he married in June. 1865. was Weltha .A. Jenkins
Molls. The children of his first union were: Hen-
rietta Jane, Mary Matilda, James Edward Placido.
■Mary Stuart, Edward Spalding and Isabella. Those
of his second marriage were: Ileber Bishop and
Laura.

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(VIII) Edward Spalding, youngest son and fifth
child of Edwin and Mary P. (Carter) Churchill,
was born in Portland, April 2, 1846. His education
was completed at a German University and return-
ing to his native city he was admitted to the firm
of Churchill & Carter. The concern transacted a
large trade with the West Indies and owned their
ships. In politics he acted with the Republican
party. His religious affiliations were with the
Episcopalians. He was married in St. Louis, iNIis-
souri, January 30, 1871, to Emma Blaine, who died
the following year, leaving one son, Winston.

(IX) Winston, only son of Edward S. and
Emma (Blaine) Churchill, was born in St. Louis,
Missouri, November 10, 1871. Left motherless in
his infancy he was confided to the care of a maternal
aunt, with whom his boyhood and youth were spent.
His preliminary studies were begun in the public
schools of St. Louis, from which he entered Smith
Academy, and being appointed a cadet at the United
States Naval Academy, Annapolis, in 1890, was
graduated in 1894. Instead of remaining in the
navy, however, he decided to engage in literary
pursuits, and that his choice of a profession was a
judicious one is amply attested by his brilliant at-
tainments in the field of American fiction. In 1S95
he was called to the naval editorship of the Army
and Navy Journal, but subsequently became man-
aging editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, and in
due time was induced by his restless ambition to
devote his ability exclusively to the products of his
own genius. "The Celebrity," which was published
in 1898, was his initial venture as a novelist and
served to give him a most substantial introduction to
the reading public. The appearance of "Richard
Carvel" in 1899 demonstrated the fact that its author
is inferior to none of his American or English con-
temporaries as a creator of ultra-intelligent fiction,
and he was accorded a position of the first rank
among modern novelists. "The Crisis," issued in
1901, was followed three years later by "The Cross-
ing." and the latter in 1906 by "Coniston," that
charming little idyl of New Hampshire country life
so admirably blended with the inner workings of
modern political machinery, the reformation of
which has since constituted the author's chief aim
in life.

In iSgS Mr. Churchill located in Cornish and
purchasing a desirable estate situated on the banks
of the Connecticut river, erected in the ensuing year
a handsome residence, which he has ever since oc-
cupied. Here amid the picturesque surroundings
so dear to the late St. Gaudens, it is not unlikely
that his genius will find ample scope for the produc-
tion of still greater literary achievements. In 1901
he was induced to enter the political field as a Re-
publican candidate for representative to the legis-
lature from Cornish, and the successful outcome of
his first venture in public life was followed by a
re-election. Li the fall of 1906 he took a conspicu-
ous part as a reformer in the preliminary political
campaigns preceding the state convention, and. al-
though he did not succeed in securing the guber-
rational nomination, his sincere and eloquent appeal
for the adoption of cleaner and more lofty political
ideals have no doubt insured his future success
should he again enter the contest. He is a member
and a vestryman of the Episcopal Church in Cornish.
His fraternal affiliations are with the Windsor (Ver-
mont) Lodge. Lidependent Order of Odd Fellows.

October 22, 1895, Mr. Churchill was married
in St. Louis to Mabel Harlakcnden Hall, daughter

of George D. Hall, an iron merchant of that city.
She is a lineal descendant of Mabel Harlakenden, a
sister of Rogers Harlakenden, of Earles Colne, county
of Essex. England, who was a passenger in the ship
"Defence" in 1635, and settled in Cambridge, Mass-
achusetts. The original Mabel Harlakenden became
the wife of General John Haynes, of Hartford,
Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Churchill have two
children: j\label Harlakenden, born July 9, 1897;
and John Dwight Winston Churchill, born Decem-
ber 21, 1903.

(II) Eleazer. second son and third child of
John and Hannah (Pontus) Churchill, was born
in Plymouth, April 20, 1652. He was admitted a
freeman in 1683, and resided in Plymouth until his
death, which occurred about 1716. According to
the provisions of his father's will he acquired pos-
session of that part of the Churchill homestead
which contained the first house built by his father.
This was located at what was known as Hogshole.
The christian name of his first wife was INIary, but
her maiden surname is unknown. February 8, 16S8,
he married for his second wife Mary Doty, daughter
of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty, the former
of whom came in the "Mayflower" in 1620. She
died December 11, 1713, at the age of sixty years.
Eleazer Churchill was ,the father of eleven chil-
dren : Hannah, Joanna, Abigail, Eleazer, Stephen
and Jedidah, by his first union : Mary, Elkanah,
Nathaniel, Josiah and John, by his second marriage.

(III) Eleazer (2), fourth child and eldest son
of Eleazer Churchill and his first wife, was born in
Plymouth in 1(382. He was a farmer and a landowner
in Plymouth, and died there September 21, 1754.
He married Hannah Bartlett, who was born in 1691
and died September 19, 1757. She was a daughter
of Robert Bartlett. The children of this union were :
.'\nson. Eleazer, Josiah and Jonathan.

(IV) Jonathan, youngest son of Eleazer and
Hannah (Bartlett) Churchill, was born in Plym-
outh, October 19, 1720. He resided in Hingham
for some years. He was married August 27, 1742,
to Hannah Foster, born June 17, 1718, daughter of
Joseph and Rachel (Bassett) Foster of Sandwich.
She bore him nine children : Jonathan. Jesse, Sam-
uel (died young). Josiah, Samuel, Hannah (died
young), Francis, Hannah and Reuben.

(V) Francis, sixth son and seventh child of
Jonathan and Hannah (Foster) Churchill, was born
in Plymouth, June 11, 1761. He served in the Revo-
lutionary war as fifer in Captain Jesse Harlow's
company (coast guards) at Plymouth, and is cred-
ited with seven months' service in 1776. He subse-
quently settled in Charlestovvn, Massachusetts,
where he became a large landowner, but eventually
disposed of his property there and removed to
I'airlce. Vermont, prior to 1790. He died in Fairlee,
October 27, 1841. He followed the trades of car-
penter and painter. He was always interested in
military affairs, and commanded a militia company
in Fairlee. September 24, 1786. he married Phebe
Leathers, who was born February 11, 1769, daughter
of William Leathers of Somerville. She survived
her husband and died at Nashua, New Hampshire,
May 8, 1852. She was the mother of thirteen chil-
dren: William Leathers, Francis Worcester. David
Carroll, Robert Wallace. Simeon Richardson, Sam-
uel Stillman, Joseph Warren. Reuben Edward,
Thomas Worcester, Phebe Leathers. Mary Froth-
ingham, John Emery and George Washington.

(VI) William Leathers, eldest son and child of
Francis and Phebe (Leathers) Churchill, was born

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in Charlestown, March 22. 1787. The major portion
of his life was spent in West Fairlee, Vermont. He
served as captain in the war of 1812-15. He married
Eliza Lanphear, of West Fairlee, and had a family
of six children : William Leathers, Austin Finlcy,
Chauncey Carroll, Eliza Jane, Benjamin Pixley and
Francis Vennell.

(VH) Benjamin Pixley, son of Captain William
L. and Eliza (Lanphear) Churchill, was horn in
West Fairlee, Vermont, Septeinber 2, 1822, and died
in the same town, August 14, 1864. His education,
which was acquired in the public schools, was an
excellent one for the times, and he followed the
profession of teaching in the country schools, set-
tling upon a farm adjoining his birthplace. He
was an ardent member of the ^lethodist Church at
West Bradford, Vermont, and held a high standing
in that denomination. His political affiliations were
with the .\bolitionist and Republican parties, and
although he was a resident of a town in which his
parties were in the minority, he was frequently
elected to local offices, and was an organizer of
note and ability. He married Susannah Thompson,
born in Antrim, New Hampshire. October 10, 1829,
daughter of Alexander and ISIatilda (Richardson)
Thompson. Her paternal grandfather, also named
Alexander Thompson, came to Antrim, New Hamp-
shire, from Perth, Scotland, and was the founder
of this family in America. He married Elizabeth
Nutt. The maternal grandparents of Susannah
(Thompson) Churchill were Caleb and Susannah
(Smith) Richardson.

(VHI) Frank Carroll, son of Benjamin Pixley
and Susannah (Thompson) Churchill, was born in
West Fairlee, Vermont, August 2, 1850. He en-
joyed the advantages of an education in the. public
schools and in Thetford Academy, and this has been
supplemented by wide and diversified reading, travel
and keen observation. He followed the occupation
of teaching for a short time, and then entered upon
a mercantile career, accepting a position as clerk
in a country store at Lyme, New Hampshire, which
he held from 1868 to 1870. He then entered the
employ of Henry W. Carter, a wholesale merchant
in Lebanon, New Hampshire, which town he has
made his home since that time. In association with
William S. Carter, in 1877 he organized the firm
of Carter & Churchill, and for twenty-one years
was actively identified with this concern in the
wholesale mercantile and manufacturing business.
His public career has been notable and interesting.
He has always been identified with the interests of
the Republican party, and for ten years was presi-
dent of the local Republican organization of Leb-
anon. He was chairman of the Republican state
committee in 1890-1, during the famous ''if entitled"
campaign, when the state was divided almost evenly
between the two great parties, the Republican Gov-
ernor being elected by a close margin. He was
chairman of the New Hampshire delegation to the
Republican national convention which nominated
Benjamin Harrison for president. He was a mem-
,ber of Governor Natt Head's staff in 1879-80, with
the rank of colonel ; a member of the executive
council from the Fourth district in 1889-90, during
Governor D. H. Goodell's administration ; and a
member of the house of representatives in 1890,
serving on the judiciary and engrossed bills com-
mittees. At this session of the legislature he secured
a charter for the Mascoma Savings Bank, an ap-
propriation for remodeling the town house for the
tise of the court, amendments providing for sessions

of the grand jury at Lebanon, and other matters
helpful to his constituents. At this session he was
also on the special committee, which later became
somewhat noted, to re-organize the system of state
printing. Following this he organized the Mascoma
Savings Bank, and was elected its first president,
being at the time a director in the National Bank
of Lebanon, and a trustee of the Lebanon Savings
Bank. He was president of the Mascoma Fire
Insurance Company until this corporation was ab-
sorbed by the (Sranite State Company. He was ap-
pointed in 1899 revenue inspector for the Cherokee
Nation of Indians in Indian Territory, by Secretary
Hitchcock, of the Interior Department, and later
was made a special agent f-r that department to
formulate a system for the establishment and sup-
port of public schools in Indian Territorj', for the
children of half a million whites where all land
outside the towns was non-taxable. His report on
this subject was transmitted to congress by the
Department, with complimentary comments. He
was afterwai^d appointed a special agent to investi-
gate the schools and government reindeer in Alaska,
and spent several months in the Arctic Ocean and
Bering Sea, bringing about important reforms in the
interests of the natives of the far north, after which he
was reappointed Indian inspector in 1905. a position
he had held prior to accepting the Alaskan mission.
He has traveled extensively, having visited every
state and territory in the United States, as well
as enjoved tours through Italy, Switzerland, France,
England, Bermudas and eastern Siberia. He was
one of the commissioners to build the Stark monu-
ment, in Concord, New Hampshire: was chairman
of the committee to erect the Soldiers' Memorial
Building, in Lebanon, in 1886. and in 1891 presented
the figure of a soldier which now adorns the lot in
front of the Public Library; and he segregated
and surveyed the Piatt National Park in Oklahoma
in 1903. His fraternal affiliations are with the fol-
lowing or.ganizations : Franklin Lodge, No. 6, Free
and .Accepted Masons ; St. Andrew's Chapter,
Washington Council and Mount Horeb Comman-
dery, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. During the travels of Colonel Churchill in
this and other countries, and especially while so-
jouring with the Indians, he has with the aid of
Mrs. Churchill, who is an ardent naturalist.^ being
a systematic collector of bric-a-brac, minerals,
geological specimens, ancient arms, beadwork,
basketry, pottery, blankets, rare furs and utensils,
until the Churchill Collection, as it is called, is not
only interesting, but large and valuable ; doubtless
one of the largest private collections if not the most
extensive in New England, comprising as it does
thousands of curios and examples of prehistoric and
modern articles of interest to the antiquarian and
student. The success of Colonel Churchill's busi-
ness career exemplifies what well directed energy
and ambition are able to accomplish. His mind is
an exceedingly versatile one. with a decided leaning
toward books and literary pursuits, with which his
leisure moments are occupied. His especial interest
centers in historical matters, and he has made occa-
sional contributions to the press for a number of
years, chiefly on local history and biographical sub-
jects, much original matter concerning Indian his-
tory and folk-lore, and they nave been highly com-
mended in that direction. He has made a special
study of North American Indians, with whom he
has been officially connected since 1899. He is a
man of independent thought and action, deliberate

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in forming an opinion, and tlien acting with the
courage of his convictions.

Mr. Chnrchill married, Jime ii. 1874. Clara G.
Turner, daughter of Colonel Francis H. and Sarah
Hook (Perkins) Corser. Colonel Corser was a
native of Boscawen, and his wife was a resident of
Boston at the time of their marriage ; both died
young, and their daughter was adopted by George
and Abby H. Turner, of Concord, New Hampshire.
Mr. and Mrs. Churchill have no children.

The Bingraphia Britanica says :
WENTWORTH "Tlie name of this family was
taken from the lordship of
Wentworth, in the wapentake of Strafford, in the
county of York, where at the time of the Conquest
lived Reginald de Winterwode." Collins tells us
that the word is of Saxon origin, as is agreed by
all genealogists. The word Wentworth seems to
be composed of the words gucn or gwyii, signifying
white, and worth meaning farm, plain or court, the
whole signifying the white farm or court, and taking
its style from the soil, which is composed of chalk
or whitish clay.

The earliest portion of the Wentworth pedigree
rests upon the authority of William Flower. Norroy
King of Arms, one of the most careful and accurate
genealogists ever connected with the College of
Arms, who compiled it in the year 1855, and it has
ever since remained upon the records of the college,
and has been accepted, not only by that body, but
by all genealogists as authentic.

(I) Reginald Wentworth, or, again in the pedi-
gree, Rynold de Wyntervvode. was living at the time
of the Norman Conquest, A. D. 1066. At that time
there were no actual surnames, but he was simply
Reginald of Wentworth. In other words he was
the possessor, in Saxon times, of the lordship of
Wentworth. Nothing is known of his family ex-
cept that he was succeeded by his son.

(II) Henry Wentworth, sometimes written de
Wyntworth or Wyntword, concerning whom noth-
ing has been preserved but his name. He was suc-
ceeded by his son.

(III) Richard Wentworth. who was succeeded
by his son.

(IV) Michael Wentworth, who was succeeded
by his son.

(V) Henry (2) Wentworth, who was succeeded
by his son.

(VI) Hugh Wentworth, who died in the year
1200. and was succeeded by his son.

(VII) William Wentworth, who was succeeded
by his son and heir.

(VII I) Robert Wentworth, who married Emma,
daughter and heir of William Woodhouse, of Wood-
house (a manor or lordship contiguous to Went-
worth) ; and thus acquiring that estate that family
was afterwards designated as Wentw^orth of Went-
worth-Woodhouse. He was living in the reign
of Henry III and Edward I — say as late as 1275 — ■
and was succeeded by his son and heir.

(IX) William (2) Wentworth, of Wentworth-
Woodhouse, who married Beatrice, daughter of
Gilbert Thakcl, of Yorkshire, and left two sons,
William and Richard.

(X) William (,^) Wentworth, of Wentworth-
Woodhouse, married, 12S8, Dionysia daughter of
Peter de Rotherfield, by whom he had two sons,
William and John.

(XI) William (4) Wentwortli. of Wentworth,
Woodhouse, married Isabel, daughter anil co-heir

of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington in York-
shire, by whom he had two sons, William and John.
(Xli) John Wentworth, Esq.. of North Elmsall,
in Yorkshire, inherited that estate from his Uncle
John. He married Joan, daughter of Richard le
Tyas, of Burghwallis, in Yorkshire, and was suc-
ceeded by his only son.

(XIII) John (2) Wentworth, Esq., of North
Elmsall," married Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir
William Dornsfield, of West Bretton, in Yorkshire,
and was living in 1413. He had four sons, John,
Roger, Thomas and Richard.

(XIV) John (3) Wentworth, Esq., of North
Elmsall, son of John and Agnes Wentworth, mar-
ried Joan, daughter of Richard Beaumont, Esq.,
and had three sons, John, Roger and William.

(XV) John (4) Wentworth, Esq., of North
Elmsail, married Elizabeth, daughter of William
Calverley, Esq., of Calvefley, county of York, and
had issue, a daughter Jane, and an only son.

(XVI) Thomas Wentworth, Esq.. of No(rth
Elm.sall, who married Jane, daughter and co-heir
of Oliver Mirfield, Esq., of Rowley, county of York,
and had issue, John, Roger, Oliver. William,
Thomas and two daughters.

(XVII) Oliver Wentworth, being a younger son
of his parents, had no part in the paternal estate,
and took up his residence at Goxhall. in the county
of Lincoln. He describes himself in his will as
"gentleman." He left two sons. William and Francis.

(XVIII) William (5) Wentworth finally set-
tled at Waltham, in Lincolnshire, and died May 27,
1574. He had three sons, Thomas, Oliver and
Christopher.

(XIX) Christopher, third and only surviving
son of William Wentworth. of Waltham, and Elleu
Gilby, his first wife, were probably born about 1556.
He married. August 19. 1583, at the church of
Saint Peter at Cowts, in the city of Lincoln, Cather-
ine, youngest daughter of William Marbury, Esq.,
of Girsby. They had children : William, Anne.
Faith, Elizabeth. Frances, Priscilla and Christopher.

(XX) William (6). eldest child of Christopher
and Catherine (Marbury) Wentworth. was baptized
at Saint Peter's at Cowts, June 8. 15S4. He mar-
ried. November 28, 1614. Susanna Fleming, widow
of Uther Fleming, and daughter of Edward Carter,
of Wells. They were the parents of three children
as follows: William, Edward and Christopher.

(XXI) William (7), eldest child of William
and Susanna (Carter) Wentworth. was baptized in
the parish of Alford. near the city of Lincoln. Lin-
colnshire. England, March 15. i6i6, and is believed
upon the evidence of many concurrent facts to be
identical with Elder William Wentworth, the first
of the Wentworths of the Massachusetts Bay
colony, the first undisputable evidence of whom in
this country is his signature to a combination for
government at Exeter, New Hampshire. July 4,
1630.

Where William or when William Wentworth
landed in this country is not certainly known.
Burke, in his "Peerage" says that he came first to
Boston, w-hich is proliable. He was from the same
parish as Rev. John Wheelwright, in England, and
probably came with or soon followed Mr. Wheel-
wright, who came to this country in 1636. The
latter was pastor of the church at Mount Wollaston
(now Quincy), and was banished in 1637 on account
of a sermon he preached on a Fast Day in Boston,
and settled w'ith a company of follower- at Piscat-
aqua Falls, New Hampshire, an<l called their town

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Exeter. William Wontuorth was one of the com-
pany in i6,?o or before. In 164J on acconnt of the
extension of the jurisdiction of Massachusetts to
include Exeter. Wheelwright and many of his col-
onists moved to Wells, Maine. William Wentworth
was one of those who went, and appears to have
lived in Wells from 1642 to 1649, and there he was
constable in 1648. From Wells he moved to Dover,
New Hampshire, probably in 1649, where he re-
sided the remainder of his life. He was the grantee
of land, at different times between 1652 and 1659,
amounting to several hundred acres. He lived
upon land in Rollinsford in that part of the town
known as Cocheco. It is sufficiently identified by
the fact that a part is in the family name, having
come down uninterruptedly from Elder William
through five and six generations. His lands were
not far from the mill privileges at Fresh Creek,
and it is evident that he was concerned, at least at
first, in the manufacture of lumber, one of the most
important interests of Dover in the early times, the
lumber being extensively exported.

In 1651 he was chosen one of the selectmen.
The mutilation of the Dover records makes it im-
possible to tell all the years in which he held office
of any kmd. The records, however, show the fol-
lowing: He was one of the selectmen in 1651-57-60-
64-65 and 70; moderator in 1663; lot layer in 1657-
60-61. and from records of doings, in many other
years. This last was an office which required much
time and care, in the period when great numbers
of town grants, vague and often conflicting, were
located. He was the first named of five men in
1656. chosen by the town to arbitrate between the
conflicting claims of lands which had become a
serious difficulty. He was one of three persons from
Cocheco to join with men in other parts of the town,
in 1660. to settle the growing ecclesiastical diffi-
culties between the Oyster River (Durham) section
and other parts, who reported an elaborate plan
July 17, 1660.

The office, however, by which William Went-
worth was best known was that of ruling elder of
tlie church at Dover, especially as it resulted in his
officiating as preacher manv years of his life but
when he was chosen to this office or when he be-
came a member of that or any other church is un-
known. He was instrumental in saving from des-
struction Heard's, one of the five garrisons in Co-
checo, June 28. 16S9. .Although it was a time of
peace, the unusual number of Indians gathered at
Cocheco, which was a trading post, excited the
suspicions of the people. It was noticed also that
many strange faces were among them. The confi-
dence of Major Walderue somewhat allaved their
doubts, but many assembled in the garrisons. Elder
Wentworth was in Heard's garrison about a mile from
bis house. In the evening of the 27th, squaws re-
quested leave to sleep by kitchen fires which was
unusual. In the darkest hour before morning, the
squaws opened the doors to admit the Indians
t-lder Wentworth was awakened by the barking of
a dog, Suspicious, he hastened to the door, and
ound the Indians entering. Alone, and seventv-
hree years of age. he pushed them out, shut the
door, and falling on ■ his back held it until the in-
mates came to his assistance. While laying in this
position tvvo bullets passed through the door above
111* head. 1 his was the only garrison saved Twentv-
three persons were killed and tuentv-nine carried
away captive.

In l6,So, on the prnvincial tax-list. Elder William

stood seventh in amount among the residents of
Cocheco, in point of property. Before his deatli he
conveyed to his sons a large part of his real property.
His inventory shows £97, i6s., 4d.. the value of his
estate at the time of his death, March 15, 1697. Elder
Wentworth may have married t;wice, and it is prob-
able that the first marriage was as early as 1640.
Elizabeth Kenny must have been his first wife,
A widow Elizabeth survived him. There are no
records of the births of his children. So far as
ascertained and in the most probable order of birth
they were as follows : Samuel, John, Gershom,
Ezckiel, Elizabeth, Paul, Sylvanus, Timothy. Sarah,
Ephraini and Benjamin. (Ezekiel, Ephraim and
Benjamin and descendants receive extended men-
tion in this article).

(XXII) John, second son and child of Elder
William and Elizabeth Wentworth, is first found
of record at Kittery, Maine, where he was mar-
ried December 24, 1703, to Martha, daughter of
Richard and Grace Miller, of Kittery. He lived
in that part of Dover known as "Sligo," down the
Salmon Falls river from Dover Village and some
miles below the present South Berwick bridge. He
owned land at the Falls and also a portion of the
mill privilege, and was a farmer and lumber dealer.
He was a surveyor of highways in i/Og, 171 1 and
1714, and constable in 1715. He was living on
Christmas Eve of 1770, but was dead before July 20,
of the following year. The inventory of his estate
was returned June 15, 1719. His widow. Martha,
was alive as late as January 3. 1755. wdien she gave
to her son Thomas a part of the saw mill. She had
been admitted to the church in Dover. September 20,
1719, and was afterwards dismissed to the Somers-
worth Church which is now extinct. The Dover
Church records give the baptism of four of their
children under date of July 5, 1719, and the order
on the record is the only means of judging of their
age. They were : Richard, Ezekiel, Thomas and
Mercy.

(XXIII) Thomas, third son of John and Martha
(Miller) Wentworth. resided in Somersworth, New
Hampshire, He was probably the Thomas Went-
worth wdio participated in the expedition against
Canada in 1758 and probably died on that expedition
as the warrant of appraisal of his property was
taken out in that year, ;\Iost of his children set-
tled in Lebanon, Maine. He was a witness of the
will of his uncle Gershom, August 2. 1758. He mar-
ried Mary Knox (Knock), sister of Rebecca Knox,
wdio married his brother Richard. .After his death
his widow married a Mr. Hanson, who died soon
after and she thereafter resided with her son, Caleb
Wentworth. in Lebanon, Maine, and died there
December 6, 1802. aged eighty-eight years. Their
children were : Martha. Moses, Mary. Nathaniel,
Richard. Jedediah, James and Caleb.

(XXIV) Richard, third son and fifth child of
Thomas and Mary (Knox) Wentworth, was born
May 16. 1746. in Berwick, Maine, and resided in
Lebanon. Maine, where he died June 15, 1835. His
body was interred in the burymg ground of his
brother Caleb. He was a soldier in the Revolution
and received a pension which was paid to his widow
after him. Congress voted to him two hundred dol-
lars for his gallantry in killing an Indian chief one
night while on sentry. The family tradition re-
garding this matter is as follows: Richard volun-
teered to take the place of a comrade as sentry
after the sentries for several nights in succession
had been killed. He placed his clothes up(5n a post
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the assassin. Observing a bush moving slowly and
perceiving the enemy behind it he fired and killed
a noted Indian chief who had been depredating upon
the sentries. Richard Wentworth married Johanna
Clark, and they were the parents of Stephen, Rich-
ard, Johanna. Nathan, Mary, Ruth, Thomas,
Caleb. Charles. (Charles and descendants receive
mention in this article).

(XXV) Stephen, eldest child of Richard and
Johanna (Clark) Wentworth, was born in 1767. in
Berwick, Maine. He moved to Ossipee. New
Hampshire, thence to Moultonboro, same state, and
subsequently to Great Falls, where he died April
4, 1856. He was married December 22, 1791, to
Sarah Nutter, who died January 19, 1854, aged
■eighty-one years. Their children were : Theodore,
Armitta, Mary, Johanna, Samuel. Oliver, Clark.
Ruth (died young), Ruth, Charles Darling and
Stephen. (Clark and descendants receive mention
in this article).

(XXVI) Oliver, second son and sixth child
of Stephen and Sarah (Nutter) Wentworth, was
born April 3, 1803, and resided in East Springfield,
New Hampshire. He was married in 1826, to
Betsey R. Caswell, of Moultonboro, X'ew Hamp-
shire. She died in Dover, April 12, 1S65. aged fifty-
seven years and three months. Their children were :
Valentine J\I., Ivory L., Sarah, Elizabeth, Catherine,
Lucretia, Johanna, Oliver T., Mary Frances, Abbie
Lozira and Sophronia.

(XXVII) Sarah, eldest daughter and third
child of Oliver and Betsey R. (Caswell) Went-
-\vorth. was born February 5, 1831, and there mar-
ried November 19, 1859, to her second cousin, Oliver
Wentworth, of Dover.

(XXV) Charles, youngest child of Richard
and Johanna (Clark) Wentworth, was born August
3, 1795, in Berwick. Maine, and resided in Dover,
New Hampshire, where he died April 12, 1861.
He settled in Dover when a young man and was
there chiefly employed as a laborer. He was mar-
ried December, 1S22, to Harriet Thompson, daugh-
ter of James Thompson, of Farmington. New Hamp-
shire. She died March 2. 1S76, in Dover. Their
children were : Oliver. Eliza Ann, Clark, Charles.
Susan E. and Thomas. .

(XXVI) Oliver, eldest child of Charles and
Harriet (Thompson) Wentworth, was born August
3, 1823, in Dover, and resided in that town through
life. He was married, November IQ, 1R50. in Dover,
to Sarah N., daughter of his cousin, Oliver Went-
worth. (See Oliver, XXVI). Two of their chil-
dren died in infancy, the others were : George Frank-
lin. Sarah Isabel and Edwin D. The la^t named re-
sides in Boston.

(XXVII) George F., eldest child of Oliver
and Sarah N. (Wentworth) Wentworth, was born
January 29, 1855, hi Dover, and always resided in
that town. Ever since the establishment of the free
mail delivery in Dover he has been connected with
the service. He is widely known as a taxidermist,
and is a man of intelligence and extended informa-
tion. He was married in Dover, August 24, 1874,
to Margaret Judge, who was the mother of two
children, Frank F. and Harry. The last named died
at the age of twenty-three years. Mr. Wentworth
married (second), Mary Conway, who is the mother
of six children, namely : Blanche, Arthur, George.
Helen. Dorothy and Alice.

(XXVIII) Frank F.. eldest child ol George F.
and Margaret (Judge) Wentworth, was born May
20, 1876, in Dover, where he has always made his

home. He was educated in the public schools
and at an early age entered the drug store of A. T.
Pinkham & Company to learn the business. He
continued with that establishment four years and
then decided to branch out in business for him-
self. He began the manufacture and repair of bi-
cycles and in a few years added to this the repair-
ing, sale and general handling of automobiles. He
has now the largest business in this line in the state.
He was married, June 6, 1898. to Anna C. Agnew,
daughter of Michael and Ellen Agnew, of Dover,
and they are the parents of three children: Raymond
F., Harold E. and Cecil A.

(XXVI) Clark, fourth son and seventh child
of Stephen and Sarah (Nutter) Wentworth, was
born in Ossipee, January 31, 1806. He went from
his native town to Great Falls, thence to Moulton-
boro, residing on Long Island. He was an industri-
ous farmer, attaining a comfortable prosperity, and
he died in 1878. February 22, 1831, he married Har-
riet Came, of INIoultonboro, and had a family of
nine children, eight of whom lived to maturity,
namely : William Henry, Laura Ann, Hannah C,
Samuel Going. Mary F., Joseph F., Mark Dean and
Sarah Elizabeth.

(XXVII) Samuel Going, fourth surviving child
and third son of Clark and Harriet (Came) Went-
worth, was born in Great Falls (now Somersworth),
July 6, 1837. Subsequent to his majority he en-
gaged in farming on Long Island, in the town of
Moultonboro, and also carried on quite an exten-
sive lumber business. In 1882 he removed to New
Hampton for the purpose of providing his children
with better educational advantages, and during his
four years residence there he busied himself by
dealing in lumber. From New Hampton he re-
turned to Moultonboro and resided there for the
remainder of his life, which terminated in Decem-
ber. 1896. He served as chairman of the board of
selectmen, being the only Democrat elected to that
office in Moultonboro during a period of many years,
held other town offices and was a commissioner of
Carroll county for four years. On March 14. 1861.
he married his cousin, Adelia Ann Wentworth. who
was born July 7, 1843, daughter of Samuel Went-
worth, and a sister of Mary Jane Wentworth, who
became the wife of his brother. Mark D. !Mrs.
Adelia A. Wentworth died February 12. 1896. She
was the mother of three children. Alfred Going,
born August 30. 1862; Alice Bell, January 20. 1864;
and Alvin Fernando. (See next paragraph).

(XXVIII) Alvin Fernando, youngest son and
cliild of Samuel G. and Adelia .A.. (Wentworth)
Wentworth. was born in Moultonboro. June 6. 1867.
He prepared for college at the New Hampton Liter-
ary Institute and was graduated from Ann Arbor,
Michigan, in 1889. His legal studies began and
were continued for one year in the office of Judge
Ilibbard, at Laconia. and were then continued in
the law department of the University of Michigan,
where he took the degree of Bachelor of Law in
1892, and he was admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor
the same year. Returning to Laconia he perfected
his legal training under the direction of his forrner
preceptor, and was admitted to the New Hampshire
bar in 1893. Locating in Plymouth the latter year
he purchased the law library of the late Joseph C.
Story, and opening an office he has since diligently
applied himself to his profession, building up a
lucrative general practice and attainin.g a high rep-
utation. Politically he is a Republican and has
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w'ater commissioner, member of the board of edu-
cation for nine years, and delegate to the last con-
stitutional convention at Concord. He has advanced
in Masonry through Olive Branch Lodge. Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, Pierce Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, and Omega Council, Royal and Select
Masters, to Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar,
of Laconia. On September i6, 1S97, Mr. Went-
worth was united in marriage at Albany. New York,
with Blanche M. Plaisted, who was born in Ashland,
New Hampshire. December 8, 1877. daughter of
Oscar A. and Ella (Clough) Plaisted. Of this
union there is one son, Roger Samuel, born in Plym-
outh, August 15, 1899.

(XXV) Nathan, fourth child and third son of
Richard (2) and Joanna (.Clark) Wentworth, was
born in 1774. He lived in Lebanon, Maine, and died
before 1834, aged about sixty. He married Lydia
Whitehouse, who died March 8. 1848, aged seventy-
two years. They had: Nathaniel, George (died
young), Andrew, Hannah, Ebenezer, William T.,
Eunice, George, Betsey and James W.

(XXVT) Nathaniel, eldest child of Nathan and
Lydia ( Whitehouse) Wentworth, was born in Leb-
anon, Maine, December 31, 1798, and died June 2,
1870, aged seventy-two. He resided in Great Falls,
New Hampshire first, and in Brighton, 2\Iassachu-
setts, after 1838, and was a contractor and builder,
and erected many buildings in Brighton, Boston
and other places. In politics he was a Republican
in his later years. He was a member of the Con-
gregational Church, and a Mason. He married
(first), in Eliot, Maine, August 11, 1822, Lydia
Lord of that place. She died there August 9, 1855,
and he married (second), November 27, 1856, Eliza-
beth Mahony, who died in Brighton, Massachu-
setts. He had by his first wife : John W., George
W., James, Charles M., David L., Lydia A., Caroline
T., William H. H.. Nathaniel, Walter A. : and by
his second wife: Thomas, Susan, Mary and Wil-
liam L.

(XXVH) Nathaniel (2), ninth child and
seventh son of Nathaniel (i) and Lydia (Lord)
Wentworth, was born in Brighton, Massachusetts,
December 8, 1843. He attended school until sixteen
years old, and then enlisted in Company C of the
First Massachusetts Cavalry in 1861, and served
until 1862, when he was discharged for disabilities
contracted in the service. In 1863 he enlisted as
a member of the Eleventh IMassachusetts Light Bat-
tery, and took part in engagements at Wilderness,
Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, Prebble Farm, Weldon
Railroad, siege before Petersburg, and many others,
and was present at the surrender of General Lee
and his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia,
April 9, 1865. He then returned home and was
mustered out and honorably discharged, and at once
engaged in peaceful pursuits. He worked at the
mason's trade in Boston until 1870, and then went
to Hudson, New Hampshire, where he has since
resided. He is a Republican in politics, and has been
active in the councils of his party. In 1887 he was
a member of the general court, and in 1897 a mem-
ber of the senate. Both these offices lie filled with
credit. In 1893 he was appointed a member of the
Fish and Game Commission, and has since served
continuously in that body, and for twelve years has
been its chairman. He married. May 9, 1870, at
Hudson, Martha E. Greeley, who was born in Hud-
son, January 6, 1850, daughter of Daniel SNI. and
Jane (Keniston'i Greeley, of Hudson. Six children
have been born of tliis union: Kate S.. James G.,

John, Edwin, Daniel and ^linnie. Kate S., married
Dr. C. H. Baldwin, of Nashua. James G., married
Linnie Snowman, of Rangeley, Elaine. John, mar-
ried Jessie Gilbert, and lives in Hudson. Edwin,
married Bertha Sanborn, and lives in Nashua.
Daniel, married Mabel Connell and lives at Hudson.
Minnie, died at the age of fifteen.

(XXIIJ Ezekicl Wentworth must have been
among the older children of his father. Elder Will-
iam (7) Wentworth, as his name is on the tax list
of 1672. He received three grants of land, of sixty,
thirty and ten acres respectively; and with Judge
John Tuttle a grant of "all privileges" of the west
side of Salmon Falls. He was selectman of Dover
in 1702, assessor in 1705, and representative in the
legislature from Dover in 171 1. He seems to have
resided in that part of Rolhnsford now known as
Salmon Falls Village. He died in the latter part of
171 1 or the early part of 1712, while a member of
the legislature. His descendants for six successive
generations subsequent to himself have been in the
New Hampshire legislature. He married, in 167607

before, Elizabeth . by whom he had seven

children: Thomas, John. Paul, Benjamin, Gershom,
Tamsen and Elizaljeth.

(XXIII) Benjamin, son of Ezekiel and Eliza-
beth Wentworth, was probably born about 1691, and
lived at Dover. His home was on the New Hamp-
shire side of Quamphegan, adjoining the river, in
the present town of Rollinsford, and was apparently
not two miles below Salmon Falls, and near the
bridge on the turnpike from Dover to South Ber-
wick. He dealt much in land about Salmon Falls
and considerably with his brother Paul. In 1716 he
was chosen constable and paid his fine of £5 in
preference to serving. He was "Sergeant" in 1717
and "Captain" when he died. He was baptized and
received into the church, November 25, 1722. He
was one of the committee of proprietors of the
town of Rochester, in 1722, and one of the select-
men in 1724, and the same year was elected repre-
sentative. He died in office in the early pan of
1725. His inventory was returned January 12, 1729,
at £1,953. He married, September 23, 1717, Eliza-
beth Leighton, born May 30, 1691, a daughter of
John Leighton, of Kittery, Maine. She was ad-
mitted to the Dover Church "other than by im-
mediate baptism" January 22, 1729, while a widow.
She died in October. 1779, aged eighty-eight years,
having survived her husband more than fifty years.
The cliildren of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Leighton)
Wentworth were : John, Elizabeth, Abigail and
Mary.

(XXIV) John (s), son of Captain Benjamin
and Elizabeth (Leighton) Wentworth, generally
known as "Colonel John." or "Judge John," was
born March 30, 1719, and in that part of Dover
which has become Somersworth, and in that part of
Somersworth which is now Rollinsford. He was
baptized December 26, 1722. Left fatherless at six
years of age, with three sisters younger than him-
self, he was much indebted for his early advantages
to his uncle. Colonel Paul, who took a deep interest
in him. and made him his chief heir, willing him the
homestead at his death, and the house still standing
at Salmon Falls. He was chosen one of the select-
men of Dover 1717, as "Captain John" and was
frequently re-elected while Somersworth continued
to be a part of Dover. He was chosen representa-
tive to the legislature from Dover, in 1749, and
various other years until the separation of Somers-
worth. He was first chosen to repi'c?cnt Somers-

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worth, October 21, 1755. was in the legislature in
1767, and annually thereafter. He was chosen
speaker of the house in 1771, and continued in office
during the existence of the provincial government —
that is not after 1775. Upon the organization of
Strafford county, 1773, he was made justice of the
court of common pleas, and held the place imtil
the provincial government ended. Under the Revo-
lutionary government he was chosen one of the
judges of the superior court, January 17, 1776, and
served until his death. He was one of the state
counselors from December 21, 1775, until his death.
He was colonel of the Second New Hampshire
Regiment when the review took place by Governor
John Went worth, at which Jeremy Belknap
preached a noted sermon on military duty, which
is preserved in the library of the Massachusetts
Historical Society. He was lieutenant-Colonel un-
der Colonel John Gauge as early as 1767.

The provincial legislature in session at Ports-
mouth, May 28, 1774, voted that John Wentworth
and si.x others be a committee of that house to
correspond, as occasion should require "with the
conmiittees that are or may be appointed in our
sister colonies, and to exhibit to this house, an
account of such proceedings when required." This
vote brought about the dissolution of the general
assembly by John Wentworth. the Tory governor.
By order of members of the assembly so abruptly
■ dissolved. Colonel John Wentworth issued a call
for election of delegates to a congress in New
Hampshire to elect delegates to a Continental con-
gress of all the colonies. This, the first Revolution-
ary congress in New Hampshire, met at the ap-
pointed time, July 21, and Colonel John Wentworth
was chosen chairman, and as such assigned the
credentials of Genera! John Sullivan and Nathaniel
Fulsom as delegates to the first Continental congress,
in Philadelphia, September 5, 1774.

The first Continental congress having recom-
mended another to be held May 10, 1775, Colonel
Wentworth issu|ed a circular convening another
meeting, which was held January 25, 1775, and Col-
onel Wentworth was made its president. He was
also president of the convention met to consider
the situation, April 21, 1775, thirty days after
the battle of Lexington. At a meeting of
the Provincial legislature on May 4, 1775, Colonel
John Wentworth was unanimously chosen speaker,
and his name sent up to Governor John Wentworth
for confirmation, and was accordingly confirmed.
This legislature never passed a law, and was finally
prorogued by the governor, who soon left the state.
January 5, 1776, the state congress of Exeter re-
solved to form a government and at this, the first
session under the independent government. Colonel
John Wetnwnrth was elected counselor, and one of
the judges of the superior court, which offices he
held until the day of his death. May 17, 17S1.

Colonel John Wentworth married (first) Decem-
ber 9, 1742, Joanna, daughter of Judge Nicholas and
Sarah (Clark) Vilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire.
She was born July 14, 1720, and died April 8, 1750,
a few days after giving birth to her fourth child.
He married (second), October i5, 1750, Abigail,
daughter of Thomas and Love (Bunker) Millet, of
Dover. She died July 15, 1767, aged forty-five
years, having eight children. He married (third),
June I, 1768, Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Thomas
Wallingford, and widow of Captain Amos Cole, of
Dover. She died July 11, 1776, aged forty years.
The children "by the first wife were: Paul, John,

Benjamin (died young), and Nicholas. By the
second: Thomas Millet (died young), Thomas
Millet, Benjamin, Joanna, Gilman, Abagail, Andrew
(died young), Susanna, and Andrew. By the third
wife, Afra and Samuel.

(XXV) John (6), known as "Jobn Went-
worth. Jr.," second son and child of "Colonel John"
and Joanna (Gilman) Wentworth, was born July
17, 1745. at Salmon Falls, in the house built by his
great-uncle. Colonel Paul, and graduated at Har-
vard College in 176S. He studied law with Judge
William Parker, at Portsmouth, and first saw his
wife as she accompanied her mother into court in
that town. In i76/-b8 there was but one attorney-
at-law in the limits of old Strafford county, that is
John Sullivan, of Durham, afterwards a major-
general in the Revolution, but John Wentworth, Jr.,
was in the practice of the law before the organiza-
tion of the company in 177J. These two were then
and for many years after the only attorneys in the
county. In 1787 he was one of the only twenty-
nine lawyers in the state of New Hampshire. He
lived and died in Dover, in a house still standing
(though greatly altered) known as the "Durrell
House," being the building on the west side of
Central street, next south of the present Belknap
Church.

On January 10, 1774, at a legal meeting of
Dover, in the beginning of the Revolutionary
troubles, he was appointed one of a committee of
correspondence for Dover. In 1777 he was chosen
chair moderator of the Dover meeting, and was re-
elected nearly every year until 1786 (inclusive),
presiding over the last meeting before his death.
December 19, 1776, he took his seat as representa-
tive of Dover in the assembly, which met at Exeter,
and was re-elected anmially until 1781, when he was
transferred to the council to succeed his father,
whose term expired December 9, 17S0, and who died
May 17, 1781. He served in the council until De-
cember 19, 1783, and was chosen for anotlier year,
but at the first organization of the senate for the
state at this session, June 2, 1784, he took his seat
as a member and served until June 7, 1786. At this
time his protracted ill health compelled him to de-
cline all further public life and he lived only until
the following January. At the organization of the
probate court of Straft'ord county he was appointed
register of probate, and held that oflice until his
death. He attended all the sesions of the legislature
to w'hich he was elected except those of May 20,
1778, and August 12, 177S, when he was attending
the sessions of the Continental congress. While a
member of the assembly he was also appointed one
of the committee of safety for the state, which con-
sisted of thirteen members. This committee of
safety, during the recess of -the legislature, per-
formed all the duties of the government, legislative,
executive, and judicial. It was while a member of
the assembly that he was appointed a delegate of
New Hampshire to the Continental congress. On
August iS. 1778. he was chosen one of the delegates
to serve one year, froin the first of the following
November. He arrived at Yorktown, Virginia,
May 28, 1778, and his colleague presented the cre-
dentials of the two on May 20. On June 9 he was
one of four added to' the board of the treasury. It
seems he did not attend any more meetings of
Congress after June 18. His name appears as one
of the signers of the original articles of confedera-
tion under date of August 8, 1778. ]\Iarch 30,
1781, he was again chosen delegate to the Conti-

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iienta! congress, but it does not appear that he at-
tended any but the session of 17/8.

The sickness while at congress brought on con-
sumption, of whicii he finally died, at Dover. Janu-
ary 10, 1787, aged forty-two. He was a member of
the Congregational Church in Dover, as all his
American ancestors by the name of Wentworth had
been before him. With all his etTorts in the last
years of his life, such w-as his confiding and liberal
disposition that what he hoped at his death might
be a competence became in the end a little more
than the fruits of his own good name and ex-
ample.

"As a lawyer, Mr. Wentworth was far above
mediocrity, and as a statesman and lawgiver, he was
superior to most of his contemporaries in the circle
in which he moved ; but it was as a man that his
virtues shone forth pre-eminent. His benevolence
was of the purest order. He never wearied of well
doing, and at this day the aged speak of his
character in terms of grateful remembrance." — New
Ha nips III re Gazette, 1S35.

John Wentworth, Jr., married in July, 1771,
Margaret Frost, of New Castle. She was born
December 3, 1747, in New Castte, and was a
daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Colton) Frost.
She was admitted to the church in Dover, De-
cember 29, 1771. After the death of her husband,
John, Jr., she became the third wife of Colonel
John Waldon, of Dover. She died in Dover, Sep-
tember 30, 1805, and was buried in his private burial
ground with his other wives. John, Jr., and Mar-
garet (Frost) Wentworth had seven children, all
born in Dover, and all baptized in the Congrega-
tional Church, as follows: John, Margaret, Eliza-
beth, Joseph, Meshech Weare, Dorothy Frost and
Paul.

(XXVI) Paul, youngest son and child of John
(6) and Margaret (Frost) Wentworth, was born
in Dover, April 22, 1782, was less than live years
old when his father died, and not long after that
date went to live with his father's brother, Thomas
i\Iillet Wentworth, in Lebanon, Maine. In 1795
he was in the academy at Exeter, New Hampshire.
Subsequently he went in the store of James Jewett,
Jr., of Dover, who married his mother's sister
Dorothy. Finally he became a merchant himself at
Dover Landing, and was very successful for those
times. He was appointed by President Jefferson.
May 3, 1808, captain in the Fourth United States
Infantry, and was stationed at Fort Constitution,
in New Castle, New Hampshire (formerly Fort
William and Mary), which commands the entrance
to Portsmouth harbor. In 1811 he was ordered to
take his company to the western frontier. Al-
though at that time contemplating a resignation with
a view to engaging in mercantile business, he post-
poned it until he should have conducted his com-
pany to Fort Harrison, Indiana, near what is now
Terre Haute, and at once informed the department
of his purpose, and received a reply that his resigna-
tion would be accepted. Accordingly he resigned
immediately after reaching his destination, October
29, 1811, and returned to New Hampshire. Septem-
ber 23, 1811, he joined Vincennes Lodge, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, at Vincennes, Indiana,
and was conducted into it by the gallant Colonel
Joe Daviess, of Kentucky, who fell at the battle of
Tippecanoe. After his return to Dover he pur-
chased a farm in .Sandwich, New Hampshire, and
settled there in 1812. He soon sold his farm and
removed to the "Quimby Place," a mile south, and

about 1820 settled on "the Purington Place" at
"Little's Corner." A year later he brought what
has been since known as the "Wentworth Place,"
which commands a view of the entire town. Besides
managing this large farm and several others in
different parts of the town, he was a merchant in
extensive business. He was postmaster many years,
in fact, always when his political party was in
power. He was moderator of the town meetings,
one of the selectmen over twenty years, and a
justice of the peace still longer. He was representa-
tive in the legislature in 1831-32-33-34-39-40-41. For
several years he was chosen at the same election,
moderator, selectman, and representative, and in
1841, the last time he w'as candidate, he received for
these three offices, respectively, the highest vote ever
cast for any person in the town. There being a
desire on the part of the young men to bring for-
ward his son Joseph for office, he never afterwards
became a candidate. In the winter of 1844-45 '^^
left Sandwich, and bought what was known as the
"old Kent place," on Pleasant street in Concord.
Before there was a Congregational Church in Sand-
wich, Mr. Wentworth and his wife joined the one
in Tamworth. Upon the establishment of a Con-
gregational Church in Sandwich they united there-
with. Their children were all received by baptism
into the Congregational Church.

Paul Wentworth was married by Rev. Joseph
W. Clary, at Dover, March 30, 1814, to Lydia,
daughter of Colonel Amos and Lydia (Baker)
(AVallingford) Cogswell. She was born at Dover,
May 30, 1793. He and his wife were both de-
scendants of Ezekiel (son of Elder William Went-
worth) who had Benjamin, who married Elizabeth
Leighton, from whom Paul was descended, and
Tamsen who married (first) James Chesley, from
whom his wife was descended. His line was through
njaniiel John and Hon. John, Jr.; her line from
Ton. ieii Wentworth was through Tamsen's son,
JamJi Chesley, Jr., who married Mehitable Wal-
dron, and had Tamsen Chesley who became (after
*lie-' death of her first husband, John Tombly)
the second wife of Colonel Otis Baker, of Dover,
and had Lydia Baker, who married Colonel Amos
Cogswell.

Early in the fall cf 1855 Mr. Wentworth's
health declined through general debility, and he
and his wife went to their old homestead in Sand-
wich, hoping a change might help him, but with-
out avail. He died August 31, 1853. and was Jjuried
in Concord. His widow died at the homestead in
Concord. August 24, 1872. Paul and Lydia (Cogs-
well) Wentworth were the parents of nine chil-
dren : John, Lydia Cogswell, Joseph, George Wal-
lingford, Mary Frances, Margaret Jane, Abigail
Cogswell, William Badger and Samuel Hidden. The
first was one of the early mayors of Chicago,
familiarly and widely known as "Long John."

(XXVII) Joseph, second son and third child
of Paul and Lydia (Cogswell) Wentworth, born in
Sandwich. January 30, 1818, died in Concord, March
I, 1901, was at New Hampton .Academy. 1835, at
Hopkinton, 1836, and at South Berwick, Alaine,
1837. For thirty years he was a successful mer-
chant in his native town, not only conducting a
country general store, but also dealing largely in
cattle and horses. He served as town clerk and
selectman, and in 1844 -i"'' 1845 was representative
frpm Sandwich in the state legislature. He was a
delegate from Sandwich in 1850. to the convention
called to revise the constitution of New Hampshire,

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and from Concord to the constitutional convention
in 1875. He was the first register of deeds for
Carroll county upon its separation from Strafford
county, serving two years, was sheriff of Carroll
county five years, and was for fifteen years post-
master at Sandwich. He was aide to Governor
John Page, with the rank of colonel, and for several
years quartermaster of the New liampshire Horse
Guards. For many years he was president and chief
owner of the Carroll County National Bank. He
resided in Sandwich, on the homestead of his father
until 1S70, when he gave it to his son Paul, and
removed to Concord. There for thirty years he
was a conspicuous and honored citizen. He served
Ward six as assessor, and in 1878 was its repre-
sentative in the legislature. Through most of his
life he was a Democrat, but in his later years he was
an ardent Prohibitionist, and was a candidate for
governor on the ticket of that party. While his
religious views were very liberal and he was not
a registered member of any church, JMr. Went-
worth maintained family worship and was a regular
attendant of the South Congregational Church in
Concord, and was a liberal supporter of any good
movement. He was a student and thinker, with
remarkable memory ; was possessed of a most
genial and sunny disposition, and e.xerciscd a great
influence over those intimately associated with him,
with no apparent efiort to do so upon his part.
His memory will ever be lovingly cherished by
those who knew him.

He married (.first), ]\lay 7, 1S45, Sarah Payson
Jones, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Clark)
Jones, of Brookline, Massachusetts, born there
February 19, 1823, died in Concord, i8g8. Their
children were Paul, now a resident of Chicago.
Moses Jones, on the old farm in Sandwich. Sarah
Clark, married William F". Thayer, of Conopid.
Lydia Cogswell, married George S. Hoyt, oi' '-

wich. Susan Jones, married Charles Woodwa recojf
Concord. Dollie Frances, married Fred W. Story,
of Laconia. He married (second), July 18, ;l8g8,
Clementina, daughter of Ebenezer and Mehitafile
(Clark) Bridges, and widow of Benjamin Warren
Couch. She was born in Charlotte, jMaine, Novem-
ber II, 1850, and now _ resides in Concord, New
Hampshire.

(.XXII) Ephraim, eighth son and child of
Elder William and Elizabeth Wentworth, lived in
Dover, on or adjoining the Wentworth grants. Rev.
John. Pike says in his journal, in 1704: "May 28,
Sacrament day. An ambush of 4 Indians lay be-
twixt Tristam Heards & Ephraim Wentworths,
upon the north side of the Hill (Garrison Hill) but
were happily discovered & escaped." He received
grants of land in addition to what he inherited from
his father. He owned a part of the mill at the head
of Fresh Creek ; also a part of the mill at Salmon
Falls. He was surveyor of highways in 1702;
viewer of fences in 1709. He made his will March
16, 173S; it was proved June, 1748. This indicates
that he died in 174S. The will mentions all his
children, nine, but not his wife, indicating that she
was dead. He married (first), between October
22, 1696, and May, 1699, Mary, daughter of Richard
and Grace Miller, of Kittery, Maine. When this
first wife died does not appear, but in March, 1735,
and November, 1736, he had a wife Elizabeth. She
was probably the widow of Joseph Beard. Her
maiden name was Waldernc, and she was daughter
of William, a brother of Major Richard Walderne
(now spelled Waldron). His children were:

Ephraim, Spencer, Ezekiel, Samuel, Jonathan. Mary
Anna, Martha and Elizabeth. (Mention of Samuel
and descendants appears in this article.)

(XXni) Ezekiel, third son and child of
Ephraim and Mary (Miller) Wentworth, inherited
the homestead of his father in Dover, New Hamp-
shire. There was an Ezekiel Wentworth under
Colonel William Pepperell in his expedition against
Louisburg in 1745 ; and also an Ezekiel Wentworth
in Captain Gerrish's company in 1760, for the
Canada e.xpedition. Whether this Ezekiel is identi-
fied with either of these two mentioned is not
certain. He married (first) his cousin Dorothy,
daughter of Benjamin Wentworth; she died about
1750, having three sons. He married (second),
about 1751, Sarah Nock (now Knox), by whom he
had six children. He died in the summer of 1762,
but she survived him and lived with her son Jona-
than, of Rochester, until her death, about 1802.
The children of the first wife were : Ephraim
and Isaac (twins), and Phineas ; by the second wife:
Jonathan, Dorothy, Drisco, ilark. Sylvanus and
Elias.

(.XXIV) Jonathan, eldest child of Ezekiel and
Sarah (Nock) Wentworth, was born JMay 25. 1752,
and died February 9, 1817. He was called "Jona-
than. Jr.," to distinguish him from his Uncle Jona-
than. He was a blacksmith, and lived in that part
of Rochester which was incorporated as Farmington,
December i, 1798. He married, December 5, 1772,
Esther Whitehouse. They had nine children : John,
Elias, Phineas, William (died young), William,
Sarah. Ezekiel. a child, and Lucy.

(XXV) Elias, second son and child of Jona-
than and Esther (Whitehouse) Wentworth. was
born May 22, 1774. and died in Wakefield, Septem-
ber 21, 1852. He lived in Wakefield on the same
lot of land with his brother John, and was a
neighbor to his Uncles' JNIark and Sylvanus. For
many years he was a member of the board of se-
lectmen of Wakefield. He married, November 29,
1797, Lydia Chadwick, who was born September
25, 1778, and died April 16, 1S67, aged eighty-nine.
She was the daughter of William Chadwick. The
children of this union were : Betsey, Jonathan,
Ezekiel, Daniel. William, Albra, Eli. Noah Home,
Sarah and Jacob (twins), and David W. C.

(XXVI) Albra. fifth son and sixth child of
Elias and Lydia (Chadwick) Wentworth, was born
March 10, 1807, and died at Union Village. Wake-
field, June 3, 1875. He resided in Wakefield, and
was a man who took an interest in public affairs
and had an influence in shaping their course. Fle
was one of the selectmen in 1854, and afterward a
member of the general court. He married (first),
in 1828, Rhoda Cook, of Wakefield, who died June
15. 1845; (second), December 25, 1S47, Eliza U.
Sanborn, of Wakefield. He had by his first wife :
Sally Aroline, Charles Augustus, Albert Freeman,
Sylvester Norris and Frances Ellen. By the second
wife one child, George Albra. Sally Aroline, born
May 27, 1829, married, October 23, 1853. James
Hayes Tunkins, and lived in Wakefield. (See Jun-
kins. III.)

(XXIII) Samuel, fourth son and child of
Ephraim and Mary (Miller) Wentworth. The date
of his birth is not known. He lived in Somers-
worth, and died March 4, 1789. He was a good
farmer, a good citizen, and a soldier in the Revolu-
tionary army, serving in Captain John Waldron^s
company in 1775, and Captain Caleb Hodgdon's
company in 1776. He married (first) Patience,

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daughter of Thomas and Sarah Downs. She was
born April 3, 1721, and died in Somersworth, Sep-
tember 10, 1775. Slie was granddaughter of Thomas
Downs, who came in "The Defence" to Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1635. He married (second)
Widow Elizabeth Carter, of Portsmouth. She had
three husbands previously, viz. : Captain Gowen,
Captain Hill, and Captain Carter. He married
(third) Widow Margaret (Hains) Horn, who
survived him. His nine children, all by his first
wife, were as follows : Jonathan, Sarah, Enoch,
Kezia, Mary, Daniel, Amaziah, Samuel and Jacob.
(XXIV) Colonel Jonathan, eldest child of
Samuel and Patience (Downs) Wentworth, was
was born in Somersworth, September 8, 1741, and
died November 16, 1790. He is known as "Col.
Jonathan" from his military career. He lived at
Dry Hill, in Somersworth (now Rollinsford),
sometimes called Sligo, about two miles from Dover
Landing, on the right from the road to South Ber-
wick, Maine. He was one of the selectmen of
Somersworth in 1774. He was with two brothers
in the Revolutionary army. He was captain of a
company raised in Somersworth in 1775. and served
in Colonel Poor's regiment in the siege of Boston.
He made a forced march of sixty-tw^o miles previous
to the battle of Bunker Hill, and arrived in Chel-
sea, opposite, in the morning, but could not cross
the river (Mystic) on account of the enemy, and
went round by way of Medford to jointhe troops.
After the siege of Boston he went with General
Sullivan on the expedition to Canada. In 1778 he
was with General Sullivan in the campaign in
Rhode Island. In 1781 he was major in Colonel
Thomas Bartlett's regiment at West Point, and at
one time was brigade major under Colonel Stephen
Evans. After the war he was colonel of a New
Hampshire regiment. His war record is brilliant
and most honorable. Colonel Wentworth was a
representative from Somersworth from iSIarch 10,^
1779, to JMarch 13, 1782. His wife was Betsey,'
daughter of Richard Philpot, of Somersworth. She
died September 7, 1829. They had eight children:
Richard Philpot, Thomas, Luke, Sylvanus, Lewis,
Patience, Jonathan and David.

(XXV) Thomas, second son and child of
Colonel Jonathan and Betsey (Philpot) Wentworth,
was born in Somersworth, June 4, 1768, and died
in Dover, February 3. 1805. He was a well-to-do
farmer, a good citizen, but not • an office holder.
He married, in Rochester, February 16, 1790, Mary,
daughter of Colonel James Roberts, and grand-
daughter of Joshua Roberts, of Berwick, Maine. She
was born May 12, 1769, and after the death of
Thomas married (second), September 7, 1826,
Samuel Lord, of Berwick, who died in 1855, and she
died May i, 1S58. Her father. Colonel James
Roberts, w-as a captain of a company raised in- Ber-
wick, Maine, which was at the battle of Bunker
Hill, and later served in the siege of Boston. After
the war he was colonel of a Maine regiment.
Thomas and Mary (Roberts) Wentworth had seven
children : Betsey, James, ^lartha, Mary, Andrew,
Ruth, Lydia.

(XXVI) ^Martha, third child and second daugh-
ter of Thomas and Mary (Roberts) Wentworth,
was born April 4, 1795, married John Ham, her
second husband. !May 14, 1837 (see Ham, V), and
died April 5. 1880.

(XXII) Benjamin, son of Elder William Went-
worth, was probably the youngest child, and ac-

cording to tradition was the son of a second wife.
He inherited a part of the large tract of land owned
by his father and upon that he resided. This land
is about two miles northeast of Cocheco Falls, Do-
ver, was devised to Benjamin, May 9, 1693, and has
never since been out of the possession of the
family. Benjamin was constable in Dover in 1711
and 1713, and surveyor of highways in 1703 and
1717. The only account of his death is contained
in the Nnu England Journal of August 5, 1728,
which states: "We are informed that some days
ago, Mr. Benjamin Wentworth, riding over a bridge
(otherwise called the boom) in the river Cocheco,
New Hampshire, fell into the said river, where both
he and his horse were drowned." The place where
the accident occurred is a few rods above the
lower falls, in Dover. Henry Wentworth's de-
scendants say that his wife's name was Sarah Allen,
and tradition says she came from Salisbury, Massa-
chusetts. She died at the house of her grandson,
Bartholomew, July 12, 1770, aged ninety-one. The
children of Benjamin and Sarah were : William,
Sarah, Tamsen, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Susannah, Jo-
seph, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Martha, Abra and Mark.
(Mention of Joseph and descendants forms part
of this article.)

(.XXIII) Ebenezer, third son and fifth child
of Benjamin and Sarah (Allen) Wentworth, was
born September 9, 1705, and lived about one mile
east of Great Falls; later he lived about a mile
south, where he died. He is called "cordwainer"
in a deed dated 1737. He married (first) Sarah,
daughter of John and Deborah (Church) Roberts,
born February 18, 1709. She died February 10,
1770, and he married (second) before 1773, Widow
Elizabeth (Monroe) Young, whose first husband
lived and died in Rochester. She died about 1790.
His children, all by the first wife, were: Sarah.
Benjamin. Ebenezer, Deborah, Stephen, Alary,
Aaron. N'icholas and Elihu.

(XXIV) Ebenezer (2), third child and second
son of Ebenezer (i) and Sarah (Roberts) Went-
worth, was born August 14, 1735, and died April
24, 1797. _ He was a resident of Rochester in 1774.
He married, in 1758, his cousin, Dorothy Hartford,
of Parker's Island, at the mouth of the Kennebec
river, who was born about 1736, and died about 1822,
aged eighty-six. Her parents were Joseph and
Dorothy (Furbish) Hartford. The children of this
union are: Dorothy, Joanna, Ebenezer, Nancy (died
young), David and Nancy.

(XXV) Deacon David, fifth child and second
son of Ebenezer (2) and Dorothy (Hartford)
Wentworth, was born September 7, 1774. He re-
sided in • Dover, where he was a deacon in the
Free Will Baptist Church. He died there October
8, 1852. He married (first), January 30. 1799.
jNIercy Smith, of Wolfborough, who was born June
16, 1776, and died January 10. 1837; (second) Mary
Nutter, who was born in Portsmouth, and died
]\Iarch 29, 1856. The children of David and JMcrcy
were : Jacob Smith, Susan Alary, James Jewett,
Elizabeth .Ann, Nancy, Alary Smith, Hiram and
John Morrison.

(XXVI) Jacob Smith, eldest child of David
and Mercy (Smith) Wentworth, was born in Wolf-
borough, January 14, 1800. He married, in March,
1829, Jane, daughter of Moses Farren, of .Mton.
He died January ir, 1842, and his w^idow married
(second) Oliver Berry, Ijy whom she had one son.
Jacob S. and Jane had seven children : Alonzo

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Perry, George Newlaiid, Moses Warren, Hiram
Shepard, Edgar Newland, John Downing and Ja-
cob Smith.

(XXYII) Alonzo Perry, eldest child of Jacob
S. and Jane (Farren) Wentworth, was born June
4, 1830, and died December 12, 1904. He enlisted
June 9, 1863, in Company B, Twelfth Massachu-
setts Volunteers. He was a farmer and resided at
Strafford, New Hampshire. He married, August
12, 1857, Lydia Abigail Sanders, who was born in
Strafford, New Hampshire, lilarch 25, 1834, and
died October 29, 1903, daughter of John and Maria
(Gray) Sanders, of Straft'ord, New Hampshire.
The children born to them were : Ella Jane, Del-
mer David, Lillian Maria and John Frank. Lil-
lian M. married, June 28, 1893, Frank H. Babb.
(See Babb, V.)

(XXni) Joseph, seventh child apd fourth son
of Benjamin and Sarah (Allen) Wentworth, was
born December 22, 1709, and was called in deeds,
sometimes "yeoman," sometimes "husbandman."
He was the owner of the highlands now known as
"Prospect Hill," at Great Falls, New Hampshire,
and old records indicate that he owned land on
which is now part of the village of Great Falls.
He died January 26, 1765. His wife's name was
Rachel. Ivlay 18, 1769, she had set off as dower
land on the southerly side of the road "leading to
the Great Falls, by Benjamin Wentworth's land,"
and one-third of the mill privilege. She died in
Somersworth, May l, 1774. Her maiden name can-
not now be discovered. The children of Joseph and
Rachel were : Joseph, Rachel and Charity.

(XXIV) Joseph (2), only son of Joseph (i)
and Rachel Wentworth, was born in Somersworth.
He had land laid out to him in Berwick, Maine.
He married, January 19, 1756, at Blackberry Hill,
Berwick, Alaine, Eunice Shorey. While liis young-
est child was an infant he mysteriously disappeared
and what became of him was never known. His
widow married (second), in Berwick, November ig,
1779. John Brown. She lived in Limerick, ?ilaine,
but died in Berwick. The children of Joseph and
Eunice were : Rachel, Daniel, Samuel, William,
Jose^ih and Ichabod.

(XXV) Samuel, -second of the five sons of
Joseph (2) and Eunice (Shorey) Wentworth, was
born July I, 1760, and died about 1S31. He was a
soldier in the war of the Revolution, and to dis-
tinguish him from numerous other Samuels he was
called "Gunner Sam." He married, as "of Roches-
ter, New Hampshire," May 2, 1782, Sarah Stone,
of Berwick, Maine. They had: Daniel, John, Mary,
Aaron, Moses, Betsey, Mehitable, Levi, Phincas and
Sarah.

(XXVI) Phineas, ninth child and sixth son of
Samuel and Sarah (Stone) Wentworth, was a
soldier in the War of 1812. He lived at Milton
Mills on the Salmon Falls river, and was a farmer.
He married, March 22, 1827, Nancy Withara, of
Milton Mills, a cousin to Mary (Witham), wife
of his brother Levi. She died August, 1870. They
had: Lucy Ann, Richard, a child (died young),
John Quincy Adams, Lewis Hanson, Charles
Howard and Caroline Melissa.

(XXVII) Charles Howard, seventh child of
Phineas and Nancy (Witham) Wentworth, was
born in JNIilton, December 30, 1839, and died July
2, 1894. He was a farmer, and in political senti-
ment was a Republican. He married Arvilla Farn-
ham, who was born May 16, 1S35, daughter of Dum-
mer and ."Knuie (Miller) Farnham, of Acton, Maine.

Three children were born of this union : John
Howard, born September 14, 1863, died July 29,
i86g. Charles Elmer, mentioned below. Delbert
Roscoe, born December 12, 1S69.

(XXVIII) Charles Elmer, second child of
Charles H. and Arvilla (Farnham) Wentworth,
was born in Milton, October 21, 1865. He attended
the public schools until sixteen years of age and
then became an employe in the woolen mill at
Union, where he remained six years. He then
worked a while in a meat market, and then learned
shoemaking and was in the employ of the Thomas
G. Plant Company of Boston five years. Return-
ing to Union at the end of that time he bought
out a livery stable which he restocked and has since
conducted with success. He is independent in poli-
tics, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, of
Milton Mills. He married, in 1890, Clara
Place, who was born at Middleton, May 4, 1871,
daughter of William and Lydia (Whitehouse)
Place, of Middleton, New Hampshire. To them
have been born : Roscoe C, born September 26,
Robert John, January 24, 1896; Homer Roger,
March 28, 1897; Gladys Marilla, April 7, 1898;
Ruth, September 17, iSgg; and Lucille, February 12,
1907.

The Wilders constitute a lineage well
WILDER endowed with the qualities and facul-
ties that are always essential to moral
and intellectual achievement. It is not quite four
centuries since a king of England conferred on
their ancestral representative the distinction which
has entitled his descendants to be enrolled among
the landed gentry of Great Britain. Their career,
at once modest and honorable, has shown that it
was guerdon not ill bestowed. Those of the name
and race who live in this country have abundant
reason to boast of their kindred and ancestry be-
yond the Atlantic. X^or here in America, under
Republican institutions, has there been any essential
change of character.

There is no doubt that the inciting cause was
religion which led Martha Wilder and her children
to emigrate to the colony of Massachusetts Bay.
They firmly and inflexibly maintained that iron-
side orthodoxy peculiar to the seventeenth century,
and their descendants have a full measure of their
peculiar characteristics. The great body of them '
have been influential members of society, not often
aspiring to lead, but not willing to follow a leader
blindly. They have displayed from the first all
the nobler characteristics of their progenitors-
earnestness of purpose, fidelity in pecuniary affairs,
punctuality in the fulfilling of engagements, strict
veneration for truth, patient industry, inflexible
tenacity, and other kindred qualities.

(I) The first Wilder known in history is
Nicholas, a military chieftain in the army of the
Earl of Richmond, at the battle of Bosworth, in
1485. The name is German and would indicate that
Nicholas was one of those who came with the Earl
of France, and landed at Milford Haven, April 15,
1497. Henry VII gave Nicholas Wilder, as a
token of favor, a landed estate and a coat-of-arms,
and that estate is still held by his heirs. From the
son of Nicholas until 1777 they were born at Ship-
lake, which seems to have been the family residence.
Of Nicholas Wilder we do not know the time of
his birth or death. He had one son.

(II) John, son of Nicholas Wilder, was in
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His wife's name was Agnes, and they had a son,
John Wilder, Esq., and a daughter, Agnes, who died
in 15&X

(III) John (2), son of John (i) and Agnes
Wilder, married Alice Keats, daughter and heiress
of Thomas Keats, Esq., of the Sulham House, by
whom he had four sons ; John, Nicholas, William
and Thomas, and three daughters: Eleanor, Joan
and Alice. Thus far we have no dates of births and
deaths. In 1582 John gave by deed of entail the
Sulham House, of which his wife was heir, to
William, their third son, probably as a part of an
arrangement by which Thomas, the fourth son, was
to become the proprietor of the entailed estate.
By the will of John, made in October, 158S, and
proved by his widow Alice, his executors, the fol-
lowing November, John and Thomas were both
provided for, and a deed of conveyance was also
made to Thomas. We do not know by what power
the third son came to be made heir instead of the
eldest, yet it was done in this case, and the family
residence, Shiplake, which was not a part of the
entailed estate, was probably conveyed by deed to
Thomas, and thus made to continue as the family
residence.

(IV) Thomas, son of John (2) and Alice
(Keats) Wilder, was born and died at Shiplake, on
the property which came from his father. Berry,
in his "Pedigrees," says that Thomas succeeded
John at his father's death, and that his heir ap-
parent was his son John of Nunhide, who was
living in 1681, and probably died in 16S8. Martha
Wilder left Shiplake in May, 1638, for the colonies.
One strong presumption is that Martha was the
widow of Thomas, who died in 1634, and that
Thomas, of Charlestown, was the son of Martha
and the brother of Edward; it follows that they
had an older brother, John, who was the heir of
Thomas, and that all the five who had emigrated
were his children ; and until this is shown by
proper evidence to be incorrect, we shall assume
that they were all of one family. Thus the chil-
dren of Thomas and Martha Wilder seem to be:
John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Edward and Mary. (Men-
tion of Thomas and descendants forms part of this
article.)

(V) John, son of Thomas Wilder, married in
1673 ; his wife's name was Hannah. At the Indian
war he Hed from the place on the'Nashawena river,
within the present town of Lancaster, Massachu-
setts, where he had gone with his father, and went
to Charlestown, where two of his children were
baptized. One child, Hannah, was born in Marl-
boro. It is not known that he returned to Lan-
caster, but he is supposed to have resided there.
The time of his death is unknown. He was one of
the original proprietors of the town of Worcester,
but it is not known that he ever resided there.
In 1673 he married Hannah, whose surname is un-
known. He had six children, four sons and two
daughters : John, Thomas, Hannah, Jarnes, Ebe-
nezer and Anna, most of whom lived in South
Lancaster, then known as Six Nations, now as
the town of Clinton, from which it is supposed that
their father's home was there.

(VI) Thomas, son of John and Hannah Wilder,
was a farmer of Six Nations. He married Susan-
nah Hunt, and left two sons and two daughters:
John, Jotham, Anna and Prudence.

(VII) Jotham, son of Thomas and Susannah
(Hunt) Wilder, was born in Six Nations, in 1710.
He married, March 3, 1746, Phebe Wheeler, and had

four sons and two daughters: Stephen, Titus,
Susannah, Jotham, Reuben and Polly.

(\TII) Titus, second child of Jotham and
Phebe (Wheeler) Wilder, was born in Lancaster,
December 15, 1749, and devoted himself to agricul-
ture as his father before him had done. He mar-
ried, April 21, 1773, Mary Allen, daughter of Eben-
ezer and Tabitha (FuHum) Allen, and a granddaugh-
ter On the maternal side of Francis FuUum, who
was killed in the celebrated Lovewell's fight at
Pigwacket (now Fryeburg), Maine, in 1725. Eight
children were born of this marriage. Thomas (died
young), Polly, Titus, Ebenezer, Tabitha, Thomas,
Betsey, and Elisha, whose sketch follows.

(IX) Elisha, youngest child of Titus and Mary
(Allen) Wilder, was bom in Lancaster, Massa-
chusetts, September 22, 1793, and died there in 1S36.
He was a carpenter by trade. In early life he was
an officer in the state militia. His commission as
lieutenant was dated May 3, 1S20, and signed by
Governor Brooks and by Alden Bradford, secre-
tary of state. He married, August 11, i8l8, Einily
Pollard, who was born in Lancaster, July 7, 1793,
and died November 5, 1830. She was one of the
twelve children of Abner Pollard and his first wife,
Achsah (Phelps) Pollard, her father being one of
the twelve children of Jolui and Elizabeth Pollard.
To Elisha and Emily (Pollard) Wilder were born
five children : Edwin Elisha, Emily, (Caroline M.,
Frederick and Christopher W. Edwin Elisha, born
June 30, 1821, was in business a carriage trimmer
for many years in Bridgeton, Maine ; he died in
October, 1904. Emily died young. Caroline M.,
born 1823, died at twenty years of age. Frederick
died young. Christopher W. is the subject of the
next paragraph.

(X) Christopher Walker, fifth and youngest
child of Elisha and Emily (Pollard) Wilder, was
born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, January 7, 1829.
When he was less than a year old his mother died
and he was placed in the care of his aunt, Mrs.
Benjamin R. Page, of Conway, New Hampshire.
He was educated in the public schools of Conway,
and at Fryeburg Academy. He went to Haverhill,
Massachusetts, at seventeen years of age, and worked
with his brother Edwin E. at carriage making until
he was twenty. At twenty-one (1850) he returned
to Conway and engaged in the manufacture of har-
ness and carriage manufacturing, in which line
he built up a large trade, continuing until 1S70.
In the year 1861, at the comparatively youthful age
of thirty-two, I\Ir. Wilder was elected to the re-
sponsible office of county commissioner of Carroll
county, and ser\-ed three years. He performed the
functions of this office with so much satisfaction
to his townsmen that at the expiration of his term
of office as commissioner. 1864, he was elected se-
lectman and kept in that position until 1868, and
again elected 1877-78. In 1868 and 1869 he repre-
sented the town in the legislature, and served on
the committee on education. In iS6g he obtained a
charter for the Conway Savings Bank, which he
assisted in organizing in May, 1870, when he be-
came auditor, and has been continuously connected
with the bank ever since. For eleven years he was
assistant treasurer, was made treasurer in 1885,
and has since held that pl.ace, a term of twenty-
two years. In 1871 Mr. Wilder was appointed by
Governor Weston, registrar of probate of Carroll
county, and that position he filled the five years
following, and has since practiced continuously in
the probate court of said county. In i86r he was

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appointed justice of the peace and notary public,
and has since held those offices, a period of forty-
six years. In pohtics he is a Democrat. Mr. Wilder
has attained a leading place among his townsmen
by diligence, and a just course in business, and
commands the respect and regard of all who know
him. He is one of the financial supports of Conway,
and takes a pride in the progress of the town.
He was a member of Saco Valley Lodge, No. 21,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he
is a past grand. Is now a member of Swift
River Lodge, No. 84, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of Conway Village. INIr. Wilder joined
the JMethodist Episcopal Church about 1867, and is
still a prominent member of that denomination.
He was one of the organizers and early trustees
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Conway, and
ever since has been a member of the official board.
He has always been connected actively with the
Sabbath school, either as student or teacher. Mrs.
W'ilder joined the Methodist Church by letter from
the Congregational Church, after coming to Con-
way, and was an earnest worked in that body until
age compelled her to cease her labors. Christopher
Walker Wilder married, in Bridgeton, Maine, No-
vember 25, 1852, Sophia Greenwood, who was born
in Bethel, Maine, July 19, 1830, daughter of Eben-
ezer and Lucy (Grover) Greenwood. She is a
granddaughter of Nathaniel Greenwood, of Bethel,
and is of Welsh ancestry. Of this union four chil-
dren have been born : George Sidney, Annette A.,
Fred. G. and Henri P. George Sidney, born Iilay
14, 1S56, died March 27, 1892. He married Carrie
C. Yeaton, by whom he had six children : Clifford
W; Ethel, Grace G., Alice, Ralph and Elsie.
Annette A., October 26, 1857, married Haven A.
Quint, and died July 6, 1886, leaving three chil-
dren : Eleanor P., Levi N. and Fred C. Fred.
G., died young. Henri P., August 16, 1863, mar-
ried, November 11, 1891, jilary E. Long, of Mel-
rose, Massachusetts. He is in business in Conway,
and resides with his parents. Mrs. Sophia (Green-
wood) Wilder died November 6, 1904, after a mar-
ried life of fifty-two year.

(V) Thomas (2), second son and child of
Thomas (i) and Martha Wilder, was born in
England about the year 1618. It is not known when
he emigrated to this country, but he was admitted
to the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in
March, 1640, and was made freeman there either
in that year or in 1651. In 1652 a settlement was
made on the Nashawaha river forty miles west of
Charlestown, which afterwards developed into the
town of Manchester, and to this place Thomas (2)
Wilder and his familj' moved on the first day of
July, 1654. His farm of five hundred acres was
located near the center of the present town. In
1660 Thomas (2) Wilder was elected one of the
selectmen, and held the office, it is said, till his death
seven years later. In 1640 he married Anna, whose
last name is unknown, and they had five children :
Mary, born June 30, 1642; Thomas (3), whose
sketch follows; John, 1646; Elizabeth, 1648; Na-
thaniel, November 3, 1650, married Mary Sawyer,
and died in July, 1704. Thomas (2) Wilder died
October 23, 1667, and his widow died June 10,
1692.

(VI) Thomas (3). eldest son and second child
of Thomas (2) and Ann Wilder, was born Sep-
tember 14, 1644. probably in Charlestown, Massa-
chusetts. He was executor of his father's will
and succeeded to his estate in Lancaster, Massa-

chusetts. We know very little about his career,
but there are indications that he fortified his house
during the Indian massacres, and made it a place
of refuge for other families. On June 17, 1678,
Thomas (3) Wilder married !Mary Houghton, and
si.x children are recorded : James, born in 1680,.
married Abigail Gardner. Joseph, whose sketch

follows. Sarah, January 22. 16S5, married ■

Fairbanks. Elizabeth, 1687, married

Hutchings. Anna, 1689, married Hezekiah Wil-

lard. Mary, 1691, married Hartwell.

Thomas (3) Wilder died in 1717.

(VII) Judge Joseph, second son and child of
Thomas (3) and Mary (Houghton) Wilder, was
born July 5, 1683, probably in Lancaster, Massa-
chusetts. Although his early educational advan-
tages were limited, he was a man of great intel-
lectual gifts, and at an early day was made a judge
in the courts of Maine, then a part of Massachu-
setts. In 1732 he was appointed a judge of the
court of common pleas for Worcester county, and
from 1741 until his death he served as chief justice.
In 1739 he was made judge of probate for Wor-
cester county, which office he also held until his
death. He is said to have been a man of in-
corruptible piety and integrity. In 1702 Judge Jo-
seph Wilder married Lucy Gardner, daughter of
Captain Andrew Gardner, of Lancaster, who was
born in 1679. She was the sister of Rev. Andrew
Gardner who was accidentally killed by being mis-
taken for an Indian during the time of the mas-
sacres. The sentinel heard the approach of a man
in the bushes, and receiving no reply to his com-
mand, fired his musket and killed the clergj-man
just on the eve of the latter's ordination. The
soldier was exonerated by the authorities, but he
never recovered from the eft'ects of the tragedy.
Judge Joseph and Lucy (Gardner) Wilder had four
sons, but no daughters are recorded. The sons
were Thomas, born in 1704; Andrew, December 28,
1706, married Elizabeth Carter; Joseph (2), whose
sketch follows; Caleb, born in 1710, married Abi-
gail Carter. Judge Joseph Wilder died May 26,
1757, and his wife died May 13, 1753.

(VIII) Colonel Joseph (2), second son and
child of Judge Joseph (i) and Lucy (Gardner)
Wilder, was born in December, 1708, probably in
Lancaster, jNIassachusetts. He settled in Lancaster,
that state, and with his brother Caleb introduced
into this country the manufacture of pot and pearl
ashes. The original ashery was at the outlet of
Choaloom pond. The industry proved very suc-
cessful and became a source of wealth to the whole
country. Joseph (2) Wilder was a man of promi-
nence and influence in the town and state. After
his father's death he was appointed in his stead as
judge of the court of common pleas, and he also
became a colonel in the militia. Colonel Joseph (2)
Wilder was twice married. His first wife and the
mother of his nine children was Deborah Joscelyn,
who was born in 1708 and died April 20, 1773.
The children were: Joseph (3), whose sketch fol-
lows. Deborah, born November 17, 1736, married
Sherabiah Hunt. Sarah, March 2, 1738. Gardner,
married Martha Wilder. Rebecca, ^lay 18, 1741,
married James Locke. Peter, November 10, 1743,
and John, his twin, who lived but one day. Lucy,
April 24, 1747, married John Locke. John, August
I. 1750. In 1775. shortly before his death. Colonel
Joseph (2) Wilder married INIrs. Rebecca Locke.
According to one record he died September 12,
1776. but that varies slightly from another state-

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inent, wliich says that he died at the age of seventy
jears.

(IX) Joseph (3), eldest child of Colonel Jo-
seph (2) and Deborah (Joscelyn) Wilder, was born
April 15. I7J4, and was a farmer living in Lancaster,
Massachusetts. He married Susannah Phelps, and
they had seven children: Joseph, born in 1760;
Willis, mentioned below; Peter, burn in 1766; Na-
than; Lucy; Rebecca, married Arthur Taylor; and
Nancy. Joseph Wilder, the eldest Son, married
Rachel Ripley, a sister of Rev. Dr. Ripley, of
Concord, iMassachusetts, who lived in the Old
Manse where Hawthorn gathered his "Mosses."

(.X) Willis, second son and child of Joseph (3)
and Susannah (Phelps) Wilder, was born in 1757,
probably in Lancaster, Massachusetts, where his
parents lived. In 1796 he came from Templeton,
INLissachusetts, to Bethlehem, New Hampshire, be-
ing one of the first settlers of the new town and
cleared a large farm where the Maplewood Hotel
now stands. He took an active part in town af-
fairs, and held most of the offices in the new
settlement, His wife's baptismal name was Re-
lief, They had eight children, among them Willis
I (2), mentioned below, and Joseph, who died of
yellow fever in New Orleans. Willis (i) died Au-
[ gust 7, 1807, aged fifty years. His wife. Relief,
survived him thirty years and died at the age of
eighty years. She was a famous needlewoman. In
the home of her friends "Widow Relief Wilder"
as she was always called, was most eagerly wel-
comed, for she always, on her arrival, demanded
stockings to darn, leaving at each place most
cxquisitt; specimens of her fine smooth darning,

(.XI) Willis (2), son of Willis and Relief
Wilder, was born in Bethlehem, March 10, 1779.
He married Lydia Burt and they had three chil-
dren : Clark, who died in infancy, Willis (3) and
Charles. Willis Wilder (2) was often sought for
advice, as his piety, sound common sense and
:good judgment were greatly respected. He was
deacon of the Congregational Church. He and his
wife, Lydia (Burt) Wilder, died January 7, 1850.

(XII) WiUis (3), the son of Willis (2) and
Lydia (Burt) Wilder, was born January 14, 1813,
in Bethlehem. He married Sarah Dean Winch,
daughter of Joel Winch, of Bethlehem, 1838. They
had four children: Lydia, Richard Henry, Albert
and Clara. He took an active part in town affairs
and held important town offices. He accumulated
.a large property in buying and selling timbered
lands. He died April 21, 1880.

(XIII) Richard Henry, son of Willis (3) and
Sarah D. (Winch) Wilder, was born at Bethlehem,
February 4, 1841. On May 20, 1863, he married
Josephine Allin, of Guildhall, Vermont, who was
born in St, Johnsbury, Vermont, January, 1841,
Their early married life was spent in Bethlehem
where two of their children, Ellen and Mary Isa-
bcUe, were born. They then bought a large farm
in Guildhall, Vermont. Three more children were
born to them there : Josephine, Richard Edward
and Willis (4) Allin. He sold his farm in Guild-

f hall the year before his death, returning to Bethle-
hem where he died September 12, 1877.

(XIV) Dr. Richard Edward, eldest son and
fourth child of Richard Henry and Josephine
(.Allin) Wilder, was born at Guildhall, Vermont,
August 20. 1870. His early education was ob-
tained at Bethlehem, New Hampshire, where his
parents lived, and he was one of six members form-
ing the first class (1889) to graduate from the

Bethlehem high school under the present system.
He studied one year at Bowdoin College, Bruns-
wick, Maine, and then took three years in Bellcvue
Hospital Medical College of New York City, gradu-
ating in the class of 1894. After a practice of two
and a half years at VVest Stewartstown, New
Hampshire, Dr. Wilder in l8g6 permanently estab-
lished himself at Whitefield, New Hampshire, where
he has an e.xtensive practice, and is now (1907) one
of the staff of the Morrison Hospital and president
of the Coos County Medical Society. He belongs
also to the American Medical Association. He is
the author of various contributions to Medical litera-
ture, some of which have appeared in publications
of the profession and others have been read be-
fore medical societies. Dr. Wilder is a member
and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Whitefield, and the secretary of the Laymen's Con-
ference of the New Hampshire Methodist Con-
ference. He belongs to White INIountain Lodge,
No. 86, Free and Accepted Masons, of Whitefield,
and he is also a member of the Knights of the
Maccabees, and of the Foresters. In politics he
is independent, voting according to principal rather
than by party dictation.

Dr. Wilder married at Bethlehem, June 14,
1894, Emilie Sinclair Noyes, daughter of Moses
C, and Julia Noyes. She was a member of the
Bethlehem high school and a graduate of the
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Her
father is a prominent lumber dealer and influential
citizen of Bethlehem. Dr. and i\lrs. Wilder have
three children, all born at Whitefield : Richard
Noyes, January 17, 1897; Isabelle, February 18,
1900; and Dean Clark, Septeinber i, 1901.

This name is variously spelled in the
VEAZEY old records — Veazey, Vesey, Veesie,

Veazie, Fewzie, Pheza and Phese.
The earliest settler was William, of Braintree, Mass-
achusetts, who was a freeman !\Iay 10, 1643, and
whose name in the record is spelled Phese. He
was "one of the petitioners injuriously encouraged
in 1645, by our government to settle on Gorten's
land." He died June 16, 1681. His will was made
June 3, and proved July 27, of the same year. He
married, in 1644, Elinor, a daughter of Rev. William
Tompson, who married (second) John French, and
died April 23, 171 1, aged eighty-four. The children
of William and Elinor (Tompson) Phese. were:
Hannah, William, Solomon, Elizabeth, Samuel,
Ellen, Abigail, Mehitable and I\Iercy, From this
William Veazie are probably descended the Veazics
of Stratham and others of this article,

(I) Daniel Veazey, of Stratham, married Rachel
Clark, who was born February 27, 1758, and died
October 9, 1822, Daniel Veazey died in Bridge-
water, January 16, 1824.

(II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (l) and Rachel
(Clark) Veazey, was probably born in Stratham.
His intention of marriage with Elizabeth Leavitt,
both of New Hampton, were filed "August ye 21,"
and they were married "Aug ye 24 1806" by Salmon
Hebard. She was a daughter of Amos Leavitt of
Meredith. Their children, all born in Bridgewatcr,
were: Simeon. August 3. 1807; .Amos, January 14,
1809: Judith, Decetnber 15. i8ii : Sally, February 7,
1813; Liza, February I, 1815, died young; Daniel,
May 23, 1817; Liza, February 4. 1S19; Aaron, June
24. 1821 ; and Murry, July 24, 1823,

(III) Amos Leavitt, second son and child of
Daniel (2) and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Veazey, was

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born January 14, i8og, in Bridgewater. He was mar-
ried to Mahala Dolloff, of Mereditli, by Thomas Per-
kins, October 25, 1SJ4. They had six children : Giis-
tavus, of Franklin ; Damon L., now of Natick,
Massachusetts; Jennie, wife of Charles E. BuzzcU,
of Lakewood ; Charles, who is mentioned below ;
Rose, deceased; and William E., of Belmont.

(IV) Charles Addison, fourth child and third
son of Amos L. and Mahala (Dolloff) Veazey, was
born in Bristol. March 23, 1S42, has been a farmer
and merchant, and is still in business. He married in
Benton, March 20, 1870, Ruth Jane Eastman, who was
born in Benton, September 7, 1845. daughter of
Sylvester and Louisa (Whitcher) Eastman (See
Eastman, VHI). Three children were born of this
union : William D., mentioned below ; Jennie Fran-
ces, born April 13, 1874, who married Willis Brown,
and now lives at I3ellows Falls, Vermont; and
Daniel, who died young.

(V) William Damon, eldest child of Charles A.
and Ruth J. (Eastman) Veazey, was born in Benton,
July 7, 1871. He is now a prosperous lawyer, junior
member of the law firm of Jewell, Owen & Veazey,
of Laconia.

A branch of the Veazie family, origin-
VEAZIE ally of Massachusetts, has for

several generations done pinoeer
work in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Canada,
where their strength and skill have helped to con-
vert the wilderness into productive farms.

(I) John, son of Samuel Veazie, was born in
Canada East, in 1819. He was a carpenter and
joiner, and worked at his trade during the warmer
months and then, leaving work and care behind him,
he went to the woods and followed the streams and
hunted and trapped and fished and enjoyed that
freedom that few at the present day can enjoy. In
this way he lived until 1862, having resided in sev-
eral places in Canada, Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, being then a resident of Dummer, this state,
forty-three years of age, and having a wife and
family. In that year he responded to the president's
call for troops to put down the slaveholders' rebel-
lion, and on .August 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company
E, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun-
teer Infantry, and was mustered in September 23
following as a private. He went to the front with
his command and was in the service in the Army
of the Potomac, as a member of Berdan's Sharp-
shooters. But he was not able to withstand the in-
fluence of the climate, and died at Washington, D.
C, April 26, 1863. as stated in the report of the ad-
jutant general of the state of New Hampshire. He
married Lucy Hall, who was born in 1814, in Leeds,
province of Quebec, and died in August, 1889, in
Stark, New Hampshire. The children of this union
were: Robert. Chester. Benjamin, George (died
young), Jane, Phebe, William, Simeon, Albert and
three daughters who died in infancy.

(II) Benjamin, third son of John and Lucy
(Hall) Veazie, was born August 30, 1843, in Grove-
ton, New Hampshire, or Derby Line, Vermont. In
1863. He went tn Chicago and was employed as
a brakcman on the Illinois & Western railroad
running between Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1866
he returned to New Hampshire. Since 1866 he
has resided in Stark, where he has a farm and is
engaged in agriculture and lumbering, and is sur-
veyor of lumber for the International Paper Com-
pany of Berlin. He married in June 28, 1866, Mary
H. Wheeler, who was born in Milan, April 11,
1848, daughter of Albison Wheeler, of Milan, New

Hampshire. Five children have been born of this-
union : George A., Edith N., Frank R., and two
who died in infancy.

(HI) George Amos Veazie, eldest child of Ben-
jamin and Mary H. (Wheeler) Veazie, was born
in Stark, February 26, 1874. He was educated in
the public schools of Starke, the high school
at Mechanics Falls, and Gray Business Col-
lege, Portland, Maine. For five years he was
with J. A. Pike learning civil engineering and
exploring the upper country. In 1896 he was
employed in engineering and lumbering for the Odell
Paper Company, in Groveton. Subsequently he was
a buyer of pulp for the Burgess Sulphite Fiber
Company, of Berlin. From 1901 to 1904 he was as-
sociated with M. J. McWain in the mercantile busi-
ness, but failing health compelled him to leave
mercantile pursuits, and he again returned to the
activity, the pure air, and the sunshine of the lumber
business. Since 1904 he has been president of the
Juane River Lumber Company, incorporated, deal-
ers in lumber, pulp and wood, with headquarters
at Littleton. Mr. Veazie is a large owner of timber
in northern New Hampshire, Vermont, and the
province of Quebec. He is a Democrat in politics,
and a member of Ammomoosic Lodge, No. 29, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Groveton ; and
the Sons of Veterans, of Littleton. He has for
sixteen years been a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church and for six years an official member of
the Littleton Methodist Episcopal Church. He mar-
ried, January 2. 1901, Maud Terrien, who was born
in Groveton. New Hampshire, March 9, 1879,
daughter of Joseph J. and Nellie Terrien, of Grove-
ton. They have one ch.ild, Ola, born December 18,
1903, in Littleton.

The name of Leighton is evidently
LEIGHTON of ancient Saxon origin and can be
traced in England back to the
reign of Edward the Confessor (1042). The Leigh-
tons of Dover are distinctly a New Hampshire fam-
ily, as their original American progenitor was an
early settler there, and their ancestors were promi-
nent in both civic and military affairs.

(I) Thomas Leighton, who arrived from Eng-
land in 1633, settled in Dover, locating on what was
afterward known as Leighton Hill, near the old
Piscataqua Bridge. He received several grants of
land, became a man of prominence in the colony
and was one of the signers of the Dover "Com-
bination" in 1640. He lived to be si.xty-seven years
of age and died in 1671. His widow whose
Christian name was Joanna, was again married in
1673 to Job Clements, a counsellor of Dover.

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and
Joanna Leighton, was born in Dover in 1642, and
died there in 1677. He married Elizabeth Nutter,
daughter of Hatevil Nutter, who was an elder of
the first church in Dover.

(HI) John, son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Nutter) Leighton, was born in Dover and resided
there his entire life. The Christian name of his wife
was Abigail.

(IV) Thomas, son of John and Abigail
Leighton, was as far as known, a lifelong resi-
dent of Dover. He married Susanna Chesley.

(V) Gideon, son of Thomas and Susanna
(Chesley) Leighton, was born February 14. 1731.
In 1755 '■"^ accompanied the military expedition to
Canada in Colonel Joseph Blanchard's regiment,
but later became an ensign in Colonel Gilman's

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regiment at Crown Point, and from April 10 to
November 30, 1758, he was in Colonel John Hart's
regiment, his services in the French and Indian
War covering a period of seven years. In 1775
he was a corporal in Samnel Hayes' company, and
he died in Barrington June 2, 1776. He married
Abigail Titcomb of Dover, daughter of William and
Jane (Emmons) Titcomb.

(VI) Stephen, son of Gideon and Abigail (Tit-
comb) Leighton, was born in Barrington September
4, 1763. He married Mary Emerson of Madbury,
this state, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (De-
Merritt) Emerson, also of that town. Solornon
Emerson was moderator of the first town meeting
in Madbury in 1755. Sarah DeMeritt was a
daughter of John and jNIargaret (Buzzell) De-
Merritt.

tVII) Mary E., daughter of Stephen and Mary
(Emerson) Leighton, was born in Strafford, New
Hampshire, October 15, 1807. She became the wife
of Luther Sampson (see Sampson, II).

(Second Family.)

This is among the names very
LEIGHTON numerously represented in New

Hampshire, and has been identi-
fied with New England from a very early period
in its settlement. It is most frequently found in
the vicinity of the Piscataqua river, and has thence
spread over the United States.

(I) The first of whom record is found was
John Leighton, and he appears as having been fined
for some offence against the Blue Law'S in 1645.
Befdre 1661 he lived at Winnegance. Bath, Maine,
and is mentioned in the records of Kittery in 1704
as "Old Goodman Leiten." William Leighton, a
mariner, born about 1625, is supposed to have been
a relative of John Leighton. In 1656 he bought
land near Watt's Fort in Kittery, and in the same
year married Katherine, daughter of Nicholas
Frost. He died in 1666, and his widow married
lyiajor Joseph Hammond. William Leighton left
five children, namely: ^lary, William, Elizabeth,
Katharine and John.

(II) John, youngest child of William and
Katherine (Frost) Leighton, was born in May,
1663. He was commissioned captain in the militia
in 1704, and was often selectman and moderator
of Kittery. For many years the town meetings were
held at his house, as well as the first meeting of
the court of general sessions. He died November
10, 1714, in his sixty-second year. He married,
June 13. 1686, Oner (Honor), daughter of Tobias
and Elizabeth (Sherburne) Langdon, of Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire. She died March 21, 1737,
in her seventy-fifth year. Their children were :
Elizabeth, Mary, William, John, Tobias and Samuel.

(III) Tobias, third son and fifth child of John
and Oner (Langdon) Leighton, was born Novem-
ber 17, 1701, in Kittery. and was a planter and
merchant. He was representative to the general
court in 1731, 1736 and 1743. and served under Sir
William Pepperrell in the siege of Louisburg. He
died in November, 1748, and his second wife died
in the same month and year. He married (first),
November 15, 1727, Grace, daughter of Captain
Peter and Mary (Long) Staples (see Staples. ID
She was born April 17, 171T. and died .November
7, 17,36. Tobias Leighton married (second), June
20, 1738, Sarah, daughter of James and Sarah
(Hatch) Chadbourne, of Kittery. She was born
J"ly 3> 1720, in Kittery. The children of the first
wife, none of whom survived the period of in-

fancy, were : Tobias, Joseph, Mary and Susanna.
The second wife was the mother of Sarah and
Tobias.

(IV) Tobias (2), youngest child of Tobias

(1) and his second wife, Sarah (Chadbourne)
Leighton, was born August 31, 1742, in Kittery,
and lived there in early life. He removed to
Harmony, Maine, where he died in 181S. He
married, in 1763, Mary Wooster, and had a sec-
ond wife. Sarah Martin. His ten children were
born in Kittery, namely : Tobias, William, Stephen,
James, Sarah, Betsey, Samuel, Susanna, Charles and
Mary.

(V) William, second son and child of Tobias

(2) and Mary (Wooster) Leighton, was born No-
vember 27, 1766, in Kittery, and probably settled
in Portsmouth. No farther record of him is found
in Maine and he does not appear to have gotten into
the records of New Hampshire.

(VI) William H. Leighton is supposed to have
been a son of William Leighton. of Kittery and
Portsmouth, and was born September 25, 178S. He
died in Portsmouth July 25. 1836. His wife, Mary
Elizabeth, was born in New Hampshire, September
23, 1792, and died at Exeter, New Hampshire, Sep-
tember 22. 1843. Their children were Frances D.,
born at Portsmouth, December i, 1S23, died at
Newmarket, New Hampshire, March 28, 1848 ;
Lydia Ann, born at Portsmouth, March 22. 1825,
married Denise Staple, and died at Exeter, Febru-
ary 18, 1851 ; William B., born at Portsmouth, Sep-
tember 25, 1817, and died at Newmarket, February
12, 1852.

(VII) William B. Leighton, son and youngest
of the children of William H. and Mary Elizabeth
Leighton, was born in Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, September 25, 1S17, and died in the' town of
Newmarket, New Hampshire, February 12, 1852.
He w-as a baker by trade and a merchant by princi-
pal business occupation. Politically he was a Whig.
He married, May 25, 1839, Deborah C. Cate, who
was born in Nottingham, New Hampshire, April
3, 1819, and died at Strafford, New Hampshire,
January 13, 1S95. They had three children, viz. :
Charles, born at Newmarket, March 2. 1841 ;
Lauren A., born at Newmarket, March 2, 1844,
a soldier of the civil war, died November 22. 1862,
the first man of his regiment who died : ISIary E.,
born at Newmarket, December 18, 1849, died in the
same town, June 2. 1851.

(VIII) Charles W. Leighton, eldest of the three
children of William B. and Deborah (Cate) Leigh-
ton, was born in the town of New-market. New
Hampshire, March 2, 1841. As a boy he went to
the town school in his native town, and when eleven
years old went to Epsom, Merrimack county, where
he afterward learned shoemaking, and where he
has since made his home. In the first year of the
civil war, in the fall of i86r, he enrolled to go to
the front in the Seventh Regiment, New Hampshire
Volunteers, but was transferred to Company I,
Sixth Regiment. However, being under age, and
not having his mother's consent (his father having
died when he w-as eleven years old), he w-as not
mustered into the service of the United States.
In 1862, then being twenty-one. he again enlisted,
this time in Company E, Eleventh Regiment. New
Hampshire Volunteers, as a private. He served
v.ith the Army of the Potomac, and participated in
the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13. 1S62.
His regiment was transferred to the west in 1863,
and he saw service in the siege of Vicksburg, and
in this campaign was promoted to corporal. Re-

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turned to the east he was engaged in the battle of
the Wilderness, ]\Iay 6, where he was wounded in
the leg, and in the battle of Spottsylvania, IMaj'
12 and i6, where he was again wounded, and again
in the leg. In the battle of Cold Harbor, June 7,
he was wounded the third time, in the breast. He
participated also in the engagements at Bethesda
Church, June 3; at Shand House, June 16, where
he received his fourth wound, in the head, and from
which he has never fully recovered. The war
closed in .'\pril, 1S65, and on May 27 he was
honorably discharged on account of disability inci-
dent to wounds received in action, and returned to
civil life, with a highly honorable record as a
soldier. Returning home he took up his residence
at Epsom, on what is generally called the Ames
place, three acres in e.xtent, besides which he owns
another tract of four acres in the town. In poli-
tics he is a Republican, and he has taken consider-
able interest in public affairs, having served as jus-
tice of the peace since igoo; as town treasurer for
four years, and was town clerk in 1S91. He is a
member and past noble grand of Short Falls Lodge,
No. 53. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
past commander of George H. Hoyt Post, No. 66,
Grand Army of the Republic, and has served as
senior vice-commander of Post No. 29, Pittsfield,
New Hampshire. He married first, August 17,
1862, Eliza J. Bickford, who was born in Epsom,
May 23, i8-)4, and died in that town March 3, 1902,
leaving one child, Ida M.. born in Epsom, October
13, 1864, now wife of Nathan J. Goss, of Laconia,
New Hampshire, they having three children — Ethel,
Margaret and Nathan. On April 11, 1903, Mr.
Leighton married (second), Mrs. Ella A. (Nutter)
Roberts, daughter of Samuel D. and Ruth M.
(Knowles) Nutter, and widow of Charles Roberts.
She was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, March
15, i^:9- Her father, Samuel D. Nutter, was born
in Barnstead, September 6, 1806, and her mother,
Ruth M. Knowles Nutter, was born in Epsom, No-
vember 15. 1818. They 'had children: John, born
September 12, 1836, married Emma Tibbetts, of
Pittsfield, and has one living child, Laura, wife of
Edward Waite, of Lynn. Van Dame, born De-
cember 4, 1838, married first a Miss Demerritt. of
Harrington, New Hampshire, and second. Mary
Currier, of Salem, New Hampshire, and third,
Mary J. Furber ; by her first marriage, no children ; by
second, daughters Hattie (Mrs. Charles Griffin),
Gracie (Mrs. Guy Tilton), and Carrie (Mrs. Emil
Charland). Charles D., born November 29, 1S40,
died August 7, 1843. Sarah E., born June 18, 1843,
wife of A. J. Eramerson. Samuel L., born April 20,
184s, married Margaret L. Hines, and they have
children : Lizzie, Freddie, Mary. Hannah D., born
April 18. 184S, died February 27, 1875. Daniel P.,
born December 29, iS'i, died j\larch 7, 1903. Wil-
liam A., born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, May
16. 1854, died September 4. 1856. George H.. born
February 19, 1867, at Barnstead, now residing in
Lynn, Massachusetts. Bessie M., born in Barn-
stead. October 10, 1861, married Freeman Davis,
of Norlhwood. New Hampshire. Ella A. (Nutter)
Roberts had three children by her first husband as
follows : Flora B., Addie E. and Lura E., all living
at this writing.

The first mention of llic Swett or

SWETT Swete family settlement in .■\merica is

found in the "Genealogical Records" of

the Massachusetts Society as that of Jdhn Swett, for-

merely of Trayne, in Edward Vlth's time, subsequently
of O.xton in the county of Devonshire, England, who
was admitted to the freedom of the Massachusetts
Colony, May 18, 1642, and is also recorded as one
of the grantees of Newbury as early as December 7,
of the same year. His son, Benjamin Swett, was
a renowned hunter, and Indian fighter, and lost
his life in the defense of the Colony against their
raids. While the branch of the Swett family of which
vye give a sketch are unable to trace their connec-
tion back to these pioneers of our early Colonial
history, their ancestors springing from the same
locality as the descent of these progenitors, there
seems to be every probability that they are of the
same lineage.

(I) Lieutenant Moses Swett was one of four
brothers, John, Samuel and Robert, found in the
Massachusetts Colony before the Revolutionary war.
The History of Sanford, Maine, states that Lieu-
tenant Moses Swett came from New Hampshire
about 1772 and lived in a small house thirty rods
east of Swett's Bridge; about 1775 he built a two-
store house opposite, which was moved in 1801 a
mile north, and is now occupied by the descendants
of the Emerson family ; it was this house, on its
original location, that several of Moses Swett's chil-
dren were born, among them Alpheus, of which this
sketch has to do ; it is also recorded that "Capt.
Joshua Braydon" of Wells, raised a company of
fifty-seven men in Sanford, Wells, and Berwick,
of which Major Morgan Lewis was first lieutenant,
but acting captain, owing to the absence of Braydon ;
and Moses Swett, of Alfred (then a part of the town
of Sanford), was ensign. This company, the most
of which was enlisted May 3, 1775, marched to
Cambridge under the command of Lieutenant Lewis,
being four days on the road ; owing to a misunder-
standing of orders by Colonel Scammon, the com-
mander of the regiment of which this company
formed a part, they were marched to Cobb's hill,
and took no part in the battle of Breed's hill, com-
monly known as Bunker Hill. After General Wash-
ington took command of the army. Colonel Scam-
mon's regiment manned Ft. Cambridge during a
portion of the siege of Boston. Moses Swett's
term of enlistment for three months expiring, he
received his discharge August l, 1775, returning
to his home in Alfred. Later in life he removed
to Granby, Canada, where one of his sons had pre-
ceded 'him : visiting his son Alpheus of Wolfboro,
New Hampshire, on his way to his new home ; it
is understood that his wife, Mary Connor, died
before this change was made ; Moses Swett died
in Canada, the record of which we do not possess.
The children of Moses and Mary (Connor) Swett
were : Betsey, Alpheus, John, Joseph, Nat, Priscilla,
;\lartha and Emeline.

(II) .'\Ipheus, eldest son and second child of
Moses and Mary (Connor) Swett, was born in Al-
fred Maine, August 26, 1798, where his childhood
years were spent. At sixteen years of age he was
bound out to Benjamin Tibbetts, a farmer, of Wolf-
boro. New Hampshire, who lived on what is now the
"Blake Horn" farm, to serve until he was twenty-
one years old, when he received a suit of clothes,
an overcoat and one hundred dollars in money in
fulfillment of the contract of his service. Attain-
ing his majority, .A.lpheus worked several years at
a saw mill at Mill Village for Nathaniel Rogers;
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daughter of Charles Rogers, and half-sister of Na-
thaniel Rogers, making his first home in Mill Vil-
lage, and here the three eldest children were born.
He later purchased the farm now owned by Augus-
tine I'ullerton, which he disposed of to the town of
Wolfboro for a "poor farm'' and remained there
in the service of the town as overseer. Removing
to Tuftonboro Neck, about 1838, he bought the farm
now owned by Ellis Miller. In 1843 he disposed
of this property purchasing from his old employer
what was then and later known as the "Rogers
Farm," the JMain street in front of which has since
been sold off for village lots, and the lake shore
frontage in lots for sununer cottages. He remained
on this farm until 1864 when he disposed of it to
William Thompson, and he in turn, to David
Rogers, the second of the Rogers family to become
owner, fixing the name of what in the history of
Wolfboro, is known as the "Rogers Farm." After
disposing of the farm Alpheus purchased an ad-
joining property, the house of which a few years
previous he had built for William T., his second
son ; here he lived the remainder of his life, sur-
rounded by his children and grandchildren, and died
September 10, 1884, aged eighty-six years. During
the fifties Mr. Swett was captain of a troop of cav-
alry composed of his Wolfboro neighbors, but as
this was a period of our country's peace the com-
pany never saw active service, but "Training Days" are
well remembered by our older townspeople ; he was
also one of the early promoters of lake navigation,
owning the steamboat "James Bell" which he later
disposed of to the Concord & Montreal railroad
interests, operators of the historic steamer "Lady
of the Lake." January 2, 1826, he married as above
recorded, Susan Rogers ; she died INIarch 27, 1S96,
aged ninety-one. The children of this union were:
Eli C, William T., Charles, who died in infancy ;
John R.

(Ill) Eli Chamberlain, eldest son of Alpheus
and Susan (Rogers) Swett, was born in Mill Vil-
lage (now Wolfboro Falls), November 2, 1826.
He was educated in the common schools of the
town, and at the Wolfboro and Tuftonboro Acad-
emy. .Assisting his father at farm work during
his earlier years, he also had the experience of many
young men and women, that of "school teaching."
After his marriage he made his home with his
father on the old "Rogers Farm." receiving a half
interest as his portion ; he lived here several years,
but tiring of this he, together with his father, dis-
posed of this property, and entered the employ of
John 'Tabor, of Wolfboro, in the manufacture of
clay pipes. In 1869 he moved with his family to
East Saginaw, Michigan, where he was engaged in
the lumber business with his younger brother, Wil-
liam T., who had preceded him to the west. In
1873 'le returned to Wolfboro, becoming interested
in the active operation of steamboats on the lake
with his old friend. Deacon Benjamin IMorrison,
as partner in the "Naugatuck" which was built by
George Brown ; later with his father, .\lpheus Swett,
building and operating the "May Flower." In 1877
he became a member of the firm of Moses Varney
& Co., in the tanning business, in which he remained
until 1881 ; the following year he took temporary
charge of a leather plant for Hersey. Whittier &
Wyman of Boston, located near Keene, New Hamp-
shire ; on his return he formed the firm of Swett
& Co. for the tanning and finishing of leather, suc-
ceeding the firm of Joseph Varney & Co., which in

turn was succeeded by Varney & Symonds. In the
spring of each of the years 1884-85-86 he went to
South Dakota, assisting his son Wilbra in the man-
agement of a ranch, returning to Wolfboro each
fall. In 1896, disposing of all other business in-
terests, he lived a retired life at the old home until
June 8, 1907, when he died in the eighty-first year
of his age. He had served in earlier years as a
member of the town "School Board," and also for
two years as a member of the "Board of Selectmen."
In young manhood he became a member of Star
Lodge, No. 17, Free and Accepted Masons, of Wolf-
boro: he was also a charter member of "Lake Coun-
cil. Royal Arcanum," in which he was a faithful
official. He was always interested in the "First
Christian Church," of which he was a member when
he died, a strong believer in the Christian faith.
He was married in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire,
November 18, 1851, to Sarah M. Hersey, who was
born December 16. 1S32. daughter of William Sewall
and Drusilla (Chapman) Hersey. Four children
were born to them : Ella J., married Fred. E. Stevens,
of Union, New Hampshire, who died in 1896, de-
scendant, one daughter, Helen M., who married
Percy L. Kimball, of South Wolfboro. Minnie M.,
who died in infancy. Etta M., married Fred. L.
Melcher, of Brunswick, Maine, now of Butte, i\Ion-
tana. Wilbra H., whose sketch follows:

(IV) Wilbra Hamlin, youngest child and only
son of Eli C. and Sarah M. (Hersey) Swett, was
born in Wolfboro, October 17, i860, on the "Rogers
Farm" while his father was still owner. He was
educated in the public schools of this town, and in
the "Friends School" of Providence, Rhode Island.
In youth he was trained in active and laborious em-
ployment, assisting his father in the management of
the steamboat "May Flower," and also in the tan-
ning business, at which he worked until he grew to
manhood. From March, 1883, to November, 1900,
he lived in 'the west. .April. 1883, he took up a
"homestead clainr" near Mitchell, South Dakota,
where he lived for five years, proving up in 1888.
He became a bookkeeper in a lumber office in Mitch-
ell where he was employed for a year and a half.
In 1889 he went to Anaconda, Montana, in the em-
ploy of the Anaconda INIining & Smelting Co. The
following year he removed to Butte, Montana, en-
tering the employ of the Butte & Boston Mining &
Smelting Co., and remaining with this company
about five years. During this time he became a
member of the Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers,
later being made its president and a representative
to the Central "Trades and Labor Assembly," com-
posed of all the labor organizations of this district.
In the fall of 1892 he was elected a representative
from Silver Bow county to the "Third Legislative
-Assembly" where he served with faithfulness, in-
troducing and being influential in procuring the
passage of a bill establishing a "Bureau of Agri-
culture, Labor and Industry ;" a bill regulating the
"Hours of employment of Stationary Engineers."
During the session he made speeches on matters of
state legislation and distinguished himself as an
able and convincing debater. He made an enviable
record as an honorable member, and at the next
election (1894) was renominated in the convention
of his party and elected to the legislature : at the
assemblage of the "House" he was made "Speaker"
of what proved to be a very busy term, one piece
of legislation being the adoption of a "Code" of
previous enactments of the law making body of the
state ; at this session two L'nited States senators

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were elected, one of wliom, Hon. Thomas H. Car-
ter, has gained national reputation, and is still rep-
resenting his state in the upper branch of congress.
Mr. Swett is a man of commanding appearance, has
a rich, penetrating voice; possessing a knowledge of
parliamentary law and of men, and during this ses-
sion of the legislature presided with such courtesy
and fairness that he won the esteem of the mem-
bers of the "House," irrespective of party, which
culminated at the hour of adjournment in the pre-
sentation to him of a handsome gold watch and
chain, as a token of their high regard for his effi-
cient service, honorable and unbiased course during
this session. Returning to Butte, he spent the next
four years in the operation of mining property on
his own account, together with an old friend and
associate, E. H. Metcalf, formerly of Winthrop,
Maine. In the last year of his stay in the west he
with others was in the Pacific Coast country
searching for mining properties in the interest of
Marcus Daly, president of the Amalgamated Copper
Co. In the fall of 1900, after Mr. Daly's death, he
returned to his old home in the east, the following
year engaging in the hardware business with his
father, Eli C. Swett, in which they were engaged
until the latter part of 1904, when he disposed of
this business and took a trip south and west. In
1906 he promoted the organization of the Wolfboro
National Baiik and became its first cashier, which
position he still holds. He is a thorough business
man, and by his methodical ways and courteous
manner has contributed much to the success which
the bank has attained. Mr. Swett is a member of
Morning Star Lodge, No. 17, Free and Accepted
Masons, and Carroll Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
of Wolfboro ; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar, of Laconia ; Butte Consistory, Scottish Rite
Masons, of Butte. Montana, where he received the
thirty-second degree; and of Algeria .Temple, An-
cient Arabic Order Nobles of the IMystic Shrine, of
Helena, Montana. He is also a member of the First
Christian Church of Wolfboro.

He married, in Mitchell, South Dakota, June 19,
1888, Ella Priscilla Stearns, who was born in 01m-
stead, Ohio, February 24, 1862, daughter of Oscar
D. and Mary M. (Pottej) Stearns; she was a pop-
ular teacher in the public schools of Cleveland,
where she was educated, and in Mitchell, South
Dakota, before her marriage; she is greatly inter-
ested in musical and literary pursuits, her earlier
training having been along these lines, and is ever
ready to assist in making such aflfairs a success ; she
is a member of the "Order of the Eastern Star,"
having served in its various offices ; is a valued as-
sistant to her husband in the work of the bank; she
has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church since girlhood.

(Second Family).
The first member of this family of
SWETT whom definite information is obtain-
able was a native of Scotland. During
the war of Bruce and Clan Wallace the property of
this family was confiscated and it fled into Holland,
from whence three brothers sailed to America, land-
ing at Portsmouth. Their descendants settled in
Maine and in New Hampshire.

(I) Jeremiah Swett moved to Gilmanton, settled
on a farm, and was one of the pioneer farmers of
that locality. The baptismal name of his wife was
Deborah, and their children included Jeremiah and
Deborah. The latter married John .Allen of Gil-
manton.

(II) Jeremiah (2), son of Jeremiah (l) Swett,
was a native of Gilmanton, born on the farm pur-
chased by his father, and there lived and died. He
was a drover by occupation, and purchased cattle
and sheep from various sections of New Hampshire
and Vermont, and drove them overland to his
slaughter house located on his farm. He conducted
this business for many years before the railroads
were in operation north of Concord. He married
(first), Mar}', daughter of Ezekiel French, of Gil-
manton, and (second). Meliitable Bryer, of Loudon,
and was the father of ten children, seven sons and
three daughters.

(HI) Benjamin, son of Jeremiah (2) Swett,
was born in Gilmanton, on the homestead farm. Oc-
tober 29, 1804. He resided in his native town until
1849, when he removed to Bethlehem, transporting
his possessions with an ox team, and resided upon a
farm there for the remainder of his life, which ter-
minated in 1866. He was an upright, conscientious
man, a useful citizen and a member of the Congre-
gational Church. He married Abigail M. Moore,
born in Loudon, January 12, 1802, daughter of
Archaelaus Moore, and their family consisted of
three sons and four daughters. Those of his chil-
dren now living are : Newell, a resident of West-
minster, Massachusetts. Celestia, wife of George
T. Waterman, of Boston, Massachusetts. Laurentius
Freeman, of Bethlehem.

(IV) Laurentius Freeman Swett, son of Ben-
jamin and Abigail M. (Moore) Swett, was born in
Gilmanton, December 3, 1845. He began his studies
in the public schools, continued them at the New
Hampshire Conference Seminary in Tilton. and
completed his education at the Lancaster Academy.
Most young men possessing such excellent educa-
tional advantages would have sought a more arduous
occupation than that of tilling the soil, but, con-
ceiving the independent life of a farmer in its true
light, lie accepted it in preference to any other means
of livelihood, and has ever since followed it with
success. He is now the owner of a well located and
finely equipped farm and takes much pleasure in
its cultivation. In politics he is a Republican. For
a period of nine years he served with ability as
highway surveyor and is now in his second term
as a selectman. Mr. Swett is unmarried.

Among the early Massachusetts fami-
BAILEY lies which have contributed much to
the moral, intellectual and material de-
velopment of New England and the United States,
this is numerously represented in New Hampshire.
It has been conspicuously identified with scientific
research and with all the forces of human progress.

(I) Richard Bailey, the ancestor of a very
numerous progeny, was born about 1619, and is said
to have come from Yorkshire, England. According
to "Coffin's History" he came from Southampton in
the ship "Bevis." a vessel of one hundred and fifty
tons, commanded by Robert Batten, being then at the
age of fifteen years. According to Savage this was in
163S. Other "authorities place it at 1635. He settled
in' Rowley. Massachusetts, and was a man of rec-
ognized piety and influence in the community. He
was one of the company to set up the first clock
mill in this country, at Rowley. He died there Feb-
ruary. 164S, being buried on the sixteenth. His
wife. Edna Holstcad, survived him. and after his
deatli was married September 15, 1649, to Ezekiel
Northcnd, of Rowley.

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Bniley, was born about 1635. settling on tbe Merri-
mack, in the north part of Rowlej', near the New-
bury line, in what is now Groveland. He was a
leading man of Bradford, where he was selectman
twenty-three years between 1625 and i/io, and was
deacon of the church there in 1682 until his death,
October 11, 1712. He married Abigail Trumbull,
who survived him and died in Bradford, November
17, '^735- He died October 11, 1712. Their children
were: Abigail, Richard, Anne, Elizabeth, Joseph;
Edna. Deacon John and Sarah. (Joseph and John
and descendants receive notice in this article).

(in) Elder Richard (2), eldest son and second
child of Deacon Joseph (i) and Abigail Bailey, was
born September 30, 1675. in Bradford, and settled
on the parental homestead, where he died November
19, 1748, agad seventy-three years. He was a large
owner of lands in that town and elsewhere, and was
an active business man. He was frequently modera-
tor, was selectman over twenty-five years, and
served in other official capacities in the town. He
was a deacon from the time of his father's death.
He was married February 21, 1706, to Joanna,
daughter of Nathan and Mary Webster, of Brad-
ford. She was born August 26, 1682. Their chil-
dren were : Jonathan, Nathan. Abigail, Richard
(died at two years), Joseph, Richard, Ebenezer,
Amos and Joanna. (Mention of Ebenezer and de-
scendants appears in this article).

(IV) Abigail, eldest daughter and third child
of Elder Richard and Joanna (Webster) Bailey,
was born April 7, 1711. and was married June I,
I7.3r. to John, son of Deacon and Abigail (Kim-
ball) Day. of Bradford. He was born May 10. 1704,
and settled in the west part of the town, where he
died July ir. 1782. being survived seventeen years
by his widow, who died October 5, 1799. Their
children were: Abigail. John (died young),
Mehitabel, Joanna and John.

(V) Abigail, eldest child of Deacon John and
Abigail (Bailey) Day, was born January 24, 1733,
and married Deacon Nathaniel Mitchell, as else-
where related. (See Mitchell. III).

(IV) Ebenezer, seventh child of Elder Richard
and Joanna (Webster) Bailey, was born April 16,
1719. in Bradford. Massachusetts, and passed his
life in Haverhill, same state, where he died Novem-
ber T7. 1815. He was married April 3, 1740, in
Bradford, to Sarah Palmer, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth Palmer. She was born July 5, 1722, in
Bradford. Their children were: Ebenezer, Samuel.
Daniel, Jonathan and Jesse.

(V) Jesse, youngest child of Ebenezer and
Sarah (Palmer) Bailey, was born March 26, 1752,
in Bradford, and settled amon.g the pioneers in
Weare. New Hampshire, where he died, 1836. He
married Sarah Philbrick, who died in 1845. Their
children were : Phoebe. Samuel, Bradbury, Jesse,
Ebenezer, David H., Jonathan, Sarah and Solomon.

(VI) Ebenezer (2), fourth son and fifth child
of Jesse and Sarah (Philbrick) Bailey, was born
June 26, 1786. in Weare and passed his life on the
paternal homestead in that town, where he died.
He married Miriam Barnard, and their children
were: T.urcna. Eliza. John B. and Sarah P.

(VII) Lurena. eldest child of Ebenezer (2)
and Miriam (Barnard) Bailey, was born 1807. in
Weare, and became the wife of John (5) Bartlett,
of that town. (See Bartlett. VIII).

CIII) Joseph (2). second son and fifth child of
Deacon Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull) Bailey, was
born February 13. 1683, in Bradford, and lived in

the West parish of Newbury. He is described as a
yeoman, and sold his house and land in Byfield
parish in 1761. It is probable that he then removed
to Lunenburg. He was married January 17. 1723,
to Elizabeth Crosby, and they were the parents of
the following children, all born in Rowley : Jonathan
(died young), Elizabeth (died young), Anna,
Jedediah, John, Jonathan and Elizabeth.

(IV) Joseph (3), eldest child of Joseph (2)
and Abigail (Webster) Bailey, was born January
13, 171 1, in Newbury, and lived in that town, where
he died November 14, 1748. He was married March
I5. 1733. to Martha Boynton, of Rowley, who sur-
vived him, and was married September 27, 1769, to
Timothy Morss. Joseph Bailey's children were :
Sarah, Nathan. Richard, Martha, Asa, Abigail and
Elizabeth.

(V) Asa. third son and fifth child of Joseph
(3) and Martha (Boynton) Bailey, was born about
1743. in Newbury, and removed thence after 1766,
to Haverhill, New Hampshire, where he resided
for a time and settled in Landaff. an adjoining town^
after the Revolutionary war. He was married in
Haverhill, April 15. 1767, to ^■^bigail Abbott, daugh-
ter of James (2) and Sarah (Bancroft) .Abbott
(see Abbott, IV). He served in several enlistments
as a Revolutionary soldier. He was in Colonel
Bedell's regiment in the expedition against Canada
in 1776. the return of his services being made in
May. 1777. He was in Captain Young's company,
of Colonel Bedell's regiment, joined the Continental
army under General Washington, in which he re-
ceived a compensation of one cent per mile, with
bounty and their emoluments, his total pay amount-
ing to four pounds si.xteen shillings and eiglit pence.
His bounty and blankets amount to two dollars and
fifteen cents. His first enlistment was January 21,
1775. and he was in service June 24 of that year.
In March. 1776, the town of Haverhill voted him
ten shillings for warning and conveying out of town
a child of Susannah Hadley. In 1778 he was on a
committee of safety for that town. He resided for
many years in Landaff, where he cleared a farm in
the wilderness, and where he had a large family of
children born, including Phineas. Asa, Jabcz. .\mos
and Patience. The mother of these children died
in Landaff, and he subsequently removed to Pennsyl-
vania, where he acquired a large amount of land
and was again married and had a family of five
sons and daughters born to him. He died at an
advanced age in Pennsylvania about 1825.

(VI) Jabez, third son of Asa Bailey, was born
in Landaff, January 2r. 1781, died in Lisbon, New
Hampshire. October 23. 1855. was a farmer, and
also worked at shoemaking. He was a resident at
different times of Ryegate. Vermont, and Bath and
Lisbon. New Hampshire. He was a member of the
Methodist Church for years, but some time before
his death he joined the Congregational Church.
In politics he was a Whig till the organization of
the Republican party, and from that time supported .
the candidates of that party. He was killed by a
fall from his wagon, at the age of seventy-four years
and ten months. He married. ."August 29, 181 r,
Martha Hunt, horn January 27. 1790. died March 6,
TS67, in Franconia, New Hampshire. Their chil-
dren were: Nancy A., John W.. Betsy C. William
G., Jackson. Israel Carlton. Lydia A.. Amns. Jonas
M.. and Powers Grant.

(VII) Israel Carlton, sixth child and fourth son-
of Jabez and Martha (Hunt) Bailey, born in Bath,
New Hampshire. December 4, 1820, acquired his

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education in the public schools and at Newbury
Academy, attending the latter institution two years.
When he was ten years old his father removed to
Ryegate. and there Israel C. resided til! he reached
his majority. He then lived in Bath. New Hamp-
shire, and after his marriage lived at Lisbon. For
some years after leaving school he taught in the
common schools of Vermont and New Hampshire,
and then went to Boston, where he was employed in
the Massachusetts General Hospital for a year.
After farming a while in Bath he sold his property
there and removed to Lisbon, where he bought a
farm upon which he lived for twenty years. Dis-
posing of his property there in i860, he removed to
Concord, where he has since resided. During the
sixties he canvassed several years and traveled
through portions of New England, and also of the
middle western states and Florida. His occupation
in Concord has been house painting, and he con-
tinued to work at his trade until IQ03, being then
eighty-four years old. and still able to climb a
ladder and do as good a day's work as any of his
men. He is a Republican. At the age of eighteen
years he became a mem,ber of the Methodist Church,
and from then till now has been a faithful and con-
sistent member of that church. He was superin-
tendent of the Sunday-school for more than twenty
years, and has been class leader for nearly forty
years : and though desiring to resign in later years,
on account of age. his resignation has never been
accepted by his church. Israel C. Bailey married
(first), December 30, 184", Jane S. Hunt, born in
Bath, New Hampshire, April 16, 1820, died in Con-
■cord. May 2. 1S71, daughter of Daniel and Charlotte
(Long) Hunt, of Bath. They were the parents of
five children: Hinman Chester, a child not named;
Mary Etta: Solon Irving: and Marshall Henry.
He married (second). I\Iarch 16, 1800, Marie E.,
widow of William Hunt, of Concord.

(VIII) Hinman Chester, eldest child of Israel
C. and Jane S. (Hunt) Bailey, was born in Lisbon,
February 5, 1849. and attended the public schools of
Concord until he was fourteen years of age. He
then spent the two following years in a dry goods
store. Then learning photography, he embarked m
that business in Concord, where he soon had the
largest and finest gallery in the state, to which he
added a photograph stock depot, employing in the
two departments ten or twelve people and carrying
on a profitable business until 1892. when on account
of failing health he was obliged to dispose of the
entire plant.

In 189,3, he accepted the offer of the position of
assistant in the astronomical observatory at Are-
quipa, Peru, established in 1889 by Harvard College,
and placed in charge of Mr. Bailey's brother, Solon
I. Bailey, associate professor of astronomy at
Harvard. Here Mr. Bailey remained three years.
Tiaving entire charge of the work during a portion
of the time while Professor Bailey was absent in the
United States. During that time a revolution broke
out, and General Ramos Pacheco, commander of the
insurgent forces, after visiting Arequipa in disguise,
and narrowly escaping capture, made his way to the
obser\'atory. where Mr. Bailey was alone, and asked
to be fed and concealed until he could escape to his
army. The request was granted, and the general
remained in hiding about two days, and then safely
made his way into his own lines. Three weeks later
be captured Arequipa. and on the day following the
capitulation of the city, the general and his entire
stafif, attired in uniforms of white and gold, paid

the observatory a visit and thanked Mr. Bailey for
his friendly act, which the general, now the head of
the Peruvian army, never forgot, often attesting his
friendship for Mr. Bailey by many kindly acts.
During the revolution Mr. Bailey was sometimes
very near the forces when engaged in battle and had
ample opportunity to observe them. In 1896 he re-
turned to the United States and remained three
years, during which time he kept an art store in
Concord, and visited the principal towns in New
England, where he gaVe a highly instructive lecture
entitled, "Three Years Under the Southern Cross."
illustrated by stereopticon views, in 1899 he was
offered and accepted the place of manager in charge
of the observatory at Arequipa, and at once returned
to Peru. At Arequipa he was welcomed as an old
friend by all grades of citizens. Here he had charge
of the observatory until 1902. In those years he was
often the guest of the best people of the city, anjl
entertained the president and cabinet at his resi-
dence. After filling the directorate three years, he
resigned and accepted the position of cashier of the
Inca Gold Mining Company, at Tirapata, two hun-
dred and fifty miles north of Arequipa. where he
lived two and a half years in a very wild country.
While there he made two journeys across the high
Andes, and visited the rivers Huacamayo, Madre de
Dios, and Tavera, and unexplored territories in the
valley east of the Andes. He has many photographs
and other souvenirs of those mountain and forest
solitudes, and many vivid recollections of the years
he spent there. Returning to New Hampshire in
1904, Mr. Bailey engaged in the real estate and in-
vestment business.

Mr. Bailey is a Republican. For more than forty
years he has been a member of Baker Memorial
Church. He is a member of Blazing Star Lodge,
No. II, Ancient Free and Accepted l\Iasons: also of
White Mountain Lodge, No. 5, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand; is a
past grand patriarch of the New Hampshire grand
encampment, and in 1893 was elected representative
to the sovereign grand lodge, but resigned to go to
Peru. He is a past chief patriarch of Penacook
Encampment, No. 3. and past commandant of Canton
Wildey, No. i. of Concord, past grand patriarch of
the grand encampment of the state, and was colonel
of the Patriarchs Militant, department of New
Hampshire.

He married. May i, 1870, May A. Robey, born
April II, 1850. at Pittsfield, daughter of Jeremiah
and Mary A. Robey. They have one child, Winni-
fred. born October 29, 1S72. She is the wife of
Frank L. Lane, and they have two children. Chester
and Pauline.

(III) Deacon John, seventh child and third son
of Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull) Bailey, was born
November 26. 1691, in Bradford, and lived there until
1 713, when he removed to Haverhill, again moving
in 1725 to Methuen. He was a yeoman, and also a
bricklayer, and was a deacon of the North Church
of INIethuen (now Salem). New Hampshire. He
was living in Methuen in 1763. He was married
about 1712 to Susanna Tcnney, and they had chil-
dren : Samuel, Sarah, Hannah. John, Joshua,
Susanna (died young), Jonathan, Moses and
Susanna.

(IV) John (2), second son and fourth child of
Deacon John (l) and Susanna (Tenney) Bailey,
was born February 18. 1721. in Haverhill, and was
reared in Methuen, where he made his home until
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shire. He was a cordwainer and yeoman. He was
married (first) to Elizabeth Corliss, of Salem, and
(second) to his cousin, Mary (Foster), widow of
James Hastings. The first wife died in 17S7, aged
sixty-six years, and the second lived to be a cen-'
tenarian. His children, born in Methuen, were:
John Moores, Elizabeth, David, Dudley, Samuel,
Priscilla (died young), Priscilla and Rachel Whit-
tier. The two youngest daughters married and set-
tled in Alexandria, New Hampshire.

(V) David, third child and second son of
John (2) and Elizabeth (Corliss) Bailey, was born
March 10, 1752. in Methuen. and is said by family
tradition to have lived in Bath or Hopkinton, New
Hampshire, widely remote localities. He was killed
by a fall from a wagon. He married Sally Amy,
and had children, the names of only two of whom
seem to have been preserved, namely : John and
Nancy.

(VI) John Bailey was for a time a resident of
Alexandria, New Hampshire, and was married
twice, though the names of his wives are not re-
corded. The vital records of the state do not men-
tion any of his children, but the family preserves a
knowledge of one.

(VH) John William, son of John Bailey, w-as
born in Alexandria. Having learned the black-
smith's trade he began to follow it as a journeyman,
in Lyman, this state, but shortly afterwards went to
Bath. From the latter place he removed to Haver-
hill Corner, where he carried on a prosperous
blacksmithing business for a period of twenty-fifive
years, and he is now living in retirement at Woods-
ville. He married Eleanor Locke, who was born
in Lyman and died at Haverhill Corner, January 18,
1S95. She bore him four children : Clarence L.,
Roy (who died in childhood), Harriet and Blanche.

(VHI) Clarence Lovering. eldest child of John
W. and Eleanor (Locke) Bailey, was born in Ly-
man, November 23, 1869. He began his education
in the Haverhill public schools, and concluded his
studies at the academy in that town, after whi'ch he
served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade
under the direction of his fatlier. In l8gi he with-
drew from the elder Bailey's employ, and going to
Woodsville established himself in the blacksmithing
and wood-working business, which he has ever since
conducted energetically and with profitable results.
As an earnest supporter of the Republican party Mr.
Bailey evinces a profound interest in local public
affairs, in wdiich he has participated officially, having
ser\'ed as supervisor for six years. He is past
noble grand of Moosanlock Lodge, No. 25, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and also belongs to
Lodge No. 618, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, Berlin.

He married Mary Spooncr, who was born in
Benton, December 14, 1870, daughter of Alonzo and
Mary (Bennett) Spooner. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey
have three children: Harold, born August 12, 1S97;
Eleanor, born October 5. 1898; and Artluir, born
October 8, 1902.

(Second Family.)
There were several ancestors of this
B.\ILEY name among the pioneers of New Eng-
land, and their descendants are very
numerous throughout the Lhiited States. The name
was actively identified with the formative period in
New Hampshire's history, and it is still connected
in a worthy way with the social, moral and ma-
terial progress of the commonwealth. There are
many other lines than the one herein traced.

(I) John Bailey was a resident of Salisbury,
Massachusetts, whither he came from Chippenham,
in Wiltshire, England, sailing in the ship "An<;el
Gabriel," which left England in April, 1635. He
was cast away at Pemaquid (now Bristol. Maine),
in the great storm of August 15, 1635. He was not
accompanied by his wife, and his son John was tlie
only one of his children to come. He was a weaver
by trade, and was living in Salisbury in 1640, re-
moving thence to New'bury in the spring of 1651.
He died there November 2, 1651, being called "Old
John Bailey." In his will he mentioned, "My
brother John Emery, Junior, of Newbury, over-
seer" His homestead in Salisbury he bequeathed
to his son John. His children born in England
were : John, Robert, and two daughters who were
living in England when he made his will.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) Bailey,
was born in 1613, in England, and was a weaver in
early life: after settling in New England he became
a husbandman. He remained in Salisbury until
1643, when he moved to Newbury and there passed
the remainder of his life. He was a selectman in
1664, and was a freeman in 1669. In that year and
the following his wife was engaged in the practice
of midwifery. He died in March. 1691. He mar-
ried, about 1640. Eleanor Emery, and she remained
his widow until her death, which occurred previous
to September 23, 1700, when administration was
.granted upon her estate. Their children were :
Rebecca, John, Sarah, Joseph, James, Joshua (died
young). Isaac, Joshua, Rachael and Judith.

(HI) Isaac, fifth son and seventh child of John'
(2) and Eleanor (Emery) Bailey, was born July
22, 1654, in Newbury, and was a yeoman, residing
in that town. He was called of Salisbury in 1695,
and may have removed to that town. He died April
26. 1740, in his eighty-sixth year, and devised his
homestead to his grandson, David Bailey. He mar-
ried (first', June 13, 1683. Sarah Emery, daughter
of John and Mary (Webster) Emery. She died
April I, 1694. and he married (second), September
5, 1700. Rebecca Bartlett. whom he survived just
seventeen years. She died April 26, 1723. His
children, born in Newbury, were : Isaac, Joshua,
David. Judith and Sarah.

(IV) Joshua, second son and child of Isaac and
Sarah (Emery) Bailey, was born October 30, 1685,
in Newbury, and lived in that town, where he was
a yeoman and maltster. He married. February 4,
1706. Sarah Coffin, of Newbury, W'ho survived him
and died his widow. November 27, 1768, at the age
of eighty-three years. He died October 6, 1762.
lacking a fevir days of being seventy-seven years old.
His children were : Stephen. Joshua. Abner. Enoch,
Sarah, Judith, Abigail, Jacob and John, beside two
that were stillborn.

(V) John (3). youngest child of Joshua and
-Sarah (Coffin) Bailey, was born May 4, 1729, in
Newbury, and inherited the homestead of his father
in that town. He was a cooper and yeoman. He
married, November 9, 1752, Anne Chase, daughter
of Joseph and Mary (^Iorse) Chase. (See (jliase,
VII). He died between October 22 and November
25, 177T, the respective dates of making and probating
his will. His widow was still living in 1783. Their
children, born in Newbury, were: Daniel, John (died
youn.g), Susanna, Anna, Judith, John. Abigail and
Abner.

(VI) John (4), third son and sixth child of
John (3) and .Anne (Chase) Bailey, was born De-
cember 28, 1765, in Newbury, and married Mary

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Currier, born October ig, 1767. Their children
were : John, James, Friend, Ehnira, Mary. Nancy,
Jacob, Sarah and Dolly.

(VII) James, second son and child of John
(4) and Mary (Currier) Bailey, was born May 10,
1790. He was a carpenter and resided in Franklin,
New Hampshire. He married Sarah Davis, and
their children were : James Monroe, John, Cyrus
and Sarah.

(VIII) Cyrus, third son and child of James
and Sarah (Davis) Bailey, was born December 17,
1822. In 184S he removed to Franklin, where he
was engaged in doing carpenter work till his death,
January 28, 1S98. He was an industrious man, a
well balanced citizen, and a respected member of
Meridian Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Franklin. He married, November 25, 1847,
at Kcnnebunk, Maine, Charlotte Wiggins, born in
Bridgewater, New Hampshire, October 31, 1827,
daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Fellows) Wig-
gins. She survived her husband. One child,
James, was born of this union.

(IX) James, only child of Cyrus and Charlotte
(Wiggins) Bailey, was born in East Andover, Au-
gust 14. 1853, and died in Franklin, May 29, 1888,
He was educated in the common schools, the high
school of Franklin, and at Andover Academy. He
began his life's labor as a mechanic in Walter
Aikins Bradall's mill at Franklin. He was em-
ployed as a general repairer in the various mills of
that place until about the time of his death, which
occurred when he was only thirty-five years old.
■He was an ingenious and skillful mechanic, and his
removal was a loss to the industrial interests of
Franklin. He was a member of Franklin Lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of
the Knights of Pythias, of Franklin. He married.
February 2. 1879, Hannah McGloughlin, born in
Manchester, England. October 28, 1859, daughter of
Samuel and Hannah (Davenport) McGloughlin,
who removed to Rochester, New Hampshire, with
their family of seven children, in 1861. Two chil-
dren were born to Mr, and Mrs. Bailey : Charlotte
W., February 21,. 1880, a graduate of the Franklin
high school, now the wife of Herbert G. Home, a
musician of Nashua. Chester C, June 16, 1887, now
in the employ of the National Despatch — Great
Eastern Line. Boston, Massachusetts.

There can be no doubt that the line

BAILEY herein traced is of the same stock as

the Baileys who settled in Newbury,

Vermont, and Littleton, New Hampshire, scions of

good old New England stock.

(I) A most rigid search has failed to discover
any record of the birthplace or parentage of Cyrus
Bailey, who was a pioneer settler in Peachani, Ver-
mont, where most of his life was passed. He was
born November 2, 1748, and died in Littleton, May
29. 1822. There can be little doubt that his birth
occurred in or near Newbury, Massachusetts, whence
came nearly all the settlers of the section where he
lived and died. His wife was Abigail (Wicks)
Bedell, a widow.

(II) William, son of Cyrus and Abigail Bailey,
was born November 28, 1775, in Bath, New Hamp-
shire, and resided in that vicinity for several years.
He died in Bronipton. Province of Quebec, February
27. 1833. His wife Sukie, daughter of James and
Susanna (Merrill) Williams, was born September
2, 17S7, in Methuen, Massachusetts.

(III) Jonathan Lewis, son of William and

Sukie^ (Williams) Bailey, was born November 8,
1808, in Peacham, Vermont, and resided in Littleton,
New Hampshire, from 1844 to 1853. He was a suc-
cessful farmer, and died in St. Johnsbury, Vermont,
January 8, 1S94. He was an active promoter of
Republican principles. He was married March 6,
1838, to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Rich-
ardson) Quimby. She was born March 27, 1816, in
Lisbon, New Hampshire, and died January 16. 1892,
in West Concord, Vermont. Their children, beside
the first which died in infancy, were : Mary Eliza-
beth (died young), James Henry, Mary Elizabeth,
William H., Joseph Quimby, and Susan D.

(IV) James Henry, third child of Jonathan L.
and Mary (Quimby) Bailey, was born in Littleton,
May 20, 1S44, and was educated in the schools of
Concord and Waterford, Vermont. In i860, at the
age of sixteen, he went to Littleton, New Hamp-
shire, and the next year became a clerk in the gen-
eral merchandise store of his uncle, William Bailey,
and was employed there two and a half years. He
then went to Danville, Vermont, where he followed
a like vocation one year, then to Wells River, for
four years, then to Lebanon, New Hampshire, where
he w-as a clerk for the Sturdevant Manufacturing
Company, six years. In 1874 he removed to Little-
ton, and was employed as a bookkeeper by C. & C.
F. Eastman, merchants, eight years. He then be-
came a partner with George A. Edson and Henry
A. Eaton, and as Edson, Bailey & Eaton they bought
out C. & C. F. Eastman, and continued the business
four years. Mr. Eaton then retired and the two
remaining partners, as Edson & Bailey, carried on
the business for twenty-four years, until September,
1906, when Mr. Bailey sold his interest to H. A.
Edson, son of George A. Edson, and Harvey C.
Kinne, and retired from active business life. Indus-
try and good management have made Mr. Bailey's
life a success and he has accumulated a very com-
fortable fortune. In 1895 he became a stockholder
and director in the Littleton National Bank and the
Littleton Savings Bank, and is still holding those
positions. In politics he is a Democrat, and as such
was elected to the board of selectmen in 1883-S6-90-
91, commissioner of the Littleton Village District,
1891-95-96-97. town treasurer about one year; and
since 1907 has served as commissioner of the water
and light company, and has been a justice of the peace
about thirty years. In 1905 he represented Littleton
in the general court. He is a member of Burns
Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons ; St. An-
drews Royal Arch Chapter, No. I ; Hiram Council,
No. 12, Royal and Select Masters; St. Gerard Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, Lodge of Perfection,
Lancaster; Washington Council, Princes of Jerusa-
lem; Littleton Chapter, Rose Croix; and Edward A.
Raymond Consistory, thirty-second degree. Sublime
Princes of the Royal Secret. He is also a member
of Cooshockee Club, of Littleton. In religious faith
he is a Unitarian.

He married, November 16, 1881, in Lyman, Mary
Maroa Clough, who was born in Lyman, January
,^. 1853, daughter of James and Mary (Eaton)
Clough, of Lvman. She is an attendant of the
Methodist Church.

The name of Bailey is of ancient

B.MLEY Scotch origin and at least two other

forms of spelling it, viz. : Baley and

Bayley are to be found on both sides of the

,A.tlantic.

Captain John Bailey, a Scotch mariner, was for

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many years master of the "Lady of the Lake," a
vessel hailing from a port of Ireland. He was the
father of four sons: Robert, John, William, and
James.

James, son of Robert Bailey, was born at Wig-
town, Scotland, in 1824. Having no inclination to
follow the sea, he sought employment on shore and
became a cattle herder on a Scotch estate. He led
a quiet, religious life and was a devout Presbyterian.
His death occurred in Scotland, April 21, 1891. In
1852 he married Margaret Crawford, who died in
iSgS. She was the mother of seven children, five of
whom are living: Hugh, Alary, Thomas W., James
and John. The others were : Robert and William.

Thomas (.Wilmand) Bailey, son of James and
Margaret (.Crawford) Bailey, was born in Wigtown,
Scotland, February 20, 1864. His earlier years were
interspersed between the salmon-fishing industry
and following the sea, and for a period of four
years he was employed as a sailor on ships plying
between Liverpool and New York. Arriving at
Boston in 1S87, with the determination to settle
permanently in the United States, he went to South
Weare, New Hampshire, where he turned his atten-
tion to agriculture, and he_ shortly afterwards set-
tled in New Boston upon a farm of one hundred
acres, which came into the possession of his wife.
In addition to general farming he devotes consider-
able attention to the dairying industry, and is meet-
ing with success. Mr. Bailey is a naturalized citi-
zen. Politically he acts with the Republican party,
and has served with credit as highway surveyor.
In his religious faith he is a Presbyterian.

On December i, 1S89, he married Alice M. Stin-
son, daughter of William and Catherine (Carr)
Stinson, of Goffstown, this state. Mr. and Mrs.
Bailey are the parents of six children: Craig T.,
born July 4, 1890; Helen C, born August 6, 1891;
Burns W. and Bruce W. (twins), born December
23, 1S92; Hazel J., born December 25, 1893; and
Rachel M., born December S, 1901.

Upton, spelled in ancient records Uppe-
UPTON ton, is a place in Cornwall. England.
About the time of the Norman Con-
quest a family designating itself De Uppton was
living at that place. From the twelfth century the
descent of the Uptons of Upton is traced in an un-
broken line down to John Upron, de Uppton, of
Upton, Cornwall. The "de" or "of" denotes gentle
breeding, and history shows that these Uptons were
people of quality. Whether all of this name are
from the one stock in Cornwall is doubtful, as there
are other places in England called Upton, and per-
sons of that name are found in their vicinity, and
in all parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as
they are found in all parts of the United States to-
day. Family tradition states that the ancestor of
the Uptons of this sketch came from Scotland, but
there is little or no other evidence of his having
been born there or even having come there to
America.

(I) John Upton is first mentioned in the Mass-
achusetts records, as far as is now known, in con-
nection with the suit of Edward Winslow against
John Askew, of Cambridge. It seems that at that
time he was but a youth or very young man, and
was in the employ, probably as an apprentice, of
Edward Winslow, of Salisbury. He became his
own master as early as 1639. The next mention of
him shows that he held the office of constable and

performed important duties in connection with the
Narragansett expedition, 1645, 1646.

John Upton is first mentioned in the Salem
records under date of December 26, 165S, when
Henry Bullock, of Salem, for the consideration of
four pounds, conveys to John Upton "sometime of
Hammersmith forty acres of upland within the
limits of Salem." Sometime between 1672 and
1678, probably not before 1675, he removed into the
town of Reading. As early as 1664 he began to
purchase land in that town, and to his first purchase
there of two hundred and seventy-seven acres he'
continued to add adjoining and neighboring land as
long as he lived. He made many purchases of land
in Salem, Danvers, and Reading, and in all the
conveyances of land he is described as "husband-
man," the terms "yeoman" or "gentleman" always
being avoided. He appears to have had little if
anything to do with the Congregational Church, and
is supposed to have been a Presbyterian, which, if a
fact, may account for his not being admitted free-
man until April 18, 1691, about eight years before
his death. There is no evidence of John Upton or
any of his family having been involved in any way
in the witchcraft delusions of 1692 and after. The
estate upon which John Upton settled in Reading,
and which was his home the remainder of his life,
was in what is now North Reading, and was owned
and occupied by his descendants until 1849 or latsr.
perhaps to the present time.

John Upton died July ir, 1699, aged, as is sup-
posed, a little more than seventy. His will is dated
November 16, 1697, and was proved July 31, 1699.
The inventory of his estate shows that he was an
unusually prosperous man. It is as follows : The
homestead in Reading, £322. Farm at Woodhill,
one hundred and twenty acres, £120. The lot
Ezekiel lives on, one hundred acres, £25. A lot of
upland, one hundred and seventy acres, £43. The
land situated in the Gusset, £$0. A lot of upland, forty-
seven acres, £23 los. Twenty acres of meadow on
the river by the homestead, £80. Twenty acres of
meadow lying in Bear Meadow, £30. Seven acres
of meadow called Strawberry Meadow, £20. Six
acres of meadow, £15. Eight and one-half acres of
meadow, £21 5s. Eight acres of meadow, £20.
Seven acres of meadow, £14. Nine acres of
meadow, £813.5. The total of his real and personal
estate was £g8i 4s 6d.

"A general view of John Upton's life shows, a
vigorous, active, self-reliant man, self-respecting
and self-contained, steadily and successfully pursuing
the purpose which brought him to the new world,
asking little of the clerical oligarchy which domi-
nated the affairs of the colony, and apparently hav-
ing little sympathy with their theological tenets."
His steadfast purpose and ruling passion seem to
have been to establish his posterity upon a secure
foundation as landed proprietors. In twenty-nine
years he made nineteen purchases of land, besides
receiving a grant for the town. Four of the four-
teen tracts of land mentioned in his inventory con-
tained about six hundred and seventy-five acres of
land.

The name of John Upton's wife was Eleanor.
They had thirteen children, all it seems born in
Danvers: John, Eleanor, William (died young),
James, Mary, William, Samuel, Ann, Isabel. Eze-
kiel, Joseph. Francis, and Mary.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Eleanor Upton, was born probably in Danvers, then

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a part of Salem, about 1654. He resided in tlie
northeast part of North Reading, north of Ipswich
river, on a farm given him by his father. He died
in the summer of 1727, being then upwards of
seventy years of age. His will is dated August 29,
1720, and was proved November 6, 1727. He mar-
ried, December 14, 1680, Sarah Thompson. She
was the daughter of George Thompson, and died
October 12, 1719. Their children were: Sarah.
John, Mary, Joseph, Ezekiel, Jonathan, Elizabeth
(died young), Francis, Elizabeth, and Hephzibah.

(ni) Joseph, fourth child and second son of
John (2) and Sarah (Thompson) Upton, was born
in North Reading. September 8. 1687. He married.
February 2, 1718, Abigail, daughter of Samuel and
Abigail Gray, of Salem; probably that part of Salem
which is now Danvers. They lived in North Read-
ing. September 24, 1726, they sold to Samuel
Browne, Esq., of Salem, one-third of the homestead
of Samuel and Abigail Gray, of Salem. The chil-
dren of Joseph and .\bigail were : Jeremiah, Isaac,
Joseph. Jacob. Abraham. John, David, and Amy.

(IV) Joseph (2), third son and child of Jos-
eph (i) and Abigail (Gray) Upton, was born in
North Reading, March 25, 1723. He resided in
North Reading until about i7?o: and then removed
to Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, where he died in
1810, aged eighty-five. He was surveyor of high-
ways in 1768. He was taxed for land owned by
him in Andover in 17S0-81, but not later. He mar-
ried, July ig, 1774, Mrs. Elizabeth Lovejoy, of
Andover. Their children were: Elizabeth, Joseph,
Jonathan, Jeremiah, and Peter.

(V) Jonathan, third child and second son of
Joseph (2) and Elizabeth (Lovejoy) Upton, was
born in North Reading, March 16, 1780, and died in
Dunstable, .August 16, 1839. When he was a child
his father moved his family to Tyngsborough, which
was until June, 1789, a part of Dunstable. Jonathan
Upton was a farmer, and resided in Tyngsborough
and Hudson, New Hampshire, and Dunstable, Mass-
achusetts. He was married in Tyngsborough, Mass-
achusetts, by Rev. Samuel Lawrence. December I,
1803, to Nancy Whittemore. She was born in
Maiden, Massachusetts, September 25. 1786, and
died in Nashua, New Hampshire, September 10,
1851. They had twelve children: Nancy, Joseph,
Jonathan, Mary, Abigail, Sarah Whittemore, Peter,
Ebenezcr, Andrew, John Green, Susanna, and Julia
Ann.

(VD Peter, seventh child and third son of
Jonathan and Nancy (Whittemore) Upton, was born
in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, October i, 1816,
or 1817. He acquired his education in the common
schools of Tyngsborough and Dunstable, and at
Peppercll .A.cademy, in Massachusetts, and New Ips-
wich -Academy, in New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
On leaving school he had fully made up his mind to
devote his life to icommercial rather than agricul-
tural pursuits, and in August, 1836, he entered a
store in New Ipswich, where he was employed as a
clerk until October 9, 1837. He then went to East
Jafifrey, New Hampshire, where he took a position
similar to the one he had lately left, in the store of
Hiram Duncan, where he was employed until the
spring of 1840, when he was admitted as an equal
partner with Mr. Duncan, and the business was
conducted under the firm name of Duncan & Upton.
Before the close of that year the senior partner
died, leaving the whole charge of the business in the
hands of Mr. Upton, who continued it successfully
until January, 1851. In addition to carrying on the

store he settled his partner's estate, which was quite
large and complicated, and accomplished the task iij
a manner so satisfactory as to receive the hearty
approval of all interested. He then sold a part of
his interest in the establishment to one of his clerks,
Charles H. Powers. On January i, 1851, the
Monadnock Bank in East Jaffrey, went into opera-
tion, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, and he
was chosen cashier, and continued in that position
until 1865, when the bank became the Monadnock
National Bank, with a capital of one hundred
thousand dollars. He was then chosen cashier of
the new institution, and held that office for thirty
years. For twenty-six years he was treasurer of
the Monadnock Savings. Bank, which went into
operation January, 1870, resigning that position Jan-
uary I, 1896. From 1880 to the present time (1907)
he has been president of the National Bank.

In early manhood Mr. Upton was a Whig in
politics, but when the Republican party was estab-
lished he joined it, and has ever since been one of
its loyal supporters. He served as town treasurer
two years, declining to serve longer, and was post-
master twenty-four years. He represented the town
in the legislature in 1848, 1849 and 1850, and was a
member of Governor Currier's council from June,
1885, to June, 1887. At the first session he ob-
tained the charter of the East Jaffrey Fire Engine
Company ; at the second, the charter for the Monad-
nock railroads, and at the last the charter for the
Monadnock Bank. After securing the charter for
tlie railroad which ran from Winchendon, Mass-
achusetts, to Peterboro, New Hamphire, he ob-
tained subscriptions of thirty-five thousand dollars
to the stock and negotiated its bonds. He was one
of the incorporators of each of the Monadnock
railroads, the Monadnock Bank, and later of the
Monadnock Savings Bank, and was chosen one of
the directors of the Monadnock railroad at its first
meeting, and still holds that position.

Mr. Upton has lived more than ninety years, and
is still hale and hearty. A remarkable feature in
his life has been his health. From the time he set-
tled in Jaffrey until the present, he has never lost a
whole day by sickness. His whole life has been an
almost uniform success. Starting as a young ma"
with sufficient ediication to successfully transact
commercial business, and possessing plenty of cour-
age and perseverance, and above all a sterling char-
acter and an unblemished reputation, he has devoted
his energies for seventy years to the building up of
a fortune. Long since he attained a competency of
this world's goods, and for many years he has lived
to enjoy the fruits of a well spent life. And yet he
has not lived for himself alone ; he has taken great
interest in building up and improving the town of
Jaffrey : and for more than fifty years most of the
new public buildings and many private ones have
been to a greater extent the result of his plans and
efforts. In many ways he strongly resembles John
Upton, the immigrant, and founder of the Upton
family, who was a very successful man through his
own exertions. He attends the Congregational
Church, and always responds cheerfully and liberally
when requested to assist financially in the promotion
of its work.

Mr. Upton was married in Townsend, Massachu-
setts, by Rev. Stillman Clarke, June 28, 1853. to
Sarah Miller Duncan, who was born July 8, 1833.
daughter of Hiram and Emeline (Cutter) Duncan,
of East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, an intelligent and
accomplished lady. She died July 28, 1907. Three

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children were born of tlii> iiniim: Mary Adelaide,
Hiram Duncan and Alice Whittemore. Mary A.
was born November 4. 1856, and graduated from
the Union School in Lockport, New York. She
married Walter L. Goodnow, of Jafifrey (see Good-
now). and died October 8, 1901. Hiram D. was
born May 5, 1859. graduated from Dartmouth Col-
lege in 1879, and died December I, 1900. At twenty-
one years of age he was made cashier of the Monad-
nock National Bank, of which his father was presi-
dent, and discharged the duties of that position for
five years. Feeling tliat he could fill a larger sphere
in life elsewhere, he removed to Manchester, where
he entered the political field and soon became promi-
•nent in local and state politics. He was speaker of
the house of representatives in 1889, and was for
several years treasurer of a large loan company in
Manchester. He married Annie E. Perkins, who
was born in Marlow. New Hampshire, daughter of
Dr. Marshall Perkins, of Marlow. Six children
were born to them : Donald P., October 18, 1882 :
Loyd P., December 10, 1883; Hiram D., December
21. 1886: Irene, November 26, 1888; Marguerite.
October 3, 1890: and Dorothy, August 29, 1892, de-
ceased. The first two were born in Jaffrey ; the
others in Manchester. Alice W., liorn July 3. 1863.
was graduated from .Wellesley College in 1883. She
married Sumner B. Pearmain, of Chelsea, son of
William R. Pearmain. cashier of the First National
Bank of Chelsea. Mr. Pearmain is a graduate of
Harvard, class. of 1883, and is a partner in the firm
of Pearmain & Brooks, brokers, of Boston. Four
children have been born of this marriage: William
Robert, born in Chelsea. March 17, 1888; Edward
P., died young; John Duncan, born in Chelsea.
March 12, 1891 ; and Margaret, born in Boston, Feb-
ruary 24, 1893.

Persons of this name were early
TOBEY settlers in New England. Francis

Tobey was in Massachusetts in 1635.
and he may have been a relative of the progenitor
of the family of this article.

(I) Thomas Tobey, who was born about 1620,
in Wales or the West of England, came to America
and settled on Long Island before 1640; in that year
he removed to Massachusetts and settled at Sand-
wich, on Cape Cod, and there raised a family. The
name of only one child has came down to posterity.
That one was James, whose sketch follows.

(II) James, son of Thomas Tobey, was born
probably in Sandw'ich, in 1641. He was in Eliot,
Maine, in 1675. He settled on a tract of land near
Frank's Fort, the grant of which he received from
the town, June 24, 1687. On this lot he resided some
time before it was granted to him. The land is
described as extending from Richard Green's land
to the Bay land ne.xt the water, provided, "the
said James Tobey leave a sufliicient highway to the
landing place at the West Cove." James Tobey is
supposed to have before 1700. No record exists
of his wife. His three sons were Stephen, John
and James ; the last named was killed by the In-
dians in 1705.

(III) Stephen, eldest son of James Tobey, was
born about 1664, and died after 1742. In company
with David Libbey, Matthew Libbey, Daniel Fogg
and Joseph Hammond, between 1690 and 1700 he
purchased the Bay Land, extending from Frank's
Fort to Watts'' Fort by the river, and back to
Marsh Hill. His shore was set off on the southeast
side of the lot. He built ships at Mast Cove.

iv— 6

.\bout 1688 he married Hannah Nelson, by whom
he had : Catherine, Samuel, James, John, Stephen
and Hannah.

(IV) Samuel, eldest son and second child of
Stephen and Hannah (Nelson) Tobey, was born
January 31, 1692. He married Mary Spinney, De-
cember 29, 1721. Their children were: Mary, Abi-
gail, Nathaniel, William, and Samuel, whose sketch
follows.

(V) Samuel (2), third son and youngest child
of Samuel (i) and Mary (Spinney) Tobey, was
born in 1734, and died March 5, 1807. He inarried,
about 1766, Mary Paul, who was born in 17.18,
and died November 20, 1801, daughter of Samuel
Paul. They had : Stephen, Abigail, James, Sanuiel
(died young), William (died young), Sarah and
Mary (twins), John, William, Samuel and Mary
(twins). Mary, twin to Sarah, died young.

(VI) James, son of Samuel (2) and Mary
(Paul) Tobey, was born June 22, 1769. He married,
November 5, 1792, Hannah Shapleigh, daughter of
James Shapleigh. They had : Lydia, Olive, Abi-
gail, Isabel Shapleigh, James Shapleigh, Mary, and
William, the subject of the next paragraph.

(VII) William, youngest child and second son
of James and Hannah (Shapleigh) Tobey, was born
November 19. 1807. It appears that all the heads
of families of this name in Eliot have been members
of the Congregational Church except the first Jame?,
and in his day there was no organized church in
Kittery. William 'Tobey married, December 18,
1827, Polly Goodwin. They had nine children,
among whom were : James W., Rosa G.. John G.,
Henry C. Matilda I., and Franklin O., who is next
mentioned.

(VIII) Franklin Owen, youngest child and
fourth son of William and Polly (Goodwin) Tobey.
was born in Eliot, Maine, February 10, 1845. At
the age of eighteen he w'ent to Boston and worked
in an iron foundry and later in the moulding de-
partment of a brass foundry. In 1875 'n^ went into
the employ of what is now the Union Shoe Machin-
ery Company of Boston. Massachusetts, and was
employed by it as a private agent for thirty years
and while there he made several inventions upon
w-hich the company obtained patents. He was a
skillful machinist, much liked by his employers,
and at the time of his death. 1905, was the oldest
employe in length of service with the company. He
was a member of the Free and .-Xccepted Masons of
Boston. He married, April 9, 1871, Louise Cham-
berlain, who was born in Northampton, Massa-
chetts, June 15. 1850, and died February 2.
1902, daughter of Freeman and Matilda (Adams)
Chamberlain, of Brookfield, New Hampshire. They
had one son, Frederick C, whose sketch follows.

(IX) Frederick Chamberlain Tobey. M. D., only
son of Franklin O. and Louise (Chamberlain)
Tobey, was born in Boston. Massachusetts, January
12, 1878. At six months of age he was taken to
Wolfboro, New Hampshire, where he was raised.
He attended the common schools, and in 1898 grad-
uated from the Brewster Free Academy, and three
years later completed the course in the Maine Medi-
cal School, graduating in June, 1901. Following
that he became on interne of the eye and ear depart-
ment of the Portland Infirmary, where he spent a
year perfecting his knowledge of his profession. In
1903 he established himself in Wolfboro as a phy-
sician, wdiere he has since resided and built up a
fine reputation and a flourishing practice. In the
same year he became part owner of a drug store

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In 1907 he bought his partner's interest, and is now
sole proprietor. He has a large trade, and is a
wealthy and leading citizen of Wolfboro. He is a
member of the New Hampshire Medical Society
and of the Carroll County Medical Society. He
is a Mason of high degree, and a member of the
following named branches of that order : Morning
Star Lodge, No. 17, Wolfboro; Carroll Royal Arch
Chapter, Wolfboro: Orient Council, Rochester;
Royal and Select Masters ; Palestine Conimandery,
Rochester, New Hampshire; Knights Templar; Ed-
ward A. Raymond Consistory, Sublime Princes of
the Royal Secret, of Nashua; and also Warren
Chapter, No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star; Fidelity
Lodge, No. 71. Wolfboro, Lidependent Order of
Odd Fellows; Kingswood Encampment, Wolfboro;
Myrtle Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah. Wolfboro. For
four years past he has been a member of Lakeside
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. June 24, 1903, Dr.
Tobey married Margaret May Shattuck, who was
born in Newcastle, Maine, January 2, 1876.

(X) Louise, dalighter of Frederick C. and Mar-
garet M. (Shattuck) Tobey, was born May 6, 1906.

The American immigrant of this fam-
WILSON ily was John Wilson, from whom
sprung many prominent citizens, not
only of New England but of other states. All
of this name seems to have been excellent citizens
who contributed to both moral and tnaterial prog-
ress.

(I) William Wilson, the earliest known ancestor
of this family, was born in England, in the year 1500.

(H) William (2), was a son of William (i)
Wilson.

(HI) Rev. John, third son of William (2) Wil-
son, and nephew of Bishop Edmund Grindall, was
horn in Windsor, England, in 1588. and was edu-
cated at Kings College, Cambridge. He came with
Winthrop to Massachusetts, in 1630, and was
installed as pastor of the First Church in Boston,
August 27, 1630, and died August 7, 1667, aged
seventy-nine.

(IV) Joseph Wilson was the son of Rev. John
Wilson.

(V) James, son of Joseph Wilson, was born in
iro3.

(VI) James (2), was a son of James (i) Wil-
son.

(VII) Captain Jesse, son of James (2) Wilson,
was born January 20. 1729. He was a captain in the
Revolution, and fought in the battles of Bunker
Hill and Bennington. His wife was Abigail Gage.

(VIII) Benjamin, son of Captain Jesse and Abi-
gail (Gage) Wilson, was born in Pelham, March
II, 1771, and died July 17, 1849. He resided in
Chester until well advanced in life, when his build-
ings were burned, and from that time he lived with
his son Benjamin in Chester. He married Annie
Poor, of Atkinson, who died February 12, 1861.
Their children were: Benjamin (died young), Me-
hitable, Andrew J., Benjamin F. and Charles A.

(IX) Benjamin (2), eldest son of Benjamin (l)
and Annie (Poor) Wilson, was born February 14.
1S05, and died 1870. He married Rhoda Emery,
who died January 17, i86g.

(X) Benjamin Franklin, fourth child of Bcn-
iamin (2) and Rhoda (Emery) Wilson, was born
May 19, 1839. He married, July 4, 1866, Annie
Abbott, who was born in Decrficld, November 24,
1S50. Their child was h'amiie M., born at Ches-
ter, New Hampshire, June 11. iS6g, and married,

February 22, 1893, William Henry Benson, of Derry.
(See Benson, III).

(Second Family.)

The immigrant Scotch-Irish settlers
WILSON of Londonderry and contiguous towns

were in many respects a remarkable
people. They were plain, frugal, frank, and some-
what rough, yet they possessed great vivacity and
quickness of parts. They were ever distinguished
for their hospitality, their valor, firmness and fidel-
ity, and no people sustained a higher degree of
moral and political respectability. The descendants of
the Scotch forefathers inherit many of the highest
and best characteristics of their ancestors. Among
the brave and hardy band who settled Londonderry
were the Wilsons. They were not leaders of the
people, but that they were persons of character,
means, and education is amply shown by the records
of the settlement. John Wilson was one of the
pioneer school teachers and taught in 1733. In 1721
Benjamin Wilson was one of si.x petitioners who
asked the grant of Aiken's brook and an acre of
land, "in order to the setting up of a saw-mill there-
on." Their request was granted and the mill built
and operated. William Wilson, of Petersborough,
a member of Londonderry family, was one of a
party of eight of which six were killed by Indians
near^ Lake George in 1755. The first person com-
missioned as justice of the peace in Petersborough
was Hugh Wilson, Esq., a respectable magistrate.
James Wilson, of Londonderry, had the honor of
being the maker of the first pair of terrestrial and
celestial globes ever made in America.

In the memory of the Scotch residents in Ireland
to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, in 1718, ex-
pressing to the governor their "hearty Inclination to
Transport ourselves to that very excellent and re-
nowned Plantation upon our obtaining from his
Excellency suitable encouragement," are the names
of David Willson, Robert Willson. Samuel Willson,
fil. A., Thomas Wilson, William Wilson, John
\yillson, David Willson, Thomas Wilson and Wil-
liam Wilson.

(I) Ale.xander Wilson, the emigrant ancestor,
was of Scotch blood, born in 1659. probably near
Londonderry, Ireland. He was of heroic "mould
and rendered valiant service in the celebrated siege
and defense of Londonderry, Ireland, in 16^
89. In 1719, at the time of the first settlement in
Londonderry, New Hampshire, he came from Lon-
donderry, Ireland, and settled on a farm on what
is known as the south range i_f that town. On ac-
count of his service to the crown, his farm remained
exempt from ta.xation as long as the colony of New
Hampshire continued under British rule. He lived
to a good old age and died March 4. 1752.

(II) James, son of Alexander Wilson, was born
in 1702 in Ireland, and was very young at the
time of the memorable siege in which his father
participated. He came with the latter to New
Hampshire and succeeded him in the ownership "
of the farm in Londonderry, where he died June 12,
1772, at the age of seventy years. His wife, Jane ,1
Taggart, was also of Scotch blood but probably of ||
Irish birth. She survived him many years, dying ' •
January 12, 1800, at the age of ninety-seven years.
They were the parents of thirteen children, all born

in Londonderry, New Hampshire, namely : Agnes,
George, Alexander, James, Mary, Jeanette, John,
Samuel (died young), Annis, Slargaret, Eleanor,
Samuel^ and George. The first George was killed
in a gristmill when a voung man.

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(III) Alexander (2), second son and third child
of James and Jane (.Taggart) Wilson, was born
^lay S, 1731, in Londonderrj-, and settled in Wind-
ham, where he erected the lirst saw-mill in the town.
He served as selectman in 1781-82-83-84. About
1796 he sold out to Samuel Senter and removed
to Francestown, where he died in December, 1821,
in his ninety-hrst year. He married Jane JIcKean,
and their children, born in Windham, were: Agues,
James, Samuel, John, Alexander, Hugh and Jean-
ette.

(lY) Samuel, second son and third child of
Alexander and Jane (i\IcKean) Wilson, was born
1761, in Londonderry, and died in New Boston, at
the age of more than one hundred years. He served
as a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a very
vigorous man even in his last years. After he had
completed his hundredth year, he went out fishing.
He was engaged in farming, and cleared a farm in
the northern part of New Boston, being one of the
early settlers of the town. He was liberal in
religious views but affiliated at one time with the
Baptist Church. His wife, Hannah, was about
eighty-one years old at the time of her death. They
were the parents of nine children, namely : James,
William, Joseph, Charles, Samuel Robert, Jane,
Elbridge and Elizabeth.

(V) Robert, sixth son of Samuel and Hannah
Wilson, was born 1792, in New Boston, and died in
that town, 1876, aged eighty-four years. He was
reared upon his father's farm, and received his edu-
cation in the public schools of his native town where
he spent his life, chiefly employed as a cultivator
of the soil. He engaged to some extent in lumber-
ing and in teaming, retaining his home in the mean-
time upon the farm. His religious faith was that
of the Baptist Church, and his political affiliations
were with the Democratic party. He was married
to Fanny Jones, daughter of Jonathan Jones, of
Londonderry. The children of this marriage were:
Fanny, Margaret, Mary, Hannah, Rebecca, Sarah,
Daniel and Hiram L.

(\T) Hiram Lull, youngest child of Robert and
Fanny (Jones) Wilson, was born November 17,
1833, in New Boston. He was educated in the dis-
trict schools and then worked on a farm^ for a few
years. In 1883 he removed to Merrimack and
bought a farm of three hundred and ninety acres
upon w'hich he has since resided. He is an _ inde-
pendent Democrat in politics, and in religion a
Baptist. He has been a land surveyor for many
years. He married, February 18, 1864, Maria Sun-
bury, who was born May 22, 1844, daughter of
Henry and Martha (.Waldron) Sunbury, of Canada,
and died December 15, 1904. They have had six
children: Harry C, born July 22, 1867; Mary L.,
June 13, 1874; Electa M., December 27, 1879;
George H., November 30. 1881 ; and two died in
infancy. Harry C, married Nora Read, of New
Boston. Electa M., married Bartlett Lynch, of Man-
chester. George H., lives on the homestead.
(Third Family).
The Scotch-Irish colony which set-
WILSON tied Londonderry, this state, included
three men by the name of Wilson all
of whom were citizens of good repute and held
various offices in directing the affairs of the people.
At this late day it is difficult to distinguish be-
tween them alway.>, and the line of descent of many
of their posterity is untraceable. There were two
James Wilsons who had thirteen children, but the
list of those in this line does not appear of record.

(I) James Wilson, born 1703, died 1777. was
among those who petitioned to Governor Shute,
of Massachusetts, for a township of land, and was
among those who took up residence at Londonderry
in 1719. He was married November 10, 1727, to
Elizabeth Taggart, born 1692, died . September 17,
1756, and they became the parents of Agnes. George,
James. Alexander (died young), Robert and Alex-
ander.

(II) Robert, fourth son and fifth child of James
and Elizabeth (Taggart) Wilson, was born April 25,
J yj;}, in Londonderry, where he died June 14, 1825. He
was a prominent citizen, and served as colonel of
militia. He was married March 8, 1762, to Jane
Thompson, who died February 14, 1792. Their
children were: Thomas. James. Samuel, Robert,
iMargaret, Janet, Thomas, Alexander, Jane, John
and Betsy.

(HI) Thomas, son of Robert and Jane (Thomp-
son) Wilson, was born September 11, 1785, in Lon-
donderry, where he spent his life, engaged chiefly
in agriculture. He was an intelligent man. with an
interest in human progress. He was a member of
the Whig party as long as it existed and then be-
came a Republican. He died in 1862. He married,
February 4, 1807, Rebecca Pinkerton, who was born
in Derry, and two of their children attained years
of maturity, Robert and John Pinkerton.

(IV) John Pinkerton, youngest son and second
child of Thomas and Rebecca (Pinkerton) Wilson,
v/as born in Londonderry, January 23, 1818, and
died there July 21, 1901. He was educated in the
public schools and grew up on his father's farm.
He followed the vocation of his ancestors, and be-
fore his death owned a farm of three hundred
acres — one of the best in that locality. Eight years
of his life he lived in Manchester, the remainder in
Londonderry. He was a Republican in politics, and
he and his wife were members of the Univcrsalist
church. He married, April 14, 1844. Adaline Annis,
who was born in Londonderry. February 19, 1823,
and died in Londonderry, October 27. 1903, daugh-
ter of John and Delilah (Coburn) Annis. .April
18, 1894, they celebrated their golden wedding,
which was the occasion of a display of much re-
gard for the aged couple by their friends and rela-
tives. To them were born nine children, four of
whom are living at the present time : George, in
Everett, Massachusetts. Abbie D., wife of Clar-
ence N. Garvin. May B., married Frank A. Ben-
son. D. Brewster, resides in Brentwood.
(Fourth Family.)
This branch of the Wilson family is
WILSON probably descended from Scotch-Irish
ancestors, who settled in Londonder-
ry nearly two hundred years ago. It has been
chiefly identified with agriculture.

(I) Joseph and Abigail Wilson, of Hudson, had
children as follows : David, see forward : Molly,
Huldah, Benjamin and probably several others.

(II) David, eldest child of Joseph and Abigail
Wilson, was born March 30, 1771. He was a citi-
zen of Pelham, New Hampshire, before the close of
the Revolution.

(III) David (2) son of David (i) Wilson, was
born in Pelham. New Hampshire, and died there
at the age of fifty years. He married in that town,
November 12, 1812. Sarah Young, Rev. John H.
Church officiating at the ceremony. Their children
were : Ssrah, Martha, Polly, Aaron G., see for-
ward. David and Allen.

(IV) Aaron G., fourth child and eldest son of

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David (j) and Sarah (Young) Wilson, was born
in Pclliani. New Hampshire, and died in 1889. When
about thirty years of age he removed to Salem with
his widowed mother, who resided with him until
her death at the age of eighty-six years. He set-
tled on the farm now occupied by his son, Frank
D., and resided there until his death. He married
Abbie Bailey, born in Haverhill. Massachusetts,
March 10, 1828, daughter of John Bailey, of that
town. They had children : .A.bbie J., Araminta,
deceased ; Alonzo G., Frank D., see forward, and
George, deceased.

(V) Frank D.. second son and fourth child of
Aaron G. and .Abbie (Bailey) Wilson, was born in
Salem. February 15, 1858. He attended the coun-
try schools of the vicinity as he had opportunity
to do so, and remained on the farm with his father
until he was twenty-one years of age. He then
accepted a clerkship in the store of C. I. Bowker,
at Salem Center, and was employed in that capacity
for a number of years. He then associated himself
in partnership with Fred. C. Bu-xton, in Salem, in
1883, under the firm name of Buxton & Wilson,
and they carried on a general merchandise business
for a period of two years. Mr. Wilson then sold
out his interest in this enterprise and became a clerk
for F. C. Wilson & Company, grocers in Haverhill,
Massachusetts, for whom he worked for five years,
returning to the family homestead in the spring of
1890. In that year he associated himself witli his
brother, Alonzo G., and has since been profitably
engaged in the farming and dairy business. In ad-
dition to these undertakings he agaiti engaged in
mercantile business at Salem Depot, June i, 1905.
Mr. Wilson commenced to take an active part in
political matters early in his career, affiliating with
the Repulilican party, and is one of the most earnest
members of that body in Salem. He has now (1907)
been for seven years a member of the board of
selectmen, serving for four terms as chairman of
that body, and was elected to represent Salem in
the legislature in 189.^, serving one term. He is a
member of Spickett Lodge, No. 85. Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of Salem, and of Salem Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry. He married, December 25.
1890. Etta L. Foster, horn in Salem, daughter of
John P. Foster, of that town.

In various parts of this country
V.\UGH.\N siinie of the representatives of

this ancient surname have changed
its spelling from the original, and in some of the
.states, particularly those of the west, the name
frequently appears as Vaughn, Vahan, and Vahen ;
but in New England the original name has been
faithfully preserved in all generations from the
time of (ieorgc V'aughan, who was baptized in 1613,
married Mary Boxall, and died in 1696. He came
of the Welsh fannly of the same name and the lat-
ter is said to have been first known in Sir George
Vaughan of Glamorganshire in Wales.

Throughout the New England states the surname
has many representatives, and while all of them are
believed to have descended directly from the same
ancestral head much difficulty is encountered in
connecting the several branches and in tracing their
lines to this George or any of his immediate de-
scendants. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island apjiear in the records to have
original Vaughans, which is accounted for in the
fact that during the seventeenth and eightceiuh cen-
turies and especially during that which is known

as the "period of emigration" from one province to
another no record of such changes was made, thus
making it exceedingly difficult to trace the rela-
tionship of the seveal generations.

The Vermont branch of the Vaughan fannly
was seated in that state previous to the revolution,
and in the counties of Rutland and Windsor the
name has been conspicuously known in civil and
military history for considerably more than a cen-
tury and a half; but there is no authentic record
by which we may trace the connection of the
Vaughan pioneers in that region with those of the
present generation in Belknap county in this state.

( I ) Lathrop Vaughan was born in Woodstock,
Vermont, January 24. 181 1, and was the son of a
fanuer and stock raiser of the old town of Pom-
fret : and like his father Lathrop, engaged in farm-
ing pursuits and also in cattle growing. He mar-
ried three times. His first wife, ."Addie Thomas,
was born in Woodstock in 1824. He married sec-
ond, Elvira Bailey, and third. Marilla Lampheir. a
native of Woodstock. By his first wife Mr.
Vaughan had two daughters Lucy and Susan
Vaughan. and by his third wife he had two sons
George and Charles Lathrop Vaughan.

(ID Charles Lathrop, younger son of Lathrop
and Marilla (Lamphier) Vaughan, was born in
Woodstock, Vermont, September ,3, 1863, and re-
ceived his education in the schools of that town.
.\fter leaving school he taok up farming, continued
at that pursuit about ten years and then removed
to Manchester, New Haiupshire. and for several
months was employed in the Stark mills in that
city. In 1891 he moved to Laconia, New Hamp-
shire, worked about one year as a journeyman car-
penter, and since then to the present time in the
shops of the Laconia Car Company. On May 20.
1893. Mr. Vaughan married, in Gilford, New Haiup-
shire, Eva Crosby, who was born September i.;.
1872. daughter of George and Sarah (Munceyj
Crosbv.

It is probable that all persons bear-
FROHOCK ing the name of Frohock in New
England, and perhaps in the United
States, are descended from one ancestor who came
to Massachusetts in the time of the .\merican Rev-
olution.

(T) .\ndrew Frohock was liorn and died in
England. iVothing further is known of him than
that he married and had a son.

(II) Thomas Frohock was born about Septem-
ber I, 1749. .\t the age of seventeen he was im-
pressed into the English military service and was
lirought to .America with the troops which attempt-
ed to enforce British authority in the revolution.
He deserted and joined the forces of General Wash-
ington, and served until the close of the war, when
he was given a tract of land in Meredith. New
Hampshire. Following are some extracts from
Revolutionary Rolls referring to him.

"Thomas Frohock was one of twenty men un-
der command of Captain John Moody who joined
Washington's army and marched to New York,
serving at that time three months and ei.ght days.
Thomas Frohock was one of the soldiers who
marched from Maine to Canada in the winter sea-
son 177.S-76 in Colonel Benedict Arnold's detach-
ment, which suffered untold hardships and priva-
tions, being reduced to eating dogs, moccasins and
harness to sustain life.

"Thomas Frohock was a soldier in Lieutenant

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■Eastman's detachment sent to throw up intrench-
nients on Breed's Hill on the night of June 16-17,
1775. There the men worked with energy. The
rule adopted was, that there should he a relief every
two hours, hut Frohock was one of those who re-
fused relief and continued digging until the dawn
of day when the redoubt was completed.

"Thomas Frohock, age 26, Gilmanton, N. H.,
laborer, late Reg. /th Stark's Co. 6th private, re-
ceived 2 months' wages in,.

"Thomas Frohock was on tlie pay roll of Cap-
tain Henry Dearborn's company. Colonel Arnold's
detachment for Canada, September i, 1775, and drew
pay for three months and twenty-three days at l2
per month, amounting to I7, ids, 8d. He was also
allowed £1, 6s in lieu of a coat and blanket, and
mileage at one penny a mille; total, ig, 12s, lid.

"Thomas Frohock was a private in a company
raised in Meredith, New Hampshire, by Lieutenant-
Colonel Ebenezer Smith, to march for the relief of
the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm of July
7. 1777. He .entered the service July 7. and was
discharged July 15, after nine days' service at the
rate of £4 Tos. per month: amount due £1. 7^:
sixty-four miles travel at .^d, per miles out, and 2d
liome. £1. 6s, 8d ; total amount, £2, 13s, 8d."

Thomas Frohock married Catherine Kelley, and
settled in Meredith. Their children, fifteen in num-
ber, and born between 1779 and about 1802, were:
.\nna, Solomon. Jonathan, Thomas, Nancy, Job,
Daniel, Jane. Comfort, William, Catherine, Betsey.
Richard, Polly and Lucy.

(HI) Daniel Frohock was a soldier in the war
of 1812. He married Esther Leavitt, October 26,
tSt5, and had seven children: Nancy, Daniel, Rich-
ard^ Polly Jane, Jacob, Benj. L. and Freeman.

{IV) Richard Frohock was born June 17, 182,^,
and died October 20, 1S96. He was married to Abi-
gail R. Kellev, January I, 1846. She died March 15,
^885. They" had four children: Daniel, Esther,
Thomas C. and William H.

(V) Thomas C, son of Richard and Abigail R.
(Kelley) Frohock, was born in Gilford. October 11,
7854, and died May .3, 189,3, aged thirty-eight. He
was a farmer, and had a fine place overlooking
Lake Winnipesaukee. He was a Republican in poli-
tics, an Adventist in religion, a good neighbor, and
an upright and respected citizen. He married, Feb-
ruary 12, 1876, at Laconia. Lillian Flanders, who was
horn in Gilford, April 7, 1858, daughter of Samuel
and Sarah (Leavitt) Flanders, of Gilford. They
had three children: George F., born December 5.
1876: Eugene B., born December 15, 1881, and
Benjamin L.. born September 16, 1883. Since the
death of their father the sons have been successfully
engaged in farming. They are Republicans in poli-
tics. George F., was a member of Company K,
First New Hampshire Volunteers, in the Spanish
War (1898), and was discharged November ist of
that vear, after being in the service four months.

The line of this name following is
STEVENS no doulit entirely independent of

those originating in Amesbury and
Salisbury, Massachusetts, which are elsewhere
treated in this article. Its representatives in New
Hampshire have been no whit behind those of
other Stevens families in citizenship and mental
and moral worth.

(T) William Stevens, a ship-carpenter, was one
of the first settlers of Gloucester, Massachusetts,
and is entitled to honorable mention for his me-

chanical skill, his inflexible honesty, and his serv-
ices in various public oflices. He came to New
England before 1632, and probably had his residence
in Boston or its vicinity. From his ability as a
mechanic it may be inferred that he 'was the Mr.
Stevens who in March. 1634, was to receive by or-
der of the general court ten pounds for seeing to
the erection of a movable fort to be built in Bos-
ton. He was in Salem in 1636, where in 1639 his
children Isaac and Mary were baptized, and in
1641 his daughter Ruth. He was admitted a free-
man in 1640: and in 1642 appears in Gloucester as
one of the commissioners appointed by the general
court for ordering town atTairs. His standing
among the early settlers, and the importance of his
aid in promoting the prosperity of the town, are
sufficiently indicated by the extraordinary grant he
received of five hundred acres of land lying be-
tween Chebacco and Annisquam rivers. He also
had a grant of si.x acres on the Meeting-house
Neck, but his residence was at the Cut, near the
Beach, where he had eight acres of land. He was
selectman several years, commissioner for ending
small causes, town clerk, and four years represen-
tative. He is supposed to have built many excellent ves-
sels, among them the "Royal Merchant," "a ship
of 600 tonus." He had a New England fame, and
was undoubtedly the "very sufficient builder," men-
tioned by Johnson, one of our early historians. He
was a member of the general court in 1665, when the
colonial government made a noble resistance to the
proceedings of the commissioners sent over by the
king to interfere in the legislation of the colony in
a maimer which was justly esteemed to be an in-
fringement of colonial rights and privileges. It was a
grave offense in those days to speak evil of rulers
and discretion would have counselled silence: but the
honest indignation of William Stevens found utter-
ance in no .softened tones of dislike. Four of his
neighbors testified at a quarterly court in Salem, in
1667, to his declaring "that he would bear no office
within this jurisdiction, nor anywhere else, where
Charles Stewart had anything to do ; that he cared
no more for Charles Stewart than any other man.
as king: and that he abhorred the name of Charles
Stewart as king." For this bold and rash expres-
sion he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment :
to pay a fine of twenty pounds and costs, and to
be deprived of his privileges as a freeman. Soon
his wife, in a petition to the general court for re-
lief, represents him to be deranged and herself as
aged and having a family. There is no record of
his death or the settlement of his estate, for he again
"grew to poverty," having mortgaged part of his
property in 1667. to Francis Willoughby, of Charles-
town, from which it never returned to him. The
property conveyed to Willoughby was the five hun-
dred acres near Chebacco. Another portion of his
property consisting of a new house and land was
put into the hands of his sons James and Isaac, in
trust for their mother Philippa, who died August
31, 1681. No other mention of Isaac. Mary mar-
ried John Coit. Ruth married William Glover.

(II) James, son of William Stevens, received a
grant of land on Town Neck, near Trynell Cove, in
1658. He married Susannah, daughter of Sylvester
Eveleth, December 31, 1656. and died March 25.
1697. leaving an estate of two hundred and thirty-nine
pounds, nineteen shillings. He probably followed
the trade of his father and repeatedly held the high-
est public offices in his town. He was a deacon in
the church, a military officer, selectman in 1667 and

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from 1674 to 1691 inclusive, and representative ten
years. He had eleven children, of whom William,
Samuel, Ebenezer, David, Jonathan, Mary (the wife
of Francis Norwood), and Hannah were living at
the time of their father's death.

(HI) William (2), son of James and Susannah
(Eveleth) Stevens, married Abigail Sargent, June
15, 1682. He was lieutenant of the military com-
pany, selectman tw'o years, and representative in
1692. He died September 24, 1701,' aged forty-two
leaving an estate which consisted in part of an
interest in three sloops, a negro woman and a boy,
and the privilege called the "Cut," the latter valued
at thirty pounds. A full record of his children does
not appear, but the names of two sons, James and
Samuel, are known.

(IV) Otho Stevens, probably born about 1693,
was in Gloucester, IVIassachusetts. about 1720, and
is supposed to have been a son of William (2) and
Abigail (Sargent) Stevens. It is claimed by some
of his descendants that he was an emigrant from
Wales. After 1726. he settled in Hampstead, New
Hampshire,, where he was a farmer and highly re-
spected citizen, and died May 21, 1758, He' was
married in Gloucester, March 21, 1723, to Abigail
Kent, who was born July 9, 1697. in that town,
daughter of Josiah and Alary (Lufkin) Kent, and
an aunt of Hon. Jacob Kent, of Newbury, Vermont.
Their children vifere: Samuel of Hampstead; Jo-
siah of Enfield ; Simeon of Newburv, Vermont :
Daniel of Haverhill; Otho. .^rchelaus." .Abigail and
Susan. -Five of the sons were soldiers in the French
and Indian war.

(V) Otho (2), fifth son of Otho (i) and Abi-
gail (Kent) Stevens, was born 1726, in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, and was taken in childhood by his
parents to Hampstead, New Hampshire, where he
grew up. He enlisted in 1759 for the French and
Indian war, in Captain Jacob Bayley's company, of
Colonel Zaccheus Lovewell's regiment, which
marched under command of Lieutenant Colonel
Gofife for the reduction of Fort Niagara. They
went by way of Dunstable. Worcester, Springfield
and Albany. While at Oswego, Captain Bayley
made this entry in his journal : "Friday, September
21, 1759, about two o'clock in the afternoon, died
Otho Stevens, of a long and tedious illness, of 22
days, much latnented by his relations and friends,
he being a loving brother and a faithful friend."
He was married at Hampstead in 1752 to Abigail
Emerson, who was born ?ilarch 20, 17.^7. daughter
of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts) Emerson, of
Hampstead. She was married (second) Decem-
ber 28. 1763, to Deacon David Morrill, of Canter-
bury, whither she removed with the surviving chil-
dren of her first marriage. Deacon Morrill died
June TO, 1799^ (see Morrill, V), and his widow sur-
vived him thirty-four years, passing away June 30,
1S33. Her children by Otho Stevens were: Abiah,
Jacob (who died young), Simeon and Jesse. By
Deacon Morrill, she was the mother of Reuben,
Hannah, David, Betsey. Sarah, Abigail and Ruth.

(VI) Simcnn, eldest surviving son of Otho (2)
and Abigail (Emerson) Stevens, was born March
14- 17.^5. in Hampstead. and was eight vears old
when he removed with his mother and sten-father
to Canterbury, in which town he lived. There he
died June 10, 1825. His children were: Otho, Ed-
man, David, Betsey, John, Jesse, Polly, Abyah,
Moses. .A.bi.2-ail. Thomas Jefferson and Simeon.

(VII) Jesse, fifth son and sixth child of Simeon
Stevens, was born September 29, 1788, in Canter-

bury, and resided most of his life in that town. His
education was supplied by the common schools of
his native town. Being of studious mind and in-
dustrious habit, he made the best use of his oppor-
tunities and was long known as a successful teacher
He taught in Canterbury and Concord, being em-
ployed for several terms in the last named town,
and subsequently settled on a part of the paternal
homestead and engaged in farming. He was a mem-
ber of the Canterbury Congregational Church, and
was a Democrat of the old school. Frequently
chosen to fill official positions, he served his towns-
men with ability and satisfaction, acting many years
as selectman, and laid out and constructed many of
the roads. On one occasion, after transacting some
tow-n business, he arrived home late at night, after
which he missed his wallet, containing a consider-
able sum of town funds. After a restless night,
he retracted his steps, early in the morning, and
found the missing wallet at a spring where he had
knelt to drink. He died September 2, 1849, at his
home in Canterbury. He was married November
30, 1814, to Abigail Sherburne, who was born March
16, 1793, in Epsom, New Hampshire, and died July
9, 18S0, in Canterbury. Their children were: Har-
riet, Mary Ann. Sylvester, Caroline, Susan T.,
Nancy V., .A.lbert and Sarah S. The first became
the wife of Gardner Mason, and died in Loudon.
The second is the widow of Rufus Virgin (see Vir-
gin, V). The fourth married Stephen Clark, re-
sided in Concord and died while temporarily at Lit-
tleton. Susan T. died in East Concord, while the
wife of David A. Morrill (see Morrill, V'll). Nancy
y. is the widow of Moody S. Farnum, now resid-
ing in Loudon. The eighth died when small. A
sketch of the youngest son follows.

^ (VIII) Albert, youngest son of Jesse and Abi-
gail (Sherburne) Stevens, was born January 24,
1833, on the paternal homestead in Canterbury, and
received most of his education in the local public
school. After a term of private instruction by Rev.
Fifield, he abandoned the school room at the age
of fifteen years. His father had planned that he
should receive an education, but the illness and
death of the parent prevented the fruition of this
plan, and the son was obliged to begin early the
task of caring for his mother and the farm. He
remained on the paternal farm until i86r, when he
purchased one hundred acres of land on East Pen-
acook street. Concord, not far from Sewall's Falls,
on which he settled. This was the property of
Reuben Goodwin, and the house in which INIajor
Stevens first resided in Concord is still standing, a
very old landmark. Because of some sturdy youth-
ful achievement. Mr. Stevens was dubbed "Major"
by a neighbor, and the title has clung to him through
life; it is by no means an inappropriate one. To
his holdings in Concord he has added until his farm
now embraces two hundred and fifty acres, and he
is also the possessor of four hundred acres of tim-
ber lands in Canaan and Hanover, this state, a
property that is steadily increasing in value. On
his home farm he erected a fine set of buildings,
which were destroyed by fire December 17, 187S,
inflicting a loss of more than ten thousand dollars.
In 1879 he purchased the Sannicl Carter tavern, an
ancient landmark, which he tore down, and on its
foundation he erected the substantial residence
which he now occupies, with barns and other nec-
essary or desirable farm buildings. From boyhood
Major Stevens was very active and fond of horses,
and successful in their management and training.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Beside his farming interests, he has handled cat-
tle and horses, and was for some time engaged in
the meat business. He had an interest in the
Northwood and Newmarket stage line, and also in
the Pittsfield and Dover line, and spent five years
at the beaches. In these enterprises he was a part-
ner of C. B. Leavitt. of Pitt?field. During the last
quarter of a century Major Stevens has kept from
ten to thirty cows, and for many years he made
butter at the farm. During the last six years a milk
route in Penacook has been maintained. The active
management of the farm is in the hands of his son,
and he is released from many of the cares and la-
bors which were his wont in earlier life. Major
Stevens has been somewhat active in the conduct
of local affairs, and served many years as assessor.
In 1870 and lS~2 he was elected representative of
ward two in the legislature. He is rather inde-
pendent in political matters, w'ith a leaning to the
Democratic party, and in religious faith is a Uni-
versalist.

He was married in i860 to Susan Ellen Good-
win, who was born July 7. 1839, in the house still
standing on the home farm, a daughter of Reuben
and Judith (Burpee) Goodwin, and died Septem-
ber 30. 1873. Reuben was a son of Reuben Good-
win, and was born in Concord, his wife being a
native of Boscawen. Albert and Susan E. Stevens
had two children. Lillie Mabel, born February 24,
1868, died when one year and four days old. ^ Jesse
Goodwin, born June 24, 1870. resides opposite his
father and conducts the farm. He married Sarah
O'Regan. born February 20, 1873, and they have
four children, born as follows : Ernest Edwin, No-
vember 3, 1897; Georgie Alice, ]\Iarch 30, 1900;
Susie Lucy, November i. 1901 ; and Mary Lillian,
December i, 1903.

(Second Family.)

The Stevens family, whose first rep-
STEVENS resentative was in Massachusetts

Bay Colony when that colony was
but little more than a decade of years old, has
grown in numbers and in the strength and influence
of its individual members from the early days of
New England to the present time.

(I) John Stevens, the first of this one of many
lines of that name in the same neighborhood, set-
tled in Newbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1638.
Seven years later he removed to Andover in the
same colony, where he died April 11, 1662. While
but little appears in the records concerning him. it
can be safely judged that he was possessed of that
fortitude and determination which characterized the
first generations of the Massachusetts Bay Col-
ony. They were content to suffer many hardships
in the midst of primeval forests, surrounded by
savage tribes, for the sake of their religion. He
was accompanied in his immigration hither by his
wife Elizabeth, who survived him more than twenty-
nine years, and died in May, 1691, at the age of
eighty years. Their children were: John, Timothy,
Nathan, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Mary, Joseph and Ben-
jamin.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Elizabeth Stevens, was born June 20, 1639. in New-
bury, Massachusetts, and lived in Andover. where
appears the record of birth of his thirteen children.
He was lieutenant in the militia in defense of the
Massachusetts Colony, and died in that service at
Casco Bay, March 4, 1689. He was married June
13, 1662, to Hannah Barnard, daughter of Robert
and Joan (Harvey) Barnard, of Andover. She

died March 13. 1675. and he was married (second)
.August 10, 1676, to Esther Barker, daughter of
Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover. She sur-
vived him and was the mother of seven of his
children. His offspring included : John, Nathan,
Timothy, Joshua, Ephraim, Jonathan, Samuel,
.'\aron. Abial, Ebenezer, Benjamin, David and
Hannah.

(III) Samuel, seventh son and child of John
(2) Stevens and eldest child of his second wife.
Esther Barker, w'as born May 29, 1677, in Andover,
Massachusetts. He resided in Amesbury and served
in the Indian wars from that town and was a
snow-shoe man in 1708. Soon after 1710 he removed
to Haverhill and resided in the northern part of
that town. By the adjustment of the Province
line in 1741, his homestead fell within the limits
of New Hampshire. The ihus became a citizen of
Hampstead, and died in that town. His will was
dated Au,gust 20, 1748, and was proven June iS.
1751. This would indicate that he was a prudent
man and made provision for his possible death a
considerable time before it occurred. He was mar- '
ried November 16. 1704, to Rachael Heath, w'ho was
born July 23, 1682, in Haverhill, daughter of John
and Sarah (Partridge) Heath. She survived him
some years. They were the parents of eleven chil-
dren, namely : Sarah. John, Rachael, Samuel, Nehe-
miah, William, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, David
and Abigail.

(IV) William, fourth son and sixth child of
Samuel and Rachael (Heath) Stevens, was born
November 24, 1714, in Haverhill, and lived in that
town until the homestead became a part of Hamp-
stead, New Hampshire. He lived north of Island
Pond in that town, and there died April 14, 1783.
He was married (first) November 24. 1744. to Mary
Tucker , who was born February 11. 1725, in Kings-
ton, daughter of William and Mary (Archer)
Tucker. She died June iS, 1748, and he was mar-
ried (second) February 20, 1749, to Elizabeth
Dodge. She died March 31, 1750, and he was mar-
ried (third) January ig, 1769. to Lydia Gile. She
was probably the widow of Jonathan Gile. of Hav-
erhill, and a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Bart-
lett) Colby, of Hampstead. There were two chil-
dren by the first marriage, one by the second and
two by the third, namely : Parker S., Molly, George,
Lydia and William.

(V) Parker, son of William and Mary (Tuck-
er) Stevens, was born in Hampstead. New Hamp-
shire, November 26, 1745. He married in that vil-
lage, February 10, 1766, Jemima Eastman, eldest
child of Edmund and Hannah (Hill) Eastman,
born in Hampstead. March I, 1730. She w-as of
the fifth generation in descent from Rnger Eastman,
the ancestor of the very numerous Ea-tman family.
(See Eastman IV). Here we find joined in wed-
lock a woman and a man born in the same town
and descended from ancestors who came from Eng-
land to America at the same time and in the same
ship, in 16,38. one hundred and twenty-eight years
earlier. Mr. Stevens married (second I widow Ma-
rian Tilton, by whom, he had no children. He died
October 15, r8i8, from drinking oil of tansy through
mistake. He lived in Hampstead, where all his
children were born. In 1787 he removed to Pier-
mont. New Hampshire, where he purchased a tract
of land consisting of five hundred acres, which he
afterward divided among his five sons. Soon after
his settlement in Piermont, he petitioned the gen-
eral court to be allowed to run a ferrv across the

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Connecticut river from his farm. He was an en-
terprising man, and of great force of character. His
first wife died February 29, 1784: his second March
10, 1821. aged seventj'-five years. The names of
the children are: Parker, born October 6. 1767;
Polly, November 13, 1769; Edmund, February 11,
1772; Hannah, February 24, 1775; John, Septem-
ber 25, 1777: Joseph, February 19, 1780; and Caleb,
Kovember ij, 1782.

(VI) Caleb, who was the fifth son and young-
est child of Parker and Jemima (Eastman') Stevens,
was born at Hampstead, November 27, 1782, and
married, April 21, i8ri, Sally Dewey, daughter of
Nathan and Sally (Chandler) Dewey, born January
-. 1793- '"It Piermont. She was a relative of Admiral
George Dewey, being a descendant from the same
ancestors. Thomas ( i ) "the settler," and Josiah
(2) his son, her line continuing through Nathan
(3), Samuel (4), Nathan (5), and Nathan (6).
The admiral's genealogist has said "Admiral Dew-
ey's ancestors all along the line from Thomas
Dewey the settler, who landed in Massachusetts Bay
with Rev. John Warham's little band of persecuted
Christians in the summer of 1630, down through the
Revolutionary war and the War of i8r2, had been
men who have taken a prominent part in the affairs
of State and Nation." The same can be said of
Sally Dewey, and the Dewey character is promi-
nent in her descendants.

Caleb Stevens grew up on his father's farm. At
the age of twenty-one the delicate condition of his
health induced him to go to school instead of attend-
ing to the more arduous labor incident to farm
life. He attended Haverhill Academy, where he
acquired an education above that of the average man
of the P':riod. He taught school for a number of
years and his standing as a teacher, his ability to
calculate eclipses and do other things incident to
good scholarship, caused him to be regarded by his
neighbors as a superior man in education. As a
young man he was diffident, as a farmer he was not
enterprising, Ivu he was a member of the Congre-
gational Church, a good man of steady habits, who
loved his home and spent his time there. He loved
his children and did what he could for them, and
in return enjoyed their, respect and esteem. He
died March ,^0, 1870, then being eighty-eight years
old. Mrs. Stevens died January 9, 1880, aged eighty-
seven years. For some years they had lived in the
home of their son Lyman, at Concord. There were
two children born to them : Cynthia Dewey, the
elder, March 2, 18 r3, married Isaac H. Healey, and
died August 14, 1840. Lyman D. is mentioned
liclow.

(Vin Lyman Dewey, only son of Caleb and
Sally (Dewey) Stevens, was born in Piermont,
September 20. 1821. At the age of seven he met
with an accident that influenced his entire life.
N\'hile assisting another boy he received an injury'
to his right shoulder from which he never recovered
rnd which rendered the arm substantially useless.
As he could never perform the the labor of the
farm to advantage his father determined to educate
him. His primary education was obtained in the
district school, his preparatory education at Hav-
erhill (New Hampshire) Academy. .Subsequently
he matriculated at Dartmouth, from which he grad-
uated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1843.
He was one of the one-third of the class who. on
account of their class standing, were elected mem-
bers of Phi Beta Kappa, .^t the close of his
college cour-e Mr. Stex'ens found himself in debt.

His father, in order to send him through college,
had been obliged to borrow some hundreds of
dollars which must now be paid. In order to se-
cure the means to do this he accepted the ■ first
good opportunity that presented itself, and became
principal of Stanstead Academy, in the Province of
Quebec, where he taught two years. While there he
studied law one year in the office of E. C. Johnson
of Derby, Vermont. He subsequently assisted Jon-
athan Tenney for a short time, as principal of the
academy at Pembroke, New Hampshire. During
this time, by the practice of economy, he had paid
his college debts, and saved five hundred and forty
dollars besides. With this capital he continued the
study of law in the office of Hon. Ira Perley in
Concord, New Hampshire. He was admitted in Oc-
tober, 1847, and at once opened an office there,
though at first intending to locate elsewhere. With
the small balance of his savings he bought the nec-
essary furniture and a few books and started on
what time has proved to be a successful practice
of law.

Mr. Stevens advanced rapidly in his profession
and soon had a lucrative practice. In 1855 and 1856
he was elected city solicitor. In 1860-61-66-67. he
was a member of the house of representatives, presi-
dential elector in 1872, member of the governor's
council in i88t, and of the state senate in 1885. As
mayor of the city of Concord he was best able to
show his ability and exercise his influence for good.
He was elected to this office in 1868, and re-elected
in i860. During his mayoralty he instituted va-
rious reforms and improvements, the most notable
being the adoption of the present system of sew-
age. This was "almost the first real and substantial
improvement that the people had been called upon
to make and it is not surprising that he met with
the most determined opposition in this movement.
But he proceeded fearlessly to carry on the improve-
ments which the liealth and beauty of the city de-
manded, and in after years received the credit which
his action deserved, his most strenuous opponents
finally admitting the wisdom of his course. He was
also president of the bo?rd of trade while the board
existed. He was president of the Concord Shoe
Companv. and is president of the Concord Gas and
Light Company. He was a director in the Page
Belting Company, and since 1865 has been a direc-
tor inthe National State Capital Bank, of wdiich he
was president from Mav 30, 1865, ""*'! 'li^ resig-
nation. May 10, I90.i. He has been president of the
Merrimack County Savings Bank from its organi-
7ation in 1870. Governor Gilmore appointed Mr.
Stevens commissioner to adjust the suspended war
claims of New Hamnsliire against the LTnited States,
and he was a commissioner of the state of New
Hampshire to attend the dedication of the National
Cemeterv at Gettysburff. November to, 1863.

Mr. Stevens is a lifelong ReDublican. He has
been a Congregationalist since 1847, ^nd a member
of the South Church during that period, and in that
organization he has always been a staunch and en-
ergetic supporter of what be believed to be right.
His interest in edircationa' and Dhilanthropic work
has ever been unflagging and efficient. .Among the
places he has filled are those of president and treas-
urer of the New Hampshire Home Mi'isionarv So-
ciety, and trustee of Kimliall Union .Academy, of
Bos'caweu .Academy, member of the board of edu-
cation of Concord, and trustee and president of the
New Hampshire College of .Agriculture and Me-
chanic .Arts. On account of failing health he re-

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signed at the beginning of 1905 from tlio presidency
of tlie National State Capital Bank, and is now liv-
ing in retirement at the age of four score and four,
physically infirm, but mentally as sound as ever.
Few men have had as great influence on the finan-
cial institutions and public policy of Concord as
layman D. Stevens.

.August 21, 1850, Mr. Stevens married Achsah
Pollard French, daughter of Captain Theodore and
Lydia (Pollard) French, born in Concord, Sep-
tember 26, 1822. Two children were born to them:
,\[argaret French and Henry Webster. Mrs. Stev-
ens died July 2, 1863: and Mr. Stevens married
(second) January 20, 1875, Frances Childs Brow-
nell, daughter of William and Rebecca (Childs)
Brownell, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, born
August 21, 1839, in New- Bedford, her maternal
grandfather being Judge Joseph Childs. of Ports-
mouth, Rhode Island. They have two children :
Fanny Browneh, at home, and William Lyman,
who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1903, and
from Harvard Law School in 1906.

(VII) Henry Webster, son of Lyman D. and
.\chsah Pollard (French) Stevens, was born in
Concord, March 5, 185,3. After passing through the
public schools of Concord he was fitted for college
at Phillips Andover .Academy and was graduated
from Dartmouth College with the degree of Bach-
elor of Arts, in the class of 1875, He matriculated
at the Boston University Law School, and took the
degree of Bachelor of Law there in 1877. He was
admitted to the bar in 1878, and immediately formed
a partnership with his father, with who he had
studied, and entered the practice. This partnership
continued until June, 1879, when he became a part-
ner with Edward G. Leach, which relation still con-
tinues, and the firm of Stevens & Leach has enjoyed
a growing and lucrative practice, Mr. Stevens is
a Republican, and as such was elected city solicitor
of Concord in 1885 and re-elected in 18S6. In the
session of 1887-88 he was a member of the New
Hampshire house' of representatives, and later was
alderman of the city of Concord and also trustee of
the City Library. He is a trustee of the Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital, vice-president of the
Mechanics' National Bank, trustee of the Merrimack
County Saving Dank, treasurer of the Fireman's Re-
lief Association, and of St. Mary's School. Mr.

Stevens married Ellen T. Nelson, daughter of

and Abbie (Tuck) Nelson.

(Third Family.)
This branch of the Stevens family
STEVENS traces its line through seven .genera-
tions lo an English anicestor. Colonel
Thomas, of London. There is apparently no con-
nection betweeri this family and the family that is
descended from William Stevens, another early
.American ancestor. It is interesting to note that
in the present line, nearly every generation is de-
scended from the youngest son.

{ I ) Colonel Thomas Stevens, of London, came
originally from Devonshire, England. He was a
member of the company chartered for the settlement
of Massachusetts Bay, which in 1628 sent out John
Endicott and others to plant a colony at Salem,
Massachusetts. Colonel Thomas Stevens was an
armorer, and he furnished the colony with a sup-
ply of arms. He did not emigrate himself but he
contributed fifty pounds sterling to the stock of
the company, and "sent three sons and his daugh-
ter Mary as his adventure to our cause."

(II) Cyprian, the first American ancestor of this

branch, the youngest son of Colonel Thomas Stev-
ens, came from London about 1660, being then a
lad of fourteen years. He settled at Lancaster,
Massachusetts, where he married, January 22, 1672,
Mary, daughter of Major Simeon Willard, of that
town. There were five children.

(Ill) Joseph, youngest child of Cyprian and
Mary (VVillard) Stevens, was born about 16S2. He
lived at Sudbury, Eramingham, and Lancaster, Mas-
sachusetts. In 1720 he removed to Rutland, Massa-
chusetts, where he died in 1745. He was one of the
first settlers at Rutland, and a leading man of the
town. He was captain of the militia, and a deacon
of the church. He married Patience, daughter of
John Rice. Sudbury, Massachusetts. There were
ten children, five sons and five daughters. This
faiuily had a thrilling e.xperience with the Indians.
.August 14, 1723. Captain Joseph Stevens went from
his house to the meeting house meadows to make
hay\ Four of his sons followed him. The eldest
was Phineas, a lad of sixteen, and the youngest was
Isaac, a child of four. While at work the family
were attacked by the Indians. Two of the boys,
Saiuuel and Joseph, were slain. The father escaped
lo the bushes, and Phineas and Isaac were taken
captive. The Indians were about to kill Isaac, but
his elder brother made them understand by signs
that he would carry him on his back all the way to
Canada if they would spare his life. Phineas and
Isaac remained in captivity a year, but they were
finally redeemed after much expense and trouble.
Their father made two long and wearisome jour-
neys to Canada for this purpose. The elder son be-
came the famous Captain Stevens, of Charlestown,
New Hampshire, who rendered most important
service in protecting the frontier from the French
and Indians. It was he who commanded the fort
when Old Number Fotir (Charlestown) was at-
tacked.

(H') Isaac, the youngest son of Captain Joseph
and Patience (Rice) Stevens, was born in 1719. He
moved from Rutland, Massachusetts, to Carlisle.
Massachusetts, where he died. He was twice mar-
ried. His first wife was Mercy Hubbard, of Rut-
land. Massachusetts, who died in 1746, leaving one
son and one daughter. In 1748 he married Abigail
Parhng. There were four children by the second
marriage, three sons and one daughter.

(V) Calvin, the youngest son of Isaac and .Abi-
gail (Parling) Stevens, was born in Rutland. Mas-
sachusetts. January 27, 1753, and removed in in-
fancy to Carlisle. Massachusetts. He was the first
of the family to come to New Hampshire. In 1776
he removed to Hillsborough, that state, where he
lived forty-five years. In 1821 he decided to spend
his latter days at Mont Vernon. New Hampshire,
wdiere four of his children had settled. He died
there in 1834. He was a soldier of the Revolution,
and fought at Bunker Hill. While in Hillsborough
he was a magistrate, and held all the town offices.
He was an upright and intelligent man. and a
most useful icitizen. In 1773 he married Esther
Wilkins. There were thirteen children, three of
whom died before himself. One of his descendants
in the fourtli degree was George .\. Marden, of
Ihe Lowell Courier (sec Ma'-den Genealogy).

(VI) .Asa, fifth son and seventh child of Cal-
vin Stevens, was born at Hillsborough. New Hamp-
sliirc. February 5. 1787. He settled at Mont Vernon,
New Hampshire, where he died in 1863. He mar-
ried Mary .Ann, youngest daughter of Rev. Joseph
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of Hon. William Appleton, of Boston. She died
in November, 1867. There were seven children, six
of whom survived their parents. They were : Cal-
vin, David, Mary Ann, Harriett, William, Asa and
Frances.

(VH) William, third son of Asa and Mary Ann
(Appleton) Stevens, was born at Mont Vernon.
New Hampshire, July 28, 1816. Till the age of
twenty he remained at home, engaged in farming
and attending the village school. In 1836-37 he
had the benefit of two terms at the institute in Han-
cock, New Hampshire. His father was a prosperous
man, but he held that his sons should make their
own way. so in 1838 William went west, going as
far as Illinois. Not caring for the country, he came
back, and in 1839 was employed at the Stark Mills
in Manchester. New Hampshire, then managed by
his cousin, John A. Burnham, of Boston. After a
few weeks in the mills William went to Boston,
where he became a salesman in a clothing store
under Faneuil Hall. In 1841 his elder brother Cal-
vin, who was a dealer in smoked provisions at 13
Front street. New York City, invited him to come
there. William Stevens remained in this business
for eighteen months, and then purchased a stock
of ship stores at 116 Wall street, where he con-
tinued till 1844. or the next twenty-one years he
was a dealer in smoked provisions, first at Ludlow
street, where he remained two years, and the re-
mainder of the time at 76 and 78 Worcester street.
He took his younger brother Asa as partner, and
firm became W. and A. Stevens. In June. 1865. Mr.
Stevens having amassed a handsome property, and
being still in the prime of life, decided to retire to
Mont Vernon. New Hampshire, there to enjoy a
well earned leisure amid the scenes of his boyhood.
He bought the old homestead and other lands, fitted
up the buildings, and made a fine estate. He took
a lively interest in the affairs of the town, and
was always ready to help promote the welfare of
those around him. In politics he was a Republican
and repeatedly received a handsome vote for the leg-
islature, though living in an extensively Democratic
community. He was liberal in his religious views,
and belonged to no church, but strove to help his
fellowmen. He was a member of the Masonic fra-
ternities. William Stevens was twice married. His
first wife was Louisa W. Dye, of Newark, New
Jersey, who left four daughters: Mary Ann, mar-
ried Charles F. Wilkins, of Omaha, Nebraska: Ella
L. ; Catherine, married C. Henry Hobbie, also of
Omaha ; Frances E. William Stevens married for
his second wife. January 4. 1876, Mrs. Helen L.
(Ober) Whipple, of New Boston. New Hampshire,
widow of John Whipple, of that place. They had
one daughter. Helen Willette Stevens, born Sep-
tember 3. 1S80. Mrs. Helen (Ober) Stevens was
the daughter of Gary V/. and Saloma (Mills) Ober,
of Francestown. New Hampshire. Her father was
a farmer and stonecutter at Milford, New Hamp-
shire, and died in 1868, leaving seven children — six
daughters and one son. Of this family the only
ones living in 1907 wQre Mrs. Hannah Hunt of
Helena, Montana. Mrs. White, of Mont Vernon,
New Hampshire, and Mrs. Helen (Ober) Stevens.
Mrs. Steven's grandfather Mills served in the Rev-
olution. He was a minute man from Walpole, New
Hampshire, and died of fever at Fort Ticonderoga.
Mrs. Stevens's first husband, John Whipple, of New
Boston, was the son and grandson of John Whipple,
of that place. He enlisted in the Eleventh New
Hampshire Volunteers, fought at Fredericksburg,

Virginia, and in other battles, was captured at
Knoxville, Tenessee, November 23, 1863, and died
in a Confederate prison, June 25, 1864. William
Stevens died at Mont Vernon, New Hampshire,
January 5, 1887.

(I) Isaac Stephens, probably a native of Con-
necticut, resided for some years in Haverhill, New
Hampshire, where some of his children were born.
He removed with his family to Maidstone. Essex
count\'. Vermont, in 1790. and subsequently to Strat-
ford. New Hampshire. He married Elizabeth Rich,
daughter of John and Catherine Sophia Rich. John
Rich was born in Germany, near the Rhine, in 1729.
and emigrated to America when a young man. He
was married in or near Boston, INIassachusetts, by
Rev. Samuel Merrill, 1753, to Catherine Sophia
Whiteman, also a native of Germany, who came to
this icountry with her parents when she was fourteen
years of age. John Rich finally settled in Haver-
hill. New Hampshire, where he became the owner
of a fijie farm and furnished supplies to the Con-
tinental army during the war of the Revolution.
Later he was a member of the legislature. Mrs.
Stephens is said to have been a woman of most ex-
cellent character, whose praise was in the hearts of
all who knew her.

(II) Colonel Rich, son of Isaac and Elizabeth
(Rich) Stephens, was Ijorn in Haverhill, New Hamp-
shire, about 1788, and died in Maidstone. Vermont.
At the age of two years he was taken by his parents
to Maidstone, and when they removed to Stratford,
they left him on the homestead, a valuable farm,
which was well stocked and which was a comfort-
able provision for his entire life. He was a man
of pleasing manner, helpful to those who were in
need of assistance, and highly esteemed by all. He
built the first brick house in Essex county, on his
farm in 1817. He was also a surveyor by occupa-
tion, and for many years the one most in demand
in that section of the country, and was well versed
in the mysteries of the lines in the timberlands "up
the Hegan." He surveyer and allotted the third
division lots in Maidstone in 1829. His title as
colonel was earned in the war of 1812. He was
United States deputy marshal for some years, high
sheriff of the county of Essex for a, period of five
years, his last service being in 1828 ; and held a
number of other offices of trust in his township. One
morning in the month of March, 1851, he crossed
the Connecticut river on the ice ; during the day it
rained and the river rose ; he was known to have
.started to return to his home in the evening across
the ice. but he was never seen afterward. He mar-
ried Fanny Shoff, daughter of Jacob Shoff. and she
and two sons survived him.

(HI) Orson, son of Colonel Rich and Fanny
(Shoff) Stevens, was born in Maidstone, Vermont,
and died October 15, 1863, aged fifty-seven years
and ten months. He followed the occupation of
farming all his life, and resided in Maidstone, until
he moved to Columbia and was proprietor_ of the
Columbia House for some years. He married Mi-
randa Holbrook, daughter of Thomas and

Holbrook, and they had children : George An-
drews, Daniel. Fanny A.. Ann, Frederick, Clark,
see forward ; Frank, James. Amanda. Flora. Mrs.
Stevens died August 29, 1869, aged fifty-nine years
and seven months.

(TV) Clark, fourth son and sixth child of Orson
and Miranda (plolbrook) Stevens, was born in
Maidstone. Vermont, May 23, 1S39. His boyhood
days were spent on the farm of his father, and his

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education was acquired in the common schools of
the vicinity. At the age of fourteen years he'-vvent
into the neighborhood of Boston, ^lascachusctts,
where he was employed in fanning until May,
1861. According to the official records he enlisted
May 3, 1861, for three months, in Company F, Sec-
ond New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, but was
not mustered in at that time. He re-enlisted May
27, 1861, for three years, and was mustered in
June 4, i86r, as a private. He was wounded and
missing July 21, 1S61, at the battle of Bull Run, and
no trace of him was then found. He was wounded
August 29, 1862, at the second battle of Bull Run,
was taken prisoner, and confined in Libby prison
for nine months. He was one of the unfortunate
ones to draw a numlicr of the list of those who
w:ere to be shot, but owing to the mistake of one
of the warders in skipping his name on the list, he
escaped this fate. Later he was exchanged. He
was at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and
was mustered out June 21, 1864. He enlisted in
Company I, First Regiment New Hampshire Vol-
unteer Heavy Artillery, for one year, and was mus-
tered into service as a private the following Sep-
tember. He was appointed second lieutenant, Sep-
tember 7, 1864, and was mustered out June 15. 1865,
the war being ended. His service was credited to
the town of Columbia. In association with Jere-
miah Willard he established the old Willard House,
which the conducted for a short time, when he sold
his interest in this enterprise to Mr. Willard. He
engaged in business in Bloomfield, Vermont, in 1870,
in conjunction with his brother Frederick, where he
established a starch mill and operated a saw mill for
a period of ten years, until it was destroyed by fire.
Subsef4uently he engaged in logging, and still later
he removed to North Stratford, New Hampshire,
where he carried on a grocery business, and died,
August 19, 1896, from the effects of exposure in the
war. He was a selectman of Stratford for a num-
ber of years, and represented the town in the legis-
lature four terms. He was connected with the
Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities.

He married at Stratford, November 7, 1867, Mary
S. Shoff, born May 7, 1850, at Island Pond. Ver-
mont, daughter of Charles and Eliza (Spaulding)
Shoff. and granddaughter of Jacob and Mary
(Chase) Shofif. Charles Shoff was born in Maid-
stone, April 30, 1824; Jacob Shoff was born in
Maidstone: Mary (Chase) Schoff was a descend-
ant of Aquilla Cliase, who came to this country
from Cornish, England. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens had
children: i. Charles O., of Colebrook, married
Mary Leavitt. has children : Clark L., George O.,
Mabel and Richard. 2. Julia E., married Charles
W. LeGro, a lumberman, resides in Portland, Maine,
and has children: Marion S. and Mildred H. 3.
Pearl C. died at the age of nineteen years. 4. Mary
M., married A. S. Morse, a merchant of Stratford.
5. Alice C, married William H. Mercer, and re-
sides in New York. 6. Mabel A., married Joseph
H. Hanson, and resides in Stratford. They have
children : Pearl N. Helen G.. Dorothy and Clyde
Stevens. 7. Herbert, died in childhood. 8. Aaron
E., at home. 9. Don W., is a mail carrier.

This name appears in different forms
BEDEL in the early settlement of Massachusetts

Bay Colony, the most usual of which
was Beedle. It was also often found Bedell, which
w'as borne by one of the most distinguished soldiers
of New Hampshire in Revolutionary times and be-

fore, and has since been borne by other citizens
active and skillful in the professions, in the arts of
peace and war ; and many of the descendants of the
revolutionary hero bearing other names as well as
that of Bedel have rendered honorable service in
the history of this state. This name in the early
writing is variously spelled Beatle, Beedle, Bedle,
Beadle, Bedell and Bedel.

(I) The first of whom record appears was
Robert Beedle, of Salisbury, Newbury and Ames-
bury, Massachusetts. There are conilicting state-
ments as to his age, the dates of births given
ranging from 1633 to 1645. Savage says that he was
probably a son of Robert Beedle. of Wetjiersfield
and New London, Connecticut, who may have re-
moved to Newbury in 1650. There were several in
Salem who spelled the name Beadle, but no Robert
has been found among them. Robert Beedle seems
to have removed from Salisbury to Newbury about

1667, and took the oath of allegiance the following
year, at w-hich time his age was given as thirty-six
years. He was a resident of Amesbury in 1680 and
in 1683, the inventory of his estate being made in
the latter year. He bought land in Amesbury in

1668. His widow, Martha, presented the inven-
tory of his estate September 30, 1684. Their chil-
dren were: Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth. Judith (died
young), Hannah, Robert, Judith, John and Isabel.

(II) Robert (2), second son and sixth child of
Robert (i) and Martha Beedle, was born January
5, 1675, in Newbury and resided in Amesbury, where
he was married November II, 1702, to Anna Carr,
who is supposed to have been a daughter of George
(2) Carr and a granddaughter of George (i) Carr,
of Salisbury. Their children were : Martha. John
(died young), Anne, Jacob, Mary, Robert, Judith,
John and Timothy.

(III) Colonel Timothy, youngest child of
Robert (2) and Anna (Carr) Bedel, was born July
21, 1724. in Amesbury. Massachusetts, and died in
Haverhill. New Hampshire, in February, 1787. He
was taxed in Salem, New Hampshire, in 1757, and
is probably the Timothy Bedel who was out in
Captain Goffe's scouting company in 1745. He left
Salem in early life and seems to have worked north-
ward, "scouting and ranging and finally settled in
Haverhill in 1760, and a little later in what was then
called the Cohos country." He was one of the
original grantees of Haverhill and of Bath, New
Hampshire, and also of Newbury. Vermont. He
lived in Bath a short time just previous to the
Revolution. His first positively known service to
the province of New Hanfipshire as a soldier w-as in
Captain Goffe's eompany, to make a scouting cam-
paign from the Merrimack and the Connecticut
rivers, which was begun on the 30th of July, 1745.
In 1754 he was in Colonel Blanchard's regiment,
raised for Flis IMajesty's service on the Merrimack
and Connecticut rivers. He was in a detachment of
Colonel Blanchard's regiment, posted at Charles-
town, on the Connecticut river, under the command
of Major Benjamin Bellows. In 1755 he was under
General Johnson in his expedition against Crown
Point. The troops from New Hampshire were
under Colonel Blanchard and stationed at Fort
Edward. The next year he was in William Stark's
company of rangers in the second expedition a.gainst
Crown Point. He went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
1757, as a lieutenant under Colonel Meserve and the
following }-ear was with General Amherst as a
lieutenant at the capture of Louisburg. In 1759 he
was under General Wolfe as a lieutenant at the

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taking of Quebec, and in 1760 was a lieutenant in
Captain John Hazzen's company, Colonel John
Goffe's regiment, under the command of General
Amherst, and participated in the conquest of Isle
.A-Ux Noix, St. John's, Chambly and Montreal. The
next year lie was in the King's service under General
Amherst as lieutenant of the western frontiers
guarding conquest. In 1762 he was a lieutenant
with the Royal Provincials and went to Havana,
and was at the six weeks' siege and capture of that
place. He was appointed captain under Sir Jeffery
Amherst, April 13, 1762, and remained in service
until after peace was made in 1763. The captain's
commission was signed by Benjamin Wentworth,
Provincial governor of New Hampshire. Under
his advice and direction, and by order of Governor
John Wentworth. in August, 1768, a company of
militia was established in Coos, composed of men
froin Piermont. Haverhill and Bath. This is under-
stood to be the first militia organization in that lo-
cality, and w-as raised to aid the civil authorities in
an effort to suppress a band of counterfeiters, and
in support of a warrant to be issued by Bedel in
some judicial capacity.

In 1775 Timothy Bedel was elected from Bath
to tlie Provincial congress to be holden at Exeter
in May, 1775, to organize an independent govern-
ment or take such action as the welfare of the
colony might require. This congress resolved that
it was necessary to raise immediately two thousand
active men in New Hampshire. On the 6th of June.
1775, Timothy Bedel was appointed "to be colonel
of the rangers raised by said congress for the de-
fence of the united colonies in America." This
regiment was designed for service on the northern
and western frontiers as a protection against In-
dian and British invasion from Canada. On July 7
of the same year the committee of safety commis-
sioned "Colonel Bedel as captain of the first com-
pany of rangers in the service of the colony."
Under this commis--ion he was ordered to proceed
inmiediately to Northumberland or Lancaster, and
in conjunction with the inhabitants erect a garrison,
and when that was done to assist the inhabitants in
building a garrison at such other places on the
frontiers as he, with the advice of the inhabitants,
should think best. On the loth of September, 1775,
in compliance with orders from the Provincial con-
gress, Colonel Bedel marched from Haverhill, New
Hampshire, to Lake Champlain and proceeded then
by lake to a point on the north of St. Johns, Canada,
W'hich Major-General Schuyler was then besieging.
His command drove a herd of cattle, took a supply
of flour and provisions on the backs of horses, the
entire route at that time being through an unin-
habited wilderness. This march he accomplished
in eight days instead of fifteen, which had been al-
lowed to him. He is spoken of at this time as a
"person of great experience in war and well ac-
quainted with Canada." By constant accessions his
command soon came to number twelve hundred
men or more. Colonel Bedel was active in con-
ducting the siege of St. Johns, and was commended
for his energy and gallantry. He was also at Cham-
bly and assisted in its capture. During the fall his
men suffered much from want of clothing, but he
pressed the siege of St. Johns until the second of
November, 1775, when he captured that place, which
was a position of great importance. It fell after a
siege of fifty-one days. In the winter following a
regiment of eight companies was raised in New
Hampshire to march directly into Cana<la, for the

reinfqrcement of the American troops then there.
Colonet Bedel received his commission as com-
mander of this regiment on the twenty-second day
of January, 1776, and in his march following was in
conmiand of a force of five hundred men at a point
of land called the Cedars, at or near the junction of
the waters of the St. LawTeiice and Ottawa rivers,
which w'as ordained to be a position of strategic im-
portance. On the fifteenth of May, Colonel Bedel left
his command at the Cedars, although suffering with
smallpox, and proceeded to Caughnawaga for the
purpose of holding a friendly counsel with a body
of Indian chiefs, whose friendship it was regarded
as very necessary to obtain. While absent on this
mission he received notice from friendly Indians
that a large force of British and Indians was ad-
vancing for an attack on his position at the Cedars.
.\fter considering whether the emergency demanded
he should at once return to the Cedars or that he
should proceed to Montreal for reinforcements and
that he might report the result of his conference
with the council of chiefs, he decided upon the latter
course, considering at the time that the visit to
Montreal would delay his return to his command
only two or three hours. It is also apparent from
the writings of Arnold and the commissioners as
to the threatening dangers at the Cedars, that this
information w'as questioned and that there was a
lack of activity in getting off reinforcements. It is
also apparent that the advance of Major Sherburne,
who was in command of the reinforcing party, was
retarded by the lack of proper means of transporta-
tion across the lake and by stress of weather.
Colonel Bedel, after proceeding as far as La Chine
on his return to the Cedars, was prostrated with
disease and thereby prevented from conducting the
advance of the reinforcing party. During the time
occupied by Major Sherburne's advan-ce the posi-
tion was surrendered to the enemy, and when Sher-
burne's force proceeding under .great difficulties had
reached a point about four miles from the Cedars
it was surprised and overcome by the enemy which
advanced from the position Major Sherburne sup-
posed to be in the hands of his friends. Under
this misfortune and disaster. General .Arnold became
violent and openly charged Colonel Bedel with leav-
ing his post in the presence of the enemy, and per-
emptorily ordered him to Sorel for trial. Colonel
Bedel pleaded for a trial and justification, but did
not get either at Sorel. In a letter to General
Gates, written at Crown Point. July 12. 1776, Colonel
Bedel said : "I am now under confinement these
forty days or more, for a crime I am sensible I am
innocent of, and which I hope your honor will find.
I am under a court of inquiry — only wait the de-
cision of the affair." Lender the impulsion of
.Arnold's power and ascendency at the time, an in-
complete court of inquiry found Colonel Bedel
guilty of the technical offense charged — "for quit-
ting his post at the Cedars." He was removed from
his command, but not incapacitated from holding
commission. Judge Aldrich, in an address before
the New Hampshire Historical Society, has said:
"It is difficult to find evidence to warrant even this
finding of a technical military offense. Indeed it is
difficult to see wherein Colonel Bedel was in the
slightest degree culpable in respect to the matter in-
volved in the charge or in any way responsible for
the surrender of the fort. When he left the posi-
tion to discharge what he supposed to be an im-
portant duty in the service of his country, things
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was apprehended. * * * Colonel Bedel for a
time suffered in military circles by reason of this
affair, and in fact never received due credit for his
important service at St. Johns, but it is apparent
that those who knew the man, and especially the
people of the western frontiers, never lost con-
fidence in his loyalty and courage. Colonel Bedel
returned to Haverhill and was in communication
with Generals Gates and Schuyler much of the time
during the summer and winter of 1777, in respect
to military operations on the borders, and was much
of the tiiiie active in connection with the ranging
and scouting service whiich was maintained in the
direction of the frontiers."

When General Stark raised his force to oppose
the advance of General Burgoyne, many men who
had held high rank went in subordinate capacities,
and Timothy Bedel, although having held the rank
of colonel, served as a first lieutenant of a company
of thirty-four men which went from Haverhill and
Bath, under Colonel Joseph Hutchins as captain.
This company w^as out from August 18, 1777, to
October 5. and according to the authority of Gov-
ernor Harriman and others, Timothy Bedel fought
bravely as a volunteer in the army of General
Gates at the battle of Saratoga.

On the loth of November, 1777, Colonel Bedel
was again commissioned a colonel, the regiment
which he was called to command being raised to
defend the frontiers on and adjacent to the Con-
necticut river. A part of this force built what was
known as the Bedel-Hazzen road, which extended
about fifty miles beyond Peacham, Vermont; other
portions of the command performed scouting
service. The regiment was maintained until some-
time in 1779, when it was disbanded. Colonel
Bedel remained active as a member of the Vermont
Board of War and otherwise, gathering and for-
warding military supplies and stores. After the ad-
justment of the dispute with regard to the bound-
aries of Vermont, and upon the close of the Revolu-
tion and the establishment of peace. Colonel Bedel
remained a man of prominence and influence, and
the people of his locality gave evidence of their con-
tinued confidence, respect and esteem by electing
him to various positions of responsibility and trust.
He readily adjusted himself to the jurisdiction of
New Hampshire, and became a useful supporter and
advocate of her interests and institutions. He is
credited by some writers with the rank of major
general after the Revolution, but we find no record
of such a commission. He w'as a member of the
New Hampshire house of representatives in 17*4.
representing the classed towns of Haverhill, Pier-
mont, Warren and Coventry. Colonel Bedel died,
it has been said, in February, 1787, "and his dust
rests in the old cemetery at Haverhill on that com-
manding eminence which overlooks the broad valley
of the Connecticut and the locality W'hich was the
centre of his struggles, his leadership and
power." * * *

It must be said of Colonel Bedel that he was a
man of large natural endowments and great force
of character ; that he w-as a man of never ceasing
energy, of indomitable will and a man of courage.
The northwestern settlements furnished their gen-
erous proportion of military force for the common
cause, and Colonel Bedel probably actually raised
more troops in the province of New Hampshire for
serx'ice in the war of the Revolution than any other
one man. He performed loyal and important service
in the war for the independence of the colonies, and

history should accord liim just and honorable
recognition and praise. Colonel Bedel's first wife,,
Elizabeth, died -August 31, 1779, in her thirty-sixth
year. His second wife was Mary Johnson, daughter
of Captain James and Susanna Johnson. She died
in August, 1789. She was a sister of Elizabeth
Captive Johnson, who was born while her mother
was an Indian prisoner in the forests of the present
town of Cavendish, Vermont. There were nine
children — seven by the first marriage, and two by
the second, as follows : Cyrus, Moody, Ruth, Anna.
Mary, two daughters (died young), Hazen and
.Vbigail.

(IV) General Moody, second son and child of
Colonel Timothy and Elizabeth Bedel, was born in
Salem, New Hampshire, May 12, 1764, and died
January 13, 1841, aged seventy-seven. ".A.t the age
of eleven or twelve he was with his father as a
servant or orderly in his second Canadian expedi-
tion, or at the battle of Saratoga — the various ac-
counts disagree upon this point, (says Judge Aid-
rich), and I am n6t able to state which is the cor-
rect version. He later enlisted as a private in Cap-
tain Ezekiel Ladd's company, in his father's regi-
ment, and in 1781 w-as clerk to Captain King's Ver-
mont company in the third regiment. He was
lieutenant in the first company in the Seventeenth
regiment, in 1786, appointed by John Sullivan; he
was captain of the first company of the Thirteenth
regiment, in 1793, by appointment of Governor Bart-
lett : he was major in 1795, and lieutenant-colonel
in 1801, by appointment of Governor Gilman ; was
appointed brigadier-general of the first brigade of
the New Hampshire militia in 1806. by Governor
John Langdon, which command he held until April
9, 1812 ; he was appointed by President Madison,
lieutenant-colonel in the eleventh regiment of in-
fantry, in the service of the United States, July 23.
1812."

From the time of his appointment until Septem-
ber. 1814, he performed important detached service,
but joined General Brown and his regiment at Fort
Erie, and in the memorable sortie of September 17
of that year, at his own solicitation, with his regi-
ment led General Miller's column to "the cannon's
mouth." and so distinguished himself as to receive
honorable incntion by his superior officers and sub-
sequent promotion to rank as colonel from Septem-
ber I, 1814. He served until the close of the War
of 1S12, and died in 1841.

His first wife, was Ruth Hutchins, of Bath, New-
Hampshire, and his second wife was Mary Hunt.
There were nine children by each marriage. Among
the children of the second marriage were Colonel
Hazen Bedel, late of Colebrook. and General John
Bedel, late of Bath.

(III). Adeline, third daughter of General Moody
and Ruth (Hutchins) Bedel, married Clark J.
Haynes. of Pittsburg. New Hampshire, son of John
Clark and Dolly J. Haynes. They were the parents
of five children : Adaline Bedel, John C, Moody
B.. Marv Ann and Eliza Jane.

(lY) Adeline B. Hayne,s, first child of Clark J.
and Adeline (Bedel) Haynes, was born at Pitts-
burg, New Hampshire, and is now living at the ago
of eightv-six years. She married Ephraim C. .Akl-
rich. (See Aldrich, III).

(I) Abraham Bedell was one of seven brothers
who came to this country from England early in
the nineteenth century. His brothers were:
Thomas, Judson, Elisha, Elijah, Abial and Austin.

(II) Reverend .A.braham Judson. -i.u of Abra-

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ham Bedell, was born in Machias, Maine, and
moved to Jefferson, New Hampshire, in 1852. and
founded the Free Will Baptist Church there, of
which he was the first minister. He married Mary
E. Eddy, of Machias, and they had children. Rev-
erend Abraham J. Bedell died IMay 17. 1870. His
wife died 1875, at Jefferson.

(in) Elisha Edward, son of Rev. Abraham
Judson and Mary (Eddy) Bedell, was born at
Machias, Maine, September, 1S40. At the age ^ of
fourteen he went to Lancaster, New Hampshire,
during his father's pastorate in the neighboring
town of Bath, and worked for Jacob Benton. Young
Bedell partly paid for his education by work in the
school house. After leaving school he taught for
sixteen terms in the towns of Jefferson, Randolph
and Carroll. He then bought a farm in Jefferson,
which he conducted for three years, selling out in
t86S to engage in the starch business with his
brother at Elijah at Andover, Maine. In i886_he
came back to New Hampshire and built the Jeffer-
son House on Jeffer?on Hill, which he managed for
twelve years. In 1898, on account of his health, he
moved to California, where he remained till May,
1905, when he came back east to live on a farm
which he had bought at Northampton, Massachu-
setts. He now divides his time between his farm
at Northampton, his son's home at Jefferson, New
Hampshire, and his son's home in Boston. Mr.
Bedell is a Republican in politics, and for several
years was selectman at Andover. Maine. He is a
member of the Free Will Baptist Church. He^mar-
ried Olive S., daughter of Levi N. and Susan
(Estis) Stillings, of Jefferson. They have two
children : Iri'ing Elisha, whose sketch follows ; and
Edward L., who lives in Boston. Mrs. Bedell died
at Northampton, Massachusetts, February, 1906.

(IV) Irving Elisha, elder son of Elisha Ed-
ward and Olive (Stillings) Bedell, was born at
Jefferson, New Hampshire, December 25, 1861. He
attended school in his native town until the age of
twelve years, and then discontinued his education to
engage in various occupations. His parents were
opposed to the idea of his leaving school so early,
but events seemed to justify his course. In 1885 he
engaged in the livery business, and when he had
been in business three years he had made thirty-one
hundred dollars. He conducted a livery business
till looi, when he retired from active management
and bought three farms. On one of these he lives
himself, one is occupied by his son, and he estab-
lished his daughter and her husband on the third.
Mr. Bedell is a Republican in politics, and attends
the Methodist Episcopal Church. On Rlay 21, 1882,
Irving Elisha Bedell married Jennie L.. daughter of
Calvin and Margaret Edson, of Jefferson, New
Hampshire. There are two children: i; Eleanor,
born November 24. 1882, married William N. Daw-
son ; one child, Wilbert A. 2. Austin J., born Sep-
tember q, 1884; married Ethel Gliddon, and has one
child, Edward A. Austin J. Bedell was elected
county commissioner in the fall of 1904. and was
re-elected in 1906. He was selectman for three
years. He is a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias.

This name is found under several
GOODNOW dift'crcnt spellings in the early

Colonial records of New England.
Among these spellings were: Goodnough, Good-
enough. Goodno, and so on. There were several
ancestors and they have left a numerous progeny,

which is largely represented in New Hampshire and
is scattered throughout New England and the
United States. In quality of citizenship they have
compared well w-ith their neighbors.

(I) Thomas Goodenow was a brother of Ed-
mund and John, all being pioneer settlers in Massa-
chusetts. Thomas was one of the proprietors of
Sudbury, and was living there as early as 1638. |
He was made a freeman in 1643, and was one of I
the petitioners for Marlboro, Massachusetts, in 1656, "
removing- to that town with its early settlers. His
house lot there was next to the homestead of Joseph
Rice. He was a selectman of that town in 1661-62

and again in 1664. His death occurred in the last
named year. His first wife Jane was the mother
of his children. The christian name of his second
wife was Joanna. The children were : Thomas,
Mary, Abigail, Samuel, Susanna and two daughters
who died in childhood. The eldest son died about
the age of twenty-live years ; the second daughter
became the wife of Thomas Barnes.

(II) Samuel, second son and fourth child of
Thomas and Jane Goodenow, was born February 28,
1648. in Marlboro. His home in that town was in
the portion which is now Northboro, and his house
in 171 1 was one of the garrisons of iSIarlboro. He
died in 1722. The christian name of his wife was
Mary and they had four or more children. Those
found on record were : Thomas, Samuel, David
and Mary. The last named was killed by the In-
dians in 1707.

(III) Samuel (2), second son of Samuel (l)
and Mary Goodenow, was born in Marlboro, No-
vember 30, 1675. He passed his life in his native
town, living in that part which is now Westboro,
and there he died about 1720. By his wife, Sarah,
he had the following children : David, Jonathan,
Thomas, Mary and Daniel.

(IV) Thomas (2), third son and child of Sam-
uel (2) and Sarah (joodenow, was born May 18,
1709, in Marlboro, and lived in Westboro and
Northboro, dying May 27, 1790, aged eighty-one
years. He married, April 17, 1734 Persis Rice,
who was born April 13, 1714, in Marlboro, daughter
of Edwin and Lydia (Fairbanks) Rice. They had
twelve children, namely: Persis, married John
Boyd ; Lucy, married David Stow ; Thomas, Eliza-
beth, wife of Elijah Hudson; Edward, Hannah,
Asa, Eli, Patience and three who died young.

(V) Edward, second son and fifth child of
Thomas (2) and Persis (Rice) Goodnow, was
horn October 30, 1842, in Marlboro, and lived in
Northboro until about 1776, when he removed to
Princeton, where he died July 17, 1798. He was a
soldier of the Revolution, serving at the Lexington
alarm in 1775. in Captain Samuel Wood's company.
He was also in Captain Silas Gates' company, and
was at Dorchester in 1775 and January, 1776. He
married, in Shrewsbury, January 17, 1770, Lois
Rice, who was born September 19, 1751, daughter
of Elijah and Hulda (Keyes) Rice. They had
thirteen children, the first three born in Northboro
and the others in Princeton, namely : Persis, Luther,
Ezekiel, Edward, Ebenezer, Artimus, Calvin, Susan,
Asa, Peter, John, Rice and William.

(VI) Ebenezer, fourth son and fifth child of
Edward and Lois (Rice) Goodnow. was horn
June 4, 177S, in Princeton, Massachusetts. He
removed from that town to Camden, Maine, where
he was drowned in December, 1812. on the west
shore of Penobscot Bay. He married, in Princeton,
July 3, 1S06, Lois Howe. After his death she re-

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turned witii her three children to her early home
in Princeton, and there died September 21, 1849.
Her children, all born in Camden, Maine, were :
Caroline, Pamela, who became the wife of Captain
Lucius Brigham, of Newton ; Jerusha Howe, Vvho
married Abiiah G. Thompson; William Everett,
mentioned below.

(VH) William Everett, onlj^ son of Ebenezer
and Lois (Howe) Gocdnow, was born July 9, 1812,
in Camden or Old Town, Maine, and was an in-
fant when taken by his mother to. Princeton, Massa-
chusetts. He began the activities of life as a farmer
and tanner in that town, and later turned his atten-
tion to lumbering which was thereafter his chief
occupation. As occasion required his place of resi-
dence, while pursuing this industr}-, was successively
in Amherst, Winchcndon, Dorchester, Lyme and
East Jaffrey, in New Plampshire. In the last named
town he cultivated a farm, and while residing in
Amherst conducted a hotel. His death occurred
in East JafYrey, December 12, 1901. He married,
in Princeton, Massachusetts, April 21, 1836, Abigail
Beaman, who was born July 16, 1S18, in that town,
a daughter of Gamaliel and Susanna (Myrick)
Beaman. They were the parents of five children :
William Stillman, Cordelia L., Walter L., Wayland
H. and Windsor H. (Mention of Walter L. and
Windsor Hcrvey and descendants appears in this
article).

(Vni) William Stillman, eldest of the five
children of William Everett and Abigail (Beaman)
Goodnow, was born in Princeton, INIassachusetts,
September 28, 1839, and was two years old when
his parents moved to Amherst, New Hampshire.
He lived at home until he was grown to young man-
hood, attending school whenever he could, but being
the oldest boy in the family it was his duty to help
his father with the work in which he was engaged ^
in the various places in which he lived. When he
became of age he engaged in business with his
father, but after about two years went to work
in a chair factory. After that he set up in the furn-
iture business for himself in Fitchburg, Massachu-
setts, and remained there seven years. He sold out
in 1872, and for the next five 'years was a clerk in
a general store in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Li 1882
Mr. Goodnow located at Peterborough, New Hamp-
shire, and started a general store, and since that
time he has been a merchant of that town. He is
an Odd Fellow, and in politics a Republican. He
married (first), January 7, 1864, Jane Flint, of
Lyme, New Hampshire. She died September 14,
1886, leaving two children, Herbert INIurray Good-
now, born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1867, and
died in childhood, and Chester Goodnow, born in
Fitchburg, January 7, 1S71. Mr. Goodnow married
for his second wife Mrs. Ellen H. Fish, daughter
of Harvey and Lina Howard.

(VIII) Walter Lucius, second son and third child
of William E. and Abigail (Beaman) Goodnow,
was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, March i,
1851, and was educated in the common schools of
Lyme, Dorchester and Jaffrey. New Hampshire,
where his parents resided at different times. His
first employment was in the general store of Spauld-
ing & Perry at Fitzwilliam Depot, New Hampshire,
where he worked three or four years. He was
next employed for less than a year as a clerk in the
dry goods house of Loring Sears, of Fitchburg,
Massachusetts. In 1873 he went to Jaffrey, New
Hampshire, and in company with P. Upton and
Benjamin Pierce started in the mercantile business

as W. L. Goodnow & Co. The firm name is now
Goodnow Bros. & Co. and consists of three partners,
W. L. Goodnow, his brother Wayland and Julius
E. Prescott. The business prospered, and in 1882
Mr. Goodnow with his brother William S. opened
another store in Peterboro, in which he retained his
interest until 1900 when he sold out. In 1S90 W.
L. Goodnow with his brother Windsor H. opened a
third store in West Swanzey, New Hampshire, un-
der the firm name of the Goodnow Merchandise
Co. In 1900 they sold this enterprise. In 1893 he
organized the firm of W. L. Goodnow Co., (incor-
porated), at Keene, New Hampshire, of which he
has since been president, In 1899 W. L. Goodnow,
W. H. Goodnow and Chester P. Pearson formed a
partnership under the firm name of Goodnow, Pear-
son & Co. in Gardner, Massachusetts. In 1901 the
Goodnows, W. L. and W. H., and Henry G. Pear-
son formed a partnership and opened a store in
Brattleboro, Vermont, under the firm name of Good-
now & Pearson. Since that time A. H. Hunt has
become a member of the firm and its name has
been changed to Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt. In
the year last nientioned W. L. and W. H. Good-
now, J. Arthur and Henry G. Pearson organized a
copartnership as Goodnow Bros. & Pearson at Bel-
lows Falls, Vermont. The following year The Good-
now Company, of which Windsor H. is president and
Walter L. Goodnow, treasurer, was incorporated
and has since been in operation in Fitchburg, Mass-
achusetts. In 1905 the Goodnow-Hunt-Pearson Co.
(a corporation) was formed and began business in
Nashua, New Hampshire. W. H. Goodnow is pres-
ident and W. L. Goodnow is treasurer of this enter-
prise. Walter L. Goodnow is interested in two
smaller stores, one at Marlboro, under the style
of Goodnow, Bemis & Co. and the other at Win-
chester, a branch of the store at Keene, under the
firm same of W. L. Goodnow Co.

He is vice-president of the Monadnock National
Bank of East Jaffrey and a trustee of the Monad-
nock Savings Bank. But his attention has not been
given entirely to mercantile pursuits. In politics
he is a Republican, and in 1889 was elected as such
to the lower house of the New Hampshire legis-
lature, where he served as a member of the commit-
tee on banks and insurance. In 1893 he was made
the Republican candidate for senator in the four-
teenth district and elected by a handsome majority.
During the continuance of his term, he served as a
member of the committee on banks and as chairman
of the committee on the soldiers' home. He is a
member of Hugh De Payen's Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Keene, and is a thirty-second degree
Mason. In religious faith he is a Baptist and is
a loyal supporter of his church institutions.

He married, in Jaffrey, 1874, Emma S. Bemis, of
Jaffrey, who died the same year. He married in
Jaffrey, December 25, 1878, Mary Adelaide Upton,
who was born in Jaffrey in 1856, daughter of Peter
and Sarah (Duncan) Upton, and died there Oc-
tober 8, 1901. (See Upton). Five children were
born of this union : Jessie E., 1879, Hazel M., 1882,
Ruth L., 1886, Ralph W., i8go and Roger W., 1897.
Jessie Emeline, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College,
married Dr. Mark S. Bradley. They reside in Hart-
ford, Connecticut, and have two children: Prescilla
and George Goodnow. Hazel M. is a graduate of
Wellesley, and married, June 15, 1907, Edward H.
Ruby, a lawyer of Boston. Ruth Lois is now a
senior at Mt. Holyoke College. Ralph W. died in
infancy. Roger Walter is at home. Walter Lucius

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Goodnow married, ]\Iay J. 1905, as his third wife
Christine Bandeeii, of Jaffrey. born in Scotland.
He has one son hy this marriage, John Richard,
born August 17, 1906.

(VIII) Windsor Hervey, youngest child of Wil-
liam Everett and Abigail (Beaman) Goodnow, was
born December 11, 1863, in Lyme. New Hampshire.
He was educated in the public schools, and his
early business training was acquired as a clerk in
the general country store of his brother. Walter L.
Goodnow, at East Jaffrey. He was subsequently
employed in a clothing store in Fitchburg, Jvlassa-
chusett-;, whence he returned to East Jaft'rey where
he was in partnership association with his brother
Mr. W. L. Goodnow, in a general store for four
years. At the expiration of this period they opened
a general store at West Swanzey, which W. H.
Goodnow managed for about two years. On Jan-
uary I, 1893, W. L. Goodnow and Company opened
a clothing store in Keene, and the firm was incor-
porated with W. L. Goodnow as president and W.
H. Goodnow as treasurer. The inauguration at
the start of a liberal policy in the buying and selling
of goods has enabled them to realize a substantial
success, and their business has expanded into large
proportions. In addition to their establishment in
Keene they own or control branch stores in Win-
chester, jNIarlboro and Nashua, New Hampshire ;
Bellows Falls and Brattleboro, Vermont : and in
Gardner and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Windsor
H. Goodnow has served with ability as president
of the Keene city council, and as representative to
the state legistature in 1903. His society affilia-
tions are with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, Order of the Golden Cross, the Masonic fra-
ternity, in which he has advanced to the command-
ery, and the Wentworth Club. He is an active mem-
ber of the Baptist Church, and has served the con-
gregation as a member of its board of trustees.

November 17, 1885, Mr. Goodnow married .-Xnua
Louise Putnam, daughter of Henry O. and Sarah
A. (Smith) Putnam, of Fitchburg. Mr. and Mrs.
Goodnow are the parents of four children, namely:
Ramona P., Nina C., Priscilla S. and Pauline L.

The line of Grant sketched below de-
GR.WT scends from early settlers in southern

New Hampshire. It has been continu-
ously identified with agriculture, and has borne a
worthy ])art in sustaining good morals 'and general
human progress.

(I) John Grant (i) was a farmer in Greenfield,
New Hampshire, and died there at an advanced age.
He married, and was the father of se\-en children :
Charles, John, James, Philip, Joseph and Polly, and
another daughter who married an Allcock.

(II) Giarles, son of John Grant, was born in
Greenfield. August 18, 1783, and died .April 12, 1847.
His education was obtained in the common schools,
and like his father he was a farmer. He was a
man of energy and a hard worker, a representative
farmer of his day. He was a member of the Pres-
byterian Church, and in politics a Whig. He set-
tled in Greenfield; removed to Peterborough about
1830; and thence to Hancock, where he resided until
1845, and then to Andover, Massachusetts; and from
there to Londonderry in 1852, and died in that town.
He married, November 22, 1809, Mary Ballard, who
was born in Andover, December i, 1788, and died in
Andover, April 17, 1864. She married second, De-
cember, 1852, Nathan Kendall, of Bedford, wdio
died in 1862. Charles and Mary had nine children :

^lary. married David Abbott, of Andover, !Massa-
chusetts; Eliza, died in Hancock, in 1836; Hannah
B., married Nathan C. Abbott, of Andover ; Mar-
garet, married Aaron N. Luscomb, of Andover ;
Charles C, born July 9, 1820, died young ; Charles
C, the second of that name, mentioned below ; Wil-
liam B., died young; Phebe C, married Daniel
Trow, of Andover ; Josiah A.

(Ill) Charles Cimnnings, sixth child of Charles
and Mary (Ballard) Grant, was born in Greenfield,
February 15, 1822, and died March 30, 1901. He
took part in the work on the farm, and attended
school until he was fifteen years of age. and then
went to Andover, Massachusetts, where he worked
for his brother-in-law, David Abbott, four years,
and subsequently for George Bout-well, of the same
town, for three years. In 1859 he removed from
Andover to Auburn and there bought a farm of
one hundred and fifteen acres, to which by industry
and careful management he added one hundred
acres more, and became one of the leading farmers
of the town. At thirteen years of age he became
a member of the Congregational Church, and led an
exemplary life throughout its course. April 13,
1864, he was made a deacon of the First Congre-
gational Church of Auburn, and filled that office
till his death, a period of thirty-seven years. In
politics he was a Republican, and was elected to
positions of responsibility and trust. He was select-
man of Auburn five years, town treasurer three
years, representative two years, and a member of
the constitutional convention of 1876. He married
first, January 19. 1843, Salome V. Center, daughter
of Thomas and Lucy (Sawyer) Center, of Hudson,
New Hampshire. She died February 2;^. 1848, and
he married second. March 26, 1849, Frances M.
Anderson, of Londonderry, daughter of Alexander
.Anderson. She died June 29, 1856. He married
third, November 6. 1856, Vernelia S., daughter of
Jonas Brown, of Cambridge. Vermont. She died
June 24, 1871, leaving an adopted daughter, Ella V.,
born August 21, 1866. He married fourth, January
16, 1872, Hattie S., daughter of Thomas and Betsey
(Hall) Coffin, of Auburn. She was born in Bosca-
wen. August 27, 1839. Air. Grant was the father of
twelve children, three by the first w'ife : Louisa,
Charles H. and Warren S. ; fo.ur by the second:
Josiah A., Luther A., Addison M. and Irving F. ;
and five by the fourth : Charles H.. Hattie F., Perley
C, Mary B. and George E. Louisa C. married first,
John Y. DeMerritt, who died while a soldier in the
Civil war; second, James AI. Preston, of Auburn;
she died in 1S81. Charles H., was a member of
Company .A. Tenth New Hampshire \'olunteer In-
fantry, participated in several of the great battles
of the Civil war, was captured, and died in a Rebel
prison at Salisbury, North Carolina. Warren S..
Josiah .A. and Luther .A. died young. Addison M.
married Alary E. Hall, of Pennsylvania, and resides
in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Irving F. is the sub-
ject of the following paragraph. Charles H. is men-
tioned below.

(IV) Irving Francis, fourth son and child of
Charles C. and Frances AI. (Anderson) Grant, was
born in Andover, Massachusetts, March 25, 1856,
and when three years old he was taken by his
parents to Auburn, and there he has since resided.
He cultivated the homestead for his father for a
time, and in 1876 bought the farm he now occupies,
and on which he has erected a new set of buildings.
For thirty years he butchered and sold meat at
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Church, and votes the Republican ticket. lie mar-
ried first, 1877, Belle Leavitt, who was born in
Auburn, daughter of Ebenezer M. Leavitt, of Au-
burn. He married second, 1899, Mrs. Abbie (Web-
ster) Colby, widow of George H. Colby, who was
born in Hardwick, Vermont, daughter of Cyrus and
Abigail (Philbrick) Webster, of Hardwick, Ver-
mont. She was educated in the common schools
and at Hardwick .\cademy. They attend the Con-
gregational Church. She has one son, Ralph Web-
ster Colby, born August 3, 1879, who married
Margery JBallsdon.

(IV) Charles H., eldest child of Charles C. and
Hattie S. (Coffin) Grant, was born in Auburn,
June 24, 1873, and educated in the common schools
and at the Manchester Business College. He is a
farmer, and resides on the homestead. In politics
he votes with the Republicans. He married, April
15, 1896, Jamie E. Benson, daughter of James H.
and Sarah (Fox) Benson, of Auburn. She was edu-
cated in the common and high schools of Auburn,
and at the Manchester Business College. Mr.
Grant and his wife are members of the Congrega-
tional Church. Two children have been born to
them: Harold B., February 26, 1897; David M.,
who died young.

Grant is a family name of French origin
GRANT and is a variation of the word "grand,"
meaning large, and referring to the
stature of the individual. Families of Grants orig-
inated in England and Scotland after the Normans
gained the ascendency in Britain.

(I) Jonathan (2) Grant was born in Leicester,
England, June 10, 1785, and died in Gilford, New
Hampshire, 1824, a son of Jonathan (l) and Sub-
mit (Haven) Grant. He married Betsey Thurston,
who died. 1869, and their children were : Lydia, who
married John Blaisdell ; Daniel, married Sally Blais-
dell ; Mary, married Noah Gihnan ; Levi, who is the
subject of the ne.xt paragraph; and Alary, married
Daniel Frohock.

(H) Levi, fourth child and second son of Jona-
than and Betsey t Thurston) Grant, was born on
his father's farni in Gilford, 1817, and died October
10, 1886, aged sixty-nine years aiiJ ten months. He
inherited the old homestead, to which he added
many acres becoming an extensive land owner,
farmer and cattle raiser. He married, 1853, Drusilla
Rollins, who was born in Alton, June 18, 1828. and
still survives, aged seventy-nine years, daughter of
Frederick B. Rollins. Three children were born
to them : Frank, Seth E. and Ada. Ada married
first, Mosley Munsey, who died July 8, 1899; and
second. David Clark. One child, VVilbur Munsey,
was born of the first marriage ; and one, Alamie
Clark, of the second marriage.

(Ill) Frank, eldest child of Levi and Drusilla
(Rollins) Grant, was born July 23. 1S55, on the
farm the property of his father, and lived there the
greater part of his life. This estate is now the prop-
erty of the brothers, Frank and Seth E. Grant,
who are jointly engaged in agricultureal operations
including dairying and lumbering. They have added
extensive tracts of timber land to the old farm,
and now own more than four hundred acres of land.
The ancient family cemetery in which their ances-
tors lie is on the farm, and is well cared for and
neatly kept. The Grants are men of enterprise and
energy and able managers. They have prospered
and saved every year, and are among the influential
men of their town, but they make no effort to lead

in public affairs, though often invited to become
candidates for office. In politics they are Democrats,
and in religious belief Adventists. Frank Grant
married, August 5, 1884, Ruth Glidden, who was
born in Gilford, June 30, 1865, daughter of Ben-
jamin and Melinda (Page) Glidden. They have
two children, Samuel, born May 14, 1891 ; and Vily,
-May 28, 1893.

(Ill) Seth E., second son and child of Levi and
Betsey (Thurston) Grant, was born in Gilford,
February 28, 1863, and tias always lived on the old
home farm. As above stated he is a partner with his
brother Frank in the paternal acres, and is a prac-
tical and successful farmer. He married, November,
1900, Nellie Glidden, who was born in Gilford,
daughter of Noah and Susan Glidden, of Gilford.

This is a surname very common among
GRANT the Scotch, and is probably a corrup-
tion of the French Grand, a name be-
stowed on an early ancestor on account of his size.
Queen JNIary's early life was spent in France, and
when she returned to Scotland many French peo-
ple accompanied her, hence the origin of many
French names in Scotia.

(I) Joseph Grant was a native of Scotland and
came to New England some time before the Revo-
lutionary war, settling on what came to be known

• as Scotland hill in the town of Lebanon, Maine.

(II) Edward, son of Joseph Grant, was born
1775, and died in Ossipee, New Hampshire, in 18,38.
He was a pioneer farmer and made a farm in the
forest. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah
and Elizabeth (Linscott) Leavitt, and they had
eight children.

(HI) Dr. Nathaniel, son of Edward and Eliza-
beth (Leavitt) Grant, was born in Lebanon, Maine.
February 28, 1804, and was the youngest of his
father's family. His early life was mostly spent at
hard work on his father's farm. In the winter of
each year the school district in which he lived had
a term of eight weeks of school, but this was not
always the case, and some years the town was too
poor to have any school at all. In spite of difficulties
young Nathaniel determined to get an education and
be a professional man. At twenty-one, having
learned all he could in the district school, he left
the farm and attended the academy at Limerick
one term. He then attended the medical department
of Dartmouth College, and later Bowdoin, grad-
uating from the latter college in 1829. To obtain
the necessary funds to attend college, he worked
on farms during the warmer season. He made the
journey from his home to Portland on foot, carry-
ing his few spare clothes and some medical books
tied in a handkerchief. From Portland he went to
Brunswick by stage. He had lost three months on
account of having typhoid fever, but in spite of that,
by hard work, he made up his lost time and passed
an exceptionally creditable examination, and re-
ceived the first diploma, literary or professional,
granted to any one in Lebanon. His first two
years professional work was in Norway, whence
he passed to Sanford and remained one winter.
In 1832 he removed to Wakefield, New Hampshire,
where he was engaged in active and unusually suc-
cessful practice until November, 1836, when he re-
moved to Centre Ossipee, and subsequently to Bos-
well's Mills, remaining in the active practice of his
profession in the latter town thirty-three years. In
1836 he became a partner with his brother Edward
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sole owner of the business, which lie conducted in
connection with his medical practice for fifty years.
In politics he was a Federalist until 1837, and after
that time a Democrat. In 1847 he was a represen-
tative in the legislature, in 1862-64 was sclectinan,
and was town clerk and justice of the peace from
1847 as long as he was able to serve. lie was an
incorporator of 'the Pine River Bank, of which he
was also president, and an incorporator of the Pine
River Lumber Company. In 1864 he was made a
Mason in Ossipee Valley Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, and was a member until his death.

He married, in Norway, Charlotte S. Hobbs,
daughter of William and Catherine (Weatherby)
Hobbs. The children of this union were: William
Henry, me;itioned below : John, Gasper Spurzlieim,
Charles Whitman, who died in 1877; Mary Ellen,
died in infancy ; Mary Ellen, who married Charles
B. Gafney, and died June 20, 188S; Charlotte M.,
who married Arthur L. Hodsdon.

(IV) Dr. William Henry, eldest child of Dr.
Nathaniel and Charlotte S. (Hobbs) Grant, was
born in Wakefield, October 23, 1834, and educated
at the New Hampton and Phillips Exeter academies,
and after leaving the latter took the medical course
at Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in
1855. In 1850 he began practice at Farnsworth, but
soon removed to Centre Ossipee, where he has^
since resided. In response to the call for surgeons
in the Civil war he entered the United States service
as a surgeon, and was stationed at the hospitals in
the District of Columbia, and Point Lookout, Mary-
land, and at the camp of prisoners of war. After
serving three years he returned home, and for years
has had a busy and profitable practice. He takes
no active part in politics, but devotes his chief
energy to his business. He has held the oftice of
examining surgeon of pensioners. He married
(first), Louisa A, Ambrose, sister of Chaplain I.
A. Ambrose. She died June 29. 1865. April 23,
1866, he married (second), Fanny, daughter of
Henry C. and Mehitable (Clement) Magoon. She
is a descendant of the old Magoon (McGown) and
Dana families, and is a woman of iiiucli ability.
She is president of the Carroll County Woman's
Temperance LInion. One child. Willie Clinton, was
born of this marriage, April 26, 1867.

In New England are several unrelated
HORNE families of Horn or Home. Two dis-
tinct Home families dwelt at Dover,

New Hampshire, whose members are now scattered

throughout the states.

(I) William Home, or Orne, as the name was
sometimes spelled, was first taxed at Cocheco,
Dover, New Hampshire, in 1659. In 1661 and 1662
he was at Salisbury, Massachusetts, where deeds
bearing his name were recorded. After 1665 he
resided at Dover. He bought of Elder Edward
Starbuck, of Dover, September 2D, 1661, two hun-
dred and forty acres between Cocheco and Tole
End, in Dover, parts of which were recently in the
possession of his lineal descendants. He was killed
by the Indians in tlie assault on Dover, June 27,
1689. He married Elizabeth, whose surname was
probably Clough. They are known to have had
six children whose names are : Elizabeth, John,
William, Thomas, Margaret and Mercy.

(II) John, second cliild and eldest son of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth (Clough) Home, was born, as
shown by New Hampshire records, October 25,
1663, at Dover, and died in ?\Iarch, 1607. He mar-

ried, June 30, 1686, Mary, daughter of John and
Mary (Heard) Ham, born October 2, 1668. She
married (second), August 29, 1698, John Waldron.
John and Mary Horn had John and William, and
probably other children.

(III) William (2), probably the son of John
and Mary (Ham) Hornc, gave a receipt in full, for
twenty pounds, to John Home, July 17, 1731 ;
Thomas Home witness. He conveyed land with
dwelling house then on it, to his son "Ebenezer
Home and JNIary, his wife," February 26, 1754.
On the same date he conveyed to his son, William
Home, land in Somers worth, New Hampshire, on
which said son William then lived. William (2)
Home made his will December 14, 1767, proved
August 29, 1770, mentioning wife Elizabeth (from
some language apparently a second wife) and
eleven children, as follows : Ebenezer, Andrew, Wil-
liam, Peter, Moses, Sarah, Mary, Lydia, Mercy,
Abigail and Martha. (Peter and descendants are
mentioned at length in this article)..

(IV) Andrew, second son of William (2)
Home, was born in Dover, in 1723, and settled in
Somersworth in 1768. and there followed farming
and blacksmithing. His children were : Hannah,
Andrew, Benjamin, Jacob, Ephraim, Richard and
Gershom, whose sketch follows.

(V) Gershom, sixth son and youngest child of
Andrew Home, was bom in Dover, 1766, and was
taken to Somersworth when about two years old,
and there grew up. He married Lydia Roberts,
daughter of Colonel James and Martha Roberts, of
Berwick, Alaine. Their six sons were : James, Jesse,
Jacob, John, Gershom and Charles.

(VI) Captain Jesse, second son of Gershom and
Lydia (Roberts) Home, was born in Somersworth,
December 22, 1798, and died March 20, 1886. In
early manhood he moved to Rochester, and there
followed the vocation of farmer and the avocation
of builder. He was an active man, of strong indi-
viduality, and was an active member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and a captain in the militia.
He married Sally Hubbard, who was born Feb-
ruary 22, 1802, and died October 9, 1877, daughter
of James and Sarah Hubbard, of Berwick, Maine.
Eight children were born to them : Lydia, born
March 17, 1825, married Jacob Wallingford ; Ger-
shom, the first of that name, was drowned while
young; Gershom, (second) born May 4, 1829;
Sarah Elizabeth, born February 1831, married Ezra
Stanley; Jesse R., mentioned below; Martha W.,
born March, 1835, died 1858; Albert M., born Feb-
ruary. T.S37, and is a resident of Rochester; Wesley
W., died aged about nine years.

(VII) Jesse Robinson, fifth child and third son
of Jesse and Sally (Hubbard) Home, was born in
Rochester, March 11, 1S33, and educated in the pub-
lic schools of that place. April 19, 1858. he moved
to Somersworth, and having learned the carpenter
and joiner's trade he engaged in the manufacture
of sash, blinds and doors. His business received
his full attention and prospered, and in 1870 he
built a saw mill with much enlarged capacity and
added bo.x making to his business and also engaged
in lumbering, both of which enterprises he still
carries on. In connection with his other industries
he has erected some of the largest buildings in
the vicinity, among which the County farm buildings
and tlie Congregational Church at Farmington are
conspicuous examples. He has been a stockholder
in the Somersworth National Bank for years, and
since November 6, 1905, its president. Since 1881

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lie has been a trustee of the Somersworth Savings
Bank. Mr. Home's success and well known busi-
ness qualities have attracted the notice and received
the commendation of his townsmen and the people
of Strafford county, and he has been called upon
to fill various responsible offices of a public char-
acter. He has served on the school board some
time, was president of the Fresh Glade Cemetery,
was county commissioner for three years, 1869-72 ;
member of the legislature in 1865-6, and chairman of
the board of water commissioners of Somersworth
from 1903 to 1906. In politics he is a Republican.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and for years has served as trustee and treasurer.
Mr. Home's love of travel and a desire to know
more of the world by personal observation led him
to make a tour through Spain, Italy, and North
Africa in 1S93. He has not neglected his own coun-
try, and has spent seven seasons in Florida and
two in Te.xas. He married (first), 1854, Mary
Robinson, who was born in 1839, and died July
23, 1889, daughter of James and Martha (Ham)
Robinson, of Dover: and (second), January, 1S93,
I'rances Black, of Boston, born January 3, 1862,
(laughter of John H. and Kate (Matherson) Black.
Of the first wife there was bom one child, Nellie
j\l., October 17, 1858, who died November 23, 18S1.
There is also one child by the second wife, Jesse
Eleanor, born April 26, 1898.

(TV) Peter, blacksmith, fourth son and child of
William and Elizabeth Home, received from his
father, February 26, I7S4, land in Rochester, New
Hampshire, and lived there. His inventory, entered
September 19, 1795, included eighty acres in Roches-
ter, New Hampshire "drawn to the original right
of Wm. Home." He married Mercy Wentworth,
daughter of Richard and Rebecca (Kno.x) Went-
worth, of Rochester. Fler dower was set off No-
vember 14. 1800.

(V) Peter (2), son of Peter (i) and Mercy
(Wentworth) Home, was born in Farmington, May
20, 1768, and lived at Chestnut Hills, Farmington.
He married, February 28, 1793, at Farmington,
Eunice Wentworth, born November 12, 1768, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Lydia (Gowell) Wentworth, of
Berwick, Maine. Their children were : Polly B.,
Lydia D.. Parker W., Dorcas, Moses and Peter J.,
whose sketch follows.

(VD Peter Jeft'erson, youngest child of Peter
(2) and Eunice (Wentworth) Home, was born in
Farmington, December 2, 1809, and died March 20,
1884, aged seventy-five. He was engaged in saw-
ing timber, and in 1841 moved to Derry, where, in
1842, he bought of John Ela a saw mill which he
enlarged and improved, and which has been the
property of his descendants ever since. The house
occupied by Mr. Home, built in 1841, and the barn
built in 1S45, still remains in use. Mr. Home, was
an energetic citizen, a good business man, and some-
thing of a politician ; and was sent by the Whigs
to the legislature. He married, July 3, 1842, in
Farmington, Mary Ann Hayes, of Farmington. who
was born there February 16, 1814, and died Febru-
ary 8, 1877. Their children were : Warren Parker,
George Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Clara Ana

(\TI) Warren Parker, eldest child of Peter
J. and Mary Ann (Hayes) Home, was born in
Derry, May 20, 1843, and was educated in the
common schools and at Pinkerton Academy. He
enlisted from Derry, October 9. 1861. in Company
F, Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer
Infantry, and served until June 8, 1863, in the War

of the Rebellion, and was honorably discharged.
He returned to New Hampshire, and after re-
covering from the effects of the southern climate,
he engaged in the lumber business, in which he suc-
ceeded his father in 1867, taking the farm which he
cultivated until 1897. At the latter date he sold
the saw mill and has since been engaged m the
real estate business. Mr. Home is a member of
the following organizations : Wesley B. Knight
Post, No. 41, Grand Army of the Republic, of
Derry; St. Mark's Lodge, No. 44, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons; Ransford Chapter, No. 3, Order
of the Eastern Star; Echo Lodge, No. 61, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows ; Mystic Encamp-
ment, No. 30, of which he is past chief partriarch ;
Mispah Lodge, No. 15, Daughters of Rebekah ;
Rockingham Lodge, No. 29, Knights of Pythias;
First Regiment, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias;
Hamanasset Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men;
Beaver Colony, . No. 13, United Order of Pilgrim
Fathers ; Derry Board of Trade ; and Derry Ath-
letic Association.

He married, in Derry, New Hampshire, March
18, 1874, Mary Josephine Ripley, born in Wind-
ham, August 24, 185 1, daughter of Nathaniel and
Mary (Dustin) Ripley (see Ripley, 'VIII). She
is a lineal descendant of the famous Hannah Dus-
tin, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, as appears from
the records of the Dustin family. Thomas Dus-
tin married, 1685, Hannah Webster Enerson. born
December 23, 1657. From them the line of descent
is as follows : Nathaniel, fifth child of Thomas
and Hannah Dustin, bsrn May 16, 1686. Nathaniel,
son of Nathaniel, born February 25, 1719. Peter,
son of Nathaniel the second, born January 7, 1747.
INIoses, son of Peter, born March 31, 1792, mar-
ried Betsey Anderson. Mary, daughter of Moses
and Betsey (Anderson) Dustin, was bom in Wind-
ham, October 16, 1818; she married Nathaniel
Ripley (see 'Ripley, VIII), and became the mother
of Mary Josephine (Ripley) Home. Mrs. Home
was educated in the public schools of Windham and
at Pinkerton Academy. She is a leader in society
and prominent as a property holder. She built the
Home block in Derry in 1902, and later erected a
block of tenements in Elm street, Derry. She is
connected with the following organizations : Mem-
ber of Ivanhoe Temple, No. i, Order of Pythian
Sisters, of wliich she is a past chief, past grand,
and past supreme representative of the Supreme
Temple, having attended in the capacity of supreme
representative of the Supreme Session, which con-
vened in San Francisco, California, in 1902 ; she
is chief of the Grand Temple of New Hampshire ;
member of Ransford Chapter, No. 3, Order of East-
ern Star of Derry, of which she is past matron,
grand matron of the Grand Chapter of New York,
and was second grand matron of the Grand Chapter.
She is also a past noble grand of Mispah Lodge,
No. 15, Daughters of Rebekah; past lieutenant-
governor of Beaver Colony, United Order of Pil-
grim Fathers ; member of Minnehaha Council,
Daughters of Pocahontas, of Manchester; and a
member of Nutfield Grange, No. 37, Patrons of
Husbandry, of East Derry. Mr. and Mrs. Home
have one child : Edith Gertrude, born November
12, ic?75. She was educated at the public schools
and at a high school, from which she was gradu-
ated in the class of 1898. She married, July 27,
1903, Herbert Stillman Rogers, of Derry, a cutter
in a shoe shop in that town.

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ISIarch 2, iSoo, died in Acton, July 2, l8So. He
was an industrious tiller of the soil, and resided
on his own acres in Acton, Maine. He married
Olive Fifield, born in Sandwich, New Hampshire,
February l6, 1784, died in Acton, Maine, February
16, 1869. They had children: Abagail, Mrs. Ben-
jamin Farnham, of Acton, ^Nfaine; Mary, }ilrs.

. Aver}', of Acton, Maine ; James and

Thomas, all deceased.

(U) Thomas (2), sou of Thomas (i) and
Olive (Fifield) Home, was born in Acton, Maine,
June 26, 1820, and died in that town, December
14, 1903. He was a prudent, economical man, and
when not busy with the cultivation of the soil
worked at carpentry. He married (first), Febru-
ary 6, 1847, at Newficld, Maine, Sarah Thompson,
who was born March 29, 1825, in Acton, Maine,
died August 12, i860. He married (second), Au-
gust 6, 1861, Sarah E. Barber, who was born De-
cember 25, 1830, died January 14; 1905. Five chil-
dren were born of the first wife : Augusta, who
married Samuel Home, and resides at Acton,
Maine. jMary A., wife of James E. Perkins, of
North Berwick, JNIaine. Edward, of Dover. Annie,
who married John Grant, and lives at Acton, Maine.
Three children were born of the second marriage :
Benjamin F., whose sketch follows. Lizzie. Liz-
zie (2).

(HI) Benjamin Franklin Home, AL D., son
of Thomas (2) and Sarah E. (Barber) Home,
was born in Acton, Maine, June 20, 1864. He at-
tended the common schools until he was eighteen
years of age, and then \yorked at carpentering un-
til he was twenty-four years old. He then began
the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Sawyer,
of Springvale, Maine, where he studied until 1890,
when he matriculated at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, of Baltimore, from which he was
graduated in 1S93. From there he went to Johns
Hopkins College, where he took a post-graduate
course, and a course on the study of the eye and
ear at the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
College. In 1893 he took a special hospital course
on diagnosis and treatment of infants and chil-
dren at the Nursery and Childs' Hospital of Balti-
more, and a course in Baltimore City Hospital in
operative surgery. He firs't started in the practice in
Lewiston, Maine, at the Central Maine General Hos-
pital where he remained six months. He then (1893)
settled in Conway, where he has since resided. In
1905 he returned' to Baltimore and took a special
course in clinical microscopy. He is well versed in
his profession, has a good library, office filled with
all modern appliances, has a good practice and
is a successful practitioner. Since 1895 he has
been a member of the board of health of Conway.
He is a member of the Carroll County Medical
Society, the New Hampshire Medical Society, the
Maine Academy of ^ledicine, and the American
Medical Association. He became a Mason in 1896
and is a member of Mt. Washington Lodge, No. 87,
and Signet Royal Arch Chapter, of North Conway.
He married, November 27, 1890, Ruth Davis, who
was born in Conway, March 24, 1878. daughter of
Frank W. and Lucy (Schackford) Davis, of Con-
way (see Davis, III).

One of the many notable characters
WILB.-XR in early New England history was the
founder of the .-Vmcrican family bear-
ing the siniiame of Wilbar, but which in the time
ofthc ancestor himself was spelled Wildbore. This

rendition is said to have been continued through
one or two generations of some branches of the
family after that of Samuel, and in various early
records in towns where some of his descendants
became settled the name appears in ditiferent forms,
and Savage gives account of Wilbore. Wildboare,
Wilbur, Wilbore and Wildbore. The name Wilbar
now represents a majority of the descendants of
Samuel of Boston and Portsmouth, Rhode Island,
and Taunton, Massachusetts, where the scene of
his life was chiefly laid, and thus is distinguished
from the more numerous families of Wilbur and
Wilber. It may be said, however, that so good
an authority as Austin in his genealogical diction-
ary gives the family name of Samuel as Wilbur.
In the present work the name will be mentioned as
known to the several generations holding it.

(I) Samuel Wildbore was born in England
and is believed to have come to this country be-
fore 1633, with his wife and several children.
The christian name of his first wife was Ann and
reliable accounts mention her as a daughter of
Thomas Bradford, of Doncaster. Yorkshire, Eng-
land, from which part of the dominion Samuel him-
self is said to have come. His second wife was
Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Lechford. The year
of Samuel's birth is not known, but he died Sep-
tember 29, 1656. He was made freeman in Boston
in 5633, and with his wife Ann was admitted to
the church in December of the same year. In 1634
he was assessor of taxes, and on November 20,
1637, was one of the several persons disarmed
"in consequence of having been seduced and led
into dangerous error by the opinions and revelations
of ^Ir. Wheelwright and Mrs, Hutchinson," and
therefore being given license to depart the colony
he took up his place of abode in the colony of
Rhode Island.

He is next recorded in Portsmouth, Rhode Island,
where on March 7, 1638, he was one of eighteen
who entered into the following compact : "We
whose names are underwritten do here solemnly
in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves
into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will
submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our
Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord
of Lords, and to all those perfect and most abso-
lute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth.
■ to be guided and judged thereby."

It is evident that Samuel Wildbore was a per-
son of some consequence in the plantation at Ports-
mouth, for in T638 he was present at a public meet-
ing, upon notice, and in the same year was chosen
clerk of the train band. In 1639 he was made con-
stable and given an allotment of a neck of land
lying in the great cove, containing about two acres.
In 1640 he and Ralph Earle, who seems to have
been in some way associated with him, were ordered
to furnish the town of Newport with new sawed
boards at eight shillings per hundred feet, and half
inch boards at seven shillings, to be delivered at
the "pit," by the water-side. On March 16, 1641,
he was made freeman in Portsmouth, became ser-
geant of militia in 1644, and in 1645 returned with
his wife to Boston.

On November 29, 1645. Samuel Wildbore and
his wife were received into the church in Boston,
and in a deposition made May 2, 1648. he made oath
that when he married the widow of Thomas Lech-
ford he received no part of 'her former husband's
estate. In 1655 he was again in Portsmouth, but
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and at tlie same time had a house in Boston. His
will was recorded in both Massachusetts and the
Plymouth colony. That instrument bore date April
JO, 1656, and was admitted to probate November
1 following, which fact determines the year in
which he died. His will made provision for his
sons Samuel, Joseph and Shadrach. but does not
mention a son William who is ascriljed to him in
family records. It is probable that if he had a son
of that name he died before his father, and so
far as tiie records disclose he had no female issue.
The estate and property inventoried two hundred
and eighty-two pounds, nineteen shillings, si.x pence.
The children just mentioned were sons of Samuel
by his first marriage ; none were born of the second
marriage.

(H) Shadrach Wilbor, of Taunton, Massachu-
setts, died in 1698, and in some respects enjoyed a
prominence equal to that of his father. He suc-
ceeded to all the lands in Taunton that had been
his father's and for thirty-five years was clerk of the
tow-n. In 1674 he was grand juror and in 1685 was
licensed to sell strong liquor by the gallon if "care-
ful not sell to such as will abuse the same." In
1687 he was taken into custody on a warrant which
charged that he "hath lately in the name and w'ith
the consent of the said town written and published
a certain scandalous, factious and seditious writing,
therein very much reflecting upon and contemning
the laws, authority and government of his ^Majesty's
territory and dominion of New England. This was
during the time of -Sir Edmund .^ndros and under
the charge mentioned Shadrach was kept in prison
for some time. His will, dated September 12, l6g6,
was admitted to probate I\larch i, 1698, and named
as executors his sons Jcseph and Shadrach. His
property was inventoried at seven thousand seven
hundred and twenty pounds, nine shillings, hence
he must have liecn a man of considerable means.
He married twice, but the name of his first wife,
by whom all his children were born, is unknown.
Tlie christian name of his second wife was Hannah,
who died in 1696. The ten children of Shadrach
Wilbor were: Sarah. Mary, Samuel, Rebecca, Han-
nah. Joseph. Shadrach. John, Eleazer and Benjamin.

(III) Shadrach Wilbor, of Raynham, Massa-
chusetts, son of .Shadrach Wilbor, and grandson of
Samuel Wildbore, had several children, among
whom were his , sons Shadrach, Meshach, Joseph,
Tacob and .Ahiiah.

(IV) Meshach Wilbor, son of Shadrach Wil-
bor, above-mentioned, was of Raynham, and mar-
ried and had sons : Meshach, Lemuel, Josiah,
Simeon, Epln-aini and George.

(V) George Wilbar, sixth son of Meshach
Wilbor, Senior, married Lydia Wilbar, and had
children: George, in Raynham. 1757; Isaac, in
Raynham, 1759; Gideon, 176,^: Seabury, 177 1 ;
Bethana, 1771 ; Barak, 177,3: Lavina, 1778; Nicho-
las, 17S1.

\ VI) George, eldest of the children of George
Wilbar, spent the latter years of his life in Bridge-
water, Massachusetts, and was a farmer. His wife
was Lydia Wilbar, by whom he had three children,
two sons and one daughter : George, who lived
and died in Bridgew-ater, Oliver Cromwell and
Louisa H., the latter of whom never married.

(VII) Oliver Cromwell, second child and son
of George and Lydia Wilbar, was born in Bridge-
water, Massachusetts, September i, 1824, and died
June 17, 1877. Lie was a farmer in Bridgewater
and a dealer in wood, by industry and frugality

acquiring a fair competency. He married, Oc-
tober 26, 1865, Mary A. Foster, born January 14,
1840, died July 19, 1874. She was a descendant of
an old New England family and it is understood
that her ancestor was Benjamin Foster, who came
from England and settled at Cape Ann, where lie
received a grant of land. It is said that his wife
came from Holland. They had a son Thomas,
who married Elizabeth Somes and came with his
wife from Cape .Ann to the Intervale (Gilford),
New Hampshire. The sons of Thomas and Eliza-
beth were John, Thomas and Daniel. Thomas and
Daniel settled in INIaine and John remained in Gil-
ford. He married Bean, and had sev-
eral children : Charlotte. Elizabeth, died in Sep-
tember, 1905. Chase, married Mary Ann Foster,
daughter of Daniel Foster, above-mentioned. John,
who went to Te.xas. Lydia, a resident of Chicago.
Chase Foster lived during the early part of his
life in Quincy, INIassachusetts, and _ for^ about
twenty years in Gilford. Both he and his wife died
in 1890. Their children were: Josephine, Mary
Abby, John, Woodbury Daniel and Louisa. Chil-
dren of Oliver Cromwell and Mary A. (Foster)
Wilbar: Albert Cromwell, born May 19, 1867, died
January 19, 1904. Mary Louisa, born May 5, 1869,
married, September 10, 1895, Everett J. Frohock,
and has two children: Helen Mary, born Septem-
ber 24, 1897, and Wilbar Everett, March 17, 1899.

This old Irish name was first given
RE.KDY to O'Rodoighe, wdiose ancestor was
Ficheallach, and has been anglicized
O'Roddy, Roddy, Reddy, Ready and Ruddy.

(I) Morris Ready was born in the county
Kerry, Ireland, January 16, 1789, He was engaged
in farming, and had what was there considered a
large farm. He married Mary Horan, of county
Kerrv, and they were the parents of seven children :
Dennis, Catherine, Ellen, ]Mary, Daniel, Joanna,
and John, all of these came to America.

(II) Daniel, fifth child and second son of
Morris and Mary (Horan) Ready, was born in
Bunleitrim, in county Kerry, Ireland, June 24. 1834.
At the age of nine years he came to America
on the ship "Edward Stanley" with three sisters-
Ellen, Mary and Johanna— and settled in INIanches-
ter. New Hampshire. There he was educated. His
first occupation was as a spinner in the Manchester
woolen mills. Afterward he worked in the Stark
mills. He afterward bought a place on North Elm
street, and has been a milkman supplying Man-
chester with milk for thirty-five years. He has an
extensive route, is the oldest established man in his
calling in Manchester, and by hard work and long
hours has made his business a success and laid
by a tidv sum for his old age. In religion he is an
old-fashioned Irish Catholic, and lives up to the
teachings of his faith. In politics he .is an Inde-
pendent. He has been a member of the board of
trade. He married, 18S5, Sarah Lynes, born in
the county Galway, Ireland. They have eight chil-
dren: Daniel, Morris, Sarah, Elizabeth, William,
John, Leman, and Thomas.

This name, which was originally
APPLEBEE Appleby, is from the Danish set-
tlement in England, so called from
the number of apple trees found about the place
where its founders located their town. Thomas
.Appleby, of Rye, 1662-72, who died perhaps at
Woodbury, in 1690, is the earliest of the name

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mentioned in an\' current New England history.

(I) Nathan (l) Applebee settle in Lancaster
in 1792, removing from Franconia, and lived there
until the time of his death, about 1812. His wife
Catherine married second, Ephraim Mclntyre. The
ten children of Nathan and Catherine were: Eliza-
beth, John, Ann, Benjamin, Nathan, Warren, Rhoda,
Hosen, Jehiel, and Dolly Skeel.

(II) Nathan (2), fi'fth child and third son ot
Nathan (i) and Catherine Applebee, was born in
Littleton, June 29, 1792, being the first of his
fathers children born in that town. He died in
Lancaster, September II, 1868, aged seventy-six.
He was a farmer and resided all his life in his
native town. In political faith he was a Democrat,
and in religious belief a Methodist. He married
first, about 1810, Emeline Beniis : second, May 25,
1829, Ruby Farnum, who was born in Lisbon, Au-
gust 6, 1797, and died November 22, 18S7, aged
ninety, daughter of Stephen Farnum. She was a
member of the Methodist Church. The children by
the first wife were : Nathan, Willard, William,
Alvira, Amos, Eliza, Catherine, and by the sec-
ond wife : Aniaritta, Lorinda, Emelnie, Annette and
Warren.

(III) Nathan (3), eldest child of Nathan (2)
and Emeline (Bemis) Applebee, was born in Lit-
tleton, November 29, 1812, and died there November
18, 1880. Like his father he spent his entire life
in Littleton. He resided first in South Littleton, then
removed to Littleton, where he was employed by
Brackett & Abbott in a saw mill for a few years. He
then returned to South Littleton, and was employed
by Peter Paddleford some years, and then returned
to Littleton and was engaged in manufacturing lum-
ber until i860. From that date until 1865 he was re-
pairman for the Hale woolen mill. He and his son
Charles then purchased the Alderbrook mill in
Bethlehem, which they operated until 186S. Na-
than Applebee lived on a farm in Bethlehem a few
years, and then returned to Littleton, and passed
the rest of his life there. He was a Democrat, and
a member of the Methodist Church. He married,
February 23, 1837, Marilla Farr. who was born
in Littleton, August 21, 1814. and died in Plymouth,
August 21, 18S7, daughter of Titus and Abigail
(Whitney) Farr. Their children were: Mary,
Charles H.. Ellen, Delia and Kate.

(IV) Charles Henry, second child and only
son of Nathan (3) and Marilla (Farr) Applebee,
was born in Littleton, September 27, 1840. He was
educated in the common schools, and after com-
pleting his school life he went to work with his
father, continuing till i860. He then worked for
Peter H. Paddleford, of South Littleton, as a wood-
worker, and again in saw milling at at Littleton.
In 1862 he was again in the employ of Mr. Paddle-
ford, and in August of that year he enlisted in
Company D, Thirteenth Regiment New Hampshire
Volunteer Infantry. He remained with his com-
pany until November, when he was detached and
placed in the ambulance coi-ps as a stretcher bearer.
After eight months service at that he became driver
in the ambulance corps which followed the Thir-
teenth Regiment up to the reorganization at York-
town. He was with the ambulance corps at Ports-
mouth, Virginia, about two years, and then joined
his regiment at Richmond, Virginia, where he was
mustered out June 21, 1865. The Thirteenth Regi-
ment rendered service in the campaign against
Fredericksburg, at Suffolk, and on garrison duty
at Portsmouth, Virginia;; at Cold Harbor; Peters-

burg; Bermuda Hundred; Fort Harrison; Fair
Oaks; and in the campaign which ended at Ap-
pomattox.

At the close of the war ]\Ir. Appleby returned
to Littleton, and was with his father in the lum-
ber manufacturing business until 1871, when they
sold their mill to H. C. Libbey. He then returned
to Littleton and bought a woodenware factory which
he operated a year. From 1874 to 1878 he was
in the employ of the Waumbeck Lumber Company
and other lumberers. In 1888 Mr. Applebee and
J. T. and S. F. Simpson formed a partnership as
contractors and builders. In 1882 he pur-
chased the A. W. Streeter blacksmith shop,
which he operated for a year, when he leased
it and bought the old stone blacksmith shop on
Main street, Littleton, in which he has since carried
on his trade. In politics he is a Republican. For
some years he was a member of the police force.
He is a member of Burns Lodge, No. 66, Free and
Accepted Masons, of Littleton ; Franklin Royal
Arch Chapter, of Lisbon ; the Council of Royal
and -Select Masters ; St. Gerard Commandery,
Knights Templar, Littleton, of which he was emi-
nent commander in 1887-88; and Mt. Eusfis Chap-
ter, Order of the Eastern Star; also of White
Jilountain Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; Coos
County Pomona Grange; Marshall Sanders Post,
Grand Army of the Republic ; and the Coshockee
Club. He married first, August 22, 1862, Hattie
L. Randall, who was born in Lyndon, Vermont.
February 9, 1842, and died in Littleton, August
S, 1873, daughter of Daniel Randall ; second, Junfe
13, 1874, Mary Osgood, who was born in Lebanon,
August 5, 1844, daughter of William and Eliza
(Kenney) Osgood (see Osgood, VIII). By the
first wife there were two children : JNlinnie, born
July 9. 1866, died in Littleton, March 30, 1880;
Fred Henry, born in Bethlehem, December 27, 1869,
died in Lebanon, February 16, 1878. By the second
wife, one child, Grace Osgood, born September 10,
1875-

The Buzzell family dates back to
BUZZELL early days. The first American an-
cestor appears to have been Isaac
Buzzell. of Salisbury, Massachusetts, who was s.
freeman in 1640. The first one of the name to settle
in New Hampshire was John Buzzell, who prob-
ably came from the Isle of Jersey before 1604.
and settled in Dover. Two of his great-grandsons.
Rev. John and Rev. Aaron Buzzell, were with Rev.
Benjamin Randall, the founders of the Free Will
Baptist denomination. The name, which is also
spelled Buswell, Bussell and Busiel, has been
numerous in Strafford county for many year^.
Solomon Buzzell, son of John and Phebe Buzzell.
of Barrington. was born January 5, 1761. He served
in the Revolutionary war, and became a prominent
citizen of Northwood, New Hampshire. He served
five _ years in the legislature, was selectman and
justice of the peace for many years. He married
(first) Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham, of Barrington;
and (second) Susannah Clark, of Northwood.
He had three children by each wife. It is probable
that the second branch is descended from John
Buzzell, of Barrington, father of Solomon, but
genealogical records are lacking:

(I) John Buzzell, son of Jacob and Elizabeth
Buzzell, was born in Barrington, New Hampshire,
April 30, 1804. He was educated in the connnon
schools of that town. He moved to Meredith, New

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Hampshire, where he lived on a farm for a while,
and then went to Sandwich, New Hampshire, and
bought a farm. He next went to Dover, where he
learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked
for a short time, and then moved to Lakeport,
at that time called Lake Village, where he built
a house and made himself a permanent home. He
went into the contracting business, in which he
continued until his death in 1902. He was a Re-
publican in politics, and a member of the Advent
Church. He married Abigail Marston, daughter of
Eben Marston. She was born at Tamworth. New
Hampshire, in 1812. They had eleven children:
I. Horatio W., born January 18, 1823, in Barring-
ton, married Grace Huntington ; he is now de-
ceased. 2. Gilbert, born February 28, 1S25, died
in Concord, 1906. 3. John G., born November i,
1S27, at Barrington. was twice married, and is
living in Lynn, JMassachusetts; has two living chil-
dren. 4. Slary E., now deceased, was born Oc-
tober 5, 1829, married Charles Felch, arid lived in
Lynn. 5. Albert S., born June 18, 1837, at ]Mere-
ditli. married (first) Orissa Sanborn; and (sec-
ond) Julia Blanchard, of Vermont. Albert S. Buz-
zcll had following children by first union : Ellen,
wife of Frank Sanders; Emma, wife of Edwin
Hutchins; Annie, deceased wife of Bert. E. Curtis;
Herman; Allie Etta, wife of Harley Loewl, of Con-
cord, New Hampshire. Albert Buzzell enlisted in
the Fifteenth Regiment. New Hampshire Volun-
teers, under Captain Aldrich in 1862. He was at
the siege of Port Hudson. 6. William H., born
at Meredith, New Hampshire, December 25, 1839.
He married Sarah Dow, and they had one son,
Herman H., now living in Denver, Colorado.
". Charles Edwin, mentioned in the succeeding para-
graph. 8. Ransom D., born May 25, 1846, married
Frances Atkins, deceased. He enlisted in 1863 in
Company K, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volun-
teers, and was stationed on the Gulf and in the
Shenandoah Valley. He was wounded in the head
at the battle of Cedar Creek. He is now a carpenter
in Laconia, New Hampshire. 9. Eben Marston,
born February 5, 1848, married B. Jennie Dolloff,
who was born in Meredith. He enlisted in Com-
pany K, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, at
the same time with his brother. He was wounded
in the head at Fisher's Hill. He was discharged,
and then joined the regular army. He is now a
farmer in Meredith Centre, and has a son, Mor-
timer Rockfellow, and a daughter Edna, who mar-
ried George Quimby ; they have one son Langton.
ID. Julia M., born July 3, 1849, at Laconia, New
Hampshire, married Zachariah T. Wiley, of Lynn,
Massachusetts, and they had a daughter, Lena May,
who married Arthur Crafts, of Maiden, Massachu-
setts; slie died January i, 1906; the Crafts have
two children, Marian and Ellsworth. Zachariah
T. and Julia M. Wiley also had one son Robert,
residing in Lynn, unmarried. 11, George H.. born
October 19, 1854, at Laconia, married Linda Brown,
and lives at Lakeport. Of the nine sons of John
Buzzell four served in the Civil war, an unusual
record for one family.

(H) Charles Edwin, sixth son and seventh child
of John and Abigail (Marston) Buzzell. was born
October 13, 1844, at Sandwich, New Hampshire.
When three years old he came with his father to
Laconia. He was educated in the common schools,
and worked for his father at the carpenter's trade
and on the farm till he vv-as sixteen years of age,
when he enlisted December 17, 1861, in Company

F, Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers,
inider Captain Flanders. He sailed with his regi-
ment to Sliip Island, remained there several months,
and then went to Fort Macomb, and after the
surrender of New Orleans was stationed at Camp
Parapet above the city of New Orleans. He went
up the Mississippi river to Donaldsonville and
Belle Fourche to Georges Landing, where his regi-
ment was in an engagement October 27, 1862. Then
up to Alexandria and from there to Sabine Cross
Roads, and returning was engaged at the siege of
Port Hudson, where he was wounded in the left
side, May 27, 1863. After the war he returned to
Laconia and settled there as a contractor and builder
with his father. Later, when his father died, he
took charge of the business Iiiniself. He is a Re-
publican in politics, and served in the legislature
of 1881. He was made postmaster of Lakeport
in 1900, and is a member of the board of super-
visors. In 1S99 he was sergeant at arms of the
New Hampshire house of representatives. He was
a member of the Republican state committee. He
was captain of a militia company for a number of
years. He is an Odd Fellow, and belongs to Cho-
corua Lodge. He is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and has been througli tlie chairs. He
belongs to Post 36, of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, and was department commander in 1895,
post commander three years, of Post 36, quarter-
master for the past fifteen years. He attends
the Baptist Church. He married S. Jennie Veazie,
daughter of Amos L. and Mahalie (DoUofi:) Veazie,
who was born at Meredith in 1841. They have one
child, Charles W., born January 19, 1867, at La-
conia. lie was educated in the public schools of
Laconia, supplemented by courses in Tilton and
New Hampton academies, graduating from the
latter. After completing his education he was em-
ployed for a short time in the store of his father
at Lakeport. Then learned the carpenter trade and
now follows that occupation in Lakeport. He mar-
ried Georgie Trombly, of Laconia, and they have
one daughter. Bertha J., a graduate of the high
school of Laconia. Charles W. Buzzell is a member
of the Knights of Pythias; he and his wife attend
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which their
daughter is a consistent member.

The family of Belle is long established
BELLE in Canada, but none of its members are

recorded as residents of New Hamp-
shire previous to those of this sketch. It is of
French origin and its members are useful citizens.

(I) Oliver Belle was born in St. Johns, Pro-
vince of Quebec, and during the active period of
his life was a prosperous merchant. In politics he
is a conservative, and in religion a Catholic. He
married Adelaide Charest. Seven children were
born of this marriage, five of whom are living:
Amanda, Hector, Stanislaus, Cordelia and Philias.

(II) Philias, third son of Oliver and Adelaide
(Charest) Belle, was born in Lacadie, Province of
Quebec, December 9, 1870, and attended the com-
mon and high schools of Montreal until eighteen
years of age. For fifteen years he was engaged
in the manufacture of shoe stock at Montreal,
Canada. He always had a fondness for machinery
and an aptness for invention. During his leisure
hours he studied labor-saving machinery, and as
a result of his labors he has developed' machines
that have revolutionized certain processes in the
manufacture of shoes. In 1904 he settled in Nashua,

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New Hampshire, and organized tlie Belle-Charest
Manufacturing Company, which manufactures im-
proved patented machines for making insole and
heel stock leather, counters, etc., for shoe factory
use, and also makes improved patented heels,
moulded counters and inner soles for the trade.
Four floors equipped with the best facilities are
occupied, and fifty hands are employed. The ma-
cfiines manufactured are all the invention of Mr.
Belle, and are revolutionizing the production of the
goods named, enabling their owners to undersell
concerns not using them. They are known as the
pasted leather stock tnachine, which weighs seven
tons ; the leather board cementing machine, which
weighs tvi-enty-eight pounds ; and the shoe counter
blank machine, a patented invention for chopping
leather. This last named machine for making count-
ers is sixt.v-five feet long, works on two floors by
an endless chain, and weighs live tons. Mr. Belle
has made his inventions a financial success in a
very short time. He is a member of the Canadian
Order of Foresters, and of the Independent Order
of Foresters. He married, in Montreal, January
21. 1896, Marie Touchette, who was born in Upton.
Province of Quebec, March 21, 1875, daughter of
Joseph and Octavie (Larose) Touchette, of Upton,
They have six children : Alberic, Wilfrid, Adrean,
Florette, Andree and Lillianne.

This name is traced traditionally from
JEXKS an ancient Welsh family of importance.
The American branch were evidently
people of enterprise and some substance and, bet-
ter still, of splendid physique and fibre, fitted for
the struggle of life in a new world. The descend-
ants partake in a large measure of the same quali-
ties and are useful and respected citizens of the
several communities in which they live.

(I) Joseph Jenks, an inventor or high order,
was born in 1602, either at Hammersmitii, Houn-
slow or Colubroke. in the neighborhood of the city
of London. England, and came to Massachusetts in
1643, it is supposed with John Winthrop the
younger, who brought from England in that year
stock and divers workmen to begin an iron works.
Joseph Jenks is thought to have been one of the
workmen engaged to establish the iron works on
the Saugus river, the first in New England. At
least he was employed there soon after the begin-
ning of the enterprise. He is said to have been
"the first founder to work in brass and iron on the
American continent" and, although this is possibly
an exaggerated statement it is no doubt true that
he was the first highly skilled worker in metals
to begin operations in the English colonies in North
.America. _ In 1646 the Massachusetts general court
granted him a patent for three important inventions,
namely: a water mill, or wheel; a machine for
makmg scythes and other edged tools ; and a saw
mill. He then built a for.ge at the iron works
for the manufacture of scythes. He was the first
comer, and made the first piece of coin. He had
niarried in England, but his wife died previous to
his departure for .America. He had two sons who
were left m care of the mother's familv.' The elder
IS supposed to have settled in Virginia, but the
younger, Joseph Jenks, Jr.. accnrdinsr to the in-
struction of his father, was to join him in America
when he became of age. The senior Joseph married
the second time m Lynn. Massachusetts, before 1650
By this union he had five ch.ildren, three sous and
two daughters.

Joseph (2) Jenks is said to have been born in
1632, and is reported to have been at Lynn in 1647,
in which event he must have come to New Eng-
land long before he arrived at manhood. He
probably remained at Lynn until his removal to
Providence Plantation. He was the first white man
to build a home at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where
he was probably induced to locate because of the
water power to drive his forge and saw mill. Ac-
cording to family tradition he settled there in
1655, but there is no authentic evidence that he was
there at such a date. The first mention of him in
the records of Providence is in the deed of land
he purchased at Pawtucket Falls, October 10, 1671.
He is referred to in this deed as an inhabitant of
the town of Providence. On March 25, 1669, he
had been granted land on both sides of the Paw-
tucket river. In January, 1670, his name appears
on the Warwick records as foreman of the jury.
Some of t^ie family traditions point to his original
residence in Warwick. Mr. Jenks built his forge
below the falls, on the south side of the present
iMain street of Pawtucket. He was a man of much
enterprise, and an active and influential business
man as well as a public spirited citizen. He was
a member of the town council in 1680, moderator
of the town meeting in 1679-80, and one of the
tax assessors at the same period. He was chosen
April 28, 1679, to represent Providence in the gen-
eral assembly at Newport, was a speaker of the
assembly from October, 1698, to February, i6gg,
and is referred to constantly in the town and colony
records from 1684 to 1698 as "assistant," in which
capacity he acted as a justice and performed mar-
riages. Before Mr. Jenks left Lynn he had mar-
ried Esther Ballard, and three sons and six daugh-
ters were born of this union. The sons were:
Nathaniel, Ebenezer and William. The latter suc-
ceeded his father in business, and all took promi-
nent positions in the town and colony. The daugh-
ters were: Elizabeth, Sarah, Esther, Johanna, Mary
and Abigail.

(II) Daniel, youngest of the sons of Joseph
(l) Jenks, of Lynn, was born in 1633, and settled
in Cumberland, Rhode Island, under the protection
and with the assistance of his half-brother Joseph
(2). He was prosperous in his affairs, and left
numerous descendants. From the foregoing sprang
the numerous Jenks, Jencks, and Jenckes families
of Rhode Island. It is probable that the line herein
traced is descended from Daniel, the last above men-
tioned.

(III) The records of Cumberland, Rhode
Island, show the marriage of Daniel (2) Jenks
to Mercy Sprague, which occurred February 14,
1727. There can be no doubt that this Daniel was
a son of Daniel (i) above mentioned, who settled
Ml Cumberland. His children were : Catherine.
Jeremiah, Hannah, John, Phoebe, Mary (died
young). David. Daniel and Mary.

(IV) John, second son' and fourth child of
Daniel (2) and Mercy (Sprague) Jenks, was born
November 2, 17,^4. in Cumberland, Rhode Island
The records of Cumberland show that John Jenks,
of Smithfield, was married in 1766 to .Ann Bishop,
of Cumberland. They also show that John Jenks,
of Cumberland, was married July 4, 1762, to Thank-
ful Robinson, of .Attleboro, !\Iassachusetts. This
is probably the same John, and represents two mar-
riages.

(V) Welcome, son of John Jenks, was mar-
ried March 14, 1790, to Elizabeth, daughter of John

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Brown, and their children, according to the Ciuii-
berland records were : Sabra, Levi, Lewis and
Eunice.

(VI) Levi, eldest son of Welcome and Eliza-
beth (Brown) Jenks, was born November 4, 1792,
in Cumberland, Rhode Island, and probably re-
sided in Smithfield. He married Cynthia Staples,
and they had a large family. The first child died
in infancy, unnamed. The others were : Levi, Amy,
Julia, Welcome, Perlia. Joseph, Hannah, and Cynthia.
He was a farmer by occupation, and died in Paw-
tucket in 1874. He was a member of the Congrega-
tional Church, a Whig in politics, and was promi-
nent in town affairs. His wife died in 1856.

(Vn) Welcome (2), second son and fifth child
of Levi and Cynthia (Staples) Jenks, was born
August 22, 1821, probably in Smithfield, Rhode
Island, and died December 13. 1891. in ]\Ianehester,
New Hampshire. His education was supplied by
the public schools of his native place, and he was
early employed in a cotton mill at Pawtucket. That
he was active, industrious and capable, is indicated
by the fact that he was overseer of a spinning room
at the age of seventeen years. After three years
he went to JNIanton and from there to Reading,
Pennsylvania, where he was employed three years
in the same capacity. In 1854 he went to Hook-
sett, New Hampshire, and took charge of the cotton
mills, in which relation he continued until March,
1S60. From that time until 1891 he was superin-
tendent of the Langdon Manufacturing Company's
mills in Manchester. Mr. Jenks was the inventor
of the ring spinning frame. He built a house in
Manchester in 1870. He was not only active in
his chosen line of endeavor, but he was prominent
in the management of public affairs wherever he
resided, and was a member of the Congregational
Church. He was early a supporter of the prin-
ciples maintained by the Republican party, and
was one of the first to join that organization when
it was formed. He was married, .\ugust 22, 1841,
to Clarissa Billington, daughter of Robinson and
Clarissa Billington, of Rhode Island. Her ancestor
came over in the "Mayflower." They were the
parents of eight children, namely : Welcome, died
at the age of eleven years ; Sarah, deceased ; Eliza-
beth, Melissa, Alonzo Daniel, Welcome, William
K., Clara C, and Etta J. The mother of these
children died in 1902, at eighty-one years.

(VIII) Welcome (3), third son and fifth child
of Welcome (2) and Clarissa (Billington) Jenks,
was born December 11, 1854, in Providence, Rhode
Island, and received his early education in the
public schools of Manchester. He subsequently
took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business Col-
lege, from which he graduated in 1867. He was
early accustomed to the cotton mills, and was em-
ployed with his father, and rapidly acquired a
thorough knowledge of the business of making cot-
ton goods. At twenty years of age he was over-
seer of the spinning room, and after his father ob-
tained a patent upon the spinning frame the son
went on the road in the interest of its adoption by
cotton _ mills generally. He continued seventeen
years in this capacity, and put on a pair of over-
alls and demonstrated the advantages of his ma-
chine in every cotton mill in the United States.
Subsequentliy he engaged in the wholesale liquor
business, in which he was successful. He is a Re-
publican in politics, but takes no active part in the
conduct of public afl'airs. He was married Janu-
ary 4, t88l, to Georgia Washington Robinson,

daughter of Delafayette and Julia E. (Stearns)
Robinson, of Manchester. She was educated in the
high school of that city, and is an active member
of the Episcopal Church. Their only daughter,
Elizabeth, was born October 10, 1881.

This name was brought from
HAIMBLETON England to New Hampshire in

the nineteenth century, and has
been traced to a family long established in Lan-
cashire, England, where it was identified with
manufacturing and farming.

(I) The first of whom we hear was Robert
Hambleton, a bobbin maker. He and his wife
Mary were the parents of twelve children, in-
cluding sons : Daniel, David, George, Richard and
Charles.

(II) George, son of Robert and INIary Hamble-
ton, was, like his father, a bobbin maker by occu-
pation, and died in England, May 29, 1S66. He
had four children : Edwin, David, John and
Esther.

(HI) David, son of George Hambleton, was born
April I, 1838, in Glossop, England, and was a bob-
bin maker and a farmer. In 1879 he emigrated from
England and came to Quebec, Canada, whence he
removed to Nashua, New Hampshire. After a
stay of two years there he returned to Quebec.
He is now operating a bobbin factory in Stanford,
Vermont. He married Sarah .t.. Wills, daughter
of James and Ann (Beard) Wills. She died July
16, 1888, in Quebec. They were the parents of
twelve children, namely: Mary, Ann. George, Caro-
line, Elizabeth, Martha, Beatrice. Frederick, Ed-
mond, Louisa, James W. arid Leonard. He is a
member of the Episcopal Church and of the Ma-
sonic order, and is past master of his lodge.

(IV) Edmond, third son of David and Sarah
Ann (Wells) Hambleton, was born September 27,
1S76, in Cheshire, England, and was a lad of only
three years when the family moved to America.
He was educated in the public schools of Canada,
and has continued the business followed by so many
of his ancestors — the manufacture of bobbins. He
first began business for himself in Hampton, New
Brunswick, in 1892, thence he removed to Merri-
mack. New Hampshire, and after a short time there
located in Zoar, Massachusetts, where in company
with his brothers he engaged in the same busi-
ness. In 1904 he came to Warner, New Hamp-
shire, to superintend the Warner shop, owned by
the Hambleton Brothers, of Goffstown, which cm-
ploys thirty men. While residing in New Bruns-
wick he was a member of the Orahge Society, in
which he held the office of secretary and_ was
lecturer for years. In religious affiliation he is an
Episcopalian. He was married in 1900 to Louisa
Marshall, daughter of James and Jane (Harris)
Marshall. Thev have four children: Harold E.,
born 1901 : Guy R., 1902; Violet H., 1904; and
Florence Marion, 1905.

The surname Breeden is one in-
BREEDEN frequently found among our Eng-
lish speaking people and comes into
America during a comparatively recent period, but
it is represented by fatnilies occupying a high sta-
tion in social life. In this country the name has
not vet found a place in genealogical references.

(I) ,\bner Breeden appears to have been the
progenitor of the family under immediate con-
sideration in this place, and was born in the city

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

of Paris, France. His wife was Elizabeth Holden,
and they had two children, Abner and Charles
Edwin Breeden.

(II) Abner (2), elder son of Abner (l) and
Elizabeth (Holden) Breeden, married Deborah
Beals French.

(III) Charles Edwin Breeden. son of Abner
(2) and Deborah Beals (French) Breeden, was
born in Boston, June 16, 1842, and died at La-
conia, New Hampshire, August 22, 1903. He first
appeared in the business history of Laconia in
1882, when he removed to that city and erected a
comfortable summer home at "White Oaks." on a
pleasant elevated tract of land; and at the same
time he maintained a winter residence at Glen
Ridge, New Jersey, almost within the metropolitan
district of Greater New York. Mr. Breeden began
his business career as a clerk in the employ of his
uncle, William H. Breeden. a dealer in rubber
goods, and upon whose death the nephew inherited
the entire estate and property, which comprised in
part a tract of valuable land in Laconia. A por-
tion of this land he improved and laid out as an
ample ground surrounding the summer home he
built there, and sold the remaining portion to pur-
chasers. Having come into a goodly inheritance
through the death of his kinsman. Mr. Breeden
soon afterward retired from active business pur-
suits, except as the management of the property
reriuired his attention. He enjoyed a wide social
acquaintance, and was identified with several or-
ganizations, held membership in the Congregational
Church, and in his political preference was a Re-
publican.

On April 7, 1870, he married Mary E. Hall, by
whom he had two children : Ora Helen, born April
10, 1873, married Arthur S. Roberts of Glen Ridge,
New Jersey, and has two children, Emmons B.
Roberts, born June 5. 1897, and Arthur S. Roberts,
Jr., born August 14, 1903. Emily May, born May
20, 1876 ; married Robert G. R. King, and has
three children: Blanche King, born May 21, 1899;
Marie Rocel King, born May 16, 1902; R. Graham
King, Jr., born July 21, 1903.

This family is one of recent accession
VEINO to the population of New Hamp-
shire. Members of the second, third,
and fourth generations are now living in this state.

(I) Nelson Veino, a native of England, settled
in Lunenburg county. Nova Scotia, where he passed
the remainder of his lite and died in 1889. He
married, in Nova Scotia, Betsey Nans, and they had
five children — Symon, Enos, Gustie, Sophia and
Catherine. Symon, born in Naples, Nova Scotia,
married and died there.

(II) Enos, second son of Nelson and Betsey
(Nans) Veino, was born at Mahone Bay, Nova
Scotia, May 20, 1850, was a farmer, and lived in
Nova Scotia until 1S92, when he removed to New
Hampshire and settled in Riverdale. He has not
been in active employment for some years. He
married. !May. 1868, at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
Catherine Caulback. born November, 1852, in the
Baker settlement. Nova Scotia, daughter of Ed-
ward and Annie (Darris) Caulback. Ten children
have been born to them, of whom seven are living :
Rose, born May 12, 1872; James E., whose sketch
follows; Hibbard, August 10, 1876; Harvey, April
19, 1882 ; Avery, November 6, 1883 ; James G., De-
cember 27, 1886; Lilly, July 22, 1S91 ; Guy. July 2,
1893. All but the youngest were born in Nova

Scotia. Rose married Joseph Archibald, of Naples,
and now lives in Riverdale, New Hampshire. Har-
vey married Ivy Spofford, of Bennington. James
G. married Ethel Nichols, of South Weare, and
lives in that place. Avery married Carrie Dun-
bar of East Weare, New Hampshire. Lilly and Guy
are unmarried.

(Ill) James E., second child and eldest son
of Enos and Catherine (Caulback) Veino, was born
at Baker settlement. Nova Scotia, April 9, 1874,
and was educated in the common schools of his
native place. His first employment was in the gold
mines of Pleasant River, Nova Scotia, where he
worked two years. In May, 1S91, he went to
Shirley, Massachusetts, and after a short stay there,
removed to Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he
lived some years, his employment being teaming.
Since 1895 he has been connected with enterprises
in Bennington, where he has gradually acquired
property, and is now prominent as a manufacturer
of lumber, in which he deals extensively. He owns
a portable saw mill with which he has cut up a
large amount of lumber in various towns, and is
now located in Stoddard. Mr. Veino and his family
attend the Congregational Church. He is a mem-
ber of Waverly Lodge, No. 59. Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of Antrim. He married, Decem-
ber 31, 1896, Mary McQueston, of Amherst, and
they have two children, Arthur E. and Addie M.

Within less than forty years after
MILLARD the settlement of Plymouth by the

Pilgrim fathers the name of Millard
is mentioned in the Colonial records. June 22,
1658, when Rehoboth included what is now See-
konk. Pawtucket, Attleborough, East Providence,
Cumberland and parts of Swansea and- Barrington,
John Millard, Jr., drew lot No. 17. on the meadows
on the north side of the town. February 7, 1689.
Samuel Millard, Sr., and Samuel Millard, Jr., had
rights in Rehoboth. as did Robert, Sr., and Joseph
and Benjamin Millard. December. 19, 1721, Solo-
mon ]\Iillard became a member of the parish then
organized in Orleans Factory, and later known as
Island Precinct of Rehoboth.

(I) William Albert Millard was born Novem-
ber 30, 181S, in Warwick, Rhode Island. At an
early age he began to be employed in cotton mills.
He was overseer of the dressing department of the
cloth mills at Newton, Upper Falls, up to 1845.
From that place he went to Allegheny, Pennsyl-
vania, where he was overseer of the Pennsylvania
Cotton I\lills for ten years, and was subsequently
at Wheeling, West Virginia, for three or four
years. From Wheeling he removed to Steuben-
ville, Ohio, where he occupied a similar position
for some years, and then went into the employ of
the rolling mills at that place. In 1872 he removed
to Suncook, New Hampshire, where he was second
hand in the dressing department of the Chinn,
Webster & Pembroke Manufacturing Company's
Mills until 1880, when he removed to Los Angeles,
California, where he died January 9, 1905, aged
eighty-six. He married Almeria A. Cowing, who
was born in Maine, in 1820, and died in Los Angeles,
California, August 28, 1904. aged eighty-four. They
had thirteen children: William Albert, Frederick
M., Inez M., Ella Truelove, Mary Emma, Albert
V. and Olive C. (twins), and Clarence O., all of
whom grew up. Those not named died j'oung.

(II) Frederick M., second son and child of
William A. and Almeria A. (Cowing) Millard,

JOHN H. RAINVILLE.

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was born at Newton, Upper Falls, January 27,
1843. At the age of twelve years he began work in
the cotton mills at Steiibenville, Ohio, where he
remained until 1857 ; was with Steubenville & Indi-
ana Railroad Company for two and a half years,
until 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, Eighty-
fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months,
and served at Columbus and Cumberland, Mary-
land. He was mustered out in Delaware, Ohio.
In 1863 he went to Waltham, Massachusetts, and
worked in the cotton mills, and then returned to
Steubenville, and again returned to Waltham in
April, 1871, and in the same year settled in Sun-
cook, New Hampshire, where he has since been
employed as overseer of the dressing room of
China & Pembroke mill, and has seventy-five em-
ployes under his charge. It is now fifty-one years
since he began work in the mills, forty-three years
of which time he has been in the dressing depart-
ment. He is a Republican in politics, and a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. He is now (1906) serv-
ing his seventh year as a member of the board of
health. He is a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows ; a past grand of Howard Lodge,
No. 31, of Suncook ; past chief patriarch of Hil-
dreth Encampment, No. 17 ; and is clerk of General
Stark Canton; he is also a member of Mary Gordon
Bartlett, Rebekah Lodge, No. 69.

He married, in Wheeling, West Virginia, Sarah
A. Tannahill, who was born in Allegheny City,
Pennsylvania, 1845, and died in Suncook, February
20, 1897. They were the parents of five cliildren :
Carrie A., Harry E., Fred M., George H., and
Harriet L.

Dr. A. Alexander Macleay, son of
^lACLEAY Alexander Monroe Macleay, a na-
tive of Rochied, Scotland, was born
in Danville, Province of Quebec, in 1S69. He was
educated in St. Francis College and McGill Col-
lege, graduating from the latter in 1890. After com-
pleting his literary course he attended the Mont-
real General Hospital and received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine in 1895. Subsequently he went
to Europe and studied medicine in London. In
i8g8 he settled in Manchester, where he has since
gained an enviable reputation as a specialist in dis-
U eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He is visit-
ing physician and surgeon to Notre Dame Hospital,
JManchester. He married a Miss Wain, of Boston,
Massachusetts, and they have one child, Margaret.

This family, whose name was
RAINVILLE originally De Rainville, the de

being an evidence of aristocratic
origin, came originally from France and settled
in Canada before the year 1666, the immigrant an-
cestor of the now numerous family of Rainville
having taken part in the thrilling events of the first
settlement of that country.

(I) Louis Rainville was born in the village
of Richelieu, Province of Quebec, in 1805, and
died there in September, 1880, aged seventy-five
years. He spent his life farming. He was twice
married and was the father of the generously pro-
portioned family of twenty-one children. He mar-
ried (first) Marie Benoit, who was the mother of
five children : Louis, Paul. Solyme, Francois, and
Adele. She died in 1833, aged about twenty-eight.
He married (second) Marie Monty, who was born
in 1815, and died in 1879. aged sixty-four. Their
children were : Joseph, Marie A., Emerite, Oliver,

Polydore, Eugene, Jean, Eudace, Adele, Charles,
Alphonse, Moise, Rosalie, Felix, and two others
who died young.

(II) Solyme, third son and child of Louis
and Marie (Benoit) Rainville, was born in Richelieu
village in 1832, and died in Suncook, New Hamp-
shire, May II, 1903, aged seventy-one. He was an
agricultural laborer the greater part of his life.
In 1867 he went west and for seven years was
engaged in mining in California, Montana, the
Black Hills of Dakota, and Minnesota. In 1871
his family removed to Danielsonville, Connecticut,
where they remained three years, and then returned
to Richelieu. After a short residence in Suncook,
and a second return to Canada, the family settled
finallv in Suncook, where several of them now re-
side. " In the last year of his life Mr. Rainville was
an emplove of the Cotton Mills Company. He
married in 1854 at St. Matthias, Flavie Forgue,
who was born at LaPrairie, in 1837. She is the
daughter of Louis and Des Ange (Patenaude)
Forgue. They were the parents of eight children :
Pierre S.. Malvina, Emma, Eliza, Joseph Arthur,
a child not named, John H. and Rose Delima.

(III) John Hormisdas, seventh child and third
son of Solvme and Flavie (Forgue) Rainville, was
born in Richelieu Village, Province of Quebec,
February 25, 1866, and was educated in the common
schools. At the age of nine years he began work
in the mills and worked and attended school until
1883, when he took employment in a granite quarry
at Suncook, where he worked two years. In the fall
of 1886 he went to Denver, Colorado, and stayed
about two years, then returned to Suncook. where
he has since resided. In 1892 he engaged in busi-
ness for himself, which he has since carried on.
He married, at Suncook, September 14, 1892. Her-
minie La Liberie, who was born at St. Rosalie,
Province of Quebec, March 18, 1863. She is the
daughter of Abraham and Angele (Fournier) La
Liberte, of St. Rosalie, who settled in Suncook
about 1872.

The principal subject of this
GUNDERMAN sketch is a worthy example of
what the methodical and in-
dustrious habits, so common to men of Teutonic
extraction, do for him who possesses them. Philip
Gunderman was born in Worms. Germany. In 1852
he with his family sailed from Bremerhaven, and
after a voyage of three months on a sailing vessel
landed at New York. He resided in the last named
city until 1863, and afterward lived at Thorndyke.
Massachusetts, where he died in 1872.

He married, in Germany, Susan Welcker. and
eiglit children were born of this marriage : Mary.
Christopher, Elizabeth, Philip. Susan. Peter (died
voung). Peter M. and Frank (died young). Mary
married Frank Gloeckner: Christopher, now de-
ceased, lived in Clinton. Massachusetts: Elizabeth
married Conrad Rising; Philip lived at South Had-
iey Falls: Susan married Daniel Merkel. of IMassa-
cliusctts: Peter is the subject of the next paragraph.
Peter Michael, seventh child and fourth son of
Philip and Susan (Welcker) Gunderman, was born
in New York City, April 4. 1854. At the age of
nine years he went with his father's family to
Thorndyke. IMassachusetts, 'where he remained un-
til he was thirteen, and thence to Hadley Falls,
where he remained eight years. At the age of
sixteen he left school and worked at the trade of
cigar maker until he was twenty-one. He then be-

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

came a weaver in the cotton mills at South Hadley
Falls, and worked at that trade for the following
twelve years at South Hadley Falls and Clinton,
Massachusetts. In 1877 he removed to Manchester,
New Hampshire, and has since been an employe
of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, a period
of twenty-nine years. In 1886 he became second
hand and in 1900 was made overseer of mill
No. 8, where he had charge of one hundred and
seventy-five operatives. Mr. Gunderman's strict in-
tegrity and care of his employer's interests have
placed him in a position of responsibility which
is well paid. His cheerfulness and pleasant man-
ners make him popular with the employes whom
he directs and the public generally. He has been
elected to the public service at dilTerent times and
has discharged the duties of his offices faithfully.
In 1899 and 1900 he was a member of the common
council from ward eight, and in 1901 and 1902 from
ward nine. He was elected representative to the
legislature of New Hampshire from ward nine in
190.3 and 1904. and was re-elected in 1905, in all
instances running ahead of the ticket. In political
faith Mr. Gundennan is a Republican. He attends
the Lutheran Church of which his father and
mother were members. He is a member of Queen
City Lodge, No. 24, Knights cf Pythias, of Man-
chester, the Barbarossa and the Maennerchor Clubs.
He married Ida Clara Artz. who was born in Ger-
many, daughter of Traugott and Katherine Artz.
who' 'came to America and afterward resided m
Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Gunderman have two
children : Lea. and Ernest Peter.

from the Manchester high school. 2. James Albert,
born 18S7, is a student at the Manchester high
scliool, and will be graduated in the class of 1907.

People of Scandinavian blood have
NELSON but recently begun to settle in New

England. They have been pioneers in
many sections of the west and have been found
everywhere to be industrious, law-abiding and in-
telligent citizens. No other European section fur-
nishes American residents who become so readily
assimilated. All are anxious to learn our language
and adopt our customs.

(I) Nelson Nelson, was born in Westerland,
Sweden, where he was a farmer. He married Jo-
hanna Lanson, and had five children of whom four
came to America and three of whom are now
(1906) living: Claus, John A., see forward, and
Caroline.

(II) John A., son of Nelson and Johanna (Lan-
son) Nelson, was born in Westerland. Sweden,
September 25. 1856. He emigrated to America in
1S63 and obtained employment for a time on a
farm. Later he worked as a mill hand in Rhode
Island, and came to Manchester in 1S66. He com-
menced as a common operator in the Stark Man-
ufacturing Company, and by diligence and faithful
attention to bis duties was advanced in the course
of nine years to the position of overseer of the spin-
ning department, and he now (1906) has charge
of between two hundred and fifty and three hun-
dred people. He was a man of excellent bu-iiness
capacity and executive ability, and an energy which
seems inexhaustible. He is deacon in the Lutheran
Church and superintendent of the Sunday school
connected with it. He married Mathilda, daughter
of Olive Dahl. a native of Sweden, and has chil-
dren : I. John .\rrinir, born 1884, attended the
Naval .Academy at .-Vnnapolis. from which he will
be graduated in the class 1008. He received his
appointment as a student of the academy as the
re-ult of a competitive examination after graduating

The name of Leddy is exceedingly rare
LEDDY in this country. John Leddy. son of

Patrick and Catherine (Torney) Led-
dy. was born in Ireland, either in Oldcastle or the
next town, and did farming and teaming. He mar-
ried Ann Tully, and they had five children : Nancy,
John. Patrick, Michael and Thomas.

Thomas, youngest child of John and Ann (Tul-
ly) Leddy. was born October. 1809, in Newcastle,
parish of Oldcastle. county Meath, Ireland. He
came to Boston with his family in the spring of
58)8. After sixteen months in that city he moved
to Epping, New Hampshire, where he engaged in
farming, which he follovv'ed till his death. He was
a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church.
He married Ann Smith, daughter of Owen and Ann
(Farmer) Smith, who was born in Oldcastle. Ire-
land, in 1812. Her father was the son of Charles
and Catherine (Caralin) Smith. Thomas and Ann
(Smith) Leddy had five children: John. Ann,
Charles, Thomas and James. The three eldest were
born in Ireland. John and James are the subject
of succeeding paragraphs. Charles died at the age
of si.xty-one. and James died at the age of sixteen.
Ann married Charles E. Rogers, of Epping. who
died for his country during the Civil war. Thomas
Leddy died June 27, 1887. and his wife died in 1884.
John, eldest son of Thomas and Ann (Smith)
Leddy, was born in Newcastle, parish of Oldcastle,
county Meath. Ireland, in 1840. When seven years
of age he came to America with his parents, who
settled the next year in Epping. New Hampshire.
He had very little schooling, most of his instruction
being received at home. At the age of twelve he
learned the shoe-making trade, which he followed
for twelve years, or till 1864, when he entered Mr.
Pike's store in Epping as clerk. January i, 187.3.
Mr. Leddy established a general mercantile store,
which he has prosperously conducted since that
time. At different periods his brothers Charles and
Thomas have been partners with him. In 1895 Mr.
Leddy built the Leddy Block, the finest business
structure in Epping. It is of brick and iron with
granite trimmings, being thirty-six by seventy-two
feet. The basement and first floor are occupied by
the firm. The shoe department is on the ri.ght and
the grocery, flour and grain on the left of the main
entrance. The entire second floor is occupied by
Geneva Lodge. No. 80, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Besides their general trade the firm man-
ufactured and sold for twenty years between one
and two millions of brick each year. They also do
a business in real estate. Mr. Leddy has lately built
a grain elevator with a capacity of seven thousand
bushels, and does a flour, grain and mill feed busi-
ness. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held
many offices. He was one of the first supervisors of
the town when that office was created by the legis-
lature. He held the office of town clerk for a num-
ber of years, and was selectman for three terms.
He has twice represented Epping in the New Hamp-
shire legislature, and in 1901-3 he was the only
Democrat in the state senate, serving from the
t.wenty-third district. While in the senate he was
chairman of the committee on labor, besides serving
on several other irhportant committees. He was
delegate to the Constitutional convention in igo2.
In 1877 John Leddy married Nora C. Leonard,

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daughter of Patrick Leonard, who was born in
Epping, and died there in l8cSo. Mr. Leddy mar-
ried for his second wife, Mrs. Annie Hanley Norton,
widow of James Norton, and daughter of Daniel
and Margaret Hanley. She was born in Ireland,
January 14, 1840. Mr. Leddy has no cliildren. but
his wife had five by her first husband. They are:
Lulu Norton, married Dr. Adolph Franz, of South
Hadley Falls, Massachusetts ; James D., Mary Gert-
rude, Grace E. and Agnes Maria. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Leddy are members of the Roman Catholic
Church.

Thomas (2), third son and fourth child of
Thomas (l) and Ann (Smith) Leddy, was born
in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He went to
Newfield and engaged in the grocery business with
Albert Fields. He came back to Epping in 1873, but
returned to Newfields in 1884 and engaged in the
same business, and later bought out Mr. Fields. In
January, 1900, he came back to Epping and engaged
in the grocery business with his brother John where
he still continues. He has been representative from
Newfield, and was also selectman. He served there
as postmaster for a number of years. Thomas Leddy
married Mary Alice McGIency, and they have five
children: Charles, Alice, James, Annie and John.
Charles was graduated from Phillips Academy,
Exeter, in 1900, attended Dartmouth College one
year, and was graduated from Boston College in
1904. He took one year at Laval University, Que-
bec, and is now (1907) fitting to be a priest at
Brighton Seminary, Boston. lo the meantime he
was representative to the state legislature from
Epping. Alice attended the Robinson Female Sem-
inary at Exeter. James is a student at Phillips
Academy, at Exeter, class of 1907 ; and John is in
the store with his father.

The name Annis is also spelled in the
ANNIS records of Essex county, Alassachusetts,

Anes, Aness, Anies, Aniss, Annes, An-
nice, Annies. Annise and Anniss.

The first of the name in New England was
Curmac alias Charles Annis, who came, says CoiSn,
from Enniskillen, Ireland, where he was born in
1638. He was a planter, and lived in Newbury,
Massachusetts, where he was located as early as
1666. He died December 19, 1717. He rnarried,
May 15, 1666, Sarah Chase, who survived him, and
died before 1726. Their children, all born in New-
bury, were : Joseph, Abraham, Aquilla, Isaac, Sarah,
Priscilla, Hannah and Annie.

(I) David Annis was born in New Hampshire.
He moved to Maine where he reared his family.
In 1877 he moved to Colebrook, New Hampshire,
where he died. He married Dolly Budy.

(II) George Washington, son of David and
Dolly (Budy) Annis, was born in Weld, Maine,
June 21, 1832, and died in Colebrook, March 17,
1898. He was a farmer. In 1864 he removed from
Weld to IMillsficId, and in 1877 moved to Colebrook.
He speculated in farms and wild lands, and is said
to have owned or held mortgages on all desirable
property in }vlillsficld. New Hampshire. Besides land
he also dealt in horses, and had a hay and grain store.
He was an enterprising and successful man. He
undertook the construction of the Colebrook water
works system, an enterprise which was ridiculed
and adversely criticized by many of his friends and
neighbors and all his enemies, but in spite of the
jibes of the unbelievers he completed the work and
put the system in operation and today it supplies

tlic village with water. In political faith he was a
Republican, but paid little attention to politick and
parties. He married, in Weld. 1853, Mcli.^sa Ditson
Welch, who was born at Rensiey, Maine, 1835,
daughter of Elijah and Martha (Ditson) Welch,
of Rensiey. They had five children: Nellie (de^
ceased), who married Quincy B. Davis; Julia
Emma, wife of Lorenzo A. Perry ; John D., whose
sketch follows ; two children died in infancy.

(Ill) John Ditson, son of George W. and Mel-
issa D. (Welch) Annis, was born in Millsficld, New
Hampshire, July i, 1869, and was educated in the
common schools, at Colebrook Academy and at
the Portland Business College, graduating from the
last named institution in 1888. In 1889 he began
business life as a clerk in the general store of
Charles Colby, w-here he was employed two years.
He then became assistant cashier of the Berlin
National Bank, where he was employed seven years.
In 1899 he removed to Colebrook and became
cashier of the Farmers' and Traders' National Bank,
and has since held that position. In 1895 'lie Water
Works Compai»y was reorganized and he was made
its treasurer. In 1904 he was elected as town
treasurer, and has since held the office. In 1901 Mr.
.^nnis and T. F. Johnson organized the Monday
Night Club, a successful literary society, of which
Mr. Annis has been president since its organization.
He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of
Evening Star Lodge, No. 37, and Evening Star
Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Colebrook;
North Star Royal .'\rch Chapter, No. 16, and North
Star Commandery, Knights Templar, of Lancaster;
and Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Sublime
Princes of the Royal Secret, of Nashua. He is a
trustee of the Methodist Church. He married. Oc-
tober 10, 1894, Ellen Violet Watkins, who was born
in Bloomfield, Vermont, daughter of George and
Sarah (SuUer) Watkins, of Canaan, Vermont. They
have one son, Kenneth John.

Tlie Rev. John Joseph Brophy, chap-
BROPHY lain of various Catholic charitable

institutions in Manchester, New-
Hampshire, was born in the city of New York, De-
cember 16, 1872, son of John and Ellen (Ryan)
Brophy, both of Irish birth, who were the parents
of ten children, six of whom are living at the pres-
ent time (1907). Rev. John Joseph is the fifth
in order of birth ; one of his brothers is cotton in-
spector, on Stark corp. and another brother is a
member of the Cotton Exchange of New York City.
John Brophy (father) came from New York to
Manchester, New Hampshire, 1886, and is cotton
inspector on Amoskeag corp.

Father Brophy pursued his preparatory studies
in the parochial and public schools of his native
city, and took a commercial course in Bryant &
Stratton's Business College. Intending to devote
himself to the holy ministry, he entered St. Anselm's
College, Manchester, from which he entered the
Seminary of .Aix-En-Provence, in the ancient city
of that name, in the department of Bouches-du-
Rhone, France, 1895, and it was there that he was
ordained to the priesthood, in 1900, by the Right
Rev. Archbishop Gouthe Soulard. Returning to the
L'nited States he was given his first charge at Pen-
nacook, and later w'as transferred to Hillsborough,
which included many outside missions. In June,
1901, he was appointed chaplain of what is known
as "The Square." including St. Joseph's Boys'
Home, with its one hundred and forty boys; St.

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Patrick's Orphanage, with its one hundred and
twenty-five girls; Sacred Heart Hospital, Old
Ladies' Home, and the Infant Asylum. He also
looks after the spiritual welfare of the Catholic in-
mates at the State Industrial School in Manchester,
and the County Farm at Grasmere. His mission
work also includes all towns on the North Weare
branch, this side of Henniker. He is a member of
the Conference of Charities and Correction, and
of the committee for dependent children. He pos-
sesses excellent administrative abilities, and has
made a splendid record in promoting the interests
of the praiseworthy institutions with which he is
connected and in caring for the wards under his
charge, for whose welfare he is ever solicitous.

The principal subject of the follow-
LEINSING ing sketch is one of the citizens of

Manchester of foreign birth, who
has found a home and prosperity in building up the
industries of the Granite State.

(I) Wildraka Leinsing, son of Hermsdorf Lein-
sing, was born in Befetrere, Germany, August 6,
1812, and died in 1867, aged fifty-five years. He
was a brewer by trade. He married Mary Schwartz,
and they were the parents of eight children.

(II) Max, son of Wildraka and IMary
(Schwartz) Leinsing, was born in Befetrere, Ger-
many. October 11, 1852. After leaving school he
worked in the weaving departments of several mills
in Germany. In August, 1882, he left Germany and
came to America, landing at New York, from where
he w-ent to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and worked
in the Washington Mills. He settled in Manchester,
New Hampshire, in November, 1884, and since that
time has conducted a packing house, w-here he cures
hams and makes various kinds of sausages. He
also conducts a boarding house in West Manchester.
He is a member of the Turners, the Harugari Club
and other societies. He married, September, 1882,
at Lawrence, Massachusetts, Katherine Pruette,
who was born in Germany, November 21, 1856.
They have two children, Michael and Frank.

This is one of the names that prob-
DOWNES ably had "its origin in a natural ob-
ject, "done" or "down" meaning a
sandy hill. One of the earliest American ancestors
was John Downes, who came from CornwalU, Eng-
land, to New Haven, Connecticut, before 1646. He
was one of the judges who signed the death war-
rant of Charles I, and was a descendant of Robert
de Dunes, born probably about 1220. Others of
the name settled near Boston in the seventeenth
century. Owing to the absence of records it has
been impossible to trace the present line beyond
the third generation.

(I) It is thought that Reverend Moses Went-
worth Downes came from Lyman, Maine. He was
a Baptist clergyman, and is said to have lived in
Bath. New Hampshire, though his name is not on
record among the active ministers of that place.
He was on the tax list of that town in 1801, and
died about 1809. He married Abigail Richer.

(II) Wentworth, son of Rev. Moses W. and
Abigail (Richer) Downes, married Mary Squires.

(III) George Wentworth, son of Wentworth
and Mary (Squires) Downes, was born July 14,
1830, and died September 12, 186;^, at East Corinth,
Vermont. He married Arabella Page, June 21,
1859, and now lives in Manchester, New Hampshire.
(See Page, third family, VII).

Rev. Thomas M. O'Leary, born in
O'LEARY Dover, New Hampshire, August 16,
1875, son of Michael and Margaret
(Howland) O'Leary, is one of seven children, three
of whom are sons and he is the third child in order
of birth. He was educated in the parochial and
public schools of Dover, New .Hampshire, and was
graduated from the latter in the class of 1S87. The
following three years he attended Mungret College,
a Jesuit college in Limerick, Ireland, after which
he returned to the United States and pursued a
course in philosophy and theology at the Grand
Seminary, Montreal, Canada, graduating in 1897.
He was ordained in Montreal, December 18, 1897,
and as the See of Montreal was vacant at the time
of his ordination. Bishop de Celles, of St. Hya-
cinthe, performed the ceremony. His first charge
was as assistant pastor of St. Ann's Church, Man-
cliestcr. New Hampshire, a six months' term, 1898-
99. From there he went to St. John's Church, Con-
cord. New Hampshire, remaining from 1899 to 1904,
it being then under the charge of the Rev. Father
John E. Barry, V. G. At the death of the Very
Rev. Vicar General John E. Barry, Rev. O'Leary
was appointed administrator of the parish for four
months, and when the Right Rev. Eugene M. O'Cal-
laghan was appointed administrator lie was under
that reverend gentleman for three years. At the time
of Rev. J. B. Delaney's consecration Rev. O'Leary
was appointed chancellor and secretary to the new
bishop of the diocese. In 1904, at the death of
Bishop Delaney, Rev. O'Leary succeeded him in
all his charges, among which is that of chaplain
of the Sisters of the Precious Blood and editor of
the Guidon.

Fergus, from which the name Fer-

FERGUSON guson is derived, is an ancient and

favorite name among the Scotch,

many of whose chiefs proudly bore the appelation.

James Ferguson was born in Scotland, in 1800,
and died in 1845. He came to America in 1822, and
settled in Boston, where he followed the occupation
of engineer and machinist. He was an engineer
on the Boston & Lowell railroad, and was killed
in the round house at East Cambridge, in 1845. In
politics he was a Whig, and in religion an Episco-
palian. He married, in Scotland, in 1820, Charlotte
^Iclntosh, a native of Scotland. Two children were
born of them: David, born May 11, 1827, and
James W., the subject of the next paragraph.

James William, the younger of the two sons of
James (i) and Charlotte (Mcintosh) Ferguson,
was born in Boston. July 4, 1829. He attended
the Franklin school in Boston, and at fifteen years
of age went to Dorchester, where he was employed
one year on a farm. He learned the cabinet maker's
at Dorchester Lower Mills, where he was employed
twenty-five years. In 1872 he removed to Merri-
mack, Hillsborough county. New Hampshire, where
he followed his vocation five years. After working
a year at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he returned to
Merrimack, where he had previously bought a farm
upon which he settled. Since that time he has been
engaged in farming and poultry raising. He en-
listed as a musician in the Fourteenth Massachu-
setts Volunteer Infantry, where he served fourteen
months ; and was afterwards in the Forty-seventh
Infantry ten months, and second corporal, first divi-
sion, eighteen months. He married, at Old Con-
cord. Massachusetts, Emily Shaw, who was born in
Nottingham, New Hampshire, l8,u, daughter of
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They had three children : William G., born Septem-
ber 24, 1S5J, who married and lives in New York;
Ella F., born September 3, 1855, married Samuel
King, of Brooklinc, Massachusetts : and Granville
W., born March 10, 185 r^ married Mary O'Conner,
and died in 1904.

This is an old Massachusetts name,
AUSTIX springing from Essex county, and is
found under many spellings in the
records of that county, among which are : Asten,
Astin, Astine, Asting, Aston, Austen, Auston, Aus-
tone and Oston. The name is well known in liter-
ature and in the various, intellectual classes of life,
as well as among the pioneers, who paved the way
for American civilization.

(I) Thomas Austin lived in Andover. Massachu-
setts, until 1711, when he removed across the Mer-
rimack river to that part of Haverhill which became
the town of Methuen in 1725. He was a yeoman,
of farmer, and was drowned in the Merrimack
river while returning from meeting, March 22, 1712.
He was married, September 15, 1690, in Andover,
to Hannah Foster, who survived him, and was mar-
ried (second). October 2, 1722 to Jonathan Hen-
dricks, of Haverhill. Thomas Austin's children
were: Thomas, Benjamin, Daniel, Zebidiah, Abigail
and Hannah.

(II) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas (i)
and Hannah (Foster) Austin, was born January 23,
1692, in Andover, and lived in what is now Me-
thuen, where he was a husbandman. He was mar-
ried. October 26, 1714, to Sarah Lovejoy, of Andover,
and their children, born in Methuen, were : Thomas,
Sarah, Hezikiah. Hannah, Isaac and Nathan
(twins). Elizabeth (died young). John, Peter and
Elizabeth.

(III) John, fifth son and eighth child of Thomas
(2) and Sarah (Lovejoy) Austin, was bornAugust
23, 1728, in Methuen, and was a farmer residing in
that town, and he sold his house, barn and lands
there in 1774, and probably removed from the town.
He was married September 5, 1754. to Hannah
Nevins. Their children were : John. Robert, Judith,
David. Sarah, Hannah, Molly and Thomas.

(IV) Thomas (3), youngest child of John and
Hannah (Nevins) Austin, was born January 26.
i774, in ^Methuen, Massachusetts, and was about ten
years old when his father's family removed from
that town. A diligent search of the records fails
to show their location for the next few years.
Thomas Austin -was one of the earliest settlers of
Northfield, New Hampshire. He located on the
banks of the Merrimack river, on what is known
as Gospel Lots, number one and two, owning a part
of each. He was a farmer, and was engaged in hop
culture. In his old age he lived with his daughter
Sally, en the north end of the homestead, where he
died. May 11, 1867. He is said, by the "History of
Northfield," to have Iieen one hundred years and
six months old. but there is some error in the
records somewhere. His children were : Sally,
Samuel, Susan, Jeremiah, Jerucia and Daniel.

(V) Samuel, eldest son and second child of
Thomas (3) Austin, was born, November 2, 1798,
and died April 4. i860, in Manchester. He lived
in Northfield, where deeds made by him are on
record. He was a blacksmith by trade, and worked
at that business in Weare, and later removed to
Manchester, where he was employed by the Araos-
keag Manufacturing Company. He was a promi-
nent citizen of that town in his day, and was a

member of the Amoskeag Veterans. He was also
a member of the Universalist Church. He married
Sally Bailey, of Weare, who w-as a member of the
Baptist Church. Their children were : Jeremiah,
Daniel, Eliza A., George W. and Amanda. Mrs.
Austin survived her husband about six years, dying
about 1866.

(,V1) Jeremiah, eldest child of Samuel and Sally
(Bailey) Austin, was born October 29, 1820, in
Weare, and died February 20, 1892. He was edu-
cated in the common schools of Weare and Goffs-
town. and learned the trade of wheelwright, which
he followed five years. He then engaged in the
manufacture of sash and blinds at Goffsto.wn, and
removed thence in 1850 to Manchester, where he
died. For many years while residing in Manchester
he dealt in lumber. He was a deacon of the Con-
gregational Church, and a Republican in politics,
and was active in the management of town alTairs.
He was marn'ed October 28. 1843, to Mary L. Bell,
daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Dow) Bell, of
Goffstown, where she was born August 4, 1821. She
was also a member of the Congregational Church.
They were the parents of two children : Eldora D.,
married Alonzo Day, who died May 7, 1900. Mardie
H., married Charles A. Flint, of Manchester, and
they have one child, Austin W.. who is engaged in
the coal business with his father in Manches-
ter, the firm name being C. A. & A. W. Flint.
Austin W. Flint married Minnie Hutchinson, three
children : Harold, Mildred I. and Clarence E. Flint.

To" the victory won by General Stark at
LONG.\ Bennington in 1777, is due the presence

of some families in southern New
Hampshire. Among the Hessian prisoners captured
at Bennington were men named Longa. Rittenbusch,
Schillenger and Archelaus. They were brought by
General Stark and his victorious troops to his home,
and after the war formed a settlement nearby.
Several of them formed a prosperous farming
colony in Merrimack township. From one of these
have descended the Longas.

Charles Hartman Longa was educated in the
district school, and was a life long farmer. He
married Rebecca Thompson, and five children were
born of this union: Susan, Mary, James, Charles
and William.

James William Longa was born in Merrimack,
February 17, 1838. He was educated in the dis-
trict school, which he attended until he was eigh-
teen years old. After leaving school he drove a
team, worked on a farm, and on the railroad at
track work until he had saved some money, eight
years in all. He then bought a farm of eighty acres
on which he lived until 1888, when he sold it and
bought a farm of sixty acres, to which he has since
added another sixty-acre farm. He is an indus-
trious and successful farmer. In politics 'he is a
Republican, and he has filled the office of constable.
He has been a member of Thornton Grange, Pat-
rons of Husbandry for thirty years. He is also
a member of the Congregational Church, and of
Souhegan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows. He enlisted in Company F, First New
Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery, .'\ugust
29, 1S64, for one year; was mustered in Sep-
tember 6, 1864. as a private, and mustered out June
15. 1865. having served nine months. He married.
May 2. 1867, Eugenia McMillen, who was born in
New Boston, 1843, daughter of Asa and Hannah
(Roby) McMillen. She was educated in Magaw

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Institute, is a member of the Congregational
Chureh, and for twenty >'cars has been a member
of the Grange. They have had six children : Clara
M., born January 28, 1868, married Orrin Sander-
son; Jacob H., born October 24, 1871; Willis A..
March 7, 1879; Edwin K., April 8, 1S83 ; Judson J.,
November 30. 1887; an infant, born July 3, 1875,
died in ynuth.

When the Romans wished to desig-
AUSTIX nate their supreme ruler by a name

which would not offend the connnon
people they bestowed upon his the title "Augustus,"
meaning "Reverend." This name had a diminutive,
Augustinus, which was anglicized Augustine. Au-
gustin, and finally Austin, whence the present sur-
name.

(I)Eidad Austin was born in Boscaw-en, April
17, 1802, and died there April 15, 1S85. He married
Naomi Eastman, born in Boscawen, November 19,
1802, and died August 24, i8gi, daughter of Moses
Eastman, of Boscawen. Two children were born
of this union ; William Wallace, whose sketch fol-
lows, and Mary, born December 12, 1836, who mar-
ried Sherman Little.

(II; William Wallace, only son of Eldad and
Naomi (Eastman) Austin, was born July i. 1829,
in Boscawen, now Webster. He was educated in
Meriden and Kimball Union Academy. After leav-
ing school he engaged in the lumber and cattle
business, and continued in the former until he re-
tired from active business in the early nineties. He
was successful in his business ventures. In politics
he was a Republican, and is a member of the Con-
gregational Chureh at Webster. He represented
Webster in the legislature, and has filled the office
of selectman, and other offices. He married (first),
January i, 1857, Aby Morse, of Craftsbury, Vermont.
She died October 21, 1880. He married (second),
April 25. 1S82, Alnra E. Blanchard, of Glover, Ver-
mont. His children, all by his first wife, are:
George, deceased; Henry, married Hattie A. Stott,
of North Billerica, Massachusetts; Mary, married
A. L. Melcher, of Quincy, Massachusetts; and
Louise.

Benjamin Frank Turner was born in
TURNER Kingsborough, Massachusetts. Au-
gust 7, 1850. He was educated in the
common schools of Sutton, New Hampshire, and
farmed all his early life. He came to Warner in 1876.
and has built up a reputation in the blacksmith line,
and employs one man. His success has been due
entirely to his own efforts. He is a Republican in
politics and attends the Baptist Church. He mar-
ried Isnienia S. Bean, daughter of Ephraim and
Mehitable Bean of Sutton, New Hampshire.

Ephraim Bean was born March 6, 1825, and his
wife was born July 22, 1823. Benjamin F. and
Ismenia (Bean) Turner have tw-o children: Walter
P., born October 24, 1S73, and Ralph M., September
21, 1875. Walter is employed in the American Lo-
comotive Works at Manchester, New Hampshire,
and Ralph is a traveling salc'sman for a Boston firm.
Mrs. Turner is active in Church societies.

county Westmeatli. Ireland, in the year 1831, hence
came to this country in 1837. After living for a
time in Portsmouth he went to Dover, and from
that city to Somersworth, and was a laborer, work-
ing at whatever employment he could find, living
frugally and laying by a» part of his earnings for
future use. Mr. Scott married in Dover, and re-
moved from there to Laconia soon after 1850; and
he has witnessed the growth of the latter place from
a small village to a flourishing city. For about
thirty years he was a truckman, and at the end of
that period bought a pleasant tract of land in the
north part of the city proper, where he has since
made his home and wliere he is surrounded with
all which contributes to the comforts of life. For
several years he has been retired from active pur-
suits. His wife before marriage was Bridget Kelly,
who died in April, 1895, having borne her husband
four children: i. Maria, born in 1855; married
Philip Holahan, a granite and marble cutter living
in Laconia. Philip and Maria have two children,
Nellie Holahan, born in July. 1885. a teacher in the
Laconia public schools, and Philip Holahan, a stu-
dent in the Laconia high school. 2. James, an em-
ployee of the Boston & ]\Iaine Railroad Company,
and now living in Lakeport ; married Annie Allen
and has one child, Aubrey Holahan. 3. Annie,
who mamrried James M. Harrington and lives in
Concord, New Hampshire. 4. William, of Bridge-
port, Connecticut, where he has charge of the Swift
beef house ; married Margaret McLoughlin of
Orange, New Jersey, and has three children: Mar-
garet, William and Stephen.

Michael Scott, of Laconia, Belknap
SCOTT county. New Hampshire, was the first

of his own family to come to America,
and was a boy of sixteen years when he crossed
the Atlantic and settled in Portsmouth in this state.
He was born at Strattanstown, Ballinea, MuIIingar,

As the natives of New England, fol-
L.\CASSE lowing the advice of the great editor

of the Xczu York Tribune, go west
to seek a fairer field or more profitable employment,
their places are filled by the industrious French
Canadians. Among those who have settled in New
Hampshire is a branch of the ancient family of
La Crosse.

(I) Jean Charles Lacasse was born in or near
Montreal, Canada, in 1808, and died about 1878, at
Suncook, New Hampshire. He married Isabel Bis-
son, who died at Suncook in 1882. They had four-
teen children, among whom were: Jnhn, Charles J.,
Joseph and Alfred.

(II) Joseph, son of Jean C. and Label (Bisson)
Lacasse, was born in Montreal. June 19, 1840, and
died at Suncook, October 7, 1903. He left Canada
when a young man and lived in Vermont for a time,
and then removed to Concord. New Hampshire,
where he resided until 1869, when he moved to
Suncook and engaged in the retail boot and shoe
Inisiness. which he carried on till the close of his
life. He was a man of good judgment and good
habits, and was honored by the citizens of his town
with the office of selectman which he held three
years. In politics, like the majority of Canadians,
he was a Democrat. He married, in Concord, New
Hampshire, in 1S66, Louisa Boufard, who was born
in Leeds, province of Quebec, in 1842, and came to
Concord. New Hampshire, with her sister in 1865.
Four children were born of this marriage : Eliza-
beth L., Concord, May 20, 1868: Joseph Charles, who
is mentioned below ; Mary Delphinc, Allenstown,
December 8, 1S70, and Alphonse N., December 25,
T873. ^\"ho died January 14. 1904, in Allenstown. He
left a widow. Emma (Wykes) Lacasse, a native of
England, and two children : Joseph Merrille and
Hazel Elizabeth.

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(III) Joseph Charles, second child and elder of
the two sons of Joseph and Louisa (Boufard) La-
casse, was born in Concord, August 23, 1869, and
was removed to Allenstown when he was an mfant.
He attended the common schools of Suncook, and
then went to Sherbrooke, province of Quebec,
where he took a course in the business college,
covering the years 1883-4-5, graduating in the last
named year. He then returned to Suncook and
clerked in his father's store one year, and then went
to Los Angeles, California, where he engaged in the
produce commission business on his own account
for a year and a half. Returning to New Hamp-
shire, the four years following he conducted a shoe
store in Rochester. From there he went to Laconia,
where he was employed in the hotcl^ business for
the next six years. The death of his father and
brother left the store at Snnccok with no one there
to look after it, and Mr. Lacasse at once assumed
charge of it, and has since conducted the business
thus left to him. He is a good citizen and a suc-
cessful merchant. In politics he is a Democrat of
liberal tendencies. He is a charter member of La-
conia Lodge. No. 876, of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks of Laconia, and of Oriental
Lodge. No. 12, Knights of Pythias, of Pembroke.
He married, in Nashua, in iSgiS, Elizabeth Newton,
born in England in 1869.

(I) William, son of Moses Trus-
TRUSSELL sell, was born in Boscawen, New
Hampshire, February 11, 1811. He
was educated in the public schools of Boscaw-en. He
was a general farmer all his life, meeting with
good success. In politics he was a Democrat. He
married Louisa Currier, daughter of William Cur-
rier, cf Warner, New Hampshire. They had two
children: :Moscs, born November 28, 1837, and
Martha, born November 24, 1843. Mrs. Louisa
(Currier) Trusscll died in April, 1846, and her
husband survived her forty-one years, dying in
February. 1887.

(II) "Moses, elder child and only son of William
and Louisa (Currier) Trussell, was born in Warner,
New Hampshire, November 28, 1837. He was edu-
cated in the common schools of Webster. He was a
farmer until 1859, when he learned the axe trade
and worked at that for several years. He then
went into a saw mill, where he remained ten years.
In 1875 he started a general store at Davisville. in
Warner, and was appointed postmaster. He has
a well equipped store, carrying a full line of gro-
ceries, hardware and miscellaneous articles. In
politics he is a Republican. He is a Mason, belong-
ing to Harris Lodge, of Warner, and Woods Chap-
ter, Royal Arch Mason, of Henniker. He was treas-
urer of the chapter five years, and also held several
other offices. He is an Odd Fellow, belonging to
Kearsarge Lodge, and he attends the Methodist
Church. He was first married to Mary Ann Stevene,
of Salisbury. His second wife was Susan E. Arey.
daughter of Jonathan and Charlotte H. Arey, of
Salisbury. New Hampshire. There are no children.
Mrs. Trussell assists her husband in the store
and postoffice.

ceivcd a wound. lie was a Republican in politics, and
supported and attended the Congregational Church.^
He married Naomi B. Sargent, daughter of Nathan
Sargent, of Warner (see Sargent, VII), and they
have had five children, namely: Nathan, Sally,
Alvin A., David and Eugene. The last named died
young. Alvin Adams, second son and third child
of James and Naomi B. (Sargent) Jepson, was
born July 26, 1871, in Warner, and was educated
in the common schools of that town and Webster.
His hours out of school were employed upon his-
father's farm, and upon attaining manhood he en-
gaged in farming upon his own account. He pur-
chased one hundred and sixty-five acres of landi
in Sutton, and carried on a successful milk business-
for some time. He sold his farm and engaged iiii
the lumber business and purchased land in Warner
on which he has erected one of the best equipped
steam saw mills in New Hampshire, and is now
actively engaged in the prodivction of lumber. He
is a prominent member of the Grange, and is-
identified w-ith the Independent Order of Odd Fell-
lows, belonging to both the subordinate and the
Rcbekah lodges. He is a past grand of CentraL
Lodge. No. 167, of Warner. In religion he is a
Congregationalist, and in politics is a stanch Re-
publican. In 1902, he served his town as road mas-
ter and in 1903-4 was selectinan. He was married.
May 26. 1894. to Hattie May Adams, daughter of
Jacob K. and Hattie H. Adams, of Sutton. They
have one child, Kitty, born October 14, 1900. Mrs.
Adams is very active in church work, and is an.
oiificer of the Rebekah lodge.

James Jepson was a native of Ver-
JEPSON mont, and was educated in the com-
mon schools of that state and began
life as farmer. When tlie Civil w-ar broke out he en-
listed, and after the expiration of his first term again
enlisted and saw much severe service in which he re-
iv-8

The family of this name has been resi-
BRYER dent of New Hampshire a little over
a century. Its members have de-
voted tlieir energies principally to agricultural ancf
mechanical employments.

(I) Benjamin Bryer, the immigrant ancestor of
the family of this article, came from Scotland to-
America. and settled in Massachusetts. Subse-
quently he removed to Loudon, New Hampshire.,
where he raised a family and died.

(II) David, son of Benjamin Bryer, was born iiii
Loudon. He married Betsey Bryer, a granddaugh-
ter of a brother of Benjamin, the immigrant, v.\vi
settled in Maine. Their cliildren were: Clark,
Martlia, Joseph Thing, Julia, Jonathan K., Mary,
Stephen P.. and Albert. All but the two youngest
were born in Loudon : they were born in Groton..
Joseph lived at Lakeport ; Julia married Smith Mor-
rill of Rumney: Jonathan K. is mentioned below:
Mary married George Hackett. superintendent of
the shops of the New Jersey Railroad, at Elizabeth,
New Jersey : Stephen P.. one of the first engineers
in New England, who died in 1856, married Julia
Twombley: Albert married Lucy Hardy, of Groton.

' (III) Jonathan Kittredge, third son of David
and Betsey (Bryer") Bryer, was born in Loudon.
New Hampshire, and died aged seventy-two year.s.
He was a farmer and blacksmith, doing a good bus-
iness in the latter line. He married first. Maria
.\nnis. of Orford : and second, Lydia Fellows, of
New Hampton. The children by the first wife were:
Clarence L.. John A.. David Parker. Herbert K..
Charles A. ; and by the second wife : Annie, George
and Leon.

(IV) David Parker, third son and child of Jon-
athan K. and Maria (Annis) Bryer. was born in
Groton. New Hampshire. December 20 1850. He
attended the common schools and Hebron .A.cad-

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emy. At the age of seventeen, he went to Ludlow,
Vermont, where he learned the blacksmith's trade
under the suprvijion of James George. He was
one year at Tom's River, JSTew Jersey, and then re-
ti:rned to New Hampshire and established a black-
smith shop for himself at Branch Village, in 1870.
He remained there imtil 189,1, and then bought the
shop of Charles B. Smith of Antrim village, and
removed to that place, where he has since resided.
Mr. Bryer is a skillful mechanic, and a well to do
and respected citizen, whose genial disposition
makes every one his friend. He is a Republican,
but cares more for good horses than for all the pol-
itics in the world. He is a member of Harmony
Lodge, No. 38, Hillsborough, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, and of Waverly Lodge, No. 59.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Waverly.
He married, June 20, 1871. at Antrim, Mary Frances
Sawyer, born June 18, 1846, daughter of Edmund
and Nancy Jane (Steele) Sawyer, of Antrim. They
have two children: Myrta May, born December 5,
1874, who was educated in the schools of Antrim
and Cushing Academy, and now resides at home ;
and W'alter Annis, born October 20, 1877. who was
educated in the Antrim schools, and at Burdett
Business College, of Boston. He married Bertha
H. Nichols, of Peterboro, and is now engaged in
the grocery business in that place.

tlV') Herbert Kittredge, fourth son and child of
Jonathan K. and IMaria (Annis) Bryer. was born
in Groton, New Hampshire, February 4, 1857. He
spent his youth on his father's farm, rendering such
assistance as he could, and attending the common
schools. Li 1881 he entered the employ of the
Goodell Company, of Antrim, where he remamed
about two years, when he took a place on the
Hillsboro county farm, which he gave up some years
later to accept the management of the stock farm
of -\. T. Batchelder, of Keene, where he remained
until 1S89. He then purchased the well known
Stacy stock farm, situated about two miles south
of Antrim Village, to wliich in 1903 he added by
purchase the adjoining place known as the Eaton
farm, thus making one of the largest stock farms
in that region. He has enlarged the buildings and
made other improvements on the farm, and keeps
a large slock of well selected cattle and valuable
horses. Mr. Bryer is a Republican. He inherits the
mild disposition of his ancestors, and is an agree-
able companion, a good neighbor, and a prosperous
farmer. He married, September 27, 1885, Lizzie
Stacy, daughter of William and Mary (Taylor)
Stacy, of the Branch Village. They have five chil-
dren: Alice Bertha, married Kennett McLeod.
and lives at Hook=head ; Albert S.. Grace M., Mary
A., and John W. H.

The appearance of new and strange
H.\EFLI names, and the fact that the owners' of

those names settle among the descend-
ants of the colonial families and succeed, suggests
that America is still the laud of opportunities, and
that they are not all taken by citizens with long
pedigrees. Haefli is one of the newest names on
New Hampshire tax rolls.

Casimer Haefii, son of Kasimcr and Mary E.
(Menth) Haefli, was born in Munnnisville, Canton
Saladon, Switzerland. January 4. 1866. He was a
farmer and followed his vocation there until 1892.
when he left his native land and with his wife and
two children sailed for .'Xmerica, and landed in
New ^'ork in December, 189.'. He went direct to

Antrim, New Hampshire, where he arrived with
thirty-five cents in his pocket, his entire cash capital.
He immediately went to work for the Goodell Man-
ufacturing Company as a packer in the shipping room,
where he labored industriously for thirteen years.
In 1905 he boug'ht a farm now known as Hazel-
hurst, at East .Antrim, which he immediately oc-
cupied and began to cultivate. Since then he has
purchased the place adjoining, called the Robb farm,
and has a small herd of cattle, some excellent
horses ; and has made numerous improvements on
the propertj'. He married, April 9, 188S, Amelia
Stebler, who was born in Switzerland, February 28.
1867, daughter of Ors Mungen. of Nunengers, Switz-
erland, and they are the parents of the following
children : Amelia, Martin, Mary and Ferdinand.

One of the less numerous families of
TR.\SK New England, whose members reside
principally in the state of Maine.

(I) Jason Trask, a native of Edgecomb, Maine,
died in North Jay, Maine, in 1S98, aged eighty-six.
He was a farmer much esteemed by his neighbors,
and was for years a captain of the militia. He
married Sallie Lawrence, born in Boston. Massa-
chusetts, died in Wilton, Maine. They were the par-
ents of ten children : Joseph O., Daniel, Cynthia,
Julia, David, -Augustus. Martha, Elizabeth, Ethelyn,
and Henry.

(H) Joseph Osburne, oldest child of Jascn and
Sallie (Lawrence) Trask, was born in Wilton,
ALiine, July 20, 1S31, and died in Concord July 24.
1884. He was educated in the common schools of
Wilton, and at the age of twenty removed to Con-
cord, New Hampshire, where he was employed in
a plowshop for a year, and then went into the
employ of the Abbot & Downing Company, remain-
ing there until about 1861 or later, meantime also
serving as a police officer. He then went into the
business of furnishing substitutes for men drafted
to serve in the War of the Rebellion. He carried
on this business until the close of the hostilities,
with considerable profit to himself. He then took
employment with the Northern railroad, where he
operated a machine in the woodworking department.
The last si.x years of his life he spent in the manu-
facture of scap. with a partner under the firm name
of Barker & Trask. Mr. Trask was an indus-
trious, hardworking man, and left a comfortable
home and other property at his death. He was a
man of humorous turn of mind and saw many funny
things that others missed. He w-as a Republican
in politics, and a member of White Mountain Lodge,
N^o. 5, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Con-
cord. He married, February 5, 1853, Lois Lamprey,
a native of Jackson Plantation, in the Dead River
region, Maine, born December 17, 1839, died in
Concord. June 8, 1901. aged sixty-two years, daugh-
ter of .Abel and Susan (Peasley) Lamprey. They
were the parents of one child, Susie M. Trask. born
in Concord, November 25, 1854, who lives comfort-
ably on the property her father left.

This family is well known in Con-
^^^■\TTLES necticut from the prominent part
taken by some of its members
in the naval service of the Lhiited States in the
Revolution. Most of the sons of Joseph Wattles
have been connected with the manufacture of cot-
ton goods, where they have made enviable records.
(I) Joseph Wattles was a book hinder of Nor-
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iiivetrtor of the process of marbling books, and for
clher useful inventions. He married Margery Ster-
ry, o; Norwich, and they had seven children : Oli-
ver, Joseph and Benjamin (twins), Luther, John,
Louise and Thomas li, the subject of the next par-
agraph.

(II) Thomas lienton. youngest child of Joseph
and Margery (Stcrry) Wattles, was born in Nor-
Avich, Connecticut, November 15, 1835, and died in
Smicook, March 6, 1898. At nine years of age he
liegan work in a cotton mill and received no school-
ing after he was fourteen years old. The greater
part of his life was spent in connection with the
textile industries, and for many years he held re-
sponsible positions. He was manager of the mills
at Hooksett five years ; overseer of the mills at Can-
ton, Massachusetts, .^ix years, agent of the Chico-
pee' Manufacturing Company at Chicopee Falls,
Massachusetts, where he had charge of the construc-
tion of a mill, and six years agent of the Boscawen
Mills at Penacook, New Hampshire. He was a
man peculiarly adapted to sirccessful management
of the kind of work he was engaged in. In poli-
tics he was a Republican, and in religious faith a
Cougregationalist. He was also a member of the
Masonic order and of the Amsokeag Veterans. He
married, November 26, 1S60, Nancy J. Osgood, who
was born in Pembroke, February 28, 1843. She was
the daughter of John H. and Cynthia (Stewart)
Osgood, the former born in Pembroke in 1800, died
in iS6S'; and the 'latter born in Billerica, Massachu-
setts, in 1808, died in Pembroke in 1891. (See Os-
good, VIII.) Two children were born of this un-
ion : Bert Osgood, who died young, and Fred. E.,
the subject of the next sketch.

(Ill) Fred Ernest, only surviving child of Thom-
as B. and Nancv J. (Osgood) Wattles, was born in
Canton, Massachusetts, December 16, 1871. He was
educated in the common schools of Suncook and the
Manchester high school. At the age of twenty-one
he began work in the office of the Boscawen Mills
at Penacook, where Iiis father was agent. He rap-
idly learned the business, and at the death of his
father succeeded to his place as agent for the mills,
which he has since filled with satisfaction to his
employers. He married, December, 1900, Edith
Stearns, daughter of Harvey and Etta (Dennison)
Stearns, of Allenstown, New Hampshire. They have
one child, Catherine Stearns.

in iSiS, and died in California in 1851, aged thirty-
three. He went to California in 1849 at the time of
the great excitement over the discovery of gold
there, and two years later was drowned in attempting
to cross the Uba river in a boat which capsized.
He married, in 1839. Louisa Wattles, of Norwich,
Connecticut, wlio died in Canton, Massachusetts,
March 27, 1885. They had two children: Ellen,
who was born at Bozrahville, Connecticut, and mar-
,ried Larry Winthrop; and Nelson F., the subject
of the next sketch.

(Ill) Nelson F., only son of Peter (2) and
Louisa (Wattles) Mash, was born at Bozrahville,
Connecticut, November 3, 1840. He was a merchant
and kept a variety store for fifteen years, and was
engaged in manufacturing for about thirty years,
twelve years of wdiich time he was at Chicopee,
Massachusetts, and one year at Fall River. He final-
ly settled in Suncock, New Hampshire, and was an
overseer in the cotton mills for five years and a
member of the police force for one year. He has
lived retired for several years. In politics he is a
Republican. He joined the Methodist Church in
Lawrence in 1S61. and for forty-five years has been
a worthy member of that church. He is also a
member of the Masonic Order. He married, in
Hooksett, January 16, 1S64, Sarah J. Stanyan. who
w-as born in Chichester, ^larch 10, 1844. She is
the daughter of Dudley and Julia A. (Hillard)
Stanyan, the former a farmer by occupation, and
the latter a native of Pittsfield. They have one
child, Ellen, born in Perkinsville. March 10. 1867,
who married Elmer Pierce, and resides in Epsom.

This family, which is of German origin,
M.ASH now has representatives of the fifth gen-
eration in New England. A grandson
of the founder of the family resides in Suncook.

Peter Mash was born in Germany, in 1783, and
died in Canton. Massachusetts, in 1855, aged seventy-
two. At the age of fifteen he left the fatherland
and came to America to live and enjoy its free in-
stitutions. For years he kept a sailor's boarding
house on or near Haymarket Square, and after-
ward built and occupied a house on North street.
He was also a member of the police force and
kept a grocery store. He was a Democrat, and a
member of the Episcopal Church. His residence in
and about Boston extended over a period of more
than fifty-five years. He married Margaret D.
Wattles, who was born in Norwich. Connecticut, in
1787. aiid died in Canton. Massachusetts, in 1861,
aged seventy-four years. They had children : John,
Peter. Marv and Martha.

(II) Pe'ter (2). second son of Peter (i) and
Margaret D. (Wattles) Mash, was born in Boston

The present branch of the San-
SANSTERRE sterre family is an offshoot of

the Sansterres of Canada, whose
ancestor migrated from France. The meaning of
the name in English is Lackland or Landless.

(I) Jean Sansterre is said to have come from
France and settled in the Province of Quebec, where
he raised a family and died.

(II) Jean, son of Jean Sansterre, was born in
Bolton. Province of Quebec, in 1821, and died
there in 1876. He was a farmer, but being handy
with tools and having a liking for machinery he
preferred to work about cotton mills, where he
was employed a dozen years or more. He removed
with his family to the United States in iS6r, and
resided at Greenville, New Hampshire, the remain-
der of his life. His death occurred while on a visit
to Canada. He married Matilde Dupre. who was
born in Contrecoeur, Province of Quebec, in 1825,
and died in Greenville. New Hampshire, in 1903, '
aged seventy-eight The names of their eleven chil-
dren are : John, Peter, Frank, Doler, Joseph, Elsie,
Delia. Matilda, .Annie. Josephine and Rosie.

(III) Joseph, fifth son and child of Jean and
IMatilde (Dupre) Santcrrc, was born in Bolton,
Province of Quebec, April 17, i860, and came to New
Hampshire with his parents when one year old.
At the age of seven he was put to work in a cotton
mill, and between work and a severe and prolonged
eye trouble he had but little opportunity for edu-
cation. His employment in the mills at Greenville
lasted until he was twenty-seven years old. with the
exception of two years wdien he was a brakeman on
the Fitchburg Railroad, between Greenville and
Boston. In 1S85 he settled in Suncook, and was
employed in the mills until 1SS8, since then has
been engaged in the wholesale and retail liquor
business, doing considerable bottling and supplying

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various light liquors to local consumers. For a
few years past he has been engaged in the lumber
business. He is a member of the Democratic party,
of the Canada-America Society, and of the Foresters
of America. He married, April 15, 1S8.2, Anastasie
Clement, who was born in Kateville, Province of
Quebec, November 14, 1866, daughter of Charles and
Anastasie (Gatameau) Clement, and they had two
children: Doler, born in Suncook, May 31, 1885,
and Aurore, February 24, 1889.

This is an ancient and distinguished
MAGLTRE family name in Ireland. The Ma-
guires supplied chiefs or princes to
Fermanagh from about A. D. 1264, when they sup-
planted the former chieftains and continued in power
till the reign of King James II, of England. They
possessed the tenure of Fermanagh; hence called
"Maguire's Country." Several of the Maguires
were earls of Enniskillen. The ancestor of the clan
w-as Mac Uidhir, anglicized JNIacGwyre, and Ma-
guire.

(I) John Maguire was born near Ennniskillen,
county Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1836. and died in
Suncook, New Hampshire, in 1898, aged sixty-two
years. At the age of fourteen he went to England
with his father's family, and lived at Blackburn,
where he worked in the cotton mills until 1864. He
then came to America and was similarly employed
until 1867, when he removed to Suncook, New
Hampshire, where he passed the remainder of his
life. He worked in the mills of Suncook from 1867
to 1880. He began in England as a spinner, then
became second hand and was overseer of the spin-
ning room a short time before he quit the mills.
For fifteen years. 1880 to 1895, he was in the whole-
sale and retail liquor business in Suncook. He sold
out in the latter year, and was not actively em-
ploved after that time. He was a typical Irish-
man, full of life and wit, and his jolly face and well
rounded figure were well known about Suncook.
He married, in Blackburn, in January, 1860. Maria
Flynn, who was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1843,
daughter of John and Mary Gollaher. of Sligo. who
settled in Blackburn in 1853. She came to America
in 1865, with her children after Mr. Maguire pre-
pared a home for them tn Lawrence. In her early
life she was a weaver in the cotton factories. The
children of this union were : Thomas, Mary A.,
Margaret, Sarah E., John A., and Elizabeth.

Thomas, born in Blackburn, England, in 1S61,
died in Suncook. June, 1904. He was a merchant
in Suncook for twenty years. He married, in 1895,
Alice St. Germain, who was born in Hooksett, Au-
gust 25, 1865. She is the daughter of Joseph and
Ellen (Sullivan) St, Germain. Joseph St. Germain
was born in Mallow, Ireland, 1835. and came to Sun-
cook in 1854. His occupation is bricklaying. His
wife, Ellen, was born in Mallow. Ireland, in 1839,
and came in 1854 to Suncook, w'here she has since
resided. Alice St. Germain received a practical
education in the town schools and Pembroke Acad-
emy, and taught in the Chichester and Pembroke
schools from 1884 to 1890. From the latter date to
1895 she was a bookkeeper in the mills, which po-
sition she has since resumed. Thomas and Alice
Maguire had one child. John Joseph, born in Sun-
cook, June 8, 1896. Mary A., the second child of
John' and Maria F. McGuire, lives with her mother.
Sarah F... married in Suncook, November 13, 1905,
Alphonsc Tetrault. and resides in Suncook. John
A. and Elizabeth died young.

In the chapter of Doomsday
HARTWELL Book, assigned to a description of

military tenures of lands allotted
in Nottinghamshire, England, by William of Nor-
mandy, to his followers, appears the designation of
an allotment bearing the name of "Hertewelle."
Similar records are found in the description of
lands in Bucks and Wilts. Several branches of
these early families, including three or four baronies
and with the name transmuted amid the multi-
farious changes of orthography incident to the
growth and changes of the English language, to
plain Hartwell, have spread over England, more
than one offshoot having found their way to those
counties in Ireland w^ithin the pale, notably about
the time of the wholesale transplanting of Colonists
to that island by Cromwell.

(Ij From some one of these English families
came John Hartwell, who came from England and
settled in Hillsborough nearly one hundred and
forty years ago. He was a farmer and one of the
early members of the Congregational Church of that
town. In political sentiment he was a Democrat.
He married a Miss Curtis, who is said to have been
a native of Irasburg, Vermont. She died in Hills-
borough, about 1852.

(II) William, son of John and (Curtis)

Hartwell. was born in Hillsborough in 1796, and
died there in 1862, aged sixty-si.x. He was a farmer
and carpenter. He was a member of the Methodist
Church, and a Democrat. He married Betsy Wil-
kins, who was born in Irasburg, \'ermont, and
died at the residence of her son Henry in Suncook,
in 1884, at the age of eighty-four. They were the
parents of nine sons and two daughters, among
whom are Henry H., James M., William, Charles
L., and Elizabeth.

(III) Rev. Henry Harrison Hartwell, son of
William and Betsey (Wilkins) Hartwell. was born
in Hillsborough, October 18, 1819. He acquired his
early education in the common schools of Hills-
borough, and at the Henniker Academy, and studied
for the ministry at the seminary at Newbury, Ver-
mont. He was admitted on trial to the New Hamp-
shire conference in 1S40, ordained deacon by Bishop.
Hamline, at Portsmouth, July 14, 1844, and elder by
Bishop Waugh. at Lebanon, May 24, 1846. He be-
gan to preach when the rules of the ^lethodist
Church allowed a pastor to stay but one year at a
place, and the number of stations filled by him are
numerous and w-idely scattered. The list is as
follows : Wilmot circuit and Northfield, 1S40 ; Bristol
circuit, 1841 ; Woodstock circuit, including Thornton,
W'aterville, Campton and Lincoln, 1842 : Sandwich
circuit, including Holderness. Centre Harbor and
Moultonborough, 1843 ; North Haverhill, 1844-45 ;
Lancaster and towns of Upper Coos, 1846-47 ; Ca-
naan, 1848-49; Newmarket. 1850-51; Rochester
circuit, including Milton, Wakefield, Farmington,
Strafford and Barrington. 1852-53: High street.
Great Falls, 1854; Elm street, Manchester, 1855-56;
Chestnut street, Nashua. 1857-58: Gorden street.
Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1859-60: Broadhead
Church, Portsmouth, 1861 : Hooksett, December,
1S61-62; Claremont. 1862-63: Grass Valley, Cali-
fornia, 1864-65: Oakland, California, fall of 1865;
Kingston, briefly, and White Pine district, Novem-
ber, 1866-67. He was located in 1867, and took up
his residence in Suncook. where he has since lived,
his residence being on the AUenstown side of the
river. He was a strong anti-slavery advocate and a
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S40, only $ro of which was cash. His salary aver-
aged for the first eleven years only $290. In the
course of his ministry he has married one thous-
and four hundred and ninety couples. Mr. Hart-
well is now (1906) probably the oldest Methodist
minister in New Hampshire, and in his sixty-six
years in the ministry has been a strong and con-
rincing advocate of religion and the principles of
right and justice. He has ever followed what he
considered the teaching of his Master, and the dis-
tates of his conscience, and has spread the gospel
from the White Hills of New Hampshire to the
western slope of the Sierra Nevada, and into the
torrid desert valleys of Nevada.

In addition to his clerical work he has filled
secular offices, and has been tax collector, select-
man, and for over forty years was justice of the
peace. He is a Mason of the Royal Arch Degree,
was grand chaplain, and was a delegate to the meet-
ing of the Grand Lodge in Baltimore. For some
years he has not been active on account of failing
health and bodily infirmities. From a financial
point of view he has been sivccessful, and owns a
house and outbuildings and several acres of ground
in Allenstown, and a brick block and three tenant
houses.

He married (first). May 31, 1842, Flora Ann,
daughter of Isaac T. Sweatt, of Webster. She died
in Nashua. November 8, 1858, and he married (sec-
ond), April 10, 1861, Mrs. Sarah Hirsch, who was
born in Allenstown. October 3, 1824. daughter of
Major Sterling and Sally (Gault) Sargent, of Sun-
cools, who died in Pembroke, May 19, 1897. (See
Sargent, VI). The children by the first marriage:
Charles H., who was born and died in Newmarket,
Rosanna, who was born in Moultonborough, and
drowned while crossing a lake, in a steamer. Charles
H.. who lives in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he
is engaged in the grocery business. By the second
marriage there was one child. Flora Ann, born in
Clarcmont, May 14, 1862, who married Park Mitch-
ell, of Manchester.

The spelling of this name varies
JOSLYN greatly: Josselyn, Jocelyn, Joscelyn,
Jostlin, Joslin. Joslyn, being some of
the more common forms which are frequently found
among the immigrants of the seventeenth century.
Henry Joslyn. son of Sir Thomas, of Kent, came
to this country about 16.^4 as an agent for Captain
Mason, but he soon left that service, and in 1638
had settled at Black Point, now Scarboro, in
Maine. After the Indian attack on that place, the
inhabitants were compelled to flee, and Henry Jos-
lyn's son Henry settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
John Joslyn, brother of the first Henry, made two
trips to America, and the last time he stayed eight
years with his brother in Scarboro. After his re-
turn to England he published in 1672 his quaint and
cuiinus book, "New England Rarities." Other early
Joclins settled about Boston. Thomas, with his
wife and family, came from London to Hingham
in 1635: and Nathaniel Joslin was a freeman at
Hirgham in 1(173. coming directly from England.

(I) Ginneltron Skinner, son of William Joslyn,
was born in Northfield, Vermont, November 30,
'1836. He had a common school education, and be-
came associated with his father in the drug business
at Colebrook, New Hampshire, under the firm name
of William Joslyn & Son. In 1877 G. S. Joslyn
came to Lebanon and opened a boot and shoe store,
•which he conducted up to the time of his death in

1900. He was a Republican in politics, and attend-
ed the Congregational Church. G. S. Joslyn mar-
ried Susan H. Currier, and they had one child,
Roy Wilder, whose sketch follows. Mr. Joslyn
died July 25. 1900.

(II) Roy Wilder, son of Ginneltron S. and Su-
san (Currier) Joslyn, was born in Colebrook, New
Hampshire, November 3, 1S72. He was educated
in the schools of Lebanon, and learned the carpen-
ter's trade, at which he worked for twelve years.
The first half of the time he was employed by Spen-
cer Brothers, and the last half by Lyman Whipple,
both of Lebanon. -At the death of his father in
1900 he inherited the shoe business, which he has
since conducted with his partner, J. C. Smith. Roy
W. Joslyn is a Republican in politics, and attends
the Congregational Church. He belongs to McKin-
ley Lodge, No. 68. Knights of Pythias, of Lebanon.
He is on the board of water commissioners, and
has been a member of the fire department since
1887. and is now foreman of Hose Company, No. I.

On December 31. 1896, Roy Wilder Joslyn mar-
ried Elizabeth A. Ellis, daughter of James William
and .'^nn Ellis, of Brattleboro, Vermont. They
have two sons : Elmer Roy, born December 20,
1897, and William Edward, bom April 3, 1900.

The name of Anderton is prac-
ANDERTON tically unkno^vn in this country.
-Like many English patronymics,
it seems to belong to the British Isles, exclusively.
(I) Washington, son of Richard and Mary .An-
derton. was born in Lancashire, England, April 2,
1854. He came to America in 1878, and settled in
Dover. New Hampshire. There he took a position
with the Cocheco Manufacturing Company as col-
orist and assistant superintendent. Three years
he was general superintendent of the print works,
a position he held until 1891. He resigned at that
time, and has since been occupied in looking after
his real estate interests. He is a member of the
Strafford Lodge of Masons, and of Belknap Chap-
ter, and Saint Paul's Commandery. He also be-
longs to the Wecohamet Lodge. No. 3, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

He married, September, 1880, Isabelle. a daugh-
ter of Augustus and Lydia (Davis) Richardson, of
Dover, New Hampshire. Three children have been
born of this marriage : Katharine Davis, born
July 21. 18S3. a graduate of the Dover high school;
Ethel Louise, September 23, 1888; and Thomas
Richard. August 15, 1895.

The principal subject of this sketch
BUNNEY is one of the many persons of foreign

birth who have been attracted to the
United States by the superior inducements offered
by their thriving industries and expanding oppor-
tunities.

(I) Henry Bunney was born in the town of
Leicester. England.

(II) Henry, son of Henry Bunney, was born in
Leicester, England, and died there in 1898. He was
a manufacturer and dealer in cut stone. He mar-
ried Anna Rudkin. who was born and died in Leices-
ter. They were the parents of twelve children, sev-
en son and five daughters : Elizabeth, George,
Alice W., Eliza, Sarah, Thomas H., Henry, Fannie,
John. Charles. Joseph and Ann.

(III) Thomas H.. sixth child and second son
of Henry and Anna (Rudkin) Bunney. was born in
Leicester, January 30, 1858. In 1882 he left Eng-

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land and came to America. He settled in Suncook
in 1884. In 1S95 he was made chief of police of
Suncook. and has filled that place to the present
time, and has won praise for the faithful manner
in which he has discharged the duties of his of-
fice. In 1897 he was made a Mason in Jewell Lodge,
of which he has since been worshipful master. He
is a past high priest of Hiram Royal Arch Chapter,
Suncook. a member of Horace Chase Council. Royal
and Select Masters and Mount Hgreb Commandery,
Knights Templar, Concord, and also of the Ancient
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of
Concord, and Pembroke Grange, No. in, of Sun-
cook. Mr. Bunney married in May, 1894, Laura
May Smith, who was born in Manchester, Decem-
ber, 1866. Her father. Earl Smith, was born in
New Ipswich in 1826 and died in Pembroke in 1897.
He married (first) Mary P. Farwell, who was born
in Mason village, and died in Manchester, New
Hampshire: married (second) Laura A. Smith, who
was born in East Knox, Maine; married (third)
Mary Farnum, who was born in Rumford, Maine,
in 1S57. Mrs. Bunney is the only child of her
father who survived infancy.

The name Simmons, Symons, Sim-
SIMMONS ones, or Symondson is the patro-

njanic of one of the very earliest
families which settled in Plymouth Colony, and the
ancestry without doubt came to, this country to
enjoy religious freedom. Moses Simmons, one of
the^ first comers to Plymouth. Massachusetts, who
arrived in the "Fortune" in 1621, was born at Ley-
den, and bore the Dutch name of Symonson or Si-
monson, but early shortened his name to the first
two syllables. He settled at Duxbury. was one of
the original purchasers of Dartmouth, and pro-
prietors of Bridgewater and of Middleborough, but
did not remove^ to either. He probably brought a
wife, but no children are known except Moses and
Thomas, both of whom may have been born here.

(I) Seth Simmons, of Duxbury, who was born

November T5. 1760. married Abigail , who was

born August i, 1773. and had Seth, Abigail and Hi-
ram.

(II) Seth (2) Simmons, eldest child of Seth
(l) and Abigail Simmoiis. was born in Duxbury.
He was a contractor, and lived in Boston. Lie mar-
ried Betsey Miller, born in Pemaquid, Maine,
daughter of Captain Joseph Miller, who was of a
family of seafarers, many of whom were captains of
vessels.

(III) Edward Miller Simmons, son of Seth (2)
and Betsey (Miller) Simmons, was born in Boston,
1840, and died, 1871, aged thirty-one years. He was
a graduate of the Brimmer school, and from school
went into the Bank of the Metropolis in State street,
where he was continuously employed until his
death. He was a partner in the business for one
year with Samuel Way, Asa P. Potter, and F. O.
French. He was a man of fine ability and excel-
lent character, and would doubtless have been a
prominent financier had he survived. He married
Louisa Maria Willard. of Brighton, daughter of
Emery and Irene (Benjamin) Willard of Ashburn-
ham. They were the parents of two children: Wal-
ter Willard, mentioned below, and Irene Louise,
married Professor Arthur L. Williston, of Brook-
lyn. New York, director of science and technology
in Pratt Institute.

(IV) Waller Willard, eldest child and only son
of Edward ]MilIer Simmons, banker, of Boston, and

Louisa Maria, daughter of the late Emery Willard,
of Brighton, Massachusetts, was born in Brighton,
Massachusetts. February 19, 1865. He was edu-
cated in the private and public schools of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, graduating from the Cambridge high
and Latin school, in 1^2. He then entered Har-
vard University, from which he graduated in 1886,
with the degree of A. B. After graduation, he
entered the employ of Henry W. Peabody & Com-
pany of Boston, Australian shipping merchants,
serving them until 1891, when he went to Waltham,
Massachusetts, as assistant paymaster in the mills of
the Boston Manufacturing Company. In 189,^, Mr.
Simmons was offered and accepted the position of
paymaster of the State mills at Manchester, New
Hampshire, which position he has occupied up to
the present time. He was for several years presi-
dent_ of the Manchester Philharmonic Society, and
president of the First Unitarian Society of Manches-
ter. He is a member of the Derryfield Club of
Manchester, and is a Republican in politics.'

Mr. Simmons was a devotee of athletics in his
ocllege days, and is now an energetic man of affairs,
showing in his business methods the value of men-
tal and physical training in his youth. He has
traveled quite extensively both in Europe and .\nier-
ica.

The Matson family is a comparatively
MATSON late addition to the population of

New Hampshire. They are of Scotch
origin and. attracted to the United States by its
superior advantages, after a residence of half a
century in Canada are now doing their part to de-
velop the resources of their adopted country.

(I) Samuel Matson, the immigrant, was born
in Inverness, Scotland, and came to America and
settled in Province of Quebec, where he married

Margaret and raised a family of two sons and

two daughters.

(II) Samuel C, son of Samuel and Margaret
Matson, was born in Cranburn, Dorchester county.
Province of Quebec, Canada. He has been engaged
in farming all his life, and for }'ears had a large
dairy. He also dealt in cattle and took contracts
to get out_ lumber. He has been interested in all
public institutions, especially in schools, and was
for some years a councillor of Cranburn. In iSgi
he removed to Northfield, Vermont, where
he bought a small farm which he now cultivates.
He married, in Cranburn, Margaret McKeage. and
they have eight children: William, Alexander,
Samuel J., George, Thomas J., Jennie Robert and
.Albert.

(III) Samuel J., third son and child of Samuel
and Margaret (McKeage) Matson, was born in
Cranburn. Province of Quebec. Canada, May 9, 1S68.
He resided with his father and worked on the farm
and went to school until he was sixteen years old,
when he went into the forests of Canada and worked
at lumbering winters and followed the logs down in
the spring as a "river-driver" for two years. He
then went to Farmington, Maine, where for two
years he worked on a farm a part of the year and
attended school the remainder. He then began to
learn the trade of stonecutter at Barre, Vermont,
completed his knowledge of the trade, and the fol- ■
lowing four years worked as a journeyman. On ac-
count of the financial depression of 189.-? he went to
Europe and worked at his trade in towns in Eng-
land. Ireland and Scotland, for one year. On his
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in Northficld, Vermont, for a time, but on
account of his health he gave up that employment,
sold out his business, and went to Concord in 1897,
and for two years was clerk in the Commercial
Hotel. The following four years he was manager
of the hotel which he and his brother Thomas J.,
bought in 1903. and have since carried on success-
fully. In politics he is a Republican, and has taken
an interest in public affairs. He has been repeated-
ly a delegate to county and state conventions of his
party, and was also a delegate to the convention to
nominate delegates to the National Republican
Convention in 1904. In 1902 he was elected repre-
sentative to the state legislature. He is a member
of Clan Campbell Lodge, No. 57, of Concord^ of
which -he is a past chief. He married. July 20,
1903, at East Andover. New Hampshire. Mary i\Ic-
Keagee, who was born in Andover. July 18. 1880,
daughter of George and Floda McKeagee, of An-
dover. They have one child, Donald George, born
June 18, 1905.

Irish history records that from
SULLIVAN Fingin. son of Aodh Dubh. King

of Munster, descended the O'Suil-
ebhain family, anglicized O'SuUivan and Sullivan.
All of this name claim descent from the same an-
cestor, Fingin. This name is one of the most prom-
inent in Ireland, and the family, as a whole, is
one of the most prolific. It would be impossible
to estimate with any degree of accuracy the num-
ber of Irish-Americans bearing this name.

(I) ■ John Sullivan, a native of county Kerry,
emigrated in 1849, landing in St. John, New Bruns-
wick, and shortly afterw-ards going to Lowell. Mas-
sachusetts. He was a mason by trade, and a useful
citizen. He married Hannah Harrington, and had
a family of ten children, but two of whom are
now living : Julia J., unmarried ; and John F., both
residents of Nashua.

(II) John Francis, son of John and Hannah
(Harrington) Sullivan, was born in Lowell, Oc-
tober 22, 1853. After concluding his attendance at
the public schools, he was apprenticed to an up-
holsterer, where he remained for three years, at
the expiration of which time he went to Nashua,
and entered the employ of the Jones Mattress Com-
pany. He later learned the machinist's trade, and
after becoming a journeyman entered the employ
of the Priest Manufacturing Company, makers of
shearing machines and clippers, and for the past
thirty-three years has continued w-ith that concern,
twenty-three years of which he has occupied the
responsible position of foreman, supervising the
work of an average of fifty men. Mr. Sullivan is a
member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. He attends the
Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Sullivan married Margaret Harrington,
daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Donavan) Har-
rington, and has had a family of nine children,
eight of whom are living, namely : John A., Mary
E.. Theresa, Nellie, Francis, Julia A.. Anthony and
Edmund.

(I) William Henry Sullivan, born probably in
Boston, Massachusetts, died in Boston about T842.
He married Anna Montgomery, who was born, lived
and died in Boston. They had tw-o children. John
H. and Catherine.

(II) John Henr\-, only son of William H. and
Anna (Montgomery) Sullivan, was born in Bos-
ton, January I, 1842, and died in .Allenstown. New

Hampshire, January 7, 1905, aged sixty-three years.
The death of his father occurred when John was an
infant; and when he \vas ten years old his mother
died. Shortly before the death of his mother, John
left Boston and went to live with I^Irs. Betsy White-
house, with whom he resided until 1870. She gave
him a practical education in the common schools and
at Pembroke Academy, and he taught one term of
school when about twenty-one. He managed her
farm in a skillful manner, until his marriage. At
the same time he began his lumbering business
and he also had charge of the John E.
Lyon farm, which he purchased at the death
of Mr. Li'on. After his marriage he took
charge of the Whittemore brick yards in Pembroke,
and for years was a successful brickmaker. He was
also a surveyor, and surveyed almost every lot in.
the village of Allenstown after he settled there, re-
siding in that village from 1878 until his death, and
during that time assisted many worthy poor people
in and about Allenstown. For years he was exten-
sively engaged in lumbering operations, first with
Brown & Russ, and afterward with James Thomp-
san, and also carried on a large farm. Mr. Sulli-
van was appointed fuel agent of the Concord Rail-
road upon the retirement of Mr. Pillsbury. which
position he held for a number of years, buying as
hig-h as forty thousand cords of wood in a year.
He was a member of the Congregational Church,
and voted the Democratic ticket. In social circles,
in business, and in politics he stood high, and oc-
cupied many positions of trust. He was town treas-
urer and selectman in Pembroke, holding the latter
position five years. After his removal to Allens-
town he was selectman five years, a member of the
school board, justice of the peace, special justice of
the police court, trustee of the pulilic library, and
a member of the constitutional convention from
Allenstown. The Allenstown Public Library is in-
stalled in the spacious residence of Mrs. Sullivan,
and she has been its librarian for ten years.

He married, April s. 1870, Ariannah W. Whitte-
more. who was born in Pembroke. April 23, 1844,
daughter of Judge Aaron and Ariannah Smith
(Barstow) Whittemore, of Pembroke. (See Whitte-
more, XVIII). Five children were born of this
union : Anna Brewster, October 4. 1S71, married
Dr. H. W. Carvelle. and lives in Manchester; one
child. Euphrosyne P. Carvelle. born May 16, 1894.
Adeline Grace, died youn,g. Grace E., March 19,
1879. Arthur Lyon, June 26, 1881, graduated from
the State CoIIe,ge at Durham, in 190T, and is now
employed by the United States government as a
chemist in the treasury department at Washington,
D. C. and Ariannah W., January 2. 1S88, lives at
home.

This family, which is one that has
RODERICK been planted on American terri-
tory in comparatively recent years,

conies to this state like many other worthy lines,

from Canada.

(I) Peter Roderick was born in Scotland, and
(lied in St. Francis. Province of Quebec, Canada.
On settling in St. Francis, he carried on a farm for
some years, and then en,gaged in hotel keeping,
following the latter business until his death.

(II) Loroford, son of Peter Roderick, was
born in Si. Joseph. Province of Quebec, and died
in Compton. August, 1887. He was a blacksmith,
and removed to Augusta. Maine, where he worked
at liis trade and also carried on a farm. After liv-

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ing there some years he returned to Canada. He
married, and had ten children.

(Ill) Louis, son of Loroford Roderick, was
born in St. Joseph, Province of Quebec, April 17,
1852. At the age of thirteen he left home and went
to Northern Vermont, where he worked in winter at
lumbering, returning home in the spring, and as-
sisting his father at Lake St. Francis in taking care
of his sugar crop, which was a matter of consider-
able importance. In 18 — . he went to live in Comp-
ton. and resided there till June 6, 1884, ^"d then
removed to Berlin, New Hampshire. ' At the end
of a year he went to Colorado, where he had a con-
tract with a mine to supply timber. Subsequently
he was engaged in mining at Kokomo, was fore-
man in a smelter, and also a railroad conductor.
-After an absence of some years, he returned to
Berlin, and was employed by the Berlin Mills Corn-
pan}', and was foreman for a year and a half of
the time. In 1887 he began to do stone work on the
contract plan, and built the Burgess mill at River-
side, for the Berlin Mills Company ; the boiler
house for the Boston & Maine Railroad Company,
and a bridge for the Grand Trunk railroad ; a fac-
tory for Governor Goodall, at Antrim : and the tel-
ephone line from Auburn to Berlin, which he con-
tracted to do in three months, and had done in
twenty days. He replaced for the Hillsboroug'h
Electric Light Company the dam across the Con-
toocook river at Hillsborough, which had been taken
out by a flood. He has since done considerable lum-
bering, and now (1907) has two lumber camps and
cultivates two farms. He was representative from
Berlin in the legislature in 1895 and in 1907. He is
a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, and the Independent Order of Foresters.
He married Selina Olivia, and twelve children have
been born of this union. Two^ sons are in business
with their father.

The founder of this family came from
M.ALLOY Ireland some fifty years ago, settling

in northern New Hampshire, and his
sons have not only demonstrated their ability to
"get on" in the world, but are useful and progres-
sive citizens as well.

(I) John Malloy,- born in Galway. Ireland,
about the year 1833. emigrated to this country in
1857 and immediately found employment on the
Grand Trunk railway, which was then in process
of construction. He was a blacksmith by trade,
and when the company's shops were established at
Ciorham he resumed his legitimate calling, making
•frogs and other railroad appliances. In 1S68 these
shops were moved elsewhere, and for the succeeding
three years Mr. Malloy was engaged in farming at
Lancaster and Jefferson. When the mechanical
department of the Grand Trunk road resumed
operations in Gorham in 1871, he returned to his
former occupation, and continued in the company's
employ for over thirty years, or until 1903, when he
retired. Shortly after his arrival in .'\merica he
married Bridget Lydon. who was a passenger with
him from Ireland on the same ship. Mr. and Mrs.
Alalloy, aged seventy-four and seventy-six respect-
ively, are now residing on a small farm in Gorham,
and although the greater portion of their lives have
been spent on this side of tlie ocean, they have re-
tained to a marked degree the sturdy characteristics
of their race. They are the parents of nine children,
two of whom, their fir~t and eighth born, died in
infancy. The others arc: Michael, now a resident

of Berlin, this state. Bridget, who died at the age
of forty years. James, who is now foreman of the
blacksmitliing department of the Berlin Mills Com-
pany, and was a member of the legislature in 1905.
Catherine, who died aged thirty-five years. John,
an employe of the Berlin JNIills Company and a resi-
dent of Gorham. Bartholomew, who died at the
age of nine years. Thomas E., of Gorham.

(II) Thomas Edward, youngest son and child
of John and Bridget (Lydon) Malloy, was born in
Jefferson, September 11, 1871. He attended the
public schools of Gorham and when fifteen years
old entered the employ of the Grand Trunk railway,
assisting in equipping that line with steel rails. The
next winter he returned to school, and during the
following summer season was employed by his
brother Michael, who had charge of constructing
and repairing railroad bridges. He next became a
blacksmith's help'er at the works of the Portland
Machine Company, and for some time was employed
in the manufacture of snow plows for western rail-
ways. .-\fter working another season with his
brother at bridge building he spent seven months as
an apprentice at the tinsmith's trade, which he after-
wards followed for three years in the employ of the
Berlin Mills Company. He then went to Brooklyn,
New York, to learn gas and steam fitting, but find-
ing at the expiration of three months that indoor
employment was undermining his health, he re-
turned to the more invigorating atmosphere of
northern New Hampshire. In 1893 he acquired by
purchase an extensive milk business in Gorham, lo-
cated at the Cascades, a village situated some three
miles from the business centre, and although those
liaving knowledge of the condition of affairs doubted
his ability to continue the business with profit for
more than three months, he carried it on success-
fully for ten years. He also dealt in live stock, in-
cluding horses, and devoted a portion of his time
to carr>'ing on lumbering operations. The milk
farm at' the Cascades, which is still known as the
Malloy place, he sold to good advantage in 1903.

In 1897 Mr. ?iIalloy was stricken with appendi-
citis, his being the first case of this dangerous dis-
ease in the north country, and for a long time he
was a patient at the Maine General Hospital^ in
Portland, returning from that institution a physical
wreck. While recovering his health he varied the
monotony by speculating in livestock, being driven
about in a sleigh from place to place, and as it was
impossible for him to get out of the vehicle, farmers
would bring the cattle from their barns for his in-
spection. This out-of-door life proved conducive
to the accumulation of strength and ultimately
caused his recovery to such an extent as to enable
him to resume business activities. In 1902 he es-
tablished himself in the meat business at Berlin, in
which be admitted his brother Michael to partner-
ship two years later, and in addition to his interest
in that enterprise he owns and carries on a stock
farm of about six hundred atrcs in Randolph, where
he keeps an average of forty head of cattle, also
a number of sheep, and is one of the largest tax-
payers in that town. In 1903 he removed from the
Cascades to his present home in Gorham village.
In politics Mr. Malloy acts with the Democrats.
While not desirous of holding public oflFice be was
persuaded to accept the nomination for representa-
tive to the legislature in 1906, and although Gorham
is strongly Republican he was elected by the largest
majority ever accorded a winning candidate in that
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legitimate principles, no money being expended even
for advertising purposes, and as he is a firm ad-
vocate of temperance and total abstinence, no in-
ducement to voters was offered in the way of liquid
refreshment. He is a member of the Knights of
Columbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters.

In iSq5 lie married Emma Smith, daughter of

Hugh and Catherine (Fitzpatrick) Smith, of Man-

, Chester. Their children are : Walter James, born

August 7, 1900: Thomas Edward, Jr., March 6, 1903;

and Medona. March 8, 1905.

Thomas Dorsey, father of Edward
DORSEY Dorsey, was born in England, from

whence he emigrated to the United
States. From his early years he was familiar with
the manufacture of woolen goods, and in 1852 came
to Manchester, New Hampshire, and was employed
in the Manchester Mills. He married Emeline
Davis, of Thomaston. Maine, who bore him five
children, four of whom are living:. Charles H.,
Almira, Flora and Edward.

Edward Dorsey, son of Thomas and Emeline
(Davis) Dorsey, was born in Danvers, 1849. He
obtained his education in the common schools of
Manchester, and at seventeen years of age went to
Great Falls, where he accepted a position in the
woolen mills, and by close application and efficiency
gradually advanced himself. He then went to
Watertown or Newton, remained there a number of
years, and was overseer of a cording room. Later
he removed to Needham, Massachusetts, and be-
came superintendent of the Hosiery Mill, and con-
tinued thus employed for a number of years. His
next move was to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where
he was engaged in the manufacture of fancy knit
goods, and in 1873 went to Everett, Massachusetts,
and established the Everett Knitting Works for the
manufacture of underwear. George A. Leyton being
the president and Edward Dorsey the treasurer. In
1892 Mr. Dorsev assisted in organizing the Elliott
Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, of which he was agent for a number of years,
and of vv'hich he has been president and general
manager since igoj. Mr. Dorsey's knowledge of
material and processes of manufacture, and his
executive ability have enabled him to rise from the
position of a common laborer in the textile industry
to his present post of responsibility. Mr. Dorsey
is a Mason, having been initiated into the order in
Constellation Lodge of Needham, Massachusetts, and
now a member of Parker Chapter, of Natick, Mass-
achusetts ; the Council at Plymouth, New Hamp-
shire, and Trinity Commandery. of Manchester. He
is also a member of Bektash Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine, of Con-
cord, and of the Deerfield Club.

Mr. Dorsey married. November 9, 1869, Sarah
Gadd, born in Graceland, Massachusetts. 1850.
daughter of William and Margaret (Coffin") Gadd.
the former a native of England, and the latter of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs, Dor-
sev had four children: Emma, born i8"T. wife of
Charles Hall, of Manchester. Alice, born 1873,
wife of J. A. Marshall, of Manchester, and they
have two children: Dorothy and one other. Maud,
died aged eighteen vears. William.

In every one of the New England
HOLISIES states the family name of Holmes has
been known since the time of the col-
onies and some of its branches trace their ancestors

to the days of the Puritans. The people by the
name of Holmes in New Hampshire came largely
from the Massachusetts branches of the family, but
are not all descended from the same ancestral head.
In this state are several distinct families ofHolraeses
and they are found in almost every county and
town.

(I) The first of this line of whom definite rec-
ord appears in the vital statistics of New Hamp-
shire was Joshua Holmes, born December 3, 1739.
His wife Abigail was born February 4. 173S, and
they were married December 23, 1757, in Barring-
ton, New Hampshire, where all these records ap-
pear. There is nothing, however, to show the par-
entage of either, or the place of their birth. Their
children were : Hannah, Ephraim, Joseph and
Joshua: all born in Harrington.

(II) Joshua (2), youngest child of Joshua (i)
and Abigail Holmes, was born January 17, 1768, in
Harrington, New Plampshire. and died about 1848.
No record of his death appears in the vital statis-
tics. He was by trade a carpenter, and became a
manufacturer of plows. Pie was at one time en-
gaged in farming in Rochester, New Hampshire,
and spent the latter years of his life in Randolph.
Coos county. He indorsed a note for a trader in
Rochester, and was obliged to dispose of his farm
to meet the obligation, and in 1828 he removed to
Randolph and bought a tract of forest land which
he cleared up and developed a fine farm. He mar-
ried Mary (Polly) Cater, daughter of John Cater,
of Barrin.gton. Their children were all born in
Rochester, namely : Noah. Susan. Mary H., Betsy
C, Hiram, .\bigai!, John O, and Joseph.

(III) Joseph, youngest child of Joshua (2)
and Mary (Cater) Holmes,, was born December 2,
iSi2. in Rochester, New Hampshire, and died June
II, 1882, in Nottingham, New Hampshire. He was
about sixteen years of age when his parents re-
moved to Randolph, where he refided until 1848,
when he removed to Dover, New Hampshire, and
seven years later to Nottingham, and seven years
later to Chichester; subsequently returning to Not-
tingham, where he died. He became a millwright
by trade, and engaged to a considerable extent in
liimbering. He was a man of upright character and
most temperate habits, and was respected and es-
teemed as an industrious and worthy citizen. Soon
after his marriage he went into the timbered coun-
try, built a log cabin and began life in practically
the same manner as did his ancestors one hundred
years before him. His marriage intentions were
published September 10, 183T, and on the 20th of
the same month he was married to Sophia Stevens,
daughter of Asa Stevens. She was born in Sweden.
Maine, December 15, 1807, and died in the town of
Epsom, New Hampshire, Fc,bruary 17, 1893. They
were the parents of ten children, namely: Charles
P., born March 4, 1833, married Arvilla H. Foss,
November ,10. i8.i4. Julia .'\nn. born June il, 1834,
married (first) Moses W. Wentworth. July 19,
1855: (second) Jacob S. Wentworth, August, 1862.
Rosalia D., born March 18, t8,^6, married William
H. Gilpatrick, November 27, 1856, died November 2.
1865. Hiram A., born .August 14 1837, mentioned
below. Calvin .•\., born June 19. 1839, died Novem-
ber ,^. 1850. William I., born April 11, 1841. mar-
ried Louise A. Mills, June 23, 1865. Abbie M.. born
August 2, 1844, married James A. Reed, January
14, 1S69. Mary E. M., born March 8, 1847. married
George E. Warren, November 4, 186S. Joseph A..
born Jime 30. 1849, died April i, 1S67. Horace J.,

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born February 9, 1S51, married (first) Laura P.
Martin, November 6, 1S69; (second) Emmogene
Hale, November. 1901, who died July 6, 1904;
(third), Gertrude E. Platts, September 4, 1907.

(IV) Hiram A._, fourth child and second son
of Joseph and Sophia (Stevens) Holmes, was born
in the town of Randolph, New Hampshire, August
14. 1S37, and since early young manhood has been a
millwright, following the occupation of his father.
When a boy he attended district school in Dover,
New Hampshire, but at the age of about fifteen left
school and learned the carpenter's trade, and
worked at it until he was about twenty-tw'o years
old. He lived in Nottingham, New Hampshire,
until he was married, then lived two years in Con-
cord and afterward moved to Epsom, Merrimack
county, New Hampshire, where he has lived since
1865, a period of more than forty years. During
his long residence at Epsom he has been an indus-
trious, hard working man, and by his own personal
eflfort has succeeded in establishing himself in
comfortable circumstances. When he first came to
the town he located on what is now known as the
Locke place, lived there seven years and in 1874
built for himself in that part of the town now known
as Gossville, where his lands comprise seven acres.
Besides this he owns seven acres of woodland in
another part of Epsom, and about fifty acres in the
town of Northwood. In politics he is a Democrat,
and has held the offices of town treasurer, and nomi-
nated for all town offices, including representative.

Mr. Holmes has been married twice. He mar-
ried (first), March 30, 1863. Caroline A. Yeaton,
who was born in Epsom in 1S42. He married (sec-
ond), January 14. 1903. Sarah N. Wallace, who was
born in Ep^om. August 7, 1857. daughter of John
and Sarah H. Wallace. John Wallace -vvas born in
Deerfield. New Hampshire, in 1807. and died in
Epsom in 1876. His wife Sarah was born in Epsom
in 182: and died in that town in 1S99. Children of
Hiram A. and Caroline A. (Yeaton) Holmes:
Fred H., born November 3, 1866, in Epsom, died in
infancy. Eliza Jane, February 3, 1868, married
Horace B. Sherbum. Bert E., February 13, 1872, in
Epsom, died at the age of eighteen years. Waldo
A., August 2, 1874, iu Epsom, married Emma
Knowles and resides in Penacook, New Hamp-
shire. Carl Y., in Epsom, December 5, 1889.

The principal subject of the following
HOLMES sketch, though beginning with noth-
ing but the ability with which nature
endowed him, is now one of the leading men in the
part of the state in which he resides.

William Holmes, says Dearborn's History of
Salisbury "was bom at Hopkinton, April 4, 1818,
and at the annual meeting in 1821, was struck off to
the lowest bidder as a town pauper, this occurring
for a number of years. Each season found him
with a new master, and until well into his 'teens'
he had no school advantages. Without the in-
fluence and care of a mother's love his" life v,as a
hard one. until 1830. when he went to Salisbury,
making his home with Lieutenant Benjamin Pettcn-
gill, whose farm he cventally purchased and there
continued. He built the saw-mill on the old Wilder
and Bowers dam (part of which was originally a
beaver dam), sawing annually 50OJOOO feet of lum-
ber." After his purchase of the Heath farm (in
1840) he lived there until 1853, when he bought and
occupied land about a mile east of Salisbury Village.
He rapidly acquired land and about 1898 owned

about two thousand acres, mostly timber lands
eight hundred acres of which he cultivated. He
took a prominent part in all enterprises of interest
to the town, having contributed the lumber for the
addition to the academy, also giving personal and
pecuniary aid in establishing the Salisbury Tele-
graph, and presented the first school flag to the town
of Salisbury. In 1898 he sold his interests in Salis-
bury and moved to Sutton, where he resided two
years, and then moved to Sanbornton, where he died
Nov. 17, 1906. In politics he was a staunch Re-
publican.

He married. March 12, 1841, Mehitable Jane
Johnson, born in Sutton, December 11, 1822, daugh-
ter of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Hildreth) Sutton, of
Salisbury. (See Johnson). Eight children were
born to them : I. George, born October 18, 1843. mar-
ried, June 5. 1867, Orissa M. Dearborn, at Tilton,
and lives at Huron, South Dakota. 2. Dorothy A.,
born February 17, 1847, married Solomon Greeley,
deceased ; his widow resides in Franklin. 3. Charles
C, more fully mentioned below. 4, Curtis D., born
September 2, 1852, married, 1874. Mary E. Smith,
born at Enfield, July 3. 1857. resides in Salisbury.
5. Enuna J., born August 10, 1855, married, January
14, 1S72, Henry M. Weeks, and resides at Eskridge,
Kansas. 6. Nellie M., born March 8. 1857. married,
August 31, i88r, Howard E. Dearborn, and resides
in Salisburx'. 7. William J., born June 23, 1867,
married, in 1888. Naomi Shaw. 8. Leland, born May
9, 1870, resides in Boscawen.

Charles Carroll, third child and second son of
William and Mehitable J. Holmes, was born in
Salisbury, October 17, 1850. He obtained his edu-
cation in the common schools, and early began farm-
ing and lumbering, in which he has ever since been
engaged. He bought of his father in 1870 the farm
upon which he recently lived, and with his father
erected the house he occupied. He is owner of five
hundred acres of land, much of which is covered
with timber, which if cut would yield one million
five hundred thousand feet of lumber. In connec-
tion with his business he owns and operates a saw-
mill. In political faith he is a Republican. He is
a member of the Congregational Society and at-
tends the church of that denomination. Air.
Holmes is a prosperous citizen and a man of suli-
stance, whose influence for good is felt in the com-
munity.

He married (first), May 8, 1878, Mary A. Wad-
leigh. born in Sutton, March 16, 1847, adopted
daughter of Erastus and Olivia \A'ad]eigh, and
daughter of John Ellis. She died April 20, 18S0.
He married (second). December 23. 1885, Helen
Low, born in Warner. New Hampshire, October 18.
1854, daughter of Seth and Flora (Eastman) Low.
They have children : Clara, born April 27,
1887. died October 13. 1892. Harold L.. born June
9, 1888. Viva May, born October 11. 1889.

This name is said to have been made
JACKSON up of two words: Jack and Son,

and probably designated a metal
worker. There were two early immigrants of the
name, namely : Deacon John and Edward, who were
the sons of Christopher Jackson, of London, and,
according to the records, both were born in 1602.
They settled in Cambridge Village (now Newton,
Massachusetts), and the majority nf th.e New Eng-
land Jacksons are their posterity. Forty-four of the
descendants of Edward Jackson served in the
Revolutionary war.

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(I) Willard Jackson was born May I. 1S04.
He resided in Winchester, where he followed agri-
culture with prosperity for the greater part of his
life. His death occurred in Winchester. October
18, 18S9. He married Frinda Cook, also of Win-
chester, and their children were: Jane; Andrew;
George ; Carlos, who died in infancy ; Charles,
Delos. Frank and Warren.

(H) Charles Jackson, son of Willard and
Frinda (Cook) Jackson, was born in Winchester,
October 25, 1837. His educational opportunities
were confined to the public schools of his native
town, and upon the completion of his studies he
turned his attention to general farming, which con-
stituted his principal occupation through life. He
also undertook contracts in stone masonry, a trade
which he mastered. Latterly he had lumbering in-
terests to some extent. He was an able agriculturist
and a citizen of unsullied integrity who enjoyed
the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. The
Jackson residence is one of the handsomest in town.
In politics he supported the Democratic party and
in 1893 be served with ability as highway commis-
sioner. In his religious belief he was a Universalist.
He died at his home in Winchester, May ir, 1S96.

On July I, 1857, Mr. Jackson was joined in mar-
riage with Sarah L. Thayer (see Thayer, VIII).
The children of this union are : Burton C. born in
Chesterfield, New Hampshire, June 11, 1858; Clay-
ton Eugene, born in Richmond, New Hampshire,
Februarj' 3. i860, died October 20, igoo; Olin Delos,
born in Windhall, Vermont. September 22, 1863 ;
Eddie Eudell, born in Windhall, Vermont, June 26,
1865 ; Ernest Julian, born in Winchester, December
25. 1867 ; Sarah Lois, born in Winchester, May 22,
1870. died October 23, 1905 ; Frank T., born in Win-
chester, September 30. 1875 ; and Forest L., born in
W'inchester, June 19, 1883, died March 6, 1903.

(Ill) Lavinia Jellison. eighth child and third
daughter of Stephen and Mary G.^ (Fife) Fife, was
born June 27, 1829, and married, November 29, 1S55,
Samuel S. Cass. (See Cass, V).

This is an old and honored Scotch name
FIFE which has not a large number of repre-
sentatives in this country. It was brought
among the sturdy pioneers of southern New Hamp-
shire who came from northern Ireland and are
called "Scotch-Irish."

(I) John Fife was an early settler of Pem-
broke, taking a deed of land April 3, 1738. His
name appears on petitions in 1747. and on the As-
sociation Test in 1776. His children were : James
and William.

(II) James, son of John Fife, was born in
1740, and died in Pembroke, June i, 1824. His
first wife's name was Sarah. He married (second).
May 4, 1790, Abiah Holt, who was born in 1765, and
died November 2, 1835. She was the daughter of
Nathan and Sarah (Chamberlain) Holt, of Pem-
broke. Nathan was a Revolutionary soldier and a
descendant of very early Andover. Massachusetts,
pioneers. Their children were : Jeniiy, Abigail,
Mary, James, Thomas. Sally, Stephen, Wyman, John
William, Hamilton, Phebe and Lydia.

(II) Stephen, seventh child and third son of
James and Abiah (Holt) Fife, was born in Pem-
broke, February 8, 1791, and died April 19, 1868.
He resided in Pembroke and Chiche=ter. He mar-
ried, June 9, 1814, Mary G. Fife, who was born June
6, 1792, and died March 21, 1872. daughter of James
Martin and Lucretia (Richardson) Fife. Their
children were : Mary, Emily, Thomas, Norris,
James, John Hamilton, James Wyman, Lavinia
Jellison, Reuben Swain, Benjamin Randall and
Lydia Jane.

The immigrant ancestor of this family
DEVLIN came to the United States in the first
half of the last century.

John Edward Devlin was born in Manchester,
England, 1820. and died in Greenfield, Massachu-
setts. March 21, 1S88, aged sixty-eight years. When
an infant he was brought by his parents to America
and settled in Brooklyn, New York. He was an
importer of Mediterranean products, in which he
carried on a large and profitable trade. He was the
owner of a small fleet of ships, several of which
were clippers. .A.mong these were the "Daphne."
which held her time record in her day for a trans-
Atlantic voyage under sails. He was a successful
business man and left at his death an ample for-
tune. He married Martha J. Day, who was born
in Rovalton, Vermont, 1828. and died in Greenfield,
Massachusetts, igo2. iShe was the daughter of
Ebenezer and Polly (Robinson) Day. (See Day
book). Children of Mr. and Mrs. Day were:
Laura, Elizabeth, Martha J., Alfred and Albert.

John Edward (2) Devlin, son of John Edward
(i) and Martha J. (Day) Devlin, was born in
Brooklyn, New York, April 11, 1851. In infancy
he accompanied his parents abroad, and was edu-
cated in France and this country. Trouble with his
eyes compelled him to abandon study, and at fifteen
years of age he entered his father's counting house
"in New York, where he remained until 1878. In
that year he went to Colorado, remaining until 1S86,
and returned to the East on account of the failing
health of his father. He married Mary Eliza Davis,
in 1872: she was born in Boston, Massachusetts, m
September, 1851, daughter of Adolphus and Mary
R. (Draper) Davis, of Arlington. Massachusetts.
Two children have been born of this union: Mar-
jory Standish. who married Francis J. Moors, and
John Edward, who died December 21, 1903, aged
twentv-six vears.

Fred Clarence Buxton, second child
BUXTON of Joseph and Rhoda A. (Kimball)

Buxton, was born in Salem, June 12,
1859. I-Te obtained his early education in the public
schools of Salem, and afterward attended Pinkerfon
Academy, at Derry, and Atkinson Academy. _ After
working' for a time' at shoemaking he engaged in 1880
in mercantile business, starting as a clerk in a grocery
store at Salem Depot, and working a year. He then
formed a partnership with Frank D. Wilson under
the firm name of Buxton & Wilson, After a short
time he purchased his partner's^ interest and con-
tinued the business as sole proprietor for a number
of years, carrying a general stock of merchandise
and receiving a liberal patronage. In 1892 he opened
a liverv stable which he operated until 1900, and
then sold out. Lie bought and sold carriages and
harness, and for a number of years dealt in all
kinds of grain. Realizing the need of a drug store
at Salem he fitted up one, rented it for a time and
finally disposed of it. In 18S8 he was appointed
postmaster at Salem Depot, and with the exception
of the time covered by the two Cleveland adminis-
trations has since filled that, place. He was ap-
pointed agent of the Bell Telephone Company
when there was but one line to Lawrence, Massachu-
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lines to Lawrence. He is one of the three proprie-
tors of the Rockingham Hotel, one of the best
equipped hosteh'ies in the state, is a director in the
Salem Light. Heat & Power Company, treasurer of
the Salem Water Works Company, and is serving
as express agent, having acted in that capacity six-
teen years. In politics he is a Republican, and has
filled the offices of selectman one year, tax collector
one year, and town treasurer one year. He is a
member of the following named orders : Spicket
Lodge, No. 85, Free and Accepted JMasons, of
Salem Centre; Monadnock Lodge, No. 145, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lawrence. Mass-
achusetts: Granite Colony. No. 11. LInited Order
of Pilgrim Fathers, of Salem Depot; Enterprise
Grange, No. 281. Patrons of Husbandry, of Salem
Centre. Mr. Buxton was married in Salem, No-
vember 27, 1887, to Etta S. Tilton, who was born in
Ravmond, New Hampshire, daughter of Rufus A.
and Mehitable P. (Towie) Tilton. Mrs. Buxton
is descended as follows :

(I) Joseph Tilton. who was born in iSoi, son
of Samuel Tilton, married Susan Stickney, who was
born in Epping. New Hampshire, about iSoi, and
died in Kittery. The children of this union, all of
whom lived to grow up, were : Atwood, Elvira,
Lydia. JefTerson, Rufus A.. George and Elizabeth.

(li) Rufus A., fifth child and third son of
Joseph and Susan (Stickney) Tilton, was born in
Weld. Maine, March 4. i8,^6. He was educated in
the common schools, learned the trade of shoemaker
in Raymond, New Hampshire, beginning at the age
of thirteen years, and worked at it until 1861. In
1867 he removed to Salem Depot. New Hampshire,
and for twenty years was railroad station agent at
that place. Having a leave of absence he went to
New York, remained there two months, and during
that time was the first passenger conductor on the
Dutchess & Columbia County railroad in New York,
and had .charge of the first passenger train which
ran over it in 1870. He was a member of the regi-
mental band of the Fifth New Hampshire Regiment,
in which he served ten months, and was discharged
hy act of congress when all the regimental bands
were discharged. In politics he is a Republican, and
filled the office of representative in 1895 and IQ05.
He was a charter member of Spicket Lodge. No.
8.'. Free and Accepted Masons, of Salem, New
Hampshire. Mr. Tilton married, 1854. at Raymond,
New Hampshire. Mehitable P. Towle. who was
horn in Candia. February 2. l8,s.=i, daughter of Jesse
and Nancy (Smith) Towle. Two children were
horn of this union: Frank A., who is the general
yardmaster of the south terminal in Boston : Etta
S., wife of Fred Clarence Buxton. Mr. and Mrs.
Buxton have one son. Harold Tilton. born Febru-
ary 22. 1896.

This name is probably derived from
GIRARD Gerhard, of French origin. Paul Ger-
hard fled from France in 16S0 at the
time of the Huguenot persecution, and established
himself in Germanv. His son Frederick, born in
1714. emigrated to Philadelphia in 1739. He settled
in Heidelberg township and joined the Moravian
Church. Many of his descendants live in the Mid-
dle States. As the present family emigrated to this
country during the nineteenth century, they have no
connection with those who are descended from
earlier settlers.

(I) William Girard was born in the Island of
Guernsey and came to Canada before 1850. He was

prominent in local politics. His wife was Catherine
Alorris, and they had twelve children.

(II) Charles Patrick, son of William and
Catherine (Morris) Girard, was born at Point St.
Peter. Canada. He is a boat builder and fisherman,
and does some farming. He is interested in local
politics, and has been inspector of schools for
several years. He married Mary, daughter of John
O'Hair, and they had nine children: Elias, who
lives at Franklin Falls, New Hampshire. Edmond,
who is located in Montreal. Jerome, who lives- at
home. Henry Randolph, whose sketch follows.
Edward E., who lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Maxam A., who is in the west. Philip E., who is at
home. Alice T., who died in infancy. Melissa,
who is the only girl at home.

(III) Henry Randolph, fourth son and child
of Charles Patrick and Mary (O'Hair) Girard, was
born at Point St. Peter, Canada, July 15. 1865. He
had few early advantages for an education, and in
1888 came to Stark, New Hampshire, where he
worked one winter as cook's helper for the Percy
Lumber Company. The next winter he was cook,
and then Mr. George M. Smith put him into the
store. He worked there as clerk for eleven years,
and in 1899 he and Mr. Smith bought the store from
the company, and Mr. Girard has been manager
ever since. The firm is known as H. R. Girard &
Company. Mr. Smith being a silent partner. Mr.
Girard. beside conducting his mercantile business, is
interested in the Ammonoosuc Telephone Company.
of which he serves as secretary. He is secretary of
the Democratic committee of Stark, and has been
town clerk every year since 1898. He belongs to
the Grange, and to the Independent Order of For-
esters, and is a bright man who ha? made his own
wav in the world, and is a credit to himself and the
town. On October 18. 1898, he married Ellen Tol-
len. daughter of John and Ellen (McCaffrey)
Tollen. of Groveton. New Hampshire, who died in
1902. There were no children.

James Simpkins, son of Moses
SIMPKINS Simpkins, a native of Gloucester.
England, was also born in that
town. He was occupied as a railroad inspector for
fortv years, and was highly esteemed in the com-
munity in which he lived. In religious belief he
was a Dissenter, for sixty years, and died in Au-
gust, 1902. at the age of eighty years. He married
Caroline Blucher and had thirteen children.

Joseph Levy, son of James and Caroline
(Blucher) Simpkins. was born in Wiltshire. Eng-
land. February 9, 1852. He emigrated to America
with two sisters and two brothers in 1890, and set-
tled in Dover, New Hampshire. He came to New
York City, found work as a machinist, but shortly
afterward removed to Manchester, New Hampshire,
where he found employment in the Alanchester
Print Works as a common operative. His faithful
and intelligent performance of all the duties as-
signed to him earned for him rapid advancement
until he was promoted to his present position of
trust and responsibilit}', that of overseer in the
bleaching department of the Manchester Print
Works. He has charge of one hundred and seventy
men. and as he is possessed of great executive
ability and a systematic and methodical manner of
conducting affairs, his department is a model in
many respects. Before coming to America he was
a Liberal in politics, and was a prominent speaker
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publican and has been a member of the legislature,
of the common council, and is affiliated with the
order of Free and Accepted Masons. He married
Millicent Thornell, daughter of Samuel Thornell,
of Derbyshire, England. Their children are: Flor-
ence and Howard.

of this union. He is now in the theatrical business
in New York City. He married (second) in 1904.
Sarah Morean, of Waterville. Maine.

Within thirty years, since the influx of
COTE foreigners to fill the demand for help in

the factories of New England, nearly one
hundred thousand Canadian French have settled in
Ngw Hampshire, many of whom have become pros-
perous, respected and leading citizens. Among
them are the members of the Cote family.

(I) Joseph Cote, son of Augustin and Mar-
guerite Carrot Dite Marquis Cote, was born in
Beauport, Province of Quebec, Canada, October 11,
1S30, and died in Waterville, Maine, January 17,
1886. For years he was engaged in the lumber and
grocery business in Canada. In 1874 he went with
his fariiily to Lewiston, Maine, where he was a clerk
in a shoe store, and afterward in a grocery, and
finally opened a collection office and made collecting
his business for a number of years. After spending
a year in Berlin, New Hampshire, he went to
Waterville, Maine, in l88i. He married Adelaide
Fontaine, November 22, 1858, daughter of Abraham
and Marceline Fontaine, of Sault Montmorency,
Province of Quebec.

(H) Louis Joseph Cote, son of Joseph and
Adelaide (Fontaine) Cote, was born in Sault Mont-
morency. Province of Quebec, Canada, August 26,
1859. After acquiring a fair common school edu-
cation, he became a clerk in a grocery store in
Quebec. In 1874 he accompanied his father to
Lewiston, Maine, and was employed as a clerk in a
drug store until 1880, when he went to Berlin, New
Hampshire. There he opened the first drug store
in the village for Dr. Henry Marble, and carried on
a grocery store for himself, he being the first to
open a store in the town. The following year he
went to Waterville, Maine, and at dit^'erent times
operated a drug store, a grocery store, a bakery, and
a dry goods and millinery store, and for a time he
was also in the real estate business. In 1893 he re-
turned to Berlin and now has three drug stores,
owns a large milk farm, and carries on a real estate
business. He has been a very active and success-
ful business man, and is now the largest individual
real estate owner and taxpayer in the city. His
interest in promoting the growth of the town and
bringing in manufacturing concerns has always been
keen, and in all public questions he has a voice.
For ten years he has been a member of the board of
trade, and is now (1907) its president. In politics
he is a Republican, but cares nothing about public
office holding, preferring rather to assist in electing
sofne other reliable man to the place. Mr. Cote is
the architect of his own fortunes; possessing a clear
brain and an active mind, he has been able to create
opportunities which has enabled him to become one
of the financial men of northern New Hampshire.
He is a member of Berlin Lodge. No. 89, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Berlin Lodge. No.
23, Knights of Pythias: Portland Lodge, No. 188,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Port-
land, Maine ; Berlin Tribe, No. 42, Improved Order
of Red Men; the Grange; Berlin Eyrie, No. 1464,
Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Canado-Amer-
ican Society. He married (first), in 1883, Sarah
Herbert, who was born in Waterville, and died in
Waterville, 1892. One son, Louis Joseph, was born

This family was founded in Amer-
CULHANE ica during the first half of the last

century by an Irish Catholic immi-
grant, and a son of the latter established his home
in the Granite State.

(I) John Culhane, a native of the county of
Limerick, Ireland, and a miner by occupation, came
to the United States in 1828, settling in Roslin,
New York. He was accompanied from the old
country by his wife, whose maiden name was Jane
Culhane, and at least one son.

(II) Patrick, son of John and Jane (Culhane)
Culhane, was born in county Limerick, September
30, 1825. Having adopted his father's calling he
came to Shelburne, New Hampshire, when eighteen
years old, and for some time was employed in the
"lead mines of that locality. He afterwards drove
the stage from the Glen to the Alpine House, Gor-
ham. His death occurred April I. 1888. Politically
he was a Democrat, and in his religious, belief he
favored the Catholics, but his children were brought
up Protestants. He married Judith Ann Emery,
daughter of Enoch Emery, of Fryeburg, Maine,
and she died September 24, 1897. Of this union
there were five children, all but one of whom lived
to maturity, but only two. namely, Caroline I. and
James T., ever married. The former, who became
the wife of Thomas F. Kendall, died May 21, 1S86.
John P. died December 20, 1861 ; Florilla S., Octo-
ber 7. 1875, and Ida J., February 8, 1891.

(III) James Thomas, son of Patrick and Judith
Ann (Emery) Culhane, was born in that part of
Gorham which is known as Martin's Grant, March
22, 1S59. He pursued the regular branches of study
taught in the public schools of Gorham, and com-
pleted his education with a commercial course at
Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New
York. He was subsequently for a time engaged in
educational work, teaching schools in Dummer and
Milan, this state, and was later employed in the
manufacture of lumber. In 1865 he accepted the
position of baggage-master at the Grand Trunk
Railway station in Gorham, and retained it for two
years. ' In 1888 he entered the railway postal
service as a clerk, running from Portland, Maine,
to Island Pond, Vermont, and is still serving in
that capacity. In politics Mr. Culhane acts with
the Democratic party, and for a period of six years
has served upon the Gorham school board. He is
a Master Alason, belonging to the Blue Lodge in
Gorham. and is also a member of the local lodge of
Odd Fellows. He attends the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He married Addie H. EUingwood, daugh-
ter of I. H. EUingwood. of Milan, and their chil-
dren are Harry A. and Phyllis C.

The Corcorans of the south of
CORCORAN Ireland are of ancient and honor-
able lineage. They have long
been noted for their intellectual attainments, and
several of this name have acquired distinction on
both sides of the Atlantic.

(I) Dennis Corcoran was a native of County
Cork, Ireland, and when a young man he engaged
in the manufacture of oat meal. He came to Amer-
ica in 1850, when emigration from Ireland to the
United States was at . its height, resulting froni
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the tenant farmers, and he settled in Manchester.
He was an industrious and useful citizen, and sin-
cerely devoted to the moral welfare of his famify.
The maiden name of his wife was Julia Cussan, who
was also a native of County Cork, and he was the
father of six children.

(II) Thomas Corcoran, son of Dennis and Julia
(Cussan) Corcoran, was born in County Cork
1830. He acquired the advantages of a good edu-
cation, which was completed at the Dublin (Ireland)
Normal School, and turning his attention to educa-
tional pursuits he became a school teacher in Cork
of recognized proficiency. In 1855 he emigrated to
America, where a broader and much more congen-
ial field of usefulness was open to him, locating in
Manchester resumed his profession under exceed-
ingly encouraging circumstances. Having taught a
private school for some time with excellent results,
he joined the force of instructors in the Manchester
public schools, but his services were finally secured
for one of the Catholic parochial schools, and he
remained there until his retirement, which took place
some thirteen years ago. The value of Mr. Corcor-
an's thirty-eight years of strenuous educational
work cannot be to highly estimated, and to the
large number of pupils who were prepared for the
activities of life and sent forward upon the right
road under his guidance, he is recognized as the
"grand old man" of Manchester. Although nearly
an octegenarian he is still active both physically and
mentally, and has the appearance of a much younger
man. In his religious faith he is a Roman Catholic
and worships at St, .Anne's Church. Mr. Corcoran
married Miss Margaret M. Cunningham, daughter
of John Cunningham. Of six children born to this
union two died young. The others are: Walter
Jerome Corcoran, M. D., of Brooklyn, New York ;
Rev. Joseph Corcoran, a Roman Catholic clergyman,
noted preacher and editor of the Guidon; Mary J.,
principal of the Willson Street school, whose re-
cent death was the cause of general regret ; and
Annie M., who is residing at home.

The Walches were by the Irish called
\V.\LCH Branaghs, from "Breatnach," which

signifies a, Briton, as they originally
came from Wales with Strongbow and his fol-
lowers. They therefore got extensive possessions in
Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford and Carlow ; and
held the office of seneschal of Leinster, under the
successors of Strongbow. The family has been
numerously represented in the United States from
early times.

(I) John Walch married Mary Whetstone and
resided in Barnstead, New Hampshire.

(II) Ephraim, son of John and Mary (Whetstone)
Walch, was born in Barnstead in 1793. He married
Mary Kcniston.

(III) James E., son of Ephraim and IMary
(Keniston) Walch. was born in Barnstead, June
20. 1830, and died in Hollis, August 20, 1902, aged
seventy-two years. He learned the machinist's
trade and worked at Lowell. Mas'iachusetts. He
was also a stationary engineer, and followed that
calling at Lowell and Nashua and other points for
many years. In the later years of his life he was
a farmer, for four years next preceeding his death
he lived with his son C. E. He was a member of the
Congregational Church. He married Susan M.
Beaman, of Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1S49. She was
born April 8, 1831. They had ten children: Luella
C. married F. .\. Chamberlain, of Hudson; Clar-

ence E. ; Emily B., married T. F. Clement, of Hol-
lis; Flora, married B. R. Hutchinson, of Merrimack;
Frank A., a grocer at Nashua; George L., deceased;
Walter M., of Maiden, Massachusetts ; James A.,
of Hollis ; Susie, married W. T. Bowen. of Lynde-
boro ; and Annie, married (first) Burton Farley, of
Reed's Ferry, and (second) W. J. Blood, of Hudson.
(IV; Clarence Edward, second child of James
E. and Susan M. (Beaman) Walch, was born in
Lowell; Massachusetts, January 5. 1853, and was ed-
ucated in Litchfield. In 1885 he settled in Hudson
Center, where he has since lived. He was engaged
in the furniture business at Thornton's Ferry for
seven years, but since 1885 he has resided on a
farm at Hudson Center. In politics he is a Re-
publican. He has been tax collector for six years.
He is a member of the board of health and of the
board of education, and has been treasurer of the
latter for six years. He married, July 8, 1877, at
Nashua, Delia C. Hutchinson, of Merrimack, who
was born in Milford, New Hampshire, Sept. 2, 1853,
daughter of Eugene and Phcebe B. (Raymond)
Hutchinson, of Milford. Their children are: Amy
D., deceased ; Marion J., Perley E., Chester M.. and
Rov H.

The Bodwells of Maine and New
BODWELL Hampshire are the posterity of
, Henry Bodwell, who was wounded
in King Philip's war. Whether or not he was an
emigrant has not as yet been ascertained. He took
the freeman's oath at Newbury. Massachusetts, in
1678, the record of which states that he was twenty-
four years old. In 1685 he was a resident of An-
dover, Massachusetts, and in 1712 he was living in
Haverhill, Massachusetts. Along the Merrimack
river he was known as a mighty hunter, an expert
marksman w-ith the crude fire arms of his day. and
a terror to hostile savages. Bodvvell's Ferry and
Bodwell's Falls serve to perpetuate his memory.
May 4, 1681, he married Bethiah Emery, of New-
bury. Two of his descendants w'ere members of
the committee of correspondence and safety in
Methuen, Massachusetts, at the outbreak of the
Revolutionary war, and some of them are still re-
siding there, while others are to be found in New
Hampshire and Maine. Among those of the last-
named state was Governor Bodwell, who died in
office some twenty years ago.

(I) Nathaniel Bodwell, a native of Enfield. Pe-
nobscott county, Maine, enlisted in one of the vol-
unteer regiments of the Pine-Tree state at the break-
ing out of the Civil war. and died of smallpox in De-
cember, 1862, while in the army. The maiden name
of his wife was Eliza Ann Crocker. She survived
him and was again married.

(II) Martin Nathaniel Bodwell, son of Nathan-
iel, and Eliza .\. (Crocker) Bodwell, was born in
Enfield, November 22, 1861. When he was twelve
years old his mother was again left a widow, and
he found it necessary to leave school in order to
contribute toward the support of the family. Se-
curing employment at Mattawaumkeag, Maine, he
remained there until 1884, when he went to Jefifer-
son, this state, and being favorably impressed with •
the appearance of the town, in which he perceived
the possibility of ultimately becoming an independ-
ent farmer, he eventually decided to settle there
permanently. He labored industriously, and with
liis surplus earnings was enabled in 1889 to purchase
the farm of one hundred and six acres, upon which
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cated, is in an excellent state of cultivation, and his
prosperity is of that substantial character which
promises to endure. Mr. Bodwell is quite prominent
in local public affairs, having served as a selectman
for three years, and in politics he is a Democrat.
His society affiliations are with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the Rebeccas, and Knights
of Pythias and the Patrons of Husbandry. He is a
member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and takes an earnest interest in the Sun-
day school connected with it, having served as li-
brarian for the past seven years. He married Dora
Cotton, daughter of Joseph and Martha Cotton, of
Jefferson. Mr. and Mrs. Bodwell have one daughter,
Veda i\Iay, who is now attending the high school.

(I) Hugh Carr, son of Andrew Carr, was
CARR born in Scotland in 1797. He received the
education incident to his station in life,
and devoted his energies to tilling the soil. In 1833
he removed with his family to America, settling at
Bath, New Hampshire where he died in 1880, at
the age of eighty three years. He married, in Scot-
land. Jane Carr. born at city of Beith, Ayrshire,
Scotland, 1800, who died in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire. November 20, 1840. They were the parents
of twelve children. Of these three are living: Mar-
garet Mil!;:, Mary Layhood and James.

(II) James, son of Hugh and Jane (Carr) Carr,
was born in the City of Beith. Scotland, August 28,
1823. In 1832, when nine years old, he came with
his parents to New York, and later lived at Bath,
New Hampshire. He first learned farming with
his father, but tiring of this he learned the dyer's
trade at the Anioskeag IMills. Manchester, New
Hampshire. He came to Hooksett in 1876, and has
since lived there, employed in farming. He enlisted
on the 23d day of September. 1S61, and was mustered
into the service of the T'nited States as a private
in the First Regiment Light Battery, New Hamp-
shire Volunteers, on the 26th day of September,
1S61. for a period of three years; and was mustered
out September 25, 1864. During this time his com-
mand participated in the following named battles
and skirmishes : Rappahannock Station, Sulphur
Springs. Groveton, Bull Run. (second). Antietam,
Upperville, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys-
burg, Brandy Station. Mine Run, the Wilderness.
Po River, Spottsylvania. North Anna. Sheldon Cross
Roads. Totopotomay, Cold Harbor. Siege of Peters-
burg and Deep Bottom, at all of which Mr. Carr
was present and took an active part. His right leg
was badly injured by the fall of a horse upon it
while in the service, and he is now unable to work
on account of that injury. He is a member of Lewis
Bell Post, No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic, at
^lanchester. New Hampshire. He votes the Repub-
lican ticket, and is a member of the Methodist
Church.

James Carr married (first) January I, 1847, Har-
riet Ann George, born at Woodstock, New Hamp-
shire, died January to, 1856. By this marriage
were born two children: Albert J., November II,
1847: and Charles F.. June 28. 1849. Mr. Carr
married (second) July, 1857, Eliza Ann Morse,
daughter of Rev. John Morse, an Advent minister,
and of this union were children: Eugene W., born
March 31, 1870: and Estelle Ann, born in Novem-
ber. 1872, died September 10, 1887. Mrs. Carr died
November 2, 1876. and Mr. Carr married (third)
October 26. 18S1, Mary F., daughter of Moses and
Mary (Sanborn) Atwood, widow of William Nelson

Barclay, born in Alexandria, New Hampshire,
March 5, 1840. Moses Atwood was born in Hamp-
stead, June 2, 1790, and died November 30, J872.
He was a Baptist, and a Republican. Mary Sanborn
was born August 29. 1796, in Alexandria, and died
in Hill Village, in 1853. Mary Atwood Barclay
Carr had two sons by her first marriage : Irving W.
Barclay, born February 13, 1861, at Danbury, New
Hampshire ; and Elmer Nelson Barclay, born April
tG, 1863, died February 22. 1S79, st Hooksett. Air.
Carr died January 28, 1907, aged eighty-three years,
five months.

When name-taking was in

SCHOENLAND vogue centuries ago, owners of

estates frequently took the

names of their estates as surnames. The first Schoen-

land probably acquired his name in this manner. The

name signifies "fair land."

Charles Henry Schoenland was born in Saxony,
Germany, May 4. 1832. His education was acquired
in the common schools. For a time he was occupied
as a butcher and sausage maker, and in 1855 emi-
grated to the United States. He settled first at
Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he worked in the
cotton mills, and subsequently engaged in the busi-
ness of curing hams and other meat products in
Cambridge. He established himself in business in
Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1S61, and later in
Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he now resides.
He is a Republican in his political affiliations, and
has been a member of the board of aldermen for
three terms. He married in Saxony, Julia Hoppe,
born December 28, 1834, and they have had children :
William Frederick, see forward ; Henry ; Richard,
married; Louisa, married Mr. Scheer, of Manches-
ter; Charles: Minnie, married Max Trumpold. edi-
tor of a German paper in Lawrence, Massachusetts;
Fred ; Theodore and Robert.

William Frederick Schoenland, eldest child of
Charles Henry and Julia (Hojipe) Schoenland, was
born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, October 17, 1857.
He attended school until he was sixteen years of age
and then became employed in the provision business
of his father. He went to the west in 1875. travel-
ing extensively for a period of four years. He went
to Manchester, New Hampshire in 1884, where he
was in the employ of his father, and soon after-
ward engaged in the curing and packing of meats
and the manufacture of sausages. He now has the
largest establishment of the kind in the state and
employs eight men. He is an Independent in his
political views, and is a member of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, the Turner and Mjen-
nerchor societies, the Harugari Club, and the Work-
ing Men's Relief Society. He married in Boston,
Massachusetts, November 10, 1883, Anna Rabe, born
in Germany, in 1863, daughter of Ferdinand and
Caroline Rabe, and they have four children: Charles,
wdio is a noted pianist of the state ; William F., a
fine flutist and piccolo player ;• Arthur F., an excel-
lent performer on the clarionet ; and Edward. The
three first named are all members of the First Regi-
ment Band, the leading band of the state.

The Whittiers, whose name is de-
WHITTIER rived from "white-towing," or pre-
paring the lighter goat and kid
skins for the glovers' use, are an ancient family, and
branches of the stock are found in almost every
county in New England. They have contributed
one of the greatest American poets and many skill-

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ful artisans and prosperous farmers to the making
of the nation.

(I) Thomas Whittier, the immigrant ancestor,
was born in England about 1620, and married Ruth
Greene. This marriage is without record in Hav-
erhill, Massachusetts, but probably occurred in that
town. He is first found in Newbury, Massachusetts,
where he lived imtil some thirty years old. In 1650
he removed to Haverhill, and there he died Novem-
ber 28, 1696. His widow survived him more than
fifteen years, dying in July, 1710. They were the
parents of ten children.

(II) John, eldest son of Thomas and Ruth
(Greene) Whittier, was born December 2,^, 1749, in
Haverhill, and resided all his life in that town,
where he died April 5, 1721. He was married Jan-
uary 14, 1686, to Mary Hoyt, who was born October
II. 1664, in Newbury, daughter of John and Mary
(Barnes) Hoyt. She died October 28, 1723. They

had seven children.

(III) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary
(Hoyt) Barnes, was born November 24, 1686, in
Haverhill, and resided in Methuen, Massachusetts.
October i, 1756. he married Elizabeth Mitchell,
daughter of Andrew and Abigail (Atwood) Jilitch-
ell. She died September 22, 1757, at the age of
seventy years.

(IV) Andrew, son of John (2) and Elizabeth
(Mitchell) Whittier, was born October 13, 1716,
probably in Methuen, and settled in Newton, New
Hampshire, where he died about 1800. He W'as mar-
ried at Amesbury, November 6 or 8, 1739, to Eliza-
beth Huntington. She was born January 15, 1716,
daughter of William and Mary (Goodwin) Hunt-
ington. ■

(V) Isaac, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Hunt-
ington) Whittier, was born May 8, 1756, probably
in Newton. New Hampshire, and resided in that
town. He was married in Newton to Rhoda Hoit,
who was born May 28, 1760, in that town, a daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Sarah Hoit. The date of his
death is not known. His widow married Oliver
Hoit, who was born in 1747. a son of Joseph and
Susannah (French) Hoit. He died in Boscawen,
New Hampshire, September 11, 1827. and she sur-
vived him about twcnty-.four years, dying in 1S51,
at the age of ninety-one years.

(VI) Phineas, son of Isaac and Rhoda (Hoit)
Whittier. was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and
removed with his stepfather to Boscawen. He lived
in that part of the town which was set off as Web-
ster, where he died in 1863. He married Huldah
White. After his death she became the wife of
Charles Tuttle. of Dunstable, Massachusetts. She
died in Concord. New Hampshire, January, 1878.
The children of Phineas Whittier were : True Put-
ney, Wyatt B., David J., Otis White and Charles
Carroll.

(VII) True Putney, eldest son of Phineas and
Huldah (White) Whittier, was born in Concord,
May 23, 1822, and died at Franklin, June 16, 1883,
aged si.xty-one years. In early life he peddled no-
tions, etc.. through Webster and the neighboring
towns. After carrying on that business for some
time he conducted a union store at Franklin for a
time. August 28, 1862, he enlisted as a private in
Company E, Si-xteenth New Hampshire Volunteers,
for nine months, under the command of Captain
Jonathan P. Sanborn. After the expiration of his
term of enlistment he returned home, and for a
time worked in a saw-set factory at Franklin for

Walter Aikin, and later clerked for the Burleigh
Brothers. He was a loyal citizen, a Republican in
politics, and a member of the Congregational Church.
He was also a member of Merrimack Lodge, No.
28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of G. F.
Sweat Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He mar-
ried Nancy Judkms, who was born m part of Salis-
bury, now P'ranklin, in 1825, and died in Franklin,
February 4, 1SS7, aged sixty-two years. She was
the daughter of Samuel and Huldah (Foote) Jud-
kins. There were live children born to this union :
Clarion, enlisted in the Eighteenth New Hampshire
Volunteers at the age of sixteen years, and served
to the close of the war; he died in Los Angeles,,
California; Walter S., lives in Franklin; William
L., receives extended mention below ; Flora, mar-
ried Irving V. Goss.

(VIII) William Lincoln, filth son and child of
True and Nancy K. (Judkins) Whittier, was born
in Franklin, January 28, 1862. After completing
his education in the public schools of Franklin he
learned the machinist's trade with Clark & Haines,
by whom he was employed several years. At the
completion of his term of service with that firm he
became superintendent of the Franklin Light and
Power Company, serving about seven years. He
then formed a partnership with Jason Kidder, un-
der the firm name of Kidder ik Whittier, which ex-
isted about seven years. In August, 1904, the Kid-
der Machine Company purchased the Kidder &
Whittier plant, and Mr. Whittier became superin-
tendent of the shop. He held this position until
February I, 1906, and then resigned to become a
steamboat inspector in the service of the state of
New Hampshire. Mr. Whittier is a man of sterling
worth and much energy. He is a Republican, and
has taken a leading part in the local politics of his
party. He was chief of the Franklin Fire Depart-
ment five or six years ; member of the council si.x
years and was (1906) mayor of Franklin, to which
office he was elected in November, 1905. He is a
member of Alerrimack Lodge No. 28, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, where he still retains his
membership. He is also a member of Webster En-
campment. He married, in Franklin, November 24,
1885, Ida Adams, who was born in East Corinth.
Vermont, February 22, 1865, daughter of John and
!Mary (.Paige) Adams, then of Corinth. They have
two children : Edward M., born February 3. 1893 ;
and Robert A., born July 5, 1897.

The only early American ancestor
T\\'OI\IBLY oi this name found in New Eng-
land is Ralph Twombly, who was
in Dover. New Hampshire, in 1656. His wife was
named Elizabeth, and they had nine children : John,
Joseph, Mary, Ralph, Elizabeth, Hope, Sarah. Esther
and William. Ralph Tvvombly's will was proved
October 7, 1686. which appro.ximately indicates the
time of his death. Alany of his posterity continued
to live in Dover. Samuel Twombly married Sarah
Wentworth, died March 12, 1794. His descendants
lived in Milton, New Hampshire, as well as Dover.
Other branches of the family went to Saco, Kenne-
bunk and Norway, Maine. Without doubt the pres-
ent line is descended from Ralph Twombly.

(I) Joseph Twombly came from Dover to Lan-
caster, New Hampshire, between the years 1790
and 1800. He followed farming throughout the ac-
tive years of his life. He was probably a Baptist in
religion, and a Democrat in politics. He married a
Miss Appleby, and five of their children attained

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years of maturit}-, namely : Samuel, James, Susan,
Abraham and a Mrs. Banfield. Joseph Twombly
died at the age of sixty-six years, and both he and
his wife were buried during the same week.

(II) James, son of Joseph Twombly, was born
in June, 1805. in Lancaster, New Hampshire, and
received a good common school education for those
early tirnes. He followed the occupations of farm-
ing and carpentering, and located on a farm in
Lancaster, w'hich he cleared and cultivated, and
where he spent the greater part of his life. He was
a member of the Baptist Church, and a Democrat in
politics. He was married in 1830, to Adaline C.
Hicks, daughter of John Hicks, of Jefferson, a
veteran of the war of 1812, and four of their chil-
dren attained years of maturity, namely : James
W., Joseph, John Turner, and Julia E. James Twom-
bly died in the year 1869; he was survived by his
wife who passed away in the year 1883.

(HI) John Turner, son of James and Adaline C.
(Hicks) Twombly. was born in Lancaster, New
Hampshire, April 27. 1S38. He attended the Lan-
caster Academy, and there acquired a thorough edu-
cation. He remained on the home farm until the
age of twenty-two years, when he cleared a farm
from the wilderness in Jefferson, in time becoming
the owner of fifty-five acres of improved and culti-
vated land. Ten years later he sold the same and
moved to his present farm in Whitefield, consisting
of one hundred and seventy-five acres of improved
land, making a specialty of dairying. Mr. Twom-
bly served as selectman thirty-seven years, represent-
ed the town two terms, 1895-96. and was deputy col-
lector of customs and inspector for the northern dis-
trict of New Hampshire, having been appointed by
the late President Harrison and holding the office
five years. He is a Republican in politics. He is
past master of White Mountain Lodge, No. 16, An-
cient, Free and Accepted INIasons. He was married
October. 1857, to Jane Holmes, of Jeft'erson. daugh-
ter of Samuel and Lovey (Thompson) Holmes, and
seven children were born to them, namely : Edward
Everett, see forward ; Ella M., Ida S., James. Sam-
uel, Jennie and John T., Jr.

(IV) Dr. Edward Everett, son of John Turner
and Jane (Holmes) Twombly. was born at Lan-
caster, New Hampshire. November 12, 1859. He
was educated in the schools of Whitefield, and
worked on a farm until he was nineteen years of
age. He then went to the medical college at Lewis-
ton, Maine, from which he was graduated in 1885.
He at once came to Colebrook, New Hampshire,
where he has lived ever since, and has built up an
extensive general practice. For fifteen years he was
a member of the board of health, and for two years
was the physician at the Coos County Farm. He
belongs to the Coos County Medical Society, and
the Eastern Star, Blue Lodge. Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons. At one time he belonged to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but he after-
wards withdrew. He attends the Congregational
Church, and is a Republican in politics. On Janu-
ary 17, 1900, Dr. Twombly married Harriet Grant,
daughter of James and Charlotte En-Earl Grant,
of Norwav. jMaine. There are no children.

(I) Jnlui ^■alk■Iy was born in County Armagh,
Ireland, in 1821. He emigrated about 1848 and
came to America and settled in Dover, New Hamp-
shire, where he worked in the print works of the
Cocheco Mills. After a time he started in the gro-
cery business, which he carried on for some years.
About 18O3 he entered the employ of the old Co-
checo railroad, and for many years had charge of
a section of its track. He was engaged in this work
until 1896. Ailev that time he resided in Rochester,
where he died in 1900. He was a devoted Catholic,
and a very active member of St. Marj-'s Church,
Rochester. He married, in 1819, Ann Stewart, who
was born in county of Armagh, Ireland. To them
were born eight children : Lizzie, Mary and Nellie
(twins); Charles E. ; Annie; Katie and James P.,
and one other that died young. Lizzie married John
McQuade : Mary married William S. Haley ; Nellie
is unmarried ; Charles E. is mentioned below ; Annie
resides in Rochester; Katie married John Morgan;
James P., resides in Sanford.

(II) Charles Edward, son of John and Ann
(Stewart) Vallely, was bom in Rochester, October
23. 1873, At fourteen years of age he began work
in Wallace Brothers' shoe factory, and was employed
there six years. For two and a half years following
he was in the employ of John Mclntyre, proprietor
of a meat market in Dover; and then became a
partner with his employer and opened a market in
Rochester. This partnership lasted ten years. Mr.
Vallely has since conducted the business alone. In
l)olitics he is a Democrat. At twenty-one years of
age he was nominated by his party for the legisla-
ture, but the ward being Republican, he failed of
election. In 1904 he was nominated lor councilman
and elected, being the first Democrat ever elected
to that office from Ward Two. He is a member of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and a past presi-
dent of that order ; a charter member of Cocheco
Aerie No. 1529, Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which
he was the first secretary; a charter member of Do-
ver Council, Knights of Columbus; and a member of
Rochester Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.

Rochester is indebted to the Emer-

VALLELY aid Isle for many of its citizens,

among whom w-as John Vallely,

whose sons and daughters are worthy citizens of

the town, performing their parts in the world's work

of to-day

"iv— 9

The name of Cameron is a famous
CAMERON one in Scottish annals, but it is

rare in this countrj'. It is said to
have been derived from a Celtic word meaning
crooked ; tluis the river Cam signifies a winding
streamlet. It is said that the names of the two
great clans of Cameron and Campbell meant orig-
inally "crooked-nosed" and "crook-mouthed." The
coat-of-arms of the Scotch Cameron family has two
gold bars between two flanches, ermine, the latter
charged w-ith arrows, points upward. The crest has
a ring of five arrows, barbed and feathered, above a
rock w'ith the motto. "Pro patria."

(I) Hugh Cameron was born in Edinborough,
Scotland, and came to New'burj'. Vermont, in l8t2.
He was a shoemaker by occupation. He married
first Lodema Dagctt, daughter of Nathaniel Dag-
ett, of Vermont, He married second, Betsey Bart-
lett. The children by first marriage were : Mar-
garet, Jane. William W., George R,, and Henry G,
(tw-ins). Of these all are dead but the last named.
Children by second marriage are : Susan M., Charles
C, Hugh T., Sidney S., and Cyrus, all living.

(II) Henry Graham, son of Hugh and Lodema
(Daggett) Cameron, was born in Newberry, Ver-
mont. .Xugnst .V 1833. He received a conmion school
education. In 1854 he came to Hollis, New Hamp-
shire, and bought a large farm. He now owns about

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three hundred acres there. He has made a specialty
of onions, sometimes raiding as many as two thous-
and bushels a season. He has also been engaged in
lumbering and trading. But New Hampshire agricul-
ture, though he was notably successful in it, did not
offer sufficient scope for Mr. Cameron's ambitions,
so a few years ago he went to southern Mexico and
bought land. He now owns about thirteen hundred
acres on which he raises rubber and sugar cane. He
has established a mill for crushing the cane. Mr.
Cameron's business enterprise and regard for the
future are sufficiently shown by his starting these un-
dertakings in a foreign land, which he hopes will
yield his children a good inheritance. His son
George H.. now manages the business in Mexico,
and Mr. Cameron divides his time between that
country and New Hampshire. Mr. Cameron be-
longs to the Masons and the Odd Fellows, and at-
tends the Congregational Church in Hollis.

In Nashua, in iSs.'^. Henry Graham Cameron
married Rosanna B. Willoughby, a descendant of
one of the old New Hampshire families. Her fa-
ther was Calvin Willoughby, of Hollis, born March
14, 1701. Her grandparents were Samuel and Mary
(Gould) Willoughby, of the same place. Samuel
Willoughby died October 26. 18.32, aged eighty-six
years. . Mrs. Cameron died March 25, 1903. There
were six children: Nellie L.. born November 30,
1854. married Charles E. Hardy, of Hollis, whose
sketch appears alsewhere in this work. Abbie
Jane, born April it, 1858, married John B. Calder-
wood : they have two children — Henry Harold, born
August 1.=;, 187S, and Walter A.. May 30, i88t. Wil-
bur H., born April 18, 1862, married Charlotte
Herbert : they have three children — Herbert H.. born
August 29. 1892, Wilbur, September 3, 1903, and
Charlotte, February 25, 1906. George H., born Feb-
ruary 10. 1869, unmarried, lives in Old Mexico. Two
died in infancy. There is also an adopted daughter,
Bertha L., born December 26, 1875.

It is a credit to one's self and his
McNALLY ancestral stock when he proves him-
self able not only to hold his own
in a country and among a people to which his par-
ents came as immigrants, but the value of inherited
worth and individual effort are still more in evi-
dence, and more credit is due when as in the
case of the principal subject of this sketch, a mem-
ber of the first generation born here not only proves
able to attend well to his own affairs but becomes
an efficient public officer while still a young man.

.(I) Edward McNally, was born in Ireland, came
to the United States, and settled in Dover. New
Hampshire, where for some years he was employed
at agricultural work, and later with the Somers-
worth foundry at Salmon Falls. He remained at
the latter place until about the time of his death in
1898. He married Catherine Murphy, who was
born in Ireland. They w'ere the parents of five
children : Catherine : John E., deceased ; Elizabeth,
wife of Pardon N. Dexter ; William F., mentioned
below, and Annie.

(II) William F. McNally, second son of Ed-
ward and Catherine (Murphv) McNally, was born
in Rollinsford, Decemlier 2, 1874. He attended school
until thirteen years of age. and then became an em-
ploye in the grocery store of Joy & Ayres, where he
worked sixteen years. In February, 1905. with his
savings from years of constant labor, he began busi-
ness for himself at Salmon Falls. New Hampshire,
as a dealer in general merchandise, which he has

since conducted with success. He votes the Dem-
ocratic ticket, and has been elected to various munici-
pal offices. He served on the .school board of
Rollinsford eight years; was selectman one year;
and supervisor of the che-ck list some time.
He represented the town in the legislature
in 1904-1906; and is now town treasurer of
Salmon Falls. He is a member of Paugus Tribe
No. I, Improved Order of Red Men. of which he is
a past sachem ; a member of Division No. 4, An-
cient Order of Hibernians; and Dover Council,
Knights of Columbus. He married June i, 1899, Mag-
gie L. Buzzell, who w-as born in Bangor. Maine,
daughter of Charles E. Buzzell, of Bangor. They
have two children : Roland W., and Gertrude E.,
both born in Salmon Falls, New Hampshire.

The name Bates is supposed to be de-
BATES rived from "Bartholomew's son," Bar-
tholomew being shortened to Batte, or
Bate. Some authorities think it may come from
the Anglo-Saxon noun bate, meaning contention.
In the form of Bate the name was common in Eng-
land several centuries before the departure of the
Puritans. In New England the name was usually
Bate, or Baitt, becoming fixed as Bates about the
time of the revolution. The coat-of-arms consists
of a field sable a fesse between three dexter hands,
couped argent. In one emblem there are five mul-
lets or five-pointed stars on the fesse or horizontal
band. In another emblem there is a crest, a stag's
head pierced through the neck by an arrow. This
coat-of-arms has a motto, "Ft corde et manu." In
all the emblems the three right hands, two above
and one below the fesse, remain constant.

Between 16,30 and 1640 five men named Bates
emigrated to Boston and its neighborhood. They
were George, wdio was called a thatcher, or Thacker;
William, wdio w^as married in Charlestown ; James,
who settled in Dorchester ; Clement, who settled in
Hingham ; Edward, who settled in Weymouth. It
is not known that these men were brothers or in
any way related. The ancestors of Clement Bates,
of Hingham, have been traced to John Bate, of
Lydd, parish of All Hallows, county of Kent, Eng-
land, who died in 1522. A genealogy of the descend-
ants of Elder Edward Bates, of Weymouth, has been
published. The present family is not derived from
either of these sources.

(I) Some men are born landlords; the instinct
of hospitality is in the blood ; and this seems to be
the case in the present instance. Rufus Bates, of
Rhode Island, was the son of Archibald, who kept
an old-time tavern.

dl) Chester S.. son of Rufus and Sally (Mar-
shall) Bates, was born in Madison County, New
York. March 10, 1820. He was a farmer at Caze-
novia. New York, and later went into the hotel busi-
ness at Saratoga Springs. New York. He returned
to Cazenovia in 1876. He married Mary Ann Smith,
of New York. Four children were born of this
daughter of Nehemiah Smith, of New York. Four
children were born of this marriage : George E.,
whose sketch follows, was the only one living in
1907. Chester S. Bates died in October, 1903, and
his wife died in May. T904.

(Ill) George Emilius, son of Chester S. and
Mary Ann (Smith) Bates, was born at Cazenovia,
New York, December 3, 1S57. He has always been
engaged in the hotel business. At eighteen years
of age he entered his father's employ at Saratoga
Springs, New York, and conducted the same hotel

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for fifteen years. Afterwards he owned as well as
managed the Maplewood at Randolph, Vermont,
the Point AUcrton on the Massachusetts coast, and
the Allaniont in Florida. In 1898 he bought his
present hotel. The Grand, on top of Prospect Hill,
in the beautiful town of Mont Vernon, New Hamp-
shire. This is a modern summer hotel, accommo-
dating two hundred guests, and is the largest and
finest structure of its kind in southern New Hamp-
shire. It is situated at an elevation of eleven hun-
dred feet, and the whole south half of New Hamp-
shire can be seen from its wide piazzas. Mr. Bates'
inherited training and wide previous experience have
thoroughly tiualified him for his present successful
management.

l\Iarch 22. i8S,3, George E. Bates married Lillian
L. Fisher, daughter of Halsey R. and Julia (Gray)
Fisher, of .Somerville, Massachusetts. They have
two children: Violet, born March 27, 1885, and
Everett Chester, born July i, 1887. The children
were born in Saratoga Springs, New York.

There is a well grounded tradition in
GLINES one of the branches of the Glines fam-
ily in New Hampshire, which has run
through several generations, to the effect that Da-
vid Glines was the first white male child born in
Moultonborough in Carroll county. New Hamp-
shire, and in consideration of that fact was granted
a tract of one hundred acres of the public lands in
that town ; that subsequently he cleared the land and
developed it into a good farm. There is no suffi-
cient reason to doubt this interesting story of early
history in the town referred to, although the rec-
ords are silent in respect to any definite informa-
tion of this old family in tliat jurisdiction. If this
David was in fact the first child born in the town
his father must have lived there, although the rec-
ords and genealogical references give no account of
him or his family.

(I) David Glines was born in 1760 and was
himself the progenitor of a large family in Moulton-
borough. He also is said to have been one of the
early members of the Free Will Baptist Church
there. His wife's given name was Priscilla. but the
name of her father is not now recalled. Their chil-
dren were : Moses, James, William. Asa, Eben,
Zuba, Priscilla, Jesse, Artemas (died young), and
one other who died in infancy.

(ID Asa, son of David and Priscilla Glines.
was born in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, in
February, I7<59, and spent the years of his useful
life in that town, except during a brief temporary
residence in the city of Boston. During the War
of 1812-15 he offered to enlist as a soldier in the
American army, but on account of his size and
youth his services were not accepted. He was a
farmer by principal occupation, and was as well a
good stone mason and worked at that trade for some
time in Boston and in his home town. The later
years of his life were spent on his fanri in Moul-
tonborough, and he died there. He married Debora
Leonard, born in Sutton, Vermont, in July. 1802,
and who bore her husband five children: Charles
L., Mary. Asa. Lucinda and Electa.

(Ill) Charles Leonard, eldest child and son of
Asa and Debora (Leonard) Glines. was born in
Moultonborough, New Hampshire, March 11, 1826,
and for the last nineteen years has lived in Laconia,
New Hampshire, He was brought up on his fa-
ther's farm in Moultonborough and attended school
in that town, and when nineteen years old went to

Lowell, Massachusetts, and was a teamster in that
city three years. At the end of that time he returned
to Moultonborough and engaged in farming and lum-
bering, and in connection with the latter pursuit
he spent some time in Boston. About 1888 he re-
moved to Laconia and has since carried on an ex-
press business in that city.

Mr. Glines married Almira Gurdy, born in
Bristol. New Hampshire, in 1829, and died in La-
conia in 1S92. Three of their children died in in-
fancy. Those who grew to maturity are Myra Ann.
wife of Charles Peavey; Charles, married Angie
Hill, of Gilmanton; Vesta; Lila, wife of William
Clark; Lizzie, married White Penniman.

Henry Albert Gerry, a native of Har-
C?ERRY vard, Massachusetts, died about 1852, at
the age of thirty-two years. He was a
physician by profession, and a Congregationalist in
religious faith. That he was a man of ability and
in the enjoyment of the confidence and esteem of
his fellow citizens in Townscnd is evidenced by
the fact that he was sent to represent them in the
Massachusetts legislature in 1850. His wife. Caro-
line (Brooks) Gerry, was a daughter of Samuel
and Sally (Campbell) Brooks, of Townsend. Massa-
chusetts, where she was born. Samuel Brooks, a
son of Samuel Brooks, was a farmer in his later
life. In his early years he was a cooper and de-
. livered the casks which he made in Boston. In
his time the journey to Boston with a load and
return consumed three days. All kinds of business
was transacted on a much smaller scale and much
less rapidly than in this centuiy. He was the father
of seven children.

(II) Frederick Henry, only child of Henry
Albert and Caroline (Brooks) Gerry, was born
March 8, 1848, in Townsend. Massachusetts. His
early education was supplied by the local public
schools, and he was subsequently a student at Ap-
pleton Academy, in Mount Vernon, now known as
the McCoUum Institute. After two and one-half
years in this latter institution, at the age of eighteen
years, he bade farewell to the schoolroom and be-
gan his business career as clerk in the store of Tay-
lor. Norwell & Company, in Manchester of this
state. He continued with this firm and its succes-
sors for some time and with it removed to Cleve-
land, Ohio, where he continued for one year. After
serving as an employee in the dry goods business
for a period of ten years, he decided to embark in
trade upon his own account and soon located in
Franklin, New Hampshire. This was in 1876, and
Mr. Gerry has been continually and successfully
engaged in business at Franklin since that time.
He opened a new store, put in an entire new stock
and the visitor to his establishment today would
imagine from the appearance of the store that it
had been opened yesterday. It is one of the neatest
and best managed stores of its kind to be found in
the state, without doubt. The first store was in
the Shepard Block, and since 1879 it has been at
the present location in Buell's Block. The stock
carried is the general dry goods stock, and Mr.
Gerry is always to be found at his place of business,
where he is attentive to his customers, is ever genial
of manner, and upright in his dealings with the
world. His business requires three assistants, and
he is reckoned among the substantial business men
of Franklin. His success is due solely to his own
industry, good management and careful attention
to the wants of his trade. He has never cared to

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take an active part in public affairs, although he
feels the intelligent interest of every good citizen,
and in contests of national principle is always a sup-
porter of the Republican party. He is a regular
attendant of the Unitarian Church, and is a Knight
Templar Mason, affiliating with Meridian Lodge,
No. 60. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Saint
Omer Chapter, No. 22. Royal Arch Masons, of Frank-
lin, and Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights Temp-
lar, of Concord. ,

Mr. Gerry married, May 30, 1880, Ida Belle
Jones, a native of Loudon, New Hampshire, daugh-
ter of James Jones, of New Market. One son has
blessed this union, Arthur Peterson Gerry, born
1881. After completing the ordinary course_ of
education he entered the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, from which he was graduated in 1905,
and is now employed as a civil engineer in the state
of New York.

This name is probably derived from

WIESNER the German word wicse, signifying

meadow, and the affix er, man ; the

combined elements designating "one who lives on the

meadow," and has probably been a surname five

hundred years or more.

(I) Benjamin, son of Carl B. and Helen A.
(Wendich) Wiesncr, was born in Germany, Prus-
sian Silesia, November 5, 1848, and died in Man-
chester, New Hampshire, March 29, 1906, in the
sixtieth year of his age. When a young man he
left Germany and came to America, remaining for
a time in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and removing to
Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1870. He at once
began work as a textile designer for the Amoskeag
Mills and continued in that business until the close
of his life. He was the first designer in Manchester,
and was famed for his skill in this line of work.
He was given a medal by the Manchester Associa-
tion for the best design displayed at one of their ex-
hibitions some years ago. He died of heart failure
while sitting at his desk. He was a quiet and aff-
able man, of flawless integrity, and could always
be depended upon whenever his pledge was given.
He was a member of Bajbarossa Lodge. Order of
Harugari, Knights of Honor and the American
Benefit Society, all of Manchester. He married, in
Boston, Massachusetts, in 1867, Augusta C. Hoehn,
born in Germany in 1850. who came to America
with her parents, Ernest A. and Christina H. (Ber-
ger) Hoehn, in 1852. in a sailing vessel, and set-
tled at Lawrence, Massachusetts. They had five
children : Charles B., now in Lewiston, Maine ;
Mabel A., the wife of Halsey W. Russell, of Man-
chester; Flora E., who married Carl Drescher, and
resides at Jamaica Plains. !^Iassa.chusetts ; Arthur
E. and Ernest W., who is the subject of the next
paragraph.

(II) Ernest William, third son and fifth child
of Benjamin and Augusta C. (Hoehn) Wiesner,
was born in Manchester, December 12. 1877. After
finishing the grammar school course in the Man-
chester public school he took a two years course
in the Bryant and Stratton Business College, of
Manchester, being graduated in 1893. He then
started out to acquire the designer's art, and worked
for terms of varying length in the mills at Leomin-
ster, Massachusetts ; Lewiston, Maine : Lawrence,
and Milltown, Massachusetts ; and finally returned
to Manchester, where he has since been employed
by the Amoskeag Corporation. He is a young man

of ability and integrity, and has distinguished him-
self in his art. and also as a citizen. He was elected
to the council in 1903, and re-elected in 1905, and
served on important committees; was also elected
alderman in 1906. He was made an Odd Fellow
in 1901, and is a past grand, and past district deputy
of Ridgley Lodge. No. 74, also a member of the Cal-
umet Club. He married in Leominster, Massachu-
setts. December 8. 1906, Annie L. Laverdiere of
that town.

The name of Kennedy has existed
KENNEDY both in Ireland and Scotland for
centuries, but its ori.gin connot be
accurately ascertained. Its bearers in the Emerald
Isle are still nuinerous in the interior counties, al-
though many of them have established homes in
America, and through their habits of industry and
frugality have for the most part become prosperous.
(I) The family now being considered was estab-
lished on this side of the Atlantic Ocean by Wil-
liam Kennedy, who was born in the town of Owning,
county Kilkenny, Ireland, in the year 1800, and was
a miller by trade. In 1854 he emigrated to the
United States, accompanied by his family, and set-
tled in Connecticut, locating first ifi Masonville.
later in Baltic and still later in Wauregan, where
his death occurred in 1876. He married Bridget
Brennen, who was a native of Timflorum, and she
died in 1878. She became the mother of ten chil-
dren, namely: IMarv Ann, Anastatia (wife of Ed-
ward Brothers), Catherine (desceased), Hannah
(wife of Matthew Forsyth). Thomas (died in in-
fancy), Thomas (died at the age of fifty years),
Patrick (died young), Patrick L., John (died at the
age of seven years) and the latter's twin sister
^fargaret, who is the wife of Michael McGrath.
The parents were Roman Catholics, and the children
adhere to the ancestral faith, except Patrick L..
who is a Pantheist.

(II) Patrick L.. fourth son and eighth child of
William and Bridget (Brennen) Kennedy, was born
in Owning, March 16, 1848, and came to America
with his parents when six years old. He attended
the public schools of Connecticut, and at an early
age began to contrijjute toward his own support by
working in a cotton mill. Acquiring a knowledge of
the textile industry he was employed in various
mills until March i, 1865, w^hen he enlisted as a
private in Company F, Second Regiment Massachu-
setts Volunteer (Cavalry for service in the Civil
war, which was then about to close, and he was
honorably discharged at Readville in the following
August. In 1867 he went to Franklin Falls, where
for the succeeding four years he was employed as
a looin-fixer at the Sawyer Woolen Mills, and at
the expiration of that time he engaged in the con-
fectionery business. This venture proved success-
ful, thus enabling him to purchase the property
occupied bv bis business, but after his store was
destroyed by fire he determined to relinquish it.
He accordingly erected a place of public entertain-
ment, which he opened auspiciously as the Winni-
pesaukee Hotel, but some twelve years later he
decided to identify his name as well as his person-
ality with his hostelry, and it has ever since been
known as the Kennedy Hotel. An experience of
nearly thirty years has enabled him to thoroughly
comprehend the wants of the traveling public, and
he is one of the most successful hotel men in that
section of the state.

Politically Mr. Kennedy is a Democrat, but has

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never sought nor held public office. In religious
matters he believes in the unobstructed exercise
of free thought and considers the Golden Rule an
excellent basis for a firm and enduring religion. He
is a charter member of George F. Sweat Post, No.
3S, Grand Army of the Republic, and has held all
of the important offices in that body.

Mr. Kennedy has been twice married. His first
wife, whom he married in 1S70, was Nancy G. Green,
and she bore him three children, namely; John W.,
a graduate of the Franklin high school and also of
Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New
New York. Eva May, wife of John Lyons, of Man-
chester. Grace Josephine, married James Kirwin,
a member of th.e firm of Kirwin & Sheehan. drug-
gists of that city. On June 3, 1885, he married for
his second wife Martha J. McKeag. daughter of
Alexander and Martha McKeag, natives of Canada.
The children of this union are: Mertie B., born
April 20. 1886. Susanna K., born August 29, 1887,
died aged ten months. Gertrude E., born October
4. 1888. Thomas P. H., born October 20, 1890.
Hannah M., born November 21, 1892. George M.,
born August i.^. ICS95. James J. B., born July I,
1897. Bernice Lucile, born December 16, 1902, died
May 16, 1907.

Lacy is a name which is one of the most
LACY prominent in Nonnan-English history,
and the family has had many distin-
guished members.

(I) Roger Lacy was a native of Blackburn, Eng-
land, where he owned a large grocery store and was
in business all his active life. He married a Miss
Holden.

(H) Henry, son of Roger Lacy, was born in
Blackljurn, England, April 2, 1812. and died in Gil-
ford, New Hampshire, July 20, 1885, aged seventy-
three years. He was educated in the common
schools of Blackburn. In 1846 he came to America,
and worked in the mills of Manchester, New
Hampshire, for a number of years, and then bought
a small farm in Gilford, where he spent the rest of
his life in tilling the scil. He was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and voted the
Democratic ticket. He married, 1846, Almina Little
Kimball, who was born at Holderness, Grafton
county. New Hampshire, November 8, 1820, and died
in Gilford. Four children were born of this union:
Henry Smith, born October 24, 1848: Albert R.,
mentioned below ; Sarah Jane, born .'Xpril 2,3, 1852,
•married Alfred F. Parker, of Dracut, Massachusetts;
and John Freeman, July .13, 1854.

(HI) Albert Roger, second son and child of
Henry and Almina L. (Kimball) Lacy, was born
in Gilford, August 15. 1850, and was educated in the
common schools of his native town. He has been
a farmer all his life, and now owns a small farm
which he cultivates. He and his brother_, John F.,
live together.

This name, which in its French form
RIVERS is Riviere. De Riviere, or Dcs Rivieres,

is that of a family which has been in
Canada from the days of the voyageurs and cour-
eurs de bois. and is descended from prominent
French progenitors.

(I) Jean Rivers was born in Three Rivers, prov-
ince of Quebec. Canada, in t8o6, and died in Hook-
sett, New Hampshire. April 4. 1904. at the age of
ninety-eight years. He was a farmer by occupation.
In 1S71 he came to the United States and settled

in Manchester, where he lived for over thirty years.
He was a man of wonderful endurance in hi.s old
age, and did as much hard work in a day at eighty
years of age as the ordinary man in the prime of
life does. The autumn before his death he did as
much work digging potatoes or chopping wood as
the young men who worked with him. He married
Marie Jetua, who was born at Three Rivers in 1823,
and died in Manchester, July 9, '1901, aged seventy-
eight. They were the parents of thirteen children,
of whom eleven grew up. Their names are : Jean,
died young; Joseph. William P., Herminie, Emma,
Moe, Eversiest, Elvina, Treffle, Sylvanus, Fred,
Marie, died young ; and Leona.

(li) William Prospere. third son and child of
Jean and Marie (Jetua) Rivers, was born April IS.
1852, in Waterville, Maine, where his parents lived
for about two years. When he w-as two years of
age the parents removed with their children to
Kinsey, province of Quebec, where William re-
mained until he was fifteen years old. From this
date he was variously employed at different places,
working in Rhode Island, in Worcester, Massachu-
setts, as an iron moulder, and in Derry, New Hamp-
shire, on a dairy farm. At times he has worked
as cook, teamster and sawyer at various lumber mills.
Later he bought a portable saw mill and engaged in
cutting lumber on a quite extensive scale, some-
times operating two mills and employing a consid-
erable number of hands the most of the year, and
doing some farming during the season when lurn-
bering was suspended. In 1904 he sold out all his
mill machinerv and bought the old Halfway place
on the Londonderry turnpike in Hooksett, which
was a well known hostelry in the days of stage
coaches, large fire places and tallow candles. Here
he is now- engaged principally in farming, but feeds
the hungry and lodges the weary wayfarers if they
require rest and refreshment. He married, at
Harrington. New Hampshire. January 10, 1885,
Grace E. Ciieslev, who was born in Barrington, New
Hampshire, November 24, 1866. Mrs. Rivers is
descended from the following line :

(I) James Chesley, born May 23, 1751, died
February 26. 1836, aged eighty-five. He married
Elizabeth Hill, who was born in 1759, and died Feb-
ruarv 6, 1838. aged seventy-nine.

(II) Joseph, son of James and Elizabeth (Hill)
Cheslev, was born in Durham, August 26, 1779, and
died in Barrington, June 19, i8.s6, aged seventy-
seven. He was a farmer. He married November
28, 1822. Maria Weber Connely. who was born in
Strafford. .August 26. 1804, and died March 10, 1888,
aged eighty-three. They were the parents of twelve
children, ten of whom, seven sons and three daugh-
ters, grew up. Their names were : James W.. Jo-
seph W., Joshua R., Jonathan H., Joel M., Eliza-
beth H., Jacob V. B., Jeremiah M., Nancy B., and
John L. Elizabeth died at the age of twenty- four;
John died aged twenty: and of the others none
died younger that sixty-six years of age.

(III) Joel M.. fifth son of Joseph and Maria W.
(Connely) Chesley, was born in Barrington, March
T4, 1832, and now lives in that town. He is a
farmer by occupation. He married Elva Ilena Hor-
tcnse Richardson, of Compton, who was born June
5. 1848, daughter of William and Hannah Parsons
'( Badger) Richardson, a descendant of Governor
Joseph Badger, and they are the parents of two
children: Eva M., who married Fred L. Tuttle,
of Nottingham: and Grace E., the wife of William
R. Rivers, of this sketch.

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Many of the old English surnames
GLEASON have a fanciful origin. It is thought
that Gleason may have been derived
from "a singer of glees." The first American an-
cestor was Thomas Gleason, who took the oath of
fidelity at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1652. He

married Susanna , and left several children.

He died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1684.
His name was spelled Glezen. Owing to the lack
of records it has been impossible to trace the re-
mote ancestry of the following branch of the
family.

(I) Dr. E. V. Gleason, son of E. V. Gleason,
of Fairfield, Vermont, was born in Montpelier, Ver-
mont. He was educated in that state, and after-
wards taught school for a few years. He subse-
quently studied medicine, and moved to Durham,
province of Quebec, wliere he engaged in practice.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. He
married Elmira Harvey, daughter of Calvin Harvey,
of Canada. They had two children: Jay Morton,
whose sketch follows, and Myra, who died aged
about forty-five years.

(H) Jay IMorton, son of Dr. E. V. and Elmira
(Harvey) Gleason, was born in Durham, province
of Quebec, May 4, 1850. He was educated in the
local schools of Canada, and came to Mont Ver-
non, New Hampshire, in 1866. For fifteen years
he worked in the box factory of Deacon William
Conant, and later became a farmer and ice man.
He is a Republican in politics, and has held many
town offices. In 1906 he was town treasurer and
tax collector, and was postmaster at Mount Ver-
non during the Benjamin Harrison administration.
He is a deacon of the Congregational Church, and
a member of the board of education. June 8, 1874,
he married Mary C. Mclntyre, daughter of Elias
and Elizabeth (Bruce) Mclntyre, of Lyndeboro,
They have two children : Ernest M., borii June 5,
187s, who is teaching school at Kingston. Massa-
chusetts; and Marion E., born October 22, 1887,
who is attending normal school at • Bridgewater,
Massachusetts.

This name first appears in New
STALBIRD Hampshire late in the eighteenth

century and there is no previous
mention of it in any of the other colonial records.
It is undoubtedly an English name of considerable
antiquity, but there is no information to be gathered
on this side of the ocean concerning its early his-
tory in the mother country.

(I) Richard Stalbird, an Englishman, established
his residence in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, some
years subsequent to the Revolutionary war, and
followed the shoemaker's trade. In 1798 he married
Deborah Vickers, and immediately joined the little
company of pioneers which Colonel Whipple had
induced to take up wild land in the town of Jeffer-
son. In 1796 Deborah Vickers. of Portsmouth.
went to Jefferson in the capacity of cook for Colonel
Whipple, and was the second white woman to settle
there. A person of more than ordinary energy and
a devout christian, she included among her simple
effects the first Bible brought to the town, for
which she had paid the equivalent of five dollars,
laboring ten weeks at fifty cents per week for its
possession. Tradition says that she was the first
in the settlement to make maple sugar, and it is also
asserted that during the first eighteen months of
her residence there she did not see a single white
woman. Colonel Whipple paid her more than a

years' wages in depreciated continental currency,
which he knew to be almost worthless, and ,when
she learned this fact she quietly waited the return
of the colonel, with whom she remonstrated in such
a forceful manner that he made amends by ofifering.
in addition to the poor money given her, the choice
of any of the unsold lots of fifty acres. She selected lot
No. 10, range 6, and the deed given by Colonel Whip-
ple December 10, 1797, states that "in consideration
of one dollar duly and truly in hand paid before the
delivery hereof, and the love I bear to the said
Deborah Vickers." Having employed Benjamin
Hicks to fell some trees and begin a clearing she
went to Portsmouth, married Richard Stalbird, as
previously stated, and in the spring &f 1798 returned
with her husband to Jefferson. Finding that the
lower half of lot 10 was too rocky. ]\Ir. Stalbird
e.xchanged it for the upper half, and proceeded to
clear a farm. Mrs. Stalbird's strong mental facul-
ties, superior energy and remarkable physical en-
durance gave her much influence among the settlers
in the north country, and her christian sympathy
and kindly deeds won the friendship and confidence
of the Indians. To her natural skill in nursing the
sick she added a knowledge of Indian remedies
obtained from her friends in the forest, and as
"Granny Stalbird" she traveled through northern
New Hampshire, an angel of mercy, braving many
dangers in order to relieve suffering among the
frontier families. Richard Stalbird died in Jefferson.

(II) Nathaniel, son of Richard and Deborah
(Vickers) Stalbird, was born in Jefferson, April 9.
1817. He resided there his entire life, which ter-
minated April 26, 1854, and he was an industrious
farmer. At one time he served as tax collector
and was' also a member of the board of selectmen.
He married Mary Westall, who bore him five chil-
dren, but two of whom are now living — Mary,
widow of John King; and Levi.

(III) Levi, son of Nathaniel and Mary (West-
all) Stalbird. was born in Jefferson, Januarj' 2, 182S.
After concluding his attendance at the public schools
he engaged in tilling the soil and became a pros-
perous farmer. He was formerly a conspicuous
figure in local public affairs, serving as a member
of the board of selectmen for a period of ten years,
as town treasurer nine years, and as highway agent
for a number of terms. In his religious faith he is
a Baptist, and for forty years has been a deacon of
that church. Mr. Stalbird married Mary Stanley,
daughter of Ira Stanley, of Jefferson. They have
two children — Mary L., who is now the widow of
Charles H. Cook; and Marie Etta, who is the wife
of George Tuttle, of Boston.

Ardor of temperment and eftergy of
BUCKLE will seems to be two elements of char-
acter which distinguished the mem-
bers of the Buckle family of England, and are con-
spicuous in both the principal subjects of this article
and the distinguished Henry Thomas Buckle who
wrote that celebrated work known as the "History
of Civilization in England." Both are probably de-
scendants of the same ancestry.

(I) William Buckle was a native of Yorkshire,
England, where he was engaged in mercantile pur-
.suits. He removed to Nova Scotia, where he re-
sided the remainder of his life. He married Mary
Cavanaugh. who was born in Ireland, and died at
sea. They were the parents of seven children, one
of whom is the subject nf the following sketch.

(II) Rev. Edmond Edward, son of William and

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

'O'-^D

Mary (Cavanaugh) Buckle, was born in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, June 17, 1845. After completing the
curriculum in the schools of lower grade he matric-
ulated in the College of Ottawa, now University of
Ottawa, from which he was graduated in i860.
Afterward he went to England and France where
he continued his ecclesiastical studies and was or-
dained to the priesthood at Auton, France, 1871.
He returned to Ottawa Canada, and in 1872 was
made pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Subsequently
he was pastor at Nashua, Keene and Peterborough,
New Hampshire and, in 1893 returned to his charge
at Nashua, which has since been his field of labor.
Father Buckle has ever shown exceptional ability
as a manager of the secular and financial affairs
of the churches where he has served, as well as a
devotion to religious duties that has won him the
lasting love of his parishoners. Through his efforts
churches have been built at Greenfield, Wilton and
Mil ford and since he has begim his second pastorate
in Nashua a new church edifice and school building
have been erected and the church debt, which had
been considered a serious burden, have been largely
paid off. His services to the church and the Catho-
lic people have, been such as to place him in the
front rank of the Catholic clergy of the state.

In speaking of the chiefs of Cind
H.\RTIGAN Dunghaile, which territory com-
prises the present parish of Tom-
graney, county Clarere and Iniscaltra and Clonrush,
county Gahvay, O'Hart says Tressach. the son of
Art, had a brother named Artigan (meaning "little
Art"), from which comes the name O'h-Artigan
and Hartan.

(I) Patrick Hartigan was born in Limerick
county, Ireland, and emigrated to America with his
family about 1850 and settled in Milton, New Hamp-
shire, not long after reaching this country. He
worked as trackman for the Boston & Maine rail-
road for a number of years, and then moved to
Rochester where he died in 1882. aged eighty-four
years. He married in Ireland, Mary Keogh, who
was born in Limerick county, and died in Rochester,
1878. aged sixty-four years. Patrick and his wife
were industrious persons, and the parents of eight
children. Their names are : Ellen, now the widow
of John Mahoney of Rochester: Patrick (2), who
is mentioned below : Mary ; Hannah, the widow of
John Bradford; John, who resides in Rochester;
Bridget, who died single ; and Thomas, who resides
in Rochester.

(II) Patrick (2), second child and eldest son of
_Patrick (i) and Mary (Keogh) Hartigan, was born
in Limerick county, Ireland, in 1843. and came with
his father's family to this country when about seven
years old. He was educated in the common schools
at Milton, and for some years following was a
laborer. He was industrious and saved his earnings,
and in 1S71 was able to establish -himself in the
grocery business in Rochester, where he success-
fully continued until 7905, when he retired with a
competency and now spends his time pleasantly at
home or among his numerous acquaintances. In
1901 he built the Hartigan block, which is devoted
to business purposes. In politics he is a staunch
Democrat, and in 18S9 was honored with an election
to the general court where he faithfully represented
his constituency. He and all his family are mem-
bers of the Catholic Church : and he is also a mem-
ber of the .Ancient Order of Hibernians, of which

he has been treasurer for some years : and of Lodge
No. 86, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
of Dover. He married, February 6, 1875. Bridget
Cragen, who was born in Limerick, Ireland, in No-
vember, 1849, and came to America with her parents.
To Patrick and Bridget Hartigan have been born
children: Thomas, died young; Mary Frances,
married David Lucy; John, died young; Luke, died
young; Ellen, single and resides with her parents;
James, graduated from the Rochester high school
and afterwards studied two years at the Holy Cross
College at Worcester ; Joseph, William and Frances,
the three youngest children, all died young.

Mescall, or Meskill, is the name of
MESKILL an ancient Irish family whose pedi-
gree with the pedigrees of other fam-
ilies is contained in the book of Hy-Maine, a book
of genealogies compiled from the O'Kelleys, and now
in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

(I) Thomas Meskill was born in Ireland, in
1847, a son of Jeremiah Meskill. and came to .•\mer-
ica at eighteen years of age. He settled at Salmon
Falls. New Hampshire, in 1865, and worked as an
iron moulder in a foundry until about the time of
his death, September i, 1887. He married Hannah
Driman, who was born in Ireland, and came to
America with her parents in 1841, being at that time
four years of age. She was the daughter of David
and Catherine (Callahan) Driman. Four children
were born of this marriage; Jeremiah, born August,
1874, died October 16, 1900; David T., ne.xt men-
tioned ; and two who died. Mrs. Thomas Meskill
died June 22. 1906.

(II) David T., youngest child of Thomas and
Hannah (Driman) Meskill, was born in Salmon
Falls, September 7, 1879, and educated in the schools
at Salmon Falls and at Berwick .'\cademy, South
Berwick, Maine, graduating with the class of 1896.
He was a clerk in David H. Caron's grocery store'
at Salmon Falls six years; manager of the late D.
H, Finnegan's boot, shoe and furnishing store at
Salmon Falls four years, and is now traveling sales-
man for the Somersworth Foundry Company. He
is one of the rising young men of Salmon Falls,
and has been called to fill public positions of respon-
sibility. He has been moderator twice, and is a
member of the board of selectmen, of which he is
chairman. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is a
member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, of
which order he is now state secretary ; the Knights
of Columbus, the Improved Order of Red Men, of
which he is a past sachem, and president of St.
Mary's Catholic Total Abstinence and Benevolent'
Society of Salmon Falls.

This name of ancient Scotch origin and
BRICE the date of its appearance as a patronym-
ic cannot be determined. It has been
conspicuous in American historj-, as well as in Euro-
pean.

(I) William Brice, at native of Glasgow, Scot-
land, entered the British army with which he served
in both the West and East Indies, and he attained
the rank of quartermaster in the Seventy-fourth
Regiment of regulars. His death occurred in t86.^.
He married Mary Asquil and was the father of
three children, two of whom are living, namely:
Sarah, who married John Smith and resides in
Lawrence. IMassachusetts ; and William Samuel.

(II) William Samuel, son of William and Mary
(.'\squil) Brice, was born in Batavia, Island of Java.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

November 25, 1857. He attended school in Brad-
ford. England, and after the conclusion of his studies
he began the activities of life as an operative in a
textile mill. He not only familiarized himself with
the carding, spinning and weaving of cotton fabrics,
but acquired a practical knowledge of the construc-
tion and settin.g up of looms as well, and it was in
the capacity of an expert in the latter branch of
the cotton manufacturing business that he came to
the United States in 1S74. It had bees his intention
to return to England, but being favorably impressed
with the country, and finding no difficulty in obtain-
ing employment, he decided to remain. Accepting
employment at the Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Massa-
chusetts, he remained in the service of that
well known corporation for eighteen years,
during which time he worked his way for-
ward to the position of overseer, and from that
city he went to Belfock, Rhode Island, as superin-
tendent of a large cotton mill. He was subsequently
connected in a responsible capacity with several
other textile mills in New England, and in 1S96 his
services were secured by the Amoskeag Corpora-
tion, Manchester, as general overseer of its weav-
ing. In politics Mr. Brice is a Republican. He
attends the Unitarian Church. He was married,
October 17, 1877. to Jessie Bealey, daughter of War-
ren Bealey. His children are : Carrie Bertha. James
Herbert and Frederick Mansfield.

Joseph R. Fradd married (second). Harriet Ann
Woosnam. and has two children : John Ernest and
Dorothy Helen. She was born in Wales.

The Fradd family, represented in the
FRADD present family generation by Joseph
Richard Fradd, is of English origin,
and numbers among its representatives men of busi-
ness ability, acumen and foresight, who have made
for themselves a name and place in the various
walks of life.

(F) Richard Fradd, a native of England, is the
earliest ancestor of the familv of whom there is
any mention. He spent his life in his native land,
married and reared a family, among whom was a
son, Edwin Fradd.

(II") Edwin, son of Richard Fradd, was born in
Cornwall. England, and died about the year 1885.
at the age of sixtv years. He was employed in
a custom house in England for many years, and after
iiis retirement received a' pension from the govern-
ment for his years of faithful service. He married
IMaria Horton, who bore him seven children, of
whom five are living: Joseph Richard, see forward:
Kate E., Edith M., Gertrude Evelyn; and Ernest
Edwin.

(Ill) Joseph Richard, son of Edwin and Maria
C Horton) Fradd. was born in London. England,
June 30. 1868. He received a good education in
private schools, as was the custom in England at
that time, and then learned the trade of carpenter.
He emigrated to .'America when but sixteen years
of age. locating in Manchester, and his first business
venture was in a dye house. He then learned the
trade of printing, and at the age of twenty years he
was made assistant paymaster of the Stark Mills
of Manchester, a position which he still holds. The
care and accuracy with which even the smallest
detail of his work is attended to are eminently satis-
factory. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.
His courteous manners and readiness to help those
less fortunate than himself have endeared him to
a large circle of friends. He married Cfirst). Mary
Elizabeth Fradd, born in Manchester, September 0.
1857, died ."ipril 2t. iSqg. daughter of Horatio
Fradd, and has one child. Walter Richard.

The French form of this name sug-
MINARD gests that an early ancestor of the

family had come from France and set-
tled in Scotland, whence came the progenitor of the
American family.

(I) Charles D. Minard was born in Scotland,
and died in Nashua, New Hampshire. He came to
America in 1S25 and settled in Nashua, where he
spent the remainder of his life. He was a shoe-

, maker by trade. He married Mary Fersons, of
Nashua, and seven children viere born of this
union.

(II) Charles F., second son and child of Charles
D. and Mary (Fersons) Minard, was born in Na-
shua. New Hampshire, April 9, 1837. He was a
painter and decorator by trade and followed that
occupation in Nashua until April 30, 1861, when he
enlisted in Compaiiy F, First New Hampshire Vol-
unteer Infantrj-, ninety days' men. He was mus-
tered into the United States service. May 3. and
mustered out August 9, 1861. He re-enlisted" Sep-
tember 20, 1861. was mustered in as corporal in
Company A. Eighth New Hampshire Volunteer In-
fantry, October 25, 1861, and died at Carrollton,
Louisiana, November 18, 1862. He married in Na-
shua. Sarah M. Gay, who was born October 22, 1831.
daughter of Timothy Gay, of Groton, Massachusetts.
They had one child, the subject of the next para-
graph.

(III) Lotie I., only child of Charles F. and
Sarah M. CGay) Minard. was born in Nashua. April
8, 1857. He was educated in the common schools,
and when fourteen years of age he began to learn
shoemaking and was employed in the manufacture
of custom made shoes for five years. He then
entered the employ of the Estabrook Shoe Com-
pany and remained with them eleven years. In
politics he is a Republican, and as such has been
elected to various offices which he has filled with
satisfaction to his constituency. He has been ward
clerk, member of the common council and board of
aldermen, representative in 1891-93-97, and deputy
sheritt. He was elected commissioner of Hillsboro
county in 1900. and has been biennially elected since
that time. He is a past grand of Granite Lodge
No. I. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a mem-
ber of Rising Sun Lod.ge, No. 39, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons: Manchester Lodge, No. 146,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks : Nashua
Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias; and of several
social clulis. He married. 1884. at Nashua, Jose-
phine E. Hebert, born in Sciota, New York, March
22, 1S5Q, daughter of Bartholomew and Mary (Bau-
lac) Herbert, of the Sciota. New York.

This old English familv name is
HOUSTON found snarsely scattered over the

L'nited States. The New England
branch has many rei)resontative men and women
among its members.

(I) David Houston- born in Bedford. April 16,
1779, died October 24, 1857, and was a farmer, and
settled in Thornton in early manhood. He married
Esther Willey, born in Campton, March 31, 1781,
daughter of .Abel and Lydia (Church) Willey. She
died June 17. 1869. They had six children, born in
Thornton: John. Gilmore. Henrv Cheever. Lvdia,
E. and Willey.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

1387

(II) Gilmore, ?ccond son and child of David
and Esther (Willcy) Houston, was born in Thorn-
ton, June 27. 1S07. died in Plymouth, May 14, 1S91.
He was a harness maker, and conducted a shop in
Plymouth many years. He was a man of reliable
and sturdy qualities, and was respected by his towns-
men. He was a selectman, deputy sheriff, and held
other positions of trust during sixty or more years of
his residence in that town. He married (first),
April, 1834. Sarah Griffin, born in Woodstock, in
1813. She died in Plymouth, September 20, 1851,
and he married (second). December 10. 1851, Lydia
Ann Snow, born in Merrimack. November 13, 1817,
daughter of William and Deborah (Gardner) Snow,
who died in Plymouth, January .^o, 1888. He had
by the first wife children as follows : Esther
Jane, Gilmore McLane, Mary W., Gardner S., Wil-
liam Leverett and Annette Cook.

(III) Esther Jane, eldest child of Gilmore and
Sarah (GrilTin') Houston, was born in Plymouth,
in 1835, and died September 20, i86t. She married,
January 23. 1856, Byron G. Merrill. (See Merrill,
VIII).

It is generally believed by author-
FREEMAN ities on nomenclature that the name

Freeman, like Frye and Franklin,
was suggested by the fact that its original bearer
was free, and that he adopted it as a family name
in order to designate his position in life. As John'
the Strong developed into John Strong, so Edmond
the Free may have become known as Edmond Free-
man. The armorial bearings of the various Free-
man families of England and Ireland are almost
identical, showing that they must have originated
from one source. The family now under consider-
ation is of English descent.

(I) Edmond (l) Freeman, his wife Elizabeth
and four children were passengers in the ship
".\bigail," Richard Hackwell. master, which ar-
rived in IMassachusetts Bay from London in 1635.
Besides Edmond and his family, several others of
this name came over in the same ship, but whether
they were relatives or not cannot now be de-
termined. Edmond was probably born in 1590,
either in Devonshire or Oxford. He first located
in Lynn, Massachusetts, and there is a record of
his having presented the colony with twenty cor-
seletts, or pieces of plate armor. From Lynn he
went to the Plymouth colony, where he was ad-
mitted a freeman in 1637, and with nine associates
was recognized by the authorities as a proper per-
son to organize a new settlement. .Accordingly,
during the ensuing year.Jie was largely instrumental
in establishing the town of Sandwich, on Cape Cod,
which was settled principally by people from Plym-
outh, Duxbury and Lynn. In the division of land
his share was the largest and he frequently served as
an assistant to the governor; was appointed presid-
ing officer of a court of three to hear and determine
legal controversies; sen-ed as a selectman, and held
other town offices. His death occurred in 1682,
at the advanced age of ninety-two years, and his
will, which he made on June 21, was presented for
probate November 2 of that year. 'There is some
reason for believing that the maiden surname of
his wife was Bennett, but there is also evidence that
it might have been Beauchampe. She died Feb-
ruary T4. 1675-7C. Their children were : .Mice. Ed-
mond. Elizabeth, John and Mary, all of whom, ex-
cepting the youngest, were born in England.

(II) Edmond (2), second child and eldest son

of Edmond (i) and Elizabeth Freeman, was twelve
years old when he came to New England, and he
became a prominent resident of Sandwich, serving
as deputy to the general court for seven years from
1669. The date of his death does not appear in the
records at hand. His first wife, whom he married
April 22, 1646, was Rebecca Prince, daughter of
Governor Thomas and Patience (Brewster) Free-
man, and granddaughter of Elder William Brew-
ster, the Mayflower Pilgrim. Edmond was mar-
ried the second time, July 18, 1651, to Margaret
Perry. He was the father of Rebecca, Margaret,
Edmond. Alice, Rachel, Sarah and Deborah, all of
whom save Rebecca were of his second union,

(HI) Edmond (3), second child and only son
of Edmond (2) and Margaret "(Perry) Freeman,
was born in Sandwich, October 5, 1655, He resided
in Sandwich for the greater part of his life, and all
of his children were born there, but his last days
were spent in that part of Yarmouth which is now
North Dennis, and he died May 18, 1720. In 1702
he was associated with John Nye, of Sandwich, in
the purchase of one thousand acres of land in that
part of Windham, Connecticut, which .was after-
wards incorporated as the town of Mansfield. The
Christian name of his wife was Sarah, and it is
supposed that her maiden name w-as SkefTe, or
Skifif. Her death occurred November 12, 1742, at
the age of ninety years. Their children were: Ed-
mond, Benjamin, Mary. John, Thomas, Joseph, Wil-
liam. Sarah and Isaac.

(IV) Edmond (4), eldest son and child of
Edmond (3) and Sarah (Skeffe) Freeman, was born
in Sandwich, .August 30, 1683. He married Kezia
Presbury, who was born in 168S, and became the
father of a large family, which he moved to Mans-
field, settling upon land purchased by his father.
His wife died in Mansfield, .\pril 20. 1764. aged
seventy-seven years, and his death occurred there
June I, 1766. They were the parents of fourteen
children, namely; Edmond (who died young), Ly-
dia. Edmond, Prince. Stephen, Sylvanus. Nathaniel,
Kezia, Sarah, Deborah. Skeffe, Thomas. .Kbigail and
Margaret.

(V) Prince, third son and fourth child of
Edmond (4) and Kezia (Presbury) Freeman, was
born in Sandwich, March 13, 1713. He resided in
Connecticut until aboiit 1760, when he came to
New Hampshire, but the record at hand does not
state what town he settled in, and he died June 25,
1781, He was three times married; first. Decem-
ber I, 17.^9. to Ruth, daughter of Theophilus Hall,
of Mansfield, who died May 19, 1740; second, Sep-
tember 15, I7d2, to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
Stetson, of Mansfield, who died March 10, 1744;
and third. December 12. 7745, to Rebecca, daughter
of William Johnson, also of Mansfield. His chil-
dren, all of whom were of his third union, were:
.Azariali. Prince. Rebecca. William, Enoch, Exper-
ience. Elijah, Roger. Elizabeth and Ruth.

(VI) Experience, fifth son and sixth child of
Prince and Rebecca (Johnson) Freeman, was born
in Mansfield, March 26, I7,s6. January 17, 17S1. he
married Jane Upham. and subsequently settled in
Norwich, Vermont. His children were; Selden,
horn January 24, 1782, who was a school teacher in
New York ; Reuben Woods, settled in Lancaster,
and in iSrg moved to Guildhall. Vermont, where he
died; Porter G,, see forward; Sarah, married Sam-
uel White, father of Nathaniel White; Harmony,
married John Moore, of Lancaster; Mary, married
.Amos Crandall. of Lancaster; .Anna, died single.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

(VII) Porter G., son of Experience and Jane
(Upham) Freeman, was born in Norwich, Febru-
arj- 9, 1792. When a young man, in March, 1808,
he went to Lancaster, where he cleared a large
farm in connection with his brother, Reuben W..
and resided there for the rest of his Hfe. which
terminated August iS, 1866. He was a prominent
resident of his day, and held several important town
offices, 'and was deacon of the Congregational
Church for forty years, and the first Sunday school
was organized and held in his home, for three years.
He married Mercy, daughter of Captain Emmons
Stockwell, a pioneer settler in Lancaster (see Stock-
well). She became the mother of children, but
two of whom are now living, namely : William
Porter, who is referred to in the succeeding para-
graph ; and Emmons Selden, who is residing in
Chicago. The others were : Emmons F., Mercy
Jane, James F., and Gratia Anna. The mother
died October 22, 1850.

(VHI) William Porter, son of Porter G. and
Mercy (Stockwell) Freeman, was born in Lancas-
ter, March 9. 1821. His boyhood days were divided
between working on the homestead farm. A short
time in his early youth he taught a school in his
father's barn. Shortly after attaining his majority
he went to Boston, and for the succeeding twenty
years was engaged in mercantile business in that
city. Returning to Lancaster in 1864, he resumed
farming on his present farm, to which he succeeded,
and as the years advanced he disposed of a con-
siderable portion of the property, retaining for his
own use some fifty acres. He is now a venerable
octogenarian and a highly esteemed citizen, having
served in all of the town offices, and was a deacon
of the Congregational Church for thirty-five years.
Mr. Freeman was married to Cynthia A. Hunting-
ton, October 14, 1857, in North Russell Street
Church, Boston, by Rev. Henry W. Warren, now
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She
died January 16, 1893. He was married (second),
May 6, 1896, to Sarah Elizabeth Kinsman ; her
maiden name was Cheever.

(I) The earliest of whom either tradition or
record gives knowledge in this line was Peleg Free-
man, who went from Salem, Massachusetts, and
settled in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. His son Peleg
was the first male child born in that town.

(II) Peleg (2), son of Peleg (i) Freeman, was
born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and resided in that
town.

(HI) Ford, son of Peleg (2) Freeman, was
born about 1802, in Liverpool. Nova Scotia, and re-
sided in Waterloo, in that province, where he was
a farmer. He died about 1884, aged eight\--twn,
and was buried at Kempt. He married Susan Miles,
who was born in Wales, and died in Nova Scotia,
aged eighty-four. Children: Barnabas, of Weeks
Mills, Maine: Adonirana Judson, deceased: Zenas
Waterinan : Mary : Hannah ; Eunice, and another
child, deceased; all living in Nova Scotia.

(IV) Zenas Waterman, son of Ford and Susan
(Miles) Freeman, was born in Waterloo, Nova
Scotia, October 25. 1836, and was a farmer. He
married, in Kempt, Bessie Collins Kenipton, March
31, 1868. They had six children, all born in Kempt,
Nova Scotia ; Everett K.. Edward Orvis. Hardy
Judson, Grace Adelaide (Mrs. Morris U. Freeman,
one child, Cecil) ; Susan Miles and Eunice Pearl.

(V) Everett Kempton, eldest child of Zenas
W. and Bessie Collins (Kempton) Freeman, was

born in Kempt, Queens county, Nova Scotia. Jan-
uary 7, 1869. He remained on the homestead farm
with his father until nineteen years of age, and then
took service in a saw-mill at Kempt, where he
labored two years. In 1891 he went to Conway,
New Hampshire, where he worked at lumbering
for two years, and saved enough money from his
earnings to pay his way for a term in the Portland
Business (College, where he prepared himself to go
into trade. After leaving there he was a clerk in
the store of J. W. Garvin in Sanbornville, New
Hampshire, where he was employed five years. In
1890, with his savings, he established himself in
business in South Berwick, Maine, where he kept a
store six years. Returning to Sanbornville he
bought out the store of F, L. Bracket & Company,
in which he had formerly been employed as a clerk.
There under his careful management the business
has steadily increased, and he now has a well-es-
tablished, paying trade. He is a member of Olive
Branch Lodge, No. 28, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of South Berwick, Maine, member of the
Methodist Church of Sanbornville. and independent
in politics. He married, June 5, 1896, Helen IMaud
Fursden, who was born in New Brunswick, Feb-
ruary 22, 1869, daughter of Thomas and Mary- Jane
(Bla'tchford) Fursden, of Conway, New Hamp-
shire. To them have been born three children :
Mary Mildred, Everett Orvis and William Rad-
more.

Among the men of foreign birth
KNEHNEL who have been attracted to the state

of New Hampshire and assisted in
the growth of its institutions is the principal sub-
ject of this sketch.

(I) Ephraim Knehnel was born in Sehersau,
Germany, August 11, 1835, and was educated in the
common schools. In youth he learned the trade
of cotton and linen weaver, and he is now following
his trade in Germany. He married (first) Louisa
Herzog, who died December 13, i88r, leaving sev-
enteen children; married (second) Theresa Pfeift'er.
She lived in Germany and had one child.

(II) Emil, son of Ephraim and Louisa (Her-
zog) Knehnel, was born in Sehersau. Germany,
May 7, 1867. He learned the trade of jeweler, and
afterward that of weaver. In 1891 he came to
America on the steamship "Aller," landing in New
York, May 26, 1891. May 29, 1891, he went to
Manchester, New Hampshire, and was employed in
the weaving department of the Amoskeag Mills.
He opened a general store in West Manchester, in
1896, which he carried on .until 1903. He is now-
engaged in the retail liquor business at 169 Second
street. He is a member of the Turners, the Forest-
ers, the Harugari Club, and the Workingman's
Relief Society, and is also a member of the German
school board. He married Mary Frendler, who
was born in Langenbielan, Germany, December I,
T865. They have two children now living: Eliza-
beth, born July 11, 1886. Herman, August 3. i8.^S.

This German occupative surname

SCHNEIDER signifies tailor, and showsthat a

citizen of Germany centuries ago

assumed as his surname the title of the calling he

followed.

(I) Christian Schneider was born in Saxony.
Germany, and for years was employed as a won!
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Baltimore, Maryland, and for two years was em-
ployed in the Bay State mills at Lawrence, Massa-
chusetts. Afterward he moved to Bedford, New
Hampshire, where he spent the remainder of his
life on a farm. He married, in Saxony, Sophia
Vogel, who was born in 1832. They were the
parents of ten children, several of whom were born
in Germany. Their names are : William, Edward,
Herman, Robert, Pauline, Eloina, Louise, Mellia,
Bertha and Emma.

(H) Robert, fourth son and child of Christian
and Sophia (Vogel) Schneider, was born in Saxony,
November 3, 1850. At the age of four years he
accompanied his parents to America. He remained
with them until a short time after their settlement
in Bedford, and then became an employe in the
Print works at Manchester. Six years later he
entered the employ of Edward Wagner, wholesale
liquor dealer, for whom he worked twelve years.
In 1S88 he started in the business of bottling beers
and liquors himself, and has found it a profitable
employment. He is an Independent in politics, and
is a member of various German societies. He mar-
ried, in Manchester. September 19, 1872, Fredina
Carmen, born .^pril 6, 1851, at Elsterburg, Ger-
many. They have five children : Clara, married
Fred. Kock, six children : Helen, Clara, Clyde,
Gretchen, Bertha and Frederick ; Henry, Charles,
Gustavus and Frida. Henry and Gustavus assist
their father in business.

While this name has been connected with
RING the earliest settlements of Massachusetts

and New Hampshire, its progress has been
indicated upon the records in a very fragmentary
and unsatisfactory manner. . It is probable that
those bearing the name were not connected with the
established or present Congregational -Church of the
Puritan times, else vital records would have been
more completely preserved.

(I) Robert Ring (or Ringe), of Salisbury,
Massachusetts, is recorded as a cooper and planter.
He was born in 1614, and sailed from Southampton,
England, in the ship "Bevis," in 1638. He was
made a freeman at Salisbury in 1640, and received
lands in that year and in a previous division. He
carried on the fishing business at Ring's Island in
1642, and is recorded as a householder in 1677. He
was a signer of a petition in 16S0, and died in
1690. His will was made January 23, 1688, and
proved March 31, 1691. The christian name of his
wife was Elizabeth, but no record shows her family
name. Their children were: Hannah, Elizabeth,
Martha, Jarvis, John, Joseph and Robert.

(II) Joseph, third son and sixth child of Robert
and Elizabeth Ring, was born August 3, 1664, in
Salisbury, and was a soldier participating in the cap-
ture of Casco Bay fort. He appears on record as
a witness in a trial in 1692, but was dead before May
30. 1703, when the administration of his estate was
granted to his brother Jarvis. His wife's name was
probably Mary, as the records show the marriage
of a widow Mary Ring in June, 1710, to Nathaniel
Whitcher.

(III) Deacon Seth Ring, of Ncwington, New
Hampshire, formerly of Salisbury, is supposed to
have been a son of Joseph and Mary Ring. He
was married as early as 1716 to Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of John Libbey. He owned the covenant at
the church in Newington, January 5, 1718, and at
the same time his son Joseph was baptized. Their
children subsequently baptized at that church were:

Benjamin, Jane, Mary, Seth and Eliphalet. On
October 27, 1743, Seth Ring was elected deacon of
the Newington church, and probably served in that
capacity during the remainder of his life. He prob-
ably had other sons who do not appear in the record.
As the upper Suncook valley was almost wholly
settled by people from Newington, there can be lit-
tle doubt that the Rings of that vicinity are de-
scendants of Deacon Seth. The vital records of
the state show that Osgood Ring, of Chichester,' was
born August 16, 1766, and that he married, August
16, 1S15, Sally Brown. This was probably a sec-
ond marriage. Richard Ring was born in Pitts-
field, October 29, 1775, and married, November 16,
1S03, Sally Hook. The records show the birth of
two children, namely : George, in 1812, and Wil-
liam B., in 1816. It is probable that there were
other children, and it is reasonable to assume that
Samuel S. Ring, spoken of in the next paragraph,
was one of these.. Deacon Seth Ring is on recoid
as one of the charter proprietors of Barnstead,
May 20, 1727. On the 30th of January, 1732, Dea-
con Seth Ring sold land in Barnstead, and in the
following year he bought land in Portsmouth. He
sold land and buildings in Portsmouth in 1734, and
in 1741 bought land in Rochester. His will was
made February i, 1756, and mentioned sons, Joseph,
Benjamin, Eliphalet, Seth, Josiah and George, be-
sides daughters, Mary, Jane and Elizabeth.

(VI) Samuel S. Ring was born at Ring's Cor-
ner in Pittsfield. He married (first) January, 12,
1841, Eliza Ann Roby. by whom he had two chil-
dren, George and Adaline. He married (second),
September 15, 1847, Hannah A. Prescott, by whfim
he also had two children, Ellory and Edgar. The
latter was born January, i860, and has never mar-
ried.

(VII) Ellory, son of Samuel and Hannah .\.
(Prescott) Ring, was born in Pittsfield, June, 1850.
He was educated in the district schools of bis
native town, and in its academy when under the
charge of Professor D. K. Foster. After complet-
ing his education in the schools he engaged in the
hardware business at the old "John Berry" stand,
and so continued till his death, June 18, 1900. He
was one of the directors of the Pittsfield National
Bank, and assisted in its reorganization. He was
a member of the Suncook Lodge of Odd Fellows.
In his political faith he was a Republican. He was
a member of the Congregational Church,^ and its
treasurer seven years. He was also superintendent
of the Sunday school, succeeding Reuben L. French.
He married Anna, eldest child of Nathaniel K. and
Elizabeth (Emerson) Moss, of Chelsea, Vermont.
Her father was born in 1819 and came to New
Hampshire in 1846, and was for a time a merchant
in Concord. He died August 31, 1895. in Pitts-
field. Her mother was born on Emerson Hill in
West Hopkinton, July 14. 1834. and is still living.
Ann Moss received her education in the schools of
Concord. . She is a member of the Congregational
Church in Pittsfield, and an active worker in the
various benevolent societies connected with the
church. Her great-grandfather, Joseph H. Emer-
son, was born on Emerson Hill. West Hopkinton.
and married Susanna Harvey, who was a sister of
Judge Harvey, of Concord. He had a brother,
Bodwell, and a son Jeremiah, who married Judith
Parker, by whom he had two daughters. Elizabeth
and Susan. .After his death at West Hopkinton. his
widow married for her second husband John Hoyt,
by whom she had one daughter, Margaret. . who

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married Warren Stetson and became the mother of
five children: William, Mabel, Ella. Arthur and
Edward. Elizabeth Emerson, the danghter of Jere-
miah and Judith (Parker) Emerson, mother of Mrs.
EUery Ring, married Nathaniel K. Moss. Her
brothers and sisters are William H., married Ber-
tha Foss. Cora Belle, married Albert Yeaton. and
h'as had two children, Ivan and Conrad. Albert J.,
Frederick E., married Sadie Jenkins ; Leland J. The
Moss family have been identified politically with the
Republicans, and religiously with the Baptists. The
family was in this country as early as 1630. John
Moss at that date settling in New Haven, Connect-
icut. By her husband. Ellory Ring, Anna Moss
had a son, Arthur Prescott.

(Vni) .A.rthur Prescott. son of Ellory and Anna
(Moss) Ring, was born in Pittsfield, October 10,
1881. He received his education in the Pittsfield
schools, and his preparation for the mercantile busi-
ness under the instruction of his father in his well-
established hardware store, where he soon gave evi-
dence of his possession of an Ability of a high
order, and ever keeping himself well posted in every
tiling pertaining to the business became a valuable
assistant to his father. He is a member and one of
the chief officers of Suncook Lodge, No. 10, of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the direct
line of his great-grandfather. Samuel Ring, he is
the onlv survivor to perpetuate the name of Ring,
and at his mother's death the only heir to the Ring
estate.

The name of Dore is most unusual in
DORE this country. It is sometimes written

Door or Dorr, but one line appears to
have preserved the spelling Dore for at least two
centuries. The family first appears at Portsmouth.
New Hampshire. Some of the descendants moved
to adjoining towns, but the original branch appears
to have migrated to Lebanon, Maine. The first
.American ancestor was probably Richard Dore. who
was at Portsmouth. New Hampshire, as early as
T675. His will was proven March 17, 1715-16. He

married Tamsen . and they had children, but

their names are not given. It is probable that Phil-
ip Dore. who lived at Portsmouth in 1714, and in
Newington. New Hampshire, in 1717, was one of
them. Philip's son, John Dore. baptized at Newing-
tion, July 5, 1730, married Charity Wentworth daugh-
ter of Joseph and Sarah (Allen) Wentworth, of
Great Falls, New Hampshire.

John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore moved to
Lebanon, Maine, ami became the parents of fourteen
children. These children established a most remark-
able record for longevity. Several of them lived to
be nearly a hundred, and their ages at death aver-
aged ei.gbty years. Three of the sons were in the
Revolution : John. Jonathan and Benaiah. John
lived and died at Lebanon, Maine; Jonathan and Be-
naiah moved to Milton, New Hampshire.

Philip Dore probably the elder brother of John
Dore, also lived at Lebanon, Maine, and had an in-
teresting history. When a hoy of eleven, living near
what is now Rochester. New Hampshire, he was cap-
tured by the Indians and carried to Canada, where
he remained till a grown man, when he made his
escape. Returning to the neighborhood of his old
home he became one of the first settlers of Lebanon,
Maine. When he was carried off the Indians stopped
several days at Gully Oven, a remarkable cavern
near West Lebanon. Philip Dore became a select-

man of Lebanon in 1769. This is the story as given
by the History of York County, Maine. The His-
tory of Rochester, New Hampshire, presents a some-
what dift'erent version. The name there is given
as Jonathan instead of Philip Dore. The incidents
of the captivity are essentially the same, also the re-
turn and the ultimate settlement in Lebanon. The
Rochester History says that Jonathan Dore, while in
captivity, married an Indian wife and became one
of the tribe. After the massacre of his wife and
children at the time of the destruction of one of
the Indian villages by the whites, he lost his inter-
est in savage life and returned to civilization. This
account says that he was always called "Indian
Dore" in Lebanon, and that he spent his winters in
hunting.

Without question the members of the family
whose history follows, are descended from Lebanon
Dores. but the connecting links have not been fur-
nished,

(I) Charles A., son of Oliver Dore, of Maine,
was born in .A.lton. New Hampshire, in 1839. For
some vears he was engaged in trucking near Dover,
Later he went into the shoe manufacturing business
at Dover, a business which he conducted for several
years. In 1882 he purchased the Kimball Hotel at
Dover, of which he has been the proprietor ever
since. He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree.
He married Jemima Leavitt. Two children have
been born to this union : Charles O.. a farmer in
Tuftonborough, New Hampshire, and Llarry, whose
sketch follows.

(II) Harry, younger son of Charles A. and
Jemima (Leavitt) Dore, was born May s, 1875, at
Dover. He was educated in the public schools of
Dover with two years 9t Phillips .\cademy, Exeter,
New Hampshire. He has always been associated
with his father in the hotel business, becoming a
partner in 1890. The firm name is now C. A. Dore
& Son. Harry Dore is a member of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks of Dover. He
married, June 7, 1899. Marcia L. Tarbo.x. daughter
of Harry Tarbox, of Concord. They have one
child, Albert, born February 22, igoi.

The name of Cram is unusual in this
CR.AM country. It is spelled Gramme in the

early records. This family is one of the
early ones of southern New Hampshire, and its
members are principally found in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts. Their lives have lieen quiet
ones, but characterized by .good citizenship.

(I) John Cram was of Exeter. New Hampshire,
and one of the signers of the Combination, soon
after the settlement of that town. Not long
after he removed to Hampton and settled on the
south side of Taylor's river (now Hampton Falls),
near the site of the Weare monument. He died
March .S, 1682. In the record of his death he is
styled "good old John Cram, one .iust in his gen-
eration." In his will two sons, Benjamin and Thom-
as, are mentioned, and two daughters. Mary and
Lydia. His wife's name was Hester. She died
May 16, T677. Their children were : Joseph, Ben-
jamin, Thomas, Mary and Lydia.

(II) Benjamin, second son and child of John and
Hester Cram, married November 28. 1662, Argen-
tine Cromwell, possibly widow of Thomas Crom-
well, one of the grantees, about twenty-one years
old at the time of grant, who appears to have been
in Hampton a short time with the first settlers, and

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is said to have died in Boston in 1649. Their chil-
dren were: Sarah, John, Benjamin. Mary, Joseph,
Hannah, Esther. Jonathan and Elizabeth.

(III) John (2), second child and eldest son of
Benjamin and .Argentine (Cromwell) Cram, was
born April 6, 1665. He married (first) Tilary Wad-
leigh, of Exeter; (second), Januarj- 13, 1730, widow
Susanna Batcheldcr. daughter of Francis Page. The
children, all by the first wife, were: Argentine,
Abigail, Benjamin, Wadleigh, Jonathan, John and
Mary.

(IV) Jonathan, fifth child and third son of John
and Mary (Wadleigh) Cram, was born August 22,
1706, and died May 3, 1760. He married, November
28, I728,' Elizabeth, daughter of Nehemiah and
Mary (Gove) Heath. She was born June 26, 1709.
and died 1772.

(V) John (3), son of Jonathan and Elizabeth
(Heath) Cram, was born at Hampton Falls. Novem-
ber 12, 1730, and died in Pittsfield, August 30,
1803. He was the first settler of Pittsfield ; he was
granted a large tract of land now contained in the
whole village of Pittsfield. in consideration of his
building a mill and dam. This tract included the
farm now occupied by his great-grandson, F. E.
Cram, and this property has never been out of the
family since his time. He was a very prominent
man in his time and held office of justice of_ the
peace. He married. December 13, 1750, Abigail
Sanborn, born at Hampton Falls. Alay 3, 1731,
daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Sanborn) Sanborn.
She died in Pittsfield, May 4, 1802. Their children
were : Elizabeth, Sarah, Reuben, Jonathan. John,
Ebenezer, Abigail, Tristam and Nehemiah.

(VI) Tristam, eighth cliild and fifth son of John
and Abigail (Sanborn) Cram, was born in Hampton
Falls. .-August 21. 1770. and died in Pittsfield, :March
20, 1838. He married in Hampton Falls, August 20,
1793, Patience Leavitt. born December 10, I77i>
died June 23, 1849. daughter of Benjamin and Es-
ther (Towle) Leavitt of Hampton Falls. Their chil-
dren were : Esther, Abigail, Abraham, John, Rach-
el Mitty. Reuben and Benjamin.

(VII) Reuben, eldest son and second child of
Tristam and Patience (Leavitt) Cram, was born
September 27. 1797. and died December 12, 1874.
He married in Pittsfield, Novemlier 28. 1833. Polly
Berry, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Lane)
Berry. Their children were : Eunice, Charles T.,
Mary, Jane, Eliza, Frank E., the subject of the fol-
lowing paragraph, and Ellen A., wife of Lewis
Porter.

(VIII) Frank Edward, son of Reuben and Polly
(Berry) Cram, was born on the old homestead in
Pittsfield, where he now lives, January 5. 1847. He
was educated in the common schools and at Pitts-
field Academy, while Professor D. K. Foster had
charge of it. He is a man of worth and sound judg-
ment, and has been elected to various oflices on the
Democratic ticket. He has filled with credit to him-
self the offices of selectman, road agent, tax collec-
tor, member of the legislature and county commis-
sioner. He is a member of Cadamount Grange. No.
97. Patrons of Husbandry, Pittsfield, Red Men
Lodge, Norris, Knights of Pythias, and Suncook
Lodge, No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Pittsfield, and has passed through the principal
chairs. He married. Thanksgiving Day. November
24. 1870. Ida A. Young, born in Pittsfield. April 10,
1850, daughter of Andrew and Dorothy (Blake)
Young, of Pittsfield. They have three children:
Natt. Allen, Frank Guy and Alvoy Blake.

(IX) Natt. Allen, eldest child of Frank E.
and Ida A. (Young) Cram, was born in Pittsfield,
October, 1871. He was educated in the public
schools, and graduated from Pittsfield higli school.
After leaving school he was a bookkeeper, and later
read law two years with Pattee & George, attorn-
neys, Manchester. April i, 1899, he was appointed
postmaster of Pittsfield, and served four years,
and was th?n re-appointed and is now serving out
his second term. He is a member of Corinthian
Lodge. Knights of Pythias, of Pittsfield, and An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons. He married. June
3. 1893. Edith Swett, of Pittsfield, daughter of
David Knowlton and Elizabeth (Lane) Swett (see
Swett, VIII). They have one child, Clifton Swett,
born in Pittsfield, April i, 1905.

(I) Nathan Cram, with three of his sons — Ezek-
iel, Nathan and Thomas — settled in Weare, New
Hampshire, some time before the Revolution. It
is not known where they came from or what was
the maiden name of Nathan (i) Cram's wife. The
three sons all served in the Revolution.

(II) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (i) Cram, lived
at Weare, New Hampshire, on the same farm with
his father. This was located in what is called the

Gore. Nathan (2) married Nason, and had

six children: Ezekiel, whose sketch follows: Na-
than. Samuel, Jonathan, James and Abigail. Nathan
(3). Samuel and Jonathan all married and settled
in Weare. James married Lydia Lull, and removed
to Lowell. Massachusetts ; Abigail married Robert
Balch. and went to Vermont to live.

(III) Ezekiel, eldest child of Nathan (2) and

(Nason) Cram, lived in Weare. on what is

now the town poor farm. He afterwards moved
to Wethersfield. Vermont. He married Mary Kin-
son, and they had ten children : Hilliard. wdiose
sketch follows : Hannah, John. Ezra. Jesse, Eliphalet.
Daniel. Nathan. Lowell and Richard. Three of the
sons, Hilliard. Ezra -and Jesse, settled in Acworth,
New Hampshire : John went to Unity, this state ;
while Eliphalet, Daniel and Lowell lived in Weare
and reared two children each.

(IV) Hilliard. eldest child of Ezekiel and Mary
(Kinson) Cram, was born at Weare. December 5,
1773- In 1779. he moved to Acworth, New Hamp-
shire, where he was married, March 14, 1799. to
Sarah, daughter of Elijah Gove. They had nine chil-
dren:' Elijah. John Shepard. whose sketch follows:
Willard. Sabra, Julia, Joseph P.. Samuel G., Mar-
ietta, and Samuel G.

(V) John Shepard, second son and child of Hil-
liard and Sarah (Gove) Cram, was born probably in
Weare, New Hampshire, about 1802. He went to
Hanover, this state, where he was a silver-smith by
trade, and lived and died there. He married Sally,
daughter of Joseph Gregg, of Acworth. The Greggs
were good old Scotch-Irish stock. Joseph Gregg
was born in Londonderry. New Hampshire, in 1763.
and was the great-grandson of James Gregg, who
emigrated from .Ayrshire. Scotland, in 1718. John
Shepard and Sally (Gregg) Cram had six children:
Daniel, Charles Hilliard, mentioned below, Clara,
Sarah, Harriet and .John. His wife died in Chi-
cago. Illinois, about 1891.

(VI) Charles Hilliard, second son and child of
John Shepard and Sally (Gregg) Cram, was borir
in Hanover, New Hampshire, jNIarch 22. 1832. He
was educated in the common schools of that place,
and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1854.
He then went to Chicago where he became asso-
ciated with the house of Ward. Daggett & Com-

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pany, manufacturers and wliolesalers of boots and
shoes. He served as clerk for fourteen years, and
then was taken into partnership, which continued
till his death in 1881. On April 30, 1856, Charles
Milliard Cram married Harriet Blaisdell, daughter
of Timothy and Harriet (Merrill) Bladsdell, of
Haverhill, New Hampshire. (See Blaisdell, HI).
They had nine children whose sketches are given
in connection with their mother's record. Charles
Hilliard Cram died at Chicago, Iilarch 21, 1881.

Loughlin or Laughlin is a name of

LOUGHLIN Scotch origin, and is found occa-

isionally in Ireland, but previous

to the Revolution none of the name seem to have

been in America.

(I) Hugh Loughlin was a native of County
Armagh, Ireland, where he passed his entire life.
His wife's surname was Katnes.

(H) James, son of Hugh Loughlin, was born in
1826, at Crosdenedd, County Armagh. Ireland, and
died there in March, 1905. at the age of seventy-nine.
He was a farmer. He married Elizabeth Nugent,
of the same place, and they were the parents of six
children; three living.

(Ill) Thomas, third son ond third child of James
and Elizabeth (Nugent) Loughlin, was born at
Crosdenedd, County Armagh, November i, 1859.
He was educated in the common schools of his
native place, and at the age of twenty-two came
to America, and first settled in Dover, New Hamp-
shire where for a time he was employed in the
print works. In 1882 he settled in Portsmouth, and
entered the employ of the Frank Jones Company,
where he continued five years. He then established
himself in the business of bottling mineral waters,
light drinks, and so forth, which he has since carried
on with success. He is a Democrat, and has taken
an active part in politics for years. In 1904 he was
elected senator from the twenty-third district, and
served the following session in the state senate.

Mr. Loughlin married, April g, 1900, Mary
(Molbcnden) Paul, widow of William Paul, of
Portsmouth. By her first marriage she had two
children : Theresa and Bernard ; and by the second,
Thomas, John and Harry.

The first of the Grovers who immi-
GRO'VER grated to America is said to have

been John Grover, who was of
Charlestown. ^Massachusetts, in 1634. He had a son
John, born 1640, whose eldest son John was in .And-
over, Massachusetts. James Grover, who is said to
have been a son of the last mentioned John, was
born at Andover, married there and after the close
of the Revolution moved with his family to IMaine
and settled in the town of Bethel. In the family of
James were five sons — James, John, Jedediah, Eli
and Elijah, and three daughters, Sarah, Olive and
Naomi ; and from these sons have descended the
Grovers of Maine and a part at least of those of
New Hampshire, who in later years crossed over
into the state last mentioned.

The foregoing is the statement of one of the
chroniclers of early Grover family history in New
England, and while written in perfect sincerity
'some of the statements therein contained are at
variance with the facts proved by more recent in-
vestigation of the family history. From the later
and perhaps more authentic account it appears that
the immigrant ancestor of the Grover family was
Thomas, who came from England and settled in

Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the Maiden side, in
1642; that this Thomas and his wife Eliza had
several children, the names of some of whom are
not known, but one of whom was Thomas, Jr., born
1653, married Sarah Chadwick and had, among their
children, three sons, Thomas, Andrew and Ephraim,
who in 1702 bought what is known as the "West
Purchase'' of Norton, JNIaine; that Andrew Grover,
the second mentioned of these sons, by his wife
Mary had a son James, who married Sarah Austin
and had a son James. Jr., who was Deacon James
Grover, who settled in Nelson (as now known).
New Hampshire, and subsequently removed to
Bethel, Maine. This Deacon James Grover is iden-
tical with the James referred to in the. preceding
paragraph as father of the eight children therein
mentioned. There is hardly room for doubt that
the late Josiah Grover, of Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, the period of whose life ran from 1834 to 1892,
was a descendant of one of the sons of Thomas
and Eliza Grover, although from records now ex-
tant that relationship cannot be definitely established.

(I) Josiah Grover was born in York,
Maine, May 19, 1834, and died in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, June 21, 1892. His early opportunities
to gain an education in the schools were very
limited, for he was compelled to make his own way
in life, but he always was a close, careful reader
and by that means came to be a well informed
man. When old enough to work he learned the
trade of painting with Marcellas Bufford, of Ports-
mouth, and worked for him about ten years, then
for a short time at the Portsmouth navy j'ard. By
industry and frugal habits he saved enough money
to start in business for himself, and in the
course of time was placed in comfortable
circumstances, and he also won the respect
of a wide circle of acquaintances. He took
an interest in public and political affairs,
but never would consent to run for office. Mr.
Grover married Helen Augusta Stackpole, daughter
of George E. Stackpole, of Portsmouth. 'Their eight
children were : John H., George W., Albert E.,
Charles E., INIary A., Joseph W., Frank H. and
Henry C. Grover.

(II) John Howard, eldest son and child of
Josiah and Helen (Stackpole) Grover, was born in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 9, 1855, and
after gaining a good early education in the public
schools he took up painting with his father. He
became a practical workman at that trade and also
at paperhanging, and in 1884 started in business on
his own account. Later on he became interested in
real estate and gradually turned his attention to
that branch of business. His efforts in life have
been rewarded with good success, and he is re-
garded as a substantial business man. For many
years Mr. Grover has been prominently identified
with various fraternal organizations in Portsmouth,
and is a Mason, Red Man, member of the Royal
Arcanum and of the .Ancient Order of L'nited Work-
men. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, one of its trustees and otficial board.- and
an ex-member of the common council from the
second ward of the city. He married, February 14,
1S77, Mary Hannah Gove, daughter of George W.
and Sarah Young (Lucas) Gove, granddaughter of
Joseph Langdon and Mahala (Crockett) Gove, and
great-granddaughter of Edward Gove, who was of
English birth and ancestry and came to America
many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Grover have one son,
Fred H. Grover.

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The name Furbish is allied to Fro-
FURBISII bisher, Farbisher and Farber. It is
thought to be derived from the occQ-
pation of scouring or prepariiig (.furbishing) armor
in the days of the tournaments. The family is of
Scotch origin, but the name is not numerous, either
in this country or Britain. The American name
during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
seems to be confined to the neighborhood of Dover,
New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine. William Fur-
bish was one of the earliest settlers of this state,
and so far as known he is the only American immi-
grant of this family.

(I) William Furbish, who was probably born in
Scotland, was in Dover, New Hampshire, as early
as 1648. He owned land in Kittery. i\Iainc, in 1664,
which is still in the family and owned by Howard B.
Furbish. His wife's name is not known, but seven
children are recorded. These were Daniel, men-
tioned below. John, died in Kittery in 1701. Hope-
well, married (first), Enoch Hutchins (2), and
(second), William Wilson. Katherine, married
Andrew Neal. Sarah, married Thomas Thompson.
Bethia, married Josiah Gould. William, Married
Sarah and went to South Carolina.

(H) Daniel, eldest child of William Furbish,
was born about 1664-65, probably in Kittery, Maine.
About 1688-89 hs married Dorothy Pray, of Brain-
tree, Massachusetts. He was a Quaker, and his
house was a garrison in 1722. He died in Kittery,
January, 1745.

(HI) Joseph, son of Daniel and Dorothy (Pray)
Furbish, was born in Kittery, Maine, about 1709-10
He married Elizabeth Meads, May 20, 1734, and died
in Kittery, April 5, 1795.

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) and Eliza-
beth (Meads) Furbish, was born in Eliot, Maine,
July 17, 1735. On December 17, 1769, he married
Hannah Stacy, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah
(Tidy) Stacy, of Kittery. She lived but three and
one-half years after her marriage, dying May 12,
1773. He died in 1808.

(V) Stephen, son of Joseph (2) and Hannah
(Stacy) Furbish, was born in Eliot, Maine, April 12,
1770. On April 23, 1797, he married Catherine Hill,
daughter of John and Martha (Rogers) Hill, of
Kittery. He died in Eliot, October 5, 1S26. She
died in 1844.

(VI) Joseph, son of Stephen and Catherine .
(Hill) Furbish, was born in Eliot, York county,
Maine, February 26, 1805. He was a carpenter by
trade, and followed that in connection with farming
until his death. He was twice married. His first
wife was Hannah Wadleigh, and they had five chil-
dren, one of whom died in infancy. The four daugh-
ters who lived to marry were : Elizabeth, married
Charles Jenkins. Hannah J., married Albert Shap-
leigh. Martha A., married Isaac Pindree. Charlotte
H., married William Johnson. Joseph Furbish mar-
ried for his second wife. December 22, 1845, Caro-
line Baker, of Portland, Maine. Of this union eight
children were born: Joseph H., now living in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts. Frederick B. also of Cam-
bridge. Fannie E., married Calvin Brickett. How-
ard B., born July 18, 1853, lives on the
old homestead. Charles F., see forward.
Carrie, married Charles Johns, Effie L, mar-
ried Stephen Bartlett, George, of New
Haven, Connecticut. Mrs. Caroline (Baker) Fur-
bish was a woman of superior ability. She was a
school teacher before her marriage, and a writer.
After she was seventy-five years of age she received

a check for one hundred dollars from the publishers
of the Ladies' Home Journal for an article accepted
by them. Joseph Furbish died August 6, 1886; i\lrs.
Caroline (Baker) Furbish died January 6, 1896.

(VII) Charles Fremont, fourth son and fifth
child of Joseph Furbish and his second wife, Caro-
line (Baker) Furbish, was born in Eliot, Maine.
November 27, 1855. When sixteen years of age he
came to Dover, New Hampshire, and learned the
blacksmith's trade of Smith Brown. He remained
with him for three years, and then purchased the
business, which he has successfully conducted ever
since. He has a wide reputation for first-class car-
riage work, both new and repair. He also conducts
a horse-shoeing establishment. Mr. Furbish belongs
to many fraternal organizations. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Wecohonet
Lodge, No. 3. He belongs to the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, and to Strafford Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons ; Belknap Chapter, Royal
-Arch IMasons and Orphan Council, Royal and Select
Masters, all of Dover.

Charles F., Furbish married Lizzie R. Butler,
daughter of Benjamin Butler, of Salem, Massachu-
setts. They have nine children: Edna C, born in
1877, married George A. Austin, of Dover, New
Hampshire. Edith M., born February 2, 1879, died
July 12, 1900. Minnie A., born April 26, 1881. Her-
bert A., born August 14, 1882. Charles B., born
April 20, 1883. Lizzie E., born November 11, 1887.
Ralph, born July 14, 1S89. Clifton, born March 26,
1893. Clarence, born August 12, 1896. Mr. and
JNIrs. Furbish are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Dover.

The race is not always to the swift,
GEORGI nor the battle to the strong, nor

does success crown only those who
have abundant means. Many of our best citizens,
both native and foreign-born, have started in life
without capital and become successful and useful
men. Among those who have come here from
abroad and proved worthy and honorable citizens
is the principal subject of this sketch.

(I) Georgi was born in Saxony, Germany.

He was a soldier in the Napoleonic wars, fought in
seven battles and was shot in battle. He was
a dyer by trade.

(II) William, son of Georgi, was born in

Saxony, Germany, 1832, and died in Manchester,
New Hampshire, June 31, 1904, aged seventy-two
years. He was a tailor by trade. He came to Amer-
ica in 1883, and soon after settled at Manchester,
where the remainder of his life was passed. He
married Bertha IVIaynard, who survives him. They
had two children : Emma, who was born in Ger-
many and died in Manchester, and George F., whose
sketch follows.

(HI) George F., only son of William and Bertha
(Maynard) Georgi, was born in Oberrohsau, Sax-
ony, November 22, 1872. At the age of nine years
he was brought to America by his parents, and went
to school two years in Manchester. He then learned
the baker's trade while in the employ of P. H. Rob-
erts. In 1889 he went to Suncook and was employ-
ed as a baker by Frank Bartlett. The next year he
started in business for himself as a baker, and rap-
idly expanded his trade so as to include groceries
and confectionery, a well equipped meat market,
and a restaurant. Mr. Georgi is a man of much en-
ergy' and business ability, and has made a signal suc-
cess of the lines of business he has undertaken. He

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makes a specialty of catering and is widely and fa-
vorably known in this line. He has supplied ban-
quets for festive occasions in many of the sur-
rounding cities including Manchester, Concord and
Laconia. He was made a Mason in 1903, and is a
member of Jewell Lodge, No. 94, of Suncook ; Mt.
Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. 11; Chase Horace
Council. No. 3, Royal and Select Masters : Mount
Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, of Concord,
and Bektash Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of
the Nobles of the JNlystic Shrine of Concord. He is a
past grand of Howard Lodge, No. 31, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Suncook, past chief patri-
arch of Hildreth Encampment, No. 17, and past
captain of Canton General Stark, of Suncook, No. 4.
He is also a member of Oriental Lodge, Knights
of Pythias ; Foresters of America, Pembroke Grange,
No. Ill, of Suncook, and the Amoskeag Veterans of
Manchester. He is also a well known musician and
a member of the jNlanchester Mannerchor and is leader
of the Union Cornet Band of Suncook.

Mr. Georgi married, October 7, 1896, Delfine La-
casse, born in Suncook, December 8, 1871, daughter
of Joseph and Louisa (Bouford) Lacasse, of Que-
bec, Canada. They have two children : Joseph
Mavnard Berniss and Madeleine Althea.

Schneider is a German name, is equiv-
SNYDER alent to the English word tailor, and
comes from the occupation of the man
who hrst took it as a surname.

(I) Johannes Snyder (Schneider), the innni-
grant ancestor of this family, was born in Frankfort,
Germany, May 22, 1779, and died in Canterbury,
March 10, 1859. He came to America in early man-
hood and worked in a glass factory in East Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, for a time, and then removed
to Maine, where he was engaged in farming. He
married, January, 1806, Sarah Stevens, and they
were the parents of seven children, four sons and
three daughters : Ann Mary ; Sarah ; Elizabeth ;
John ; Christopher, and two who died young.

(II) John, son of Johannes and Sarah (Stevens)
Snyder, was born in Utica, New York, September
20, 1813, and died in Canterbury, December 14,
1898, aged si.xty-six years. He worked on farms
and attended school until twenty-one years of age,
'when he went to East Cambridge, Massachusetts,
and was employed in the glass works there until
about thirty. He then returned to New Hamp-
shire and took charge of the farm belonging to his
grandfather in Canterbury. He then maintained his
grandparents while they lived, and after their death
became the owner of their property. He was a
man of much kindness of heart, and was much es-
teemed as a nurse among his acquaintances, before
professional nurses and well equipped hospitals
were not so common as they are now. He was a
member of the Congregational Church, and in pol-
itics a Republican. He married (first) in 1842,
Abbie Merrill, of Orange, New Hampshire, daugh-
ter of James and Elizabeth (Heath) Merrill. Mar-
ried (second) Ellen Hamlet, bom in Deerfield. The
children of the first wife were: James M., Charles,
George and Frank.

(III) James jMerrill. eldest son and child of
John and Abbie (Merrill) Snyder, was born in
Canterbury, September 4, 1851. He attended the
district and high schools until he was twenty-one,
and when not thus employed, worked on his father's
farm and at cabinet work in Penacook, and after-
wards at carpenter work. In 1872 he bought a saw

mill, which was then but a small one. In 1S89 this
mill and also the house and barn of Mr. Snyder
were totally destroyed by fire. He at once rebuilt
them, the null being much enlarged, and is now cut-
ting a quarter of a million feet of lumber annually.
He has a farm which he cultivates, and about two
hundred and seventy-five acres of woodland. Mr.
Snyder is an attendant of the Congregational
Church. In politics he is a Republican, and in all
affairs of public moment feels a lively interest. He
is a member of the school board and of the board
of selectmen. He married, December 17, 1873, in
Penacook, Mary E. F"itz, born July 3, 1852, daugh-
ter of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Courser) Fitz, of Web-
ster. They have two children : Nellie A., born
March 30, 1877, married, June 22, 1903, Walter A.
Chase, of Concord; G. Mahlon, born May 28, 1879,
residing at home.

Joseph T. Theobald was born in
THEOB.XLD England, came to America and

settled in Warrensburg, New York,
wdiere he worked at his trade of shoemaker. He
married Samantha March, born in Sunapee, New
Hampshire. They had four children; George Ly-
man, now of Concord. Charles H., now of Glovers-
ville. New York. Eugene, of Glens Falls, New
York. Thomas, who died in Warrensburg, New
York. Mrs. Theobald married (second) Cyrus Stone,
at Warrensburg, New York, and had one child :
Adelbert Stone.

George Lyman, son of Joseph T. and Samantha
(March) Theobald, was born in Warrensburg, New
York, February 6, 1851. He acquired his education
in the public schools, and at an early age began
to earn his own living. He was employed about the
Rockwell Hotel at Lucerne, New York, where he
stayed from the time he was twelve years old until
he was twenty. He then became a traveling sales-
man and followed that employment for about four
years. He was successful as a solicitor, but wearied
of his job, and in 1874, settled in Manchester, New
Hampshire, where he started a general contracting
business. In 1876 he removed to Concord, where
he has since built up a very large business as a gen-
eral contractor, dealer in horses, and owner of fast
racing stock. His business of moving buildings,
safes, and so on, is a large one and covers consider-
able territory. His contracting is frequently on a
large scale. He constructed in 1905 the expensive
race track at Salem. New Hampshire, the finest in
New England, employing six hundred men and
two hundred and fifty horses for five months. Mr.
Theobald is the partner of James Y. Gatcomb, of
Concord, and they have one of the best racing stables
in New England. They own the famous Audubon
Boy and Grace Bond. The latter is one of their
best animals, and broke the world's record as a
three-year-old trotter, five times in one afternoon,
in the Kentucky Futurity races at Lexington, in 1904.
Th'ey also have several other horses well known in
the racing world, among which are Phallas and Liz-
zie A. Mr. Theobald deals in real estate in Con-
cord and its vicinity. He is a Republican, and in
1887-8S, was a member of the New Hampshire
hou-e of representatives. He attends the First
Baptist Church of Concord. He joined the Odd
Fellows in 1872, and is now a member of Rum ford
Lodge, No. 46. Independent Order of Odd Fellows :
of Tahanto Encampment, No. 18; of Grand Canton
Wildey, No. I, Patriarchs Militant: and major gen-
eral on General Fairbanks' staff of Patriarchs Mil-

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jtant of New Hampshire. Mr. Theobald is a man
of great energy, succeeds in whatever lie under-
takes, and has an extensive acquaintance.

Mr. Theobald married, March 23, 1874, Martha
J. Follansbee, born in Manchester, July 25, 1849.
She is a member of the Daug'hters of Rebckah.

This ancient French name which
PRECOURT was borne by a citizen of Canada,

Gilles Precourt, who died in Que-
bec in 1696, is not often found in the genealogical
registers or public records of the Dominion and is
of still less frequent occurrence in. the United
States.

(I) Francis Precourt, son of Francis Precourt,
was born at St. Zephirin, Province of Quebec, and
died at Island Pond, Vermont, August 25, 1873,
aged thirty years. He grew up in Canada and kept
a store for some years at St. Zephirin,
and later removed to Island Pond, Vermont, where
he was the proprietor of a hotel. lie married Cath-
erine Smith, born at St. Agathe. Province of Que-
bec, September 28, 1850, daughter of Denis and
Mary (Quinn) Smith. They were the parents of
ten children. Mr. Smith died in 1S64, aged sixty,
and his wife died in i860, aged forty-eight. Both
were natives of Ireland. The children of Francis
and Catherine (Smith) Precourt are: one unnamed,
died young. Albert J., Archie F., Katie aad Fran-
cis.

(II) Albert J., second child of Francis (2)
and Catherine (Smith) Precourt, was born at Is-
land Pond, Vermont, October 20, 1869. The death
of his father in 1S73 left him to the sole care of his
mother when but four years old. At the age of
sixteen (1885) JNIr. Precourt came with his mother
and her family to Manchester, where he entered the
employ of Z. Foster Campbell, and spent five years
learning the drug business. In 1890 he started a
drug store on his own account ; May I, 1903, he
started a second drug store in connection with his
brother and ran the two for two years when he
sold out the latter one ; since then has operated the
one at the corner of Central and Chestnut streets,
and is conducting a successful business. Mr. Pre-
court is a gentleman of inte,grity, a good business
man, and a leader among the Canadian Americans.
He is a director of the First National Bank of
Manchester, and is a member of the Chambre de
Commerce Franco-Americainc, of which he is ex-
president. In religion he is a Catholic, and member
of St. George's Church.

Mr. Precourt married, August 25, 1891, Parme-
lia Mathieu, born in Manchester, January 13, i86g,
daughter of Joseph and Philomene (Raiche) Mathieu
the father being a native of Acton, and the mother
of Drummondsville, Province of Quebec. They
have one child, Alice L., born June 17, 1893.

The name of Frizzell, which is
FRIZZELL sometimes written Frissell, first ap-
pears on this side of the ocean in the
records of Braintree, Massachusetts, which state
that John Frizzell, who came from Scotland, died
there in 1664. The early records of Roxbury, Mas-
sachusetts, state that James Frizzell and his wife
Sarah, who were residing there in 1665. were
the parents of Sarah, Benjamin, Hannah, Eb-
enezer and Samuel. A John Frizzell was
in Falmouth, in 1689. and another John was
a student at Harvard College in 1721.
William Frizzell, of Concord, ilassachusetts,
iv — 10

said to have been a Scotchman, was married No-
vember 28, 1667, to Hannah, daughter of William
Clark, of Woburn. In 1686 one John Frizzell, with
others, settled the town of Woodstock, Connecti-
cut. These facts constitute a brief outline of the
early history of the Frizzells in New England.

(I) Ira Frizzell was born in Canaan, Vermont, in
1812. The names of his parents do not appear in any
of the various records consulted for the purpose of
identifying them. Prior to the advent of railroads
Ira Frizzell was engaged in teaming between Port-
land and Boston, but when forced to sacrifice his
occupation to- the march of improvcinent he returned
to Canaan, where he gave his attention to agricul-
ture for a time and also carried on a blacksmithing
establishment. After a residence of three years in
Coaticook, Canada, he returned to Canaan, Ver-
mont, where he resided three years. He then re-
moved to Hereford, Canada, where he resided un-
til 1898, when he sold his farm and removed to
Canaan Corner where he resided until his death,
June, 18S9. He married Hannah Hobart, daughter
of Roswell Hobart, of Columbia, and a relative of
the late Vice-President Hobart. She bore him live
children, namely : Lucius Dennison, Adeline S.,
Persis E., Addison Hobart and Frederick G.

(II) Addison Hobart, second son and fourth
child of Ira and Hannah (Hobart) ■ Frizzell, was
born in Canaan, iNIarch 17, 1848. His prehminary
studies were pursued in the public schools of his
native town, and he advanced by attending the Cole-
brook Academy, after which he devoted a number
of years to educational work, teaching schools in
Canaan, Vermont, and Columbia, New Hampshire.
Learning telegraphy he entered the service of the
Grand Trunk Railway, and for a period of thirty
years (1872 to 1902) was telegraph operator for that
company at Groveton. F'rom the latter year to thc-
present time he has occupied the position of post-
master, and is transacting the business of the office
in a most satisfactory manner. For a number of
years Mr. Frizzell was a member of the board of
selectmen of the town of Northumberland, and in
1901 represented his district in the lower branch of
the state legislature.

He married Ellen j\l. Smith, daughter of Ransom
O. Smith, of Groveton. She became the mother of
three children: Addie M., Jay H. and Nancy R.
J\Irs. Frizzell died March 17, 1905.

This family which came originally

FULTON from Paisley, Scotland, was closely

identified with the manufacture of the

celebrated shawls upon which the fame of that city

rested.

John Fulton, a native of Paisley, son of a shawl
manufacturer, aciiuired proficiency in that industry,,
and in 1852 emigrated to the United States. He set-
tled in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it was his inten-
tion to establish a shawl manufactory in that city,
but finding it impossible to procure the quality of
silk necessary for the production of goods to equal
those of Paisley manufacture, he was obliged to
abandon his plan, and having a good knowledge of
mechanics he became a machinist. He enlisted in
the Twenty-sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun-
teers, as did also his two sons, and served from
1861 until 1S64. He took a deep interest in the re-
ligious welfare of the communit}', and was an ac-
tive church member. His death occurred at Lowell
in 1878. He married, in Scotland, July 11, 1823,
Elizabeth Robertson, who died April 13, 1S48, daugh.-

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ter of James Robertson, of Paisley, and tliey had ten
children, three of whom are now living: Walter
AL, see forward ; James R., born February 27, 1830,
the official sealer of weights and measures in Lowell,
Massachusetts ; Elizabeth R., born Alarch j6, 1841,
died April i, 1906, in Lowell.

Walter McFarland Fulton, eighth child of John
and Elizabeth (Robertson) Fulton, was born in
Paisley. Scotland, Januarj' 25, 1838. He attended
school in his native town, and came to America with
his parents when he was fourteen years of age. They
settled in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he found
employment in the cotton mills, and followed the
same occupation in Lawrence and Newburyport.
L'pon the outbreak of the Civil war he decided
that the country "was in need of his services, and
accordingly enlisted in the same regiment as his
father, October 14, 1861, They were sent to the
front as a part of General Butler's command, and
rendered efficient service in the Department of the
Gulf, participating in a number of important bat-
tles. He was honorably discharged and mustered
out in 1864. He then returned to the textile mills
in Lowell, where he obtained an excellent position,
which he was later obliged to relinquish by rea-
son of impaired health. He eventually recovered,
however, and removed to Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, in 1880, where he at present holds the re-
sponsible position of overseer of the mulespinning
department of the Amory Manufacturing Company.
-•Mthough somewhat advanced in years ^.Ir. Fulton
has preserved much of the activity and energy of
youth, and keeps well abreast of the times in regard
to machinery and methods of manufacture. He is
an expert in his calling, and takes rank among the
foremost. In local civic affairs he has been par-
ticularly active, and was elected alderman from the
eighth ward in 1891, and served two years. During
his term of office he made strenuous efforts to have
many needed improvements introduced, more par-
ticularly in the new section — the ninth ward of
Manchester among which was a fire engine house
which is known as the Fulton Engine and Ladder
Company No. 6, and named in honor of Mr. Fulton.
It was through his instrumentality that the over-
head signs were removed from above the sidewalks
in Alanchester, and it is said that no one thing ever
contributed more to the city's improvement m its
business section. He was the Republican candidate
for mayor in 1902. He is particularly interested in
religious work and is a deacon of the South Main
Street Church. He is a comrade of the Grand Army
of the Republic, being past commander of Louis
Bell Post. No. 3. Manchester, captain of the }ilan-
che.'ter War 'Veterans, and is widely known among
the veterans of that section of the state.

Just prior to his enlistment Mr. Fulton married
Jennie Brown, daughter of Lcndon and Flannah
isrown, who died in Manchester, }ilarch 28, 1905,
and is buried at Wilmot, New Hampshire.

This famous old Scotch name is
BUCHAN.^N still common in the land of its

origin, and has been honored by
several men of more than ordinary distinction, in-
cluding a number of ripe scholars who have graced
the learned professions, and a president ef the
United States.

(I) James Buchanan, a native of Scotland and
a mariner by occupation, brought his family to the
United States about the year 1845, settling at or in
the inmiediate vicinity of Boston, and he continued

to follow the sea for the remainder of his life. The
maiden name of his wife is not at hand. He was
the father of six children, namely : John, James,
William, Margaret, Elizabeth and Catherine.

(II) William, third child and youngest son of
James Buchanan, was born in Scotland in 1835, and
emigrated with his parents at the age of ten years.
He served an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade
and also learned carpet weaving. He resided in
Danvers, Massachusetts, and his untimely death,
which occurred in 1862, when in the full flush of a
vigorous manhood, was a severe blow to his devoted
wife and children. He married Jeannett McEwan,
w-ho became the mother of three children : William
W., w-ho will be again referred to. John, who is
now in charge of the block signal system on the
Michigan Central Railway between Buffalo and
Chicago, and resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Edmond
L., who is residing in Franklin.

(HI) William W.. eldest son of William and
Jeannett (McEwan) Buchanan, was born in Dan-
vers, Massachusetts, December 24, 1856. Left father-
less at the tender age of six years and wholly de-
pendent upon his mother for support, his opportun-
ities for attending school were necessarily limited,
and when thirteen years old he obtained employ-
ment in a woolen mill in order to assist in provid-
ing sustenance for the family. In 1872 his mother
found it advisable to remove with her children to
Franklin, and for the succeeding thirty years he was
employed in the textile mills of that town, five years
of which he was overseer of spinning in the Walter
Aiken Sons' mill. In 1902 he accepted the position
of foreman at the International Paper Company's
plant in Franklin, and he retained it for three
years or until appointed chief of police in March,
1905. For about twelve years previous, to assuming
the duties of that office he had served with ability
and faithfulness as a special policeman, and was
therefore well qualified by practical experience to
take charge of that department, over which he pre-
sided until May 11, 1007, when he resigned to again
enter the employ of the International Paper Com-
pany as foreman.

Mr. Buchanan has occupied all of the important
chairs in the local grange No. 108, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, and of the local lodge, Independent Order
of Foresters, being at the present time treasurer of
the first named body; also affiliates with lodge No.
28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and takes a
profound interest in the general welfare of these
organizations. Politically he acts with the Repub-
lican party.

Mr. Buchanan married, March 10, 1877, Emma
Butterworth. daughter of A. E. and Martha But-
terworth. One of their children died in infancy.
The survivors are : Florence, wife of Luther J.
Sawyer. Eva May, married George Chase, of
Somerville, ^Massachusetts. Wallace W., a gradu-
ate of the Franklin high school, class of 1900. Emma
J., graduated from the Franklin high school in 1902,
and is now the wife of Fred Hunt. Delia M., a
graduate of Franklin high school, Mary D. Leslie,
and Rachel.

The Norwoods are of English de-

NORWOOD scent and the name may have

been derived from Northwood,

W'hich was their original abiding place in England.

The -American branch of the family was established

early in the colonial period.

(I) John Norwood, the earliest ancestor at

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liand of tlie Norwoods of Keene, was a native of
New Salem, jNIassachusetts, who went from ihat
town to West Brookfield, same state. He married
Judith Gilbert.

(II) George, son of John and Judith Norwood,
was born in West Brookheld, June 25, 1818. When
a young man he learned the shoemaker's trade ana
followed it as a journeyman for some time. He
then entered the railway service as a section hand
and was employed in that capacity for a number
of years on the South Shore line at Sandwich,
Massachusetts. From the latter place he went to
Winchester, New Hampshire, where he purchased
a farm and followed agriculture until the breaking
out of the Civil war caused him to shoulder a
musket in defence of the Union. Enlisting as a
private in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, New
Hampshire Volunteers, he went to the front early in
the struggle, and was accidentally drowned at Harp-
er's Ferry, Virginia, while performing his regular
duties as corporal of the guard. He married Eliza
Ann Baker, who bore him six children, namely:
Charles M., B. Frank, George H., Hannah A., Anna
E. and Eugene A.

(III) Charles Miles, son of George and Eliza
A. (Baker) Norwood, was born in West Brook-
field, October 23, 1844. He attended public schools
in West Brookfield, 'VVorccster and Sandwich, and
concluded his studies at a private school in Middle-
boro, Massachuetts. He learned the box manufac-
turing business in Westport, Massachusetts, where
he was foreman of a factory for three or four years,
and in 1874 he established himself in the box busi-
ness at Winchester, New Hampshire, where for a
number of years he was a leading spirit in that in-
dustry, operating two extensive factories at one time.
Locating in Keene in 1S84, he continued the manu-
facturing of boxes in that city and at Beaver Mills,
which latter he superintended from 1899 to 1905,
during which period the active management of the
box making business devolved upon the son, Leon C.
Norwood, and so 'continues. In 1895 he admitted
his son to partnership under the firm name of C.
M. Norwood and Son. He is now devoting his en-
ergies exclusively to his box factory, which from a
small beginning has expanded into large proportions,
employing an average force of fifty men and his
products find a ready demand in the market. _ The
firm is also quite extensively interested in timber
lands, and with the aid of portable sawinills supply
a considerable share of the lumber necessary to keep
the factory running on full time.

In politics I\Ir. Norwood is a Republican, and in
addition to serving several years as water commis-
sioner of Keene, he represented his district in the
state legislature in 1893-94, during which he was
clerk of the fisheries and game committee. He was
again returned to legislature for the session of
1906-07, when he served on incorporations and
manufactures committees. He is a thirty-second
desree IMason. and a member of the various Masonic
bodies, including Bektash Temple, Order of the
Mvstic Shrine; is a past master of the Blue Lodge
and was chosen junior warden of the commandery,
but was unable to serve on account of business pres-
sure. He is a charter member of the local tribe. Im-
proved Order of Red Men : is also a member of the
Order of the Eastern Star. Edward Raymond Consis-
tory, and the Sons of the American Revolution ; past
cap'tain of Winchester Camp, Sons of Veterans ; vice-
president of the Unitarian Club, and a member of
the Wentworth Club of Keene.

On September 12, 1866, Mr. Norwood married
Louise M. Taft, daughter of Giles and Fanny
(Whitcomb) Taft, born March 30, 1843.

(IV) Leon Charles, only child of Charles M.
and Louise M. (Taft) Norwood, was born in Win-
chester, March 16, 1S71. His education w-as com-
pleted at the Worcester (Massachusetts) Busmess
College, and after spending some four years in the
clothing business he became associated with his fa-
ther in the box manufacturing industry as previously
stated. Like the elder Norwood he is a prominent
Mason, being past master of the Blue Lodge, past
high priest of the Chapter, an officer in the council
and commandery and a member of the Order of
the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates with the Order
of the Eastern Star, Edward A. Raymond Consis-
tory, Sons of the American Revolution and .Sons of
Veterans ; the Wentworth, ;\Ionadnock and Unitar-
ian clubs.

Mr. Norwood married, October 2, 1895. Caroline
E. Backes, of Wallingford, Connecticut. They have
two children: Catharine Louise, born May 17, 1902,
and Charles Backes, born October i, 1905.

James Hodge was perhaps the earliest
HODGE settler of this name in the state of New-
Hampshire. Before 1774 he settled in
Jafl'rcy, where he died August 26. 1831, aged ninety
years. He married Elizabeth Alexander, of Leom-
inster, IMassachusetts, by whom he had twelve
children.

(I) John Hodge was born in Londonderry. He
was engaged in agricultural employment the greater
part of his life, frequently cultivating farms "on
shares" for others. He married Sarah M., daughter
of Joseph Roby. They were the parents of two
children : Jeremiah, who receives extended men-
tion in the next paragraph, and John, who married
and soon after enlisted in the Twelfth Regiment,
New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and was killed
at the battle of Chancellorsville, 'Virginia.

(II) Jeremiah, elder of the two sons of John and
Sarah M. (Roby) Hodge, was born in Concord,
January 28, 1830. He attended the common schools and
a short time at Andover Academy. His youth was
passed assisting his father the greater part of the
year in farming operations, digging stumfis and
clearing land being a part of the labor he performed.
April I, 1850, to June I, 1851, he worked in the
Insane . Asylum in Concord under Dr. McFarland.
June I, 1851, he apprenticed himself to a carpenter in
Concord, and 'received for his first year's work his
board and fifty dollars in money, furnishing liis own
tools. He left his employer at the end of the first
year, and worked the following year for another
contractor, for one dollar and thirty-three cents a
day. In the fall of 1853 he came to Manchester,
wliere he worked as a journeyman carpenter for
two years. He then formed a partnership with A.
J. Butterfield, which continued for five or six years.
In that period they conducted a large business, and
erected several of the best blocks of buildings then
in the city. After the dissolution of this firm, about
1864. l\Ir. Hodge started in business for himself.
In those days there was little if any machinery in
this state for the manufacture of molding, and Mr.
Hodge first introduced it into Manchester. He be-
gan in a small way and gradually increased the vol-
ume of his business. In the spring of 1872 he re-
tired from the work of constructing buildings, and
has since devoted his attention to the operation of
machinery. He bought a lot of land situated on

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Elm strt-et, and after cutting about fifty cords of
pine wood erected a factory where he has since car-
ried on a flourishing and growing business. He
manufactures moldings, brackets, sash and blinds,
doors, window and door frames, stair rails, posts
and balusters, packing cases and box shooks. He
now has between one thousand five hundred and two
thousand patterns of molding he has from time to
time manufactured. He makes a specialty of this
kind of work, and in the quality of his product has
no superior. His factory, dry rooms, storage sheds,
driveways, etc., cover sixty thousand feet or more,
and he keeps constantly employed thirty-five men
or more, and uses between three million and four
million feet of various kinds of lumber annually.

Mr. Hodge has always been a man of untiring
energy and industry. Endowed with a large and
strong body he has made light of work, and during
fifty-six years (since 11:550) has never taken a va-
cation for diversion and recreation. He has assist-
ed in making Alanchester the flourishing city it is
today. His success has come to him as a reward
of careful planning and unremitting toil. He is a
Republican, and has been a member of the city
council two years. In 1864 he was initiated into the
mysteries of Odd Fellowship in Hillsboro Lodge,
No. 2, and since then has joined Wonolancet En-
campment, No. 2, of which he is a past chief pa-
triarch.

He married, in Manchester, October 4, 1854,
Judith Colby, who was born in Concord, daughter of
Abner and Deborah Colby, of Concord. Three
children were born of this union: Charles R., who
has been for years associated in business with his
father. Lucy, who married Charles Garland ; he
is now deceased. Alice iSL, who died young.

The only early ancestor of this name,
RUSS John Russ, born in i5i2, was at New-
bury, Massachusetts, in 1635. About

1640. he married Margaret , and they had two

children born in Newbury : John and Mary. Af-
terward they moved to Andover, Massachusetts,
where four sons were born : Jonathan, Thomas,
Josiah and Joseph. John Russ died March 24,
1692. and his wife died- July 10, 1689. It is im-
possible to bridge the gap between these pioneers
and the present line. Indeed, there is some doubt
whether the following may not be descended from
another ancestry, Ross instead of Russ, because the
two patronymics seem to have been used inter-
changeably. There are several Rosses among the
early immigrants. Alexander Ross was in New
Hampshire in 1688; Daniel and Ezra were at Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, in 1648 ; George was at New
Haven, Connecticut, in 1658; James, was at Sudbury,
Massachusetts, in 1656; James was at Falmouth,
Maine, in 1657 : and John was at Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, in 1659.

(I) Stephen Russ was born in Thetford, Ver-
mont, and married Electa Bancroft, of that place.
Their children were: Anna, Emma, Mina. Lucmda,
Sarah, William W., Charles G.. James, John K.

(H) William W., son of Stephen and Electa
(Bancroft) Russ, was born at Columbia, New
Hampshire, October 15, 1844. He was a farmer
in that town, and a soldier during the Civil war.
September 2. 1864, just before he reached the age of
twenty, William W. Russ enlisted in the First Heavy
Artillery, and was corporal of Company I stationed
in defense of Washington, District of Columbia.
Mr. Russ held all the town offices in Columbia, and

represented his state in the legislature in 1895. He
was a constant attendant upon the Methodist Church,
and belonged to the iMasons, the Knights of Pythias,
the Red Men, the Grange, and the Grand Army of
the Republic. On August 31, x868, William W.
Russ married Alma E. Cone, daughter of Jared
Cone, of Errol, New Hampshire. There were three
children : Clara E., married Elwin Rich, November
20, 1901, and lives at Rumford Falls, Maine. Nelson
Lewis, whose sketch follows. Walter L., born No-
vemlier 7, 1880. who lives in Northumberland ; he
married Luella Lear Roche. April 25. 1903 ; one child
Roxanna, born June 4, 1906. William W. Russ died
February 20, 1906.

(HI) Nelson Lewis, elder son and second child
of William W. and Alma (Cone) Russ, was born at
Columbia, New Hampshire, November 2, 1873. He
was educated in the schools of his native town and
at Colebrook Academy. He stayed on the home
farm until seventeen years of age, then worked in
the mills for the next nine years, and in 1899 he
and his father bought the present homestead, a fine
farm of two hundred and seventy acres. Mr. Russ is
a Republican in politics, and served as selectman in
1905 and 1906. He attends the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
March 22. 1902, Nelson Lewis Russ married Ade-
line, daughter of A. H. Frizzell, of Groveton, New
Hampshire. There are three children : Catherine,
torn November 10, 1902; Glenn, born July 10, 1905;
and Neil A., born Jan. 20, 1907.

The name of Finerty is new to this
FINERTY country, but its owners are already

making a record for themselves as
useful citizens. It is their part to found, rather
than heir, a line in America.

(I) Edward, son of James and Nancy (Burke)
Finerty, was born in county Gal way, Ireland, Jan-
uary 12, 1836. James Finerty was a tailor and farm-
er. Edward Finerty came to Boston. Massachusetts,
with his mother and brothers in 1851. They soon
reached Mil ford. New Hampshire, which became
their permanent houK-. Edward had a common
school education, and then learned the carriage
painter's trade, and entered the employ of Colonel
Lull, of INIilford. He afterwards became a carriage
manufacturer and dealer on his own account, which
occupation he followed for forty years. He retired
from business about 1894- In that year he was ap-
pointed postmaster of Milford by President Cleve-
land. He served in this capacity for four years. For
six years he was chief of the fire department. He
has also dealt in real estate to a considerable ex-
tent. Mr. Finerty is a member of the Village Im-
provement Society, a director and charter member
of the Building and Loan Association, and a member
of the Water Board. In February. 1863, he married
Mary O'Hara, daughter of John 6'Hara. They have
two children : JNIary Theresa, and Joseph W., whose
sketch follows.

(II) Joseph William, only son of Edward
and Mary (O'Hara) Finerty. was born in Jililford.
New Hampshire, July 23, 1S66. He was educated
in the town schools and at Arms Academy, Shel-
Iiurne Falls. Massachusetts, where he graduated.
He studied at the New York Homoepathic Medical
College, and received his degree there in i88g. He
practiced for a time in Jersey City and in Long
I-land City. He then took a post graduate course
:it tlie Boston College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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he established himself in practice May I, 1892. He
is a member of the American Medical Society, the
New Hampshire Medical Society, the Medical So-
ciety of Hillsboro County, and the i\Iedical Society
of Milford. Doctor Finerty also belongs to the
Foresters, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, nnd to
the Elks. He has been court physician to the
Foresters. He attends the Roman Catholic Church
in Milford, which his father was largely instru-
mental in establishing. He is the inventor of the
Granite Stain Eradicator, the great stone cleanser.

(I) Arthur McDerby was born in
McDERBY Ireland, and came to Canada when
a young man. He married Cathar-
ine McDonald, who came from Ireland with three
other women. They were all married the same date
that they landed. Arthur and Catharine (McDon-
ald) McDerby had six children: Thomas. John,
James, Catharine, Edward and Michael, all of whom
are deceased except Edward. Catharine married
John Gavin, of Manchester, New Hampshire. Ar-
tur McDerby and his family belonged to the Roman
Catholic Church. He was engaged in farming and
the milk business. He died at Montreal.

(II) Edward, fourth son and hfth child of Ar-
thur and Catharine (McDonald) ^IcDcrby, was
born in Montreal, Canada, ^larch 14, 1839. He was
educated by the Christian Brothers in Montreal. His
occupation was rope making and pipe making. He
came to Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1861, and
made clay pipes for five years. He closed out that
business and went to work in the Manchester Mills.
He worked in the belt and machine shop for twenty-
one years. He then went over the rij'er to Bedford,
where his sons owned a farm, and now makes his
home there. He is a Democrat in politics.

He married, January 6. 1867, Mary Lynch, daugh-
ter of John and Catharine (Sullivan) Lynch, of
Ireland. She was educated in the public schools in
Ireland. They have had eight children : Catharine,
Thomas, Mary, a bookkeeper at Varick's hardware
store, in Manchester; Anna, a trained nurse; Ed-
ward S.. Margaret, a trained nurse ; John, deceased ;
and John, who operates the farm where his father
lives. Catharine and Thomas arc not living. Mary
married Richard Gilmartin, of Manchester, and their
children are: Richard, Malcolm. Margaret, Marion,
Alice and Arthur. Mr. McDerby and his family
are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

The family of this name is found chiefly
GIBBS in the eastern part of the state of ]Massa-

chusetts, and for generations many of its
members have been seafarers, sailors and officers in
command of ships, especially whalers — that branch
of sea service the most prolonged and most danger-
ous of all. requiring endurance, skill and courage
of the highest order. They have acted well their
part in all sorts of dangers and privations, and ac-
quitted themselves with credit on every occasion.

(I) Captain Stephen B., son of James H. Gibbs,
was born in East Wareham, Massachusetts, July 22,
181 r. and died in Middleboro, February 26, 1906,
aged ninety-five years. At the age of seven years
his parents removed to Nantucket. As a boy he was
employed at odd jobs about Nantucket, and at the
age of fourteen started on his life as a seafarer. On
his fifteenth birthday he was 0:1 a voyage to the Pa-
cific whaling ground. His share of the catch was
to be one barrel out of each one hundred and eighty,
and on the return of his ship, twenty-nine months

later, he received about $350 which he gave to his
father. His next voyage he made on the same ship,
working at the wheel, and receiving one out of each
cightj'-five barrels of oil. This voyage netted him
$i,ioo for thirty months work, and this he also
gave to his father, who bought a home in Nantucket
where he lived and died. He next shipped on the
"Charles and Henry" as third mate. His share of
the proceeds of this cruise was one out of each sixty
barrels, and from this voyage of forty months he
netted a very satisfactory sum. He next made a
voyage as first mate on the ship "Maria," Captain
Elisha H. Fisher. He made two voyages as master
of the "Ontario," and then took command of the
"Napoleon." The cruise was a hard one, the mate
being practically useless, and when Captain Gibbs
was taken ill at Callao, Peru, he was obliged to
return to his home by way of Panama and leave the
ship and crew. Some of the crew were competent
men and all were interested, and when they returned
they brought a large cargo of sperm oil which
brought generous returns to Captain Gibbs. At the
age of forty he gave up seafaring and settled in
Middleboro, ]\fassachusetts.

Captain Gibbs was known as a temperance cap-
tain, and it is reported that in one instance when a
ship was being fitted out for a cruise, it was sug-
gested that several barrels of liquor be taken along,
but the captain would not allow it, and the voyage
was made without liquor. He rounded Cape Horn
thirty-six times, and at the date of his death was
probably the oldest sea captain in New England.

While engaged in whaling he married (first)
Judith ^laxim, who subsequently died. They had
one son who lost his life in the Taunton river.
Captain Gibbs married (second), in 1856, Mrs. Ju-
dith J, Bradford, and three sons were born to them :
Captain Stephen B. Gibbs, of Seattle, Washington ;
James E. Gibbs, of Middletown, New York, and
Carlton L. Gibbs, next mentioned.

(II) Carlton Lynwood, third and youngest child
of Captain Stephen B. and Judith J. Gibbs, was born
in Middleboro, Massachusetts, May 4, 1864. At the
age of fourteen he left the public schools, and ship-
ped at Boston as a sailor before the mast on the
sailing vessel "William H. Besse," laden with a
cargo of general merchandise for Melbourne. Aus-
tralia, via Cape of Good Hope. From Melbourne
the ship took a cargo of coal to Hong Kong, China,
whence she sailed with a large number of Chinese
laborers on board to Portland, Oregon. At Portland
the vessel took on a cargo of salmon and returned
to Boston, after an absence of a year. After the
ship was laden with railroad iron Mr. Gibbs again
shipped as second mate, and sailed for Portland,
Oregon. On arriving off the mouth of the Colum-
bia river the ship was wrecked on the bar there, one
himdred and fifty-nine days out from New York,
and ship and cargo were a total loss, the officers
and crew, however, escaping with their lives.

On his next voyage he was first mate of the ship
"Reapier," from Portland to Antwierp, Belgium,
laden with wheat. For some years subsequently he
served as first mate on vessels carrying cargoes of
w-heat from Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and San
Francisco to ports in Europe, principally in England
and Belgium. He rounded Cape Horn nine times,
and on one voyage experienced a gale of forty-two
days duration off that cape.

In 1887 he abandoned seafaring and entered the
employ of Swift and Company, packers, in New
York, where he was employed one year as salesman.

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In 1888 he was made manager of the company's
business at Bath, Maine, where he remained until
1893, and then took charge of the business at Con-
cord as manager of the Concord Beef Company. In
this business Jlr. Gibbs has been an efficient man,
and under his direction the business of the company
in Concord has iconstantly increased. He is a.
Knight Templar Mason, affiliating with Polar Star
Lodge, Dunlap Commandery. Bath, Maine.

He married, December 18, 188S, Emma Shaw,
daughter of Frank and Abbie (Southworth) Shaw,
of ilakeville, Massachusetts. They have two chil-
dren : Helen L., born January 24, 1890, and Made-
line, July ID, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs are members
of the Unitarian Church of Concord.

Superintendent William F. Arthur,
ARTHUR of the Nasluia Jilanufacturing Com-
pany, is of Scotch parentage and be-
longs to a family of weavers. His father, grand-
father and probably his ancestors in preceding gen-
erations devoted their active lives to the textile
industry. The competency of a Scotch weaver is
proverbial.

(I) John Arthur was a weaver in Glasgow, or the
immediate vicinity, many years prior to the intro-
duction of modern machinery in the manufacture
of textile fabrics.

(II) Davd, son of John Arthur, was born in
Glasgow, in i8>6. Learning his father's trade he
became an expert weaver, and was finally advanced
to the position of overseer in a large factory. He
witnessed the introduction of various modern im-
provements, and equipped with the experience of
a master in his calling, he came to New York City
about the year 1840, and shortly afterwards went to
Dracut, Massachusetts, as an overseer in .the weaving
department in a cotton mill. He was later connect-
ed with a mill in Lowell, from which he went to
Lawrence as designer at the Everett Mills, continu-
ing in that capacity for a period of forty years. He
relinquished the activities of life in 1894, and his
death occurred in August. 1902. He was a member
of the Masonic Order. In his religious faith he
was a Presbyterian. He married Jeanette Louise
Black, a native of Scotland, and had a family of
nine children, eight of whom are now living.

(III) William Frederick, son of David and
Jeanette L. (Black) Arthur, was born in Andover,
Massachusetts, February 17, 1861. Upon leaving
the public schools he entered a cotton mill as an
apprentice, became a master weaver and in due time
an overseer. In 1902 he was appointed superintend-
ent of the Nashua Manufacturing Company's plant,
and his ability will prove exceeding beneficial to his
employers. Mr. Arthur is a member of Monadnock
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of
Kcarsage Encampment of Lawrence. He also af-
filiates with the Pilgrims.

He married Rachel Robertson, daughter of J.
W. and Rachel Pierson (Macdonald) Robertson,
who were born near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Brian, the eldest brother of Niall
CONNOR Mor. was the first king of Connaught,
of the Hy-Niall Department, and
ancestor of O'Conchobhair of Connaught. The
name has been anglicized O'Connor, O'Conor, Con-
nor, Conor, and Congers. Conchobhair in Irish
signifies the helping warrior. O'Conchobhair sig-
nifies son of Conchobhair.

(I) Edward Connor was born in Canada, and

died in Allenstown, New Hampshire. He removed
to Allenstown, where the remainder of his life
was spent. He was an operative in the mills for
many years before his decease. He married, near
St. Hyacinth, Province of Quebec, Canada, Mar-
garite Valliere, a native of Canada, who died in
Allenstown about 1892. They had six children.

(II) John B., son of Edward and Margarite
(Valliere) Connor, was born at St. Hyacinth, Prov-
ince of Quebec, Canada, July 16, 1852, and is by
occupation a mill operative. In 1880 he removed to
Suncook, New Hampshire, and in 1903 to Allens-
town, where he has since lived. He married, in
Canada, Eliza Begin. They were the parents of five
children : Felix, John, Willie, who died in Allens-
town ; Ovella and Leda, both of whom died in Pem-
broke.

(III) John Joseph, second son and child of John
B. and Eliza (Begin) Connor, was born in St. Chiles,
Province of Quebec, Canada, December 10, 1880.
He was brought to New Hampshire by his parents
when two months old and has resided in Suncook
the greater part of his life. He was educated in the
common schools of Pembroke and at the schools of
St. Anne and Sherbrooke, Canada. He was at the
latter place two years, and during that time he was
a member of the military cadets of that school.
After serving three years as a clerk in the drug
store, of P. A. Brien, of Suncook, he entered the
employ of George F. Georgi, where he has since
remained. In politics !Mr. Connor is a Democrat.
In 1903 he was elected ballot inspector and served
two years, and in 1905 was elected town clerk of
Pembroke in which position he served. He was
elected selectman in 1907.

Mr. Connor married, June 17, 1902, in Allens-
town, New Hampshire. Annie Cava, who was born
in Pembroke, New Hampshire, 18S2, daughter of
Adolph Cava, of St. Bonaventure. Province of Que-
I1CC, and later of Suncook. They have two children :
Violet, born April 9, 1903, and Raymond, July 7,
1904.

The family of Gate has been for more
C.-VTE than a century industrious, frugal, and

honorable citizens of Allenstown. Four
or more generations have dwelt on the same farm
and lived in peace and prosperity.

(I) Thomas J. Gate, was born in Allenstown,
November l, 180S, and died in Hooksett, May 31.
1877. He acquired his education in the town schools,
and passed his life in cultivation of the soil. In
religious sentiment he was a Baptist, and in poli-
tics a Democrat. He married, May 17, 1832. Louisa
F. Wiggin, born in Hooksett, February 5, 1812, and
died in Hooksett, March 14, 1874, aged sfxty-two.
They were the parents of fourteen children : Mat-
thew, Lucy A., Elizabeth J., Caroline, Thomas J..
Jesse, Sarah (died young), Elbert E.. Freeman P.,
Lovina, George A., Sarah A., Martha and Amanda.

(II) Jesse, sixth child and third son of Thomas
J. and Louisa F. (Wiggin) Gate, was born in Hook-
sett, March 27. 1840, and died in that town l\Iarch
5. 1898, aged fifty-eight years. In his early life he
was a Methodist, later accepted the Advent faith.
In politics he was a Democrat. He married, Sep-
tember II, 1862, Cynthia A. Davis, born in Hooksett,
]March 6, 1843, and died there December 21, 1898,
aged fifty-five. They had eight children : George E.,
.\nna N., Orin J., Mary J., John A.. Rose B., Ira
H, and Dolly.

(HI) George E., eldest child of Jesse and Cyn-

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thia A. (Davis) Cate. was born in Hooksett, July
20, 1S6.5, and lives in the old homestead and culti-
vates the ancestral farm of one hundred acres whicb
lies on the Hackett Hill on the west side of the
Merrimack river. He was educated in the district
schools. He adheres to the political faith of his fa-
ther and grandfather, but is not radical in his ideas.
He is a member of the Advent Church. He is a
popular man among his townsmen, and was elected
to the office of selectman and served two years. He
is a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Hooksett, and of Hooksett Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, No. 148. He married, April 25, igoo,
Anna May Farnham, born in Salem, Massachusetts,
May 2, 1877. She is the daughter of James H.
Farnham, machinist, who was born in Acton. Maine,
J in 1851, and died in Manchester'in 1900. They have
three children: Ernest J., born May i, 1901 ; Ida
L., December 2, 1902, and Emma B., October 31,
1904.

Alpheus Greene of Rhode Island. Their children
arc : Lena and Edna, now Mrs. O. L. Maxwell, of
Indian Orchard. Massachusetts.

The Lavene family came from Can-
LAVENE ada and the name is undoubtedly of

French origin. Its founder on this
side of the boundary line was loyal to the flag of
his. adoption, and proved his partriotism by sacri-
ficing his life in the defense of the Unon.

(I) Joseph Lavene was a native of Canada, but
there is no information available relative to his
birth, occupation or marriage.

(II) Edward, son of Joseph Lavene, was born in
Sheffield, Province of Quebec, about the year 1845,
and in early boyhood went to reside in Bakersfield,
Vermont. He learned the trade of a harness maker.
.At the breaking-out of the Civil war, in 1861, he
determined to follow the stars and stripes to the
scene of conflict, in order to participate in preserving
the Union from disruption, and being a minor of
foreign birth he overcame this legal barrier by en-
listing under an assumed name as a substitute in
the Sixth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. In the
battle of Cedar Creek, October 16, 1864, he was
severely wounded. He was honorably discharged
with his regiment, June 2, 1865, and returning to
Bakersfield physically disabled, he failed to recover",
and he died in 1S66 from the effects of his injuries.
He married Virginia Provo, daughter of Paul Provo.
She became the mother of two chldren : Frank W.,
now of Nashua, and Libbie, who is the wife of
Henry Leach, of Lowell, Vermont.

(III) Frank William, a son of Edward and
Virginia (Provo) Lavene, was born in Bakersfield,
Vermont, April 4, 186.3. He pursued the usual
branches of study taught in the public schools, and
worked upon a farm until he was nineteen years
old. He was subsequently for a time employed in a
box factory, later worked in a slaughter house and
still later in a butter-tub factory. In 188,3. he be-
came an operative in the Palmer Cotton Mills at
Three Rivers, Massachusetts, where he remained
fof more than twenty years, and during that time he
acquired a complete knowledge of the textile in-
dustry. In 1904 he accepted the position of over-
seer of the finishing department in the Jackson
Company's mills at Nashua, and still retains it. Mr.
Lavene has occupied all of the important chairs in
Palmer Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Palmer, Massachusetts, and he also affiliates with
the Sons of Veterans. He is a member of the Un-
ion Congregational Church, Three Rivers, ]\Iassa-
chusetts.

i\Ir. Lavene married Mary Greene, daughter of

It is supposed that the common ances-
BLOOD tor of the Bloods of New England was

Janes Blood, who settled in Concord,
r^Iassachusetts, about 1638, and died there December
17. 1683. The family was wealthy. Tradition has
it that James Blood w-as from Cheshire, England,
though two of his sons, in 1649, then residing in
Concord, sold an estate in Puddington, Northaitip-
tonshire, which might have been the place of their
nativity. Ellen, the wife of James Blood, died in
Concord, Massachusetts, August i, 1674. Their
children are supposed to have been James, Richard,
John, Robert, and Mary.

(I) George H. Blood died in IMont Vernon, Sep-
tember 16, 1S54, aged sixty-two. He was a soldier
in the war of 1812, and lost an arm in battle. Mary,
his widow, died August 5, 1870, aged seventy-
seven.

(II) (Jeorge Henry, son of George and Mary
Blood, was born in Bedford. New Hampshire, Au-
gust 5, 1845. He was a farmer in Bedford, and re-
moved in 1883 from there to Mont Vernon, where he
was engaged in farming and lumbering. At the age
of eighteen. February 16, 1864. he enlisted from Bed-
ford in Company G, Second Regiment United States
Volunteers Sharpshooters, as a private; January 30,
1865, he was transferred to the Fifth New Hamp-
shire Volunteers, and assigned to Company B. He
died September 21, 1S98, in Mont Vernon. He was
married, November 23. 1866. at Bedford, to Mary
West, who born in Amherst, September 9, 1850,
daughter of Joseph C. and Rebecca (Pike) West, of
Amherst. Six children were born of this marriage,
of whom five are living: Harry George, whose
sketch follows ; Joseph H., Alice M., Charles E.,
and Bessie M.

(HI) Harry George Blood was born in .Amherst,
May 2. i860. .After leaving school he returned to
the occupation of farming, to which he had been
brought up. and in 1893 bought a farm of one hun-
dred and thirty acres in the north part of Mont Ver-
non, where he now resides. He is prominent in the
local councils of the Democratic party, and has
filled the offices of road commissioner, member of
the board of supervisors and of the board of select-
men, filling the last named position si.x years. He
is a member of Prospect Grange No. 22, Patrons of
Husbandry, and of the United Order of the Golden
Cross. He married, in Mont Vernon, April 27,
1892, Hattie M. Kittredge. who was born in Mont
V'ernon. July 5. 1S71, daughter of Henry J. and
Jane (Murray) Kittredge, of Mont Vernon.

Wellington Kaler, of Nashua, went to
K.-\LER that city from York county, Mai'ne.

Many of his ancestors, in common with
the majority of the inhabitants of the Maine sea-
board towns, were seafaring men. The family is
of German origin, hut neither the name of its im-
migrant ancestor nor the date of his arrival in New
England can be found in the records consulted.

(II) Captain .Aaron Kaler was born in Waldo-
boro, Maine, December 16, 1815. .At an early age he
began to follow the sea, and he became a shipmas-
ter in the merchant service. He subsequently en-
gaged in the building of vessels, at Waldoboro, and
also became an extensive dealer in West India
goods. He married Nancy Sproul, born September

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30, 1817, daughter of Captain Sprotil, and had a fam-
ily of five children, but two of whom are now living,
Otis, a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts, apd
Wellington, of Nashua.

(II) Wellington, son of Captain Aaron and
Nancy (Sproul) Kaler, was born in Waldoboro,
Maine, April 9, 1845. His education was acquired
in the public schools. At the age of twenty years
he went to Lawrence. Massachusetts, and entering
a cotton mill as an apprentice he worked his way
upward to the position of overseer. In 1875 ^6 went
to Lowell, Massachusetts, as overseer in the weaving
department of one of the large cotton factories in
that city, and from 1883 to the present time has
occupied a similar position with the Jackson Manu-
facturing Company of Nashua, a period of nearly
twenty years. Mr. Kaler is a member of Tuscan
Lodge. Ancient Free and Accepted ^lasons. Law-
rence, and also of Highland Veritas Lodge,' Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lowell, and the
Nashua Encampment. His religious affiliations

are with the Congregational Church.

Mr. Kaler married Marcia A. Wakefield, daugh-
ter of Sylvester E. H. and Louisa (Ryder) Wake-
field, of Newport, New Hampshire. Mr. and r\Irs.
Kaler have one daughter, Ella Louise, wife of War-
ren Prichard, business manager of the Telegraph
Publishing Company of Nashua.

The principal subject of the foilow-
LESSARD ing sketch is descended on the pa-
ternal side from Stephen de Francis
Lessard, who settled at Sainte Anne de Beaupre,
Province of Quebec., in 1623, and on the maternal
side from an ancestor who settled in Quebec, in
1687.

(I) Rene Edward Lessard was born at what
is now Louisville, Province of Quebec. Canada, Oc-
tober 13, 1S17. He was for thirty years a merchant
in Montreal, and after retiring from business he
Removed to ^lanchester. New Hampshire, where
he resided until his death. 1S90. He married Marie
^Marguerite Lambert, a descendant of Gabriel Lam-
bert, who settled in Quebec in 1687. The mehibers
of the Lambert family were a sturdy, industrious and
respected people, and followed agricultural pursuits.
Marie M. Lessard was born at Louisville, in the
Province of Quebec, 1826, and died in Manchester,
1897. This couple had twelve children: Edward,
Henry A., Mary M.. Heloise, Francis J.. Stephania,
Melina, Eliza, Joseph A., Augustine, Engine and one
that died in childhood.

(II) Rev. Henry Athanasius Lessard. son of Rene
E. and Marie Marguerite (Lambert) Lessard. was
born in St. Johns, Province of Quebec. April 14,
1850. He received his preparatory education in the
public schools of St. John, and pursued his clas-ical
studies in St- Theresa College. In 1S65 the college
was closed and its founder. Rev. Charles Larocque,
having been made bishop of St. Hyacinthe, the young
student, Lessard. entered St. Therese College, in
Terrebonne cmmty. Province of Quebec, where his
studies were continued. In 1869. on the removal of
his parents to Montreal, he accompanied them, and
lived in that city about a year and a half. In 1871.
he went to Manchester, New Hampshire, and there
spent five years in mercantile pursuits. Having be-
come convinced that he ought to enter the priest-
hood, he returned to St. Therese College and took
the course of study necessary to fit him for that
holy calling, and on June 7, 1879, lie was ordained
a priest in Montreal. Itnmediately afterward the

Rt. Rev. James A. Healey. bishop of the Diocese of
Portland, appointed him assistant to Father Chev-
alier, pastor of St. Augustine's Church, at Man-
chester. He performed the duties of this station, a
year, and was then sent as assistant inissionary with
Father Sweron, to attend the Mission at Mada-
waska, in Aroostook county, Maine. There he stayed
only about six month, and then went to Portland,
where be spent a month at the Cathedral and in Jan-
uary, 1881, began service under Rev. Father Hevey,
then pastor of the church at Lewiston, Maine. In
September following he was appointed to All Saints
Church at Lancaster, "New Hampshire.

Father Lessard, being in full charge of a parish,
realizing its needs and his duties, at once began his
work in earnest and spent the ne.xt four years in con-
tinuous and arduous labor, which finally began to
undermine his health. It was then that he re-
quested a change, which was granted, and in 1SS5
he was sent to Nashua. There the French Canadian
liopulation had become too great for the capacity of
the Church of St. Louis de Gonzagne on HoUis
street, and he was sent to share Father Milette's
labors, and was assigned to a point on the north side
of the city where, through his earnest, arduous and
successful labor, the parish of St. Francis Xavier
was formed. In July, 1896, so well rewarded had
been his efforts, that the corner stone of a church
building was laid on Chandler street. This, built of
beautiful marble and costing one hundred thousand
dollars, with school and other buildings and ceme-
tery, is a very handsome structure, and the pride of
the parish. Father Lessard is a zealous worker, a
successful and honored pastor, and an affable gentle-
man, who is respected and honored by both the
Catholic and Protestant elements of the community.

This family is of great .-intiquily in Scot-
LEITH land, and probably took its name from

the town whence the ancestors of the
American branch came. .A distinguished mcmlier
of this family was Sir James Leith, a British gen-
eral, born in Aberdeenshire. Scotland, in 1763. who
served with General Sir John INIoore in the Penin-
sula campaign, 1809, and afterward commanded the
British forces in tbe West Indies.

(I) Leith, was a shipbuilder at Leith, Scot-
land and suburb of Edinburgh, and removed to the
Canadian provinces soon after 1800.

(II) George W. Leith, son of Leith, was

born in the city of Quebec, May 20, 1820, and died
in Woodsville, New Hampshire, October, 1905, aged
seventy-five years. He served an apprenticeship of
seven years at the trade of tailor in Quebec, and in
1850 located in Adams, iNIassachusetts, and in No-
vember, 1852, removed to Haverhill, New Hamp-
shire. There he conducted a merchant tailoring
business until 1893. when the debility of age ne-
cessitated his retirement. He enlisted in Company
B. Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,
September to. 1862. was mustered in October 8, 1862.
and mustered out August 13. 1863. He was wounded
in the storming of Port Hudson, Louisiana, just be-
fore his discharge. He re-enlisted in Company L,
First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Heavy
Artillery, September 27. 1864, for one year; was
mustered in September 20, and served until June 15,
1865, when he was mustered out.

He married, in 1855, Evaline E. Frary, of Haver-
hill, who was born in Haverhill and they had five
sons : George E., superintendent of the Pinkerton
detective agency, in Boston. William H., mentioned

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"below. Ilarry W., physician, who re.-ides in Penn-
sylvania. Walter H., who lives in Bangor, Maine.
, deceased.

(Ill) William H. Leith, M. D., son of George W.
and Eveline E. (Frary) Leith, was born in Haver-
hill, May 19, 1859, and was edneated in the public
scliiools and Haverhill Academy and Eraintrce,
Massachusetts, high school. He then entered the
Vermont Medical College at Burlington, Vemiont,
from which he was graduated in the class of 18S3,
with the degree of M. D. He then became an in-
terne in Mary Fletcher Hospital of the same place,
remaining until the fall of 1S84, when he settled
in Guildhall, Essex county, Vermont, and entered
upon the practice of medicine. Two years later he
removed to Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he
has since acquired a wide practice. He is a mem-
ber of the Coos Medical Society, the New Hampshire
Medical Society, the American ^iledical Association ;
is a member of the United States Board of Pension
Examiners, and of the Association of United States
Pension Examiners, and the New Hampshire So-
ciety of the Prevention of Tuberculosis. He is a
trustee of the Eaton estate.

He married, in Lancaster, October 4, 1888. Min-
nie P. Eaton, who was born in Lancaster, daugh-
ter of George Roscoe and Sarah J. (Parker) Eaton.
(See Eaton. XL) Mrs. Leith is of quiet dispo-
sition, domestic in her habits and a lady whose works
of philanthropy and charity are well known to the
sick and distressed of Lancaster. They have one
child, Eaton Leith.

The LaBonty family was founded in
L.«iBONTY America by a French immigrant
who settled in Canada. Persever-
ance and self-reliance are among its most prominent
characteristics, and David P. LaBonty, a brief out-
line of wliosc career is herewith presented, is no
exception to this rule.

(I) The lirst LaBonty (who was a native of
France) crossed the ocean to British North Amer-
ica with a view of improving his prospects in life,
and locating among his compatriots in Canada he
engaged in tilling the soil.

(H) Michael, son of the preceding, was born
in Canada. His principal occupation was that of
a farmer. He settled in Burlington, Vermont,
where he now resides. He married Frances Cham-
berlain, and was the father of fourteen children, of
whom three are still living, namely: Francis, Lois
and David. The mother died at the age of seventy-
five.

(HI) David, son of Michael and Frances (Cham-
berlain) LaBonty, w'as born in Burlington, Vermont,
January 2. 1842. Bereft of his parents at an early-
age he was compelled to depend upon his own in-
herent resources for support, at a time when the
majority of youth are reaping the benefits of pa-
rental solicitude, and he is therefore a self-made man
in the true meaning of that term. After concluding
his attendance at the public schools he accepted
willingly any available employment, working in
hotels and for private families, and he also served
an apprenticeship at the harness-maker's trade. But
his powers of perceptibility, which developed early,
led him to relinquish that calling, and profiting by
the practical experience already obtained in catering
to the wants of the traveling public, he turned his
attention to the hotel business. In 1866 he estab-
lished himself as a restaurant keeper in Manchester,
where he has ever since resided, and he served the

traveling public both satisfactorily and continuously
for a period of thirty years up to 1S96, during which
time he was proprietor of the Fletch and LaBonty
restaurant. His ability and thrift enabled him to
retire with a competency in l8g6, and the past ten
years have been spent in rest and recreation. Polit-
ically he acts with the Democratic party, and in his
religious faith he is a Roman Catholic. He is a
member of the Dcrryfield Club.

Jilr. LaBonty married Jane Dorrin, daughter of
John Dorrin, an Englishman. He has one daughter,
Jennie, who is the wife of Arthur A. Lamory, and
the n-jBther of two children: David A. and Maria
L. Lamory.

This name presents an excellent
DICKINSON example of the manner in which

names became gradually modilicd
in transition from one language to another, and in
the lapses of time. The family herein mentioned has
been traced from Walter de Caen, whose Norman
cognomen, meant Walter of Caen. He was a kins-
man and companion of William the Conqueror in
the conquest of England, and married a daughter
of the last Saxon Lord of Kenson, subsequently
becoming known as Walter De Kenson. The desci.-nt
of this Walter is from RoUow, the first Duke of
Normandy. The first emigrant to America in this
line was of the fifteenth generation from Walter
De Kenson, and long before his arrival, namely
in the fourteenth centurj% the name had become
anglicized to Dickenson. For a long time it was
known in England in the form of Dicconson.

(I) W'illiam and Sarah (Stacey) Dickinson
were residents of Ely, in Cambridge, England.

(II) Nathaniel, son of William and Sarah
(Stacey) Dickinson, was born at Ely, 1600, and mar-
ried, in January, 1630, Anna, widow of William
Gull. With his wife and three children he im-
migrated to Watertown, I\Iassachusetts. in 1634.
Within three years thereafter he had removed to
Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he very quickly
took a prominent place. His life forms an admir-
able example of Puritan character. He was among
the most upright and esteemed citizens, not only
of Wethersfield, but of Hadley, Massachusetts,
whither he migi'ated later in life. His was a life
of stern activity in conquering the wilderness, re-
sisting the foes, and establishing a civilization on
the Western continent. We find him on record as
a juryman at Wethersfield, October 14, 1642, and
one or before December i, 1645, he was appointed
town clerk or "recorder." The first existing record
of a vote in Wethersfield is in his hand writing.
He was townsman in 1647-48, and deputy to the
general assembly court from 1646 to 1656. His
homestead is recorded to him in 1649. In 1654 he
was one of a committee of three to advise with
Constable about "Pressing men for the Expedition
into the Ninigret country'' in the Narragansett war.
With his two sons, Nathaniel and John, he was ac-
tive in the movement among dissatisfied members
of the churches in Windsor, Hartford, and
Wethersfield, wdnch led to the establishment of a
plantation at Hadley, JNIassachusetts, and the father
was a member of the committee appointed to lay
out the new plantation. They were among the twenty-
nine present at the town meeting in October, 1660,
for the adoption and signing of rules and regulations
.governing the new colonies. Nathaniel Dickinson
was the first town clerk of Hadley, and also served
as assessor and magistrate. He was one of the

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original members of the Hampshire troop on its
organization, in 1663, and was one of the first
trustees of Hopkin's Academy. In the aggressions
of the Indians in 1675-76, three of his sons were
slain, and this was a severe blow to the father.
Worn out with his struggles and the toils incident
to establishing a new colony, he died, June 16,
1676. His children were : John, Joseph, Thomas,
Anna (or Hannah), Samuel, Obadiah, Nathaniel,
Nehemiah, Hezekiah, Azariah and Frances.

(in) Nathaniel (2), sixth son and seventh child
of Nathaniel (i) and Anna Dickinson, was born
about 1644, in Wethersfield, and settled in Hat-
field, Massachusetts, where he died Octobel" 11,
1710. His first wife, Hannah, died February 23,
1679. He married (second), December 16, 1680,
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Giilett. She died
before April, 1682. He married (third), September
26, 16S4, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Burt, and
widow of Samuel Wright. The latter was killed
at Northfield, September 3, 1675. His children, all
of the first wife, were : Nathaniel and Hannah,
died young ; Nathaniel, Hannah, John, Jilary, Daniel
and Rebecca.

(IV) Nathaniel (3), second son and third child
of Nathaniel (2) and Hannah Dickinson, was born
May 7, 1663, probably in Hatfield, and resided in
that town, where he died before 1757. He was
among the severe sufferers by the Indians in the
Connecticut Valley. He married (first) Hepzibah,
daughter of Samuel Gibbs, of Windham. She died
at the age of fifty-eight years, in 1713. He married
(second) Lydia, daughter of Samuel Marshal, and
widow of Samuel Wright, of Northampton. His
children, all born of tlie first wife, were : Na-
thaniel, killed by Indians. 1698; Samuel, Ebenezer,
Daniel, Hepzibah, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Thankful
and Katherine.

(V) Nathaniel (4), fifth son and sixth child
of Nathaniel (3) and Hepzibah (Gibbs) Dickinson,
was born November 27, 169S, in Hatfield. He was
residing in Northfield, Massachusetts, as early as
1727, and was killed by the Indians, .^pril 15. 1747,
In 1873 his granddaughter, Mrs. Polly Holton, who
was then ninety-three years old, gave the following
account of her grandfather's tragic death. Late
in the afternoon Mr. Dickinson, "accompanied by
Mr. Asahel Burt, started on horesback to fetch the
cows from the meadow. When going up Pauchaug
Hill they were fired upon by the savages, and Mr.
Dickinson's horse fell to the ground earring his
rider down with him. Instantly the Indians sprang
forward, tomahawked and scalped both of their
victims and disappeared in the adjacent woods. The
discharge of firearms soon brought several settlers
to the scene of the ambuscade, and the first to
reach the prostrate form of Mr. Dickinson was his
eldest son, Ebenezer, who, finding that his father
was still alive, asked: "Father, who shot you?"
The dying man answered faintly : "Indians," and
shortly afterward expired. The first intimation of
the tragedy received by the remainder of his family
was when his bleeding body was brought to the
door of his dwellinsr, and the gruesome sight
caused a severe shock to the nervous system of
his wife, which, owing to her delicate condition,
was doubly severe. A durable monument was
erected upon the spot where the ambuscade occurred,
and unveiled with appropriate ceremonies, September
12, 1782. Nathaniel Dickinson inarried Martha
Wright, daughter of Eleazer Wright, and she died
a widow March 28, 1793, aged eighty-nine years.

In addition to Ebenezer, previously mentioned, she
had Miriam, born July 17, 1727, died October 24,
1736; Moses, November 20, 172S; Titus, July 18,
1730, died young; ^Martha, February 6, 1733, also
died young; Nathaniel, April 24, 1735; Miriam,
December 25, 1737; J^Iartha, April 26, 1740, died
young; Mercy, December 22, 1742; Titus, February
15. 1745; ^iid Benoni, December 12, 1747, the post-
humous child. Benoni was a striking example of
the singular influences of ante-natal impressions.
Throughout his life he displayed an aversion to
firearms, which he regarded with absolute fear,
and even the distant report of a gun caused him to
shudder. He could never be induced to use
dangerous weapons, neither could he listen to
anecdotes of Indian warfare, and • when drafted
into service during the Revolutionary war, the offi-
cers, on being made acquainted with the cause of
his inability to bear arms, assigned him to duty in
the commissary department. He was also averse
to the takng of the life of any creature whatever,
and from youth to old age was never known to
voluntarily speak of his father's death.

(VI) Nathaniel (5), son of Nathaniel (4)
Dickinson, was born in 1735. in Northfield, Massa-
chusetts, and with his brother Joseph, settled in
Swanzey, New Hampshire. On May 15, 1770, he
married Caroline Cummings. He died March 25,
1814. Hi^ children were : William, Azariah, Na-
thaniel, Asa, Aaron, died young; another Aaron,
Abel and Israel. He adopted Rachel Hale.
. (VII) ^ William, eldest child of Nathaniel (5)
and Caroline (Cummings) Dickinson, was born
July 16, 1771. Fle married, April 24, 1800, Lucinda
Gardner, of Sunderland. Massachusetts, and had a
family of seven children : Erastus, Caroline, Na-
thaniel, Arvilla, David L., Ansel and Rollins.

(VIII) Ansel, fifth son and sixth child of Wil-
liam and Lucinda (Gardner) Dickinson, was born
in Swanzey, February 22, 1822. At the age of
eighteen years he went to Winchester, where he
was employed a short time by his brother. General
Erastus Dickinson, in a lumber manufacturing busi-
ness, and was then admitted to partnership. He
was afterwards associated in business with his
nephews, whom he succeeded. Pie died in Ashue-
lot, July 31, 1889. He married Jane L. Boleyn,
who died shortly afterwards, and he subsequently
married I\Iary Theresa Felch, of Winchester. Of
this union there are four children : La Fell, Milan
A., John H., resides at Ashuelot ; and William
Eugene, married Flossie Drew, of Greenfield, Mas-
sachusetts, where they reside.

(IX) La Fell, eldest son of Ansel and Jilary
(Felch) Dickinson, was born in Ashuelot, March
29, 1S69. He was educated in the public schools
of Winchester, and after his father's death took
charge of the estate, which included an extensive
box manufactury. Some four years later the firm
name was changed to Ansel Dickinson's Sons. The
box manufacturing interests of this firm merged
with other concerns is now known as the New
England Box Company. The Ansel Dickinson's
Sons Company still operate large lumbering inter-
ests, a part of which are represented in the tract
of timber land known as Pisgah Mountain, which
has been in the family for three quarters of a
century, a part of the original tract having been
purchased by the late General and Ansel Dickinson.
This is one of a very few of the primeval forests
of New England. Mr. Dickinson is a Demo-
crat in politics, and is more or less active in local

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civic affairs, having represented his district in the
lower branch of tlie state legislature in 1904, serving
on the appropriations. Mr. Dickinson is a member
of the directorate of Winchester National Bank.
Milan A. Dickinson married Josie Taylor, of
West Swanzey. They have a son, Elwood Taylor
Dickinson, and resides at West Swanzey.

This name has been prominently
DICKINSON identified with business aflfairs in
Claremont, and is honorably as-
sociated witli the history and development of Aiassa-
chusetts, as well as many other sections of the
United States.

(I) Aurelius Dickinson was born February 10,
1804. in Granville, Massachusetts, and died Novem-
ber 3, 1880, in Claremont, New Hampshire. He
was reared upon his father's farm, and received
such educational advantages as the public schools
of his time atTorded. On attaining his majority
he set out on foot for Hartford, Connecticut, carry-
ing his wardrobe in a bundle on his back, and with
a few dollars in his pocket. On reaching Hartford
he was engaged as a clerk in a leather store there,
and by careful saving of his earnings he was able
in a few years to commence in business on his own
account. He opened a general store and was quite
successful and accumulated what was considered in
those times a small fortune. In 1835 he sold out his
business in Hartford and went to Amherst, Massa-
chusetts, where he purchased the principal hotel of
the place. This he conducted successfully until De-
cember, 1837, when it was destroyed by fire with
most of its contents. It was well insured and by'
the sale of the site on which it had stood and the
collection of the insurance he was saved from heavy
loss. In the spring of 1838 he removed to Clare-
mont, New Hampshire, and purchased the Fremont
House. This he conducted as a hotel until 1850
and at intervals thereafter until the buildings were
destroyed by fire March 29, 1879. Before the con-
struction of railroads he was largely engaged in the
operation of stage lines, and was regarded as a
shrewd and successful business man. He was ac-
tive in securing the construction of the Sullivan
Railroad from Bellows Falls to Windsor, and it
was largely through his influence and exertions as
a director that it was built on the New Hampshire
side of the Connecticut river instead of the oppo-
site side as at first contemplated. He was a di-
rector of the Claremont Bank and of the Clare-
mont National Bank, covering a period of thirty
years preceding his death, and from its establishment
until his death he was a director of the Sullivan
Savings Institution. He was a careful and prudent
business man, and all his operations were directed
by intelligence and shrewd foresight. He was
scrupulously honest and his word was regarded as
binding with any with whom he had dealings. By in-
dustry and careful investment of his means he ac-
cumulated a handsome fortune and no man ever
charged him with wronging his neighbor. He filled
numerous public positions of responsibility, and his
duties were ever discharged with the same pare
and intellgence as were applied to the conduct of
his own affairs. He was a selectman of Clare-
mont during a large portion of the time after 1852
until his death, and from 1868 to 1S71 was one of
the county commissioners. Mr. Dickinson was mar-
ried at Hartford, Connecticut, in May, 1830, to
Frances M. Galpin, who survived him one month,
dying December 3, 1880.' Thus after fifty years of

wedded life hu-band and wife were separated only
thirty days by death. They were the parents of two
sons, one of whom died in infancy. The other is
the subject of the succeeding paragraph.

(II) Henry A., son of Aurelius and Frances
iM. (Galpin) Dickinson, was born May 12, 1831,
in Hartford, Connecticut, and was about seven
years of age when his parents removed to Clare-
mont. At one time he was proprietor of the Fre-
mont House in Claremont and afterwards conducted
a boot and shoe store for a few years. He in-
herited from his father much real estate and other
property which he managed successfully. He wis
not very robust in health and did not seek to
mingle in public life. He was, however, elected
in 1884 to represent the town of Claremont in the
legislature, and was active in securing the enactment
of the policy law. He was quiet and domestic in
his tastes and did not cultivate an extensive acquaint-
ance, but those who were privileged to know him
were warmly attached to him. After years of fail-
ing health he was seized by an apopletic fit while
walking on Fremont street, Claremont, and died
from its effects November 13, 1888. His funeral
was largely attended. He was married, October
14, 1863, at Claremont, to Mary Ella, daughter of
Bridgman and Laura M. (Weston) Hapgood (see
Hapgood, VI). She comes of the same line of
descent as Isabel Florence Hapgood, the celebrated
Russian translator of New York City, and also
in the line of the noted author and journalist, Nor-
man Hapgood, who is at present on the staff of the
New York Evening Post. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson
were the parents of four children, three of whom
died in infancy.

(III) Henry Grant, only surviving son of ■
Henry A. and Mary Ella (Hapgood) Dickinson,
was born June 19, 186S, at Claremont, and grew
up in that town. Fie graduated from tlie local high
school and was prepared to go to college when the
premature death of his father rendered it desirable
for him to carry forward the business cares devolv-
ing upon him, and he was obliged to abandon pur-
suit of a college course. The business established
by his father has been prudently carried on by the
son and he has met with the success which he de-
serves. He is warmly devoted to the welfare and
happiness of his mother with whom he resides in
Claremont.

Tohn Baptiste Gilbert was a son of
GILBERT John Baptiste Gilbert, who was born

in France and emigrated to Canada,
dying there at the age of ninety-four years. ^ John
Baptiste Gilbert, Jr., followed the occupation of
farming in Canada for sixty years, amassed a large
fortune and a considerable amount of property, and
at his death, in 1881, at the age of ninety-two years
of age, was able to leave a farm to each of his
children. He married Genevieve Labarge, a native
of Scotland, who bore him thirteen children, of
whom two are now living, namely: Michael, men-
tioned below, and Adelaide, now in Canada, who
became the wife of John B. Desorcy. Genevieve
(Labarge) Gilbert died at the age of eighty-nine.
Michael, son of John Baptiste and Genevieve
(Labarge) Gilbert, was born at St. Bartholomew,
Canada, September 29, 1829. He received his edu-
cation in the common schools, and his first occupa-.
tion was working on the farm. He was then ap-
prenticed to learn the milling trade in Westport.
New York, and in early manhood was given full

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charge of a department. He came to Manchester,
New Hampshire, 1856, and established himself in
business, which he continued for three years, and
then found employment in the Amoskeag ^Mills,
where he remained for eight years. At the expira-
tion of this period he went to Craftsbury, Vermont,
where he purchased a grist mill which he operated
for three years. He then purchased a farm in
Greensboro and was engaged in its cultivation for
four years, after which he returned to Manchester
and found employment for a time in the Langdon
j\Iill. He then accepted a position as clerk in a dry
goods store, remaining for five years, after which
he opened a boarding house and conducted the
same very successfully for ten years, at times having
more than two hundred boarders. Subsequently he
established himself in the dry goods business, which
he followed two and a half years, after which he
retired to private life. He is a man of indomitable
energy and force of character, and these charac-
teristics have made a success of all his undertakings.
He is a member of the Evangelist Church.

Michael Gilbert married Sarah Elizabeth Moul-
ton. of Greensboro. Vermont, daughter of Thomas
L. and Sarah M. (Senter) Moulton, natives of Cen-
ter Haibor, New Hampshire, parents of twelve
children, Sarah Elizabeth, the tenth child, being the
only one living. Thomas L. Moulton was a farmer,
spent his last years in Vermont, and died at the
age of eighty: his wife died at the age of sixty-
six. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert had four children, name-
ly: I. Walter, died at the age of ten years. 2.
A child who died in infancy. 3. Arthur C, an
engineer of the Boston & Maine Railroad, resides
in Concord, New Hampshire. He married Mary
Falvev, who bore him three children : Nellie B.,
Hazel' E. and Walter C. Gilbert. 4. Henry M., a
soldier in the regular army, now a non-commissioned
officer stationed at Fort Warren. Boston, Massa-
chusetts.

This name is to be found both in
BARBER England and Scotland. The English
spell it Barber, while the Scotch
spelling is usually Barbour. Early inunigranls of
this name came to Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The Barbers of New
England are descended from several immigrants,
among whom were Thomas, w-ho arrived at Dor-
chester, Massachusetts, in 1635, and proceeded to
Windsor, Connecticut : John, who arrived at Salem,
Massachusetts, in 1637 ; George, who was in Ded-
ham as early as 1643 ; Edward, who died there in
1644; and Robert, the New Hampshire settler,
founder in America of the Barber family, whose
history is now being review-ed.

(I) Robert Barber came from England (prob-
ably Yorkshire) about 1690, and settled in Exeter,
where he was granted fifty acres of land located in
what is now Newfields. He was killed by the In-
dians while working in his field. The data at
hand fails to give the maiden name of his wife,
but mentions three sons, Robert, John and Daniel.

(H) Robert (2), son of Robert Barber, was
born at Exeter, in 1699. He married Sarah Bean,
who was born at Exeter in 1707, and they removed
to Epping in 1735. (Robert (3) Barber, who is
mentioned with descendants in this article, was
grobably his son.)

(HI) Lieutenant Daniel, son of Robert and
Sarah (Bean) Barber, was born in Exeter April
25, 1733. He was reared in Epping, and in 1752

he tnarried Sarah Parsons, who was born at New-
market in 1730. They were the parents of three
sons and one daughter.

(IV) Daniel (2), son of Lieutenant Daniel
(l) and Sarah (Parsons) Barber, was born in
Epping, April 19, 1753. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, and participated in the battle of Bunker
Hill. July 28, 1777, he married Sarah ColEn, born
in Epping, September 24, 1758. Of this union there
were four sons and one daughter.

(V) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) and Sarah
(Coffin) Barber, was born in Epping, July 16, 1792.
He was a prosperous farmer and a lifelong resident
of Epping. On April 22, 1813, he married Hannah
Holt Gilman, born January 28, 1793, and she bore
him eight sons and three daughters.

(VI) James Pike, ninth child of Daniel and
Hannah Holt (Gilman) Barber, was born in Ep-
ping, June 14, 1831. His studies in the public
schools were augmented by a year's course at an
academj', and his training for the activities of life
not only embraced the acquisition of a good know-
ledge of agriculture, but he also served an appren-
ticeship at the carpenter's and carriage-maker's
trades. His active years have, however, been de-
voted chiefly to general farming in Epping. In
early life he united with the ^Methodist Episcopal
Church, of which he was for many years an olficial.
and he is still a member. Politically he acts with
the Republican party, but he has never aspired to
public office. He was married July 4, 1854, to
Lucinda A. Jenness, born in West Epping, Au-
gust 6, 1830, daughter of James K. and Sarah
(French) Jenness. She died in Epping, January
15, 1864, having been the mother of three sons and
one daughter, namely : Eben Jenness, born Janu-
ary 21, 1856, died September 21, same year; Al-
bert Gilman, wdio will be again referred to : Arthur
Jenness, the latter's twin brother, died June 18,
1880; and Florence J., born March 20, 1863, died
June 15, 1864.

(VII) Albert Gilman, second son and child of
James P. and Lucinda .\. (Jenness) Barber, was
born in Epping, July 18. .1857. His early studies
were pursued in the Epping public schools, and he
concluded his education at the age of sixteen years
with a two year's course at the Athol (Massachu-
setts) high school. For the ensuing six years he
assisted in carrying on the homestead farm during
the sunmier season, being employed winters at the
lumber camps in the woods, and he was subsequently
for two years engaged in farming on his own ac-
count at Epping. He next worked at carriage-
making for a time in Amesbury, Massachusetts,
and later was employee in a shoe factory at Epping.
In 1884 he began to learn the optical business,
which he found upon further acquaintance to be
his proper sphere of action, and he has ever since
followed it with success. As an optician he first
located in Waltham, Massachusetts, whence he re-
moved to Lawrence, having an office in the Bay
State Bank Building, that city, and in 1888 he
established himself in business in Boston. In the
folloiving year (18S9) he organized the manufactur-
ing and wholesale optical concern now known as
the Globe Optical Company, of which he is presi-
dent and treasurer, and he has from the commence-
ment of its career directed its affairs in a most able
and progressive manner. This concern, which is
considered the largest wholesale optical hou'e_ in
the East, employs nearly one hundred and fifty
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ov-er half a million dollars annually, and its trade
is constantly increasing. In addition to the Globe
Company, j\Ir. Barber is a director in four other
optical companies, and is similarly connected with
other business corporations. In politics he is a
Republican, but takes no active part in, public affairs
beyond the exercise of his elective privileges.
When twenty years old he became a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and has ever since
been actively identified with that denomination. He
was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school
connected with the Bromfield Street Church, Bos-
ton, officiating in the same capacity at the Methodist
Church, Newton, where he now resides, and at the
present time he is a trustee of that church and
treasurer of its benevolences. He was made a
Mason in Sullivan Lodge, Epping, in 1880, has
advanced through Newton Royal Arch Chapter to
Gethsemane Conimandery, Knights Templar,, of
Newton, and is also a member of the New Hamp-
shire, Boston City and Economic clubs, all -of Bos-
ton; the Methodist Social Union, the Newton Young
Men's Christian Association, and other organiza-
tions.

At Lawrence, Massachusetts, Mr. Barber was
united in marriage with Annie Estelle Skerrye, born
in Liverpool, Nova Scolia, February 8, 1861, daugh-
ter of an edge-tool manufacturer of that place. Her
father having died when she was very young, she
was brought to Boston, where she attended the
public schools, and her education was completed at
the New Hampshire Conference Seminary in Til-
ton, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Barber have
two sons, both of whom are engaged with him in
the Globe Optical Company : Frederick Arthur,
born at Epping, New Hampshire, December i, 1880,
and Raymond Jenness, born in the same place Au-
gust 12, 1884.

(HI) Robert (3). undoubtedly son of Robert
(2) and Sarah (Bean) Barber, was prominent in
military afifairs, holding a commission under King
George. Later was an officer in the Continental
Army, took part in the battle of Bennington, and
was with General Stark until the close of the war.
He acquired a large grant of land in what is now
Canaan, and moved his family there in 1778 or
1780, He had a large family.

(IV) Robert (4), son of Robert (3) Barber,
was a young man when the family removed to Ca-
naan. He succeeded his father, and bore a promi-
nent part in the settlement of that part of the
state.

(V) John M'., son of Robert (4) Barber, was
a worthy successor of his father, and his name ap-
pears prominently connected with all town matters.
He was also an officer in the state milit-ia.

(VI) INIarch, son of John !M. Barber, was for
years a leading citizen of the town of Canaan.

(VII) Hiram, son of ISIarch Barber, was born
in Canaan, New Hampshire, August 23, 1823, and
when a young man learned the machinist's trade.
His first employment was with Gage, Warner &
Whitney, of Nashua. After being with that firm
several years, he removed to Milford, and soon after
to Illinois, where he took up a tract of land and
prospered ; this was in the times when that section
was termed "out west." Later he returned to
Canaan, where he took up the old Barber estate,
engaged in farming, and resided there until his
death. He was a man of discriminating judgment,
and a person of influence in public affairs, but
he would not accept public office. He was active

in church work. He married, October 8, 1850, Lucy
Fales, who was born in Canaan, January 24, 1830,
and died there April 22, 1881. Her father was
Orrin Fales, of Canaan, New Hampshire. Three
children were born of this marriage : Henry H.,
whose sketch follows; George E., of Derby, Con-
necticut, president of the Howard-Barber Company,
and manager of the Star Pin Company; and Alice,
who resides with her brother George in Derby.

(VIII) Henry Hiram, eldest child of Hiram
and Lucy (Fales) Barber, was born in Nashua,
December 16, 1852, and was educated in the common
schools and at the academy of Canaan. In 1868
he took a position as clerk with Taylor & Norwell,
of Nashua, and filled that position for ten years.
In 1878 he removed to Milford, and bought out
the dry goods business of Gray & Howard, who
had a store in the old town house. At that time
he employed one clerk. By careful attention and
good management, the business grew rapidly, and in
1900 the increase in business necessitated an enlarge-
ment of the space to carry it on, and Mr. Barber
bought and fitted up his present large department
store, to which an anne.x to accommodate a plumb-
ing and heating department has since been added.
He now does a large volume of business, and em-
ploys about twenty-five clerks constantly. His suc-
cess as a merchant has enabled him to engage in
other lines, and he is now vice-president of the
Souhegan National Bank, and director in the
Granite Savings Bank. He organized the JMilford
Board of Trade, was for years its president, and
is now one of the directors. He is a Republican,
and takes a lively interest in public affairs. His
success in business led to his selection to represent
the town in the legislature, 1891-92, and while filling
the office of representative, he introduced the since
widely known "Barber Bill'' to regulate the insur-
ance companies of the State, which compelled the
retirement of many insurance companies from the
State of New Hampshire. This law is so satis-
factory that it has been adopted in various other
states.

The issues of Mr. Barber's efforts in the different
lines he has undertaken, stamp him as a man of
first-class mercantile ability, and capable of win-
ning success wherever and whenever he grapples
with an enterprise. His locating in Milford has not
only brought him a large trade, but has attracted
many buyers from neighboring towns, whose pa-
tronage has been of benefit to other merchants and
citizens of Milford. He is a member of Benevo-
lent Lodge, No. 7, .Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, and King Solomon Chapter, of Milford ;
Israel Hunt Council, No. 8; St. George Coni-
mandery, Kinghts Templar ; and Edward A. Ray-
mon Consisto-ry of the Sublime Princes of the
Royal Secret, of the Thirty-second Degree, of
Nashua. He married, in Antrim, November 5,
1873, Fostina Dodge, who was born in .Antrim.
November 17. 185T. daughter of Alvah and Lydia
(Elliot) Dodge. They have one daughter, Ethlyn
Fostina. who was born in Milford. August 31,
1880. She married M. F. Brown, of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, who is chief engineer of the Boston Bridge
Works Company of Boston, IMassachusetts. Mrs.
Barber is a member of the Milford Woman's Club,
and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

This name is supposed to he of

GRIFFIN Welsh origin and is probably derived

from the use of a ligure on a coat

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of arms. There were several immigrants bearing
the name from early records in the history of New
England. The line herein traced, has been identi-
fied with New Hampshire from an early period in
its history.

(I) Humphrey Grififin, the immigrant ancestor,
was born about 1605, and was a resident of Ipswich,
Massachusetts, when we first find record of him.
He died about 1661 or 1662, in Ipswich, and the
inventory of his estate was made March 25. 1662.
His wife's name was Elizabeth, and she was mar-
ried (second) February 10, 1663. in Haverhill to
Hugh Sherratt of that town. She died May 29,
1662. Humphrey's children were : John. Nathaniel,
Samuel, Lydia and Elizabeth.

(II) John, eldest child of Humphrey and Eliza-
beth Griffin, was born about 1642 in Ipswich, and
resided in Haverhill and Bradford. He was select-
man of the latter town about 1680. He was mar-
ried September 17, 1663 in Haverhill, to Lydia
Shatswell of that town. Their children were:
Lydia, Theophilus, John, Hannah, Ebenezer, Su-
sanna, Samuel. Nathaniel and Abigail.

(III) Theophilus. eldest son and second child of
John and Lydia (Shatswell) Griffin, was born
February 2, 1666, in Haverhill, and resided in that
town where he died March 17, 16S9, at the age of
twenty-three years. He married Mary Colby, daugh-
ter of John and Frances (Hoyt) Colby and grand-
daughter of Anthony Colby, the pioneer planter of
Salisbury and Amesbury.

(IV) Theophilus (2), son of Theophilus (i)
and Mary (Colby) Griffin, was born October. 16S9,
according to the Amesbury records ,and settled in '
Kingston, New Hampshire, before 1722. In that
year" he sold his land in Amesbury. When the Rev.
John Ward took charge of the first church of Kings-
ton September 29, 1725. Theophilus Griffin was
one of the constituent members. He was married
December 18, 1710, in Amesbury to Hannah Fowler,
of that town. Record of but one child is found. It
is probable that John (who is mentioned, with de-
scendants, in this article) was their son.

(V) Theophilus (3). son of Theophilus (2)
and Hannah (Fowler) Griffin, was born June 17,
171 1, in Amesbury, and settled in Deerfield, New
Hampshire. Nothing caii be found in the vital
records of this state to show who was his wife, and
record of only one child is found.

(VI) Ben'jamin, son of Theophilus (3), was
born .^pril 25, 1756, in Deerfield. His wife's name
was Mary, and their children were: Benjamin,
Pollv, Jenny and Lewis, and perhaps others.

(VII) Benjamin (2) eldest child of Benjamin
and Mary Griffin, of Deerfield, was born in 1788,
in that town, and died in 1872. aged eighty-four.
He was engaged in farming. His wife's surname
was Ilarriman. Their children were : Alva J.,
Susan. Hannah. Benjamin F., Anson C, Mary and
Lemuel,

(VIII) Benjamin F. Griffin, fourth child and
second son of Benjamin Griffin, was born in Feb-
ruary 22, 1822, and died November 25, 1892, aged
seventy. He was a fanner. He married Mary
Clark. They were the parents of these children :
Flora, born i8.sS, died in 1864; Medora, born, i860,
died 1864; Andrew, born 1864, died 1865; Ervin A.,
the subject of the next paragraph; and Ava Vesta,
September 7, 1868.

(IX) Ervin Andrew Griffin, fourth child and
second son of Benjamin and Mary (Clark) Griffin,
was born in Concord, October 7, 1865. In 1875 lie.

w,as taken to Boscawen by his parents on their re-
moval to that town, and he has since resided on
the farm his father then bought. Mr. Griffin has
repaired the house and barn, and made notable im-
provements on the farm, and brought it -into a high
state of cultivation. He is a member of the Con-
gregational Church, and in politics is a Republican.
He takes more than ordinary interest in public af-
fairs and matters of general importance to the
town, and has served his townsment four years as
selectman. He married in Boscawen, January 5,
1888. Mattie Hubbard Quimby, who was born April
4, 1867. daughter of John Quimby, of Boscawen.
Their children are: Blanche, born August 15, 1889;
Charles, .April 14, 1S93 ; May, July 15, 1894; and
Lillian, Afarch .30, 1903.

(V) John Griffin, who was without doubt a son
of Theophilus (2) and Hannah (Fowler) Griffin,
resided for a time in Kingston, where part of his
children were born. He was married September 8,
T743. in -Kingston, to Hannah Bean, and they settled
in time in Derryfield. The births of some of their
children are recorded in both Kingston and Derry-
field. Probably the first four were born in Kings-
ton. They were: Hannah, "Ane," Sarai, John,
Theophilus and Mary.

(VI) Theophelus (4), second son and fifth
child of John and Hannah (Bean) Griffin, was born
October 25, 17,^4, m Derryfield (now Manchester),
and lived and died in that town. He married Sarah
Martin, and their children were :* James, John,
Susanna. Polly, William, Sarah and Betsy.

(VII) Jan'ies. eldest child of Theophelus (4)
and Sarah (Martin) Griffin, was born January 24,
178.^, in Derryfield where he passed his life, and
was probably a farmer. His wife's name was Je-
rucia and their children were : George. James. Al-
fred, Caroline (died young), Caroline, Edmund and
Mary Jane.

(VIII) Cicorge. eldest child of James and Je-
rucia Griffin, v, as born September 7, 1S08, in Derry-
field. where he grew up. In early manhood, he en-
gaged in the manufacture of woolen goods and fol-
lowed it successfully in both his native state and
in ]\IassachuscttN until about 1S58. when he estab-
lished himself in mercantile business at Manches-
ter and continued in trade for a period of twenty
years. In 1885 he erected a summer hotel at York
Beach. Maine, known as the A.gamenticns House,
and he made it a very popular resort, conducting it
until his death, which occurred January 27, 1S89.
On September 29, 1829. he married Alice Clark
(born January 15, 1808), and had a family of six
children, namely: William Henry, born July 29,
1830 (died in 1871) : Almenah J., born .■\ugust 19,
1834 (died October 17, 1899) ; Claramond A., born
May 0, 1836; George W., and Georgianna (twins),
born April 2, 1839 : Heber, born June 18, 1843.

(IX) George W.. fourth child and second son of
George and .'Mice (Clark) Griffin, was born in Lis-
iKin. New Hampshire, April 2, 1839. At the iin-
usually early age of seven years he began working
in a woolen mill, and he continued his connection
with the textile industry until he was twenty years
old, and then became associated with mechanical
work. In 1879 he became associated with Parker
C. Hancock in the manufacture of patent scroll
and hack saws at Franklin, under the firm name of
G. W, Griffin & Company, and this concern has
continued in business there ever since with excel-
lent financial results. Although the production of
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the enterprise has prospered and its annual output
has reached large proportions. During tlic first year
of the Civil war 'Sir. Griffin served as a musician
in the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers.
Under the old town government he served as a
member of the board of selectmen, and since the in-
corporation of Franklin as a city he has represented
his ward in the common council. He is a Master
Mason, and also a member of the Pilgrim Fathers.
He married Adelaide M. Burgess, daughter of
Bethuel and Mary (Sturtpvant) Burgess. Mr. and
Mrs. Griffin have had three children : Georgianna,
who died in infancy; Ralph B.. born August 4,
1866: and Ernest L.. born June 20, 1870. Ralph.
B. married for his first wife Ida J. Silver, who bore
him two children : Dorothy A., born March 12,
1891 ; and Ellen, who died in infancy. His second
wife was Lillian M. Lampron, and the children
of this union are : Frances E., born November 27,
1800: and George R.. born January 20, 1903. Ernest
L., married Ellen V. Stew'art.

(Second Family.)

The previous family treats of the de-
GRIFFIN scendants of Humphrey Griffin, of

Ipswich, Massachusetts, who was
among the early English immigrants and left a
numerous progeny. The founder of this line may
have been a younger brother of Humphrey, but
there is nothing in the records to show such rela-
tionship. Descendants of both are now numerous
in New Hamipshire, bearing their due proportion
of the responsibilities of civilization.

(I") Philip Griffin is styled a "planter" in the
records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he
bought a houselot in 1657, and was subsequently
killed by lightning. His widow. Ann (or Agnes),
married again, and died November 24, 16S2. Their
children were: Hannah, jNIary, and John.

(II) John, youngest child and only son of Phil-
ip and Ann Griffin, was born November 4, 1756, in
Salisbury, where he evidently passed his life. He
subscribed to the oath of fidelity and allegiance
there December. 1677, was a resident in 1682, and
was admitted to the Salisbury Church, August 26,
1716. Fie probably died early in 1734. as his will,
executed June 11, 1730, was proved May 7, 1734.
He was married (first, published September 17,
T695. in Salisbury), to Susannah Brown, daughter of
Philip and Mary (Buswcll) Brown of Salisbury.
She w-as born ^larch 8. 1671. and died about 1705.
He was married (second) March 28, 1706, to Han-
nah Davis, of Salisbury, formerly of Haverhill,
probably the daughter of Ephraim and Mary (John-
son) Davis. She was born in February 15, 1676.
There were five children of the first wife, and five
of the second, namely: Philip, Mary. Isaac, Han-
nah. Phebe, Ann, John. Ephraim, Susannah and
Jonathan.

(III) Isaac, third child and second son of John
and Susanna (Brown) Griffin, was born Decem-
ber 21. ifigg, and was baptized and received in the
Second Salisbury Church. December 12. 1719. He
resided in Kingston. New Hampshire, where record
of the births of three children appear. There
were pi'-bably otl-.er children born before his re-
moval to Kingston. He was married in the latter
place January 7. 1725, to Susanna Qou.gh, daugh-
ter of John and Elizabeth (Long) Clough, of Salis-
bury. She was born December 10. 1704. and bap-
tized at the First Salisbury Church. September 23,
1705. Their children recorded in New Hampshire
were : Phebe, Elizabeth. Isaac and Mary.

(IV) Isaac (2), only recorded son of Isaac
(l) and Susanna (Clough) Griffin, was born Au-
gust 5. 1731, in Kingston, and lived in what is East
Kingston. He married Mary Rowell, and the rec-
ords of East Kingston show the birth of two of
their children, namely: Richard and Dorothy.

(V) Richard, son of Isaac (2) and Mary (Row-
ell) Griffin, was born March 26, 1753, in East
Kingston, and wa5 in late life a prominent citizen
of W'care, this state.

"Richard Griffy" was a private in Captain Rob-
ert Crawford's company, stationed on Great Island,
New Hampshire, November 5, 1775. as shown by
the Revolutionary Rolls. Richard Griffin was one
of Captain Gordon's company, raised and mustered
in the Seventh Regiment, December 16 and 17. T776,
to lie under the command of Colonel David Gilman
to recruit the American army till March i, 1777.
.^n account of the bounties advancement to Con-
tinental soldiers by the town of Kingston between
Januarv i, 7777, and January. 1780, shows that there
was paid into the treasury for the hire of one
Borkharth and Richard Griffing in the year 1778,
May 29. the sum of 154 pounds. Richard Griffin,
of Captain Ben. Stone's company. Colonel Scara-
mel's regiment, mustered March 21, 1777. was re-
ported dead. June and July, 1778. Evidently the
Richard of Kingston, was not dead at that time, as
his name appears on the list of tax payers in Weare,
between the years 178S and 1793. The "anabaptix"
meeting house in South Weare having gotten very
much out of repair, a new one fifty-si.x feet long
and forty-five feet wide, with floor and gallery, was
imilt, and October 2, 17S8, thirty-six men bid off
the pews in the body of the house ranging from
eight pounds, seven shillings to eighteen pounds,
twelve shillings. Pew No. i, next the fore door,
was bid off by Richard Griffin at fifteen pounds,
eleven shillings, and only two pews brought more.
Mr. Griffin was better off financially than his
neighbors generally, or he was more liberal than
most of them. By the articles of this sale one-
fourth part of the price was to be paid in cash, and
the rest in such material as the building community
may want to furnish the honse — "Either glass, nails,
Rum, or lime will be excepted by them in place of
cash." Richard Griffin married Sally Batchelder.
of Hawk, and they had: Isaac, Nathan, whose
sketch follows : Richard, Betsy and Polly.

(Vn Nathan, son of Richard and Sally (Batch-
elder) Griffin, was born in Kensington, October 3,
17S8. He was a farmer, and varied his employment
hy sawing deck plank for ships built or repaired
at Portsmouth. In 1810 he settled in Auburn,
where he bought a one-half acre of land with a
house upon it, and worked for Jack Clark (with
W'hom he came to Auburn) si.x years for fifty cents
a day. He was very economical, and invested every
dollar he could spare in land. He was a Democrat,
and served as selectman. In religious faith he was
a Methodist. He married, March 15, 181S. Sally
Evans, of Weare, daughter of Samuel Evans. She
died, 1873. aged seventy-eight years. They had four
children : Paige S., George G., French B., and
Sebastine S.

(VII) George Gould, second son and child of
Nathan and Sally (Evans) Griffin, was horn in
.Auburn. June 18, 1823, .and died there Afarch 9.
1891. He owned a farm and saw mills, which he
operated, and also dealt in real estate. He was a
Democrat, was selectman, and filled minor offices.
He married, March, 1849, Jane C. Mead, who was

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born in Candia, January 13, 1823, daughter of Jacob
and Lois (Jolmson) Mead. Their children were:
Willard H., and John P., who is the subject of the
next paragraph.

(VIII) John Page, son of George B. and Jane
C. (Mead) Griffin, was born in Auburn. July I,
1853. and got his education in the common schools.
For seven summers he teamed in ^Manchester. He
then went into the grocery business, built a store
and was postmaster at Auburn Village two years.
He sold out his business in 1890 to Thomas Emery,
and has since farmed the homestead and lumbered.
He was a Democrat in politics until the tariff and
free silver questions filled the political field, ana
since i8g6 he has been a Republican. He was
treasurer of Auburn four years, selectinan two years
and a member of the board of education three years.
He is a member of Rockingham Lodge No. 76, Free
and -Accepted Masons of Candia : .Ada Chapter, No.
9, Order of Eastern Star; Massabesic Grange. No.
127. Patrons of Husbandry, of .A.uburn. and of the
Amoskeag Veterans of JIanchester. He married,
September 6, 1881, Levina Reynolds, who was born
December i, 1S59. daughter of Joshua and Flizaljeth
(Thatcher) Reynolds, of Patton, Province of Que-
bec. She is a Methodist, a member of .Ada Chap-
ter No. 9, Order of the Eastern Star, and of Massa-
besic Grange, No. 127, Patrons of Husbandry. They
have four children : Jennie, .Abbie G., Charles N..
and Angie L. Jennie married Clarence Drayton,
resides in Manchester, and has a son Clarence. .\b-
bie G., married .Augustus Clark, of Manchester, and
has a son Charles. Charles N. married Rose Stu-
ber, resides with his parents. .Angle L. is at school.
(Third Family.)
This name is of Welsh origin, but
GRIFFIN the traditions of the family which is
the subject of this sketch, point to a
Scotch ancestry. As a surname Griffin is found
in some form in most modern languages of Europe.
The figure of the fabulous Griffin of antiquity is
very common in coats-of-arms, usually represented
with the body and feet of a lion, and tlie head and
wings of an eagle or a vulture, signifying the union
of strength with agility. In some instances the
name Griffin may have been bestowed on a man
because of his strength and agility.

(I) Daniel Griffin was a resident of Tewks-
bnry. Massachusetts, and served as a soldier in the
Revolutionary arijiy. He was probably a scion of
one of the early Scotch families which came to Mas-
sachusetts in 1718 or soon thereafter. His wife's
name was Reulah.

(II) Uriah, son of Daniel and Beulah Griffin,
was born August 9, 1744. in Tewksbury. Massa-
chusetts, where he resided. His wife. Mercy, died
February 18, 1807. He was selectman of Tewks-
bury in 1779.

(HI) George, one of the younger sons of Uriah
and ilercy Griffin was born December 29, 1780, in
Tewksbury. Massachusetts. He was a blacksmith
by trade and a man of sterling character, a member
of the Congregational Church, and the holder of a
captain's commission in the militia. He married
Judith Chase, a descendant of the Hannah Dustin,
who was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts,
February 15, 1788. Their children were : Harriet,
George H.. .Ann M., Marv J., Henrv D., and
Walter.

(IV) Henry Dustin Griffin, son of George and
Judith (Chase) Griffin, was born in Bradford (now
South Groveland), Massachusetts, December 5,

1822, and died March 29, 1862. He was educated
in the comniou schools and at Topsfield Academy.
He was a teacher in the earlier and later portions
of his life, and during middle age he was a shoe-
maker and dealer. For years he was a member of
the school committee. In religion he was a Con-
gregationalist. He married. Avigtist 26, 1850, at
Limerick, }>[aine, Sabrina Knight Carr, born April
12, 1830, who was the daughter of John and Mary
(Smith) Carr. They had three children: Ellen
Frances. .Annie Estelle, and Willard Henry. Ellen
F., born .August 5. 1S51, married Daniel .Augustus
Caldwell (since deceased) shoe manufacturer of
Lynn, Massachusetts. .Annie E., November 8,
' 1S52, married Charles Edward Poor, shoe con-
tractor, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Willard H..
is mentioned in the next paragraph.

(V) Willard Henry, only son and third child of
Henry D. and Sabrina Knight (Carr) Griffin, was
born in Groveland. Massachusetts, April 28, 1857.
He was educated in the common schools of Grove-
land and at the high school in Georgetowm, Massa-
chusetts. .At seventeen years of age he commenced
work as a shoemaker in Danvers. Massachusetts,
where he remained until he was twenty. In 1S78 with
his brother-in-law, Charles E. Poor, Mr. Griffin,
tmder the firm name of Poor & Griffin, contracted
shoes, that is. they took the ready made uppers and
turned then\ out finished shoes. This partnership
employed from twenty-five to fifty persons, and
continued until 1884, the factory being situated at
South Groveland and Haverhill. After disposing of
his interest to his partner. Mr. Griffin spent the
followmg year superintending the shoe factory of
Chase & Chamberlain at Strafford Bow Lake, New
Hampshire. In 1885 the firm of Chase, Qiamber-
lain & Company, of which Mr. Griffin was the
crnipany, was formed, and the following eight
years manufactured shoes at Henniker, New Hamp-
shire, and employed from one hundred to one hun-
dred and fifty persons. The business was removed
in 1873 to Raymond, where it was continued until
1876. when Mr. Griffin disposed of his interest and
settled in Manchester, and with Leander .A. Cogs-
well formed the firm of Griffin & Cogswell which
continued until June 15, 1906, when Mr. Qriffin's
purchased his partner's interest. Mr. Griffin now
carries on this industry alone, and employs from
one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty
operatives and turns out about three hundred and
fifty thousand pairs of shoes annually.

He married. 1878. Jennie Greenwood, born at
West Box ford. Massachusetts. 1857, daughter of
Samuel M. and Sarah (Ganiir) Greenwood. They
have had five children : Gertrude S., Wayne W.,
Helen F., Vaughn D., and Dorothy.

-As this family did not come to .Amer-
GRIFFIN ica till the middle of the nineteenth

century, it cannot be considered a
branch of the families of the same name whose
history has previously been traced throu.sjh eight
generations. The .American founder of the family,
Griffin was born in 1822, in county Cork. Ire-
land. .After such school advantages as the neigh-
borhood afforded, he came to .America in 1848 and
settled on a farm near Walpole, New Flampshire,
where he remained ten years. He then moved to
-Alstead where he bought a farm of one hundred and
sixty acres, one of the best in town, which he suc-
cessfully cultivated till 1901, when he moved into
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and a Catholic. He married Bridget O'Connor,
daughter of Patrick O'Connor, who was born in
county Cfare. Ireland, about 1822. They had one
child, Patrick Edward, whose sketch follows. Mr.
Griflin died in January, 1905, and his widow now
lives with her son at North Walpole.

Patrick Edward, only child of and Bridget

(O'Connor) Griffin, was born in Walpole, New
Hampshire. October 11. 1S56. He attended the pub-
lic schools in Alstead, and then acquired the car-
penter's trade, working for three years for D. C.
Ordway, a contractor and builder of Bellows Falls,
■Vermont. Mr. Griflin then learned the manufac-
ture of paper in the Fall Mountain Company of
Bellows Falls, where he remained for thirty-one
years. Di'ring the last twenty years of that time
he was foreman of the shipping, finishing, cutting
and stock department, and had charge of from thirty
to forty men. On April 21, 1906, he left this busi-
ness and bought the Manilla Bottling Company.
Mr. Griffin remodelled the stpre, and the business
is now known as the Crescent Bottling Company, a
wholesale bottling establishment of W'hich he is the
junior partner, with C. J. O'Neil. He is also one
of the proprietors of the Red Cross Pharmacy,
which was purchased in June, 1906. He has handled
real estate to a considerable extent, and done much
building. In politics Mr. Griffin is a Democrat with
a leaning toward independence. He was a member
of the school board four years, and was selectman
for two terms. He represented Walpole in the legis-
lature of 1S83-85-87, serving on the roads, bridges
and canals committee and various others. In 1893-
94, he was depiity sherifif for Cheshire county, and
has the honor of being the only Democrat to hold
the office. He has been a member of the Bridge
Memorial Library committee since its organiza-
tion. He was one of the promoters of the North
Walpole Aqueduct Company, and for five years
was treasurer and manager of the company which
was finally sold to the town in 1890. He has been
treasurer of the North Walpole precinct ; a director
and stockholder in the Fall Mountain Brewing
Company, and its clerk for eighteen years ; and pres-
ident of the Bellows Falls Driving Club, which he
helped establish in T905. He was instrumental in
securing the charter and otherwise promoting the
Alstead and Acwortli Railway system which was
sold to Copely-Amory. Mr. Griffin belongs to the
Catholic Church, and for twenty-five years was
treasurer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Division No. 2. of North Walpole. He also belongs
to the Foresters, Court William French of Bellows
Falls, and to the Bellows Falls Board of Trade. He
was chairman of the original new bridge committee,
and worked hard for the bridge.

On December 10. 1879, Patrick Edward Griffin
married Annie Sheehan. daughter of William Shee-
ban, who was born in Wisconsin, September, 1858.
They have four children : Edward, .\nnie, George
and Fred. Edward is a graduate of the Bellows
Falls high school, and is now with the Vermont
Farm Machinery Company of that place: he mar-
ried Lnla ;\IcCIoud. and they have one child, Ken-
neth. Annie is a graduate of the Bellows Falls high
school, and married Joseph Forsier; they have oiie
child, Edward. George is at present a student in
the Bellows Falls high school. Fred is a pupil in
high school at North Walpole.

According to Savage the earliest Berry

BERRY to arrive in this country was William.

who was in Portsmouth m 1631, sent

there by Mason for his plantation, but who in 1635

removed to Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was

iv — II

made a freeman. May iS, 1642. Several other emi-
grants of the name came later. Some if not all
came from England. The Berry family of Chi-
chester and vicinity trace their lineage back to
William. '

(I) William Berry emigrated to this country
with fifty of Mason's men. He died in 1654. His
children were : Elizabeth, who married John

Locke; John, who married Susannah : Joseph,

who married Rachel , of Portsmouth ; James and

William.

(II) William (2), fourth son and youngest child
of William (i) Berry, married and had Thomas,
and probably other children.

(III) Thomas, son of William (2) Berry, was
born in 1688. He resided in Greenland, and built
the house on the north side of the road which was
occupied in 1878 by Thomas Jefferson Berry, He
married Mehitable , by whom he had : Wil-
liam, born February 29. 1720; Mary. September I,
1725, and Thomas, February 27, 1731. He may also
have had other children.

(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas and Mehit-
able Berry, was born February 27. 1731. He was a
captain in the army of the Revolution. He lived in
Greenland on the west side of the road. He mar-
ried .•\I)igail. daughter of Deacon John Lane, of
Hampton. Their children were: Joshua, born Sep-
tember 27. 1755. married Mary Cate, of Pittsfield,
and died September 27, 1828; Mary, March
23. 1757, died March 5, 1760; Mehitable,
February t6, 1759. married her cousin, Lieu-
tenant Thomas Berry. and died November
16, 1823; Isaiah, April 6, 1761, married Bath-
sheba Shaw, and died June g, 1845 ; Thomas, June
29, 1764, died January 26, 1767: Alajor William, of
whom later; Thomas February 27, 1768, married
Mary Lane, and died October 25. 1S47; Abigail,
September 16, 1771, married Jacob Brown, of Hamp-
ton Falls, and died December 20, 1833 ; Elizabeth,
April 15, 1773, married William, a brother of Ja-
cob Brown, and died January 31, 1844; and Jolm,
April 26, 1780. (The last named and descendants
receive mention in this article.)

(V) Major William (3), third son and fifth
child child of Thoinas (2) and Abigail (Lane)
Berry, w-as born June 29, 1766. and died July 8,
1847. He married Rachel Ward, by whom he had
ciiildrcn : Edward, born July 16, 1787, married
(first) Susan Brown, and (second) Annie Coe :
Thomas, horn November i, 1788, married Nancy
Shaw ; William, born March 13, 1790, married
(first) Mary French, April 10, 1817. and (second)
Lucretia (French) swett, February 7, 1844, and
died August 20, 1S69; John, born October 18, 1791;
Hannah, married Cotton M. Drake, of Pittsfield:
Meliitable, married John Sherburn, of Northwood ;
Cotton wdno died December 22, 1831 : Isaiah, mar-
ried Rhoda, daughter of Deacon John Lane, and
died .'^prii, 1879: Oilman, who died near Mason,
Michigan ; and .Abigail, married .Samuel Oilman.

(VI) John, fourth son and child of Major Wil-
liam and Rachel (Ward) Berry, was born October
18, 1791, and died September 14, 1880. He mar-,
ricd Marianna Hogan. and their children were:
Marlanna McDonougli, horn November 22. 1825, died
Alarch 18, 1S53: Jobn McDonough, Sept. 18, 1827.
married A'icc Parker, and died November 8. 1887:
Edward Hogan. May 14, 1829. married, September
2.;. 1854, Maria Harvey, and died December 18,
1898: Susan B.. April 22, 1831, died May 6, jSSAl
Elizabeth Hogan. February 13. 1833, married John
P. Nutter. April 3, 1856, and died in Concord, June
10. 1896; Edwin, July 3. 1835. died August 20, 1836;
William Edwin, July 3. 1837, is noticed farther i:i

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this article ; Ellen. July 28, 1839, died October 8,
1841 ; Albert Frank, September i. 1841, died August
17, 1874. and was buried in the United States cem-
etery in Pembina, and Frederick Benton, January
28, 1844, died September 14. 1877. Of these children
John McDonongh Berry was the most distinguished
and at the time of his death was the senior associate
justice of the supreme court of Minnesota.

(VII) William Edwin, fourth son and sixth
child of John and Marianna (Hogan) Berry, was
born in Pittsfield, July 3, 1837. and died April 10,
iSSl. He had one child, Clarence Edwin Berrv-.

(VIII) Clarence Edwin, son of William Edwin
Berry, was born in Pittsfield, February iS, 1866. He
received his education in the public schools of his
native town, Gilmanton Academy, and Pittsfield
Academy under the instruction of Professor D. K.
Foster. He is a farmer, and also has charge of
the Floral Park cemetery. In his religious al^lia-
tion he is a Congregationalist. He married. May
12. 1898, Susan, daughter of Reuben Lowell and
Mary J. (Nutter) French. His wife w^as educated
in the public schools and academy of Pittsfield and
Bradford Academy. They have one child, Janet
French, born August 14, 1902.

(V) John (2), sixth son and tenth child of
Thomas and Abigail (Lane) Berry, was born in
Greenland, April 26. 1780. He married Sarah,
daughter of Major James Drake, Pittsfield, Feb-
ruary 16, 1803. His wife was born August 7, 1785,
and died April 7, 1S69. He died November 6,
1857. Their children were: Abigail, born May 3,
1804. married, December 23. 1825, Joshua Lane,
(born April i, 1798, died August 28, 1883) and
died December 30, 1891 ; Thomas, born October 13,
1S05 ; Hannah, born October 24, 1807. married,
January 29, 1828, Joseph Brown (liorn February 7,
1796, and died November 28. 1838), and died Oc-
tober 12, 1802 ; John Calvin, born February 18,
iSiS. married. May 8. 1836, Sarah Ann Bean "(born

■May 27, 1816, and died April 11, 1856) and died
April 28, 1881 : and Sarah Jane, born September
14. 1818, married Sylvester H. French. April 24,
1839 (born June 12, 1S12, and died September 15,
18S8).

(VI) Thomas (3), eldest son and second child
of John and Sarah (Drake) Berr>'. was born in
Chichester, October 13, 1S05. The Berry home is
situated on a very picturesque hill commanding an
extensive view. The buildings, which are in good
repair though over one hundred years old, were
built of native timber cut on the place. Mr. Berry
•owns a farm of three hundred acres, and has a port-
able mill in use for cutting timber on the place as
It is needed. His principal business is dairying.
He has served his town as selectman and represen-
tative to the legislature. Politically he is a Democrat
and religiously a Baptist. His wife and her cousin,
widow of Sylvester H. French, are the two oldest
members of the First Baptist Church of Pittsfield.
Mrs. Berry, who is now ninety-six years old. at-
tributes her longevity to a strong and sound con-
stitution, plenty of fresh air and hard work. Her
education was obtained in the district schools of
Loudon, having to walk tv\-o miles to enjoy the
privilege. She has been used to the spinning wheel
and has woven in the loom. She still has a piece
of embroidery on which the letters of the alpha-
bet are wrought in silk, with the date of her birth
at the bottom of the piece, as a memento of her
school days. She has cooked with a fireplace and
dipped candles after the oldtime custom. She reads
without glasses, has a very retentive memory, and
is spry for one at her advanced age.

Mr. Berry married Olive, daughter of Jonathan
and Martha (Clough) Gove, of Loudon. New
Hampshire, February 5. 1835. His wife was born
September 9, 1810, and was the third child and
daughter of her parents. Her father was bom
August, 1772, and died April 23, 1845. Her mother
was born June 4, 1777. and died September 2, 1866.
The date of their marriage was January, 1799. Their
children were: Martha, born September 18, 1801,
married Jonathan Perkins, April 9, 1823; Ruth, Sep-
tember 4, 1805, married William 'Leavitt, October,
1825 ; Olive, who married Thomas Berry ; Jona-
than, September 21, 1812, died April 23, 1870; he
married Mary Ann Sargent, March 13, 1845 ; and
Sarah Ann, July 28, 1819, married Abiel F. French,
February 7, 1838. The children of Thomas (3)
and Olive (Gove) Berry are: Martha A., bom
May 24, 1838; John Hale, June 17, 1839: Hannah
Brown, June 18, 1841, married, January i. 1862,
Joseph Porter, and died March 5, 1896; Alvah Clin-
ton, February 7, 1844 ; Thomas Munroe, October
22, 1846; Jonathan Gove. April 10, 1849, and Edson
Cummings, December 17, 1852.

(Second Family.)

(I) Eliphalet Berry was born in Barn-

BERRY stead, in 1797, and died December 13,

1859. He married Elizabeth Locke,

who was born in i8or, and died Januai-y 10, 1877.

Their children were: Ira Locke. Eliza Ann, Lucy,

and William H. Both of the daughters died young.

William H. married Josephine Evans, who survived

him. He enlisted August 15, and was mustered in

as corporal .August 30, 1862, in Company B, Twelfth

New Hampshire Regiment, and died from wounds

received May 3, 1863, in the battle of Chancellors-

ville, Virginia, at Potomac Creek, Virginia, May 17,

1863.

(II) Ira Locke, eldest son and child of Eliphalet
and Elizabeth (Locke) Berry, was born. 1829. in
Barnstead. He received his education in the pub-
lic schools of the town, a private school and Gilman-
ton and Northfield academies. For a time he fol-
lowed teaching in Barnstead and other towns in
New Hampshire, also in Rhode Island. Returning
to the old homestead, to which he had fallen heir,
he served as selectman, and part of the time chair-
man of the board, for fifteen successive years, also
as county commissioner, and justice of the peace.
His wife Lavina, daughter of Joseph Drew, a de-
scendant of John Drew, was educated at Gilmanton
and Northfield academies, and was a school teacher
before marria.ge. and after marriage in Rhode Is-
land. He died February 28, 1892. Their children
were: Fred C. Berry; Lucy A., who became a pop-
ular school teacher, married J. W. W'hitney, of
Syracuse, New York, and is now a physician in
Homer, New York : and IMyra E., who married
E. H. Shannon, of Laconia, New^ Hampshire.

(III) Fred E.. eldest son and child of Ira
Locke and Lavina (Drew) Berry, was born in Barn-
stead. After attending the public schools he com-
pleted his education at New Hampton Academy.
He then worked for two years at Beverly. Massa-
chusetts, m the express business. For the next
seven years he was employed in mercantile business
in Tampa, Florida. Returning north he was for a
time associated with a box manufacturing company,
at Saco, Maine. Returning to Barnstead. he has
ever since occupied the old homestead comprising
nearly three hundred acres, and has given special
attention to the production of milk. He is a mem-
ber of Liberty Lodge of Masons, of Beverly. Mas-
sachusetts, and also of the Crystal Lake Grange.
He married, March 27, 1890, Edith M., daughter of

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Charles L. and Julia A. (Tuck) Tarbox. of Bidde-
ford, Maine, by whom he has had three children :
Helen J., Grace E., and Edith F.

The first Allard mentioned in the

ALLARD records of New Hampshire, is Hugh,

who was in the state as early as

1674, and from him those of this sketch are probably

descended.

(I) Henry Allard was one of the first settlers
of Conway, and a pioneer millwright in that section
of the state, where he was widely known as a
mechanic. He married and had Stephen and James
(twins), Aaron, David, Robert Henry, Samuel,
Gershom and daughters.

(II) Samuel Haven, son of Flenry Allard, was
born in Conway, 1784, and died June 22, 1878,
aged ninety-four' years. He cultivated a farm for
some years in New Durham. He married Judith
Fall, who was born in Bartlett, and died in i\Iadison,
1878, aged eighty-eight years. They had three sons :
William. Samuel and James Madison, whose sketch
next follows.

(HI) James Madison, youngest son of Samuel
H. and Judith (Fall) Allard. was born April 9,
1819, in that part of Eaton which is now Madison,
and die* in North Conway, March 24, 1888, aged
sixty-nine. He learned the carpenter's trade and
later settled in Conway, where he owned and culti-
vated a farm and also worked at his trade. He
maintained a standing above the average in his
town and was elected constable and also selectman;
January 2, 1839, he married Eleanor Howe Gile,
who was born in Bethlehem. New- Hampshire,
daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Hall) Gile, both
natives of Enfield (see Gile, V). Eight children
were born of this union : Ellen, born November 20,
18.39, died young; Lydia G., born March 29, 1874,
for many years a teacher in Conway ; James Ver-
non, December 28, 1875, died young; Charles Fifield,
December 19, 1817, died young; Nelson, August
30, 1850, died December 28. 1865 ; Frederick, October
22, 1852, died February 26, 1872 ; Frank P., men-
tioned below; and Clara Ellen, March 4, 1859, who
died young.

(IV) Frank Pierce Allard was bom on the
• Allard homestead in Conway, April i, 1857, son of
James M. and Eleanor Howe (Gile) Allard. .A.fter
completing his studies in the common schools he
devoted his energies almost entirely to agriculture,
but in 1890, he began to deal quite extensively in
farm implements, and for a number of years spent
a large part of his time in travelling in the interests
of his business. He is a Democrat and served as
deputy sheriff of Carroll county eight years, is a
member of North Conway Lxjdge, No. 21, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of Pe-
quawkct Grange, No. 146, Patrons of Husbandry,
and of Highland Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He
is a Past Noble Grand of North Conway Lodge
and a past master of Pequawket Grange. Frank
Pierce Allard married, July 3, 1878, Clara Ella
Martin, who was born in Jackson, New Hampshire,
September 16. 185S, daughter of Alfred and Betsey
(Keniston) Martin. Alfred Martin was born in
Portsmouth, February 8, 1817, and was a carpenter
and farmer. He resided in Jackson, then he re-
moved to Conway, where he died in 1877. He
married, _ March i, 1841, Betsey Keniston, daughter
of James and Lydia (Randall) Keniston, of Con-
way. Eight children were born to them : James
G., now of Allston, Massachusetts, who married
Anna Kenny, and has five children: Emily, who
died young; Almira O., who married Samuel Hoyt,

and died in 1875, leaving three children; Josephine
R., who married Charles S. Meserve, and died in
September, 1872. leaving one son; Lucy A., who died
young; Oscar W., who died young; Clara E., men-
tioned above ; and one other, who died in infancy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Allard three children
have been born : Roger M., Frederick E., and
Eleanor. Roger M., born October 30, 1880,
was educated at the Brewster Free Academy of
Wolfboro. He married Edith M. Currier of Eaton,
New Hampshire, September 19, 1905. He is a
carpenter by trade and lives in North Conway.
Frederick Earl, December 25, 1882, died young;
Eleanor, was born September 5, 1900. They have
also an adopted daughter, Myra Hoyt Allard, a
daughter of Airs. AUard's deceased sister, Almira
Martin Hoyt. She is a graduate of Brewster Free
Academy, took a special course of study at the
Boston University, and is now a well known and
successful school teacher.

(V) Nathaniel, second son and child of Noah
and Elizabeth (Howe) Gile, was born at Enfield,
July 8, 1777, and died in Conway April 8, 1840,
aged sixty-three. He devoted the principal part
of his life to agriculture. In religious faith he was
a Baptist, and sustained a good reputation among
church people and in the community where he re-
sided. In 1802 he married Lydia Hall, daughter
of Ezekiel and Mary (Leonard) Hall, of Enfield.
She was born June 23, 1780, and died October 8,
1852, aged seventy-two. They had seven children :
John Hall, Reuben, Clarimond, JMary Leonard,
Noah, Lydia and Eleanor Howe.

(VI) The last mentioned was born February
21, 1817, and married, January 2, 1S39, James
Madison Allard (see Allard, III).

The Trow family is one whose descend-
TROW ants will be found scattered throughout

various sections of New Hampshire,
Vermont and Massachusetts, and some of them have
wandered west, and have been successfully engaged
in farming and various industries there. Joseph
and Jesse Trow, brothers, were among the early
settlers in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, and an-
other brother settled in Goshen, New Hampshire,
and all the Trows of that place are his descendants.
The Trows in Vermont are descendants of the
brothers who settled in Mont Vernon, New Hamp-
shire.

(I) Jo'siah Trow, the first of whom we have
much recorded information, was born in Beverly.
Massachusetts, May 31, 1773. He had a brother
who came to Sunapee, New Hampshire, and later
removed to that portion of Massachusetts which is
near the junction of New Hampshire and Vermont,
and had a son who was a physician. Another brother
in Beverly had a daughter, Emma, who married — —
Jackson. Josiah Trow came to Sunapee. New
Hampshire, in the spring of 1796, and cleared twenty
acres of land where he later built a log house, and
about five years later a frame house in which he
resided until his death. By means of industry, fru-
gaHty and thrift he subsequently acquired several
more parcels of land. He returned to Beverly in
the winter of 1796, and remained until the follow-
ing spring, when he went back to Sunapee, and com-
menced the cultivation of his land, planting ten acres
with corn, and ten acres with rye. His death oc-
curred in the last days of November, 1847. He
married, March. 1797, Mary Smith, and had chil-
dren: I. Hepzibah, who married her cousin, Wil-
liam Trow, of Beverly (see William Trow). They
had children: William, Mary, Francis, Emma, and

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two who died in childhood. 2. William, born Au-
gust 23, 1799, married Mehitable Perkins, and had
children : Warren, married Ruth Davis and had a
large family. Perkins, who married three times.
3. Francis, born February I", 1802. married a Miss
Davis, sister of Mrs. Warren Trow, and had five
children. 4. Nathan, born March 28, 1804, mar-
ried a i\Iiss Chose, and after the death of his wife
he and his sons removed to the west. His children
are : Elihu and Anthony, who raised a large family.
5. Mar}', born April 2, 1807, married Francis Smith,
and had no children. 6. John, born May 18, 1809,
died August 24, 1887. He married Hannah D.
Smith, born December 14, 1815, died September I,
1904. Their children were : James F., born Octo-
ber 30, 1840. married Mary Bean and had children :
Emma S., born October 24, 1864, married Daniel
Rollins, of Sunapee, and had one son who died a
• few years ago; Frank J., born June 8, 1866, mar-
ried Sara Abbott, lives in Worcester, Massachusetts,
and has four children. John S., born October 5,
1844, owns and resides on the farm of his grand-
father. Married Jennie Lear and has no children.
Joseph H., bom October 14, 1847. is a Methodist
preacher in Henniker. He married (first) June 28,
1876, Ettie W. Votney ,who died May II, 1877. He
married (second), June 3, 1886. Julia Estelle Locke,
who died December 10, 1886. He married (third),
September 17, 1889, Mrs. Hattie (Harriman) Clark,
and his children: Henry G., born October 8, 1890;
Grace E., February 10, 1892, died June 12, 1895; and
Alberta E., June 2, 1894. died February 2. 1896.
Mary Ellen, born December 21, 1849, married Rev.
Edward Perkins in 1881. They have three children :
Henry Edward, Wesley and Earnest. 7. Eliza,
born June 7, 1811, married Abraham Davis and had
children : Frank and Elizabeth. 8. Emma, born
April 28, 1813, died in infancy. 9. Josiah, born No-
vember 13, 1814, married a Miss Osborn. and had
a number of children. 10. James, born January i,
1818, was twice married, and by his first wife had a
daughter, Serena, who married a Mr. Stone, resides in
Lynn, Massachusetts, and has a number of children.
(H) William, son of Josiah and Mary Trow,
was born in 1794. He married Hepseby Trow, his
cousin (see Josiah, I), w-ho was born in 1797 and
died September 27, 1847. William Trow died March
22, 1875.

(HI) James ^^ arren, son of William and
Hepseby (Trow) Trow, was born at the Trow home-
stead on Trow Hill, Sunapee. New Hampshire,
June 24, 1814. He was raised on the farm, and his
education was limited to a few months of district
school in the winter. He learned the carpenter
trade and later engaged in the saw mill and shingle
mill business. He built mills in Sunapee and Croy-
don. New Hampshire. He was well known as a
lumber man, and dealt extensively in the rough
and finished product. He came to Newport, New
Hampshire, in 1874. James Warren Trow married
Ruth .■\. Davis, daughter of Eli and Eunice (Pin-
gree) Davis, of Sunapee. New Hampshire. They
formerly lived in Springfield, New Hampshire. Ruth
was born December 10, 1829. James W. and Ruth
(Davis) Trow had six children. Elvina, died young;
Willis W., whose sketch follows. Alice A., born in
June, 1852, married Edward A. Todd, and lives in
New London, New Hampshire. William Henry,
born March 15, 185;;, died April 3, 1875. ,-\nna M.,
born December 9. i860, married William Locke, of
Lawrence. Massachusetts. Chester E.. born April
28. 1867, lives at Sunapee. New Hampshire, a mem-
ber of the Trow Lumber Company. James Warren

Trow died April 5, 1S75. His wife died, 1904. Both
are buried in the Eastman cemetery at Sunapee.

(IV) Willis W., eldest son and second child
of James Warren and Ruth A. (Davis) Trow, was
born on the family homestead at Sunapee, New
Hampshire, January 30, 1S51. His early educational
opportunities were limited. When about eleven
years of age he began working in a saw-mill and he
grew up in the mill business. In 1897 he came to
Sunapee^ Harbor, New Hampshire, and established
himself 'in a saw-mill on Main street, near where he
is located at present. He conducts business On a
large scale, and in 1904-05, over two hundred thous-
and feet of rough lumber was purchased and dressed.
During 1905-06 saw-mill machinery was added and
the firm now manufactures all kinds of building sup-
plies needed to complete a house. During 1906
from six to seven car loads were handled. Willis
W. Trow has been twice married. His first wife
was Nettie A. Sawyer, daughter of John B. and
Julia -A. (Copp) Sawyer, of Sunapee, New Hamp-
shire. She was born March 18, 1854. Her father
was born September 10. 1817, and her mother was
born May 25, 1820. Willis W. and Nettie A. (Saw-
yer) Trow had one son, Harlen A., whose sketch
follows. Mrs. Trow died in 1897, and Willis W.
Trow married for his second wife Eliza A. Tucker,
daughter of Joseph Tucker. Before her marriage
she was a popular and successful school teacher and
is still teaching. Both Mr. and Mrs. Trow are mem-
bers of the Methodist Church at Sunapee. Mr, Trow
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

(V) Harlen A., only son of Willis W. and Nettie
A. (Sawyer) Trow, was born at Sunapee, New
Hampshire, October 12. 1879. He was educated in
the public schools of Sunapee, graduated in the
class of 1S97, and then took a business course in
Boston. He completed his education at the Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire. He
left there dtiring his senior year and lived in Bos-
ton for a year, and then returned to Sunapee and
went to work in the mill with his father. He is
now superintendent of the mill, and junior member
of the Trow Lumber Company. On June 10, 1903,
he married Bertha Choat. daughter of A. E. Clioat,
of Henniker, New Hampshire. She was born in
Bradford, New Hampshire.

This is an old New England
WTLLOUGHBY family, and was founded in this

country by Francis Willough-
by, who was a deputy governor of the Massachus-
etts colony.

(II) Nehemiah, son of Governor Francis Wil-
loughby, was born June 18, 1644.

(III) J( hn. son of Nehemiah Willoughby, was
born December 11, 1638.

(IV) It is suggested by some genealogists that
John (2) Willoughby was a son of John (i), but
no documentary evidence has been produced to es-
tablish this. John (2) Willoughby -was a resident
of Billerica, Massachusetts, from 1735 to 1745, In
the last named year he removed to Hollis. New
Hampshire, and twO' years later established his
residence on the west side of Pine Hill in that town.
He died there February 2, 1793. He was married in
Billerica, March 27, 1733. to Anna Chamberlain,
who was born April 3. 1712, a daughter of John and
Margaret (Gould) Chamberlain of Billerica. He
was married second in Hollis, June 28. 1774, to
Elizabeth Sprague, who was born June 20, 1727,
daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Burge)
Sprague. This name appears in the Hollis record

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as Sprake. He had six children born in Billcrica,
and six in HoUis. He was one of the grantees of
Plymouth, New Hampshire, and was one of the
exploring party which visited the territory in 1762.
(V) Susanna, daughter of John (2) and Anna
(Chamberlain) Willoughby, was born May 26, 1744,
in Billerica and became the wife of Jonathan Powers
of Hollis. (See Powers, HI.)

Charles A. Downs, was born in South
DOWNS Norwalk, Connecticut, May 21, 1S23.
His father, Horatio Nelson Downs, was
of Irish decent, born in Trumbull. Connecticut, and
was named after the great English admiral of that
name. His mother's family name was Burritt, a
relative of Elihu Burritt, "the learned blacksmith."
His maternal ancestry descended from John Bouton,
a French Huguenot who came to America in 1635,
and from Thomas Benedict, who came in 1638,
said to be the last of his name in England and the
first in the United States. He was prominent in
colonial affairs, both civil and military. Mr. Downs
was married November 22, 1S48, to Helen K. Sey-
mour, of Lanesboro. Massachusetts, a daughter of
Captain Levi Seymour, of that town, and a grand-
' daughter of Captain Seth Seymour, who served in
the Revolutionary war. Six children^ have been
born to them, five of whom are now living, one son
dying when quite young. Four sons — Charles A., Jr.,
Eugene S., Clarence H. and .Allan B., reside in Leb-
anon, and their only daughter, Anna K. Durkee,
lives in Corona, California.

Mr. Downs was highly favored with a strong
constitution and robust healthy and was naturally
of a studious turn. He attended the schools and
academy in his native town, and after spending one
year at the Oneida <'New York) Institute, he went
to Concord, New Hampshire, to attend the Concord
Literary Institution and Female Seminary, and live
in the family of his maternal uncle. Rev. Nathaniel
Bouton, D. b.. a noted preacher and historian, who
doubtless exerted a lasting influence in shaping the
mind of his nephew and pupil. In this school Mr.
Downs fitted for college, and was associated with
John H. George, Isaac Andrew Hill, Amos Hadley,
Moses Woolson, John J. and Samuel N. Bell, Mellen
Chamberlain, John B. Bouton and other celebrities.
After his course in Concord he entered Dartmouth
College, and remained something over a year, when
he transferred himself to the University of the City
of New York, taking there the same grade he had
lield at Dartmouth, and was graduated in 1845. We
find in a leading New York City paper the follow-
ing in reference to Mr. Downs' graduation in 1845:
"English salutatory address by Charles A. Downs,
with whose principal features th.e memorable Burns
being associated, it commanded a most close and
reverential hearing. The young orator chose and
handled his subject well." On leaving the Univer-
sity, Mr. Downs began at once the study of his
profession in the Union Theological Seminary of
New York, and graduated in 1847. .Mmost imme-
diately or to be exact, July 5, 1848, he went to
Lebanon as a candidate for the pastorate of the
Congregational Church, and was duly installed in
that office November 22. 1849, being the fourth pas-
tor of the Church. He succeeded Rev. Phineas
Cook, who had served the church for nineteen
years. .\ considerable number of members were
about to withdraw to form a church at West Leb-
anon, but Mr, Downs at once commanded the re-
spect and confidence of the community; his elo-
quence, equanimity and" good judgment were soon
recognized. The church increased in numbers rapidly.

and was soon one of the strongest in this section
. of the state. He remained pastor for a quarter of
a century, when the connection was severed at his
own request, October 23, 1873, after a council had
cnce declined to recommend it, his pastorate being
the second longest in the existence of the church.
During his connection with this church he received
all the ecclesiastical honors that could be bestowed.
He was moderator of the General Association of
Congregational and Presbyterian churches, held at
Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1871, preached the
annual sermon, and was chosen a delegate to the
National Council held in Oberlin, Ohio, the same
year.

Rev. C. A. Downs was a man of many-sided tal-
ents ; his thorough education and natural gifts made
his sermons, public addresses and contributions to
the press models of clear cut statements, arranged in
logical order. It was but a natural sequence that
a man with his varied acquirements and well-known
public spirit should be called upon to take part in
matters outside his profession. He was a delegate
to the State Convention that nominated Ralph Met-
calf for .governor, and on that occasion made a
vi.gorous speech that was highly complimented by
the active men of that day. In 1864 and 1865 he
represented Lebanon in the general court as a mem-
ber of the house of representatives, and made the
nominating speech in the caucus that chose Hon.
.A-aron H. Cragin a candidate for United States
senator. He was for some time secretary of the
board of education when the system of county
commissioners of education was in operation. His
duties called him into every county in the state,
and his experiences in "boarding round" will hard-
ly find a parallel in those of the teachers of olden
times, for he had to shiver in the best beds all
about the state. His addresses on geography at the
Teachers' Institutes are mentioned in high terms.
He was among the first to urge ventilation and
proper attention to hygiene in our schools. In 1876
he was appointed by the governor and council to
be state superintendent of public instruction, and ad-
ministered the office faithfully and with credit to
himself and the state. He served many years
as town superintendent of schools, and many a can-
didate who appeared before him for a certificate
of qualification to teach will testify to his useful
hints on teaching, "not found in the books." Besides
his offices connected particularly with education, he
served as selectman, town treasurer, precinct
clerk and treasurer, clerk of police court, police
judge, and town clerk.

In his taste for research, he accomplished
much labor in indexing records : arranging old
documents and similar work. He was a civil engineer
of more than ordinary skill, owing largely to his
taste for mathematics, and in this capacity had
much to do with layin.g out the streets and highways
in this section, fixing land lines and important sur-
veys for the Northern railroad and was fre-
quently called as an expert in ;ourt disputes. For
many years he made a study of sanitary sub-
jects and for a long time served as chairman
of the local board of health, being often called upon
to act promptlj^ fearlessly and firmly to prevent the
spread of contagious disease.

During the war period he was especially con-
spicuous as a patriotic and earnest advocate of sup-
pressing rebellion. Some of his best sermons and
public speeches were brou.ght out during the dark
days of the sixties, and, did space permit, extracts
from some of them should appear here, to refresh
the memories concerning those trying days. When

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peace finally came, he was the veteran's friend, and
for years as each succeeding memorial day came
roimd he read with feeling and tenderness the sol-
diers' pride, the Roll of Honor, a custom that was
doubtless original with him, afterward adopted in
other towns and cities in this and other states H'
was chosen president of the Memorial Building
Association that secured the funds and erected the
Memorial Building and Public Library, the first of
its kind in New Hampshire. He delivered an ad-
dress at the laying of the corner stone. May 31,
1886. and the oration at its dedication, July 4, 1S90,
the latter being especially valuable and interesting.

Besides the studies incidental and necessary to
the various positions of preacher, legislator and
magistrate he was a frequent contributor to de-
nominational, historical and scientific magazines,
and spent much time and research on the In-
dian language and the origin and significance of
names and words in common use, traceable to In-
dian origin, and made himself an authority on
this subject. He studied diligently in gecilogy,
mineralogy, ornithology and indeed in natural his-
tory generally, possessing a most valuable collec-
tion of minerals, geological and taxidermic speci-
mens and was noted for his encouragement and as-
sistance to others in these interesting branches. Mr.
Downs was a great lover of nature and found
pleasure and health with the rod and gun. as he
strolled over the hills and through the valleys
of this and other towns, studying the habits of
birds and animals and the very rocks of tlie moun-
tain side.

Mr. Downs was prominent in the Odd Fel-
lows fraternity, passed the chairs in Lodge and
Encampment, and, on account of sickness in his
family at the time refused to be elected as grand
chief patriarch of the Encampment when the choice
would have been unanimous.

Mr. Downs was engaged in writing the "History
of Lebanon," which was to be a valuable contribution
to the town and state. He unearthed considerable
testimony on the "Vermont Controversy," in which
Lebanon, as a border town, was directly interested,
that has not heretofore been found in print. His
labors in this field, too, have found recognition out-
side the state, as a few years since he delivered, by
invitation, an address on "A Border New Hamp-
shire Town in the Vermont Controversy" before
the Massachusetts Historical and Geneological So-
ciety of which Hon. Marshall P. Wilder was
the accomplished president. ]\Ir. Downs' address
was complimented by the press and he .was accorded
the thanks of the society.

If the prominent traits of i\Ir. Downs were to be
touched upon, first in the list should be his profound
piety and love of truth, ne.xt bis patriotism and
desire for good government and his love of learning,
then should be mentioned his loyalty and devotion
to his friends and his kindness and consideration
for the young and those endeavoring to obtain an
education. He has encouraged and helped in nu-
merous instances where it was the turning point in
the career of a young friend. He was modest almost
to diffidence, and the offices and honorable positions,
varied as they have been, came to him un-
sought. He once said to a friend : "I have tried
to live so my obituarist would have nothing to say."
The innate modesty of the subject of this sketch has
manifested itself to such a degree that only most
meagre facts concerning himself have been . elicited
from Iiini. hence much that ought to be said has
obviously been omitted and the sketch made more
incomplete than the writer would desire, but this,

briefly outlined and imperfectly told, is a sketch of
Rev. Charles A. Downs ; would that some abler
hand had undertaken it. It is not too much to say
he has towered above the average of his townsmen
in intellect and attainments, he has served the church
in the state with fidelity, he has built and maintained
a high character, he has been ever ready to help
by wise and judicious counsel, he has been patient
and discreet in times of personal adversity. He has
been a friend to all.

Mr. Downs died September 20, 1906. at Lebanon,
New Hampshire.

In all probability the name of Crow-
CROWLEY ley originated in the south of Ire-
land and its bearers are still to be
found in large numbers throughout the southern
counties. It is impossible to estimate the number
of immigrants of this name who have come to the
LTnited States since the beginning of the Irish exo-
dus The family as a whole has been prolific, and
its representatives are now widely distributed
throughout the country.

(I) Early in the last century John Crowley, a
native of Kinsale, a seaport of considerable impor-
tance in county Cork, crossed the ocean in a sailing
vessel, and settling in Lowell, Massachusetts, was
employed in constructing some of the first railroads
in New England.

(II) Major Timothy, son of John Crowley, was
born in Lowell, October, 1830. Learning the mould-
er's trade he became a reliable and proficient work-
man, and in 1854 he went to Nashua, where he was
for a number of years employed in the manufacture
of metallic castings. The spirit of patriotism, to-
gether with a desire for the perm'anent establishment
of equal rights for all men irrespective of color,
nationality or creed, caused him to throw aside
his personal prosperity when the slaveholding states
seceded from the Union, and marching to the front
as captain of Company B, Tenth Regiment, New
Hampshire. Volunteers, he rendered meritorious serv-
ice in crushing the rebellion, thereby abolishing for-
ever the barbarous system of human slavery, which
had hitherto constituted a serious obstacle in the
advancement of American civilization. For gallant
conduct in the field Captain Crowley was promoted
to the rank of major. At the battle of Fair Oaks be
was severely wounded, and he was subsequently dis-
charged and mustered out as brevet colonel, with
the honorable record of having been a faithful sol-
dier, an efficient officer and an enthusiastic devotee
to the cause of the Union. The injuries he received
at Fair Oaks were such as to render him unfit to re-
sume his trade, and he was accordingly forced to
seek some other occupation requiring less physical
exertion. Acceptin,g the appointment of regi=trar
of probate tendered him by the governor, he served
in that capacity for two terms, or until that office
was made elective, and as the Democratic part.v. to
which he belonged, was in the minority, he was
obliged to retire. After acting as city marshal a
short time he became manager of the Nashua Co-
operative Iron Foundry Company, and he retained
that position for the rest of his life which termin-
ated July 4. 18S6, as the direct result of injuries re-
ceived in the army. He was a comrade of the Grand
Army of the Republic and had served as commander
of the local post. He was a member of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception. The maiden name
of his wife was Mary Danahy, and he was the
father of eight children, but four of whom are now
living: Mary E., who is now the wife of Peter

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W. Reily; Timothy A.. Sarah J. and James B.. all
of whom are residing in Nashua.

The Philbricks and Philbrooks, al-
PHILBRICK though now distinct families, ow-
ing to a variation in the orthog-
raphy, are in all probability of the same origin.
They were mariners in England prior to the emi-
gration period, and not a few of them on this side
of the ocean have followed that occupation.

(I) Thomas Philbrick, who is supposed to have
been a shipmaster, arrived in New England well
advanced in years, some of his children being al-
ready married. He settled first in Watertown,
Massachusetts, from whence he removed in 1651 to
Hampton, New Hampshire, w-here his sons John and
Thomas had previously settled. (John and descend-
ants are noticed in this article.) His wife, Eliza-
beth, died in Hampton. February 19, 1664. His
will, in which he alludes to himself as being very
aged, was made in March, 1664, and his death oc-
curred in 1667.

ni) James, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Phil-
brick, was a native of England and a mariner. He
settled in Hampton at an early date, and at his
father's death inherited the homestead. He was
drowned in Hampton river, November 16. 1674, and
thus were the early settlers deprived of the further
service of an active and useful co-laborer. He
married .''inn Roberts, daughter of Thomas Rob-
erts, of Dover. (Their son, James, and descendants
are mentioned in this article.) She survived him
and July 8, 167S, married for her second husband
William Marston.

(HI) Joseph, son of James and .A.nn (Roberts)
Philbrick. was born in Hampton. October T, 1663.
Inheriting a love for the sea he followed in the foot-
steps of his ancestors and became a mariner. In
1702 he removed from Hampton to Rye, being the
first of his name to settle in that town, and he was
subsequently summoned to answer in court why he
had erected a dwelling house upon the town's land.
His wife was before marriage Triphena Marston,
who was born in Hampton, December 28, 1663,
daughter of William Marston. previously mentioned
and they were married in 1685. He died a nono-
genariari. November 17, 1755, surviving his wife,
whose death occurred November 15. 1729. They
had several children. (Mention of one of the
younger ones, Joses, and descendants appears in
this article.)

(IV) Captain Zachariah Philbrick was the third
son of Joseph and Triphena (Marston) Philbrick,
was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, March II.
1690. In 1719, he was a mariner of Newburyport,
and while following the sea he probably resided in
Newbury. Massachusetts, as all of his children were
born in that town. Abandoning the sea, he settled
upon a farm in Hampton Falls.

(V) Ephraim. third son and sixth child of Cap-
tain Zacliariah and Mary Philbrick, was born in
Newbury, October 19, T731. He was married at
Hampton Falls. January 22, 1756. to Mary San-
born, who was born July 5. 1735. daughter of Ab-
ner Sanborn, and granddau.chtcr of Lieutenant John
Sanborn. He died there in early manhood, leav-
ing beside a widow two children.

(VI) Richard, youngest child and only son of
Ephraim and Mary (Sanborn) Philbrick. was born
in Hampton, October 13, 1758. Left fatherless, he
was reared in the family of Richard Nason, of
Hampton, and when of sufficient age began to fol-
low the sea. He became an able mariner, and in
common with his compatriots in the merchant serv-

ice was exposed to much danger during the war for
national independence. On one occasion his vessel
fell into the hands of the enemy, and with the crew
he was placed a prisoner of war on board of a
British ship, but the .\mericans, aided by a portion
of the British sailors, obtained control of the ship
by overpowering the captain and his supporters,
and brought her into (Tharlestown, South Caro-
line, where they sold her as a prize. Purchasing a
horse, Richard Philbrick journeyed in the saddle
from Charleston to Hampton, and with his share of
the prize money bought a farm in Weare. New-
Hampshire. He is said to have constructed the first
carding machine in .America and he operated it by
water-power furnished by a stream which ran
through his farm. Al)out the year 1779 he married
Shua Nason, daughter of Richard Nason, previous-
ly mentioned. She died in May, 1786. leaving four
children, and in the following year he married Olive
Kenniston, who bore him five children. His death
occurred in Weare, May 26, 1825.

(VII) Ephraim, second child and eldest son of
Richard and Olive (Kenniston) Pliilbrick, was
born in Weare, December 23, 1790. He served as a
soldier in the War of 1812, and after his discharge
from the army returned to his native town, where
he engaged in farming, making a specialty of sheep
raising. Tie also kept a hotel or tavern, is it was
termed in those days, and was favorably known
throughout that section of the state. On May 15,
i8t6, he married Acsah, the dau.ghter of Humphrey
and Ruth (Sargent) Nichols, of Weare. Ephraim
Philbrick died June 17, 1S53. and his widow, who
survived him many years, w-as a nonogenarian resid-
ing at the homestead in 18S6. They were the par-
ents of four children, namely: Olive. Richard N.,
who is referred to in the succeeding paragraph :
Humphrey and Andrew J., who now resides upon
the farm purchased bv his grandfather.

(VIII) Richard N., second child and eldest
son of Ephraim and Acsah (Nichols) Philbrick, was
born in Weare, June 7, 1821. Having served an ap-
prenticeship at the harness-maker's trade, he fol-
lowed it for a number of years in Pittsfield, New
Hampshire, whence he removed to Concord, and ap-
plied himself diligently to his calling in that city for
the remainder of this active life. His first wife was be-
fore marriage Lucy Ann Bean, of Scituate. Massa-
chusetts, and she bore him one daughter. Ella Ma-
rion, who married Nathaniel Hopkins Blatchford,
of Chicago, Illinois, by whom she had four chil-
dren, two of whom are now living: Dr. Francis W.
Blatchford and Nathaniel H. Blatchford, Jr. She
died in April, 1899. For his second wife he mar-
ried Olive lane Green, daughter of John T. and
Eliza French Green, of Pittsfield, New Hamp-
shire. She became the mother of two children :
Tohn French, formerly assistant attorney-general of
North Dakota, residing in Bismarck, who was born
in Pittsfield, educated at Pittsfield Academy, Con-
cord hi.gh school and Dartmouth College, graduat-
ing in the class of 1881 : and Eliphalet French, of
Boston. Richard N. Philbrick died in Concord, in
September, 1899.

(IX) Eliphalet French, youngest child and sec-
ond son of Richard N. and Olive J. (Green) Phil-
brick, was born in Pittsfield. February 3. 1S61. His
early' education was acquired in the public schools
of Concord, New Hampshire, from which he en-
tered a private school in Concord taught by Amos
Hadlev and he was graduated from Dartmouth
College' with the class of 1885. From 1SS6 to 1894
he was receiving teller at the First National Bank
in Concord, New Hampshire. He became a student

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in the office of Messrs. Streeter, Walker and Hollis
at Coracord in 1S94, and also pursued the regular
course at the Boston University Law School, which
he completed in iSg", receiving the degree of Bach-
elor of Laws. He was admitted to the Suffolk
county bar in the latter year, after which he spent
some five months as an assistant in the law office of
William P. Fowler, Esquire, of Boston. In De-
cember, 1897, he became the Boston attorney for the
American Surety Company of New York, continu-
ing as such until .^pril. 1905, when he was appointed
manager of the company's bitsiness in Massachu-
setts. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Nova
Scotia, still retaining that position, with headquarters
in Boston.

While residing in Concord, Mr. Philbrick was a
member of the board of education from ' 1893 to
1899 inclusive; acted as private secretary to the
chairman of the Republican state committee during
the gubernatorial campaign of 1894; w-as assistant
clerk of the New Hampshire house of representa-
tives in 1895 snd clerk of that body in 1897. He is
a member of Blazing Star Lodge. Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons : Trinity Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons; Horace Chase Council. Royal and Select
Masters ; Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights
Templar, all of Concord: the New Hampshire Club
of Boston. Mr. Philbrick resides in Cambrfdge. He
married Gertrude Tamiehill, of Martin's Ferry,
Ohio. June 17, 1907.

(IV) Joses. son of .Joseph and Triphena (Mars-
ton) Philbrick, was born in Rye. November 5,
sj T/O.^. According to the records he participated in
numierous real lestate transactions, and was no
doubt one of the well-to-do residents of that town,
where he died March 24, 1757. January 4, 1727, he
married Abigail Locke, who was born in 1706,
dau.ghter of Deacon William and Hannah (Knowles)
Locke. She died August 12. 1783.

CV") Jonathan, son of Joses and Abigail (Locke)
Philbrick, was born in Rye. November 26. 1745.
Learning the blacksmith's trade he followed that
occupation in Rye during the active period of his
— I life, which terminated April i. 1822. He was tnar-
ried December 8. 176S, to Mary Marden. who was
born in Rye, February I. T7.W. daughter of Ebe-
nezer and Esther (Berry) Marden. The date of
her death is not at band.

(VL) Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mary (Mar-
den") Philbrick, was born in Rye. September 20.
1772. He was married there June i, 179". to Sarah
Wells, and sulisequently removed to Allenstown,
New Hampshire.

(Vn) Simoon, son of Jonathan and Sarah
(Wells) Philbrick was born in Allenstown. in
1804, and died in Epsom. 1878. He was a cooper.
He married 0[ive Bickford, who was born in Ep-
som. 1804. She died December I?. 1865.

(VIH) Jnickson Clark, son of Simeon and Olive
(Bickford) Philbrick, was born in Allenstown, ]\Iay
4, 183.". He turned bis attention to a,griculture and
became one of the prosperous farmers of Allens-
town. In politics be is a Republican. He attends
the Congregational Church. On August i. 18.^7. he
married Elii^a Crawford, a native of Scotland. The
children of this union, all of whom were born in
Allenstown are : Jvlaurice C.. the date of whose birth
will be given prescntlv ; James E.. born in 1861 ;
Robert E., in 1862 ; Eliza, in 1864 ; Emma J., in
1866; and Walter J., in tS6S.

(IX) Maurice C. eldest son of Jackson C. and
Eliza (Crawford) Philbrick. w'as born in Allens-
town. November 22. 1859. He attended the public
schools, and after concluding his studies served an

apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. He is now
a well-known ma.:ter builder, having erected numer-
ous dwelling houses in Northwood and Epiom, and
he resides in the last-named town. He is also engaged
in general farming, owning the 'old Knox place at
Epsom Centre, and comprising twenty acres, together
with other property and real estate in the immediate
vicinity. His political affiliations are with the Dem-
ocratic party, and he has served with ability as town
clerk for more than ten years. In his religious be-
lief he is a Free Will Baptist. In September, 1890,
Mr. Philbrick was united in marriage with Mary
P. Cass, who was born in Epsom, February 10,
i86r, daughter of Joseph B. and Mary L. (Brown)
Cass, both of whom were natives of Epsom. Her
father, who was born in 1813, and was a well-known
carpenter of Epsom in his day. died July 15, 1900.
Her mother was born September 9, 1821. Mr. and
]\Irs. Philbrick have three children, namely; Blanch
C, born June 30, 1894; Ellsworth B., April 30,
1902, and Hazel A., May 25, 1904.

(III) James (2), son oi James (i) and Ann
(Roberts) Philbrick, was a mariner. His wife was
Hannah Perkins, of Hampton, who was born Feb-
ruary 24, 1656, died iVIay 23, 1739, daughter of Isaac
and Susanna Perkins. (Nathan and descendants
receive mention in this article.)

(IV) Deacon Joseph, sixth son and tenth child
of Captain James (2) and Hannah (Perkins)
Philbrick, was born February s, 1694, in Hampton,
and died December 20, 1761, in that town. He was
married (first) December 4. 1717, to Ann Dearborn,
who was born October 22. 1695, daughter of John
and Hannah (Dow) Dearborn, and died August i,
1718. Deacon Philbrick w-as married (second) No-
vember 26. 1710. to Elizabeth Perkins, who was born
in 1694, daughter of James and Leah (Coxc) Per-
kins, and died March 26, 1736, leaving three chil-
dren. Deacon Philbrick was married (third) No-
vember 18, 1736, to Sarah, daughter of John and
Abigail (Webster) Nay. She was born June. 1705.
and died December 9, 1779. and was the mother of
eight children. His second wife was the mother
of six children, namely: Ann (died young), Joseph,
James. Jonathan, Ann and Elida. The third wife
was the mother of John (died young), Hannah,
Samuel. Joshua, Josiah, Betty, Nathan and John.

(V) James (3), second son and third child of
Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth (Perkins) Philbrick,
was born February 10, 1727, in Hampton, and died
there February 26. 1809. He was married Septem-
ber 3. 1754, to Tabitha Dow, daughter of Samuel
and Mary (Page) Dow. She was born August 24.
1731, and survived him more than three years, dy-
ing May 6. 1812. Their children were : Joseph.
Simon. James, Satnuel and David.

(VI) Simon, second son and child of James (3)
and Tabitha (Dow") Philbrick, was born Decem-
ber 12, 1757. in Hampton, and resided in Effingham,
where he died .August 16. 1810. He served in the
Revolutionary war. He was married January 13,
178,1. to his cousin. Dolly Dow. who survived him
many years and died January t8. 1849. at the age
of ninety, in Effingham. Site was the eldest child
of Joseph. Esquire, and Dorothy (Blake) Dow, and
was born December 5. 1760. They were the par-
ents of five children, namely: Simeon. Dolly, Joseph,
.Ara and Isaiah. The last two were born in Ef-
fingham, the others in Hampton.

(VII) Ara. third son and fourth child of Si-
mon and Dolly (Dow) Philbrick, was born March
28, 1798, in Effingham. New Hampshire, and resided
in that town. His death occured there September
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farmer. He v.as married (first) to Mary Saunders,
and their children were : Azel, Louisa and Simeon.
He married (second) Sarah .-\. Thompson, who was
born October 17. 1S17, in Hampton, and she bore
him three children, namely : Ara J., John D, and
Mary A.

CVIH) John Dearborn, fourth son of Ara Phil-
brick and second child of his second wife, Sarah
A. Thompson, was born September I. 1S48, in Ef-
fingham. X"ew Hampshire, and received his educa-
tion in the public schools of his native towm. Early
in life he began work in a shoe factory and contin-
ued about eighteen years in this occupation, being
employed in various towns in Massachusetts and in
Dover, iS'ew Hampshire. He then accepted a posi-
tion as traveling salesman for the Hiscock File and
Knife Works of Lowell. Massachusetts, and con-
tinued in this line three years. In 1S84, he bought
a one-half interest in the Boston Branch Grocery in
Rochester, and for eight years continued in this line
of business. In 1804 he opened a store in the Bark-
er block in Rochester, and for nine years continued
in business there. Mr. Philbrick is actively identi-
fied with the great Masonic fraternity, being a mem-
ber of Hannon Lodge, No. 21. Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, also of the Royal Arch Chapter,
and has taken the Scottish Rite degrees. He is
also a member of Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 16. In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is
a Republican and always endeavors to promote the
cause of good government and pure politics. He
was one of the first councilmen of Rochester, after
it was incorporated as a city, and through his agency
was purchased for the city, the land which now con-
stitutes the Public Square. He was elected county
commissioner in 1892, and served four years, and in
1904 was chosen representative in the state legisla-
ture and re-elected in 1906. He was married March
25. 1871, to .Abbie Carter, daughter of Daniel and
Sarah A. (Foss) Carter. To this union was born
a daughter Eva M., who died October 2, 1885, aged
nine years.

(IV) Nathan, eleventh child and eighth son of
James (2) and Hannah (Perkins) Philbrook, was
born August 19. 1697. and died .A-pril 2.3, 1794, aged
ninety-six years, eight months. His wife was Dor-
cas, daughter of James Johnson, and she bore him
children: Mary. James, Benjamin. Abigail. Eliza-
zeth. Apphia, Jonathan, Dorcas and Edith (or
Ada).

fV) Beniamin. third child and second son of
Nathan and Dorcas (Johnson) Philbrook, was born
March .30, 1726, and died in Sanbornton, January
23, 1808. He was the father of seven active and
energetic sons who settled early in Sanbornton, and
Benjamin himself eventually removed to that town
and died there. He married. December 15, 1751,
Sarah, daughter of Shubael Page, of Flampton. She
was born in 17,^4 and died July 19. 18,31, aged ninety-
seven years. Their children were : Hannah. Huldah,
Nathan. Benjamin. David, Shubael Page. Reuben,
Benjamin, Sarah, Simeon, Betsey, and Josiah.

(VI) David, son of Benjamin and Sarah
(Page) Philbrook. wSs born May 14, 1760, and with
his brothers Nathan and Benjamin went from
Hampton to Sanbornton about 1779-80 and made
their home with their sister Huldah, while clearing
up their farm in the southeast part of the town, a
short distance from what is now LTnion Bridge. He
was a tanner and shoemaker by trade, and his first
dwelling in Sanbornton. where he made his first
shoes, was a little shanty on the south side of the
road, not far from the comfortable dwelling house
he afterward erected. The shanty was lighted by a

single pane of glass. David Philbrook was an earn-
est Christian, a deacon of the old Bay Baptist
Church, and in early times he held meetings in his
ow-n house; later he united with the Christian Bap-
tist Church, His first wife was Abigail Marston.
born October 13, 1754. He married (second) Mrs.
Sally (Chesley) Clough, born March 8. 1770, died
September 30, 1847, surviving her husband eight
days, he having died September 22. His children
were : Abigail, Sarah, Nathan, David, Jr. : Betsey,
Nancy, Trueworthy, Abel, Josiah Clough, Deborah,
Thirza, Esther, Ruth, Alpheus Chesley, Thomas
Jefferson, Moses Cheney and four others who died
in infancy,

(VII) Betsey, fifth in the order of birth of these
children married Daniel Robinson (see Robinson,
HI).

(II) John, second son and child of Thomas and
Elizabeth Philbrook, was a proprietor of Watertown,
Massachusetts, in 1636, but in the summer of 1639
he settled in Hampton (now New Hampshire), and
received a land grant there. Four years later a
house lot of five acres was granted him. .'\ugust

20, 1657, he w-as drow-ned with his wife and daugh-
ter, Sarah, and five others, while on a shopping ex-
cursion to Boston, in a sloop. He married Ann
Palmer and their children born in Hampton, were : .
John, Anna, Martha, Sarah, Mary, Abigail and
Ephraim.

(ITT) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Ann (Palmer) Philbrook, was born about 1648, and,
after the death of his father was adopted by his
grandfather, Thomas Palmer, who left him a legacy,
by will. He was a farmer in Hampton and Green-
land, and though an orphan and uneducated be-
came a successful man. At the time of his settle-
ment in Greenland, before 1685, it was a part of
Portsmouth. He was married December 28, 1667,
to Prudence, dau.ghter of William Swain, who was
born December 29, 1654, and died 1717, being the
mother of four children. His second wife, to whom
he w-as married in 1722, bore the name of Sabina,
(family name unknown), who survived him. He
died in 1737. His children were: John. Susannah,
Elias and Hannah.

(IV) Elias, second son and third child of John
(2) and Prudence t Swain) Philbrook, was born in
t6So, and died suddenly, November 23, 1747, at the
age of sixty-seven years. In 17x5 he and his first
wife joined the church in Greenland, and had six
children baptized. His first marriage occurred May

21. 1700, to Rhoda, daughter of Caleb Perkins. She
was born June 27. 1677. and died about 1720, having
borne seven children. Mr. Philbrook married
(second), January 2, 1723, Penelope Philbrick, who
was probably a widow at that time, as she is men-
tioned in the will of Thomas Philbrick, in 1722, as
his "dau.ghter-in-law." Elias and Rhoda (Perkins)
Philbrick were the parents of seven children,
namely : Elias, Caleb, Eliphalet. John, Bertha,
Rhoda and Benjamin, (Benjamin and children are
mentioned in this article).

(V) Caleb, second son and child of Elias and
Rhoda (Perkins) Philbrick, was born July 21, 1705,
in Greenland, and was a farmer in that town until
about 1746, when he removed to Epping, New Hamp-
shire. His will was made May, 1759, and .was
proven a day after the following Christmas, which
indicates the time of his death. He married Mary,
daughter of John Sherburne, of Portsmouth. She
was born June 10, 1709, and was the mother of
eleven children, namely: John, Caleb. Jonathan,
Samuel, Nathaniel, Elinor, Mary (died young).
Mary, Elias, Ruth and Olive.

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(VI) Jonathan, tliird son and child of Caleb
and Mary (Sherburne) Philbrick, was born March
i8. 1736, in Greenland, and ten j'ears later removed
with his father to Epping. In 1763 he settled in
Deerfield, New Hampshire, where he died October
2,3, 1826, in his ninety-first year. He was married
in 1759 to Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Brown,
of Kensington. They were the parents of nine chil-
dren, namely: Jonathan, Benjamin, Simon, Betty,
Hannah, Mary. Sarah. Eleanor and Olive.

(VII) Olive, ninth and youngest child of Jon-
athan and Hannah (Brown) Philbrick, was born in
Epping, and became the wife of Josiah Batchelder,
of Deerfield (see Batchelder, VII).

(V) Benjamin, youngest child of Elias and
Rhoda (Perkins) Philbrook, was baptized 1718, in
Greenland, and was a farmer in that town on the
North Hampton line in the neighborhood, where
he was born, remaining on the paternal homestead
until 1763 or later. He was fond of hunting and
followed his son, Eliphalet, to the new town of
Wakefield, where he had purchased lands in T772,
and was there in 1776. His wife's name was Mary,
surname unknown, and their children were : Sarah,
Mary, Eliphalet and Penelope.

(VI) Penelope, youngest child of Benjamin and
Mary Philbrook, was born 1751, in Greenland, and
was married in Kensington, January S. 1771, to Job
Chapman (see Chapman. V). Their children were:
Benjamin, Job, Eliphalet, Samuel, Mary, John and
Joseph.

BOLLES

There are two recognized forms of
spelling this name viz: Bolles and
Bowles. All who use the former or-
thography are descended from Joseph Bolles. while
the Bowleses are the posterity of another immigrant.
The origin of each is identical. The name of Bolles
has existed in Lincolnshire from the reign of Henry
the Third.

(I) Joseph Bolles, born in England in 1608,
came to New England when a ynung man, and in
1640 was engaged in trade at Winter Harbor, a
small settlement near the mouth of the Saco river
in Maine. He subsequently removed to Wells,
Maine, where he held the, office of town clerk from
1654 to 1664, and during that time his house, in
which was deposited the first volume of the town
records, was burned by the Indians. He died at
Wells in 167S. The christian name of his wife was
Mary, born in March, 1624, and she was the mother
of eight children, whose names were : Mary, Thom-
as, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sara and
Mercy.

(II) Sam.i'.el, second son and third child of Jos-
eph and Mary Bolles, was born in Maine, March 12,
1646. In 1668 he was granted three hundred acres
of land in or near Wells on condition that he im-
prove it immediately, and he complied with these
terms in the face of many difficulties. Long con-
tinued strife with the savages, who in addition to
burning his residence destroyed his property on sev-
eral occasions, at length compelled him to leave
Maine, and he went first to Clarks' Island. Plym-
outh harbor. Shortly afterwards he removed to
Rochester, Massachusetts, and resided there for the
remainder of his life. He married Mary A. Dyer,
daugliter of William Dyer, of Sheepscott, Maine,
and was the father of Joseph, Samuel and Jonathan.

(III) Samuel, second son of Samuel and Mary
A. (Dyer) Bolles, resided in Rochester. The maiden
name of his wife was Lydia Balch, and his children
were: Lydia, Samuel, Benjamin, David, Ruth,
Deliverance. Deborah and Joanna,

(IV) David, third son and fourth child of Sam-
uel and Lydia (Balch) Bolles, was born in Roches-
ter. He resided there until after the Revolution-
ary war, when he went to Richmond, New Hatnp-
shire, going there, according to the History of
Richmond, prior to 1790. He married Lydia

• Kirby and had a family of eleven children, namely :
John, Nathaniel. Catherine, David, Obed, Elijah,
Jonathan, Abigail, Mary, Jesse and Hannah.

(V) John, eldest child of David and Lydia
(Kirby) Bolles, was born in Rochester in 1755, and
accompanied his parents to Richmond. He pur-
chased land of John Robinson, which he improved,
and his farm was recently owned by Benjamin
Bolles. The house which he erected and occupied
for many years, is still standing. He followed the
shoemaker's trade in connection with farming. His
death occurred March 22. 1824. He married for
his first wife Mercy Randall, who died December
23, 1804. aged forty- four years. He married (sec-
ond), April 19, 1805, Cynthia Southwick, daughter
of Enoch Southwick: she died April 30, 1859, aged
seventy-nine years. He was the father of eighteen
children. Those of his first union were : Mary,
David, Obed. Prudence, John, Simeon, Mercy, Hosea,
Lewis, Louise, Daniel and Amos. Those by his sec-
ond marriage were : Jesse, Randall, Stephen, Ben-
jamin, Elisha and Elizabeth.

(VI) Randall, second child of John and Cyn-
thia (Southwick) Bolles, was born in Swanzey,
September 22, 1807. He was a prosperous farmer,
owning and cultivating the property in West Swanzcy
whicli is now occupied by his son, Hiram H.. and
he died there Febi;uary 7, 1879. He married Susan
Ann Holbrook. She became the mother of four
children: Hiram H.. who will be again referred
to. Maria M., born March 11, 1841, married Reu-
ben L. Angler, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.
Abida Ann. born May I. 1850. Ellen E., born Jan-
uary 29. 1855, married Fred W. Farr. The mother
of these children died February 12, 1879.

evil) Hiram Holbrook, eldest child of Randall
and Susan A. (Holbrook) Bolles, was born in
Swanzey, January 19, 1837. He pursued his pre-
liminary studies in the public- schools and conclud-
ed his education at the Mount Cfesar Academy,
Swanzey. He was associated with his father in
farming at the former homestead, which is now
owned by Henry D. Thompson, and about the year
1867 they moved to the present Bolles farm lo-
cated in the southwesterly part of the town about
one mile from West Swanzey Village. _ In politics
he supports the Democratic party and is more or
less active in civic affairs, having held various
town offices.i In his religious belief he is a Uni-
versalist.

On September 8, 1868. Mr. Bolles was joined
in marriage with Celeste J. Barnctt. who was born in
Glen Sutton. Province of Quebec, July 14. 1839,
daughter of Henry R. and Emelinc Barnett. Henry
R. Barnett was a descendant of Colonel Ruytcr.
who was active in the service of the Crown during
the American Revolution. He was bom in 1734,
in Amsterdam, Holland, and oame to this country
when a very young man, and lived for some time in
the family of General Schuyler, of New York. After
his marriage he moved tn Hoosick, New York. On
the outbreak of the Revolution he went to St. John's
Canada, and enlisted in the service of the Crown,
receiving a colonel's commission. He was one of
those who led the British and Indian force at the
burning and sacking of Royalton. Vermont, during
the Revolution. After the close of that struggle he
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grant of eiglit thousand acres of land, aiid died
in 1819 at the age of eighty-five years, at Glen
Sutton, Province of Quebec. Beside the land grant
he received a pension of one crown a day, which
lasted during his life. His wife died in the same
vear as himself at the age of seventy-five years.
They had four daughters: Nabby, Kate, Polly and
Rebecca. Polly Ruyter became the wife of John
Barnett. and thev were the parents of Henry R.
Barnett. Mr. and Mrs. Bolles are the parents of
four children : John H., born July 14, 1S69. Henry
R., November 7, 1872. Lydia M., February 7, 1879,
died August 17, 1881. Hiram H. Jr., August 20,
1883. John H. Bolles married Mary Ann Beale,
who was born December 19, 1879, in Gloucester-
shire, England. Children : Chloe Celester, Decem-
ber 3, 1900. Gertrude E., April 26, 1903. Althea
Ellen, February 26, 1905.

This is one of the Holland
QUACKENBOS Dutch names which has been

conspicuous in American an-
nals from a very early period. Those bearing the
name have been especially active in the history
and development of the state of New York, where
their first ancestor settled on coming to America.
It has been distinguished in law, in letters, in medi-
cine and in the various walks of human endeavor.

(I) The founders of the family in this country
were Pieter and Martje van Quaakkenbosch. who
came from Oestgeest, Holland, to New Amester-
dam (New York) about the year 1660.

(II) Wouter van Quaakkenbosch, son of the
above, was born in New York in 1676, and mar-
ried Cornelia Bogaert. A subsequent member of
the family by the name of Waltier was a barrack,
master in General Washington's army while it was
stationed in New 'York, and the family may justly
be proud of the fact that it was on soil belonging
to this family that the first American flag was un-
furled.

Dr. George Clinton Quackenbos served in the
capacity of surgeon in the United States navy for
several years, and subsequently practiced his pro-
fession for several years in New York, where he
died in 1858.

George Payne Quackenbos, LL. D.. son of Dr.
George C. Quackenbos, was a well known educa-
tional author, especially noted for his works on
rhetoric, English grammar and American history.
He was also well known as the American editor of
Spiers' and Surennes' French dictionary. His wife
was Louise P.. Duncan, a direct descendant of the
Duncan and Brodie families of Forres, Scotland.

John Duncan Quackenbos, A. M., M. D., only
son and first child of George P. and Louise B.
(Duncan) Quackenbos, was born April 22, 1848, in
New York, and was prepared for college at the
school of which his father was rector. He entered
Columbia College in 1864 and was graduated four
years later with first honors, his percentage being
99 7-8. The college conferred upon him the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1871 the degree of
Master of Arts. Immediately after he graduated
he matriculated at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at New York, from which institution he
graduated in 1871 with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. He became a tutor in rhetoric and history
in Columbia College under President Barnard, and
subsequently served as instructor in English litera-
ture and gave voluntary courses in physiological
psychology at the same institution. For ten years
subsequent he was lecturer on psychology in other
institutions. Because of the death of his father in

1881, he was obliged to assume a heavy responsibil-
ity of a literary nature, so that his active engagement
with medical matters was suspended for several
years. During this time he was largely occupied m
writing, revising and rewriting educational text
books. In 1884 he was appointed adjunct professor
of English language and literature at Columbia,
and in 1891 was professor of rhetoric in the same
university, and at Barnard College for Women. In
1894 he retired from this chair and was appointed
emeritus professor of rhetoric. He at once resumed
the practice of his profession in New York City
and in this state, making a specialty of nervous and
mental maladies. For many years he has made his
summer home at Lake Sunapee, in New Hampshire,
his beautiful estate being known as Soo-Nipi Park.
This embraces four hundred acres of land provided
with every natural attraction and modern means
of recreation. Its golf links are the most picturesque
in the state, and it is the seat of a large hotel and
cottage settlement which affords accommodations
for three hundred guests during the summer months.
It is provided with steam heat and is lighted by elec-
tricity. There are two spacious fireplaces which
serve to make the rooms cheerful and comfortable
if a chill overtakes the summer. Besides a large
dining room, a tea room is provided for occasions
when demanded. A handsome and commodious
music room aft'ords entertainment, and in this con-
certs are rendered every afternoon, and three^ even-
ings of the week are devoted to dancing in the
casino. Broad piazzas afford a pleasant place in
which the guests may enjoy the outlook. INIany
towns are visible from the hotel, including the
varied mountain ranges and a complete view of
Lake Sunapee. There are five miles of private
drives in the grounds, shaded walks, and various
provisions for recreation and enjoyment of the
guests are made. Every convenience is offered to
the public in this ideal summer resort.

Dr. Quackenbos is a well known lecturer, natural-
ist and sportsman. He is the author of interesting
and widely read essays on the brook and Lake Sun-
apee trout. He is credited with having brought to
the notice of ichthyologists the presence of a fourth
trout in New England waters, namely the Sunapee
Saibling, a form of Alpine charr not known to exist
on the American continent until discovered in Lake
Sunapee in 1885. The doctor has been instrumental
in seeing this valuable food fish planted in Lake
George, New York.

Dr. Quackenbos has a world wide reputation for
advanced experiments in psycho-therapeutics and
has proven hypno-suggestion to be the most im-
portant moralizing agent of the times. He has ac-
complished much that was never before attempted
along inspirational lines in the evocation of psycho-
physical control and the development of slumbering
talent. His reputation in this branch of therapeutics
has brought him a very large practice in New York,
and his clientele represents many states and foreign
countries. His office hours are probably the longest
of any practitioner in New York, extending from
nine in the morning until midnight. He is the
author of many standard educational works on both
literary and scientific subjects, the best known of
these perhaps is "A History of Ancient Literature,
Oriental and Classical, including Expositions of the
Earliest Religions." Another is "Enemies and Evi-
dences of Christianity," and "A History of the Eng-
lish Language," published by Appleton. He is also
the author of works entitled "Physical Geography,"
"Physics," and "Practical Rhetoric." His medical
books are widely read and accepted by the profes-

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siuii. Thej' include "Tuberculosis, Its Prevalence,
Communicability and Prevention;" "Typhoid Fever,
its Poison, Causes, Prevention and Treatment from
the Householder's Standpoint of Responsibility ;"
"Causes and Recent Treatment of Neurasthenia;"
"The State Care of the Insane;" "Conventional,
Fraudulent and Accidental Adulteration in Food
Stuffs ;" "Medicines and Articles of Wear ;" "Emer-
gencies and How to Deal with them in the Family ;"
"Standing Forests as Sanitary Factors;" "Post-
Hypnotic Suggestion in the Treatment of Sexual
Perversions and jNIoral Anesthesia ;" "Hypnotism ni
Mental and JNIoral Culture ;" Hypno-Suggestion in
Trained Nursing;" "The Reciprocal Influence in
Hypnotism and its Bearuig on Telepathic and Spirit-
istic Theories;" "Hypnotic Suggestion in the Treat-
ment of Dipsomania." His master work entitled
"Practical Psychics," published by Harper &
Brothers, in 1908, embodies seven thousand ex-
periences with hypnotized patients of philosophy of
suggestions as inferred therefrom.

Dr. Quackenbos is a member of the London
Psychical Research Society, the New York Academy
of Science, the American Medical Association, fel-
low of the New York Academy of Medicine, the
New York and New Hampshire Medical Societies,
and the American Society for the Advancement of
Science. He is a member of the Reformed Episco-
pal Church, and accepts the Christianity of the Four
Gospels, but believes himself as well qualified to in-
terpret the Greek of these memoirs as are ecclesias-
tical professionals. In his political affiliations he is
thoroughly independent.

Dr. Quackenbos may justly be proud of the fact
that the Armenian College at Kerasunt, Turkey,
made the request that all of his books on hypno-
suggestions be translated into Armenian for the use
of the people of that nation, which has "been done.
Some of his works were translated into Japanese in
1903, and physicians of high standing in Japan are
practicing in accordance with his theories. The
Doctor's home in New York is one of the finest
residences of that city, which was erected in 1857.
It is beautifully appointed and furnished, and is
adorned with many choice jjaintings. His library
is among the largest, and is chiefly devoted to
scientific subjects. It contains some very rare and
ancient works ; among these is one written by a
woman on fishing in 1496. Some of the paintings
which adorn the walls were created by the brush of
their owner.

Dr. Quackenbos was married, June 28, 1871, in
New York City, to Laura Amelia Pinckney, who rep-
resents one of the ancient and historically known
American families. Their children are : Alice
Pinckney, Caroline Duncan, George Payn and Kath-
ryn. The family of Dr. Quackenbos is one of rare
accomplishments. Mrs. Quackenbos is a native of
New York City, was educated in its best schools
and refined by its most elevating society. The same
remark will apply to the daughters, the very personi-
fication of all that is pure, noble, accomplished.
George Payn Quackenbos, the Doctor's only son, is
a young man who promises to maintain the reputa-
tion of his ancestry. He is a graduate of Columbia
with the degrees of A. B. and A. M. and is now
studying for the degree of Ph. D. After taking this
degree and spending a year at Columbia University
he will devote a year to study in Rome, which will
be followed by further study in Persia, Armenia
and in Hindostan, thus rendering himself proficient
in Oriental languages, religions and philosophies.
Mr. Quackenbos is instructor in Latin in the College
of the City of New York. He has just been elected

to membership in the .A.merican C)riental Society
at Washington, a tribute to his proficiency in eastern
culture.

The name Hayes is of Scotch origin.
HAYES It was originally written Hay, and

means an enclosed park or field. Four
families of the name of Hayes came to New England in
the seventeenth century. Thomas settled in Milford,
Connecticut, in 1645 ; Nathaniel at Norwalk, Con-
necticut, in 1652 ; Joiin at Dover, New Plampshire,
in 1680; and George at Windsor, Connecticut, in
1682. George Hayes, born in Scotland in 1655, lived
at Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut, dying at the
latter place September 2, 1725. His great-grandson,
Rutherford, born July 29, 1758, who lived at Brat-
tleboro, Vermont, and served in the Revolution, was
the grandfather of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
It is probable that the present branch of the family,
like all others born in New Hampshire, is descended
from John, who came to Dover in 1680, and married
Mary Home.

There is a pretty tradition in connection with the
Hayes coat of arms. In the reign of Kenneth HI
of Scotland, A. D. 980, the Danes were pursuing the
flying Scots from the field when a countryman and
his two sons appeared in a narrow pass, brandishing
an ox-yoke; they rallied the fugitives and turned
the course of battle. The king in reward for their
valor gave to the countryman and his two sons,
afterward known as Hay, as much land on the River
Tay as a falcon from a man's hand flew over till it
settled. This tract, six miles in length, was after-
wards called Errol. The stone on which the falcon
lighted is still pointed out in a little village called
Hawkstone.

For eight centuries the family of Hay have borne
"three escutcheons gules" with a Ijroken o.x-yoke as
a part of the crest, two Danes in armor as their
supporters, and the motto "Renovate animos." The
earls of Errol bear this motto together with a falcon
crest. In Scott's library at Abbottsford, among other
coats of arms is that of Hayes, which has a cross
between four stars, the falcon crest, and the motto
"Recte." The present English family of Hayes,
of Arborfield, Berkes, have the "three escutcheons
gules," and the falcon crest.

(I) John Hayes, the immigrant ancestor of
nearly all in New Hampshire bearing that name,
settled in Dover Corner, about 1680. Fle had a grant
of twenty acres of land, March 18,, 1694, and this
was laid out November 4, 1702. It lay between
localities known as Barbadoes and Tole-end, and it
is probable that most of his land was secured by
purchase. He died October 25, 1708, of malignant
fever four days after he was taken sick, as appears
by the journal of Rev. John Pike. He was married,
June 28, 1686. to Mary Home. Following is a list
of their children : John, described later m this
article; Peter, mentioned at length, with descendants
in this article, married Sarah Wingate ; Robert;
Ichabod, born March 13, 1691 or 92; Samuel, born
March 16, 1694 or 95 ; William, born September,
1700; Benjamin; and three daughters who married
respectively Phipps, of Salisbury, Ambrose, of Ches-
ter, and Ambrose, of Salisbury. Perhaps there were
other children. (Mention of Peter, Ichabod and
lieujamin and descendants forms part of this
article).

(II) Deacon John (2), eldest child of John (i)
and Mary (Home) Hayes, was bom 1686 or 1687
and lived in Dover at Tole-end. He was deacon of
the first Dover church, being the third in succession
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June 3, 1/59, and was buried on Pine Hill and his
tombstone is still in existence. He married (first),
Tamsen, widow of James Chesley, and daughter
of Deacon Ezekicl Wentworth, of Soniersworth. She
died December 30, 1753, at the age of sixty-five
years. He subsequently married Mary (Roberts),
widow of Samuel Wingate. His children were :
John, born October 19, 171 1, lived in Barrington
and died May 7, 1776, unmarried. Paul, born Sep-
tember 16, 1713, died April 9, 1776. Thomas, born
September 29, 1715. Elihu, born December 16, 1717,
lived at Tole-end, and died March 12, 1751. Hez-
ekiah, described later in this article. Elizabeth,
born April 5, 1722. Abra, born February 17, 1723
or 24, married John Montgomery, of Stafford, New
Hampshire. Robert, born March 21, 1725 or 26,
lived at Green Hill, Barrington, New Hampshire,
died May 17, 1769. Wentworth, born January 27,
1727 or 28. Samuel, born March 12, 1729 or 30,
lived in Barrington, New Hampshire, died April 22,
1776, married Sarah Gate. Jonathan. All born of
the first wife.

(HI) Hezekiah, fifth son and child of John (2)
and Tamsen (Wentworth) Hayes, was born Febru-
ary 2, 1720, in Dover, and settled in Barrington,
New Hampshire, where he died February 24, 1790.
He entered the army, August 7, 1778. .He married
Margaret Gate, and their children were : William,
Elihu and Hezekiah.

(IV) Elihu, second son and child of Hezekiah
and Margaret (Gate) Hayes, was born August 18,
I7S7> ill Barrington, New Hampshire, where he was
a farmer. He was married in that town, April 28,
1772, to Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Samuel Davis
and granddaughter of James Davis, one of the
earliest settlers of Madbury. (See Davis, HI).
She was born Alarch 2, 1753, at .Madbury. They
had four children, namely ; Jonathan, Sarah A.,
who married Nicholas Pike ; Elizabeth, who became
the wife of her cousin. Deacon Soloman Hayes;
and Reuben, who settled in Alton.

(V) Jonathan, eldest son of Elihu and Elizabeth
(Davis) Hayes, was born April 25, 1774, and mar-
ried Mary Ham, July 3, 1794. She was born in Barr-
ington, April II, 1773. They lived in New Durham
for^ three years, and in 1797 moved to Madbury
which became their permanent home. He died
March 27, 1851. His wife died December 25, 1859.
Their children were: i. Elizabeth, born December
19, 1794, married Hezekiah Hayes, February I, 1816,
who died March 29, 181O. She married Paul Ran-
dell, December 9, 1S17, and lived in Lee, New Hamp-
shire; she died October 4, 1843. 2. Samuel Davis,
described below. 3. Margaret, born May 4, 1800,
married, January 24, 1822, Jacob K. Hayes, born in
Barrington, New Hampshire, November 10, 1796.
Their children were : Sophiah, born March 22,
1823, married George Wiggin, and lived at Green
Hill, Barrington, New Hampshire. Elizabeth Lucy,
born June 22, 1826, married Horace G. Gater, and
lived at Green Hill. Mary Ann, born November 30,
1828, married Henry Paul, and lived in RoUinsford,
New Hampshire. Eleazer Gate and Margaret Jane,
born July 20, 1832 ; the former married Lizzie A.
Gater, ]\lay 16, 1S58. and lived on the home farm,
being the third generation, and the latter died March
14, 1888. 4. Mary, born July 4, 1802, married. May
7,. 1835, at Madbury. George Gaverno, who was born'
in Strafford, New Hampshire, July 29, 1803. They
lived at Bow Leake, a small village in the town of
Strafford. Their children were: Jonathan II., born
May s, 1836, died at Thetford, Vermont, June 10,
1855. George S., horn July i, 1842, married Ida S.
Hanson, of Dover, January 30, 1867, and lives in

Durham, New Hampshire. George Gaverno died
March 2, 1875; his wife died in Durham with her
son, George S. Gaverno, January II, 1S92. 5. Sophiah
born December 14, 1805, died October 26, 1826. b.
Sarah Ann, born April 29, 1808, married, Jlay 4,
1836, Oliver Gromwell De Meritt, who was born in
Madbury, New Hampshire, December 10, 1801. The
early part of their life was spent in Durham, New-
Hampshire, and in 1855 they moved to Lawrence,
Massachusetts. He died May 14, 1872, and she died
February 25, 1890. They had one child, Ellen Eliza-
beth De Meritt, born April 30, 1839, and lives in
Lawrence, Massachusetts. Lydia, born January 17,
1811, died January 25, 1817. Gharles, born April 3,
1814, married Glaraugusta McDuffce Stevens and
lived in Madbury, later in Dover, New Hampshire.
They had one child, Nellie A., born in Madbury,
November 15, 1851, and died February 6, 1897. He
died November 24, 1887. She died November 15,
1897.

(.VI) Samuel Davis, second child and eldest son
of Jonathan and i\Iary (.Ham) Hayes, was born in
• New Durham, April 8, 1796. His parents moved
to Madbury two years later, and that place was his
home during the remainder of his life of eighty-
eight years. In 1814 he went as drummer with the
Madbury company of state militia to the defense of
Portsmouth. He afterward held all the company
offices in the militia. He was seven times elected
selectman, and he held other town offices. He mar-
ried Comfort Ghesley, third daughter of Samuel and
Nancy Ghesley, of Madbury. She was born October
8, 1806, married July i, 1827, and died August 6,
1870. Immediately after their marriage they moved
to a new and comfortable home on a farm adjoining
his old homestead. This house was the successor
of the original log garrison, and the farm, until
their occupancy, had been occupied by three gener-
ations of the Daniels family to whom it had been
originally granted by the English crown. Samuel D.
and Gomfort (Chesley) Llayes had three children:
Ann Sophia, born November 4, 1829, died January
IS, 1902; married John S. F. Ham, and lived in
Dover, New Hampshire; he died December 2, 1903.
Samuel Chesley, whose sketch follows. Charles
Woodman, whose sketch follows. Samuel D. Hayes
died February i, 1884, out living his wife fourteen
years.

(VII) Samuel Chesley, second child and eldest
son of Samuel D. and Comfort (Ghesley) Hayes,
was born in iNIadbury, February 18, 1834. Instead
of adopting the occupation of his ancestors he en-
tered the field of commerce, and established himself
as a flour and grain merchant in Boston, residing
in that city until his death, which occurred June 20.
1904. He married Elizabeth Susan Hoitt, daughter
of (jeneral Alfred Hoitt, formerly of Lee and later
of Dover, and commanding officer of the state
militia prior to the Civil war. She died in January,
1906. The only children of this union are: Harry E.,
an electrical engineer in the employ of the American
Telegraph & Telephone Company, residing in
Alkrton, JIassachusetts ; aiid Alfred S., of Boston.

(VIII) Alfred Samuel, youngest son of Samuel
G. and Elizabeth S. (Hoitt) Hayes, was born in
Boston, May 14, 18(39. He attended the Phillips
Granimar School and the Boston Latin School, was
graduated from the academic department of Har-
vard University with the class of 1891, from the
Harvard Law School in 1894, and was immediately
admitted to the Suffolk county bar. Establishing
himself in the practice of his profession in Boston,
he is now well advanced on the road to success, hav-
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ness. In politics I\Ir. Hayes is a Democrat, and has
represented ward twelve in the lower house of the
IMassachusetts legislature. He was an advanced
]\Iason, and affiliates with the higher bodies in that
order, including De Molay Commandery, Knights
Templar, and Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic
Shrine. He married Sarah M. Bartlett, daughter of
Edward Bartlett, of Rockland, Maine. Mrs. Hayes,
was a graduate of the Boston University, is a lady
of social prominence, and a member of several clubs.
(Vn) Charles Woodman, second son and young-
est child of Samuel D. and Comfort (Chesley)
Hayes, was born in Madbury, New Hampshire,
September ii, 1836. He met with a thrilling ex-
perience in his childhood. When he was two years
and nine months old, while out in the pasture with
his brother, strayed off and was not seen after four
o'clock in the afternoon. All night the search for
him continued and the next morning at eleven
o'clock he was discovered mired in a sw'amp a few-
rods from the Bellamy river, about one and one-
half miles from home. After a public school atten-
ance he fitted for college in the Military Gymnasium,
at Pembroke, New Hampshire, and graduated from
Dartmouth College, Chandler scientific department,
in 1858. He taught school nearly ten years. While
teaching in Eliot and Baring, Maine, he took an
active part in religious matters, acting as leader of
the choir and superintendent of the Sunday school.
In l856 he returned to Madbury to take care of the
old people and cultivate the farm. He at once be-
came actively interested in the afifairs of the town,
especially educational and religious matters. He
held the office of superintendent of school committee
six years and member of school board eight years.
In June, 1869, he canvassed the town for the estab-
lishment of a religious meeting and Sabbath school
at Madbury town house. The people united with
the Congregational society at Lee Hill in the sup-
port of a minister. For ten years services were held
at Madbury, during wdiich time ]Mr. Hayes filled
the position of leader of the choir, superintendent
of the Sabbath school and chairman of the financial
committee. He has practiced engineering and land
surveying in Madbury and neighboring towns since
1858; was collector of taxes in 1872; and town
treasurer twenty-two j-ears. On November 8, 1866.
he married Ellen Maria Weeks, daughter of Wil-
liam and ]\Iariah (Clark) Weeks. She was born
April 29, 1843, at Strafl^ord Corner, New Hampshire.
William Weeks was born in 1812, and married.
May 12, 1842, Mariah Clark, daughter of Hezekiah
and Hannah (Ham) Clark. Ellen Maria Weeks is
a granddaughter of Elisha and Polly (Potter)
Weeks, and a great-granddaughter of Daniel Weeks,
of Gilford, New Hampshire. Charles W. and Ellen
M. (Weeks) Hayes have had four children, all
daughters. Nellie Marie, born May 4, 1S70, was
married, October 30, 1895, to George H. Crosby,
superintendent of the Brookline Gas and Electric
Light Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Anna
Lillian, born Clctobcr ii, 1873. was married June ig,
1901, to Charles Sumner Fuller, of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, manufacturer of the Fuller-Greene
chocolates. Cora Eunietta, born December 25. 1877,
died April 17, 1S79. Clara Comfort, born July 12,
1886, is a graduate of the Dover, New Hampshire,
high school, where she is now taking a post graduate
course. In the fall of 1898 they moved to Dover,
New Hampshire.

(II) Peter, second son of John Hayes, married
Sarah, daughter of John Wingate, and grand-
daughter of the immigrant, John (i) Wingate.

(III) Elijah, seventh child of Peter (2) Hayes,

was born about 1728, married Elizabeth Chadbourne,
and removed to Berwick, Maine. He was a noted
man in town affairs, and a member of the general
court of jNIassachusetts from the district of Maine,
1785. On town records he is named as Captain
Elijah Hayes.

(IV) Elijah (2), son of Captain Elijah Hayes,
born July, 1767, married, March 28, 1793, Mary
Grout.

(V) Frederick, seventh child of Elijah Hayes,
Jr., was born December 3, 1806, in Berwick, Maine.
He had a common school education, and was a
farmer, wood and lumber dealer. He was a select-
man, and held other offices of trust in the town.
He was for many years a deacon and active member
of the Free-Will Baptist Church. In politics he was
originally a Whig, and connected himself with the
Republican party at its organization. He died May
5, 1889. He married, 1830, Sarah Hurd, born in
Berwick, JIaine, October 13, 1807. She w-as a direct
descendant of Captain John Heard, shipmaster, who
came from England to Dover New Hampshire, in
1639. John Heard, married, about 1642, Elizabeth,
daughter of Rev. Joseph Hull, of York, Maine, a
minister of the Church of England. Master John
Heard died January 17, 1689. Elizabeth, his widow,
was a grave and pious woman, a mother of virtue
and purity, and the mother of thirteen children
(Pike's Journal). She died November 30, 1706.
Benjamin, their eldest son, was born in York, Maine,
February 20, 1643, He removed to Salisbury, Mass-
achusetts, where he died February, 1710. In his will
he gave to his son James all his "lands and livings"
at Fresh creek, Dover. James died there in 1748,
and in his will gave all his property at Fresh creek
to his son Benjamin. He sold the property to James
Guppy, mariner of Portsmouth, and on August 11,
1767, bought fifty-two acres of land in Berwick,
Alaine, on Beach Ridge, and several other tracts of
land which he gave to his sons. Benjamin, his son,
married Joanna Chadbourne, and they were the
parents of Sarah Hurd.

(VI) John Alfred, fifth child of Frederick and
Sarah (Hurd) Hayes, was born in Berwick, Maine,
March 27, 1839. He was educated in the common
schools of his native town, at West Lebanon
(Maine) Academy, and the New Hampton (New
Hampshire) Institution. He began the study of
medicine in 1S58, in the office of Dr. J. S. Ross, of
Somersworth, New Hampshire, took three courses
of lectures at Dartmouth jNIedical College and Jef-
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and was grad-
uated from Dartmouth JNIedical College in the au-
tumn of l86r. He at once entered upon the practice
of his profession as assistant physician to the New
Hampshire Insane Asylum at Concord, . and acted
in that capacity until August 26, 1862, when he en-
tered the army as assistant surgeon of the Eleventh
Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, with the rank
of major. He participated in the battles of Fred-
ericksburg, Jackson, the siege of Knoxville, the
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Har-
bor, Petersburg, Popular Spring Church, Weldon
Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Sailor's Creek, and' the en-
gagements leading up to the surrender of Lee at
Appomattox. He had charge of the field hospital
of the Second Division, Ninth Corps, at Fredericks-

.. burg, White House and City Point for about eight
months ; and also had charge of the provisional cainp
at Alexandria, Virginia, after the surrender at Ap-
poiuattox. The camp contained about seventeen
thousand invalid soldiers from the armies of the
Potomac and the Cumberland. Surgeon Hayes was
brevetted lieutenant-colonel of LTnited States Vol-

JOHN A. HAYES.

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unteers, IMarcli 13, 1865, "for faithful and meritori-
ous services," upon the following recommendations :

"This is to state that Dr. John A. Hayes, late
surgeon Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers,
served for a year under my immediate supervision
in connection with the depot field hospital of the
Army of the Potomac, at Fredericksburg, White
House and City Point, and that he finally acted as
executive officer at Burkeville, Virginia. He was a
first-rate officer, and was entrusted with the most
responsible duties, in the performance of which he
was most reliable and untiring. I cordially recom-
mend him as deserving" the brevet of lieutenant-
colonel.

(Signed) "ED. B. DALTON,

"Late Surgeon U. S. Vols., Bvt. Col., formerly in
charge of Depot Field Hospital, Army of the Poto-
mac."

After his return from the war. in the autumn of
1865, Dr. Hayes commenced the practice of his pro-
fession in^ Biddeford, Maine, where he remained
until l86g, when he removed to Somersworth, New
Hampshire, where he now resides. He was United
States examining surgeon for pensions from 1867 to
1890, and town physician for eighteen years. He
is a member of the Somersworth Medical Society,
the New Hampshire Medical Society, and the Grand
Army of the Republic. He is a member of the Con-
gregational Society of Somersworth, and in politics
is a Republican.

Dr. Hayes was married, in Somersworth, March
II, 1869, to Mary A. Rollins, who was educated in
the public schools of Somersworth and at Abbott
Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Fler father was
David ll. Rollins, a mechanical engineer for many
years in the employ of the Great F'alls Manufactur-
ing Company. (See Rollins, VII). The children of
Dr. John A. and Mary A. (Rollins) Hayes are: i.
Frederick L., born in Great Falls, now Somersworth,
J^Iarch I, 1870, see forward. 2. John E. R., born in
Somersworth, April 3, 1873, see forward. 3. Mary,
born September 2, 1880, died in infancy. 4. Helen
Louise, born December 14, 1883, died July 14, 1894.

(VII) Dr. Frederick L. Hayes was graduated
from the Somersworth high school in 1888, and from
Dartmouth College with the class of 1892. His
professional studies were pursued at the Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he was
graduated in 1895, and during his senior year was
president of his class. He is a well known medical
practitioner in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is a
member of the Congregational Church, and the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was
married in igo6.

(Vin John Edward Rollins Hayes, second
son of -Dr. John A. and j\lary A. (Rollins) Hayes,
was born in Great Falls (now Somersworth) April
3, 1873. His early education was acquired in the
Somersworth schools, including the high school,
from which he graduated in 1891, and entering Dart-
moitth College the same year he took his bachelor's
degree with the class of 1895. In 1896 he became a
law student at Harvard University, was graduated
a Bachelor of Laws in 1899 and shortly afterward
was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. He has ever
since practiced his profession in Boston, making a
specialty of patent and trademark laws, and is now
connected with the firm of Clarke, Raymond & Coale.
Mr. Hayes resides in Melrose, Massachusetts. He
is a member of the New Hampshire Club, the Mel-
rose Club, the Melrose and Wakefield Golf Clubs,
and other organizations, including college fraterni-
ties. In his religious faith he is a Congregationalist,

and prior to leaving Somersworth united with the
church in that town. Mr. Hayes is unmarried.

(II) Ichabod, fourth son and child of John Hayes
the innnigrant, was born March 13, 1692, in Dover
and resided at Littleworth. He was killed by a
mill log, June I, 1734. His wife's name was Abigail,
and they had children: Sarah, Ichabod, Ezekiel,
Daniel, Moses, Aaron, Abigail and Hannah,

(III) Moses, fourth son and fifth child of Icha-
bod and Abigail Hayes, was born January 30, 1726,
and resided in Rochester, New Hampshire. He
was an ensign of militia. No record of his wife
appears, but his children were : Sarah, Anna, Peter,
Enoch, Abigail, Moses, Joshua, Jacob, Hannah,
Mary, Hezekiah, Elizabeth, Molly, John and Stephen,
It is probable that he had two wives.

(IV) Hezekiah, son of Moses Hayes, was born
November 7, 1778, and resided in Dover.

(V) James, son of Hezekiah Hayes, was born in
Dover and resided in that town. He married Rhoda
Quimby of Dover,

(VI) Susan Ann, daughter of James and Rhoda
(Quimby) Hayes, was born November 5, 1828, in
Dover, and was married in 1847, to Solomon Cook of
Concord. (See Cook, II).

(II) Benjamin Hayes, of Rochester, seventh son
of John Hayes of Dover, New Hampshire, born
September 6, 1700, married Jane, widow of Tristram
Snell and had children, among whom is believed to
have been a son Joseph.

(HI) Joseph Hays, was born in the early part
of the eighteenth century. Little indeed of his life
and family history can be gleaned from existing
records and even uncertain tradition furnishes little
information concerning him. He must have been an
early settler in Rochester, and it is certain that he
married and that one of his children was named
George. Benjamin may have been another,

(IV) George Hays, son of Joseph, was a native

of Rochester, New Hampshire, and married ■

Hawkins. Their children were: Isaac, John, Clem-
ent and George.

(V) John Hays, second son of George and •

(Hawkins) Flays, was born in Rochester, January
9, 1792, and died April 24, 1871, He married, June
17, 1819, Elizabeth Plumer, born July 15, lygS, died
June 28, 1880. They had children as follows :
Maria, Jeremiah (died young), Alvin W., Ivory,
Jeremiah, Edward, Eliza T., Luella P., Benjamin and
Joseph.

(VI) Ivory Hays, third son and fourth child of
John and Elizabeth (Plumer) Hays, was born in
the town of Rochester, New Hampshire, June 13,
1826. His opportunities for obtaining an education
were indeed limited, but he did manage for a few
winter terms to attend the country district school.
His principal occupation in life has been that of
farming, although he learned shoemaking when a
young man and worked at it for some time, in the
intervals of busy farming seasons, for he always was
an industrious man and could turn his', hand to
several mechanical employments. For many years
he lived in Massachusetts, where he engaged in
farming and shoemaking, but now, having passed
his eightieth year he lives with his aged wife at
North Barnstead, New Hampshire, in what is known
as the "Audubon Lodge," a delightful home, pro-
vided with every comfort of life through the kind-
ness of his daughter, Mrs. La Favre, of Boston, who
has expended many thousands of dollars to secure
to her father and mother all things needful for their
perfect contentment. Mr. Hays married, April 27,
1854, Valeria O, Morrison, born in Alton, New

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Hampshire, Mav 19, 1S31. Their children are Clara
F., Arthur E., 'Fanny C. (Mrs. La Favre), Eddie,
Grace E., besides one other, who died in infancy.

(IV) Benjamin Hayes settled before the Revo-
lution on a farm near Gonic, Rochester, which has
ever since been the homestead of succeeding genera-
tions of his posterity.

(V) Benjamin (.2), son of Benjamin (i) Hayes,
inherited the homestead and spent his life there en-
gaged in agriculture. He married Martha Evans,
and they had eight children : Mary, Betsey, James,
Abiah. Caroline and Adaline (twins), Stephen E.
and Lucy. The first two died single; Abiah married
John Hayes, of Wolfboro: CaroUne, married Addi-
son Burleigh ; Adaline, married David Blake ; Lucy,
married Stewart N. Clifford; Stephen E. is the sub-
ject of the next paragraph.

(VT) Stephen Evans, youngest son of Benjamin
(2) and Martha (Evans) Hayes, was born on the
homestead of his ancestors, November 24, 1813. He
learned the trade of machinist and worked at that
for some years; then went into the employ of a
marble cutter and sold tombstones ; and some time
before his death he acquired a farm adjoining the
homestead, and was a farmer. In politics he was a
thoroughbred Democrat, and held the office of select-
man of Rochester in 1861. He died in Wolfboro,
August 27, 190S, aged ninety-two. He married
Amanda J\L Paul, who was born February 23, 1820,
daughter of Samuel and :Martha (Tarlton) Paul, of
Newfield, New Hampshire. They had three chil-
dren : }ilartha, Clara F. and Frank R. Martha mar-
ried Greenleaf Rundlett; Clara F., married Ben-
jamin F. Burleigh, of \Volfborough ; Frank R. is
the subject of the next section.

(Vn) Frank Russell, youngest child and only
son of Stephen and Amanda M. (Paul) Hayes, was
born near Gonic, November 7, 1855. At seventeen
years of age he began to learn the pattern maker's
trade while in \he employ of the Swampscott Ma-
chine Company, of South Newmarket, now New-
fields, and remained with that firm sixteen years.
In 1888 he returned to the ancestral homestead to
look after the affairs of his invalid uncle, James
D. Hayes, and has since continued to perform the
duties of the position, giving his attention principally
to the care of the farm. 'He inherited the political
faith of his fathers, and votes with the Democratic
party. He served as clery of ward three one year,
was member of the council three years, member of
the schoolboard two years, and member of the legis-
lature one term, 1907. He is a member of Star in
the East Lodge, No. 59, Free and Accepted Masons,
of Exeter, and Temple Royal Arch Chapter, No. 20,
of Rochester. He married, at Rochester, Alice Z.
Martin, daughter of Frank Martin, of Somersworth.
They have two children. Theodore E. and Henri-
etta.

(I) Joseph Hayes was born May I, 1746, and
died at Strafford, July 30, 1816, and was a lifelong
farmer, lie married Peggy Brewster, who was born
September 2, 1745, and died JNlay ir, 1801. Their
children were: Mercy, David. Lydia, Lemuel, Went-
worth, Daniel B., Joseph and Margaret.

(II) Joseph (2), seventh child and fifth son of
Joseph (l) and Peggy (Brewster) Hayes, was born
August I, 1783, and died in Dover, March 21, 1872.
aged eighty-nine years. While active he was a
farmer in Strafford, where he was an energetic
worker in the Methodist Church, and was instru-
mental in building the church at Crown Point. He
married. January 7, 180S, Lois Demeritt, who was
horn January 10. 1790, and died May 16, 1874, i"
the ii'4lity-tU'th year nf her age. They had twelve

children: Bre\v^ter. David, Demeritt. Daniel, Jo-
seph, Mark D., John Stark, Charles Henry, Eliza-
beth W., George W., Lydia M. and Asa B,

(III) Charles Henry, eighth son and child of
Joseph (2) and Lois (Demeritt) Hayes, was born in
Strafford, November 4, 1824, was a farmer in the
early part of his life, and later was employed in the
woolen mills at East Rochester, where he died De-
cember 19, 1891, aged sixty-seven. He was a mem-
ber of the ]Methodist Church, and of Cocheco Lodge,
No. 39, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of East
Rochester. He married Sarah J, Foss, who was
born September 18, 1826, and daughter of Benjamin
and Patience (Ham) Foss, granddaughter of John
Foss. She died August 10, 1903. They had three
children : Sidney B., of whom see below ; George
L. ; and Mary E., born December 16, 1862, married,
April IS, 1884, Rev. Henry H. French, of Maiden,
Massachusetts.

(IV) Sidney Benjamin, eldest child of Charles
H. and Sarah J. (Foss) Hayes, was boi;n in Straf-
ford, June 16. 1850, and educated in the common
schools and in the commercial department of the
Edward Little Institute at Auburn, Maine. He was
clerk for S. H. Feineman & Brother, of Rochester,
three years, and then went to East Rochester where
he became a clerk in the office of the Cocheco
Woolen Manufacturing Company. In 1873 he was
made clerk of the corporation and paymaster, and
has since filled that position. He is also a trustee of
the Norway Plains Savings Bank, and president of
the Rochester Building & Loan Association. He is
a Republican, and has filled several political offices.
He was a representative in the general court in
1876-77, a member of the city council for six years.
1895-1901. and for some time member of the school
board. He has been a member of the" Methodist
Church since 1873, is one of the stewards of that
denomination at East Rochester, and superintendent
of the Sunday school. He joined Humane Lodge,
No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons, and has since
become a member of Temple Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 20. and Orient Council, Royal and Select Mas-
ters, also of Cocheco Lodge, No. .39, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand;
and of Norway Plains Encampment, No. 4. He
married (first), November 19, 1872, Emma .\. Stone,
who was born November 4, 1840, and died October
15, 1893. Married (second), October 31, 1895. Rose
A. (Hersey) Gowell, born October 8. 1862. daughter
of Preston and Ann M. Gowell, of Pittsfield.

(I) Daniel Hayes was born in Farmington,
about 1787, and died there April 8, 1S5S, aged sev-
enty-one years. Brought up a farmer, he followed
the e.xample of his forefathers, and cultivated the
soil. .Ambitious only to live well and bring up his
family in the way they should go, he sought no
political office or honor, but attended to those mat-
ters which most concerned him. He married
Betsey Rundlett, who died July 4, i860, aged sev-
enty-one years. Their children were : Richard,
Mary -Ann. Daniel, Rachel, Martha, Hannah, Jon-
athan. Abigail. Sarah and Elizabeth C.

(II) Ezekiel Chamberlain, tenth child of Daniel
and Betsey (Rundlett) Hayes, was born in Farming-
ton, October 9, 1832, and died October 25, 1906.
He was a shoemaker. He married, December 17^
1S57, Lydia Hannah Tarlton, who was born Decem-
ber 19, 1835, and died January 8, 1892, daughter of
William and Hannah R. Tarlton, of New Castle:
two children were born of this marriage : Mary
Emma, married Edward T. Wilson, May 2, 1864.
died March 23, 1904. William T., whose sketch fol-
lows.

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(III) William Tarlton, only son of Ezekiel C.
and Hannah (Tarlton) Hayes, was born in Farm-
ington, August 30, 1866, and educated in the public
schools of that town. In 1884 he began his em-
ployment as clerk in the store of Edward T. Will-
son, his brother-in-law, dealer in general merchan-
dise at Farmington. and has been continuously em-
ployed there since, a term of twenty-four years.
The unusually long period of time which he has
served in one business and for one man shows him
to be an industrious, faithful, efficient and person-
ally agreeable individual. His services in public life
show him to be a man of good business qualifica-
tions, sterling integrity and sound judgment. He
was elected county commissioner of Strafford
county in 1904. and re-elected in 1906. In 1904 and
1905 he was selectman of Farmington. In politics
he is a Republican. He is a member of Harmony
Lodge. No. II, Knights of Pythias, and is a past
chancellor of that body. He married (first), Au-
gust 3. 1887, Ursula B. Wedgewood, who was born
April 28, 1867, daughter of Elbridge L. and Bell
Wedgewood. He married (second), February 21,

1906, Inez .\nnie Roberts, daughter of Henry K.
and Mabel (Hill) Roberts, born March 23, 1882.
One child, Ruhama Kathleen Hayes, born August 20,

1907. Mr. Hayes descends in the eighth generation
through his mother from Richard Tarlton, the emi-
grant ancestor, who was born near London, Eng-
land, and settled in Newcastle, New Hampshire, in
1685.

(I) George Hayes was born at Hayes Crossing,
Rochester, and died at that place in 1871. He was
a butcher, and besides conducting a meat shop also
kept a tavern for years. He married Lydia Jones,
of Lebanon, Maine, and they were the parents of
ten children : Luther, Lorenzo, Sophia, Mary,
Charles, Washburn, Elizabeth. Woodbury, Albert
.A.lonzo and another. Sophia married Cyrus Leigh-
ton : Mary is the -wife of Jacob Wliitehouse; and
Elizabeth became Mrs. William Jones.

(II) .-Mbert Alonzo. son of George and Lydia
(Jones) Hayes, was born at Hayes Crossing,
Rochester, October 7, 1845. He was educated in
the common schools, and his vocations were the
same as those of his father. In 1871 he settled in
East Rochester, where he conducted a meat and
provision market until 1873, when he settled in the
city proper and was engaged in various enterprises
until the year 1S83, a hen he went into the hotel
business, conducting the hotel then known as the
Cascade House. He retired from the hotel business
two years previous to his death. April 7, 1898. He
married, in Rochester, September 7, 1871, EHzabeth
C. Gotts. who was born in London, England, Sep-
tember 5, 1852, daughter of Francis and Sarah
(Hall) Gotts, natives of London, England, who
came to America and settled in East Rochester in
June, 1854. and there lived the remainder of their
lives. Three children were born of this union:
George E. : Ethel May. born March 5. 1875. married
Richard Talbot, of Somerville, Massachusetts; and
Sarah Frances, December 3, 1878, married Henry
Elliott, of Rochester.

(HI) George Edward, only son of Albert A.
and Elizabeth C. (Gotts) Hayes, was born at East
Rochester, August 25, 1872. He was educated in
the public schools of Rochester and took a course
in Shaw's Business College at Portland. Maine. In
1896 he bought out his father's hotel business, which
he carried on until 1900. when he enlarged the edi-
fice by building to it, and gave it the name of Hotel
Hayes. He still conducts this enterprise. Mr.
Hayes is a very prosperous and popular man, and
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his institution is well patronized. Mr. Hayes is a
member of Dover Lodge, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, and of Cocheco Aerie, No. 1529,
Fraternal Order of Eagles, of Rochester, of which
he is worthy president. He married, March 14,
1S92, Nellie R. Blazo. of Rochester, who was born in
East Rochester, July 20, 1S74, daughter of Dr.
Charles and .-Vugusta (Oilman) Blazo. Eleven chil-
dren _ have been born to them: Scharline Blazo,
Mollie, Beulah, Albert Russell, George Dewey,
.■\ugusta. Ruby, Emily Catherine, Charles Francis,
and two who died young.

(I) Washington Paul, son of Joseph and Sarah
(Chesley) Hayes, w^as born in Bamstead, October
9. 1827. and died in Dover. May 19, 1883, aged fifty-
seven years. He resided in Barnstead in his boy-
hood, then at New Durham, then in Boston, where
he learned the carpenter's trade. Then he removed
to Dover, where he was for years a sash, blind and
door manufacturer and a prominent contractor and
builder. In politics he was quite active, affiliating
with the Republican party, held several city offices,
and served two terms in the legislature. He was a
member of the Methodist Church. He married first,
Elizabeth Hayes, in 1852; second, Amanda S. Hall,
in 1853. Children: Mary P., Fred S., Frank L.,
Grace E. and Alice M.

(II) Frank Lincoln, third child and second son
of Washington P. and Amanda S. (Hall) Hayes,
was born in Dover. December 17. 1865. He was
educated in the public schools of Dover and at
Exeter Academy. After working in his father's
office two years he was in the employ of the Sawyer
woolen mills about two years, and then in business
as a manufacturer of sash and blinds at Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, for a short time. Returning to his
former employer, the Sawyer Woolen Mills Com-
pany, he was employed as a painter until 1892. where
he established himself in the contracting painting
business, in which he has been more than ordinarily
successful and has built up a trade covering much
of the territory between Boston, Massachusetts, and
Bangor, Maine. He has painted and decorated sev-
eral public buildings of note, including churches,
the State Library at Concord. New Hampshire; the
Masonic Temples of Dover and Lewiston. Maine;
the First National Bank; the Carnegie Library at
Lewiston. Maine, and the old Music Hall at Lewis-
ton. Maine. He is a Republican in political senti-
ment, an active party worker, and has served four
years as a member of the board of aldermen and
common council of Dover, and represented Ward
Four in the state legislature in 1903. He became a
Mason in 1888, and is a member of Moses Paul
Lodge. No. 96, Free and .Accepted Masons, of
Dover; Belknap Royal Arch Chapter; Orphan Coun-
cil, Royal and Select Masters ; Edward A. Raymond
Consistory, thirty-second degree. Sublime Princes of
the Royal Secret, of Nashua ; and Kora Temple, An-
cient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewis-
ton, Maine; also of Olive Branch Lodge. "Knights of
Pythias. He married. Julv 20, 1885, in Rochester,
New Hampshire. Ida M. Winkley, of Strafiford, New
Hampshire, dau.ghter of Mark Winklev. a descend-
ant of Paul Hayes, of .\lton. New Hampshire.

There is a town of
REMICK OR REJIICH Remick in the Duchy of

Luxembourg, Germany,
which was so named in the time of the Roman oc-
cupation. There are many persons named Remick
living in Holland and Germany, and it is probable
that the first Remich added to his single christian
name that of Remich. the city of his birth, after set-

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tling elsewhere, and that his descendants perpetu-
ated the custom, thus making it their surname.

(I) Christian Remich, the emigrant, was born in
1631, probably in Holland or England, and came to
America when young, and was a resident of Kittery,
Maine, in 1651, and continued there until his death
in 1710. He was one of the proprietors of Kittery.
and was granted lands amounting to five hundred
acres in what is now Kittery, Eliot and South Ber-
wick. Aluch of this land still remains in the pos-
session of his descendants who bear his name. He
was a planter and surveyor, a bright man and a
leading citizen in his town. Besides being surveyor
he was treasurer, member of the board of selectmen,
of which board he was chairman most of the time,
and representative to the general court. He married,

about 1654, Hannah , by whom he had nine

children: Hannah, Mary. Jacob, Sarah, Isaac, Abra-
ham. Martha, Joshua and Lydia.

(H) Sergeant Jacob, third child and eldest son
of Christian and Hannah Remich, was born in Kit-
tery, November 23, 1660, and died there in June,
1745, aged eighty-live years. He was a farmer and
ship builder, and was granted land in 1699 and 1703.
His position among his townsmen was a prominent
one, and he w'as selectman many years and treasurer
about ten years. His will, made May 22, 1739, was
probated July 16, 1745. The christian name of his
first wife was Lydia, and that of the second was
Mary. Their surnames before marriage are un-
known. The children of the first wife were Stephen
and Jacob. Of the second, John. Samuel. Lydia,
Tabitha, James, Mary, Sarah, Timotliy, Elizabeth,
Nathaniel, Joseph and Hannah.

(IH) James, child of Jacob and Mary Remick,
was born in Kittery, January 23, 1701. He resided
in Kittery, Maine, and Newbury and Charlestown,
Massachusetts. He was probably lost at sea, or
died in a foreign country about 1746. He married,
September, 1729, Abigail Benjamin, who was born
March 23, 1707, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Carter) Benjamin, of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
She married (second), April, 1751, Samuel Hen-
shaw, and resided in Medi'ord, Massachusetts. The
children of James and Abigail were: Benjamin,
David, Joseph and Abigail.

( IV) David, second son and child of James and
Abigail (Benjamin) Remick, was born in Kittery,
February 22, 1733, and died June 30, 1793. He was
a second lieutenant in the French and Indian war.
his commission bearing date ^lay 21, 1759. Fie was
also a Revolutionary soldier in Captain Joseph
Eaton's company. Colonel Samuel Johnson's regi-
ment, on an expedition to the northward, 1777. He
married. March 25, 1757, Susannah Whittier, of
Haverhill, Massachusetts, who died in 1794. She
was a relative of the poet, John G. Whittier.

(V) James (2), son of David and Susannah
(Whittier) Remick. was born in Haverhill, Massa-
chusetts, August 15. 1760, and died in Harrington,
New Hampshire, July 18, 1836. He was a Revolu-
tionary soldier in Captain Joseph Eaton's company,
Colonel Samuel Johnston's regiment, in an expedi-
tion to the northward in 1777. He married. Sep-
tember 10. 1782. Mary Kinsman, of Ipswich, Massa-
chusetts, who was born December 18. 1762, and died
September 19, 1840.

(VI) Daniel, son of James (2) and Mary (Kins-
man) Remick, was born in Dover, New Hampshire.
February 22, 1785, and died in Danville, Vermont,
June 13, 1S27. He married, December 25, 1806,
Olive Kclley, who was born in Dover, December 22.
1784, and died January 4, 1849.

(VII) Samuel Kelley, son of Daniel and Olive
(Kelley) Remick, was born in Danville, Vermont,
September 16, 1815, and died in Colebrook, New
Hampshire, December 24, 1878. He resided in
Barnet and Hardwick, Vermont, and Colebrook,
New Hampshire. He was a hotel keeper by occu-
pation, and a Republican in politics. He married,
April 19, 1838, Sophia Cushman, who was born in
Barnet, Vermont, October 12, 1816, daughter of
Clark and Katherine (Grout) Cushman, of Charles-
town, Vermont. She died in Colebrook, New Hamp-
shire, April 2, 1879. Their children were : Kate O.,
Charles E., Gustus S., Louise Matilda, Mary Sophia,
Ada Augusta, Daniel Clark and James Waldron.

(VIII) Louise Matilda, fourth child and second
daughter of Samuel K. and Sophia (Cushman)
Remick, was born in Flardwick, Vermont. January
I, 1845, and married Judge Edgar Aldrich. (See
Aldrich, IV).

(VIII) Daniel Clark, third son and seventh child
of Samuel K. and Sophia (Cushman) Remick, was
born January 15, 1852, in Hardwick, Vermont. He
attended the common schools and Hardwick Acad-
emy, in which he made rapid progress, and decided
to enter upon the practice of law. Accordingly he
entered the law department of ^Michigan University,
from which he was graduated in 1848. At the
April term of court at Lancaster, in 1878, he was ad-
mitted to the bar. and at once entered upon the prac-
tice of his profession in that town with Dudley,

under the firm name of Dudley and Remick, which
relation continued some four years, ending May I,
1882. He then removed to Littleton and became as-
sociated with two of the most prominent attorneys
of northern New Hampshire, Messrs. George A.
Bingham and Edgar Aldrich, and the firm name
was Bingham, Aldrich & Remick. This firm con-
tinued very prosperously in business until January i,
1889, when Mr. Aldrich retired. Mr. Remick then
formed a partnership with his brother, subsequently
a supreme court judge, under the firm name of
Remick & Remick, and this continued until Sep-
tember I, 1890, when the older brother retired to
engage in the stereoscopic view business, in part-
nership with Benjamin W. Kilman. Daniel C.
Remick was married February 12, 1899, to Belle,
daughter of Alfred Lovering. She was born in
Colebrook, New Hampshire, and died in Littleton,
September 9, 1885. He was married (second). May
18, 1886, to Lizzie Maria, daughter of Benjamin

West and Kilburn. She was born September

14, 1854, in Littleton, and is an active worker in the
Congregational Church, in whose labors her hus-
band willingly shares.

(VIII) James Waldron Remick, eighth child
and fourth son of Samuel K. and Sophia (Cush-
man) Remick, w^s born in Hardwick, Vermont,
October 30, i860. He acquired his literary edu-
cation in the common schools of his native town
and of St. Johnsbury and Colebrook. While in these
institutions he exhibited evidence of considerable
ability and taste as a writer and public speaker. In
1879 he began the study of law with James 1. Par-
sons, of Colebrook, was in the office of B. F. Chap-
man, Clockville, New York, and later for a time
with Bingham & Aldrich at Littleton. In iSSo he
entered the law department of the Michigan Uni-
versity at .►Vnn Arbor, and was graduated from that
school in March, 1882, and was admitted to the New
Hampshire bar in Concord soon afterward. He
opened an office in Colebrook in the same year, and
practiced alone until November, 1884, when he re-
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ui Aldrich & Rcniick, attorneys. In 18S5 he formed
a partnership with Honorable Ossian Ra.v, under
the lirni name of Ray & Rcniick. In 1S89 JJaniel C.
Rcmick and James W. Remick associated them-
selves in business under the firm name of Remick &
Remick. The same year he was appointed United
States district attorney for New Hampshire. At that
time he was but twenty-eight years of age, the
youngest man who ever held that office. The firm
of Remick & Remick continued until September I,
1890, when Mr. Daniel C. Remick retired from the
law to engage in other business. From the time of
the dissolution of this firm until his appointment to
the supreme bench of the state, April I, 1901, Air.
Remick was alone. He held the office of justice of
the supreme court until January i, 1904, when he
resigned. While filling that position he attended to
his duties with close attention, bringing into use the
best powers of his logical and well trained mind
and ripe scholarship, and rendering his decisions
with apparent candor, fairness and ability as to win
the respect and confidence of the bar and the esteem
of his colleagues, and his retirement was much re-
gretted. Soon after returning to the practice of law
he became a member of the firm since known as
Sargent, Remick & Niles, of Concord. In 1903 he
was appointed one of the receivers of the White
Mountain Paper Company, a corporation with an
office in Portsmouth. He took the chief manage-
ment of this business, to which he applied first class
business principles and brought order out of chaos,
and received great credit for his skill in the matter.
Judge Remick's twenty-five years' service as a lawyer
have made him a veteran practitioner, while still a
youthful looking man. It has been written of him,
"He is a diligent student of the science of law, and
early mastered its principles. Thoroughness has
marked his course as a practitioner. The law, the
facts, and the argument in all their bearings coiii-
nianded his time and ability. He is regarded as one
of the most eloquent and logical advocates in the
state." The record of the principal cases in which
he has appeared as counsel, and the contributions
he has made to the literature of the law, are found
in Briefs and Arguments reported in the New Hamp-
shire Supreme Court Reports, beginning with Vol-
ume b2, and in the Federal Reporter, notable among
which is the one given in full in State vs. Sanders,
66 N. H., p. 46. But while pursuing a steady for-
ward course as a lawyer, he has taken a hearty in-
terest in municipal and educational affairs in the
places of his residence, and was a member of the
board of health of Littleton in the years 1887-8-9,
and was a member of the board of education of
Union District from 1895 ""t'l h^ removed to Con-
cord, and its president from 1899 to 1901. Always
a loyal Republican, Jud.ge Remick has rendered
lusty service to his party by making many addresses
in political campaigns. In recent years his atten-
tion has been attracted to vicious and corrupt legis-
lation, and to the devising of a remedy for these
things he has brought to bear the ample powers of
his strong mind and wide experiences. During the
state campaign of 1906, he contributed much to the
cause of good government as an organizer and pres-
ident of the Lincoln Club, which organization com-
pelled the adoption by the Republican party of many
needed reform planks in its platform, and the enact-
ment of some laws by which the organization gained
a stron.g position in the hearts of the people, and will
under its present name or some other and on a
broader platform accomplish much more legislation
in the intere-ts of the plain people. James W.
Remick married, in Flartford, Connecticut. Decem-

ber 5, 1S88, Mary S. Pendleton, who was born in
Bangor, Maine. July 31, daughter of Nathan and
Helen i\I. Pendleton, of Bangor.

This family, some members of which
HAYES spell the name Hays, is of English ex-
traction, and has produced some notable
members and many useful citizens, whose names and
personal histories are worthy of preservation. A
leading citizen of Manchester comes of this stock.

( I ) Deacon Zebedee Hayes moved from Attle-
boro, Massachusetts, to New London, New Hamp-
shire, with his wife and one child, in 17S7 or 1788,
and first lived in a log house which was located on a
farm owned by Daniel S. Seanians, in 1799. The
house stood a short distance northwest of the pres-
ent dwelling. Later Zebedee exchanged clearings
with John Slack, and lived in the house which for-
merly stood on the site of Austin Morgan's present
residence. Here he lived until after the death of
his first wife. After his second marriage he lived
on the farm originally belonging to the present J. D.
Pingree house, w'hich his wife had inherited from
her first husband. After living here a time he re-
turned to his former home at Low Plain, then owned
liy his son James. He was a soldier in the Revolu-
tion. "Lord's Day. March loth. 1793, Zebedee
Hayes and Chloe, his wife," were baptized by Elder
Seamons. He w-as chosen deacon of the church,
July 5, 1793, and served eighteen years; was reap-
pointed February ig, 1819. and served till his death,
November g, 1832, aged seventy-four years, the time
of his service being thirty-one years in all. His
first wife Chloe died December 10. 1812. aged fifty-
three years. He married (second). May 11, 1815,
Mehitable. widow of Ezekiel Knowlton. The chil-
dren of Zebedee and Chloe Hayes were: Jerusha,
James, John, Chloe and Zebedee, twins ; and
Jonathan.

(II) John, third child and second son of
Zelicdee and Chloe Hayes, born in New London,
September 14. 1788, fell from a sled and died from
his injuries. January 14, 1835. He lived on a farm
in New London, and built the house where Charles
Wells lived in 1899. He married, June 12, 1814,
Abigail Adams, daughter of Solomon and Molly
(Bancroft) Adams. She died September 20, 1856.
The children of John and Abigail (Adams) Hayes
were: Chloe, ilalvina, Adaline, Jerusha, John
Marshal, Archibald M., Orcn Tracy. Christopher C.
and Solomon A.

(III) John Marshal, fifth child and eldest son
of John and Abigail (Adams) Hay-es, was born in
New London, New Hampshire, February 16, 1823,
and died in Manchester. January 10, 1880. He
was educated in the common schools, and in the
year 1S46 commenced business for himself in the
general store at the "Four Corners," in New Lon-
don, New Hampshire. Here he remained till i860,
when he removed to Salisbury, New Hampshire,
where he conducted a successful business for eight
years. In November, iS6g, after a year in Goffs-
town. he purchased a home in Manchester and re-
sided there until his death. Mr. Hayes grew up
from boyhood with genial, courteous ways which
attracted people and made them his friends. These
qualities, coupled with good judgment and business
sagacity, industry and energy, made him the suc-
cessful merchant he was. He was a warm friend
and a good neighbor, and as a citizen took pleasure
in doing things which would promote the public wel-
fare.

Mr. Hayes w-as an ardent and active Democrat,
and took a deep interest in politics Dining his res-

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idence in New London lie was postmaster eight
years, and town clerk from 1847 to 1S49. While in
Salisbury he represented the town in the legislature,
and was twice elected senator from old district No.
8. In Manchester he served two terms as alderman
from ward 6, and was repeatedly urged to accept a
nomination for the mayoralty. He was a prominent
Mason, and held several high offices in that order.
At the time of his death he was a member of Wash-
ington Lodge, No. 61, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons ; of Adoniram Council, No. 3, Royal and Se-
lect Masters ; and of Trinity Commandery, Knights
Templar, in Manchester: and of Trinity Royal
Arch Chapter, No, 2, of Concord.

Mr. Hayes married, January 23. 1850, Susan
Elizabeth Carr, daughter of Samuel and Nancy
(Greeley) Carr, born at New Loudon, New Hamp-
shire, August 28, 1826, who survives him, residing
in Manchester. Their children were: Frank P.,
died in infancy. Charles C. Mattie M., married
George R. Mc.^llester, of Manchester : two children :
Bertha H. and Harold C.

(IV) Charles Carroll, second child and son of
John M. and Susan E. (Carr) Hayes, was born in'
New London, New Hampshire, May 31, 1855. He
graduated from the Manchester high school in 1875,
and after spending three years as a clerk, embarked
in the grocery business for himself, in Manchester.
In 1884 he withdrew from mercantile pursuits and
started a general real estate, loan, and fire insur-
anoe business, in which he is still successfully en-
gaged. He is connected with many of the indus-
trial, commercial and financial organizations of the
city; is a trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank,
clerk and director of the Manchester Shoe Com-
pany, treasurer of the Kennedy Land Company, and
is treasurer of the Manchester Board of Trade, of
which he was president in 1894-95. He is a strenu-
ous supporter of the Democratic faith, and has
taken an active part in politics since he attained his
majority. In 1S04-96 he was the Democratic mayor-
alty candidate. In these years, he ran far ahead of
the ticket and reduced the Republican majority.
These were very strenuous and critical years for
the Democratic party, and are well remembered as
years of the Republican landslide in both state and
nation. He attends the First Baptist Church, and
for thirteen years was president of its society. He
was initiated into the mysteries of the apprentice
degree of Masonry in Washington Lodge, of Man-
chester, in 1877, and has since received the much-
prized thirty-third degree. He has been worshipful
master of Washington Lodge, No, 61, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons ; thrice illustrious master of
.•\doniram Council, No. 3, Royal and Select Masters ;
eminent commander of Trinity Commandery,
Knights Templar ; all of Manchester ; most worship-
ful grand master of Masons in New Hampshire ;
right eminent grand commander of Knights Templar
in New Hampshire: and is at the present time com-
mander-in-chief of Edward A. Raymond Consistory,
thirtj'-sccond degree, also a trustee of the Masonic
Home; and treasurer of the Grand Commandery,
Knights Templar of the state. He is a member of
Amoskeag Grange, Patrons of Husbandry ; and of
the Derryfield and Calumet Clubs. Mr. Hayes is a
man of genial disposition and pleasant manners ;
he has a long memory for friends and friendly acts,
and has made life a success.

He married (first), January I, 1885, Belle J.
Kennard, daughter of John and Hannah B. Kennard,
of Manchester. (See Kennard family). She was
born in Litchfield, New Hampshire, August, 1856,

and died August, 1890, leaving three children: John
Carroll, born August 7, 1886; Louise K., born January
16. 1S88; and Annie Belle, born July 31, 1890. He
married (second), Carrie W. Anderson, daughter of
Charles and Charlotte Anderson, of Manchester.
She was born in Reading, September 10, 1862. They
have one child : Morion, born June 28, 1902. Mrs.
Hayes is an attendant of the Baptist Church and of
the Woman's Club, and is an active and efficient
worker in them.

This name was originally Wood, and

.\TWOOD its first syllable was introduced in

America.

(I) John Wood, the immigrant ancestor of the Ki-

woods, arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, from

England in 1643. He married Sarah INIasterson.

(,11) Nathaniel, son of John and Sarah (Master-
son) Wood, was born in Plymouth, 1652.

(III) John Wood, son of Nathaniel Wood, was
born in Plymouth, 1684. He changed his name to
Atwood. In 1700 he married Sarah Leavitt, and had
one son, whose name was Isaac.

(IV) Isaac Atwood, son of John and Sarah
(Leavitt) Atwood, was born in Plymouth, 1719.
He married Lydia Wait, August 7, 1740, and was the
father of Zaccheus, Wait, Isaac, Hannah and Lydia.

(V) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) and Lydia
(Wait) Atwood, was born in Plymouth, July 17,
1747. In 1777 he settled in Bedford, New Hamp-
shire, and resided there for the remainder of his
life, which terminated March 15, 1836. April 21,
1770, he married Hannah Chubbuck, who died Au-
gust 10, 1798, and married (second), Lydia Whit-
marsh, of Abington, Massachusetts. She died Oc-
tober 3, 1841. His children were: Isaac, Hannah,
Lydia, David, John, Submit W., Thomas, Stephen
and Zaccheus, all of whom were of his first union.
(John and descendants receive mention in this
article).

(VI) David, second son and fourth child of
Isaac and Hannah (Chubbuck) Atwood, was born
in Bedford, March 24, 1779. He was a lifelong
resident of Bedford, and his death occurred Oc-
tober 12, 1857. He married Mary Bell. Eleven
children were born to them, whose names were:
Hannah, Joseph Bell, Mary Bell, Olive, John, Daniel
(Gordon, Sarah, David, Jane Gordon, Clarinda and
Isaac Brooks.

(VII) Daniel Gordon, third son and sixth child
of David and Mary (Bell) Atwood, was born in
Bedford, April 12, 1812. In early life he was em-
ployed in a bobbin factory, and he was also engaged
in the manufacture of cider, but agriculture was
his principal occupation, and he followed it with
prosperous results. He was more or less active in
civic affairs, serving with ability as a selectman for
two years, and in politics he acted with the Repub-
lican party. For many years he sang in the choir
of the Presbyterian Church. His personal character fli
was highly commendable, and his death which oc-
curred November 22, 1890, was the cause of general
regret. !May 2, 1837, he married Margaret Ann Barr,
born March 24, 1815, daughter of Thomas and Abi-
gail (Palmer) Barr, of Bedford. She died August
16, 1887, having reared six children, namely: Eliza
Morrison, born December 9, 1838, married Noah
Smith Clark, of Manchester, August II, 1886. (Caro-
line, born February i, 1841, married, June 15, 1865,
Hazen K. Fuller, and went to reside in Florida in
1878. Julia .\nn, born January 10, 1844, married
Leonard Bursiel, died May 19, 1892. Daniel Web-
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September 6, 1850, married Bushrod W. Mann, April
16, 1878, and resides in Nashua. Tliomas Byron,
born February 5, 1853.

(VIII) Daniel Webster, fourth child and eldest
son of Daniel G. and Margaret A. (Barr) Atwood,
was born in the house where he now resides, June
25, 1846. He attended the public schools including
the high school, and prior to leaving the paternal
roof acquired a good knowledge of general farming,
which later proved the most valuable legacy left
him by his father. When a young man he drove
a milk team from Bedford to Manchester for a
time, and in 1873 went to Northfield, Vermont,
where he was employed in a saw-mill about three
years. He also resided in Milford, New Hamp-
shire, for a like period, but eventually returned and
during his father's declining years managed the farm,
which he inherited in turn. This property, which
is desirably located and exceedingly productive, he
carries on with the same spirit of energy as that
displayed by his ancestors, and as the result of hi's
efforts are eminently satisfactory. He has made
numerous improvements including the remodeling
of his residence and the erection of a new and com-
modious barn. Politically he is a Republican, and
for a period of six years served the town with ability
as supervisor of the check-list. He attends the
Presbyterian Church. On June 15, 1874, Mr. At-
wood was united in marriage with Miss Surviah H.
Parkhurst, born April I, 1847, daughter of Proctor
and Sally Jane (Gage) Parkhurst, of Merrimack.
Proctor Parkhurst was a stone cutter and farmer ;
died at IManchester. The children of this union are :
George Bryon, born July 17. 1876, died October IS,
1878. Gordon Proctor, born June 27, 1878. The
latter is unmarried and resides at home.

(VI) John Atwood, born 1768-O, of Nottingham
West, now Hudson, New Hampshire, followed tlie
trade of coopering in connection with farming until
his death, which occurred April 15. 1840, at the age
of seventy-one year.~. He married (first), Eli;^abeth
Blodgett, who died July 20, 1804, at the age of thirty-
two years. They had children : John, see forward ;
and Elizabeth. Mr. Atwood married (second),

Sarah , who died July 28. 1842, at the

age of sixty-three years. They had children : David,

William. Daniel, Sarah, who married Hamb-

lett. They had a half-sister, Rachel, who never
married, and who resided with Daniel in Hudson.

(VH) Rev. John, son of John and Elizabeth
(Blodgett) Atwood, was born in Nottingham West,
New Hampshire, October 3, 1795. He was reared
in the Baptist faith, and. uniting with that church
upon attaining his majority, decided to enter the
ministry. Having received a preparatory education
in the public schools, he prepared for a collegiate
course under the preceptorship of Rev. Daniel Mer-
rill. He worked his way to Boston on a tow boat,
presented himself to the Educational Society in that
city, who sent him to Waterville, where he literally
worked his way through college. He was for five
years a student in the literary and theological de-
partment of Waterville College, Maine, now Colby
University, was a classmate of George Boardman,
a missionary to India, and was graduated in 1822.
He was ordained to the pastorate of the Baptist
Church . in New Boston, May iS, 1825, retaining
this until April i, 1836, when he was called to
Francestown, and subsequently, 1837, to Hillsboro,
New Hampshire, where he remained until 1843. His
pastoral labors in New Boston were interspersed
with important civic duties, as he represented that
district in the lower branch of the state legislature
for four years, from 1S32 to 1835 inclusive, and his

superior ability as a legislator brought him into
prominence in state politics. He was elected state
treasurer in 1843, and subsequently re-elected for
six consecutive years, during which period he ad-
ministered the financial affairs of the state in a most
able and prudent manner. While thus employed
he resided in Concord, and for some time he offi-
ciated as chaplain of the state prison. He resumed
his residence in New Boston, July 9, 1850, and in
the same year received the Democratic nomination
for governor, but was defeated by his Whig oppon-
ent. He afterward severed his connection with the
Democratic party, owing to its attitude on the
slavery question. .'\hhough unencumbered from
that time with regular professional duties, he never-
theless continued to make himself useful as a relig-
ious teacher and a political leader, and in 1857 he
again occupied a seat in the New Hampshire House
of Representatives, being almost unanimously elec-
ted. In all matters relating to the welfare and im-
provement of New Boston he was a leading spirit,
speaking at public gatherings, preaching when oc-
casion demanded, writing upon a varied line of
subjects and in numerous other ways making him-
self one of the deservedly conspicuous residents of
that town. Among his contributions to local liter-
ature is a "History of the Baptist Church of New
Boston." a work which was widely circulated and
highly appreciated. His life, which had been a long
continued succession of good deeds, including many
acts of private charity unostentatiously dispensed,
terminated in New Boston, April 28, 1873. His
passing away was universally regarded as an ir-
retrievable loss, not only to the community wherein
he resided, and also to the church, the dignity and
efficacy of which he labored so assiduously to main-
tain, and finally to the state, which he had served
with unquestionable honor and faithfulness. When
he came to New Boston he owned but three-quarters
of an acre of land, and to this he added by successive
purchases until he was in possession of one hundred
and sixty acres, which was later sold by one of his
sons and is now a part of the Whipple farm. On
this land he erected a house, making additions to
it from time to time, and this is still standing.

Rev. John Atwood married, November 28. 1826,
Lydia Dodge, daughter of Deacon Solomon Dodge,
of New Boston. She was a woman of unusual in-
telligence, and this had been fostered by wide and
diversified reading. She died April 9. 1886. They
had children: i. Lydia D. 2. Sarah E., who mar-
ried John L. Blair, formerly a wholesale merchant,
and now resides in Alton, Illinois. 3. John B., who
died in infancy. 4. Roger W., now living retired
from business in Chicago, Illinois. 5. Ann
J., married Rev. J. L. A. Fish, of Amherst, Massa-
chusetts. He preached at Webster, Massachusetts,
later in Holliston, and subsequently became presi-
dent of a college for colored .students at Live Oak,
Florida. Later they removed to Duluth, where i\lr.
Fish died in 1894. 6. Mary F., deceased. 7. Solo-
mon Dodge, see forward. 8. John H., died in in-
fancy.

(VHP Solomon Dodge, third son and seventh
child of Rev. John and Lydia (Dodge) Atwood,
was born in Hillsboro, New- Plampshirc, May 7,
1839. His studies in the public schools were sup-
plemented by an advanced course of instruction at
the Colby Academy, New London, New Hampshire,
and the time intervening between the completion of
his education and his majority was devoted to farm-
ing, besides teaching in the public schools during the
winter months in Newbury and .'\mherst. Entering
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with J. K. Whipple, they carried on a general coun-
try store for a period of several years. Mr. Whipple
then went to Bo.^ton and became a member of the
firm of Fuller, Dana & Fitz, and Henry Kelso, of
New Boston, succeeded to his interest in the former
enterprise. At the end of two years Roger A. At-
wood succeeded Mr. Kelso, and the firm transacted
business under the style of S. D. Atwood & Com-
pany for tour years, when Mr. Solomon D. Atwood
bought out his partner and became the sole proprie-
tor of a business with which he has now been identified
for twenty-five years, being the oldest merchant in
that section of New Hampshire. Although sub-
jected on two occasions to severe losses by hre Mr.
Atwood rapidly recovered in both instances, preserv-
ing intact his credit as well as his trade. His reputa-
tion as a merchant is far removed from the possibility
of censure, and as a friend and neighbor he has long
enjoyed the sincere estimation of his fellow towns-
men. His political affiliations are with the Republi-
can party. He was appointed postmaster by Presi-
dent Lincoln in 1861 and continued in office until
the first Cleveland administration in 18S5, when he
resigned. He was subsequently reappointed, how-
ever, and is still serving in that capacity. He is
earnestly interested in religious affairs, and is a
member and liberal supporter of the Baptist Church.
His charities are large and unostentatious, and he
is ever ready to resign his own interests in favor
of those who seem to him in need. He is hospitable
and generous to a degree, has strong convictions as
to the rights of all subjects, and has the courage of
those convictions. He is a devoted husband and
father.

He married, February 4, 1864, Florence Adelaide
Dodge, born in Francestown, New Hampshire, Oc-
tober 12, 1841, daughter of Issachar and Louisa
(Emerson) Dodge. Mrs. Atwood is a woman of
rare qualities of mind and heart. She is a poet of
no mean ability, and of intelligence and kindly
nature which have endeared her to all. She has writ-
ten exclusively for the New England papers and
magazines and her writtings are in great demand.
She is secretary of the Old Home Day, of which she
was one of the organizers ; is connected with the
library ; and takes an active and beneficial interest
in all that concerns the welfare of the tow'n in which
she resides. Mr. and Mrs. Atwood have had chil-
dren: I. John, born December 15, 1864; died March
3, 1867. 2. Lydia Louisa, born June 24, 1866; died
December 26, 1882. 3. Myrtie May, married, August
30, 1893, G. Henry Eastman, and resides in South
Weare, New Hampshire. She had one son : Arthur
Middleton, born May 30, 1894, died July 30, of the
same year. 4. Emily i\Iaria, inarried, December 9,
1S90, Benjamin Warren Skinner, of Lynn. ]Massa-
chusctts. She died October 9, 1894. She had two
children : Florence Mansfield, born November 2,
1891 ; and Benjamin .Atwood, born January 31, 1893.
5. Roger Dodge, born September 9, 1871 : died ■
March 19, 1872. 6. Annie .\ugusta, has been cashier
and bookkeeper in the store of her father for the
past fourteen years, and is an unusually capable
business woman. 7. IHorcnce Frances, is a graduate
nurse and was connected with a hospital in Boston,
Massachusetts. 8. Solomon Russell Conwell, born
March 18, 1877, is a graduate of a business college.
He has been clerk in a hotel in Boston, Massachu-
setts, and also en,gaged in the mercantile business
in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. 9. Howard
Delos, born June 22, 1879, was graduated from
Dartmouth College, and is now manager of a large
banana farm in Costa Rica, Central America. 10.
Ruby ?\larion, was graduated from Brown L'ni-

versity, and was a teacher in the high school for
some time prior to her marriage to John Barnes
Tingley. She resides in Madison, Wisconsin, and
has one child: John Atwood, born May 21, 1907.

(I) John Mann was a citizen of the cele-

}iIANN brated old town of Elgin, Scotland, and

there married Jannet Laing, December

24, 1776, They were the parents of children among

whom was James, whose sketch follows.

(11) James, son of John and Jannet (Laing)
Mann, was born in Elgin, December 15. I79S. and
died in Salisbury, New Hampshire, October 10,
1845, aged fifty years. Leaving Scotland in 181 1.
he came to the United States, and first settled at
■Manchester, jMa.ssachusetts. The next year he re-
moved to New Chester, New Hampshire, and resided
there in the adjoining town of Danbury until 1828.
In that year he removed to Hampstead, and in .April.
1832. to Salisbury, wdiere he died. IMr. Mann was an
industrious farmer, a good citizen, and a staunch
member of the Congregational Church of which he
was made deacon while he resided at Danbury. He
married at Danbury, New Hampshire, September 19,
1820, Miriam Taylor, born April 21, 1799. and died
at Salisbur}', New Hampshire, August 11, 1876, aged
seventy-seven. She was the daughter of Jonathan
and Dorothy Taylor, who were married February
17. '77'.'. <ind lived* at Danbury. The children of
INIr. and Mrs. Mann were: Jonathan Taylor, Sarah
Ann, Jannet Lang, Martha .Ann, Mary Jane, Louisa
Miriam. James Dana and Samuel Rodney. In 1849
Mrs. Mann and her family moved to Fisherville,
now Penacook.

(11!) Sanniel Rodney, youngest son and eighth
child of James and Miriam (Taylor) Mann, was
born at Salisbury. June 15. 1839. and died at Pena-
conk. June 13, 1896. aged fifty-seven. After acquir-
ing what education he could in the common schools,
he entered the employ of the C. and J. C. Gage Lum-
ber Company, at Penacook, and was in the service
of that firm until he became superintendent of the
corn and grain mill of Stratton Merrill & Com-
pany, which position he filled up to the time of his
death. In politics he was a Republican. He took
no pronn'nent part in political affairs, but performed
well and faithfully his part in the industrial world.
He was a man of sterling worth and integrity, and
an honored and respected member of the Congre-
gational Church. He married, October 4, 1S70, Pollv
Rosilla Gage, born at Fisherville, August i, 1838.
only daughter of William H. and Sarah (Sargent")
Gage. (See Gage). Mr. Gage was one of the early
settlers of Boscawen, had extensive holdings of land
in the Merrimack valley, and was •prominent in
town and state affairs. Polly R. Gage was edu-
cated in the public schools. New Hampton Academy
and New London Academy. The child of Mr. and
Mrs. Mann was William Hazeltine Gage.

(TV) William Hazeltine Gage, onlv son and
child of Samuel Rodney and Polly Rosilla (Gage)
Mann, \v;is born in the village of Penacook, formerly
Fisherville, in the town of Boscawen. December 22.
1871. liis primary education was obtained in the
schools of Penacook, Boscawen. From the grammar
schools in that town he went to the Concord high
school, from which he "graduated with the class of
iSSo. The same year he entered Dartmouth College
and in 1893 was graduated from the Chandler Scien-
tific denartmant of that institution with the degree
of B. S.. and in i8g6 received the degree of M. S.
Since entering upon a business life Mr. Mann has
fdlcd the following named positinns; Fall of 1803
and following winter with the ^Mississippi River

SAMUEL R. MANN

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1433

Commission. St. Louis to Cairo, as time-keeper and
paymaster; with superintendent of interlocking New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, at Mans-
field, ]\Iassachusetts. a short time in 1894; draftsman
with the Berlin Bridge Company, East. Berlin Con-
necticut, the greater part of 1S95: draftsman with
Boston and Providence Division New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroad. January and February,
1896; assistant bridge engineer with Boston &
Albany railroad from April 4. 1896, to December 24,
1898, at Boston, Massachusetts: with Rutland-Cana-
dian railroad construction office at South Hero.
Vermont. Januarv 10, 1899. to December 22, 1900,
as chief draftsman ; with O'Brien and Sheehan, con-
tractors. New York. April i, 1901. to January 31,
1902. as contractor's engineer, at Bridgeport, Con-
necticut. North Conwav New Hampshire, and New
York City; with Rutland Railroad Company, at
Rutland. Vermont. INIay, 1902, to September, 1903,
as draftsman: junior member of the lirm of Lloyd
& Mann, civil engineers. 162 North Main street.
Concord, New Hampshire, from September, 1903,
to present time (1906). INIr. Mann has inherited
the persistent industry and untiring energy of both
his 'Scotch and New England ancestors, and has
made a record which reflects credit upon him. He
is independent in his political affiliations, voting ac-
cording to his best judgment in either party. His
tendencies in religious belief arc liberal, and he at-
tends the Congregational and Episcopal Church
services. He was married. April' 30. 1901. at the
Church of the Transfiguration. New York City, %
Dr. Houghton, to Miss' jNIarion L. Marvin, of St.
Albans, Vermont, daughter of Julius Hoyt and Char-
lotte Anne (Trudeau) Marvin. Mr. Marvin is a
descendant of revolutionary .stock — Marvin and Burr
—served throughout the civil war, in Company C,
Fifth Vermont -Regiment : and represented the town
of Sheldon, Vermont, in the legislature in the early
nineties. Marion L. (Marvin) Mann, granddaugh-
ter of Edward and Katherine (Lawrence) Trudeau.
and great-granddaughter of Bonaventure Trudeau,
who married a ^liss Kane of Terrebonne, province
of Quebec, was educated in the public schools of St.
Albans, and the Walworth Business College. New
York Citv.

I

This family is very early found in Con-
D.\K1N cord. New Hampshire, and the majority
of its members have engaged in agricul-
ture and manufacturing industries. Independence
and liberalitv in thought have been family char-
acteristics, aiid it has been distinguished for good
citizenship.

(I) Thomas Dakin was in Concord. Massachu-
setts, before 16^0. and died there October 21, 1708.
His first wafe. whose name has not been preserved,
died in 1659; and the second -wife, who was a
widow. Susan Stratton. at the time of her marriage
to him. died in 1698. His children included John,
Sarah. Simon and Joseph.

(IP Josepih. son of Thomas Dakin. was deacon
of the Concord Church, and resided by what is
known as Flint's Pond in that town.

(III) Samuel, believed to have been a son ot
Deacon Joseph Dakin. was married December 13.
1722. to "Mercy Minott. He was captain of a com-
panv in the French war. and was killed at the battle
of H.-dfwav Brook, in 17.18.

(IV) Samuel C, son of Samuel and Mercy
(Minott) Dakin. was born June 2T. 1744, in Concord,
and lived for a time in Lincoln. Massachusetts. He
returned to Concord in 1779. and died there June 17-
iSir. He married Elizabeth Pillsbury, and they

were the parents of the following children, all ex-
cept the last one of whom were born in Lincoln,
Massachusetts : Bathsheba, Samuel, Amos, Ephraim,
Eli. John and Sarah. The last born 1781, in Con-
cord.

(V) Ephraim, son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth
(Pillsbury) Dakin. was born in Concord, Massachu-
setts. June 6. 1774. and died there July 31, i860. He
was a farmer the greater part of his life, and re-
sided in Stoddard, New Hampshire. He returned
to Concord, Massachusetts, late in life. He was
married February 12. 1801. to Sarah Clark, of Con-
cord, Massachusetts. She died in Hudson, that
state, at the age of ninety-six.

(VI) Samuel, son of Ephraim Dakin. born in
Stoddard. New Hampshire. May 23. 1812. grew up
on his father's farm and received a public school
education. When twenty-six years of age he re-
moved to Bow. where he w^orked at farming four
vcars. In 1842 he remo'ved to Concord, New Hamp-
shire, and bought a tract of land on the south side
nf the city. Part of this land was taken to form
Dakin street, which was named for him. Nearly
all his land he plotted and sold for residence lots.
He died on his farm. August, 1849. aged thirty-
seven years. He w^as a thrifty, provident man, and
was well off at the time of his death. He voted the
Democratic ticket, and was a member of the Uni-
versalist Church. He married, November 25, 1840,
Nancy Roliertson. born November 1808. in Bow,
daughter of John and Nancy (Noyes) Robertson
(see Novcs. VIII). She died in Concord. 1877.

(VII) John Robertson, only child of Samuel
and Nancy (Robertson) Dakin. was born in Con-
cord. July 19, 1843. and attended school until fifteen
vears of age. when he entered the employ of .\bbott
& Downing, and learned the blacksmith's trade, and
has ever since been in the employ of that concern.
He owns one acre of the original farm of his father,
and in 1876 built upon it. at the corner of Dakin and
West streets, a large house and appurtenences. where
he resides. JNIr. Dakin votes the Democratic ticket,
and is a member of White Mountain Lodge, No. 5,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Concord, and
of the Universalist Church. He is a quiet, mild
mannered man. a good neighbor, and a first-class
citizen.

There are no less than nine
O'CONNOR branches of this family in Ireland.
The name was originally O'Con-
chobhair. which signifies helping warrior, and has been
anglicized into O'Connor. O'Conor. Conor and Con-
ycrs. Probably all these branches are remotely con-
nected, because the coat of amis in nearly all cases
is an oak tree in some fomi. The O'Connors, who
are descended from the kings of Connaught, have an
oak tree eradicated. Other families have an oak
tree z\-i't. acorned and surmounted by a crown,

(I) Michael O'Connor was bom in county
Clare. Ireland, and in 1S53 emigrated to Toronto.
Canada, where he lived till his death. He worked
on construction for the Grand Trunk Railway Com-
pany, and was made blind while blasting rock about
two' years after he came to Canada. He belonged
to the Catholic Church, and was a Liberal in his
jiolitical views. He married Ellen Grace, who came
from comity Clare with her husband. Thev had
eight children, six boys and two eirls: Michael,
Patrick T. Bridget. John. Ellen. Thomas. Henry,
William 'j. One of these children. William J.
O'Connor, was the famous oarsman. Michael
O'Connor lived till 1897. but his wife died in i860.

(II) Patrick Joseph, son of Michael and Ellen

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(Grace) O'Connor, was born in county Clare, Ire-
land, March 17, 1851. At the age of six he started
for Canada with his aunt to meet his father, who
had preceded them, but the ship was disabled and
they had to put back. Two years later he embarked
again and arrived at Toronto' in 1S60. He was edu-
cated in tlie public and private schools of that city,
and learned telegraphy at Don station nearby. He
was also employed as weigher of coal and :ron in
the rolling mills of Toronto. In 1869 he came to
the United States, and entered the employ of the
Grand Trunk Railway at West Milan, New Hamp-
shire. In December of the following year he was
transferred to Percy, this state, where he has been
station agent ever since. He is considered one of
the most efficient agents on the entire system ; is al-
ways found on duty, and is courteous to all, honest,
sober and industrious. He is a Democrat in politics,
and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He was
assistant postmaster of Percy for six years, and was
appointed postmaster under Cleveland's administra-
tion. He is town treasurer, and was a member of
the New Hampshire legislature in 1902 and 1903.
He was unanimously elected representative, although
the town is strongly Republican. He was one of
the few who were present at every session, and he
served on the committee relating to the Normal
School. For eight years he was secretary of the
Democratic town committee in Percy, and is now
president. He belongs to the Catholic Church, and
has contributed liberally to the building of religious
edifices and to charitable institutions. He is a mem-
ber of the Catholic Order of Foresters.

On September 15. 1874, Patrick Joseph O'Connor
married Lydia M. Greene, daughter of Benjamin
and Hannah (Robbins) Greene, of Percy. New
Hampshire, and great-granddaughter of Edward
Rowell, the first settler in the tow'n. They have
had ten children, of whom seven are now living:
John Henrj', William LawTence, George Ellsworth,
Ellen Grace, Charles Leland. Elizabeth Marion, Row-
land Glennavon, Raymond St. Clair, Mabel Annie
and Leo Brendon. John Henry was born at Percy,
April 17, 1875, was educated at the high school and
in a business college, and is now station agent on
the Grand Trunk Raihvay system at Groveton, New
Hampshire. William Lawfence. born February 28,
187S, was educated in the public and private schools,
and is now a merchant in Percy. George Ellsworth,
born June 2r, 1879. was educated at public and
private schools, and is now station agent of the
Grand Trunk Raihvay system at Stark, this state.
He is now (1907) serving in the capacity of select-
man of the town of Stark. On April 26, 1905. he
married Lydia M. Currier, of West Milan, New
Hampshire, and they have one son, Lawrence Clif-
ton, born March 12, 1906. Ellen Grace is
mentioned belnw. Charles Leland, born April
27, 18S2, died in infancy. Elizabeth Marion,
born October 8, 1883. was educated in the public
and private schools, and was the postmistress at
Percy, until her marriage; was succeeded by her
father. She w^as married May 29, 1907, to Henry J.
White, of Lancaster. Roland Glennavon, born Janu-
ary 23, 18S5. had a common school education, and is
now a sergeant in the United States Si.gnal Corps,
at present in Havana, Cuba. Raymond St. Clair,
born February^ 5, 1887, received a common school
education, and is now a relieving agent on the Grand
Trunk Railway system. Mabel Annie, born Sep-
tember 26, 1889. was educated in the public and
private schools, and has also had musical instruction.
She is now assistant postmaster at Percy. Leo Bren-
don, born April 24, 1892, died in babyhood. Besides

rearing and educating their own children, Mr. and
Mrs. O'Connor took a boy from the Home for Desti-
tute Catholic Children. Frank Scully, who is now
a telegraph operator at Deering Maine, and now
(1907) they are educating William J. Stanton, who
came from St Joseph's Home, in Manchester.

(Ill) Ellen Grace O'Connor, eldest daughter of
Patrick J. and Lydia M. (Currier) O'Connor, was
born August 24, 18S0, and in the autumn of 1903
was appointed postmistress of Percy, an office which
she ably filled to the close of her life. Although re-
garded as a delicate child, as she grew older she be-
came stronger, and enjoyed very good health until
March, 1904. when a fall on the ice resulted in in-
juries from which she never recovered. After a
few weeks she was able to be about, but soon be-
came a patient and helpless invalid. On July 26, ac-
companied by her mother, brother, sister, and Dr.
O'Brien, of Groveton, she was taken to Portland, it
being thought that a surgical operation might re-
store her health. The hopes of her relatives and
friends were, however, disappointed, and on July 31
she breathed her last. At the funeral, which took
place on August 3, same year, the floral tributes
were numerous and beautiful. The Rev. H. -E.
Lennon, her pastor, assisted by the Rev. J. Des-
mond, of Groveton, and the choir of the Catholic
Church of Island Pond, Vermont, celebrated a
solemn high mass. The services were largely at-
tended by her many friends and the orders of which
she was an active member. In the hearts of all who
knewv her she has left a beautiful memory-.

The Blodgett family in America is
BLODGETT of English origin. In the great

tide of immigration between 1630
and 1640 came Thomas Blogget "Glover," aged
thirty, and his wife Susan, aged thirty-seven, with
tw'O young sons. Daniel, aged four, and Samuel,
aged one and one-half years. They "embarqued in
the Increase from London, ."Vpril 18, 1635." and ar-
rived in Boston in due course.

Thomas settled in Cambridge, where he was
one of the original members of "Rev. Thomas
Shepherd's Company," w'hich founded what is now
the "Shepherd Memorial Church." He Avas alloted
land the same year, and made a freeman in 1636.
A daughter. Susanna, was born in 1637. Thomas,
the father, died in 1642 and his will was probated in
1643. His descendants moved to Woburn, where
they became numerous, and one branch, moving
through Chelmsford and Westford. finally located
at Hudson. New Hampshire, about 1710, at a period
so early that the pioneer had to live in a garrison
for protection against the Indians, and a son of his
was the first white male child born in that town.
From Hudson a detachm.ent settled in Plymouth, and
thence went members of the family to central New
York. Several families from Hudson settled at
Dorchester, New Hampshire, where they abode for
two generations. From Woburn and Chelmsford
they also went to Lexington, and Windsor, Connec-
ticut, in both of wdiich localities they became nu-
merous and prominent. At the beginning of the
nineteenth century they were widely scattered
throughout New England. In addition to places al-
ready named, they were prominent in .^mherst, Ash-
Inirnham, Brimfield. Palmer and Westminister, Mass-
achusetts, and there were many representatives in
other Massachusetts towns ; also in Connecticut and
Rhode Island, and some in Maine and Vermont
Thev were a patriotic race. The}' served in the
French and Indian wars: at siege and capture of
Louisburg : in the invasion of Canada : and the

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1435

names are preserved of one hundred and fourteen
revolutionary soldiers.

Many individuals have conferred honor and dis-
tinction on the name. Samuel Blodgett (s) filled
many important offices in civil and military life in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He was a
friend and correspondent of Washington ; was called
"The Pioneer of Progress" ; and was best known by
his great enterprise — for the time — of completing a
canal around Amoskeag Falls, at Manchester. New
Hampshire. A son of his, Samuel, Jr. (6), served
on the staff of Washington, and after the national
capital was projected on the ianks of the Potomac,
he was chairman of the commissioners to further
the project: he built the first house there, and he
furnished the first money C$io,ooo) toward laying
the foundations of the capitol and the president's
house. In the eighth generation there have been a
United States senator, a judge of the United States
district court, a chief justice of the supreme court
of one New England state, an eminent judge of the
superior court of another, a publicist and statistician
of national reputation, a member of the New York
chamber of commerce ; and in the ninth generation
a judge of the supreme court of a third New Eng-
land state.

The name has been variously spelt. Genealogical
records furnish not less than twenty-four variations,
most of them of course the offspring of illiteracy ;
one or two branches have adopted a fanciful termina-
tion, perhaps to make plausible the claim that it had
a Huguenot origin, but there is no good ground for
that ; the family came from the eastern counties of
England. The original immigrant wrote the name
Blogget, and that form prevailed for a century ; then
Blodget was adopted, and about a hundred years
ago Blodgett became the form followed by most of
the name, and it is interesting to find from the
"Visitations." i. e.. the Parish Records of Suffolk
and Norfolk, that this was the correct, and as far
as obser\-ed, the only English spelling, as far back
as 1561, long before the immigrant Thomas arrived
in Boston.

(I) Thomas Blodgett, the immigrant ancestor,
was born in England of an ancient and honored
family, in 1605. if his age was correctly given when
he sailed for America. He came in the ship "In-
crease." sailing April 18. 16,^5, with his wife Susan,
and children. Daniel, and Samuel, aforementioned.
The name is variously spelled in the early Massachu-
setts records Blodget. Blodgett, Bloyett, Blogget,
Bloghead, Bloget. VIoggitt. Bloged, Blokwod. Blog-
got and Blodgit. He was a glover by trade and
settled in Cambridge. Massachusetts, where he had
a grant of land March 6, 16.36-37. He died in 1641.
His will was dated August 10. 1640. and proved
July 8. followin.g, bequeathing to wife Susan and
three surviving children, named below. His widow
married. February i.^. 164,3-44, James Thompson, of
Woburn: she died February 10. 1660-61. His chil-
dren were: i. Daniel, subject of the ne.xt paragraph.
2. Samuel, mentioned at length in this article. 3.
Susanna, born in Cambridge. June, 1637, married
Jonathan Thompson, son of James Thompson, her
step-father. 4. Thomas, died August 7, 1639. i"
infancy.

CII) Daniel, eldest son and child of Thomas
and Susan Blod.gett. was born in England in'1631.
He was one of the original petitioners for the town
of Chelmsford and resided in that part of the town
which in 1729 was set off as Westford. His name
frequently appears in the early town records of
Chelmsford, and he died there June 28, 1672. Sep-
tember 13, 1653, he married Mary Butterfield. and

she died September 3, 1666. His second wife was
Sarah Underwood, daughter of William Underwood.
The children of his first union were : Thomas. Anna.
Daniel, Benjamin, Jonathan, Samuel and Nathaniel,
the last named of whom died March 10, 1669.

(III) Thomas, eldest son and child of Daniel
and Mary (Butterfield) )Blodgett, was born in
Chelmsford. June 25. 1654. He resided on what is
known as the Amos Heyvvood place, and died (prob-
ably) March 30, 1741. He was first married April
29, 1682, to Mary Parkis, born August 10, 1657,
dau.ghter of Joseph Parkis, of Chelmsford, and his
second wife, whom he married July 8, 1696, was
Marv Druse, of Groton, Massachusetts. His first
wife bore him Rebecca. Joseph and Benjamin, and
the children of his second union were John. Samuel,
Mary and Anne.

(IV) Joseph, second child and eldest son of
Thomas and Mary (Parkis) Blodgett, was born in
Chelmsford (West Parish), October 10, 1689.
About the year 1710 he went to Nottingham West
(now Hudson), New Hampshire, as a pioneer, and
for some years after settling there it was necessary
to be constantly on the alert for hostile savages.
The site of the old garrison which served to protect
him and his neighbors in times of danger is now
marked by a boulder suitably inscribed. His death
occurred! in Hudson, December 3. 1761. He mar-
ried Dorothy Perham, a woman of marked ability,
who was born July 9^ 1696, and died March 6, 1778.
They were the parents of eiglit children : Joseph,
Ebenezer, Jeremiah. Abigail. Dorothy, Rebecca, Jon-
athan and James. (N. B. Ebenezer and James Blod-
.gett were among the early settlers in Plymouth,
New Hampshire).

(V) Jeremiah, third son and child of Joseph
and Dorothy (Perham) Blodgett, was born in Hud-
son, July 20, 1721. In 1745 he was one of a de-
tachment of twenty men enrolled in the Colonial
service under the command of John Goff. Jr., to do
scouting duty between the Merrimack and Connecti-
cut rivers, and served six weeks from October 10
to December 2. His death occurred at Hudson in
1796. The maiden name of his wife was Miriam
Provender, and she died in !\Iay, 1800. Their chil-
dren were : Jeremiah, Ebenezer, Asahel, Hannah,
Sarah. Isaac and Beniah. Jeremiah, Ebenezer and
Asahel were Revolutionary soldiers.

(VI) Asahel, third son and child of Jeremiah
and Miriam (Provender) Blodgett, \yas born in
Hudson. June 19, 1755. In 1776 he enlisted in Cap-
tain William Walker's company of Colonel David
Gilman's regiment for three months' service in the
Continental army, and while on duty at Fishkill,
New York, was stricken with a fever, which neces-
sitated his being sent to Danbury, Connecticut,
where he was finally discharged. Returning home he
took charge of the farm, and cared for his parents
and inherited the property. He erected a new one-
story dwelling-house with a cellar under the entire
structure, which was at that time considered the
most pretentious residence in Hudson. In 180.=; he
sold his farm and the following year removed to
Dorchester, New Hampshire, where he died June 2,
1842. He was buried in the Blodgett cemetery, sit-
uated about one mile northwest of the town of Hud-
son. December 13, 1781. he married Catherine Pol-
lard, who was born June 16, 1761, daughter of
Ebenezer and Abigail Pollard. She died December
20. 1795. The children of this union were: Cath-
erine. Asahel. Ebenezer. Isaac. Sibyl. Lois and Caleb.
Mr. Blodgett was a second time married in 1796 or
1797 to Lois Pollard, born August iS. 1771, a sister
of his first wife. She bore him six chilclren : Ruius,

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Lucinda, Abner. Beniah. Jeremiah and Betsey, all of
whom Tvere born in Hudson except the youngest,
who was a native of Dorchester. Of his large fam-
ily of fourteen children the ages of ten of them
averaged nearly four score years, while three of
them died under thirty.

(VI I) Hon. Caleb, youngest son and child of
Asahel and Catherine (Pollard) Blodgett, was born
in Hudson, December 13, 179.3. Although a farmer
by occupation, he devoted much of his time to pub-
lic service, and was one of the prominent men of the
state in his day. He was selectman in Dorchester
for the years 1819 and 1822, and subsequently for
several terms. Represented Dorchester in the legis-
lature for the years 1823-24-25-26-29 and 30: and
was a member of the state senate from the Eleventh
district in 1833-34. I" May, i833. 'le was appointed
deputy sheriff, which necessitated his removal to
Canaan, and in 1836 was chosen sheriff of Grafton
county, retaining that office until 1840. when he ac-
cepted a reappointment as deputy and continued to
served in that capacity until 1S55. In Canaan he
served upon the board of selectmen in 183S-.S9-40-41
and 49 : represented that town in the lower house of
the legislature for the years 1S42-43; was one of
the road commissioners of Grafton county in 1841-
42, and a member of the governor's council in 1844-
45. He died in Canaan, October 20, 1872. fHe was
rnarried September 7, 1824. to Charlotte Piper, who
was born February 12, 1804. daughter of Noah and
Jane Piper, and she died in Canaan, February i,
1873. They were the parents of four children :
Catherine, born July 20, 1825. died young. Emily
R., born May 13, 1828, married Miles Jackson, and
died August 23, 1851, leaving one son, George Jack-
son. Caleb, born June 3, 1832. Isaac N., who will
be again referred to. Caleb Blodgett graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1856, became a lawyer and a
member of the firm of Boardman & Blodgett in Bos-
ton. In 1S82 he w^TS appointed a justice of the su-
perior court of Massachusetts by Governor Long ;
declined a seat upon the supreme bench in 1891 on
account of failing health ; resigned in September,
1900, and died in Canaan. December 11, 1901. De-
cember 14. 1865. he married Roxalana B. Martin,
daughter of Jesse and Emijy A. (Green) ^lartin,
and had one son.

(VIII) Chief Justice Isaac N., youngest child
of Hon. Caleb and Charlotte (Piper) Blodgett, was
born in Canaan, March 6, i8.s8. His educational op-
portunities were excellent and he prepared for the
legal profession in the office of Adam S. Marshall,
of Concord, where he was admitted to the bar in
December, i860. He inaugurated his practice in
Canaan, but in 1867 removed to Franklin, w'here he
was in partnership with the Hon. Austin F. Pike
until 1880, when he was elected to the bench of the
supreme court. In 1898 he was appointed chief jus-
tice and served in that capacity for four years, or
until July t. 1002, when he resigned. Judge Blodgett
was a member of the New Hampshire bouse of rep-
resentatives for the years 1871-73-74-78, and of the
senate in 1879-S0: was chairman of the Democratic
state committee in T876-77, and a member of the
constitutional conventions of 1876-87 and 1903: and
was elected mayor of Franklin on the Citizen's
ticket in T903-04, He was president of the Franklin
Savings Bank and vice-president of the Franklin
National Bank. Dartmouth College conferred upon
him the honorary de.gree of Master of Arts in 1870,
and that of Doctor of Laws in t90o. He was elected
an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa So-
cietv. Alpha, of New Hampshire (Dartmouth Col-
lege) in i88r. His death occurred in Franklin, No-

vember 27, 1905. May 24, 1861. Judge Blodgett mar-
ried Sarah Azubah Gerould. born in Alstead, April
1,3. 1839, daughter of Rev. Moses and (Tynthia
(Locke) Gerould (see Gerould). Judge Blodgett
left one daughter, Anna Geraldine, born in Canaan,
August 13, 1S62.

(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Blodgett, was born
in England, in 1633. He settled in Woburn, Mass-
achusetts. Married, December 13, 1655, Ruth Eggle-
den or Iggleden, of Boston. He died in Woburn,
July 3. 1687: his widow Ruth died October 14, 1703.
Children, born at Woburn: I. Ruth, born December
28, 1656. 2. Samuel, bern December 10, 1658. men-
tioned below. 3. Thomas, born February 26, 1661,
married. November ir, 1685. Rebecca Tidd. 4. Sus-
anna, married James Simonds. 5. Sarah, born Feb-
ruary 17. 1668. 6. Man.' (twin of Martha). 7.
Martha, born September 13, 1673. married Joseph
Winn.

(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Blod-
gett, was born in Woburn. December 10, 1658. He
married. April ,30, 16&3. Huldah Simonds, daughter
of William Simonds. He died November 5, 1743;
his widow March 14, 1745-46. He was deputy to the
general court and ensign in the Woburn military
company. Children, born at Woburn: i. Samuel.
December 21, 1683. 2. Daniel, March 24, T(58s, men-
tioned below. 3. William, January 11, 16S6-87. 4.
Huldah, February 9. 1688-89. 5- Caleb, November
IT, 1691. 6. Joshua, February 26, 1693-94, 7. Josiah,
March 27, 1696. 8. John, April 10, 1690. 9. Benja-
min. March 4, 1701. 10. Nathan, March 15, 1704.

(IV) Daniel, son of Samuel Blodgett, was born
in Woburn. Massachusetts, March 24, 1685 ; married.
April 4. 1709, Mary Mallett. He resided in Wo-
Inirn until 1719 and removed to Stafford. Connecti-
cut. Children: i. Daniel, born at Woburn, Jan-
uary 19, T710, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born at
Woliurn, July 23, 1711. Others born at Stafford,
Connecticut.

(V) Daniel, son of Daniel Blodgett, was born
in Woburn, Massachusetts, January 19, 1710, re-
moved when a child to Staft'ord, (Connecticut. He
married, November 16, 1732, Deborah Ellsworth, of
Stafford, wdio died March 3, 1793. He died February

24, 1793. Children, born at Stafford, were: John,
born August 16, 1733; Patience, died June 8, 1737:
Daniel, born October 13, 173S; Nathan, born October

25, 1741: Benjamin, born March 27, 1745: William,
born November 5, 1751; Mary.

(VI) Daniel, son of Daniel Blodgett, was born
in Stafford, Connecticut, October 13, 17,38. He was
a soldier in the Revolution in the Stafford company,
marching to Cambridge, April 19, 1775, on the Lex-
in,gton Call under Captain Zepbaniah Allen, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Stephen Moulton, with the rank of
-crgcant. He married, November 27, 17(10, Lydia
Rniiinson, of Stafford. Children : Daniel, Nathan,
.\bishai, Lydia, Ruliic, Phebe, Benjamin, Daniel
and Roxy.

(\TI) Nathan, second son of Daniel and Lydia
(Robinson) Blodgett, was born in Stafford, Connect-
icut. September 27. 1761, and died in Lebanon, New-
Hampshire, .\ugust 26, 1798. He 'married Ann.'i
Perry, of Lebanon, March 3, 1785. She died April

26, iS.^S, aged seventy-four years. Children: i.
Elias, ,born April 22, 1786; married Sally Dustin.
December 3, 1809; children — Orein, Mary Ann and
Sanford. 2. Sanford, born December 23, T7S7,
died February 22, 1805. 3. Seth, mentioned below.
4. .^bishai, born February 13. 1792, died July 17.
i8t7. 5. Amasa, born Februarv 27, 1704, died at
White Creek, New York. 6. Nathan, born 1796,
died at White Creek. 7. Roxanna, born March 31,

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1798, married. Jaininry i, 1826, John Shepherd, of
Canaan. New Hampshire, and died there.

(VIII) Scth. son of Nathan Blodgett, was
born in Lebanon. June 24. 1789, died December 13,
1867. He married (.hrst) Polly Holmes, of Camp-
ton, New Hampshire, March 20, 1814. She died
August 19, 1822. He married (second), February

11, 1824, Lydia Gould, who died January 14, 1894.
He had the homestead and was a farmer and dealer
in cattle, which he drove to the market at Boston.
In politics he was a Democrat. Children of Seth
and Polly Blodgett : i. Emeline, born November
20, 1816, died February 9, 1826. 2. George, men-
tioned below. 3. Nathan, born November I, 1819,
died July 21, 1854, at Washington, Ohio.

(IX) George, son of Seth Blodgett, was born in
Lebanon, December 22, 1817. and died there July

12, 1885. He married (first) Agnes Austin, of Tun-
bridge, Vermont, December 29, 1846. She died
February 3, 1854. He married (second), November

13, 1855, Delia M. (Cutting) Thompson. She was
daughter of Elias and Maria Cutting of Weathers-
field, Vermont, born May 11, 1824; she married
first, November 15, 1S44. Nathan M. Thompson at
Hanover, New Hampshire. He died August 2, 1854.
She married (second) George Blodgett, as above
stated, and she is yet living in Lebanon, New
Hampshire, at the age of eighty-three years. George
Blodgett was a farmer at Lebanon, New Hampshire,
and a dealer in real estate in that section. He was
a man of much force of character and business abil-
ity, and accumulated a competence. He was trus-
tee of the Lebanon Bank many years. In politics
he was a Democrat. Children of George and Agnes
Blodgett: i. Emeline Marion, born March 7,
1850, died October 19, 1865. Children of George and
Delia C. Blodgett : born at Lebanon : Nellie Maria,
bom February i, 1857, resides at Lebanon, is ac-
tive in church and social affairs. Annie Bell, born
December 10, i860, married, September 17. 1884,
Amos W. Gee, a merchant of Lebanon, and they
have two children: Myra Blodgett Gee, born Feb-
ruary 17, 1888, died September 21, 1889; George
Blodgett Gee, horn June 6, 1891.

The first person of this occupative sur-
COOK name took it from his vocation. Persons

of this name w'ere among the early set-
tlers of New England. The lapse of time and
faulty records make it impossible to trace many
branches to the early ancestors.

(I) Benjamin Franklin Cook, was born in Hart-
ford. Connecticut, November 29, 1793, and died in
Leamington, Vermont, .August 23, 1843. He was a
farmer. .-Mter his marriage he removed to New-
Hampshire, where he coi-\ducted a cotton mill for
some years. He married Betsey Lucas, who was
born February 25, 1801, and died in Leamington,

March 20, 1857. Her father, Lucas, was a

hotel keeper in Groton. New Hampshire, and died
September 10, 1820. The children of this marriage
were: Betsey Jane. John, Benjamin Lucas. David
Hardy. Charles and Sarah Hardy. (Mention of
David H. and descendants appears in this article.)

(II) John, second son and fourth child of Ben-
jamin F. and Betsy (Lucas) Cook, was born in
Leamington, Vermont. 1823, and died in 1893. He
was a farmer and resided in Leamington until 1868,
wdien he removed to Columbia, where he continued
to reside until his death. He was a Democrat, and
was elected to various town offices and served a
term in the legislature. He married February 16,
1851. Roxanna Legro, who was born in 1833, and
died March 20, 1905, daughter of David Legro. Four

■children were born to them : Mary J., deceased ; Ella
S., wife of William Lyman, of (Columbia, New
Hamp.shire ; Benjamin F., who is mentioned below;
John C, deceased.

(Ill) Benjamin Franklin, third child and eldest
of the two sons of John and Roxanna (Legro)
Cook, was born in Leamington, Vermont, April I,
1859. He grew up on his father's farm and made
the cultivation of the soil his chief occupation until
1902, when he removed to Colebrook, New Hamp-
shire. Soon after his removal he formed a partner-
ship with D. M. Hapgood, under the firm name of
Cook & Hapgood, and since that time has been ern-
ployed in the grain business. While in Columbia
he held various town oftices and represented the
town in the legislature in 1889. He married, in
Columbia, November 3, 18S0. Carrie B. Hammond,
who was born in Columbia, August 9, i860, daugh-
ter of George and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Hammond.
They have two children : Vera D.. who married
Durand M. Hapgood. of Colebrook ; and Eva L.,
who lives with her parents. Mrs. Hapgood has one
child. Dorris E.

(II) David Hardy Cook, fourth child and third
son of Benjamin F. and Betsey (Lucas) Cook, was
1iorn in Bloomfield, Vermont. July 27, 1S34, and died
at Colebrook, New Hampshire, February 22, 1907.
His life Avas spent on his father's farm until he was
twenty years of age, when he went to Lawrence,
Massachusetts, where he entered the Washington
Mills, eventually rising to the position of foreman
of the shawl department. In i860, soon after his
marriage, he removed to Leamington, Vermont,
where he purchased a farm, taking his father and
mother, who were in impoverished circumstances,
and caring for them as long as they lived. In 1S68
be removed to Columbia, New Ham|)shire where he
lived on a farm until 1903, when he went to Cole-
lirook to live with his son. Dr. E. A. Cook. In pol-
itics he was a Republican, and while a resident of
Leamington, represented that town in the legislature
two successive terms. During his residence in Co-
lumbia he was active in town affairs and for many
years was a member of the board of selectmen, and
represented it in the general court in 1880. He was
an honored member of Excelsior Lodge, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, from its organization
up to a short time before his death, and held all
tlie important offices in it, being for twenty consec-
utive terms its treasurer. He was a just and hon-
orable man and highly respected by those who
knew him. He married, in Lawrence, Massachu-
setts, i860. Sarah L. Willoughby. who was born in

Lawrence, daughter of .Amos and (Lucas)

Willoughby. of Lawrence. Mr. Willoughby was born
in Groton. New- Hampshire, in iSoi. and died, in
Lawrence. Massachusetts, in 1874. His wife was
horn in Rumney, New Hampshire, in 1806. and
(lied in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1876. She was
a sister of Betsev Lucas, who married Benjamin
Cook,

,(Iin Edwin A. Cook. M. D.. only child of
David H. and Sarah L. (Willoughby) Cook, was
liorn in Columbia. New Hamnshire, October 20, 1S70.
He was educated in the public schools of Leaming-
ton. Vermont, and the .Academy at Colebrook. New
Hampshire, and from the latter school went to Balti-
more, w-here he completed his medical studies and
received the degree of M. D. from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in .April. 1802. Innnedi-
ateiy afterward he opened an office in Colebrook
where he has since established a successful and con-
.stantly growing practice. He is a prominent mem-
ber of the Coos County Medical .Society, and has

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prepared and read various interesting papers at its
meetings. He is a member of Excelsior Lodge. No.
73, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which
he is a past grand ; and of Colebrook Lodge, No.
35, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past
chancellor. He married October lo, 1904, Maude
A. (Hnrlbert) Hammond, who was born in Clarks-
ville. New Hampshire. 1881, daug'hter of Oilman
and Amanda Hurlbert, and widow of Guy S. Ham-
mond, of Colebrook. They have one child, David
Hurlbert, who was born in Colebrook, September
18, 1905.

•A famllv of Huguenots of this name
AMEN removed from France to Switzerland,
where descendants still reside. Some
have held high public offices in recent years, one of
them filling the presidency of Cantons, the highest
office in the gift of the people of Switzerland.
Durst Ammen entertained opinions on matters of
religion and politics that were incompatible with
those of the higher powers in Switzerland, and he
removed to America about 1750. His descendants,
Ammen and Amen by name, have resided princi-
pally in Virginia and Ohio. Admiral Daniel Ammen
and General Jacob Ammen are representatives of
the Virginia and Ohio family.

Harlan Page, son of Daniel and Sarah Jane
(Barber) Amen, was born at Sinking Springs. High-
land county. Ohio, April 14, 185.3. .He received his
earlv education in the schools of Sinking Springs and
in the high school at Portsmouth, Ohioi His edu-
cation beyond that afforded bv the common schools
was dependent entirely upon his own efforts ; while
a pupil at the Portsmouth high school he supported
himself by working as a stock boy and as a book-
keeper in a wholesale and retail bookstore. After
leaving the high school, he was employed as a clerk
in a bookstore for two years, during which time he
devoted all his spare moments to study, thereby
gaining- the good will and encouragement of in-
fluential persons, among whom were his former
school principal at Portsmouth, Ohio, and the phys-
ican of his native town. In 1872 he entered Phillips
Academy at Exeter. New Hampshire, with only
thirty-five dollars in his pQcket, and supported him-
self there by various forms of work, including pri-
vate tutoring, which enabled him not only to meet
his expenses promptly, but also to lay up something
for future needs. In his senior year at Exeter he
won the Gordon scholarship amounting to one
hundred and twenty dollars, the second largest prize
then existing in the school, gaining it in close com-
petition with William DeWitt Hyde, now president
nf Rowdoin College, who was his room-mate at the
academy and in college. He graduated from Phil-
lips-Exeter in 1S75, and the same year entered Har-
vard University with honors, where he w-on a schol-
arship in each year of his course. In 1S79 h<^ grad-
uated with the degree of A. B., and went to Pough-
keepsie. New York, where he taught the classics,
m.athcniatics. and English in the Riverview Academy
until 1882; he in that year became associated with
Otis and Joseph B. Bisbec, in the management of the
business affairs of the academy, and continued to
teach Latin and Greek. During the sixteen years,
1879-05. the attendance at Riverview. which prior
to 1880 had been constantly decreasing, increased
from forty-one to one hundred and eighty-four
pupils. During the Inst ten years of Mr. Amen's
connection with the school, that is between 1885 and
1S95, Otis Bisbee having died in the former year,
Mr. .\men and Joseph B. Bisbee were equal prin-
cipals and proprietors. In the latter year ^Ir. .^men

became principal of Phillips-Exeter Academy and
professor of Latin, and has since filled that position.
His administration has been highly successful, and
the academy continues to sustain the rank that has
elicited from most competent judges unstinted praise
of its work.

In 1886 Mr. .►Kmen received from Williams Col-
lege the honorary degree of A. M. In 188S he was
elected an honorary member of the American Whig
Society of Princeton L^niversity. He is a member
of the Harvard Twilight and University clubs, of
New York; the .A.ppalachian Mountain, University,
Twentieth Century, and New Hampshire clubs of
Boston; the American ArcliKological Institute; the
American Philological Society ; the American His-
torical Association ; the New England Association
of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, of wdiose ex-
ecutive committee he was a member from i8g6 to
1006, and of which he was vice-president, 1904-06,
and president 1906-08; he was also for many years
member of the executive committee of the Head-
Masters' Association of the United States ; member
and officer of various educational and civic organi-
zations. He was president in 1900 of the Harvard
Teachers' Association ; president the same year of
the New Hampshire Association of Academic Teach-
ers ! and was made an associate member of the New
Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati in 1905. He has
been a member of the Presbyterian Church since
1880, and in 1890 was ordained an elder in that
church. He is a trustee of various funds and prop-
erties, including the Phillips Exeter Academy, the
Joseph C. Hilliard Estate, the Exeter Cottage Hos-
pital, the Pious L'se Fund of the Second Parish,
etc. He holds other important fiduciary positions.
In 1892 Mr. Amen spent four months on a trip
abroad, visiting the public schools of England,
Rugby, Eton, Harrow, Winchester, St, Paul's, Chel-
tenham, Charterhouse, and others, as well as a num-
ber of the leading secondary schools of Germany and
France. He visited Europe again in 1900. spending
the greater part of the time in the mountainous
sections of Bavaria, Germany, Switzerland, and
Northern Italy.

He married, in Whitinsville, ^Massachusetts.
.•\pril 5, 1882, Mary B. Rawson, who was born in
Whitinsville, July 24. 1858, daughter of George
Warren and Susan E. Rawson. Four children have
been born to them ; Margaret Rawson, Elizabeth
Wheeler, Rachel Perne and John Harlan.

The Maxfields are of English de-
MAXFIELD scent and the first of the name in

America was John Ma.xfield, who
was assessed in Salisbury, Massachusetts, for the
first time in 1652, purchased the right to commonage
there in 1692 and died suddenly December 10, 1703.
The christian name of his wife was Elizabeth, and
he was the father of eight children. Although the
posterity of the Salisbury settler is quite numerous
there seems to be no available source from which
to glean the necessary information even for a brief
summary of their family history.

(I) Ma.xfield, a descendant nf the above-
mentioned John, was a prosperous farmer of Gilman-
ton. New Hampshire, residing in that part of the
town which is nov/ Belmont. He married and was
the father of Arthur Livermore Maxfield. late of
.■\shuelot. and the grandfather of Samuel Willis-
ton Maxfield, of that town.

(II) Arthur Livermore, son of ■ Maxfield,

was born in Gilmanton, August 31, 1818. When
sixteen years old he left the homestead farm and
went to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he obtained

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employment in the cotton mill of the Boott Corpora-
tion, beginning in the hnmble capacity of a bobbin
boy and advancing in the short space of ten years
to the position of an overseer. About the year 1844
he went to Hallowell, Maine, as overseer of a cotton
factory, but after remaining there a few months ac-
cepted a similar position at Chicopee Falls, Massa-
chusetts, and during his ten years' stay in that town
was the first expert in America to instruct Irish
girls in the art of weaving. Going to Holyoke,
Massachusetts, he occupied the position of paymaster
at the Hampden Mills for the succeeding decade,
and at its conclusion organized the company and
erected the Holyoke Warp Mills, with which he was
identified for a number of years. From Holyoke
he went to West Swanzey as superintendent bf the
Stratton Mills, and while there introduced the manu-
facture of cotton warp. He subsequently organized
the Ashuelot Warp Company, placed' it in success-
ful operation and directed its aflfairs with ability
for the remainder of his life, which terminated in
Ashuelot, August 24, 1890. He married Orissa An-
derson and had a family of nine children, namely:
Mary Anna, Orissa (who died in early childhood),
George A., Ella, Sadie B.. Susan _M., Samuel W.,
Fred G., and another child who died in infancy.

(HI) Samuel Williston, seventh child and eldest
son of Arthur L. and Orissa (Anderson) Maxfield.
was born in Holyoke. May 14, 1859. He attended
the public schools of Holyoke, West Swanzey, and
Ashuelot, and concluded his studies at the Saxtons
River (Vermont) Academy. His training for active
life was directed by his father in the Ashuelot Warp
Mills, where he rose to a position of responsibility
and trust, and he is at the present time a leading
spirit in the management of that enterprise, which is
one of the most important industrial establishments
in that town. Mr. Maxfield is a prime factor in the
local Republican party organization, being a mem-
ber of the Republican town committee and has been
supervisor of the check-list. Mr. Maxfield is and
has been for several years associate justice of the
police court of Winchester. He affiliates with the
Masonic Order and the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks. On November 18, 1905, he married Vera
Alice Wilkins, of Ludlow. Vermont. She is the
daughter of Franklin M. Wilkins. and her mother
was before marriage Cordelia E. Cobleigh.

This name has been written Hutch-
HUCKINS ins, Huckins, Huckens and Huggins,

the first being the common form,
though it is probable that all are more or less in-
terchangeable. Thomas Huckins, the first American
ancestor bearing the name, was born in 1617, and
came to Boston or its vicinity before he was twenty-
one. He was one of the twenty-three original mem-
bers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com-
pany chartered in 1638, and in 1639 bore its standard,
a distinguished honor in those days. A few years
later he moved to Barnstable, where he was con-
stable in 16^6 and for many years afterward; on the
board of selectmen for eight years between 1668 and
167S ; and deputy to the colony court eight times
between 1669 and 1678. He held many other town
and colonial offices, and on October 4. 1675, was ap-
pointed commissary general of the colony, and had
the sole management of procuring the supplies and
forwarding them to the soldiers engaged in the In-
dian war. He owned a wharf, and was one of the
partners that hired the Cape Cod fisheries. He held
a large amount of real estate, was a member of Mr.
Lothrop's Church, and seems to have been a man
of prominence and standing in every way. Thomas

Huckins was twice married, his first wife being
Mary, daughter of Isaac Wells, of Barnstable, to
whom he was united in 1642. She bore three
daughters. Lydia, Mary and Elizabeth, and died July
28. 1648, On November 3 of that year, Thomas
Huckins married the Widow Rosa Hyllier, of Yar-
mouth, who bore him four children: John, Thomas,
Hannah and Joseph. Thomas Huckins and his son
Joseph perished in a gale November 9, 1679, the
former being in his sixty-second year, and the latter
aged twenty-four.

Another early Huckins. who may or may not have
been related to the Barnstable family, was James
Huckins. of Durham, New Hampshire, whose father
was named Robert, who was constable in 1683, had
an eldest son Robert, and was killed by the Indians
in August, 1689. Still another New Hampshire
Huckins was Robert, who was in Dover in 1649, and
had an only son named James. There is little doubt
that the following line, owing to the similarity of
Christian names, is descended from one of the
three families just mentionel, but there is a gap in
the earlv records.

(I) Deacon James Huckins, son of Robert Huck-
ins. was born October 14, 1746. He lived at Barn-
stead. New Hampshire, then at Gilmanton. and final-
ly at New Hampton, where he died in 1838, at the
age of ninety-two. The name of his wife is un-
known : but among their children was Robert, whose
sketch follows.

(II) Robert, son of Deacon James Huckins. was
horn May 25, 1775, and lived most of 'his life in
New Hampton, New Hampshire, where he was a
prosperous farmer and accumulated quite a prop-
erty for that time, leaving an estate valued at three
thousand dollars. He was twice married and had
seventeen children in all, fourteen by the first and
three by the second marriage. Robert Huckins's
first wife was Deborah Gordon, born December 17,
1781. who died February 28, 1819. aged thirty-seven
years. They had fourteen children: Rebecca, Abi-
gail M.. Eliphalet, Jonathan, Thomas, James, Nancy,
Susan, Polly, Jonathan G.. Henry, Deborah. Stephen
P. and Orlando. It is probable that several of these
children died in infancy. The second wife of Rob-
ert Huckins was Abigail Mudgett, and they had three
children: Orlando, Stephen and Deborah. Robert
Huckins died at New Hampton, January 10, 1843,
in his sixty-eighth year.

(III) James (2). fourth son and second child of
Robert and Deborah (Gordon) Huckins. was born
March 29, 1807, in New Hampton. New Hampshire,.
He was a successful farmer in his native town, and
also carried on the shoemaker's trade. Between
1834 and 1840 he moved his shop to Holderness, now
y\shland, this state, where he continued the shoe-
maker's business up to the time of his death. He
w-as one of the first Free-Soilers in Whig times, and
was representative to the New Hampshire legislature
in 1848 and 1849. On October 27, 1831 James (2)
Huckins married Louisa Plaisted, who was bom
January 12. 1809, at New Hampton. They had two
children : Cordelia M. and James Ford, whose
sketch follows. James (2) Huckins died January
22, 1886, at Ashland, aged seventy-nine years, and
his wife died July 16, 1878, at .Ashland, aged sixty-
nine years.

(IV) James Ford, only son and second child of
James (2) and Louisa (Plaisted) Huckins, was born
.\ugust 13. 1840. in Holderness now Ashland, New
Hampshire. He was educated in the schools of his
native town, and was afterwards employed by^ his
father in the shoemaker's shop, where he remained
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with Wliite & Warner in ,the manufacture of wool-
ens at Asliland. He tlien formed a partnership with
F. L. Hughes, under the finn name of Hughes &
Huckins, dealers in general merchandise at Ashland.
This partnership continued till January i, 1S87, when
Mr. Huckins was retired from active business for
five )-ears. In 1892 he established a corporation
store in Ashland under the firm name of the Ash-
land Mercantile Association, of which he was man-
ager and treasurer for nine years. Since that time
he has relinquished active business duties. Mr.
Huckins is a Republican in politics, and was select-
man in 1888-89, and county commissioner from 1894
to 1900. He is a member of Mount Prospect Lodge.
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Ashland ; of
Pemigewasset Chapter. Plymouth; and of Eastern
Star, .'Ashland. In 1864, James Ford Huckins mar-
ried in Ashland, Mary Sewall Smith, daughter of
Sew-all and Mary (Goss) Smith, of Meredith. She
was born in Meredith Upper Village, now Meredith,
November 18, 1844. They have two sons : Frank
Sewall, and Harry Shepard. Frank Sewall Huckins.
born August 28, 1865, at Ashland, married June 6,
1900, Bessie Canney, daughter of John and Alice-
(Pennirnan) Canney. He is now postmaster of
Ashland, and a member of JNIount Prospect Lodge,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Harry Shep-
ard Huckins, born August 30, 1S70 at Ashland, mar-
ried August 6. 1902, to Mina A. Worthen. daughter
of Warren and Grace Worthen, who was born April
7, 1S78. They have one child, Reginald W., born
June 16, 1906. Harry S. Huckins is treasurer cf the
Draper-Maynard Company, of Plymouth, New
Hampshire, and a member of Mount Prospect Lodge,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

The first now discoverable of this
HUCKIXS line was Miles Huckins, w-ho was

born in 1794 in Freedom, New
Hampshire. The names of his parents cannot be
discovered in the vital statistics of the state, and
no member of the family has yet been found who
can supply them. Tradition states that they renioved
from Lee to Freedom, and there can be little doubt
that this family belongs to the old Durham family of
the name hereinbefore mentioned. He and his
wife cleared the land in the wilderness in Freedom,
and participated in all the hardships and dangers of
pioneer life. On one occasion while the Indians
threatened the house, which was a garrison, they
were frightened away by the rapid firing of gims
bv the few persons constituting the family. Miles
Huckins was a farmer and cooper, and died Oc-
tober 9. 1866, in Freedom, at the age of seventy-tw-o
years. He was twice married. No record appears
of his first marriage, but the fainily tradition gives
the maiden name of bis wife as Oilman. He was
married (second) February 2, 1832, in North Effing-
ham, by W. Cushing, justice of the peace, to Betsey
Runnels of that town. He had three sons and a
daughter: Ann, the eldest, married David Judd, of
Freedom, and now resides in Manchester, a widow.
The sons were : Simon. Lorenzo and Joseph. The
second resides in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the
third in Freedom.

(II) Simon, son of Miles and (Gilman)

Huckins, was bom December, 1823, in Freedom, and
grew up in his native town. His education was lim-
ited, and from the age of twelve years he supported
himself by his own efforts. He worked on the farms
and learned the carpenter's trade, and early in life
w-cnt to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he had
charge of the repairs of the .'\moskeag Corporation.
.•\t the age of forty-five years he returned to Free-

dom and settled on a farm and engaged quite ex-
tensively in lumbering. At the time of his death in
January, 1893. he w-as the owner of more than two
thousand acres of land, most of which is in the town
of Freedom. He was a Universalist in religious
faith and affiliated with the Masonic fraternity in
Manchester. He did not care for any part in public
affairs, and attended assiduously to his own business
and earned a handsome property by his diligence
and prudent rnanagement. He was married to Cor-
delia Noble, w-ho was born in 1826, daughter of Na-
than and Amelia (Jordan) Noble. Her father was
a teacher, merchant and farmer. Simon Huckins
and w-ife were the parents of five sons and two
daughters. Mehitable died at eight years of age.
Gilbert Noble, is a farmer, residing in Freedom.
Ada B.. is the wife of E. A. Thurston of Free-
dom. Simon O., receives further mention below.
Charles Surnner is a resident of Boston, Massachus-
etts. Eddie Lincoln, died at three years of age.
Edwin, resides on the paternal homestead in Free-
dom.

(Ill) Simon Osgood, third son and fourtli child
of Simon and Cordelia (Noble) Huckins, was born
November 15, 1855. in Freedom, where he grew to
manhood. In addition to the privileges afforded by
the public schools of Freedom, he fittended two
terms of high school at Porter village, and at the
age of eighteen years left the schoolroom to engage
in the practical concerns of life. Before entering
the high school he was a teacher, and taught several
winter terms of school, occupying the intervening
summers with work upon the farm. For the period
of fifteen years he operated an express between
Freedom and Centerville, and also from West Os-
sipec to Tamworth. About 1892 he began lumbering
on the Saco river, and since that time has given
his attention chiefly to this line of industry. His
method of operation was to purchase land and cut
off the timber, which he sold sometimes in bulk
and at other times he sawed on contract. During
the last year he has been the ow-ner of a portable
steam mill and has engaged quite extensively in
converting logs into merchantable lumber. His
principal markets are at Rochester. New Hampshire,
and Providence, Rhode Island. Durin.g the last three
years he has produced about four million feet of
lumber per annum. For some time he has been
engaged in the conduct of a general store at Center-
ville. or Center -Ossipee Station, and in 1906 he
bought and rebuilt the store on the west side of the
railroad track, in which he maintains his lumbering
office. It is now the finest mercantile building in the
village or town, and is occupied by a superior stock
of merchandise. His residence lies beween the
village of Center Ossipee and the station, occupying
a commanding position and is surroimded by suit-
able farm buildings. It is located on a tract of twen-
ty-five acres, and here Mr. Huckins engages in farm-
ing in a small -ivay. He was made a Mason in
Freedom as a member of Ossipee Valley Lodge,
No. 74, and now affiliates w"ith Carroll Chapter, No.
23, Royal Arch Masons of Wolfboro. During his
residence in Freedoin he was the senior deacon of
his lodge. Mr. Huckins has given very little time to
political affairs, but is an earnest Republican, and
while a resident of Freedom served the town as se-
lectman. He was married March 6, 1881. to Nellie
Jane Haririon, who was liorn in Freedom, a daugh-
ter of Charles P. and Annette (Moulton) Harmon.
They are the parents of two sons, Ernest Charles
and .Mbert Osgood. The former is his father's as-
sistant in his office. He was married in March. 1904,
to Jane Tnpliff Merrow, of Freedom, daughter of

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Edward T. and Nancy T. (Barker) Mcrrow, of that
town. He has one daughter, Beatrice.

Mason has been a distinguished name
MASON in New England from the early settle-
ment of the country, and no generation
since then has been without leading citizens of this
cognomen. There arc several unrelated families of
this name.

(I) Samuel Mason married Hannah Neal. and
lived at Stratham. Their children were: Daniel
and Nicholas. The latter died in France in 1783.

(H) Daniel, son of Samuel and Hannah (Neal)
j\Iason, was one of the petitioners of Rye. requesting
the general court to appoint "Samuel Jenness for a
magistrate," January 20. 1784. The tax of Daniel
Mason about 1776-78 was i2, los ; and in 1782 his
rate was I2, 17s, 7d. He died Octobei; 30, 1834,
aged ninety-two years. He married, April 30, 1775.
Elizabeth Norton, daughter of Witliam and Ruha-
mah (Wells) Norton, of Rye, and probably a grand-
daughter of Bonus Norton, the immigrant, who set-
tled near Hampton causeway, and died in 17 18. The
children of this union were : Samuel, Daniel, Nich-
olas, Ruhamah, and Robert.

(HI) Daniel (2) was the second son and child
of Daniel (i) and Elizabeth (Norton) Mason. Dan-
iel Mason was a private in Captain Jonathan Wedg-
wood's alarm list company, raised March 8, 1S13.
He was a farmer and cordwainer. He moved to
Portsmouth about 1823, and there resided the rest of
his life. In religious faith he was a Baptist. He
died in 1849. He married April 7, 1807, Mercy Rand,
who was born in Rye, March 26, 1788, and died March
30, 1869, daughter of Stephen (2) and Sarah (Fogg)
Rand. Stephen (2) Rand, born September 12. 1759,
was the only child of Stephen (i) and Mercy
(Palmer) Rand, of Hampton. Stephen (l) died in
1759, on his way home from the French War. Their
eleven children were : Elizabeth, i\Iary. Caroline,
Emily. Maria, Sarah Ann, Daniel, Woodbury. Nich-
olas, Rufus, and Clarissa.

(IV) Daniel, first son and seventh child of Daniel
(2) and Mercy (Rand) Mason, was born in Rye,
September 30, 1821. He remained with his father
tmtil he was fourteen years old, and then learned
the carpenter's trade, and worked at that until
1856. He spent ten years. 1845 to 1855. in George
Raynes' shipyard, where he was employed in the
model room. In 1854 he with George W. Pendexter
formed the finn of Pendexter & Mason, and carried
on saw milling and the preparation of mantels, brack-
ets and the like for housebuilding; and many of the
brackets now in the houses of the city are the prod-
ucts of that mill. In 1869 the mill burned and the
firm dissolved, then he built a mill and conducted
the same business alone, when he sold as above in
1899. being then seventy-eight years old. In 1899
he con'itructed for himself a residence and outbuild-
ings which are of very superior style of architecture,
on Middle street.

Mr. Mason is a Democrat, but has never paid
much attention to politics, and never considered po-
litical office-holding as advantageous to his business.
Once during the fifties he held the office of select-
man one year. He is one of the oldest Odd Fellows
in tlie state. He joined Siloam Lodge. No. 2, of
Boston. September 28. 1843. and later became a
charter member of Piscatqua Lodge. No. 6. of
Portsmouth, and afterwards Strawberry Bank En-
campment. No. 3, and Canton Center, No. 9, and
Union Rcbekah Lodge, No. 31. in all of which he
is a member- in good standing. The Masonic so-
cieties of which he is a member are as follows :

St. Andrews Lodge. No. 56, Free and .-Xccepted
Masons : Washington Royal Arch Chapter. Xo. 3 ;
Davenport Council. No. 5. Royal and Select Masters ;
DcWitt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar;
the Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection ; Grand
Council, Princes of Jerusalem, New Hampshire
Chapter of Rose Croix, and Edward A. Raymond
Consistory, Thirty-second degree. Sublime Princes
of the Royal Secret. He is also a member of Damon
Lodge, No. 9, Knights of Pythias.

He married (first). April 7, 1844. Augusta Man-
son, who was born May 15, 1821, and died January
22. 1873. aged seventy-three years, daughter of
Theodore and Mary (Hill) Manson, of Portsmouth;
(second), November 4, 1874, Anne L. Snow, who
was born in Winterport. lilaine, March 26, 1845,
daughter of Reuben and Louisa (Lowell) Snow, also
of XVinterport, Maine. The children by the first
wife are : i. Hartley W. 2. Gustavus W. 3. Hol-
lis W. 4. Onsville W. 5. Theresa A. Gustavus
served in the navy during the Civil war, was injured
in the service, and is now in a hospital in Massa-
chusetts. Hollis died young. Theresa A. is a
trained nurse, and resides in Buffalo, New York.

(V) Hartley Mason, eldest child of Daniel and
.•\ugusta (Manson) Mason, was born in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. December 3, 1844. and educated in
the common and high schools of Portsmouth. He
was in the drygoods business in Portsmouth, and
now resides there. He married Annie Townsend,
of Portsmouth, and they have four children: i.
Harry, a resident of Rye. 2. Ethel, a trained nurse.
3. Tufton, an attorney in New York City. 4. Rita,
married a Newick, of Portsmouth.

There is ample record that sev-
THOAIPSON eral of this name were among our

earliest seventeenth century set-
tlers. Sir William Thompson, of England, was the
owner of property about Boston, and his coat-of-
arms has come down through manj- generations of
James Thompson's descendants, but patient research
has failed to establish the exact connection between
the English and American houses. Edward Thomp-
son came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620: John, his
brother, came over from England in 1643 : Archi-
bald Thompson settled in Marblehcad in 1637; Ed-
ward Thompson settled in Salem in 1637 ; Dr. Ben-
jamin Thompson settled in Braintree and was town
clerk in 1696, and left at his death eight children
and twenty-eight grandchildren.

(I) James Thompson was atnong the original
settlers of Woburn, Massachusetts, and settled in
that part of the town which is now known as North
Woburn. He came in Winthrop's great company,
in 16.SO. and probably first settled in Cbarlestown.
He was born in 1593, in England, and was accom-
panied on his journey by his w'ife Elizabeth and three
sons and one daugliter. He was then thirty-seven
years of age. and tradition has it that he was one
of the party who landed at Salem. Massachusetts, in
the early part of June, 1630. His coat-of-arms is
identified with that of Sir William Thompson, a
London knight, and it is probable that he came from
the family. With his wife Elizabeth, James Thomp-
son -was admitted to membership in the First Qiurch
of Cbarlestown, Au.gust 31. 1633. In the following
December he was admitted as a freeman of the tow'n.
In December. 1640. he was one of the thirty-two
men who subscribed to the noted town orders for
Woburn. He was among the few adventurers who
early pushed their way into this wilderness region.
Charlestow-n Village was incorporated in 1642, under
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was in memory of the ancient town of that name
in Bedfordshire, England, whence some of the emi-
grants probably came. James Thompson was chosen
a member of the first board of selectmen, and con-
tinued to serve the town in that office nearly twenty
years with brief intervals. In 1650 he was the com-
missioner to carry the votes for town officers to Cam-
bridge. The exact location of his residence cannot
be positively stated, but it is probable that it was
near the junction of Elm street and Traverse. It
appears by the records that he was an extensive
land owner for that time. It is probable that he
disposed of most of his property before his death,
as his will makes no reference to real estate. His
first wife Elizabeth died November 13, 1643, and he
was married (second) February 15, 1644, to Susanna
Blodgett, widow of Thomas Blodgett, of Cambridge.
She died February 10, 1661. He survived his second
wife about twenty-one years, and died in Woburn,
1682. His children were: James, Simon. Olive,
Jonathon, and possibly another daughter. (Extended
mention of Jonathan and descendants forms part of
this article.)

(II) Simon, second son and child of James and
Elizabeth Thompson, was a native of England, but
there is no record of his birth. With his father he
came to Charlestown and subsequently to Woburn,
and became a freeman of that town in 1648. After
a residence there of several years he became a pur-
chaser with others from that town and Concord, of
the territory which is now the town of Chelmsford.
He was one of the seven men who held a meeting
in that town to arrange for some form of local
government. It is the tradition that he became the
first town clerk. They made prompt arrangements
for the settlement of a minister. Within three years
after the completion of the organization of the town
he died, in May, 1658. He was married December
19, 1643, in Woburn, to Mary Converse. She was a
daughter of Edward Converse, one of the foremost
men of that town. His widow was married February
I, 1659, to John Sheldon of Billerica. Simon's chil-
dren were : John, Sarah, James, Man,', Ann and
Rebecca.

(III) James (2), second son and third child of
Simon and Mary (Converse) Thompson, was born
March 20, 1649, in Woburn, -and was the only son of
his father who lived to reach manhood. After his
father's death he lived to the age of twenty years
with his uncle, Samuel Converse, in the south part
of Woburn (now Winchester), and assisted in the
care of the mill, built by his grandfather, Edward
Converse. James Thompson was married (first)
January 27, 1674, to Hannah Walker, who died
February 4, 16S6. He was married (second) April
13. 1687, to Abigail Gardner of Charlestown, who
survived him and married Deacon Edward John-
son. James Thompson died September 14, 1693.
He made no will. His property was assigned by
the court in 1700. to his widow and five sons and
the only daughter then living. The children of the
first wife were : Hannah, Joshua, James and Eben-
ezer, and of the second wife, Richard, Abigail and
Simon.

(IV) Joshua, eldest son and second child of
Lieutenant James and Hannah (Walker) Thomp-
son, was born September 15, 1677, in Woburn, and
settled in that part of the town which became Wil-
mington in 1730. He was admitted a member of the
church in that place in 1742. He with others of the
name was somewhat prominent in the affairs of
the town. On March 2, 1731, he was elected "Clerk
of the Market," an officer whose business seems to
have been to aid in regulating the prices of labor

and goods. He died July 10, 1760. He was married
May 6, 1702, t'o Martha Dayle, who died June 3, 1749.
Their children were : Joshua, Hannah, Martha, Rob-
ert. James. Ebenezer, Esther, Abigail. Phcebe, Jacob
and Hezekiah.

(V) Robert, second son and fourth child of
Joshua and Martha (Dayle) Thompson, was born in
what is now Wilmington, probably about 1708. Early
in life he settled in Windham, New Hampshire,
where his descendants were long numerous and
active efficient citizens. Two of his sons were sol-
diers in the French and Indian war, and three or
four of them were soldiers of the Revolution. He
died October 31, 1756. No record of his marriage
or of his wife's name appears, but it is evident that
he had children : Robert, Andrew, Samuel, James,
Jonathan and William, and it is strongly probable
that there was another son who figures in this ar-
ticle, named Benjamin. While it is known that Ben-
jamin was the 'son of Robert, it has been impos-
sible to definitely locate that Robert so that there
may be no dispute as to the connection. (Mention
of James and Jonathan and descendants appears in
this article.)

(VI) Robert (2), eldest child of Robert (l)
Thompson, resided in Londonderry, New Hampshire,
and was a member of the board of selectmen of that
town in 1782. He was a soldier of the Revolution,
and was an elder of the Presbyterian Church, which
proves him to have been a man of standing and
character in the town. The maiden name of his
wife Margaret is not discovered, but she is described
as "a genteel woman." They 'were the parents of
nine children, namely: Robert, Jenny, John, Smith,
Thomas, James, William, Betsy, and Peggy. The
sons seem to have been of an adventurous spirit,
and all except James made trips to South Caro-
lina. The eldest died in his thirty-first year on the
passage home from California in 1794.

(VII) Thomas fourth son and fifth child of
Robert (2) and Margaret Thompson, was bom
November 13. 1772, in Londonderry, and died in 1863,
in Durham, where he spent most of his life. He
learned the trade of a tailor in his early life, and
and after completing his apprenticeship followed this
occupation until 1816, after which he devoted his
time to agricultural pursuits. He was a deacon in
the Christian Baptist Church and frequently preached.
He w-as known far and wide in the southern part
of New Hampshire for his eccentricities in dress
and manner. He married Betsy Thomas, who died
in 1879, having been the mother of six children,
namely: Alfred S., Nathaniel E., Clark D., William
H. J., George W. and Jacob B.

(VIII) Jacob, youngest child of Thomas and
Betsey (Thomas) Thompson, was born in the town
of Durham, New Hampshire, April 18, 1818, where
he resided over sixty years. He was a farmer by
occupation, thrifty and prosperous, and active in
town affairs, having served three terms as select-
man and represented Durham in the general assem-
bly of the state. He married Ann Carr Stilson, a
daughter of William and Nancy (Chapman) Stil-
son. of Durham, 1S39, and by whom he had three
children : He died at Concord, New Hampshire,
March iS. 1S86. Children: True William, of whom
particular mention is made in succeeding paragraph ;
John Webster, born August i, 1847, died July 11,
1849; Sarah R., born November 13, 1851, married
first Charles C. Edgerly. and married second, Frank
O. Brown ; one child. Annina C. Edgerly, born 187S,
died 1896.

(IX) True William, eldest son and child of Ja-
cob and Ann Carr (Stilson) Thompson, was bom

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in Durham, New Hampshire, August 15, 1841, and
spent his young life on his father's fann. He was
edwicatcd in the common schools and Cartland Acad-
emy at Lee, New Hampshire, graduating from that
institution in 1862. He taught school six or seven
years, and in 187J took up the study of law in the
office of Charles H, Smith, of Newmarket, hut did
not present himself as a candidate for admission to
the bar. Instead he turned his attention to news-
paper work, and for the next thirty years was one
of the most active journalists in the state. During
a part of this period as well as at present he was
connected with the Associated Press. The duties
of his position necessitating considerable travel at
times, which diversion was entirely acceptable to
him. helping to restore his physical health, which
had become seriously impaired in former years by
study and overwork, compelling him to abandon the
profession of law for more active 'pursuits.

In May, 1882, Judge Thompson went to Laconia
to become city editor of the Belknap Daily Tocsin,
which was the first daily paper established in La-
conia and then was under the ownership of Hackett
Brothers. In the course of about a year the office
was destroyed by fire, but in later years the judge
was in some active way connected with every news-
paper published in the city and also acted as local
correspondent for the Boston Globe and the Man-
chester Union. More recently, however, newspaper
work has been made only an occasional diversion,
and his attention is devoted principally to the duties
of the public offices he has been elected to fill. On
May II, 1S97, he was appointed by Governor Rams-
dell associate justice of the Laconia police court,
which office he still holds, and at the biennial elec-
tion in 1898 was elected register of probate for
Belknap county, and has been re-elected at the end
of each succeeding term. In politics he is a Repub-
lican of undoubted quality, and for several years
after the incorporation of the city was president of
the Republican Club of ward four of Laconia.

In speaking of Judge Thompson's qualities as a
newspaper man, public officer and citizen a recent
writer said: "During all the years of his extensive
literary work he has served the public with consci-
entious fidelity. No journalist ever had great re-
spect for private right than he. He never rudely
trespassed upon purely personal matters to gratify
a depraved appetite for scandal or sensation, al-
ways workin.g along a line of legitimate journalism,
incurring the respect and confidence of the people.
Nothing was ever contributed by his pen to poison
and inflame the public mind ; on the contrary his
new'spaper work has ever been clean and praise-
worthy. Judge Thompson is a liberal, fair-minded,
companionable, and unselfish. His purpose as a man
and judge is to do ri.a"ht. While his judgments are
all tempered with mercy, no real offender can hope
to escape.''

Judge Thompson has been married twice. His
first wife, with whom be married June i. 1864. was
Clara F. Jenkins. Iiorn July 18. 1847, and died .April
g. 1872, daughter of John Jenkins of Lee, New
Hampshire. Two children were Ijorn of this mar-
riage : Pliny E. Thompson, born July .3, 1865, died.
Providence. Rhode I-^land. .April r6, igo2. married
Myrtle Langley, of Durham, New Hampshire; and
Clara F. 'I'hompson, born April it, 1867, married
Frank E. Gaylord. of Boston. His second wife,
whom he married June 17. 1875. was Laura E. Lord,
of Lebanon, Maine, and by whom he has one daugh-
ter. Bessie C. Thompson, born July 25. 1878: mar-
ried (fir<t), Ernest Caroenter. and (second). Heman
Goodwin, both of Rochester, New Hampshire,
iv— 7,3

(\"I) James (2). fourth son and child of Rob-
ert Thompson,* was born about 17.16, in Windham.
New Hampshire and resided in that town, where
he died Decemljcr 8, 1776, in his fortieth year. His
wife's name was Elizabeth and their children were:
Jonathan, John. Nannie and Elizabeth.

(VII) Jolm, second son and child of James (2)
and Elizabeth Thompson, was born March 7, 1768,
in Windham, and resided for a time in Chester. New
Hampshire. His father died near the close of his
eighth year, and it was probable that he was sub.se-
quently bound nut to some farmer. The family
tradition states that he was a resident of Chester
aliout the year 1780, when that region was in a
state of turmoil on account of the war then being
waged between the mother country and her American
colonies, and more especially on account of the In-
dian depredations being constantly committed m that
unprotected region of the independent jurisdiction
of Vermont. Of the family life of John Thompson,
little is now known by his descendants except that
be settled in Chester and lived with his wife and
children in a log cabin.

(VIII) Arvin, son of John Thompson, of Qiester,
was born in that town June 17, 1813, and married
Elizabeth Leland, who was born in May, iSio. and
a descendant of an old family of New- England, and
whose name is still well known throughout the east-
ern states. Soon after marriage Arvin Thompson took
his young wife to Grafton, Massachusetts, and there
dwelt in prosperity and contentment for many years.
Full sixty-two years of married life was their lot,
and they died. Alvin. on December 25, 1896, and Eliz-
abeth, on December iS, 1897. Their children were:
Sarah E., Susan A., John A., Caroline A., Albert I.,
Gregory S.. and Charles W., whose sketch follows.

(IX) Charles William, son of Arvin and Eliza-
beth (Leland) Thompson, was born in the city of
Worcester, Massachusetts, January 20, 1850, and
went to school until be was about eighteen years
old. He early acquired a taste for music, and de-
voted his energies to its cultivation until he became
a thoroughly proficient instructor, a quality which
served a good purpose in later years. While living
in Worcester he secured a situation with a whole-
sale drug house and continued in that employment
nine years, and then went to Washington, D. C.
in the capacity of instructor of music. On March
26. 1S91, he received an appointment as statistician
in the service of the government, and in connection
w'ith the duties of that position visited and travelled
in every state in the federal Union except three,
and of his own accord and pleasure also made ex-
tensive travels in Mexico. In 1904 Mr. Thompson
retired from the arduous duties of his position to en-
joy the comforts of home and the associations of
family life, which were impossible while traveling
about the country: but even in comparative retire-
ment his time has been well spent, for in Hillsbor-
ough he is proprietor of a photographic studio, in
active lousiness, and also devotes considerable atten-
tion to lecturing with the aid of stereopticon views.
In this special field he enjoys celebrity in Hills-
borou.gh and the adjoining counties.

On February 23. 1891. Charles. William Thomp-
son jnarried Ennna Frances Chase of Hillsborough.
New Ilamp-^hire. She was born July 7, 1859,
daughter of Dr. Israel P. and Frances S. (Vose)
Cha.se (see Chase IV). and by whom he has one
child. Elizabeth, liorn November 4. i8g.^.

(VI) Jonathan Thompson, fifth son of Robert
Thonipson, married Elizalieth. dau,ghter of .'\lex-
ander Ricbcy and resided in that part of Windhnm.
New Ham|>shirc called "The Range." His children

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were five in nuinber: Hannah, William Richey,
Elizabeth, Wary and James.

(VII) James Thompson fifth child and third
son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Richey) Thompson
was born June 8. 1790 in Windham and died in Sfer-
rimack, December 25, 1S52. He went to Litchfield
when young, and atjout 1822 went to Merrimack,
where he passed the rest of his life, engaged in
farming, lumbering and boating on the Merrimack.
He was a Democrat and member of the Congrega-
tional Church.

He married, 1S22, Priscilla Woods of Merrimack,
died August, iSoo. Their children were Sophia R.,
James. Nancy J.. Peter Woods. Luther Woods, Clar-
issa Kendall. Emeline L., Lucinda A., Henry H.,
Jonathan J. and Elizabeth P.

(Vlin James Thompson, second child and eld-
est son of James and Priscilla (Woods) Thompson,
was born in Merrimack, October 22, 1826. He at-
tended school till fourteen years of age. As a boy
he worked at wage earning in the brick yards of his
native town. At the age of nineteen, following the
death of his father, he went to Bow and entered
the business of lumbering at which he continued for
almo.st si.xty years, being the greater part of the time
as at his death one of the largest operators in south-
ern New Hampshire. In those days there were no
portable steam mills and his first method was raft-
nig down the I^Ierrimack to the Lowell market. La-
ter the "drive" was substituted for the raft, and then
the portable mill. For many years previous to his
death he averaged four or five of these in operation
at once, but he never owned a mill himself.

After his marriage he established a home upon a
farm in Bow near the "Bog" where he lived until
1S71, when he purchased the old Head tavern farm
in Hookset, which was his home for the remainder
of his life. This farm is one of the longest and best
in the town, but farming with him was always in-
cidental to his lumbering operations. It was always
his policy when possible, to buy the land with the
growth rather than the growth itself, as has been
done by so many of his competitiors. And he seldom
sold the land after the timber was removed.

Thus at the time of his death he was the owner
of about 8.000 acres of woodland with growth in all
its stages. At various times in his business career
he had associated with him- in the lumber business
Nathan Parker, of Merrimack, David and John M.
Parker, of Goft'stown, Jesse Gault, of Hooksett, John
H. Sullivan, of Suncook, and Oilman Clough, of
JNIanchester.

In the year before the railroads began the use
of coal for the engines, cordwood was a principal
feature of his business, and he furnished thousands
of cords yearly to the railroads and brick yards. He
rendered much service as an expert judge, of the
value of woodland, being the referee on hundreds
of fire claims as to which the parties failed to agree
or in other controversies. His services were also iu
demand as an appraiser of wooden properties, and
he was one of the principal witnesses as to the value
of the section through which the Manchester and
IMilford railroad was projected when the contest
was over the charter.

When a boy in Merrimack he became fascinated
with the business of catching pigeons, then plentiful
in this section. He followed the business more ex-
tensively after removing to Bow and then for about
fifteen years begiiming in the sixties he caught
pigeons for about three months in each year, being
one of the largest shippers in the markets in all
the large cities. Pie followed the birds steadily to
the far west, until they became extinct, buying most

largely from the catchers of whom there were often
five hundred in a party.

While a resident of Bow he served the town four
term^ as representative and two years as selectman.
He was again elected to the latter office but declined
to serve, as he felt he could not spare from his
business the time and attention the duties required,
and never afterwards could he be persuaded to be-
come a candidate for office, though constantly in-
terested in public affairs. The only position in
a corporation that he ever consented to accept was in
the directorate of the old Manchester and North
Weare railroad, now the New Boston branch.

While living in Bow. Mr. Thompson became a
member of the Methodist Church but upon his re-
moval he transferred his membership to the Congre-
gational Church, The pnly secret organization he
ever joined was Hooksett Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry.

Mr. Thompson died of ulcer of the stomach which
became acute about six weeks before his death, but
his remarkably strong constitution and energy en-
abled him to keep about with undiminished activity
until two days before his death, although he was
past seventy-eight years old.

He was a man of untiring activity and tremen-
dous energy. He possessed splendid judgment and
the ability to decide quickly. These qualities made
him very successful in business, and enabled him to
leave a large and valuable estate. He was a practi-
cal Christian and his many unheralded acts of
kindness will be long remembered by his employes
and poorer neighbors.

He married November 11, 1852. Susannah Maria
Colby, daughter of Reuben Colby, of Bow, who
died in Hooksett, 1S97.

Though they had no children the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson was a favorite resort, and often
a temporary home of the children of his relations,
who enjoyed the beautiful surroundings of this
spot. For several years there resided with him his
nephew, James Thompson, his principal heir, and
his niece, Lizzie Thompson, until her marriage to
Fred W. Morse of Suncook.

(VIII) Henry H. Thompson, ninth child and
fourth son of James and Priscilla (Woods) Thomp-
son, born in Merrimack, February i, 1841, and died
in Hooksett, September 18, 1883, was educated in the
public schools of his native town, and grew up to
be a farmer. To this occupation he later added
lumbering. He removed to Hooksett in 1871 and was
ever afterwards a resident there. He was a member
of the Congregational Church and voted the Republi-
can ticket. He was a believer in the beneficiaries
of secret societies, and was a member of Jewell
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hooksett.
He livecl a consistent Christian life and had many
warm friends among his neighbors.

He married April 26, 1866. Betsey .\nn Colby,
of Bow, daughter of Amos Colby, died February 18,
1892 in Hooksett. Thev had three children, Eliza-
beth E., wife of Fred D. !Morse, Anna L. deceased,
and James.

(IX) James Thompson, third child and only son
of Henry H. and Betsey Ann (Colby) Thompson was
born in Hooksett July 29, 1874. He was educated
in the public schools of Hooksett and Manchester
Business College.

He and his sister Elizabeth were favorites of their
uncle James Thompson, at whose home they lived for
years before his death, and there James Thompson
now resides, for at his death James Thompson, first,
left his nephew among other things the farm which

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had long been his homestead. He carries on the bus-
iness of farming and is also engaged in the lumber-
ing business.

He attends the Congregational Church, votes a
Republican ticket and is deeply interested in ques-
tions of public welfare, but has no taste for active
politics or desire for office. Being a thorough busi-
ness man with large interests to look after, he leaves
political matters to others. He is one of the largest
land holders in southern New Hampshire and a
representative man. He is a member of Jewell
Lodge, No. 94, Free and Accepted Masons; has taken
the Scottish Rite degrees, and is a member of the
M\-?tic Shrine ; of the Amoskeag Veterans, and
of Hooksett Grange, No. 48, Patrons of Husbandry.

(H) Jonathan, youngest son of James Thomp-
son, was born in England, probably about 1630, and
was married November 28. 1655, to Susanna Blod-
gett, of Cambridge, a daughter of his father's second
wife, and bearing the same name. There is good
reason for believing that he lived in the house built
by his father, near the junction of Elm and Trav-
erse street, traces of which some of the oldest
citizens of North Woburn still remember. It is
probable that his father lived with him in his old
age and bequeathed to the son his homestead. Not
much is know of the personal history of Jonathan.
From the town records it is learned that he was one
of three teachers of schools and the first male
teacher ever employed under the authority of the
town. This was from 1673-75. I" the year last
named, he and his good wife shared the responsibility
and labor, "he to tech biger children, and she to tech
leser children," the two to receive one sovereign
between them for their services. In subsequent yars
he served as constable of the town, and still later
as town sexton. He died October 20. 1691, and his
wife February 6. 1698. Their children were Susan-
nah. Jonathan. James (died young), James. Sarah,
Simon and Ebcnezer. (Mention of Simon and
descendants forms part of this article.)

(III) Jonathan (2), eldest son and second child
of Jonathan (l) Thompson, was born September 28,
1663, and is believed to have lived in the house
already designated as the probable home of his fa-
ther and grandfather in North Woburn. He was one
of the town "tything men." He was also on a com-
mittee in 1728 to go to the great and general court
and give the reasons why the petition of Goshen, or
that part of Woburn which subsequently became
Wilmington, should not be granted. He was also,
in the same year, one of a committee of nine "to
goe to the Reverend M. Fox to see if they can
make things easier with him." He married Frances
Whitmore. a daughter of Francis Whitmore of Cam-
bridge. His death is supposed to have occurred in
174S. His children were Jonathan, Hannah, Joseph,
James, Susannah. Ebenezer, Mary, Samuel, Patience.
Esther, Jabez, and Daniel.

(IV) Samuel, fifth son and eight child of Jon-
athan (2) and Frances (Whitmore) Thompson, was
born September 8, 1705, in what is now North Wo-
burn. About 1730, probably, he built the house on
North Elm street. North Woburn, which has been
the home of six generations of Thompsons. It is
not now occupied by people of the name. He was
largely engaged in getting out ship timber for his
brothers, w-ho were ship builders in Medfield. While
unloading timber in the spring of 1748 he received
a severe injury which was followed by a fever re-
sulting in his death. May 13, 1748, while in his forty-
third year. His wife, Ruth Wright, was a daughter
of Joseph Wright, and a great granddaughter of
Captain John Carter, one of the first settlers of

Woburn. They were married December 31, 1730,
and she survived him more than twenty-seven years,
dying October 3. 1775. Their children were: Sam-
uel, Daniel, Ruth, Abijah, Mary, Phoebe, Lois and
Jonathan.

(V) Mary, second daughter and fifth child of
Samuel and Ruth (Wright) Thompson, was born
^lay 24, 1741, and became the wife of Benjamin
Thompson. (See Thompson V.)

(III) Simon, fourth son and sixth child of Jon-
athan (i) and Su.sanna (Blodgett) Thompson, was
born June 16. 1673. in Woburn, and lived in Woburn
precinct. On March 8, 1700, the selectmen made a
contract w'ith him to "ring the bell, sweep the meet--
ing house, see to shut the casings and doors as neat
requires." He died December 12, 1736. He was
married December 12. 1700, to .^nna (or Hannah)
Butterfield. Their children were : Hannah, Simon,
Lydia and Elizabeth.

(IV) Simon (2). only son of Simons (l) and
Anna (Butterfield) Thompson, was born April 4,
1706. in Woburn, and lived for a number of years in
Woburn precinct, where his children were bom
It is probable that he removed to Kingston. No rec-
ord of him appears in Woburn after the birth of his
children. He was married October 26, 1732, to
Martha Wright, who survived him and passed her
last days in Woburn. dying July 4, 1783. Their
children were: Elizabeth, Benjamin, William and
Isaac.

(V) Benjamin, eldest son and second child of
Simon (2) and Martha (Wright) Thompson, was
born December 20, 1735, in Woburn, and resided in
Kingston, New Hampshire. He was there married
in 1759, to Mary Thompson, daughter of Samuel
and Ruth (Wright) Thompson, who was born May
24. 1741. (See Thompson IX.) She survived him
and in 17S0, became the wife of George Jackman,
who was born October 28, 1735. and was the first
town clerk of Boscawen, New Hampshire. The chil-
dren of Benjamin and Mary Thompson were:
Benjamin, Moses, James, Mary, Robert, Sarah and
Betsey. Benjamin Thompson served in the Revo-
lutionary war, and never returned from that service.

(VI) Robert, fourth son and fifth child of Ben-
jamin and Mary (Thompson) Thompson, w'as bom
September 12, 1774, and died 1803. in Warner, New
Hampshire. His wife, Judith Noyes, was born Octo-
ber 15, 1777, in Bow. daughter of Benjamin and
Hannah (Thompson) Noyes (see Noyes, VI).

(VII) Mary, daughter of Robert and Judith
(Noyes) Thompson, w-as born December 4. 1799, in
Bow, and became the wife of Jeremiah Hall Wilkins
(see Wilkins, VI).

There is ample record that several
THOMPSON of this name were among our

earliest seventeenth century set-
tlers. Sir William Thompson, of England, was the
owner of property about Boston, and his coat of
arms has come down through many generations of
James Thompson's descendants, but patient re-
search has failed to establish the exact connection
between the English and American houses. Edward
Thompson came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620;
John, his brother, came over from England in 1643 ;
Archibald Thompson settled in Marblehead in 1637;
Edward Thompson settled in Salem in 1637 : Dr.
Benjamin Thompson settled in Braintree and was
town clerk in 1696, and left at his death eight chil-
dren and twenty-ci^ht grandchildren.

James Thompson came from England in Win-
throp's Great Company, consisting of fifteen hundred
people, in 1630. He was born in England, 1593. and

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died in Wolnirn, Massachusetts, 1682. He settled
in Charlestown, Massachusetts, removing to Wo-
burn in 1642. He was among the first settlers of
Woburn, and was the founder of one nf the most
numerous and best known families of Thompsons in
America. It was this branch of Thompsons which
gave to the world the famous Benjamin, afterwards
Count Rumford, born in North Woburn, Alarch 26,
1753, died at Paris. France. August 21, 1814. As a
scientist, statesman and political economist. Count
Rumford was one of the most remarkable men this
country has produced. Europe w-as the scene of
his career, but America can claim the honor of his
birth and earlv training. According to the best ob-
tainable authority James was the grandfather of
Benjamin, James and Robert Thmopson. In this
sketch the line be.gins with Benjamin and Robert.

(I) Benjamin Thompson was born in 1712. He
lived in Kingston, New Hampshire, and later moved
to New Chester, now Hill. New Hampshire. His
wife's maiden name is unknown. They had three
children who lived to mature years : Hannah, born
December 2, 1744, married Benjamin Noyes, of Bow,
New Hampshire, August 18, 1763, and died No-
vember 2, 1S28; they had fourteen children. Mary,
married her cousin. Benjamin Thompson, and had
six children. William, married and settled in Deer-
field. New Hampshire.

(II) Benjamin Thompson, son of Robert
Thompson, was a soldier in the Revolution, served
one year, was severely wounded and died on his way
home. He married his cousin, Mary Thompson, as
aforementioned, second child and younger daughter
of Benjamin Thompson (i).

(HI) Robert (2) Thompson, son of Benjamin
and Mary ( Thompson) Thompson, was born Sep-
tember 12. 1774. Married. April 11, I7gq. his cousin,
Judith Noyes. of Bow, daughter of Benjamin (2)
and Hannah (Thompson) Noyes. He died suddenly
of colic, Septeml)er 12, 1802. leaving two children':
Robert, of whom later; and Mary, married J. H.
Wilkins, of Peml)roke, New Hampshire, and had
fourteen children.

(IV) Robert (3) Thompson, only son and
younger child of Robert (2) and Judith (Noyes)
Thompson, was born April 24, 1803, at Bow, New
Hampshire. His father died the same year and
Robert lived with his Grandmother Noyes in Bow
until the marriage of his sister to J. H. Wilkins, of
Suncook, New Hampshire. In 1818 he became an
inmate of his sister's home, served as clerk in Mr.
Wilkins' store, and later a partner, this connection
continuin,g until 1825. After serving a few months
at Salisbury. New Hampshire, in the store of John
White. Mr. Thompson came to Warner and engaged
in business for himself at the "Old Kelley stand."
so-called, the store being in a hotel building. After
this was totally destroyed by fire in T828, Mr. Thomp-
son moved to what is now the principal village of
Warner, where he spent most of his life and con-
ducted a successful mercantile business for about
sixty years. ' He was a paymaster in the New Hamp-
shire militia, commissioned as such by Governor
David Lawrence Morril, August 19, 1S24. He was
moderator of the town meeting eight years, select-
man four years, representative three terms, and town
clerk seven years. He was president of the hoard of
trustees of the Simonds Free High School Fund
from its beginning to his death, twenty-two years,
was president, of the Pine Grove Cemetery Associa-
tion twenty-six years, and justice of the' peace for
more than fifty years. Mr. Thompson was not a
church member, but was a constant attendant and

supporter of the Congregational Church and society
for seventy years.

Robert Thompson married (first) Sarah B. or
Sally Lyman, daughter of Dr. Henry and Sarah C.
(Bartlett) Lyman, of Warner, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Sarah B. Thompson was born in 1808. and died
December 25. 1833, without children. He married
(second) Susan Bartlett, daughter of Joseph and
Susannah (Davis) Bartlett, of Warner, and first
cousin of his first wife. Mrs. Susan (Bartlett)
Thompson was born January 8, 1808. was married
January 20, 1835, and died November 25, 1849. leav-
ing five children: Sarah Lyman, born November ig,
1835; Rhoda Bartlett, born January 7, 1838; Mary
Wilkins, born November 6, 1839. married Frank L.
Martin, a wealthy farmer of Bradford. New Hamp-
shire, May 31, 1866, and has had three children:
Robert Henry, born August 18, 1842. deceased ; and
Arthur, born June 24, 1844, now living in Warner,
New Hampshire. l\lr. Thompson married (third).
1851. Eunice T., daug'hter of Stephen George, of
Salisbury, New Hampshire, with whom he lived
thirty-six years until her decease in 1S87. Robert
Thompson died in Warner, April 15. 1892.

B)' his first two marriages Robert Thompson be-
came connected with one of the old and prominent
New England families, the Bartletts. A brief gen-
ealogy is here given :

(I) Richard Bartlett came to Newbury, Mass-
achusetts, -in 1635 ; he died May 25. 1O47. His
brother John came over inthe ship "Mary and John"
in 1634, and was one of the first settlers of New-
bury. Richard left four children, three sons and a
daughter.

(II) Richard Bartlett, Jr.. eldest child of Rich-
ard Bartlett (i), -was born in 1621. He married

Abigail , who died March i. 16S7. Richard.

Jr.. lived at Bartlett's Corner, just above the chain
bridge at Newburyport. He was four years repre-
sentative to the Massachusetts legislature, and died
in i6g8, aged seventy-seven years. He had seven
children, four sons and three daughters.

(HI) Richard Bartlett, second of the seven
children of Richard, Jr., and Abigail Bartlett. was
born February 21, 1649. He married Hannah
Emery, of Newbury. Massachusetts, November 18,
1678. They had ten Children, of whom the eldest
and the youngest were daughters.

(IV) Stephen Bartlett, eighth of the ten chil-
dren of Richard and Hannah (Emery) Bartlett, was
born April 21, 1691. He married Hannah Webster.
of Salisbury, whose father was "wealthy in landed
property." He w'as a shoemaker and acquired
money. He built a large house near Amesbury
Ferry. Massachusetts, where he reared a family of
si.x children, all sons but the youngest. Later in
life he bought a farm in the northwest part of Ames-
bury on which he built a house, leaving the farm
near the ferry to his eldest son, Stephen Bartlett.

(V) Simeon Bartlett. third son and child of
Stephen and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett, was born
June 17. 1737. He inherited his father's farm, now-
occupied (1875) by the Amesbury, Massachusetts,
almshouse. He was an ardent patriot like his
brother. Dr. Josiah Bartlett, of Kingston, New
Hampshire, afterwards president of the state, also
governor, and the third signer of the Declaration of
Independence. Simeon Bartlett was chairman of
the New Hampshire Committee of Safety during
the Revolution, and was one of the sixty-three ori-
ginal proprietors of the township of '\^'arner. New-
Hampshire. His second wife was Hannah Herbert,
sister of Lieutenant Richard Herbert, of Concord.

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Xcw Hampshire. They had nine children, four
sons and five daughters.

( \'l ) Joseph Bartlett, one of the nine cliildren
of Simeon and Hannah (Herbert) Bartlett, was
born at Aniesbury, Massachusetts, in 1757, died Feb-
ruary 5, 1829, aged seventy-two. In 1784 he went to
Warner, New Hampshire, and began clearing the
lot of land given him by his father. After disposing
of his farn{ he engaged in trade at Warner Lowxr
\'illage for about thirty years, and among other pur-
suits he manufactured potash. He was also a school
teacher, town clerk, selectman, representative to the
New Hampshire legislature and justice of the peace
for nearly forty years. He married, December 28,
1790, Susannah Davis, born March 18, 1768, at Hop-
kinton. New Hampshire, died October 26, 1826, aged
fiftj'-eight years. They had ten children, six sons
and four daughters. He died in 1829, aged seventy-
two years, and was buried near the site of the -old
First Oiurch in Warner.

(VH) Susan B. Bartlett, youngest daughter and
eighth child of Joseph and Susannah (Davis) Bart-
lett, became the second wife of Robert Thompson,
q. V.

(VI) Simeon Bartlett, brother of Joseph Bart-
lett. and one of the nine children of Simeon and
Hannah (Herbert) Bartlett, was a substantial
farmer in Warner. His only child, Sarah C, married
Dr. Henry Lyman, of Warner, and their only child,
Sarah B. Lyman, became the first wife of Robert
Thompson, q. v.

(V) Arthur Thompson, second son and young-
est child of the five children of Robert and Susan B.
( Bartlett) Thompson, was born in Warner, New
Hampshire, June 24, 1844. He was educated in the
public schools of Warner and at Pembroke Academy.
He was graduated from Heiuiiker Academy in May,
T862. He studied medicine with Drs. Gage and
Hildreth at Concord, New Hampshire, for a few
months, and then enlisted in the Eleventh Regiment.
New Hampshire Infantry, and served three years.
He was on detached service over two years as chief
■clerk in the quartermaster's department at the head-
quarters of four different divisions of the Ninth
Army Corps. He was under special detail by order
of General U. S. Grant from October, 1864. until the
close of the war. He was at headquarters of the
•defences of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and moved
into Petersburg, Virginia, on the day of 'its capture.
He was chief clerk of the quartermaster's depot
there until June. 1865, wdien he returned home. He
lacked fourteen days of twenty-one years of age at
the end of his three years of service.

On May 12, 1898. he was commissioned by Presi-
dent McKinley as captain and assistant quarter-
master of United States Volunteers. He was or-
<lered by the secretary of war to report to Major-
Gencral John R. Brooke at Chickamauga. By Gen-
eral Brooke he was assigned as chief quartermaster
of the Second Division, First Amiy Corps. He
served as such until July 16. when Colonel J. G. C.
Lee. assistant quartermaster-general of United
States army, assigned him to take charge of the
great military depot at Chickamauga. He remained
there until November 16, having in charge millions
of dollars worth of government property. As dis-
bursing officer he had check accounts with the as-
sistant treasury at New York. Cincinnati and the
United States depository at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Captain Thompson had on hand over ten thousand
horses and mules at one time.

On November 16, 1898, Captain Thompson was
ordered by the secretary of war to report to the
quartermaster-general at Washington for duty in

the newly established transport service. He was
assigned to take charge of the Sherman, then being
refitted at Philadelphia. After several weeks of
service on the Sherman he was ordered to New
■^'ork to take charge of the sister transport, the
Sheridan. These two ships were the largest in the
government service. On January I, 1899, he was
ordered by telegram from the secretary of war to
take charge of the transport Hartford, afterwards
the Terry, and to proceed at once to Havana. Cuba.
He stayed there, making trips to various points on
the island, until April, when he was ordered north.
He was given two months, before his final dis-
charge May 31, to settle accounts with the various
government departments. These accounts involved
money and property to the amount of several millions
of dollars. Later he received certificates from the
United States Treasury, the quartermaster-general,
the commissary general, the signal department and
the ordnance department that his accounts were all
correct.

While in charge of the transport Terry, Captain
Thompson entertained on that ship many distin-
guished people, taking them to different places on
the island. Among them were General A. R. Chaf-
fee, wife and daughter; General Humphrey, now
quartermaster-general of the United States army ;
General Ernst, now of the Panama canal ; General
Breckenridge, then inspector general of the United
States army, and many others. On a trip from
Havana to Mariel, Captain Thoinpson had as guests
the brother of President McKinley, his wife and
daughter, with a large party of distinguished civilians
and oflficers.

Mr. Thompson was in mercantile business in
Warner and Sycamore, Illinois : Booneboro and
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1865 to 1885. In 1881 he
engaged in the business of fruit evaporating and later
in the manufacture of evaporators. He continued
in this business until 1899 and sold evaporators in
many states. He operated plants in Warner, New
Hampshire. Orange Court House. Virginia, Ker-
nersville. North Carolina, and Fayetteville. Arkansas.
In 1899, on returning from the army, Captain
Thompson rebuilt a block built by him in 1S83, and
leased by him to the Patrons of Husbandry for sev-
eral years as a hall, into a summer hotel called the
Colonial Inn. It contains fifty rooms, and has had
continuously successful summer seasons with the
owner as landlord.

In 1902 Captain Thompson was elected delegate
to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention.
He was chosen to offer the amendment to the Con-
stitution, striking out the word "Male," that thereby
men and women might have equal suffrage. The
Convention voted to submit the proposed amend-
ment to the people, but the time being not yet ripe,
it failed at tlie polls. .'Kt the invitation of the Na-
tional and State officers of the Suffrage Association,
Captain Thompson spoke in favor of equal suffrage
at Hillsboro, Alcredith, Ashland, Rumney, Warren,
Haverhill. Whitefield and several other places ; also
by invitation he addressed the Massachusetts State
Woman's Suffrage Association in the Park Street
Church, Boston, in 1903. and the New Hampshire
Woman's Suffrage .Association at their annual meet-
ing in !Milford, New Hampshire, in 1904. .At the
dedication of the soldiers' monument in Warner.
July 2, 1902, Captain Thompson was president of
the day, making the opening address and introducing
the many distinguished speakers, among whom were
United States Senator Gallinger and former Sena-
tor William E. Chandler. On this monument Cap-
tain Thompson's name appears twice as a veteran of

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two wars. He has held various school offices, has
been moderator several times in town meetings,
supervisor, selectman and justice of the peace for
twenty-five years. He attends the Congregational
Church at Warner and is a member of the society
of that church. He is a member of Harris Lodge,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Warner, and
has been secretary of that lodge. He is a member
of Robert Campbell Post, Grand Army of the Re-
public.

Arthur Thompson married, October 14, 1867, at
Sycamore, Illinois, Caroline Beckler, of Syracuse,
New York. She was educated in the public and
private schools of Syracuse. On the death of her
mother, Mary (Knipp) Beckler, daughter of Fred-
erick Knipp, of Syracuse, in 1866, she went to Syca-
more, Illinois, to live with her uncle. Her father,
John Beckler. born in Marburg, Hesse-Cassel. Ger-
many, 1797, was a musician, and came to America in
1824. He lived in Syracuse, New York, until his
death in 1877, aged eighty years. He served seven
yeajs in the army before coming to America. He
was a son of John Beckler, and grandson of Dr.
Frederick Beckler, a celebrated physician of Stras-
burg. France.

The children of Arthur and Caroline (Beckler)
Thompson are: Caroline E., born April 11, 1870, at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was educated in the district
schools and the Simonds free high school at Warner;
she married Frederick N. Shepard, of Boston, where
they now live ; he conducts a livery business. Robert,
born August 21, 1873, ^t Warner. New Hampshire,
was educated in the district schools and graduated
from the Simonds free high school in 1890; he
studied medicine and attended lectures at Dart-
mouth College and at Baltimore, ^Maryland. He
was graduated from the Baltimore Medical College
in 1895, was registered as a physician in New Hamp-
shire and has practiced in Walpole, Sutton and
Warner.

(Second Family.)
The Thompson family is very nu-
THOMPSON merous both in England and
America, and this branch is ap-
parently unconnected w'ith any of those whose his-
tory has been traced for this work. It has con-
tributed to New Hampshire ■some of its best citizens.

(I) John Thompson, born in the north of
Wales in the year 1616. was but six years, of age
when he came w'ith a company of immigrants to
Plymouth. Massachusetts. The "good sliip Ann." in
which they sailed brought over the third embark-
ation from England, and reached this country early
in May, 1622. John Thompson learned the carpen-
ter's trade, and tradition says that he built the
first framed meeting-house at Plymouth, Massachu-
setts. He afterwards lived in Sandwich, Massachu-
setts, and was a farmer, then moved to that part of
Plymouth which is now Halifax. He subsequently
built a log house in Middleborough, w-hcre he lived
till the Indians burned the house. At the time of
these attacks he w-as commissioned lieutenant com-
mander, and had general charge of the forts and
garrisons. In 1677 he built a frame house near
where the log cabin stood, and made a garrison of
it. This house descended to the fifth generation of
Thompsons, and was occupied till 1838, when it w-as
pulled down. John Thompson and his wife were
typical pilgrims. They rose at four in the morning,
and it is said that on two Sabbaths in June Mrs.
Thompson took her si.x-months-old baby in her
arms and w^alked into Plymouth to church, a dis-
tance of thirteen miles, returning the same day.
John Thompson married Mary Cook, daughter of

Francis Cook, one of the immigrants of 1620. They
had twelve children. John Thompson died June 16,
1696, at the age of nearly eighty, and was buried in
the_ first burying ground of i\liddleborough. His
wife died March 21, 1714, in her eighty-eighth year.

(II) Jacob was a son of John and Mary (Cook)
Thompson. The line of descent has been preserved
through this and the two succeeding generations, but
no further information about the individuals is ob-
tainable.

(III) Caleb was the son of Jacob Thompson.

(IV) Caleb (2) was the son of Caleb (i)
Thompson.

(V) Caleb (3), the son of Caleb (2) Thomp-
son, was born October 18, 1752. He was a ship-
builder and lumber dealer at Plyinouth, Massachu-
setts. He served in the Revolution. At one time
he had a farm at Braintree, Massachusetts. About
1806 he moved up the Connecticut river, and settled
in the neighborhood of Windsor and Hartland, Ver-
mont, where he owned a large farm, and later moved
to Swanzey, New Hampshire. On November 27,
1775, Caleb (3) Thompson married Mary Perkins.
They had fifteen children : Gains, Sylvia, Jonah,
Ansel. Nathan, Abigail, Serena, Alfred, Mary, Eliza,
Caleb. Nathaniel, whose sketch follows ; Joanna,
Sabina and Frederick. Caleb (3) Thompson died
February 9, 1821.

(VI) Nathaniel, seventh son and twelfth child
of Caleb and Mary (Perkins) Thompson, was born
July 28, 1792. He was a farmer at Swanzey. New-
Hampshire, and also carried on a saw mill and dealt
largely in lumber. He was a private in the War of
1812. On September 13, 1818, Nathaniel Thompson
married Annie Field, of Wakefield. They had nine
children, of whom the first six died in infancy or
early life. They were: Ambrose, w-ho died at the
age of ten. Julia Ann, who lived one year. Julia
Ann, who died at the age of twenty-seven. Fred-
erick M.. w^ho died at twenty-three. Eliza, who
died at nineteen. Andrew J., who lived six months.
Ihe three youngest of the family who lived to
marry w-ere : Mary E., born .•'ipril 20, 1834, married
Chandler Britton, of Westmoreland, New Hamp-
shire. Albert, whose sketcli follows. Lavina E..
born March 31. 1839. married Charles F. Graves, of
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Nathaniel Thompson died
at Westmoreland, April 24, 1S67, and his wife died
January 21, iS65.

(VII) Albert, fourth son and eighth child of
Nathaniel and Annie (Field) Thompson, was born
at Swanzey, New Hampshire, October 18, 1836. .At
the age of fifteen he went to Keene, New Hamp-
shire, where he remained eight years. Part of this
time he was engaged in furnishing wood to the
Cheshire Railroad on his owm account, and for
twenty-eight years he handled a large amount of the
wood supply of that road. In i860 he came to East
Westmoreland, and for eighteen vears conducted a
general store there. He built the store and the
house \vhich became his permanent home in 1867,
and became one of the prominent citizens of East
Westmoreland. He was extensivelv engaged in the
lumber business, both alone and in company with
his brother-in-law. Chandler Britton. He was al-
ways ready to aid in any movement for the better-
ment of the town, and it was largely due to his ef-
forts that Centennial Hall was built in East West-
nioreland in 1876. Mr. Thompson was a Democrat
in politics, and held the offices of selectman and
moderator a number of years. He was a Mason,
belonging to Columbia Lodge of Walpole. Intelli-
gent, upright and kind-hearted. Mr. Thompson was
a citizen of the highest standing in the communitv.

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Albert Thompson married Carrie, daughter of Fos-
ter Wight, the tirst postmaster of East Westmore-
land. Thev had five children, of whom but two sur-
vive: Abble M., born September i, i860, died Feb-
ruary 2, 1884. Omer G. and Olan A., twins, born
November i, 1864. Olan A., died August 31, 1865,
and Omer G., is mentioned in the succeeding para-
graph. Irving W., born August 9. 1874, died Octo-
ber 26, 1889. Clifton A., born January 31, 1877.
lives in East Westmoreland. Albert Thompson died
in East Westmoreland, June 10, 1890. Mrs. Thomp-
son died June, 1905.

(VIII) Omer George, eldest son and second
child of Albert and Carrie (Wight) Thompson, was
born at East Westmoreland, November I, 1864. He
attended the common schools of his native town and
the high school across the river at Bellows Falls.
Vermont, After finishing school he stayed with his
father and helped to carry on the business till 1885,
and April i, 18S6, he went into the business for him-
self at Westmoreland Depot. He had a general store
there and also dealt in lumber till November, 1895.
He then moved to Boston and for three years was
engaged in the wholesale and retail provision busi-
ness with C. F. Whittaker on South Market street,
under the name of O. G. Thompson & Company.
Mr, Thompson then conducted the business alone
for four years at the same place. The succeeding
tw-o years he had a retail store of his own at the
corner of Warrcnton street and Shawmut avenue.
In 1904 Mr. Thompson retired from the city and
came back to East Westmoreland to take care of
the farm left by his father. This farm is a valuable
one of one hundred and si.xty-five acres, one hun-
dred and forty-nine acres of which is timber land,
and he manages it in connection with his brother,
Clifton A. He also owns the store at Westmoreland
Depot and the residence at East Westmoreland. Mr.
Thompson is a Republican in politics, and holds the
office of supervisor. For several years he belonged
to the Grange, and he attends the Universalist
Church. On .A.ugust 18, 1885, Omer George Thomp-
son married Minnie Haskell, daughter of Charles W.
and Ellen (Ordway) Haskell, of Weathersfield,
Vermont. Mrs. Thompson was born in Weathers-
field, September 3. 1866. and her mother came from
Chester in the same state. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
have three children: Edward H., born January 24,
18SS. attended the Mechanic Arts high school in
Boston, and the high school in Keene, New Hamp-
shire. Perley O., May 30, 1889. Albert, September
3. 189S.

(Third family.)

There were several early immi-
THOMPSON grants of this name in Massachu-
setts, and their descendants are
now found in every locality of the Union, those
of different lineages often being neighbors. _ They
have borne an honorable part in spreading civiliza-
tion, and have been found in many lines of Iniman
endeavor. Among the pioneer settlers of New Eng-
land was George Thompson, of Lynn, Massachu-
setts, who was there as early as October 25, 1659.
when he had a daughter born who was christened
Sarah. He soon removed to Reading, and had
children born there, namely : John, Mary, George
and Jonathan. He died September 7, 1674. I* '^
possible that his son John, born March 24.^ 1661,
in Reading, was the one who settled in Salisbury,
but the stronger probability points to John of Ips-
wich.

(I) . Simon Thompson, whose origin is un-
known, probably born about the beginning of the

seventeenth century, was early in Ipswich, Massa-
chusetts, w-hcre his will was made March 28, 1676,
in which instrument appeared mention of his wife,
Rachel. He had children' born in Ipswich from
165s to 1660, but probably had others before coming
to Ipswich, presumably in England.

(II) Alexander, presumably a son (possibly a
brother) of Simon and Rachel Thompson, was mar-
ried in Ipswich, September 19, 1662, to Deliverance
Haggett, and their children, born in Ipswich, were :
David, John, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, William.
Alexander, Henry,' Sarah and Matthew (these may
not be in precise order of birth). The will of Alex-
ander Thompson was made November 21, 1693,
and proved in April, 1696.

(III) John, probably the second son of Alex-
ander and Deliverance (Haggett) Thompson, was
a resident of Salisbury, Massachusetts, as early as
l6go, and signed the Bradbury petition in 1692. He
owned the covenant at the Salisbury church, Janu-
ary 26, 1707, and died July 30, 1717. His estate
was administered April 6, 1719, and divided in 1724.
He was married (first) to Elizabeth Brewer, who
died December 25, 1706. She was a daughter of
Peter Brewer. He was married (second) July 28,
1707, to Mary, widow of John Ash (family name
not recorded). There were ten children born of
the first wife, and three of the second, namely :
John (died 1706), Mary, Peter, Elizabeth, a son
died in infancy, child died young, Thomas, Samuel,
Abiel, John, Elislia, Sarah and .

(IV) Samuel, fifth son of John and Elizabeth
(Brewer) Thompson, was baptized January 26, 1707
(born about 1705), in Salisbury, and settled in
Kingston. New Hampshire There is no record of
his marriage, but that of the birth of his son
shows his wife to have been Mary Bartlett.

(V) Moses, son of Samuel and Mary (Bart-
lett) Thompson, born October 16, 1734, in Kings-
ton, was baptized December 22, 1734. He removed
to what is now known as Pleasant Valley, for many
years in early times called Raccoon-borough, pos-
sibly from Raccoon hill, in the old town of Deer-
field, in 1764 or 1765. For a while he taught school
in Wolfboron.gh. He married, before going to Deer-
field, Jane Page, of South Hampton, and they had
three sons and four daughters : William, the eldest
son, remained in Deerfield. Moses settled in Wolf-
borough. Samuel in Wilniot. Two of the daugh-
ters died youn,g; one became Mrs. Neal Cate, of
Wolfborough, and one Mrs. James Prescott, of Deer-
field.

(VI) Moses (2), son of Moses (i) and Jane
(Page) Thompson, was born May 29, 1775. in Deer-
field, from which town he moved to Wolfborough
in 1800, when the country thereabouts had few set-
tlers and stretched in almost an unbroken wilderness
to the far north. There he cleared a spot in the
forest which he enlarged year after year until he
had a farm of fair size and of superior quality of
soil ; there he made use of the trees he had to fell
to build a cabin and other buildings, and later a
house of lar.ger size for the accommodation of him-
self and family as the "fashions of civilization and
refinement" were introduced. He married .Sally Fox
and by her had seven children: Benjamin P., wdio
married Mary Brewster and Widow Hannah Wig-
gin. William, who married Nancy Rogers. Samuel,
who became the husband of Phebe Rogers. Hannah.
JNIoses. who is mentioned below. Jane, who became
the wife of George Y. Furber. Sarah, who itiarried
John M. Brackett.

(VII) JMoses (3), fifth child and frjurth son of

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Moses (2) and Sally (Fox) Thompson, was born in
Wolfborough, March 4, 181 1, and died December 11,
1897, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He took
his education in the distdct school and at the Wolf-
be rough and Tuftonborough academies, attending the
latter a few terms. At twenty-one years of age he
received live hundred dollars from his father, who
had laid aside this amount for each of his sons. He
invested this capital in hides, which he tanned in
a small tannery erected by him and his brother Ben-
jamin on the farm. .\ portion of the latter he man-
ufactured and carried to Boston and sold, receiving
his pay in money and hides. A part of the leather
he produced he cut and made into shoes, and these
are thought to be the first shoes made in Wolf-
borough. .\fter carrying on business for himself
for a time iie took charge of the tannery at Wolf-
borough Falls for Daniel Pickering. In 1847 he
moved to Wolfborough Village, and entered the
employ of Daniel Pickering as a shoe cutter, and
later became the punior partner in the lirm of Pick-
ering, Brackett &. Thompson, shoe manufacturers,
who in connection with their shoe business carried
on a country store at Pickering's Corner. This
partnership continued until the death of Mr. Pick-
ering. In 1856 Moses Thompson, Captain Augustus
Walker, of Concord, and J. M. Brackett built the
brick block known as the Bank Building. There
Thompson & Brackett made brogan shoes for the
southern trade, and Jilr. Thompson and George Rust
were engaged in the grocery trade. In this building
also were located the State Bank and the Carroll
County Five Cent Savings Bank. >Ir. Thompson
being a trustee of each, and later president. Pie was
treasurer of the Lake Boot & Shoe Company. He
was in the marble business for some years and sub-
sequently in the mill and lumber business. All
through his life he was a successful real estate
dealer, owned several of the most desirable lots on
iSIain street, and toward the end of his life laid out
Pine street. In politics he was a Republican and
^ncc represented Wolfborough in the general court,
and was twice a member of the board of selectmen.
In the time of the Civil war he was connected with
the commission department. He was ever interested
in the prosperity of the town and used his best
efforts to provide good schools and good roads.
For many years he was trustee of the Wolfborough
and Tuftonborough academies, and trustee of the
Christian Institute, and gave liberally toward its
support. He was a firm believer in the theory that
it is better to give liberally to build schools and
churches to educate the young that they may be
good self-supporting citizens, rather than to pay
a greater amount to maintain some of them in
prisons, poor houses and a.sylums. In 18,39 'le '^^''^
baptized by F.lder Mark Farnald and joined the
Christian Church. He was made a Mason in Morn-
ing Star Lodge, No. 17, Ancient Free and ,'\ccepted
Masons, Alay 7, 1840. Moses Thompson married
Hannah M. Rust, who was born in Wolfborough.
February 2,;. 1S21. died there December II, 1879.
She was the daughter of William (2) and Olive
(Deland) Rust. (Sec Rust. VH). Si.x children
were born of this union: William Rust. March 4.,
1841, died May 24, 1865. Moses F., i\lay 20, 1S46,
married Abbie II. llersey, December 28, 1870, and
died in Alinneapolis, January 23. 1890. leaving two
sons, Lester H. and Dana i\I. Ella M., JNIarch 20,
1847, married Henry R. Parker, and has two daugh-
ters and one son, deceased. .'Vda F., December 28,
1852, resides in Wolfborough. Albertre A., July
13, 1854, died December 20, i860. Fred A., August
20. 1857, re-ides in Denver. Colorado.

(Fourth Family.)

One of the first provisions made

THOMPSON by the colonists of New England

was for religious teaching. The

Scotch-Irish were no exception to this rule, and

from one of their educated and God-fearing pastors

comes this Thompson family.

(I) In the year 1732 the town of Londonderry,
New Hampshire^ commissioned Mr. Robert Boyes, a
prominent citizen of that town, to go to Northern
Ireland, and %vith the assistance of the Rev. Mc-
Bride, of Ballymony, select and invite a well quali-
fied minister to come and take charge of them in the
Lord, engaging to pay one who should consent to
come one hundred and forty pounds a year with ex-
penses of his voyage, and also to give him as a set-
tlement, one-half of a home lot, and a one hundred
acre lot. In 17^3, Mr. Boyes returned to London-
derry, with the Rev. Thomas Thompson, who on his
depa'rture was ordained by the Presbytery of 1 yrone,
as pastor of the Colonial Church of Londonderrj-.
Mr. Thompson, whose ancestors had been driven
from Scotland on account of religious views, was
twenty-nine years of age when he came to the people
of his charge, and he labored with them only five
years when he died — September 22. 1738. He was a
faithful and acceptable pastor, and by means of his
labors the church was much enlarged. He married
Frances Cummings, a daughter of an officer m the
English navy.

(II) Rev. Alexander, son of Rev. Thomas and
Frances ((Tummings) Thompson, was born in Lon-
donderrv, August 3. 1738, and took up the profession
of his father. He lived only a short portion of his
life in Londonderry, but preached for short periods
at many places, and was pastor in St. Stephens,
New Brunswick, for many years, where he died in
1768. The name of his wife and the date of his
marriage are not knowm.

(HI) Captain John, son of Rev. .Alexander
Thompscn, was born in Londonderry, January 11,
I7C)8. the year of his father's death, and died in
Bow, September. 3, 1842, aged seventy-four years.
He was a mill-wright bv trade, and during his life
built many mills in nearly all the New England
states, and was often gone from home for months at
a time. The first saw mill on Penobscot river was
built bv him. In 1791. he moved to Garvins Falls
settlement in Bow (now part of Concord, east of the
Merrimack river), from Londonderry, and settled
on a farm which his wife had inherited, where he
made his home for the remainder of his life. He
carried on this large farm which at his death con-
tained four hundre'd acres, built bridges and mills,
and soon became one of the most prominent men in
town. He was a Whig, and always took a leading
part in town affairs, and was a member of the
Congregational Church all his life. He was married,
March S. 1791, bv Rev. Lucius Colby, second min-
ister of Pembroke, to Margaret Hemphill, of Bow
Gore. She was born April 11. 1771. and died at
Garvins Falls. September 3, 1841. She always lived
in the same locality, which became a part of Con-
cord in 1804. Thev were the parents of eight sons
and three daughters: John: an infant dau.ghter,
Elizabeth, James, Goin (died young), Coin, Mary,
Sarah. Alexander. Andrew, William and Charles E.
Sarah Baker was an adopted daughter.

(IV) Charles Edward, eighth son and twelfth
child of Captain John and Margaret (Hemphill)
Thompson, was born in Concord, .\ugust 11. 1819.
and died March 26, 1900. in Concord. He went
through the district school and attended Pembroke
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after that he went to New York, where lie was em-
ployed in assisting his brother, William, a large
building contractor, in the construction of a light-
house, and in doing other work. He afterward re-
turned to Concord and settled on the paternal es-
tate, and besides carrying on his farm, which coii-
tained five hundred acres, he was engaged with his
brother William in mason work at the state hospital
in Concord for twenty-eight years. He was an up-
right and active citizen, successful in business, and
a man of intluoiice in civil and political affairs. He
was a member of the legislature 1859 and i860, and
for two terms alderman of Ward 7. He was a
member of the Republican ward committee forty
years, resigning a year or tw'O before his death, and
for a long time was a member of the No. 3 fire com-
pany. He was a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and attended the Universalist
Church. He married, April, 1848, Sarah, daughter
of Thomas and Sarah (Nevins) Cotton, of Pem-
broke, and widow of Robert White, of Bow, She
was born October 19, 1823. in Pembroke, and died
October 31. 1881, at her home in Concord. They
were the parents of four children : Helen M., Sarah
Frances, Charles Edward, and Mary Elizabeth. The
son was for many years engaged in the lumber busi-
ness. He died June 4, 1905, at Canning, South Da-
kota. Th'e daughters occupy the homestead on West
street, Concord, which Mr. Thompson purchased in
1S50. AH are members of the Christian Science
Church of Concord, and also of the mother church
in Boston.

f Fifth Family.")

The name of Thompson appears
THOMPSON frequently among the seventeenth
century settlers of this country.
John Thompson, the ancestor of the Plymouth, Mass-
achusetts. Thompsons, came over in the third embark-
ation from England with his mother and step-father.
He arrived at Plymouth, in 1622. being then but
five years of age. In 1623 another branch of the
family settled at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
David and Robert, two brothers, were the fcunders
of this line, David was the agent of Mason and
Gorges, and subsequently lived on an island in Bos-
ton Harbor, which still bears his name. Robert
ultimately settled near Durham, New Hampshire,
and his descendants are still numerous in that town.
In 1630 James Thompson, the ancestor of the W'o-
burn, JNIassachusetts, Thompsons, came to this coun-
try, settling first at Charlestown, Massachusetts, and
afterward at Woburn, where he died. He was the
ancestor of many of the most noted men bearing
tlic Thonip>:on name, including the famous Benja-
min, who afterwards became Count Rumford.

Three brothers. Anthony, W'illiam and John
Thompson, arrived at Charlestown, Massachusetts,
about 1637. and soon settled at New Haven, Con-
necticut. They became the ancestors of a numerous
posterity, now found in that and adjoining states.
Rev. William Thompson, who became the first
pastor of the church in Quincy, Massachusetts, in
1639, was the ancestor of numerous Thompsons in
Massachusetts and in Maine. It has not thus far
been possible to connect the genealogy- of Denman
Thompson with any of these lines, though he is
undoubtedly descended from one of them. His first
authenticated ancestor appears in Rhode Island in
1726. He was probably the grandson of one of these
early settlers.

(I) Benjamin Thompson, of Smithfield. Rhode
Island, married ]\Iary Darling, March 10, 1726.
They had twelve children: Benjamin, who died in
infancy; Tamer; !Mary and Martha, twins; Benja-

min, Samuel, Timothy, Elizabeth, Joanna, John.
Roger, Ebenezer. Four of these sons, Samuel, John.
Roger and Ebenezer, located in Swanzey, New
Hampshire. David, son of Peter, was a graduate
of Dartmouth College, became a teacher and lawyer,
and went south.

(II) Samuel, third son and sixth child of
Benjamin and Mary (Darling) Thompson, was born

Julv 20, 1733. He married Rhoda . He

died about 1803. They lived in Swanzey, New
Hampshire, and had fourteen children; Ebenezer,
Benoni, Josiah. Jesse. Timothy, Rhoda, Beulah,
;Martha, .\nna, David and Jonathan (twins), Mary,
Rufus and Fanny.

(III) Timothy, fifth son and child of Samuel
and Rhoda Thotnpson, was born in Swanzey, New
Hampshire, December 11, 1778. Me married Mary,
daughter of Amasa Aldrich, September 30, 1805.
She was born May 27, 1783, and died June 18,
1858. Timothy died a year earlier, in October,
1857. They had children: Rufus, Otis, Amasa,
Roswell, Czarina, Caroline, who died in Oregon,
Wisconsin; and Polly, who died in the same state.

(IV) Rufus, eldest son and child of Timothy
and Mary (Aldrich) Thompson, was born in
Swanzey, New Hampshire, December 13. 1805. He
married' Anne Hathaway Baxter, born November
20, 1807. They were married August 14. 1831, and
she died January 17, 1889. Rufus and Anne (Bax-
ter) Thompson had four children : Henry Denman.
Mary Melvenah, who married William Granger, of
Chicago; Sarah Melissa, wdio married Henry Ab-
bott ; and Timothy Elbridge. Captain Rufus
Thompson, upon his marriage in 1831, decided to
leave Swanzey, where he and his father were born,
and where his grandfather Samuel and three
brothers settled before the Revolution. He and his
wife started out for what was considered the west
in those days, and entered the wilderness of North-
western Pennsylvania. At a distance of about three
miles from what is now the town of Girard, Cap-
tain Thompson made a clearing, and put up a log
house. About a. dozen hardy pioneers had already
built in the neighborhood, and the settlement was
called Beech Wood. Captain Thompson had a good
deal of mechanical ability, and he soon became the
carpenter of the neighborhood. The Thompsons
lived at Beech Wood till 1847, and their four chil-
dren were born there. After sixteen years of toil
amid primitive surroundings, the love of home led
Captain Thompson to bring his family back to
Swanzev. He was a man of strong character, posi-
tive and self-asserting, but with sound judgment
and native shrewdness. He lived to be long past
eightv; dying at Swanzey.

(V) Henry Denman. eldest son and child of
Rufus and Aiine (Baxter) Thompson, was born
near Girard. Erie county. Pennsylvania. October 15,
1833. It seems a strange caprice of fate that Den-
man Thompson, as he is known to all the world,
should not have been born in New Hampshire.
For three generations his ancestors had lived in
Swanzey, and Swanzey is the scene of the Okl
Homestead; but owing to circumstances mentioned
in the previous paragraph, it was decreed that the
man, who more than any other, has made New
Hampshire life a reality to the whole country,
should be born outside the borders of the state.
In 1847, when Denman was fourteen years of age,
the family returned to Swanzey, and there he lived
till 1850. ' For three winter terms he attended Mount
Caesar Seminary in Swanzey, and the remainder
of the year he helped his father at carpentering.
Captain Thompson was desirous that his son should

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be educated, but the boy's bent was not toward
books. He was a frank, open-hearted, generous
youth, fond of pranks and adventures, with a long-
ing for the excitement of the great world. His
highest delight in Swanzey was the circus, whose
coming to town was the event of the summer. For
weeks afterward Denman, according to his father,
"was walking t'other end up."

In the spring of 1850, when Denman was in his
seventeenth year, he set out into the world. He had
heard a great deal about Boston from his father's
friends who lingered about the church porch, and
from the Boston paper which his father read. It
was an event, not only to himself, but to the whole
town, when Denman left home. The journey was
made the subject of general public and private re-
mark. Not long after Denman reached Boston,
he joined Tryon's circus as property boy, but he
soon developed ability as an acrobat. It was in
the winter of that year that he earned his first
money on the stage. Charlotte Cushman was play-
ing Lady Macbeth at the old Howard Athenaeum,
and Thompson appeared as supernumerary. In
January of 1851 he went to New York City, where
he became door-keeper for an exhibition of paint-
ings of famous Indian chiefs by George Catlin. He
soon tired of this life and came to Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, where his uncle, D. D. Baxter, had offered
him a place in his dry goods store. But selling
ribbons was not to the future actor's taste, and he
soon went to Worcester, Massachusetts. It is worth
while to remember that it was in Lowell, Massachu-
setts, that Denman had his first speaking part on
the stage, that of Orasman in "The French Spy."
For two or three seasons he wandered about with
various traveling companies, until January, 1854,
when he went west by invitation of the manager of
the Athenaeum at Cleveland, Ohio. He joined the
regular stock company as low comedian, and ap-
peared with Anna Cora IMowatt and other stars.

In May, 1854, he became a member of the Royal
Lyceum Theater, Toronto, and this city was his
home for fourteen years. From* the very first
Thompson's dancing had attracted attention, and the
hornpipes, Highland flings and Irish reels were
very popular with the Canadian public. It was
during his stay in Toronto that Denman Thompson
married, July 7, i860, Maria Bolton, of Niagara-
on-the-lake, Canada, born November 20, 1839.
Their three children, all born in Toronto, are :
Melvenah, born February 25, 1863 ; Annie, born
INIarch 17, 1867, and Franklin, born August 23, i86q.
While in Toronto Mr. Thompson played small Irish
and negro parts. He became a great favorite there
personally and professionally, but he never could
be induced to put study into serious parts, for
which indeed he was not adapted, and no matter
how much money he earned, he spent it as fast
as it came. His tastes were plain, and he was al-
ways strictly temperate, but he never could resist
the appeal of distress. His salary was not large,
much of the time less than twenty-five dollars a
week, and with his generous disposition, his family
were not always in the most affluent circumstances.

From 1868 to 1871 he was engaged in commercial
pursuits, and he then returned to the stage. In
1874 he went to New York, and obtained an en-
gagement with a comedy company to go to the
West Indies. They left Kingston to escape the
smallpox, and by going to Baranquella, United
States of Colombia, Thompson was smitten with
yellow fever. He came near dying, but his robVist
constitution and cheerful disposition stood the test.

He got back to America, and in January, 1875, went
to Harry Martin's Varieties in Pittsburg, Peimsyl-
vania. While there he wrote and played the first
sketch of the now famous Joshua Whitcomb. It is
interesting to know the genesis of the play. Mr.
Thompson in his early theatrical Kfe depended much
upon his dancing. In Pittsburg he was stricken
with a severe attack of rheumatism, which tempor-
arily incapacitated him. It was under these circum-
stances, and while confined to his bed, that he con-
ceived the idea of playing a quiet, rural Yankee
part that depended more upon dialogue than dra-
matic business.

At first Joshua Whitcomb had the merest sketch,
not taking more than twenty-five minutes for its
production. In the summer of 1S75 ^Ir. Thompson
went to the Coliseum at Chicago, and there met
Mr. J. M. Hill, who was his manager for the
next six years. At the end of that time they had
divided four hundred thousand dollars in profits
between them. A second and third act were added
in Chicago, and in the meantime tours were taken
through New England and various other sections
of the country. Strange to say, these were not al-
ways uniformly successful, and it was not till Den-
ver was reached in 1878 that the play entered upon
its long career of unbroken prosperity. In March,
187S, the play went to San Francisco. The manager
advertised it in the most extravagant manner, and
LTncle Joshua became the idol of the day. In Sep-
tember, 1878, the play was presented at the Lyceum
Theater, New York City, for a si.x months' engage-
ment. Its naturalness and wholesome tone caught
the town, and Josh Whitcomb soon became a house-
hold word.

It was in December, 1885, that the Old Home-
stead was written. Mr. George W. Ryer, a busi-
ness acquaintance of Mr. Thompson, was asked to
collaborate with him. Joshua Whitcomb was then
playing through Pennsylvania with a different stand
every night. Despite the inconvenience of daily
travel, tlie new play was finished in fifteen days.
The Old Homestead was presented to the public
at the Boston Theater in April, 1886, and the re-
ceipts of the first week were nearly tw'clve thousand
dollars. Many of the characters in these two plays
are taken directly from real personages in Swanzey.
Joshua Whitcomb himself is compounded from Cap-
tain Otis Whitcomb and Joshua Holbrook. The
former furnished the humorous and the latter the
serious elements for the central figure of the play.
Captain Whitcomb lived long enough to see his
reproduction on the stage. The Old Homestead
has had even greater success than Joshua Whitcomb.
Perhaps it was be superfluous to say more about
these plays, which are known and loved throughout
the United States. Their irresistible naturalness
goes straight to the heart.

Denman Thompson for many years has spent
his summers at West Swanzey in the homestead
of his maternal grandfather. Dr. Henry Baxter,
which he has remodelled and refitted till it is now
the show place of that region. Mr. Thompson is a
genial companion, and a liberal benefactor of the
town, which he has made famous.

This family, which has furnished
THOMPSON only three generations in America,

comes of the best Irish stock, and
its members have been active, energetic and useful
citizens, full of those traits that have made so many
of the race prominent the world over. The name
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of Scotch blood. The members of the family have
been divided in their religious affiliations, a por-
tion being Protestants and others Catholics.

(I) John Thompson, the progenitor of the
family in America, is supposed to have been born
at Ashburnc, county Meath, Ireland. Correspondence
with the rector of the church at that place brings
the report that it has no record of his birth. He
emigrated to America, landing in New York in
1843, and continued to reside for some time in that
city. His naturalization papers were issued there
October 21, 1852. His brother, Thomas Thompson,
who was much his junior, was killed by an accident
on the railroad at Danbury, New Hampshire, Febru-
ary 7, 1854. His age was then twenty-three years.
Soon after obtaining his papers Mr. Thompson set-
tled at Penacook, New Hampshire, where he was
for many years foreman in the employ of the Boston
and Maine Railroad Company. He was subse-
quently employed tor a period of twenty years as
foreman by the Concord Gas Company. On the
conclusion of this engagement he entered the car-
penter shop of the Boston & Maine Railroad at
Concord, and was there employed until his death,
which occurred November 11, 1889. at the age of
seventy-two years. He married Alary Ellen Daly,
daughter of Daniel and Bridget (Murphy) Daly,
natives of Ireland. She was born in Old Castle,
West Meath, Ireland, and died in Concord, Febru-
ary 16, 1893, at the age of sixty-two years. They
were the parents of eight children, of whom three
now are living. The first born died in infancy.
William A. is mentioned below. John Thomas was
a railroad man, employed on the Boston and Mont-
real line, and died in Concord. Jenny died unmar-
ried in that city, as did also Elizabeth and Kath-
erine. James is a resident of Worcester. Charles
F. receives mention in this article.

(II) William Andrew, second child and eldest
surviving son of John and Mary Ellen (Daly)
Thompson, was born September 15, 1853, in Con-
cord, and was educated in the public schools of his
native town. He finished his preparation for busi-
ness in a branch of the Bryant and Stratton Busi-
ness College, then located in Concord. His first
regular employment was in the hat and fur store
of G. S. Shaw, and he was subsequently a clerk
for Cyrus Hill, who was a large dealer in hats
and caps. Mr. Thompson began business on his own
account in 1880, when he opened a boot and shoe
store in Concord and this he has since conducted
with marked success. His present establishment was
very handsomely fitted up in 1906, in commodious
quarters on North Main street, and his store at
present is second to none in the state. Mr. Thomp-
son is a man of industry, energy and determina-
tion and owes his good success in business to no
one but himself. He is liberal in his general views
and is active in promoting the best interests of the
city, and is recognized as a progressive and valu-
able citizen. He is a member of the Concord
Building and Loan Association, of which organiza-
tion he was president many years and by efficient
work contributed largely to its success. He enter-
tains settled views, particularly on matters of re-
ligion and politics, and is a member and open-
handed supporter of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist. He is an ardent supporter of the prin-
ciples of the Republican party, and is a member
of the Wonalancet Club. !^Ir. Thompson was mar-
ried in 1873 to Ella M. Teel, of Concord. Their
only child receives further mention in this article.

(II) Charles F., youngest son of John and
l\Iary Ellen (Daly) Thompson, was born January

17, 1871, in Concord. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools of that town, and at the age of fifteen
years left school and became an apprentice at the
trade of painter, and he continued in this occupa-
tion for three years. In 1888 he was employed as
a clerk in the shoe store of his older brother, and
was subsequently engaged for two years with
Turner & Brown, shoe dealers of Boston, Massa-
chusetts. In 1890 he engaged in business on his own
account, purchasing a shoe store in Concord in
partnership with Bernard T. Dyer. For seven years
this firm continued business, at the end of which
time Mr. Thompson sold out to his partner and
immediately opened a new store in the Eagle Block
which he christened the Granite Shoe Store, and
in this he has since continued to conduct a successful
business. He is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, Foresters of America, Improved Order of
Red Men and Pilgrim Fathers. He is a member of
the Veteran Firemen's Association on account of
his services in the hook and ladder company, and
of the Firemen's Relief Association. He is also
connected with the Alert Boat Club and Concord
Gun Club, and is a member of St. John's Roman
Catholic Church. In politics he is a Republican.
He was married September 20, 1891, to Mary Anne
Dooley, who was born in Concord, a daughter of
JNIartin and Mary (Ginty) Dooley, natives of Ire-
land. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have a daughter and
son, namely: Marion Elizabeth and Charles Fran-
cis.

(Ill) Arthur William, only child of William
A. and Ella M. (Teel) Thompson, was born in
Concord, New Hampshire. He received his liter-
ary education in the schools of that city, and was
subsequently a student at the Boston University
Law School, from which he was graduated in 1901,
and in the same year was admitted to the bar of
New Hampshire. He began practicing in Pem-
broke, where he opened an office and very rapidly
built up a successful and lucrative practice. He
takes an active part in the life and the community
where he resides and his ability has been recognized
by his fellow citizens who elected him as their
representative in the state legislature for 1905-06,
and their confidence was justified by his course in
official life. Like his father he is an earnest Re-
publican, and exercises an influence in the councils
of his party.

The family of this name derives its
HOLT cognomen from a holt or grove at or
near which a remote English ancestor
dwelt. The progenitor of the .A.merican branch
of the family was a pioneer settler in two towns,
and a man of influence among his associates. There
is a tradition that the dwelling of Nicholas Holt,
tile first settler, is one which still stands on Holt's
Hill, sometimes called Prospect Hill, in Andover.
The descendants of the emigrant progenitor in An-
dover have been noticeable for their attention to
learning. The Holt family in that town included
four college graduates prior to 1800. The family
in this country in all its branches is very large,
and includes manv names of considerable inlluence
in the town of Andover and elsewhere.

(I) Nicholas Holt was a passenger on the
ship "James." of London, William Corper. master,
which sailed from the port of Southampton. Eng-
land, about April 6, 1635, and arrived at Boston,
in New England, on June 3 following, after a
voyage of thirty-eight days. The names of forty-
three male persons are found as passengers on the
ship's roll, "besides the wives and children of

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Dyvers of them." Among the former occurs the
name of Nicholas Holte, of Romsey, (county of
Hants) England, "tanner." He was undoubtedly
accompanied by his family, which consisted of a
wife and at least one child. He proceeded the same
year to Newbury, where he was one of the first
settlers, and resided there for a period of ten years.
There he received his proportionate share of the
lands allotted to each proprietor. In 1637 his name
appears as one of the ten persons who in order to
vote to prevent the re-election of Sir Henry Vane
to the office of Governor, and to strengthen the
friends of Governor Winthrop, went from New-
bury to Cambridge on foot, forty miles, and quali-
fied themselves to vote by taking the freeman'.s
oath May 17, 1637. This defeat was a severe blow-
to the pride of Sir Henry Vane.

April 19, 1638, Nicholas Holt was chosen one
of the surveyors of the highways "for one whole
yecre & till new be chosen." Februar}' 24. 1637,
it was "agreed that Wm. Moody, James Browne,
Nic. Holt, ffrancis Plummer, Na Noyse shall lay
out all the generall fences in the towne that are to
be made, as likewise tenn rod between man & man,
for garden plotts, this to be done by the 5th of
]\ larch on the penalty of 5s apiece." In the month
of June, 1638, all the able bodied men of Newbury
were enrolled and formed into four companies un-
der the command of John Pike. Nicholas Holt,
John Baker, and Edmund Greenleafe. They were
required "to bring their arms compleat one Sablrath
day in a month and the lecture day following."
and "stand sentinel! at the doores all the time of the
publick meeting."

The first church records of Newbury prior to
1674 sre lost, and consequently the name of Nicholas
Holt is not found, but it appears in the following
order of the town records: "Jan. 18, 1638. It is
ordered that Richard Knight, James Brown &
Nicholas Holt shall gather up the first payment
of the meetinghoufe rate & the towne within one
fourteenight on the penalty of 6s 8d a piece." In
1644 Nicholas Holt was one of the ten original set-
tlers who removed their families from Newbury
and accompanied their pastor the Rev. John Wood-
bridge to "Cochichawicke,"- now Andover. On a
leaf in the town records containing the list of house-
holders in order as they came to the town his name
is si.xth. He was one of the ten male members in-
cluding the pastor elect who composed the church
at the ordination of ^Ir. John Woodbridge. October
24, 1645. May 26, 1647, he was appointed in con-
nection with Sergeant Marshall "to lay out the
highway from Reading to .Andover. and with Lieut.
Sprague and Sergeant INIarshall to view the river
(Epswich river) and make return to the court of
the necessity and charge of a bridge and make
return to the next session of this court." At a
general court held May 2, 1652, he was appointed
with Captain Johnson of Woburn, and Thomas Dan-
forth. of Cambridge, "to lay the bounds of An-
dover." and May iS, 1653, he was appointed with
Captain Richard Walker and Lieutenant Thomas
INtarshall to lay out the highway betwixt Andover
and Reading and at the same term of Court, Sep-
tember 10, 1655, the committee made a report of
said survey.

Nicholas Holt lived to a good old age and died
at .-Xndover, January 30, 1685. aged one hundred and
four years, says the record, but Coffin, with more
probability, says eighty-three. In his early life he
carried on the business of manufacturer of wooden-
ware. A few years before his death, in distributing
his property among his children, he styles him-

self "dish turner." The word "tanner" on the roll
of the ship James is probably an error of the re-
cording official who mistook the word turner for
tanner.

There is no doubt but that the same motives
that actuated the other early settlers of New Eng-
land in leaving their pleasant homes in England
and emigrating to this countrj', had their due in-
fluence on him. That he was a religious man is
made evident by the fact that he was one of the
original members of the Andover church, and by
his forsaking his native home in England, to en-
counter the privations and difficulties of the wilder-
ness in order that he might enjoy the privilege of
worshipping God according to the convictions of
his own mind and his understanding of God's word.
While honestly and conscientiously discharging his
duties in this regard, he took an active part in
public affairs of the town, and his appointment on
important committees in laying out roads and other
improvements indicates that his services were valu-
able and appreciated.

Nicholas Holt was married in England, a few
years before he came to Massachusetts. The name
of his wife was Elizabeth Short, of whom nothing
more is known than that she died at Andover,
November 9, 1656. He married second, June 20,
1658, Hannah, widow of Daniel Rolfe, and daughter
of Humphrey Bradstreet. She died June 20. 1665.
at Andover, and he married third. May 21. 1666,
Widow Martha Preston, who died March 21, 1703,
aged eighty years. He had by his first wife, four
sons and four daughters ; by his second wife, one
son and one daughter. His children born in New-
bury were : Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel, Andy ; and
in Andover, Henry, Nicholas, James, John, and
Priscilla. (James, Andy and Nicholas and de-
scendants receive mention in this article.)

(II) Samuel, eldest son of Nicholas and Eliza-
beth Holt, was born in Newbury, October 6. 1641,
and died in Andover, November 7, 1703. By his
wife Sarah he had two children — Samuel and John,
whose sketch follows.

(III) John, second son and child of Samuel and
Sarah Holt, was liorn about 1672. He married,
July 17, 1712, Mehitable Wilson, by whom he had
John and Elizabeth.

(IV) John (2), son of John (l) and I\Iehitable
(Wilson) Holt, was born in May, 1713, and was
killed by being throwm from a wagon while remov-
ing to Wilton, New Hampshire. He married Rachel
Fletcher, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, by whom
he had ten children. Two of the.se, Joel and Daniel,
settled in Wilton, New Hampshire.

(V) Daniel, son of John (2) and Rachel
(Fletcher) Holt, was born in Andover, Massachu-
setts, in 1746, and died in Wilton, November 5,
1778. He settled in Wilton, on the place of which
a part is now owned by his grandson. Mark Holt.
He married Mehitable Putnam, born December 25,
1745, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Styles) Put-
nam (see Putnam, V), and they had children:
Jilehitable. Daniel, Elizabeth and (Taleb.

(VI) Daniel (2), second child of Daniel (i)
and Mehitable (Putnam) Holt, was born in Wilton,
October 29, 1769. and inherited the homestead where
he was a successful farmer. He married, Febru-
ary 3, 1795, Dorcas .-Xbljot, who was liorn .August
24, 1772, daughter of Jeremiah and Chole (Abbot)
Abbot. Their children were: Daniel, Dorcas (died
young), Samuel, Hervey, Ralph, Mark (died young),
Dorcas, Mark and Lorenzo.

(VII) Dorcas, seventh child and second daugh-
ter of Daniel (2) and Dorcas (.-Abbot) Holt, was

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born May 23, 1809, and died February 13. 1888,

aged seventy-eight years. She married first,

Blodgett, and second Captain Jonathan Livermore
(see Livermore, VII).

(VII) Mark, eighth child and sixth son of
Daniel (2) and Dorcas (Abbot) Holt, was born
in Wilton, May 22, 1812, and died there, January
I, 1889. He was a farmer, and resided on the
homestead. He married, September 29, 1836, Eliza-
beth Rockwobd, who was born in Wilton, May 25,
1815, and died August 25. 1891, daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Brooks) Rockwood. Their children
were : Henry A., Abbie A., who was born Novem-
ber I, 1846. and married Henry L. Emerson (see
Emerson, II).

(II) James, fourth son and seventh child of
Nicholas and Elizabeth (Short) Holt, was born in
Andover, in 1651. When his father partitioned his
estate among his children, April 15, 1681, James
received a share. He and his wife united with
Andover church (North Parish) in 1686. He died
of small pox. December 13, 1690. He married,
October 12, 1675, Hannah Allen, who died Septem-
ber 30. 1698. They had seven children.

(ill) Timothy, fourth child and eldest son
of James and Hannah (Allen) Holt, was born in
Andover, January 25, 1683, and died Jvlarch 4, 1758,
aged seventy-hve. He and his wife were members
of the Andover church. He married, April 19,
1705, Rhoda Chandler, who was born September
26, 1684, and died August 14. 1765, aged eighty-
one, daughter of William and Bridget (Hinchman)
Chandler. They had -ten children.

(IV) Joseph, sixth child and fifth son of
Timothy and Rhoda (Chandler) Holt, was born in
Andover, February 14, 1718, and died in Wilton,
New Hampshire, August, 1789, aged seventy-two.
He graduated at Harvard College with the class
of 1739, and for four years had charge of the
grammar school at Andover. He served in the
expedition to Canada in 1758, and kept a journal
which has been published in the "New England
Historical and tjenealogical Register." He re-
moved to Wilton. New Hampshire, in 1765, and was
teacher, surveyor and miller. He owned the mill
on the south side of Mill Brook, at Barne's Falls,
afterward known as the Herrick Mill. He was an
industrious, energetic and upright citizen who
was honored by his fellow townsmen, with various
officers in all of which he served with credit to
himself and satisfaction to those who placed him
there. He was town clerk five years, selectman
three years, besides being elected with Jonathan
Burton to fill vacancies in the board of select-
men, caused by the death of Richard Taylor and
the enlistment of Jacob Adams, in January. 1777.
He married first, January 17. 1745. Dolly Johnson,
who died December 30, 1753; second, April 10,
1755, Widow Jilary Russell. The children by the
first wife were: Joseph, Dolly (died young), Rhoda
(died young), Dolly, Simeon, and Rhoda (died
young) ; and by the second wife : Mary, Rhoda,
Valentine. Esther, twins (died young), and Joshua.

(V) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph (i)
and Dolly (Johnson) Holt, was born in .'\ndover,
September 28, 1745, and died in Wilton, New Hamp-
shire, August 20. 1832. aged eighty-seven years. He
removed to Wilton in 1796. and resided on Lot
No. 10. eighth range, which is still the property
of a descendant. He was a selectmen of Wilton
fourteen years, and an early member of the Baptist
Society. He married Betsey Dale, who was born
in Wilton. October 2, 1746, daughter of John and
Mary (EUinwood) Dale, of Wilton. She died .Au-

gust 10, 1812. aged seventy-four. They had eight
children: Joseph, John Dale, Simeon, Betty (died
young), Dorothy Johnson, Betty, Anna (died young)
and Anna Dale.

(VI) John Dale, son of Joseph (2) and Betsey
(Dale) Holt, was born in Andover, May 9, 1774,
He moved to Wilton with his father in 1796, and
four years later removed to the town of Weston,
Vermont. He married Iilary Eliza Hall, and they
had twelve children.

(VII) Ancil Dale, twelfth and youngest child
and fourth son of John Dale and Mary Eliza (Hall)
Holt, was born at Weston, Vermont, February 24,
1824. He moved to Peterborough, New Hampshire,
about 1861, and died in Nashua, June 3, 1890. He
married in' Vermont, Catherine M. Granger, who
was born in Fort .\nn, New York, in 1827, and
died in Nashua, .August 29, 1890. They had twelve
children.

(VIII) Hiland Ancil. third child and eldest son
of Ancil Dale and Catherine M. (Granger) Holt,
was born at Weston, Vermont, May 14, 1843, and
removed with his father to Nashua. ■ He was edu-
cated in the public schools of his native town.
He is not a member of any church, but is an up-
right man and a good citizen. He is a Republican,
and his labors for the welfare of the public have
been rewarded with several offices of responsibility
and honor. He has served as councilman, alder-
man and member of the general court, and acquitted
himself with credit. He married in Wilton, Jennie
Jameson, who was born in Prince Edward Island,
^larch 12, 1848, her parents having emigrated from
Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of five years she
came to Boston with her widowed mother, and
removed to Wilton, New Hampshire, where she re-
sided until her marriage. She is a woman of sterl-
ing character, and a model wife and mother.

(Vni) Duane Fremont, second son and fourth
child of Ancil D. and Catherine M. (Granger) Holt,
was born in Weston, Vermont, May 20, 1856. He
was brought by his parents to Peterborough, and
later to Nashua, on their removal from Vermont,
and was educated in the public schools and Crosby's
Literary Institute at Nashua. .At twenty-two years
of age he began the study of architecture, and has
made architecture and building his life employment.
He has been a resident of Nashua thirty-three years,
twenty-six of which time he has been engaged in
business and has built up a fine reputation as a
designer and builder. His designs are original.
uni(|ue and popular, and his business now requires
the labor of from fifteen to forty men to carry it
on. Work is executed throughout New England,
and many fine residences, oflice buildings and blocks
have been planned and erected by Mr. Holt. In
1904 he accepted his son as partner in business, and
since that time the firm has been Duane F. Holt
& Son. In politics Mr. Holt is a Republican, and
in religious affiliation a Baptist. Fie was married.
December 31. 1878, at Nashua, to Edith F. Wood-
ward, who was born in Hanover, New Hampshire,
January 7, 1861, daughter of Orville and Sarah Jane
( Bryant) Woodward, of Hanover. The children of
this union are: Harry F.. of Nashua, his children
are Dorothy. Mildred, Vivian, Lucy and I del. Nina,
who married Harry A. Gordon, of Boston. Ralph
W.. an architect, one child. Ralph D. Jessie. .-Mice,
who married Harry A. Noyes, of Worcester, Mas-
sachusetts. Louise. Mabel. Irine Mae. deceased.
Samuel Duane, deceased. Walter. Richard D.

(IX) Fliland Forest, son of Hiland .Ancil and
Jennie (Jameson) Holt, w'as born in Nashua, Janu-
ary 2"/, 1874. He was educated in the public schools

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of Nashua until seventeen years of age. After two
years in the high school there he attended the Lowell
Commercial College, at Lowell, Massachusetts, one
year. He then worked as a carpenter for his father
three years, and at the end of that time went to
Findlay, Ohio, with the purpose of residing there,
but stayed only six months. Li the same year
(1894) hfi entered Tufts College Dental School,
from which he graduated in June, 1897, second in
a class of fifty-four members. He opened an office
in Nashua, New Hampshire, in September of the
same year, and practiced his profession two years.
The following four years he practiced in Dalton,
Massachusetts, and since May, 1903. he has resided
and practiced in Andover, Massachusetts. Dr. Holt
is an experienced and skillful dentist, and has a
large and successful practice. He is a member of
the Lawrence Dental Club, past grand master of
the Delta Sigma Delta, member of the Andover
Club, and chairman of its house committee and
entertainment committee, member of Dalton Grange,
Dalton, Massachusetts, and was for three and one-
half years a corporal in Company C, New Hamp-
shire National Guard, of Nashua, being discharged
September, 1892, on account of non-residence. In
religious faith he is a member of Christ Church
(Episcopal), of which he is head usher; member
of the Men's Club of Christ Church ; charter mem-
ber, past secretary, and past vice-president of the
Young Men's Christian Association, of Andover.
In politics he is a Republican, but inclined to inde-
pendence. Dr. Holt married in Andover, Febru-
ary 4, 1903, Marie Lucy Sanders, who was born in
Lille, France, October 3, 1876. In 1881 she came
to America, and was educated in the public schools
of Andover. After graduating from the high school,
she took a course at Lucy Wheelock's kindergarten
school of Boston, graduating in 1S99. She taught
private kindergarten school in Back Bay two years,
and afterward public kindergarten at Dalton, and,
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Her father,
John Saunders, has held the position of superin-
tendent of a large manufacturing concern since
his coming to America, and is a highly respected
citizen, and a man of integrity and influence in the
community. He married Mary Jane Greene, of
Yorkshire, a member of an aristocratic old English
family having many distinguished members, among
whom are Lieutenant Lyon, who fought at Water-
loo; Dr. James Greene; Sarah Jane Lyon, whose
ancestors are buried in Westminster Abbey ; Sarah
Wilcox ; and Sir John Ball Greene, knighted by
Queen Victoria. The children of this union are:
Orville Granger Holt, born August 31, 1903; Doris
Saunders Holt, November 23, 1905 ; both born in
Andover.

(II) Andy, second son of Nicholas and Eliza-
beth Holt, was born in Andover, Massachusetts,
in 1644, and died there January 17, 1719, aged seven-
ty-five. His name appears on "A list of all the
Male Persons in Andover from si.xteen years old
that took oath of allegiance ffevruary II, 1678."
In 1690 he was elected member of the board of
selectmen. In 1693 "Henry Hoult senr." was one
of the "surveiors" (Southend). In 1694 "Henry Holt

senr," was of the constables of the town and in the
following year again a "surveior," and again in
1696. He married, February 2.4, 1669, Sarah, daugh-
ter of William Ballard, and they had fourteen chil-
dren. The nine sons were : Oliver, Henry. James,
(jeorge, Josiah, Paul. William, Humphrey and Ben-
jamin.

(III) Oliver, eldest son of Henry and Sarah
(Ballard) Holt, was born in Andover, January 14,
1671. He married, January 16, 1698, Hannah Rus-

sell. Nine sons were born to them: Oliver. David,
Uriah, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, Jacob, Thomas,
and William, who is next mentioned.

(IV) William, youngest child of Oliver and
Hannah (Russell) Holt, was born in Andover,
Massachusetts, and died in Lyndeborough, New
Hampshire. The exact date of his settlement in
Lyndeborough is not known, but it was some time
previous to 1740, for the town records show that his
son William was "born March 2^, 1740." It is a
tradition that William Holt came to Salem, Canada,
with David Stratton, and if Stratton took a deed
of some land in 1745, that is probably the year.
After spending one winter with Stratton hunting
and trapping, he bought the lot numbered 76, or
what was afterwards the Dr. Herrick farm, taking
a deed, August 9, 1753. Later he bought Strattons
farm, and settled there. This farm is the one now
owned by his descendant, Fred A. Holt. He mar-
ried Beulah , and they had children :

Beulah, Oliver, William and Betsy (twins), Benja-
min, Mary and Judith.

(V) Oliver (2), son of William and Beulah
Holt, was born in Lyndeboro, May 16, 1766. He
was a soldier inthe revolutionary war, enlisting
in Lyndeboro, September 17, 1782, in Captain Wil-
liam Boyes company of Colonel Reynolds regiment
of the New Hampshire militia, marching September
25, and serving one year in the Canada campaign.
In the ancient archives of Lyndeboro appears the
following receipt : "Lyndeborough, Sept. 25, 1781.
Then we the subscribers Rec'd of the Selectmen
of the Town provision and supplies sufficient to
carry us to Springfield ^4.16. Enoch Ordway,
Simeon Fletcher, Oliver Holt, Js Hutchinson." He
married Jane Karr, a daughter of James Karr,
who settled in Lyndeborough in the early days. He
died February 27, 1854, aged ninety-three. She
died September, 1844. They had eight children :
Jacob, Thomas K., Jane, Oliver, Joanna, Parker,
David and Calvin.

(VI) David, seventh child and fifth son of
Oliver (2) and Jane (Karr) Holt, was born in
Lyndeborough, June 9, 1804, and died October 22,
1S84, aged eighty years. As stated in the "History
of Lyndeborough," he was a notable man in the
life of the town in his day. He had a keen wit
and a dry humor which made his sayings much
quoted. He was a member of the Congregational
Church, and a constant attendant thereof. He was
public spirited, and of the duties which fall to the
citizens of country towns always bore his full share.
He was a member of the Lafayette Artillery for
thirty years. He married (first), January 20. 1829,
Bethiah Wilson of Greenfield ; she was born in
1807, and died January 5, 1837, aged thirty years.
He married (second), June 18, 1837, Ann Cochran,
of Antrim ; she was born March 2, 1802, and died
April 13, 1870; and (third) Mrs. Julia Clark. His
children by his first wife were: Benjamin W.,
Mary J., and Miriam M. By the second wife : Al-
fred F., Francis A., Andy, and Ellen B.

(VII) Andy, sixth child and third son of David
and Ann (Cochran) Holt, was born in Lynde-
borough, February I, 1842. He was born on the
farm where his ancestors for generations have
lived and where he now resides. At twenty years
of age, September 15. 1862, he enlisted in Com-
pany G, Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteer In-
fantry, and was mustered into the United States
service October 22, 1862, as a corporal ; was pro-
moted to sergeant March, 1863, and was mustered
out August 20. 1863. He took part in the siege of
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and the same day was mustered in as a corporal
of the Lafayette Artillery. He was mustered out
September, 1864. After he left the military service
he returned to farming which he has since pur-
sued, having a farm of two hundred acres, where
he lived comfortably and independently until 1904.
He has been largely identified with the business
and social interests of the town. He was elected
a member of the board of selectmen first in 1870,
and has held that office seventeen terms since. He
represented the town in the legislature of 1903, and
has at one time or another been chosen to fill
about all the offices in the gift of the town. He is
the conceded leader of his political party in town,
and has always been a prominent figure in its
social affairs ^nd on committees in educational inter-
ests. He was chairman of the committee under
whose charge the History of Lyndeborough was
brought out in 1906. He has always taken great
interest in military affairs, was captain of the La-
fayette Artillery Company several years, is still an
active member of the organization. Harvey Holt
Post Xo. 15. Grand Army of the Republic, was
organized September 28, 1S68, and named in honor
of Harvey Holt, a brother of Mrs. Andy Holt,
who was the first soldier killed in battle from this
town and state, falling at the first battle of Bull
Run, July 21, 1861. Andy Holt is a charter mem-
ber of this Post, of which he was commander some
years. He is also a charter member of Pinnocle
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, organized December
26, lS~3, and was its first master, serving until 1875,
and again in 1877. He is also a member of Laurel
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Wil-
ton. Pie married, May 4, 1864, Abby J., daughter
of Harvey and Lois (Grain) Holt. She was born
February 20, 1846. She is a member of the Woman's
Relief Corps. They have had four children. Flora
M., Parker, Fred A., and Harry W. Flora M.,
born August 21, 1867, married, June 2, 1887, Edwin
W. H. Farnum of Francestown. Parker, born April
3, 1870, died August 9. 1876. Fred A., November
30, 1881, married, February 11, 1903, Annie M.,
.daughter of Charles H. and Susie (Watkins) Senter
of Lyndeborough. He is a farmer, and is captain
of tlie Lafayette Artillery. Harry W., April 11,
1883, is a mail carrier on a rural free delivery route,
and lives with his father.

(II) Nicholas (2), son of Nicholas (i) and
Elizabeth Holt, was born in Andover, Massachu-
setts. He married, January 8, 1679, Mary, daughter
of Robert Russell, and died October 8, 1715, at An-
dover. His father deeded him, September 9. 16S4,
"one third of the farm where he now dwells." His
widow died April i, 1717. They had eleven chil-
dren, of whom the sons were : Nicholas, Thomas,
James, Robert, Abiel, Joshua and Daniel.

(III) Nicholas (3), son of Nicholas (2) and
Mary (Russell) Holt, was born in Andover, De-
cember 21, 1683, and died there December I, 1756.
He married (first), September 16, 170S, Mary Plan-
ning, who died March 8, 1716. He married (sec-
ond), April 12, 1717, Dorcas, daughter of Timothy
and Hannah (Graves) Abbott. She was born May
6, 1697, and died October 25, 1758. Nicholas had
ten children born to him, of which the sons were:
Stephen, Nicholas, Benjamin, Timothy, James, Na-
than, Joshua and Daniel.

(IV) Benjamin, son of Nicholas (3) and Mary
(Manning) Holt, was born in Andover, July 23,
1709. He settled in Suncook, New Hampshire,
about 174s, and died in 1784, aged seventy-five. He
married, April 7, 1737, Sarah Frye, who was born
May, 1717, and died in Pembroke, New Hampshire,

in 1804, aged eighty-seven. Their twelve children,
of whom the first five were born in Andover, Mas-
sachusetts, and the remainder in Pembroke, were :
Sarah, Nathan, Benjamin, Abiah, Molly, William,
Frye, Phebe, Hannah, Dorcas, Nicholas and Daniel.

(V) Benjamin (2), third child and second son
of Benjamin (i) and Sarah (Frye) Holt, was
born in Andover, Massachusetts, February 28, 1741,
and was taken by his parents to Pembroke, where
he died March 11, 1826, aged about eighty-five. He
married, September 22, 1763, Hannah Abbott, who
was born September 7, 1743, and died March 17,
1813. Their children were: Sarah, Nicholas, Han-
nah, Molly, Phebe, David, Mehitable (died young),
Mehitable, Elizabeth, Dorcas and Dolly.

(VI) David, second son and sixth child of
Benjamin (2) and Hannah (Abbott) Holt, was born
May 12, 1772, and resided in Pembroke, Maine, then
Shelburne, New Hampshire, 1830, and later. Rum-
ford, Maine, where he died February i, 1859, aged
eighty-seven. He married, November 10, 179S,
Chloe Chandler, who was born August 30, 1771,
and died March 16, 1859, aged eighty-eight. She
was the daughter of Timothy and ISIary (, Walker)
Chandler. They had children : Betsey Parker, Ruth,
Benjamin, Timothy, Chauncey, Mary W., Alonzo,
Dorcas and Hannah Norris.

(VII) Timothy, fourth child and second son
of David and Chloe (Chandler) Holt, was born
in Pembroke, March 7, 1802. He resided in Pem-
broke until the time of his father's removal, and
then accompanied him to •Shelburne and Rumford,
living in the latter place some years, and finally
dying in Andover, Maine, 1871. He was a quiet
man, taking no prominent part in politics, but was
a staunch member of the Congregational Church.
He married, September 27, 1825, Nancy Cochran,
who died in 18S0. They had eleven children, the
first two born in Pembroke, and the others in Rum-
ford, Maine. Their names are : Samuel Webster,
Robert Scott, Chauncey, David, William, Hannah,
Ghloe, George L. (died young), George L., John
Dearborn and Cynthia E.

(VIII) David, fourth son and child of Timothy
and Nancy (Cochran) Flolt, was born in Rum-
ford, JMaine, February 21, 1833, and was a farmer
aiid lumberman. He removed from Maine to New
Hampshire, in 1859, and settled at Berlin Falls,
where he resided a few years, and then removed
to Milan, where he lived retired some years before
his death. He was attentive to his own affairs
and cared nothing for public office holding. In
religious affiliations he was a Methodist. He mar-
ried Velina Howard, who was a daughter of Wash-
ington Howard, and died February, 1907. They had
si.v: children : Charles W., Kate, Giles O., George
H., Amanda and Frank.

(IX) Giles Ordway, third child and second son
of David and Velina (Howard) Holt, was born
in Hanover, Maine, August 3, 1S61. He was edu-
cated in the schools of Berlin and Milan. After
leaving school he engaged as clerk for Ira Mason,
who was engaged in the mercantile business, and
served in that capacity for several years, or until
the death of Mr. Mason when the business was
closed out. He then entered the employ of C. C.
Gerrish & Company, general mercantile business,
and during this term of service established a livery •
business in Berlin, also dealing in horses and car-
riages, purchasmg extensively in the west, and he
continued this line of busness for a period of ten
years. In 1903, in company with C. M. C.
Twitchell, he purchased the Berlin Water Company
plant. He also became interested in the Cascade

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Electric Light & Power Company, and he is treas-
urer and general manager of both companies. He
married, November 2, 1887, Annie L. Gerrish, who
was born in Bethel, JNIaine, daughter of William and
Rachel (Whiting) Gerrish, of Berlin. They have
one child, Arthur G., born 1890.

In New England history the sur-
KNIGHT name Knight (sometimes spelled with
slight modification) is found in town
and church records as early as the time of the
Puritans, and came to this country from England,
where the family has several branches and is one
of great antiquity. Various authorities give us the
names of what purport to be ancestors of some par-
ticular branch of the family, hence it can hardly be
said that all representatives of the surname are
descended from a common head.

One of the earliest of the name in New England,
and perhaps the first, was Deacon Richard Knight,
mercer, who came froin Romsey, England, to New-
bury, Massachusetts, in the ship "James," in 1635.
It is possible that this Richard may have been ac-
companied by his father, also named Richard, as
the' following extract from the Newbury Records
would seem to indicate :
"Honorable Sir :

An honest and godly man, a friend of mine in
Newbury, whose name is Richard Knight, whether
of ignorance or wilfulness by some neighlior is
presented for his wife's wearing of a silk hood,
supposing he has not been worth two hundred
pounds. It being a grievance to him, who is ad-
vanced (in years) to be summoned to court, that
never useth to trouble any. at his request I thought
fit to inform you on my owne knowledge his estate
is 'better worth than three hundred, and therefore
I desire you would, as you may, forbeare, in your
warrant to insert his name in it, it may be; if not,
at least that you would take private satisfaction of
him in your chamber, which he can easil give you,
or any, in a moment." etc.

John Knight, mercer, lirother of Deacon Richard,
came with him in the "James" in June, 1635, s^d
from him descended many of his surname in this
country. William Knight, who appears not to have
been of near kin to either Richard or John, is men-
tioned in Ipswich. Massachusetts, as commoner,
1641. having received a grant of land in 1639, and
in 1641 he began to preach in Topsfield. One Alex-
ander Knight possessed land in Ipswich in 1636,
and was a commoner in 1641. Besides these there
were several other progenitors of branches of the
family in various parts of New England, notably
in Alassachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island,
but mention of them all in this place is not deemed
necessary.

It is not safe to assume that any one of the
Knight immigrants above mentioned was the an-
cestor of the particular branch of the family in-
tended to be treated here, and in the absence of re-
liable data with which to connect that old revolu-
tionary patriot and soldier with any of the pre-
ceding generations of his ancestors leading to the
immigrant, the present narrative must begin with
William Knight, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and
Hanover, New Hampshire.

(I) William Knight was born probably in
Massachusetts, and with his brother served as a
soldier in the ranks of the American army during
the Revolutionary war. He enlisted in ]\Iassachn-
sctts and served witii the troops o.f that province
in the Continental army. The record of his indi-
vidual service is not readilv ascertained, as there

were no less than six persons among the men from
that region who bore the name of William Knight
and the same number who enlisted under the name
of William Knights. Mr. Knight left Worcester
in 1808 and took up his abode in the town of
Hanover, New Hampshire, where he established a
comfortable homestead property, which after him
was occupied successively by his son and grandson
and was the birthplace of his great-grandson. He
married and was the father of eleven children.

(II) William, son of William Knight above
mentioned, was born in Worcester. Massachusetts,
1788, removed with his father's family to Hanover
and eventually succeeded to the occupancy of the
old home and farm. On January 14. 181 5, he mar-
ried Avis Ladd. born in Haverhill. New Hampshire,
a daughter of John and Hannah (Eastman) Ladd,
of Haverhill (see Ladd, V). William Knight died
January 28. i860; his wife Avis died i\Iay 26,
1856. Their children were: Edwin Perry, John
and Francis Knight, all of whom are now dead.

(III) Edw'in Perry, eldest child and son of
William and Avis (Ladd) Knight, was born in
Hanover, New Hampshire, October 15. i8i6, and
died in that tow-n October 22, 1857. After com-
pleting his literary education he took up the study
of medicine with the intention of entering pro-
fessional life, and to that end entered Norwich
University, but later abandoned his course and
turned his attention to farming pursuits. His
estate in lands comprised about three hundred acres
and was made to produce abundantly under his
prudent management. In politics Mr. Knight took
an earnest interest, though not for his own ad-
vantage, and was a loyal adherent to Democratic
principles as long as he lived. He married, April
17. 1845, Elizabeth W. T. Vaughan, who was born
in Hanover. New Hampshire, September 27, 1825.
and died in Bloomington. Illinois. May 4. 1872.
daughter of Silas T. and Polly (Ingalls) Vaughan
(see Ingalls). They had five children: Edwin F.,
deceased; William Franklin. Charles E.. deceased;
Emma E., and Myra V. Knight.

(IV) William Franklin, a successful and
thoroughly reliable business man of Laconia, New
Hampshire, and whose connection with the mer-
cantile life of that town and subsequent city has
extended over a period of more than forty years,
is a native of Hanover. Grafton county. New Hamp-
shire, and was born October 13, 1847. His young
life was spent at home on his father's farm, and he
was given a good education in the Hanover public
schools and the academy at West Randolph. Ver-
mont. In January, 1864, then being less than sev-
enteen years old, he went to Laconia and found
employment as clerk in the general grocery and
provision store of Parker Brothers. After three
years he bought out the former proprietors and be-
came senior partner of the firm of W. F. Knight
& Company. This was the actual beginning of a
career w'hich has continued to the present time
with gratifying success, although occasional changes
have been made in the personnel of the partnerships,
and the business has grown from one pf moderate

■proportions to one of the most extensive mercantile
enterprises in Belknap county. The firm name of W.
F. Knight & Co. was continued for ten years, then for
a like period Mr. Knight was sole proprietor of
the business, and at the end of that time George
Tetreau acquired a partnership interest and became
junior partner of the firm of W. F. Knight &
Tetreau. This firm was succeeded by the present
firm of Knight & Huntress, a name w-ell known in
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people in the region of which Laconia is the prin-
cipal trading center. For many years he was as-
sociated with the firms of Mansen & Knight, and
later with that of Knight & Robinson, in the fur-
niture and carpet business.

As a patriotic politician in his childhooil days
he was taught by his father the doctrine of De-
mocracy and that he should be a Democrat and so
his first flag was unfurled for Buchanan and Brcck-
enridge. After coming to years of manhood and
recognizing new conditions in the great war for
liberty, he joined the ranks of the Republican party
and cast his first ballot for U. S. Grant in 1868.
Was elected as clerk of the Laconia Rcpubican
Club, and has always been interested and idcntitied
with the work of the party. He was first elected
as town clerk for Laconia in 1875-6; served two
terms as county treasurer, 18S3 to 1887; represented
Laconia in the general court, 1889; was chosen as
state senator in 1894-95 from t'^e Sixth district;
appointed quartermaster general 011 the staff of Gov-
ernor C. A. Busiel in 1896; served four years as a
member of the Laconia city council from ward four,
and was elected mayor of Laconia in 1907. For
many years was treasurer and clerk of the Laconia
Public Library ; actively identified with the organ-
izing and work of establishing the Laconia Hospital
Association, and as clerk and a member of the
building committee ; treasurer and trustee of the
Masonic Temple Association since the date of its
incorporation in 1894, and a member of the build-
ing committee that completed the first and to re-
build the second Masonic Temple; a director of the
Laconia National Bank and triistee of the City
Savings Bank and Laconia Building & Loan As-
sociation. As a Mason he is a member of Mount
Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, Union Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 7, Pythagorian Council, Pilgrim Commandery
and received the Scottish Rite degrees in Concord
and the Consistory work in Nashua, including the
thirty-second degree; was grand high priest of the
Graiid Chapter, 1895-96; past high priest Union
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 7; past master of Pytha-
gorian Council, No. 6; an attendant at the Uni-
tarian Church, and is president of the First Uni-
tarian Society of Laconia.

Mr. Knight married Fannie E., daughter of
James Taylor, of F'ranklin, New Hanipslnre, Janu-
ary 14, 1S74.

As early as 1641 Ezekiel Knight, Sr.,

KNIGHT and his son, Ezekiel Knight, Jr., were

inhabitants of Wells, York county,

Maine. From Ezekiel Knight, Sr., have descended

a numerous progeny, many of whom yet live in

Maine.

(I) Thomas Knight was born June 12, 1759.
He married (first) Dorcas Cox, who was born
March 27, 1764; and (second) Joanna Starah, who
was born June 3, 1766. His children were: Thomas
and Mark.

(H) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) Knight,
was born in Westbrook. Maine, June 23. 1784. lie
was a joiner, painter and glazier. He married Eliza-
beth Pierce, who was born June 27, 1787. The
twelve children born to them were : Isaiah W.,
Dorcas, Sophronia, Erastus, Albert, James Monroe,
Harriet B. F., Eveline, Charles Price. .Mbina. Hen-
rietta Carter and Franzilla.

(Ill) Isaiah Woodford, eldest child of Thomas
(2) and Elizabeth (Pierce) Knight, was born in
Westbrook, Maine, August 12. 1807, and died in
Dixlield. ^L^ine. May 21, 1861. He was in the tin
and hardware business in South Paris. Portland,
iv— 14

Bryant Pond and Dixfield, Maine. In politics he
was a Republican. He was a constant attendant at
church, but not a member of any religious sect. He
married, at Westbrook, now Portland, Maine, De-
cember 2, 1830, Mary P. Libby, who was born in Dan-
ville, Maine, Alarch 7, 1S07, and died in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, May I. 1886. They had six chil-
dren : Edwin R., Evelina H., Harriet A., Louisa
A., Horace V. and iNIelrose V. Of these Edwin
R., Harriet A. and Horace V. are dead ; Evelina
H. married A. S. Eustis, of Dixfield, Maine, and
Louisa A. married O. F. Stacy, of Colebrook, New
Hampshire.

(IV) Melrose Virgil, youngest child of Isaiah
W. and JNIary P. (Libby) Knight, was born in
South Paris, Maine, August 18, 1848. He was edu-
cated in the common schools. He removed to Cole-
brook with his mother's family in 1864, and learned
the tinner's trade. In 1871 he began business for
himself in company \vith A. S. Eustis, later C. W.
Eustis, first as A. S. Eustis & Company, later
Eustis & Knight, as dealers in hardware, and con-
tinued the business until 1887, when he retired. In
political faith he is a Republican. He is a member
of Evening Star Lodge, No. 37, Free and Accepted
Masons, of Colebrook, of which he has served as
treasurer from 1893 to 1903, and from 1906. He
married, in Lancaster. November 28. 1S72, Sarah
Colby, who was born at Colebrook. May 10, 1852,
daughter of Ethan and Mary (Chamberlin) Colby,
of Colebrook.

There are several families of Knights
KNIGHT of independent lineage in the New Eng-
land states. The surname seems not
to have been taken from a person who was of
knightly degree, but rather from one who played
the part of a knight in the mystery or religious plays
of four or five centuries ago.

(I) Benjamin Knight was a resident of Salem,
Massachusetts, before 1730, and had three sons born
there. They were : Enos, John and Ebenezer.

(II) Enos, eldest son of Benjamin Knight, was
born in Salem, in 1730, and died in 1804, aged seventy
years. He lived in Topsfield until 1781, when he
removed to New Ipswich. He married first, Lois
Hawke, and died in 1788, aged sixty-two years;
second, Mrs. Mary Estabrook, who died in 1797,

aged fifty-seven years ; and third, who died

in 1802. His ten children, all by the first wife, were :
Ebenezer, Enos, David, Benjamin, John, Elijah, and
four others.

(III) Benjamin, son of Enos and Lois (Hawke)
Knight, was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, June
16. 1765, and died May 9. 1848, aged eighty-three.
He removed to Hancock as early as 1786, and set-
tled on lot 10. range 4. He married first, January
9. 1787, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah
Davis, of New Ipswich. She died March 20, 1800;
and he married second. February 19, iSoi, Lucy,
daughter of Joseph Baker, of Nelson, who died June
2, 1858, aged eighty-two years. Their children were :
Ira. Sarah. Nathaniel. Benjamin. Lucy, Joseph, Enos,
Ruth, Emily, Elijah and Esther.

(IV) Ira, eldest child of Benjamin and Sarah
(Davis) Knight, was born in Hancock, May 27,
178S. He resided in Marlow, where he died Jan-
uary 14, 1S80, aged ninety-two. He married first,
in 1811, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer and Susannali
(Bolton) Pratt, born August 11. 1791. She died
November 7, 1844 ; and he married, second, Abi.gail
Burton, who W'as born in Jaft'rey in 1787. and died
July 6. 1871. His ten children, all hy the first wi*e.
were: Lewis A.. X'athaniel. William, Elvira. I a

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Davis, r^Iary Abigail. Ebenezer Pratt, Su>an Pratt,
Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Davi?.

(V) Nathaniel, second son and child of Ira and
Abigail (Pratt) Knight, was born in ^larlow, June
15, 1813, and died in February. 1889. He was a
farmer, and spent his life as a cultivator of the soil
in Marlow. He married, July 22, 1833. Zilpha Miller,
who was born in Marlow, May 26. 1807, and died
July, 1889. Their children were : Lydia E,. Lewis
A., Alfred Francis and Milan A.

(VI) Lewis A., eldest son and second child ot
Nathaniel and Zilpha (Miller) Knight, was born in
iNIarlow, September 29. 1S38. He remained on the
home farm assisting his father until he was twenty-
one years of age. and then went to Antrim and en-
tered the employ of the Goodell Company, where he
continued until 1861. He then worked in a tannery
at Marlow, in 1862 he moved onto the farm known
as the A. Burtt homestead in Bennington. After five
years residence on the farm he took employment
with the Woods Cutlery Company, of Bennington,
where he worked two years. While there he made
the first forks turned out by that firm. Since the
close of his service with this company he has lived
On the Burtt farm. In politics he affiliates with
the Democrats. He is a member of Waverly Lodge.
No. 59. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Antrim, and of Bennington Grange, No. 207. Patrons
of Husbandry. He married. April 26, 1864. Martha
E. Burtt, born May 30, 1841, daughter of Arnold
and Betsey (Taylor) Burtt, of Bennington. Their
children are : Harry Adolphus and Fred Augustus.
Harry A. is mentioned below. Fred A., born Feb-
ruary 2t, 1869. married Grace Mulhall of Hancock,
and lives in Antrim.

(VII) Harry Adolphus. elder of the two sons
of Lewis A. and Martha E. (Burtt) Knight, was
born in Bennington. July 2, 1865. He got his primary
education in the public schools of Bennington, at-
tending the high school of Hillsboro, and McCann's
Business College in Lowell, Massachusetts. He w^as
first employed as a clerk by John Smith, of Gilsum.
New Hampshire. In 1886 he started in business for
himself as a grocer in Bennington, where he re-
mained until 1888. when he sold out and entered the
employ of the New Hampshire Provision Company
of Concord, whence he went into the retail meat
business at Bennington, which he carried on until
the failing health of his father required him to re-
turn to his assistance. Since 1898 he has been in
charge of the farm, and besides attending to the
usual line of farming, sends considerable milk to
the Boston market, and deals quite extensively
in stock. Mr. Knight is an active, intelligent, and
respected citizen, and in 1895 was elected by the
Democratic party to a seat in the New Hampshire
legislature. He is a member and person of intluence
of Bennington Grange, No. 207, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, of Bennington. He married. January 28.
1888. 'Marv Louise Martin, born March 5, 1869,
daughter o'f John E. and Lettie (Burtt) Martin, of
Bennington. Mr. Martin was a soldier in Company
E. First Regiment New Hampshire Heavy Artillery,
in the war of tlie Rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Knight
have one' son, ISIorris Edward, born August 8, 1890,
now a student in Milford high school.

Four distinct families of this name
HILLM.^N are traceable in the records of this

country. In the latter part of the
seventeenth century John Hillman settled in
Martha's Vineyard. From him have sprung a large
number of persons bearing the name in this country.
About the same time another Jr.ihn Hillman came

from England and settled in Haddonfield. New
Jersey. He too is the ancestor of a numerous pro-
geny. The third branch is descended from a Ger-
man Jew. and the fourth and last is of Dutch origin.

(I) John Hillman of this sketch came from
England about 1670 and settled at Giilmark in
^Martha's Vineyard. Tradition states that when a
lad of sixteen he was stolen from a fishing boat on
the river Thames in England. He followed the
trade of worsted comber, and after his marriage
settled in Chilmark. He married Hannah Cottle, of
Tisbury. There w-ere three sons of this couple :
Richard. Samuel and Benjamin.

(II) Benjamin, third and youngest son of John
and Hannah (Cottle) Hillman. was born in 1676.
His will is dated Edgartown. Massachusetts. 1745.
He married Susannah Sampson, and had five sons :
Benjamin. Seth, James, Henry and Silas.

(III) Benjamin (2), eldest son of Benjamin and
Susannah ( Sampson) Hillman. was born in
Martha's Vineyard, but no date of birth or death
have been found. He w-as a soldier in the Revo-
lutionary war. serving as a private in Captain John
Russell's company wdiich marched July 28, 1776. and
did duty at Martha's \'ineyard for the defense of the
seacoast to September 30, 1776 — two months and
two days. He married (first). Love Cathcart ; and
(second), .\bigail Mentor. His fourteen children
were : Robert. Benjamin, Zachariah. Whitten, Owen,
Walter, .\lexander. Ichabod, Matthew, Love. Han-
nah. Elizabeth. Susanna and Mariam.

(IV) Whitten Hillman, was the fourth son of
Benjamin (2) Hillman. But little more than his
name is known of him.

(V) Whitten (2), son of Wliitten (i) Hillman,
w'as born in Farmington. Maine. May 5, 1806. and
died June 27. 1869. He was a sailor by occupation,
and resided at Rockland, r^Iaine. He married Mrs.
Harriett Ulmer, of Rockland, born in 1793. and
died September 9, 1874. Her father, Isaac Barnard,
was a famous physician. Two children of this
union : Mary F. and Richard B., whose sketch
follows.

(VI) Richard Blaisdell, only son of Whitten (2)
and Harriett ( Barnard-LTmer) Hillman, was born
June 19, 1835. in Rockland. Maine. When a young
man h'e followed sea-faring for five years, making
voyages on the north Atlantic coast. Quitting the
sea he settled in Pelham, New Hampshire, where
he has now (1907) lived forty-eight years, and has
been wheelwright and operator of a mill. For years
he was a wheelwright. .About 1890 he and his son.
Frank H.. began to manufacture carriages, both
light and heavy, at which Mr. Hillman, though
seventy-two years old, is a hale and hearty laborer.
In town affairs he has been a conspicuous figure,
and has been selectman, and in 1885 represented his
town in the legislature. He is a member of .\ncient
York Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mount Horeb Chapter. Royal .Arch Masons. Na-
shua Council, and Pilgrim Commandery. all of
Lowell ; Merrimack Lodge, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of Lowell : General Stark Colony of
the Pilgrim Fathers. He married Julia A. Spear,
who was born in Rockland, Maine, October 6, 1831,
daughter of Harvey A. and Jane J. (SpofFord)
Spear, of Rockland. Maine. Two children have
been born of this union : Frank H., and Gertrude
H., who married Henry M. Currier, of Pelham.

(VII) Frank Harvey, only son of Richard B. and
Julia A. (Spear) Hillman. was born in Pelham,
.\ugust 4, 1859. He worked at the carpenter's trade
in Pelham for years, and then engaged in the busi-
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sett?, six years. At the end of that time he returned
to Pelham, and is now a partner in business with
his father under the tirm name of R. B. Hilhnan &:
Son, blacksmiths and carriage manufacturers. Tlic
lirm has a tine reputation for good \vorl< and has an
estal)lished and paying business. Frank H. Hilhnan is
a Republican in politics, was tovyn treasurer in 1903-
04. and in 1907-08 representative to the state legis-
lature. He is prominent in Masonic circles, and
is a member of the following Masonic bodies :
.Ancient York Lodge, Ancient Free and .Accepted
Masons, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Meridian
Sun Chapter, No. 9, Isreal Hunt Council, St. George
Commandery of Nashua, and Bektash Temple, .An-
cient .Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, uf
Concord, also a member of General Stark Colony
of the Pilgrim Fathers. He is also an Odd Fellow,
being a member of Centerville Lodge, Lowell, Mass-
achusetts, also a member of Lowell Encampment,
and of Pelham Grange. He married, June 18, 1S85,
Alice M. Greeley, who was born May 23, 1864, m
Pelham. daughter of .Alonzo D. and Mary (Wilson)
Greeley, of Pelham. They have live children :
Blanch H., Carl Richard, May S., Fred H., Ralph G.
The older children have high school or academic
educations.

This early English surname is of the
RE.AD class known as complexion names, and
signifies red. The person hrst using it
as a surname was probably of ruddy complexion,
or auburn haired. The orthography of the name
varies in both present day and old time records,
and there are those of the same family who spell
it differently, and those of different stocks who
use the same orthography. Some of the commoner
forms are Read, Reade, Reed and Reid. The first
of the name in .America were very early settlers.
Members of the families of this name have held
very high and honorable places in both public and
private life in England and in .America, and intel-
lectuality has been a prominent characteristic of
people of this cognomen.

( I ) Esdras Read, emigrant ancestor of one of
the families of Reed or Read, which has been nutn-
erously represented in New Hampshire, was in
Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637, later of Wenham,
and a representative in 1648 and 1651. and subse-
quently one of the founders of Chelmsford, Massa-
chusetts. In 1660 he sold his lands in Chelmsford, and
removed to Boston, where he died in 1680. His
gravestone is still in Copp's Hill Cemetery.

(II) Obadiah, son of Esdras Read, lived in Bos-
ton, where he died about 1718. His gravestone is
in Copp's Hill cemetery. He married, .August 19,
1664, Anna Swift, who died September, 13, 1680.

(III) Thomas, son of Obadiah Read, was born
July, 1665, and settled in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
He had by his first wife : Thomas, Jonathan, Wil-
liam, Esdras, John : and by his second wife : Han-
nah, Benjamin and Timothy.

(IV) John, third son of Thomas Read, was born
in 1(385. He had a town grant, and settled in
Chelmsford. He married in Charlestown, January
10. 1707, Jane Chamberlain, and they had nine chil-
dren : Samuel, Thomas, William, Jane, Sarah, Bet-
sey, Hannah, Lucy and Jacob.

(V). Samuel, eldest child of John and Jane
(Chamberlain) Read, was born in Chelmsford, .Au-
gust II, 1711, He married (first), November 2^,
1732, .Abigail Cummings, born in Chelmsford, 1716,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (.Adams) Cum-
mings. She died March 23, 1743. He married
(second), June 22, 1757, Hannah (Wright) Under-

wood, born in 1730, daughter of Deacon Henry and
Esther (.Adams) Wright, and widow of John Under-
wood. She died March 7, 1811. The children of
Samuel and .Abigail were: Thomas, Samuel (died
aged twenty), Silas and William; children of .Sam-
uel and Hannah were : .Abigail, Olive, Bridget and
Samuel.

(VI) William, fourth son and child of Samuel
and Abigail (Cummings) Read, was born in West-
ford, formerly Chelmsford, September 24, 1739, and
died in Hollis, New Hampshire, July 12, 1817. He
settled in Hollis, New Hampshire, where he was
for years an honored and upright citizen and a cap-
tain in the militia. He married, October 7, 1762,
Priscilla Emery, and they had eleven children :
Sanuiel, Polly, William, .Abel, Silas, Priscilla, Asa,
Sarah, Uriah, Samuel and Abigail.

(VII) Asa, seventh child and fifth son of Wil-
liam and Priscilla (Emery) Read, was born in
Hollis, November 27, 1775, and died in Mason,
}ilarch 16, 1812, and was buried there. He was a
farmer, a Democrat, and a member of the Congre-
gational Church. He married Polly Wright, of
Hollis, New Hampshire, who died in Manchester,
October 25, 1839, aged almost si.xty-one years, and
was buried in Valley Cemetery. They had seven
children : Lucinda, James Gilman, .Abigail, Julia,
Asa, John L., and Luther Wright, the subject of
the ne.xt paragraph.

(VIII) Luther Wright, youngest child of .Asa
and Polly (Wright) Read, was born in Mason,
JNIarch 8, 1812, and died May 30, 1905, in the ninety-
fourth year of his age. He was a farmer. He re-
sided one year in Warner, and then removed to
Merrimack, where he lived the greater portion of
his life. He was a member of the Congregational
Church, and in politics a Democrat. He married,
June 17, 1834, Martha K. Kittredge, born in .Merri-
mack, January 16, 1817, and died June 29, 1897.
She was a daughter of Eri and Lucretia (Woods)
Kittredge. of Merrimack. They were the parents
of four children, all born in Merrimack : .Adaline,
Lucretia J., Clara K., and Luther, next mentioned.

(IX) Luther, youngest child of Luther W. and
Martha K. (Kittredge) Read, was born in Merri-
mack, July 4, 1842. He acquired his education in
district No. 6, of Merrimack, and at the age of
seventeen entered the railroad service, where he has
been employed forty-seven years. He is now foreman
of Merrimack section No. 68, of the Boston &
Jilaine Railroad, a position he has held since i8(5o.
He is a faithful and trusted employee of the com-
pany. By industry and care he has accumulated a
good property. He is police officer for his town.
In politics he is a Democrat. He married (first),
March 23, 1865, Martha J. Fuller, born in Hudson,
March 20, 1847, daughter of Joseph and Belinda
(Steele) Fuller, of Hudson. She died February 22,
1895. leaving four children : Charles, Belinda,
David S. and Clara M., all of whom are married.
He married (second), October 27, 1900, Mrs. Martha
J. French, born in Penacook. September 25, 1857,
daughter of Joel .A. and Mary A. (Severance)
Cushon. of Penacook. She was educated in the
Manchester schools, and is a member of the Free-
will Baptist Church.

(V) William, third son and child of John and
Jane (Chamberlain) Read, of Charlestow'n, was
born at Chelmsford, .April 2, 1715. He married
Thankful Spaulding, of Westford, December 29,
1741, and settled in Westford. Their children wtre :
Thadeus, William, and Oliver, whose sketch follows.

(VI) Oliver Read, youngest child of William
and Thankful (Spaulding) Read, died June 20, 1791.

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He married Abigail

and they had : Oliver,

Abigail, Patty, Lucy and Richard.

(VII) Oliver (2), son of Oliver (i) and Abi-
gail Read, was born in 1779.

(VIII) James Oliver (i), son of Oliver (2)
Read, was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, 1819,
and died Way i, 1905. He removed, in 1872, to
Mason and engaged in farming, which he carried
on the remainder of his life. He married Caroline
J. Hildreth, daughter of Ephraim Hildreth, of
Mason. They had two children.

(IX) James Oliver (2), only son of James
Oliver (i) and Caroline I. (Hildreth) Read, was
born in New Ipswich, Alarch I, 1858, and was edu-
cated in the public schools of that town. He grew
up on his father's farm, where he has always resided.
After his father's decease he took the farm, and now
makes a specialty of raising grapes in large quanti-
ties. He is a thrifty, progressive farmer, and has
one of the best cultivated places in the town. His
judgment and business ability are much relied on
by his townsmen, and he has served Mason twenty
years as selectman and (1893-4) as representative.

(Second Family).
William Reade (i), supposed to be the
READE son of William and Lucy (Henage)
Reade, was born in 1605, and sailed
from Gravesend, in the county of Kent, England, in
the "Assurance, de Lo," Isaac Broomwcll and
George Persey, masters, in 1635. He settled in
Weymouth, Aiassachusetts, where he was made a
freeman September 2. 1635. In the year 1636 he
bought a house and land of Zachary Binknall for
seven pounds, thirteen shillings, four pence, which
was an average price for homesteads at that day.
Only one year before the date of William Reade's
purchase all the land in Boston proper, with the ex-
cepticm of six acres in and about Charles and Beacon
streets, Vifas sold by William Blackstone for thirty
pounds. William Reade was among the early set-
tlers of Weymouth, which was made a plantation.
May 8, 1635, and Rev. Mr. Hall and twenty-one
fathilies settled there. William Reade was a repre-
sentative from Weymouth in 1636 and 1638. The
christian name of his wife, it is supposed, was Ivis.
Their children were: William, Esther, Thomas,
John, Mary and Margaret.

(II) John, fourth child and third son of Wil-
liam and Ivis Reade, was born in Weymouth, 1649,
and died in Dighton, January 13, 1720. He was a
house carpenter, an extensive dealer in land, and ap-
pears to have been a man of considerable property.
The records described about a dozen pieces of land
bought by him in Taunton, and several pieces sold
by him. He was a business man of considerable
importance in Taunton, but removed from there to
Dighton. His estate was valued at £162 at his
decease. He was the ancestor of the Taimton Reeds.
He and his wife were buried in Dighton, on Burying
Hill, between Upper and Lower Four Corners. Their
gravestones are in very good condition. He mar-
ried (first), Bashna, who had one child, John. He
married (second), Bethiah Frye. Her children were:
William, Thomas, George, IMary, Ruth and Hannah.

(III) George, third son and child of John and
Bethiah (Frye) Reade, died in Rehoboth, February
8, 1756. He married (first), Sarah Whitmarsh.
He married (second), January i„ 1730, Abigail
Woodward. The children by the first wife were :
George, died young ; Avise, Hannah, John, Samuel.
Ruth, Rebecca and Sylvester French. Children by
the second wife : Isaiah, George, Sarah, died young ;
Loved, Mary, Jonathan and Bethiah.

(IV) Samuel, fifth child and third son of George

and Sarah (Whitmarsh) Reade, was born in Digh-
ton, November 29, 1725. He married, in 1748, Rachel
Williams, and they were the parents of the follow-
ing named children: Rachel, died young; Samuel,,
i\lary, Rachel and Seth, who is next mentioned.

(V) Seth, youngest child of Samuel and Rachel
(Williams) Read, was born at Dighton, May 14,
1765. He married, May 18, 1718, Cassandra Dean,
who died January 4, 1840. Their children were :
Seth, Salmon, Cassandra, Otis and Stephen D.

(VI) Seth (2), eldest child of Seth (i) and
Cassandra (Dean) Read, was born in Dighton,
October 14, 1790, and died there in 1866. He was
by occupation a farmer, was a Republican in politics,
and held various town offices. He was a member
of the Congregational Church. He married, April
24, 1823, Matilda Smith, daughter of Stephen Smith,
of Dighton. They had four children : Alfred W.,
Benjamin F., Clorinda S. and Joseph B.

(VII) Alfred W., eldest child of Seth (2) and
Matilda (.Smith) Read, was born in Dighton, Oc-
tober 26, 1823, and died in New Boston, New Hamp-
shire, December 17, 1892. He was educated in the
common schools and at South Dighton Academy.
He was a trader, buying and selling borses and other
live stock, and sometimes, before the days of rail-
roads, went to New York state, also to Vermont
and Canada, and bought and shipped horses him-
self for twenty-iive years, and during the Civil war
bought for the government. He was a very active
man, and esteemed by his fellow citizens. He was
selectman a number of years in Dighton, also later
in New Boston. In 1869 he removed to New Boston,
New Hampshire, where he engaged in agriculture,
stock dealing and the raising of strawberries. In
his early life he was a Democrat, but from the time
of the war was a Republican. He enlisted for ser-
vice in the war of the Rebellion, but was rejected
on account of lameness. In religious faith he was a

.Baptist, and took a great interest and an active part
in church affairs. He was a man of the highest
sense of integrity. He was a member of the lodge
of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Somerset,
Massachusetts, of which he was a past master. He
married in Dighton, June 14, 1846, Eunice E. Paul,
who was born in Dighton, March 6, 1826, daughter of
Peter and Eunice (Edson) Paul, who was born in
Dighton, who is now living (1907). They had eight
children: Clementine E. R., married Edward .•\.
Hoyden, of Taunton, Massachusetts. Lucy M. M.,.
died 1905. Laura A. F.. married Daniel A. Stanley,
now deceased : she resides in West Medway. Frank
A. G., see forward. Charles W. P. Wallace C. D.,
died in infancy. Harry H. J., a prominent politi-
cian in Lowell'. Nora B. F., married Harry Nill-
son, of New Boston.

(VIII) Frank Alfred Gardener, fourth child and
eldest son of Alfred W. and Eunice E, (Paul) Read,
was born in Dighton, ^Massachusetts, June i, 1855,
and came to New Boston with his parents in 1869.
He was educated in the district schools, and early
learned from his father the arts of farming and
trading. For twenty-eight years he has been en-
gaged in various branches of agriculture and lum-
bering. He and his brother Charles have been very
large land owners and lumber manufacturers. At
one time they owned nearly ten thousand acres in
Vermont and New Hampshire, and now have forty-
five hundred acres of farm land in New Hampshire.
They keep one hundred milch cows, and send the
milk to Boston. They also speculate in stock, and
are engaged in slaughtering to a considerable extent.
Frank A. G. Read is a man of energy and a promi-
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-prise has furnished much work to other citizens for
many years. He is a Republican in politics, and in
religion a Baptist. He married, April 11, 18^7, in
Swanton, Vermont, Georgiana Church, born in
Montreal, July u, 1856, daughter of George .\. and_
Mary (Strecter) Church, of i\lontreal, province of
Quebec. They liave two children : Ethel E. and
Chester C. Ethel E., born September 12, 1880, mar-
ried Fred .Somers, of Aurora, New York, and lives
at East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. They have one
child, Stanley E., born September 27, 19OJ. Chester
C. Read, born August 5, 1887, lives with his parents.
(VIH) Charles Warren Paul, fifth child and
second son of Alfred \V. and Eunice E. (.Paul)
Read, was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, June 17,
1857. and removed with his parents to New Boston,
New J^lampshire, at the age of twelve years. He
was educated in the public schools, and at an early
age took an active part in the various enterprises
carried on by his father. He has been a farmer,
market gardener, butcher, lumber dealer, dairyman,
and trader in real estate and live stock. He is jointly
interested with his brother Frank in e.xtensive farm-
ing, lumbering and dairying enterprises, and has
contributed largely in making the name Read sy- .
nonomous with industry and success. They owned
at one time upwards of ninety-five hundred acres
•of land. He is a member of the Baptist Church of
New Boston, and has been its organist for thirty
years. He married, March 26. 1884, Anna B. Dolly,
born in Nova Scotia, February 28, 1868, daughter
of James and Eleanor (Bradrick) Dolly, of New-
Boston. They have two children : Bell W.. born
August 7, 1885, a graduate of Rogers Hall School
and Gushing Academy; she is considered a fine
pianist : she married January 22, 1907, William H.
Jlitchell, superintendent of the Manchester Mill of
Lowell. Paul A., born August 16, 1887. educated
in New Boston school, Worcester (Massachusetts)
Academy and Lowell Textile School. He is now
acquiring a practical experience in the mills of
Lowell, Massachusetts. He has taken a very promi-
iient part in athletics.

The Hillmans, though not of the
HILLMAN earliest New England stock, nor a
family noted for numbers, have,
nevertheless, been persons of influence through the
vocations they have followed, a large percentage of
them having been professional men, principally
clergymen.

(i) Rev. Thomas Hillman died in North Paris,
Maine. He married Hannah Poindexter, who was
torn in Barton, New Hampshire, and died at Me-
chanics Falls, Maine. They were the parents of
two children : Georgia, who resides in the West ;
and Alfred T., whose sketch follows.

(II) Rev. Alfred Thomas, son of Rev. Thomas
Hillman, was born in Poland, Maine, December 31,
1853. He was educated in the public schools, at
Nichols Latin School, and Bates College, Lewiston,
Maine, graduating from Bates with the class of 1882.
He had his first pastoral charge at East Somerville.
Massachusetts. For some twelve years he served
as secretary of the New Hampshire Home Mission-
ary Society; resigning in 1906, and is now retired
from active labor in the ministry.

Mr. Hillman is a man of pronounced Christian
character, an energetic and persuasive speaker, and
is highly esteemed by his church to which he has
added many converts. He married, in 1874, Fannie
D. DoUej', who was born in Gray, Maine, April,
1857, daughter of Angus F. and Mary E. (Young)
X)olley. Six children have been born of this mar-

riage : George F., who married Sarah E. Kimball ;
Everett C. ; Alfred G., who died aged eight years;
Ferland D., who died at the age of sixteen ; and
Mary.

(HI) George Thomas, son of Rev. Alfred T.
and Fanny D. (Dolley) Hillman, was born April
21. 1878, in Auburn, New Hampshire, and was
educated at the public and high schools of his native
town. He is now engaged in the manufacture of
bottled closures at Portland, Maine. He was mar-
ried on Christmas Day, 1902, to Fannie Kimball,
daughter of John and Emma (Staniels) Kimball.
;\Irs. Hillman is a member of the Congregational
Church.

The Reeds are of ancient English lineage

REED and the name was originally spelled

Reade.

(I) The emigrant ancestor was William Reade,

who came to New England in 1635 and was among

the first settlers of Woburn, Massachusetts.

til) Israel Reade, son of William Reade, was
born at Woburn in 1642.

(III) Israel (2) Reade, son of Israel (i)
Reade. was born in Woburn, March 17, 1667.

(IV) Israel (3) Reade, son of Israel (2)
Reade, was born November 16, 1722, in Woburn,
and resided in Littleton, Massachusetts. In the
Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls. Isaac Reade, of
Woburn. is credited with having served in Captain
Samuel Belknap's company, which responded to the
Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He also served in
Captain Abisha Brown's company of Colonel Ephra-
im Jackson's regiment.

(V) Jeremiah Reade, son of Israel (3) Reade,
was born in Littleton, September 25, 1770. He set-
tled in New Braintree, Massachusetts.

(VI) Joseph Reed, son of Jeremiah Reade, was
born in New Braintree, Massachusetts. He resided
for many years in Rutland. ^Massachusetts, and his
death occurred in Swanzey, New Hampshire, De-
cember 31, 1840. January 4, 1824, he married Maria
Read, who was born May 29, 1802, daughter of Josiah
P. Read. She survived her husband many years,
dying September 6, 1888. Their children were :
John Forbes, Joseph Mason, Josiah Miles. Malvina
Maria (died young), IMaria Malvina, and Martha
Malinda.

(VII) Joseph Mason, second child of Joseph
and Maria (Read) Reed, was born in Rutland, Au-
gust 12, 1826. In early manhood he was engaged in
the manufacture of boot forms at West Swanzey,
but w-ent from there to Kcene, where he established
a general machine business, also specializing in the
production of jack-screws and boot foniis. From
Keene he went to Boston, but about a year later re-
turned to the Granite State and engaged in the man-
ufacture of pail-handles, clothespins and chair stock.
From 1864 to 1868 he manufactured clothespins at
Westport. this state, as a member of the firm of
Reed & Marsh, and from the latter year to 1881 con-
ducted a box manufactory in that town. Returning
to Keene in 1881 he resumed the box manufactory
business and carried it on successfully until 1903.
He w-as married December 13, 1849, to Calista T.
Aldrich, born April l, 1827, daughter of Amasa Al-
drich. She became the mother of four children :
Joseph Carlon, the date of whose birth will be re-
corded presently. George Mason, born in Keene,
February 8, 1855. Ada Malvina. born in Swanzey,
December 11, 1857. Agnes Maria, born in Swanzey,
October 18, 1859. The latter was married in 1881
to Carlson Wilson, of California.

(\'III) Joseph Carlon, eldest son of Joseph M.

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and Carlista T. (Aldrich) Reed, was born in West
S-wanzey, June 2, 1852, or June 5, 1853. He began
his education in the public schools and from the
Swanzey school he entered the Winchester (New
Hampshire) Academy, where his studies were con-
cluded. His business training was directed by his
father, and in company with his brother, George M.,
he succeeded the elder Reed in the manufacture of
boxes. As a business man he is both able and suc-
cessful, and his interest in the industrial welfare of
Keene is productive of much benefit to the com-
munity. He is prominently identified with the
Masonic Order, being a member of the Blue Lodge,
chapter and commandery. He joined McLean
Lodge, No. 469, McLean, Illinois, in 1879, of which
he is still a member. He has served as recorder of
Hugh de Payen's Commandery,secretary of Cheshire
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 4, and recorder of St.
John's Council, Royal and Select Masters, for many
years. He was a representative in the New Hamp-
shire legislature, 1891, and a member of the common
council for two years. He enlisted in Company G,
Second Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard,
April, 1883, was appointed corporal, April i, 1886;
sergeant, October 9. 1889; first sergeant, October 3,
1891; second lieutenant, October i, 1894; first lieu-
tenant, December i, 1896; captain, March 11, 1899:
discharged, upon expiration of commission, March
II, 1904. His brother, George Mason Reed, who
has served in the common council and was a repre-
sentative to the legislature in 1901, is a well-known
Odd Fellow, having occupied the principal chairs in
the lodge and the encampment. Both are members
of the Sons of the American Revolution.

In the first century of the colonization of
REED New England a large number of persons
Reed, Reid or Read came to these shores.
The number of branches of families of this name
and the loss of some early records prevent the trac-
ing of the ancestry of some of these lines. The local
prominence of the generations of this sketch sug-
gest that they are the descendants of men of integ-
rity, energy and sterling character.

(I) Deacon James Reid, the illustrious ancestor
of many men prominent in the military and civil
affairs of New Hampshire, wa's one of the early set-
tlers of Londonderry. He was of the Scotch blood
which contributed so much to the settlement and de-
velopment of southern New Hampshire. Of him
Rev. Edward L. Parker, the able historian, has writ-
ten: "He was a native of Scotland and a graduate
of the University of Edinburgh. He took an active
and conspicuous part in the early organization of
the town and in tlie direction of its affairs. He
was a man who added to an accomplished mind all
those traits .>f character which go to constitute an
influential and useful member of society. He was a
member of the session of the church of the West
Parish during the administration of Rev. David Mc-
Gregor." Janie.'-- Reid was one of the selectmen of
Londonderry from 1728 to 1733. He died Novem-
ber I, 175.S, ag.'J si-vly years. His wife. Mary, died
February 8, 1775, aged seventy-six years. Their
gravestones arc now found in the Londonderry cem-
eterv. Their children were: John, born 1724, died
at the age of fourteen; Matthew, 1728: Thomas,
17.^0; George, 17,^3' Abraham. John, 1745, and Eliza-
beth, who became the wife of John Nesmith. George
Reed was a colonel in the Revolutionary army and
the ancestor of (jovcrnors Samuel Dinsmoor. Senior
and Junior.

(ID Abraham Reed, fiflli son and child of Dea-
con James and Mary Reid, vv.'is Imrn aljout 1740, in

Londonderry. He was a lieutenant in the company
commanded by his brother at the siege of Boston in
1775, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill.
He lived in that part of the ancient town of London-
derry which is now Windham. In 1785 he sold his
farm there and removed to Derryfield, now Man-
chester, where he died. He married Martha Hum-
phrey, daughter of John Humphrey, and their chil-
dren were: Matthew, David, Stephen, John, Will-
iam, Sally, Jane, Martha, Betsey and Mary.

(HI) Matthew, eldest child of Abraham and
Martha (Humphrey) Reed, was born 1762, in Wind-
ham, and settled in that part of Chester which is now
Auburn. He married Elizabeth Crombie, who was
born March 22. 1790, daughter of Moses and Abigail
(L^nderhill) Crombie, of Chester. Their children
were : Moses, Hiram, Gilnian, George W., Steiiheu
H., True C. Noah and Albie.

( IV) Gilman. third son and child of Matthew
and Elizabeth (Crombie) Reed, was born in Chester
and died 1871 in Manchester. For many years he
was with John P. Squire & Company, of Boston,
and had an interest in that firm. In 1851 he began
business in Manchester, New Hampshire, as a dealer
in produce, which be followed with success. He
was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He married Rebecca Hazelton, who died
1905. aged seventy-eight. They bad seven children:
George F.. died young, Henry S., William Albert.
Willard .\.. Samuel G., Eugene E., and Elmer E.

(V) Eugene Elliott, sixth son and child of Gil-
nian and Reljecca (Hazelton) Reed, was born in the
village of Massabesic, Manchester, April 23, 1866.
.After attending the schools in Massabesic he passed
into the grammar and manual training schools of the
city of Alanchester. where he received further in-
struction. At seventeen years of age he began to-
acquire knowledge of the mason's trade as an ap-
prentice to his brother, W. Albert. He kept at that
until 1S87. when he began the study of telegraphy,,
and in a short time fitted himself for actual work,
and was employed as a telegrapher by the Boston &
Maine Railroad corporation. In that employ he re-
mained fifteen years: for two years he was train dis-
patcher at Concord, and his last six years as a tele-
grapher were spent as a dispatcher in the upper
towner house at Manchester. When the Concord &
Montreal road began to run trains under train dis-
patchers Mr. Reed was the first man to receive an
order so transmitted. He is a person of quick per-
ception and rapid in action and in all the lime he
was in the railway service his work was so [|uickly
and properly done that no accident happened tliat
could in any way be charged to any error of his.

While yet a youth Mr. Reed displayed an interest
in pul.ilic affairs and a liking for politics, and as soon
as he attained his majority he began to be a factor
in local political affairs. In i8gS he was elected to
the board of aldermen from ward ten, Manchester^
and was re-elected in 1900. Mr. Reed is a Dem"crat,
and his election for two successive terms in a Re-
publican district drew the attention of his acquaint-
ances to the fact that he is a man of strength and
tact. .\t the nnmcipal election of igo2, he was pro-
posed as the candidate of his party for the mayor-
alty. .A straight ticket was put in the field l)y the
Republicans. Manchester is Republican liy two
tliousand majority, but Alderman Reed was elected
mayor: January 6, 1903, he was inaugurated to serve
two years. The platform upon which he placed liim-
self was the reduction of taxes and economy in the
administration of the city's affairs. The line of ac-
tion he laid out was so closely and successfully fol-
lowed that ;it the end of his term of office lie was re-

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elected, his second administration being as successful
and popular in every- way as his first liad been. In
1906 he was triumphantly elected to a third term, a
very unusual honor in Mancliestcr. Few men in
New Hampshire have risen faster or developed more
political strength in a short time than has Mayor
Reed. Concurrently with his executive position he
has held the office of treasurer of the Granite State
Club, a Democratic organization, and has been a
member of the Democratic state and city committees.

Personally Mayor Reed is very democratic, and
at all times is plain, straightforward, manly and earn-
est. He believes in the equality of all men Viefore
the law. He is easily approached, and his office is
open to any citizen with a request or a grievance.
In all public matters wherein he has been concerned
he has proven himself an able and trustworthy pub-
lic servant. He is fond of company and delights in
the society of his fellowmen, consequently he is a
member of manv fraternal organizations, including
the Calumet Club, the East Manchester Veteran Fire-
mans' Association, the Manchester Historical Asso-
ciation, the Derryfield Grange of Patrons of Hus-
bandry, the Order of Railway Train Dispatchers, the
Derryfield Gun Club, the Knights of Pythias, both
lodge and uniformed rank, the Eagles, and the Red
Men, in which last named order he is a member of
the great council. He was president and treasurer
of the Manchester Baseball Association, and during
this time the team took second place the first year
and distributed a dividend of one hundred per cent,
to the stockholders; and the second year the team
w-on the pennant, the association under his skillful
management paying a dividend of four hundred per
cent. Witli this record before < ne it is easy to
imagine that Mayor Reed is fond of athletics. He is
also a keen admirer of fair play and an exponent of
honest rivalry. He is also fond of hunting, and a
trip to the Maine woods, with dog and gun and fish-
ing rod. is one of the events of the year to which he
looks forward with keen anticipation and never re-
turns disappointed.

He married, in Manchester. December 25, 1892,
Cora L. Fox. daughter of Frank H. and Agnes L.
Fox. They have one child, Royden Eugene, who
was born in 1894.

( I ) Stephen Reed was born in Plain-
REED field, Vermont, December 9, 1790. In the
year 1799 he went or was taken to New-
port, New Hampshire, and lived on the site now oc-
cupied by the Reed saw mill. He married, Novern-
ber 16, 1810, Lovina Wakefield, who was born in
1781, daughter of Peter Wakefield, who was the
father of Methodism in that town. He built Reed's
saw mill and the chapel at Northville, and lived
many years near the plumbago mines. He was the
son of Jonathan, Sr., and Sally (Fletcher) Wake-
field. Their children w^ere : Erastus, Jackson,
Rosilla. Roscna and Rowena.

(iri Jackson Reed, son of Stephen and Lovina
(Wakefield) Reed, was born on the homestead, Feb-
ruary 20. 1819. He married (first) Harriet D.
Crowell, daughter of Sanuiel and Hannah (Emery)
Crowell. Their children were : Dexter, who was an
olflcer in the Civil war; he married (first), Elizabeth
Hook; (second) Mary Sargent. Austin, who mar-
ried Olive F. Dow, and was killed while in the mil-
itary service in the Civil war. Willard, who married
Mary Richardson, of Springfield, New Hampshire.
Herbert W., who married Lizzie A. Richardson.
Frank H., whose sketch follows.

(Ill) Frank Harland, youngest child of Jack-
son and Harriet D. (Crowell) Reed, was born on

the place where he now lives, February 12, 1857. He
was educated in the district schools, and as soon as
he was of sufficient age was employed in the saw
mill his father then owned and operated, where
Frank H. now carries on the same business. This
mill has been burned down twice, but each time a
new and better structure has risen in place of the
old one. The annual amount of rough lumlier
turned out by this mill is about half a million feel.
Mr Reed married, July 14, 1873, Lizzie N. Glynn,
who was born in Newport, daughter of John and
Mary E. (Thurber) Glynn, of Unity, New Hamj)-
shire. They had four children : Elwin F. ; Fred.,
deceased; Alice, who married Albert W. George, of
Newport ; and Bernice, who married Merton Miller,
of Newport. Mr. Reed married (second) A. Carrie
Crowell, December 18. 1901, daughter of Peter and
Susan (Sanborn) Crowell. Mrs. Reed was born in
Newport, Jamiary 6, 1S76. There is no family by
the second union.

The family of this name w-as planted
MUZZEV in New England when the inhabited

portion of Massachusetts consisted of
only a thin fringe of settlements along the seaboard.
When the population became denser and more wide
spread, members of the family became pioneers in
New Hampshire and progenitors of highly respected
families in the Granite state.

(I) John Mussey (or Muzzey) was a resident
of Salisbury, Massachusetts, but how long is not
known. He died in that town before 1689, and was
probably an immigrant from England. He married
Lydia . who was living in 1(100. and was ad-
mitted to the Newbury church in 1677. The chil-
dren of John and Lydia were: Tlmmas, John, Ben-
jamin and Lydia.

(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Lydia
Mussey, born about 1640, was a planter of Salisbury,
and died April 12, 1690. His will, dated April 4,
proved September ,30, 1690, mentions his wife Eliza-
beth, his mother "Lidah Musse," and son John, under
a.ge. A widow Mussey, a prominent Friend, was
killed by Indians. August 17, 1703. John Mussey

married Elizabeth , and they were the parents

of one child, John, mentioned below.

(III) John (3), son of John (2) and Elizabeth
Mussey, was born probably about 1(589 ■ ^^'"is baptized,
adult, August 5, 171 1, in Salisbury. He married,
December 17, 1773, Hannah Diamond, and they were
the parents of children born in 1714 and 1716.

(IV) John (4), son of John (3) and Haimah
(Diamond) Muzzey, of Salisbury, was born in
.\niesbury, Massachusetts, May 5, 1714. died January
1.1, 1786. He was admitted to the church June 3,
1752, from the North Parish Church of Haverliill.
He moved to New Hampshire and lived at Plaistow,
now Atkinson, on the farm opposite the home of
Frank W. Greenbaugh, on the "East road," and
later (1742) moved to the homestead where Giles F.
Marble now resides. He was prominent in town
and church affairs; was one of the petitioners for a
parish in 17,^4, for the incorporation of the town of
Hampstead in 1746; chosen one of a connnittee to
cari-y on a case in law against Kingston, in 1768;
was clerk to meeting of the freeholders. December 8,
1767, and February 9, 1768, when financial matters of
the town were considered, was one of three
assessors of rates in 1764. He was three times
elected moderator of town meetings,' and was select-
man nine times between 17.SO and 1768. He married
.\biah Ilunkins, born in Haverhill. Massachusetts,
November g, 1715. a daughter of Robert and .Abial
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Hampshire. She was admitted to the church, March
25. 176 — , and died in Hampstead. Tlieir children
were: Abiah, John, Thomas, Benjamin, Hannah,
Sarah (died young), Sarah, and Molly.

(V) John (5), eldest son and second child of
John (4) and .-^biah (Hunkins) JNIuzzey, of Hamp-
stead, was born in 1743, came to Weare, New Hamp-
shire, in 1774. and settled on lot 74, range 7, on
Craneyhill. He was a carpenter and joiner, a good
workman, and had a nice set of tools. He served
in the Revolution, and one season went under Gen-
eral Sullivan in the Rhode Island expedition. His
wife and children felt very badly to have him enlist,
and never expected to see him home again. He re-
turned at midnight, stepped upon the flat rock at
his door, and as agreed, fired his gun. This brought
all the family to the door at once to extend him a
happy welcome. He was a member of the first
Universalist society formed in Weare before 1803,
which consi>ted of about thirty men and a few fe-
male members. He lived to be over eighty-two
years old. He married (first) Judith Hadley ; and
(second) Priscilla Johnson. His children were:
John, Samuel, Asa, Judith, Dimond, Benjamin,
Susan, Thomas, Perley, and Abiah. (Asa and de-
scendants are mentioned in this article).

(VI) Samuel, second son and child of John (5)
Muzzey, was born in Weare, .April 24, 1767. He
lived in Weare and Newbury. New Hampshire. He
married (first) Hannah Kimball, daughter of
Nathan and Judith (Kimball) Kimball, of Weare
(see Kimball, VI). He married (second) Mary
Dudley. His children were : John, Samuel. Asa,
Polly and Hannah, the first two born in Weare. The
first three lived in Newbury, and the first and third
died there. The elder daughter married Rodney
Goodwin, and lived and died in Newbury. The
younger was the wife of Jesse Carr, and passed her
days in Bradford, New Hampshire.

(VII) Samuel (2), second son and child of
Samuel (l) and Judith (Kimball) Muzzey, was born
October 15, 1802, in Weare. and was eighteen years
old when he went with his father to Newbury.
Soon after arriving in that town he began clearing
land for himself and built a log house. He became a
large landowner, and was noted for the immense num-
ber of shingles which he split and shaved by hand. His
active life was spent in Newbury, and his last days
were passed in Bradford, where he died February ig,
1807, in his ninety-fifth year. He was a remarkably
pctive and incustrious man, whose regular and tem-
perate habits kept him in good health to the last.
His hair was never tinged with grey, and was still
silkv and. glossy at the time of his death. He was
a Universalist in religious belief, and a Democrat in
political principle, and always shunned participation
in public affairs.

. Mr. Muzzey was married, probably in Bradford,
to Betsey Cheney, daughter of Jonathan Cheney, of
that town (see Cheney, VII). She was born No-
vember. r8o7. and died February 8, 1886. in her
seventy-ninth year. She was strong in the faith that
all will ultimately be brought to repentance and the
joys of Heaven, and was a woman of high christian
character, respected wherever known. Nine of her
ten children grew up, and are accounted for as fol-
lows: Alma Jane became the wife of John E. Bab-
bitt, of Springfield, New Hampshire, and died in
West Atidover, this state. Fred. S. is a farmer re-
siding in East Concord. Lydia Ann was the second
wife of John E. Babliitt. Joseph E. and Albert C.
lived and died in Manchester, this state. Mary
Jane, wife of Horace Vose. lived in New Boston,
and died in Manchester. Emeline married (first)

Gustavus Lovering, of Springfield, New Hampshire,
and (second) George O. Gillingham, of Bradford,
and died in that town. Harriet S. died at the age
of sixteen years.

(VTII) Frank Pierce, youngest child of Samuel
and Betsey (Cheney) Muzzey, was born January 26,
185 1, in Newbury, New Hampshire, where he grew
up and attended the public schools until .he was
twenty years of age. He was at an early age a help
to his father in tilling the home acres, and continued
thereon for many years, caring for his parents in
their old age. For a few years he resided in Bed-
fore, this state, whence he removed in May, 189S. to
East Penacook street. East Concord. Here he pur-
chased a farm of two hundred acres, with a fine old
mansion, in which he entertains summer boarders.
Some of his patrons return year after year to spend
the vacation months, and thus continue relations
pleasantly begun at the opening of his house to
guests. Mr. Muzzey is an energetic, industrious and
judicious farmer, qualities which constitute the pass-
port to success. He produces milk for sale at
wholesale, and rears his own stock, giving some at-
tention to grade Holstein cows. He is in touch with
the advanced thought of the times, is a sound Uni-
versalist in religious belief, a sound Democrat in
politics, and an active member of Rumford Grange
of' East Concord. Always a busy man, he finds no
time for participation in public matters, and declines
offices of any connection.

He was married February 25, 1876, to Eva L.
Rittabush. who was a native of Weare, daughter of
Nelson and Phebe (Collins) Rittabush. She died
July 25, 1S91, leaving no issue. Mr. Muzzey was
married (second), June 20, 1894, to Julia M. Gilling-
ham, who was born April 2, 1868. in Thurman, New
York, a daughter of John and Ellen (Coyle) Gilling-
ham, the former a native of Claremont, this state,
and the latter of New York. John Gillingham was a
son of John King and Delina (Muzzey) Gillingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Muzzey have a son. Frank
Eldridge, born April 12, 1900, a very sturdy and
promising lad.

(VI) .Asa, third son of John (5) Muzzey, was
born about 1769, in Weare and settled in Enfield,
New Hampshire.

(VII) Thomas, son of .Asa Muzzey, was born
March 28, 1816, in Enfield, and was educated in the
common schools of that town. He acquired the
carpenter's trade, in which he was occupied during
most of his active life. He was a leading citizen,
affiliating politically with the Democratic party, and
represented his town for two years in the legislature.
In October, 1841. he was married to .Abigail Wil-
son Noyes, daughter of Elijah and .Abigail Wilson
(Vickery) Noyes. She was born March 8, 1816, in
Hebron, New Hampshire, and died November 15,
1893, having survived by more than five years, her
husband, who passed away September 14, 188S, They
had seven children, namely : Mary L., Malonie A.,
Er\in W.. John E., Frank P., Orvis T. and Flora A.

(VIII) Orvis Thomas, youngest son of Thomas
and .Abigail W. (Noyes) Muzzey, was Iiorn in Heb-
ron. New Hampshire, March 18. 1854. He was edu-
cated in the common schools. He worked on a farm
in Hebron ' for three years, then moved to Bristol,
New Hampshire, when he was fifteen years of age.
He lived in Bristol from t86o to 1877. when he came
to Lakeport, New Hampshire, and started iii the con-
tracting business. He is a contractor and builder,
and also a de;der in paint and hardware. In politics
he is a Prohiliitionist, and for two terms he was a
selectman for the town of Gilford. He belongs to
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Order of Pilgrim Fathers. He is known for his
integrity and fair dealing and has been very success-
fnl in his business. On October 28. 1S78, Orvis T.
Mnzzey married Mary Eliza Rollins, daughter of
Richard and Martha M. E. (Gray) Rollins, of Bris-
tol. New Hampshire. They have one child, Victor
Gray, who was born at Laconia, New Hampshire.
July 10, 1897.

The name of Hastings, so long
H.ASTIXGS identified with the British nobility,
is of Danish origin and has existed
in England from the time of Alfred the Great. Dur-
ing the reign of that monarch a Danish chief named
Hastings took forcible possession of a portion of the
county of Sussex, including a castle and a seaport,
and succeeded in retaining it in spite of the vigor-
ous opposition of the Saxons. As the family did not
oppose the Norman invasion they were not deprived
of their estates b}- the conqueror, and in the reign
of Henry the Second one of them, Henry Hastings,
son of William de Hastings, became a peer of the
realm. They subsequently became allied by mar-
riage with the royal families of both England and
Scotland. In 1529 Lord George Hastings was
created Earl of Huntingdon by Henry the Eighth.
The family record on this side of the ocean begins
with Thomas Hastings who came over in 1634. and
the latter's brother John (called so by tradition),
who arrived in 163S. Both were married in Eng-
land 'and John brought children with him. These
immigrants are said to have been great-grandsons of
the Earl of Huntingdon, previously mentioned, and
they sought homes in New England in order to es-
-cape persecution^ by non-conformists.

(I) The firs't definitely known American ances-
tor of the branch of the family now under consider-
ation was Robert Hastings who married Elizabeth
Davis, and was among the early settlers in Haver-
hill, Massachusetts. Whether he was born in Eng-
land or America cannot be determined, but it is rea-
sonable to infer that he was a son of one of the
emigrants.

(H) John, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Davis")
Hastings, married Ednah Bralev, and resided in
Haverhill.

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) and Ednah
(Braley) .Hastings, was probably a lifelong resident
of Haverhill. The maiden name of his wife was
Rebecca Kelley.

(IV) General Amos, son of John and Rebecca
(Kelley) Hastings, was born in Haverhill. February
3. 1757- He settled in Bethel. IMaine, going there a
young man and entering with spirit into the pre-
liminary work of developing the agricultural re-
sources of that region. He served with ability in
all of the important public offices, and was for years
regarded as the most prominent citizen of the town.
On September 10, 177S, he was married at Fryeburg,
Maine, to Elizabeth Wiley, and had a family of
eight children, namely: Sally, Amos, Lucinda, died
young ; Susanna, Timothy, Lucinda. John and
Huldah.

(V) John, third son and seventh child of Gen-
eral Amos and Elizabeth (Wiley) Hastings, was born
in Bethel, May 6, 1796. For many years he was the
blacksmith of Bethel Hill, where he was extensively
engaged in agricultural pursuits in connection with
his trade, and his death occurred there April 5,
1859. His wife, who was before marriage Abigail
Straw, bore him eight children : Gideon Alphonso,
David Robinson, John Decatur, Daniel Straw, died
young; Solon S., died young: Moses Mason, Agnes
Straw and another Daniel Straw.

(VI) Gideon Alphonso, eldest child of John
and Abigail (Straw) Hastings, was born in Bethel,
February 18, 1821. Settling in Bethel, his native
town, he became a prosperous farmer and a lumber-
man. In politics he was a Democrat. In addition
to holding town offices, he represented his district
in the state legislature and served as county com-
missioner. He enlisted August 8, 1861, in Company
A, Twelfth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry.
He was commissioned captain, October 15, 1861,
and July ,31, 1862, was commissioned major. May
12, 1862, he went to New Orleans, and in Septem-
ber, 186,3, was in command of the regiment and
Read's Cavalry. He was in command of regiment
at the battle of Baton Rouge, also in the battle of
Irish Bend, and made the charge on the steamer
"Dana" in battle of Port Hudson. He was then
ordered to Maine in the recruiting service, and was
in' command at Camp Berry. Portland. From Au-
gust. 1863, to April, 1864. iie was at New Orleans
on detached duty. He joined his regiment. June,
1864. was ordered to Morganza Bend, and July 16
left New Orleans for Bermuda Hundred. He was
with Sheridan at Cedar Creek, and at Fisher Hill.
December 7, 1864, he was mustered out of the ser-
vice. February 24, 1865, he was commissioned
major by the governor and authorized to raise a
new company and join his regiment at Savannah,
Georgia. He was provost marshal at Savannah,
and was detailed provost judge for western Georgia,
in charge of the Freedman's Bureau. He was
honorably discharged April 26, 1866, by reason of
expiration of his term of service.

He married, October .3. 1847. Dolly (Keyes) Kim-
ball, daughter of Moses Kimball, of Rumford, Maine.
She became the mother of eight children, namely :
I\Ioscs Alphonso. referred to at greater length in
the succeeding paragraph. William Walter, born
February 15, 1851, resides in Bethel, Maine. Frank
Wallace, born September 25, - 1852, died July 2,
1872. Florence Isabella, born May 11, 1854, died
August 13, 1854. David Robinson, born January
24. 1857, resides in Auburn, Maine, wdiere he has
served as mayor, also sherifif of Androscoggin
county for some years; he is an extensive lumber-
man; he married (first) Josephine A. Sanderson;
married (second) Ella J. Coffin. O'Neil W. R,,
born March 28, 1859, deceased. Herbert Bryant,
born June 25, 1S61, resides in Oregon. Thomas
Foskctt, born January 14, 1871, resides in Bethel,
Maine.

(VII) Moses Alphonso Hastings, eldest child
of Gideon Alphonso and Dolly K. (Kimball) Hast-
ings, w-as born in Bethel, Maine, December 31,
1848. His studies in the public schools were aug-
mented by a course at Gould's Academy, Bethel,
and when fifteen years old he began the activities
of life as a school teacher. While thus employed
he devoted his spare time to reading law in the
office of David Hammons. of Bethel, and after com-
pleting his legal preparations at the Albany (New
York) Law School, he was admitted to the bar
at the age of nineteen. He removed to Gorham,
New Hampshire, and opening a law office in that
town, practiced hi* profession in company with Gen-
eral A. S. Twitchell for four years, and for the
succeeding two years practiced his profession alone.
In 1874 he was appointed clerk of the supreme
court for Coos county, and has ever since retained
that position, receiving reappointments under both
Democratic and Republican administrations. In
politics he acts with the Democratic party. He re-
sides in Lancaster. Mr. Hastings has attained the
thirty-second degree in the Masonic Order, being

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a member of North Star Lodge, chapter, council
and commandery, Lancaster, and of Edward A.
Raymond Consistory at Nashua. His religious
affiliations are with the Congregationalists. He was
second lieutenant of Company F. Third New Hamp-
shire Volunteer Militia, Lancaster ; appointed sec-
ond lieutenant June 25, 1878. promoted to tirst lieu-
tenant May 31, 1879: promoted to Captain July 25,
1879, and honorably discharged August 30, 1882,
upon his own request.

Mr. Hastings married Annie F. Poore. daugh-
ter of the late Rev. Daniel M. Poore, of Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings
have one son, Warren, born July i, 1885. He
graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, taking a course in mining and civil engin-
eering. .'\t the present time (1907) he holds a
position with New Jersey Zinc Company, at Frank-
lin Furnace, New Jersey.

This name has been variously writ-
L.\MPREY ten Lampary, Lampreye, Lamfrey
and Lamprey, and in the Old Ger-
man of the eighth century as Lempfrit. .\ specious
but hardly tenable theory derives the name directly
from Lampridius, a Latin historian of the fourth
century, and the name also of a Latin poet and
scholar of the sixteenth century. But a more
probable and certainly a more interesting origin
is claimed by those who remember the old Norse
word "lam," meaning land, and "frid." meaning
free. The latter syllable is easily changed to "frey,"
and we have Lamprey, signifying free land or land
belonging to a freeman, a designation of which any
family may be proud. The coat-of-arms, as given
in Burke's Peerage, consists of a field, or, three-
crosslets fitchee. in chief, gules ; crest, a hand hold-
ing a cross-crosslet fitchee, in pale proper. The
cross was the customary cognizance of a Crusader,
and the hand is a pledge of sincerity. Fitchee
means that the cross is sharpened at the lower end
like a stake. Or, gold, is the emblem of mag-
nanimity, and gules of courage and valor in battle.

(.1) The 'American ancestor was Henry Lam-
prey, who was born about 1616, and came to
America with his wife Julian (written in the town
records "Gillyen"), and lived" several years in Bos-
ton. About 1660 he removed to Hampton, New
Hampshire, where he died .August 7, i/OO, aged
eighty-four years. His wife died May 10, 1670.
He was a cooper by trade, and in a deposition made
in 1666 he called himself fifty years old. A tra-
dition which has been handed down from genera-
tion to generation states that his wife received for
her marriage dowry a scale containing her weight
in gold, one hundred and twelve pounds. The
• chest which held this treasure is still preserved in
the family, and is now held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The children of Henry and "Gillyen" Lamprey
were; Henry, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary (died in
infancy), Mary and Benjamin.

(U) Benjamin, youngest child of Henry and
Julian Lamprey, was born September 28, 1661, in
Hampton, New Hampshire, and lived in that town.
He was married (first). November 10, 1687, to
Jane, daughter of Nathaniel (2) and Deborah
(Smith) Batchelder (see Batchelder, HL). She
was born January 8. 1670. After her death he
married Mary, surname unknown, who died Sep-
tember T7, 1735, aged sixty-five years. His chil-
dren were; Benjamin, Deborah, Daniel, Sarah,
Nathaniel, Jane, Henry, Elizabeth .Abigail, John,
Hannah and Morris.

(HI) ^lorris, youngest child of Benjannn and

Mary Lamprey, was born December 20. 171 1. in
Hampton, and lived in that town at Little River.
He married (first) Elizabeth, granddaughter^ of
Nehemiah Hobbs. He was married (second), Sep-
tember 6, 1738, to Rebecca, daughter of John and
Rebecca (Smith) Moulton. She was born May 4,
1716. Their children were: Morris, Jonathan,
Elizabeth, Hannah, John, Abigail and Sarah.

(IV) Morris (2), eldest child of Morris (i)
and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Lamprey, was born Decem-
ber 4. 1737, in Hampton, New Hampshire, and in
1790 lived in Epsom, New Hampshire.

(V) Aaron, son of Morris (2) Lamprey, was
born in Nottingham, New Hampshire, .\pril 29,
1766. He moved to the neighboring town of Epsom,
where he married and reared a family, and in his
latter years came to Concord, where he died, .\bout
1701. '.^aron Lamprey married Hannah Locke, ,
daughter of Francis Locke, of Epsom, who was
born July 20, 1765. They had eleven children:
Levi, born September 10, 1792; Hannah, Aaron,
Delia, Ephraim, mentioned below; Abel, John,
Daniel, Betsey, Lydia and Judith, born July 29.
181 5. Aaron Laiiiprey died July 29, 1850, aged
eighty-four years, and his wife died .August 9, 1835,
aged seventy.

(VI) Ephraim, third son and fifth child nf
Aaron and Hannah (Locke) Lamprey, was born
at Epsom, New Hampshire, May ly. 1800. He
was a man of unusual ability, though he had no
education beyond that afforded by the di-'trict
schools of his day. In 1826 he moved to Groton,
this state, where he devoted himself to farming till
1849, when he removed to Concord and became a
manufacturer of brick. The old home was where
the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital now stands. He
was blessed with good health all his days, and was
a vigorous, energetic worker. Mr. Lamprey joined
the Free Will Baptist Church at the age of twenty-
five, and was ever after an active and devoted mem-
ber. He was ' a man of marked religious feeling,
and always had family prayers, even during hayuig.
In politics he was a Whig, but he early espoused
the cause of Anti-Slavery, and became the first
Abolitionist in Groton, afterwards joining the Re-
publican partv. In 1827 Ephraim Lamprey married
Bridget Phelps, daughter of Henry Phelps, and
his second wife, Hannah Blodgett, who was liorn
at Groton, New Hampshire, April 4, 1802. She
was a school teacher in early life, having been a
pupil of Parson Rolfe, of Groton. Like her hus-
band, she was a member of the Free Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lamprey was a great reader, and a woman
of advanced ideas, and she inspired her children to
get an education. She was interested in woman's
"ufTrage in the days when it took courage to sub-
scribe to a journal devoted to the cause.

Ephraim and Bridget (Phelps) Lamprey had a
family of eleven children, all born in Groton : Delia
C, born February 6. 1828, died April 12, 1SS3;
Mary B., born- December 22, 18.^0, died .August 14.
1849'; Henrv P., whose sketch follows : Elmira B.,
born February 15, 1834. died April. 1879; Maurice
S., born October i. 1S35 ; John H., born January
5. 1S37, died July 12, 1900; Maitland C, whose
sketch follows; Austin L., born October 17, 1840;
Horace .\., born June 27, 1842. died June 25, 1862;
Cyrus E., born March 29, 1844, died June, 1S45 ;
aiid Clarence S., born May 14, 1847. Five of these
sons served during the civil war, and one of them
gave his life for his country. Horace .A.. Lamprey
enlisted in the Second New Hampshire Volunteers,
and was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, Vir-
ginia, Tune 25, 1862, two days before he had com-

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pleted his twentieth year. JIaurice S. Lamprey en-
listed in the Tenth New Hampshire Vohmteers,
W'as transferred to the signal corps, served throiig-
out the war, and is now a photographer in Pena-
cook, New Hampshire. Austin L. and Clarence S.
Lamprey belonged respectively to the Thirteenth
and the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers.
Maitland C. Lamprey's war record is given on
another page. The boys were not alone in render-
ing service to their country. The eldest daughter,
Delia C. Lainprey, became an army nurse, begin-
ning at the temporary hospital at Concord, and
afterwards serving at Fortress Monroe and Wash-
ington. After the war she became one of the matrons
at the Home for Discharged Soldiers in Boston,
where she remained for two years, subsequently
marrying Harvey Hughes, of Manchester, New
Hampshire. She was a benevolent woman and a
friend to the needy. Mary B. Lamprey, a girl of
lovely character, died August 4, 1849, in her nine-
teenth year. Elmira B. Lamprey, the youngest
daughter, was a student at New Hampton Institute,
but gave up graduation to care for an enfeebled
mother. She had a beautiful, self-sacrificing nature,
and was the light of the home. Her untimely death
occurred September i, 1879, in her thirty-sixth
year. John H. Lamprey, the third brother, never
married, but like his sister Elmira, devoted his
life to his parents. He moved to Concord, New
Hampshire, where he became a noted market gar-
dener, sometimes having one hundred acres under
cultivation. He was a generous and public-spirited
citizen, and helped the common welfare by finding
work for the needy. For many years the Lamprey
gardens were one of the features of the South
End of the city. Mr. J. H. Lamprey was a Re-
publican in politics, and served both as an alder-
man and representative from his ward. His death
occurred July 12, 1900.

Ephraim Lamprey, the father of this family, died
November 13, 1S84, at the age of eighty-four, and
his wife survived him just one week, dying No-
vember 20, aged eighty-two.

(VH) Rev. Henry Phelps, eldest son and third
child of Ephraim and Bridget (Phelps) L;imprey,
was born at Groton, New Hampshire, November 3,
1832. He took his preparatory studies at New
Hampton Institution, and was graduated from Dart-
mouth College in 1862. For the succeeding two
years he was in the service of the American Tract
Society, and from 1864 to 1866 he studied for the
ministry at New Hampton Theological Institution.
He was licensed to preach by the Free Will Baptist
denomination at Center Harbor, this state. May 23,
1866, and in October of that year became pastor
at Phillips, Maine, where he remained till the latter
part of 1868. He then returned to New Hampshire, and
was pastor at Wilmot Flat for three years, after-
wards filling pulpits at Brunswick, East Corinth
and South Parsonfield, all in Maine. In 1879, while
officiating at the Free Baptist Church at Northwood,
New Hampshire, he found himself in accord with
Congregational views, and afterwards affiliated with
that denomination, filling pulpits at West Stewarts-
town, Danbury and Acvvortli. this state; Lower
Waterford. Vermont ; and Centre Ossipee and Short
Falls, Epsom, New Hampshire. In 1890 he re-
turned to Concord where he has since made his
home at Lamprey Park, near his brother's gar-
dens. Mr. Lamprey is a Republican in politics,
and an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance.
For thirty years he was actively engaged in the
service of the church, and his good work will not
be forgotten in the various parishes to which he

was called to minister. A man of quiet and modest
ways, a devoted son and brother, and an exemplary
husband and father, he has faithfully fultilled his
duty in whatever circumstances he has been placed,
and his labor has been fruitful in results, if not
productive of worldly acclaim.

On July II, 1867, Rev. Henry P. Lamprey mar-
ried Ellen Selomy Hardy, youngest child of Ichabod
P. and Emeline (Webster) Hardy, who was born
March 2, 1844, at Rumney, New Hampshire (see
Hardy, HI). In early life she lived with her parents
at Hebron, Lebanon and Groton, this state, and
she was graduated from New Hampton Institute
in 1865. Mrs. Lamprey has always been an earnest
student, and though much of her early married
life was given to the instruction of her children
and to parish work, she has always found time for
original research, and investigation. She was success-
ful in stimulating and helping others to gain an
education, and in promoting missionary and Sunday-
school interests. She has a valuable and extensive
collection of fossils and minerals from all parts
of the world, which she has been years in gathering,
and another large collection of mosses and lichens.
More than twenty-five years ago she joinea the
Agassiz Association, forming a Home Chapter with
the four members of her immediate fatnily. and
together they studied the wonders of the natural
world. Mrs. Lamprey belongs both to the Ferii
and Moss Chapter of this Association, and has re-
ported her discoveries to its publications and other
journals. She is also a member of the National
Geographical Society of Washington, D. C. In
Concord she is a member of the Wild Flower, the
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare) and the Woman's
Clubs, being especially interested in the art, science
and current events department of the latter or-
ganization. While in Acworth JNIrs. Lamprey and
her husband joined the Chautauqua Literary and
Scientific Circle, and were graduated in 1890. Mrs.
Lamprey has always been an ardent lover of the best
literature, and her children were nourished upon
this diet. All the books in the house betoken
scholarly tastes, and it is no wonder that daughters
brought up in such an atmoisphere should become
gifted and brilliant women. Since her residence in
Concord Mrs. Lamprey, with her husband, has been
a member of the South Congregational Church.

Rev. Henry P. and Ellen (Hardy) Lamprey
are the parents of two children : Lunette Emeline,
born April 17^ 1867, at Alexandria, New Hampshire ;
and Elmira Adrienne, born October 21, 1878, at
Northwood, this state. The elder daughter was
educated at home, spent two years at the Concord
high school and five years at Mount Holyoke Col-
lege, from which she was graduated in 1891 with
the degree of B. L., being the first student to re-
ceive a diploma of that sort. During her under-
graduate days she was an editor of the college pa-
per. She taught in a mission school in Kentucky
for a short time, but her literary bent soon be-
came dominant, and in 1892 she engaged in news-
paper work at Washington, D. C, where she re-
mained thirteen years. She was on the editorial
stafif both of the Capitol and the IVashington Times,
and during part of this period she conducted the
literary page and wrote the book reviews. Her
work has received commendation from authors like
Gilbert Parker, Richard Watson Gilder, and others
of that rank. Despite the requirements of regular
journalism. Miss Lamprey has found time for much
original production, and her poems show an un-
doubted gift of song. In 1904 she w-ent to New
York to serve as one of the editors of the Roosevelt

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Campaign Bureau, and has since been engaged in
literary work in tliat city.

Elmira A. Lamprey, the youngest daughter, was
graduated from the Concord high school in 1898.
While a student she edited the High School f'o/ioi-
teer. She was fitted for college, but her musical
gifts led her to pursue another career, and she
studied under the best masters in New Hampshire
and Boston. Since 1905 she has been associated
with her sister in New York, and like her, she
possesses decided literary talent. Miss Myra Lam-
prey is now the editor of the music column of
Club Life. From her early youth she has been a
contributor to the press, and also an enthusiastic
observer of birds and flowers. During her resi-
dence in Concord she wrote some charming papers
on these subjects for the Concord Monitor. Both
sisters possess artistic tastes and abilities, and Miss
Myra Lamprey is a member of the Pen and Brush
Club of New York City.

(VII) Maitland Charles, fourth son and seventh
child of Ephraim and Bridget (Phelpj) Lamprey,
was born September 30, 1838, in Groton, New
Hampshire, and received his education at New
Hampton, New Hampshire, and Dartmouth College,
graduating from the latter institution in 1863. He
left school to enlist in the army a year before com-
mencement, but received his diploma notwithstand-
ing his absence. He worked his way through col-
lege, and slept on the floor rather than borrow
money to live more lu.\uriously. He enlisted in
Company I, Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteers,
in October, 1862. This regiment formed a part of
the Nineteenth Army Corps, and he saw severe
service in Louisiana. He was also in General
Banks' expedition up the Red River, and was in
the battle of Port Hudson, one of the most bloody
contests of the war. He also assisted in the capture
of Butte a la Rose, in May 1863. Although he was
much debilitated by disease, his powerful con-
stitution and previous good habits pulled him
through, and he was discharged August 20,
1863. On returning to New Hampshire he
was so weakened by his experiences that he was
not able to enter into any active business for two
years. He then began to teach school, first in Ohio,
and later in Iowa, Kansas Normal School, and
for twenty-four years was principal of Oliver Ames
high school, northeastern Massachusetts. For some
time he has now been retired from active labor,
but his intellectual force and his keen interest in
the affairs of the world are undiminished. He was
a member of the constitutional convention of New
Hampshire in 1902, and is an active member of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of the
American Revolution.

Mr. Lamprey married, July 12, 1S69, to .^bbie
C. Davis, daughter of John and Sarah (Davis)
Davis. She was born in Yarmouth, Maine, June
22, 1844. They had two children. Mary L., born
in Kno.xville, Iowa. April 29, 1870; and Charles
M., born in Emporia, Kansas, February 15. 1872.
The latter is director of the evening school, Boston,
and was recently married to I\Iabel Murray, of Law-
rence, Massachusetts.

This is a variation of the name Lam-
L.^MPER prey. Lamphrey or Lamprell, and the

old families of this name are nearly
all descended from Henry Lamprey, born in Eng-
land about 1616. W'ho lived in Boston, Massachu-
setts, until about 1660, and Hampton, New Hamp-
shire, and died August 7, 1700, aged eighty-four

years. His wife Julien, or Gillyen, died }ilay 10,
1670.

(I) Joseph Lamper was born in Gilmanton,
New Hampshire. He grew to mature age and was a
farmer there, but later moved to INIanchester, where
his later years were passed. He died about 1848.
He married Hannah Lougee, daughter of Joseph
Lougee. They were the parents of seven children:
Charles E., Frank (died young), Nancy, David,
William E., Martha and Frank.

(II) William E., fifth child and fourth son of
Joseph and Hannah (Lougee) Lamper, was born in
Manchester, December 27, 1843. He grew up on
his father's farm, and received a common school
education. When fifteen years of age he was em-
ployed in the Amoskeag gunshop, which at that time
was an arms factory. A year later he began work
for the firm of J. A. V. Smith & Company, and
has been connected with this institution from then
till now. with the exception of a few years when
he returned to the gun shop to .manufacture guns
lor use in the war of the rebellion. Mr. Lamper
has always been a very industrious man, and suc-
cess in business has rewarded his labors. In 1903
the J. V. A. Smith Company was incorporated, and
Mr. Lamper was elected president, and Mr. Smith
treasurer. Mr. Lamper still keeps his place at the
bench, and turns out as good a day's work as any
employe. He is very quiet and unobtrusive, and a
man whose word is always to be relied on. In
politics he is a Republican, but he has no affilia-
tions with church, lodges or clubs. He married,
in 1872, Elizabeth Plumpton, born in Manchester,
England. They have two children : Grace and
Charles. Grace is the wife of Egbert E. Foster,
and has children. Charles is employed by the
Higgins Supply Company.

The origin of the forbear of the

WIGHT Wights of this article and the date

of his arrival in America are unknown ;

but that he was a useful citizen and the progenitor

of many more useful citizens is shown by the

records of his descendants.

(I) Deacon Thomas Wight seems to have been
in Watertown, Massachusetts, in the winter of
1635-36. Over a year later he appears tangibly at
Dedham. On July 18, 1637, Thomas Wight, with
eleven other persons, having been duly certified by
the magistrates and having subscribed the covenant,
was admitted an inhabitant of Dedham. At this
time his family consisted of his wife Alice or
Elsie, and his children : Henry, John, Thomas, and
doubtless, Mary. In the distribution of lands for
homesteads Thomas Wight received from the town
the portion (twelve acres) allotted to each married
man. In addition to this home lot he subsequently
received grants of "planting ground," woodland and
meadow. He and his wife were received into the
church "ye 6th of ye 7 mo. 1640," On October 10,
1640, he became a freeman. He took an active
part in the concerns of the town, and was repeatedly
selected for the performance of various public ser-
vices. In 1641 he was elected selectman for the
town of Dedham, and filled that office six years.
His name appears fourth on the list of Dedham
inhabitants who in 1644, "taking into consideration
the great necesitie of providing some meanes for
the Education of the youth in ye sd Town, did
with unanimous consent, declare by vote, their will-
ingness to promote that work, promising to put
too their hands to provide maintenance for a free
school in our sd Towne." Resolutions follow to

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raise twenty pounds per annum, and put it with
certain segregated lands in the hands of trustees
to be improved for the schooh This was the first
free school in Massachusetts supported by a tax.
In 1650 Thomas Wight with others was deputed
by the town to attend to the erection of a village
for the Indians at Natick. As early as 1649 he be-
came interested in the movement for dividing Ded-
ham, which resulted in the formation of Medfield.
In 1649 he was chosen one of the committee to fur-
ther this project. In May, 1650, he was chosen one
of the committee of five to assist and direct the
measurer in laying out house lots in Medfield and
collect the fees for said work; also to be present
with two others at the laying out of the line betwixt
Dedham and ^ledfield; also one of a committee of
six to lay out highways. In 1650 Medfield became
a town, and later Thomas Wight removed his
family thither. The valuation of property in the
town of Medfield in 1652 shows that Thomas Wight
was the wealthiest citizen there, his valuation be-
ing three hundred and twenty-two pounds. In
1650, 1653, and at subsequent times, he had grants
of land allowed him by the town. He served as
selectman in 1654-55-59, and every year following
to 1674 (nineteen years) the last being the year
of his death. He was a leading member in the
Medfield church, and in 1661 it became his duty to
assist in seating people in the meeting house ; in
1667 he is mentioned as a deacon in the church.
He seems to have taken much interest in the
future of Medway. In 1659 he received a grant of
fifteen acres on the west side of Charles river, and
in 1660 one hundred and si.xty-six acres, the largest
except two of forty-seven proprietors. Thomas
Wight and all his surviving sons in Aledfield, and
his son-in-law subscribed for building the new brick
college at Cambridge, now known as Harvard Uni-
versity. From what the records show, Thomas
Wight was an active man whose heart was right,
and whose works were good and long enduring.
His service of twenty-five years as selectman is a
testimonial to his ability and fidelity and the confi-
dence reposed in him by his fellow citizens. Of
his first wife little is known. The Dedham records
show that she was received into the church 6th
day, 7th mo. 1640. The Medfield record give the
date of her death July 15, 1665. Thomas Wight
married (second) Lydia, widow of James Penni-
man, of Boston, and sister of John Eliot, the apostle
to the Indians, and daughter of Bennett Eliot.
The children of Thomas and his first wife Alice
were : Henry, John, Thomas, Mary, Samuel and
Ephraim.

(II) Sergeant Henry, eldest child of Thomas
and Alice Wight, settled with his parents in Ded-
ham, in 1637. He became a member of the church
August 14, 1646, and was admitted freeman May
26, 1647. He remained in Dedham when the re-
mainder of his father's family removed to Med-
field. He is first mentioned in Dedliam records in
connection with town aft'airs in 1653, having been
appointed to the discharge of a town office. In
1658 he was made constable by the general court.
He was selectman for ten years, his first seri'ice
being in 1661, and he held that office at his death.
In 1665 the record shows he received a grant of
one hundred and twenty acres of land from the
town, a grant of unusually large size for which no
reason is assigned. On February 24, 1673, he was
one of three citizens of Dedham appointed to lay
out a house lot for Rev. Samuel j\Iann, at Wren-
tham, and to take care about the church lot there.

He is mentioned in his father's will as "my eldest
son," "my well beloved son," and is appointed one
of his executors. He received by this will all his
father's "houses and lands lying and being in Ded-
ham." This device included the original grant of
twelve acres from the town to Thomas W'ight. He
died intestate, February 27, 16S0, leaving an estate
valued at five hundred and twenty-four pounds and
one shilling. He married, about 1652^ Jane Goode-
now, of Sudbury, who- joined the church June 12,
1653, and died in Dedham, May 16, 16S4. Her estate
inventoried sixty-two pounds, eight shilling and three
pence. The children of this union were : John,
Joseph, Daniel, Benjamin, and Jonathan, whose
sketch follows.

(III) Jonathan (l), youngest child of Henry
and Jane (Goodenow) Wight, was born July 2,
1662, and removed from Dedham to WVentham,
where he died intestate, March 20, 1719. He mar-
ried, August 19, 1687, Elizabeth Hawes, of Wren-
tham. She married (second), February 20, 1722,
Samuel Bullard, of Dedham. She must have lived
to extreme old age, as a deed of release of dower
interest in her first husband's property was dated
April 2, 1764, seventy-seven years after her first
marriage. The children of Jonathan and Elizabeth,
all born in Wrentham, were: Jeane Elizabeth, Me-
hitable, Marah, Jonathan and Sarah.

(IV) Jonathan (2), fifth child and only son
of Jonathan (i) and Elizabeth (Hawes) Wight,
was born in Wrentham, January 6. 1700, and resided
in Wrentham, w'here all his children were born.
He married there (first), February 13, 1721, Jemima
Whiting. She died June 24, 1754, the mother of ten
children. Jonathan married (second), December
5, 1754, Mrs. Jerusha George. His will was made
March 11, 1773. He died March 26, 1773. and his
will was probated April 9, 1773. Jerusha's will was
made May 22, 1792; its probate February 5, 1793,
approximates the date of her death. Jonathan's chil-
dren were: Jonathan, Jemima, Benjamin, Joseph,
Eliphalet, Elizabeth, Susannah, Timothy, Zubiah,
Olive, Jerusha and Matilda.

(V) Joseph (l), fourth child and third son of
Jonathan (2) and Jemima (Whiting) Wight, was
born in Wrentham, December 29, 1729. He, like
his father, is mentioned as a yeoman. In 1781 he
with some of his sons, perhaps, prospected at New
Marblehead (Windham), Elaine. From 1781 till the
fall of 1783 his movements are variously reported.
It is certain however that in November, 1783. he
removed with all his family except his son James
to Otisfield, Cumberland county, Maine, where he
settled upon "a beautiful ridge of land near the
centre of the town," a portion of which is still
owned by his posterity. His account book shows
that he was ready to turn his hand t<5 many things
required in new settlements, such as making surtouts,
waistcoats, bearskin muffs, boots and shoes. He
was also a farmer, and part proprietor of a saw mill
upon Saturday pond. The dates in his account book
extend from 1785 to 1794. He married first, in
Wrentham, September 22, 1755, Abigail Farring-
ton. of the same place, w'ho died there August 25,
1758, aged twenty-two. He married second, in
Wrentham, June 9, 1763, Abigail Ware, who was
born December 15, 1740. The family of Joseph
was uncommonly hardy and athletic. Although
school privileges were scant in these days they
contrived to acquire a fair education and to accumu-
late good estates. They were influential in the com-
munity where they resided, and were always re-
spected and trusted. The children of Joseph, all

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but the first two by the second wife, were: Child
(stillborn), Joseph. Benjamin, Abigail, James,
Tliomas, Nathan, Warren and Jonathan.

(VI) Dr. Joseph (2), second child of Joseph
(i) and Abigail (Farrington) Wight, was born
August 10, 1758, and volunteered at Wrenthani
about May i, 1775, with Captain Oliver Pond in
Colonel Joseph Read's regiment for eight months
in the revolutionary war. He was continued in
the service by successive Te-enlistinents until No-
vember, 1779, when he was taken prisoner and kept
in confinement at New York until November, 1780.
Being then exchanged he re-enlisted, and was dis-
charged as a corporal after four years' service. He
is said to have been present at the battle of Bunker
Hill and at the surrender of Bnrgoyne. It is also
stated that he was an assistant surgeon on ship-
board at some period during the war, and there
learned to perform simple snrgical operations. Dur-
ing his later life he was a practicing physician of
the botanic school, and is distinguished by his de-
scendants as Dr. Joseph. In 1784 he with his wife
settled in Otisfield and lived near his father. In
1799 he resided in Raymond, and died in Casco,
November 27, 1846, aged eighty-eight. He married,
in Wrentham, August 4, 178,^, Olive Mann, of that
place, who was born in Worcester, January 17, 1764.
She died in Casco (formerly Raymond), April 28,
1867, aged one hundred and three years. Their chil-
dren were : Virgil, Abigail Farrington, Horatio,
Roxy, Calista, Barclay, Nelson, Patience, Marcus,
Joseph and Kaphira. The latter was living in
1907.

(VII) Barclay, sixth child and fourth son of
Joseph (2) and Olive (Mann) Wight, was born in
Otisfield, Maine, September 15, 1796. He was a
farmer in Casco, where his children were born,
and where he died November 2, 1884, aged eighty-
eight. He was a citizen of influence, and held town
offices. When eighty-eight years of age, in 1884,
he returned from a visit to his son Edward M.,
to Gorham, New Hampshire, to vote for James G.
Blaine for president, who he considered the greatest
man in the United States. Near the close of his
life he became a member of the Adventist Church.
He married, at Casco, October, 1826, Ann IMay-
berry, who was born December 11, 1804, and died
June 1, 1877, daughter of Major Daniel and Betsey
(Nash) Alayberry. Their children were: Marion,
Alfred, Martha Mayberry, Edward IMayberry,
Daniel Webster, Joseph Erastus, and Annie May-
berrv.

(VIII) Edward ^layberry Wight, M. D., fourth
child and third son of Barclay and Ann (May-
berry) Wight, was born in Casco, Maine, October
5, 1834. He possesses a good practical literary edu-
cation which he acquired principally through his
own efforts, so far as providing means was con-
cerned. He was an earnest, diligent student, and
after getting through the common and high schools
of Ca.-^co he was qualified to teach. With thorough
training for one of his years, and with a voice of
unusual power and compass, he taught singing
school with success as well as public school, the
field of his labors being in the vicinity of his home.
In 1856, being then twenty-two years old, he be-
gan the study of medicine under the instruction of
Dr. F. D. Lord, of Casco, Maine, which he con-
tinned under 'Prof. T. A. Childs, of Pittsburg, ^Mas-
sachusetts. He entered the Maine Medical School
at Brunswick, Maine, where he passed three full
terms, and thence to Berkshire Medical School at
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he studied one
term. He then had the advantage of a part of a

term at the Harvard Medical School. In order to
attain a degree of proficiency in surgery satisfac-
tory to himself, he spent a year ■ longer in the
schools then was necessary to graduate. In the
two first named schools he was made prosector,
and acquitted himself with credit. He was as-
sistant demonstrator and director of anatomy for
Professor Conant, who said it was the best diction he
ever saw presented. In 1861 he began practice in
Casco. Knowing that battles of the Civil war then
raging were rending and tearing in a thousand dif-
ferent ways the forms of untold thousands of men,
and feeling that he could gain knowledge and at the
same time be of use in the alleviation of suffering
in the Union hospitals, he- went to Virginia, and
spent the wnter of 1862-63 in the army hospitals
along the Potomac. On his return he continued
his practice at Casco until 1865, and then removed
to Gorham, New Hampshire, where be has since
resided. He is an excellent surgeon and has a
large practice including both minor and major cases
throughout a large region of country. It has been
said of him "He has the hand of a woman and
the heart of a lion, two necessary qualifications
in a surgeon." As a physician he has a large and
successful practice. He has one of the largest
private libraries in the state, consisting of medical
and other scientific works and standard fiction, often
burns the midnight oil, and is always well read in
the literature of his profession. Like many other
men of his vocation, he is a much better practitioner
than debt collector, and has done a great amount
of professional work which was really "charity
practice," giving away his skill and medicine where
a keen collector would have accumulated a small
fortune by requiring payment for what his patients
got. He is a member of the American Medical
.'\ssociation, and of Tyrone Lodge, No. 73, Free and
Accepted Masons, Mechanics Falls, Maine, and
Berlin Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Berlin. He
married, February 11, 1863, Josephine Maria Nut-
ting, who was born in Otisfield, July 12, 1840,
daughter cf Nathan and Dorcas Ann Whitmore
(Chadbourne) Nutting, of Otisfield. She was a well
known musician and successful music teacher in
her early life. Seven children have been born to
them : Edward Archer. Edith Andrew, Ralph How-
thorne, Josephine Louise, Leon Delmont, Hattie
May, and Lawrence Norman. Edward A., born
November 28, 1864, in Casco, is a physician in
Harristown, Maine. Edith A., January 28, 1867,
married Adelbert Leavitt and resides at Gorham,
New Hampshire. Josephine L., January 29, 1872,
died young. Leon D., November 19, 1874, was an
oculist in Auburn, Maine, died .August 3, 1907.
Hattie M., January 21. 1878, married Rev. Charles
P. Marshall, and resides in Westfield, ^Massachusetts.
Lawrence N., February 22, 1881, graduated from
Bates College in 1907. Now a tutor in Browns
University, Rhode Island. Politically the Doctor
was formerly an .Abolitionist and later a Lincoln
Republican.

The word in Scotch means "a messuage,
TAFT or dwelling and ground for household

uses." It seems nearly akin to the Eng-
lish "toft," which means either a grove of trees,
or "a place where a messua.ge has stood, but is
decayed." It has also been claimed that the name
is Irish, because there is a well known family in
Ireland called Teafe, or Taffe, or Taflf, or Taaf.
However the name is spelled, the pronunciation is
uniform and monosyllabic. The Taft family has
had many distinguished representatives in this coun-

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try, notably tlie eminent statesman, William H.
Taft. Most of the Tafts in America are descended
from Robert, who came liere in 1675.

(I) Robert Taft (or Taaffc, as the name was
originally spelled), was born in Ireland about 1640,
and died in Mendon, Massachusetts, February 8,
1725. The Taft families of America are descended
from Robert Taft and a relative, Matthew Taft,
who settled near Robert some years later. Both
were Protestant Irish by birth. The name does not
appear in Scotland in any form, and only in Eng-
land apparently among descendants of the Irish
family. The name has been spelled in Ireland for
some centuries, Taaffe. It is true that the Tafts
were associated with the Scotch-Irish just as many
English were.

Sir William Taaffe (or Taft). a knight uf the
Protestant faith, was among the grantees at the
time of the Scotch emigration and settlement in
Ulster Provinc", Ireland, by order of King James.
In 1610 he rect/'ved a grant of one hundred acres
of land in the parish of Castle Rahen, in county
Cavan. The total grants in this parish amounted
to three thousand nine hundred and ninety acres,
of which Sir Thomas Ashe held one thousand five
hundred acres, and in 1619 he also held this grant
of Tafts and one thousand five hundred in the
adjoining parish of Tullaghgarvy. On Taft's land
there was "an old castle new mended, and all the
land was inhabited by Irish." It seems reasonable
to suppose that Sir William Taft'.s sons settled
on this grant. Perhaps Sir William remained in
Louth. At any rate, this is the only family who had
any relations with the Scotch-Irish settlers whom
Robert and Matthew Taft seem to have connected
with in some way. County Louth, the Irish home
of the Tafts, is on the northern coast, bounded on
the north by .\rmagh in Ulster, on the east by the
British channel, and on the south by the Boyne.
It is in the province of Leinster, and was established
as a county in 1210.

The earliest record of Robert Taft is in Brain-
tree, w'here he settled for a time before going to
Mendon. He had property and acquired large
tracts of land. He was of high standing in the
town and church. He was elected on the first board
of selectmen, January 3, 1680, and appointed by
the church April 4, 1680. on the committee to see
that the house for the minister was ready for occu-
pancy by Christmas. Robert and three sons built
the first bridge across the river at Mendon to get
across to their land on the west bank in 1709. and
in 1729 the Tafts built the second bridge across
the river. His house was at Fortfield. near Mendon
pond, formerly known as Taft's pond, and he
owned a very large tract of land in that vicinity,
some of which is still in the hands of the lineal
descendants. He was one of the syndicate of ten
which bought the town of Sutton. March 10, 1713.
Children of Robert and Sarah Taft were: Thomas,
Robert, Daniel. Joseph and Benjamin. All lived in
Mendon. (Robert and descendants receive notice
in this article.)

(II) Thomas, son of Robert Taft. was born
perhaps in Ireland, in 1671. and died in Mendon,
1755- He married Deborah Genery. daughter of
Isaac Genery. of Dedham. Massachusetts, and set-
tled on a part of the original Taft farm, where he
was associated with his father and brothers. He
died intestate, and his estate was administered in
the Worcester county probate court. The adminis-
trator's bond contains the signatures of his sons,
Eleazer and Isaac Taft, dated June 16, 1757. The
children of Thomas and Deborah Taft were : Jo-

seph, Sarah, Eleazer, Moses, Hannah, Rebecca, Deb-
orah. Rachel, Martha, Isaac, and Susannah and
Thomas (twins).

(III) Joseph, eldest child of Thomas and Deb-
orah (Genery) Taft, was born May 26, 1693, per-
haps in Dedham.

(IV) Alonzo, son of Joseph Taft, was probably
a native of Mendon.

(V) Dr. Joseph, second son of Alonzo Taft,
died in Weston, Massachusetts. No record of the
name of his wife appears, but it is a matter of
family knowledge that she survived him and mar-
ried a Mr. Jones, and died in West (jouldsboro,
Maine. Joseph Taft's children were: Joseph,
Harriette, Francis, Ephraim Wales and Louisa.

(VI) Francis, son of Dr. Joseph Taft, was
born March 13, 1793, in U.xbridge, Massachusetts,
and resided in West Gouldsboro, Maine, where he
purchased and lived upon a farm until he died,
July 22, 1872. He married Elizabeth Johnson.

(VII) Francis (2), second child of Francis
(i) and Elizabeth (Johnson) Taft, was born Janu-
ary 10, 1830, probably in West Gouldsboro, Maine,
where he resided and was a man of prominence.
He held the office of selectman 'and sherifif for a
number of years, and was a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity. He died in 1875. He married
Harriette Sargent, daughter of John West, of
Franklin, Maine. She died in 1875. They were
the parents of si.x children, namely: Henry
Everett, Julia Elizabeth. Helen Frances. Mary Susan,
John West and Edward Harvey. The first died at
the age of thirteen years. The second became the
wife of F. A. Noyes, of Sullivan, Maine. The third
is a physician residing in Harding, Massachusetts,
the wife of Ambrose Cleaver, and is house physician
at the Medfield Insane Hospital. The third daughter
married (first) Charles A. Sherman, and (second)
William Adams, of California, an artist of con-
siderable note. John W. resides at Campello, Mas-
sachusetts.

(VIII) Edward Harvey, son of Francis and
Harriette (West) Taft, was born at West Goulds-
borough, Maine, January 22, 1869. He was edu-
cated in the public schools, at the East Maine Con-
ference and at Bucksport Academy. He was gradu-
ated from Dartmouth iNIedical School in 1896. Dr.
Taft first practiced in Antrim. New Hampshire,
and then for four years in the neighboring town
of Bennington. He then moved to ^lilford. New
Hampshire, where he has made his permanent home.
He is a member of the New Hampshire Historical
Society. He belongs to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and to the Grange. He married, No-
vember 26, 1896, Gertrude Watkins, daughter of
Frederick and Mary Watkins, of Nashua, New
Hampshire. They have two children; Pauline, born
March 4, 1899; and Gwendolen, born August 26,
1904.

(II) Robert, second son and child of Robert
( I ) and Sarah Taft. was horn in 1674. He
settled on a part of his father's land, in what after-
ward became Uxbridge, where he was a very inilu-
ential citizen, being chosen selectman in 1727 at
the first March meeting and re-elected many times.
His children, all born in Mendon, were: Elizabeth
(died young), Robert, Israel. Mary, Elizabeth,
Alice, Eunice, John, Jemima, Gideon and Rebecca.

(III) Israel, second son and third child of
Robert (2) Taft, was born in Mendon, .-Xpril 26,
1699. at the homestead, which was in that part
of the town set off as U.xbridge. He afterward
settled in Upton, the adjoining town. Mr. Taft
was a very prominent and valued citizen. His

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will was made in 1752 and proved September 19,
1753. He married iNlercy (surname imknown), who
survived him and married (.second), October 2 (in-
tentions dated 1753), Benjamin Green, of Mendon.
She was the mother of nine younger Taft children
who were born in Upton and probably of some
others who were born in Uxbridge. Their children
were: Priscilla, Huldah, Israel, Jacob, Elisha,
Robert, Hannah, Stephen, Samuel, Mary. Margery,
Silas (died young), Stephen (died young), Silas,
Rachel and Amariah.

(IV) Silas, ninth son and fourteenth child of
Israel and Mercy Taft, was born in Upton, where
he made his home through life. No record appears
of his marriage or death.

(V) Otis, son of Silas Taft. was born m 1783
and lived in Upton, :Massachusett5, where his eight
children were born. Otis Taft married Betsey Beal,
daughter of Asa Beal, and they had: Eliza. Jane
T., Abner Palmer, Mary A. E., Harrison Gray Otis,
Silas S„ Asa Beal and Elisha C. After the father's
death at the early age of forty-four, the family
moved to Uxbridge, then to Slaterville, Rhode
Island, and about 1835 to Oxford. Massachusetts,
and afterwards to Thread Village, where Elisha
B. Crawford, who had married the second daughter,
Jane T., was an owner in the mills. Otis Taft died
at Northbridge, Massachusetts, November 19. 1827,
but his widow survived her husband forty-six years,
dying at Auburn, Massachusetts. March 20. 1883,

■ at the advanced age of ninety-one.

(VI) Asa Beal, fourth son and seventh child
of Otis and Betsey (Beal) Taft, was born January
16, 1826, at Upton, Massachusetts, and died Marcli
28, 1892. He began his first work in a cotton milt
at the age of seven, and continued to w'orU in tnis
way, meanwhile attending the public schools, till
the age of twenty. He then went to farming, in
which occupation he spent his mature life. On May
26, 1847, Asa Beal Taft married Almira D. Corbin,
daughter of Dexter and Cynthia Corbin. of Charl-
ton, Massachusetts. She died April 30, 1897. They
had two children: Arthur L., whose sketch fol-
lows, and Willis Asa. born June 22, 1856.

(VII) Arthur L., eldest son of Asa Beal and
Almira D. (Corbin) Taft, _ was born October 4,
1851, at North Oxford, Massachusetts. He attended
the public schools, remaining on the homestead
till twenty-one, when he entered a hardware store
where he stayed four years. He left the store to
enter the ofiice of a mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts,
where he remained eight years or until he had
mastered the business of manufacturing dress goods.

• From there he went to Cherry Valley and then
to Dudley, Massachusetts, remaining in the latter
place five years. In 1894 he came to Union, New
Hampshire, where he leased a mill for five years,
and began the manufacture of dress goods. Five
years later he bought out the entire plant, which he
has successfully conducted since than. In 1896
he built his present beautiful home, which is situated
on an elevation overlooking the river and village,
and commanding an extended view of the moun-
tains. Mr. Taft is a Republican in politics, attends
the Congregational Church, and belongs to the Ma-
sonic fraternity. On November 6, 1879. Arthur L.
Taft married Nellie W., daughter of Harvey and
Elmira (Chester) Dunham, who was born in Mans-
field, Connecticut, March i, 1861. She is the grand-
daughter of Royal Dunham, who was born in 1785-
Mr. and Mrs. Taft have three children : Cora May,
born at East Douglass, j\Iassachusetts, December 2,
1881, who married Frank L. Brackett and lives in

Conw^ay, New Hampshire. Leroy Chester, August
22, 1890. Isabel, January 5, 1902.

That branch of the family of Taft in New
Hampshire which has sprung from James Taft, of
Uxbridge, Massachusetts, has been established in
this state more than a century. The prominent
place which he took among the manufacturers and
merchants of southwest New Hampshire has been
sustained by his descendants who are mentioned in
this article.

(I) James (i) Taft, born in Uxbridge, Massa-
chusetts, June 13, 1780, died in New Ipswich, March
3, 1S5O, aged seventy-six. He began as an appren-
tice to the tanner's trade at Petersham, Massachu-
setts, in 1796, and in 1802 he established himself
in the tanning business at New Ipswich. His tan-
nery was at the foot of the hill south of the old
cemetery, where the business was begun in 1787
by Jeremiah Pritchard. He also built a residence
at New Ipswich. He commenced business in com-
pany with Roger Chandler and Henry Isaacs in
1812, and removed to Mason village. This company
built the first cotton factories in the village, and for
several years made the spinning of cotton yarn
their principal business, and some years after they
introduced machinery for weaving cotton cloths. In
the spring of 1837 he commenced business as a
merchant, and continued until his death. He served
several years as selectman. He married, in 1803,
Hannah Proctor, who was born in Hollis, June 18,
1785, and died t'ebruary 14, 1861. They had four
children : Alary, Albert, George and James. The
daughter died in June, 182S, aged twenty-two years.
The sons resided in the village.

(II) James (2). third and youngest son of
James (i) and Hannah (Proctor) Taft, was born
m Mason (now Greenville). He learned how to
transact mercantile and other business under the
watchful care of his father, and after the death
of the latter, he succeeded him in the store. He
was an accurate and careful business man, and
was much liked and respected. For the most of
his life he filled local offices, including those of
deputy sherift', justice of the peace and town clerk,
1872 ; selectman, 1875-77-78-85 ; and he was post-
master during the administration of President
Pierce and the first administration of President
Cleveland. During his whole life he gave unwaver-
ing allegiance to the Democratic party. He was an
honored member of the Masons, and for a long time
was secretary of Souhegan Lodge. He married
January 29, 1859, INIary W. King, who was born
in Wilton, February 4, 1838, daughter of Colonel
Samuel and Lydia (Livermore) King, of Wilton
(see King, IV). Five children were born of this
union : Herbert J., Josephine M.. Florence, Wini-
fred Livermore and Beatrice King. Herbert J. is
the subject of the next paragraph. Josephine M.
lives with her mother. Winifred L. is the wife of
Eugene Crawford, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
Beatrice K. lives in Chicago.

(III) Herbert James, eldest child and only
son of James (2) and Mary (King) Taft, was
born in that part of 2\Iason which is now Green-
ville, September l, i860, and received his literary
education in the public schools and at Ipswicb
Academy. In 1878 he entered the office of Wadley
& Wallace of Milford, where he pursued the study
of law until 18S1, when he w^as admitted to the bar
and entered upon the practice of his profession.
For two years after his admission he was associated
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1884 he opened an office in Greenville, where he
has since attended to such legal business as came- to
him, and has also been engaged in various other
employments. He is vice-president of the Mason
Village Savings Bank, president of the Greenville
Chair Company, principal stockholder and president
of the Greenville Electric Light Company, carries
on a large coal business, owns a large farm on
which he raises fine stock, and is engaged in the
lumber and saw mill business ; for fifteen years he
has frequently operated several mills at one time.
He also represents the most of the fire insurance
companies doing business in the vicinity. He is
a very busy man, and much of the life and business
of the village is due to him. He has been successful
in his undertakings, and has filled various offices
of honor and trust. In politics he is a Republican.
For twelve years he has been a member of the
school board, and has been judge of the local court.
In 1890 and again in 1900 he was elected to the
state legislature, and served with fidelity to his
constituents and credit to himself. In 1904 he was
elected to the New Hampshire senate, and filled that
oflice with equal acceptability. He is a member of
the Souhegan Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, of Greenville, King Solomon Chapter of
Milford, Israel Hunt Council, No. 8, St. George
Commandery, of Nashua, Aleppo Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
of Boston. Dunster Hill Lodge, Independent Order
of Odd Fellow's, the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, and the Patrons of Husbandry, of Greenville.
He attends the Congregational Church, and has
for years sung in its choir. He married, in Green-
ville, October 21, 1885, Ida F. Chamberlain, who
was born in Greenville, i860, daughter of James
L. and Mary (Prescott) Chamberlain (see Chamber-
lain, II). They have one child. James Chamber-
lain Taft, born February 15, 1891.

(I) Asa Taft was undoubtedly descended from
Robert Taft, who came from Scotland by the way
of the north of Ireland during the last half of the
seventeenth century, and settled in Mendon, Jilassa-
chusetts. Robert had several sons whose descend-
ants are now scattered through Worcester county.
Massachusetts, other parts of New England, and
also the western states, but the available records
fail to give the connecting generations between
the immigrant and Asa. The latter resided in Ncl-
son^ New Hampshire, and was a prominent citizen
of his day. On September S, 1828, he married
Nancy- Burnap, of Nelson, and was the father of
six children : Asa C, Nancy M., William H.,
Charles C, James Scollay and Emmoretta Maria.

(II) James Scollay, fourth son and fifth child
of Asa and Nancy (Burnap) Taft, was born in Nel-
son, July 16, 1844. lie attended the public schools
of his native town, and the marked ability he has
since displayed in business and civil life empha-
sizes the fact that he made excellent use of his
limited educational opportunities. When seventeen
years old he began the activities of life as an
operative in a mill. at Harrisville, this state, where
he remained some three years, and going to Keene
about the year 1864 he accepted employment in the
Osborne and Hale Chair 2ilanufactory. A year later
he engaged in the grocery business at Springfield,
Massachusetts, as a member of the firm of Miller
& Taft, but returned to Keene in 1866 and be-
came a member of the dry-goods firm of iNI. N.
Taft & Company, with which he was connected
some five years. Early in the seventies his attention
was directed to the production of pottery, and per-
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enterprise in that industry he established the firm
of J. S. Taft & Company, manufacturers of Hamp-
shire Pottery. He has ever since continued in that
industry and from a small beginning the plant has de-
veloped' into large proportions, employing a large
number of skilled artisans and producing large
quantities of superior pottery annually, which has a
high reputation in the various centers of trade.

Naturally Mr. Taft's business ability and well-
known integrity has made him eligible to public
office, and whenever called upon to serve in a civic
capacity he has, at considerable sacrifice, generously
responded to the desires of his fellow-citizens. He
has on more than one occasion diligently safe-
guarded the interests of the municipality as a mem-
ber of the common council and was at one time
president of that body. He was subsequently elected
to the board of aldeimen, was chosen mayor in
1903, and re-elected the succeeding two years, 1904-
05, represented Keene in the lower branch of the
state legislature in 1895 and served as a delegate to
the state Constitutional convention in 1903. As
mayor of the city and as its representative at
Concord, he distinguished himself as a firm adherent
to the principles of sound government, and his
efforts in behalf of that commendable object were
productive of far-reaching results. Politically he
acts with the Republican party. He is vice-presi-
dent of the Keene Savings Bank, a director of the
Citizens' National Bank, and takes an earnest inter-
est in all other local institutions. He is a Master
Mason and affiliates w-ith the local Blue Lodge. In
his religious belief he is an Episcopalian and is
prominently identified with St. James Church, of
which he has been vestryman and warden for twen-
ty-eight years.

On January 9, 1S74, ISIr. Taft married Helen
A. Ball, who was born in Keene, October 23, 1846,
daughter of George W. and Mary 'A. (Stearns)
Ball.

This name is found in the early records
DA;ME under various spellings, including Dam,

Dame and Damme. The most usual
early spelling seems to have been the first of
these. There are numerous descendants scattered
throughout New Hampshire, and in fact in many
other sections identified with the very early, settle-
ments of the southeastern section of this state.
The name was borne by a family of freeholders
in Cheshire, England, from the time of Edward IV.

(I) John Dam, of Dover, was born in Eng-
land, and came to America with Captain Wiggins,!
and settled in Dover in 1633. He was one of
the first deacons of the first church there in 1675.
He had the first grant of land at the confluence
of the Cocheco river and Fresh creek, which was
called Dame Point. He and Nicholas Dam, who
was probably his brother, were signer's of the peti-
tion in 1679. He died January 21, 1690, at an
advanced age. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Lieutenant William Pomfret, and had children :
John, Elizabeth, Marv, William, Susanna and Ju-
dith.

(II) John (2). eldest son of John (i) and
Elizabeth (Pomfret) Dam, was born in 1637, in
Dover, and died in Ncwington, January 8, 1706.
He was one of the first settlers of Newington. His
first wife was a daughter of Sergeant John Hall,
but her christian name is not preserved. He wa.s
married (second), November 9, 1664, to Elizabeth,
daughter of William Furber.

(III) George and Joseph Dame settled in New-
ington, New Hampshire, and it is presumable that

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they were sons of John (2) and Elizabeth (Furher)
Dame. No record can be discovered to show more
than one of the children of John (2). Joseph Dame
was the father of three sons and four daughters.
The sons were : Abner, "Zebuland" and Joseph.
The last two named removed from Newington to
Rochester, New Hampshire, and were among the
early settlers of that town. The eldest settled in
or near Wakefield. One of his daughters became
the wife of a man named Hodgdon, and was killed
by the Indians in Rochester ; they sprang from con-
cealment behind a log, and struck her down before
the eyes of her husband.

(IV) Zebulon, son of Joseph Dame, resided in
Newington. The church records of that town
contain this item, "1716 : August 16 : Zebulon
Danim & Abigail Bickford both of Newington were
marryed." The same records note the baptism of
three children from 1718 to 1734, namely: Sarah,
Abner and a daughter, name not given. It is ap-
parent from the long interval that there were others
who did not get on the records.

(V) Abner, son of Zebulon and Abigail (Bick-
ford) Dame, was baptized August 17, 1723, in
Newington. He resided in Rochester, New Hamp-
shire, before 1749. The church records of Roches-
ter show that Abner Dame and his wife renewed
their covenant July 30, 1749, and that at the same
time their child was baptized. November, 1757,
Abner Dame was baptized. March 9. 1764. Mercy,
daughter of Abner Dame and wife was baptized.
February 12, 1776, Paul and Silas, sons of Abner
Dame, were baptized by Rev. Mr. Haven. June
19- I775> Abner Dame was made one of the com-
mittee of safety, consisting of thirteen men. Oc-
tober 16, 1776, he signed the "Association Test."

(VI) Paul, son of Abner Dame, was born
February 5, .1772, and baptized February 12, 1776.
The name of Paul Dame is among those who as-
sembled at the home of Colonel John Goodwin, of
Rochester, March 12, 1792, and formed a library
association. October 2, 1796, he married Phehe
Mathews. Both were of Rochester. About 1800 he
removed to Tuftonborough, Carroll county, where
he and his brother Joseph were pioneers, and erected
buildings which are still stajiding. He was among
the founders of the Methodist Church at Tufton-
boro Corner, wdiich was dedicated August 7, 1805.
He was a successful farmer, and died February 24.
1822. He married (second), December, 1800, Mrs.
Betsey (White) Canney, of Tamworth, a widow,
who was of Scotch descent. His children were:
Betsey, Nancy, Eunice, Isaac, Pluma and John
Wesley.

(VII) Isaac, fourth child and eldest son of
Paul and Betsey (White) Dame, was born in Tuf-
tonborough, January 25, 1807. and died there Janu-
ary 14, 1870. He was prominent in civil affairs,
served as selectman in 1846-47, and was representa-
tive to the general court in 1849-50. He was a
loyal supporter of the Whig party, and a Republican
from the origin of that organization. His father
died when he was but fifteen years of age, and left
a farm of three hundred and fifty acres to the care
of his widow and children. Isaac being the eldest
son was naturally the most active in aiding his
mother in the management of the farm. When he
was twenty-nine years old he purchased for forty-
five hundred dollars the interests of the other heirs
in the farm, which became his, and he cared for his
widowed mother until the end of her life. She
died of paralysis, October 25. 1854. Mr. Dame
was a man of most simple and democratic ways,
and one wdiose influence in the community was al-

ways felt on the side of justice, morality and re-
ligion. As a citizen, neighbor and friend, no man
in his generation stood higher in the regard of the
communty than he. He died January 14, 1870, of
paralysis, in the house where he had always lived.
Early in life, with his wife, he joined the Methodist
Church, and for several of the last years of his life
was deacon of that organization. He was married,
August 12, 1826, to Polly Coffin, who was his
faithful helpmate through life and survived him
seven years, dying of pneumonia, April 2, 1877.
Their children included live sons and a daughter,
namely :

I. William Franklin, born January 10, 1828,
married Betsey Caney, of Tuftonboro, New Hamp-
shire, and had si.x children, two sons and four
daughters, viz.: Adrian, Josephine, Dana Paul, Ida,
Delia, Frank Herbert Dame. William Franklin
Dame was a soldier of the civil war, serving in
Company K, Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire
Volunteers. He had previously served as captain
in the militia, which rendered him one of the best
drill ofticers in the regiment, and he was mustered
into the United States service as tirst lieutenant,
September 10, 1862. At the battle of Fredericks-
burg, December 12, 1862, he was severely wounded
in the side by a shell, and never recovered fully
from the eflfects of his injury. He was a great
student of the Bible, always seeking for truth. He
died of paralysis, February 26, 1906, in Dover, New
Hampshire, where he had resided for about forty
years. 2. Isaac Paul, born September 12, 1831, died
of disease of hip joint, December 15, 1850. 3. Charles
Wesley, born June 26, 1837, enlisted in the navy of
of the Civil war, September 9, 1861, was assigned
to dut)' on the gunboat "Ethan Allen," and served
fifteen months on the southern coast of Florida. He
enlisted again in Company L, First New Hampshire
Regiment Heavy Artillery, September 30, 1864,
serving to the close of the war in the defences about
Washington. He died of disease of the hip joint,
September 27, 1S69. He married Elizabeth Bickford,
of Ossipee, had three children : Elvira, Fanney,
Charles Roswell, now a grocer at Concord, New
Hampshire. 4. Thomas Cotton, born April 16, 1840,
enlisted August iS, 1862, in the same company and
regiment as his elder brother, and served until the
close of the war, participating in the battles of Fred-
ericksburg. Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Drury's
Bluff, Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg and the
capture of Richmond. For valiant service he re-
ceived a lieutenant's commission, and was mustered
out June 21, 1865. He married Georgianna Froth-
ingham, of Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1867. They
resided in Somerville, ^Massachusetts, where he is a
member of the Willard C. Kinsly Post, No. 139, Grand
Army of the Republic. They have one daughter. Pearl
Frothingham Dame. 5. Augusta Marilla, born April
28, 1845. died December 13, 1868, she became the
wife of David O. Allen, of Ossipee, New Hampshire,
and one child was born to them, Charles Cowley
Allen. 6. Levi Albert, mentioned below.

(VIII) Levi Albert, youngest child of Isaac and
Polly (Coffin) Dame, was born December 13, 1S46,
in Tuftonboro. His early years were spent in al-
ternate labor upon the home farm and attendance
at the public schools. He was also a student of the
academy at Effingham, New Hampshire. In 1870
he went to Boston, where he w-as employed as clerk
in a store. For the succeeding twelve years he was
employed in a box factory, and during the last six
years of this period he filled the place of foreman.
He was industrious and thrifty, and accumulated
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in business. June I, 1882, he resigned his position
to engage in the real estate and insurance business.
For many years he has been in the real estate and
insurance business, in Boston. By strict attention to
his chosen line of industry he has achieved success,
and is in the enjoyment of the fruits of his industri-
ous life. Since 1S72 his residence has been in Somer-
ville. He has always been an ardent Republican,
but has steadfastly refused to accept official stations.
He is a member of the Somerville Board of Trade,
of Ward Three Republican Club, and of the Somer-
ville Sons, and Daughters of New Hampshire. He
was married, June 12, 1870, to Hattie A. Jenness,
of East Wolfboro, New Hampshire. She graduated
from the academy at Wolfboro, commenced teaching
in the public school and taught many terms. She
was much sought after, and gained the reputation
of being among the best teachers in Carroll county.
She is a member of the Somerville Sons and Daugh-
ters of New Hampshire, of the society of New
Hampshire's Daughters of Boston, and the Heptor-
ian Club of Somerville. She is a daughter of John-
son and Elizabeth P. (Clark) Jenness, of East
Wolfboro. Her father was a prosperous farmer, and
her parents were active and influencial members of
the Baptist Church. Mr. Jenness died in 1888, of
paralysis, on the farm where he had always lived.

For several generations the name of
DAME Dame has been prominent in Rochester
and neighboring towns. Judge Richard
Dame was born in Rochester in 1756, and died Sep-
tember 19, 1S28. He was highly esteemed in the
community. He was state senator from 1807 to
1809, and was a member of the Governor's council
from 1809 to 181 1. Although the christian name of
Richard occurs in several generations of the Dame
family, both in Newington and Rochester, it has
been impossible to trace the antecedents of this
branch farther than the third generation.

(I) Richard Dame was born in Gilford, New
Hampshire, September 24, 1772. He was a farmer
all his life. ■ On December 2, 1797, he married Han-
nah Bickford, daughter of Prescott Bickford. They
had nine children: Mary, born December 17, 1798;
Sophia. July 23, 1802; Richard, l\Iarch 16, 1805;
Patty, February 25, 1807; John, June 23, 1809; Han-
nah, December 18, iHii; Sally, January 18, 1814;
Elizabeth, April i, 1817; Timothy, August 25, 1819.

(II) John, son of Richard and Hannah (Bick-
ford) Dame, was born June 25, 1809, in Gilford,
New Hampshire. He was educated in the common
schools there, and learned the stonecutter's trade.
The last of his life he was a farmer in Moultonlioro,
New Hampshire. J-Ie was a Democrat in politics.
He married (first), a Miss Bickford, and they had
one child. Sarah Elizabeth. He married (second),
Dorothy Hanson, daughter of Joseph and Hannah
(Traftan) Hanson. She was born in Wolfborough
and died in Laconia, in July, 1902. Their children
were : George F. and John H.

(III) George Franklin, elder son and child of
John and Dorothy (Hanson) Dame, was born in
Moultonboro, New Hampshire, March 5, 1853. He
was educated in the adjoining town of Sandwich.
He then went into the hardware store of H. E.
Brawn, of Lakeport, New Hampshire, where he re-
mained four years. After an interval of four years
he returned and worked for Mr. Brawn fifteen more
years. He then started for himself in the tin, plumb-
ing, and hardware business in Lakeport, and his son
is now managing this business. He is a Democrat
in politics, and attends the Methodist Church. He

married Juditli Miles, daughter of

and Laura

J. Miles, who was born in Lyndon, Vermont. They
have six children: Frank G., born July 8, 1877,
married Gertrude Wood and they live at Rum-
ford Falls, Maine. Fred E., November 4> 1878,
married Bernice Toof, and they have one child,
Norman, born November, 1903. Claude C, January
12, 1882, is now managing his father's business in
Lakeport. William D., August 12, 1884. Harry,
December 28, 1887. Etta N., the youngest and the
only girl, December II, 1891.

(I) Joseph Dame was born in Maine.
DAME He resided some time at North Berwick,
Maine, and later removed to Acton,
Maine, where he was a farmer and cooper and be-
sides attending to the care of a small farm made
barrels and shingles. About i860 he went to Dover,
New Hampshire and died there. He was the father
of children : Charles, Joseph, William, Daniel P.,
Susan. Sarah and Elizabeth.

(II) Daniel Plummer, son of Joseph Dame, was
born in North Berwick, Maine, in 1807. He resided
with his father for some time after attaining
his majority; he learned the carpenter's
trade when about thirty years of age, and afterward
settled in Dover, New Hampshire, where he worked
at his trade the remainder of his life, except three
years while at Portsmouth. He died of injuries re-
sulting from an accident, August 19, 1877, aged
seventy. He married i\Irs. Mehitable Towne, who
was born in Newfield, Maine, and died in Rochester,
aged eighty-five years. She was the daughter of
Joseph Plummer. Three children were born to
them: Olive Jane, July 5, 1837, married John li.
Mugridge, of Portsmouth; one child, died young;
John W., next mentioned.

(III) John Woodbury, son of Daniel P. and
Mehitable (Plummer) Dame, was born at West
Newfield. Elaine, July 2, 1842, and was educated in
the public schools of Dover, New Hampshire,
whither his parents moved when he was
a child. He worked at the carpenter's trade with
his father for a time and at seventeen years of age
became proprietor of a grocery store which he oper-
ated three years. He then worked at his trade in
Portsmouth and Boston until 1868, when he removed
to Rochester, New Hampshire, where he has since
been a carpenter contractor, and has erected more
buildings than any other contractor or firm of con-
tractors in the city. He was a Democrat until 1896,
and then on account of his belief in the righteous-
ness of the protective tariff and the gold standard,
he became a Republican and a supporter of ^Ic-
Kinley. The same year and two years following he
was elected to the Rochester council from ward
four, on the Republican ticket. He married, in
Dover, September 17. 1864, Mary A. Gildden, daugh-
ter of Jacob and Mary Gildden, of Dover. They
have three children : John Harry, born January 25,
1867, a carpenter with his father. Amy G., wife
of Albert S. Rockwell. Herbert, January 7, 1877,
who studied architecture with Wilson & Weber, of
Boston, and is now an architect in that city. Mr.
Dame is a member of True Memorial (Free Baptist)
Giurch. of Rochester.

This family has been long identified with

CARR the history of Massachusetts_ and New

Hampshire, and has borne its part in

the pioneer development of numerous sections which

were all at one time a part of Massachusetts. It is

today identified with an important manufacturing

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industry of New Hampshire, and contributes not
onl)' to the material but to the moral and social
standing of the commonwealth.

(I) George Carr. the immigrant ancestor, was
honored with the title Mister which meant much in
that early day. He was a shipwright by occupation,
and received land in the first division in Salisbury,
Massachusetts, and again in 1640-41-44. His name
appears on most of the early lists of that town. In
1640 the town granted him Carr's Island, and the
next year he established a ferry there. In 1662 he
was to have a comnton right in Amesbury when any
of his sons came to live there, and he received
land in that town in 1668. It -was agreed in 1670
that he was to keep a ferry at Goodwin's landing in
Atnesbury. He appears to have been in Ipswich as
early as 1633, and had a houselot there in 1635. He
died April 4, 1682, in Salisbury. He married Eliza-
beth Oliver, of Boston, who is supposed to have been
a daughter of Elder Thomas Oliver of that town.
His son. James Oliver, was spoken of as brother-
in-law of George Carr, in 16S2, The latter was sur-
vived by his widow, who was a member of the
Salisbury church in 1687, and died May 6, 1691. Her
will, made in 1684. was proved June .^o, following
her death. Their children were : Elizabeth, George,
Richard, William, James, Mary, Sarah and John.

(IT) James, fourth son and fifth child of George
and Elizabeth (Oliver) Carr, was born April 28,
1630, in Salis' ury, and resided in that town and
Newbury. He subscribed to the oath of allegiance
and fidelity at Salisbury, in 1678, and was a free-
man there in 1690. He was living at the Car Ferry
in 1696. and died August 5, 1726. He was a ship-
wright and husbandman, and served as a soldier in
King Philip's war. He was married November 14,
1677, in Newbury, to Mary Sears, who was admitted
to the Newbury church in 1682. Their children were
Mary, Hannah, Sarah, James (died young), Kath-
erine, James. Hepzibah and Elizabeth.

(III) James (2), second son and sixth child of
James (i) and Mary (Scars) Carr, was born April
13. 1689 (recorded in Newbury), and was a cord
weaver of that town. He bought a house and land
in York. Massachusetts (now Maine), in 1717. and
had children born there between that year and 172T.
He was married .April 25. 1712, to Ruth Moody, of
Newbury, and their children, born before leaving
Newbury, were : Bradbury and Jane.

(IV) Bradbury, son of James and Ruth (Moody)
Carr, was born July 27, 1713, in Newbury. Massa-
chusetts, and was among the pioneer settlers of
Chester, New Hampshire. In 1741 he located on-
additional lot, number seventy-one, of Chester, and
there cleared up a farm and passed his life. He was
married November 6. 1734, according to York rec-
ords, to .Anne Richardson, of Newbury. Their chil-
dren included: Bradbury (died young\ .Anne. Ruth,
Joseph, Morry, Parker and Judith.

(V) Parker, third son and sixth child of Brad-
bury and .Anne (Richardson) Carr, was born May
29, 1750, in Chester, New- Hampshire, where he re-
sided.

(\'I) Peter, snn of Parker Carr. was born Oc-
tober 9, 1773, in Chester. New Hampshire. No rec-
ord is found of his marriage, but his children were:
William, Hazen, Peter, Jesse, Parker, John and
Philip.

(VII) Peter (2), third son of Peter (i) Carr.
was born in Chester, and married Sally Mitchel, of
Andover. New Hampshire. He w-as an early settler
in Grantham, New Hampshire, and died there. He
had a family of ten cJiildren. William, the eldest,
resided in Concord, and was a soldier of the Civil

war. Hazen, the second, was a miller at Orford,
New Hampshire. Peter was a farmer in Haverhill.
Roxanna. wife of Philip Little lived in Cornish.
Sarah married (first) a Webster, of Enfield, and
(second) a Pierce, of Fairlee, Vermont. Parker,
of Plainfield. Jesse, was a farmer in Orford. John
P. is mentioned below. Anne was the wife of Fred
Noves. of Concord. Philip resided in Plainfield.

"(VIII) John P., son of Peter (2) and Sally
(Mitchell) Carr, w-as born INIarch 26, 1815, in Gran-
tham, and was educated in the public schools of
that town. When a youth he went to Enfield, New
Hainpshire, as an apprentice to his Uncle Hazen,
where he learned the wheehvright trade, and while
there engaged at carpentering, carriage man-
ufacturing, hotel business and as stage
driver, and also started in the liame bus-
iness. The ' latter business was conducted
by the firm of Baker, Carr & Company,
which removed from Enfield to Andover in 1863,
and there continues. In 1863, he removed to An-
dover, same state, wdiere he died May 7, 1889. He
was a good business man and was successful in his
undertakings. Mr. Carr early took prominence in
the temperance movement, and was an active mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity. He was first a Uni-
versalist and later a Unitarian in religious faith,,
liberal in his views and aided the society to proro-
gate them, serving as a trustee of the Unitarian
(Thurch at Andover from its formation till his death.
He was a Democrat in politics and took an active
part in promulgating his ideas and was frequently
called upon to serve the public. While m Enfield
he was long the overseer of the poor, and was
twice representative of Andover in the general
court. He was married March 31, 1839, to Emily
.Abigail, daughter of Robert Cochran, of Enfield,
who was a prominent citizen of that town, which
he represented in the general court, and was the
-first in New Hampshire to engage in the manufac-
ture of linseed oil. His wife was a Currier. Mrs.
Carr was active in church work, and was a highly re-
spected and esteemed woman and helpmeet of her
husband. They were the parents of five sons : Rob-
ert C, engaged in business with his father and w'as
subsequently with the J. K. Hill Company at Con-
cord. He was one of the founders of the firm of
Baker, Carr & Co., the original manufacturers of
Concord hames. He twice represented Andover in
the .general court, and was a member of the senate,
serving on the railroad committee in the last named
body. He died in 1892. John P., the second, dis-
tinguished himself in the practice of the law, and
died in Tipton, Missouri, in 1874. Walter S., is the
subject of the succeeding paragraph. George J., is
engaged in the practice o£ law in New York. Clar-
ence E., the youngest, is a lawyer and is also inter-
ested in the manufacturing business with his brother,
Walter S., at Andover.

(IX) Walter Stephen, third son of John P. and
Emily A. (Cochran) Carr, was born ]\Iay i, T848.
in Enfield, and was educated in the public schools
of Andover and at New London Academy. At the
age of nineteen years he left the school room to cn-
.gage in business with his father. He first went into
the factory and labored with other hands in the work
of preparing wood hames for the harness trade.
Bv steady attention to his duties and prudent care
of his earnings, he soon was enabled to acquire an
interest in the business, and in 1869 purchased a one-
sixth interest. He later acquired a five-ninths inter-
est and owned more than one-half of the business
from 1S77 till in 1902. the establishment was merged
and incorporated with others as the United States

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Hame Company. Upon the first organization of
the corporation 1901-02 Mr. W. S. Carr was presi-
dent. He is now and has been since 1902 vice-presi-
dent and director. The concern employs at its va-
rious factories about si.x hundred hands, of which
number one hundred are located at the Andover fac-
tory. Mr. Carr gives nearly all his time and atten-
tion to the business and part of it to the branch in
Andover. He has, however, other interests. He at-
tends and supports the Unitarian Church, and like
his ancestors for many generations is an ardent ad-
vocate to Democratic principles and policies.
Through his influence and that of others in the
community, the town of Andover, has always main-
tained a strong Democratic majority. He represented
the town in the legislature in 1889-90. He was mar-
ried June I, 1869, to Maria E. Thompson, who was
horn September 8, 1849, in Andover, daughter of
George W. and Narcissa (Bowman) Thompson,
natives respectively of Andover and Springfield. New
Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Carr have one daughter,
Emily A., who is now the wife of Joseph Odlin, of
.'Kndover, superintendent of the Andover factory.
They have one child, Dorothy Odlin, born February
II, 1904.

(Second Family.)
(I) The emigrant ancestor of this branch
C.'\RR of the Carr family was John Carr or
Ker, as the name was formerly spelled,
a native of the north of Ireland, and a certificate of
character given by a clergyman or a church official
of the parish in the old country in behalf of himself
and wife is still in existence. This ancient docu-
ment reads as follows : "That John Ker and his
wife Elizabeth Wilson lived within the bounds of
this congregation from their infancy, behaving
themselves soberly, honestly and piously, free from
any public scandall. so that they may be received as
members of any Christian congregation or society,
where his providence may order their lot, is certified
Bally Wollin. June 2,3, 1736, by Ja. Thompson."
John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Carr were in all
probability a newly married couple when the above
certificate was issued, and they emigrated immediate-
ly after their union, settling at Chester, New Hamp-
shire. They were residing in Chester in 1737 and
it is recorded there that on February 28, 1738. John
Talford sold to John Karr two houselots, Nos. 21
and 9, these lots constitute the old Carr homestead
which is now owned by his great-great-granddaugh-
ter, Florence C. Carr. The lives of these God-fear-
ing people who founded in New Hampshire a home
wherein they could enjoy their religious freedom
unmolested, were undoubtedly identical with those
of their compatriots who came to this state for a
similar purpose, and they proved themselves indus-
trious, exemplary citizens as well as strict observers
of Presbyterian precepts. John Carr died in Chester,
October 22, 1782, aged seventj--five, surviving his
wife, whose death occurred September 22, 1781, at
the age of seventy-six years. Their children were :
John, born in Chester in 1737, died in 1813. Mark,
who is referred to in the succeeding paragraph.
Joseph, born in 1744, died July 30, 1783. John Carr
who served three years in the Revolutionary war,
married Mary Wilson, and had a family of si.x
children, whose names are not at hand.

(II) Mark, second son of John and Elizabeth
(Wilson) Carr. was born in Chester about the year
1743, and died there July 26, 1782. He married Eliz-
abeth Gilchrist, daughter of William Gilchrist, and
left one son, Samuel. His widow married for her
second husband Abraham Silver, son of Captain
James Silver, and went to reside in New Chester,

but afterwards returned to Chester and died there
August IS- 18,34, aged eighty-six years.

(III) Samuel, only child of Mark and Eliza-
beth (Gilchrist) Carr, was born in Chester, February
II, 1778. He was a prosperous iarmer and a
well-known cattle dealer of Chester, and resided
there his entire life, which ended February 13,
1850, at the old homestead. In politics he was a
Democrat and took an active part in local public
afi^airs, holding some of the important town offices.
In his religious faith he was a Presbyterian. He
married Mary Stinston. of Londonderry, and she
died .September 14, 1858, being the mother of nine
children, namely: Eliza (died young), Matthew,
John (also died young), Mark, John, Samuel, Eliza
and Jane (twins), and Nathan.

(IV) Samuel (2), fifth son and si.xth child of
Samuel and Mary (Stinson) Carr, was born in Ches-
ter, May 31, 1S12. He occupied the homestead which
he improved by erecting new and substantial build-
ings of a modern type, and in addition to tilling
the soil carried on quite an extensive business in
buying and selling livestock. He was a Democrat
in politics, and a Universalist in his religious belief.
His death occurred August 17, 1877, aged sixty-
five years. October 27, 1840, he married Lydia
Hall, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Marston) Hall,
of Chester. She died November 27, 1902, a,ged
eighty-one years. Their children are: I. Mark,
born May 22, 1842 ; he enlisted September 19, 1S62,
from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to serve nine months
as a private of Samuel Duncan's Company F, Fif-
tieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Lie was honorably discharged .-Xugust 24, 1863. He
re-enlistcd at Chester, New Hampshire, April 14,
1S64. to serve three years. Was appointed sergeant
of Captain Edwin Vaughn's Company A, First
Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry. He
was severely wounded at White Oak Swamp, Vir-
ginia. June 13, 1864. He was promoted to lieuten-
ant, but the appointment did not reach him until
after he was wounded. He was always to be found
at his post of duty, bore a gallant part in all engage-
ments of his command until wounded and achieved
a proud record for efficient service and bravery in
action. He died at the old homestead, September 22,
1903. 2. Charles P., born January 21, 1845, died at
the old homestead in Chester, September 22, 1906.
3. Ellen A., married Warren A. Stewart, of Haver-
hill. Massachusetts, November 20, 1868 — was killed
by lightning in that city, July 29. 18S5, she left two
daughters. 4. Mary E.. born December 12, 1848,
died November 27, i86g. ■ 5. Florence C, see for-
ward. 6, Warren M. All these children were born
in Chester.

(V) Florence C, third dau,ghter and fifth child
of Samuel and Lydia (Hall) Carr, acquired a good
education at a neighboring academy, and is a Iad>y
of much ability and enterprise. She resides at the
homestead in Chester, is extensively engaged in
agriculture, and has attained success in keeping
summer boarders, her estate being widely and fav-
orably known as a pleasant resort. Miss Carr has
in her possession a part of the red silk riding-hood
worn by her great-great-grandmother on her return
to Chester on horseback on a pillion, such being
the mode of conveyance for long journeys.

People of this name were very early
SMART in New Hampshire but they seem to

have been much more busily occupied
in clearing away the forest and developing farms and
workshops than in recording their progress. A thor-
ough search of the vital records of New Hampshire

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fails to reveal their abiding places or their births
and deaths. The founder of the family in this state
was a man of considerable ability and prominence,
and his descendants, where record of them can be
found, seem to have partaken of his character and
worth.

John Smart, the ancestor of those in New Hamp-
shire bearing the name, was a native of the county
of Norfolk, England, whence he came to IMassa-
chusetts in 1635. He was accompanied by his wife
and two sons and settled in Hingham, where he
drew a house lot in 1635. He soon removed to
Exeter, New Hampshire, and received an assignment
of one acre and twenty-six poles of meadow "next
the town." from which it would appear that he w'as
the owner of cattle or goats. His homestead was on
the east side of Exeter river, in what is now Strat-
ham, but he removed thence to the northern part
of Exeter, now Newmarket. His descendants still
live in that town. He did not sign the "Combina-
tion," for the government of Exeter, but was a pub-
lic-spirited man and participated in the purchase of
the Wheelwright house for a parsonage. His name
first appears on tlie town books January 16, 1645.
On February 3. 1698, he was chosen by the town
meeting as a member of the committee for seating
the people in the meeting house. (More than one
line of his descendants are mentioned below.)

(I) Daniel Smart, who w-as undoubtedly a de-
scendant of John Smart, was born June 10, 1770,
probably in Newmarket, but the family record gives
no place. The vital records of the state have no
account of it whatever. This much is known : In
1819 he removed from Newmarket to that part of
Effingham, New Hampshire, now Freedom, and en-
gaged in agriculture. He died September 24, 1S24,
in Freedom, aged forty-five years. His wife, Han-
nah Langley, was born March 25, 1788, probably also
in Newmarket, and died October 31. 1851, in Eaton,
having survived her husband more than twenty-sev-
en j-ears. Their children were. Levi, Osborn, Dan-
iel, Joseph, Abigail, Mary, Sophronia, who married
Leavitt Alley; Everett, Lydia and John. Everett
was a soldier of the ATerican war.

(H) John, youngest child of Daniel and Han-
nah (Langley) Smart, was born October 10, 1818,
in Newmarket, and was a babe when his parents
moved to Freedom. He succeeded to the ownership
of his father's farm, where he resided and cared
for his mother until after her death, when he sold
and bought the "Gushing farm," one of the largest
in town, situated near Freedom village, where his
children could get the benefit of the village school
and there he resided until his death. May 31, 1892.
He was a Free Will Baptist, and aided in building
what is known as the "White Meeting House." He
was married December 22, 1842, to Amanda M.
Jackson, who was born December. 24, 1820. in
Eaton, daughter of Walter P. and Sally (Durgin)
Jackson. Walter P. Jackson was born 1800 in Ea-
ton, and died in Missouri" about 1837. His wife was
born in August, 1708, in Eaton, and died December,
1877. in Madison, New Hampshire. Walter P. was
a son of Daniel and Abigail (IMerrill) Eaton, the
latter a native of Conwa}-. this state. The former
died in Eaton, over seventy years of age. John and
Amanda M. Smart were the parents of five children,
accounted for as below : Mary E.. born December
17. _ 1843. married Albert Andrews, of Augusta.
Maine. Sarah Vina, November 26, 1845, married
Alonzo G. Fowler, April 30, 1865. John O., July
10, 1851. is in the livery business at West Newton,
Massachusetts. Cora A.. December iS, 1858. is
single. Elmer J., the subject of the next paragraph.

(Ill) Elmer Joseph, youngest child and second
son of John and Amanda M. (Jackson) Sinart, was
born in Freedom, September 4, 1861. He was edu-
x:ated in the public schools, graduating from the
New Market high school. After teaching thirty-three
terms of common and high school with great suc-
cess, he studied law in the office of Hon. Albert G.
Ambrose, of Augusta, Maine, and with Worcester
& Gaffney, of Rochester, New Hampshire, and was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar in July. 1887
and United States courts, 1888. He soon afterward
opened an office in Rochester, where he has since
built up a large and successful practice. He is a Re-
publican in politics, but has never sought office. He
is a director of the Rochester Loan and Banking
Company, was one of the organizers of the Roches-
ter Building and Loan Association, and has been one
of its directors from the beginning. He was two
years on the school board in Freedom, and was chos-
en town clerk of Rochester in 1888. He is a mem-
ber of the Church of Unity. He is also a memlier
of Humane Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted ^la-
sons, of Rochester; Temple Royal Arch Chapter, Xo.
20; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar; also
of Motolina Lodge, No. l8. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of Rochester; and Norway Plains
Encampment, of Rochester.

He married, in Conway, August 26, 1884, Ger-
trude M. Heath, who was born in Conway. Septem-
ber 14, 1863, daughter of George A. and Elizaiieth
(Harriman) Heath. George A. Heath was born
August 16, 1836, and died January 21, 1900. His
parents were George W. and Mary (Lang) Heath,
the latter born in 1S04. Elizabeth Harriman was
born July 26. 184:, and died October 3, 1880, daugh-
ter of Amos and Hannah (Hawkins) Harriman.
Amos Harriman was born April 15. 1819, and died
January g. 1884; his wife was born October 24, 1815,
and died November 24, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Smart
have two children: Guy, born March 15, 1888; and
Blanche Elizabeth, June 2, iSgo.

(I) William P. Smart was a pioneer settler of
northern New Hampshire, and was a farmer in
Campton at the earliest period of which knowledge
is now obtainable. He led a somewhat roving life,
and died in Ossipee. this state. May 20, i860, aged
seventy-six years. His body was deposited in the
"Chick" cemetery in Ossipee. He was married in
Campton, November 17, 1808, by Rev. Peletiah Chap-
in, to Annie Percival, said to have been a native of
Connecticut. She survived him, and died in Ossipee,
October 3, 1865. They had ten children, only two of
whom ever married. A daughter married a 'Sir.
Blaisdell, and resided in Campton.

(II). Luther, son of William P. and Annie (Per-
cival) Smart, was born February 13. 1814, in Thorn-
ton, New Hampshire, as shown by the family rec-
ords. He grew up in Campton. obtaining his educa-
tion in the public schools of the town. Early in life
he was employed in a sash and blind mill, and all
his business activities were identified with that line
of work. He built a mill near his home in Camp-
ton, and made blinds which he was obliged to haul
on a wagon to Concord to get them to market. He
subsequently removed to Lowell. Massachusetts,
where he was in business two or three years. La-
ter he spent some years at Goflfstown, this state,
and was two years in Manchester. In 1S58 he went
to Ossipee, New Hampshire, and bought a mill
above Moultonville, which he rebuilt and operated.
In company with another he built a mill at what is
known as Chickville. but this was soon washed out
by a freshet. Going a little farther down the Beach
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standing and operated by his son and grandsons.
This was about 1865. Mr. Smart was a very indus-
trious man, and was actively engaged in business
imtil a short time before his death. He passed
away at Ossipee. August 6, 1890. In religious faith
he was a Second Adventist, and in politics a Repub-
lican. He was an intellectual man, interested in in-
ventions, and was a grantee of several patents. Of
quiet and domestic disposition, he did not seek any
part in the management of public affairs. He was
married September S, 1844, in Sandwich, by Rev.
Enoch J. Prescott, to IMary Dore, of Ossipee, a na-
tive of Wakefield, this state. She survived him, dy-
ing May 23, i8gi. She was a religious woman, a
Baptist in faith, and v.-as respected by the community.
Of their three children only one survived the period
of childhood, Charles H.

(HI) Charles Herman, only surviving child of
Luther T. and Mary (Dore") Smart, was born June
8, 1845, in Campton. New Hampshire. Mirch of his
time prior to attaining his majority was devoted to
study. He w-as a student of private schools, the
Sandwich high school, and New Hampton Literary
Institution. In the meantime, in vacations, he was
acquiring a knowledge of his father's business, and
immediately after leaving school became his father's
assistant. When but a small boy, he commenced
w'ork in the sash and blind factory of J. Austin, in
Goffstown, this state, and to the present time, has
been interested in the same line of business. During
twenty years of this time, he made a specialty of in-
side blinds, the chief markets being Portland, Bos-
ton and Fall River. This branch of the business
proved remunerative and laid the foundation for a
competency. The business now is manufacturing
doors, windows and blinds, window and door screens
in connection with a saw mill, cutting rough lumber,
shingles. lathes etc. Like his father, Mr. Smart is
industrious, and continues to look after the details
of his business, though much has been resigned to
his sons. About 1877 he built his handsome and
commodious residence at Center Ossipee. He is a
member of the Congregational Church, and an earn-
est Republican, but prefers the quiet of domestic
life to a participation in the strifes of political serv-
ice. He was married September 14, 1876, to Helen
Folsom, who was born August 15. 1854, in Tam-
worth. New Hampshire, daughter of John T. D.
and Asenath (Whipple) Folsom, of New Boston,
Mr. and Mrs. Smart have three children, namely:
Annie May, Charles Ellis and Harry Preston. The
daughter is the wife of C. Archie Home, of Haver-
hill, Massachusetts. The elder son married Mildred
Blaze, of Parsonfield. Maine, and has two children,
Preston Blaze and Charles Edward. The younger
son married Hattie Collomy. of Farmington, New
Hampshire, and has a daughter, Helen Folsom.

The tw-o earliest American ancestors
KN.\PP of this name appear to be Nicholas and

William Knapp, both of whom were
proprietors of Watertown, Massachusetts, in i636-.'^7.
It is not known that they were brothers or other-
W'ise related. William Knapp, a carpenter by
trade, was born in England in 1578, and settled at
Watertown in 1630. His wife was named Pris-
cilla. and there were three sons. William, John and
James, beside several daughters. Nicholas Knapp
was born in England, settled in Watertown. and in
1648 moved to Stamford, Connecticut, where he
died April 16, 1670. His first wife, Elinor, died
June 16, 1658. There were four- sons, Jonathan,
Timothy, Joshua and Caleb, beside several daugh-
ters. Nicholas Knapp's second wife was Unity

(Buxton) Brown, widow of Peter Brown. Still
another New England Knapp was Job, born in York-
shire. England, in 1669, who settled in Sutton, Mas-
sachusetts. Owing to lack of records it is not
known from which of these early settlers the fol-
lowing line is descended.

(I) George Knapp, born in Franconia, New
Hampshire, was a son of Oliver Knapp, who came
from Massachusetts. He was a farmer all his life,
and in 1841 moved to Colebrook. He married Fanny
Chandler, and .they had seven children : George,
Perley, Alonzo, Mclissia, Joseph, William, Ezra.

(II) George (2). son of George (i) and Fanny
(Chandler) Knapp, was born in Franconia. New
Hampshire, December 6, 1826. At the age of thir-
teen his father moved to Colebrook, and that place
became his permanent home. He was a farmer all
his life. On June, 1856, George (2) Knapp married
Elvira, daughter of Caleb Little, and they had throe
children : Perlc)', who sketch follows ; Annie, who
married Charles Tewksbury. of Colebrook; and
Kelsey. who lives in Colebrook. George (2) Knapp
died January 26. 1907, and his wife is still living.

(Iin Perley, eldest child of George (2) and El-
vira (Little) Knapp, was born in Colebrook, New
Hampshire, September 23, 1857. He was educated
in the common schools and began farming at an
early age, and also went into the b-imber business
at Stewartstown. He has a saw mill on Mohawk
stream, where he makes shingles and clap boards
and runs a planer for custom work, also operates tloe
starch factories and cheese factory, at this place. He
is a Republican in politics, and is the most influential
man of his party in the town. He was county com-
missioner for si.K years, beginning in 1893. He
served in the legislature of 1896-97. and was select-
man of Stewartstown in IQ02-03. For several years
he was a member of the school board. He belongs
to the Knights of Pythias and to the Red Men. In
May, 1880, Perley Knapp married Helen Smith,
daughter of Reid and Cordelia Cummings, of Cole-
brook, who died, iSgr, leaving two children: George,
born 1881 : and Annie. 1887. On .\ugust 27, 1892.
Perley Knapp married his second wife, Lillian Flan-
ders, daughter of Alason and Elizabeth Flanders, of
Stewartstown. They have one son, Perlev, born
1898.

At the time men were providing them-
KNAPP selves w'ith surnames, and making use
of the prominent features of the land-
scape near w'hich they lived for that purpose, Knapp
took his name from his place of residence at or
near the summit (Knap) of a hill, just as How
took his name from a small hill, and Low and Law
took theirs from still smaller hills.

(I) Charles Knapp was born in London, England,
about 1780, and when about thirty-five years of age
emigrated to America and settled in Montpelier,
Vermont, where he engaged in farming. He married

, and they were the parents of Paul, Lucretia

and Orlando.

(II) Paul, eldest child of Charles Knapp, was
born October 23, 1826, in Montpelier. His early
education was acquired in the common and high
schools of Montpelier, where he afterward engaged
in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He was en-
gaged in this line as long as he lived. He was a man
of affairs, possessed of good judgment, and was
elected as a Republican to the office of selectman,
and to minor offices which he filled with credit. In
religious belief he was a LTniversalist. He married
Margaret Kennedy, who was born in Montpelier,
^"ermont, daughter of James Kennedy. Four chil-

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dren were born of this union: Julia, William (died
young), Lee V. and Carrie. Julia, married Spauld-
ing Clark, and died in 1903, leaving two children —
Blanche and Forrest. Carrie, married George Sar-
gent, and resides in Montpelier. Thej' have one
child, Edith.

(Ill) Dr. Lee Victor, son of Paul and Margaret
(Kennedy) Knapp. was born in Montpelier, Febru-
arv 28. 1864. He attended the common schools, St.
Johnsbury Academy, and Dartmouth College, spend-
ing one year at the last named institution. He ma-
triculated at the Baltimore Medical School in 1893,
and graduated M. D. witli the cla<;s of 1894. After
serving as an interne physician at the Maryland Gen-
eral Hospital one year, he went to Danbury, New
Hampshire, where he has since resided and built up
a successful practice. He is a rnember of the
American, the New Hampshire, and the Central New
Hampshire Medical Societies. He takes an interest
in local affairs and local institutions, and has been
chairman of the school board and chairman of the
board of health, and is president of the local Lin-
coln Club. He is a member of Blazing Star Grange.
Patrons of Husbandry, No. 71, and of Kearsarge
Lodge, No. "I, A. F. and .\. M. He married Emma
Ward, who was born in Danville. Vermont, daugh-
ter of Thomas J. Ward, of Danville. They have
two children : Lee Henry, now in Colby Academy,
and Dorothv.

Whatever mav have been the cause of
EATON the immigration of this family from
the old country, one thing is plain, that
the leader was a man of conviction who
acted upon his own judgment. His general course
of conduct from the time he left Salisbury till he
died in Haverhill, clearly shows that he was capable
under God of bein,g the architect of his own fortune.
His autograph, his dealings in real estate, his official
relations in Salisbury, his breaking away from his
associations there, his choice of a home in Haver-
hill, and finallv his last will and testament, are so
many testimonials to his intellectual ability and moral
integrity. The various admirable characteristics so
preeminent in the ancestor prevail very largely in
his progeny. The general standing of the Eatons
of America to-day is such as to reflect honor on the
name.

(I) John and .'\nne Eaton with their ^ix chil-
dren came to our New England shores, like many
other families of their time, without leaving any
known record of the date or place of their arrival,
or O'f the vessel in which they came. His name
first appears on the proprietors" books of Salisbury,
Massachusetts, in the winter of 163Q-40. It is sup-
posed that the family came from England, but no
trace of its ancestry has vet been found. There were
several grants of real estate made by the "(freemen"
of Salisburv unto John Eaton, senior, from 1640 to
1646 inclusive. One was of a house lot in Salisbury,
near the present town office: the other, supposed to
be the one he lived upon, was a "planting lott con-
tainin.g pr estimation six acres more or less, lying
upon ye great Neck." His house was near the
".great Neck brid.ge," on "the beavh road." This
homestead has never passed out of the Eaton family
and is now owned by seven sisters in equal and un-
divided shares, under the pleasinsr name of "Brook-
side Farm." In the spring of T646 John Eaton (i)
was chosen grand jtn-or, and also one of the five
"Prudential men." to manage the affairs of the town.
In the same vear he transf.i^rred his homestead to his
son John (2) Eaton, and removed with the rest of

his family about fifteen miles up the Merrimac to
Haverhill, Massachusetts, wdiere he spent the last
twenty-two years of his life in tilling the soil and in
manufacturing staves. One of the entries in the
records of the town of Haverhill is, "Anne ye wife
of John Eaton died on the 5th of February, 1660."
Another, "John Eaton sen. and Phebe Dow, wid. of
Thomas Dow of Newbury, were married ye 20th of
November, 1661." John Eaton, senior, died in
Haverhill, October .29., 1668, aged seventy-three
years. Mrs. Phebe (Dow) Eaton died 1672. The
children of John and Anne Eaton were : John, Ann,
Elizabeth. Ruth, Thomas, and Hester. (Thomas and
descendants receive mention in this article).

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Anne Eaton, was born in 1619, probably in England,
and died on his homestead on "The great Neck,"
November i. 16S2. He appears to have come to
Salisbury. Massachusetts, with his father in the win-
ter of 1639-40. John (2) succeeded to his father's
homestead on "the great Neck" and other real es-
tate, which he occupied till his death. He was the
possessor of much real estate, and in conveyance is
sometimes styled "cooper," and at other times
"planter." He married, about 1644, Martha Row-
landson, daughter of Thomas Rowlandson, Sr., of
Ipswich. Massachusetts, and sister of Rev. Joseph
Rowlandson, who was graduated from Harvard Col-
lege in 1652, the only member of his class. She
died July, 1712, a woman of great age, and of great
excellency of Character. Their children were: Hes-
ter, John, Thomas, Martha, Elizabeth. Ann. Sarah,
I\Iary, Samuel, Joseph and Ephraim. (The last
named and descendants are mentioned at length in
this article).

(III) Joseph, fourth son and tenth child of
John ^2) and Martha (Rowlandson) Eaton, was
born March 6, 1660- in Salisbur.v, and died there
January 13, 1743. His will was made February 2,
1736. He subscribed to the oath of allegiance and
fidelity in 1777. and was a freeman in 1690. He was
married December 14. 16S3. in Salisbury, to Mary
French, daughter of John and Mary (Noyes)
French, and granddau.ghter of Edward French, the
pioneer of Salisbury (see French). She was born
June 12. 1663, in Salisbury, and died July 12, 1726,
in that town. Joseph Eaton was published Novem-
ber 2, 1726, as intending to marrv Mary Worster. of
Bradford. His children were: John (died young),
John, Samuel. Joseph, Benjamin, Moses, Mary,
Nicholas. Sarah and Jacob.

(IV) John (3), second son and child of Joseph
and Mary (French) Eaton, was born October 18,
1685, in Salisbury, and there resided through life.
He was married (first), about 1713, to Esther John-
son, of Kingston: (second). July 2. 1728. to Eliza-
beth Hook. His first wife was baptized in the Salis-
bury church. September 8, 1723.

(V) Wyman Eaton, son of John C3) and
Esther (Johnson) Eaton, was born in Salisbury,
July. 172,=;. and settled in that part of Llampton. New
Hampshire, now Scabrook. and within si.x miles of
the homestead be made. There five generations of
descendants have resided up to the present time. In
T76:; Wyman Eaton's name appears on the petition
to Governor Wentworth for a Presbyterian Society
in Hampton Falls, which shows that he was a free-
holder and an inhabitant of the town.

(VI) John (.■;). son of Wyman Eaton, bought
land in Buxton, Maine, in 1774, from James Gray,
of Salisbury. Massachusetts, and moved to that town.
He married Jemima Green ,and they had nine
children.

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(VII) Tristam. fourth child of John (5) and
Jemima (Green) Eaton, was born December 16,
i/Sr.

(VIII) Stephen Woodman, son of Tristnm
Eaton, was born in Buxton, Maine. He was edu-
cated in the public schools, studied civil engineering,
and was a member of the first surveying party en-
gaged in locating the line of the Atlantic & St. Law-
rence railroad. After his marriage he became a
resident of Portland. Maine. He married Miranda
B. Knox, of Portland, who was born in Portland, a
descendant of General Henry Knox, of Revolution-
ary fame. They had eight children: Stephen M.,
Samuel K., George R.. Minnie (Mrs. Myron
Hovey, of Boston), Charles P., Woodman S.,
Howard B.. and Edward.

(IX) George Roscoe, third son and "child of
Stephen W. and Miranda B. (Knox) Eaton, was
born in Portland, Maine, November 16, 1837. He
was educated in the common and high schools of
Portland and Yarmouth, and at the age of fifteen
years he entered the office of S. T. Corser, superin-
tendent of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand
Trunk) railroad, as a clerk, where he was employed
two and one-half j-ears. He then spent an equal
length of time in the Grand Trunk freight forward-
ing office at Portland. At twenty years of age he
went to Berlin, New Hampshire, and became the
general agent of the mill and store of H. Winslow
& Company, of that place. For fourteen years he
was connected with the management of this business,
during which time its ownership changed several
times. In 1872 he purchased a stock of goods and a
store at North Stratford, and removed to that place.
He was alone in trade until 1882. when he and E. B.
ilerriam becarne partners under the firm name of E.
B. Merriam & Company. During the many years
"he had resided in New Hampshire previous to this
time, Mr. Eaton, foreseeing the certain rise in value
of the lumber of northern New Hampshire, had
bought large areas of timber lands which at this
time began to come into the market at greatly en-
hanced prices. Mr. Eaton's foresight and financial
ability now becatne generally recognized and appre-
ciated, and his cooperation in various business enter-
prises was sought. In 1S82 the Lancaster National
Bank was organized, and Mr. Eaton was persuaded
to become its president, and thereupon removed to
Lancaster, where he continued to reside the re-
mainder of his life. In 1SS7 the Siwooganock Guar-
anty Savings Bank was organized, and Mr. Eaton
became one of the incorporators and trustees, hold-
ing the latter oflice until his death. He was senior
partner of the firm of Eaton & Sawyer, lumber man-
ufacturers of Columbia, and junior partner in the
firm of Marshall & Eaton, carriage manufacturers of
Lancaster. For many years he was also a money
loaner. private banker and real estate agent. In
politics he was a Democrat, and the place he oc-
cupied in ofticial life was as prominent as that he
filled in business circles. He represented Berlin in
the legislature of 1872-73 : was selectman for several
years in Berlin and Stratford ; a member of the con-
stitutional convention in 1876 from Stratford ; was a
member of the board of county commissioners of
Coos county from 1879 to 1883 : and county treas-
urer from 18S5 to 1S91. He was also a member of
the Mt. Washington Stock Farm Company, and a
promoter and president of the Lancaster Driving
Club. He and his family attended the Unitarian
Church, of which he was a generous supporter. He
was also a Mason. !Mr. Eaton was essentially a self-
made man; he possessed those natural qualities which
properly- cultivated make a man strong and reliable.

He had good common sense and critical judgment
of a high order; he was industrious, energetic,
prompt, and whatever was committed to him to be
done was duly perfonned. His natural qualifica-
tions and proper use of them inade him a leading
man among the men with whom he associated.

He married, April 10, 1860. Sarah J. Parker, who
was born in Saco, Maine, daughter of Josiah

and Parker, of Saco. Three children were

born to them : Minnie P., Georgie May and Sadie
May (twins). ' '

(X) Minnie P., eldest daughter of George R.
and Sarah J. (Parker) Eaton, was born in Lancas-
ter, and married Dr. William H. Leith. (See
Leith. III).

(III) Ephraim, eleventh child and fifth son of
John (2) and Martha (Rowlandson) Eaton, was
born in Salisbury, April 12. 1663, and died June 28,
1723. He resided in Salisbury, and was a cooper
and farmer. In addition to his father's bequest to
him of "90 acres above the mill," his mother gave
him "all my upland meadow and common right in
said town given me by my sister Wells, after my
natural life is ended." Ephraim Eaton also owned
land in Haverhill. He married, February S, 1689,
Mary True, of Salisbury. She was probably a
daughter of Henry and Jane (Bradbury) True, born
May 30, 166S. She died about 1748. She was ad-
mitted to membership in the First Church, February
19. 1699. On the 28th of the following May her
four children were baptized, and each child born
afterward received the rite in early infancy. The
children of this union were : Mary. Ephraim, Jane,
Samuel, Jemima, Henrj% Jabez (died young), Jabez.
(An account of Jabez and descendants appears in
this article).

(IV) Henry, sixth child and third son of
Ephraim and Mary (True) Eaton, was born in Salis-
bury, Massachusetts, January 22, 1703, was baptized
June II, 1704, and died December 20. 1790. He was
a cordwainer. and resided in Salisbury, en the farm
of his wife's father. By will his own father gave
him and his brother Samuel all his land in Haver-
hill, with a clause inserted that if either should sell
it should be to the other. It seems that he was
connected with the army or militia, as he is called
captain. Henry Eaton married, August 10, 1727,
Mary True, daughter of Ensign Henry True, of
Salisbury. She died October 28. 1790. The geneal-
ogist says they were members of the church in Salis-
bury, and were faithful to the covenant in this: they
had all their children baptized in early infancy.
Their children were : Mary, Jemima, True, Henry.
Sarah. Abigail. Johannah. Ephraim, Peter (died-
young), Peter and Timothy.

(V) Ephraim (2), eighth child and third son
of Henry and Mary (True) Eaton, was born in
Salisbury, February i, 1745. and died in 1826, aged
eighty-one years. He settled in Candia, New Hamp-
shire, in 1773. and purchased of Ben. Bachelder, No.
113, second Part, second Division, where his grand-
son. Llenry M. Eaton, afterward lived. He married
(first), 1768. Abigail Perkins, and (second), 1772,
Sarah Stevens, who died in 1822, aged seventy-four.
Their children were : Molly, Henry, Hannah, Peter,
and -Sally.

(VI) Molly, eldest child of Ephraim and Sarah
(Stevens) Eaton, married Dr. Jacob Moore, of
Andover, son of Cofiin Moore, the first physician in
Candia. (See Moore. V).

(VI) Hannah, third child and second daughter
of Ephraim and Sarah (Stevens) Eaton, married
Moses Patten. (See Patten. III).

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of Ephraim and Sarah (Stevens) Eaton, was born in
Candia. After obtaining what educatian was af-
forded by the schools of the neighborhood, he as-
sisted Moses Fitts as a clerk in his store at Candia
for a considerable length of time. Afterward he
built a store north of the old Congregational meet-
ing house, and commenced trading about the year
1812. In 1835 he removed to Concord, and resided
there a few years. He at length returned to Candia
and resumed business at the old stand, where he
continued for some years. He was a man well liked
by his neighbors, and had a way of keeping a cus-
tomer once he had him, and was successful in busi-
ness. He was also a good farmer. In addition to
his agricultural and mercantile business he carried
on the manufacture of barrels for the Newburyport
market. In 1852 he removed to Manchester, and his
store was taken down and converted into tenements
in that city. He married Hannah Hale, daughter of
Deacon Ezekiel H. and Hannah (Haseltine) Kelly.
She was born in 1787. The children of this mar-
riage were : Ephraim K., Mary J., and Francis B.

(VII) Francis B.. younger son of Peter and
Hannah Hale (Kelley) Eaton, was born in Candia,
Februan' 26, 1825, and died July 25. 1904. He was
educated in the public schools of Candia. at Pem-
broke, and New Boston academies, and would have
completed his education in the college if weakness of
his eyes had not compelled him to abandon the ef-
fort. He began to teach school at an early age, and
taught in New Boston for some years. While still
a youth he displayed marked literary talent, and for
a number of years was one of the best known
journalists in New Hampshire. He moved to Man-
chester about 1852 and published a valuable history
of Candia, and became assistant editor of the Man-
chester Daily Aiuen'ran, and later acted as Wash-
ington correspondent of the same paper. In 1854 he
accepted the position of librarian at the city library,
which he held for ten years, during which time he
acted as the local correspondent of the Boston Trav-
eler. Early in December. 1861, he became the pro-
prietor of the A^cii' Hampshire Journal of Agricul-
ture, which he conducted for two years, and which
was merged in the Mirror and Farmer. During the
last year of the war of the rebellion Mr. Eaton went
to Boston, where he assumed t"he position of editorial
writer on the Boston Journal. While connected
with the last named paper he was sent to Washing-
ton, where he soon became one of the most promi-
nent correspondents at the capital. In 1866 he was
appointed til an office connected vv-ith the United
States custom service, and was stationed at Boston,
Montreal, and Portland.

In early life Mr. Eaton found in Governor Fred-
erick Smyth, who was also a native of Candia, a
stanch and true friend who assisted the young man
in getting a foothold in the commercial world. In
1885 Governor Smyth chose Mr. Eaton to compile a
sketch of his life, which was circulated privately
amon,g the friends of the .governor. Mr. Eaton con-
ducted a book store on Elm street very successfully
for eleven years and, although the business re-
quired the greater part of his time, he found oppor-
tunity to contribute articles to leading periodicals on
timely topics. At the titne of his death he wtis a
director of the First National Bank and vice-presi-
dent of the Merrimack River Savings Bank. He
was prominent in educational matters, and served
long in the midst of his multifarious duties as
school commissioner. In politics he was a stead-
fast Republican, and .gave his imstinted support to
the administration in the time of the Civil war. Be-
fore attaining his majority he became identified with

the Congregational Church in Candia, and after his
removal to Manchester, he was clerk for many years
of the Second Congregational Society. In 1854, he
married Lu'cretia Lane, daughter of John and Abi-
gail (Emerson) Lane. (See Lane and Emerson,
IV). In 1880 he built a residence on Chestnut street,
northeast corner of Salmon, and retired from all
business pursuits, living quietly till his death, which
occurred July 25, 1904. after an illness of five weeks.
A sober commentary on the life and character of
Deacon Francis B. Eaton can be little less than
eulogistic. He inherited from his ancestors ability,
a love for work, high ideals, and a reverence for
religion. As a boy and young man he was obedient,
quiet, thoughtful, studious and ambitious. When
he had work to perform he did that first, and then
spent his leisure in study and the perusal of books,
for which he had a love from his earliest years. As
a teacher he was conscientious and thorough, and
imbued with a high regard for learning that made
his work successful and caused him to take a deep
interest and active part in education in later life. He
was a fluent and graceful writer, and his composi-
tions were- complete, scholarly and forceful. His
ready command of language and logical arrangement
of ideas made his literary work telling. Equipped
as he was, his sphere rapidly widened, and he was
called from Manchester first to an editorship on a
metropolitan daily, and then given the more in-
fluential position of Washington correspondent,
where he had daily opportunity to show his rare
tact in the management of men for the obtention of
news. His fair treatment of friend and foe and re-
gard for trust reposed in him, made him popular
with the leading men in the nation's capital and in-
fluential in politics. He was never a seeker for
office, preferring rather to make and unmake others
who sought political place. He was successful in a
hi.gh degree as a merchant, and his ability to accum-
ulate money called him intO' the council of the finan-
cial world and put him in positions to assist in con-
trolling capital, where he was successful to a flatter-
ing degree. He was alwaj'S an ardent patriot, and
strove with his pen to render all the assistance he
could in times when his country needed his support.
In his church he was a benefactor and one of its
staunchest supporters. In municipal matters he al-
ways wanted what was of the greatest good to the
greatest number. looking ahead to ultimate results,
and never countenancing temporary expedients. He
was an upright man. a friend and companion to his
friends, and always to be relied on. Truthfully was
it said at the time of his death that he was "One of
the most prominent residents of I^Ianchester for
years and a man of high character and brilliant at-
tainments."

(IV) Jabez, eighth child and fifth son of
Ephraim (i) and Mary (True) Eaton, was born in
Salisbury, August 9, 1708, baptized October 10. 1708,
and died of smallpox, January 28. 1760, at Hampton
Falls. He lived at first in Salisbury, where the
births of his children are recorded, though the last
five were born at Hampton Falls. He was a farmer,
and a member of military organizations and held the
rank of lieutenant. He married Sarah True, dau.gh-
ter of Ensi.gn Henry True, January 16, 1702, and
they were the parents of the following named chil-
dren : Sarah : Paul, died yoimg : Jemima, Samuel,
Paul. Sarah, Jabez. Joshua. Abigail. Mary.

(V) Paul, fifth child and third son of Jabez and
Sarah (True) Eaton, was born in Salisbury, .-Vugust
20. i7,'?9. and died in Candia, New Hampshire, in
18.^0. aged ninety years. He removed from Sea-
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bought of Isaiah Rowe, No. 114, second Part, second
Division, which descended to his children and
grandchildren. He was in Rhode Island and var-
ious other parts of the colonies in the Revolution.
He is said to have been a man of extraordinary
strength, and it is told on good authority that he
once moved, by means of a chain and lever placed
across his thighs, a log which a smart yoke of steers
could not start. He married (first) about 1765,
Molly Tilton, of Candia, New Hampshire, who died
about 1775: and (second), in 1778, Hannah Emerson,
of Haverhill, Massachusetts. By the first marriage
there were five chifdren : Molly, Anna, Henry T.,
John and Sally; and by the second, two: Lydia and
Luke.

(VI) Colonel Henry T.. third child and eldest
son of Paul and Molly (Tilton) Eaton, was born in
Candia. He succeeded to his father's homestead,
and djed in 1851, aged about eighty-four years. He
w-as a* member of the Universalist Church, a Dem-
ocrat in politics, and was selectman and representa-
tive in the New Hampshire legislature. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Emerson, Esq., who
died in 1818. (See Emerson, V). They had four
sons and six daughters.

(VII) True, son of Colonel Heniy T. and Eliza-
beth (Emerson) Eaton, was born in Candia, in
iSrr (?) and died in the same town. He tilled the

'old homestead, voted the Demoicratic ticket, and was
a member of the Universalist Church. He married
Susan C. York, daughter of Solomon York, born in
Deerficld (now Pembroke), and died in Candia.
They were the parents of six children : Martin Van
Buren, Frank W., Lizzie J.. Sarah T., Susan E., and
Henry T.

(VIII) Martin Van Buren, eldest child of True
and Susan G. (York) Eaton, was born in Candia,
May 8, 1841. He grew up on a farm and attended
the public schools. When thirty years of age he
went to Rhode Island, and was an instructor in the
state prison for a time. He began the manufacture
of shoes in Candia, which he afterward carried on in
Haverhill and Lynn, Massachusetts, for thirty years.
In 1891 he began the manufacture of antique furni-
ture at Lynn, which he has since continued, being in
Concord a part of the time. He lives at Pembroke,
upon the Coughlan homestead, the buildings of
which he has thoroughly remodelled. In politics he
is a Democrat, and in religious ■ faith a Congrega-
ti(malist. He held the oflice of supervisor in Candia
four years. Mr. Eaton married. September 6. 1881,
in Candia, Ellen J. Barker, daughter of Abraham L.
Barker, born in Candia.

(II) Thomas Eaton, second son and fifth child
of John (i) and Anne Eaton, was born about 1631,
in England. He came with his parents to Salisburj',
Massachusetts, but in November, 1646, removed to
Haverhill, where he ever after resided. In 1652 he
was one of thirty-seven to sign a petition to the
general court of ]\Iassachusetts to revoke the sen-
tence of disfranchisement against Robert Pike for
freedom of speech. He was a selectman of the town
in 1675, and chairman of the board in 1692, and in
1697 was one of a committee to locate the meeting
house. He w'as much interested in the church and
town affairs. He died December 15. 1708. and his
wife "Unes." as he. wrote it in his will, died October
5, 1715. He married (first) Martha Kent, August
14. 1656, who died March 9, 1657, and (second),
January 6, 1659, Eunice Singletery, at Andover,
Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Richard
and Susanna Singletery, and was born January 7,
1641. Their children, first only by his first wife,
were: Martha, born February 27. 1657, died young;

Thomas, born March iS, 1660, married Hannah Web-
ster, of Haverhill ; Lydia, born July 23, 1662, mar-
ried Jacob Hardy ; John, born March 6, 1664, mar-
ried Mary Singletciy, of Haverhill ; Jonathan, born
April 23, 1668; Job. born April 22, 1671, married
Mary 'Simons, of Haverhill; Timothy, born May 19,
1674, married Ruth Chapman ; Ebenezer, born April
5, 1677, never married: Martha, born March 16,
1G80, married Thomas Roby ; Ruth, born November
25. 1684, married (first) Ebenezer Kimball, of Haver-
hill; and (second) Stephen Johnson.

(HI) Jonathan, second son and fifth child of
Thomas and Eunice (Singleterj') Eaton, was born
in Haverhill, April 23, 1668. He was a fanner, and
lived on the original homestead of his father, and
his grandfather John. He died Januarv- 23. 1723.
He married (first), March 17. 1695, Sarah Sanders,
of Haverhill, and (second). Januarj- 23, 1699, Ruth
Page, of Haverhill. His wife Ruth died April 2,
1743. All his children except the first were by his
second wife : James, born March 9, 1697 ; Nathaniel,
born March 5, 1701, died young; Sarah, born March
7, 1702. died young; Jonathan, born March 20. 1705,
married Jane Page, of Haverhill: David, born Feb-
ruary 14, 1707, died young: Ruth, born April 17,
1712, married Samuel Merrill, of Haverhill, May 2.
1732-

(IV) James, first son and child of Jonathan and
Sarah (Sanders) Eaton, was born in Haverhill,
March 9, 1697, on the same day as a child of Han-
nah Dustin, who when six years of age was killed
by the Indians in the massacre which then occurred
in Haverhill. His mother concealed him in a swamp,
thus escaping a like fate. By the exposure occasioned
by this act she caught a cold from which she never
recovered, ending in her death April 23. 1698. James
Eaton was a member of the Second Foot Company
of Haverhill in 1657 under Captain Richard Saltiin-
stall. and in 1745 of the West Parish of Haverhill.
He married Rachel (Kimball) Ayer, widow of
Samuel Ayer, June 13, 1728, and died March 18, 1773.
Their children were: David, born April I, 1729,
married Deborah White, of Andover, Connecticut,
October, 1751. and settled in Nova Scotia: Timothy,
born July 31, 1731, married Abigail Massc\-, and set-
tled in Haverhill ; Sarah, born August 13, 1733, died
October 17, 17.36; Rachel, born March 3, 1736, mar-
ried Daniel (jrifiing, of Haverhill. December 12,
1751; James, born May 23, 17,^8; Susannah, born
September 14, 1740, married Benjamin Richards,
and settled in Goffstown, New Hampshire ; Nathan-
iel, born May 5. 1743, married Rebecca Dodge ;
Ebenezer. born August 10. 1745, married Abigail Fol-
som, and settled in Walpole, New Hampshire ;
Enoch, born November 6, 1748, married Esther Will-
iams, of Ipswich, Massachusetts.

(V) James (2), first son and first child of James
and Rachel (Kimball) (.'\ycr) Eaton, was born in
Haverhill, May 23, 17,38. A short time after his
marriage he settled in Goffstown. New Hampshire.
He married Abigail Emerson, by whom he had the
following children, the first two born in Haverhill,
Massachusetts, the rest in Gofifstown : Samuel, born
July 15, 1759; James, born December 17, 1761 ; Abi-
gail, born March 6, 1763; Lydia, born July 10, 1765;
David, bom July 15, 1767; Jesse, born August 17,
1769; True, born October 29, 1771; Cotton, born
September 6, 1773.

(VI) David, third son and fifth child of James
(2) and Abigail (Emerson) Eaton, was born in
Goffstown, July 15, 1767, and always had his resi-
dence there. He married Betsey , about 1795,

by whom he had: Betsey, born November 2. 1796;
James, March 19, 1798; Lydia. July 5, 1799; Anna,

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March g, iSoi ; Abigail, November 21, 1S02; David,
September 26, iSo^; Clarissa, July 22. 1S06; Mary
November 15. iSog; Horace, October 5. 1811 ; Orissa,
April 30, 1S13; Sophia, August 5, 1815; William
Hadley, September 4, 1818.

(VII) James (3), eldest son and second child
of David and Betsey Eaton, was born in Goflstown,
March 19, 1798. He was by occupation a farmer,
and kept the poor fami for a time. He removed to
Watertown, Massachusetts, but after spending eight
years there he returned to Goffstown. He w-as a
member of the Baptist Church, and for a time served
as deacon. He married Rebecca Gould, of Mass-
achusetts, for four years governess in Hoyt's
family, by vv'hom he had George M., Herman J.,
Frances, Mary, and perhaps other children.

(VIII) CJeorge M. Eaton, son of James and
Rebecca (Gould) Eaton, was born 1S32, in \yate_r-
town, Massachusetts. He obtained his education in
the public schools and New London Academy;. He
settled in Goffstown, and followed the occupation of
farming and lumbering. Politically he was a Re-
publican and served the town as selectman. Re-
ligiously he affiliated with the Baptists, as did his
father.

He married Marj-, daughter of Benjamin Greer,
of Goffstown. His wife was educated in the public
schools and at New I-ondon .\cademy. and for a
time was a teacher. Their children were : Nellie,
who married George E. Whitney, of Goffstown ;
George Leon, born April 18. 1867. and Elizabeth M.
She is a graduate of Pinkerton Academy and the
Normal School at Eramingham, ^Massachusetts. She
taught school a number of years in Massachusetts,
and is now a student in Brown University. She has
never married.

(IX) George Leon Eaton, only son and second
child of George M. and Mary (Greer) Eaton, was
born in Goffstown. .A.pril iS, 1867. He received his
education in the public schools and the McGaw In-
stitute at Merrimack, and New Hampton Institute,
New Hampton. Eor three years he had charge of a
stationary engine, but is now a mason. He is a Re-
publican in politics, and represented the town in the
legislature in 1903. He is a member of Bible ]Ma-
sonic Lodge in Goffstown. and Webster Lodge. In-
dependent Order of Odd Feltows. He served on the
board of selectmen seven years and on the school
board six years. Religiously he is affiliated with the
Baptist Church.

He married. May 11, 1803, Nettie J., daughter of
Leonard and Elizabeth (Hatch) Robertson, of Goffs-
town. His wife was educated in the public schools,
and in a private school in JNIanchester. She is a
member of the Grange. Thev have one child, Will-
iam R., born September 5, 1894.

(Second Family.)

(I) William Eaton was born in Eng-

E.^TON land about 1604. He married Martha

Jenkin, and was a husbandman in

Staples, in the county of Kent. With three children,

William and Martha sailed from Sandwich. June 9,

i6.^7, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, of

which he was a proprietor in 1642. and a freeman in

1653. He subsef|Uently removed to Reading, and

there died May 13. 1673. She died in 1680 or 1681.

(II) John, son of William and Martha Eaton,
w^as born in England, December 20. 1635. He lived
in Reading, where he died May 25, 160T. He mar-
ried in 165S, Elizabeth Kendall, born 1642, daughter
of Deacon Thomas Kendall, and thev had children.

(III) William, son of John and Elizabeth (Ken-
dall) Eaton, born in Reading, December l, 1670, mar-

ried, April 29, 1693. Mary Swan, and lived in Lynn-
field, where he died in 1734.

(IV) Rev. Benjamin, son of William and Mary
(Swan) Eaton, was born March 2, 1705, and died in
Dunstable, New Hampshire, about 1772. He was a
Baptist preacher, lived in Lynn. Massachusetts,
Candia. New Hampshire, and probably in Hamp-
stead. He married. May 21, 1730, Anna Rand,
daughter of Zechariah and Ann (Ivory) Rand.
Their children were: William, Benjamin (died
young), James, David, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Jesse
and Benjamin. (Mention of James and Jesse and de-
scendants appears in this article.)

(V) William, eldest child of Rev. Benjamin and
Anna (Rand) Eaton, married Ruth Bradley, and
settled on Jot 62. second part of the second division
of lands in Chester. His children were: Benjamin,
Anna. Relief. Sarah, Jesse, Moses, Patty and Wil-
liam.

(VI) Benjamin, eldest child of Willianf and
Ruth (Bradley) Eaton, married Anna Worthen,
and resided in Candia. They had fourteen chil-
dren. He was a soldier of the Revolution and served
under Stark at Bennington. He died in 1835.

(VII) Lyman, son of Benjamin (2) and Anna
(Worthen) Eaton, was born in December, 1812, in
Candia, New Hampshire, where he was reared and
received a common school education. Soon after
attaining manhood he purchased a farm of one hun-
dred acres in the town of Auburn, on which he
settled and resided through life. He was an ac-
tive citizen of the town, taking a prominent part in
the conduct of its affairs. He was a regular atten-
dant of the Methodist Church, and in political con-
tests adhered to the Dem.ocratic party. He married
Lucy Rich Brown, daughter of James Brown, of
Wellfleet. Massachusetts, and they had seven chil-
dren. (Tarrie. the eldest, is the wife of Charles
Bowers, of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Benja-
min resides in Auburn, on the old homestead. Frank
receives further notice below. Achsah married O.
P.. Elliott, and resides in Manchester. Ella married
Frank Spencer, of Stoneham. Massachusetts. Ar-
thur resides in Weare. Lucy is the wife of Frank
Clough, of Weare.

(VIII) Dr. Frank, son of Lyman and Lucy R.
(Brown) Eaton, was born March 8. 1851, in Auburn.
New Hampshire, and grew up on his father's farm
there, receiving his primary education in the district
school adjacent to his home. He was subsequently
a student at Barnard Academy and entered Dart-
mouth College in 1872. graduating in the medical
course in 1876. He ultimately located at East Weare,
where he engaged in the practice of his profession
and has since continued with great success.^ Has
been in practice longer than any physician in this
locality. He is a member of the Masonic Order,
affiliating with Rockingham Lodge. No. 76, of Can-
dia. and with Woods Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
of Henniker. He is also an Odd Fellow, being a
member of Mount William Lodge of North Weare.
He is a member of the Central District Medical
Societv with headquarters at Concord, and was
president of this in 1892. He is also a member of
the New Hampshire State Medical^ Association and
has been a censor of this. In politics he adheres to
the teaching and principles of his forefathers, and
has taken an active part in political contests since
attaining his majority and for the past sixteen years
has been a member of the state committee, and has
been a delegate to all the 'conventions for the past
twenty years. Represented the town in the legislature in
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insane. He married (first), 1S75, Liiella P. Knowl-
ton, daughter of Ezckiel Knowlton, of Stuckley,
Province of Quebec. She died, 1889. He married
(second), Lizzie Hoit, daughter of Horace Hoit, of
Weare. Although there are a large number of
Eatons in New Hampshire, the subject of this sketch
is the only physician by that name in the state, a
remarkable fact.

(V) James, third son of Rev. Benjamin and Anna
(Rand) Eaton, was born August 25, 1735, in what is
now Candia, New Hampshire. He settled on lot
thirty-nine of third division of lands in ancient
Chester, where he engaged in farming. His death
was the result of n fall from a horse. He mar-
ried, in 1760, Abigail Wood, daughter of Nathaniel

(1) and Elizabeth (Powell) Wood. She \vas born
about the same time as himself and died in March,
1S33, at the age of ninety-eight years. Their chil-
dren were: Alexander, John, Sarah. Ebenezer,
James, Betsey, Phrebe and Benjamin. Chase's
History of Chester says that the first two and the
last were soldiers in the Revolution. This seems
hardly possible, as the last was not born until near
the close of the Revolution. Chase's list of the .
children does not agree with the family record, but
it is probable that this information related to some
other family. The eldest son died in Londonderry.
Chase says the second resided in i\Iaine and others
of the family lived in that state; this is probably
true. The eldest daughter died in infancy. The
third son is the subject of the succeeding paragraph.
James died at Temple, Jvlaine. Betsey died in Ches-
ter after 1S20. Chase says she married first a Baker
and second a Webster.

(VI) Ebenezer. third son and fourth child of
James and Abigail (Wood) Eaton, was born Feb-
ruary 13. 1768, in Candia. New Hampshire, and set-
tled in Wilton. Maine, where he died October 19,
1838, in his seventy-first year. He married, Novem-
ber 21, 1792, in Candia, Apphia Perley. She died at
Wilton. March 15, 1828. ■ He married (second), at
Jay, Maine^ January 28. 1829, Patty Rowell. She
died January 24. 1839, at Wilton. She was the mo-
ther of two children, namely: John Rowell and
David Perley. The children of the first marriage
were: Sophia. Tappan, Jacob Perley, Ebenezer
(died young), Joshua Perley. Apphia. Daniel, Ru-
hamah, a son and daughter stillborn, SalU', Abigail
and Ebenezer.

(VH) Ebenezer (2), youngest child of Ebene-
zer (i) and Apphia (Perley) Eaton, was born Sep-
tember 27, 1814, in Wilton. Maine. He grew up
there and subsequently resided in Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, and Boston, Massachusetts. Supposed he
fell a victim to cholera in 1849. He married, at
Lowell. August 10, 1844. Cynthia Miles, born Sep-
tember 13, 1813, in Shefiield, Vermont, a daughter
of Thomas and Hannah Miles, and died in Bedford,
New Hampshire, September 28, 1873. They had only
one child, Cynthia Anna.

(Vni) Cynthia Anna, only child of Ebenezer

(2) and Cynthia (Miles) Eaton, was born Septem-
ber I, 1845. at St. Charles, Illinois, and became the
wife of Silas Warren Bullock, now of Manchester,
New Hampshire. (See Bullock VIII.)

(V) Major Jesse, seventh son of Rev. Benjamin
and Anna (Rand) Eaton, died December 23, 180S.
He was an early settler and lived on No. 61, second
part, second division in Chester. He married Sarah
Worthen. who died June 3, 1801. Their children
were: Nancy, Mary, Sarah. Hannah, Jesse, Susan,
Eleanor, Ebenezer, Love and Asa.

(VI) Nancy, eldest child of Major Jesse and
Sarah (Worthen) Eaton, was born in Chester, April

30, 1775, and died January ig, 1857. She married
Joseph Chase. (.See Chase, IX.)
(Third Family).

The present branch of the Eaton fam-
EATON ily, although it is one of the oldest in

country, embracing eight generations,
does not appear to be connected with the two
branches whose history has previously been written.
Doubtless all are descended from a common Eng-
lish stock.

(I) Jonas Eaton was one of four brothers who
came to this country from England, but date of
immigration is uncertain. He lived at Cowdrey Hill,
Reading, Massachusetts, during the first half of the
seventeenth century. He was in Watertown, Mass-
achusetts, as early as 1643, for he bought and sold
land there during that year. He was made freeman
in 1653, served as selectman and held other town
offices. He was a member of the first church in

Reading in 1648. Jonas Eaton married Grace ,

whose family name is unknown. According to one
record they had eight children : Mary, born 1643,
died unmarried in 1732; John, mentioned below;
Jonas, born 1647, died that same year; Jonas (2),
born 1648; Joseph, 1651; Joshua, 1653; Jonathan,
165s ; David, born and died in 1657. Another record
gives Sarah, who married Joseph Dodge, in 1671.
Jonas Eaton died February 24, 1674, and the inven-
tory of his propertjr shows him to have been a man
of means for his day.

(II) John, eldest son and second child of Jonas
and Grace Eaton, w^as born in Reading, Massachu-
setts, September 10, 1645. He was called "John of
the Plain," from the farm and house at Pine Plains,
which he inherited from his father. He married
Dorcas Green, and they had a family of twelve
children: Jonas, born and died in 1677; Grace and
Noah, born 167S; Thomas, born 1679; Jonas (3),
born 1680; Joseph, born and died 1681 ; Benjamin
and Mary, born 1683; Joseph (2), whose sketch
follows; Dorcas, born 168S ; Stephen, born 1689;
Phebe, born 1690. Of these children, Grace married
John Boutwell in 1695; Jonas (3) married Mehitable
Gould, and removed to Framingham ; Phebe mar-
ried Jonathan Nichols in 1715. John Eaton died in
1691, at the early age of forty-six; his widow subse-
quently married a man named Bryant. '

(III) Joseph, seventh son and eighth child of
John and Dorcas (Green) Eaton, was born about
1685, probably in Reading, Massachusetts. In 1709
he married ^lary Pearson, of the adjoining town
of Lynnfield, Essex county, whose family name ap-
pears frequently in the names of her descendants,
and is variously spelled in the different records.
They had five children: Joseph (3), born 1711;
Mary, born 1714, married Nathaniel Upton, 1734;
Benjamin, born 1720; Sarah, born 1722; Pearson,
whose sketch follows.

(IV) Pearson, third son and fifth and youngest
child of Joseph and Mary (Pearson) Eaton, was
born in 1725, probably in Reading, Massachusetts.
In early life he moved to the neighboring town of
Lunenburg, where on March 6, 1758, he was ap-
pointed fire warden, being chosen by his townsmen
"to take care of fire and burn the w-oods." Pearson
(i), his eldest son, Pearson (2), and his fourth son,
Benjamin, all served in the Revolution. Pearson
Eaton (i) served from April 20 to April 30, 1775.
Two months later, beginning May 29, he was en-
rolled under Captain George Kimball. He served for
two months and eight days of that year in Captain
Jrisiah Stearns' company, with Colonel Ephraim Doo-
little's regiment, and was probably at Bunker Hill.
He re-enlisted in the same company in the fall of

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1775. In 1776 he served in Captain Zachariah Fitch's
company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment, from
August 23, to September 14; and September 14,
1777, he enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Carter's com-
pany. Colonel Job Cushiiig's regiment, and was at
the battle of Saratoga and the surrender of Bur-
goyne. While on the subsequent march to New
York City he was taken sick and was sent home
by the surgeon. After recovering he again enlisted,
under Captain Carlisle, in Colonel Stearns' regi-
ment, and served for six months ; July 22, 177S, he
enlisted under Captain Samuel King in Colonel
Thomas Marshall's regiment, and served for nine
months more. Pearson Eaton (i) married Anna
Bryant, and they had ten children: Rebekah, born
April 17, 1753; Pearson, born June 10, 1754; Joseph;
Anne; John; Benjamin, whose sketch follows; Wil-
liam; Sarah; Ebenezer and Calvin, born November
S, 1774. Pearson Eaton (2) served in the Revolu-
tion and part of each year from 1775 to 1780, in-
clusive. He was one of those who responded to
the Lexington alarm, and it is thought that he was
the Eaton who was sergeant-major of Colonel Theo-
philus Cotton's regiment in 1783.

(V) Benjamin, fourth son and sixth child of
Pearson (l) and Anna (Bryant) Eaton, was born
in Lunenburg, ]\iassachusetts, March 4, I7b2. When
a boy of fifteen he enlisted with his father in Captain
Nathaniel Carter's company, Colonel Job Cushing's
regiment, September 14, 1777, and served for one
month and eighteen days, which period included
the battle of Saratoga and the surrender of Bur-
goyne. The lad evidently imbibed a taste for martial
life, for he followed the service a part of each year
during the continuance of the war. On September
15, 1785, Benjamin Eaton married Lydia, daughter
of John and Lydia (Farwell) Ireland, who was born
May 6, 1767. They made their home with Pearson
Eaton, father of Benjamin, until the death of the
latter, when they moved to Maine, where most of
their children married and settled. Benjamin and
Lydia (Ireland) Eaton had ten children: Asa,
whose sketch follows; Benjamin (2), married iSIary
Moore, and died at Skowhegan, Maine, at the age
of ninety-one ; Aaron, married Mary Bent, and died
at St. John, New Brunsw'ick ; John, died in the
navy. May 11, 1818, at the age of twenty-six; Mary,
married William Searles, and died at Putnam, Con-
necticut; Calvin, married Cynthia Shoals; Joseph,
died in infancy; Naney, married Benjamin Ireland,
and died at St. Albans, Maine ; Sarah, married
Stephen Youngman, and died in ilaine ; Lydia, mar-
ried Noah Pratt, and lived in Skowhegan, Maine;
Joseph, married (first), Deborah Connor; (second),
Mrs. Charlotte Webb; (third), Mrs. Sarah Jane
Gambel. Benjamin and Lydia (Ireland) Eaton had
sixty-seven grand-children, of whom thirty-seven
belonged to their sons and twenty-six to their daugh-
•ters. Both Benjamin and his wife lived to a good
old age. He died in Maine, May 24, 1839, at the
age of seventy-seven, while she lived till January 22,
1855, her eighty-eighth year.

(VI) Asa, eldest child of Benjamin and Lydia
(Ireland) Eaton, was born in Lunenburg, ^Massachu-
setts, November 29, 1785. He was the first of the
family to come to New Hampshire, though he spent
most of his life at Springfield, 'Vermont, just across
the Connecticut from Charlestown, where his death
occurred August 17, 1866. He moved from New
Ipswich, New Hampshire, to Springfield in 1S09.
He was a cooper by trade. Asa Eaton married Deb-
borah Marble, and they had eight children : Ellis
M., born March 8, 1S06, married Betsey Parker;
Emily P., married Timothy Putnam ; Maria, mar-

ried Jonas Butterfield ; Darius J., whose sketch fol-
lows; John P., married Emily J. Graham; Arvilla;
Mary ; Tiley O., married John Tower.

(VII) Darius J., second son and fourth child of
Asa and Deborah (Marble) Eaton, was born in
Springfield, Vermont, July 25, 1812. He attended
the common schools of his native town, and when
a young man moved to Acworth, New Hampshire,
where he bought a farm of two hundred and
twenty-five acres, one of the best in town. He
was a very good and successful farmer and raiser
of Durham cattle, raising a flock of from sixty
to 01:0 hundred ^lerino sheep. He also engaged
quite extensively in lumbering. He was a strong
Republican, but refused to hold office. Both JNIr.
Eaton and his wife were members of the Congre-
gational Church. In 1837 Darius J. Eaton mar-
ried Belinda Spencer, daughter of Benjamin Levi
and Spencer. She was born in Charles-
town, New Hampshire. They had eleven children :
Eliza A., married Daniel C. Walker, lives in
Charlestown ; Belinda D., married Orin E. Fisk
(not living); Darius Asa, lives in Charlestown;
Benjamin L., deceased; Helen L., married George
Johnson, and lives in Acworth, New Hampshire;
John T., died young; Mary E., married Orville
Putney, and lives in Washington, New Hampshire ;
Lyman B., whose sketch follows ; Mason W., mar-
ried Sadie Putney, lives in Claremont, New Hamp-
shire; Tyla T., married Frank Putney, lives in
Unity, New Hampshire; Aaron S., died young.
Darius J. Eaton died March 7, 1889, and his wife
died December 5, 1874.

(VIII) Lyman Butterfield, fourth son and
eighth child of Darius J. and Belinda (Spencer)
Eaton, was -born in Acworth, New Hampshire,
March 28, 1855. He attended the common schools
of his native town, and at the age of twenty-one
went to Springfield, Vermont, where he was em-
ployed for six years by Jonathan Butterfield in
farming. Mr. Eaton then purchased an eighty
acre farm in Langdon, New Hampshire, where he
remained for one year. Returning to Springfield,
Vermont, he farmed at halves for seven years,
after which he purchased the farm in Charlestown,
New Hampshire, where he now lives, consisting
of sixty-five acres. Besides the farm he ownes
various other lands of pine lumber. He con-
ducts general farming, cuts one hundred tons of
hay, keeps five horses, and is extensively engaged
in lumbering. He makes a specialty of breeding
full-blooded Canadian horses (registered stock),
and always keeps one hundred sheep. Mr. Eaton
is a strong Republican, and has held the oflice
of road agent at different times, amounting in all
to ten years, but he has steadily declined to hold'
other office. He attends St. Luke's Episcopal
Church in Charlestown, of which his wife is a
member. He is a charter member of Charlestown
Lodge, No. 88, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and of Charlestown Grange, No. 204. Fie is
very active in the latter organization, has been past
master of the local lodge twice, and belongs to the
Sullivan County Pomona and State Grange. Ly-
man B. Eaton married Oraetta A. Clark, born in
.A.cworth, New Hampshire, February 10, 1855, daugh-
ter of Daniel and Pamelia (Cram) Clark. There
are no children. Mrs. Eaton belongs to the Charles-
town Grange and to the Daughters of Rebekah.

(Fourth Family.)

There can be little doubt that the

EATON line herein traced is of the same stock

as the previous article, but a diligent

search has failed to discover the connecting link.

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(I) James Eaton was born 1753. It is writ-
ten by Rev. William H. Eaton, of Keene, New
Hampsbire, that James Eaton was a soldier in tbe
Revolution. He settled in Deering, New Hamp-
shire, where he lived to a great age and was a
good citizen. He married (tirst) Martha McClure,
who bore him thirteen children, and he married
(second) Sarah (George) White, a native of
Antrim, daughter of Simeon and Gene (White)
George and widow of Silas White. She bore him
four children and died about 18S0. He died in
Deering. January 5, 1S49. His sons were : John,
David, Samuel, James, Isaac, William and Hiram.

(H) John, eldest son of James and Martha
(McClure) Eaton, was born March 13, 1785. in
Deering, and settled in Hillsboro, where he died
December 5, 1839. He married Betsy More, of
Londonderry, who died February 24, 1863. One
of their sons, Harrison Eaton, was an honorable
citizen of Amherst and state senator.

(HI) Samuel, son of John and Betsy (More)
Eaton, was born September 25. 1825. in Hillsboro,
and died in 1892. In early life he followed the
trade of molder twenty years, and worked in the
foundries at Nashua and Amherst. Afterward he
bought a farm in Amherst and settled upon it, and
passed his remaining days in tilling the soil. He
married in 1846, Eliza A. Kinson, who was born in
1829, and died October 25, 1902, aged seventy-
three years. Their children were : Ella Frances,
George S., child (died young), Lizzie M. and Nel-
lie M.

(IV) George Samuel Eaton, second child and
only son- of Samuel and Eliza A. (Kinson) Eaton,
was born in Amherst. November 19, 1848. After
getting a common school education in Amherst
Mr. Eaton learned the moulder's trade, at which
he worked in Amherst, Nashua and Gardner, Mas-
sachusetts. In May, 1883, he settled on the place
where he has since resided. His farm consists of
eighty acres of land and is situated four miles
from Milford. He is progressive in his ideas and
he and his wife are members of Souhegan Grange,
No. 10, Patrons of Husbandry. He married at
Brookline, September 23, 1869, Georgiana Weston,
who was born in Amherst, April 8. 1852, daughter
of Isaac P. and Mary J. (Howard') Weston (see
Weston, VI). They have one child Clarence W.,
born in Amherst in 1870. died in 1887.
(Fifth Family.)
This branch of the extensive family of
EATON Eaton is probably descended from John
Eaton, of Salisbury, the immigrant. A
thorough search of the vital records of New Hamp-
shire and of Salisbury. Massachusetts, proves that
the birth of Ebenezer Eaton, the first of this sketcli,
is not recorded. Perhaps he was born in Sea-
brook, New Hampshire, a part of which town once
belonged to Salisbury, Massachusetts, and in 1741,
owing to a change in the state line, was thrown
into New Hampshire. A number of Eaton and
other families thus became unwillingly inhabitants
of New Hampshire, and there is a tradition that
some of them resented this transfer of jurisdiction
for one or two decades, still claiming to live in
Salisbury, and failing to have any records of births,
deaths and marriages in their families placed in
the town register of Seabrook or elsewhere, so
nothing certain is now known of these facts. Noth-
ing shows the identity of the Ebenezer of this
sketch with Ebenezer, son of Rev. Benjamin, of
Chester (q. v.l, but there is much reason for the
supposition that he was that son.

(I) Ebenezer Eaton, who was born in Atkin-

son, June ID, 1765, removed with his brother
Samuel to Landaff, where he resided many years.
He removed to Lisbon, and died there April 22,
1843. He married, September 13, 1792, Ruth, the
daughter of Jeremiah Hutchins, the most prominent
citizen of Bath. This indicates that he was a
person of good standing. She died in Lisbon May
15, 1862. The children of this union were: Ebe-
nezer, Stephen, Ira, Mitchell H., Phebe, Hannah
and Eliza, who died young.

(II) Mitchell Hutchins, son of Ebenezer and
Rutb (Hutchins) Eaton, was born in Landafif,
April 19, 1800, and died in Littleton, June I, 1880,
in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He was a
farmer and resided in Landaff, Lisbon, and Little-
ton, his residence in the latter place dating from
1868. In politics in his later years he was a Re-
publican. He married, March 2X, 1833, Sarah,
daughter of Ebenezer Eastman, who was born in
Canada, January 22, 1798, and died in Littleton,
June 20, 18S6, in her eighty-eighth year. They had
children: Charles, Ann and Julia Ann.

(III) Charles, only son of jMitchell H. and
Sarah (Eastman) Eaton, was born in Landaff, June
9, 1834, and died in Littleton, June 20, 1905. He
engaged in the general merchandise business in
Lisbon and continued until 1867, part of the time
also carrying on a meat business. In 1868 he
removed to Littleton, and in company with Alonzo
Weeks carried on a merchandise business for some
years. At dift'erent times Isaac Calhoun, Charles
D. Tarbell and Henry F. Green were partners in
the business. He also engaged in lumbering in
or about South Littleton, Zealand, Bethlehem
Junction, Stark and IMilan. Charles Eaton and
Henry C. Libby were the principal men of the
Kilkenny Lumber Company, which secured a new
charter for the Kilkenny railroad, and in 1887 built
a road from Lancaster to the town of Kilkenny
and did a large lumber business which proved to
be a very profitable enterprise. In politics Mr.
Eaton was a Republican. He was too busy to seek
office, and held only the offices of justice of the
peace and fireward, the latter in 1881, and post-
master of Littleton from 1899 to 1905. He was a
member of Burns Lodge, No. 66, Free and Ac-
cepted ^Masons, of Littleton. Mr. Eaton's well-
known business qualities and strict attention to
whatever he undertook brought him abundant and
well merited success, and placed him among the
leading men of the "North Country." He married,
January i, 1863, Sarah Jane Green, who was born
in Lyndon, Vermont, December 16, 1837, daughter
of Harry and Marilla (Smith) Green, of Lyndon.
I-'our children were born of this union : Julia Anne,
Myra Green, Harry M., who is mentioned below ;
and Charles Francis.

(IV) Harry Mitchell, third child and the elder
of the two sons of Charles and Sarah J. (Green)
Eaton, was born in Littleton, February 20, 1869,
and educated in the schools of Littleton and at
Dartmouth College, graduating from the latter in
1890. From 1S90 he was a partner with his father
in the lumber business until his father withdrew
from that business and became postmaster, and
then the son became assistant postmaster. August,
1905, he received the appointment of postmaster,
and has since worthily filled that position. In 1900
he was census enumerator. Mr. Eaton is one of
the progressive young men of Littleton, full of
energy, well educated and equipped for business
and qualified to gain success in whatever industry
he chooses. In politics he is a staunch Republican,
and one of the local leaders of his party. He is

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a Mason of high degree, and a member of the fol-
lowing organizations of that order: Burns Lodge,
No. 66; Franklin Royal Arch Chapter; St. Gerard
Commandery, Knights Templar ; and Edward^ A.
Raymond Consistory, Thirty-second degree. Sub-
lime Princes of the Royal Secret, of Nashua. He
married, in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Febru-
ary 21, 1898, Cora B. Hopkins, who was born ni
Coaticook, Province of Quebec, March 29, 1877,
daughter of Carl C. and JNlargaret Hopkins, of
Coaticook, Province of Quebec. They have one
child, Dana Hopkins, born August 16, 1899.

The Eatons of this article are prob-
EATON ably the progeny of the immigrant,

John, from whom have sprung a multi-
tude of descendants.

(.1; John L. Eaton, son of Sherborn Eaton,
was born in Gilford, December 16, 1844, and died
i88g. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits all
his life. In religious faith he was a Baptist ; in
politics a Republican. He married, August 5, 1866,
Amandy Charlton Emerson, who was born in Alton,
June 29, 184s, daughter of Chester Burt Emerson,
who was born in Alton, October 8, 1820, and died
February 24, 1902. He was both a cooper and also
a shoemaker, and at different times worked at each
of his trades. He married Susan Amandy Rollins,
who was born May 30, 1826, at Alton, daughter of
Frederick D. Rollins. They had seven children :
Amandy Charlton, Abby Jane, Lelanda Frederick,
Louand'er B., Emma Belle, Ida May and Mattie
Flora. Abby Jane was born March 3, 1848, and
married John Emerson, of Bristol. Lelanda Fred-
erick, Iilarch 29, 1850,, married Ardell Perkins, of
Alton. Louander B,, August 12, 1851, married
Ella Perkins, of Alton. Emma Belle, June 21,
1854, died in Alton in 1S70. Ida May, JNIay 17,
1858, married Charles A. Perkins, of Alton. Mattie
Flora, June 24, iS — , died in Alton, in 1872. The
children of John L. and Amandy C. (EmersonJ
Eaton were ; Arthur Aldine, Jviarch 20, 1867 ;
Emma Belle, subject of the next paragraph; Mary
Susan, March 20, 1872; Samuel Barton, October

4, 1875; Samuel Merton, October 22, 1882.

(II; Emma Belle, second child and eldest
daughter of John L. and Ailiandy C. (Emerson)
Eaton, was born in Gilford, January 10, 1870. In
1888 she married Daniel Pleath, a native of Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, who was born in 1836, and
died in 1896. He was the owner of a forty-acre
farm, and besides cultivating the soil was also en-
gaged in the practice of veterinary art, which he
followed as much as anything else for the purpose
of relieving animals, of which he was very fond,
from their suffering. She married (second), May

5, 1896, Charles P. Hunt, a native of Gilford.
Three children were born of the first marriage :
Mamie, March, 1888; Stella, October, 1892; and
Lena, May, 1895.

(I) Ferdinand and Dorothea (Hil-
WAGNER bert) Wagner, came from Langen-

biclau, Silesia, Prussia, in 1S57, and
settled in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The former
was born January 29, 1810, and died early in 1888,
at the age of seventy-nine years. His widow, born
October 16, 1813, died January 22, 1901, in her
eighty-eighth year. They were the parents of seven
sons and three daughters, of whom five are now
living, viz. : Ferdinand, a resident of Lawrence.
Augustus, Frederick and Christina reside in Man-
chester, the last named being the wife of Augustus
Hoffman, another son, Edward, died in Manchester,

December 19, 1903. Louisa, the youngest now liv-
ing, is the wife of Sebastian Rau, of Manchester
(a sketch of Augustus follows in this article).

(II) F'erdinand, eldest surviving son of Ferdi-
nand (i) and Dorothea (Hilbert) Wagner, was
born in Bielau, Silesia, Prussia, March i, 1836.
He was in active service in the Prussian army and
came to America in 1856, locating first in Man-
chester, New Hampshire, then successively in Law-
rence, Clinton and several of the other New Eng-
land cities. He finally returned to Lawrence, Mas-
sachusetts, and for more than fifty years was em-
ployed in the mills. He is now living retired from
active labor. During the civil war, in 1862, he
joined Company I, Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteers, served his time and was honorably
discharged. He is a member of the Grand Army
of the Republic. He married, i860. Eva Graf,
born in Asch, Bohemia, Austria, November 21, 1836,
daughter of Johann Graf, a ship agent who died
in Asch. Mrs. Wagner came to this country, set-
tling in j\lancliester, in 1S59. They have had five
children, of whom four are now living : Adolph,
see forward ; August, residing in Salem, Massachu-
setts ; Oscar, living in Lawrence, JMassachusetts ; and
Dora, at home.

(III) Adolph Wagner, eldest child of Ferdinand
and Eva (Graf) Wagner, was born in Lawrence,
Massachusetts, January 22, 1862. He attended the
public schools and upon the completion of his edu-
cation, worked in various departments of the Law-
rence woolen and cotton mills until 1884. In that
year he removed to Manchester, New Hampshire,
and for thirteen years faithfully served . the gov-
ernment and the public as a letter carrier. He
became bookkeeper and manager for E. ^ Wagner,
wholesale liquor dealer, a position he still holds.
He .is a Republican in politics, and has taken an
active part in public affairs. Pie was elected alder-
man from the Eighth ward in 1904 and served two
years. He is associated with the following organi-
zations: Unconnuec Lodge, No. 44. Independent
Order of Odd Fellows; Maennerchor Glee Club;
Turnverein Society; Workingman's Relief Associa-
tion ; Letter Carriers' Mutual Benefit Association ;
and the Harugari Club; in almost all of these bodies
he has held office. He married, !\Iay 12, 18S6,
Emma Leibing, born in Asch, Bohemia, Austria,
1862, daughter of John and ilargaret (Christ)
Leibing, and they have two children ; Ernest A.
and Edgar R.

(II) Augustus Wagner was born December 11,
1846, in Langenbielau, and was a small boy when
he came %vith his grandparents to America. He
was very shortly employed in the mills of Lawrence,
and attended an English-speaking school only about
three months in the year for a short time. He
enlisted, in 1862, in Company I, Sixth Massachusetts
Infantry, and served in the Northern Virginia army,
participating in several engagements including
Carrsvillc, Deserted Farm, Turner's Ford, and the
siege of Suffolk, Virginia. He was discharged
in 1863, and was employed as a barber in Man-
chester as late as 1871, since which time he has
been engaged in the liquor business. He served
as a selectman of JNIanchester for several years,
and in 1890 and 1S91 was one of the representa-
tives of ward eight of that city in the state legis-
lature. He was married November 4, 1872, to Mary
Bastian, a native of Nassau, Germany, a daughter
of John Bastian, who came to America in 1858, and
about 1S60 settled at Lawrence, Massachusetts,
wlicre he died at the age of eighty-five years in the
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days, dying at the age of eighty- four years. Mr.
and Mrs. Wagner were the parents of a son and
daughter, the latter, Minna, being the wife of Louis
Harlow, residing in East Milton.

(,111) George Augustus, only son of Augustus
and Mary (Bastian) Wagner, was born May 28,
1S73, in Manchester, and received his education in
the public schools of his native city, graduating
from the high school in 1889, and subsequently en-
tered Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was
graduated in 1892, and graduated from the Boston
University Law School in 1895. He was im-
mediately admitted to the bar, and began the prac-
tice of law in Manchester, which has since been
the scene of his activities. In January, 1899, he
was elected by the board of mayor and aldermen
to the postion of city solicitor, which he has since
continued to occupy. He is affiliated with numerous
fraternal bodies, includmg the Improved Order of
Red Men and Barbarossa Lodge, Degree of
Honor, the Manchester Turn Verein, and the
local Ivlaennerchor. He is a member of Washing-
ton Lodge, Free and Accepted JMasons, No. 61,
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. 11, Adoni-
ram Council, Royal and Select Masters, No. 3. He
is a director of the Calumet Club, director, attor-
ney and treasurer of the Manchester Building and
Loan Association, and also a member of the Man-
chester Historical Association. He is an attendant
of Grace Episcopal Church, and, as his official po-
sition indicates is a staunch supporter of Republi-
can principles and policies.

The Whittemore family traces

WHITTEMORE its ancestry back to the early

part of the thirteenth century,

when very few Englishmen had surnames, and mtu

who owned land were distinguished by adding to

their names the name of their estates.

(I) Sir John was knighted on the battle field

for valorous conduct in 1230, and received a tract

■ of land called "Whytemere" or white meadow,

whence came his title Lord John dc Whytemere.

The generations following Sir John are as follows :

(H) Philip de Whytemere, died in 1300. (HI)
John de Whytemere. died in 1365. (.IV) Richard
(l) dc Wliytemere, died in 1386. (V) Richard (2)
de Whytemere, succeeded him. (VI) Richard (3)
de Whytemere, died in 1442. (VII) Thomas Whyte-
mere, died in 1483. (VIII) Richard (4) Whyte-
mere died in 1504. (IX) Richard (5) Whitmore,
died in 1595. (X) Thomas (2) Whitemore wab
buried April 26, 1617. (XI) Thomas (3) Whitte-
more was born in 1594, and came to America with
his wife Hannah, and five children, in 1642. He
settled in Charlestown (now Maiden), Massachu-
setts, and died in 1660. Thomas and Hannah had
twelve children. (]vIention of the fourth, John,
and descendants forms part of this article.)

(XII) Daniel, son of Thomas and Hannah
Whittemore, was baptized in England, July 31,
1633, and emigrated with his parents in his boy-
hood. He grew to manhood in Charlestown and
settled in Maiden, where his death occurred ?ylay
II, 1683. On March 7, 1662, he married l\Iary Mel-
lin, daughter of Richard Mellin, of Charlestown.

(XIII) John, son of Daniel and Mary (Mellin)
Whittemore. was born February 12, 1664-65. He
married Ruth Basset, who bore him seven children,
the youngest of whom, Pelatiah, settled in Dun-
stable, Massachusetts.

(XIV) David, son of John and Ruth (Basset)
Whittemore, was born April 6, 1706. He settled

iv — 16

upon a farm in Litchfield, New Hampshire. He
married Alice Kendall and reared a family.

(,XV) Jacol), son of David and .-Mice (Kendall)
Whittemore, was born in Litchlield, December 25.
1746. He was a prominent resident of Litchfield
, in his day and actively identiticd with the town
government. Plis death occurred February 6, 1838.
On June 7, 1773, he married Eliza Davis.

(XVI) Moses B., son of Jacob and Eliza
(Davis) Whittemore, was born in Litchfield, July
5, 1790. Like his father he was a prosperious
farmer and prominent in civic afl'airs. He died
January 4, 1844. On June 15, 1820, he married
Lavinia Hardy, of Hudson, who died November 8,
1883. Their children were: Hannah H., Jacob
and Zachariah K. .

(XVH) Zachariah K.. son of Moses B. and
Lavinia (Hardy) Whittemore, was born at the
homestead in Litchfield, June 26, 1825. He was
educated in the district schools, and early in life
he was employed at boating on the river. He later
engaged in lumbering, and also dealt quite e.x-
tensively in real estate, in common with farming.
As a Republican he participated in local public
affairs, serving as a selectman six years, as a
member of the school board twelve years, and
also as road surveyor. He was a member of the
local grange. Patrons of Husbandry. His religious
affiliations were with the Universalists. Zachariah
K. Whittemore died June 28, 1901, leaving a good
estate. On April 2, 1867, he married Susan Ripley,
daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Sampson) Ripley,
of Londonderry, this state. On this union there
was two daughters, Mary C. and Susie Belle. JNlary
C. was married February 13, 1890, to James Hop-
wood, who will be again referred to. She died
October 29, 1S97, in Nashua, leaving five childfen,
namely : James W., born January 8, 1891 ; Wil-
liam R., December 3, 1892; Guy, September 17,.
1894; Earle J., April I, 1896; and Claud J., Oc-
tober 26, 1897. These children are living with their
aunt in Litchfield.

(XVIII) Susie Belle, youngest and only surviving
child of Zachariah K. and Susan (Ripley) Whitte-
more. was born in Londonderry, January 21, 1S75.
After concluding her studies at the Jilagaw Insti-
tute, she turned her attention to educational pur-
suits, and taught school successfully for some time.
On October 13, 1899. she was united in marriage
with James Hopwood, previously referred to. He
is a native of England, born July 10, 1857, sou
of Joseph and Margaret (Sargentson) Hopwood.
In addition to caring for the five children of her
deceased sister, she has three children of her own,
Harold G., born January 7, igoi ; Mary E., May
2, 1903, and Ena Lavina, Septeinber 18, 1905. Mrs.
Hopwood inherited her father's property, including
tlie old homestead farm, which came into the
family's possession early in the Colonial period, and
was paid for in pounds, shillings and pence. The
deed is dated 1732. She is a charter member of the
Grange, is earnestly interested in all other move-
ments calculated to be of benefit to the general
community, and attends the Presbyterian Church.

(XII) John, son of Thomas and Hannah
Whittemore, was born in Hitchin Parish, Hert-
fordshire, England, February x, 1638, and was bap-
tized February 11, 1638. He married (first) Mary
I'pham, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, who died
June 27, 1677. He married (second), October,
1O77. Alary Miller. His children by the first wire
were : Thomas, Joseph, Benjamiii, Nathaniel and
Joel; and by the second wife: ilary (died young)..

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Pelatiah, Amos, May, Daniel, Rebecca and Hannali.
(.Mention of Daniel and descendants appears in this
article.)

(XIII) Benjamin, third son and child of John
and !Mary (Upham) Whittemore, was born Sep-
tember I, 1669, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
died September 8, 1734. His residence was in
Concord, JNIassachusetts. He married, August 17,
1692, Esther Brooks, who died September tO, 1742.
Their children were: Mary, Benjamin. Nathaniel,
Grace, Esther, and Aaron, next mentioned.

(.XIV) Rev. Aaron Whittemore, third son and
youngest child of Benjamin and Esther (Brooks)
Whittemore, was born in Concord, Massachusetts,
December 11, 1713, and died m Pembroke, New
Hampshire, November 15, 1767. aged tifty-fonr. He was
graduated from Harvard College in 17J4, and lived
in Groton, .iMasachusetts, till called to become the
first settled minister in Pembroke. Pursuant to
a written recjuest of the committee and several of
the proprietors of Suncook (Pembroke), a meeting
was held at Suncook, October 13, 1737, and the
following business transacted: "Letters of Recom-
mendation From the Neighboring ^linistry Was
Reed in ye meeting.

"Voted to Give the Reverend Mr. Aaron Whitte-
more a Caul to Settle in the work of the ministry
in th sd Suncook Generally agread att sd meeting
to choose two men to serve with the Proprietors
Comitie (Viz. Mr. henry Lovejoy Benjamin Holt
&; dames Moor) for to agree with a minister in
his Settlement in sd Suncook.

"Voted JNIr. Noah Johnson & ^Mr. Andrew Mc-
Farland asist With ye Proprietors Cometie in agree-
ing with ye Revnd Mr, Aaron Whittemore in his
.stttlement & yearly sallery in Suncook.

•/'Voted that the Cometie with th asistance of Mr.
Noah Johnson & Mr. Andrew IMcFarland should
have- full Power to agree with a minister upon th
aCount of his settlement & yearly Sallery : & to
Give him a greater sallery then is already.

"Voted in case what is allreadie voted shall
appear to be not sufficient &c."

Carrying out their instructions, the committee
arranged with Whittemore, who was ordained pa>tur
of the church at Suncook, March 2, 1738.

At a meeting of the proprietors held at Sun-
cook, February S, 1739, the foUuwing proceedings
were had :

"Voted and E.xcepted. What the Comtee thet
was Chosen The Last proprietors meeting, to agree
with th Reve : Mr. Aaron Whittemore Settlement
& yearly Sallary hath Don Concerning that matter.
Viz allso to Give the Reverd Mr. Aaron \yhitte-
more three hundred pounds of money or Bills of
credit for his settlement and also to Give him
one hundred & twenty pounds bills of credit yearly
for the first years & then to add three pounds in a
year, yearly until it amounts to the sume of one
hundred & forty pounds and then after there shall
he sixty one Families in sd Suncook. to ad Twenty
shillings to his salliry, & so to ad Twenty shillings
for Every familie that shall be aded to the sd
sixty families, untill there shall be seventy Families
in the sd Township, and also that Each twenty
shillings of sd salliry shall be Equivalent to one
ounce of Coine silver money : & not to Rise Ex-
cept silver coine be above Twenty five shillings
pr ounce, and Likewise to full Equivilent, if silver
should be less than Twenty shillings pr ounce &c.

"Voted and chose a Comtee to Give the Reved
Mr. Aaron Whittemore a Deed of the Lot No
tiiree ; and second Division — No one with th enter-
vaile their unto belonging & all ih after Divisions

of sd Township that was allowed to the first mm-
ister that should settle in sd Township.

"Voted and Chose Mr. Noah Johnson & Mr
Dudley Brodstreet & l\Ir Stephen Holt to be a
Comtee to Give ye Reved Mrr Aaron Whittemore
a Deed of the Lot above mentioned. Impowered
sd Comtee to Caul a Caunsil. of ministers with their
churches Delegate to Ordain the Reved Mr Aaron
Whittemore in sd Suncook.

"Voted that the Comtee should provide for the
ordination.

"Voted that the Lot No 5 should be got for the
parsonage.

"Voted to raise money for Mr Whittemore's
settlement & Ordination.

"Voted to give the Revrnd Mr Whittemore a
Lese of the Parsonage Lot so Long as he Remains
our minister in sd Suncook."

To these proceedings eight citizens entered their
"Desents" and alleged nine reasons therefor. The
dissenters were Presbyterians, W'ho had solemnly
engaged at baptism to adhere to the Church of
Scotland in doctrine, government and discipline, and
had formerly been members of the Scotch settle-
ment at Londonderry. With strong denominational
preference, their remonstrance against Mr. Whitte-
more's settlement as a minister of the town was
only the natural outcome. As their own forms
of worship were very dear to them, and as Mr.
Whittemore was supported by a tax of the town,
they were not satisfied to pay for a minister not of
their own church. For this reason they decided to
have a minister of their own faith, and in I7(X)
Rev. Daniel Mitchell was ordained their pastor.

The record of the town for 1741 shows that the
ordination charges of Mr. Whittemore were fifty-
three pounds eleven shillings and ten pence. The
vote to raise money for the pastor's salary was a
conspicuous part of the town record for many years.
On account of the opposition of the Presbyterians,
who refused fo pay taxes for the support of the
Congregational preacher, and the hard times inci-
dent to new settlement, the pastor's salary was al-
ways in arrears, and finally Mr. Whittemore was
obliged to sue the town for a heavy arrearage of
salary, and recover judgment for nine hundred
twelve pounds, one shilling old tenor. His ministry
continued until the year 1762, a period of twenty-
four years. One historian of Pembroke has said :
"At the settlement of Mr. Whittemore, with the
exception of one at Concord, there was no other
minister in the ^■icinity. He had an extensive
parish, and faced hardship and peril enough to
test thoroughly his zeal and courage. But there
was a wide field of usefulness, and he was equal
to the emergency. He was strongly evangelical
in his religious belief, and wholly devoted to his
w'ork. For thirty years he continued his faithful
labors, though not always with the hearty co-opera-
tion of the people." He was a scholarly and able
divine, and his experiences in the then frontier
country were varied and sometimes trying. Dur-
ing the French and Indian war his was a garrison
house, and he held a lieutenant's commission from
the provincial authorities of New Hampshire, and
was in command of the fort.

Rev. Aaron Whittemore married. February 2,
1743, Abigail Coffin, of Newbury, Massachusetts.
She was born November 18, 1718, and died May
12, 1S03, aged eighty-five. She was a worthy help-
meet of her husband, and abundantly qualified to
meet the trials and vicissitudes of frontier life. In
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settlement, and visited Suncook. Here Mrs. Whitte-
more displayed great coolness and courage in the
face of the enemy. The women and children in the
vicinity were safely within the garrison when the
alarm was given, but the men were away at work
in field or forest. By a thoughtful ruse, displaying
rare and heroic daring, she speedily delivered the
community of its eminent peril. Donning her hus-
band's clothes and taking a sword, she appeared at
the window of her house with a stentorian voice,
gave a series of seeming orders, as to men ready
for the fight, thus giving the Indians the impression
it would not be safe for them to make an attack,
They beat a hasty retreat, and left the intrepid woman
and those with her to enjoy with satisfaction the
safety so cleverly secured. The children of Rev.
Aaron and Abigail (Coffin) Whittemore were:
John, Aaron O.. Judith, Benjamin. Esther. Sarah,
Ruth, Abigail and Peter. (Mention of Benjamin
and descendants appears in this article.)

(XV) Aaron O., second son and child of Rev.
Aaron and Abigail (Coffin) Whittemore, was born
April 9, 1746, and died May i, 1817. He was a
resident of Pembroke. In 1774 he was placed on
the committee of safety, was a trusted partner in
1776, and selectman in 1779 with Nathaniel Head.
His name is among those on the muster and pay
roll of Captain Samuel M. Connell's company, be-
longing to Colonel Daniel JNIoore's regiment, mus-
tered September 26, 1776, with six pounds advance
pay and bounty. His name is on the pay roll of
Captain Peter Clark's company, in Colonel Stick-
ney's regiment, of General Stark's brigade of New
Hampshire militia, which company marched from
Lyndeborough in July, 1777, and joined the North-
ern Continental army. He served two months and
six days and received travel allowance for sixty-
five miles at three pence per mile, and for travel
from Stillwater to Bennington, one hundred and
sixty-five miles at two pence, and wages. He was
promoted to ensign, and is often mentioned by that
title in Pembroke records. He was on the
committee of five chosen in Pembroke "to report on
the plan of government proposed at the last con-
vention,"-! 781. He was twice afterward chosen on
committees on this question. In 1804 he was one
of a committee to draw a plan for a meeting house
and to "vendue the pews." He was a man of
splendid character and much influence. He married,
January 11, 1770, Sarah, daughter of Peter Oilman,
of Exeter. She was born October 27. 1745, and
died October 14, 182.3, aged seventy-eight. Their
children were : Infant not named, Judith, John,
child not named. Aaron, Richard. Sarah, Molly.
Lydia, Abigail, Peter and Polly. Aaron O. divided
his property between his sons Aaron and Richard.

(XVI) Hon. Aaron Whittemore. fifth child of
Aaron O. and Sarah (Oilman) Whittemore, was
born November 28, 1774. and died April 26. 1850,
aged seventy-six. He and his brother Richard com-
menced trade at the Whittemore place as early as
1797, and continued for many years. Aaron quit
trade and built a house on the Whittemore prop-
erty which has remained in the Whittemore family,
now occupied by Arthur G. Whittemore, and kept
tavern, and Richard continued for some years alone
in trade. Aaron was town clerk in 1803. and in the
same year was elected representative. In 1813 he
was chosen to settle the town line between Chiches-
ter and Pembroke. In 1899 he was one of the
largest taxpayers, his tax for that year being twen-
ty-three dollars and one cent. He also filled places
of responsibility on many important committees. He

married, October 23, 1800, Lydia Fisk, of Derry, who
was born February 28, 1776, and died March 9,
1862, aged eighty-six. Their children were Benja-
min. Louisa, Mary Fisk, Adaline, Aaron, Hiram,
Lydia, Sarah and Dolly Doe.

(XVII) Hon. Aaron Whittemore, fifth child
and second son of Hon. Aaron and Lydia (Fisk)
Whittemore, was born in Pembroke, November 4,
1808, and died March 26, 1890, aged eighty-one.
He was educated in the common schools and Pem-
broke Academy. In early life he was interested in
the militia, and held the offices of captain, lieutenant-
colonel, colonel, and was finally promoted to briga-
dier-general of the Third Brigade, June I, 1851.
Ffe represented Pembroke in the legislature in
1849 and 1850, and was a member of the constitu-
tional conventions of 1850 and 1876. July I, 1853,
he was appointed associate justice of the court of
common pleas for Merrimack county, and held that
position until the courts were changed. He was
also interested in the establishment of the People's
Literary Institute and Gymnasium, and was chosen
secretary of its board of directors, and afterward
served as its president. He was elected trustee
of Pembroke Academy in 1863. and held the position
until his death. He served in every important
office within the gift of the town. He was a high-
minded, honorable gentleman, dignified, courteous
and hospitable, one of those men whose presence
gives character and dignity to the community in
which they live. Possessed of superior natural in-
tellectual powers, with 3 thorough knowledge of
men, his practical experience in the management
of local and public affairs, always laboring for
judicious economy in public expenditures, his in-
fluence was strongly felt, and the fact that Pem-
broke has so long been free from public debt at-
tests the result of his labors in her behalf, and no
man who ever lived in Pembroke has a clearer
right to the favorable remembrance of his fellow
townsmen. His sound judgment and recognized in-
tegrity caused his advice and opinions to be sought,
not only by his own townsmen, but by those of
neighboring towns. He married. December 13, 1840,
Ariannah S. Barstow, of Exeter, who was born
February 20, 1821. Their children were: Sophia,
Francoise, Ariannah Barstow, Aaron (died young),
Aaron, Adaline Geneva, John Cambridge, Charles
Barstow, Arthur Gilman, Frederick Brewster, Anna
Brewster and Maria Elizabeth.

(XVIII) Ariannah Barstow Whittemore was
born April 23, 1844, and married, April 5, 1870,
John Henry Sullivan (see Sullivan, I).

(XV) Captain Benjamin (2), third son and
fourth child of Rev. Aaron Abigail (Coffin) Whitte-
more, of Pembroke, New Hampshire, was born
December 4. 1750. He lived in' several parts of
the state, being a resident of Concord at the time
of his marriage. On November 29, 1791, he bought
a farm in Salisbury, and later removed to Dan-
bury. According to the History of Salisbury. Cap-
lain Benjamin (2) or "Button Whittemore" was
a famous character, and always at law with some-
body, even with his own sons, one of whom at one
time put the litigous old gentleman in jail. On
April 18, 1771, Captain Benjamin (2) Whittemore
married his first wife, Abigail Abbott, daughter of
Samuel and Miriam (Stevens) Abbott, of Salis-
bury (see Abbott, V). There were sixteen chil-
dren born of this marriage of whom ten are re-
corded, and the others probably died in infancy.
The known child is John, whose sketch follows.
If the record is correct, Captain Benjamin Whitte-

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more married for his second wife Sarah Sawyer,
who died July 15, 1828, aged twenty-nine years,
indicating a great though not impossible discrepancy
in the ages of the pair. Captain Benjamin Whitte-
more died at Concord, New Hampshire.

(XVI) John (4), eldest of the recorded chil-
dren of Captain Benjamin and Abigail (Abbott)
Whittemore, was born in Pembroke, New Hamp-
shire, February 22, 1776. He lived in various
places in early life, going to Salisbury, New Hamp-
shire, in 1782, to Rumford, Maine, in 1798, and to
Danbury, New Hampshire, in 1807. On June i,
1812, John (4) Whittemore, became the first resi-
dent of Dixville, where he lived till he died. He
went up into this northern wilderness to look after
and care for lands in behalf of Daniel Webster,
who entrusted him as agent. On January i, 1799,
John (4) Whittemore married Betsey Pillsbury,
of Rumford, Mauie, who died December 15, 1815,
leaving seven children: Benjamin, mentioned be-
low ; Sarah, Samuel, John, Daniel, Wary and Eliza-
beth. On December i, 1834, John (4) Whittemore
married his second wife, Olive Brainard, and they
had one child, Octavia, whose name indicates her
order in her father's family. John (4) Whittemore
died January 19, 1846.

(XVII) Benjamin (3), eldest child of John
and Bestey (Pillsbury) Whittemore, was born in
Rumford, Maine, January 20, 1800, and died I\Iay
II, 1875. About 1820 he moved to Colebrook, New
Hampshire, where he became a substantial and
influential citizen, repeatedly serving the town as
selectman and representative, and owned one of
the fine farms of that region. He married, Febru-
ary 18, 1824, Almira Chandler, of Colebrook, born
in Enfield, (Zonnecticut, July 6, 1803, and died April
9. 1876. They were the parents of the following
named children, all of whom were born in Cole-
brook, New Hampshire, but two: i. Infant daughter,
born in Dixville, August 31, 1825, died same day.
2. Albert, born August i, 1826, in Dixville. died
September 25, 1859, married. January i. 1S50, Shuah
Bean. 3. Harvey, born November i, 1828, died
September 30, 1834. 4. Betsey, born June I, 1S31,
died April 2, 1844. 5. Amanda, born August 2,
1833, died April 15, 1844. 6. Infant son, born No-
vember 12, 1836, died same day. 7. Sidney B., born
July 21, 1839, see forward. 8. Harvey, born De-
cember 2, 1841.

(XVIII) Sidney Benjamin, son of Benjamin
(3) and Almira (Chandler) Whittemore, was born
at Colebrook, New Hampshire, July 21, 1839. He
was educated in the conmion schools and at Cole-
brook Academy, and has devoted himself to agri-
culture on the paternal farm since he was fourteen
years of age. On this upland of two hundred and
fifty acres, whidi included about seventy-five acres
of woodland, he raised extensive crops of haj-, oats
and potatoes, shipping large quantities of the latter
product for the markets at Boston, Worcester and
Manchester. He also makes a specialty of
breeding catlle, and was one of the first to
introduce purebred Short Horn Durhams into the
neighborhood. He usually keeps a dozen or more
horses, brood mares and colts. Captain Sidney B.
Whittemore received his title from service in the
state militia, and was for two years deputy sherifif
of Coos county, and for two years treasurer of
Coos county. He is an influential Democrat, was
for many years an active member of the state com-
mittee, and has served the town six years as se-
lectman, five years each as school director and tax
collector, several times moderator and as representa-
tive to the legislature in 1SS3 and 1S86. From 1881

to 1884 Captain Whittemore was an efficient member
of the state board of agriculture for Coos county ;
beginning in 1885 he served for three terms as a
member of the board of trustees of the New Hamp-
shire College of Agriculture and ^Icclianic Arts,
and was influential in the removal of the institution
from Flanover to Durham. Captain Whittemore
was a member of Mohawk Grange, No. 28, when
organized, and was its secretary until the grange
surrendered its charter. When it was reorganized
at East Colebrook in 1894 '^e was elected master,
in which oflice he served four terms. He was
chosen master of Upper Coos Pomona Grange upon
its organization, and has served as a district deputy
to the State Grange. Captain Whittemore is much
interested in fraternal organizations, and belongs
to the Blue Lodge of Masons, to the Knights ot
Honor, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent
Order of Red Men and to the Order of the Eastern
Star.

Captain Sidney Benjamin Whittemore married.
May I, 1861, Emeline Corbett, daughter of Jesse
and Hannah (CJould) Corbett, of Stewartstown.
New Hampshire. They have two sons : Albert
F., whose sketch follows, and Everett Sidney, who
receives extended mention in this article. Mrs.
Whittemore served four terms as lecturer of j\Io-
hawk Grange, and is past 'grand matron of the
Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
They attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. Cap-
tain Whittemore lives on his farm four and a half
miles from the village of Colebrook.

(XIX) Albert Frank, elder of the two sons
of Captain Sidney B. and Emeline (Corbett)
Whittemore, was born at Colebrook, New Hamp-
shire, May 13, 1865. He was educated in the com-
mon schools of his native town. He began mer-
cantile life as clerk for Charles Colby, of Cole-
brook, February 13, 1882, in whose employ he re-
mained for eighteen years. At ]Mr. Colliy's death
be bought out the business and has conducted the
store on his own responsibility since then. Mr.
Whittemore is a Democrat in politics, and is much
interested in fraternal organizations. He is a Ma-
son, belonging to Evening Star Lodge, North Star
Chapter, Evening Star Council, North Star Com-
mandery and Lodge of Perfection. He has reached
the eighteenth degree in Rose Croix Chapter at
Littleton, and the thirty-second degree in Edward
A. Raymond Consistory of Nashua. He is secretary
of Evening Star Lodge since the death of Hazen
Bedel in 1896, is past deputy master of the Grand
Lodge of New Hampshire, and is worthy patron of
Eureka Chapter, No. 2, Order of the Eastern Star.
J\lr. Whittemore is a member of the Knights of
Pythias and the Pythian Sisterhood. He is promi-
nent in the Patrons of Husbandry, belonging to both
the subordinate and the Pomona Granges.

On Jauary 15, 1890, Albert Frank Whitteniin-e
married Lizzie L., daughter of Arthur and Jennie
(Atwood) Cowan, of Lisbon, New Hampshire.
There are four children : Hollie Leon, born De-
cember 13, 1890; Arthur Benjamin. January i5.
i8g6; John Kenneth, February 17, 1905; and ISIabel,
April 13, 1907.

(XIX) Everett Sidney, second son of Captain
Sidney B. and Emeline (Corbett) Whittemore. was
liorn OctoJjcr 2g, 1874, in Colebrook. He was
graduated from the New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, June, 1897, and
shortly afterward engaged with Rev. Charles S.
liutchins as superintendent of the Punkatasset Farm
at Concord, Massachusetts, which position he hclcl
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Rev. Cliarles !Merriman as superintendent of Stone-
hurst Farm at Intervale. New Hampshire. In 1906
he built a creamery at North Conway, and is now
conducting a large and profitable busine.';?. He is
highly interested in grange work, having held the
ntTicc of master for four years in the grange at
North Conway, and is one of the deputies of the
state grange, and lecturer of Carroll County Po-
mona Grange. He is a Free Mason, holding the of-
fice of senior deacon in the lodge at North Conway.
He married, March 7, 1898. Millie E. Little, daughter
of John S. and Eleanor (Alls) Little. They have
one son, Donald Everett, born September 26. 1900.
(Xni) Daniel, fourth son and sixth child of
John Whittemore and his second wife, Mary (Mil-
ler) Whittemore, was born in i6gi, and was but
three years old when his father died. Nothing fur-
ther is known about him except that he was the
parent of Daniel, mentioned below.

(XIV) Daniel, son of Daniel Whittemore, was
born in Danvers, Massachusetts, January 18, 1717.
He married Eleanor Osborn. September 10, 1739.
They had twelve children : Daniel, born January
ig, 1742. Joseph, December ig. 174.3, married Mary
Oaks, November 10, 1776. Clark, August 11, 1746.
John, November 14, 1748. Samuel, November 8,
1750. Eleanor. March 12, 1752. Jonathan. Febru-
ary 12, 1753. Aaron. February 8, 1755. Mary, March
12, 1757. Clark, October 17,, 1758. Daniel, Sep-
tember 28, 1761. Hannah, August 8. 1764. After
several of the children were born. Daniel Whitte-
more moved from Danvers. now Peabody. Massa-
chusetts, to Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He
was the first settler on the north side of the moun-
tain range which divides the town into two parts.
The farm has always remained in the family, and
is now occupied by Daniel's great-grandson, Daniel
B. Whittemore. Daniel Whittemore died in Lynde-
borough. March 7, 1776.

(XV) Aaron, seventh son and eighth child of
Daniel and Eleanor (Osborn) Whittemore, was
born in Danvers, Massachusetts, February 8, 1755.
He was a private in Captain Peter Clark's company.
Colonel Stickney's regiment. General John Stark's
brigade, which marched from Lyndeborough in
July, 1777, and fought at the battle of Benning-
ton. He married Elizabeth Downing, of Lynn,
Massachusetts.

(XVI) Aaron, son of Aaron and Elizabeth
(Downing) Whittemore, was born in Lynde-
borough, New Hampshire, in 1790. He was a
farmer, wheelwright and shoemaker. He moved
to Francestown, New Hampshire, in 1822. where
he lived for a short time in the Brewster house at
the south part of the village, but he returned to
Lyndeborough before his death. He married, April
29, 1817, Betsey Weston, daughter of James Weston,
of Francestown. They had seven children, five
of whom died in early manhood and womanhood.
They were Daniel Boardman, born September 6,
1819, married Ann E. Boutwell. of Lyndeborough,
lives on the old homestead in that town, was repre-
sentative to the New Hampshire legislature in 1S83-
85. Aaron, born February 22, 1821, died October
4, 1841. James, died aged thirteen years. William
L., whose sketch follows. Harriet Newall, born
March 12, 1826, died June 17. 1858. John Weston,
born February 23, 1828, died January 8, 1858. Eliza
Ann, born January 24, 1830, died January 23. 1873.
Aaron Whittemore died at Lyndeborough, New
Hampshire, in 1834, at the early age of forty-
four.

(XVII) William Lewis, fourth son and child
of Aaron and Betsey (Weston) Whittemore, was

born at Francestown, New Hampshire. August 21,
1824. His early education was obtained in the
common schools, at Francestown Academy, and at
Professor William Russell's Normal School at Mer-
rimack, New Hampshire. He took a year's course
in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard Uni-
versity, and a special course at Amherst College.
During the last ten years of his studies Mr. Whitte-
more taught school in various towns in New Hamp-
shire. In 1855, the year after his course at Har-
vard, he became principal of the high school at
Milford, New Hampshire, and held this position
for twelve years. He then opened a private normal
school at Milford in the building where he now
lives, and which he at that lime bought. It was
in this same building that the famous Hutchinson
Singers held their rehearsals and first public re-
citals; Mr. Whittemore kept this school for four
years, and then traveled both in Europe and America
for three years. Following this he taught a private
school in Boston. In i8g6. being then seventy-
two years of age, Mr. Whittemore came back to
Milford. For several years he was chairman of
the board of education in Milford. He was made
a Mason in 1862. and is the oldest one in town.
JNIr. Whittemore is very stron.g and active for one
of his years. During his travels abroad he studied
and investigated the school systems of Europe, and
he is now engaged in preparing a book on "The
New Education." He remarks that the school sys-
tems abroad are in advance of those in America,
and the schools in the middle western states are now
in advance of those in eastern states.

The families of Bean. Bain, and Bayne.
BEAN as the name is variously spelled, are un-
doubtedly descended from the old Scotch
clan Vean. The letters b and v in Gaelic are inter-
changeable, so that Vean and Bean are the same
name differently spelled. The origin of the name
is a matter of conjecture; by some it is claimed to
he derived from the place of residence of the clan,
"bcann" in Gaelic signifying mountain; but a better
supported opinion is. that it is derived from the fair
complexion of the clan's progenitor, "bean" meaning
white or fair, and often used by Highlanders to dis-
tinguish a man of fair complexion, as "olive."
black or swarthy was used to designate_ one of dark
complexion. The clan Vean. or. as it is oftener
designated in Scotch history. MacBean. was one of
the tribes of the Chatli, or Clan Chaltan, and oc-
cupied the Lochaher territory some time before the
year 1300. Three distinct families of this blood came
to America — the Bains settled in Virginia, the
Banes in Main, and the Beans in New Hampshire.
In what year or on what ship the progenitor of the
Beans reached these shore is not and probably
never will be known.

(I) John Bean, the immigrant ancestor of the
Beans, fir=t appears as the grantee of land by the
town of Exeter. New Hampshire, in 1660. Other
grants were made to him October 10. 1664. .\pril I.
1671. and Februarv 21. i6g8. John Fed. of Exeter,
also conveyed to him. July 22, 1664, land in Exeter,
consisting of a house lot of twenty acres, and other
lots in Exeter containing ten, five and twenty-six
acres respectively. In 167T, he was one of a com-
mittee chosen to run the lines between Exeter and
adjoining towns; he took the oath of allegiance No-
vember .30. 1677; was pound keeper in 1780; and
signed the famous New Hampshire petition of 16S0-
gg. Tradition, in support of which there is much
circumstantial evidence, says that his wife died on
tlie passage, and that lie married a girl who came

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over on the same vessel. The name of the first
wife is not known. The name of the second, whom
he married before 1661, was Margaret. Margaret
Bean joined Hampton Church in 1671, and good wife
Bean was among those who were dismissed from
that church in 1698, "in order to their being incor-
porated unto a church state in Exeter." Margaret
Bean was one of those who organized the church in
Exeter, September 2, i6g8 ; she was a member in
1705, which was the last mention of her. She died
before 1718. John Bean died between January 24,
and February 8, 1718. He divided his property
among his children before his death, and left no
will. He had eleven children; by the first wife, one:
Mary ; by the second wife, born in Exeter, ten ;
John (died young), Henry Daniel, Samuel. John,
Margaret, James, Jeremy, Elizabeth and Catherine.
(James and descendants receive mention in this ar-
ticle.)

(II) John (2), fifth son and child of John (i)
and Alargaret Bean, was born in Exeter, October
13, 1668. and died in 1718, aged fifty years. He is
described in deeds as a carpenter. He signed tlie
New Hampshire Petition of 1690; witnessed Ed-
ward Oilman's will. June 2, 1690; was one of the
witnesses to prove it, April 12, 1692 ; and also wit-
nessed two instruments, March 15, 1698. He had a
grant of land from the town of sixty acres, Mareh
28, 1698, and his father had conveyed to him. as be-
fore stated ; also Byley Dudley conveyed to him. May
ID, 1700, twenty-five acres of land in Exeter. He made
various conveyances of land and left a comfortable
estate to his heirs. John Bean "stood on his guard"
under orders from December 30, 1695, to* January 20,
1696; was on a scoimting party two days in 1710;
was in Captain Gilman's company in 1710, and Cap-
tain James Davis's company in 1712. His wife's
name was Sarah, and after hi> death she married a
Robinson of Exeter. His children were : Dinah,
Jeremiah. Sarah, William. Ehenezer and Joshua, the
subject of the next paragraph.

(III) Joshua, youngest son of John (2) and
Sarah Bean, was born about 1713, in Exeter, and
lived there until 17S0, when he removed to Gilman-
ton. where several of his sons had preceded him, and
died in that town in 1787. Being a Quaker, he re-
fused to sign the Association. Test, in 1776, as did
his sons Joshua, Simeon and Gideon. He married
(first) about 1730. Hannah, daughter of Thomas
Robinson, .She died in 1757. and he married (sec-
ond), 1758, Lydia Brown, who was born about 1730,
and died January 21, 1823, in Weare. New Hamp-
shire. The births of a portion of his children are
recorded in Exeter, and others in Brentwood, but it
is probable that they were all born upon the same
homestead, Brentwood having been cut off from
Exeter. They were : Hannah, Joshua. Simeon, Sa-
rah, John, Mehitable, Lydia. Gideon. Deborah. Ra-
chel, and one who died at birth. (Mention of Gid-
eon and descendants appears in this article.)

(IV) Simeon, third child and second son of
Joshua and Hannah (Robertson) Bean, was born
in Brentwood. March 30. 1743; and died September
15, 1819. in his eightieth year. Lancaster's "History
of Gilmanton" says he was one of a family of
tw-enty-one children, but names only eighteen, and
further states : "He came to Gilmanton in the sum-
mer of 1766, selected his lot. No. 51, third range of
upper one hundred acres, and cleared some land.
He was three weeks in the woods alone, without
hearing a human voice ; and when Judy Smith and
another man passed near him one afternoon, fol-
lowing a line of spotted trees on their way to
Meredith, he heard them talking, and he said it

startled him more than it would to have heard a
bear. In the summer of this j'ear, he took a fever,
and was sick in his camp, with nothing to take but
cold water. Captain Moody called to see him, and
insisted upon his going home with him. Mr. Bean,
being unable to sit up. Captain Moody threw his
bed blankets upon his horse, and laid him on them,
and thus conveyed him to his home, where Mrs.
Moody nursed him through his fever. In the au-
tumn Judge Smith returned from -Meredith and
passed the night with him at his camp. He there
had potatoes of his own raising, and they raked
open the coals and roasted and ate them, passing a
very social evening. When Mr. Bean came up in
the spring of 1767. he drove up a cow, which he
kept upon the meadow, having her calf enclosed in
a pen by the side of it. One night as he went
down to the meadow to milk, a bear came along his
path, apparently in search of the calf, and, not
seeming intimidated, it turned out till it got by him
so that the wind brought the scent from him to-
ward the bear, wdien it started upon the leap. Mr.
Bean hooted at it as it ran. and he could hear it for
nearly half a mile, the brush breaking at every leap.
When Mr. Bean came up in March. 1768, he was ac-
companied by a carpenter to frame his house, and
he brought three pecks of flax-seed upon his shoul-
der from Brentwood. In the winter of 1780. at the
close of h'ls days work in his saw mill, he had the
misfortune in shutting down the gate to have his
leg broken by the water wheel. His situation was
precarious, and no help was near. It was with great
difficulty that he could extricate the broken limb.
And then the saddle was in the mill, with which he
rode a colt only partially trained. It required great
labor to obtain the saddle and adjust it upon the
wild colt, and it was with still greater difficulty that
he could mount the animal, so frightened by his
awkward appearance. But these difficulties he over-
came, and rode to the house of Joseph Young, Esq.,
and immediately after telling his misfortune he
fainted, even before he could be taken from his
horse. He was conveyed home upon an ox sled, and
his limb set by a surgeon, but about a year after-
wards, it was unfortunately fractured again in the
same place, at his own door. It was now dressed
and the bones confined in their proper place by Jo-
seph Young, Esq., and it healed and did even better
than before." Mr. Bean's brothers Joshua, Gideon
and John, and his sister Hannah, were all early ■
settlers of the town. He married. December 26,
176S, in Exeter, Joanna Young, of Exeter, and they
were the parents of twelve children : Hannah. Jos-
eph, Sarah, Isaac, Joshua, Deborah, David, Anna.
Jonathan, Simeon. Daniel and Jeremiah. Joshua
graduated from Dartmouth College, and David was
a prominent man of the town.

(V) Jeremiah, eighth son and youngest child of
Simeon and Joanna (Y'oung) Bean, was born Feb-
ruary 18, 170T. in Gilmanton, and died February -K
183^. He married Mehitable Chase, born May 31.
1780, died December 29. 186.7. Their children were:
John Chase, whose sketch follows : Sally, Joseph
W.. Jefferson D.. and Mary Jane.

(VD Jolm Chase, eldest son and first child of
Jeremiah and Mehitable (Chase) Bean, was born in
Gilmanton, May iS. 1817, and died March 30, 1863.
a,ged almost forty-six years. He was educated in
the district school near his home and at Gilmanton
.'\cadeniy. He grew up on the homestead of his
father, and after the death of the latter he bought
the farm, which he carried on until his death. When
lie bought the farm it contained fifty acres. This
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house and otiier buildings. He was a man of
cliaracter, and influential in town matters. In poli-
tics he was a Democrat. He married Climenia Bur-
ley, born in Sanhornton, June 20, 1815. died Feb-
ruary II, 1895, aged seventy-nine years, daughter of
Stephen (or Stevens) and Abigail^ (Poor) Burley.
Six children were born of this union: Emma D.,
Edna A.. Oran H., Alvin, Frank P., and Edwin C,
whose sketch follows.

(VH) Edwin Curtis, fourth son and youngest
child of John C. and Climenia (Burley) Bean, was
born in Gilmanton, February 20, 1854, and brought
up on the homestead farm. After obtaining what
education he could from the public schools and at
Tilton Academy, he began at sixteen years of age
to work in the Gilmanton Mills, at Belmont. At the
same time he supplemented his education by taking
taking private instruction from a tutor. In
1877 he was appointed postmaster at Bel-
mont, and held that office until 1884. being the first
postmaster to resign after Cleveland's election to the
presidency. During the time he held this position
he studied pharmacy, and October 9, 188,^, passed
his examination and became a registered pharmacist.
He bought out the drug store at Belmont, and soon
after bought an interest in the general store of A.
A. Smith. Combining the two stores they carried
on a partnership business for ten years, when in
1804 Mf- Bean purchased his partner's interest, and
has since carried on the business alone. Mr. Bean
has taken a leading part in politics and town affairs.
His affiliations are with the Republican party. In
1881 he was elected town clerk. In 1886-87 he was
representative from Belmont, and was instrumental
in having the railroad extended from Tilton to Bel-
mont. In iqoo he served in the state senate. In
1904 he was a delegate to the Republican National
convention, and supported Mr. Roosevelt for the
presidency. January, 1905, he was appointed aide-
de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff of
Governor McLane. He has filled the office of
moderator for ten years, is president of the board of
trustees of Gilmanton Academy, a member of the
board of trustees of the Belmont Public Library,
of the Laconia Savings Bank, and of the Tilton
Savings Bank. He is a member of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge, No. .■^2, Free and Accepted Masons, and
of Pilgrim Commandery, Laconia. In religion he
is a Free Baptist.

He married. October 10, 1882. Marietta Bow-
man, born in Eastport. Maine, October 29. 1854,
daughter of Edward P. and Mary L. (Adams)
Bowman of Eastport. (See Adams VIII.) Their
children are: Helen M., born February 23, 1886;
John C, born November 2, 1887 ; .'\rthur E., born
May 24, 189,3 ; and Edna C, born May 28. 1897.

(IV) Gideon, fourth son. of Joshua and Hannah
(Robir.son) Bean, was born March 21, 1752. in
Brentwood, and settled in Gilmanton, where he died
February 21, 1823. He was married (first) January
28, 1777, to Margaret Fernald (Cotton ), widow of
James Folsom. She was born October 16, 1743,
and died October 10, 1807. He married (second),
May 4, 1809, a widow. Jane Tiblietts. She was born
December g, 1753, and died November 22. 1837. The
Gilmanton records, like those of most New Hamp-
shire towns, are very incomplete. They record the
birth of only two children of Gideon Bean by his
first wife: Gideon and Benjamin, born in 1777 and
1780. There were probably several others.

(V) Henry, supposed to be a son of Gideon and
Margaret F. (Cotton) Bean, was born about 1790,
in Gilmanton, and passed his life in that town. He
married Nancy Frohock, and they had seven chil-

dren: Chaunccy. Mariam, I.oanimi. Henry, Rutus,
George, and Joel. Loammi. Rulus and George were
soldiers in the war of the rebellion.

(VI) Henry (2), fourth child and third son of
Henry (i) and Nancy (Frohock) Bean, was born
in Gilford, May 3. 1S22, and died on the homestead
farm, November 28, 18S7, in the sixty-sixth year of
his age. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits

• throughout the greater part of his life. He mar-
ried Hannah G. Davenport, and they had nine chil-
dren : Clara J., Edwin H., Myra Grace. Ray,
Charles R., Ina B., Benjamin F., and Joseph A.

(VII) Benjamin Franklin, eighth child and fourth
son of Henry (2) and Hannah G. (Davenport)
Bean, was born in Gilford, January 12, 1S60, and re-
ceived his education in the common schools. He
was brought up a farmer and has devoted his en-
ergies to the cultivation of the soil and kindred oc-
cupations. His life has been spent in Gilford with
the exception of about ten years when he resided in
Moultonborough. Being in easy circumstancs, he
enjoys the independence which comes to a farmer
who owns a good farm and is out of debt. In re-
ligious faith he is an Adventist. He married first,
in Gilford, New Hampshire, February 22. 1882. Ida I.
Glidden, who died .'\ugust 23, 1884, daughter of Isaac
P.. and Rhoda T. (Thompson) Glidden; second,
September 19, 1885. Mary F. Rogers, bom in }iIoul-
tonlioro, November 7, 1863, daughter of Daniel
and Mary (Freal) Rogcr.s. of Moultonboro. By the
first wife he had one child, Alvin D., and by the
second, seven children : Joseph R., deceased ; Har-
rison M., deceased ; Joseph ; Harrison, deceased ;
Grace M., Nellie C, and two sons, who died very
young.

(II) James, sixth son of John and Margaret
Bean, was born in E.xeter, December 17, 1672, and
died January 6, 1753, aged eighty-one years. The
town of Exeter granted him thirty acres of land
February 21, 169S, and he became a quite exten-
sive landholder in Kingston. An order was passed
by the provincial legislature, October 22, 1707, re-
citing that James Bean and Daniel Bean were absent
from Kingston, and ordering them tO' return home,
On May 30, 173,=;, James Bean conveyed to Jeremiah
Bean. Sr.. of Exeter. land in Exeter, being "ye
eleventh part of all ye real estate of my Honourd
ffather, John Bean, late of Exeter. Deed." Why
this conveyance was made does not appear. In other
deeds he conveys lands to his son Edward of Exe-
ter, son Samuel of Kingston, son Joseph of Kings-
ton, and to son Benjamin of Eastham, Massachusetts.
James Bean was a member of Kingston Church when
"Rev. Mr. Ward Clark took charge of the church,
viz., Sept. ye 29, 1725." The name of James Bean's
first' wife is not known, but is believed by some to
have been Coleman. He married (second) Decem-
ber, 1697, Sarah Bradley, born in 1677, died July 17,
1738. She was admitted to the church at Kingston,
February 6, 1726. He married (third) November 2,
^7^8, Widow Mary (Prcscott) (Coleman) Crosby,
who died January 3. 174T. Mary Prescott. daughter
of James and Mary (Boulter) Prescott. was born
June II, 1677. married November 3. 1699. Jabez
Coleman, son of ToI)ias and Ann Coleman, born
May 27. 166S: he and his son Joseph were killed by
the Indians in Kingston, September 4. .1724; she mar-
ried Thomas Crosby, November 9. 17,30. James
Bean's children by the first wdfe, born in Exeter,
v.cre: Tohn and Edward; those of the second wife.
linrn in Kin.gston. were: Benjamin, !vlargaret, Jos-
eph, Jeremiah. Samuel, Catherine and perhaps, Rach-
el. (Mention of Samuel and descendants forms part
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(III) John, eldest son of James Bean and his
first wife, was born about 1693, in Exeter, and was
the favorite grandson of the original John. He mar-
ried Sarah (probably Sinkler), and the birth of four
of their children is recorded, namely: Joshua of
Gilmanton, who had twenty-one children : Sinkler,
the head of the Salisbury branch ; Nathaniel, father
of Nathaniel of Warner; and Mary or Mercy. The
father died before 1747, having survived his wife.
(Mention of Nathaniel and descendants forms part
of this article.)

(IV) Sinkler. son of John and Sarah (Sinkler?)
Bean, was born in that part of Exeter, now Brent-
wood, probably between 1715 and 1725. In 1734
Sinkler Bean w-ent from Brentwood, his native town,
to that part of Contocook w'hich afterward became
the town of Boscawen, and in 1766, he removed to
Salisbury. New Hampshire. He was one of the
first settlers on the west side of the Black^vater
river, and locating on the upland near the Fitz
meadow he built a log house just southwest of D.
R. McAllister's residence. He was a member of the
Society of Friends, and therefore would not sign
the Test Act, but he possessed a far-reaching in-
fluence in all matters pertaining to morality and re-
ligion, and was chosen member of the committee
formulated for the purpose of selecting a site for the
first meeting-house in Boscawen in 1767, of wliich
he was an elder. He was also elected the first town
clerk, serving in that capacity four years ; donated
land for the Bean Cemetery, and rendered other
valuable services to the town during its early strug-
gle for existence. His death occurred February 21,
179S. July 18. 1739, he married Shuah Fifield. and
his children were: Abigail, Mary, Shuah, Beniah,
Phineas, John, IMartha (died young), another INIar-
tha. Sarah, Mehitable and Nathaniel (twins), and
Micaiah.

(V) Phineas. second son and fifth child of Sink-
ler and Shunh (Fifield) Bean, was born in Bosca-
wen. September i, 1750. He was an enterprising as
well as a useful citi;?en. and built a large frame
house in which he kept a- tavern for a number of
years. This hostelry stood on the site of the resi-
dence now or recently owned by Frank A. Watson,
The breaking out of the Revolutionary war foimd
him a ready vol.uitecr in the- cause of American
independence, and a relic in the shape of an old
French piece, which he brought home with him
from the army, is now' in the possession of the Rev.
J. W. Bean, of Manchester. From 1705 to 1822
he ser\-ed as coroner, and from 1802 until his death
he acted as a justice of the peace. Upon relinquish-
ing the tavern he erected a substantial dwelling-
house in which not only his own children were
born, but those of his sons Jonathan and Israel also
came into the world beneath its sheltering roof,
the total numlier of births in the three families being
thirty. December ir. 1770, he married Judith Snow,
and their children were: Sinkler. Anna, Jonathan,
IMary (dietl youn.g). Joshua, Mary, Phineas B.,
Judith. Israel and Martha.

("VD Sinkler (2). eldest child of Phineas and
Judith (Snow) Bean, was born June 4. 1772. For
a number of years he resided on the corner oppo-
site the Union meetin.g house, where he subsequent-
ly occupied the brick hou'o on Mutton road. , He was
twice married — first nn Novcmlirr 22. 1791. to Dor-
othy Quimby. and his second wife was Mrs. Mary
Woodward, who. after his death became the wife of
a Mr. Moody, of the Putter place, Andover. Sinkler
Bean was the father of twenty-one children. Those
of his fir-t union were Samuel Q.. Susannah (died
young), ^\'i!lianl. Susannah. Nancy, Joshua, Judith.

John (died young), Reuben C, Hannah, Sophronia
W., Orzilla B., Dcrwin and Perley. Those of his
second marriage were : Shuah, J. Warren, George
W., Jane, John, Myra and Abbie S.

(VII) Reuben C, fifth son and ninth child of
Sinkler and Dorothy (Quimby) Bean, was born
in Salisbury, 1807. He was a shoemaker by trade,
and followed it in various places, including Lebanon,
Franklin and Fisherville, and his death occurred in
the last named town, July 20. 1871. He was an
upright conscientious man, with a due regard for
the benefits of religious teachings, and was a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The maid-
en name of his first wife was Sarah Follansbee, and
his second wife was before marriage Adaline Hoyt,
daughter of Asa P. and Deborah (West) Hoyt.
She became the mother of one son — Charles H.

(VIII) Charles H.. only child of Reuben C.
and Adaline (Hoyt) Bean, was born in Lebanon,
July 21. 1S66. He went with his parents to Frank-
lin in 1872, and was educated in the public schools
of that town, including the high school. Securing
employment in the paper mills he continued in that
occupation for some time, and then became a'n op-
erative in the hosierj' mills. In 1897 he established
a restaurant, and from 1903 to May i, 1907. he was
engaged in the wholesale and retail liquor business
in Franklin. Since the latter date he has conducted
the business at Canaan. In politics he is a staunch
supporter of the Republican party, and in 1904 was
elected to the lower house of the state legislature for
two years. He is a member of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, and the Maccabees. At
one time he was actively interested in athletic sports,
and as a long distance runner acquired a national

reputation, winning the World's Fair championship at
Chicago in 1893. two miles, time 9 m. ,3o;<5 s. ; New-
England championship at Worcester, Massachusetts,
in 1893, five miles, time 26 m. 4!^ s. ; the same at
Cambridge. Massachusetts, in 1894. five miles, time
26 m. 50 s. : American championship at New York
City in 1894, five miles, time 26 m. 52 2-5 s. : again
at New York City in 1895, three miles, time 15 m.
84-5 s. ; and the Canadian championship at Tor-
onto in 189=. two miles, time 9 m. 53 1-5 s. In his
religious belief he is a Roman Catholic.

Mr. Bean married Miss !Mary Marchant. daugh-
ter of .John and Elizabeth (Jondron) Marchant of
Three Rivers, Canada. His children are: Charles
H., Jr.. born March 15, iSgo: and Man- Theresa,
born May. 1902. and died aged four weeks.

(IV) Nathaniel was the third son and child of
John and Sarah (possibly Sinkler) Bean. It has
been impossible to find any further fact about him
except that he ivas the father of Nathaniel, who
came to Warner.

(V) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i"i Bean,
came from .^nlesbury, Massachusetts, to Warner,
New Hampshire, between 1770 and 177.^. He set-
tled on Pumpkin Hill. He built the first nn1I that
was erected at the great falls, now known as Water-
loo. Pie was a forehanded farmer, and a prominent
and influential man in town lor many years. He
served as a moderatbr, selectman, representative and
as delegate to the convention that ratified the federal
constitution. He married, and his children were:
Nathaniel. David, Daniel, Dprothy. Ann, John,
James. MoHy. Lucy. Richard and Oilman.

(VI) Daniel, second son and child of Nathaniel
(2) Bean, was born in 1774. Pie lived at Waterloo,
New Hampshire, where he was en.gaged in running
the mills and also in farming. From 1S04 to 1829
he kept tavern in the house afterwards occupied by
his son. Dolphus, His first wife was Sally, daugh-

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ter of Captain Asa and Mahitable Pattee, of Warner.
His second wife was Miss Sibley, of Hopkinton,
New Hampshire. His sons were Daniel, William
H., Stephen S. and Dolphus S. His daughters
were Hannah ("Mrs. Kimball) ; Sally (Mrs. .An-
drews) ; Susan, who married Dr. Eaton of Bristol;
Miranda, who married Nathan Martin : Nancy, who
married Nchemiah G. Ordway, of Warner, who sub-
sequently became territorial governor of Dakota ;
and Rhoda, married A. G. Haines. Daniel Bean
was, first selectman of Warner in 1810. He died
.April. 1855. aged eighty-one.

(VH) William Henry, second son and one of
the ten children of Daniel and Sally (Pattee) Bean,
was born in Warner, New Hampshire, March 2.
1812. He was educated in the common schools of
Warner, and then went into the mills of Waterloo,
which had been managed by his father and his grand-
father. He was also extensively engaged in farm-
ing. In politics he was a Republican, and one time
or another he held all the town offices. He attended
the Universalis! Church. He married Mary Colby,
daughter of Philip Colby of .Amesbury. Massachus-
etts. They had eight children : Philip C, born No-
vember 24, 18,^6: William Henry, born April 24,
1838; Walter M., born November 24, 1840; Harriet
E., born February 22, 1S44; Sarah F.. born January
,y. 1847; Charles .A,, horn .April 18. 1840: Fred, who
is mentioned below: and Mary Elizabeth, born No-
vember 19, 1S55. William Henry Bean died July
26, 1872. and his wife died March 11, 1871.

(Vni) Fred, son of William Henry and Mary
CColljy) Bean, was born in Warner, New Hampshire.
September 30, 1851. He was educated in the common
schools of Warner. His first occupation was farm-
ing. Then he went into the lumber business, and
later into the grain business. He is practically
retired now, iiaving acnuired a competence, but he
does some farming. He is a Republican, and is
active in politics. He is on the school committee,
and has been selectman for many years. He repre-
sented the town in the state legislature in 1888 and
1889. He has been a trustee of the Pillsbury Free Li-
brary for ten years. He is a past master of Harris
Lodge No. 91. Free and Accepted Masons. He was
district deputy of the grand lodge for three years,
and served as lecturer, and high priest one year
each. He is a member of the Grange, and was mas-
ter for three years in succession. He is a deacon
in the Baptist Church, and has also served on the
finance committee. He has been superintendent of
the Sunday school.

He married, October 16, 1877, Frances A. Rnb-
bins, daughter of Francis and .\bigail (Gage) Rob-
bins, of Sutton, New Hampshire. They have one
child, Stella May, born May 5. T884, wife of Carl
L. Cutting. Mrs. Bean is active in the Ladies' Aid
Society and the Missionary Society, in connection
with the Baptist Church.

(HI) Samuel, fifth child and fourth son of
James and Sarah (Bradley) Bean, was born in
Kingston, January 11, 1711, and died in Hopkinton,
in 1788, or June. t8oo. He was the ancestor of the
families of his name in the town of Sutton. By
purchase he became owner of a whole ri,ght or pro-
proprietor's share, which consisted of three different
lots. The "History of Sutton" says : "On these
three lots he settled three sons, Cornelius, upon the
lot best known as the Dearborn Meadow farm, lying
in the western part of the town and extending over
the line into the Newbury of today : Samuel, upon
the lot embracing the western part of the Wadleigh
hill and Meadow Brook farm; and upon the large
lot embracing the southern part of King's or Bean's

hill, and extending across the valley, taking in a
portion of the next hill, he settled his youngest son,
William. .'Xt one time he owned here connected,
nearly or quite, four hundred acres. He was pre-
paring to move to Sutton and spend the remainder
of his days in the new town he had taken such an
active interest in when he died." The circumstances
of his death were as follows: He and his daugh-
ter Elizabeth came on horseback from their home
in Sandown. to visit his children living in Sutton,
and stopped over night in Hopkinton. In the morn-
ing he went after the horses, and not returning,
his daughter went after him. She found him dead
before reaching the horses. He was buried in the
old cemetery in Hopkinton. He was a man of great
energy, capacity, knowledge and experience. It ap-
pears on the grantees "records of Sutton that Sam-
uel Bean, Benjamin Kimball and Thomas Wadly
were chosen at a meeting held at Plaistow to
find out and repair the roads." His name is fre-
quently mentioned afterward in the town records.
In 1781 he with Matthew Har\'ey, father of Gover-
nor tiarvey, were chosen a committee "to buy beef
for the army." He was selectman in 1777-78-79. He
is said to have been the first man to drive a team
into Sutton. He was in the habit of going to Sut-
ton and spending the summers there to assist about
the work after his sons had settled there, and the
manner in which he was accustomed to notify all
the neighborhood of his arrival was to go on the
hill in the morning and sing. He had a voice of
wonderful power and sweetness, which could be
heard (it is said) three miles, and when his frends
who were settled in the vicinity heard it, they rec-
ognized it at once, and would hasten to greet him
and hear the news from their old homes. Several
of his descendants have inherited his peculiar qual-
ity of voice for singing.

He married, September 8, 1731, Mary Buzzcll.
born March ig, 1714, daughter of William and
Judith (Dennis) Buzzell, and died in Sutton, Au-
gust 8. i8tt. in the ninety-eighth year of her age.
Their children were : The eldest, name unknown,
died yo^mg: Judith, .Joseph, Cornelius. Sarah, Mary,
Samiiel, Jean, William, Elizabeth and Isaac, born
in that part of Kingston which became Sandown.

(IV) William, ninth child and fourth son of
Samuel (l) Bean and Man,- (Buzzell) Bean, was
born in Sandown, April .=;. T752. and died in Hatley,
Canada, January T,> 1833, aged eighty-one years.
He removed to Sutton in 1778, and settled en
Bean's bill, so named for him or his father. He
cleared a large farm and cared for his aged mother.
His farm developed many good points, among
which were the fine granite quarries which were
first opened by him. and the clay bed was made a
source of profit. After his removal his farm was
so divided that nearly all his sons had a portion of
it. Several of his daughters having removed to
Hatley. Canada, he went there and spent the latter
part of his life. He was a man of good education and
had a taste for reading and study. He was among
the early believers and supporters of the Urtiver-
salist faith. He married January I, 1773, Sarah,
daughter of Judge Jeremiah Griffin. She died May
6. 1S40. Their children 'were : Joseph, Elizabeth,
(died young). Elizabeth, Samuel, Mar)-, William
and Israel.

(V) Samuel (2), second son and fourth child
of William and Sarah (Griffin) Bean, was born in
Sutton, .\ugust 15, 17S2, and died March 21, 186S,
in his eighty-sixth year. He was educated in the
common schools and was by occupation a farmer,
living in Newbury, Manchester and latterly in Sut-

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ton. He married. May 28. 1803, Dorothy Bachelder,
of Sutton, born 1780, died March 19. 1874, aged nine-
ty-four, daughter of Phinehas and Sally (Clough)
Bachelder. She was a descendant of Stephen Bach-
elor, the immigrant, and her father, Phinehas, was
a noted man in his time. The children of the mar-
riage born in Newbury were : William, Hannah W.,
Phinehas B., Sally H., James Madison, Betsy B.,
and Joseph.

(VI) Phinehas Bachelder, third child and sec-
ond son of Samuel (2) and Dorothy (Bachelder)
Bean, was born in Sutton. April 7, 1810, and died
December 11, 1880, aged seventy. He was educated
in the schools of Newbury. He was engaged in
mercantile pursuits in ^Manchester and Nashua, and
spent his declining years in Sutton. He was a
Democrat of the stalwart tvpe, and held some local
offices. He married, (first) January 20 18,^4, Re-
becca Houghton Worster. who was born in Wendell
(now Sunapee). died July 29, 1853. She was the
daughter of Jonathan Worcester. He married (sec-
ond) January 16, 1855, Dolly A. Angier, born in
Southhoro. Massachusetts. She died September 2.
1885. in Sutton. The children of the first marriage
were James William, Sarah Jane. Elizabeth Ann,
and Lucy Emeline, whose sketch folows.

(VH) Lucy Emeline, youngest child of Phinehas
B. and Rebecca H. (Worcester) Bean, was born in
Crown Point, New York, December ii, 1843. and
married in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, December 17.
1863, Eugene S. Barnes, of Claremont, New Hamp-
shire. (See Barnes VH.) The Worcester fam-
ily of which Lucy E. Bean's mother was a member
descended from (i) Rev. Daniel Worcester, who
came from Worcestershire. England, and settled in
Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1635, (see Worcester.)
The other members of the line were : (2) Samuel, born
in England: (3) Ebenezcr, born in Salem Massa-
chusetts; (4) Jonathan of Harvard: (5) Moses, of
Harvard; (6) Jonathan, of Harvard, who was the
father of Rebecca. Mrs, Barnes has been for
twenty-five years interested in the work of the Wo-
man's Christian Temperance LInion, having had
especially active association with the Claremont
LInion. She has served for many years as record-
ing secretary and present corresponding secretary.
She is also a state superintendent oi the Department
of Temperance literature.

This ancient personal name long ago
EMERY became a surname. Some of the orig-
inal spellings in England were .^merir,
Almeric, Alniaric, Emeric, and Eimeric ; and it is
the same to which, in the Italian form of Amerigo,
we now owe the title of our own country. It is a name
which has been honorably borne by many citizens
of the United States, one which was very early
in New England, and has been from that cradle of
American citizenship distributed over a wide area.
It was early identified with New Hampshire, and
has been born by pioneers of numerous towns in
this state.

(r) The first of whom positive record is now
obtained wa= John Emen,', who with his wife Agnes
resided in Romsey. Hants. England, and probably
died there. (Mention of his son Anthony and de-
scendants forms part of this article.)

(II) lohn (2). second child of John (i) and
Agnes Emcrv, was born September 29, 1598. in Rom-
sey. Lie sailed from Southampton, April 3, 1635.
in company with his brother .Anthony, in the shin
"James," of London, William Cooper, master. Each
was accompanied by his wife and one or two chil-
dren. Thev landed in Boston, on June 3, 1635, and

soon settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, where John
had a town grant of one-half acre for a house lot.
He was fined twenty shillings December 22, 1637,
for enclosing a grant not laid out by the town but
owned by it, and on February i, 16,38, the town
granted him that part of ground which was all in-
closed. He was made freeman June 2. 1641, and was
recorded December 2, 1642, as one of the ninety-one
freeholders of the town. In the same year he was
one of a committee of four to make a valuation of
all the property in the town for the purpose of ^ pro-
portioning each man's share in the new division.
On March 16, 1663, John Emery was presented to
the court of Ipswich for entertaining travelers and
Quakers. On May S of the same year this present-
ment for entertaiiiing Quakers was referred to the
next court. When the case came up he was fined
four pounds, costs and fees, for entertaining strang-
ers. The evidence given in the case was "Wy two
men Quaker ur, entertained very kindly to bed
and table & John Emmerie shok ym by ye hand
and bid ym welcome." Also that "the witness
heard John Emmerie and his W'ife say that he had
entertained Quakers and the he would not put
them from his house, and used argument for the
lawfulness of it." In May, 1663, be petitoned the
general cooirt for the remission of his fine, and the
petition was signed by the selectmen and fifty citi-
zens of the town, but'the fine was not remitted. He
was also prominent in the case of^ Lieutenant Rob-
ert Pike, who refused to recognize the_ authority
of the court to deprive him and his neighbors of
the right of petition. He was a mernber of the
Woodman party in the famous ecclesiastical diffi-
culties of that time. From this it would seem th.at
the spirit of the American labor question put in
an appearance at a very early period in the colony,
and the wonder is that the American Revolution
did not take place at an earlier period. John Emery
had a grant on April 10, i644,"covering over twenty-
two acres. He was selectman in 1661. fence viewer
and grand jurjTnan in 1666, and trial iuror in 1672.
He was appointed to carry funds to Salem in 1676.
His first wife Mary, whom he married in England,
died in Newbury, April, 1649. He married (second)
October 29, Mary (Shatswell). widow of John Web-
ster. He died in Newbury, November 3, 1683, and
was survived more than ten years by his wife, who
passed awav April 28, 1694. In his will, made, in
t68o, he mentions his age as eighty-three years.
The inventory of his estate amounted to £263. II
shillings. His children were : John. Ann, Ebenezer,
Jonathan, Stephen and others. (Jonathan and
Stephen and descendants receive mention in this
article.)

(HI) John (3), eldest child of John (2) and
Marv (Shatswell) Emery, was born May 13, i6?2,
in Newbury, and was made freeman there April 19.
1691. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. and
was Avoundcd in the shoulder at the ereat Xarra-
gansctt fight, December 19, 1675. His will was
made Eebruan.- 6, 1723. and was proven October
7. follow^ing. He died September 29, 1723, in Xew-
burj'. He was married November 29. 1676, to
Mary Woodman, daughter of Edward and T^Iary
(Goodrich) Woodman of Newbury. She died Sep-
tember 13, 1723. Their children were: ^.lary. Ji'hn,
lonathan. David, Anthony, Stephen (died young),
Sarah. Stephen, Edward and James.

(IV) John, eldest son and second child of Jon-
athan and Mary (Woodman) Emery, was born in
1678, and lived in Newbury. He was married March
T. 170?. to Hannah Morse, daughter of Johanna and
Joshua" Morse, of Newbury. She died October 4,

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1732, and John Emery married (second) November
8, 1738, Rebecca Walker, who died October 19,
1753- Her husband survived her nearly six years,
dying August 24, 1759. Their children, all born
of the first wife, were: Hannah, Joshua. David,
Sarah, Anthony. John, Mehitable, Judith and Mary.

(V) Anthony, third son and fifth child of John
(3) and Hannah (Morse) Emer>-, was born Septem-
ber 5, 1713, in Kewbury. and graduated from Har-
vard College in 1736. He was the first physician
in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and removed probably
about 1750 to Hampton, New Hampshire. He had
an e-xtensive medical practice and a fine farm, and
carried on a considerable trade in West India goods.
He was auditor of selectman's accounts of Hampton
in 1753 and 1762. He was selectman in 1757. and
moderator in 1766. He ser\-ed as a surgeon during
the siege of Louisburg. having been commissioned
February 10, 1745, by Sir William Pepperell. He
enlisted in the expedition against Crown Point un-
der Sir William Johnson, as surgeon in Colonel
Joseph Blanchard's regiment, and was commissioned
first lieutenant in Captain John Moore's company,
and was discharged December 5, 1755. In this ex-
pedition he was detailed to serve as an associate of
John Hale. He was one of the grantees of the town
of Andover, New Hampshire, which was early
known as Emery Town, and built the first saw mill
there. He died at Hampton, August ig, 1781. He
was married May 10, 1738, to Abigail Leavitt. daugh-
ter of Thomas and Elizabeth (.Atkinson) Leavitt,
of Hampton. .She was born September 13, 1715.
and died November 23, 1790. Their children were:
John, Sarah. William. Joseph, Thomas (died young),
Clement. Thomas, Nathaniel, Willard (died' in in-
fancy) and Willard.

(VI) Thomas, sixth son and seventh child of
Dr. Anthony and Abigail (Leavitt) Enierj-, was born
January 5, 1750. probably in Hampton, was baptized
November 10, of the following year, and died Au-
gust 10, 1834. in Loudon, New Hampshire. He mar-
ried Dolly Sargent, who was born March 22, 1754,
in Candia. New Hampshire, and died March 15,
183S, in Loudon. She was a daughter of John and
Susanna Sargent (see Sargent. IV). Their children
were : Susannah, Sally, John, Hannah, Joshua and
Anthony.

(VII) Joshua, second son and fifth child of
Thomas and Dolly (Sargent) Emer>'. was born May
16, 17S8, in Loudon, and was a cabinet maker in
that town. He married Cfirst) October 3, 1S15,
Betsey Chamberlain. Mr. Emery was married (sec-
ond) December 25. 1826, to Eliza Eastman, daugh-
ter of Charles Eastman, of Concord. She was born y
.\pril 21. 1801. and died March 18. 1855. Mr. Em-
ery subsequently married Lydia Towle. He died
January 2T. 1870. His children were: John C,
William. Elizabeth, Thomas S., Charles E., Robert
A., and Ellen M.

CVIII) John Chamberlain, eldest child of Joshua
and Betsev (Chamberlain) Emery, was born August
25, 1816. in Loudon, and died in Montpelier, Ver-
mont. December 26, 1888. He was a merchant and
prominent man in Montpelier. In the latter years of
his life he was a leading and influential worker in the
Congregational Ch'urch. A man of fine personal
appearance, of sterling principles, he w-as much re-
spected wherever known. In 1847, he was married
to Marv Morse Brown, of Loudon, New Hampshire,
who in 1007. on April 27. 'celebrated her
ninetieth birthday, in Montpelier, Vermont. They
were the parents of four children: Mary Elizabeth,
the eldest, is a (Practicing physician in New York
Cit>', and is unmarried. John William resides in

Montpelier, Vermont. Frank Brown is further men-
tioned below. Gertrude C. is the wife of William
C. Evans, and resided in St. Paul, Minnesota.

(IX) Frank Brown, second son and third child
of John C. and Mary (Brown) Emery, was born
March 4, 1851, in Montpelier, Vermont, and has been
most of his life identified with the mercantile busi-
ness. For the last ten years he has resided in Phil-
adelphia, Pennsylvania, where he is employed by the
J. B. Wanamaker Company, and has charge of the
carpet department. He was married in Montpelier,
in 1873 to Fanny H. Dudley, who was born Decem-
ber 22, 1854, daughter of D. Willard and Helen
Frances (Hammond) Dudley, of East Montpelier
(see Dudley,). Mr. Dudley has been deputy sheriff
and jailer of Washington county, Vermont, for
nearly thirty years. Mr. and Mrs. Ecmery have had
three children : Willard D.. Robert and Frank B.
The last named died young. The second resides in
Los Angeles, California. A sketch of the first fol-
lows.

(X) Willard D.. eldest son of Frank Brown and
Fanny H. (Dudley) Emery, was born in Mont-
pelier, Vermont, October 7. 1875. He was edu-
cated in the common and high schools of his native
place and Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.
He studied pharmacy in the Massachusetts College
of Pharmacy, Boston, Massachusetts, and practiced
as a registered phannacist in Rutland, Newport and
St. Johnsbuiy, Vermont. In the year 1900. he grad-
uated in osteopathy at the Pacific College of Osteop-
athy, Los Angeles, California, and after practicing
in that city for two years removed to Manchester,
New Hampshire, and has since engaged there in the
practice of his profession. He is serving in the
capacity of first vice-president of the New England
Osteopathic Association, secretary of the New
Hampshire Osteopathic .Association, and member of
the Calumet Club. Manchester. He is a Republican
in politics, but casts his vote for the man who in
his opinion is best qualified for office, irrespective of
party afiiliations. He married. July 18, i8g6. Marie
I. be Lasabloniere, of Rutland, Vermont, two
children : Helen F., born in Newport. Vermont,
March 14. 1807, a"d Doris, born in Manchester. New-
Hampshire,- June 7. 1904. Mrs. Emery died March
26, IQ06.

(HI) Johnathan. son of John (2) Emery, and
his second wife, Mary (Shatswell) Emer^-, w-as born
May 13, T652. in Newbury, and lived in that town.
He was made a freeman .\pril 19. 1691. An inven-
tory of his estate mentioned two hundred and two
pounds, two shillings, ten pence. He died Septem-
ber 29, 1723 having survived his wife sixteen days.
He was a soldier in King Philip's war, having been
pressed into the service December 3, 1675, and was
at the great Narragansett fight on the nineteenth of
that nionth. receiving a wound in the shoulder. He
was married November 29, 1676, to Mary Woodman,
daughter of Edward (2) and Mary "(Goodridge)
Woodman, a granddau.diter of Edward Woodman,
the pioneer of Woodburj'. (See Woodman.) She
was bom September 29. 1654, and died September
13. T723. Their children were: Mary. John,
Johnathan, David, Anthony, Stephen (died young)
Saiah. Stephen. Edward and James.

(IV) Johnathan (2"!, second son and third child
of Johnathan (i) and Mary (Woodman) Emery,
was born February 2, 1680, in Newbury, and lived
in his native town. He married Mary Richardson,
who was born September 4, 16S3. daughter of Caleb
and Mary (Ladd) Richardson. She died September
18. 1749, in Plaistow, New Hampshire. Their chil-
dren recorded in Newbury, were : Caleb, Ruth, Ann,

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Tohnatlian, Humphrey and Syivaiuis. It is reason-
ably certain that there were others, perhaps born
elsewhere. (Mention of one of these, Thomas and
descendants follows in this article.)

(V) Caleb, eldest child of Johnathan (2) and
Ruth (Richardson) Emery, w'as born 1706, in New-
bury. He was married July 23, 1730, to Abigail
Simons, and lived in Amesbury, Massachusetts ;
Plaistow, New Hampshire ; and perhaps other towns.
Their children were : Abigail, Prudence, Caleb,
Sylvanus, Amos, Joel, Eunice and Lois.

(VI) Caleb (2), eldest son and third child of
Caleb (i) and Abigail (Simons) Emery, was born
May 13, 1736. in .Amesbury, Massachusetts, and re-
sided most of his life in New Hampshire. He was
an early resident of Dunbarton, and served as se-
lectman of that town in 1769. He served in the
French and Indian wars, and was also a soldier im-
der General Sullivan in the Revolutionary army.
His wife was Susanna Worthey. Their diildren
were: Jesse. Ann, Mary, Daniel. Mehitable, Abi-
gail, Caleb, Johnathan. John and David.

("VII ) Ann, eldest daughter and second child
of Caleb (2) and Susanna (Worthley) Emery, was
born July 2. 1761. and was married December 28,
1779. to James Brown. (See Brown, V.)

(IV) Thomas, (supposed to be), the son of
Jonathan and IMary (Richardson) Emery, was bap-
tized in Newbury, Massachusetts. January 6, 1722.
He was of Plaistow. and afterwards of Hampstead.
and died at Bradford, New Hampshire. He married
January 7, 1746. Mary Greenhough, of Haverhill
district. Their children were : Eliphalet, a daughter
(married Burroughs), Thomas, Jonathan and Moses.
In 1755. Richard Emery, a brother of Thomas, was
of Exeter. In 1757 Richard Emery commanded a
company in the Crown Point expedition. He was
styled "Major" in 1767, in Chester records, but
nothing further is known of him.

(V) Jonathan, son of Thomas and Mary (Green-
ough) Emery, born after 1750, learned the trade of
carpenter of Captain Edward Preston. In 1774 he
Jiought part of No. 74. second division, and settled
on it. near school house No. 5, in Auburn.' He mar-
ried Elizabeth Glidden, and they had : Dolly. John,
David, Betsey. Thomas. Moses. Richard.' Jonathan,
Samuel and James.

(VI) Richard, seventh child and fifth son of
Jonathan and Elizabeth (Glidden) Emery, was born
December 17. 17S6. in Chester (now Auburn), and
died there May 28. 1837. He lived on the Deacon
Leach place, near the pond. He married. November
18. 1813. Polly Palmer, who was born December 6,
1791, and died April 7, 1854. daughter of Stenhen
and Abigail (Brown) Palmer, of Chester. Their
children were : Richard, Jonathan, Stephen, Am-
herst, Alaria. William, and Alvah.

(VII) Stenhen, third son and child of Richard
and Polly (Palmer) Emery, was horn March $.
1818, and died April 24, 1805. I" i'^39 he went to
Charlestown. Massachusetts, and worked at the car-
penter's trade three years; then to North Maiden,
where he was a carpenter, contractor and builder
imtil 1S60, when he returned to the homestead farm
in Auburn, wdiich he carried on to the end of his
life, doing something at carpenter work as oppor-
tunity offered. He also dealt in lumber, and did
some real estate business. He was selectman in the
time of the Civil war, and politically a Democrat.
He was an attendant of the Methodist Church and
for a time a superintendent of' its Sunday school.
He married first, in Maiden. Massachusetts, Mary
Ann Holt, who was born Novemlier ,^, 1830. and
died August 18, 1858, daughter of Enoch and Sarah

(Davidson) Holt, of Andover, ^Massachusetts ; sec-
ond, April 13. 1859, Sarah Robinson, who was born
August 25, 1824, and died August 22, 1894. aged
sixty-nine years, daughter of Reuben T. and Eliza
Harrod Robinson, of Boston. She received a high
school education, and taught school. She was a
member of the Baptist Church. One child, Alfred
D., was born of the first marriage.

(VIII) Alfred D., only child of Stephen and
Mary Ann (Holt) Emery, was born March 2. 1845,
in jNIalden, Massachusetts, and attended the primary,
grammar and high schools of Melrose, Massachu-
setts. In i860 he returned with his father to the old
homestead. Afterward he took up the study of law
as a private student. He has been a farmer a part
of his life. He enlisted in Company K. Eighteenth
New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil
war. He was town treasurer for a long time, select-
man eleven years, ten years in succession ; trustee
of the Public Library; member of the school
board : has held other towm offices — moderator
ei.ghteen successive years; member of the constitu-
tional convention, 1889; a justice of the peace thirty
years; justice of the police court eleven years and
is a general business agent, having settled numerous
estates. He is a member of Bell Post, No. 74.
Grand Army of the Republic, of Chester : Massa-
besic Grange. No. 127, Patrons of Husbandry, of
Auburn, and Rockingham Lodge. No. 76, Free and
.Accepted Masons, of Candia. He married. April
17. 1864. in Auburn. Caroline P. Wood, who was
born September 16. 1S44, daughter of Alfred T. and
Caroline (Perry) Wood, of Beverly, Massachusetts.
They have six -children : Sarah F.. married Elmer
E. French and lives at Manchester, New Hampshire;
children: Stephen D.. horn September 18, 1886;
Grace E., December 10, 18.S8: Caroline E.. January
2. 1890; Ellison B., April 2. 1801 ; Worthy D.,
August 30, 1893 ; Aletta M., January 24. 1896 ; Ver-
non C, May 25. 1898; Howard C. October 29,
1899; Benjamin R., April 29, 1901 ; Clyde M., De-
cemher 13, 1906. Mary C, is a graduate of the
State Normal School and a teacher. Thomas S., a
rural free delivery United States mail carrier,
lives at Auburn, New Hampshire, married Cora C.
Crosby: children: Henry A., born June 21, 1898;
Leola G., June 5. 1899. Elvira R. Dana A., a
corporation clerk, lives at Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, married Edith O. Simmons. Walter P., a
graduate of Dartmouth College, class of 1905, man-
ager of telephone exchange with Bell Telephone
Company at Pittsbur.g, Pennsylvania.

(HI) Ensign Stephen, third son and seventh
child of John (2) and Mary (Shatswell) Emery,
was born September 6, 1666, and died February i,
1747, aged eighty-one. He was a millwright and
planter. November 29, 1692, he married Ruth
Jaques. who was born .April 14, 1672, daughter of
Henry and .Anna (Knight) Jaques. She died

January g. 1764. Their eleven children, born m New-
bury, were: Anna. Sarah, Ruth. Mary. Judith,
Abigail, Elizabeth. Stephen, Hannah, Miriam, and
Lydia.

(IV) Colonel Stephen (2), eighth child and only
son of Ensign Stephen (t) and Ruth (Jaques)
Emery, was born in Newbury, July 16, 1710, and
died in West Newbury, September 16, 1795, aged
eighty-five. He was a military man of prominence,
and sensed in the militia between thirty and forty
years. Lie was commissioned ensign of a company
of foot by William Shirley. Mav 2T, 1746: colonel
of the Seventh Regiment of Militia. by Francis Ber-
nard, Esq.. March 23, i/fi", and by Thomas Hutchin-
son, Esq., colonel of the second division of the

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Second Regiment in the towns of Newburj' and
Rowley in 1771. He married, May 5, 1732, Han-
nah Rolfe, daiiglitcr of Henrj' and Hannah (Tap-
pan) Rolfe. She died in West Newbury, January
10, 1779, aged seventy-one. They had eleven chil-
dren: Stephen, Benjamin (died young), Hannah,
Benjamin, Joseph, Nathaniel, Hannah, Mary, Eli-
phalet, Elizabeth, and Enoch. (Benjamin and de-
scendants are noticed in this article.)

(V) Stephen (3), first child of Stephen (2) and
Hannah (Rolfe) Emery, was born in Newbury,
January 18, 1733, where he died April 16, 1799,
having spent his whole life in that place. He mar-
ried (first), Novem"ber 6. 1760. Sarah Moody, who
died November 6, 1777, aged thirty-six. He married
(second) Sarah Bartlett, who died July 23, 1791.
His children, all born in Newbury, were : Stephen,
Enoch, Elizabeth, Hannah, Moody and Nathaniel.

(VI) Enoch, second son and child of Stephen
and Sarah (Moody) Emery, was born in Newbury,
]\Iarch 16, 1763. and died there, _May 20, 1846, aged
eighty-three. He was married to Sarah ' Sargent,
who was born June, 1766, and died November, 1848,
aged eighty-two. Their children, all born in New-
bury, were : Elizabeth. Sarah, Edmund Sawyer,
Moody (died j-oung), Mary, Enoch, Nathaniel, Su-
san. Stephen (died young). Moody (died young)
and Stephen Moody.

(VH) Enoch (2), second son and sixth child
of Enoch (i) and Sarah (Sargent) Emery, was born
in Newbury, June 26, 1797, and spent his life there,
dying October i, 1879. He was married October i,
1818, to Abigail Prichard, who was born Januar>' 7,
1791, and died September 21, ,1879. Their children
were: Eliza Ann, Moses Moody, Apphia Maria,
Mary. Charles Sargent and Daniel.

(Vni) Moses Mood}-, first son and second child
of Enoch and Abigail (Prichard) Emery, was 'born
December 9, 1821. He married Judith G. Moore.
Their children were: Charles Moody. Abbie and
Millard Filmore.

(IX) Abbie, only daughter and second child of
Moses Moody and Judith G. (Moore) Emery, was
born March 4. 1846. She married, January 7, 1869,
George P. Morrill. (See Morrill, VIII.)

(V) Captain Benjamin, fourth child and third
son of Stephen (2) and Hannah (Rolfe) Emery, was
born in Newbury, December 10, 1738, and died May
13, 1736. He removed to Rumford, now Concord,
New Hampshire, before 1766, and on January 21,
of that year, was elected constable at the first legal
meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the
parish of Concord. In 1775 he was captain of mi-
litia, and in the Revolutionary war commanded a
company at the battle of White Plains, New York ;
in 1776 he signed the "Association Test"; in 1777
was one of the committee of safety; was a delegate
in 1778 to the convention which ratified the consti-
tution; and was selectman in 1770-71-75-S2-91-93.
He married (first), March 12. 1761, Sarah Bailey,
who died November 2, i8ig, after a period of wed-
ded life of fifty-eight years. He married (second)
Sarah , who died in 1827. The children of Ben-
jamin and Sarah (Bailey) Emery, eleven in num-
ber, and born in Concord, were; Susan, Benjamin
(died young), Sarah, Isaac, Elizabeth, Ruth, Eli-
phalet. Enoch, Charles, John and Benjamin.

(VI) Susan, eldest child of Captain Benjamin
and Sarah (Bailey) Emery, was born in Concord.
April 15, 1762. She married Jonathan Bradley,
son of Lieutenant Timothy Bradlej^ and died July
27, 1793, leaving three children: Ruth, Clarissa,
and Isaac.

(VII) Ruth Bradley, eldest child of Jonathan

and Susan (Emery) Bradley, majried John George
and had three children: Paul Rolfe, Susan, and
Clarissa B.. next mentioned.

(VIII) Clarissa Bartlett George, youngest child
of John and Ruth (Bradley) George, was born
September 3, 181 1, and married. May 14, 1833, Ham-
ilton E. Perkins (see Perkins, VIII).

(II) Anthony, brother of John (2) Emery, and
second son of John (i) and .^gnes Emery, was born
in Ramsey, Hants, England, and sailed for America
with his elder brother John, from Southampton,
April 3. 1635, in the ship "James," of London, Wil-
liam Cooper, master, their wives and one or two
children each probably accompanying them. They
landed in Boston, Massachusetts, June 3, 1635. An-
thony, it seems, was in Ipswich, in August following,
and not long after settled in Newbury, where he
lived until about 1640. In the latter year he removed
to Dover, New Hampshire, and on October 22 of
that year signed the "Dover Combination." For the
nine years following he was identified with the in-
terests of the town. His house was at Dover Neck,
about a mile from the present railroad station at
Dover Point, and three or four miles from Major
Richard Waldern's (Waldron's) settlement on the
Cocheco river. There he kept an ordinary or inn,
which was destroyed by fire. In 1644 and 1648 he
was one of the townsmen (selectmen) for the "pru-
dential afifairs" of Dover. He bought of John
White, Noveniber 15, 1648, a house, a field, and a
great barren marsh on Sturgeon creek, in Pischata-
qua, afterward Kittcry, now Eliot, Maine, and two
other marshes. He served on the grand jury in
1649. and in the same year removed to Kittery,
where he resided until 1660. He was juryman sev-
eral times, selectman in 1652 and 1659. and constable.
He was one of the forty-one inhabitants of Kit-
ten,- who acknowledged themselves subject to the
government of ^lassachusetts Bay, November 16,
1652. He received at four different times grants
of land from the town. He also bought of Joseph
Austin, of Pischataqua, July 15, 1650, "a little Marsh
soe Commonly called aboue sturgeon Cricke, with a
little house and vpland yrunto belonging, as also
one thousand fine hundred foote of boards, for &
in Consideration of Two stears Called by ye name
of draggon and Benbow, with a weeks w'orke of
himselfe & other two oxen wch is to be done in
Cutchecha." In 1656 he was fined five pounds for
mutinous courage in questioning the authority of
the court of Kitten,-, and in 1660 he was fined a sec-
ond time for entertaining Quakers, and deprived
of the rights and privileges of a freeman in Kit-
tcry. On May 12, of this year he sold to his son
James all his property in Kittery, and sought a resi-
dence where he could enjoy more liberty. He re-
moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and was there
received as a free inhabitant, September 29, 1660.
He served as a juryman from Portsmouth on sev-
eral occasions, was chosen constable June 4, 1666.
and deputy to the general court, .A-pril 25, 1672. The
last evidence of his residence at Portsmouth is that
of a deed of land in Portsmouth to Rebecca Sadler,
his daughter, dated March 9. 1680. An .•\nthony
Emory was representative from Kittery at York,
!Mainc. March 30, 1680, but it dees not seem prob-
able after what had happened to that time that An-
thony Emery the immigrant is the person referred
to. He was a man of good business qualifications,
energetic, independent, resolute in purpose, bold in
action, severe in speech, jealous of his own rights,
and willing to suffer for conscience sake. He was
one of those men who did their own thinking and
would rather be right than be president. His wife's

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forename was Frances. His children were: James,
a son unknown, and Rebecca.

(ITI) James, eldest child of Anthony and Fran-
ces Emery, was born in England about 1630, and
came to America with his parents. He was the
grantee of lands in Kittery in 1653-56-69-71 ; was
felectman of Kittery 1674-76-77-84-85-92-93-95; was
elected representative to the general court 1693-95 ;
and was grand juror and constable in 1670. He
seems to have resided in Dedham after he was
elected representative, and later to have lived in
Berwick, in the Province of Maine. He weighed
over three hundred and fifty pounds, and is said to
have made the journey from his home to Boston,
his carriage being a chair placed in an ox cart
drawn by a yoke of steers. This mode of^convey-
ance was necessary, as there was not in Kittery a
carriage large and strong enough to carry him over
the rough roads safely. He is supposed to have
died in 1714 or earlier. He married (first), Eliza-
beth , who died after 1687; and (second), De-
cember 28. 1695, l^'trs. Elizabeth (Newcomb) Pidge,
widow and second wife of John Pidge, of Dedham,
Massachusetts. His children, all by the first wife,
were : James, Zachariah, Noah, Daniel, Job, Eliza-
beth, and Sarah.

(IV) Daniel, fourth son and child of James and
Elizabeth Emery, was born in Kittery, Maine. Sep-
tember 13, 1667, and died October 15, 1722, aged
fifty-five. He w-as a noted surveyor of land, hav-
ing been elected surveyor of Kittery, 1706-1717; he
was also selectman 1704, 1712 and 1718. In 1712
he was elected to attend the surveyors appointed by
the general court to run the lines of the town, and
in 1718 one of the commissioners to mark the line
between the common rights of Berwick and Kittery,
and to mark the division between Kittery and Ber-
wick. In 1707 and 1718 he was moderator. He was
chosen deacon of the Congregational Church of Ber-
wick, May 3, 1703. elder November 20, 1720, and
was probably one of the original members or "foun-
dation brethren" of that church. April 5, 1722, he
made his will, which was proved November 8, 1722.
He married, March 17, 1695, Margaret Gowen, who
was born November 15, 1678, and died November 21,
1751. aged seventy-three. She was also known as
Smith, Gowen being the Irish "equivalent of Smith.
Their children were : Daniel, Noah, Simon, Zacha-
riah, Margaret, Caleb, Ann, Joshua, Tirzah and Hul-
dah.

(V) Simon, third son and child of Daniel and
Margaret (Gowen) Emery, was born in Berwick,
Maine, January 6. 1702, and died November 10, 1760.
He signed the Kittery Memorial, on March 20,
1751. and was on the ''Alarm List" in 1757. He was
grand juror 1744-50, and surveyor of highways 174S-
46-48. November 8. 1760, he made his will, which
was proved November 22, 1760. He married, October
21, 1725, Martha Lord, daughter of Nathan Lord,
Jr. She died April 29, 1760. Their ten children
were : Martha, Simon, Margaret, Stephen, Samuel,
John. Mary, Meribah, Sarah and Charles.

(VI) Stephen, fourth child and second son of
Simon and Alartha (Lord) Emery, was born in Kit-
terv, March 21. 1730. He was an elder in the Free
Will Baptist Church in Kittery. March 6, 1753, he
married Sarah Hodgdon. Their children were :
Stephen. Joshua, Jacob, Simon, Abigail, Prudence,
George, Dominicus, Mary, William and Ichabod.

(VII) Simon (2), fourth son and child of Ste-
phen and Sarah (Hodgdon) Emery, was born in
February, 1750, and died July to, 1831. aged eighty-
one. He married, March, 1785, Martha Nowell,

who died March S, 1S41, aged eighty. Their children
were: John, Peter, Henry, Sophia, Martha, Sally
and Alzima.

(VIII) Peter, second son and child of Simon (2)
and Martha (Nowell) )Emery, w^as born in South
Berwick. June 29, 1794, and died in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, November, 1893, in the one hundredth
year of his age. He married, first, November 14,
1816, Elizabeth Hurd, who died April 22, 1817; sec-
ond, November 29. 1S21, Lydia Sias, who died No-
vember 21, 1858; third. May 5, 1861, Mrs. Mary J.
Sherburn. By the first wife there was one child,
Ann Elizabeth ; by the second, six : Mary Ann,
Almira, Samuel H., Charles H., Francis S., Charles
F., and William H

(IX) Samuel Howard Emery, third child and
eldest son of Peter and his second wife Lydia (Sias)
Emery, w-as born in Portsmouth, April 25, 1825,
and died, 1875. He married December 23, 1861,
Mary Emerson Sias, who was born August II.
1845, and died June, 1898. Their children were:
Samuel W., Lydia, Grace, Mabel, Caroline and
Peter S.

(X) Samuel Webster, eldest child of Samuel H.
and Mary E. (Sias) Emerson, was born in Ports-
mouth, March 30. 1S63. He was educated in the
public schools of Portsmouth, graduating from the
high school. Soon after he entered the office of W.
C. Harriman. Esq., where he read law, and was ad-
mitted to the bar at Exeter, April 24, 1884. In Jan-
uary, 1S85, he began practice in Portsmouth, which
he carried on with success until 1905, when he re-
moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he now re-
sides. He is a Republican in politics, and has filled
a number of offices as representative of that party.
He served as city solicitor of Portsmouth in 1885-86-
87-88-90, and as county solicitor of Rockingham
county from July i, 1887, to July i, 1891.' Decem-
ber I, 1894, he was appointed police judge of Ports-
mouth, and held that office until 1905. He has been
progressive and successful in his practice, and be-
lieving he could find a better field for his ability, he
removed to Boston in 1905. He is a member of
St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, Free and Accepted
Masons, and of Damon Lodge, No. 9. Knights of
Pythias. He married. July 25, 1882, Lydia J. Hunt,
who was born in Kittery, Maine, May 9, 1864, daugh-
ter of John and Ann (Seward) Hunt, of Kittery,
Maine. The children of this marriage are Samuel
W., Mabel L. and Margaret L.

(XI) Samuel Webster (2), eldest child of Sam-
uel W. (l) and Lydia J. (Hunt) Emery, was born
in Portsmouth, December 2, 1883. He was educated
in the common .schools of Portsmouth and at the
Boston University of Law, graduating from the lat-
ter with the class of 1904. In December of the
same year he was admitted to the bar, and since that
time has been successfully engaged in the practice of
his profession in Portsmouth. He was nominated
for county solicitor on the Democratic ticket in
the fall of 1906 and made a phenomenal run, con-
sidering the lar.ge Republican majority. He is prom-
inent in the Democratic party and is a member of
St. John's Lodge. No. i. Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, of Portsmouth.

This is one of the early families of
ROBERTS New Hampshire, having been lo-
cated from the earliest pioneer period
w-ithin the present limits of the state. The de-
scendants bearing the name are very numerous
throughout the commonwealth, and have spread to
many other states. One of the lines herein traced

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was conspicuously identified with the Revolution,
and has borne it's part in developing the arts of
peace.

(I) Thomas Roherts was a settler on Dover
Neck at a very early period, but there is now no
positive information as to the exact date. The uni-
form tradition of the family states that he settled at
the Point, in company with Edward and William
Hilton, in 1623. Land which he occupied was re-
tained in the Roberts family in uninterrupted suc-
cession for more than two centuries. In i6j8 the
people of Dover chose "Mr. Roberts" "President of
the Court" in place of Captain John Underbill, whom
they had expelled " for his various crimes. JNIr.
Roberts was elected to various tninor offices in the
town and received several grants of land at different
times, though his possessions are said to have been
comparatively small. Pie owned land on the east
side of Dover Neck, and also on the west side of
Buck River. Sewell's "History of the Quakers"
speaks of him as rebuking his sons Thomas and
John, who were constables, for the excessive viru-
lence with which they enforced the laws against the
Quakers in 1662. This shows that Mr. Roberts,
whose title proves him to have been a much re-
spected man in his time, exercised greater tolerance
than did many of his contemporaries. He had been,
at the date above named, more than twenty years a
member of the church. He died between September
27, 1673, and June 30, 1674, the respective dates of
making and proving his will. The bulk of his prop-
erty was bequeathed to Richard Rich, husband of
his daughter Sarah, but legacies were given to three
of the children mentioned below. He was buried in
the northeast corner of tlie old buo'iug ground on
Dover Neck, where many of his descendants were
also iiiterred. His children included John,
Thoinas, perhaps William Cmentioned hcreinalter),
Hester (wife of John Martin, and living in Jersey
in 1673), Anne (wife of James Philbrick, of Hamp-
ton). Elizabeth (wife of Benjamin Heard, of
Cocheco), and Sarah (wife of Richard Rich).

{11) John, son of Thomas Roberts, was born in
1629, in Dover, and is often referred to in the rec-
ords as "Sargent John." He owned land near his
father's, and probably lived upon it. He was cer-
tainly a resident of Dover Neck, and also owned
land west of the Buck river, as well as marsh, ad-
joining the Great Bay. He was a delegate to the
New Plampshire convention which met in 1689. He
married Abigail, daughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter
(see Nutter, I). She was living in 1674, and was
mentioned in the will of her father. His children
included Joseph, Hatevil. and probably Thomas and
Abigail.

(.HI) Joseph, eldest son of John (2) and Abi-
gail (Nutter) Roberts, lived on the farm subse-
quently occupied by his great-grandson, Hanson
Roberts. The baptismal naiiie of his wife was
Elizabeth, but no record appears to show her family
name. The children were: Joseph, John, Elizabeth,
Abigail, Stephen, Ebenczer, Benjamin, Samuel and
Lydia (twins), and Mary.

(IV) Joseph second eldest child of Joseph (i)
and Elizabeth Roberts, was born October 27, 1692,
in Dover, and resided in that town. His wife's bap-
tismal name was the same as that of his mother, but
the only record afforded by the archives of the
state, gives this as her name in announcing the
births of their children. These were : Ephraim,
Joseph, Betty, Alary, Abigail, and Lydia.

(V) Joseph (3), second son of Joseph (2) and
Elizabeth Roberts, was born February 7. 1729, in
Dover, and passed his early life in that town. He

was later a resident of Somersworlh. No record
appears of his marriage or the name of his wife.

(VI) Joseph (4), undoubtedly a son of Joseph
(3) Roberts, was born in Somersworth, New Hamp-
shire, aliout 1760. He was a bright and capable lad,
and early imbued with the spirit of liberty, which
was rife before the outbreak of the revolution. At
the age of seventeen .years he ran away from his
home which was then in Rochester, and enlisted at
Portsmouth, on a vessel sailing the high seas, as a
privateer. His elder brother Timothy served with
the gallant Paul Jones in the American navy, and
was one of the most heroic of the crew of the "Bon
Homme Richard" in the great naval battle with the
"Serapis." This may have incited Joseph to take
the course he did so young, but he was always fond
of adventure, and very patriotic. Soon after he
sailed from Portsmouth the vessel was captured by
the British, and the crew taken to Charleston, South
Carolina. Here they passed through an epidemic of
smallpox, and remained in the hospital some time.
Soon after their recovery they were exchanged and
brought to Philadelphia. Here young Roberts met
an old friend, named Benjamin Roberts, whose home
was in Dover, and who had enlisted early in the
war, serving in the regiment commanded by Colonel
Poor, The two soldiers started for home on foot,
and made their way as best they could by that
means of conveyance. The Continental currency at
this time was so greatly depreciated that they paid
on one occasion ten dollars for a dinner. The elder
Roberts carried W'ith him all the way to his home a
quantity of old iron, which he thought rnight be of
use to him, as this was a very rare article in those
times.

About 1784 Joseph Roberts settled on a farm in
Farmington, then a part of Rochester. This com-
prised one hundred acres lying near Watson's Cor-
ner. Here he led a pioneer life, though he did not
clear his land himself. Farming soon became
inonotonous to him. and he engaged in teaming,
driving from Alton to Dover. He was accustomed
to purchase lumber of the Alton people, for which
he paid in groceries obtained in Dover. By these ex-
changes he profited, and became known as a smart
and enterprising man. After residing on his farm
near Watson's Corner a dozen years or more, he
purchased another farm half a mile below, at Rattle-
snake brook, retaining still his first property. The
new residence was inore like some old inn than a
farm house. The early travelers and teamsters
stopped there to feed their animals and partake of
dinner. Though small of stature, Joseph Roberts was
possessed of much dignity, and was "Lord of his
house." He looked sharply after the afifairs of his
farm, but was not wont or obli.ged to labor greatly
with his own hands. In his old age he could be
seen in summer in the hay field with his home-made
linen suit and high-crowned straw hat, giving di-
rections to the hay-makers, and knowing every
movement of the work. During the war of 1S12-14,
he was as patriotic as in 1776. Though exempt by
age from military duty, his heart was in the cause,
and he said to his three eldest sons who were greatly
exercised over a draft ordered for troops to defend
Portsmouth : "Don't be afraid, boys ; if either of
you is drafted, I will go for you." He did actually
go, supplying the place of a drafted man, though
not one of his sons. He was married July 29, 1783,
•to Elizabeth Dame, of Rochester, and they had bap-
tized at the Rochester church, September 18, 1791,
children named: Jonathan, John and Elizabeth.
'I'hey had ten in all, six sons and four daughters.
•All the sons had Scripture names, those not named

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atove being: Joseph. Nathaniel, Jeremiah and
James. The mother was a very small woman, of
quiet demeanor, "with no capers of dress about her,
yet large natured and very charitable; she was one
of the first, eight members of Parson Walker's
Church." The names of her daughters included
Elizabeth, Susan, Tamson and Tryphena.

(VH) John, second sop of Joseph (4) and
Elizabeth (Dame) Roberts, was born November 26,
1787, on the homestead in Farmington, and died No-
vember 26, 1847, at the age of sixty years. He was
tall and large, in fulfillment of his ardent desire
when a lad. A fine penman, he served as town clerk
a dozen years or more, was selectman, and was also
representative of the town several years in the
legislature. In his younger days he taught singing
schools. He inherited from his father a farm on
Meeting House Hill, where he lived a large part of
his life. Both he and his wife were members of the
Congregational Church, and for many years leaders
in its choir service. He was an old line Whig, very
active and a party leader. He married Abigail Win-
gate, and they were the parents of seven sons, Will-
iam W., Horatio, Bartlett, Franklin, Joseph A., Ed-
win and Henry.

(VHI) Joseph Augustus, fifth son and child of
John (2) and Abigail (Wingate) Roberts, was born
in Famiington, 182S, and died in 1904, aged seventy-
six years. He grevi' up on his father's farm, and
soon after he was twenty-one years of age he went
to the village of Farmington, where he was employed
in the manufacture of shoes. He was a Republican
and held the office of selectman three years, and was
also tax collector. He was a member of the Free
■Will Baptist Church. He married Phebc Chesley,
daughter of Lemuel and Lucy (Coleman) Chesley.
Tw-o children w'Cre born of this union : William W.,
who is mentioned below ; and Ella, widow of Ralph
E. Davis, who resides at Providence, Rhode Island.

(IX) William W., only son of Joseph A. and
Phebe (Chesley) Roberts, v>-as born in Farmington.
March 7, 1850. After leaving the common schools
he attended Wolfboro Academy and also took a
course in Comers' Business College, Boston, Mass-
achusetts. At twenty-one he took a position as
clerk in the drug store of A. C. Newell, and two
years later became his empIoy<?r's partner, the new
firm taking the name of A. C. Newell & Company.
Mr. Roberts has now been connected with the drug
business for thirty years. He is a member of
Woodbine Lodge No. 41, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of Farmington, of which he is a past grand ;
and of Mad River Encampment. He married, Jan-
uary I, 1S80, at Farmington, Eloise Flanders, of
Farmington, daughter of Samuel and ?vlarcia
( Brown I Brown. They have two children : George,
a graduate of Farmington high school and of Bryant
& Stratton's Business College; and Helen, wdio was
born 1S90.

The Roberts of America are for the
ROBERTS most part of Welsh descent, and

those now under consideration are
no exception to this rule. Although not the oldest
family of this name in America, it has shared the
fortunes of the Republic from the time of its entry
among the independent nations of the world, and
has an honorable record in maintaining that inde-
pendence.

(I) Jonathan Roberts, born in London, Eng-
land, in 1757, came to America w'hen a young man
and settled in Jericho, Vermont, in 1779. In the fol-
lowing year he married Clarissa Car, who was
also born in England and was of Welsh descent.

(II) John, son of Jonathan and Clarissa (Car)
Roberts, was born in Jericho, August 17, 1782. In
1807 he settled in Saranac, Clinton county. New
York, where he proceeded to clear a farm from the
wilderness, and he resided there for the remainder
of his life, w'hich ended in 1865. In the second war
with Great Britain (1812-15) he served as a volun-
teer, participating in the battle of Plattsburg. He
held the office of constable in Saranac some fifteen
years ; was one of the founders of the ilethodist
Episcopal Church and also of a school. In 1809.
he married Eliza Barber, born in Peru, New York,
March 17, 1785, daughter of James and Sophie
(Evans) Barber, the parents of whom were immi-
grants from England. The Barbers are of Scotch
descent and the Evanses are of Welsh origin.
James Barber was a soldier of the Revolutionary
war.

(III) George Davis, son of John T. and Eliza
(Barber) Roberts, was born in Saranac, May 16,.
1848. His boyhood was spent upon his father's
farm, where his opportunities for obtaining an edu-
cation were meagre, but at the age of si.xteen years
he began life for himself and made up for the
deficiency by studying nights. When twenty-three
years old he began to work at the carpenter's trade
in Peru, and he followed that calling in his native
state for many years or until 1886, wdien he came
to northern New Hampshire, locating upon a farm
on Jeft'erson ^leadows, where he resided until 1891,
later residing in various places, and now makes
his home in New Rochelle, New York. From the
time of- his departure from the homestead in Sa-
ranac he has labored unceasingly and industriousljv
and although confronted with more than his share
of misfortune he struggled manfully to overcome
tiie difficulties which beset his path in life. One
of the saddest of his experiences was the passing
away of his wife, who was before marriage Sarah
Jane Hoag, and to whom he was married in Peru,
June 17, 1871. She was a daughter of Robert Hoag,
a native of Ireland, and a farmer in Peru. She
died in 1886, leaving to the care of her husband
a family of nine children, and in a brief summary
of his life, furnished by himself for this article,
he reverently thanks God for the health and strength
given him for the fulfillment of his duties. Though
not active in political matters, ^ir. Roberts takes
an earnest interest in the general welfare of the
community, and is highly esteemed for his honesty
and integrity. In his religious belief he is a Metho-
dist, although he has never united with that church,
and he aims to do all he can in the way of charity
and benevolence. He is a leading member of the
local Carpenter's Union, in which he has served as
conductor, warden, trustee, vice-president and busi-
ness agent.

Those of his children now living are : !\Iargaret
E., born in Moriah, New York, July 8. 1873, now
the wife of Edgar Hunt, a farmer in Whitefield,
New Hampshire. William L., born in Ellensburg,
New York, September 17, 1874, now in the employ
of the Boston & Maine Railway, residing in West
Derby, Vermont. Aurilla, born in Peru, August
5, 1876, w'ife of Harry Renner, a bookkeeper in
New York City. Isabell, born February 4, 1878,
wife of Charles Dufresne, telephone superintend-
ent at South Portland. Maine. George D., w'ho
will be again referred to. Heman H., born in Peru,
December 23, 1883, now following the painter's
trade in Lancaster.

(IV) George Davis (2), son of George D. and
Sarah (Hoag) Roberts, was born in Peru, Sep-
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age he realized the necessity of relieving his father,
who was burdened with the care of a large family,
and it may be truthfully said that from early boy-
hood he has made his own way in life. In 1S88,
when nine years old, he obtained employment at
the Crawford House, where he remained one year,
and he subsequently spent a number of summers
as an employee at various hotels, working else-
where during the winter season for his board and
clothes with the privilege of attending school. At
the age of sixteen he entered the shops of the
Laconia Car Company, as an apprentice, and was
afterwards employed by the Sargent Lock Com-
pany and also the National Steel Company's Works
in Concord. For three summer seasons he served
as station agent on the Boston & Maine railway at
Jefferson Station, spent one winter in Boston, an-
other in Groveton, New Hampshire, and after leav-
ing the railroad service he located permanently in
Jefferson, entering mercantile business as a clerk
for Sabin M. Leavitt, a well known general store-
keeper. In 1904 he purchased the business, and has
ever since carried it on with gratifying success.
Mr. Roberts is an able and energetic merchant,
and since engaging in trade upon his own account
has doubled the value of business, which now
amounts in value to twenty-five thousand dollars
annually. In 1903 he was appointed postmaster,
and is still serving in that capacity. He is one of
the most prominent Odd Fellows in northern New
Hampshire, having been mainly instrumental in or-
ganizing Mount Jefferson Lodge, and was chosen
its first noble grand. He also affiliates with the
Knights of Pythias and the Patrons of Husbandry.
On November 30, igoo, he was united in mar-
riage with Eva Tuttle, of Jefferson, and has one
daughter, Isabelle.

(I) William Louis Roberts was born in Wales.
he served as an officer in the English army all his
life till the time of his retirement. He was a
prominent member of the Order of Masons, and had
a medal given to him by the Grand Lodge of Lon-
don, England. He married (first) • , and

had two sons, both of whom served in the English
army; married (second) Hannah Flower, of Eng-
land, by whom he had eight children, four of whom
emigrated to Canada. His wife died in England in

1839.

(II) George Flower, son of William Louis and
Hannah (Flower) Robert, was born in Dublin.
Ireland. 181S, his father being stationed in Dublin
with the English army. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools. At the age of eighteen he came to
Canada, locating at Freligsburg, Quebec. He served
as sheriff two terms. Politically he was a Whig,
and religiously an Episcopalian. He died in Au-
gust, 1853, aged thirty-five. He married Mary Jane,
daughter of Timothy and Susan (Fellows) Dud-
ley, of New Hampton, born at Bristol, New Hamp-
shire. His wife was educated in the public schools.
In religious faith she was an Episcopalian. Their
children are : George W., who is unmarried and
lives in Massachusetts. Dudley, who is married and
resides in Waltham, Massachusetts. William L.
and Charles E., who resides in Indianapolis, In-
diana.

(III) William Lewis, third son and child of
George Flower and Mary Jane (Dudley) Roberts,
was born in Freligsburg, Quebec, January 10, 1851.
He received his education in the public schools of
Canada. His occupation is that of a farmer. He
took up his residence in Goffstown in 1868, and in
1872 bought of Robert Kennedy his farm of two

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hundred acres, where he has since resided.
Later he purchased the Scribner farm of one hundred
and fifty acres, on which there was once a hotel.
For twenty-five years he was engaged in producing
milk and carrying it to JNIanchester. He then sold
out his milk business and has since been engaged
in general farming. The buildings on his place are
mostly new. His political faith is that of the Re-
publicans. He represented Goffstown in the legis-
lature in 1904. He has been a member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd F'ellows for eight years.
Denominationally he identifies himself with the
Baptists. He married, January 6, 1872, Harriet,
born in Bedford, daughter of Ephraim and Mary
Jane (Shirley) Heald. of Goffstown. His wife
was educated in the public schools of Manchester,
Goffstown and Bedford, and is an attendant of the
Baptist Church. Nine children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts: Mary Jane, born February
12, 1873, who married B. J. Wilkinson, of .A.ntrim,
New Hampshire, who was born in Plymouth, New
Hampshire. They have three children: Rose Lil-
lian, born in Plymouth, March 14, 1895 '• Charles
Roberts, born in Plymouth, September 14, 1896;
jNlarian Louise, born in Franklyn Falls, New Hamp-
shire, February 3, 1899. Susan M. born INLirch,
1875, unmarried. William Lewis, born February 17,
1877, who is now a school teacher in Niagara Falls,
New York. H. Lillian, born November 16, 1879,
who married Robert Dunlap, of Bedford. George
E., born November 29, 1881, who married Beulah
Kerr. He died March 27, 1906. Alice, born Janu-
ary 21, 1883. Horace, born January 9, 1885. Shir-
ley, born November 22, 1886. Helen P. born April
26, 1 89 1.

Williams Roberts, of Old Kittery, Maine, was
born in 1640, as stated in a deposition made by
him. He married Ann, a daughter of Thomas
Crockett, and probably moved to Old Falmouth.
From this couple have descended many citizens of
Maine, December 30, 1815. His father was John
sketch.

(I) George Taylor Roberts was born in Porter,
Maine, December 30, 1815. His father was John
Roberts, and his mother's maiden name was Taylor.
When George was a small boy the family moved
to Kennebunk, Maine, where he was educated.
About 1837 George T. Roberts went to Milan, New
Hampshire, and engaged in farming and lumbering.
He was industrious, economical and prosperous.
After a time he opened a store at Milan, which he
carried on successfully until he sold out to his son
Burleigh, in 1872. He was a popular citizen, full
of energy and enthusiasm, and when he undertook
a proposition it was in the minds of those who knew
him as good as accomplished. He was fair-minded,
strictly honorable and strong in argument. With
these qualifications, he was often found in the
public service. He was elected to the principal
town offices, serving as treasurer and representative
to the general court in 1864-63, and as selectman in
1842-43-48-52-60-64. He was a member of the Whig
party until its dissolution, and when the Republican
party was formed he joined that organization and
was prominently identified with it until his death,
which occurred in Deering, Maine, March II, 188S.
He married, in 1837, Mary Titcomb, who was born
in Kennebunk, Maine, April 10. 1816, and died
September 12, 1882,* at 'Milan. She was a daughter
of Benjamin and Mary Titcomb, of Kennebunk.
The Titcomb family is one of the ancient and
prominent families of JNIaine. Ten children were
born of this union : George H,, Benjamin T., John,

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Abbie, Caroline, Mary C, Burleigh, Marcia A., Liz-
zie W. and Onslow. George H., born December g,
1839, enlisted in Company B, Fifth New Hampshire
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, and served as sergeant
through all the engagements in which his regiment
took part until after the battle of Fredericksburg,
and was discharged in June, 1863. He was offered
a lieutenant's commission if he would re-enlist,
but he declined. He spent the remainder of his
life in jMilan, where he was engaged in the lumber
business. He died in Jililan, January 28, 1871.
Benjamin F. was born ]\Iay 4, 1841, and was en-
gaged in various lines of business, among which
were farming, lumbering and merchandising. For
many years he was station agent of the Grand
Trunk railroad at Milan. He served in various
town offices, and was a member of the legislature
in i88g. He died October 12, 1904. He married
Naomi Thompson, and they had George U., Elmer
B., Frank B., Elizabeth G., Charles A. and Mary
H. John, born September, 1S43, was employed by
the government in the south during the war, in the
train service. Afterward he was for forty years
a locomotive engineer in the employ of the Chicago
& North Western railroad. He died at Lancaster,
July 7, 1907. He married Nettie Gray, of Janes-
ville, Wisconsin ; no children. Caroline, born March
I, 1845, died June 5, 1850. Abbie, born April 8,
1846, married Ransom Perkins. She died March
27, 1884. Mary C, born February 27, 1848, died
May 16, 1850. Burleigh is mentioned in the next
paragraph. Marcia A., born March 26, 1854, re-
sides at Westbrook, Maine. Lizzie W., born July
26, 1856, married Lyman Guptill, of Westbrook,
Maine, and has three children : Alice, Bessie, and
Bertha. Onslow, the youngest of the ten children,
was born July 7, i860, and died October 13, 1869.

(H) Burleigh Roberts, fourth son and seventh
child of George Taylor and Mary (Titcomb)
Roberts, was born in Milan, February 17, 1851.
He was brought up to a knowledge of farming and
merchandising. After attaining his majority he
bought the mercantile business his father had con-
ducted, and carried it on for ten years, with success.
In 1883 he removed to Lancaster and purchased an
interest in the firm of Kent & Roberts, dealers in
dry goods, and was engaged inthat line until 189S.
In politics he is a Republican. He was representa-
tive in the state legislature in 1879. and in 1897 was
appointed to fill the unexpired term of registrar
of probate of Coos county. Since 1898 he has
given his time chiefly to the duties of this office,
to which he has been elected at each successive
election, and is now serving his fifth term. He
was a director of the Lancaster National Bank
several years, and is now its vice-president. He
was one of the incorporators of the Siwooganock
Guarantee Savings Bank, and has been one of its
trustees for more than twenty years. He was one
of the organizers of the Lancaster Water Company,
and was general manager of the enterprise after
it was taken over by the town. The town of Lan-
caster is noted throughout the state for its men of
energy, thrift and ability, and Mr. Roberts, during
liis residence there, has maintained a place well
toward the front rank, and may always be de-
pended on to do his part toward carrying to a suc-
■cessful issue any enterprise of merit that the public
good may demand. He is a good member of North
Star Lodge, No. 8. Free and Accepted Masons.

Mr. Roberts married, October 31, 1877, Emma
Weeks, born in St. Johnsbun.-, Vemiont, June 11,
1853, daughter of Judge William D. and Helen

(Fowler) Weeks, of Lancaster, New Hampshire.
They have one child, Harry W., born November 17,
1879. He was educated in the public schools of
Lancaster, atr Kent's Hill Seminary, Readfield, Maine,
and Gray's Commercial College at Portland. He is
an accountant, and has spent five years on the
Pacific Coast.

The Wilcox family is of Saxon
WILCOX origin, and was seated at Bury St.

Edmunds, in the county of Suffolk,
England, before the Norman Conquest. Sir John
Dundal, in the "'Visitation of the County of Suffolk,"
mentions fifteen generations of this family prior to
1600. This traces the family back to 1200. In the
reign of King Edward HI, Sir John Wilcox was en-
trusted with several important commands against
the French, and had command of the cross-bowmen
from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. John Wilcox,
of Bury Priory, in Suffolk, an eminent Q. C, is a
representative of the ancient family.

(I) William Wilcoxson, born at St. Albans,
Hertfordshire, England, came to America when
thirty-four years old, in the ship "Planter," with
a certificate from a minister at St. Albans. Mr.
Wilcoxson was made a freeman of Massachusetts
in 1636, moved to Stratford. Connecticut, in 1639,
was a representative from Hartford in 1647, and
died in 1652. He was accompanied to this country
by his wife Margaret aged twenty-four years, and
their son John, aged two years.

(II) Joseph Wilcoxson, a son of William, the
emigrant settler, settled in Killingworth, Connecti-
cut. Previous to his removal thither there were
born to himself and wife, Anna, children as follows:
Joseph, born October 29, 1659; Thomas, November
13, 1661 ; and Samuel, 1663. The birth of his first
child recorded in Killingworth was Hannah, born
January 19, 1665 ; and the others born there were :
Nathaniel, August 29, 1668: William, January 9,
1671 ; Margaret, 1673 ; and John, 1675. The latter
was probably the father of Stephen.

The Wilcoxes who lived for several generations
in Middlesex county and the country adjoining in
Connecticut were a strong and thrifty people, and
several of them acquired considerable estates of
lands and other property. Among these provident
representatives of the surname was one Stephen
Wilcox, of Killingworth, the period of whose life
began in the early part of the eighteenth century
and who was numbered with the wealthiest men of
Middlesex county. The best of his possessions was
a good family of children, among whom were several
sturdy sons who, like their ancestors, sought to
branch out from the parental roof and make homes
for themselves in some new region ; but unlike
many of their name of earlier generations, the sons
of Stephen were well provided with means where-
with to begin life, when in 1766 they set out from
old Killingworth for the then comparatively wilder-
ness regions of New Hampshire to cast their for-
tunes with the pioneers of the town of Newport.

Early Newport history has it that during the
sumnier and fall of 1765 six young men came from
Killingworth. Connecticut, to that town, cleared
and sowed with rye six acres of land each, and then
returned to their homes in Connecticut for the
winter. Jesse Wilcox, proliably one of the older
sons of Stephen, was of that company of six, and
in June of the following year they all returned to
llie town, five being married and bringing families
with them, and that two others were then added
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Wilcox, brothers of Jesse. With them also was
their sister Lydia, then wife of Stephen Hurd, one
of the original eight, afterward progenitor of
one of the best families of Newport and whose
descendants reside in several of the counties of New
Hampshire.

The year 1766 witnessed this eventful departure
from Killingworth and the founding of a new set-
tlement in New Hampshire. The name most promi-
nent ■ in all proceedings relating to the allotment
of lands and the subsequent organization of the
town was that of Wilcox, and the moderator of
the first meeting of proprietors held in 1767 was
Stephen Wilcox, the father, who had come to the
town to settle his children on their lands, which he
had provided for each of them from his abundant
means. It was at the home of a Wilcox that this
first meeting was held, and while Stephen, the^ father,
presided over the deliberations of the meeting his
son acted as clerk ; and at the outbreak of the Revo-
lution when the townsmen in meeting pledged their
lives and property in the common defense, three
Wilcoxes joined in the patriotic declaration and
one of them was as officer of the first company
raised in the town.

(IV) Stephen Wilcox, of Killingworth, Con-
necticut, is not understood as having been one of
the settlers of Newport, although his interest in
the welfare of his children undoubtedly impelled him
to visit the town on other occasions than that men-
tioned. His name does not again appear in the
records as having taken part in any proceedings
relating to settlement or town organization. To each
of his sons and his daughter who came to New-
port in 1766 he gave three hundred acres of land.

(V) Uriah Wilcox, with his brothers Jesse and
Phineas and his sister, Mrs. Samuel Hurd, came
to New Hampshire from Killingworth, Connecticut.
in the year 1766. and were among the earliest set-
tlers in the town of Newport. Sullivan county.
Jesse settled on the Unity road, developing there
a fine farm which remained in his family for many
years, while he himself became one of the most
prominent men in the entire region. He was a
thoroughly loyal friend of the American colonies
during the Revolution, and one of the most active
characters in all the measures for the defense of
New Hampshire and its people during that trying
period. He held the oflice of town clerk two years
and that of selectman seven years, Phineas Wilcox
settled on what afterward became known as the
George H. Fairbanks farm, and Uriah made his
"pitch'' on the Goshen road ; and he too became
prominent in public aflr'airs, holding several important
public and local offices, and also was a conspicuous
figure in Newport history during the period of the
Revolution.

In June. 1776, Uriah Wilcox, as well as his
brothers Jesse and Phineas, took part in the moment-
ous meeting of the inhabitants of Newport in which
they all pledged themselves (using their own words
and solemn declaration) "to the utmost of our
Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes,
with Arms, oppose the Hostile Proceedings .of the
British Fleets and Armies against the United Col-
onies." In July following a military company was
or'ganized among the townsmen and Uriah Wilcox
was chcsen its ensign. In 1775 he was delegated
with Benjamin Giles to represent the town of
Newport at the provincial congress held at Walpole,
and he also was a delegate to the convention which
framed the first constitution of the state of New
Hampshire. He represented his town in the general

assembly from 1794 to 1796, and afterwards in 1799,
1801, 1803-4, 1806, 1818 and 1820-21. He was select-
man of the town first in 1778 and afterwards at
dift'erent times for ten years, being several years
chairman of the board. In 1826 he occupied a seat
in the New Hampshire state senate.

In private and home life Uriah Wilcox was a
farmer, thrifty and prosperous, and left to his chil-
dren a fair competency in lands. He married (first),
Hannah Wright, of Killingw-orth, Connecticut, and
after her death he married Hannah Bartlett, of
Unity, New Hampshire. By both marriages he
had eleven children, vix. : Uriah, born March 18,
J779. graduated from Dartmouth College in 1804,
went to Riceborough, where as a broker he acquired
a fortune and at his death, being unmarried, left
his property to his brothers and sisters in Newport.
Hannah, born March 12, 1780, married Hon. David
Allen. Hepsibah. born April 11, 1782, married Ben-
jamin Kelsey. David, born April 10, 1785. Sarah,
born December 5, 1786, married Colonel Benjamin
Carr. John, born January 15, 1789. died November
9, 1872 ; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1816,
and entered the ministry: married Lydia P., daugh-
ter of Joseph Sawyer, Sr. Joshua, born February
25, 1792, married Abigail, daughter of Joel Kelsey.
Roxanna, born February 22, 1794, married Josiah
Knowlton, of Hopkinton. Siloam, born January 11,
1790, married Experience, daughter of Asa Hurd.
Joseph, born February 11, 1799. Betsey, born Feb-
ruary 14, 1801, married Joseph Greenough, of
Hopkinton.

(VI) Joseph, son of Uriah Wilcox, was born
in Newport, New Hampshire, February II, 1799.
He lived many years on the old farm on the Goshen
road and afterward located on the Unity road,
where he remained until 'the time of his death. He
was a substantial farmer, a man of excellent judg-
ment and thoroughly honest, and for many years a
deacon in the Congregational Church of Newport.
He married. January 10, 1826, Nancy, youngest
daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Munroe) Wilmarth
(see Wilmarth), and granddaughter of John and
Phebe (Briggs) Wilmarth, who were among the
first settlers in Newport. Joseph and Nancy (Wil-
marth) Wilcox had four children, viz.: Joseph E.,
born September 16, 1826. married Eunice Gregg
and had eight children. Daniel W., born December
19. 1828. married Martha A. Chapin and had five
children. George M., born December, 1834, died
at sea. Henry A., born April 16, 1842, now living
in Newport.

(VII) Henry Allen, youngest of the four sons
of Joseph and Nancy (Wilmarth) Wilcox, was born
in the town of Newport, New Hampshire, on what
is now known as the Cutting place on the Unity
road. He was given a .good education, first in the
town schools and afterward at Kimball Union Acad-
emy ; and after leaving school began farming in
his native town. When about thirty years old he
had the misfortune to lose his right arm while
engaged in taking sawdust from the village saw-
mill, but notwithstanding that he has carried on
his farming interests with good success, and even
now can milk a cow almost as quickly as any other
man. He has dealt somewhat extensively in stock
and for several years held the town office of tax
collector. On January 31, 1872, Mr. Wilcox married
INIarrian Moore, of Plainfield, Vermont, born Sep-
tember 10, 1838, daughter of Joseph and Laura
(Newton) Moore, and granddaughter of Silas and
Roxanna (Graves) Moore. Joseph and Laura
(Newton) Moore had five children: .Mvah, Cath-

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erine (widow of John Croxford), Sarah (married
Alexander Robinson), Marrian (Mrs. Wilcox) and
Clark Moore.

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; John W., December g,
1878, Auditor, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; Emma E.,
February 11, 1890, at home.

The inhabitants of Great Britain
WILCOX speaking the language of the people
of the United States find this country
as attractive to emigrants as did the Briton of three
hundred years ago. Hence the continual accessions
to American population from the "Mother country."
The Briton also becomes as useful a citizen as did
his predecessor of Colonial days, and is always
welcome.

(I) Richard Wilcox of Devonshire, England,
was a soldier in the British army. On account of
some diiiiculty growing out of his military service
he came to America in 1S17, and settled in Boston,
Massachusetts, where he conducted a large brewery
until his death. He married, while in England, Jane
Serrage, of Devonshire, and they had six children,
of whom two were born in America. Their names
are: Thomas, William, Mary, John, Elizabeth and
Samuel.

(II) John, third son and fourth child of Richard
and Jane (Serrage) Wilcox, was born in England,
January 10, 181Q. He was educated in the Boston
grammar schooi, and afterward learned the ship
carpenter's trade, at which he worked in Boston until
twenty years of age. Later he removed to West-
brook, Maine, where he worked at his trade a few
years, and then moved to Portland, where he re-
mained five years. In 1854 he returned to Boston,
and worked there till his death in 1883. He married
Jane Allen, of Freeport, Maine, born May i, 18x7,
died in Concord, New Hampshire, 1901. They had
six children; i. William, born 1840. 2. Rozetta,
1843, died young. 3. Alfonzo Allen, born December
3, 1847, married (first), Hattie Goodhue, of East

Boston, and (second), . He resides in Esther-

ville, Iowa, and is a retired clergyman. 4-5. George
and John (twins), born August 7, 1850; the former
is a carpenter in Holliston, Massachusetts. 6. Eve-
line, born November 10, 1858, in Charlestown, Mass-
achusetts, died in Boston ; married David Cutler, a
street car conductor in Boston.

(III) John Henry Serrage, fourth son of John
and Jane (Allen) Wilcox, was born in Portland,
Maine, August 7, 1850, and when four years old
was taken to Boston by his parents. After receiv-
ing his education in the common and grammar
schools of Boston he operated an express wagon in
Boston until 1873. In that year he moved to Con-
cord, New Hampshire, and established the Millville
express line, which he has since operated. This
line carries passengers and goods between Con-
cord and Millville, and all the business of this
kind required by St. Paul's school is done by this
line. In 1888 Mr. Wilcox bought six acres of land
on the north side of Pleasant street, on which he
built a set of buildings where he now resides. Mr.
Wilcox is a member of Rumford Lodge, No. 46,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Lodge
No. 66, Pilgrim Fathers. In politics he is an inde-
pendant. He attends the Episcopal Church. Mr.
Wilcox is in comfortable circumstances as a result
of his own energetic industry, guided by good judg-
ment and comtnon sense. He is attentive to business
and has the confidence and esteem of the com-
munity where he is known. He married, November
25, 1883, Emma C. Ingalls, born August 6, 1850, in
Concord, New Hampshire, da\ighter of Leavitt and
Lydia Ingalls. Four children have been born of this
marriage: Frances E., February 21, 1873, lives in
New York ; Edith C, November 5, 1S76, resides in

This is one of the early English
RAWSON names, which has been formed by
adding "son' to the name of the
father. The general usage of surnames among the
common people of England dates back to a com-
paratively short time from the present, and we find
many of similar origin to this. The name Ralph
is of very ancient usage, and is a Christian name,
and was very often written in the early English
spellings, of Relf, Rauf and many other forms. It
was usually pronounced very broad, as if Rawf, and
when the suffix "son" was added it was soon found
convenient to omit the consonant "f," and it became
very easily Rawson. In this form it has been traced
back in England for a considerable period previous
to the emigration of the Puritans. The records show
a Richard Rawson as a canonist and jurist, who died
in 1543. About 1580, General Blake, junior, of Lit-
tle Baddow, county of Essex, England, married
Anna, heir of Rawson. William Blake, a brother
of this John, came to America in 1630, and settled
at Dorchester, Massachusetts. The principal fea-
tures in the Rawson coat of arms are a castle
stamped upon a shield, a design used to commemor-
ate some noted capture made by the one who re-
ceived this coat.

(I) The first in America, as far as has been
ascertained, was Edward Rawson, who came to
New England in the year 1636-7, and became 'an in-
habitant of the town of Newbury, in the Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony. Most of the people who set-
tled in that section were from the counties of Hants
and Wilkes, adjoining Dorsetshire. Rev. John Wil-
son, the first minister in Boston, was an uncle of
Edward Rawson, his mother being Margaret, a
sister of Rev. John Wilson. It is said that Edward
Rawson was named for an ancester Sir Edward
Rawson, who lived in the reign of one of the
Henries. Edward Rawson was a grantee of the
town of Newbury, and was the first town clerk
chosen April 19, 1638, and was annually re-elected
until 1647. He was also chosen selectman and com-
missioner for the trial of small causes. He also
served on various committees to lay out lands and
transact other business for the town. He was one of
the deputies to represent the town in the general court
in 1638, and he must have possessed more than or-
dinary talent for business as well as large degree
of public spirit. In 1639 he again represented the
town at its third session, and at the May session was
granted five hundred acres as an inducement for
him to continue the manufacture of powder. In
1642 he was again deputj', and in 1644. In the
latter year he received two hundred acres upon the
Cochituate river, above Dover bounds. In 1645 he
was again deputy, and at the close of the session the
deputies passed the following vote : "That Edward
Rawson is chosen & appointed clerk of the house
of deputies for one whole yeere, to Enter of vote
passed in both houses & thus also yt passe only
by them into the book of Records." In 1646 he was
deputy and clerk, and at the November session it
was ordered by the deputies "yt Edward Rawson
shall have twenty marks allowed him for his paines.
out of ye next levy as secrt to ye house of deputies
for two yeeres passed." In 1647-8 he continued to rep-
resent Newbury in the general court. In the latter
year he received two grants of land, one of fifteen
hundred acres jointly with Rev. John Wilson of
Boston, and another of five hundred acres at Pequot.

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and with the latter he was granted five pounds on
account of expenditures made in preparing for
the manufacture of gun powder. In 1649 he was
again representative, and was re-elected clerk, and
on the twenty-second of May, 1650, he was chosen
secretary of the colony. In 1649 he was one of a
committee to "Plumb Island," and from his first
eltction to secretary of the colony he was continu-
ously re-elected for a period of thirty-six years until
the usurpation of the government by Sir Edmund
Andros, when he was displaced. Elliott remarks
of him " that he was of respectable character as we
may judge from his having this office so long, while
there was an annual election." He owned and cul-
tivated two farms and a meadow in that town,
which bears the name of Rawson's meadow. After
his removal to Boston his residence was on Rawson's
Lane, where he was supposed to have died. This
lane bore his name until about 1800, when it was
changed to Bromfield street. He owned some acres
of land here which bordered on the common, out
of which he sold several house lots. His salary as
secretary was only twenty pounds per annum at
first, but was subsequently increased to £60. To this
office was soon added that of recorder of the county
of Suffolk, which he held many years. The records
show several grants of land made to him at various
times, for "extraordinary services." He and his
wife were members of what was called the First
Church of Boston, over which Rev. John Wilson
was pastor. When divisions arose in this church,
after the death of Mr. Wilson, Edward Rawson
was one of the twenty-eight disaffected persons who
dissolved comiections with that society, and formed
the third or old South Church in May, 1669. A
corporation in England for the propa.gation of the
gospel among the Indians in New England chose
Edward Rawson as steward or agent "for the re-
ceiving and disposing of such goods and commodi-
ties" as should be sent to the united colonies, and
this choice was confirmed by the commissioners of
the colonies at New Haven, 1651. Edward Rawson
is believed to be the author of a book published in
l6gi, entitled "The Revolution in New England
Justified," and of other similar similar works. It
is quite apparent that he was one of those who par-
ticipated in the persecution of the Quakers. This
seems to be the only blemish upon his fair fame
and that he was an uncommonly useful and excellent
man cannot be doubted.

According to the record written in his family
Bible by his son, and which is still carefully pre-
served, Edward Rawson was born April 16, 1615,
and died August 27, 1693. He was married, in Eng-
land, to Rachel Perne, a granddaughter of John
Hooker, whose wife was a Grindal. sister of Ed-
mund Grindal, archbishop of Canterbury, in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. John Hooker, grand-
father of Rachel Perne, was an uncle of the cele-
brated divine. Rev. Thomas Hooker, who founded
the colony of Hartford, Connecticut. The first
child of Edward Rawson, a daughter was married
in England and remained there. The others were
Edward, Rachel, David, Mary Perne, Susan, Wil-
liam, Rebecca (died young), Rebecca, Elizabeth,
John and Grindal.

(II) William, third son and seventh child of
Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born
May 21, 1651. in Newbury, and was educated for a
mercantile life. He became a prominent merchant
and importer of foreign goods. Up to the time of
his marriage he resided with his father in Rawson
Lane, now Bromfield street, Boston, where he kept a
drv- goods store. In 1689 he sold his estate and re-

moved with his family to Dorchester, wdiere he re-
sided upon a portion of "Newbury Farm" inherited
by his wife. He afterwards purchased a tract of
land in Braintrce, which is now known as the an-
cient Rawson Farm. It is situated near Neponset
Village and has been passed down from father to son
to the fifth generation. The present house is on the
same site where William Rawson built his horne-
stead. Here he lived nearly forty years and died
September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth year. He
was married, in 167.3, to .-Xnne Glover, only daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover, of Dor-
chester. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four
years. In twenty-five years they had twenty chil-
dren, namely: Anne (died in infancy), Wilson,
Margaret. Edward (died young). Edward (died
young), Rachel, Dorothy (died young), William,
David, Dorothy, Ebenezer (died young), Thankful,
Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Edward, Anne, Patience.
Peletiah, Grindal and Mary.

(III) David, fifth son and ninth child of Will-
iam and Anne (Glover) Rawson, was born Decem-
ber 13, 1683, in Boston, and lived on the farm which
was occupied by his father near the Neponset bridge.
He was a persevering business man. and distin-
guished for energy and industry and left to his heirs
a valuable estate. His persona! property was valued
at two hundred and twelve pounds twelve shillings
four pence. He died April 20, 1752, in the sixty-
ninth year of his age and was buried at Quincy. He
married Mary Gulliver, daughter of Captain John
Gulliver, who survived him. Their children were :
David, Jonathan, Elijah. Mary, Hannah, Silence,
,'Knne, Elizabeth, Josiah, Jerusha, Lydia and
Ebenezer.

(IV) Josiah, fourth son and ninth child of David
and Mary (Glover) Rawson. was born January 31,
1727, in Braintree, and settled in Groton, Massachu-
setts, where he lived several years and removed
thence to Warwick, in Franklin county, same state,
where he died February 24, 1812. He was married
.A.ugust 28, 1750, to Hannah Bass, of Braintree, and
their children were: Josiah, Simeon, Abigail, Mary,
Anna B., Jonathan B., Lydia, Betsey, Lemuel,
Emelia, Hannah and Secretary.

(V) Jonathan B., third son and sixth child of
Josiah and Hannah (Bass) Rawson, was born 1761,
probably in Warwick, Massachusetts, and settled in
.'Mstead. New Hampshire. His wife was Lovinia
Robinson, and they were the parents of Orren, El-
mon, Jonathan and Alanson.

(VI) Jonathan (2), third son of Jonathan B.
and Lovinia (Robinson) Rawson, was born August
22, 1798, in Alstead, New Hampshire, and resided in
that town. He married Elizabeth Flint, and they
were the parents of .Arnold, George B., Harvey E.,
Alonzo. Henry C. Franklin A., Ellen E., Edmund
A., Jonathan A., Martha L. and Julia E.

(VII) Franklin Alanson. sixth son of Jonathan
(2) and Elizabeth (Flint) Rawson, was bom May
25, 1S35, in Alstead, New Hampshire, where he grew
up. He first attended the common school at East
.Mstead, and was subsequently a student at West-
minster, Vermont. Like his father and grandfather,
he was reared in the tannery business and continued
to engage in it in early life. In 1856 he went West,
locating in Illinois, w-here he was engaged in the
lumber business during the summer and fall for five
years, during the winters of which he taught school
and music. In i86r he returned to New Hampshire,
married in Newport, and went to Michigan to en-
gage in lumbering, remaining for one year. For
thirty-five years he was engaged in mercantile busi-
ness, beginning with a grocery store in Wheeler
block, Newport, and has gradually extended until

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he is one of the most prominent business men of
Newport, and is identified with nearly every enter-
prise tliat has come into the town. In 1887 he with
others built a shoe factory in Newport, which em-
ploys a considerable part of the people and adds to
the thrift and development of the village. For many
years he has been treasurer of the Newport Power
and Building Company. He has served several
times on the board of selectmen and has held many
other offices in the village of Newport. He has been
very attractive in the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and has served as grand master of the
grand lodge of the state. He is also prominent in
the order of Free Masonry, and has aicted as grand
high priest of the grand Royal Arch Chapter of New
Hampshire. He served also as district deput>- grand
lecturer and district deputy grand master of his dis-
trict, and was for three years master of the local
lodge. Since his retirement from active business in
1894 he has been engaged in caring for his invest-
ments in and about Newport. He was married, Oc-
tober 27, 1861, to Caroline Elizabeth Dean, who
was born September 3. 1837, in Goffstown,
New Hampshire. She is the eldest child of Solo-
mon Dean, a manufacturer of flannels, and operator
of mills in Newport, from before i860 until after
1870, when he sold them to Abiathar Richards. In
1870 he employed fifteen hands, and consumed seven-
ty-five thousand pounds of wool and cotton, produc-
ing one hundred and forty thousand yards of flan-
nel. Solomon Dean was born September 5, 1815,
and removed from Gilsum to Newport in an early
day. He died in that town July 22, 1874. He was
married December 30, 1835. to Augusta Caroline
Roby. who was born April 25, 1817. Their children
were : Caroline Elizabeth, and Marietta Emroy.
The former is the wife of Franklin A. Rawson, as
above stated; the latter is the wife of Sylvester S.
Ingalls. Mr. and Mrs. Rawson have two children:
Morton Otis, March 26, 1S68, and Shirley Jonathan,
March 9, 1870. Morton Otis has been since attain-
ing his majority, in the hotel business and is now in
Los Angeles, California: Shirley Jonathan married,
February 6, 1899, Maude C. Jenness, of Conway,
New Hampshire. They have had two children, one
of whom Florence Alma, born ,at Rochester, March
23, igoo, died May 16, i960. The other is
Franklin Alanson Rawson, Jr., born at Rochester,
August 15, 1902. Shirley J. Rawson is a hotel-
keeper at Baldwinsville, Massachusetts.

Most authorities agree that the name
ROGERS of Roger or Rogers is derived from

the word Hruod in Frank, Brother in
North Gemian, and Ruhm in the modern German,
meaning fame or glory. The Rogers family is one
of the most ancient and numerous in this country;
but the early records are very confusing. There
were no less than eleven by the name of John Rogers
among the seventeenth century immigrants. Savage,
in his "Genealogical Dictionary," says that none of
these, or in fact, any of the early settlers of the
name, can establish a claim to descent from John
Rogers, who suffered martyrdom at Smithfield in
1555. though^ many of them have traditions to that
effect. Considering the number of the martyr's off-
spring it is surprising that more trace of them can-
not be found. Among the many in this country by
the name of John Rogers may be mentioned the
president of Harvard College in 1683. Probably the
earliest American Rogers was Thomas, who came
oyer in the "Mayflower" with his son Joseph, and
died early in 1621. It is possible that the present
line may be descended from him, but the name of

William does not appear among the sons or grand-
sons of Thomas.

(I) William Rogers lived at Huntington, Long
Island, about the middle of the seventeenth century.
In the records of that town he is thought to be the
son of Isaiali, but all efforts to trace Isaiah have
proved fruitless. On July 30, 1656, Jonas Wood,
William Rogers and Thomas Wilkes seciired a deed
from Asharoken and eight other Indians, trans-
ferring extensive tracts of "medoe, freshe and salte,"
on the north side of Long Island, "with all the ar-
bige that is or shal bee heare after upon the woods"
for "2 coates, fore shertes, seven quarts of licker
and eleven ounces of powther." This deed was re-
corded in New York, October 15, 1666. William
Rogers married Ann, whose maiden name is un-
known, and they had seven children : Obadiah. John,
Samuel, Mary, Jonathan, Noah and Hannah. The
date of William's death is not known, but Mrs. Ann
Rogers was a widow in 1669.

(II) Noah, fifth son and sixth child of William
and Ann Rogers, was born in 1646. On April 8,
1673, he married Elizabeth Taintor, and they had
eight children : Mary, John, Josiah. Thomas, Heze-
kiah, Noah, Elizabeth and Ann. Noah Rogers died
in 1725.

(III) John, second child and eldest son of Noah
and Elizabeth (Taintor) Rogers, was born Novem-
ber 6, 1677. On June 17, 1713, he married Lydia
Bowers, and they had nine children: Lydia, ^lary,
Hannah. Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Daniel, Samuel
and Stephen. John Rogers died about 1750 in Bram-
ford, Connecticut.

(IV) Joseph, second son and sixth child of John
and Lydia (Bowers) Rogers, was baptized April 29,
1725. On August 3, 1748, he inarried Susan Pardee,
and they had five children : Jason, Joel, Abigail,
Joseph and Malachi.

(V) Joseph (2), third son and fourth child of
Joseph (l) and Susan (Pardee) Rogers, was born
April 27, 1755. in Bramford. Connecticut. On De-
cember 25, 1779, he married Lois Hall, who was
born September 25. 1757. in Wallingford. Connecti-
vrut. They had six children: Thaddeus, whose
sketdh follows : Benajah, Lemuel. Abigail. Lois H.
and Joseph. Joseph (2) Rogers died April 19. 1833,
at Clarcmont, New Hampshire, and his w'ifc died at
the same place, May 30, 1829.

(VI) Thaddeus. eldest child of Joseph (2) and
Lois (Hall) Rogers, was born July 20. 1780. at
Wallingford. Connecticut. He came to New Hamp-
shire, perhaps with his father, and died before him.
He married Philena Putnam, and they had nine
children : Philena. Elisha, Mary A., Fannj-, Melana,
Lois. Adeline, Charles and Thomas. Thaddeus
Rogers died at Piermont, New Hampshire, at the
early age of forty-two.

(VII) Elisha. eldest son and second child of
Thaddeus and Philena (Putnam) Rogers, was born
August 31. 1S07. On December 23. 1834. he married
Mrs. Matilda Lull Hunt, who was born May 28. 1799.
They had two children : Albert, whose sketch fol-
lows, and Matilda, who died in infancy. Elisha
Rogers died March 8, 1883. at Piermont. New Hamp-
shire, and his wife died there, November 7, 1878.

(VIII) Albert, only son and elder child of
Elisha and Matilda (Lull) Hunt Rogers, was born
March .10, 1836, at Piermont, New Hampshire. He
was educated in the schools of his native town, at
Bradford. Vermont, and at Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden. New Hampshire. He was a prosperous
farmer, and lived in Piermont up to 1893. when he
removed to Haverhill Corner, wliere he spent the
last nine years of his life, released from active labor.

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While ill Piermont he served as selectman, and was
justice of the pea;ce for fifteen years. He was a
staunch RepubHcan, and attended the Congregational
Church. On March 29, 1866, Albert Rogers married
Anna Elizabeth Underbill, the daughter of Stephen
and Sarah Ann (Stephens) Underbill, who was
■ born August 29, 1843, in Piermont. They had three
children: .-\lbert E., born September 6. 1867; Ed-
ward S., born September 28, 1868, both at Piermont ;
and Frank R.. born May 17, 1879. On September 6,
1893, Albert E. Rogers married Lillian May Evans,
and they live in Everett, Massachusetts. On June
20, 1894, Edward S. Rogers married Bessie Maud
Evans, and they have one child. Edward Albert, born
May II. 1S97. They also live in Everett, Massachu-
."ietts. Mr. Rogers died May 19, 1902, in Los An-
geles, California.

The Smileys are among the numerous
SMILEY Granite State families of Scotch-Irish

origin, and in intellectual attainments
and general usefulness they have been equal to their
contemporaries of the same race. The family is a
prolific one and has numerous representatives in the
United States.

(I) Francis Smylie, descended from Scotch
Covenanters, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in
1689, about the close of the famous siege of that
place. He married Agnes Wilson, supposed to be
of Protestant Scotch-Irish family, and came in 1727
to America with his wife and three children ■ John,
bom 1720; Hugh, 1723: and William, i.'.'.y. He
settled first in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where were
born: Margaret, 1728: Agnes. 1730; David, 1732.
Sixteen years later he moved to the adjoining terri-
tory-, in New Hampshire, called Windham, after-
wards so divided that he lived in Londonderry. New
Hampshire, where he died in 1763. Two years after
his death his farm was sold to Alexander Park,
whose daughter Mary married Hugh Smiley. They
removed to Winslow, Maine, and became the an-
cestors of a large family of Smileys.

(II) Deacon William Smiley, son of Frances
Smyl*e, w'as born in the north of Ireland in 1727,
and came the same year with his parents to this
country'. Sometime after his marriage, in 1753. he
went to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and was one of
the first settlers in that town. He acquired posses-
sion of lot No. 13. range 8, located on the eastern
border on Gilmore Pond (originally called Smiley
Pond), and clearing a farm resided there for more
than fifty years. This farm 'has been for many years
without an occupant. Deacon Smilfy was one of
the organizers of the town government, serving on
its first board of selectmen; was the first town clerk
and treasurer ; and the first representative to the
legislature (1784) imder the state constitution, which,
as a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1781,
he assisted in formulating. He was also one of the
original members of the first church organized in
Jaffrey and acted as a deacon for' many years. In
1810 he went to reside with his son in Springfield,
Vermont, and died there INIarch 24, 1813. He mar-
ried Sarah Robinson, of Boston, who died in
Springfield, Vermont. November 14, 1815, in the
eighty-fifth year of her age. They had a family of
ten children, whose names were : John, Agnes, Wil-
liam, Francis, David (who died young), Sarah,
James, David. Robinson and Hugh. Their two sons,
David and Robinson, were the first natives of Jaff-
rey to become college graduates. The latter, a Con-
gregational minister, settled in Springfield, Ver-
mont.

(III) David Smiley, sixth son and eighth child

of Deacon William and Sarali (Robinson) Smiley,
was born in Jafifrey, March 26, 1769. He was grad-
uated from Harvard College, prepared himself for
the legal profession, and opened the first law office
in Jaffrey. Early in the last century he removed to
Bristol and practiced law there several years, and
thence to Plymouth, and was principal of the old
Plymouth .\cademy. From Pljmouth he went to
Grafton, where he practiced law with success until
his death, which occurred May 19, 1845. He mar-
ried Mary Harkness, whose mother, Elizabeth (Put-
nam) Harkness, was a relative of General Israel
Putnam. Of their five children only two lived to
maturity: Mary Harkness Smiley, born July 5. 1806.
became the wife of Deacon David Fosdick, October
9, 1834, and died June 25, 1864; and James Robinson
Smiley.

(iV) James Robinson, son of David and Mary
(Harkness) Smile}-, was born in Bristol, June 17.
T8aS. He was fitted for college at the Kinrball
Union Academy, and in 1825 entered Dartmouth, but
withdrew during his sophomore year in order to be-
gin the study of medicine under the direction of Dr.
Reuben Muzzey, of Hanover. His progress was in-
terrupted by ill health, but he finally resumed his
studies imder Dr. Robert Lane, of Sutton, and took
his medical degree at Dartmouth in 1833. He was
associated with Dr. Lane for the succeeding four
j-ears, during which time he gained much valuable
professional experience, and in 1837 he located in
Grafton, where with the exception of two short in-
tervals spent elsewhere, he resided for nearly thirty
years, building up and retaining during the whole of
that period an extensive and lucrative general prac-
tice. Beside Grafton, his field of operation extended
into the towns of Danbury, Springfield, Canaan.
Orange and Alexandria. Earnestly devoted to his
profession, he never ceased to be a student, seeking
to discover the causes of every disease comin.g under
his observation, and exercising in his treatment such
care and judgment as to generally master them.
Realizing the urgent necessity for a respite from his
arduous labors in Grafton and vicinity, and respond-
ing to the desire of his preceptor, w-hose daughter
Elizabeth he had married in 1S37. Dr. Smiley re-
moved to Sutton in 1866, and thenceforward devoted
himself to the care of the practice and the estate cf
his father-in-law. whose activity and usefulness were
fast nearing their end. He practiced his profession
in connection with farming at Sutton for twenty
years, or until the termination of his busy life,
which occurred in that town October 15. 1886.

Prior to the formation of the Republican party,
of which ht was a staunch supporter, he voted with
the Whigs, and his views upon all the important
political issues of his dav were both intelligent and
pronounced. In early life he served as deputy-
sheriff of Grafton county, and was for many years
prominently identified with the state militia, retiring
with the rank of colonel. He also served with un-
questionable ability as superintendent of the public
schools in Grafton. He was actively interested in
the Sons of Temperance, havin.g helped to organize
a division of that order in Sutton; was a charter
member of Sutton Grange. Patrons of Husbandry:
and a member of the New Hampshire State Medical
Societv. In 18^6 'he assisted in establishing the
Christian Church at Grafton, and his profound in-
terest in matters relative to the moral and religious
welfare of the community were frequently em-
phasized with far-reaching effect. He w'as scholarly,
accurate, faithful, unselfish, one of the kindest men
that ever lived.

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laide Lane, born October lo, 1837 ; Mary Elizabeth,
born November g, 18.39, <Jied September 9, 1856;
Frances Farle}-, born July 8, 1841 ; Susan Ela, born
August II, 1S43; Pamelia Tarbell, born January ig,
1846; and Robert Lane, born April 10, 1849. All
were born in Grafton. The daughters, who were all
educated at Colby Academy, New London, New
Hampshire, have been successful school teachers,
notably Miss Adelaide L. Smiley, who has been
twice called to Colby Academy, New London, as its
lady principal, her two engagements there covering
a period of nearly twentv vears. Susan E. was mar-
ried July 30, 1885, to Charles L. Pulsifer, and died
in Lake Village, April 2, 1890. Pamelia T. became
the wife of Rev. Benjamin O. True, August 18, 1874,
and resided for many years in Rochester, New
York. Frances F. Smiley is residing at the old
homestead in Sutton, as is also her brotrher, Robert
L., W'ho was formerly a well-known journalist. He
married Harriet E. Keyser, February 29, 1S92.

(IV) Paul, eldest son of Nathaniel
LADD Ladd and his third w-ife, Mrs. Mercy
Hilton, daughter of Kingsley Hall, of
Exeter. New Hampshire, was born in that town
March 6, 1719. He settled first in the neighboring
township of Stratham, on a farm deeded him by his
father, March 28, 1747. After a few years he re-
moved to Epping, on the road to Nottingham Square,
where he bought a place which afterwards became
a part of the Nottingham town farm. Near the be-
ginning of the French and Indian war of 1754 he
thought it best on account of hostile Indians to
move to a more thicklv settled neighborhood, and so
bought a farm on Red Oak Hill, in Epping. Mr.
Ladd. was a thrifty farmer in comfortable circum-
stances, with a good education for his day. He was
a man of sound judgment, and was often consulted
by his neighbors in time of trouble, and was held in
high esteem by the townspeople generally. In re-
ligion he was a disciple of Whitefield, whose follow-
ers at that time were called "New Lights." This
was during the period when the Congregational min-
isters all over New England were settled and sup-
ported by the town, and Mr. Ladd's refusal to pay
his tax toward the prescribed form of public worship
caused some trouble. In 1747 Paul Ladd married
Martha Folsom, daughter of Nathaniel Folsom, of
Exeter, and they had ten children : Paul, born Feb-
ruary 26, 1749, died unmarried; Dudlev, whose
sketch follows ; Llis, married John Folsom": Martha,
died at the age of four ; Mercy, died at eight years ;
Smieon, married Lizzie Hines ; Martha, married
Steven Smith: Nathaniel, married Polly Smith-
Josiah, married Polly Gale ; and Susannah,' born Oc-
tober 26, 176S. died unmarried. Paul Ladd died in
February, 1783, having nearly completed his sixty-
fourth year: and his widow survived him nineteen
years, dying July 17, 1804.

(V) Dudley, second son and child of Nathaniel
and Martha (Folsom) Ladd, was born February 26,
1740, probably in Stratham. New Hampshire. " His
early life was spent in Epping with his parents, but
he made his permanent home in Deerfield, where his
descendants, numbering at least five generations,
have lived ever since. Dudlev Ladd was a man of
intelligence and well known in "his section of the
state. He taught many terms of school, and served
as deputy sheriff of Rockingham county for twenty
years. About 1774 Dudley Ladd married Lydia,
daughter of Daniel Haines, and three children were
born of this union: John F., whose sketch follows;
Mercy, born in 1783, who died unmarried; and

Lydia, born April 14, 17S5, who married Benjamin
Smith, of Epping. Dudley Ladd died July 3, 1818.

(VI) John Folsom, eldest child and only son of
Dudley and Lydia (Haines) Ladd, was born at
Deerfield, New Hampshire, April 19, 1775. On De-
cember 13, 1798, he married Dorothy Smith, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Rachel (Brown) Smith, and of.
this union were born ten children : David, w'ho died
young; Lois, who married Mark Wadleigh; David,
who married Hariet Hoit; Pulonia, who married
Cyrus JMann, of Pembroke, New Hampshire ; Dud-
who married Harriet Hoit ; Pulonia. who married
ried John Dunham; John F. (2), mentioned below;
Lucy, who died unmarried at the age of seventy-
three; Sally, married (first) Luther Fuller ; (second)
Andrew Ladd'; Harriet, who married William
Treadwell, of Lowell. John Folsom Ladd died May
27, 1817, at the early age of forty-two, and his
widow survived him thirty-five years, living till
iVugust 13, 1852.

I, VII) John Folsom (2), fourth son and seventh
child of John Folsom (l) and Dorothy (Smith)
Ladd, was born August 10, 1810, at Deerfield, New
Hampshire. He married Mary M. Rollins, daughter
of Ebenczer and Betsey (Rollins) Rollins, and they
had four children : Mahala E., born January 24.
1839; Alpheus J., born January 18, 1S45, married
Melissa Langley: George M., born March 14, 1848,
married Ann A. Batchelder; and Mary A., mentioned
below. (See Rollins, VII).

(VIII) Mary Adelaide, second daughter and
youngest child of John F. (2) and Mary (Rollins)
Ladd, was born at Deerfield, New Hampshire, June
20, 1854. On July 3. 1S73, she married John Moody
Hill, of Deerfield. (See Hill, II).

Within seven years after the incorpora-
KING tion of Wilton, New Hampshire, the an-
cestor of the first family of King settled
in that town. As the most of his descendants for
generations were females, many of his progeny
bear other names than King.

(I) Richard King is described in a deed given
at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, April 21, 1753, as
"a cabinet maker & Joyner." He removed to Wil-
ton in 1769. and bought of James Maxwell, lot No.
3, of the eighth range. He was an industrious
man, and excellent mechanic, and turned out many
pieces of furniture, specimens of which, antique
and substantial, are still in existence. His foot
lathes remained in his shop many years after his
death. He was a pious man, of good habits and
irreproachable .character. His daughters were dis-
tinguished for their industry and household vir-
tues, for beauty of person and amiability of dispo-
sition. He married (first), Lucy Butterfield. who
died in Wilton. September 13, 1783, aged fifty
years : second, Sarah Wooley, of Westford, Massa-
chusetts, who died in 180S. His children, all by
the first wife, were : Lucy, Mary, Betsey, Benning,
and Sarah.

(II) Benning, only son of Richard and Lucy
(Butterfield) King, was born in Chelmsford, Mas-
sachusetts, July II, 1767, and was brought by his
parents to Wilton. New Hampshire, in 1769. He
died October 14, 1845, aged seventy-eight. He was
a prosperous farmer and of sterling character. He
married, November 19, 1794, Abigail, daughter of
Ashby Morgan. She died November 12. 1855, aged
eighty-five. Her mother's family name was Greeley.
She was called by one of her descendants "a para-
gon of excellence." At the age of seventy-three
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baptized by immersion. The children of Benning
and Abigail were : Samuel, Sarah, Abigail, Han-
nah, Clarissa, Mary, and Sanford.

(III) Colonel Samuel, eldest child of Benning
and Abigail (Morgan) King, was born in Wilton,
August 26, 1795, and died June 20. 1862, aged sixty-
seven. He was a farmer, residing in Wilton, and
was a man of great physical vigor, once mowing
on a wager six acres of grass in one day between
sunrise and sunset. He was widely known as an
officer of the militia, and was commissioned July
I, 1829, colonel of the Twenty-second regiment of
New Hampshire militia. He was also captain of a
volunteer company called the "Miller Guards,"
which received a splendid standard from General
James Miller. On two occasions, in 1840 and 1861,
he offered his services to the country as a soldier.
He was energetic, enthusiastic, and a man of gen-
erous impulses. He married first, September,
1816, Rebecca Parkhurst, w-ho died June 9, 1817,
aged twenty-four. He married second, January
27, 1820, Lydia Livermore, who was born in Wil-
ton, May 20, 1702, and died March 4, 1871, aged
seventy-eight. She was the daughter of Rev. Jona-
than and Elizabeth (Kidder) Livermore (See Liv-
ermore, V). He had by the first wife, Rebecca
Parkhurst, one child, Rebecca ; and by the second
wife, Lydia Livermore, six children : Elizabeth,
John. George, Josephine, Henry L., and Mary W.

(IV) Mary W.. youngest child of Colonel Sam-
uel and Lydia (Livermore) King, was born in Wil-
ton, Februarv 4, 1838, and married, January 29,
1859, James taft. (See Taft, II).

From 1634 to 163S there arrived in New
KING England no less than seven immigrants

by the name of King. Two bore the
name of Thomas and the others were : William,
Robert, Richard, Mitchell and Edward. There is
some reason for believing that the New Hampshire
branch of the family now in hand, which was es-
tablished by an early settler in Langdon, is the pos-
terity of Thomas King, who was born in England
in 1614, was a passenger from London in the ship
"Blessing" and settled in Scituate, Massachusetts,
where he was admitted to the church in 1637-8.
His son. Deacon Thomas, married Elizabeth Clap,
daughter of Thomas Clap, of Dorchester, England,
who settled in Scituate in 1633, and was the an-
cestor of Rev. Thomas Clap, president of Yale Col-
lege from 1739 to 1766. John King, son of Deacon
Thomas and Elizabeth (Clap) King, was born at
Scituate in 1677, and John King, Jr., son of John
and Rebecca King, was born there in 1704.

(I) William King, the Langdon settler above
referred to, came from Tolland, Connecticut, to
that town as a pioneer and was prominently iden-
tified with the early development of that locality.
His wife was Betsey Darby.

(II) Captain William (2), son of William (x)
and Betsey (Darby) King, was born in Langdon
and settled in Alstead. where he became a pros-
perous merchant. He was an able officer in the
state militia, and participated to some extent in
the anti-Masonic disturbance which took place early
in the last century. For some time he struggled
bravely against the ravages of pulmonary phthisis,
which terminated fatally in 1851. He married Mary
C. Ritchie, daughter of John Ritchie, an extensive
farmer and the wealthiest resident of Londonderry
in his day, who was accustomed during the winter
season to transport his farm products by ox team
to Boston^ for a market. She became the mother of
twelve children, six of whom are now living. Col-

onel Dana W., who will be referred to at greater
length below; Dean W., M. D., of Boulder, Colo-
rado, twin brother of the colonel ; James, of whom
there is no information at hand; ^lartha H., wife
of James W. Chilcott, of Denver, Colorado : Clara,
who became the wife of B. F. Clapp, of Nashua;
and Emma W., who married James T. W. Drips,
of Arvada, Colorado. (N. B. These children are
not given in chronological order).

(Ill) Colonel Dana Willis, son of Captain Wil-
liam and Mary C. (Ritchie) King, was born in
Alstead, New Hampshire, June 29, 1832. He at-
tended the public schools of his native town, and
at the age of nineteen years went to Boston, wdiere
he obtained a clerkship in a provision store. About
a year later he was prevented from shipping on a
whaling bark by the interference of his twin brother,
and going to Detroit, Michigan, was employed in
a grocery store in that city for a few months. Re-
turning east, he went to reside with his parents in
Nashua, and entered the employ of Josephus Bald-
w'in, manufacturer of bobbins and shuttles. In 1854
he joined the exodus of young men bound from
New England to the then newly settled states of
Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin, and after spend-
ing two and a half years in the west he returned
to Nashua, where he resumed mechanical employ-
ment in the repair shops of the Nashua Manufac-
turing Company. Although not a mechanical ge-
nius he never-the-Iess developed considerable abil-
ity, and in cases of emergency made himself ex-
ceedingly valuable to his employers. The breaking
out of the civil war in i86r, aroused his patriot-
ism and at the same time kindled into life a capac-
ity for the military service, which was a heritage,
and enlisting in Company F, First Regiment, New
Hampshire Volunteers, he served in the field with
credit for a period of three months, returning home
a corporal. Signifying his intention of re-enlisting,
he was commissioned second lieutenant of Com-
pany A, Eighth New Hampshire Regiment, which
was transported by water from Boston to Ship
Island and attached to the Department of the Gulf
under the command of General Benjamin F. Butler.
He was quartered in New Orleans after its capture,
and subsequently participated in nearly all of the
engagements in wliich his regiment took part, in-
cluding the capture of Port Hudson, which was
captured on the third attempt, the first two having
failed. General Banks then called for one thousand
volunteers to take it. Colonel King was among the
number who responded. It was captured at a tre-
mendous cost to the Eighth New Hampshire, which
was the fir.st regiment to enter, and they pulled
down the Confederate flag. For the part Colonel
King took in this assault, the United States Senate,
in 1906, voted him and others a medal of honor.
For meritorious conduct in the face of the enemy
he was promoted to the rank of captain, and at
Port Hudson so many officers were either killed
or disabled, that at one time he commanded several
other companies in addition to his own. In the
Red River expedition under General Banks his
horse was shot from under him and on April 8,
1864. he was captured at the Sabine Cross Roads.
Louisiana, by the enemy. His sufferings at Shreve-
port, Louisiana, and within the Confederate stockade
at Tyler, Texas, from wdiich he made his escape only
to be' recaptured and be subjected to more hardship,
can be appreciated only by those of his comrades in
misery, now alive. He was finally exchanged, and
rejoining his regiment at Natchez. Mississippi, re-
turned with it in November, 1865, in command of
the veteran battalion, with the rank of lieutenant-

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colonel, being the only remaining officer originally
commissioned who was in line when the regiment
left the state.

For the past thirty-eight years Colonel King has
aided in no small measure in developing the re-
sources of Nashua. In iS68 he was elected regis-
ter of deeds for Hillsboro county and retained that
office, through successive re-elections, until April
I, 1907, although the Republican party, of which
he is a staunch supporter, has frequently suffered
defeat. For many years he has been recognized as
an expert in the examination of land titles and he
still devotes much time to that occupation. He was
chosen an alternate to the Republican national con-
vention of 1888, was a delegate to the national con-
vention at ^Minneapolis in 1892, and although mak-
ing no pretentions to being an orator, he is an in-
teresting as well as a humorous speaker and has
made upward of thirty-five memorial addresses in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In Masonry
he has advanced to the thirty-second degree Scot-
tish Rite, being a member of Rising Sun Lodge,
Meridian Sun Chapter, Israel Hunt Council and St.
George Commandery, Knights Templars ; he is also
a member of John G. Foster Post, Grand Army of
the Republic ; the Loyal Legion ; the Massachusetts
Association of Prisoners of War ; and has served as
treasurer of the New Hampshire Veterans Associa-
tion from the time of its organization, 1877, to the
present time. In his religious belief he is a Univer-
salist. On the outer wall of his residence in Con-
cord street is a reproduction of the Nineteenth
Corps badge of the Grand Army of the Republic,
cut in brown stone and blazoned in gold, which at-
tests beyond question his paramount interest in
that organization. September 2, 1857, Colonel King
was united in marriage with Miss Jennie L. Carter,
daughter of Joseph and Elmira (Blake) Carter, of
Nashua. The children of this union are: William
D., born August 17, 1858; and Winnifred May, born
March 10, 1870. The latter was married June 14,
1893, to Levi A. Judkins, of Claremont ; they have
one child: Winnifred K., born October 12, 1895.

until 1902, and then removed to Meredith, New
Hampshire, where he has since lived, and now has
a large and prosperous business, being a skillful
mechanic. He is a Republican and an attendant,
but not a member of the Baptist Church. He mar-
ried Mary Beardsley. They have six children :
Ralph, Alice, Lawrence, Annette, Joseph, and
Archie.

It is impossible at the present time to
KING state how the first bearer of this sur-
name acquired it. He may have taken
it from his lofty bearing, or the place he occupied
in the mock ceremonies of tlfe thirteenth and four-
teenth centuries, as for instance, Epiphany, when
there w-as a great feast, and one of the company
was elected king, the rest being according to the
lots they drew, either ministers or maids of honor ;
or he may have been "King of Misrule," who initi-
ated and conducted the merry doings of Christmas-
tide ; or the king who with his queen was en-
throned in each English village on May morning.

(I) Thomas, son of Mitchell King, was born in
Dunham, Province of Quebec, in i8,si. He was ed-
ucated in the common schools and learned black-
smithing, which trade he has followed all his life.
He removed to the United States, and lived for a
time in Worcester, Massachusetts, and later went to
Troy, Vermont, where he now resides, and carries
on the business of his trade. He married, Jane
Rice, of Sheedon, and five childi-en were born to
them: Joseph F., Nelson, Jasper, Mabel, and Maud.

(II) Joseph Francis, eldest child of Thomas and
Jane (Rice) King, was born in Worcester. Massa-
chusetts, May 3, 1872, and was educated in the
common schools of Massachusetts and Vennont.
He was employed by the Central Vermont railroad
for a time, and then learned the blacksmith's trade.
He followed that vocation at St. Albans, Vermont,

In the tide of sturdy emigrants who
SARGENT left England's shores to settle along

the "stern and rockbound coast" of
New England in the early part of the seventeenth
century, was the ancestor of the Sargents, who
have thought more about the clearing away of the
wilderness, the making of homes and farms, the
erection of workshops and factories, the rearing of
churches and schoolhouses, and the founding of a
great free nation, than of keeping a record of their
acts. A brief account of some of them is here
given. The earliest record seeming to bear on the
origin of the Sargent family of this article appears
in the Abbey church at Bath. England, under date
of November 22, 1602, where the record of the
marriage of Richard Sargent and Katherine Stee-
vens is set out, and it states further "Ano Dom.
1630, Jenning Walters and Joane Sargent were mar-
ried April 15," and under "Baptisms," "Elizabeth,
the daughter of Richard Sargent, 28 day. 1603. Oc-
tober ; 1606, June, William the Sonne of Richard Sar-
gent the 28th ; March, 1609, Joane the daughter of
Richard Sargent was baptised the 26th." No further
record of father or son is found there, and it is
inferred that they may have gone to London and
William shipped from there.

(I) One historian of the Sargent family says:
"At first I was not inclined to believe this William
was our ancestor, or from this part of England.
But since learning that the father of William's
first wife, 'Quarter Master John Perkins,' was at
Agawam in August, 1631, a short time after arriv-
ing in America, and that he came from near Bath,
England, it seems quite probable that _ if William-
was from there and with Captain Smith in 1614,
when the latter landed at Agawam and wrote up
its beauties and advantages, William may have re-
turned and induced John Perkins and others to em-
igrate." The first record found of William is in
the general court records of Massachusetts Colony
in April, 1633, where a copy of an act appears to
protect him and other grantees of land ^ at Aga-
wam, now Ipswich, Massachusetts, in their rights.
The next record is that of his oath of allegiance
and fidelity in 1639. It is shown by records and
deeds that he was one of the first settlers at Wessa-
cucoh, now Newbury, in 1635 ; _ at Winnacunnet,
now Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1638; at South
Merrimac, now Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1639..
and that "William Sargent, townsman and commis-
sioner of Salisbury," had a tax rate December 25,
1650, of 7s. 4d. He was next located at Salisbury
New "Town, now Amesbury and Merriinack, in
1655, where he resided until his death in 1675.
He is believed to have married Elizabeth Perkins
about 1633, as she came with her parents to Amer-
ica in the ship "Lion," in the spring of 1631. She
died before September 18. 1670, for William mar-
ried at that time Joanna Rowell, who survived him
and married Richard Currier, of Amesbury. The
children of William Sargent seem to h'ave been as
follows, but owing to lack and contradiction of rec-
ords there is uncertainty about them : Mary, Eliza-
beth (died young), Thomas. William, Lydia, Eliza-
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Elizabeth. (William and numerous descendants
are noticed farther on in this article).

(II) Thouias, third child and eldest son of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth Sargent, born in Salisbury.
Massachusetts, June il, 164J, died February 27,
1706, was a farmer, and resided on "Bear Hill." He
took the oath of allegiance and fidelity at Amesbury
before Major Robert Pike, December 20, 1677; held
public office, and was quite a prominent man in
civil affairs, and a lieutenant in the militia. His
will was dated February 8, 1706. and probated at
Salem, April 8, 1706. He married January 2, 1667,
Rachel Barnes, born February 3, 1648, daughter of
William Barnes of Amesbury and Salisbury. She
died in 1719. Both were buried in the "Ferry Cem-
etery." Their children were: Thomas (died
young), John (died young), Mary, Hannah. Thom-
as. Rachel, Jacob, William, Joseph, Judith (died
young), Judith, and John. (Jacob and Joseph and
descendants are mentioned in this article).

(III) Thomas (2), fifth child and third son of
Thomas (i) and Rachel (Barnes) Sargent, was
born in Amesbury, November 15, 1676, and died
May I, 1719. He resided in Amesbury, wzs a
farmer, and held office. He married, December 17,
T702. !Mary Stevens of Amesbury, born 1680; died
May 24, 1766. They were buried in the "Center
Cemetery." Their children were : Christopher,
Moses, Stephen and Mehitable. (Stephen and de-
scendants receive extended mention in this article).

(IV) Moses, second son and third child of
Thomas and Mary Stevens Sargent, was born in
Amesbury, August 21, 1707, and died July 24, 1756,
at Amesbury, where he resided and was buried. He
was a farmer. He married, August 14. 1727, Sarah
Bagley, of Amesbury, where she was born in 1708,
and died March 16, 1801. Their children were:
Orlando, Mary, Sarah, Dorothy and Christopher,
whose sketch follows.

(V) Christopher (i) Sargent was born in
Amesbury, May 18, 1740, and died November 10.
1830. He was a tiller of the soil. He married,

June 12, 1759, Anna, daughter of Robert , of

.\mesbury. where she was born August 29, 1741,
and died July 31, T824. Their children were: An-
na. Moses, Nicholas, Dorothy. Betsy, Christopher,
Rhoda. Sarah, Stephen and Polly.

(VI) Christopher (2). sixth child and second
son of Christopher (i) and Anna Sargent,
was born in Amesbury, October 24, 1771, and
died March 29, 1814. He was a farmer, and lived
and died in Amesbury. He married. April 12, 1795,
Jennie Patten, born April 24, 1775, died September
7. 1831. She was born, married, died and was bur-
ied in Amesbury. The children of this union were :
Nicliolas, Cyrus, Christopher, Jane, John B., Ste-
phen. John P., and Benjamin F.

(V^II) Cyrus, second son and child of Christo-
pher (2) and Jennie (Patten) Sargent, was born in
.A.mesbury. April 19, 1798. He removed to IMerri-
mac, where he was a farmer. He married (first),
September 25, 1825, Sarah C. Annis. Strafford,
Vennont, born September 3, 1803, died October 20,
1841 ; and (second), January 16, 1850. Hannah M.
^ Davis, South Lee, New Hampshire, where she was
born, April 19, 1813, and died October 13, 1888. He
died at Merrimac, July 19, 1886, aged ninety years.
He had eleven children, nine by the first wife and
two by the second, all born in Amesbury. His
children were : Adeline, Christopher, Cyrus E., Jo-
seph A., Sarah J., Julia A., Sarah A., Benjamin
A., Lucius Clark, Mary A. and Anna.

(VIII) Cyrus Edwin, second son and third
child of Cyrus and Sarah C. (.\nnis) Sargent, was

born in .A.mcsbury, February 20, 1830, is a musician
and resides in Boston. He married, 1854, i\laria
A. Houghton, of Lebanon, New Hampshire, born
in Cambridge, August 13, 1857, died at Concord,
April 9, 1893, and was buried at Lebanon. Their
children were : Frederick E., Addie M., and Alice
H.

(IX) Addie M. Sargent, born 1858, married,
1S88, Edward N. Pearson, of Concord, New Hamp-
shire. (See Pearson, VIII).

(IV) Stephen, third son and child of Thomas
(2) and Mary (Stevens) Sargent, was born Sep-
tember 14, 1710, in Amesbury, and died October 2,
1773, in that town, where he always resided. He
was a captain of troops in the French and Indian
war, and is said to have prayed with his company
while stationed at Crown Point, which was not ap-
proved by the higher officers. He married Sep-
tember 26, 1730, Judith Ordway, of Newbury, born
1712, died June 4, 1790. Their fourteen children
were : Thomas, James, Stephen, Peter, Nathan,
Judith (see Elliott Colby. V), Abner, Lois, Amasa,
Moses (died young), Ezekiel, Moses, Mary and
Ebenezer. (Amasa and Ezekiel and descendants
are mentioned in this article).

(V) Abner, seventh child and sixth son of
Stephen and Judith (Ordway) Sargent, born in
Amesbury, August 18, 1741, died August, 1792, in
Warner, New Hampshire. He was a farmer, and
resided in Amesbury until 1780, and then removed
to Warner, where he spent the remainder of his
life. He married, October 22, 1766, Sarah Rowell,
of Amesbury. Their children were : Nathan, Eliz-
abeth, Stephen, William R., Judith. Abner, Thomas,
Lois, and Isaac. (William R. and Isaac and de-
scendants receive further notice in this article).

(VI) Stephen, second son and third cliild of
Abner and Sarah (Rowell) Sargent, was born
March 23, 1772, in Amesbury, and settled soon after
attaining his majority in Warner, New Hampshire.
He died there October 24, 1S59, aged eighty-seven
years. He engaged in farming and was a successful
and representative citizen. He was married Janu-
ary 23, 1S04, in Warner, to Betsey Currier, who
was born December 12, 1774, in that town, and died
March 15, 1829. Following her death !Mr. Sargent
married Ruth (Colby) Clough. who was born Feb-
ruary. 1793. in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, where
she died January 19, 18S1, and was buried. Their
children, all born in Warner, were: Daniel C,
Abner (died young), Abner, Sally, Thomas, Han-
nah, Jacob R.. Theodate, Isaac and Charlotte S.
The eldest lived in Warner and died in Webster.
Jacob R. was a farmer in Warner, where he died.
Isaac was a calico printer, and died in Pennsylva-
nia, and was buried in Frankfort, of that state.

(VII) Abner (2), third son and child of Ste-
phen and Betsey (Currier) Sargent, was born Sep-
tember 16, 1806, in Warner, and died there July 30,
1887. near the close of his eighty-first year. He was
a farmer and also a merchant. He was married in
March, 1835, at Springfield, New Hampshire, to
Martha J. Morrill, of Boscawen, where she was
horn May 13, 1814. She died .August 19. 1876. in
Warner. Her sons were : Walter, and Frank Mor-
rill. The last named was a farmer in Warner,
where he died in 1892, leaving two daughters. Myr-
tie A. and Ethel M. The former is now the wife
of Edward Brusscau, of Littleton, New Hampshire.
Ethel is wife of .Archie Walcott. a conductor on
the Boston & Maine railroad.

(VIII) Walter, elder son of .Abner and Martha
J. (Morrill) Sargent, was born December 25, 1837,
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his father sold out his mercantile business in War-
ner and settled in that part of Boscawen which is
now Webster, and here the son grew to manhood.
His primary education was supplied by the district
school, and he was subsequently a student at the
Salisbury, Hopkinton, Franklin and Contoocook
academies. In the meantime -he was his father's
assistant upon the farm and was early accustomed
to habits of industry and thereby laid the foundation
of a successful career. He taught school in winter
for a number of years and also worked at carpen-
tering, of which trade he had acquired a thorough
knowledge. For several years he was engaged in
the management of Captain Samuel Morrill's farm
in Andover, and in 1S67 he settled upon a farm
in Warner, which is now his home, and is widely
known as Elm farm. It is handsomely located
about two miles from the village of Warner, on
the road to Kearsarge mountain, and is a handsome
and commodious residence, and is the home of
many who seek rest and pleasure for the summer
vacation, from many localities. At the time when
Mr. Sargent took possession of this farm the build-
ings were in a low state of repair and inconveniently
arranged and located, and he very soon began re-
building in a thorough and systematic _ manner.
His buildings are now models of convenience and
comfort, and are especially adapted for their pur-
poses. He has also added to the acreage of his
farm so that it now covers about two hundred and
fifty acres. Mr. Sargent is an intelligent and pro-
gressive farmer and believes in thorough cultivation
and mixed agriculture. Besides producing excellent
crops he maintains a fine dairy of thorough-bred
cattle, chiefly Guernsey and Jersey strain and usu-
ally has regular, customers. Although existing con-
ditions require him sometimes to purchase grain,
he consid.-rs it more advantageous to raise it, and
is a successful producer of corn and other grains,
which are fed and consumed upon the farm. He
has also given considerable attention to rearing val-
uable colts, and is a breeder of the Delaine IMerino
sheep, his flock usually numbering from fifty to
seventy-five, and the individuals show the advan-
tages of thorough breeding and careful selection.
Mr. Sargent takes commendable interest in the
progress of affairs both at home and abroad and
keeps abreast of the times by reading and inter-
course with his fellows. He has been a member
of the Warner Grange since its organization in
1877, served as secretary of the Merrimac County
Council, and was charter secretary of Merrimac
County Pomona Grange. He retains his interest
in Grange work, but on account of impaired hear-
ing has been for recent years debarred from active
participation in its councils. He was for several
years secretary of the Kearsarge Agricultural and
Mechanical Society. He has always been a friend
and supporter of the free public schools and aided
in the organization of the Symonds free high school
of Warner. He has also served his townsmen as
one of the board of selectmen. He was married.
May 6, 1S63, in Warner, to Addie C. Morrill, of
Andover, daughter of Captain Samuel Morrill, of
that town. She was born December 14, 1838, in'
Andover, and died in Warner September 26, 1873,
and her body reposes in the cemetery in that town.
Mr. Sargent was married (second) at Nashua. Oc-
tober 3, 1877, to Fanny -A. Shaw, youngest dau.ghter
of Deacon Richard and Alice (Watson) Fellows,
of Salisbury, and widow of James Shaw. She is
a native of Salisbury, and her gracious manner and
cheerful hospitality help to render the home of Mr.
Sargent a home indeed to all who come to Elm Farm.

Mr. Sargent has two sons, children of the first wife,
namely: l. Frank H., born December 8, 1864, in
Andover, now chief money order clerk in the money
order department of the American Express Com-
pany at the Union Station of the Boston & Maine
railroad, Boston ; he married, September 29, 1887,
Grace F. Colby, daughter of John P. and Sarah Col-
by, and their children are: Ruth F., born August
21, 1892; Walter Harriman. May, 1895; John Ab-
ner, October, 1896; Howard Morrill, November,
1898; Helen Andrews, November 1900. 2. George
H., born in Warner, May 5, 1867, now on the edi-
torial stafif of the Boston Transcript. He married,
August, 1889. Larrie Dietz, of Iowa City, Iowa ; no
children.

(VI) William Rowell, third son and fourth
child of Abner and Sarah (Rowell) Sargent, was
born March 23, 1772, in Warner, and died in that
town June 27, 1846. He was a farmer. He was
married, November 9, 1798, to Mary Colby, of War-
ner, who was born July 11, 1778, and died Febru-
ary 27, 1870 (see Colby). 'Their children were:
Nathan, Stephen M., Melinda, William R., John C,
Naomi B. and Abner

(VII) Nathan, eldest child of William R. and
Mary (Colby) Sargent, was born November 6, 1801,
in Warner, and died there June 12, 1878, in^ his sev-
enty-seventh year. He was a farmer all his life in
Warner. He was married, September 29, 1825, in
Warner, to Sally Currier, of that town, wlio was
born September 15, 1801, and died September 28,
1827. He married (second), in September, 1830,
Hcpsebah Frazier, who was born 1801, and died April
17, 1878. There was one child of the first marriage
and four of the second, namely : Nathan, Sally E.,
Naomi B., David F. and Maria F.

(VIII) Naomi B., third child and second daugh-
ter of Nathan Sargent and second child of Hepse-
bah (Frazier) Sargent, was born May 9, 1836, in
Warner, and was married April 21, 1869, to Henry
Jepson. of Bradford. (See Jepson, VI).

(VI) Isaac, tenth and youngest child of Abner
and Sarah (Rowell) Sargent, was born in Warner,
New Hampshire, November 21, 1786. and died De-
cember 6, 1825, from fracture of the skull. He re-
sided in Boscawen (now Webster), where he was
a farmer. He married, March 16, 1816, Rebecca
M. Farnum, born December 10, 1795, died, April
19. 1882. She was born, married, died and was
buried in Concord. Their children were : Sarah
F., Ezekiel C, George J., Mary A., and Walter H.,
the subject of an extended notice in this article.

(VII) George Jackman, third child and second
son of Isaac and Rebecca M. (Farnum) Sargent,
was born in Boscawen, October 20, 1820, died in
Concord, August 27, 1901. He received his educa-
tion in the public schools and Franklin and Pem-
broke academies, and at the age of twenty-one be-
gan to learn the stonecutter's trade, which he soon
mastered, and was advanced to the position of su-
perintendent of stonecutters, under various erri-
ployers. He was a very successful man in busi-
ness, and in his later life retired and owned arid
occupied a handsome home on Penacook street, in
Concord. He also owns several other pieces of
residence property in the city. He was a Congre-
.gationalist in religion, and for many years was a
member of the North Church. In politics he was
a Republican, and held positions of honor and trust,
while a resident of Quincy, Massachusetts. He was
a person of fine ability, well informed, interested
in public improvements, of pleasing address and
highly respected. He married (first) at Lawrence,
Massachusetts, September 21, 1867, Amanda M.

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Bordraan, born at Hebron, New Hampshire, Janu-
ary I, 1832. She died at Concord, August 14, 1870,
and he married (second) at Haverhill, New Hamp-
shire, October 35, 1S82, Lucy M. Marston, born in
Benton, New Hampshire, September 6, 1855, daugh-
ter of Barllett and Ann S. (Brown) Marston (see
Marston, VH). By the first marriage of Mr. Sar-
gent there was one daughter, Jessie G., born July
6, 1S68. She married. May 6, 1S91, Charles E.
Smith, and died May 13, 1897, leaving four chil-
dren : Freda M., Bertha Lucy, Kelsey Low and
Jessie Sarah. By the second marriage there were
three children : Lillian, George Jackman, and Beu-
lah. The first died -in infancy. The second is now
a student at the New Hampshire State College.
The youngest is an artist of much natural ability.
Her paternal home is adorned with handsome spec-
imens of her skill in pencil drawing.

(Vn) Walter Harris, third son and fifth and
youngest child of Isaac and Rebecca M. (Farnum)
Sargent, was born in Boscawen, March 6, 1825,
and died in Concord, November 24, 1895, aged sev-
enty. He was educated in the common schools. For
some years he was a partner with his brother,
George J. Sargent, in quarrying and cutting stone
in Quincy, Massachusetts, and later returned to Bos-
cawen and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
was a speculator, and nearly all his life was inter-
ested in various enterprises. He dealt in farms,
and at one time owned thirteen in Boscawen. He
was a superior hunter, and before the rebellion was
a captain in the state militia. He was a recruiting
officer for the war of 1861, and was a second lieu-
tenant in Company H, Fourteenth regiment, New
Hampshire Volunteers, and later promoted to first
lieutenant. He was taken prisoner and spent three
months in Libby prison. He returned home in 1864,
after serving three years. He was a member of
William L Brown Post, Grand Army of the Re-
public, at Penacook, of which he was one time com-
mander. He was a good farmer, an enterprising
business man, a patriotic citizen, and a brave sol-
dier. He married, October 5, 1852, Serena L. Far-
rington, of Norway, Maine, where she was born
December 15, 1832, a daughter of John Farrington.
She died July 25, 1883, at Bridgewater, where she
was buried. Their children were : Ella Frances,
born April 29, 1854, who married November 14,
1874, Charles Noyse, and died June 4, 1888; Arthur
W., August 25. 1835, now living in Vancouver,
British Columbia; Anna Judson-, March 21, 1857.
married April 20, 1876, S. Frost Hammond, of
Bristol, this state; Flora May, October 11, 1866,
married June (8, 1896, John L. A. Chellis, of Con-
cord ; Walter Herbert, next mentioned.

(Vni) Walter Herbert, youngest child of Wal-
ter H. and Serena L. (Farrington) Sargent, was
born in Boscawen, February 26, 1868. He was edu-
cated in the common schools, New Hampton Insti-
tute. Tilton Seminary, and the State Normal School
at Plymouth. After leaving school he established
himself in the business of contractor and builder at
Concord, where he has since been successfully en-
gaged in that line. He has erected buildings in
various parts of New En,gland, among which are
the college buildings at Durham, all but one of
which he built ; the Carnegie Library, Dover ; the
high school building at Woodstock, Vermont ; the
school-house in West Concord ; the high school
building in Lebanon ; the Odd Fellows' Home, Con-
cord ; and the Catholic parochial school building in
Concord. He makes crayon drawings (both por-
trait and landscape) an avocation, and in this line
of art has met with success. He took the first

prize at the State Fair, Concord, 1905. He is a Re-
publican, attends the Baptist Church, and is a mem-
ber of Rumford Lodge, No. 46, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, Concord. He married, December
13, 1899, at Concord, Abbie Smart Adams, born in
Concord, April 23, 1876, daughter of Frank and
Georgiana (Holt) Adams, of Concord. He has a
son by a former marriage, Irville W., born May 24,
1890.

(V) Amasa, seventh son and ninth child of
Stephen and Judith (Ordway) Sargent, was born
December 11. 1744, in Amesbury, and resided all
his life in that town where he was engaged in ag-
riculture and died there September 25, 1815. He
was married (first) in 1770 to Mary Webster, who
was the mother of two of his children. He mar-
ried (second), October 18, 1774, Sarah, daughter of
Robert and Anne (Cofiin) Sargent, of West New-
bury. She was born 1750, and died September 20,
1833, in Amesbury (now Merrimack). Robert Sar-
gent was born October 10, 1716, in Amesbury. and
died in that town January 28, 1808. He was mar-
ried, January 22, 1741, to Anne Coffin, of West
Newbury, who was born February i, 1722, in New-
bury, and died February 20, 1798, in that town.
Robert Sargent was a farmer and a captain in the
state militia. Sarah, his daughter, who became the
wife of Amasa Sargent, was his fifth child and
third daughter. He was a son of John Sargent,
who was born May 18, 1692, in Amesbury, a son
of Thomas Sargent (see Sargent, II). She was
born August 23, 1692. John Sargent died May 19,
1762, at Amesbury, where he passed his life and
was buried. He was a farmer, and held various
town offices and was captain of the militia. His
eldest son and second child was Robert, father of
Amasa Sargent's second wife. Amasa's children
were : Mary, Martha. Moses, John, Edmund,
Stephen, Robert and Paine.

(VI) Moses, eldest son of Amasa Sargent, was
born May 26, 1777, in Amesbury, Massachusetts
(now Merrimack), and resided in Salisbury, Mas-
sachusetts, where he was a shipwright and died Sep-
tember 7, 1855. He was married February 14, 1802.
in Salisbury, to Anna Morrill, daughter of Abra-
ham and Sarah (Joy) Morrill, and granddaughter
of Abraham and Anna (Clough) Morrill, of Ames-
bury. Abraham Morrill, last above named, was the
son of Abraham Morrill and wife, Elizabeth Sar-
gent (see Morrill, III and Sargent, II). Anna
(Morrill) Sargent was born September 2, 1778.
Her children were : Anna. Moses, Louisa, Thomas
M., Sophia, John M. and Mary.

(VII) Moses (2), eldest son and second child
of Moses (i) and Anna (Morrill) Sargent, was
born December 16, 1803, in Salisbury, and resided
for a time in that town. He was a manufacturer
and was located at various times in different towns
of New Hampshire. He was an active man and
took some part in public afifairs and held several
offices. He died September I, 1886, in Lakeport,
New Hampshire. He was married (first), October 27,
1824, to Judith Hoyt. who was born in 1S05. and
died July 26, 1849. He was married (second) in
February, 1850, to Mrs. Mary Huntington, who was
born in 181 1, and died December 2, 1854. Mr. Sar-
gent married (third), February 22, 1854, Sarah
Thing. His first wife was the mother of all of
his children, namely : Mary, Stephen. Moses, John,
David and Frank S.

(VIII) Frank Sanborn, youngest child of Moses
(2) and Judith (Hoyt) Sargent, was born August
TO, 1S4S, in Portsmouth, New- Hampshire, and was
an infant when his parents removed to Lake Vil-

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lage (now Lakeport). There he attended the pub-
lic scliools. including the high school, until he was
seventeen years of age, when lie went to Belmont,
New Hampshire, and took emploj'ment in the hos-
iery mills there. That he was a faithful and in-
dustrious worker is evidenced by the fact that he
continued in the same establishment until May i8,
1904, when he retired from active labor and during
this time he had risen through the gradations until
he was overseer of the mill. Since his retirement
he has resided with his son in Penacook, New
Hampshire. He was married (first) January 8,
1875, to Annie V. Collins, of Meredith, New Hamp-
shire. She died February 28, 1873, at Belmont.
She left two sons, Elmer U., and Frank Bowen ;
the latter resides in Concord. Mr. Sargent was
married (second), January 8. 1875, to Clara
Thompson, of Belmont, who died in that town Sep-
tember 26, 1895. She was a daughter of Israel
Thompson and was born in 1853. Her children
were : Olin Thompson, Moses B. and Helen B.
(IX) Elmer Ulysses, eldest child of Frank San-
born and Annie V. (Collins) Sargent, was born
March 2g, 1871, in Belmont, New Hampshire, and
received his primary education in the district
schools of that town. He graduated at Gilmanton
Academy in 1890 and was three years a student
at Tilton Seminary. In 1896 he entered Dartmouth
College and graduated from the medical course in
1900. For some months thereafter he was engaged
in the Boston hospitals for the purpose of preparing
for active practice. In July, 1900. he settled in Pen-
acook and opened an office and is now in the enjoy-
ment of a large and growing practice. He is an ear-
nest student and keeps abreast of the times, not only
in his profession but in the various interests of life.
He makes no effort to mingle in public affairs, but is
a pronounced Republican in political principle. He
is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and of the Knights of Pythias. He was married,
September 3, 1902, to Martha Rolfe, of Penacook,
daughter of Henry and Lydia Ellen (Gleason)
Rolfe (see Rolfe, VIII). She w-as born November
4, 1874, in Penacook, and is the mother of one son,
Eben Rolfe Sargent, born April 15, 1906.

(V) Ezekiel, ninth son and child of Stephen
and Judith (Ordway) Sargent, was born March
12, 1748, in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and died
September 15, 1821, in that town. He was a farmer
by occupation, and passed his life in Amesbury,
where lioth he and his wife were buried, and where
the children were born. His will was probated at
Salem in 1821. He was married, September 29,
1784, in Amesbury, to Betsey Kelley, of that town,
and their children were: Ezekiel, Stephen, Betsey,
Sally, Hannah, Nathan, Abner, John K., Judith,
beside a son and daughter, who died in infancy,
younger than any of the above.

(VI) Stephen, second son and child of Ezekiel
and Betsey (Kelley) Sargent, was born April 13,
1787, in Amesbury, and died December 17. 1853,
in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He resided for a
time in Newport, New Hampshire, where his chil-
dren were born. He was married Feliruary 13,
1S14, to Sally Davis of Plaistow, New Hampshire,
and they had two sons : Daniel Davis and Eze-
kiel D.

(VII) Daniel Davis, elder son of Stephen and
Sally (Davis) Sargent, was born December 28, 1816.
in Newport, New Hampshire, and resided in early
life in Hopkinton. In 1862, he removed to Stod-
dard, where he was engaged in farming and died
June 30. 1887. His body was deposited in the cem-
etery at Hopkinton. He was a very successful

farmer and was active in public affairs, serving
several years as selectman and at one time was chair-
man of the board. He was also town treasurer,
and for a number of years was treasurer of the
Grange, holding that office at the time of his death.
He was thoroughly respected and esteemed by all
his acquaintances. He was married April 6, 1843,
to Mary W. Chase, of Hopkinton, daughter of Jo-
seph Chase, of that town. She was born July 2,
1822, and is still very active in her eighty-fourth
year. Their children were: Emily C, Clara D.,
Mary J., Edmund H., Sarah M., and Hattie C.

(VIII) Edmund H., only son and fourth child
of Daniel D. and Mary W. (Chase) Sargent, was
born April IX, 1849, in Hopkinton. and was edu-
cated in that town and in Stoddard. He remained
on the home farm until he attained his majority,
and then learned the blacksmith trade, which he
followed for five years. He then became expert
at the tinner's trade, and for eighteen years con-
tinued in that occupation. Later he removed to
Newport, New Hampshire, where he worked two
years for the Nourse Hardware Company. In 1893
he moved to Sunapee Harbor, and established him-
self in the hardware and tinning business in part-
nership with a Mr. Curtis, the style of the firm be-
ing Sargent & Curtis. They are the only dealers in
this line in Sunapee, and carry an extensive line
of hardware and employ a number of men through-
out the year. Their business had been very suc-
cessful, and is deserved because of their industry
and sound business judgment. For a few years
Mr. Sargent was a resident of Marlow, New Hamp-
shire, and served as one of the board of selectmen
of that town. He is a member of Forest Lodge,
No. 69, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Mar-
low, and has passed through the principal chairs
in that lodge, and has been a member of the Grand
Lodge. Since he has been a resident of Sunapee,
he has been active in promoting the welfare and
progress of the town and is now serving his fifth
year as chairman of the board of water commission-
ers. He was married to Mary S. Nelson, daughter
of John Nelson, of Sutton, New Hampshire.

(III) Jacob, sixth child and third son of Thomas
and Rachel (Barnes) Sargent, was born in Ames-
bury, Massacnus:tts. October i, 1678, and resided
and died there May 7, 1754. His will was dated
Jtme 16, 1742, and probated at Salem in 1754. He
was a farmer. He married (first), November 2,
1700, Gastret Davis, of Amesbury, who was born
in 1676. and died June 27, 1745. Married (second),
December 22, 1746, Elizabeth Baxter, widow of
Daniel Hoyt. His children, all by his first wife and
born in Amesbury, were : Sarah, Rachel, Thomas,
Annie, Alice, Hannah, Benjamin and Peter.

(IV) Thomas, third child and eldest son of
Jacob and Gastret (Davis) Sargent, was born in
Amesbury, March 18, 1706, and died there in 1778.
He was a farmer and spent his life in Amesbury.
He married (first), March 26, 1728, in Amesbury,
Priscilla Weed, of that town, who was born in
1707 and died October 12, 1750. Married (second).
April 15, 1756, widow Rebecca (Rogers) Blaisdell,
of Amesbury. He had the following named chil-
dren by his two wives : Thomas, Jacob, Hannah,
Judith, Ephraim, Isaac, Asa, Moses, Dorcas and
Phineas.

(V) Moses, eldest child of Thomas and Rebecca
(Rogers) (Blaisdell) Sargent, was born in Ames-
bury. January 12, 1757, and died in Warren, Ver-
mont. .August II. 1839, aged eighty-two. He was a
farmer, and moved to Hartland, Vermont, in the
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Warren in 1804. He enlisted in the Revolution
from Aniesbury, May, 1775, for eight months in
Captain Currier's company; in July, 1776, for six
months in Captain Brown's company ; in July. 1777,
for two months, and in July, 1778, for three months
in Captain Eaton's company. All these enlistments
were in Aniesbury. He enlisted from Weare in
July, 1779, for three months in Captain Dearing's
company: March, 1780, for nine months in Captain
Cheney's company; July, for three months in Cap-
tain Kidder's company; and October, 1781, for two.
months in Captain Hall's company, making a total
of three years. He was a pensioner, and the history
of Weare states that he was a corporal and received
a bounty. He was one of the first settlers of War-
ren, represented the town and held office almost
continuously for many years. He married, Febru-
ary 22, 1779, Sarah Crane, of Weare, New Hamp-
shire, who was horn February 6. 1761, and died Oc-
tober 30, 1820, in Warren. Vermont. He married
(second), about 1821, Widow Ruth Burroughs, of
Roxbury. His children, all by his first wife, were
born, three in Weare and the others in Windsor.
Six children who died in infancy, one not given,
and the others were : Phineas, Sarah, Stephen,
Moses. Polly and Thomas.

(VI) Polly, daughter of Moses and Sarah
(Crane) Sargent, was born in Windsor, Vermont,
October 12, 1793, and died in May, 1880, aged
eighty-seven. She married, October 11, 181 1, Jus-
tine Jacobs, a clergyman of Warren, and resided
in Chester, Wisconsin. (See Jacobs, I).

(IH) Joseph (i). sixth son and ninth child of
Thomas (i) and Rachel (Barnes) Sargent, born in
Amesbury, June 2, 1687. died May 16, 1733, and was
buried at Amesbury. He resided on Bear Hill and
was a farmer by occupation. He married (first),
November 17, 1715, Elizabeth Carr, of Newbury,
born 1693. She died December 28. 1729, and he
married (second), April 8, 1731, Widow Sarah Cur-
rier, who survived him and administered on his
estate. The children, all by the first wife, were :
Judith. Elizabeth, Rachel, Catherine, Joseph and
Sears.

(IV) Joseph (2), eldest son and fifth child of
Joseph (i) and Elizabeth (Carr) Sargent, was born
in Amesbury. May 22, 1725. died in 1804. He was
a farmer and resided in Aniesbury ; he also owned
land in South Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1760.
He married, November 25, 1746, Miriam Flanders,
of South Hampton, born 1729, died 1804. Their
children were: Elizabeth (died young). Kattren,
Joseph, Levi, Elizabeth, Zebulnn, Joshua, Jacob and
Miriam.

(V) Jacob (3), eldest son and third child of
Joseph (2) and Miriam (Flanders) Sargent, was
born in Amesbury, August 20, 1751, and died Jan-
uary 5. 1841. He removed to Hopkinton, New
Hampshire, and later resided in Warner where he
was engaged in tilling the soil. He married, Au-
gust 12, 1773, Judith Harvey, of Aniesbury, where
she was born September 28, 1755. She died October
24, 1831. Both died and were buried in Warner.
Their children were : Levi, John, Joseph, David,
Zebulon, Ambrose C. Caleb, Judith, Clark, Sarah
and Miriam.

(VI) Joseph (4), third son and child of Jo-
seph (3) and Judith (Harvey) Sargent, born in
Warner, November 7, 1781. died January 9, 1845.
He resided all his life in his native town and was
buried there. He married Sarah Flanders, of Hop-
kinton, born 1778, died May 9, 1848. They had
three children: Harvey, James F. and Judith.

(VII) James Flanders, second son and child of

Joseph (4) and Sarah (Flanders) Sargent, was
born in Hopkinton, July 4, iSio, and died in Con-
cord, New Hampshire, July 6, 1864. After obtain-
ing his literary education he began the study of
medicine with Dr. Moses Long, of Warner, grad-
uated at Dartmouth, and commenced practice in
Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1834. Subsequently for
several years he enjoyed a successful practice at
Contoocook, and at a later day a like practice at
Concord where he went in 1847. He married Flora
Grokin, born 1812, died t888. Their children were:
Ruth F., Mary C, Joseph Pelatiah and James S.
(VIII) Ruth F., eldest child of Dr. James F.
and Flora (Grokin) Sargent, died in July, 1905;
married George W. Dustin. (See Dustin).

(II) William (2), second son and fourth child
of William (i) and Elizabeth (Perkins) Sargent,
was born November 2, 1645, in Salisbury, Massa-
chusetts, and resided in Amesbury, where he was
a farmer and held official positions. According to
the Newbury records his birth occurred January
2, 1646, but this difference is due to the varying
system of keeping dates in those days. He sub-
scribed to the oath of allegiance and fidelity at
Amesbury, December 20, 1677. He was married,
September 23, 1668, to Mary Colby, of Amesbury.
The time of his death is approximated by the record
of probating his estate, March 31, 1712. His chil-
dren were: William, Philip, Charles, an unnamed
infant son, and Jacob. (Mention of Charles and
Jacob and descendants appears in this article).

(III) Philip, second son of William (2) and
Mary ( Colby) Sargent, was born .\ugust 12, 1672, in
Amesbury, in which town he resided and engaged
in agriculture, and died l7-t2. He was married.
December 7,^1693, to Mary Tewksbury, of the same
town, and their children were as follows : Charles,
David, Jonathan, Martha, Philip, Mar^', Dorothy,
Ruth. Joanna and Betsey. (An account of Jona-
than and Philip and descendants forms part of this
article).

(IV) Charles, eldest child of Philip and Mary
(Tewksbury) Sargent was born October 10, 1694,
in .\mesbury, Massachusetts, and was a farmer re-
siding in that town. His will was probated at Sa-
lem, October 21, 1754, and names his wife and chil-
dren. He was married, December 11. 1718, at Hav-
erhill, Massachusetts, to Hepsebah Heath, of that
town. She died October, 1754, surviving her lius-
band by a few days. He died in September. Their
children were : Zebediah, Miriam, Cutting, Charles,
Aaron, Ruth. David. Sarah and Elizalieth.

(V) Aaron, fourth son and fifth child of Charles
and Hepsebah (Heath) Sargent, was born February
T3. 1726, in Amesbury, and died in Canterbury, New
Hampshire, in 1797. He was a farmer in that town
and was buried there. There all his children were
born, two by the first marriage and five by the sec-
ond. No record ^ of his first marriage has been
found. He married (second) November 16, 1757,
Submit Estabrook, of Haverhill. His children
were: Samuel, Aaron, Zebediah, }i;iijah, Sally and
Comfort. The second sen was a soldier in the
French and Indian war and was carried to Canada
as a prisoner. He returned home subsequently and
served in the Revolutionary war and died while in
the army.

(VI) Samuel, eldest child of Aaron Sargent,
was born in Canterbury, New Hampshire, and re-
sided all his life in that town, wlifre he was a
farmer He married Miriam Tucker, of Salisbury,
Massachusetts, and their children were: Ezra,
Aaron. Samuel, Dominecus, Lydia, Charles, Sally,
Nancy, John and Myra.

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(VII) Samuel (2), third son and child of Sam-
uel (i) and Miriam (Tucker) Sargent, was born
March 21, 1777, in Canterbury, and died there May
9, 1855. He was a farmer, residing all his life in
that town. Mr. Sargent was an old line Democrat
in politics, but paid little attention to church mat-
ters, and took no part in public affairs. He was
married August, 1801, in Canterbury, to Betsey
Stevens, a native of that town. She was born De-
cember 8, 1783, and died June 5, 1862, surviving
her husband more than seven years. Following is
a brief mention of their children : Abiah, the eldest,
married Gideon L. Sargent of Canterbury and
Lakeport, and died in the latter place. Lucinda be-
came the wife of Andrew Stevens, a farmer of Lou-
don, New Hampshire. Sarah married William H.
Gage, a lumber man of Boscawen, and died in 1892,
in that town. Samuel was a farmer in Canterbury,
and died there in 1882, leaving two daughters.
Mary married William Batchelder, a farmer of
Loudon. William Forrest receives mention below.
Elizabeth married John C. Gage, a miller of Pena-
cook.

(VIII) William Forrest, second son and sixth
child of Samuel (2) and Betsey (Stevens) Sar-
gent, was born July 4, 1817, in Canterbury,
where he resided throughout his life, engaged
in farming, and died November 17, 1878.
He was married, April 19, 1847, to Aphiah A.
Young, of Canterbury. She was born February 10,
1823, and still survives him. Mr. Sargent was a
man of domestic tastes and took no part in public
afTairs. He was fond of his home and family, and
paid no attention to religious matters in a public
way. He was a Democrat in politics, and was an
honest and upright citizen. His family included
two sons, William Young and Charles John.

(IX) William Young, , elder son of William F.
and Aphiah (Young) Sargent, was born April 19,
1851, in Canterbury, where he now resides and is
engaged in farming. He was married October 29,
1878, to Almira J. Ayers, of Canterbury, who was
born ir. that town August 2, 1855, daughter of
Charles and Helen (Garrish) Ayres, and have no
living children.

(IX) Charles John, younger son of William F.
and Aphiah (Young) Sargent, was born October 7,
1858. on his father's farm in 'Canterbun,-, and re-
sides on the paternal homestead of his grandfather
and great grandfather. Mr. Sargent's health has
never been very robust and he has confined his at-
tention to the affairs of the home farm, which re-
quires all of his strength. Like his forefathers, he
adheres to the Democratic party in politics, but he
has taken no part in public affairs and has never
sought or desired any office. He is engaged chiefly
in dairy farming, and is moderately successful. He
was never married.

(IV) Jonathan, third son and child of Philip and
Mary (Tewksbury) Sargent, was born March 18,
1698, in Amesbury, where he grew up and passed
his life, being a farmer. His will was probated at
Salem in 1755, which indicates that as the year of
his death. The Christian name of his wife was
Jemima, and their children were : Susanna, Jon-
athan, Philip, Sterling and Hannah.

(V) Sterling, third son and fourth child of Jon-
athan and Jemima Sargent, was born May 25, 1731,
in Amesbury, and lived until after his children
were born in.Plaistow, New Flampshire He was
an early resident of Allcnstown, New Hampshire,
where he died about i/Ofi, his will being probated
at Exeter in that year. He was a successful farmer,
and his progeny is still numerous in the vicinity of

his last home. He was married (first), to Lydia
Coffin, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, who was
born August 6, 1729, and died before 1785. His sec-
ond marriage occurred September 24, 1785, the bride
being Mehitable Davis, of Amesbury. His third mar-
riage took place at Pembroke, New Hampshire.
February 14, 1788, to Mary Andrews. His children,
all born of the first marriage, were : Simeon, Jon-
athan, Molly, Jemima and Philip. (Mention of
Jonathan and Philip witii descendants appears later
in this article).

(VI) Simeon, eldest child of Sterling and Lydia
(Coffin) Sargent, was born October 16, 1752. in
Plaistow, New Hampshire, and settled in Bow,
same state, where he had a large farm, and built
the house now occupied by his great-grandson. He
was an industrious and prosperous farmer, and
cleared land on one of the highest elevations of the
town. He was married in Pembroke, February 5,
1782, to Martha Buntin, of Allenstown. She was
born November 15, 1759, in Amesbury, and died
1854, in Bow, having survived her husband about
twenty-seven years He passed away March 30,
1827. Of their children two were born in Ames-
bury, and the others in Bow, namely : Jane, Anna,
James. Jemima, Philip, Andrew B., Simeon C,
William, Sally (died at two years), Martha and
Sally, (Mention of Andrew appears in_this ar-
ticle'.)

(VII) James, eldest son and third child of
Simeon and Martha (Buntin) Sargent, was born De-
cember 10, 1786, in Bow, and died January 9, 1871,
at Solon, Iowa. He was a farmer in Bow until 1854.
when he retired and removed to Solon, Iowa. He
married Betsey Sewart, of Dunbarton, who was
born January 1797, in that town and died October
15, 1854, at Solon, Iowa, where both she and her
husband were buried. His children were : Cyrus,
Larkin, Mary, Martha A. and James.

(VIII) Mary, eldest daughter and third child
of James and Betsey (Stewart) Sargent, was born
]May 25, 1820, and was married in 1837, to Benjamin
Page. (See Page VIII).

(VII) Andrew Biuitin, third son and sixth
child of Simeon and ^Martha (Buntin) Sargent, was
born January 31, 1793, in Bow, and succeeded his
father on the homestead, where he lived all his life,
a successful farmer. He was married in Bow, Sep-
tember 30, 1819, to Betsey Alexander, daughter of
Samuel Alexander, of that town, where she was
born November 2, 1798, and died August 9, 1872, in
her seventy-fourth year. Mr. Sargent passed away
well along in his seventy-sixth year, September 28,
1868. Their children were: Elvina, Sarah, Emeline,
Samuel A., Simeon. Enoch A., Lucy J., Sewell,
Philip J. and Charlotte F.

(VIII) Samuel Alexander, eldest son and fourth
child of Andrew B. and Betsey (Alexander) Sar-
,gent, was born September I, 1826, on the family
homestead in Bow, where he made his home
through life. He attended the local district school,
and learned the trade of stonemason when a yoiing
man. He spent most of the summer months during
his active life in building operations or in the quar-
ries at Concord and Suncock. In the meantime his
younger brother cultivated the homestead farm,
which Samuel owned. The latter was a supporter
of the gospel, embracing the faith of the Methodist
Church, and was a Democrat in politics. For many
years he served as selectman of the town. Lie was
married April 30, 1863, to .Adeline B. Holt, who was
bnrn .\pril 4, 183S, '" Wilton, New Hampshire, a
daughter of Aimer Holt of that town. She died
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her husband, who passed away March 8, 1887.
The location of their children is shown as follows:
Mary, born March 30, 1865, is the wife of Gardner
W. Flagg, residing in Melrose, Massachusetts;
Fred, April 16, 1867, resides in Concord, this state;
Samuel is the subject of the following paragraph;
Addie, November 13, 1873, makes her home on the
homestead.

(IX) Samuel, second son and third child of
Samuel A. and Adeline B. (Holt) Sargent, was
born March 2, 1869, on the homestead of his great-
grandfather in Bow, where he continues to reside.
He continued in the local schools and at Pembroke
Academy until he Was eighteen years old, and sub-
sequently spent six years as a stone cutter on gran-
ite in Concord. Since 1895 he has cultivated the
home farm, producing large quantities of fruit. He
has grown in a single season four hundred bushels
of peaches, and also produces cherries, plums and
apples in quantity. Among the benefits received
from his progenitors is the use of a fine farm barn,
forty by one hundred and four feet in ground di-
mension, with basement under all. In days past the
farm was largely devoted to the production of hay
and the keeping of cattle, making this barn neces-
sary, and it was finished in the time of his grand-
father. Mr. Sargent is industrious, like his prede-
cessors on the farm, and aims to keep in touch with
the forces of modern progress. He is a member
of Bow Grange, and of Friendship Lo<lgc, No. 9,
Independent Order Odd Fellows, of Hooksett, in
which he has passed the principal chairs. Besides
the farm, he is the owner of several tenements in
Concord. He adheres to the political teachings of
his father, but keeps aloof from the .public service,
preferring the quiet of his own fireside to the
broils of political life. Mr. Sargent was married
June s, 1895, to Miss Florence Maria Wheeler, of
Bow. who was born February 24. 1873, in Concord.
She is a daughter of Cyrus Colby Wheeler of Bow.
(Sec Wheeler, second family, HI). Her children
were born as follows : Florence Marguerite, Octo-
ber 6. 1896: Philip James, December 25, 1898; Mary
Faustina. March 3, 1900: and Arthur Wheeler, De-
cember 29, 1903.

(VI) Jonathan, second son and child of Ster-
ling and Lydia (Coffin) Sargent, was born probably
at Allenstown about 1755. and died at Chichester in
1839. He was engaged in farming. He married,
(first), Molly, daughter of Daniel Lucas, one of the
first settlers of Buckstreet. and (second), Mary
Bryant. The children all by the first marriage
were : Thomas, Sterling, Lydia, Jonathan, Mehit-
able and Eliza.

(VII) Thomas, eldest child of Jonathan and
Polly (Lucas) Sargent, was born in Pembroke,
October 9, 1780, and died in Pembroke, November
15. 1847. He was a carpenter by trade. He mar-
ried. October, 1816. at Saratoga, New York. Abigail
Hutchins, of New London, horn February 26, 1793.
died January 30. 1887. Their children were : Mar-
tha A., Belinda, Lucy, Isaac C., Thomas L. and
Catherine L.

(YIII) Catherine Lucretia, sixth child and
fourth daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Hutch-
ins) Sargent, was born in Saratoga. New York,
May 3, T827, and died November 15. 1902, in Pem-
broke. She married, August 29, 1847, Trueworthy
Ladd Fowler, of Pembroke, and they had five chil-
dren as follows: Martin, Charles M., Henry T..
Adin G. and Blanche L.

(IX) Blanche Lilla Fowler, daughter of True-
worthy L. and Catherine L. (Sargent) Fowler, was
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born in Pembroke, February 29, i860, and married
David F. Dudley. (See Dudley IX.)

(IV) Philip, fifth child of Philip and Mary
(Tewksbury) Sargent, was born at Amesbury, April
7. 1703. He married, July 23. 1724, Martha Had-
ley. Their children were : Martha, Margaret.
Philip, Abel, Samuel, Dorothy, Noah, Sarah and
Jesse.

(V) Abel, second son of Philip and iVIartha
( Hadley) Sargent, was born at Amesbury, Massa-
chusetts, September 10, 1734. He married Sarah
Hadley, who died July, 1829, at Thornton. New
Hampshire. He was a farmer and resided at Dun-
barton. They had ten children : Sarah, Margaret,
Polly, Martha, Betsey, Dorothy, Philip, Susan, Jo-
seph and Samuel.

(VI) Joseph, second sen and ninth child of
Abel and Sarah (Hadley) Sargent, was born at
Dunbarton. New Hampshire, May 2, 1782. He mar-
ried, (first), Mary Miller, who died in 1827, at
Thornton. In the following year. May 28, he mar-
ried, (second), Fanny A. Merrill (whose maiden
name was Bancroft). She was born at Amesbury.
Massachusetts, June 30, 1789, and died April 7, 1878.
Mr. Sargent was a farmer at Thornton, where he
spent most of his life. He was buried there, as
was all his children but the first. The names of
his children were : Susan, John M., Joseph, Martha
P., Robert M., Mark P., Mary M., Samuel M. and
Charles R.

(VII) Samuel Merrill, fifth son of Joseph and
Fanny (Merrill) Sargent, was born at Thornton,
March it, 1831. He married, June 14, 1857, at Law-
rence, Massachusetts, Cyrene M. Mitchell, a native
of Charlestown, born February 10, 1837. He resided
at Pittsfield, New Hampshire, until 1861, resided at
Hooksett for a time, and then moved to Concord.
He was engaged as a locomotive engineer and in
farming for many years, and then went into the ex-
press lousiness. He died September 3, 1S99. His
wife died February 26, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent
were the parents of four children, of whom three
are now living; Harry G.. further mentioned be-
low: William Page (died October 27, 1900); Eliza
A., who married Perley O. Farrar; and Mary G.,
married William H. Reed.

(VIII) Harry Gene, son of Samuel Merrill and
Cyrene M. (Mitchell) Sargent, was born at Pitts-
field. New Hampshire. September 30, 1859. He
married, December 14, 1881, Elizabeth Dudley, a
native of Concord, born .\pril 5. 1857. (See Dud-
ley VIII.) Of this marriage there is one daughter,
Margaret D., born June 10, 1883.

Mr. Sargent received his public school educa-
tion in the schools of Concord, graduating from the
high school in 187S. and then entered the ofiice of
W. T. and H. F. Norris as a law student. He next
attended the Boston L'niversity Law School a year,
and then returned to Concord and completed his
legal education under the direction of the late Hon.
John Y. Mugridge, and was admitted to the bar in
.\ngust, i<SSi. For twelve years he practiced alone,
and laid the foundation for that professional suc-
cess which has since attended him and the firm with
which he has been identified. In 1893 he formed a
partnership with Henry F. Hollis under the firm
name of Sargent & Hollis, and three years
later Edward C. Niles becarne a member of the firm,
kncwn as Sargent, Hollis & Niles. In 189S Mr.
Hollis withdrew, and in 1900 A. P. Morrill, Esq.,
was admitted, the firm then being Sargent, Niles &
Morrill. January i, T904, James W. Remick. at
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Hampshire, resigned from the bench, and the firm
of Sargent, Remick & Niles was formed, which con-
tinued until August I, 1907, when Mr. Remick with-
drew. Robert W. Upton then became associated
with the present firm of Sargent &; Niles.

Mr. Sargent was elected county solicitor for
Merrimack county in 1885, and served two years.
In 1S87 he was city solicitor of Concord, and held
that position by successive re-elections until 1901.
Mr. Sargent's ability as an attorney has brought
him an extensive practice, reaching beyond the
courts of the state, into various jurisdictions of the
federal courts, and before legislative committees
and tribunals. In 1891 he was associated with
Wayne McVeigh, late attorney general ^ of the
United States, as counsel for Austin Corbin in an
important railroad controversy before the legislature
of New Hampshire, and his arguments both be-
fore the legislative committees and later before the
full bench of the supreme court, to which the legis-
lature had referred the matter, were powerful. In
the litigation involving the title to the summit of
Mount Washington, Mr. Sargent was of counsel
for Coe and Pingree, and appeared before the legis-
lature of New Hampshire, and also before the state
and United States courts with great success.

In the fall of 1900 Mr. Sargent, much against his
desire, accepted his party's nomination for mayor
of Concord. The -city then being in the hands of
his nolitical opponents, the campaign was an ardu-
ous and spirited one. Mr. Sargent was elected,
and assumed the duties of his .office in January,
1901, serving two years As chief magistrate of the
city he was exceptionally powerful and progressive.
Under his vigorous guidance the city undertook its
greatest public work since the institution of the mu-
nicipal water works, in the erection of a new city
building. This enterprise, although meeting a want
long felt and widely recognized, was vigorously
opposed by many of the most substantial and influ-
ential meii of the city, and had- a weaker hand
than Mr Sargent's guided the project, it probably
would have failed. But with quiet persistence he
met the argument of the opponents of the im-
provement, both before the city government and be-
fore the courts, where the questions vvere carried
upon legal grounds, and won" substantial^ recogni-
tion of the justice and legality of his position. The
present handsome municipal building is a moriu-
ment to his able and persistent work for a much
needed public improvement. Mr. Sargent served as
judge advocate general with the rank of brigadier-
general on the staff of Governor Bachelder, 1903-04.
He is a trustee of the Margaret Pillsbury General
Hospital, and of the Protestant Episcopal Church
for the diocese of New Hampshire. He was for-
merly president of the Snowshoe and Wonolancet
Clubs. Upon the occasion of the celebration of the
Webster Centennial (1901), Dartmouth College con-
ferred upon him the degree of Master of .'\rts_iii
recognition of his standing as a lawyer and a citi-
zen.

(VI) Philip (See New Hampshire state papers,
Vol. 13, p. 64-166. for war record), fifth son and
youngest child of Sledling and Lydia (Cofiin) Sar-
gent,Was born at Plaistow, March 21. 1765, and died
at Allenstown. February 21, 1820. He was a farmer.
He married, September 22, T793. Sally Perrin, born
in Pembroke. April 2, 1773, died May 18, 1840.
Thev had one child, Sterling.

(VII) Sterling, only child of Philip and^ Sally
(Perrin) Sargent, was born March 20, 1794, in Al-
lenstown, New Hampshire, and died June 4. 1868,
in Allenstown, where he was a prosperous farmer

and brickmaker. Among the improvements he
made was the erection in 1843 of a substantial
dwelling house in Allenstown, (village of Sun-
cook). He was a Democrat, and represented Al-
lenstown two terms in the legislature, and also
served as selectman. He was a drum major in the
war of 1812, and served at Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire. He was a member of the Methodist Church
and a member of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons. December 29. 1814, he married Sally, daughter
of Matthew and Elizabeth (Buntin) Gault. (See
Gault III.) She was born ^lay 7, 1796, and died
May 10, 1863. Following is a brief account of their
children: Hiram, the eldest, died of yellow fever
in Texas. Matthew died at the age of thirty years
in Pembroke. Philip is mentioned at length in this
article. Sally married, (first), Francis George
Hirsch, and (second). Rev. Henry H. Hartwell, and
died May 19, 1897, in Allenstown. William Gault
died when two years old, and a second of the same
name lived to the age of five months. Elsie Kim-
ball became the wife of Henry W. Furbush, of
Westborough, Massachusetts, and died at Heading
Camp Ground, September l, 1886. Mary Haseltine
is the widow of William F. Head (See Head VI),
residing in Hooksett. Warren is mentioned below.
Abbie married Natt Bartlett Emery, of Pembroke.

(VIII) Philip, third son and child of Sterling
and Sally (Gault) Sargent, was born in Allenstown,
August 16, 1822, and died in the same town, April
15, 1898. He began his education in the common
schools and completed his studies at the Pembroke
Gymnasium. He assisted his father for a time,
later becoming a partner in the business and be-
ing associated with him for a number of years. For
a time he carried on brickmaking alone ; and later
in partnership with his brother Wafren, he con-
ducted a thriving and profitable business for thirty
years. In 1S91 he retired from active pursuits He
was a man of substance and intelligence, and had
influence for good among the people of his com-
munity. He was a Democrat, but not active in poli-
tics or desirous of office. He was persuaded to ac-
cept the nomination for representative to the legis-
lature in 187S, and, being elected, served with abil-
ity one term. He married, December 31, 1849,
Phebe A, Williams, daughter of Charles K. and Ab-
bie (Emery) Williams. She was born in Pem-
broke, June I, 1829, and died February 26, 1903.
They had one child, Ellen F., born in Allenstown,
October 5, 1S50, who married- April 26, 1900,
Charles H. Ames, of Rockland, Maine. She lives
at Allenstown, and occupies the homestead of her
parents.

(VIII) Warren, sixth son of Sterling and Sally
(Gault) Sargent, was born in Allenstown, Septem-
jjcr I. i8.?7, and was educated in the town schools
and at Pembroke Academy. He is the owner of
the eighty-acre farm his father settled on, and oc-
cupies the house on the main street in Allenstown,
which his father built in 1843. He has been a tiller
of the soil and a brickmaker all his life; but of late
years has been less active than formerly in both vo-
cations. Mr. Sargent is a Democrat, and filled the
office of selectman in i860, and representative in the
legislature in 1892. He is a member of Pembroke
Grange, No. IIT, Patrons of Husbandry, Pembroke.
He married, (first), April 2, 1868, Fannie E.
Knowls. born in Dover in 1847, who died in Al-
lenstown Jamiary o. 1S06, and. (second), June 9,
1S96, Florence L. (Staples), widow of Geor.ge W.
Brown, daughter of James and Julia A. (Stone)
Staples, born in Danversport, Massachusetts, No-'
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were l)orn in Cliamplin, Maine, the father in 1821,
(lied in Danversport, in 1864; and the mother in
May, 1825, is now living in Allenstown, aged
eighty years.

(III) Charles, third son and child of William
(2) and Mary (Colby) Sargent, born at Ames-
bury, January 31, 1674, died August 6, i;37, at
Amesbury, was a farmer, and resided in the "West
Parish" of his native town. He married Hannah
Foot, and they had six children : Elizabeth, Tim-
othy, Hannah, Samuel, Elias and Bethsheba. (Men-
tion of Elias follows in tliis article).

(IV) Timothy, second child and oldest son of
Charles and Hannah (Foot) Sargent, born at
Amesbury, March 11, 1698, died 1769. at Amesbury,
where he was a farmer and had always resided.
He married, November 12, 1720, Mary Williams,
of Newbury, and they were the parents of nine
children: Enoch, Henry, Timothy, Mary. Sarah,
Charles, Thomas, Eliphalet and Samuel. (Timothy
and descendants receive extended notice in this ar-
ticle).

(V) Enoch, eldest son and child of Timothy
and Mary (Williams) Sargent, was born at .\mes-
bury, June 18, 1721. He was a farmer, and settled
about :776, at Sunapee. New Hampshire, where he
died and was buried. He married, February 6,
1746, Sarah Hoyt, of Amesbury, born August 26,
1725. They had these children : Mary, Eliphalet,
Sarah (died young), Enoch, Sarah. Michael,
Charles (died young), Timothy, Winthrop, Moses
and Charles. (Moses and descendants receive men-
tion in this article).

(VI) Enoch (2), fourth child and second son of
Enoch (i) and Sarah (Hoyt) Sargent, born at
Amesbury, Massachusetts, December 11, 1751, was
a farmer, and lived at Dunbarton, New Hampshire,
and is named as a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
He married Molly Wells, of Londonderry. Their
seven children were: Wells, died young; Enoch,
died at the age of thirty unmarried ; Wells, Moses,
Polly, Deborah and Abigail.

(VII 1 Wells, third son and child of Enoch (2)
and Molly (Wells) Sargent, was born in Dunbar-
ton. July 13, 1793, and died January 16, 1S60, in
Springfield, New Hampshire. He was a farmer and
resided at different limes at Dunbarton, Lebanon
and Springfield. He married Naomi P. Hammond,
of Dunbarton, born September 18, 1802, died Sep-
tember 27, 1884. They were the parents of nine
children: Hulda H., Enoch, Mary J.. Hannah E.,
Wells, David H.. Eli H., Naomi P. and Elmira A.

(VIII) Hannah E., fourth child and third
daughter of Wells and Naomi P. (Hammond) Sar-
gent, was born at Dunbarton, June 14, 1830. She
married January 6, 1S53, Mathew H. Johnson, a me-
chanic, and resides at Concord. Their children are :
Wells H., Jessie F.. Rose E.. Alphcus, Elsie L. and
Henry H.

(IX) Rose E. Johnson, third child and second
daughter of Mathew H. and Hannah E. Johnson,
was born in Concord, 1S58. She married Fales P.
Virgin. (See Virgin VI).

(VI) Moses, seventh son and tenth child of
Enoch (i) and Sarah (Hoyt) Sargent, was born
September 28, 1770, in Amesbury, Massachusetts,
lived in Sunapee. New Hampshire, from early child-
hood, and died there .April 26, 1S54. He was a
farmer by occupation, and lived a cpiict and exem-
plary life. He married Betsey Sargent, of Salis-
bury, fifth child and daughter of Abel and Sarah
(Hadley) Sargent. (.Sec Sargent V). She was
born May 29, 1773, probably in Dunbarton. and died
May 4, 1843, St her home in Sunapee. Their chil-

dren were : Judith, Betsey, Dorothy, Moses, Aaron,
Charles, Hiram, Rebecca, Winthrop, Philip, Calister
and Elbridgc.

(VII) Hiram, fourth son and seventh child of
Moses and Betsey (Sargent) Sargent, was born
November 23, 1803, in Sunapee, New Hampshire,
and died in that town November 13. 1881. He was
a farmer and representative citizen of the town and
filled various local offices; and lived nearly all his
life in Sunapee. He was married in 1834, to Sarah
Elliott, of Boscawen, who was born November 22,
1812, in that town, and died February 20. 1S92, in
Sunapee. .Ml their children except the first were
born in Sunapee, namely : Edward P., Sylvester B.,
Sophronia, Rebecca, Sumner H., Ellen M., Emma
C, .\bbie. .Arthur E., Sullivan P. and Lewis P.

(VIII) Sophronia A., second daughter and
fourth child of Hiram and Sarah (Elliott) Sargent,
was born May 13, 1839, in Sunapee, and was mar-
ried November 23, 1858, to John Z. Bartlett. (See
Bartlctt VIII).

(V) Captain Timothy (2), third son and child
of Timothy (i) and Mary (Williams) Sargent, was
born in .Amesbury, March 26, 1725. He served as
an officer in the Colonial militia, holding the rank
of captain, and was accidentally drowned in the Bay
of Fundy during the French and Indian war, which
resulted in the capture of Louisburg and other im-
portant points by the British and Colonial forces.
On January 26, 1749, he married Hannah Sargent,
born in Amesbury, July 9, 1732, daughter of Thomas
and Priscilla (Weed) Sargent, and life her husband
a lineal descendant of William Sargent, the immi-
grant. Hannah died December 22, 1802. Of this
union there were four sons, namely : Phineas, Sam-
uel. Valentine and Timothy.

(VI) Valentine, third son of Captain Timothy
and Hannah (Sargent) Sargent, vas born in Ames-
bury, March ir, 1754. When a young man he went
to Dover, New Hampshire, where he enlisted in
Colonel Reed's regiment for service in the Revolu-
tionary war. and he was detailed to the personal
service of the commander. He afterward engaged
in farming at Londonderry, whence he reinoved to
Hill, later to Farmington and still later to Tufts-
born. His death occurred in Dover, June 4, 1829.
lie married, first), in 1787, Hannah Clendcming.
Married, (second), Mrs. Temperance Mason (nee
Brown). His children were: Robert, Hannah.
Hosca, Jonathan, John B., .Abigail, Mary, Sarah and
Ellen. The first child was born in Londonderry
and the others were born in Hill, Farmington and
Tuftsboro.

(VII) liosea, second son and third child of Val-
entine Sargent, was born in either Hill or Tufts-
boro, May 12. 1796. Prior to his majority he served
a year in the United States navy and participated in
the engagement at Plattsburgh during the War of
1872-15. lie subsequently engaged in farming at
Hill, and his death, which was untimely, occurred at
|-)unbarton, January 17. 1834. In 1817 he married
his cousin, Roxanna Sargent, born December 2r.
i7fK), daughter of Phineas (previously mentioned)
and Hannah (Colby) Sargent, of Hill, and there-
fore a descendant in the seventh generation of Wil-
liam .Sargent, the immigrant. Phineas Sargent, who
erected the third dwelling-house in Hill, married for
his first wife Rebecca Wills, and for his second wife
Hannah Colby, and is said to have been the father
of twenty-five children. Hosea and Roxanna (Sar-
gent) Sargent, were the parents of four children,
namclv : Phineas, George W., Franklin and .Al-
bert.

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anna (Sargent) Sargent, was born in Hill, Jtuie

9, 1825. For many years he was engaged in farm-
ing and hmibering, and at one time resided in Mer-
rimack. The greater part of his life, however, has
been spent in Nashua, and he is still a resident of
that city. His first wife was before marriage An-
geh'ne Colman, and his second wife, whom he mar-
ried in 1883, was Abby Fenderson. His children,
all of his first union, are: Laura £., who became
the wife of John McClure. of Nashua; Allice, died
in childhood : Henry, died when a young man :
Arthur E., who will be again referred to; and Alice,
wife of Olin P. Lucier, of Nashua.

(IX) Arthur Edward, second son and fourth
child of Albert and Angcline (Colman) Sargent,
was born in Nashua, July 13. 1864. He was edu-
cated in the public schools, and at the age of sev-
enteen years entered the employ of the Nashua
Manufacturing Company as an apprentice in the
cloth room. He has ever since continued in the
service of that corporation, having attained the re-
sponsible position of an overseer, and is therefore
well acquainted with the textile industry. In poli-
tics he supports the Republican party, but confines
his interest solely to the exercise of his elective
privileges, never having aspired to public office. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Malta.
Mr. Sargent married Alice Blake, daughter of
James and Rosella (Pelkey) Blake, of Peru, New
York. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent have two children,
James H. and Alena U.

(IV) Elias, third son and fifth child of Charles
and Hannah (Foot) Sargent, was born August

10, 1707, in Amesbury, wdiere he resided through
life. He was married there September 21, 1727. to
Anna Hadley, of Amesbury. His children were :
Elias, Trueworthy, Hannah. Anna, Sarah, Elizabeth,
Charles, Mary, Bashcba and John.

(V) Trueworthy, second son and child of Elias
and Anna (Hadley) Sargent, was born September
14, 1729, in Amesbury, and resided in Londonderry
and Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was in Lon-
donderry in 1776. at which time he signed the asso-
ciation test there. In 1812 he was a resident of
Goffstown. He was married November 22. 1750, in
Amesbury, to Hopestill Weed, of that town, where
she was born March 11, 1732.

(VI) Susanna, second daughter and fifth child of
Trueworthy and Hopestill (Weed) Sargent, was
born May 2, 1750, in Amesbury, and was married
November 75, 1792. in Goffstown by Rev. Cornelius
Waters to William Leach. (See Leach VII).

(III) Jacob, fifth son and child of William (2)
and Mary (Colby) Sargent, born in Amesbury,
March 13. 1687, died .\pril 6, 1749, in Chester, New
Hampshire, moved to Chester in 1726, and was one
of the first settlers there. He was a farmer, held
office and was an officer in the state militia. He
married December 7, 1710, Judith Harvey, of Ames-
bury, who died in Chester, Juno, 1749. Their chil-
dren were: Winthrop, Jacob, Judith. Sarah,
Theophilus. Elizabeth. Tabitha and John (the last
named is further mentioned in this article).

(IV) Winthrop, eldest child of Jacob and Judith
(Harvey) Sargent, born in Amesbury, October 28,
171 T. died December 7, 1787, in Chester, wdiere he
was a farmer and held office. He inarried, June
13 i7,sS. Phebc Healey, of Chester, born 1716, died
November 4. 1S06. Their children were : Jessie.
Moses, John. .Abraham. Phebe. Judith and Sarah.

(V) Abraham, third . son and fourth child of
Winthrop and Phebe (Healey) Sargent, born in
Chester. February 28. 174S, died in Chester. March
1822. Like his father before him he was a farmer.

He married. July 4, 1769, Lydia Richardson, of
Chester, born 1750, died February 6, 1840. Their
children were named : Marry, Lydia. Abraham,
Margaret, Susanna, Hulda, Benjamin, Betsey,
Thomas. Martha and John L., who is next men-
tioned.

(VI) John L.. fourth son and youngest child of
.\braham and Lydia (Richardson) Sargent, was
born January 6, 1793. in Chester, and died May 17,
1840. He was educated for a physician, and be-
came a highly skilled healer, practicing in London
and Tamwcrth, this state. He was married. De-
cember 31, 1815. to Sarah Wilkins, daughter of
Deacon Jonathan Wilkins, of Concord. (See Wil-
kins, IV). Their children were: Sarah Hall,
Charles Woodman and Frances A. B. The elder
daughter became the wife of Parker Pillsbury, and
(lied in Concord. The son was many years em-
ployed in mercantile business, was cashier of the
Pawtuckaway Bank of Epping, this state, and later
an officer of the New Hampshire Savings Bank, of
Concord. The younger daughter is the widow of
George A. Bl.Tnchard, residing in Concord. (See
Blanchard, VII). '

(IV) John, youngest child of Jacob and Judith
(Harvey) Sargent, was born about 1727, in Ames-
bury, Massachusetts, and died November 14, 1797,
in Candia. He settled in Chester, in that part
which was subsequently set off as the town of Can-
dia, and was an active citizen, filling several town
(ifiices, and a successful farmer. His will was pro-
bated in 1797 at Exeter. He was married in Ches-
ter, April 29- 1753, to Susannah Harriman, of that
town. She died February 13, 1807, having survived
her husband more than five years. The births of
part of his children are recorded in Chester and
others in Candia and it is probable that all were
born in the same house. They were : Dorothy,
Hnnnah, John. Jacob, Sarah and James.

( V ) Dorothy, eldest child of John and Susan-
nah (Harriman) Sargent, was born March 22,
7754, in Candia. and becaine the wife of Thomas
Emerv. of Loudon, and died in that town, ;\Iarch
75. 783S. (See Emery. VI).

(Second Family.)

The name of Sargent may have
S.\RGENT been derived from the ancient Latin

term servient cs armor om, a military
application, or perhaps from serviens ad legen — ser-
geant of the law. The English equivalent for
serviens (sergent. or sergeant) first appeared in the
reign of Henry the Third. The first of the name in
England probably accompanied William the Con-
(|ueror from Normandy, and it has since undergone
many changes in its orthography, some thirty-two in
all. commencing with Sariant and ending with Sar-
.aent. Ten or eleven of this name immigrated from
England between the years 1633 and 1684.

(I) Hugh .Sargent (Sariant in the records), of
Courtcenhall, in the county of Northampton, born
about the year 7530 and died in r.=;96, married Mar-
.garet Clifford, daughter of Nicholas and Agnes
(Masters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James,
which was a western suburb of the town of
Northampton. The Giffords were also of- Norman
origin. His children were : Elizabeth, Anne, Nich-
olas. Roger. Mary. John, Jane, Alice, Richard,
Thomas, George, Magdeline, Robert, Michael and
Dorothy.

(II) Roger, fourth child and second son of Hugh
and Margaret (Gifford) Sargent, was born in Cour-
tcenhall, about 1562. He was junior bailiff in
7676-77, and mayor of Northampton in 7626. His
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acterisfic of that period, denoted him to have been
a gentleman of noble instincts and a zealous Chris-
tian. January 3, 1589-90, he married Ellen Makcr-
nes, who died in October, 1645, ^"d they, were the
parents of Daniel, Sarah, Anna, Samuel, Joseph,
Dorothy. William, a son who died in infancy. John,
Mary and Elizabeth.

(III) William, fourth son and seventh child of
Roger and Ellen (Makernes) Sargent, was baptized
June 30, 1602. He was made a freeman in North-
ampton, July 20, 1626, and was senior bailiff in
1632-33. The christian name of his first wife was
Hannah : she died in 1632. The christian name of
his second wife was Marie; she probably died in

1637. For his third wife he married Sarah Min-
shall, widow of William Minshall, of Whit Clnirch,
county of Salop, gent., and earlier of Bunroy in
Cheshire. With his third wife and two daughters
by his first marriage he came to New England in

1638, was admitted to the church in Charlestown,
Massachusetts, March 10, 1639, and his wife joined
the following Sunday. He became a freeman of the
Massachusetts colony in 1639, and went to reside at
Mystic side (now Maiden), where he was a lay
preacher from 164S to 1650. and in 1657 removed to
Barn-table. In 1658 he was made a freeman of the
Plymouth colony and is said to have succeeded the
Rev. John L. Lothrop as pastor in Barnstable, but
his succession was probably not immediate. He died
in Barnstable, December 16, 1682, and his wife died
January 12, 1688-89. His children were Elizabeth
and Hannah (of his first union) John, Ruth and
Samuel, who were of his third marriage and were
born on this side of the ocean.

(IV) John, eldest child of William and Sarah
Sargent, was/ baptized in Charlestown, December 8,
1638. He accompanied his pareiits to Barnstable,
but returned to ilalden about the year 1669. and
subseciuently served as a selectman there for six
years. He died in Maiden, September 9, 1716, and
his gravestone is still standing in Bell Rock ceme-
tery. His first wife, whom he married March 19,
1662, was Deborah Hillier, born in Yarmouth, Octo-
ber 30, 1643, died April 20, 1669, daughter of Hugh
Hillier. September 3, 1669, he married Mary Bense,
who died in February. 1671. His third wife was
Lydia Chipman, born in Barnstable, December 25,
1654, daughter of John Chipman, and she died
March 2, 1730. The children of his first marriage
were: Joseph, John, Mary and Jabez, all of whom
were born in Barnstable. Those of his third mar-
riage were : Hannah, Jonathan, Williamr Lydia.
Deborah, Ruth, Samuel. Ebenezer. Hope, Mehitable
and Sarah, all of whom were born in Maiden. (N.
B. At this point a break occurs in the line of de-
scent now being traced, and although every avail-
able record relative to the Sargent fatnily has been
carefully examined, the writer is unable to deter-
mine with accuracy the connecting generations be-
tween John and Jonathan, the father of Benjamin,
the Revolutionary soldier, who was undoubtedly
John's great-grandson).

(VI) Jonathan Sargent went from Bradford,
Massachusetts, to Hillsboro. New Hampshire, about
the year 1770. The dates of his birth and death are
unknown to the writer, as is also the maiden name
of his wife.

(VII) Benjamin, son of Jonathan Sargent, was
born in Bradford. Massachusetts. March 27. 1760.
and when ten years old went to Hillsboro with his
parents, who died shortly afterwards. In 1775 he
enlisted as a private in the Continental army and
devoted six years of his life to the cause of na-
tional independence, serving a greater part of that

tune under General Washington, and surviving the
memorable winter encampment at Valley Forge.
.According to the Revolutionary Rolls he first en-
listed in Captain Huckin's Hopkinton company of
Colonel Stickney"s regiment ; was later in the fourth
company of the Third Regiment ; was from January
I. 1780, to January i, 1781, in Captain Daniel Liver-
more's company of the Third New Hampshire Regi-
ment under Coloned Scammel ; and later in 1781
was a corporal in Captain Nathaniel Head's com-
pany of Colonel Reynold's regiment. It also ap-
pears in these records that he lost the sum of one
hundred and seventy-two dollars and si.xty cents by
the depreciation of his pay prior to January I, 1780.

After the close of the w-ar Benjamin Sargent set-
tled in Hopkinton with a view of following some of
the ordinary occupations in life, but destiny ruled it
otherwise, as he subsequently experienced one of
those singular spiritual metamorphoses which are
generally conceded to be the direct result of a divine
inspiration, and receiving the rite of baptism by
immersion when about thirty-one years old, he
united with the Baptist Church. Deciding to enter
the luinistry,. he availed himself of every opportunity
within his reach to prepare himself for the work,
and was approbated to preach the gospel in accord-
ance with the Calvinistic doctrine. Having labored
in difTerent places for a few years, he was on Octo-
ber ir, 1797, ordained an itinerant in Bow, where
he collected in the short space of three and one-half
years a sufticient number of converts to establish a
well-organized church. March 10, 180T, he removed
to Pittsfield- where he began his labors in the Con-
gregational Church, but an unusually earnest relig-
ious revival, which took place a few months later,
enabled him to organize a Baptist society, and being
in full fellowship with both churches he subse-
quently induced them to worship as one body. Al-
though decidedly Calvinistic in his doctrine, he suc-
ceeded admirably in avoiding all factional or con-
troversial discords, and for the remainder of his
life continued to perform the duties of a pastor for
both denominations with perfect harmony and un-
abated zeal. The church in which he preached oc-
cupied the site of the present Pittsfield town hall,
and within its sanctuary many souls that had hith-
erto walked aimlessly in the darkness were led from
their wanderings into the perpetual light of a spirit-
ual transformation through his unceasing labors in
their behalf. On Sunday, March 15, 1818, he arose
in his usual good health and conducted the morning
worship with his accustomed vigor and earnestness.
Proceedin.g with the afternoon service, he read the
fifth portion of the One Hundred and Nineteenth
Psalm, after which he addressed the Throne of
Grace with great freedom, and then read the sixty-
first hymn from the first book. He had just begun
his sermon wdien the final summons came in the
form nf an apoplectic stroke which proved fatal,
and although he left tinfinished his last discourse on
earth, it may be truthfully said in the language ex-
pressed bv St. Paul in his parting letter to his
friend and co-laborer, Timothy, that he had fou.ght
a good fight, finished his course and kept the faith,
.^t the age of about twenty-five years he married
Eunice Lindell, who bore him seven children, three
of whoiu, two sons and a daughter, survived him.
The latter became the wife of Frederick Sanborn.
and her son. Maior-General John B. Sanborn, com-
manded all of the federal forces west of the Mis-
sissiiini river during the Civil war.

(^TII) Moses L., son of Rev. Benjamin and
Eunice (Lindell) Sargent, was born in Bow. May
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Pittsfield for the greater part of his life, which ter-
minated at the age of seventy-six. Their children
were : Mary Thorndike, Martha and Charles H.
Sargent.

(IX) Charles H., son of Moses L. and Sarah
(Thorndike) Sargent, was born in Pittsfield, Sep-
tember 15, 1825. Learning the trade of shoemaker
he followed it for some years in connection with
farming and at one time was overseer of a depart-
ment in the Pittsfield cotton mill. As a Republi-
can he figured quite conspicuously in local civic af-
fairs, and was a member of the board of selectmen
at the time of his death, which occurred February
I, 1872, at the age of forty-seven years. He was
highly esteemed for the interest he had manifested in
all matters relative to the town, and his citizenship
was of a type well worthy of emulation. He married
Almira Ring, daughter of Theodore and Betsey
(!Maxfield) Ring, of Loudon, New Hampshire, the
former of whom died September I, 1873. Her
grandfather, John Maxfield, who was a Revolu-
tionary soldier, married Rhoda French, and Betsey,
mother of Mrs. Sargent, was their third child.
Theodore and Betsey (Maxfield) Ring were the
parents of two children : Betsey, who married Ben-
jamin Foss : and Almira, who is now the widow of
(Tharles H. Sargent. Mrs. Sargent, who is still re-
siding at the homstead in Pittsfield, and is now
eighty-three years old, retains perfect control of her
mental faculties, including an excellent memory,
and she is a devout member of the Free Will Bap-
tist Church. She has had six children, namely:
Sarah, deceased : Lena A., residing at the home-
stead; Charles E., Ph. D. (Yale), married Nettie
Shepherd (now deceased), of Toronto, Ontario, and
he is now a teacher in the high school in New
Haven, Connecticut; Anna M., wife of Henry F.
Davis, of Haverhill. Massachusetts ; Clara L, died
in infancy ; Frank H... referred to at length in the
succeeding paragraph.

(X) Frank H. Sargent, M. D.. sixth child and
youngest son of Charles H. and Almira (Ring)
Sargent, was born in Pittsfield, October 31, 1861.
The untimely death of his father, which occurred
when young Sargent was but ten years old, made
it absolutely necessary for him to forego the pleas-
ures and amusements of boyhood in order to take
charge of the home farm under tfie guidance of his
.mother, and he accomplished his difficult task in a
most creditable manner. He acquired his early
education in the public schools and at the Pittsfield
Academy. His professional preparations were be-
gun at the Maine Medical School, (a department of
Bowdoin College), continued at Dartmouth College,
from which he was graduated in medicine in 1889.
and completed at the Post-Graduate Medical School,
New York City. Inaugurating his professional ca-
reer in Pittsfield. he readily secured the confidence
and support of his fellow-townsmen, and in addition
to a large and profitable general practice he is spe-
cializing with gratifying success in the treatment of
patients suffering from the effects of an over indul-
gence in the use of liquor, tobacco and narcotic
drugs, having made a special study of treatment ap-
plicable to their needs during his collegiate course.

Sargent Hall, a sanitarium conducted by Dr.
Sargent for patients suffering from the above
named diseases, is the property formerly known as
"Mountain View Farm." It is delightfully situated
on elevated ground, amid beautiful scenery, in the
town of Pittsfield, which ranks among the most en-
terprising and thrifty towns in the state. Its ele-
vated position, clear, pure air and admirable water
supply render it noteworthy as a health resort.

From Catamount Mountain, one mile distant, look-
ing east, one can see ships in Portsmouth harbor
and to the north Mount Washington looms into
view. Location and environments, it is claimed by
Dr. Sargent, play a very important part in the treat-
ment and cure of inebriety, and these were consid-
ered in the selection of "Mountain View Farm"' for
a sanitarium. Dr. Sargent claims his treatment to
be thoroughly scientific in principle. It is based on
the fact that alcoholic and narcotic inebriety are the
results of a diseased condition of the nervous sys-
tem, rather than the outgrowth of vicious habit.
The wholesome influence of associations and sur-
roundings is depended upon to contribute, along
with the special medical treatment pursued, to a
thorough and complete recovery, which in most
cases as shown by the records of his treatment, may
be assured.

Dr. Sargent is also engaged quite extensively in
agricultural pursuits at the homestead, which he has
greatly enlarged by purchasing many acres of
adjacent land and he is now the owner of one of
the most productive farms in the Suncook Valley.
In 1894 he purchased the Hill property, at the cor-
ner of Carroll and Depot streets, in the center of
the village, which he remodeled for business pur-
poses, and in the following year he erected another
business block upon the adjoining land. Dr. Sar-
gent is fully cognizant of the fact that large cities
offer a much broader field for professional advance-
ment, and his long-cherished desire to take advant-
age of it still continues unabated, but feeling the
necessity of personally providing for the comfort
and happiness of his aged mother, he willingly holds
his professional ambitions in abeyance. In politics
he acts as an independent Republican, following no
"boss." His fraternal affiliations are confined to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he has oc-
cupied all of the important chairs in Suncook Lodge,
No. 10.

Dr. Sargent married, July 25, 1897, Miss Nellie
Winslow, daughter of S. J. and Margaret (Denni-
son) Winslow, the former of whom is a prominent
financier and business man of Pittsfield, New Hamp-
shire.

The ancestry of the Brewster

BREWSTER family in America dates from the

life and time of Elder William

Brewster, the organizer and head of the Plymouth

Pilgrims of 1620.

The «iame of Brewster appears among the old
families in the reign of Edward III, as ranking
among the "English landed gentry." John Brewster
was witness to a deed in the parish of Henstead, in
Suffolk, in the year 1375. and not long after, in the
reign of Richard II, a John Brewster was presented
to the rectory of (jodwich, in the county of Nor-
folk. This Norfolk branch became connected by
marriage with the distinguished houses of DeNar-
burgh, Spelman, Gleane and Coke, of Nolkham ;
and, in the county of Suffolk. Robert Brewster, of
Mutford, possessed also lands in Henstead, and it is
stated that William Brewster, of Henstead, and
Robert Brewster, of Rushmore, died possessed of
these estates prior to 1482.

From this Suffolk connection a branch became
established at Castle Hedingham, in Essex, and
formed connection with several knightly families.
Our Williatn Brewster was probably of this con-
nection, but of his immediate ancestry and place
of birth no record has been discovered. It is sup-
posed that Scrooby, a Nottinghamshire village, was
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sponsible position in the service of Mr. William Da-
vision, who was one of Queen Elizabeth's ambassa-
dors, and afterwards one of her principal secre-
taries of state.

(I) William Brewster was born about the year
1560, and was well educated at Cambridge, from
whence he entered the public service as above men-
tioned. He lived at Scrooby some fifteen or twenty
years, and held the office of post of Scrooby for about
fourteen years, occupying the manor house pertain-
ing to the Archbishop of York, and associating with
"the good gentlemen of those parts." Here was
gathered the little band that afterwards constituted
the Plymouth Pilgrims. Mr. Brewster became a
non-conformist, and in 1607 was imprisoned at Bos-
ton, Lincolnshire. He was liberated with great e-K-
pense and difficulty, and went to Lcyden with a
company of sympathizers, and, sharing their trou-
bles. After losing most of his possessions, including
valuable and choice books., through the treachery
of a ship's captain who had engaged to transport
the company from England, he supported himself
by teaching English, and in 1620 was with them on
their pilgrimage in the "Mayflower" and continued
with them as their Elder, preaching frequently, but
not administering the sacraments. He was loyal to
the home government, and reluctantly accepted the
fact that his conscientious scruples required his
separation from the established church. Until his
death, .-Xpril 16, 16-I4, he was tlie acknowledged
leader of the Pl>^nouth dispensation, and was
greatly venerated. He had, by his wife Mary,
three sons: Jonathan, Love and Wrestling; and
two daughters : Patience, who married "Thomas
Prince, in 1624, afterwards governor of Plymouth ;
and Fear, who married Isaac Allerton, first assistant
to the governor. (Mention of Wrestling and de-
scendants follows in this article).

(H) Jonathan, eldes.t son of Elder William
Brewster, was born at Sci'ooby in the county of
Notts, on the read to Doncaster in Yorkshire, from
which it is only twelve or thirteen miles distant, in
a manor belonging to the Archbishop of York,
under which his grandfather was tenant under a
long lease. His edircation was obtained only from
his father, either in England or in the twelve years'
residence in Holland, where he was left by his
father to take care of two sisters with his own
family. He came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in
1621, without his sisters. In June, 1636, he had
command of the Plymouth trading house on the
Connecticut river, and gave notice to John Win-
throp. governor of the fort at Saybrook, of the
evil designs of the Pequots. He removed to Dux-
bury, which in 1639 he represented in the general
court, the earliest assembly of deputies in that col-
ony. From Duxbury he removed to New London,
Connecticut, before 1649, where he was selectman.
In 1656 he formed the design of returning with his
family to England, but remained in New London,
where he died before September, 1659. By his wife
Lncretia he had William. Mary, Jonathan, Benja-
min, Grace, Ruth. Hannah, and perhaps Elizabeth.

(Ill) Mary, second child and eldest daughter of
Jonathan and Lucrctia Brewster, was born probably
in Holland. She ma;Tied, November 12, 1645. John
Turner, of Scituate. (See Turner II).

(II) Concerning Wrestling Brewster, accounts
differ ; but a record is e.xtant that he married, in
1630, Emla Story, and had a son (III) John: and
there are further indications that he held real estate
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. And here begins
the local record of the Portsmouth Brewsters.

(III) John (2), the son of John (i), held

land and an official position here. His descendants
were, successively: (I'V) Samuel. (V) David,
(VI) Samuel (2), and CVII) Charles Warren
Brewster, which brings us down to the generations
now living (1907).*

("VII) Samuel (2) Brewster had five children:
George Gains, Harriott, Charles Warren, John Sam-
uel and William Henry. The latter was a publisher
of the Ne^Lvburyj^ori Herald, and subsequently
treasurer and business manager of the Boston
Traveller. But the interest of the Portsmouth
family centers around the name of Charles Warren
Brewster. He was born September 13, 1802, had a
good common school education, and entered the
office of the Portsmouth Oracle on February 26, 1818.
He married May 13, 1828, Mary, daughter of Ward
and Hannah (Seavey) Gilman. Those of their
children who became of age were : Lewis Water-
bury, Charles Gilman (died 1880), Mary Gilman
(died 1894), and Helen Augusta Gilman.

(VHI) Lewis W. married August 14, 1855,
Xancy Brown Greene, of Hampton Falls. Their
children were Edith and Edwin Francis (both died
in infancy), and Arthur Gilman.

.Arthur G. married .-Xpril 15, i8go, Angeline
Eunice Fletcher, and has one daughter, Marie
Fletcher Brewster.

Charles G. married, September 8. 1864, Mary A.
Hill, of Bangor. Maine. Their children are: Alice
Lnngdon (a teacher at New Jersey State Normal
School, Trenton): Charles Warren (2), (treasurer
of Piscataqua Savings Bank, Portsmouth) ; and
Edith Gilman.

Charles Warren (2) married, October 19,
Tqo4. Martha Elizabeth Tredick, and has one son,
Charles Tredick Brewster.

Charles Warren Brewster was diestined to de-
•sote his life's work to the newspaper with which
he began life in 1818. The Oracle became The
Portsmovth Journal of Literature and Polities in
182T, and was soon after that date Mr. Brewster
became a partner with T. H. Miller in its publica-
tion. In 1833 Mr. Brewster took entire charge until
in 1853. he was joined by his son, Lewis W. Upon
the death of Charles W.,' August 4, 1868, Lewis W.
became the sole proprietor, and conducted the
Portsmouth Journal until May 3, 1903, assisted by
his son, Arthur G., for a number of years. The
Journal was then in the one hundred and tenth year
of its age, merged with the Nezv Hampshire Gazette.
Thus for eighty-five years the name of Brewster was
associated with the office of publication of the Oracle
and Journal, and as we refer to the files of the past
seventy years we have some feeling of family
pride that the ch:.racter and principles of Charles
W. Brewster have been so set forth by his zealous
and active labors, as well as by his precepts and ex-
ample.

Charles W. Biewster has been prominent in
Portsmouth not only as an editor, but as a citizen,
a philanthropist, a christian, and particularly as a
historian. With a mind well stored with local lore,
and wielding a facile pen. he took much pleasure
and satisfaction in historical sketches which ap-
peared from week to week in the Portsmouth Jour-
nal, and were so pleasantly received by the public
that in 1859 he compiled them into a volume of
three hundred and seventy-five octavo pages, en-
litlin'g it "Rambles .-Xb'out Portsmouth." It found a
quick market, and became at once a very popular
work. He continued to prepare the "Rambles" for
his paper, and collated, just prior to his death, the

* Much of the above information comes from "The Life and
Time of William Brewster," by Rev. Ashbel Steele, A. M.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

copy for a stcond vclunic, -which was piibHshed by
Lewis W. Brewster, in 1869, followed soon by a
second edition of the first volume. By these works
he has well earned the title of "Historian of Ports-
mouth," their interest as well-told stories being no
less than their great historical value ; and they have
been so recognized by historians and literary men
of the highest standing. They are invaluable from
the fact that they were penned just at the period
when otherwise their data would have passed into
oblivion, and they are now everywhere considered
the only standard history of Portsmouth, and are
so received. Their publication was providential,
and Charles W. Brewster appeared to be just the
man (in fact the only man) to do it. The work
greatly honors the man and will be a lasting me-
morial of him. He well deserves the honor — for
he was a good man. true and upright, and held in
hi.eh esteem for other qualities than those which
came to public notice. His worthy and useful life
well supplies the main portion of the history of the
Brewster family in Portsmouth, and the remainder
of that family are satisfied that it should be so.

Lewis W. Brewster.

This name has been continu-
B.ATCHELDER ously identified with New
Hampshire from the earliest
Colonial period. Among the first towns settled in
the state was Hampton, and this name appears
aniong the first settlers there. It has been found
with many spellings, and its representatives now
use more than one. The great majority employ the
spelling used at the heading of this article, and
therefore, that form is used. An attempt has been
made to conform to the various spellings of various
branches at various times. The members of this
fann'ly have been conspicuous for their pertinacity
of endeavor, for their moral lives and intellectual
acumen. Many have occupied somewhat humble
positions,_ but all have been good citizens. Some
have achieved distinction, and representatives of the
namein the present day have upheld its credit and
standing.

(I) Rev. Stephen Bachiler, a leading non-com-
formist, who settled in the town of Hampton. New
Hampshire, was born in Englan'd in 1561, matricu-
lated at St. John's College in 1581, and in 1586. at
the age of tvventj'-six, was presented by Lord de la
Warr to the living of Wherwell (Horrell), a pretty
village in Hampshire, on the river Test. In 1605 Mr.
Bachiler _ was "deprived"' o-f bis benefice, presumably
for Calvinistic opinions, and by order of the commis-
sion appointed by James I to investigate religious
opinions. Soon after leaving Wherwell. Mr. Bachiler
settled in Newton Stacy, the nearest hamlet on
the east, where the records show he purchased
land and sold it from 1622 to 1631. He sailed in
the "William and Francis," March g, 1632, landin.c;
at Boston, June 5, of that year. Mr. Bachiler pro-
ceeded to Lynn. Massachusetts, then called Saugus,
where his daughter Thcodate, wife of Christopher
Hnssey, resided. Here he commenced the exercise
of his administration on Sunday, June 8, 1632. w-ith-
out installation, having formed a church of those
who desired to join the six or seven persons he
brought with him, who are said to have been mem-
bers of the church with him in England. He re-
mained in Lynn until February, 16,^6. when he re-
rnoved to Ipswich. He then removed to -Yarmoutli,
six miles beyond Sandwich. His next removal was
to Newbury, where on the 6th of July, 1638. the town
made him a grant of land, and on the 7th of Oc-
tober, 1638, the general court of Massachusetts

granted Mr. Stephen Bachiler and his company,
who had petitioned therefor, liberty to begin a
plantation at Winnicunnet, now called Hampton,
New Hampshire. On Tuesday, October 16, 1638,
the settlement was begun. On the 7th of June. 1639,
Winnicunnet was made a town, and further, about
the same time the said plantation (upon Mr. Bachi-
ler's request made known to the Court) was named
Hampton. There he resided until about 1647, at
which time he lived in Portsmouth. He returned
to England about 1654, and died at Hockney, a vil-
lage and parish in ^Middlesex then two miles from
London, in 1660.*

Rev. Stephen Bachiler was married three times.
His first wife, whose name is. not known, died in
England. He married (second), in England. Helen

. born 1583, died 1642. His third marriage,

about 1648, was to Mary . All the known chil-
dren of Rev. Stephen Bachiler were born in England,
and married in Hampshire, or the neighboring
counties in England, and were :

(II) I. Nathaniel, born 1590: married Hester
Mercer, Southampton ; their children were : Ste-
phen, Anna, Francis, Nathaniel and Benjamin.

2. Deborah, born 1592: married John Win.g:
they came to America with her father. Rev. Stephen
Bachiler, in 1632 ; their children were three sons
who came with their parents from England — Daniel,
John and Stephen.

3. Stephen, born 1594.

4. Theodate, born 1596; married Christopher Hus-
sey; she died October 20, 1649, at Hampton, New
Hampshire; their children were: Stephen, born
about 1630: Joseph; John, baptized at Lynn, 1635;
Mary, born at Newbury, April 2, 1638; Theodate,
born at Hampton, New Hampshire, August 23, 1640;
Huldah, born about 1643, died 1740, mentioned later
in this article.

5. Samuel, born 1596: was in Holland as a chap-
lain in 1620.

6. Ann, born 1601 ; married about 1619, John San-
born. He was baptized in 1600, and was one of the
Hampshire Sanbornes : their three sons (John, Wil-
liam and Stephen) came to America in 1632, with
their .grandfather. Rev. Stephen Bachiler, and they
were the founders of the Sanborn family in America.

(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i) and
Hester (Mercer) Bachiler, was born in 1630. He
married December 10, 1656, Deborah, daughter of
John Smith, of Martha's Vineyard. She died March
8, 1675. He married, (second), October 31, 1676,
Mrs. Mary (Carter) Wyman. daughter of Rev.
Thomas Carter, and widow of John Wyman, of
Woburn. She was born July 24, 1648, and died in
16S8 : she was cousin of his first wife. He married,
(third), October 23, 1689. Elizabeth B. Knill, widow
of John. She survived him. He was always a resi-
dent of Hampton, and held many offices of trust
and honor in town and church. He was for some

* "The tradition is that Mr. Bachiler was a man of remark-
able personal presence, and was particulari.v noticeable on ac-
count of his wonderful eyes: the.v were dark and deep set, under
broad arches, and could throw lightning: elances upon occasion.
For more than a century the Bachiler eye has been proverbial
and in Esse.x county. Massachusetts, the striking feature has
been steadily maintained. The resemblance between the Whitti-
kers and Daniel Webster was lon;^ aso observed b.v thosfe
who were unaware of relationship. Though unlike in many
respects, there appeared to be a marked similarity in their broad
and massive brows, swarthy complexion and expressive eyes.
The characteristic of the eyes were in the looks of inscrutable
depth, the power of the shooting out sudden sudden gleams,
and the power of tender and lovable expression as well It is
now known that not only Whittier. Webster, but W. Pitt Fessen-
den. Caleb Gushing, William B. Green and other prominent men
inherited their fine features, penetra'ing eyes and gravity of
manner from tlie same ancestor. Rev. Stephen Bachiler." — From
the Life of lohn G. Whittier."

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time constablo, and nine years was selectman. He
died suddenly January 2, 1710. His children were:
Deborah, born October 12, 1657: Nathaniel, Decem-
ber 24, 1659; Ruth, May g, 1662 ; Esther, December 26,
1664; Abigail, December 28, 1667; Jane, January 8,
1670; Stephen, July 31, 1672, (died in infancy),
Benjamin, born September 19. 1673; Stephen,
March 8, 1675; Mercy, December 11, 1677; Mary,
born September 18, 1679 ; died in infancy ; Samuel,
born January 10, 1681 ; Jonathan. 1683: Thomas,
1685. Joseph, August 9, 1687. Mary. October 17,
1688. died in infancy (Stephen and Benjamin and
descendants receive mention in this article).

(TV) Deacon Nathaniel (3), eldest son of Na-
thaniel and Deborah (Smith) Batchelder, was born
at Hampton, New Hampshire, December 24, 1659,
and died in 1745. He married about 16S5, Elizabeth
Foss, of Portsmouth. New Hampshire, born 1666,
died 1746. He was one of the assessors of Hamp-
ton Falls in 1719-20, and selectman in 1722. He
was one of the original proprietors of Chester, New
Hampshire. His children were : Deborah ; Nathan-
iel : John ; Josiah ; Jethro ; Elizabeth ; Nathan ;
Phinehas, and Ebenezer. (Jethro and Nathan and
descendants are mentioned in a succeeding portion
of this article).

(V) Deacon Josiah, son of Deacon Nathaniel
and Elizabeth (Foss) Batchelder, was born in
Hampton (that part of now North Hampton) New
Hampshire, July i, 1695, died October 9, 1759. He
married in 1722, Sarah Page, of North Hampton,
daughter of Francis Page ; she was born October
18. 1698, and died May, 1781. He settled on the
homestead at Hampton Falls, and later removed to
Chichester, New Hampshire. His children were :
Josiah, born November 29, 1725, died in August,
1748; Elisha, February 10, 1727; Sarah. April 26,
1728; Nathaniel, October 28, 1730: Reuben, July
30, 1733: David. June 13, 1736. (Reuben and de-
scendants are mentioned at length in this article).

(VI) Deacon Elisha, second son of Deacon
Josiah and Sarah (Page) Batchelder, was born at
Hampton Falls, New Hampshir.e, February 10, 1727,
died February 26, 1813. He married, April 18, 1751.
Theodate Smith, of North Hampton, daughter of
Benjamin. She was born April 20, 1730, and died
May 25. 1807. He resides at Hawke (now^ Dan-
ville). New Hampshire. His children were: Jo-
siah. born March 6. 1752; Sarah, August ro, 1754;
Zebulon. born April 21. 1757, "Jied in infancy: Mary,
born November 11. T759: Dolly, November 17,
1762; Nathan, May 15, 1765: Huldah, November
4, 1767: Elizabeth, August 5, 1770; Elisha, Mav 22,
1773.

(VH) Captain Josiah, son of Deacon Elisha and
Theodate (Smith) Batchelder, was born March 6,
1752, at Hawke (now Danville). New Hampshire.
He left his native town in 1782 and settled at An-
dover. New Hampshire, on Batchelder Hill (named
for him) where he cleared and cultivated the farm
now; occupied by his great-grandson. Hon. Nahum
Josiah Batchelder. This is one of the few farms
■ in the town which has been kept in the direct de-
scendants of the first settler without ever having
been disposed by deed. Captain Batchelder was a
man of great physical strength and energy and force
of character, and reared his family of five children
to the attainment of the best moral and intellectual
advantages of the place and time. He was captain
in the oldtown militia. He was the first in his
line to omit the "t" from the family name, giving
it its present form of Bachclder. He married in
Salisbury. Massachusetts, about 1774. Sarah Adams,
of Salisbury. She was born September 26, 1754,

and died April 16, 1838. He died May 11, 1S12,
and was buried in the Taunton Hill Cemetery.
Their children were: Reuben, born January 28,
■1776; died August 25, 1787. Sarah, born Decem-
ber 16, 1777; married Timothy Weare. Nancy, born
March 26, 1783. -Reuben, born September 24, 1784 :
married Harriet Kellog. Betsey, born July 4, 1794.
Josiah, born April 22. 1790, married Sarah Knowles.
(VHI) Deacon Josiah, son of Captain Josiah
and Sarah (Adams) Bachelder, was born on the
homestead at East Andover, New Hampshire, April
22, 1790. He remained on the homestead and suc-
ceeded his father in the ownership of the farm,
which he continually improved. He was an indus-
trious, prudent and liberal man.. He was for many
years a deacon of the Free Baptist Church, and
contributed liberally of his means to the support
of the ministry and in aid of the missionary edu-
cational and benevolent institutions. He was gen-
erously hospitable and his house was always open
to the ministers of all denominations. In politics
he was a Whig, then a Republican, on the formation
of that party. He married at Northfield. New
Hampshire, March 24. 1819, Sarah Knowles, born
April II, 1789. died August 29, 1859; he died April
15, 1866. They were the parents of children: Mar-
Ilia Ann, born April 29, 1820; married June i, 1843.
John H. Rowell. William Adams, born July 4,
1823. Mary Elizabeth, born November 12, 1829;
married November 4, 1851, George E. Emery, re-
sided in Lynn, Massachusetts.

(IX) William Adams, the only son of Deacon
Josiah and Sarah (Knowles) Bachelder, was born
on the old homestead in East Andover, New Hamp-
shire, July 4, 1823. He was educated in the com-
mon schools and New London Academy at New
London, New Hampshire. He assisted his father
on the old homestead farm, and in time succeeded
to the ownership and successfully conducted farm-
ing during his active life. He was a man who took
active part in every measure to benefit his town
and state, and served as superintendent of schools.
He was a member of the Free Baptist Church. In
politics he was a Republican from the formation of
that party. He was a member of King Solomon
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Andover, and
of the local lodge of Odd Fellows. He married
at Manchester. New Hampshire, February 19, 1852,
Adeline Elizabeth, daughter of Abram and Anna
(Fitfield) Shaw; she was born in Salisbury, New
Hampshire, October 5, 1829, and was educated in
the common schools and Pembroke Academy; she
died January 17, 1896, her husliand surviving her
and dying December 30, 1902. They were the par-
ents of four children ; Nahum Josiah, born Sep-
tember 3, 1854. Lizzie Cornelia, born April 5.
1856, died July 15, 1880. Bertha Sarah, born De-
cember 18, 1859; married January i. 1884, Dr.
Charles F. Flanders, and they reside in Manchester,
New PTampshire : children are : Dalton, Robert and
David. Mrs. Flanders died December 26. 1899.
Mary Emery, born August 12. 1861 ; she married
October 10. 1895. Daniel Emerson ; they have one
child and reside in Lynn, Massachusetts.

(X) Hon. Nahum Josiah, only son and eldest
child of William Adams and .Adeline Elizabeth
(Shaw) Bachelder. was born September 3. 1S54,
on the old Bachelder homestead at East .Andover,
in the town of .Andover, New Hampshire. -This
property which was cleared from the wilderness by
his ancestor. Captain Josiah Bachelder. is now in
the ow-nership of Mr. Bachelder. and is known as
"Plighland Farm." The location is about a mile
and a quarter from the railroad station at East -An-

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(lover, and is one of the most beautiful in Merri-
mack county, overlooking the silvery waters of
Highland Lake, and commanding a delightful view
in many directions, embracing some magnificent,
mountain scenery in which Kcarsarge, Ragged,
Monadnock, and Ossipee mountains are prominent
features. The farm originally contained two hun-
dred and fifty acres, but has been increased by re-
cently purchased additions to eight hundred acres.
The residence is a typical New England farm
house.

Mr. Bacheldcr was educated in the public
schools, at Franklin Academy, and at the New
Hampton Institute. After a short experience in
teaching he applied himself energetically to practi-
cal agriculture. He was for a time quite exten-
sively engaged in market gardening. Subsequently
he gave his attention to choice dairying, and with
much success, supplying some of the leading hotels
in the state with "gilt edge" butter. He identified
himself with the Patrons of Husbandry early in
its history in New Hampshire,, was for four years
master of the local grange, and for eight years sec-
retary of the State Grange, until elected master in
1891, and served twelve years in that position. As
secretary he accomplished great progress, and as
master carried forward the work with unprece-
dented success. He was the charter lecturer of
Merrimack County Pomona Grange, and secretary
of the New Hampshire Grange State Fair Associa-
tion from its organization in 18S6, with the excep-
tion of one year, until January, 1896, when he de-
clined a re-election, and to his systematic and in-
defatigable labors the remarkable success of the as-
sociation has been largely due. .^mong the members
of the National Grange Mr. Bachelder holds high
rank, and his influence is strongly felt. He was
chiefly instrumental in securing the session of that
body in 1S02 for this state, and for New England
again at Worcester. Massachusetts, in November,
1895, when his ability and influence were duly rec-
ognized by his selection as a member of the exec-
utive committee of that great organization. In No-
vember. 1905, Mr. Bachelder was elected master of
the National Grange.

As Commissioner of Immigration, to which office
he was appointed by Governor Odell, and whose
duties have since been merged with those of sec-
retary 01 the Board of Agriculture, he has done
much to bring about the re-occupation of the aban-
doned farms of tlie state, and as a member of the
State Cattle Commission he has been active and
alert in checking the inroads of disease. He
has taken an active part as a speaker at the insti-
tute meetings of the board, discussing dairying and
other topics in an entertaining and instructive man-
ner. His genial addresses at Grange field meetings
and other large gatherings have gained him a wide
reputation as an eloquent and interesting speaker;
while his annual reports as secretary of the Board
of Agriculture, his addresses a? master of the State
Grange, and his frequent contributions to the press
upon agricultural and grange topics, stamp him as
a ready and forcible writer. In December, 1907.
he was appointed a trustee of the State College
at Durham. Mr. Bachelder has been a persistent
and efficient advocator of good roads, and it was
with pleasure he witnessed the enactment by the
legislature of 1905 of an act appropriating annually
from the State treasury the sum of $125,000 for six
years. A large majority of the cities and towns of
the State at once voted to accept the aid proffered
under this act. Mr. Bachelder has always been a
Republican in politics, and an ardent supporter of

the principles of the party. He was nominated by
his party and elected governor of the state of New
Hampshire, in November, 1902, for a term of two
years beginning January I, 1903, and serving his
state with credit and honor. During his admin-
istration as governor extensive improvements were
made at the' State Agricultural College located at
Durham, by which the attendance was doubled.

Mr. Bachelder was united in marriage June 30,
1887, with Mary A. Putney, daughter of Henry
Putney. She was born October 11, 1856, in Dunbar-
ton, this state. They had children : Ruth, born
May 22, 1891 ; and Henry Putnev, born March 17,
1895.

^Ir. Bachelder in all positions to which he has
been called, has had for his aim the improvement
of the conditions of the citizens of the common-
wealth, and a leader in all movements for the phys-
ical and moral betterment of mankind. In 1891
tlie degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon
him by Dartmouth College.

(VI) Reuben, fifth child and fourth son of
Deacon Josiah and Sarah (Page) Batchelder, was
born July 30. 1733, in Hampton, and died February
5, 1776. He settled in Danville, New Hampshire,
where the greater part of his adult life was spent.
He married, in 175S, Miriam Fifield, of Hampton
Falls, who was born in 1740, and died in 1816, aged
seventv-six; she married (second), February 26,
1777. Joseph Clifford Sanborn, son of Abraham,
and grandson of Deacon Tristam and Margaret
(Taylor) Sanborn. They had six children: Mark,
David, Anna, Merriam, Phineas, and Jonathan.

(VII) Mark, eldest child of Reuben and Miriam
(Fifield) Batchelder, was born in Danville, June 16,
T-59, and died in .\ugust, 1845. in Andover, where
he had resided the principal part of his life. He
married, in :March, 17SS, Abigail Rano, of Andover,
who was born in 1758, and died in April, 1833, aged
seventy-five. Their children were : Hannah, Mer-
riam, Abigail. Jonathan, Reuben. Samuel, Nancy,
Mark, Natlianiel (died young), John (died young),
John and Nathaniel.

(VIII) Jonathan, fourth child and eldest son
of Mark and .Abigail (Rano) Batchelder, was born
in Danville, in June, 1795, and died in Orange,
.\pril 30, 1842. aged forty-seven. He was a farmer,
and resided first at Danville, and afterward in Hud-
son. He married Sarah Tucker, wdio was born in
1795, and died April 9, 1859, aged sixty-four. Their
children were: Mark, Sarah, Reuben, Abby Jane,
and Mary A.

(IX) Mark, eldest child of Jonathan and Sarah
(Tucker) Batchelder. was born June i, 1821. He
resided in Hudson, and was a farmer and stone-
cutter. He married (first), March 17, 1842, Joanna
Steele, who was born February 2, 1821, and died
January 20, 1849. He married (second), December
13. 1849, Lydia Steele, who was born June 22, 1829.
BV the first wife he had one child, Alfaretah T.,
wiio died voung. Bv the second wife there were
nine children: Abbie, Ella D., Lydia Lou, Alfa-
retah loan. Mark Onslow, Carrie Ann, Etheren E.,
Lunette E.. Herbert Lincoln, and Charles Henry.

(X) Carrie .\nn, fifth child of Mark and Lydia
(Steele) Batchelder, was born in Hudson, October
22 1858, and marrieil Harlan Gregg. (See Gregg,
VII).'

(V) Jethro, fifth child and fourth son of Deacon
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Foss) Bachilor, was
born in Hampton, New Hampshire, January 2,
1698. and died in May, 1723, aged twenty-five
years. He resided in Hampton Falls and Exeter.
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widow, June 5, 1723, he dying intestate. He mar-
ried, May 15, 1721, Dorothy Sanborn, who was
born October 27, 1698, daughter of Deacon Benja-
min and Sarah Sanborn. Aiter his death she mar-
ried, October 13, 1736, Abraham MouUon. She
died September 11, 1757, aged fifty-nine years. The
children of Jethro and Dorothy were : .'\braham,
and Jethro, whose sketch follows.

(VI) Jethro (2), the younger of the two sons
of Jethro (l) and Dorothy (Sanborn) Bachilor,
was born in 1723. He resided in Loudon, and with
his brother Abraham built the mills in Loudon.
His widow .\bigail married (second), Daniel Lane.
She was a member of the first church in Raymond,
1791, and was the largest woman in town. She
died August 28, 1S18. The children of Jethro and
Abigail were : Jethro, David, Libbe, William,
Abrani, Nathaniel. Daniel, and .Abel.

(Vn) Libbe, third son and child of Jethro- and
Abigail Batchelder, was born and reared in Lou-
don, where he married Love Blaisdell. Their chil-
dren were : Nabby, Peter. Dolly, Polly, Susan,
Manlcy, Betsey, Sally, and Harriet.

(VHI) Susan, fifth child and fourth daughter
of Libbe and Love (Blaisdell) Batchelder, born in
London, March 8, 1790, married, November 12,
1812. Isaac Virgin, and resided in Concord. (See
Virgin, IV).

(V) Deacon Nathan, fifth son of Deacon Na-
thaniel and Elizabeth (Foss) Batchelder, fifth in
direct line of descent from Stephen Bachiler of
Hampton, New Hampshire, the emigrant ancestor
(see Bachiler, I) was born July 2, 1700, at Hamp-
ton Falls, New Hampshire, where he married, Feb-
ruary 25. 1724, Mary Tilton, daughter of Captain
Joseph Tilton. His will is dated November 15,
1755 (query: March I7( 1755?). His residence is
given as Hampton Falls, and East Kingston. His
children were : Nathaniel. Elizabeth, Anna, Mary,
Joseph, Molly, Nathan and Sarah.

(VI) Nathan (2), third son and seventh child
of Deacon Nathan (i) and Mary (Tilton) Bach-
elder, was born at East Kingston, May 31. 1743.
He married, October 20, 1769, Mary Greeley, born
January 26, 184S, died March 10, 1829. He was a
resident of East Kingston and Loudon, and was
by occupation a farmer. His death occurred in
the la.st named town, December 9, 1815. He and
his wife were the parents of eleven children : An-
drew. David, Nathan, Nathan (2), Mary, Joseph,
Nancy, Susan, Susan (2), Fanny and Enoch.

(VII) Nathan (3), fourth son of Nathan (2)
and Mary (Greeley-) Batchelder, was born at East
Kingston, Mach 21, 1772. He married at Loudon,
Mary Jones, date unknown. She died in Loudon
in 1829, and he died in the same town June 6. 1815.
Their children were : .Andrew, Samuel, Hiram.
Mary and Harris

(VIII) Samuel, second son of Nathan (3) and
Mary (Jones) Batchelder, w-as born at Chichester,
June 30, 1806. He married there in 1S30, Eliza J.
True, born February i, 1812, died March 22, 1S73.
Mr. Batchelder was a farmer by occupation and
lived in the town of Loudon. His death occurred
February 20. 1862. Eight children were born of
this marriage.

(IX) John T. Bachelder went to Boston when
a young man, and was in the employ of Hallet &
Davis, piano manufacturers, for some time. At the
outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in the First
Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy .'\rtillery as a pri-
vate, served until the close of the war, and was
mustered out as a first lieutenant. lie returned to
New Hampshire and was in the employ of C. C.

Webster, grocer, at Concord, for less than a year.
December 8, 1866, he entered into partnership with
N. S. Batchelder, an old friend and distant relative
of his father, who was conducting a retail grocery
store, and continued in this business until his death.
He was a Republican, and served one term as alder-
man. He was a member of the Grand .'\rmy of
the Republic, and attended the Old South Church,
but was not a church member. He was a thorough
business man and had many friends. He never
married, but made his home with his brother, Abra-
ham B., between whom and himself very cordial
relations always existed.

(IX) .'\nna E. Batchelder married Solon Gale,
and lived in Somerville. Massachusetts.

(IX) Mary F. Batchelder married Solomon G.
Gale, who enlisted as a private, August 15, 1862.
in Company H, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hamp-
shire Volunteers, and was mustered into service
September 24, 1862, was appointed sergeant January
20, 1864, and died of disease September 28, 1864,
at Washington. District of Columbia. She married
(second), .^bner Snell.

(IX) .Alvah H. Batchelder married Lurena Holt,
and lives in Oakland, California. He has charge
of the store of Holt Brothers, extensive dealers in
carriage stock of all kinds.

(IX) Justin S. Batchelder enlisted in Company
C, Thirteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun-
teers. .August iS. 1862, and was killed May 3, 1863,
at Providence Church Road.

(IX) Albert L. Batchelder enlisted in Company
E, First Regiment. New Hampshire Heavy Artil-
lery, September i, 1S64, and served until the close
of the war. and was honorably discharged June 15,
1865. He contracted disease in the line of duty,
from which he died in September, 1871.

(IX) .•\braham Byron Bachelder, seventh child
and youngest son of Samuel and Eliza (True)
Bachelder, was born in Loudon, November 22, 1849.
and had the usual experience of a farmer boy until
he was fourteen years old, when his father died,
and after that he had many of the cares that fall
to older persons. At the age of sixteen he came to
Concord and went into the employ of N. S. Batch-
elder & Company as a clerk. In 1873 John T. and
.\. B. Bachelder bought out the interest of N. S.
Batchelder and continued the business of the old
firm as Batchelder & Co. This relation lasted for
almost a third of a century, or until the death of
John T. Bachelder, July 6, 1904, since which time
the business has been continued by, A. B. Bachel-
der, but still under the name of Batchelder & Co.
In Concord, September 27, 1876, Mr. Bachelder
married Harriet E. Davis, of Concord, daughter of
C. W. and Helen (Boynton) Davis, born Septem-
ber 19, 1S55. in Concord. Mr. Bachelder votes the
Republican ticket, and attends the Unitarian Church.
He is too busy to hold cflice or keep up membership
in societies and clubs, but is a genial companion
and a successful business man.

(IX) .A.da I.. Batchelder, born September 20,
1S52, married Fred P. Virgin, of Concord (see Vir-
gin, VI).

(IV) Stephen, fourth son and ninth child of
Nathaniel (2) and Deborah (Smith) Batchelder,
was born March 8, 1675, in Hampton, New Hamp-
shire, and his mother died the same day. When
about twenty years of age Stephen Batchelder en-
listed in the colonial militia and served in many
of the engagements with the Indians, about 1694.
In the previous year the Indians had signed articles
of '''submission and agreement" and the people had
had a year of respite from savage warfare, but the

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next blow inflicted in tlie vicinity of Hampton was
of great severity. A large body of Indians fell
suddenly and unexpectedly upon the settlement at
Oyster River, and took three garrisons, burned thir-
teen houses, and killed or carried into captivity
ninety-four persons. Less than two years after the
treaty a body of Indians made an attack upon a
place two miles from Hampton called Portsmouth
Plains. On this occasion two persons were killed
and one was scalped and left for dead but recov-
ered. Five houses at that point were burned and
the Indians escaped. In these and similar engage-
ments, Stephen Batchelder had ample experience
in frontier work. It was of such stuff and other
such experiences that our ancestors were bred and
developed. He always resided in Haverhill. He
was married August 25, i6g8, to Mary Dearborn,
who was born May 6. 1678, a daughter of "Good
Old John." Their children were: Stephen. Mary
(died in infancy), Mary, Nathaniel. Simon and
Jeremiah. (The last named and descendants re-
ceive mention in this article).

(V) John, eldest child of Stephen (2) and
Mary ( Dearborn ) Batchelder, was born in Hamp-
ton August 24. 1699, and died April 18, 1770. He
settled near Little Boar's Head, in Hainpton. He
married, March 18, 1725, Elizabeth Moulton. who
was born September 10, 1699, daughter of Josiah
Moulton. Their children were: Nathaniel, Mary,
John, Elizalieth, James, Huldah. Peter, Increase,
Betty, and Josiah.

(VI) James, fifth child and third son of John
and Elizabeth (Moulton) Batchelder, was born in
Hampton, May 5, 17,33, and died February 6, 1810.
He resided on the ancestral acres at Little Boar's
Head. He married Mehitable Dalton, who was
born August ,30, 17.30, and died December 22, 1819,
aged eighty-nine. Her father was Timothy Dalton.
The children of this union were: John, Sarah,
Hannah, Elizabeth and Stephen.

(VII) John (2), eldest child of James and Mehit-
able (Dalton) Batchelder, was born on the old home-
stead in Hampton, in October, 1757, and resided and
died in Hampton, August 6, 1835. He married, No-
vember 30. 1780, Mary Cotton, w'ho was born in
1762, and died April 3, 1807, daughter of Thomas
Cotton. They had twelve children : Abigail Dal-
ton, Sarah Broughton, Mary, Sally, Ann Sherburne.
Charlotte. James, Patty, Jeremiah. Asenath, Thomas
Cotton, and John Taylor Gilman.

(Vni) Jeremiah, ninth child and second son of
John (2) and Mary (Cotton) Batchelder. was born
in North Hampton, July 24, 1800, and died Septem-
ber 17, 187^. He resided in his native town. He
married there, September 10, 1822. Caroline C.
Chesley, born December 15, 1803, died December 15,
1881. Their ten children w-ere : Hannah, Benja-
min D., Headrick D., John. Jeremiah, Thomas,
Eliza C. John, Caroline C, and Charles E.

(IX) Benjamin Dalton, second child and eldest
son of Jeremiah and Caroline C. (Chesley) Batch-
elder, was born in North Hampton, July 8, 1826,
and died there Felirnary 17. T007, aged eighty-one.
He was a farmer and resided in North Hampton. He
married Martha Mary Lord, born August 20, 1827.
daughter of Nathan and Mary Lord, of Rye. Her
grandfather, Daniel Lord was born September 25,
1737. a'ld Jicd Decenilior 13, 7882. He married,
March 24, 1825, Sarah Blake Goss, who was born
September 13, .1737. Nathan Lord, their son, was
born December 25, 1773. and died July 16. 1852.
He married Mary , who was born Septem-
ber 3, 1777, and died Fcl)ruary 22, 1S20. Their
children were. Daniel, !Mark, William, Olive (died

young), George, Sarah Ann, Paulina. Moses, Al-
inira. Temple. Mary, Eunice, Hannah. Eliza, Olive,
and i\Iartha. Benjamin D. and Martha (Lord)
Batchelder had one child, Nellie W., who was horn
February i, 1855, and married in 1875, Edward J.
Taylor, of North Hampton. (See Taylor). The
only child of this marriage was Edwin L. Taylor,
of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

(V) Jeremiah, seventh and youngest child of
Stephen and Mary (Dearborn) Batchelder, was
born February 28, 1712, in Hampton and resided
in Kensington, New Hampshire, where he died De-
cember 20, 1764. He w-as married March 7, 1739,
to Theodatc Hobbs. who was born 1710, and died
April 8. 1792. Their children were: Jeremiah,
Theodate. Huldah, Mary and Stephen.

(VI) Jeremiah (2), eldest child of Jeremiah
(i) and Thecdate (Hobbs) Batchelder, was born
September 19, 1740, in Kensington, New Hampshire,
where he resided through life and died February
I, 1818. He ivas known by the title Colonel. He
was married August 22, 1765. to Sarah Page, who
died December 24. 1824. They had only one child.

(VII) Jeremiah (3), only child of Jeremiah

(2) and Sarah (Page) Batchelder, was born in
1772, in Kensington, and resided in AUenstown, and
Deerfield, Nev. Hampshire. He died in the latter
town, March 21, 1850. He was married in Brent-
wood to Betsey Robinson, born 1773, died October
-I 1855. Their children were : Squires, Josiah,
James, Daniel, Mary, Sally, Elizabeth, David, Jere-
miah and Peter.

(VIII) Josiah, second son and child of Jeremiah

(3) and Betsey (Robinson) Batchelder, was born
and resided in Deerfield, New Hampshire. He mar-
ried Olive Philbrook. daughter of Caleb and ^lary
(Sherburne) Philbrook (see Philbrook. V). He
resided in Deerfield, where he was a farmer.

(IX) Jonathan Philbrook. son of Josiah and
Olive (Philbrook) Batchelder, was born February
9, 1806. in Deerfield, where he grew up. He was
one of a family of thirteen children, and was early
compelled to contribute to his own support. After
receiving a very meager educational training in the
common schools he was apprenticed to the cooper's
trade and became an expert. After attaining man-
hrod he en.gaged in the manufacture of barrels
and mackerel kits in Deerfield. In his day every-
thing was made by hand, and it was the industry
and perseverance of the individual which created
his success and prosperity. Mr. Batchelder enjoyed
most robust health and lived to the age of eighty-
six years, dying August 25, 1893, at the home of his
son in Concord. For forty years before completing
his eighty-sixth year he had not spent a day in bed.
Fie w-as an extremely temperate man, and never
used li(|Uor or tobacco, and was never known to ut-
ter a vulgar or profane word. After living a short
time in Lowell he removed to Concord, New Hamp-
shire ami for thirty-eight years was employed by
the railroad, as a switchman and, in his older and
less active days, as a watchman. During the last
ten years of his life he resided with his son, who
is the subject of the .succeeding paragraph. Mr.
Batchelder was a member of the Advent Church of
Concord, and lived a most exemplary and quiet
life. Formerly a Whig, he became an enthusiastic
supporter of the Republican party upon the organ-
ization of that body, but never desired any public
station for himself. He was married about 1833,
to Mary Elizabeth Worthen, a native of Bow,
daughter 01 Richard and Lydia (Wheeler) Wor-
then. the former of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
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beth (Dix) Wheeler (see Wheeler. VI). Mary E.
(Worthen) Batchelder died in 1885. She was the
mother of eight children. The eldest, Clara Ann,
died in infancy. Freeman Uix, the second, died
June 21, 1906, at Santa Monica, California. Mary
O. died unmarried in 1864. Frank J. is the sub-
ject of the next paragraph. Charles F. resides in
Concord. Clara E., wife of H. L. Hall, lives in
Somerville, Massachusetts. Henry C. is a citizen
of Providence, Rhode Island, and Lydia A. is the
wife of Edward G. Cane, of Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts.

(X) Frank Jefferson, second son of Jonathan P.
and Mary E. (Worthen) Batchelder, was born
March 26, 1S41, m Low^ell, Massachusetts, and was
educated in the public schools of Concord up to
the age of twelve years. His education, however,
did not stop there, as he has always been a reader
and a close observer of men and events, and is
among the well informed citizens of Concord, where
all of his life has been passed. In January, 1S53,
he was apprenticed to learn the printer's trade to
Cyrus Barton, who was then publisher of the
Slate Capital Reporter, and he was a most faithful
student of his calling and became an expert printer.
By saving his earnings he was enabled to spend
two terms at New Hampton Academy, and this
time was employed to the best possible advantage,
because he realized the need and value of educa-
tional training. Returning to Concord he entered
the Patriot office, where he continued live years
as a compositor, and then entered the employ of
Morrill & Silsby and became a job printer. He
was subsequently engaged for twelve years as fore-
man of the Monitor printing othce, and in 1872 es-
tablished a job printing plant of his own in part-
nership with Frank D. Woodbury. His first oftice
was over the National Capital State Bank and he
was subsequently in the First National Bank build-
ing. In 1S82 the partnership was dissolved, Mr.
Batchelder continuing his business. Since 1887 his
plant has been established on Warren street. In
that year he purchased the block adjoining the bank
building, and subsequently became manager of two
other l)locks in that street, in one of which the
printing office is now located. In March. 1903, he
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his appren-
ticeship as a printer by building and caring for more
fires than those in his charge on the first day of
his apprenticeship. At that time he was required
to keep going three wood fires in the printing office
where he was employed, and it is easy to conjecture
that during the winter months he spent more time
in feeding fuel to the flames than in learning the
art preservative. Mr, Batchelder is still in vigorous
health, and is a most genial man and pleasant com-
[)anion. He is an attendant of the First Baptist
Church of Concord. He has given little time to
public affairs but has endeavored to perform the
duty of a good citizen and has served the city as
a member of the City Council four years, during
two years (1887-8I of which time he was president
of the Council. For eight years he was a trustee
of Blossom Hill cemetery and from 1887 to 1908,
he served as commissioner of cemeteries, and gave
much time to the service of the community without
comiftnsation. He was married May 13, 1865. to
.•\nnie M. Bullock, who was born December 3, 1844,
in Concord, daughter of Gilbert and Mary M.
(Hoyt) Bullock, the former a native of Grafton
and the latter of Concord. She was a daughter
of James and Nancy (Abbott) Hoyt of Horse Hill.
Concord. Gilbert Bullock was for thirty-eight
years a merchant in Concord and died June 4, 1SS9,

at the age of seventy-three years. He was a man
of noble character, highly regarded by the people
of Concord. His wife passed away February g,
1900, aged eighty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Batch-
elder lost a daughter, born June 9, 1868, who lived
only three months. They have a son, Frank Gil-
bert, born May 13, 1866, who succeeded his father
in the printing business. He married Lena Rob-
erts, a native of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and has
one son, Clarence, born July g, i8g5.

(IV) Benjamin, third son and eighth child of
Nathaniel (2) and Deborah (Smith) Batchelder,
was born September ig, 1673, in Hampton, and died
January 12, 171S, at Hampton Falls, where he was
a farmer. He served with his brother, Stephen,
in many of the campaigns against the Indians about
Hampton. Often he was a soldier, and at other
times a scout or messenger. He suffered many
hardships and braved numerous dangers at Oyster
River, Exeter, Hampton, and at Fort William and
Mary. He was probably a member of Daniel Til-
ton's garrison in Hampton. In 1707 he was in the
company of Lieutenant Joseph Swett, in the ex-
pedition against Port Royal. He married, Decem-
ber 25, 1696, Susanna Page, born December 20,
1674, daughter of Deacon Francis Page. She mar-
ried (second), January 13, T730, John Cram, born
.\pril 6, 1665. The twelve children of Benjamin
and Susanna were: Francis (died young), Joseph,
Josiah, Esther. Meribah, Page, Benjamin, David,
Francis, Susanna, Theophilus and Mary.

(V) Susannah, youngest child of Benjamin and
Susanna (Page) Batchelder, was born at Hampton,
May 28, 1713. She was a woman of marked ability
and great strength of character, robust in form,
with black hair, dark comple.xion, and a piercing
black eye. She married, July 20, 1738, Ebenezer
Webster, born in Hampton, New Hampshire, Oc-
tober 10, 1715. (See Webster, IV).

(Ill) Huldah. youngest child of Christopher
and Thcodate (Bachelder) Hussey, married Lieu-
tenant John Smith, who died in 1708. He was a
brother of Deborah Smith, first wife of Nathaniel
Bachelder (2). His father was John Smith of
Martha's Vineyard. Christopher Hussey (159S-
1686) was a son of John Hussey and Mary Wood.
The last named died in 1660.

(I\') Captain John, son of Lieutenant Jcjhn and
Huldah (Hussey') Smith, was born 1669, and died
1752. His wife, .\bigail Shaw, born 1671, died 1717,
was a daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Richard-
son) Shaw. Benjamin Shaw was a son of Roger
Shaw, died 1661, and his wife Anne. Esther Rich-
ardson was born 1645, and died 1736.

(V) Benjamin, son of Captain John and Abi-
gail (Shaw) Smith, was born 1697. and married
Mary Hobbs, born 1704. died 1747. She was a
daughter of Morris Hobbs (3) (1680-1739) and

Bachelder, daughter of Nathaniel and

Mary (Carter) Bachelder (see Bachelder, III).
Morris Hobbs (3) was a son of Morris (2) and
Sarah (Sweet) Hobbs, the former born 1652. died
1740, and the latter 1650-1717. ^lorris Hobbs (2)
was a son of Morris (i) and Sarah (Eastow)
Hobbs. born and died 1615-1706, and died 16S6. re-
spectively. Sarah Eastow's father, William Eastow,
died 1655. Sarah Sw-ett was a daughter of Captain
Bcniamin Swett (1626-1677) and Esther Weare
(1629-171S). They were children of John Swett
and Nathaniel Weare of Newbury, Massachusetts.

(VI) Abigail, daughter of Benjamin and Mary
(Hobbs) Smith, was born 1728, mari-ied General
Jonathan Moulton, and died 1775. General Moul-
ton (1726-1787) was a son of Jacob Moulton (1688-

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1751) and Sarah Smith (1695-1739). Jacob Moul-
ton was a son of Lieutenant John and Lydia {Tay-
lor) Moulton, born 1638 and 1746, and died 1705
and 1729, respectively. Lieutenant John, was a son
of John Moulton [1599-1650) and his wife. Anne
(1600-166S;. Lydia Taylor (1646-1729) was a
daughter of Anthony Taylor (1607-1687) and Phii-
lipa (or Phillis), died 1&S3.

(VII) Nancy (Anna) Moulton (1763-1S30) be-
came the wife of John Marston (see Marston, VI).
(Second Family.)

There are several families of
B.A.TCHELDER this name in America not al-
lied as far as any records now
attainable would indicate. The family of which this
article treats is known as the "Massachusetts
Batchellers." The spelling found in early records
has been changed by most of the. present descend-
ants.

(I) The first of whom any record is now found
was Daniel Batcheller, who lived and died near
Canterbury, England. He had four sons : Joseph,
Henry, Joshua and John. The last two of these
settled in America.

(H) John Bachelor was born in England, 1610,
and came to America in 1636, and settled at Salem,
Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman, No-
vember 13, 1640. Soon after he was admitted an
inhabitant at Salem, he was granted twenty acres
of land, to which was subsequently added sixty
acres. He was admitted to the church, June 23,
1639. His will was dated ninth month, 1673, and
disposes of considerable tracts of land with orchard
and buildings and the inventory of his estate footed
two hundred and thirty pounds and si.x pence.
His first wife's name was Mary and his second wife
was Elizabeth Herrick, daughter of Joseph Herrick
(see Herrick, II). He died September 13, 1675.
His children were: John (died young), Joseph,
Anna, Mary, Abigail, Hannah and John.

(HI) John (2), youngest son of John (i)
Bachelor, was born June 23, 1650, in Salem, Massa-
chusetts, and died in Beverly, same colony, .August
6, 1684. He was a cooper by trade, and resided in
that part of Salem which was set off as the town
of Beverly. He had a grant of land in "Rails Syde"
in 1639, which was not far from" Birch Plains, the
home of the Herricks. AH his children were bap-
tized in the First Church in Beverly, iVIassachusetts.
He was married, August 14, 1673, to Mary Herrick,
daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Dodge) Herrick,
and granddaughter of Henry Herrick, a pioneer
of that family in Salem. Her father, Zachariah
Herrick, was born in 1636. She was born October
-10, 1654, and died August 19, 1684. They were
the parents of six children, namely : Ebenezer, John,
Jonathan, Josiah, Mary and Elizabeth. The first
five died in infancy. (Mention of the second, with
descendants, appears in this article.) The inventory
of his estate footed seven hundred ninety-three
pounds, eleven shillings and nine pence, and shows
him to have been possessed of considerable real
estate.

(IV) Ebenezer. eldest child of John (2) and
Mary (Herrick) Batchelder, was born in 1674, in
Beverly, and died in Wenhara, Massachusetts, Au-
gust 24, 1747. The last mention of him in Beverly
relates to his birth, and it is probable that he settled
in VVenham on or before attaining his majority.
He was one of the minute men from Wenham, and
served over six weeks in the War of the Revolution,
previous to 1777. No record of his marriage appears,
but the baptismal name of his ^wife is known to have

been Sarah, Their children were : Ebenezer, Eliza-
beth, Rebecca, Samuel and Sarah.

(V) Ebenezer (2), eldest child of Ebenezer

(1) and Sarah Batchelder, was born November 24,
1710, in Wenham, and died there March 13, 1781.
He was married, October 9, 1740, to Jerusha Kim-
ball, and their children were : Anna, Mary, Lydia,
Jerusha, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, John and Samuel.

(V) Captain John Batchelder, seventh child
and second son of 'Ebenezer and Jerusha (Knnball)
Bacheller, was born in Wenham, Massachusetts, .\u-
gust 16, 1755, and died December 18, 1848, aged nine-
ty-three. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, and for services there he was granted a pen-
sion. He was a farmer and settled in that part
of Amherst, now Mont Vernon, in 1779, and lived
the remainder of his life in that town. He married,
March 17, 1780, Elizabeth Batchelder (his cousin),
who was born in 1/59, and died April 5, 181 5, aged
fifty-six. Their children were: Edmund, John,
Israel, Betsey, Nancy, Lydia, Relief, Perlej', Amos,
Cyrene.

(VI) Betsey, fourth child and eldest daughter
of Captain John and Elizabeth (Batchelder) Batch-
elder, was born in Mont Vernon, January 19, 1785,
and died April 20, 1842, aged fifty-seven. She mar-
ried John Haseltine (see Haseltine, I).

(IV) John (3), second son and child of John

(2) and Mary (Herrick) Batchelder, was born
April 26, 1675, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died
1747, in Beverly. His will disposes of lands and
a large amount of property. It is presumable that
he was a farmer. Among other items disposed of
were a gun and rapier, a weaver's loom, weaving
gear, flax combs and stillyards. He was married
April 22, 1696, to Bethiah Woodbury, daughter of
Humphrey and Ann (Window) Woodbury, and
granddaughter of John Woodbury (see Woodbury).
She was born 1672, but the date of her death can-
not be discovered. John Batchelder married (sec-
ond) Sarah Rea someimes written Ray. His chil-
dren were : John, Zachariah, Nathaniel, Daniel,
Joshua, Joseph, Sarah, Bethiah, William and Samuel.

(V) Daniel, fourth son of John (3) Batch-
elder, was baptized March 16, 1707, in Beverly, Mas-
sachusetts, and resided in that town where he died
in August, 1751. He was married (intentions pub-
lished January 19, 1729,) to Abigail Putnam, who
died about 1746. He was married (second) in the
following year, the name of his second wife being
Hannah. His children were : .Abigail, Hannah
(died young), Zachariah, i\Iehitabel, Hannah and
Frank.

(VI) Zachariah, eldest son and third child of
Daniel and Abigail (Putnam) Batchelder, was born
May 18, 1730, in Beverl}-, j\lassachusetts, and re-
sided in that town. He was married, April 27,
'755' to Mehitabel Meacham, of Beverly, and their
children were : Mehitabel and Zachariah.

(VII) Zachariah (2), only son of Zachariah
(i) and Mehitabel (Meacham) Batchelder, was
born August 12, 1762, in Beverly, Massachusetts, and
settled in Sunapee, New Hampshire, about 1795,
and died there October I, 1850. He first settled in
the east part of the town and the spot is still marked
by rose bushes which have been growing over ifinety
years. In a small house built by John Trask both
Trask and Batchelder lived while clearing their
farms. Their places were about one mile apart and
were located in the dense wilderness. Zachariah
Batchelder had a farm of one hundred and thirty-
eight acres north of what is known as the Sunapee
road. In Beverly he had followed shoemaking, but

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after coming to Sunapee his attention was given to
farming and he was successful. The homestead is
now owned by his granddaughter, Mrs. B. R.
Sleeper. The buildings were burned down in 1894,
and all the relics were destroyed. It is one of the
most sightly farms in Sunapee and is now supplied
with entirely new buildings. Zachariah Batchelder
was an old-line Whig, and he and his wife were
members of the Congregational Church. He was
an active and influential man in the town and served
as selectman. He was married (first), February 23,
1785. to Mary Trow, daughter of Josiah and Eliza-
beth (Batchelder) Trow, who were married Febru-
ary 25, 1758. Mary (Trow) Batchelder died in
1790, without issue, and Zachariah was married
(second), October 16, 1791, at Beverly, to Polly
Knowlton, who was born in 1770, and died April
25, 1S47, in Sunapee. His children were : Zacha-
riah, Ebenezer, Daniel, Mehitabel. Mary, John,
Nancy, Sarah, Calvin, David, Ruth, Hepzibah, Free-
man and Nathaniel.

(Vni) Nathaniel, youngest child of Zachariah
(2) and Polly (Knowlton) Batchelder, was born
December II, 1S04, in Sunapee. He was a carpenter
and builder by trade and also engaged in* farming.
His entire life was passed in Sunapee, where he
died December 19, 1891. His education was sup- .
plied by the common schools and he remained on the
parental homestead. Both he and his wife were
members of the Congregational Church at New-
port. They are buried in the family lot in Maple
street cemetery in that town. Mr. Batchelder was
a man of quiet taste and did not care to participate
in public life, though he was well settled in his po-
litical principles and like his father was a Whig.
He was married, February 13, 1829, to Sarah Trask,
who was born October 28, 1803, and died May I,
1895. Their children were : Ellen, Nathaniel, Mary
Redington. Henry, .'Mfred and Zachariah.

(IX) Mary Redington, second daughter and
third child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Trask) Batch-
elder, w-as born November 17, 1839, and was mar-
ried May 10, 1S63, to B. R. Sleeper, and resides
in Newport, New Hampshire. Sarah (Trask)
Batchelder is descended from an old Beverly
family. The Trask homestead is still standing in
North Beverly. John Trask, above referred to as
a pioneer of Sunapee, lived and died upon the farm
which he cleared, and it was subsequently occupied
by his son John and grandson Augustus K. Trask.
His father was a Revolutionary soldier and went
from Beverly to participate in the battle of Ben-
nington. John Trask was offered thirty thousand
dollars for his Sunapee farm but refused it, and
never permitted the trees in front of his residence
to be cut dow-n. He and his wife were the parents
of nine children, the fifth of these, Sarah, becoming
the wife of Nathaniel Batchelder as above noted.

(IX) Henry, deceased, second son and fourth
child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Trask) Batchelder,
was born January 17, 1842, in Sunapee, where he
resided until his death. May 23, 1907. He remained
with his father on the farm several years, and
entered the services of the Boston and Lowell
railroad about 1873 and continued with its suc-
cessors, the Boston & Maine. For thirty-three years
he was station agent at Wendell, and postmaster five
or six years, and during this time had only four
vacations. This station handles a large amount of
freight, and INIr. Batchelder was one of the most
popular men in town. He saw the development of
the section from a lonely, rural district to a busy
and thrifty village. He continued with his family
to reside on the old homestead until the buildings

were destroyed by fire as previously noted. He
then purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty
acres, located a quarter of a mile south of the station
on a direct road between Sunapee, Newbury and
Bradford. He resided on this farm which is now
cultivated by his son-in-law, and gave his time and
attention to his duties as station agent. His sister
above mentioned is the only survivor of his father's
family. Mr. Batchelder was a member of Garnet
Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Sunapee. He was
married December 25, 1878, to Fanny T. Angell.
daughter of Mervin A. and Lomira A. (Gunnison)
.A.ngell. The last named was a daughter of Samuel
Gunnison (see Gunnison). Mrs. Batchelder was a
granddaughter of Welcome Angell, an early resident
of Sunapee. Her children were : Nathaniel A.,
died young. Alice M., born May 10, 1882, a graduate
of the Newport high school, and wife of W. E.
Dow, of Sunapee, and their children are: Marion
L., Mervin and Dexter. Ethel, married John Paul,
and resides on homestead. Lizzie, a graduate of
Newport high school, is now teaching in public
school at Sunapee. Alfred, attends the Newport
high school. Leland Henry, attends the Newport
high school. Mrs. Batchelder died March 3, 1905.

This name is of Scotch origin, and
MALEHAM is undoubtedly a corruption of

Malcolm. The present form is
very unusual, and seems to be confined to Wake-
field, New Flampshire, where the family has held
an honored position for several generations, and
has sent offshoots to different parts of the coun-
try.

(I) Joseph Maleham, the first American an-
cestor, came to this country from England or Scot-
alnd during the latter half of the eighteenth century.
He brought with him two sisters, one of whom
married a Wentworth and the other a Lang. It is
possible that one of these sisters may have been the
Mary Malcomb, or Maleham, of Exeter, who, ac-
cording to the Wentworth Genealogy, married
Stephen Wentworth. September 2, 1761. These
Wentworths lived at Rochester, New Hampshire,
where they kept an inn, at which Governor John
Wentw-orth invariably stopped on his journeys be-
tween Portsmouth and Wolfborough. The first
knowledge we have of Joseph Maleham is in con-
nection with the early settlement of Wakefield, New
Hampshire, just before the revolution. As most
of the pioneers of this town came from Dover,
Exeter, Hampton or Portsmouth, it is probable that
he lived in that region for a short time, but no
record of him has been found in any of the sea-
coast towns. He was evidently a man of promi-
nence and standing in the new settlement, for at the
first town-meeting in Wakefield in 1775 he was
chosen first selectman, and he was also first lieu-
tenant of the militia during the same year. He
served in the revolution, and at the battle of Ben-
nington his scalp was ploughed by a shot, but he
continued fighting. When told tliat if the bullet had
gone half an inch lower it would have killed him,
he replied with cheerful optimism that if it had
struck half an inch higher it would not have hit
him at all. On September 22, 1785, Joseph Male-
ham married Frederica Lang. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Asa Piper, the first and only
minister settled by the town, and the Malehams
were the first couple that he married. It w'as a
great day for old Wakefield, for on tliat date the
first church was organized, the first minister (Mr.
Piper) was ordained, and he began the duties of
his pastorate, which continued without interruption

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until his death, forty-nine years later. It is said
that Frederica Lang was the second wife of Jo-
seph Maleham, but if that is true his first wife may
have died before he came to Wakefield, as no record
of her or of her children, if such existed, can be
found. Joseph and Frederica (Lang) Maleham had
five children: William, Judith, Joseph (2) whose
sketch follows, Olive and Ann. William, the eldest
son, married Meribah Tibbetts, and they had three
children : John. Joseph and Susan. Judith Male-
ham, the eldest daughter, died unmarried. Olive
and Ann Maleham married brothers. Olive married
Joseph Triggs, and they had two children : Joseph
and George, neither of whom married. Ann Male-
ham married William Triggs, and they had three
children : John, Mercy and Ann.

(II) Joseph (2), second son and third child
of Joseph (l) and Frederica (Lang) Maleham, was
born in 1790, probably in Wakefield, New Hampshire,
where he spent his life. He was a prosperous
farmer, and was noted for his independence and
sturdy character. Joseph (2) Maleham married
Rachel Home, daughter of Daniel Home, who was
born in 1794. They had eight children : Daniel.
William Ayers, mentioned below; Charity P., Har-
riet A., Charlotte A., Emily Eveline, Elizabeth Ann
and Joseph H. Daniel Maleham, the eldest son,
married Elizabeth Fenton, and had four children :
Joseph, Fanny, Charles and William. Charity Place
Maleham married .-Mfred Barlow Sanborn, and had
one child, Joseph Harrison, killed in the Civil war.
Harriet Adeline Maleham married George Nute.
Charlotte Ann Maleham married Albert L. Dow
and had two children : Helen Augusta and John
Albert. Emily Eveline Maleham married George
W. Chamberlin and had seven children: Celia
Augusta, Lucy Harriet, George Edwin. Ralph O.,
George Delbert, Henry Eugene and Lucy Eveline.
Elizabeth Ann Maleham married Alonzo Roberts
and had two children : Nellie and Charles A. Jo-
seph (2) Maleham, the father, lived to the advanced
age of ninety-four, dying in 1884.

(III) William Ayers, second son and child of

Joseph (2) and Rachel (Home) Maleham, was
born at Wakefield, New Hampshire, January 2,
1818. He attended the public schools and became
noted as an expert mathematician. He was a man
of rare moral attainments and an exceptional father.
He was a Republican in politics, and served as
selectman for several years, and also as deputy
sheriff. He attended the Congregational Church,
and like his ancestors, held a respectful place in
the community, and always promoted the interests of
the common weal. On February 20, 1884, William
Ayers Maleham married at Brookfield, New Hamp-
shire, Nancy Warner Pike, daughter of Robert
and Rosanna (Hanson) Pike, who was born Oc-
tober 25, 1821. They had eight children : i. Sarah
Charity, whose sketch follows. 2. Nancy Adrian,
born December 25, 1846, deceased; married John
F. Cook : children : Frances Maleham, Edgar W.,
and Frederick H. 3. Charlotte J., born May 24,
1849 ; married James W. Garvin, of Sanbornville ;
children: Bertha M., Clara M., James Philip,
Samuel Francis, Mary A., Charlotte R. 4. Wil-
liam Herbert, born June 10, 1852; married Sarah
Farnham; children: Mary, married William Boyd,
one child, .'Mice ; Charles. 5. Clara Hazeltine, bom
May 4, 1854; died 1874; unmarried. 6. Lucy Pike,
liorn March, 1857 ; married Fred Tibbetts : two sons :
Willis and Benjamin. 7. Harriet JMcCrillis, born
July 5. 1859; married Alonzo Remick; children:
Rachel, Helen and Mark. 8. Alice Haven, bom
February 4, 1S62; married, 1885, Rev. James .C.
Flanders, a Protestant Episcopal clergyman ; chil-
dren: Annie L., Philip. Mildred, Dorothy and
Robert. William Ayers Maleham died October 14,
1896, and his wife died April 23, 1891.

(IV) Sarah Charity, eldest child of William
Ayers and Nancy W. (Pike) Maleham, was born
at Wakefield, New Hampshire, April 21, 1845. and
is now living at Sanbornville, the railroad village of
her native town. She is a woman of culture and
refinement, and is admired by all who know her
for her amiable disposition and her zeal in the work
of the Episcopal Church.

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